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THE 
 
 CHRONICLES 
 
 OF 
 
 FABYAN. 
 
G. WO0DF.UL, PSrSTEH, PATEEN0STEH-80W, MNDON. 
 
THE 
 
 NEW CHRONICLES 
 
 OF 
 
 ENGLAND AND FRANCE, 
 
 BY 
 
 ROBERT FABYAN. 
 
 * NAMED BY HIMSELF THE 
 
 CONCORDANCE OF HISTORIES. 
 
 REPRINTED FROM PYNSON'S EDITION OF 1516. 
 THE FIRST PART COLLATED WITH THE EDITIONS OF 1533, 1543, AND 1559; 
 
 AND 
 
 THE SECOND WITH A MANUSCRIPT OF THE AUTHORS OWN TIME, AS WELL AS THE 
 SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS: INCLUDING THE DIFFERENT CONTINUATIONS. 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED 
 
 A BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY PREFACE, 
 
 AND 
 
 AN INDEX, 
 BY HENRY ELLIS, 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED FOB. F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T, PAYNE] WILKIE AND 
 
 ROBINSON; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME AND CO.; CADELL 
 
 AND DAVIES; J. MAWMAN; AND J. JOHNSON AND CO. 
 
 1811. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 OF the personal Jiistory of Robert Fabyan but few notices have reached 
 us. There was nothing remarkable in his descent, and he made but little figure 
 in public life. He was, however, an alderman of London, and presents us 
 with the rare instance of a citizen and merchant, in the fifteenth century, devoting 
 himself to the pleasures of Learning. 
 
 Frotn his Will it appears that his father's name was lohn Fabyan ; and there 
 is reason to believe that although he was apprenticed to a trade^ his family were 
 people of substantial respectability in Essex*. 
 
 * Stephen Fabyan, one of his ancestors, hekl considerable property at Stisted in 1404 ; and afterwards became 
 possessed of the manor of lenkins, (See Morant's Hist, of Essex> vol. ii. pp. 173, 392. 
 
 A charter in the Harleian Collection, at the British Museum, (marked 85 D. 25.) mentions a Robert Fabyan 
 •of Concton in Surrey, in the tenth year of Henry IV. Another charter occurs in the same Collection (51 A. 9.) 
 »f the third year of Henry the Sixth, in which William Grouthous of Coggeshale in Essex, grants a messuage 
 and its appurtenances to Stephen Fabyan, Robert Fabyan, lohn Fabyan, lohn Starlyng and others. 
 
 There is also, in the Prerogative Office, the Will of lohn Fabyan, citizen and draper, dated in 1477, in ■ 
 •which he speaks of his brethren Stephen and Robert Fabyan. His residence appears to have been at Coggeshall, 
 where the first mentioned Stephen, according to Morant, was a cordwainer. Another Will occurs, also, of a 
 Thomas Fabyan early in the sixteenth century. ' 
 
 Strype in his edition of Stowe's Survey, 1720, vol. ii. b. iv. p. 113, mentions the will of lohn Fabyan, gent. 
 ;of the parish of St. Clement Danes, dated March 16, 1541 : in which he bequeaths to his sister Martha four 
 nobles yearly, out of the lands he had purchased in Ovington, co. Essex, for her life. To the Lady Mamey he 
 bcqueatlis all his books of meditation, and his Ckronides ; and speaks of the lady Sperte as his sister, and of the 
 carl of Southampton as his master. Strype, (who quotes Reg. Law. as his authority, in the margin,) mistook 
 this for the will of the historian. .- 
 
 Among the visitations in the Herald's College, four s^ort pedigrees occur of the family of Fdbyan, (C 24. 501. 
 C 24. 424. 1 23. 73. Yin. 56. fol. 221.) bearing the samcai-ms with the historian*, but all of them of the -reign 
 of Charles the First. * 
 
 * Erm. Three fleurs-de-lis vFithin a borJure Gu. MS. CoU. Arm. D. fgl. 39, 
 
 5^ Bishop 
 
ii PREFACE. 
 
 Bishop Tanner says he was born in London*. At what period he became a 
 member of the Draper's Company cannot now be ascertained. Their registers 
 M'ould probably have furnished a clue to guess at the exact time of his birth. 
 But the hall of that respectable body has been twice destroyed by fire, and they 
 have no muniments which reach beyond the year l602. 
 
 From records in the City archives, however, it appears that he was alderman 
 of the ward of Faringdon Without: in 1493 he served the office of sheriff: 
 and, in the registers which go by the name of the Repertory, a few scattered 
 memoranda are preserved of the part which he occasionally took, at a period 
 somewhat later, in public transactions. 
 
 On the 20th of September, 1496, in the mayoralty of sir Henry Colet, we 
 find him " assigned and chosen," with Mr. Recorder and certain commohers, 
 to ride to the king " for redress of the new impositions raised and levied upon 
 " English cloths in the archduke's land." This probably alludes to the cir- 
 cumstance of Philip, to whom the^ emperor Maximilian had resigned^ the Low 
 Countries the year before, exacting the duty of a florin upon every piece of 
 English cloth imported into his dominions: but which he desisted from in the 
 articles of agreement signed by his ambassadors in London, July 7 th, 1497i". 
 
 In the following year, when the Cornish rebels marched toward London^ 
 alderman Fabyan was appointed with lohn Brooke, and lohn Warner late 
 sheriff, to keep the gates of Ludgate and Newgate^ the postern of the house 
 of Friars-prea,chers, and the Bar of the New; Temple. 
 
 A few months after, in the thirteenth of Henry VIL we find him an assessor 
 upon the different wards of London, of the fifteenth which had been granted to 
 the king for the Scottish war. 
 
 In 1502, on the pretext of poverty, he resigned the alderman's gown ; not 
 wishing to take the mayoralty : and probably retired to the mansion in Esses 
 mentioned in his will. 
 
 * BibL Brit. Hib. p. 272. t Compare Rapin. Hist. Eng. voL i. p. 680. Act. Pub. xii. pp. 648, 654, 
 
 That 
 
PREFACE. in 
 
 That he was opurent at this period cannot be doubted. But he seems to have 
 considered that the expences of the chief magistracy were too great, even at thaf 
 time, to be sustained by a man who had a numerous family. He orders the 
 figures, as will be seen in his will, of sixteen children, in brass, to be placed 
 upon his monument. 
 
 Stowe in his Survey of London*, gives the English part of the epitaph on 
 Fabyan's tomb, from the church of Saint Michael Cornhill, and says he died 
 inl511-f-: adding that his monument was gone. Bale, who places Fabyan's 
 death on February 28th, 1512, is probably nearest to the truth, as his will, 
 though dated July 11th, 1511, was not proved till July 12th, 1513 ; which, 
 according to the ecclesiastical computation, would be somewhat less than five 
 months after the supposed time of his death. 
 
 Fabyan's Will, of itself, affords a curious comment on the manners of the 
 time of Henry the Eighth, A copy of it is here given from the Registry of 
 the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. 
 
 *' In Dei nomine. Amen. Undecimo die mensis lulii, anno dominice 
 incarnationis millessimo quingetesirao undecimo, ac anno illustrissimi principis, ac regis 
 nostri Anglie Henrici octavi, tertio. I ROBERT FABYAN, citizein and draper of 
 London, thanke and lawde be thereof geuen to God and to his blessed moder our 
 Lady seynt Mary, hole of body and of mynde, ordeyne and make this my present Will 
 and Testament in maner and forme as folowith. And first I bequeth my soule to tiie 
 infynite mercy of o'. savio'. Ihu Crist, and to the prayers and tuycion of his moost 
 blissed moder our Lady seynt Mary, blissed seynt CristofFer myn advowry, and to all 
 the glorious company of heven, my body to be buried, if 1 dye win the citie of 
 London, win the church of And if it happen me to decesse at my mansion 
 
 callid llalstedysj, then I will that my corps be buried atwene my pewe and the highe 
 
 awter 
 
 * Edit. 1603, 4to. p. 198. + See also Wcever, Fun. Mon. p. 416. 
 J Halstedys, Fabj'an's reaidenr-e at Theydon Gernoa in Essex, was an ancient mansion, though it i» not 
 noticed eiiher by Sa'mon or Morant in t'lcir Just.rief. In the return f/om this parish in the 14th of Edward the 
 
 a 2 'lliu.l. 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 avvter>?vin the qwere of the parisshe churche of Alhalowen of Theydon Gardon, in the 
 shyie of Essex ; at whiche tyme of burying, and also the monetbis mynde, I will that 
 myn execulrice doo cause to be caried from London, xii. newe torches, there beyng 
 redy made, to burn in the tymes of the saide burying and monethes mynde : and also 
 that they doo purvay for. iiii. tapers of. inlb. evry pece, to brenne aboute the corps and 
 herse for the forsaid. ii. seasons, whiche torches and tapers to be bestowed as hereafter 
 • shalbe devised; which, iiij. tapers I will be holden.at euery tyme by foure poore men, 
 to the whicht I will that to everyche of theym be geven for their labours at either of the 
 saide. ii. tymes wjd. to asmany as been weddid men : and if any of theym happen to 
 be unmaried, than they to have but. ujd. a pece, and in lyke maner I will that the 
 torche berers be orderid. And I will and bequeth unto asmany persones as berfejny 
 body to churdh, to everyche of them. \id. and to suche. ij. as lay my corps in my grave, 
 to everyche of them. ijd. And I will that myn executrice, in as covenable wise as they 
 may after my decesse, cawse three trentalls to be spngen for my soule, and all cristen 
 soules ; whiche. iij. trentallys I will be songen at the Freer Augustines, the Grey Freers, 
 the White Fi-eers, for the which I will that myn executrice geve unto eueryche of the, said 
 houses, vi.*. viij.^Z. ; and if any of the saide orders refuse to S5'ng the saide trentall for 
 the said stypend, than I will that rnyn executrice geve all suche money, of the freers 
 so refused, and depart it among poore householders of the parisshes of Seynt Benett 
 Fynk, and Seynt Barthilmews the Litell, if I be buried ^in London, that is to say, to 
 every household man and wif. vi^. and to an householder beyng unmaryed. iiij</. ; and if it 
 happen me to be buried in the church of Teydon Garnon foresaid, than I will that the half 
 of such money of -the freers refusid, be devided and geuen among the poore parisshons 
 of the said Theydon Garnon, and other parisshes next adioynaunt, and the other half as is 
 abovesaid. Also I bequeth unto the pai'sSri, of Theydon Garnon, if he be present other at 
 my burying or moneths mynde, if I be there buried, xiirf. and if he be absent viiirf. 
 And I will that myn executrice cause at the least to be. vi. preests present at myn burying, 
 whereof I will the highe masse of oon be of Requiem, and the other, v. to be'desyred to 
 singoon a masse of the v. Wounds, the ij*'. a masse of thassumpcion of o' Lady, the. iij^'. a 
 masse of all Martics, ^ a speciall memory of seynt CristoiFer, the. iiij'*. a masse of all Con- 
 fessours, w a speciall memory of seynt Nicholas, and the. v"*. a masse of all Virgyns, wa 
 speciall memory of seynt Dorothe; to the either of which preests I bequeth, and eueryche of 
 them. vd. w condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to 
 the people, and exorte theym to pray for y soules following, & all xpen soules, the soules 
 
 Tliird, when the subsidy of the ninth and fifteenth was granted to the king, Radulphus de Halsted is one of the 
 persons taxed. (Inq. Nonarunij p. 315^ fol. Lond. 1807.) 
 
 On September 15, 1810, the writer of this Preface made a visit t» Theydon, in the hope of finding at least 
 some faint memorial of the family. No field, or plot of ground, however, in the parish, bears, at present, any 
 similar appellation to Halstedsj nor could he find the marks of any ancient residence. No mention of any of 
 the family occurs in the register : and though in a diest in the vestry he turned over several hundred deeds, letters 
 rent-roUs, &c. of the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, evidently muniments from the archiveB, of the 'ancient 
 lords of Theydon Gemori, not one contained a single reference even to the name. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 (rf Robert Fabyan and of his children, the souls of lohn and Agnes his parents, the soules 
 of Nicholas Sharp, Cristoffer Sharp, Amy, Mary, and Robert Sharp, Edmond and 
 Cristoflfer Sharp the younger, tlie soules of lohn Pake the yonger, and lohane bis wif 
 lohn Wodchurch, & Elizabeth his wif, dame lane Lisle, maister Peter Huse Robert 
 Tate, lohn Fabyan my brother, Thomas. Gotton, lohn Benet, and all xpen soules : 
 and that doon, to saye fpr the said soules " De profundis," w the other prayers. Also 
 I bequeth unto the brotberhod of seynt Cristoffer of Yorke. xl''. w cohdicion that the 
 receyvo'. of the said. iij*. iiii^?. make fast promyse and cauwse suerly to be doon, that 
 all the preests whiche be reteyned of the saide fraternytie may oon tyme in their masse, 
 after the first receipt of the saide. xK rememb'. and pray for my soule by name. 
 Also I bequeath unto the brotherhode of seynt Cristoffer, holdem,Vin the paiisshe churche 
 of seynt Mighelj, in Comhill. x'\jd. and to the fraternytie of our Lady and seynt Anne, 
 win the said church, xijfif. requyring the masters of the fraternytie of our Lady and seynt 
 Anne, to desyre their preest, oonys in his masse, to remember my soule, and all the 
 soules before written. Also I bequeth unto as many Godchildern as I have lyving in 
 the countie of Essex, and specially in the parisshes to my mansion adioynant, to every of 
 them.Viiifif. willyng theym that be lernyd to saye, at thre sundry tymes, "De profundis," 
 w the other prayers ; and such as bee unlernyd to say oon tyme our Lady psawter, remeuj- 
 bring my soule and all Cristen soules. Also I will, that if I decesse at my tenemente of 
 Halstedis, that myn executrice doo purvay ayenst my burying competent brede, ale, and 
 chese, for all comers to the parisshe churche, and ayenst the moneths mynde I will be 
 drdeyned, at the said churche, competent brede, ale, pieces of beffe and moton,, and rost 
 rybbys of beffe, and shalbe thought nedefull by the discrecion of myn executrice, for all 
 <^omers to the said obsequy, over and above brede, ale, and chese, for the comers unto 
 the Dirige over nyght. And furthermore I will that my said executrice doo purvay ayenst 
 the said moneths mynde. xxiiij. peces of beffe and moton, and. xxiiij. treen platers, and. 
 xxiiij. treen sponys ; the whiche peces of fleshe with the said platers and spoonys, w. xxiiij^. 
 of siluer, I will be geven unto, xxiiij. poore persones of the said parisshe of Theydon 
 Garnon, if \vin that parisshe so many may be founde : for lake whereof, I will the. xxiiij, 
 peces of flesh and. iJ5. in money, w the foresaid platers and sponys be geven unto suche 
 poore persones as may be found in the parisshes of Theydon at Mount, and Theydon 
 Boys, after the discrecion of myn executors ; and if my said monethes mynde fall in 
 Lent, or upon a fysshe day, than I will that the said, xxiiij. peces of fleshe be altered 
 unto saltfyche or stokfyshe, unwatered and unsodeyn, and that every pece of beef or 
 moton, saltfyshe or stokfysh, be well in value of a peny or a peny at the leest ; and that 
 noo dyner be purveyed for at bom but for my household and kynnysfolks : and I will 
 that my knyll be rongyn at my monethes mynde after the guyse of London. Also I 
 will that myn executrice doo assemble upon the said day of moneths mynde. xij. of the 
 porest menys childern of the foresaid parisshe, and after the masse is ended and other 
 obseruances, the said childern to be ordered aboute my grave, and there knelyng, to say 
 for my soule and all Cristen soules, " De profundis," as many of theym as can, and the 
 residue to say a pater noster, and an ave oonly; to the which, xii. childern I will be 
 
 geven. 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 geven. xWjd. that iis to meane, to that childe that begynneth *' De profundi^" and saith the 
 preces. ijd. and to eueryche of the other. \d. Also if it happen me to dye at London, 
 than I will that suche. iiij. of my feliship as here me to churche, have my ryngs of 
 gold, wheryn ys graven •' Memento," and the other too which goo upon the side of the 
 bare to have. vi\}d. a piece of theym, so that either of the. vi. persones saye (oon ?) tyme 
 "De profundis'' for my soule and all Cristen soules. And to such. ij. of my brethern as laye. 
 my body into the pytt I will be geven. viijrf. that is to every.of theym. iiiji. And I will 
 that my knylle be rong att the tyme of my burying, and that nco cost be doon upon noo 
 nionethes mynde, except a secret Dirige kept by note and masse of Requiem, upon the 
 morn by note,- and. vi. preests to syng. vi. masses, as afore is rehersed, doyng as 
 above is said. Also I will, that if I decesse in London, that myn executors doo then 
 purvey, xvi. torches newe, and. iiij. tapirs weying euery taper, vilb. the which I will 
 be holden by. iiij. poor men, and not to be sett upon candilstykks, and not to be oc- 
 cupied nother torches nor tapirs but at my burying tyme oonly, and upon the morn at 
 the masse, and nott at the moneths mynde ; aqd also that at the moneths mynde be kept 
 nother drynking nor dyner, but at the pleasure of myn executrice. Also I bequeth to the., 
 high aulter of seyntBenet Fynk in London, for consideracon me moeving. xiic?. And I 
 will that after my fuuerall and raonethes mynde ended, as above ys said, be it in 
 London or in Essex, that. xii. of the foresaid torches be bestowed as after foloweth, 
 that is to say, first, ii. of theym be geven unto the parisshe church ofTheydon Garnon,, 
 and oon unto the parish church of They,don Mount, and unto the parisshe ohurche of 
 Theydon Bpys, and oon unto the parish churche of Lamborn, and. vii. other I will be 
 devided as folio weth, that is to meane. ij. of theym to be given unto the parisshe church, 
 of seynt Benett Fynke in London, and oon of theym unto the parisshe churche of Stanford, 
 Ryvers in Essex ; and also more I will that twoo of theym be geven to seynt Mighell 
 parisshe in Cornhill, and oon to the parisshe churche of seynt Barthilmews the Litell, and 
 the. vii"*. unto the parisshe churche of seynt Cristofer, all. iii. parisshes beyng in London. 
 And if any leve by the reason that I be buryed in London, I will that the tapers, and. 
 also the said torches be at the disposicion of myn executrice. And ouer that 1 will that, 
 myn executrice, at the tyme of the deliuerey of the foresaid torches, geve unto eueryche curat, 
 or curatts deputie of the forenamed. ix. parisshes. iiij of. to theude that my^soule, and the. 
 soules above written, may be reraembred in their parisshe bede roUe by the whole space of 
 a yere after. Also I bequeath unto the. ij. pryson housis of Ludgate and Newgate, xs., 
 that is to saye, to every of theym. vs. to be given to the prisoners most nedy, in brede, that 
 is to meane, to that oon of those prysons euery weke, by the space of. xx. weeks, vi J.. 
 ' begynnyng at Ludgate the first weke, and the secunde week at Newgate ; and that 
 weeke that Ludgate is served, that other to be spared : and in likewise wlien Newgate 
 is served, Ludgate to be spared, so that the said almes may be contynewed to bothe 
 prysonys by. xx. weks as above is said : and the said. v\d. in brede be given wekely to oon 
 of lliC said pryson houses upon that day in the' weke that it shall happen me to departe 
 owte of this present lif, Soiidaye oonly excepted. / Also I will that after my funeraljs 
 fynysshed and endid, all niy moevable goodes, as^ well stuff of household, plate, and 
 
 ^ other 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 other what soo it be, except my wiffs apparell, w ryngs, beds, girdills, and all other 
 necessaries what soo to her belongith, w also such stuff of houshold and quyke cattail as 
 I have at my tenemente or mansion of Halstedis in Essex, be praysed and ingrossed in a 
 summe, whiche said stuff of household, plate, and other what soo it be in London, and 
 also my stuff of household and quyke catall beyng off myn at my foresaid tenemente 
 of Halstedis, soo beyng praysid, engrossid, and sumyd, shall be devided in th'-ee even 
 porcions or parts j whereof the first pai't I will be reserued to the payment of my detts, 
 and of other charges, as my funeralls, and legacies in this my present Will before and after 
 expressed : all whiche detts and other charges beyng clerely discharged, I will that the 
 surplusage that of this my part clerly remayneih, be safHy and suedy kept by the 
 discrecion of myn executrice, to the use and behoff of Mary my doughter, towards the 
 sume of. xl//. whiche to hir I bequethe as to her mariage by this my present testament ; 
 and the other, ij. parts of my moveable, before expressed, except before excepted, I 
 will shalbe devided, soo that to Elizabeth my wife I will the oon moytie be geven, 
 and that other moytie I geve and bequeth unto my. iiij, sones, that is to save, lohn, 
 Robert, Thomas, and Antony, soo that eueryche of theym have lyke porcion, and noon 
 of theym have more than another ; the whiche porcions I will be deliuered to eueryche 
 xjf theym by myn executrice, at such season as eueryche of theym comyth unto his lawful 
 age. And if it happen any of the said. iiij. sonys to dye, whiche God forbide, or they 
 come unto their lawful ages, I will that then all such porcion or porcions as shulde come 
 to hym or theym soo dying, remayn unto the other on lyving, evynly amongs theym to 
 be devided : provided alway, that if the said. ij. parts be in any maner of stuff or catall 
 or any part of theym, and not brought into money, that then my said wif to have the 
 choyse off whiche half she best lyketh, and my said. iiij. childern to holde theym con- 
 tented >^ all suche half as she refusith. Also I will that my chalice, \V my. ij. crewetts 
 and pax of siluer, before the praysement or division made of my foresaid moveables, vf 
 my best aulter clothis, and best vestment, chyssibyll, awbe, & all other to the saide 
 vestment belongyng, ^V my great masse booke, and also the great prymar, whiche before 
 daies I gave to my wif, remayn styll to her, in augmentyng of hir porcion. Also I 
 bequeth unto lohane Haryat my doughter, a ryng of gold sett w a ruby. And I be- 
 queth to lohn myn eldest sone, my signet of gold, the bigger of the twoo ; and that 
 other signet of gold, yf my puncheon of ivory and silver, I geve and bequeath unto 
 Robert my secunde sone; and to Thomas I geve and bequeth my bagg ryngs of silver; 
 and to Antony, my Spaynyshe bagg garnysshed w silver ; and to Mary my doughter, I 
 bequeth a ryng of gold, sett w a turques, a dyamaunt, and a ruby. Item unto my 
 cousyn Dorothe I bequeth of money, w that she byde w her after my 
 
 decesse. Also I will, that by the terme of ix, years after my decesse be kept an obite 
 >vin the parisshe churche of seynt Benet Fynk, of London forsaid ; at the which I will be 
 yerely present, vi. preests, to thende that oon of theym may syng a masse of Requiem by 
 note, and the other fyve to syng. v. masses as before been specified, and to say " De pro- 
 fundis" at the tyme of the lavatory, for the soules above written ; to eueryche of which, 
 ri. preests J will be geven, soo they be present at the Dirige over nyght, \d. Also I 
 
 will 
 
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viii PR&FACE. 
 
 Jivill that the clerk of the said churche.have for. his seruice in the quere and;ringyng at 
 the said obite, soo that oon^p'eie over nyght be rong w all the bellys, and con pele upon 
 the mornyng ip hkewise. xiifi?. : and to the sexton, if any then be, and such laye men as 
 be present and syng in the quere at the said obite, I will be geven to eueryche of them.' 
 ijj. and unto. xij. children, not passing the eldest of theym. xii. years, I will be geven. 
 xiiic?. that is to meane, that the said, xii., children over nyght whan the Dirige ys ended, 
 goo unto the. place of my burying, and there knelyng, and in likewise upon the morn 
 after masse and other obserunces be fynisshed, say " De profundis," for my soule and 
 all Cristen soules ; for the whiche charitie soo by theym executed, I will that he whiche 
 is assigned to begyn " De profundis," and saye the preces, have. ij</. and to euery of the 
 otlier I will be given, id. : and if soo happen that I be buried in Essex, as above is said, 
 than I will that the said, xiijc?. be distributed amongs the poore people of the abovesaid 
 parisshe churche of seynt Benett, after the discrec5 of the churche wardeyns of the said 
 parisshe, to whom I pray that they will of their charitees take upon theym yerely to see 
 the orderyng of this obite. And for their diligence and labo'. aboute the same, I will that 
 every of theym have yerely. xij fif. Furthermore I will that thip said churchwardeynsdoo 
 to be ordeyned in spice bred. \id. and in white bunys. xijd. and a kylderkyn of goode 
 ale, w. v'ujd. chese, to refresshe all corners to that obite, and to have the saide brede 
 and drynke, and chese, spent win the church, or in suche place as by the said wardyns 
 discrecions shalbe thought more necessary. And I will that what remayneth of the said 
 brede, ale, and chese, after the honest of the pari.sshe and comers to that drynking be servid, 
 that it be dealed and geven unto the poor people of that parisshe, if any be, and ellyis to 
 suohe as the said wardyns shall thinke it moost nedeful. And I will that yerely during 
 the said. ix. yeris, if my body be there buried, that there be ordeyned. ij. tapers of. ijib, 
 every tapir, and. ij. candilstykka of the waxchaundeler, and- they to be sett at .my grave, 
 and to brenne the tyme of the hole obsequy : and if my body be ellys where buryed, that 
 then the said. ij. candilstykks, and upon theym the. ij. tapirs, be sett in the churche at 
 an hers, and there to brenne as above is said. For the whiche candilstykks and wast, and 
 making of the said. ij. tapirs, I will the chaundeler have. \'\\jd. For mayntenyng ~of 
 whiche said obite^ I will that my wif, or suche as holde my tenements v^in the saide 
 parisshe of seynt Benett Fynke, yelde and paye unto the churchewardeyns for that tyme 
 beyng, yerely, during the foresaid, ix. yeres, every yere. xiii*. iiijj. for lake of payment 
 whereof I. geue vnto the saide Churchwardeyns for that tyme beyflg, sufficient auctOritie to 
 distreyn in any of the said tenements, h'ede place, and other, as often as the said. xiij*. iiijrf. 
 is unpaid, or any paj'cell thereof, during the full termp of the foresaid, ix. yeres, wylling 
 and praying the said wardeyns that after the charges of this obite be fully contented and 
 discharged, that all suchemoney as shall remayn, whiche I estyme to be every yere. xiid. or 
 nere aboute, that they will geve the said surplusage, what so it be, unto som poore freer 
 Augustine that will promyse to saye oonys " De profundis," and three masses for my soule 
 and the soules before written, w the psalmys of the passyon by oon tyme. And, moreover 
 I will that the soo son as the terme of these, ix. years be expirid, that incontinently at 
 that. xii. nionthis ende, another obite begyn to be hoklen win the parisshe churcli of 
 
 Alhalowen, 
 
PREFACE. ix 
 
 Altialowen, in Garmons towne forsald, and there to be contyiiewed by the terme of. 
 xii. yeris; where first I will be. iij. preests yerely at the said obite, whereof oon to be 
 assigned to syng masse of Requiem, another masse of the v. Wounds, and the thirde 
 to syng a masse of thassumpcion of o' Lady, and at the tyme of the lavatory 
 euerych of them to saye " De profundis," for my soule and the soules above written ,• to 
 the which, iij. preests I will be geven to eueryche of them. vd. And furthermore I will that 
 there be ordeyned for the comers to the said obite, in brede. ijs. and in ale. iij*. xx. 
 peces of beflfe or moton, price, xxfi?. ij. chesi.s, price of both. xii^?. And I will and 
 pray the churche wardeyns of that parisshe churche, from yere to yere then beyng, to 
 ordeyn for the said vitaylls to the moste advauntage yerely as it cometh aboute, and for 
 all other besynes concernyng the said obite : to the whiche wardeyns I bequeth yerely 
 for their diligence aboute the premysses, to eueryche of theym. x'nd. And more, I will 
 that the saide wardeyns doo purvey for. xii. childern, not passyng the age of. xii. yeris, 
 the which to be sett aboute my grave by. ij. tymes, as above is said, and to say " De 
 profundis," for my soule & all xpen soules, if I be buried win that chtirche, and if I 
 be buried ellys where, than I will that the saide childern be ordeyned standing aboute 
 the hers, and there to saye their prayers : and if so many may not be had of that age that 
 can say "De profundis," than I will that so many as lake may be suche as can say their 
 pater noster : all whiche children I will that they be rewarded as in the other obite is 
 devised. Also I bequeth unto the clerke of that churche for ryngyng, and other obser- 
 uances to be doon by hym in the tyme of the said obite. vid. and to the werks or profitts 
 of the said churche for the wast of. ijd. of theyre sepulcre tapers to stand aboute my grave 
 if 1 there be buried, or at the hers ellis vvhere I be buried, ijrf. For mayntenyng of 
 which said obite, I will that my. wif, or such as holde my londs called Pakis Tenement 
 and Halsteds, w thapperteniices, by the said yeris, paye yerely during the terme of the 
 foresaid, xii. yeris unto the church wardeyns forsaid, for that tyme beyng. xiij*. & iujd. 
 for lake of payment whereof, or of any part or parcell of the said. xiij.y. iiij^/* I geve full 
 power over the said churchwardeyns for that tyme beyng, and to their successours then 
 yerely folowyng, to distreyn win any of the foresaid londs and tenemets, and their ap- 
 purtenances, and the distres so taken to withold & kepe till the said annuytie, for the 
 terme abovesaid and eueryche parcell thereof be fully contented and paied. And further- 
 more, I pray and requyre the said wardeyns, that w suche money as shall remayn 
 yerely over the charge paid and contented for the said o^ite, whiche I estyme to be, xd. 
 or there aboute, that they w the said surplusage will bye. vi. treen platers, and. vi. treep 
 sponys, and. vi. peces of beeff; the which platers, sponys, and peces of beflfe I will be 
 geven unto. vi. poore householders of the said parisshe, upon the Sonday next aftir the 
 Sonday that my said obite shalbe kepid upon : for I will that ujy said obite be kepid 
 yerly by all the forsaid terme of. xij. yeris, upon the Sonday next folowing the daye of 
 my decesse. And if it happen the saide obite to fall in Lent, than I will that for the peces 
 of beetf abovesaid, and for the chese, be ordeyned pyes of elys, or som other goode 
 fysh mete, to the value of the. ijs. miyl. above expressed ; and then also the. vi. peces 
 of beeff, before geven to the. vi. poore house holders, be altered into goode fysshe, after 
 
 b the 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 the discrecion of the said churchwardeyns, and so deliuered as above is specified. And 
 also I will that if I decesse \Viii the citie of London, that win three yeres folowing myn 
 executors doo make in the walle, nere unto my grave, a litell tumbe of freestone, upon 
 the which I will be spent, liij*. iiijf/. att the moost, and in the face of this tumbe I will 
 be made in too platis of lafon. ij. figurysof a man and of a woman, w. x. men children, 
 and. vi. women childern, and over or above the said fi^urys I will be made a figure of the 
 fader of heven enclosed in a sonne. And from the man figure I will be made a rolle 
 toward the said figure of the fader, and in hit to be graven O Pater in cells ; and from 
 the figure of the woman another lyke rolle, whereyn to be graven Nos tecum pascerc 
 veils : and at the feete of the said figurys I will be graven thes. ix. verses folowing. 
 
 Preterit ista dies, oritur origo secundi, 
 
 An labor, an requies ; sic transit gloria miindii 
 
 Lyke as the day his cours doeth consume. 
 
 And the new morow spryngith agayn as fast, ; 
 
 So man and woman by naturys custume 
 
 This life doo passe; and last in erth ar cast 
 
 In ioye and sorowe whiche here their tyme dide wast. 
 
 Never in oon state, but in cos* transitory,. , 
 
 Soo full off chaunge is of this worlde the glory. 
 
 And before upon the said tumbys border I will be written these words foIowrn& 
 Tumulus Roberti Fabyan, dudum pamiarius ac aldermannus London, qui obijt 
 Febr. And if I be buried in the churche of Theydon Garnon forsaid, than 
 
 I will that win a yere folowing myn executors doo purvey a stoon of marbiH to lave 
 upon my giave, aboute the borders whereof I will be fastyned a plate of laton, and ^in 
 that plate graven thies words folowing, Hie iacet Robertus Fabyan, dudum ciuis 
 et pannarius London, ac vicecomes et aldermannus, qui oiiit die, SCc. And in 
 the upper part of that grave stone I will be sett a plate and thereyn graven a 
 figur of our Lady with her child sittyng in a sterr, and under that. ij. figurys 
 tV the children before specified ; and either of the said. ij. figures holding a rolle, 
 wheryn upon the mannys part I will be graven Stella Maria maris. And upon the 
 womannys rolle Succurre pijssima nobis. And in. iiij. convenyent places of the said 
 grave stone I will be sett. inj. platts graven with. iiij. skochens of arrays folowing, that is 
 to say, at the hede the armes of the citie of London, & the Drapers armes, and at the 
 fett myn owne armes, and my merchaunt marke ; and I will that this stone be of suche 
 quatititie that it excede not the price, ^ all costs of plats and graving, ouer the sura 
 . Also I will, that if it fortune me to be burierf owte of London, that suche 
 iiij. ryngs of gold, as before I bequeathed unto. iiij. of my brethern drapers whiche 
 
 [* course ?2 
 
 shuldc 
 
PREFACE. xi 
 
 sbulde bere my coi-ps unto the chtirche, that they be then geven unto theis. iiij. of my 
 brethern drapers whos names be folowing, that is to saye, to William Gam the fii-st, 
 the secunde to William Dixon, the thirde to Edoiound Tryndill, and the. iiij. unto 
 
 whiche said my brethern I requyre and pray that of their charities 
 they will oohys, at tyme convenyent, say for my soule and all Cristen soules, Placebo and 
 Dirige, w the. ix. lessons and other prayers to the same apparteignyng, 
 
 Terrarum Distrihutio. 
 
 Also I will and bequeth unto Elizabeth, my greate tenemente w all thappertenancd 
 and gardyn therunto belonging, >V all myn other tenements, as well chatell as free and 
 feesymple landsjwhiche I have win the parisshe of Seynt Benet Fynk, ^in the warde of 
 Bradstrete of London ; ^Valso my tenemente ^ thappertenances standing in the parisshe of 
 Seynt Mighell, in the warde of Cornhill of London forsaid, the whiche lohn Lamplew 
 draper now dwellith yn and occupieth ; to have and to holde all the foresaid greate 
 tenemente, w gardyn, and all other thappertenancs, as is above said, standing in the 
 parisshe of Seynt Benet Fynke forsaid ; w also the aforesaid tenement standing in the 
 parisshe of Seynt Mighell forsaid, unto the. said Elizabeth my wif, terme4)f hir life, upon 
 condicion that she lyve soole and woute an husband, she bering all the charges and 
 quyterents whatsoever they be goyng owte of the same. And also yerely, over and 
 above the forenamed charges and quyterents, to paye unto the churchwardeyns off Seynt 
 Benet Fynke forenamed, by all the terme of. ix. yeres., xiijs. iiijrf. for the mayntenance of 
 jnyn obite before rehersed, and to repayre and sufficiently to uphold all the foresaid 
 loads and tenements, for so long tyme as she doeth occupye the same. And after the 
 ^ecesse of Elizabeth my said wif, or yi\n a yere aftir she is or shalbe maried, if she soo 
 be disposed not to live aloon, I will that then all the foresaid Lands, as my greate 
 tenen^ente w the gardyn. and all other the appertenances, \V all the other my ionds and 
 tenements, as well free chatell and fee simple land, which I have \Vin the parisshe of 
 Seynt Benett Fynke forsaid, be solde by myn executors to the most advauntage, and of 
 |tlie money that shall come of that saide sale, I will that Mary my doughter have as moche 
 as shall' make up the hole sum of. xl/i. before in this my present testament to her be- 
 quethen, to be to her deliuered at the tyme of the said sale, if she be then maried, and 
 the residue, what so it be, comyng injuoney or money worth of the said Ionds sale, I 
 will and bequeth it unto Robert my son, except. %li. I will and bequeath to Antony 
 my youngest sone ; and that then the forsaid xiij*. iiij</. sett out for myn obite be yeerly 
 paid of my tenemente in Cornhill, for so many yeris as tlien shalbe to come of the. ix. 
 yeris fqrsaid ^ and then also the. said tenemente toremayn, aftir the decesse of Elizabeth 
 my wif^ unto Robert my sone forenamed, he than to bear the charge of the foresaide 
 obite, till the full of the saide. ix. yeris be expired, to have and to hoWe the foresaid 
 -tenemente, wall thappertenancs, to the said Robert my son, and to his heyres and asignez 
 /or evermore : and if it happen the saide Robert my son to dye before he come unto his 
 iawfull age, whiche God defende, I will that then the saide tenemente, w all thappur- 
 
 i) 2 tenances 
 
xii PREFACE. 
 
 tenances, reniayn to Antony his broder, and the money to the said Robert also before 
 bequethed, the moytie thereof I will be geyen unto the said Antony^ and that other 
 moytie unto Thomas his. brother, if he then lyve, and ellys unto lohn myn oldest son, 
 to have and to hold the foresaid tenemente, with all thappurtenances, to the saide 
 Antony my son, and to his heyres and assignez for evermore, they then to here the 
 yerely charge of. xiij*. iiij^. for myn obite, if than any of the forsaid. ix. yeres be for to 
 come : and if the said Antony decesse or he come to-his lawful, whiche God defende, 
 I will that then the said tenement, w all thappurtenances remayn to Thomas my son, 
 to have and to holde the foresaid tenement, w all thappurtenances unto the said Thomas, 
 and to- his heyres and assignes for euermore ; and for lake of Thomas then lyving, I 
 will that the saide tenemente, w thappurtenances, remayn to John myn eldest son, if he 
 then lyve, to have and to holde the foresaid tenement, ^w all thappurtenances unto the 
 said lohn, and to his heyres and assignez for evermore. Also 1 will and bequeth unto' 
 my said wif Elizabeth, all my lands and tenements standing, lying, and beyng win the 
 parisshes of Esth'm, Westh'm, Leyton, as well freehold as copy, Affebrigge otherwise 
 Lamborne, Theydon Boys, Theydon Garnon, Theydon at Mount, and StanfFord 
 Ryvers, or ellys where win the countie of Essex, w all their appurtenances to the said 
 lands and tenements belonging, to have and to -holde all the foresaid lands and tenements, 
 as well free as copy, w their appurtenances, unto the saide Elizabeth my wif, for the 
 terme of hir lif, she beryng all quyterents, and other charges to the said londs and 
 tenements belonging; and ouer that yerely to pay unto the churchwardeyns ofTeydon 
 Garnon. xiijj. iiij^. by the terme of. xii. yeres, for the mayntenyng of an obite win the 
 said churche, as before is more playnly expressed : and also that she repayre and suffix 
 ciently mayntayne all the said rents by all hir lives tyme, and so leve them well and 
 sufficiently repayred. And also that she of hir modirly goodnesse and disposicion give 
 yerely, durying her said lif, unto lohn myn eldest sone and heyre. vili. xiij*. i'ujd. towards 
 his lyving, soo that he be kynd and loving, and obedient unto hir in all her nedys. 
 i\nd after the decesse of my said wif, I will that all my londs & tenements lying in the 
 parisshes of Esth'm, Westh'm, Leyton, as well free as copy, Affebrigge otherwise Lam- 
 bourn, Theydon Boys, Theydon Garnon, and Theydon at Mount, remayn unto lohn 
 myn eldest son, w all their appurtenances in the said londs and tenements belongino', 
 to have and to hold all the forsaid londs and tenements, w all their appurtenances as 
 well copy as free holdis, unto the said lohn, and to his heyres and assignez fqr evermore 
 therw to doo and dispose after their owne propre willys, they beryng and paying yereley 
 for the abovesaid terme of. xii. yeres, to the churchwairdeyns of Theydon Garnon forsaid 
 for the maynteyning of myn obite forsaid, if then any of the Said. xii. yeres be to come, 
 xiij*. iiij^. And for my lands and tenements whiche I have within the parisshof Stanfford 
 Ryvers, w all their appurtenances, I will that aftir the decesse of my wif, that they 
 remayn holly unto Thomas my son, and to his heyres and assignez for evermore,to have 
 and to holde all the saide londs and tenements, \k their appurtenances, unto the saide 
 Thomas, and to his heyres and assignez for evermore, so that he lyve tyll he come unto 
 his lawful age of. xxi. yereS ; and if the said Thomas decesse or he come to the a^e 
 
 4 abovesaid, 
 
PREFACE. xm 
 
 abovesaid, which God forbide, I will that they the said londs and tenements, aV all their 
 appurtenances, remayn to Antony my sone, to have and to holde all the saide londs and 
 tenements, vf all their appurtenances unto the said Antony, and to his heyres and as- 
 signez for evermore, if he then lyve and be of lawfull age, as above is said ; and if the 
 said Antony dye, as God defende, or he come to the full age of. xxi. yeres, I will that 
 than all the said lands and tenements, w all their appurtenances be sold by my executors, 
 and the money of theym comyng be devided evenly atwene my two sonys, that is to say, 
 lohn and Robert, if they then lyve ; and for defawte of theym not then lyving, whiche 
 God of his mercy forbide, I will that then the said money comyng of the sale of the 
 saide loads and tenements win Stanford, be devided atwene my. ij. doughters, that is to 
 say, lohan and Mary, soo y Mary have. ij. parts of the said money, and lohane the 
 thirde part. 
 
 From several passages in his History it is evident that Fahyan was conversant 
 in French, and no layman of the age he lived in is said to have been better 
 skilled in the Latin language. With these accomplishments, with great oppor- 
 tunities, and with a taste for poetry, he endeavoured to reconcile the discordant 
 testimonies of historians : adding the fruits of personal observation in the latter 
 and more interesting portion of his Chronicle. 
 
 His poetry indeed, is not of a superior cast. IVIr. Warton considered the 
 " Complaint of king Edward the Second" to be the best of his metres : but observes 
 that it is a translation from a Latin poem attributed to that monarch, but pro- 
 bably written by William of Wyrcestre. " Our author's transitions," he adds, 
 " from prose to verse, in the course of a profix narrative, seem to be made with 
 " much ease, and when he begins to versify, the historian disappears only by 
 *' the addition of rhyme and stanza*." 
 
 The authorities which are cited in his Chronicle are numerous, and some of 
 them but indistinctly named. Indeed he appears more than once to have quoted 
 
 * Hist. Eng. Poet. vol. ii.p. 191, 
 
 the 
 
xir 
 
 PREFACE, 
 the same work by a difFerent appellation. The greater part of these could only 
 have been known to him in manuscript. ' Such as were in print at the close of 
 the reign of Henry the seventh are noted in the margin. The principal are, An- 
 tonius or Antoninus, archbishop of Florence*; Alfredusf.; Beda; Cannus.,.; 
 Caumptus§ ; the Chronicle of England ; Caxton's Chronicle || ; Guido de Co- 
 lumnaf ; Peter Desrey, " -which made a recule or lytle boke of the wynnynge 
 « and Ipsynge of Jerusalem** ;" the English Cronicle of England-f -f ; EusebiusJJ; 
 Eutropius; Paulus Diaconus §| ; the Frensh Chronicle|l|| ; Fasciculus Terap'o- 
 rumf 5[ ; the Floure of Histories ; lohn Froyzarde ; Gaguin*** ; Geffrey of Mon- 
 mouthfff ; Gildas; Giraldus Cambrensis ; Henry of Huntingdon; Homer's 
 
 * Antonius was his proper name : that of Antoninus having been givfn to him on account of his diminutive 
 stature. Tlie editions of his " Summa Historialis," in Fabyan's time were, one, printed in folio at Venice 1480, 
 and three at Nuremburgin 14S4i 1491, and 1494. 
 
 f Aluredus Beverlacensis ? J See p. 56. § See p. 254. 
 
 II " The Cronicles of Englond," impr. by William Caxton, fol. Lond. 1480. See Dibdin'« edit, of Herbcrt'i 
 Typogr. Antiq. vol. i. p. 85. 
 
 5f Guido de Columna de Historia Trqjana was printed by Theodore Rood, at Oxford, in the same year with 
 Caxton's Chronicle. It was also printed in fol. Argent. 1486. There was another edition about this time without 
 place or year ; and a fourth, fol. Argent. 1489. 
 
 ** " Les Faits & Gestes du preux Godefroyde Bouillon & de ses chevaleureux Freres Baudoin & Eustace 
 yssus & descendus de noble lignie du Chevalier au Cigne avec leur genealogie, traduitdu Latin." fol. Par. 1499, 
 4lo. 1500. Desrey also published " Les Grandes Chroniques de Charles VIII. depuis I'an 1484, jusqu'en, 
 1496." fol. Par. 1510. 
 
 tt Here, it is probable, the Chuonicle so commonly found in our manuscript Libraries, called the Brute, or 
 Brute of England, is intended. It appears to have been composed in the time of Edward the Third ; and is con- 
 tinued in many copies as low as King Henry the Sixth. Tlie early part is a mere transcript from Geffrey of 
 Monmouth : Wace's translation of whose Histoiy iuto the Romance tongue appeare 'to be as well known by the 
 atppellation of Le Brut, in France. 
 
 iX " Historia Ecclesiastica." Lat. GouRiedo Boussardo interprete. 4to. Par. 1492. 
 
 §§ Eusebius and Paulus Diaconys were printed together, at Rome, in folio. 1471. 
 
 iril " Les Chroniques de France (appellee la Chronique de St. Denys.) compiles par I'ofdre du Roy Charles 
 VIII." 3 torn. fol. Par. 1476, See Mem. de I'Acad. des Inscript. torn. xv. p. 580. From a passage in p. 289, 
 however, Fabyan appears to hay^e seen this Chronicle in manuscript. 
 
 ^51 Tlie " Fasciculus Temporuiri," by Rolewinck, was first printed at Cologn in fol. 1474, Tkgain in 1481, and 
 a third time at Basil in 1483. • 
 
 *** " Compendium super Francorum Gestis, a Pharamundo usque ad annum 1491." 4to Par. 1497. Aug- 
 mented editions of this work, with a continuation to 1499, were printed, fol. Par. 1500, 1504. 8vo. 150?. 
 Robert Gaguin, the author, died in 1501. He was the intimate friend of Erasmus, who caHs him a discreet 
 historiogi-ajiher, and compares him to Sallust and Livy for purity of speech and composition of his history. He 
 was ambassador, successively, in ItaJy, Gei'many, and England. , 
 
 tit " Britannia utriusque Regtim & Principtun Ovigo & Gesta jiisigrda, ab Galfrido Monemutensi ex antiquis- 
 
 3 « Recuyll, 
 
PREFACE. XV 
 
 " Recuyll, or Boke made by him of the siege of Troy* ;" St. Jerom j Hoveden ; 
 " the Legende of the Seyntes radde yerely in the Churche-f ;" Dan lohn Lyd- 
 gate ; Marianus Scotus ; William of JVfalmesbqryj. ; La Mere des Histoires § ; 
 Matheolus Veronensis ; Petrus Pictaviensis ; " the Plegys or Rehersayllys of the 
 " names of kynges of Spayne(| ;" Trevisa's Translation of the Polycronicou : 
 lacobus Philippus^ ; Ranulphus Cestrensis** ; Hartmann Schedel-f-f- ; the 
 Chronicles of Rome ; the books of Turpin and Eginhardt ; Vincent de Beau- 
 vais.J4 ) and " a whyte monk, author of the story of Edgar"§§. 
 
 Beside which he cites " a Chronicle registered within the monastery of St. Al- 
 
 *' simis Eritannici Sermonis monumentis in Latinum traducta ; et ab Ascensio cura & impendio magistri IvonU 
 " Cavellati in lucem edita. Prostant in ejusdem asdibus." 4to. (1508.) 
 
 * This was " The Recuye^l of the Historyes of Troy," by Raoul le Fevre : the French edition of which is 
 said to have been the first work printed by Caxton at Cologne. The English edition is suppose<7 to have been 
 printed soon after H71, when Caxton finished the translation. Fabyan, who understood no Greek, ascribes it to 
 Homer. 
 
 t And, in another place, Caxton's " Boke called the Legeaunt of Seyntes.'' This was, no doubt, " The 
 Golden Legende," first printed by Caxton in 1483, a second time, according to Ames, without date; and a third 
 time in 1493. 
 
 X Whom he likewise quotes under two other denominations, " Willielmus de Pontificibus," and " Willielmus 
 de Reg^bus." See also Stow's Summarie of English Chronicles, edit. 8vo. 1570. In the " Catalogus MSS. 
 Angl. 7430. Mus. Ashm." a Chronicle, undoubtedly that which goes by the name of BriUe of England is de- 
 scribed as a work " supposed to be written by Withelmus de Regibus." Fabyan, in another part of his Ciironicles 
 calls him " Wyllyam, writer of the Histories of Kynges." • 
 
 § LaMcrdes Histoires, 2 vol. fol. Par. 1488, occurs in the Catalogue of Lord Oxford's printed library, vol. 
 iii. p. 178. 8vo. There was another edition printed in folio, at Lyons, iif 150G : and a thii-d edition, about the 
 lame time, without date. 
 
 II This is a work which, if in print, has as yet eluded enquiry. 
 
 5f His " Supplementum Chronicarum," was printed in fol at Venice in 1483, 1486, 1490, and 1493 : 
 again, Brix. 1485. These earlier editions bring the history down to 1480. The Venice edition in fol. of 
 1503, ends with the year 1502. See Fabric. Bibl. med. & inf. Latinit. edit. 1754. torn. i. p. 403. 
 
 *♦ This, of course, was Higden. In another place Fabyan speaks of " the Monke of Chester," by whom he 
 probably meant Roger of Chester, a Benedictine Monk of the abbey of St. Werburgh, whose " Polycraticon" 
 had a new title, and a few alterations made in it by Higden. The Polycraticon, or Polycratica Temporum, 
 came down to 1314. MS. Cott. Jul. E. viii. See Tanner Bibl. Brit p. 640. Another manuscript in the library 
 cf Benet College, Cambridge. A. vi. comes down to 1338. 
 
 f •(■ " Chronicon Nurembergense," fol. Nuremb. 1493. 
 
 J J The French Translation of Vincent's " Specukun Historiafe," appears to have been that used by Fabyan. 
 It was printed at Paris by Verard, in 1495-6, in five folio volumes of the lai^est size. A magnificent copy, printed 
 ' on vellum, superbly illuminated, is among the books in the library of the British Museum, which formerly belonged 
 to King Henry the Seventh. 
 
 J§ Seep. 199. 
 
 ban;^' 
 
XVI 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 ban ;" an old book sometime in the Guildhall of London named " Domysdaye* " 
 ," the Registre of Gregory," at Canterbury; « the translation that holy Gildas 
 made of Molmutius' Laws^ out of British speech into Latinf ;" an old Register 
 within the Church of St. Paul; and the Registers in the archives of the City of 
 London. 
 
 Fabyan, like the old chroniclers in general, for fear of neglecting some impor- 
 tant facts, went beyond the age of historical certainty in his details. He divides 
 his Chronicles into seven portions, giving a copy of verses as an epilogue to each, 
 under the title of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin. The six first portions 
 bring his history from the landing of Brute to the Norman Conquest. The 
 seventh extends from the Conquest to the conclusion. 
 
 That he was a Httle tinged with superstition must be allowed : but he was no great 
 favourer of the Monastic Institution :|;. His observations on some of the miracles 
 related in his history are too pointed to be mistaken. On the preservation of the 
 holy oil at Rheims from the time of St. Remigius, he remarks, " to this report 
 " every man may give credence as hym lyketh. For I fande not this wryten in 
 " the Gospell, nor yet in no booke of Holy Scripture^." He makes a similar 
 observation on the supposed vision of Richard, the third Duke of Normandy, 
 adding that " Antonius archbishop of Florence, whan he reherseth any like nar- 
 " racions which he thinketh somewhat doutefuU, he ioyneth thyse wordes, and 
 " sayth pium est credere. H" In another place he says, at once, " which is fof 
 " folys to believe^." Nor is he backward in pointing out the partiality of Ro- 
 
 * " Which he had seen or known." See p. 202. In the first folio of die second volume p. 293. he speaks of it 
 as " in Saxon tongue then used : but in later days, when the saidlaws and customs altered and changed, and for 
 " consideration also that the said book was of small hand, and sore defaced, it was the less set by, so that it was 
 embezzled or lost." Fabyan says the names of the Portgreves of London before the time of Richard the First 
 were entered in it, 
 
 f Bishop Tanner has the following remark on this translation in his Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibemica, p. 321 v 
 " At si extaret liber, quern Gallofridus primo cap. secundi libri Britannicse Historiee adfirmat Gild am de Victoria 
 Aurelii Ambrosii scripsisse ; aut si rursus Leges Molmutiance, quas idem 18 cap. primi libri Historic Britannicse 
 asserit Giklam Latinitate donavisse, usquam comparerent ; forsitan mehuscule de illo quantum ad antiquitatis 
 pertinet cognitionem ; sentirem." Such a translation, he adds, in a note, is also mentioned by Castorius. " Ita 
 J. Castor, in Chronico MS." 
 
 % Seep. 305. § p, 72. || p. 209. f P- 91. 
 
 bert 
 
PREFACE. xvii 
 
 bert Gaguln, (the author whom he principally follows in the French History,) 
 to his native country*. 
 
 A manuscript of the Second Volume of Fabyan's Chronicles, from which some 
 valuable collations have been obtained for the present edition, is preserved in 
 the library which formerly belonged to sir Robert Cotton, now in the British 
 Museum-j-. It wants, unfortunately, several leaves toward the close : but having 
 the Envoy which appears in the edition of 1533, is concluded originally to have 
 been continued lower than the first printed copy. 
 
 Stowe, in the Collections which he made for his Survey, speaks of a Continu- 
 ation by Fabyan himself, as low as the third year of Henry the Eighth ; 
 " which Boke (he adds) I have in writen hand."}:." It is not improbable that it 
 might have gone from Stowe's Collection to Sir Robert Cotton^s. 
 
 There is another Manuscript existing, in a private Library in Warwick- 
 shire. 
 
 The edition of 1516, which forms the text of the present Work as far as 
 P. 678, appears to have been edited by Pynson himself: who changed a Latin 
 Table of Contents, at the beginning, to an English one. This, in the present 
 Edition, has been superseded by an Index at the end. Instead of a Title it gives 
 the Arms of Henry the Eighth crowned, sustained from below by a Dragon 
 and a Greyhound. Above the Crown is a Rose supported by Angels with 
 Scrolls. That on the left bears these words, Hec rosa Virtutis de Celo missa 
 sereno. That on the right, Eternum jiorens regia sceptra feret. The same 
 device is repeated on the other side of the leaf, and again at the beginning of the 
 Second Volume. The Work, throughout,is adorned with Prints, but of so rude 
 a kind, as, no doubt, to have been used with equal propriety in other publica- 
 tions§. Brute is habited in plated armour of the fifteenth century : and two wooden 
 
 * See pp. 288, 415, 611. f MS. Gotton. C. xi. ♦ MS. Harl. 538. 
 
 § The Print which Mr. Herbert thought might be a Portrait of the author appears also in the " Kalender of 
 Shepardes:" and seems to have been copied from a wood cut, of earlier date, in " La Mer des Histoiret." fol. 
 Lyon. 1506. 
 
 c blocks, 
 
xviii PREFACE. 
 
 Jbloelvs, one looking to the right, the other to the left, appear to have produce(J 
 fl,ll the portraits of all the kings both of England and of France. 
 
 The great rarity of this first Edition is in part accounted for by Bale, who 
 in the second impression of his Work " De Scriptoribus," fol. Bas. 1557? sub_ 
 joins the following Anecdote to the account of Fabyan he had before published. 
 " Ejus Cronicorum exemplaria nonnulla Cardinalis Wolsius in suo furore com- 
 " buri fecit : quod cleri proventus pingues plus satis detexerit." The obnoxious 
 part of the Chronicles here mentioned must have been the Abstract of the Bill 
 projected by the House of Commons in the eleventh year of Henry the Fourth, 
 for depriving the Ecclesiastics of their temporal possessions. Bale's assertion, it 
 must be owned, is unsupported by any other writer. Certain, however, it 
 is, that the second Edition did not appear till after the Cardinal's death. 
 
 " Fabyan's Cronycle newly prynted, wyth the Cronycle, Actes, and Dedes 
 *' done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce Kynge Henry 
 *' the VII. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the 
 *' VIII. To whome be all honour, reuerece, and ioyfull contynaunce of 
 *' his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of God and weale of his realme. 
 *' Prentyd at London by Wyllyam Rasteli, 1533. Cum Privilegio." 
 
 In this Edition Pynson's text was principally followed, though with occasional 
 variations ; and one year, the twenty-fourth of Henry the Sixth, was entirely 
 omitted, as well as the singular passage which asserts Edmund Crouchback to 
 have been the eldest son of King Henry the Third. The following is the Title 
 prefixed to the second Volume. 
 
 " The Seconde Volume of Fabyan's Cronycle, conteynyng the Cronycles of 
 *♦ Englande and of Fraunce, from the begynnyng of the reygne of king Rychard 
 •^' thefyrste, vntyll the begynnyng of the reyne of our most redoubted souerayne 
 ^« lord kynge Henry the VlII. Prentyd at London by Wyllyam Rasteli, 1533. 
 ** Cum Privilegio/' 
 
 2 In 
 
«< 
 
 <i 
 
 PREFACE. 
 In 1542 appeared the third Edition, with this Title,. 
 
 " The Chronicle of Fabyan, whiche he hymselfe nameth f Concordaunce 
 of Hjstoryes, nowe newly printed, & in many places corrected, as to f 
 
 " dylygent reader it may apere. 1542. Cum Privilegio ad imprimendum solum. 
 
 " Printed by lohn Reynes, dwellynge at y Sygne of ^ Saynte George in Paul's 
 
 " Churche Yarde." 
 
 The Title prefixed to the Second Volume was 
 
 " The Secode Volume of Fabyan's Crony cle, conteynynge f Crony cle» 
 of Elngland & of Fraunce, from f begynnynge of y reygne of kynge 
 
 *' Richarde ^ fyrste^ vntyll f xxxii. ye re of f reygne of oure moste redoubted 
 
 *' soueraygne lorde kyng Henry f VIII." 
 
 The alterations and omissions in this and the subsequent Edition of 1559 
 are more numerous than the generality of readers may probably suspect- 
 Within a year after the publication of the last Edition, in 1533, the papal 
 authority in England had heen abolished : and the very name of pope not only 
 eSrased from the Service Books, but forbidden to be used. The changes of the 
 times gave but little hope of security to any printer, even of an old work, if it 
 contained facts or doctrines incompatible with the views of reformation. 
 
 Among the more conspicuous of the omissions- are " the Seven loys of the 
 *' blessed Virgin," with the Verses commending the persecution of one Badby a 
 Lollard ; innumerajble Miracles, particularly where they were taken from the 
 " Legend of Saints," or attributed to popes ; the Envoi/ at the close of the 
 first Volume ; the whole of the twenty eighth year of Henry the Third ; all 
 such passages as tended to encourage houses of religion, -penance, pilgrimage, 
 or the preservation of relics ; and whatever related to offences done to the 
 
 • A few copies of this edition may be found with the name of William Bonham. But nothing was more usual, 
 at that period, than for a work to be printed for several pubUshers, each ©f wbotn bad his single name to his own 
 copies. 
 
 c 2 Church 
 
 xir 
 
XX PREFACE. 
 
 Church of Rome, the shrines of Saints, the rejected, sacramfents, the burning 
 of tapers, or the mass. 
 
 Nor must the omission of such passages be forgotten jn which any king, 
 whether of England or France, is described as an " Enemy to holy religious 
 " places." Henry the Second is no longer called the "hammer of holy church :" 
 nor have we any notice of the repentance of Hugh bishop of Chester, far having 
 expelled the monks of Coventry, who " upon his death bed axed of God, that, 
 for a due and convenient penance, he might redeem that offence by lying in 
 the fire of purgatory from the day of his death to the general day of 
 doom." 
 
 But the most remarkable of all the passages altered or omitted are those 
 which relate to the struggle between Henry the Second and archbishop Becket. 
 The latter is no longer mentioned as a " glorious martyr" and a " blessed saint," 
 but as a " traiterous bishop." The greater pairt of his History is silently omitted, 
 and the rest accommodated to the changes which had taken place in religion. 
 
 Among the more minute alterations the words " holy" and " blessed" are 
 but rarely bestowed on saints or martyrs. In one place for '' martyred" we have 
 murdered ; and in another " shewing that many virtues ben rehersed of the 
 holy virgin Edyth," we have verses. The word " pope" is uniformly changed 
 to bishop of Rome ; and Notes are occasionally inserted* not only against the 
 papal authority^ but against " the readiness, wickedness, and ambition," with 
 which it was exerted^ 
 
 The Title to the fourth Edition of the Chronicles was as follows : 
 
 <* The Chronicle of Fabian, whiche he nameth the Concordaunce of Histories, 
 " newly perused. And continued from the beginnyng of king Henry the 
 " Seuenth, to thende of queene Mary, 1559. Mense Aprilis. Imprinted at 
 " London, by lohn Kyngston" — 
 
 * See pp. 47^ 48^ 378. 
 
 3 and, 
 
PREFACE, 
 and, at the back of it, was this Address, from 
 
 « THE PRINTER TO THE READER. 
 
 " Because the last printe of Fabian's Chronicle, was in many places altered from tlic 
 first copie, I have caused it to be conferred with the first print of all, and set it foorthc 
 in all pointes accordyng to the aucthour's meanyng. Also all through the storie of the 
 Britons, wherein he followeth Geffrey of Monmouth, I haue caused, his storie to be 
 conferred with GefFries, and noted the chapiters in the margine, where out the matter 
 is taken, and such thynges as he (I wote not for what cause) omitted, I have caused 
 to be translated, and duely placed vnder the perusers name. The like haue I doen for 
 the moste parte, all the boke through, notyng the places of soche aucthours as he al- 
 iegeth. And bicause the controuersie and varieties, is greate emong writers, about the 
 nomber of yeres, from Adams creation, to Christes incarnacion, therefore as master 
 Fabian followeth, the Septuaginta, and sainct Bede, so have I in the margine added 
 the accompt of Ihon Functius and other, all through the Storie, till the beginnyng of our 
 Sauiour, to the ende you maie knowe the diuersities of theim, and lacke nothyng neces- 
 sarie for the truthe. I have also continued the storie from Fabian's tyme, till the ende 
 of our late soueraigne queue Maries, briefly touchyng the speciall matters, that have 
 happened therein. And if I haue in any place mistaken ought, or one letter 'be shaped 
 for an other, I beseche you, of your gentlenes to amende it. Thus I praie God farther 
 you in all good studies." 
 
 XXI 
 
 The passages marked by square brackets in the side margin of the present 
 Edition are the authorities alluded to in this Preface. In the lower margin of 
 the first Volume, where the various reading has no reference attached, it may 
 be considered as authorised by all the subsequent Editions i and, in the second 
 Volume, by the Manuscript and subsequent Editions*. 
 
 * For the dates and facts of Fabyan's Life obtained from the Archives of the City of London^ the Editor's 
 thanks arc due to Mr. Thomas Woodthorpe. 
 
THE 
 
 FIRST VOLUME 
 
 OP 
 
 FABYANS CHRONICLE. 
 
FOLIO PRIMO. 
 
 PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 Foil that in the accomptjnge of the yeres of the v/orlde, from the Creacion of Adam, 
 vnto the incarnacion of Crist, been many and sundry oppynyons; as the Hebrews, 
 which accompt for y sayd terme. iii. M. ix. C. sixty a^nd. iii. yeres; the seuenty Inter- 
 pretours rekyn. V. M. C. Ixxx. and. xix. yeres. Some there betbU rekyn. v. M. C. Ixxx. 
 an^. xix. yeres; and some v. M. CC. &. xxviij. yeres. In the thirde booke and first cha- 
 piter of Policronicon.ben also shewyd dyuers oppynyons, wherof ihegrettest nombre and 
 most certayne, is. v. M. "Ind. CC. yeres: and in other places also some rekyn moo: and 
 some haue lasse: by reason wherof the, tymes ben dyuersly sette and accompted; as the first 
 foundacionof Rome, the subuercion of that' famous Cy tie of Troye, the first buyldyng 
 of the Cytie of London, and dyuers other olde things. But for Ise that the accompt of 
 the. Ixx. Interpretours is of holy Beda, and many other holy wryters, allowyd & folowed ; 
 therfore I, entendyng to shewe, in this rude werkefolowynge, what yere of the world Brute 
 entryd firste this lie, than called Albion, and now Englonde, purpose tokepe the sayd 
 accompte, wherof the particulers ensewe. That is to wyt firste from Adam to Noe 
 flowyd* xxij. C. and xlii. yeres. 
 
 From Noe to Abraham flowid' ix. C. and xlii. yeres. 
 
 From Abraham to Dauid flowid' ix. C. and xl. yeres. 
 
 From Dauid to the Captyuyte ojF the lewys passyd' iiii. C. Ixxx. and v. yeres.* 
 
 And from the Captyuyte to the commynge of Criste v. C. Ixxx. and x. yeres. 
 
 The whiche in all make v. M. C. Ixxx. and xix. yeres. 
 
 After whiche accompte moste accordynge to the purpose of this werke, albeit that 
 ■dyuers oppynyons therof ben laste* in wrytynge, and of dyuers Auctours : ttie famous 
 Cytie of Troye was subuerted of the Grekys, as wytnessyth holy Eusebius and other, in 
 the yere of the worlde iiij. M. and. xxiii. "[it wauhe firit 
 
 Also folowynge the sayd accompt, as wytnessyth the foresayd Euseby and dyuers other, I'J^^^f^^^" 
 the Cy.t^^ie of Rome was begone to be buylded in the. xi.* yere of Ezechias than kyng ez ^hias ivj. 
 of luda, the which yere maketh after y sayd Auctours, 5" y^*"^ <^f ^^e worlde, iiii. M. 1^1^^'%^^" 
 CCCC. Ixx. Andy sayd Auctours afFermyn that the sayd Cytie of It^rue was edy- cccc. xiiij.] 
 fied after f subuercion of Troye; CCCC. and. xlvii. yeres. By w^hiche reason it muste 
 folowe that it was buylded in the yere of the worlde as is abouesayd. 
 
 Peter Pictauienc' and other testefyen that Brute entryd firste the lie of Albyon, now 
 called England, in the xviii. yere of 3' preyst and lugge of Istr*^ named Hely : and. as 
 afFermyn^ dyuers Auctours the sayd Hely began to rule the Israelitis the yere of y- 
 thirde age ; that is from Abraham to Dauid, DCCC. Ixi.' ; whiche makyth the yeres of the 
 Worlde. iiii. M. & xlv. wherunto if there be joyned the abouesayd. xviii. yeres, than 
 must it folowe that Brute shulde entre this lande in the yere of the world, iiii. M. Ixiii. 
 
 ' the. * was, edit. 15-42, 1559. ' was, edit. 1542, 1559- * iiii.hundred and v. yeares. edit. 1542, 1559- 
 ^ lefte. * Israel. ' affermyth. edit. 1533, 1542. ' viii. C. xli. cJit.' 1542, 1559. 
 
 B To 
 
PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 To this agreyth the Auctour of Policronicon, whiche sayth that Brute entryd Albyon. xl. 
 yeres after f Subuercion of Troye ; which, xl. yeres, ioyned to f former sayeng of 
 Eusebius, makyth the sayde nombre of. iiii. M. and. Ixiii. yeres. Also a wryter of Hys- 
 toryes called lacobus Philippus afferipyth that Troye was taken by y Grekes in f 
 thirde yere that Abdon or Labdon iugged the Israelitis : whiche began his rule ouer the 
 sayde Islrites, after accorde' of moste wryters, in the yefe of the worlde iiii. thousande 
 and. XX : Wherunto if there be ioyned thre yeres, for f thirde yere of his rulCj in 
 which yere Troye as before is sayde was taken, and. xl. yeres that passyd or Brute per^ 
 cyd Albyon, it must folowe that Brute entred firste this lie of Albyon as before is sayd, 
 in the yere of the worlde. iiii. M. Ixiii. Thanne by these foresayde reasons Brute toke 
 possession of this He of Albyon, in the yere of the worlde as before is sayd, before the 
 buyldynge of the Cytie of Rome, as by the foresayd reasons maye be also prouyd, 
 CCCC. and. vii. yeres: and, before the Incarnacion of our blessyd Saoyour, folowynge 
 the same accompte, a thousande an hondreth. xxx. and. vi. yeres. 
 
 Thus endeth thaccomptynge of the yeres of the worlde from the Creacion of Adam 
 vnto the incarnacion of Criste. 
 
 INCIPIT PROLOGUS.. 
 
 rti. «. ■ W Han I aduertyse in my remembraunce, 
 
 The manyfolde storyes, in ordre duely sette, 
 Of kyngs & pryncs that whylom had gouernaunce, 
 Of Rome and Italye, and other further fette. 
 As of lewes and Grekes, the whiche haue no' lette, 
 But that men maye se in order ceryously, 
 Howe longe they* reygned, and howe successyuely. 
 
 Of Fraunce and other I myght lyke wyse reporte 
 
 To theyr great honour, as of them doth appere, 
 
 But to Englande, if I shall resorte, 
 
 Ryght mysty storyes, doughtfull and vnclere, 
 
 Of names of tymes, and of the duraunt yere "^'' 
 
 That kypges or prynces ruled that famous yle, 
 
 Almoste vncertayne howe I shulde guyde my style. 
 
 And for of eunnynge I am full destytute, 
 To brynge to frame so great a raysterye : 
 I nyll presume, without other refute. 
 To ioyne suche a werke or it to rectyfye, 
 To me it semyth so ferre sette a wrye 
 In tyme of yeres, to other discordaunt. 
 That to my dull wytte it is nat atteynaunti 
 
 ' the accordfi.^ ' The Prologue. » not, edit. 1559. * the, edit. 1559. 
 
 T© 
 
PROLOGUS. 
 
 To brynge in ordre a thynge of suche weyght, 
 
 And cause it to agre with other olde storyes, 
 
 But it to' remytte to theym that ben sleyght 
 
 And sharpe in lecture, and haue kept theyr studyes^ 
 
 And sought the Bookes of many olde hystoryes, 
 
 And haue in Cronycles full experyence, 
 
 To frame suche a werke by theyr great prudence. 
 
 And I lyke the Prentyse that hewyth the rowgth* stone, 
 
 And bryngeth it to square, with harde strokes and many. 
 
 That the mayster after may it ouer gone, 
 
 And prynte therin his fygures and his story ; 
 
 And so to werke it after his propornary,* 
 
 That it may appere to all that shall it se, . 
 
 A thynge ryght parfyte and well in eche degre. 
 
 So haue T nowe sette out this rude werke, 
 As rough as the stone nat comen to the square. 
 That the lerned and the studyed clerke 
 May it ouer polysshe and clene do it pare ; 
 Flowrysshe it with Eloquence, wherof it is bare. 
 And frame it in ordre that yet is out of ioynt, 
 That it with olde Auctours may gree in euery poynt. 
 
 Besechynge hym that wyll so take the payne, 
 
 Or any other that lyste on this loke* ; 
 
 Where any Errour in this by hym is sayne. 
 
 It to correct, and mende this rude boke, 
 
 For by hym that neuer yet any ordre toke, 
 
 Or gre of Scole, or sought for great cunnynge. 
 
 This werke is gaderyd, with small vnderstandynge. 
 
 Nat for any pompe, or' yet for great mede. 
 
 This werke I haue* taken on hande to compyle ; 
 
 But of cause oonly for that I wolde sprede^ 
 
 The famous' honour of this Fertyle He, 
 
 That hath contynued, by many a longe whyle. 
 
 In excellent honour, with many a royall guyde, 
 
 Of whom the dedes haue spronge to the worlde wyde. 
 
 But of those dedes me lyste nat here to shewe, 
 
 For in the sequele they shall well appere, 
 
 And in abort processe and in as wordes fewe 
 
 As I goodly may I shall lyke* in fere. 
 
 The storyes of Englande and Fraunce so dere. 
 
 That to the reder it may well be sayne. 
 
 What kynges togyder ruled these landes twayne. 
 
 • But to, edit. 1559. * rough. * proporcynary. ♦ to lokr. ' nor. * haue I, 
 
 ' But ouely bycaute that I wolde sprede. ' lynke. 
 
 B 2 And 
 
4 PROLOGUS. 
 
 And in the pryncipyll of the reygne of euery kyoge* 
 
 As well of one and other, more and lesse> . ^ 
 
 What yere of the worlde he take begynnynge* 
 
 To guyde his Realme, and ferther besynesse, 
 
 I wyll eke take to shewe and expresse 
 
 What terme of yeres euery- prynce dyde reygne^. 
 
 And in what honour he dyd his tyme maynteyne. 
 
 The tyme also, howe longe the Brytons ruled, 
 And howe by Saxons they were lastly* put oute. 
 Than of Danes, whiche both landes defoyled 
 By theyr outrage and of theyr fury stoute ; 
 Of whom both nacyohs stode longe in great doute} 
 ^ Tyll Fraunce with theym allyed by maryage, 
 And Englande lastly voyded that lynage.. 
 
 Notji Than howe the Normannes, by Wyllyam Conquerouiv. 
 
 Entryde this lande, and helde the Sygnory, 
 A certayne of tyme, tyll the hygh gouernour 
 Restored the blode of Saxons Enderly' 
 And of the Scottes that neuer coude apply, 
 To. kepe theyr AUegeaunce, but many a tyme rebelie(^. 
 And to be true were full often Compelled. 
 
 p,i. ;<;» The fatall warre that hath dured so longe, 
 
 Twene Fraunce & Englande, to both theyr damage,-. 
 And of the peas that hath ben vnderfbnge, 
 Bothe by great othes, and Eke by maryage. 
 Of Walys Geryshnesse and of theyr lyght dotage,* 
 Ho«e they were scourged for theyr vnstedfastnessej. 
 With dyuers other whiche I shall after expresse. 
 
 And for that London, that auncyent Cytie, 
 Hath eu;5r parseueryd in vertuous noblesse, 
 To the great hJnour, as may consyred' be. 
 Of all this lande iti welth and great largesse, 
 Therfore I tbynke'somwhat to expresse. 
 Of theyr good ordVe, and Cyuyle polycy, 
 That they so longe haue ruled theyr Cytie by.. 
 
 At^ of theyr rulers, as they are yerely chosyn. 
 
 To rule the Comonte by theyr discretion, 
 
 I shall you shewe ; and to you disclosya 
 
 The_names of Mayres and Shyryffesof thattowne; 
 
 And all suche acles as by Reuoluciowne 
 
 In theyr dayes fyll, so that there shall appere 
 
 The prynces Actes whiche chaunged* yere by yere. 
 
 ' his begynnyng, edit. 1542, 1555. ' lastly were. ^ enterly. ♦ dotake, edit. 1550. * consvdred. 
 * cliauuced, edit. 1559, ^ ' 
 
 Of 
 
PROLOGUS. 
 
 Of Fraunce also the Cronycle shall ens«we, 
 \ III his dewe ordre, so thai ye may knowe. 
 Whan they began theyr pryiices to renewe> 
 And from theseruage, whan they were kept lowej- 
 Of the Romaynes, whom tliey dyd ouerthrowe, 
 And of theyr names that they wtivlom dyd chaunge ; 
 Of theyr firste Baptym' and of theyr names straunge. 
 
 Thus, in this boke, may you here or se* 
 
 Of bothe landes the Cronycles enlyere, 
 
 With other matyers whiche liegystred be, 
 
 Of olde wryteFS, suche as wrote full clere; 
 
 Actes of Prynces done both ferre and nere, 
 
 And theym engrosed with great dylygence ; 
 
 Wherby to theyr folowers myght grawe' experyence. 
 
 Into. vii. partes I haue this booke deuyded. 
 So that the Reader may chose where he wyll; 
 The firste conteyneth tjowe the Brytons guyded. 
 * This lande from Brute, Moliunciusvntyll : 
 And from Moliuncius, I haue sette for skyll^ 
 To the nynthe yere of kynge Cassibelan, 
 The seeonde parte : for that the Romaynes than. 
 
 Conquered Brytayne and thens to Seuerne*, 
 The thirde part I haue also assygned : 
 The fourth endyth than at Lonstaniyne : 
 The fyft at Cadwaladyr I haue also dififyned : 
 At the Conquest I haue eke determyned 
 The. vi. part : and of the Seuyiith or laste 
 At our redoubted prynce I haue the ende caste ; 
 
 Henry the. vii', whom god preserue and saue, 
 And hym defende from all aduersyte. 
 Besechynge theym that wyll the laboure haue> 
 This boke to Rede, or any part to se, 
 That where defaute is it may corrected be, 
 Without disdayne, and that they wyll supporte 
 And ayde this werke with all theyr comforte. 
 
 And for this boke Includyth Sforyes fele, 
 And towchyth thynges done in sondry place, 
 , So that one tyme muste with an other dele. 
 To kepe the yeres, the tyme, and the space, 
 Therfore this name "it shall nowe puchace*, 
 (Concordaunce of Storyes) by me prouyded » 
 
 The Auctour sans Nome fynally deuysfed. 
 
 ' Baptysme. * and se. ' growe. • ♦ Seueryne. * Henry the. Tiii. edit. 1542, 155^ 
 
 * Shall it nowe purchace, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 5 - And 
 
S PROLOGUS. 
 
 And for this werke may haue the better specie, 
 To prayer tne thynketh, it is ryght necessarye 
 That I shuld falle, consyderynge my nede, 
 That I muste haue for lacke of due stodye, 
 Were thorough that connynge and parfyte memorye 
 Of thynges taken whan I was yonge and hynde 
 Ben ferre set of, and put from ray mynde. 
 
 By this is Tgnoraunce nowe comyn in place, 
 And Oblyuyon hath sette in his foot. 
 So that knowlege from me they done race, 
 Wfaerbyin olde Auctours I myght fynde some boot 
 In latyn and Frenche, that in theyr dytees swoot 
 These olde wryters haue so compendiaugly 
 Sette the olde Storyes in ordre dylygently. 
 
 But in this prayer, I thynke nat' to be vsed, 
 As dyddyn these Poetis in theyr olde dayes, 
 Whiche made theyr prayers to goddes abused, 
 As lupiter and Mars, that in theyr olde lawea 
 Were named Goddes, and fayned in theyr sawes 
 That they were Goddes of Batayll and rychesse, 
 And had in theym great.vertue and prowesse. 
 
 ni-iiii. For what may helpe these fayned goddes all. 
 
 As Saturne, or Mercury, or yet bryght Appollo, 
 Bachus, or Neptune, or Pluto the thrall, 
 Cpelus' or Mynos', or blynde Cupido ; 
 Or yet that goddesse the fayre luno, 
 Diana, or Pallas, or Ceres the fre. 
 Or yet the Musis that ben thryes thre. 
 
 Wherto shuld 1 calle vnto Caliope, 
 
 Moder of Orpheus, with swete Armony, 
 
 That of Eloquence hath the Soueraynte ; 
 
 Or to Carmentis whiche by her firste study, 
 
 The Latyn letters fande out parfytly ; 
 
 Syne all these were Mynystris of god in mortal!,* 
 
 And had in theym no power dyuynall. 
 
 Wherfore, to the lorde that is Celestyall, i 
 
 I wyll nowe crye, that of his Influence, 
 
 Of grace and mercy, he wyll a droppe let fall. 
 
 And sharpe my wytte with suche experyence, 
 
 That this may fynysshe with his Assystence, 
 
 With fauour of the virgyn his Moder moste excellent. 
 
 To whom I thus praye with mynde and hole entent* 
 
 9 
 
 nought. •Eolus. ' Morynos, edit. 1533. 1542. evidently by mistake. ♦ immortak 
 
 In the Editions of 1542 and 1559, the two last lines run thus, immorta* 
 
 " To the glcrye of his name, which in heauen is 
 
 " Where the angels incessantly syng, gloria in excelsk." 
 The prayer to the Virgin is of course omitted. 
 
 ' jissit 
 
PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. fi 
 
 Assit principio sancta maria meo. 
 
 Moste blyssed Lady comforte to suche as calle 
 
 To the for helpe in eche necessyte, 
 
 And what thou aydest may in no wyse Apalle 
 
 But to the best is formyd in ylke degre : 
 
 Wherfore good Lady I praye it may please the, 
 
 At my begynnynge my penne so to'lede, 
 
 That, by thyne ayde, this werke may haue good spade. 
 
 If F I N I S. 
 
 PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 ^ Capitulum Primum. 
 
 SYNE' that I haue shewed vnto you what season & tyme of the yeres of the worlde. 
 Brute entred firste this lie of Albyon ; Me semyth it is conuenyent that I also shewe 
 how, & for what cause, it was first named Albyon. The whiche so toke firste name, as wyt- 
 ""nessyth Strabo* and other wryters, of the* whyte Clyues or Rockes that stande vpon the sees • fButOmewe.] 
 syde, and are ferre seen in clere wether and bryght dayes, wherof it was of olde wryters 
 named Albyon, as it were the whyte Lande, whiche sayinge affermyth also Ranulphe and 
 dyuers other. 
 
 So that it may certaynly be knowen that it toke nat that firste naraeof Albyne doughter [SeeHardyng 
 ■r -of Dioclecian kynge of Sirie, as in the Englysshe Cronycle is affermyd. For in all olde of oanas dough- 
 Storyes or Cronycles is nat founde that any suche kynge of that name reygned ouer the 
 Syriens or yet Assiryens, nor yet that any suche Storye that his. xxx. Doughters shulde 
 slee theyr. xxx. Husbandes, as there is surmytted' was put in execucion* : whiche if 
 any stiche wonder had ben there wroughte, shuld nat haue ben vnremembred the wryters* 
 and Auctours of that parties : considerynge that many lasse wonders are put in wry- 
 tynge by the sayde wryters. Wherfore it is more apparent that it toke that firste name of 
 Albyon, as aboue is ftayd, than of Albyne doughter of the sayd Dioclecian. And as to 
 f Geauntes that Brute founde in this lie at his arryuayll, they myght be brought in to this 
 Lande by some meane of Shyppes or otherwyse, rather than to be borne of those women 
 :" as there also is imagyned. 
 
 Of this He the Auctours Alpherde and Beda tell many wonders, whiche in the firste [Ranulphe in 
 Booke of Polycronicon are suflf'ycyently towched, where it is sayde that this He is called fro'm thes^"'''' 
 an other worlde. For as sayth Solius* the edge of the Frenshe ClyfFe shulde be the ende chapUn vnto the 
 of the worlde, if this Ilande ne were nat. Othee many'' thynges there ben' specifyed, the 
 whiche I passe ouer. 
 
 This' is closyd on all sydes with the see, & stretcheth in length out of the Sowth intoy 
 North, hauynge in the Sowthest syde Fraunce, in the Sowthe the Lande of Spayne, in the 
 North the Countre of Norwaye, and in the West, the Countre of L'lade. And hath in 
 length from Totnesse to Catenessey, xv. myles beyonde Myhell Stowe" in Cornewayll, vpon 
 viii.C. myles. 
 
 ' Syns, edit. 1533. ' the omitted in edit. 1542, 1559. ' surmysed, edit. 1533. 15*2. there 
 
 aunnysed, 1559i ♦ writynge. ' of the wryters, edit. 1533, 1542. * Solinus. ' many other. 
 
 * ben there. * Thys yle. "* Mychell stowe. 
 
 And 
 
a PRIMA PARS BRUTT. 
 
 And to rekyn the Brede from Sevnt Dauyth' laiide in Walys, called Me^ema^ to Doner 
 'ClyfFs, it conteyneth after moste wryters. CCC, myles. 
 
 And if it be rekenyd from the sayd place in Walys," vnto Yarmoufhe in NorfF' nat so- 
 moche ; but lasse by. Ix. myles after some wryters :" and Beda sayth it conteyneth ouer. 
 • ' CC. myles. 
 
 And this He was firste, 'as aboue is sayd, named Albyon : and secundaryly Brytayne, 
 after Brute: And thirdely Anglia of Anglis by Comaundement of Egbert kynge of An- 
 glys,,and of • Westsaxons. Albeit that after some wryters it was called Anglia, after the 
 name of the Quene of this lande named Anglia. Albeit y therof is foude lytetl auctoryte. 
 10 This' was firste conquered by the Romayns, and so contynued vnto theym as trybutary, 
 and vnder their rule, as after in J^ ende of the Storye of trracianus shall appere, ouer 
 CCCC. yeres. 
 
 Secondely by the Saxons. 
 
 Thirdly by the Danys. • 
 - And Fourthly by the Normayns. And was deuyded first by .Brute in tbre parties, as in 
 the Storye shall appere folowynge. 
 
 m. f HERE BEGYNNETH OF THE STORYE, 
 
 ^ Capitulum Secundum. 
 
 jGtfSxK of "D Rute, of the Auncyet and Noble blode of Troyans*, dyscendyd of Eneas-a Troyan, 
 Monmouth I XJ aiid of f doughter of P.ryam kynge of theTroyans: whiche Eneas receyued of hi^ 
 '&c°t'''*'^''^'""' ^^y^ ^y^^ '^ sone, named Ascanius, y v/hich was kynge of the Countre of Italy next after 
 his Fader Eneas^ For so it was that after the foresayd Cytie of Troye was as before is 
 sayd by the Grekes subuerted, Eneas whiche entendyd to haue sauyd from deth f fayre 
 Polixena, doughter of kynge Pryam, was, for that dede, by Agamemnon duke or chyef 
 leder of the Grekes, exyled from Troy. The which accompanyed with a great Nombre 
 of Troyans within, iii. yeres after his departynge from Troy, landed in the coutre of Italyfe. 
 And there after dyuers coflictis and Bataylles had with Latynues*, than kynge of Italye, 
 ' he maiyed, by theagrenient of the sayd Latynues, his doughter named Lauyna, vpon ^ 
 
 whiche he gatie a sone & named hym Siluius postumus: Of the whiche after some wry- 
 ters discendyd Brutus firste kynge of Albion. But for a more concordaunce of this werke 
 and conuenyency of yeres, As testyfyeth Policrohica, Guydo de Columpna wryter of Sto- 
 ryes, & other, Ascanius the first sone of Eneas gotyn vpon his first wyfe had a sone ^ 
 natned [Siluius, whiche after some wrytefs is named]* Siluius Eneas. This Siluius Eneas 
 was Fader to Brute. Of this is dyuers opynyons, wlierof some are manyfestly shewed in 
 .the. xxvii^. Chaptre of the seconde Booke of Policronicon. 
 
 Then it foloweth in the Story, this Brute, beyng of |^ age of xv. yeres, slewe his Fader in 
 shotynge at a wylde beest. And as some Auctours haue, he slewe also his moder in tvme of 
 
 ^Dauyds. ' Meneuia, edit. 155<). M'his ile. * The Troyans, edit. 1542, 1549. ' Latinus. 
 
 *<)mittedin-edit. 1542, 1559. ' xxviii. *dit. 1542. xviii.-edit. 155£l. 
 
 his 
 
PRIMA PARS BRUTI. 
 
 his byrth. But for the laste dede, by agrement of al wi-yters, he Vas banysshed the 
 Coutre : And after, by fortune, landed with bis company in a Prouynce of Grace, where 
 at f tyme reygned a i^ynge named Pandrasius', or after some wryters, Pandarus, y whiche 
 kynge, asaffermyth Geffrey of Monmouth, was lynyally descendyd of the blode of Achylles. 
 r Inthisprouynce Brute foiidemanyTroyans, as Captyuys and thrall to the Grekes, with the 
 whiche he conspyred & faughte with the Grekys sondiy tymes : And lastly, for a fynall Con- 
 corde, toke to wyfe the doughter of^ sayd Pandrasius named luncgen* : After whiche mary- 
 age solempnysyd, the sayde Brule, by counsayll of the Troyans, with a certayne of Shyppes 
 well vytaylled, departed out of Grece & sought his aduenture : whiche after many daii- 
 /o /o gers of the see passyd, he landed with his Company in a parte or He of AfFrica, named 
 
 as sayth Guydo & other, Loegesia', within which He at those dayes stode an old Temple 
 dedycat in the honoure of Diua or Diana* a Goddesse of mysbyleued people. The 
 which Temple, when Brute had apperceyued, anone he* yode into it, where knelynge befo- 
 the Aulter^ with great deuocyon sayde these Versis folowynge. 
 'i iJT Diua potens Nemorum : terror siluestribus apris. 
 
 Cui licet Aufractis* ire per etheros^ 
 
 Infernasq; domos terrestria lura reuolue* 
 
 Et die quas terras nos habitare velis 
 
 Die certam sedem qua te venerabor in euum 
 1 Qua tibi virgines' templa dicabo choreis'°. 
 
 The whiche versis are to be vnderstandyn in our Moder tunge as after is expbwned. 
 
 Celestyall Goddesse, thatwoldest" fryth and wocle, 
 
 The wylde bore & beests, thou feryst by thy myght : 
 
 Guyderof shypmen passynge the Ragyous flode, 
 ' The infernall howses, for and the erth of ryght 
 
 Beholde & serche, and shewe where I shall lyght. 
 
 Tell the cretayne" place where euerlastyugly 
 
 A temple of virgyns to the I shall edefye. 
 After whiche prayer and other" obseruaunces after the pagan Ryte, with great deuocion 
 3o 3a done and excercysed, aboute p Awter of y- sayd Goddesse or Idolf '* in those dayes vsed» 
 Brute -fyll in a slepe ; in tyme of whiche slepe apperyd to hym the sayd Goddesse and 
 eayd to hym in maner and forme as foloweth. 
 
 Brute sub,occasu'* solis trans galiica Regna 
 
 Insula in oceano est vndiq; clausa Mari : 
 
 Insula^in oceano est habitata gigantibus olim, 
 
 Nunc deserta quidem'*, gentibus apta tuis. 
 
 Hie de prole tua reges nascentur, & ipsis 
 
 Totius terre subitor'' orbis eris,'* 
 
 lianc pete namq; tibi sedes erit in ilia'' perhennis. 
 
 Hie fiet natis altera Troia tuis. 
 The whiche versis maye be Englysshed as hereafter foloweth» 
 
 Brute farre by West, ouer the lande of Fraunce, 
 
 An He in occean there is, all closed with the see; 
 
 This He ^ Geaunts whylom inhabyt by chauce, 
 
 Nowe beynge deserte as apte for thy people & the, 
 
 '^Pimdrasus. * Ignogen. *Lergesia. * Diua Diana, edit. 1559. * ye, edit. JSSp. 
 
 •atnlVactus, edit. 1533, 1542. anfractus, 1559. ' aethereos, edit. 1533, 1559. oetheros, edit. 154'2. 
 
 •resolve. • virgineis. '° clioris. " weldest. "certayne. " other omitted. '* tdolle. 
 
 "•uccasiun. " quidam, edit. 1559. f' subditus. '* erit. " erit ilia, 15^0. 
 
 U In 
 
10 PRIMA PARS BRUTI. 
 
 In this of thy body kynges borne shall be, j_ . 
 
 And of this lie thou shalt lort^e' and kynge. 
 Serche this, for here a perpetuell See to the, 
 And here to thy childer a new Troy sbal sprynge. 
 
 . ^ Capitulum. iii. 
 
 WHen Brute a woke & remebred hym of this vision, anon he called to hym such as he 
 
 moste trusted, & shewed to theym what he had seen & harde. Wherof they all beynge 
 
 ^2fv^'^'^ greatly reioysed, caused great fyres' to be made, in the whiche they caste wyne, niylke, & 
 
 other Lycours, with dyuers Aromats' & spyces of moste swettest odour, as in the olde Pa- 
 
 ,f: gan lawes & fytes were vsed. 
 
 Whiche obseruaiice with other done, vf great ioye & myrthe entryd* into theyr Shyppes 
 & pulled vp theyr sayles & toke theyr course Westwarde. And so sayled by the space of. 
 XXX. dayes passyngby many auentures & daungers as of Philenes, the Lake called Lacus 
 Saliuaru' or sake lake or f place where salt is made, tlie Ryuer called Malue,"* & Hercules 
 ftpyllers, & came lastly to J see Tyron^ or Turon, where he encountred ^ a small Nauy of 
 Sliyppes off whicli aTroyan and nenewe to Brute called Corneus*, was Capitayne; when 
 eyther of them had saluted other, & reioysed of theyr raetynge, they togyder made towarde 
 lande, and landyd in the prouynce of Gallia now called Guyan, of whiche prouynce at 
 thatdaye a Prynce named Copharius' was ruler: the whiche, hauyng knowlege of the land-'* 
 ;eynge of these straugcrs, with his power made toward them & to theym gaue Batajll, but 
 the Troyans were victours & ouercame Copharius with all his knyghts. 
 
 In this batayll was slayn a noble Troyan & neuewe to Brute named Turnus'" & there 
 buryed : wherfore in remembraunce of the sayde Turnus, Brute buylded there a cytie & 
 named it Turon as some Auctours testyfye, but it shuld seme by the sayinge of Poiicronica 
 rtbat thylke Cylie Turon was buylded afore. Albeit that the Auctour of Cronica Croni- 
 carum affermyth it to be buylded by Brute in remembraunce of his sayde Cosyn Turnus, 
 whiche Cytie at this day is yet of great fame win the Realme of France. This done the 
 sayd Brute Sc Corneus* with their Troyans toke agayne Shyppynge, the whiche after, iii. 
 dayes or fewe dayeS saylynge, landyd at an Hauen or port in Cornewayll named at this 
 ,o day Totnesse, and from thens yode serchyng y lande & couter" y' yere as before is sayde. 
 iiii. M. Ixiii. 
 
 Before the buyldynge of Rome folowynge the foresayd Accompt. cccc. &. xx. 
 Before the Incarnacion of Criste. xi. C. and. xxxvi. 
 And before Alexandre y great Conquered the worlde. viii. C. and. xi. 
 if Also before any kyng Reygned ouer the Frenshemen, or that they were clere quyte of 
 theyr Trowage" agayne the Roraaynes. xv. C. Ivi. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. iiii. 
 
 rGefr.i.ol REtourne we thenne to Brute, whiche after his landynge in this He of Albyon, Cir- 
 
 cuyd & serched the lande ouer all, & founde it full fertyle & plenteuous of wode & of 
 4isgrasse, & garnysshed with many fayre Ryuers & stremes. And in his trauaylynge the lande 
 he was encoiitred w many great & uiyghty Geaunts, the whiche he distroyed, amonge f 
 which, as reherceth y"Englysshe Cronycle, was one of passynge strengthe named Gogma- 
 gog; the whiche he causyd to wrestle w Corneus or Coryn his Neuewe besyde Do°uer : 
 In whiche wrestlynge y'* Geaiit brake a rybbe in f syde of Corneus, where thorough Cor- 
 neus beyng sore amoued, w great stregth supprysed'* y Geaiit, and cast hym downe the 
 Rocke of Douer : by reason wherof, as affermyth the sayde Englysshe Cronycle, y'* place 
 was named y fall of Gogmagog. 
 
 ' be lord e. * fares, edit.l 533, 1542, m/jro/i^r/y. * dyuerse aroniate. * they entryd. 
 
 ' Sal ill H rum. ' Malea. ' Tyrrhen. ' Corineus, edit. 1533, 1542. ' GrofFarius. " Turouiis* 
 " countre. '* trewage. " the, edit. 1542. '* that. " suppressed, edit. 1542. 155q'. 
 
 " the, edit. 1533, 1542, J**, lajy 
 
 But 
 
PRIMA PARS BRUTI. ll 
 
 But after that, the name was cbauged & called the fall of Douer; whiche to this day 
 •endurylh. For this dede & other Brute gaue vnto his sayd neuewe Corneus or Coryn the 
 hole Countre of Cornewayll. 
 
 And whenne Brute had thus destroyed the Geaunts & serchyd the sayd He of Albyon 
 rthoroughly, he comyng by f Ryuer of Thamys, for pleasur that he had in that Ryuer, 
 with also the Cooiodities tberunto adioynynge, beganne tliere to bnylde a Cytie in the 
 remembraunce of the Cytie of Troye lately subuerted; and named it Troynouanf. whiche 
 is as moche to saye as newe Troye, whiche name enduryd tylle the comynge of Lud 
 after kyngeof Brytayne vpon the tyme ofaThousande. Ixviii. yere. But the sayde kynge 
 ; comaundyd it to be called Luddys Towne, whiche by shortnesse of speche is nowe called 
 London. 
 
 Thenne when Brute had thus buylded his Cytie and sawe that he was stablysshed in his 
 
 ReaUne quyetly, he then by thaduyceof his lordes c5maudyd f sayd He and Countre to 
 
 be called Brytayne, & his people Brytons, and so contynued his reygne prosperously. In 
 
 irthe whiche tyme he stablysshed & ordred his people to lyue in tylthyng' of theyr lande 8c 
 
 otherwyse. 
 
 This Brute had receyued of his wyfe. iii. sones wherof y firste was named Lotrinus or 
 Lotryne*, ^ seconde Cambrius or Chambre* and the thirde Albanactus or Albanakt. 
 To the first & eldest he beset this He of Brytayne, the whiche after was named mydell Eng- 
 • lande, whiche is to meane Troynouant with all the Countres there aboute iyinge, coteyn- 
 ynge fiest. West, & South. And for this cause & for it shulde sounde towarde the name 
 of the sayd Lotryne*, This parte of Brytayne was longe after called Loegria or Logiers. 
 
 To thesecode sone Cambre, he beset or apoynted to hym the Countre of Walys, the 
 
 which was first named after hym Cambria, this in the Eestsyde was some tyme departyd 
 
 ' from Englande by the ryuer of Seuerne : But nowe in f North syde, the Ryuer named 
 
 Dee at Chester departyth* Englande & Walys. And in f South the Ryuer that is called 
 
 Vaga at the Castell of Stryglynge'^ partyth Englade & Walys. [That !s Wyf, 
 
 To f thirde sone or' Albanakt he beset the Northe parte of this He & named it Albion, "^,^'3'''"°* 
 or more verely f sayd Coiitre toke after f name of p said thirde sone and was called Al- 
 bania. This Countre was after named Scotlande, and is deuyded from Loegria or Lo- 
 giers' as sayth holy Bede by. ii. Armys of ^ see, but they mete nat. y Eest Arme of thyse seatiandt. 
 two begynneth aboute. ii. myles from the Mynster of Eburcurynge, in the West syde of 
 Penulton. The West Arme of those twayne hath in the ryght syde, or somtyme had, a 
 stronge Cytie named Acliud, which in f Brettishe tunge was called Clyntstone, & stadeth 
 vpon the Ryuer called Clynt. Thus whenne Brute had deuyded this He of Brytayne, as 
 before is shewed, in thre partes, & had holden f principate therof nobly by the ternie of. 
 xxiiii. yeres, after most cocordaiice of wryters, he dyed; and was enteryd or buryed at 
 Troynouant or London. 
 
 5f Capitulum. v. 
 
 LOtrinus or Lotryne," the firste or eldest sone of Brute, was .made kynge of Brytayne of [Oeff. i. n.j 
 the Countre of Logiers, f yere of f worlde. iiii. M. Ixxx. 8c. vii. the whiche helde to his 
 part, as sayth Policronica, & also Guydo de Columpna, the coiitre y stretchith from the 
 South see vnto the Ryuer of Humbre, or" as before is expressyd. Whyle this Lotrinus 
 thus reygned in Logiers, his brother Albanactus beyng ruler as before is sayd of Albania or 
 Scotlade, was warreyd by a Duke whouie the Cronycle of Englade nameth Humbre, the 
 whiche slewe Albanakt in playne Batayll. 
 
 Ye shall vnderstande y this Humber, at p daye of his comynge into Albania, was nat 
 
 • tyllyrige. • Locrinus or Locryne. * the. * Cambre. ' Locryne, edit. 1533. 
 
 •departed. ■* Strynglyng * or, omitted. ' Logieris. '" Locrinus or Locryne. 
 " or, omit lei. 
 
 C 2 named 
 
U' PRIMA PARS BRUTI. 
 
 named Hubre; but after olde wryters he was called kynge of Hunys, or kynge of Sithia 
 •\X^out other addicon. This kyng, as before is sayd, after he thus subduyd Albanactus, helde 
 the lande of Albania tyll after y Lotrinus ^ his Brother Camber gatheryd a great power of 
 men of Arrays ; & yode agayne the sayde kynge of Hunys, '& by strengthe of theyr Bry-r 
 tons chasyd and subduyd ;^ sayd Hunys so sharply, that many of them with theyr kynge 
 
 Pol. vii. were drowned in a ryuer whiche departyth Englatide and Scotlande. And for somoche 
 
 as to the wryter of the storye of Brytons his name was declared to be Humber: Therfore 
 the said Auctour afFermyth y the sayd Humber ^ Ryuer toke y firste name of hym whiche 
 yet contynued' to this daye. 
 a Furthermore testyfyeth y sayd Auctour f after this victorye thus opteyned by thyse. ii, 
 foresayd bretherne, this Lotrinus* enamowryd hym selfe vpon a fayre wenche named 
 
 HumW ryuer. ggt^jUg g^ doughtcr of the forcuamed Humber, & her kept' vnlefuliy by a certayne of tyme; 
 wherwith his wyfe named Gwentolena* beynge sore discontent, excyted her Fader and 
 fredes to make warre vpon the sayd Lotryne' her husbande. In the whicli warre, lastly, 
 irhe was slayne when he* reygned or ruled Loegria or Logiers, after the concordaunce of 
 moste wryters. xx. yers : And was buryed by his Fader in the Cytie of Troynouant, leuynge- 
 after hym a yonge sone, gotten vpon his wyfe, named Madan. 
 
 % Capitulum. vi. 
 
 [Gcff.1.13.] GWentolena' or Gwentoleyn, the wyfe of Lotrynus', & doughter of Corneus' duke 
 xjof Cornewayle, forsomoche as Madan her Sone was yonge to gouerne the lande, 
 was by comon assent of all Brytons'" made ruler of the He of Brytayne, the yere of 
 the worlde. iiii. M. C. and, vii. And so hauynge possession of the sayd He, wele and 
 discretly she ruled it, to the comfort of her Subiectes, tyll the tyme her sone Madan 
 came vnto his lawful age, at^' whiche season she gaue ouer y rule and domynion to hym,. 
 arafter she had ruled, as before is sayd, this He. xv. yeres; ,^ 
 
 ^ Capitulum. vii, 
 
 [Geff. 1, 13 ] MAdan the sone of Lotryne" and of Gwentolyne" before nanied, was made ruler of 
 Brytayne in the yere of f worlde. iiii.M.C. and. xxii. Of this is lytell or no memory 
 made by any wryters, except y some wryte of hym y he vsed great Tyranny amonge his 
 j'j Brytons. Neuerthelesse, al or the more partie of wryters agreen, that he ruled this He of 
 Brytayne by the terme of. xl. yeres, at the ende of whiche terme, he beynge at his dis- 
 port or huntynge, was of wyldebestes or Woluys slayne or deuouryd ; & lafl'' after hym. 
 ii. sones, as sayth Policronica, named Mempricius'* and Maulius'*. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. viii. 
 
 [«cff. 1. 19.] 5 r- MEmpricius the eldest sone of Madan was made ruler of Brytayne in the yere of the 
 worlde, iiii.M.C.lxii. But he reygned nat longe in peas, for his yonger Brother Mauliug, 
 of a malicious & Couetyse mynde, entendyng to be kynge, & to expcUe or subdue his 
 Brother, excyted the Brytons in su'che wyse to rebell agayne Mempricius, that great & 
 deedly warre contynued longe amonge theym : How be it that'* lastly by medyacions of 
 Sit. frends a day of Comunycacion in louynge maner attwene these, ii. Bretherne was ap- 
 poynted, at which'^ day of assemble Mepricius by Treason slewe his Brother Maulius, 
 
 inuidB. after whose deth he lyued ia more tranquylyte & rest : Where thorugh he fyll into slowlk 
 
 & by meane of slowth into vnlefull lykynge & Lecherye, and by that vyce into haterode 
 
 ' contynueth. "^ Locrinus. ^ kept her, edit. 1542, 1359. * Guendoloena. ' Locryne, 
 
 * he hadde reygned. '' Gueudoloena. » Locrinus. ® Corineus. " the Brytons. 
 
 " Locryne. '* Guendolyne, edit. 1533, 1542. " lefte. '* Menprecius. " Manliug! 
 '* thsit omiUed. '' the which, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 5 of 
 
PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 15 
 
 of his Subgeltes by takyng of theyr wyues & childer : And fynally became so vnhappy 
 f he forsoke his lefull wyfe & Concubynes, & fyll into f synne of Sodomye ; thus from 
 one vyce he grewe into aa other so that he became odyble to god and man : And, lastly, 
 goynge on huntynge, & losfe of his people, was distroyed of wylde bestes when he had 
 4" 'reygned. xx. yeres, leuynge after hym a goodly yonlynge' begotten of his lefull wyfe named 
 E blank. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. ix. 
 EBrank the sone of Mempricius* was made ruler of this lande of Brytayne in the yere [Oeff. 1. 13.} 
 of ^ worlde. iiii.M.C.lxxx. and. ii. and had, as testyfyeth Policronica, Gaufride, and 
 .■ ,u other wryters, xxi. wyues, of the whiche he receyued. xx. sones and. xxx. doughters ; wher- 
 of the fayrest was named Gwales, or after some Gualea. He sent these doughters to 
 Albia' Siluius whiche was the. xi. kyng^of Italic or the. vii.* kynge of Latynes, to the 
 ende to haue theym maryed to the blode of Troyans. This Ebranke was also a man of 
 fayre stature & of great strength, and by his power and myght he enlarged his domynyon, 
 
 'i '^insomoche that he wanne & occupyed a great parte of Germania by the ayde and helpe 
 of the Latynes, and retourned thens with great pray and ryches ; after whiche retourne 
 he buylded f Cytie of Caerbrank now called Yorke, whiche shuld be, as sayth f Auctour 
 named Flos Historiarum, or f Floure of Hystories, wryten in frenshe, In the. xxiii. yere 
 of f reygne of the sayd Ebranke : whiche accompte to folowe, it shulde seme y Troy- 
 
 uu nouant, or London, was buylded before the sayde Cytie of Yorke aboute an hondreth and. Yorkcbuyided, 
 xl. yeres; supposynge the Cytie of London to be begonne in the seconde yere of Brutes 
 reygne. 
 
 Also he buylded in Albania or Scotlande, the Castell of Maydens, the whiche nowe is 
 called Edynborgth: after whiche edyfyces endyd and made, he with a great Armye sayled 
 
 mfinto Gallia, nowe Frauce, and subduyed the Gallis, and retourned with great triumphe 
 and rychesse. And whan he had guyded this lande of Brytayne nobly by the terme of. 
 Ix. yeres, after mosle concordance of wryters, he dyed : and was buryed at Caerbrank 
 or Yorke, leuynge^after hym for his heyre, his eldest sone, as saith Gaufride, named 
 Brute greneshielde. 
 
 - -' ^ Capitulum. x. 
 
 BRute Greneshielde, the sone of Ebranke, was made Gouernoure of this lande of [Oeff- i-mI 
 Brytayne the yere of the worlde. iiii.M.CC. &. xlii. Of this Brute is noo memorye 
 made, touchynge any fame, excepte that Gaufride sayth that he ruled this lande of 
 Brytayne (his Fader lyuynge) a certayne tyme, and after his Fader by the terme of. xii. 
 
 irir yeres,; the whiche yeres ^xpiryd or endyd, he dyed, and lyeth buryed at Caerbrank or 
 Yorke ; leuynge after hym a sone named Leill. 
 
 f Capitulum. xi. 
 
 LEyllus or Leill,' ;^ sone of Brute Greneshielde, was made ruler of Brytayne in the [O'ff-i-M-] 
 yere of the worlde. iiii.M.CC. &. liiii. This was a luste man & louer of peas and equyte, cgriyie. 
 ti c t and in his tyme made the Towne of Caerleill, or Carlele, and ruled this Lande well and 
 honourably by the terme of. xxv. yeres, as testyfyeth the forenamed Gaufride, and after 
 dyed, & was buryed at Caerlyll be foresayd. 
 
 But of this Leill* spekyth somedele f abouenamed Auctour, Floure of Hystoryes, 
 sayinge that in the ende of his reygne he fyll to slewth and vnlefuU lykynge of his body, 
 by meane wherof cyuyle stryfe began to grpwe within this Realme, the whiche was nat 
 pacyfyed by some termes after his dayes ; the whiche sayinge is nat denyed by f foresayd 
 
 ' yonglyng. edit. 1559. *Menprecius. ^ Alba, edit. 1559. * vj. edit. 1559. ' Leyr. 
 
 Auctour, 
 
14 PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. i 
 
 Auctour, Gaufride. This Leill lafte' after hym a sone named Lud, or after some wryters, he 
 was named Lud Rudibras\ 
 
 f Capitulum. "xii. 
 
 [Gtff.i. 14] LUd or Lud Rudibras, f sone of Leill, was made ruler of the lande of Brytayne in. 
 
 rthe yere of y^ worlde. iiii.M.CC.lxxix. This also of Gaufride is called Rudhidibras, f 
 
 whiche after he was stahlysshed in his reygne, appeasyd & drewe to accorde of the dys- 
 
 j'oi.vHi. , corde & varyaunce that had spronge in his Faders lyues tyme. The whiche dyscretely 
 
 Caunterbury. appeasyd & cudyd, he buylded the Towne of Kaerkyn, now called Caiiterbury; the 
 
 wynchester and townc also of Kacrgueut', now called Wynton or Wynchester; and also a towne called 
 
 Shaftysbnry. ^^ Mount Paladour, now named Septon or Shaftisbury ; in the tyme of buyldynge of whiche 
 
 towne of Septon, as affermyth myne auctour Gaufride, an Egle there spake certayne 
 
 wordes, the whiche he sayth he wyll nat declare or wryie for any certaynte. Thus when 
 
 this sayd Lud had ruled this Lande nobly, by theterme of. xxxix. yeres, he dyed and lafte* 
 
 after hym a sone named Bladud'. 
 
 >.' ^ Capitulum. xiii. 
 
 [Geff. 1. 14.] BLadud the sone of Lud Rudibras was made gouernour of Brytayne In the yere of 
 
 the worlde. iiii.M.CCC.xviii. This, as testefyeth Gaufride, Policronica, 8c other, was 
 
 well & sufficiently instruct in the conynges or scyences of Asti'onomy & Negromacy ; by 
 
 them he made the bote Bathes ^in the towne of Caerbadon, now named Bathe ; the 
 
 ■?■:• whiche towne or Cytie he also bulyded*. But to y repugnyth Wyliyam de Malmesbury, 
 
 _ . „ sayeng that the foresaid bote Bathes were made by the Industry or made of Industry'^ of 
 
 lulius Cesar, firste Emperour of Rome. This Bladud, as afFermyth y foresayd Auctoure 
 
 Ga.ufride, taughtthis lore of NegComancy thorough his Realme; & fynally toke in it 
 
 suche pryde & presumpcion, that he toke vpon hym to fle into* y' ayer, but he fyll vpon 
 
 • -.rthe Temple of his god Appolyn, and theron was all to tome, whan he had ruled Bry- 
 
 tayne by the space of. xx. yeres, leuynge after hym a Sone named Leyr. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xiiii. 
 
 foeff. 1.14.] LEyr the Sone of Bladud was made Ruler ouer the Brytons, ^yere of the world, iiiu 
 
 M.CCC. and. xxxviii. This' was noble of condycyons, and guydynge" his lande and 
 3o Sybgectes in great welth, he made the towne of Caerieyr, nowe called Leycetyr or 
 Leycester. And albeit that this man helde longe.the principate of Brytayne, yet of hym 
 is no thynge left worthy memory, except that Galfride sayth that he receyued of his wyfe» 
 iii. doughters oonly, without any sone, whiche were named Gonorilla, Ragan, and Cor- 
 deilla, the whiche he moche loued, but moste specyally.he loued f yongest, Cordeilla by 
 % r name. 
 
 Karrario. Whane this Leyr, or Leyth after some writers, was fallen in competent" age, to 
 
 knowe the mynde of his. iii. doughters, he firste askyd Gonorilla, the eldest, ho we well 
 she loued hym; the whiche callynge her goddes to recorde, sayd, she loued hym more 
 than her owne soule. With this answere y fader beyng well cotented, demaunded of 
 u:3 Ragan, the seconde doughter, how wel she loued hym ; to whom she answered, and af- 
 fermyng with great othes, said, that ^he coulde nat with her tunge expresse the great loue 
 that she bare to hym, afFermyng further more y' she loued hym aboue all creatures. After 
 these pleasaunte answeres had of those, ii. doughters, he called before hym Cordeilla the 
 yongest; the which, vnderstandynge the dissymulacyon of her. ii. susters, entendynge to 
 
 ' lefte. * Hurdibras. Opposite this last paragraph in the edit, of 1542. we have " Nota, that the hot* 
 bathes of bath were made by Nigromancye." In the edit, of 1559 this note is placed in the margin of 
 the 13th Chapter. ' Raerguen, edit. 1542. ♦lefte, edit. 1533. 1542. ' Baldud 
 
 •buyWyd, edit. 1533. - ^ or of the Industry. ' ' ia, edit. 1542. 155p. "This Levr" 
 
 '°guyded. " into impotente, edit. 1559. •^ ' 
 
 proue 
 
PRIMA. PARS CRONECARUM. 15 
 
 proue her Fader, sayd, most reuerent Fader where my. ii. susters haae dissymulyd with 
 the, with theyr plesauut v ordes fruteles, I knowynge ^ great loue & Faderly zeie that to- 
 warde me euer before this tyme thoii hast borne, (for the which I may nat speke to y 
 otherwyse than my coscyence ledyth me.) Therfore I say to the, fader, I haue loued f 
 reuer as my fader & shall cotynuelly, whyle I lyue, loue y as my natural! fader. And if 
 thou wylt further be Inquizitif of the loue that I to the here, I ascertayne the that asraoche 
 as thou arte worthy to be beloued, euen so modie I loue the and no more. 
 
 The Fader with this answere beyng discontent, maryed bis. ii. elder doughters, that 
 one vnto the Duke of Cornewayll, and that other vnto f duke of Alt>ania or Scotlande, 
 and deuyded with theym two in maryage, his lande of Brytayne after his deth, and the 
 one halfe in hande durynge his naturall lyfe; and for the thirde, Cordeilla, reserued no 
 thynge. It so fortuned after, y Aganippus which the Cronycle of Englande named 
 Agamp, and kynge of Fraunce, harde of beaute' and womanhode of Cordeilla, and sent 
 vnto her Fader & axyd her in maryage. To whom it was answeryd y the kyng wold 
 —gladly gyueto hyrn his daughter, but for Dowar he wold nat departe with : For ne had all 
 promysed vnto his other, ii. Doughters. Aganippus, thus by his ipessagycrs enfourmed, 
 remembred y vertues of y forenamed Cordeilla, and without promesse of Dowar maryed 
 the sayd Cordeilla. 
 
 But here is to be noted, f where this Aganippus or Agamp is called in dyuerse Crony- 
 2< 2«.cles kynge of Frauce, it can nat agree w ith other llystoryes, nor with the Cronycle of 
 Fraunce ; For it is testefyed by Polycronica, by Peter Putanience*, by Mayster Robert 
 Gagwyne', by Bi:=shop Antonyiie, & many other Cronycles, that longe after this day was 
 no kynge in Fraunce, nor longe after it was called Fraunce. But at this daye the Inhaby- 
 taunts therof were called Galii, and were tributaryes vnto Rome, wout kyng, tyll ^ tyme 
 rof Valentiniauus, Emperour of Rome, as hereafter in this werke shalbe manyfestly 
 shewyd. 
 
 The story of Brytons sayth, that in the tyme ^ Leyr reygned in Brytayne, the lande of 
 Fraunce was vnder the domynyon of xii. kynges, of the whiche Aganippus shuld be one : 
 the whiche saycng is full vnlyke to be trewe, which myght be prouyd by many reasons 
 whiche I passe ouer for lenght of tyme. 
 
 *[ Capitulum. xv. 
 
 THan it foloweth in the storye, after this Leyr was fallen in Age, thyse forsayd. ii. 
 Dukes thynkynge longe or the Lordshyp of Brytayne was fallen to theyr hades, arose 
 agayne theyr Fader, as testefyeth Gaufride, and beraft hym thegouernaunce of the Lande 
 .<rvpon certayne condycions to be cotynued for termeof lyfe; the whiche in processe of 
 tyme more'& more were mynysshed aswell by Magleyr* as by Hemyon', Husbandes of 
 the forenamed Gonorildeand Ragan. But moste displeasyd Leyr the vnkyndnesse of his. 
 ii. doughters, consyderynge theyr wordes to hyra before spoken and sworne, and nowe 
 founde & prouyd them all contrary. 
 
 For tiie whiche he beyng of necessyte constrayned, fledde his lande and sayled into 
 
 Gallia for to be comforted of his doughter Cordeilla; wherof she hauyng knowlege, of 
 
 naturall kyndnesse comforted hym : & after shewynge all y maner* to her husbande, by 
 
 his agrement receyued hym and his to her lords Court, where he was cherysshed after 
 
 her beste^aner. Longe it were to shewe vnto you the Circumstaunce of the vtterans of 
 
 v: ^: f vnkyndnesse of his. ii. doughters and of^ wordes of comforte gyuen to hym by Aga- 
 
 ^ *' nippus and Cordeilla, or of the Counsayle and purueyauncemade by the sayd Aganippus 
 
 ,: "iand his lords for restorynge of Leir agayne to his domynyon : But fynally he was by the 
 
 helpe of ^ sayd Aganippus restoryd agayne to his Lordshyp, and so possessyd, lyued 
 
 'of the beautie. * Bictauyence, ' Gogwyne, edit. 1542 *" Maglaunns, edit. 1533. 
 
 Maglauus, edit. 1542, 1559. ' Huninus. * milter, edit. 154>2,1559. 
 
 6 as 
 
,1-6 PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 » 
 
 as ruler and goiiernoure therof by the space of. iii. yeres after; in whiche season dyed 
 Aganippus. And whane this Leyr had ruled this lande by the terme of. xl. yeres, as af- 
 fermyth dyuerse Cronycles,, he dyed, and wasburyed at his Towne of Kaerlier, or Leyces- 
 tre, leuynge after hym, for to Enheryte the lande, his. dough tej? Cordeilla, 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xvi. 
 
 [Gcff.''i. i6.] COrdeilla, the yongest Doughter of Leir, was, by assent of f Brytons, made Lady 
 of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde. iiii.M.CCClxxxxviii. The whiche guvded f 
 lande full wysely by the tyme or space of v. yeres complete, f which tynse expir'id and 
 ronne, her. ii. Neuewes called Morgan' and Cunedagus^ sones of her. ii. susters, came 
 ' vpon her lande : & made therin great wast and destruccion, and aty^ laste toke her. and 
 cast her into astronjte pryson, where she beynge dyspayred of the recouery of her astate, 
 as testyfyeth Galfride, she' slewe her selfe vvhenne shq had reygned, as before is declared, 
 by y terme of. v. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xvii. 
 
 |Gfff. 1. 16,] I CUnedagus and Morganus* neuewes, as before is sayd, of Cordeilla, departyd this lande 
 of Brytayne bytwene theym, in the yere of the worlde. iiii.M.CCCC. and thre; that is 
 to wyt, the Countrey ouer & beyonde Hunber fyll to Morgan towarde Catenessey; and 
 the other parte of the Lande towarde west, as reherceth Gaufride, fyll to Cunedag\ Af- 
 ter, ii. yeres were ronne & endyd, some euyl disposyd came vnto Morgan and sayd, that 
 (to hym it was great reproche and dishonoure, consyderynge that he was comyn of Gono- 
 rilla y' elder suster, and of Maglair* her husbande, and Cunedag was discendyd of Ragan 
 f yonger and Hemynyon* her Husbande, that he had nat the rule of al f lande : to whiche 
 sedycious persones Morgan gyuynge credence, was supprysed' with Pryde and Couetyse, 
 and anone by theyr cousayll assembled a great Hooste and made warre vpon his sayde 
 Brother, brennynge and destroyeng his Lande without mercy. Wherof Cunedagus* 
 beynge ware, in all haste gaderyd his people, & after cerayne" message sent to hym of re- 
 eoncilyacion, sawe'" there was no peas to be made but by f lugement of batayll, mette" 
 with his Brother in playne felde, where f goddes were to hym so fauourable, that he slewe 
 "^moche of the people of his brother and compellyd hym to fle. After which victory thus 
 ' c had, he pursued Morgan from countre to coutre, tyll be came withia the Countre or pro- 
 uynce of Cambria or Walys : in f whiche countre the sayd Morgan gaue one other ba- 
 tayll vnto his brother Cunedag, but for he was ferre f weker, he there was ouer comvn & 
 slayne in the felde ; whiche felde or Countre where f sayd Morgan faughte and was 
 «layne, is to this daye called Glaumorgan", whiche is to meahe in our vulgare tunge, 
 rMorgannys'^ lande: and thus was Morgan slayne, whan he had reygned w hi^ brother, ii. 
 yeres. 
 
 '^ Capitulum. xviii. 
 
 |GeK r. is.] CUnedagus before named tlie sone of Hemynion and Ragan, yonger or myddel dough- 
 ter of Leir, was made ruler and lorde of all brytayne, in the yere of the worlde. iiii.M. 
 CCCC.v. Of the whiche is no thynge worthy memorye lafte in wrytynge, but that he 
 guyded the lande after f deth of his brother, well and honourably by the terme of. xxxiii. 
 yeres : after which terme endyd, he dyed & was buryed at Troynouant or London, 
 leuynge for his heyre a sone, as testyfieth Gaufride, named Riuallo or Rinallo, or after 
 tome wryters, Reyngnolde. 
 
 ■■^ 
 ' Margan. * Cunedagius. ' she, omitted. ♦ Marganus. ' Maglannus. 
 
 '•Ilemnius. ' suppressed, edit. 1542, 1559. * Cunedag. » certayne. '° seyiige. 
 
 ",he mette. " Glauinaigan. " Margan land. 
 
 % Capituium, 
 
PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 17 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xix. 
 
 RTnallus', the sotie of Cunedagus*, was made Gouernoure of the Brytons in the yere of C*^'^- ^- **J 
 the worlde. iiii.M.CCCC. and. xxxviii. The whiche of wryters is called fortunate and 
 restful! ; this' ruled y Brytons with great sobernesse, and kept the lande in great welthe 
 
 ' & prosperyte : Albeit that of hym is laftc nospecyall memory of Acte done in his tyme. 
 Except myne Auctour sayth that in f tyme of his reygne it reyned blode by y space of iii. Biode Reynej. 
 dayes contynually within the lande of Brytayne. After the whiche Reyne ensued so great 
 excedynge in* nombre of^ multytude of Flyes, the whiche were to the people so noyous & 
 contageous, that they slewe moche people : And after that, as sayth an olde Auctoure 
 
 'whose name is vnknowen, ensued great sykenesse and mortalytie, to 5" great disolacion of 
 this sayd Fande. Than it foloweth in the story, whan this Riuallus had reygned after 
 moste concordauce of wryters, by terme* of. xlvi. yeres, he dyed and was buryed, as 
 testyfyeth the sayde olde Auctour, at Kaerbranke or Yorke, leuynge after hyrti a Sone, as 
 wytnessyth Gaufride, named Gurgustius. In the tyme of the reygne of this kynge, after • 
 moste Concorde of wryters, y' famous Cytie of Rome shulde be Buylded, as is shewed 
 more playnejy in a Treatyse of Latyn in the begynnynge of this werke sette^. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xx. 
 GUrgustius, the sone of f fore named Riuallus, was made ruler of Brytayne in the yere [Oeff. 1. 16.] 
 of the worlde. iiii.M.cccc.lxxxiii. This in the Cronycle of Englande is named Gorbodiam, 
 sone of Reygnolde, of the whiche is lytell memory made outher of his Reygne or of his 
 dedes by any Auctours or wryters of the Hystorye of Brytayne, except' the aboue named 
 olde Au9tours ; and f Auctour called the floure of Hystoryes wytnessyth that he reygned 
 xxxviii. yeres, leuynge after hym none heyre of his body begotten. And lastly dyed, and 
 was buryed by his fader at Kaerbrank or Yorke. Rome, as aboue is touched, was firste 
 buylded' in the tyme of Riuallus : And after most wryters, In f yere of the world. iiii.M". 
 CCCC.lxx. ; after f buyldyng of Troynoyant, or London^ CCCC.vii. yeres ; whiche folow- 
 ynge y accompt, shulde be in the. xxxii. yere of f foresayd Riuallns. 
 
 % Capitulum. xxi. 
 
 CEcilius, or after some wryters Siluius, the Brotlier of Gurgustius, as affermyth the [O'^-i- ^-l 
 -7 fore sayde olde Cronycle, was made chyef ruler of Brytayne in the yere of the worlde. 
 iiii.M.v.C. and. xxi. This in the Englysshe Boke is named Seyzill, of the which. is no 
 mencion made, nother of his reygne nor dedes, except that Geffrey of Monmouth wryter 
 of f hystoryes of Brytons saythe that he reygned. ii. yeres, whiche sayeng is nat accor- 
 dannt with other wryters: But more to the conuenyency of tyme and agrement of othef 
 J>. Cronyclers'", accordynge to the sayinge of the forenamed olde Auctour, he reygned by the 
 terme of xlix. yeres, & after dyed, and was buryed at Caerbadon or Bathe, and lafte after 
 hym none heyre of his body begotten. 
 
 % Capitulum. xxii. 
 lAgo or Lago, the Cosyn of Gurgustius, as wytnessyth Gaufride, as next Inherytor, [Geff. i. iSJ 
 was made gouernour of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde. iiii.M.v.C.lxx. This also is 
 ..jvnmynded of wryters outher for restfulncsse of tyme, or ellys for rudenesse of his dedes, 
 that clerkes lyst nat to spende any tyme in wrytyng of suche dedes ; of hyda is no thyng 
 specyfyed, sauynge the forenamed olde Auctoure joyneth to his tyme of reygne. xxv. 
 yeres. And also he sayth, he dyed wythoute Issue, and was buryed by his Cosyn at 
 Caerbrank or Yorke. 
 
 'Riuallus. " Cunedagius. ' this Riuallus. * in omitleil. ' and, eJit. 1542. 1550. 
 
 * the lernif. ' " in the treatyse in the begyniiyng of this werke." ' eXcept that, edit. 154';'. J55i>. 
 
 ' buylded and edyfyed. '° Cronycles, edit. 1542, 
 
 D f Capitulum. 
 
18 
 
 PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 [Geff. 1. 1 6.] 
 Fol. K. 
 
 [Geff. I. l6.] 
 
 Nota hlstoriam 
 de istis duobus- 
 fratribus ac de * 
 ingratitudine 
 Matris eorum. 
 
 Pater Gorbodio 
 et matei Iden. 
 
 Crueltie. 
 
 f Capitulum. xxiii. 
 KYmarchus'ysone of Secilius*, as some wryters haue, but more veritably as sayth y olde 
 Cronycle, the brother of lago' was made ruler of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde. 
 iiii.M.v.C.lxxx.'^and.xv. the which, as his brother before hym, passyd his tyme without any 
 notable Actes or dedes, so that of him is no more memory made than of his brother. 
 For the more- party tliey that wrote the fayts or dedes of Brytons, make but a short re- 
 hersayli of these, v. kyngs, that is to say, from Ryuallo to Gorbodio', saying that after 
 Ryuaiio succedyd Gurgustius, succedyd* lago, to lago succedyd Kymarchus^ & after 
 Kymarchus succedyd Gorbodio ; of these, v. kynges or rulers is made lytell other men- 
 • con. [For y which cause is made of these gouernours is dyrke & dowtful.]* Than it f©- 
 loweth in f said olde Cronycle, that whan this Kymarchus had reygned. liiii. yeres, he 
 dyed, and was buried by hrs brother at Kaerbrank or Yorke/Ieuynge after hym a Sone, 
 as testyfyeth Flos hystoria-rum, whiche Sone was named Gorbodio. 
 
 ,. ^ Capitulum. xxiiii. 
 
 GOrbodio the sone of Kymarchus was made ruler of Brytayne^ in the yere of the 
 worlde folowyng the foresayd accompte, iiii.M.CCCCC. &. xlix. whiche all so passed 
 his tyme lyke vnto the forenamed Dukes or kyngs, without any speciall memory of 
 hbnoure notyd by wryters. This, by moste lykelyhode to brynke' hystories to accorde, 
 shulde reygne ouer the Brytons the terme of. Ixiii. yeres, whiche terme endyd, he dyed, 
 ' and lyfeth buryed at new Troy or London, leuynge after hym. ii. sones named Ferrex w" 
 Porrex, or after some wryters Ferreus or Porreus. 
 
 f Capitulum. xxv. 
 
 FErrex with Porrex his brother, sones of Gorbodio, were ioyntly made gouernours 
 and dukes of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde iiii.M.vii.C. and. xi. & contynued in 
 Amytie a certeyne" of tyme : After which tyme expyrid, as wytnessyth Policronica, and 
 also Gaufride, Porrex beyng Couetous of lordshyp, gaderyd his people, vnwetynge Ferrex 
 his brother, entendynge to distroy hym ; whereof he beyng warned, for lacke of space to 
 asseble his people. For sauegarde of his persone fled sodeynly into Gallia or Fraunce, & 
 axyd ayde of a Duke of Gallia, named by Gaufride Gunhardus or Sunardus", the 
 whiche duke hym ayded, & sent hym agayne into Britayne with his boost of Gallis; 
 after whose landyng his brother Porrex with his Brytons hym mette, & gaue to hym ba- 
 tayll, in the whiche Batayll Ferrex was slayne with f more parte of his people. 
 
 But here discordyth myn Auctour with some other wryters, and with the Cronycle of 
 Englande; for they testyfye that Porrex was slayne & Ferrex suruyuyd ; but whether of 
 'them was lyuynge, the moder of thyse. ii. bretherne named Iden" settynge a parte all mo-, 
 derly pytie, with helpe of her women entryd the Chambre of hym so iyuynge, by nyo-ht, 
 and hym there slepynge slewe cruelly, and cut into smal peces', and thus dyed the. ii. 
 foresayd bretherne, after they had thus ruled Bretayn in warre 8c peas, to thagremet of 
 most wryters. v. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxvi. 
 
 HEre nowe endyth y' lyne or ofsprynge of Brute, after f afFermaunce of moste wryters, 
 
 for Gaufride sayth, after the deth of these forenamed bretherne, great discordc arose 
 
 amonge the Brytons, y which ionge tyme amonge them contynued ; By mea;ie whereof the 
 
 people and Countre was sore vexed & noyedvnder. v. kynges. And further sayth Guydo de 
 
 ' Klnimaclnis. * Sisilius, edit. 1533. 1542. Siluius, edit. 1559. 
 
 iiii. hundred Ixxx. and XV. edit. 1533. ' Goibodug. ^ 
 
 ' T/iis sentence is omitted in the subsequent Editions, ° bi 
 
 " Suardus. " Widen. 
 
 ^ Lago, 
 after hym succedyd. 
 '" and. 
 
 rynge 
 
 * iiii. thousand 
 ^ Kinimaclius. 
 " Of omitte^d. 
 
 Colu 
 
 mpna. 
 
PRIMA PARS CRONECARUM. ^9 
 
 Columpna, that f Brytons abhorred the lynage of Gorbodio', for so moche as firste that 
 one brother slewe y other, And more for the Innaturall disposicion of the moder y so 
 cruelly slewe her owne childe. 
 
 ' The Cronycle of Englande sayth, that after f deth of the two forenamed bretherne, no 
 ryghtfuU enheritour was laft on lyue; wherforey people were brought in great discorde, 
 In so moche that y lande was deuydjd in. iiii, parties, so that in Albania was one ruler, in 
 Loegria or Logiers one other ruler, in Cambria the thirde Duke or ruler, and in Corne- 
 wayle the. iiii. duke or ruler ; but of these, iiii. Dukes, the Engiysshe Cronycle alloweth 
 Ciotoii.Duke of Cornewayll for most rightfutl heyre. Folicronica sayth that after the ^^1^,"* ""*" 
 deth of the foresayd. ii. bretherne, great discorde was in the lande, which greuyd the peo- 
 ple sore vnder. v. kynges; But he nother reherceth the names, nor the tymes of theyr 
 reygnes, except he addyth to, that the sayd discorde contynued tyl the tyme of Moliun- 
 cius Dunwallo''; So that here appereth no tyme certayne howe longe thisvaryaunce & dis- 
 corde amonge the Brytons contynued. But who so lyst to loke vpon a draught made by 
 me in latyn'. In the begynnynge of thys boke, he shall se there, if he please to caste ouer 
 f tymes andyeres there expressyd, that this foresayd discorde cotynued nere to the terme 
 of. li. yeres; The* whiche draught or coceyte if any man there' fynde Errour, that of his 
 goodnes he wyll it amende & correcte*: And all other places where he shall by good profe 
 fynde place of Correccion. 
 
 ^. , 5[ Capitulum. xxvii. 
 
 THus here endyth y Firste parte of this werke, conteynynge ordeuydyd in. vii. partes, pinitprima. 
 as before is shewed. [And in the^ way of a thanke to be gyuen to our most blessyd Aduocat 
 and helper of al wretchys that to her lyste to call, I meane that moste blessyd virgyne 
 our Lady saynt Mary, moder of criste ; For y of lier grace hath fortheryd this werke hy- 
 
 jftherto : And for to Impetre' of her f grace and ayde of her moste mercyfull contynuaiice 
 to accomplisshe this werke, begon, as belore is shewed, vnder supporte of her moste 
 bounteous grace; here wyll I \v humble mynde salute her with the firste ioye of the. vii. 
 loyes whiche begynne'°. 
 
 Gaude flore virginali. &c. 
 
 36 Most mergynall" flour, of al most excellct, 
 
 Percyng of Angells y hyest Gerarchy", 
 Ioye and be glad, for god Omnipotent 
 Hath the jyft vp, & set moste vvorthely 
 Aboue f nombre & glorious company 
 '^■T Of his blessid seyts, w moste hye dignite ; ' 
 
 Next after hym most honoured to be.]'' 
 This first parte, to be accompted from the firste yei e of Brute vnto the last yere of the 
 foresayd discorde, or vnto y first yere of Moliuncius'*, Includyth of yeres. vii.C, and. iiii, 
 
 % Finit Pars Prima'^ 
 
 ^ Capitulum. 
 
 ' Gorbodug. * Dumuallo, edit. 1533. Mulmutius Dumuallo, edit. 1542. I55g. ^ in Englisli. 
 
 * In. 'here. ° Of his goodnes lette hym amende and correcte yt. 'a, edit. 1.03.3. 
 
 * of, omitted in edit. 1533. ' Impetrate, edit. 1533. '°begynneth. edit. 1533. 
 " virgynall. edit. 1533- '* Hierarchy, edit. 1533. " T/ie sentences wii/iin. brackets are omitted in 
 edit. 1542, 1559- '* Mulmutius. " The subsequent Editions hate " Thus endeth the fyrste Parte:" 
 
 followed in that of 1559 ^H 
 
 . " An Addition of Robert Record. ■» 
 
 " The. V. kynges that be omitled here, are founde in certaine old petigres ; and altliough their names L' e 
 " inochc corrupted in diuerse copies, yet these are the moste agreableste." 
 
 " Itudaucus kyng of Wales. 
 " Clotenus kyng of Coruewale. 
 
 D 2 "" " Pinnor 
 
20 
 
 SECUNDA PARS BELINUS. 
 
 [Geff. i. 16.] 
 
 Fil 
 
 Malmesbtirjr 
 and Vyes. 
 
 £r9t Qiawned 
 
 kynge. ' 
 
 ^ Capitulura. xxviii. _ 
 
 MOliuncius' Danwallo, or as some haue, Duwallo Moliuncius, f sone of Cl_QtoIi^ aa 
 testyfieth the Englysshe booke, and also Gaufride, was venquessbor of y other Dukes or 
 rulers, and began bis reygne ouer the ht)le Moriarehy of Bretayne, In the yere ot the 
 vvorlde. iiii.M.vii.C.xlviii. This is named in the Englysshe Cronycle Donebant the whiche 
 was a noble man, & causyd to be made win the Cytie of Troynouant a Temple, & naraect 
 Tempium pads, it the temple of peas ; the whiche, after some oppynyons, is that place or selde where the 
 Ai Biakweihail. market of woUen clothe is holden, called or named Blakwelhall ; he also made many 
 good lawes, the which were long after vsyd & called Moliuncius lawe. These law^es holy 
 
 ;Gyldas wrote with great dylygence oute of the Brettyshe speche into latyn. And longe 
 tyme hereafter that Aluredus kynge of Englade turned those lawes out of latyn into Eng- 
 lysshe. This* also gaue prvuylage to Templis, to plowghes, & Cyties, and to the wayes 
 ledynge to the same. And as some Auctours wytnesse, he began the. 1111. byghe wayes 
 of Bretayne, the whiche were finysshed and parfyted of Belynus bis sone, as after at 
 
 'lengthe shalbe declared. The olde Cronycle testyfyeth J' this Molyuncius, which he in his 
 boke' nameth Molle, made the, ii. Townes of Malmesbury and Vyes. And all other 
 wryters afferme, that this Molyuncius, after he had stablysshed his lade, and set his Bry- 
 tons in good and conuenyent ordre, by thaduyce of his Lordes he ordeyned . hynn a 
 Crowne or Diademe of golde, and'caused hymself to be Crowned with great solempnyte, 
 
 c after the vsaunce of pagan lawe then vsed ; & for this cause, after the opynyon of some 
 wryters, he is named the firste kynge of Brytayne : And all the other before rehersyd are 
 najmed rulers, Dukes, or gouernourS. Than "it foloweth in the story, when Molyuncius 
 had guyded the lande well ond' honourably by the terme of. xl. yeres he dyed, and 
 was buryed in y foresayd Temple of peas within Troynouant or London, leuynge after 
 bym. ii. sones named Belynus & Brennius*. 
 
 ^ Capitulura. xxix. 
 
 BElynus and Brennius, the ii. sones of Moliuncius, began to reygne loyntly as kynges 
 
 of Brytayne in the yere of the worlde. iiii. M. viii. C. and. viii. So that Belinus helde 
 
 to hym Loegria or Loegiers, Walys & Cornewayll, and Brennius helde to his part al the 
 
 lade ouer and beyonde Humber; w whiche particion eyther of theym was contentyd and 
 
 pleasyd, as testyfyeth Polycronica, by the terme of v. yeres, after the whiche terme endyd 
 
 and expyryd, Brennius entendyng to haue more lande or all, aroos agaynst his brother 
 
 Belyn, & made vpon hym mortal warre. In the which warre Brennius was ouersette, and 
 
 was compelled to flye the lande and sayle vnto Armorica, now named lytell Brytayne ; or, 
 
 as sayth Gaufride, into a Countre called AUebrog, as after shalbe ^more playnly declared, & 
 
 there allyed hym, after the foresayd terme as before is sayde of. v. yeres was expyryd, as 
 
 affermeth Policronica. For Gaufride sayth in his boke made of the History of Brytons^ 
 
 that after the terme of v. yeres aforesayd w'ere expyryd and runne, Brennius, by sterynge 
 
 of yonge & euyll Counsayll, entendyng as before is sayd, sayled, vnwetynge bis brother, 
 
 V into Norway, and there maryed the doughter of Elsynge or Elfyng^, than I'uler or Duke 
 
 of Norway : whan this was shewed vnto Belyn, considerynge the sodayne ^departynge, i» 
 
 all hast seasyd' Albania, and all y' other lande apperteynyng to Brenne, into bis owne 
 
 hande, and strengthed ihe Cyties and other stronge places w his owne Sowdyours. Wber- 
 
 ' of whan Brenne was warned, he in all possyble hast assembled a great people of f Nor- 
 
 ■ , wayes and toke his shyppynge to sayle into Brytayne. And as he ^*as kepyng his Course 
 
 [Geff. i. 17.] 
 
 d3Cordia. 
 
 Beliuus. 
 
 Bellini* frater- 
 nale. 
 
 ' Mulmutius. 
 * he seasyd. 
 
 " Pinnor kyng of Loegria. 
 " Staterius kyng of Scotlande. 
 '* Yeuan kyng of Northumberlande.'' 
 " Cloten. ^ felde. * He. ' and, 
 • Q. Bellum... edit. 
 
 Biennis. ^ Elfimge or Elfynge.. 
 
 vpoa 
 
SECUNDA PARS BELINI. 21 
 
 vpon the see, he was encoutred with Cirtlakus' kynge of Demark, the whiche had lyeii in 
 awayte for hym for loue of f whiche* that Brennius had maryed. For before tyme he 
 had requyred her of Elfynge her Fader. When those, ii. flotes' were mette, stronge shotte 
 & Fyght was vpon both parties : But fynally the Danes ouercame f Norwais or Norganys 
 & toke the Shyp by strengthe whiche the wenche was in ; the whiche ai>one was brought 
 vnto the shyp of Cutlakus: & Brenne with a fewe of his shyppes lafte was fayne to Saue- 
 gard hymselfe by flyght. Whan Cutlake*had thus opteyned victory, entedyg to haue sayled 
 towarde Denmark, in short whyle after theTempestes can>e so hydous vpon ^see, that his Foitun*. 
 Nauy was deuyded ; scateryd' that one from the other in such wyse y he was in fere to haue 
 "ben drowned ; and at the ende of. v, dayes, nat wetyng where he was, with fewe shyppes 
 landed in the Countre of Northumberlande, where at that tyme was Belyn prouydynge de- 
 fence agayne his brothers comynge, wherof whanne worde was brought ynto Belyn of the 
 landynge of the foresayd Danoys prynce, \V a small company, he reioysid it, and c6- 
 maunded*^ with his shyppes & Company to be put in suer holde & kepynge. 
 
 It was nat longe after but Brenne had reculid and gaderyd togyder y more parte of his 
 Nauy, before, as ye haue harde, chasyd. And when he had theym newely Riggyd & vy- 
 tayled, he, herynge of the Aryuayll of Cutlacus I Northumberlande with his wyfe, sent 
 wordes of Manace vnto his Brother Belyn, wyllyng hym to sende vnto hym his wyfe, 
 wrangfuWy Rauysslied by Gutlacu§, And also to restore vnto hym bis lande & Pairy- 
 monye, or ellys he wolde shortly inuade his lande yel'^ for to waste, and hym, as* his Enemy, 
 to distroy. The which desyre or request of Beiynus was playnly and shortly denyed, 
 •whiche knowlege had, Brennius shortly after landyd in a parte of Albania & made to- 
 warde his Brother, & his brother towarde hym, so that theyr hostes mette nere vnto a wood 
 named at that day Kalater or Kalateriu, where atwene theym was a mortall Batayll 
 ; insomoche ly" moche people fyll vpon both parties. But lastly that' the Brytojis wan the 
 felde & chasyd f Norganys or Norways vnto theyr shyppes, chasyng Sc slcynge them with- 
 out pytie : And as affermeth myn Auctour the fyght was so cruell & sharp y there was 
 slayne to|^ nomber of. xl. M. men. After" discurmyture Brenne was constrayned to flye 
 & with fewe in nomber recoueryd the Lande of Gallia. 
 
 "Beiynus hauynge thus victory of his Enemyes, after thankes & oblacions made vnto 
 his goddes, after the pagan lawe. He than assembled his lordes at Kaerbrank or Yorke to 
 haue their aduyce what he sbuld do with the prynce of Denmark. In the whiche cousayll 
 it was concludyd, that foresayd Cutlacus" sbuld holde & do homage to 5" kyng of Bry- 
 tayne for the lande of Denmarke, and yerely here to hym a certayne tribute, whiche doon Tributii*. 
 with suertie and hostages taken, y sayd Cutlacus w his loue was sette at lybertie and 
 leue ta retourne into his owne Countre ; whiche yerely trybute as testyfyeth the Englysshe 
 Cronicle was. M. li. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxx. 
 
 THen it foloweth in the History whan Belyn had thus victory of his Enemyes, & was [Ceff. i. i8."i 
 alone possessoure of this Realme of Brytayne, the lawes before made by his Fader he 
 confermed, and ordeyned lustyce to be Mynystred thorough the lande. And for somoch 
 as the. iiii. wayes begon by his Fader were nat perfyghted & endyd. He therfore causyd 
 workmen to be called, and set theym to pane with stone the sayd wayes, that they mygbt 
 sufficiently be knowen of al waysoers or traueyllers of the Countres, as hereafter ensuyth. 
 
 The firste of these, iiii. -Aa^.es was named Fosse, the whiche stretchyd out of f South 
 into the North, & begynnetb, or at that dayes began, at y Corner of Totnesse in Corne- 
 H'ayll, & passyd forth by Deuynshyre, Somersetshyre, & so forth by Tutbury, vpon Cot- 
 
 ' Guilthdacus. * wenche. ' fletes, edit. 1559. * Guilthdake. 'and scatered. 
 
 * comunandfed hyin. ' yt. * hym as, omitttd. ' that, omiittd. " After this. " Ouylthdacus 
 
 te&wolde 
 
22 SECUNDA PARS BRENNIL 
 
 teswolde besyde Couetre, vnto Leycestre, & from thens by wylde playnes towarde New- 
 erke, & endyth at the Cytie of Lyncolne. 
 
 . The seconde way was named Watlygstrete, f which stretchith ouerthwarte the 
 wayes of Fosse out of the Southest into f Northest. This began at Douer, and passeth 
 by the Myddel of Kent ouer Thamys, besyde London, by west of Westmynster. And so 
 Fni. Kit. forthe by seynt Albanys, In the west syde of Dunstable, of Stratford, of Towceter, & of 
 
 Wedon, by South Kyllyngbourne of Kyllebourne, by Athirstone, vnto Gilberts hill that 
 nowe is named Wreisyn, & so forthe by Seuarne, passyng besyde Wrokceter, and forth 
 vnto Strattone, to the myddell of Walys, vnto a place called Cardican, at the Irysshe see. 
 
 The thirde waye was" named Ermyngstrete; The whiche stretchyth out of the West 
 Northwest, vnto the Eest Southest, and begynneth at Menema, the whiche is in seynt 
 Dauies iande In west Walys ; And so stretchyth forth vnto South Hamptone. 
 
 The fourth and laste waye is called, or was called, Kykenyldis strete. The whiche 
 stretchyth forthe by Worcetir, by Wycombe, by Birmyngham, by Lychefyeld, by Derby, 
 by Chestirfield, by Yorke; And so forth vnto Tymmouth\ The whiche was sufficiently 
 made ; iie graiited and confermed theym all suche preuyleges as before were grauted by 
 Dunwallo his Fader, the whiche preuyleges, with other lawes by hym made, who is desyrous 
 to knowe, lette hym rede ouer the Translacion that holy Gildas made of Molyuncius' 
 lawes out of Brettisshe speche into Latyn, And there he shall se the circumstaunce of 
 euery thynge. 
 
 ■ In this whyle that Belyn was thus occupyed aboute the nedes of his Iande, his brother 
 Brenne, beynge, as before is sayd, in a prouynce of Gallia, takyng sore to myndehis expul- 
 sion from his naturall Countre, nat hauynge any comfort how he myghtattayne to his for- ' 
 mer dygnyte, lastly resorted with. xii. persones oonly accompanyed, vnto the Duke or 
 r-uler of y* prouynce or Countre : For ye shal vnderstande that at those dayes, as testi- 
 fieth Entropius^ and other wryters, the Gallis occupyed dyuers Countres; and theribre 
 Titus linius®, which wrote the Actes & dedes of the Romayns, made distinccion of the 
 Gallis, and nameth theym that Brenne ladde, whan he besegyd the Cytie of Rome, and 
 after y Capitoill, Cenouenses'' Galli ;• whiche is to name the Gallis of that Coujitre where 
 the Cytie of Cena than stode, & yet dothe, as testyfieth y^ Auctour of Cronica Cronicaruna 
 and other, in a'Countre of Italye named at this day Ethruria* : The whiche Cytie, as afferm- 
 en y sayd Auctours, was firste buylded of the foresayd Gallis in the tyme of Brenne, 
 beynge theyr Duke or Icder, before the comyng or Incarnacion of Criste. CCC. Ixxx. 
 and. vi. yeres, whiche maketh the yere of y worlde, folowynge the accompt of this werke. 
 iiii. M. viii. C. &. xiii. yeres. 
 
 Then it foloweth in the Storye when Brenne was comyn to the presence of the, Duke ■ 
 named, by myn Auctour Gaufride, Signius'Duke of AUebrog, the whiche is to vnderstande'" 
 Duke of Armorica, nowe named lytell Brytayne, as by Policronica and the Englysshe Cro- 
 nycle is sufFycyently declared, & shewed vnto hym his aduersytie & trouble. The sayd 
 Duke receyued hym into his Courte, & for he was personable and well manered, hauyncre 
 great experience in hawkynge & huntynge and other properties apperteynynge to a Gen- 
 tylman, he had hyn:i,in shorte whyle in especiallfauoure before any noble man of his Court" 
 by meane wherof he lastly Maryed his doughter vpon Condicon that if he dyed without 
 IseueTmale, that he than shuld be ruler of that Coutre. And if it happened hym to haue 
 an heire male, f then it natwithstandynge to ayde & helpe hym to Recouer his Iande be- 
 fore lost. The whiche codicions well & suerly vpon the Dukes partie, by thassent of the 
 nobles of his Iande, assured, y sayd Duke win compas of y same yere dyed, after whose 
 deth, whan by a Couenyent terme it was knowen that the Duchesse his wyfe was nat w 
 childe, al the lordes to Brenne dyd homage & became his men. To the which lordes, the 
 
 'or, edit. 1559. ^ Tinemouthe, edit. 1559- ^ Mulmutius. * That. ' Eutropius 
 
 *Livius. 'Cenoneuses. « Etruiia. " Seginus, '° be understande, edit. 1542, 1559. " 
 
 more 
 
SECUNDA PARS BELINI. 23 
 
 more to wynne theyr loues, he departed moche of his Tresour, & shortly after aV their 
 assents gaderyd a great Armye, & so in all hast sayled into Brvtayne to make new warre 
 vpon his brother Belyn, & after a certayne tyme there ladyd. Of whose landing when 
 Belyn was enfourmed, he in all hast gaderyd his Brytons in great n5bre, & made towarde 
 hy as to his mortal enemy. But y moder of these, ii. brether' named Tonwenna*, or 
 after y^ Englisshe boke, Cornewey, cosyderynge y mortall hateryd attwene her. ii. childer, 
 & in partie of their both persones, of a Moderly & naturall pyte went attwene her. ii. sones, 
 & vsyd her i such discrete maner & moderly copassion, as shewing her brests & other de- 
 meanuresy atlegth she accorded them. After which accorde both brethrene, w theyr lords 
 & frends spede the vnto Troynouant or London, & there, after many things orderyd Sc 
 made for f weale of y lade, they codesceded & agreed to lede their both hosts into 
 Gallia for to Subdue to them ysayd Coiitre, & in as goodly hast as they myght prepare for 
 that lourney, they toke shyppynge & so sayled into a part of Gallia, Brennyng & wastyng 
 f Coiitre wout pyte, & as wytnessyth myn Auctor Gaufride, in a short whyle they subdued Brennius. 
 'a great part of Gallia, Italy, & Germania. 
 
 But here I entende to leue y ferther processe of myn auctour Gaufride, for somoch as 
 here' he varyeth from other wryters of Aiictorytie, as Eutropius, Titus Liuius, & other y 
 dyd great diiygence in wrytyng of y dedys & Acts of y Romayns, &: of other people 
 dweliyng those dayes''' in Italia, Ciallia, & Germania. For where y sayd Gaufride sayth 
 y at suche tyme as Belyne & Brene made warre in Italye, Gabius & Porsena were at ^ 
 day Consulisj' of Rome, y sayinsj is farre discordaiite vnto y other foresayd auctours. 
 For, as they affernie, at y tyme when Brenne besegyd Rome, Claudius Amelius*, 8c Lucius 
 Lucrecious^ were Consulis, & Furms Camillus was at y tyme dictatour of Rome, and none 
 lyke vnto the other were Consulis* many yeres before nor after. But trougth it is y the 
 sayd. ii. bri therne dyd many great acts in the forenamed Coutres, but not all accordyng 
 ■^ the saying of y sayd Gaufride. For where he referreth all those dedys to both Bretherne, 
 ;^fi)renamed Tilus Liuius spekyth but of Brenne oonly, as it shall somedele be touchyd 
 hereafter ; wherfore to folow f moste wryters, when Belyn had dwelled a certayne of tyme 
 w his brother Brcne, Li those parties, by agrement of them both, Belyn retourncd into 13ry- 
 tayne, & Brene remayned there. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxxi. [Chap.19.1 
 
 WHan Belinus or Belyn was retourned into Brytayne he repayred olde Cyties & buyldyd 
 vpon y Ryuer of Vske a Cytie 8c called it Caeru^ke nere vnto tlie Ryuer of Seuerne. 
 This Cytie was after named the Cytie of Legions, for somucli as the Legions of Romayns' 
 were lodgid win the same Cytie. And now it is called Caerleon or Carleon. Also he 
 buylded an Hauen w a gate ther ouer Vvin Troynouant. In the sumet or pynacle wheron 
 was set a vessell of Brasse, In y whiche was closyd y Asshes of his brent body, when he 
 wasdede. This gate was longe after called Belyns or Belynus gat§, but at this day it is called 
 Belygesgate. 
 
 In this wliyle y Belynus was thus occupied in Britayne, his brother Brenne desyrous to 
 Wynne fame and honoure, buylded in Italy and other parties of Gallia these Cyties and 
 Townes folowynge. 
 
 Mediolana or Milleyn I Liibardy. 
 
 Papya or Papy. 
 
 Bcirgamum'° or ... . 
 
 Sena or ... . 
 
 Comum or ... . 
 
 Brixia or ... . 
 
 ' bretheni. * Commenua. ' here, omiV^ed edit. 1542, 154-9. * at those dayes. ' Consules, 
 
 • Eniilius. ' Lucretius. • Consules, edit. 1533, 1542. ' the Romaynes, edit. 154'2, 1559. 
 
 10 
 
 Burganium. 
 
 Verona 
 
2+ SECUNDA PARS BRENNII. 
 
 "Verona or ... . 
 Vincencia or ... . 
 Cremona or ... . 
 Mantua or' .... ' 
 A/.^;;;. The whiche Cities & Townes were buylded of y Gallis, or at f least newe repayred 
 
 ill the tyme y Brenne was their leder or Duke. Albe it y some wryterg wold meaney Comum 
 & Cremonia"^ were buylded after Brene wao dede. 
 
 Policronica wytnessyth y the Senons, whiche he meaneth by y Gajlis dwellyng aboute f 
 Cytie of Sena, by y ledynge of Brennius, ouercame the Romaynes. xi. Myle from Rome, at 
 the Ryuer Albia, & chasyd '«hem to Rome, & toke y Cytie vnto y Capitoill, & after layde 
 Siege to y same Capitoill, & vpon a nyght whyle y^ wardeyns of the Capitoill slepte, The 
 Frenschmen or Gallis, by a way vnder y erthe, came into y Capitoill & were lykely to haue 
 wone it. But a noble Romayne named Mallius, or Maulius' Torquatus, awoke by y criyng or 
 noyseofaGander, or Ganders, ywhich Maulius awakyngey other Romaynes, put of y^ Gallis, 
 Sanders wor- ]?or which cause, y Romaynes long tyme after, helde a Feest of Ganders the firste daye of 
 si"pf''- jujjg rnoneth* Neuerthelasse, afterwarde they called it lunois Feest, forsomoch as they 
 
 thought y luno that Goddesse, had by her influece, gyuen that grace vnto y Ganders, y they 
 shuld by theyr noyse awake the Romaynes ; But yet y Gallis or frenschme helde the Ro- 
 maynes so short, y they were compelled to gyue vnto Brene their Duke, a. M. li. weyght of 
 golde, as therof is wytnesse Titus Liuius. And furthermore, sayth f said Liuius, y the gailis 
 elewe of the Senatours many in nombre, the whiche first they supposed had ben goddes, 
 bycause of their rych appareyll whiche they satte in. But shortly after this, y forenamed 
 Furius Camilius, which was called agaynefrom the Cytie of Ardentea' where he was out- 
 lawyd before the Comontie of Rome, was called agayne in this nede, & made agayne Dic- 
 Breniiei:h2cyd.:il:atour\ The whiche pursued Brenne & his people and to theym gaue batayll, sleydg of 
 them a great Multitude, & wanne from theym all the golde and luellys that before tyme 
 the Gallis bad wonne of the Romaynes. The whiche dede was done, as wytnessyth the 
 foresayd Titus Liuius, the yere after the buyldynge of Rome. CCC. Ixv., whiche was the 
 yere of y^ worlde, folowynge the accompt of this werke. iiii. M. viii. C. and. xxxv. And 
 3i before Crists Incarnacion, kepyng the same accompt. CCC. Ixiiii. Thenne it foloweth 
 in the Storye of Brenne, when he was thus scomfyted of the Romaynes, he tourned his 
 people towarde the Macedoynes or Greks, and deuydedhis people in. ii. hosts, wherof he 
 reteyned y one with hym, &y other he sent into a coiitre called than Galacia, & after 
 Gallo Greci, and lastly Galates. Then Brenne ouer came y Macedoynes with theyr Duke 
 Sostene, and after spoyled Goddes' and theyr Temples, & sayd in his game, ryche goddes 
 must gyue to men somedele of theyr rycliesse. Also he spoyled y temple of y God Ap- 
 polyn Delphicus, standynge in the Hyll of the Mount Parnasus : Wherfore, as testyfieth 
 the wryter Policarpus, the people of that Coiitre prayed to god for helpe, and sodaynly f 
 Erth began to quake, & a great part of the hyll fell vpon y ^lost of Gallis & them siewe; 
 & after y ensued & fyllto grounde hayle stones of suche greatnesse y it slewe one other 
 great parte of the sayd host, And Duke Brennius.' was so sore woiided, wherby he fyll in 
 suche dispayre y he slewe hym self with his owne swerde. [No man shall wonder, though 
 this Appolyn toke wreche of theim that spoyled the goddes & theyr Temples ; For aod 
 siifFeryd Appolyn^ to destroy many Nacions. because of theyr trespasses & euyll lyuyng: 
 For it is certayne y spirits of y heyre may vse their shrewdnes in theym that be of myaby- 
 leue & vse euyll dedys; For grace is withdrawen from such maner of men, wherfore the 
 Spirits haue the more power to hurte & greue them.]' 
 
 Than syne I haue here shewed vnto you, the fyne or ende of Brenius, I shall now re- 
 tourne my style vnto his brother Belynus, y which as before is towched endeuoryd hym 
 
 ' or, oinitted hi edit \5!i9- ^Cremona. ^Maulius. * moneth, owitfed. ' Ardea 
 
 ' And by the Comontye of Rome in this nede made agayne Dietatour. ' the Goddes 
 
 * Brennius, edit. 1533, IS-iS. ' omitted in the edit, of 1542, and 1559. 
 
 * aboute 
 
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 aboute the weale of his lande of Britayne & his people duryng the tyme of his reygne, in 
 executyng of many notable ded3'S y which for length of tyme 1 ouer passe ; so that lastly 
 he dyed & was buryed as before is sayd at Belyus, or lielynusgate, within Troynouant or 
 Lodon, when he had reygned with his brother & alone, alter the moste coiicordaunce 
 of wrvters, xxvi, yeres, leuynge after hym a sone called Gurgunciqs', Gurguit Jkr- 
 berut% or after some wryters Gurguyt Barbarons', whiche is to ineane Gurguyt with y rede 
 berde. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxxii, 
 GVrguncius' or Gurguyt, y sone of Belyn, was made kyng of y lande of Bretayne, in [chap.w] 
 the yere of the world, iiii. M. viii. C. and xxxiiii. This in the Engiysshe Cronvcle is 
 named Corynbratus or Corynbatus, y' whiche, forsomocheas the tribute before grauted by 
 Ciitlak* kyng of Demark vnto the kyngs of Brytayne for a perpetuytie was denayed, he 
 arrayed his Army & Nauy, & sayled ito Denmark, and there wasted & harmed y Coun- 
 tre with Iron & fyre, in suche wyse y at length the kyng of Denmark w y assent of his Ba- 
 ronage, grauted to paye & contynue the foresayd tribute yerely, of. M. li. after «hiche vie- Tributum, 
 tory thus had of the Danys, he with great tryumpbe retourned towarde Brytayne. 
 And in kepyng of his cours he encoutred w a Nauy of. xxx. sayl besyde the He of Orchades 
 full of men & women. Of which flote, the chief Capitayne was called after most wryters Bar- 
 tholomewe, y whiche wha he was brought vnto f kyngs presence, shev^yd y he with his peo- iiissiimcH. 
 pie were putor exyled out of theCoiitreof Spayue & were named Basclensis^ & had sayled 
 longe tyme vn^jon* the see, to y ende to fynde some Prynce that wold gyue to them a 
 dwellyng place, & they to become his Subiects, & hokle theyr lande of hym; besech- 
 ynge the kynge to haue compassion on them, & to graunt to them some place to enhabyte 
 them in, & y ihey shulde no lenger dwell in theyr shyppes, cosidfryng their vitayl was spent 
 
 * by reason of their longe liyog vpon y see. After which request thus made by their Capi- 
 tayne, f kyngw ihaduyce of his Barons grauted vnto them, a voyde & wast Coutie, which 
 was & is y^ farthest lie of al y His towarde y west, the which He as sayth the Engiysshe 
 Cronycle was than named Irelande, after the name of their Capitayne called in the Eng- 
 lisshe Cronycle Hlamal, but who so wyl knowe f first cause of f namyng of this He ireiande. 
 
 -;,-;,, Irlande, let hym rede f. xxxii. &. xxxiii. Chapiters of y first boke of Policronica, & there 
 he shal fynde y^ more certeyntie of y first namyg tberof, w many other thyngs towchynge 
 y- sayd He, the which! ouerpasse for length of y mater; for there he shalbe sufficyently 
 enfourmed of y, & also of other thyngs. Then it foloweth in y story; After this Gurgu- 
 cius^ was retourned into his lande of Britayne, he ordeyned to be stablysshed Sc kepty 
 lawes made by his forefaders, & excercisyd lustyce to his subiects, & guyded his lande well 
 & nobly by the terme, after moste wryters, of. xix. yeres, & than dyed & was buryed at 
 new Troy or Lodon, or at Caerieon, leuyng after hym a sone named after myn Aucto' 
 Guytelinus*, but after some he is named Guytellius'. 
 
 % Capitulum. xxxiii. , 
 
 Mile GViteliiius^orGuytellius', ysoneof Gurgunciuo'^ was made kyng of Brytayse, in y yere taup.20.] 
 of y world, iiii. M. viii. C. &. Iiii. This is named in y Englisshe Cronycle Gwentolyne, 
 y u hich guyded his lande & Brytons w great raekencsse & sobernesse : He had also a 
 "noble wyfe called Mercia", instruct and lerned in nf.any Sciences, the whiche amonge Muii« prudent 
 other noble dedysby her done, studyed and brought forthe a certayne good and conueny- foI.xUU. 
 ent lawe amonge the Brytons, the whiche was named longe after the Marcien lawe. This 
 lawe for that it was thought bothe good and necessary, Aluredus whiche longe after was kynge 
 of En<Tlade translated this lawe" out of Bretysshe speche into Saxon speche, & tha was it 
 
 * Gurgiiyntus. * Gurguynt Brabtruc. ^ Gurguynt Barberous. * Guilihdak. 
 
 * Balenses. * uppoii. ' Gurguintus. ' Guynthelinus. ' Guyntellius. 
 *• Gtimuiiitut. "Marcia. '^ " this law," omitied in the subsequent Editions. 
 
 " E called 
 
^, SECUNDA PARS CRONE C ARUM. 
 
 called. after y ti-askcon in the Saxon tunge Merchenelagth', whiche is to meane f lawe of 
 Mercia. To this woman, for her wysdome, wascdmytted all the gouernaunce o*" the jande, 
 insomoche as wytnessyth myn Auctour Gaufride & other, she reygned as Quene of 3ry- 
 tayne somwhat of tyme* after, her husbande was dede, but the yeres of her reigne be ac- 
 /cotnpted with the yeres af her hosbande, or w the yeres of her sone Cecilius, so y no 
 tyme asserteyned, is to her deputed or set. Then it foloweth whan this Guytelynus had 
 Eeygned well & mekely by the terrae of. xxvi. yeres, he dyed and was buryedat newe Troye 
 or London, leuynge after hym a sone named Sicilliusj or Cecilius. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxxiiii. 
 SIcillius or Seeilius the sone oS Guytelynus* was made kinge of Brytayne, in the yere- 
 of the worlde. iiii M. viii. C. Ixxix. This-in the Englysshe Croiiycle is named Seyzyll, of 
 whiche no mecion nor worthy memory is made. Albeit y Gaufride me^neth y this Sicillius 
 was but. vii. yeres of age when his Fader dyed ; wherfore the charge of y- Realme was- 
 comytted vnto Marcia his, raoder, the whiche guydedjt well & sufficiently tyll her sayde 
 
 ' sone. came to bis laufull age,: and than resygnedto hym all the rule, whiche sacontynued^ 
 hat howe longe he reygned Gaufride expressyth nat; wherfore I now falowe the sayinge- 
 of y fore named Auctour called the floure of Ilystories, which affermeth hym to reygne 
 oonly. vii. yeres. Albe it y Englisshe boke sayth he reygned. xv. yeres, whiche agreeth. 
 nat so well w, the Cocordauace of other Historyes & tymes. This Sicillius as Gaufride 
 
 ? 'Avytnessyth, laft aftqr^hym a soue. named Kymarchus' whorao the Englysshe bcokes nametl>k 
 Kymor,- 
 
 f^ Capitulum. x~xx\-. 
 |e]up.aa] ICImar<:hus' the sone of "Cecilius was made kynge of, Brytayne, ia theyere of ^ world, 
 
 iiji. M.^viii. C> Ixxx.. &. vi. This in the Englysshe booke. is calied Kymor of y whiche is-- 
 trmade ncKmencioo, not-her of bis tyme of Reygne nor of his dedes. For the more partie of 
 wryters reherce in most breuest or* shortest maner, that after Kymarchus reygned, Dauius^,_ 
 after Dayius'. Mocuidus'. BiUt the olde Cj:ony.cle-.whiche I haue before tyme spoken o^ 
 sayth that this Kymarchus, whiche he nametU. Kymarchus^ D^auius'', was a wylde yonge, 
 man & lyued after his pleasure, wherfore as he was in his disport of huntyng he. was by his- 
 €uy,ll.wyUers,sla:yne. wha.,be had ruled slcarsly. iii. yeres. 
 
 ^- Ca pi tulam . xxxvJL : 
 [chap.gq.i 5 DAuius' the;,sone of Eymarehus', as-wytnessyth the fore sayde flSure of Oronycles, buf i 
 y:brotber of ^Kymarchus^ as sayth Gaufride, was made kyhge of Brytayne, in thej'ere of; 
 the world*, iiii. M. viii, C. Ixxx. and. ix.. The whiche, in y^Englysshe boke is named • 
 ::;Howan. Of this also is no mencion made nor memory, nouther of Acta nor of reignei 
 But as the forenamed olde Cronycle saith that Kymarchus^ and Dauius^ was, one persone^ 
 reygned. as before is sayde. But y abo-uesayd wryters. calleii floure of Hystories sayth he.v 
 reygned fully, ii.^eres. 
 
 ^- Gapitiilam. xxxvih' 
 jchap.so.} ,-., MOruidus^ Ihebastacdesoneof Dauius^, assayth Gaufrideandother, was made kynge of " 
 Britayne, in the yere of the world, iiii. M. viii. C. Ixxx. and, xi'. the whiche in the Englysshe 
 Cronycle is called Morvvith. This as witnessith Gaufride was gotyn vpon the Concubyne of -' 
 Dauius^ named Tangustela,, and was a man of worthy fame in dedys ofChiuairy; but he 
 was soouercomewith.wrath &.cruelnes,.thatlyghtlyhe.5leweall menybymtened orangred. , 
 He was also beauteuous of.persone, .& lyberal of gyftes, & with thatiie was of a mecuelous ' 
 
 ' Marth$ih,elage. * a certayne tyme.. . ' G.ivinhelinus. . . ♦ Guynthelinus. ' Kymarus 
 
 •and.. 'Elanius, « Morindus..- ."iiii. M.yiii. Cjxc. edit. 1542, 1559,* ' ' "^ * • 
 
 2 'Strength, . 
 
SEC0NDA PARS CRONECARU^f. ST 
 
 strength, insomocbe that he had nat his pere within his Reahue of any man of noWc 
 byrthe. 
 
 In his tynie came into Brytayne a prynce out of a Coutre called Morauia', the whiche 
 Countre at thyse' dayes is assygned by Strabo y wryter, to lye' bytwene the Kyngdomes of 
 Hungary and of Beame; the whiche Prynce w his cruel and fyers people, wastyd y^lande 
 of Britayne wiron & fyre without pytie, wherof Moruidus* heyng warned, in all hast ga- 
 deryd his people and hyra mette and faught in such wyse, j he chasyd f sayd Prynce 
 agayne to the see, and toke many of his Sowdyours"as prysoners, y' whiche-in satisfyingc 
 of his cruelnesse & Tyranny, he causyd to be put to dcthe in his syght by dyuers maners 
 X)f Turments, as by heddyng, fleyng, brennynge, & other Cruel ejiecucions. Lastly, as 
 tyfieth' Guydo de Columpna and other, this Mojuidus* walkynge or rydynge vpon the see 
 fitronde espyed a wonderfuU Monstre, the whiche of hiscorage & knyghthod, he thought 
 to sle ; and by a manly Corage and force, assayled this monstre or beste, fj'ghtynge with Myyt'- 
 it acertayne of tyme. Butte in conclucyon he was deuouryd, and swalowyd of the sayd 
 -monstre, after he had reygned, after moste wryters, by y terme of. viii. yeres, leuyng 
 after hy, as wytnessyth Gaufride. v. sones, vvherof the first was nan:)ed GorbomHnus, the 
 seconde Archygallo, the thirde Heliodorus", the fourth Vigenius or Nigenius, andthefyft 
 or yongest Peridurus. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxxviii. 
 GOrbomanus the firste sone of Moruidus* was made kyng of Britayne, in the yere of y [Chip. «i.] 
 worlde. iiii. M. viii, C. Ixxx. and. xviii. This in the Englysshe Cronycle named' Granbo- 
 dian^ the whiche, as testyfieth Gaufride, was luste* and ryghtwyse' man to f Goddes & to 
 his people, and yelded to eyther partie that was his, that is to saye to his Goddes he yelded 
 due reuerence & Sacrefyce, and to the people lustyce & equyte. And he renewyd and Homo lustuw 
 repayred al olde Temples thorough hisRealme, and buylded some newe: And in his tyme 
 ■was more welth & plente in his Realme, moche more than was in any of any of bis prede- 
 cessours dayes. But fynally to the great sorowe of al his Brytons he was taken with syke- 
 nesse and dyed without issue of his body, whan he had reygned, after moste wryters, by the 
 terme of. xi. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xxxix. 
 ARchigallo the seconde sone of Moruidus, and Brother vnto Gorbomannus, was made ICh'P*'-] 
 kynge of Bretayne, in the yere of the worlde. iiii. IM. ix. C. &. x. This in the Englysshe 
 boke is named Artogayll, the whiche folowed nothynge the werks of his brollier butgaue 
 hyra self all to discencon and stryfe, & imagenyd causes agayne his nobles to put theym 
 from theyr goodes& dignyties, and in theyr places to sette & ordeyne vnnoble & of rude 
 byrth and maner; and from the ryche by Synystre & wrongful meanes he plucked their 
 ryches & goods ; by whiche iordinat meanes he enriched hy self & inpouerysshed his sub- 
 iects: for which Condycions his lordes & subiects murmurid for hym agayne", & lastly 
 of one assent toke hym or more verely depryuyd hym of all honoure & kyngly dygnytie, 
 when he had reygned after most concordaunce of wryters. v. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xl. jPoI.k.:,. 
 
 HEliodorus" the thirde sone of Moruidus*, & brother of Archfgallo, was by or>e as- [chap.ii.] 
 sent of the Brytons made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde. iiii.M.ix.C. and. 
 XV. This in f Englysshe Cronycle is named Hisider or Esodir : The whiche became so 
 inylde& benyng" to the Brytons that they ^aue to hym a surname, & called hym Heliodir" Homopitutifc 
 the meke: for he amonge other dedys of mekenes, as he was vpon a day in his disport 
 
 * Elidiirus. 
 " benygne. 
 
 E2 of 
 
 * Mauritania. 
 
 * those. 
 
 ' be. * Morindus. 
 
 ' tpstyfyeth. 
 
 ' ys named. 
 
 • a juste. 
 
 » righteous, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 »° agaynst hymi 
 
 " Elidure. 
 
 
 
 
^8 SECUNDA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 of huntynge in a wode, nere vnto Caerbrank or Yorke called Galater, or after some 
 wryters Caltras, he fande his elder brother Archigallo late kynge, maskelyng or wan- 
 dryng in the thykest of f wood, whom louyngly & charitably he in secrete maner coueyed 
 vnto his owne Mancon into y Cytie than named Acliud' or Acliut. And as affermeth myn 
 '■ auctour Gaufride, to thentent to bryng his Brother to his former dignytie as after folow- 
 eth, the sayde' Heliodorus"' fayned hymselfe syke & in all hast sent his messagers aboute 
 his Uealme, to gather and assemble the Barons of his lande; and whan the day of as- 
 semble was coniyn, & his lordes accordynge to his comaundement were present, he call- 
 ed theym one by one as they were of honour into his secrete cubicle or chabre: and 
 therby his wyse & discrete wordes, aswell in benygne & louynge Manere, as other wordes 
 and countenaunce, apperteynyng to his Royall power & dignytie, he gat graute of his 
 sayd lordes that they shulde ayde and strengthe hym to theyr powers, to bryng his bro- 
 ther Archigallo to his former honour and regally. After whiche graunt by y lordes made, 
 he assembled a Counsayll of his Brytons at Caerbrank or Yorke, and there caused suche 
 meanes to be made to the Comong, j in conclusion whan y said Heliodorus' had ruled 
 y lade. v. yeres as kynge, he there resygned his Crowne & all kyngly power vnto his sayd 
 brother Archigallo, 
 
 IT Capitulum. xli. 
 [Chap. «i.l WHen Archigallo was thus restoryd to his kyngly dignyfe, he remembred well the enyll 
 
 ,r jlyfe y before tyme he had ladde, & y^ punysshemet whiche he had sufFred for the same: ■ 
 wherforein eschewynge of lyke daunger, he chaunged all his olde codycions and be- 
 came a good & rightwyse' man, Mynystrynge to the people equyte & lustyce; and bare 
 hym so nobly agayne his lordes & rulers vnder hym of his landes, y he was beloued & 
 drade of ail his Subgettes, & so contynued durynge the terme of his naturall lyfe. But 
 ;rfynally he payde the dette of nature whan he had reygned now lastly after most wryters. 
 X. yeres, & was buryed as sayth the sayd olde Cronycle, at Cfterbrank or Yorke. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xlii. 
 
 [Chap.ai.J HEliodoriis* beforenamed was agayne by one assent of y Brytons made kyng, in tlie 
 
 yere of the worlde. iiii.M.ix.C. & xxx : But his. ii. yonger bretherne Vigenius and Peri- 
 
 i; durus, hauynge of hym indignacon that he was for his vertue & good gouernaunce so well 
 
 fauoured with the Brytons, of malyce conspyred agayn hym & gatheryd an Army of 
 
 Sowdyours, & made a Felde with hym accessaryes agayne the kynge*. And in the felde 
 
 toke hym and comauded hym vnto the Tower of Troynouant, as sayth Gaufride, there 
 
 as a prysoner to be sanely kepte, after & when he had "reygned nowe last by the space as 
 
 <^ wytnessyth the olde Cronycle. ii. yeres. 
 
 H Capitulum. xliii. 
 [Chap, ai] Vigenius & Peridurus the yongest sones of Moruidus' &' bretherne of Heliodorus* 
 
 beforesayd, were joyntly made kyngs of Brytayne, in y yere of the worlde. iiii.M.ix.C. 
 &. xxxii. These, ii. Bretherne are named, in f Englysshe Cronycle, Higanius and Peti- 
 ;,:tur, the whiche as testifieth Gaufride, departed y lande atwene them so y all the lande 
 from the water of Humber westwarde, fyll to Vigenius or Nigenius, and the other part 
 of the lande with also Albania or Scotlad fyl vnto Peridurus. But after the sayinae of 
 Guydo de Columpna, Vigetiius or Nigenius was nat kyng. butalonely Peridurus 4 whiche 
 83 he sayth helde his brother Heliodorus^ in pryson by his owne assent. Fqr somoche as 
 Heliodorus was nat wyllvnge to be kynge, and as affermeth f said Guydo this Peri- 
 durus was cruel tyrannous to the Bretaynes, and sleweand entreated the lordes in moste 
 
 ' AWpd* * i;iidums, ' 'yfij.^' edit. 154.2, 1 559. * "acces^ryes agayne the kynge " mnitted 
 
 m the suhe^uent Editions. = Morindus. ' and tyrannous. 
 
 ^ cruelL 
 
SECUNDA PARS CRONECARUM. i9 
 
 nniell maner : wherfore he became so odyous to them, that they rebelled agaynst bym 
 & slewe hym. This sayinge contraryeth and enpugnyth myne Aucto' Gaufride, saying, 
 that Vigenius died after he had reygned. vii. yeres; after whose death Peridurus seasyd 
 al the lande into his owne rule, and rulyd it with great sobernesse, in suche wyse y he 
 excelled or was preysed aboue al his brether, so that Heliodorus was clene forgoten of 
 the BrytoRS. The Englysshe Cronycle also sayth, y this Peridurus fouded y Towne of ^^^'^'J^ 
 Pykeryng; but fynally he was taken with sodayne sykenesse, wherof he dyed wha he 
 had reygned with his brother & alone, after thaccorde of most wryters. ix. yeres, leuyng 
 after hy no child to be his heyre. 
 
 '' '»' ^ Capitulum. xliiii. 
 
 HEliodorus' befornamed so soneas Peridurus was dede, for as mocheas he was next [Chap.si.] 
 treyre to the Crowne, was taken forthe of pryson and made the thirde tyma kynge of 
 13rytayne, in the yere of the world. iiii.M.ix.C. and. xli.. The whiche as before tyme he 
 had vsyd hym self, so he contynued styll in mynystrynge to all persones right and lus- 
 
 f, /ftyce, al the dayes of his lyfe; and lastly beyng of good age, he dyed when he had nowe 
 lastly* reygned after moste concordance of wryters. iiii. yeres, leuynge after hym a sone 
 named Gorbonianus or Gorbomanus; and as wytnessyth the olde Cronycle & the Eng- 
 lysshe Cronycle, the forenamed Heliodir' was buryed at Carerleyl or Karlele. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xlv. 
 
 7 70 YE shal vnderstande f the' deth of the foresayd Heliodir' the wryters of the Story of 
 Brytons, wryten dyuersly, so that the one varyeth greatly from the other both in the names, 
 and also in the tyme of their reygnes, the whiche wolde aske a longe tyme to reherce ia 
 ordre the dyuersytie of that one from f other. And also to some Reders the matier therof 
 shulde be but small pleasure. Wherfore to suche as ben desyrous to knowe of the tyme 
 rand season that passyd atwene the laste yere of Heliodir', & ^ first yere of Lud, in " 
 which passe tyme reygped in Brytayne. xxxii,, or after some wryters. x^^xiii. kynges, let 
 iiym loke in the begynnynge of this werke, in a draught made or expressyd in laten: And 
 there he shall se my Conceyte for the declaracon of the yeres passyd or spent, atwene 
 the foresayd. ii. kynges Heliodir' & Lud, prayinge hym or them y so shall l^ke in f 
 
 3c 3o.sayd draught, that if I haue in any poynt Erryd, y of theyr goodnesse, they woU with 
 good delyberacan correcte & amende it. But for it semeth to me, that of all suche 
 Auctours as I haue redde or seen, Guydo de Columpna reherceth moste breuely the passe 
 tyme of the sayd kyngs, therfore I purpose here to reherce his sayinge as he bathe 
 lafte it to vs in laten. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xlvi, 
 
 GOrbonianus or Gorbomanus, the sone of Regpy, sone of Heliodir', was made kynge [chip.ss,] 
 of Brytayne in the yere of the world. iiii.M.ix.C. and. xlv.. After whom >uccedyd Mor- 
 gan*; after Mnrga* Eminicianus' brother toy said Morgan* the whiche Eminicianus' was 
 depryuyd for his cruelnesse ; & after hym reygned. xx kynges successyuely, y one after 
 
 Uc tic y o{her, of the whiche as sayth myu Aucto' Guy^o, is no mencyon made eyther for their /»/. ««;. 
 rudenesse, orellysfor crueltie, or discordaunt meanes, or maners vsed in the tyme of 
 theyr reygnes, the whiche mysordre clerkes disdayned to wryle or put in memory. And 
 next the laste of thyse fore sayd. xx. kynges, succedyd Bledgarel*, a cunnynge musician ; 
 the whiche, for his excellence in that facultie, was called of the Brytons God of 
 
 ^(i ///Glemen^. After Bledgaret* was thus kynge and dyed, succeded, ix. kynges, of whom forthe 
 former consyderacion is nouther name nor tyme of feygne put in memory. The last of 
 
 • Elidurus. * " lastly," ovtitUd. ' to the. * Mergan. ' Eraerianui. * Blegabridua. 
 
 - iSlemen or minstrelles, edit. 1559. 
 
 whiche 
 
30 ' SECUNDA PARS CRONECAI10M. 
 
 •whiche.' ix. kyngs was by the agremet of all wryters named Hely, wWclie Hely after some 
 
 •■ wryters reygned. xl. yeres. And after some but bare. vii. monethes. In whiche. xxxiii. kynges 
 
 tymes passyd or flowed, that is to say, from the last yere of Heliodir' vnto the last yere 
 
 of the foresayd Hely, as by y forenamed draughte made in Latyn apperyth*. C. Ixxxvi. 
 
 - yeres, whiche sayd Hely lafteafter hym.. iii. sones named Lud, Cassibulanus, Sc Neuius'.* 
 
 ^ Capitulum. 
 
 ' Elifiure, edit.' 1533, 1542. ^ fornam,ed Table apperytli. ' Neurius. 
 
 - * At the end of the. xlvi. chapter, the. Edition of 15S9 has 
 
 " A note of the peruser, 
 " To the end the names of these, xxix. kinges maye be kiioweii, I have out of Galfride drawenthis piece 
 folowinge: 
 
 After the deathe of Elidurus, the sonne of Gorbonian his eldest brother was crowned kyng, wljo in all 
 ■ pointes bothe in witte and good gouernauuce, foiowed hys vncles steppes ; for, auoydirige tyraunye, he be- 
 
 - haued liytn selfe towardes his subjectes iustlye and mercifullye, and neuer swarued from right in any thing. 
 
 After hym raygned Margan the sonne of Archigallo, who accordynge te the example of hys kiudfolke, 
 gyded the Bry tons in .quiet and equitie. ."^ 
 
 After him raigned hys brother Emerian, one so farre vnlyke him that for misordering of his people they 
 deposed hym the. vi, yere of hys raigne. 
 
 - Ydwallo the sone of Vigenius kis vncle, was promoted to the Kyngdome, who, taught by hys kinsman's pu- 
 aishement, behaued him selfe justly all the tyme of his raygne. 
 
 After hym succeded hys cosyn Rimo, the sonne of Peredurus. 
 
 After him Geruntius the sonne of Eledurus. 
 
 After him his son called Catell. 
 
 After Catell, Coyle. 
 
 After. Coyle, Porrex. 
 
 After Porrex, Cherimus, who had three sonnes, Fulgenius, Eldad, and Androgius, who raigned orderly 
 I . eche after other. 
 
 After them the sonne of Adrogius. After him Eliud. After him Dedacus. After him Clotenus. 
 After him Gurgineus, After him Merianus. After hym Bledius. After him Cap. After him Owen. 
 After him Sicilius or Cisillius. After hym Blegabridus, who so farre excelled^n musycke all minstrels and 
 poetes before his time, that he seemed to be as it were a God of that scyenCe. After hym raygned his bro- 
 ther Archernayll. After him Eldon. After him Redion. After him-Jlodreck, . After hym Samulpenisell, ' 
 After hym Pyn After him Capoir. After him his sonne Glygwell, a man verye sober and wise in -all hi« 
 doinges, and did vpright iustice to all kind of persons. 
 
 After hym succeded hys sonne Hely, whose raigne continued, xl. yeres. 
 
 IT These raigned.after Lanquets accompt. 
 
 Gorboninian, who he taketh for Reygny Gorbonians son, -- • ,- x. yeres. 
 
 Margan . . . . . j^iiij. 
 
 Emerian - . . ■ - yii, 
 
 lewelJ, called luall - - - - 
 
 Jlimo - « . « 
 
 Geruntius » . . . 
 
 Catell ... - -, 
 
 Coyl - . - . -- 
 
 Porrex - . . . . 
 
 Cherimus - „ . » m 
 
 Fulgen - - _ . - 
 
 Eliud, whom he calleth Eldred - ... 
 
 Androgius - . - -. . 
 
 Vrian the sonne of Androgius - «- - - . 
 
 Eliud -■ . T - - . 
 Dedacus, Cioteuus, Gurginetes, these Lanquet leaueth out. 
 
 Merianus - _ . . . 
 
 ■^ Bleduus, whome he calleth Bladunus . • . 
 
 Capenus or Cap . . . ^ . 
 
 Owyn - . '2 - 
 
 Sisillius, whome he calleth Silius • a . . 
 
 Blegabredus - - - ■ , 
 
 Archemall - - . , ^ 
 
 ■Eldon Eldoll - - » « . 
 
 Kedien Rodian - - . ^ _ 
 
 :-Sanm]LPenisell; whome he maketh two men - . « 
 
 XX. 
 
 xvi. 
 
 XX. 
 X. 
 
 XX ; 
 
 V. 
 
 i. 
 
 iii. 
 
 i. 
 
 i. 
 iii. 
 
 V. 
 
 II. 
 -ii. 
 iii. 
 
 ii. 
 
 ii. 
 
 XX. 
 
 ii. 
 
 iiii. 
 
 ii. 
 
 V. 
 
 Pyr 
 
SECUNDA PARS CRONECARUM. 31 
 
 5f Capitulum. xlvii. 
 LUd the eldest sone of Ilely was made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde. [Ch»p.ai 
 V. M. C. &. xxxi. This' was honourable in all his dedes, for he edN'fyed newe Temples, 
 and repayred f olde, he also repayred olde Cyties and Townes, & specially in y Cytie of 
 Troynouant, he caused many buyldynges to be made, & gyrde the sayd Cytie aboue with 
 a stronge walle of lyme and stone, & in the west parte of the sayd walle he arreryd a 
 fayre and stronge gate, and c5maude it to be called Luddys Gate, whiche at this daye is 
 clepyd Luddysgate. And for he loued moche this Cytie he vsed moch & moste to lye » 
 there; by reason wherof it was called Caerlud or Luddys towne: and after by conup- 
 cyon, or shortyng of the speche, it was named Lodon whiche name at this daye remayneth 
 & abydeth. This Lud also, as wytnessyth Gaufride, was stronge and myghty in Armys in 
 subduynge his Enemyes ; he was also lyberall of gyftes and plenteuous in his housholdc, 
 so that he was moche loued & drade of his Brytons. But when he had cdtynued his 
 reygne with great honour by the terme of. xi. yeres, he dyed and was buryed i his gate called 
 Portlud or Ludgate, leuynge after hym as wytnessyth Gaufride. ii, sones Androgeus and . 
 Temancius or Tenancius. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xlviii. 
 CAssibulan*, the brother of Lud, was made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of the [CKap.ao.]. 
 T'orlde. V. M. C. &. xlii. For somoche as the. ii. sones beforenamed of Lud were to 
 
 .'jonge or insuffycyent for to take on hande so great a charge. But as wytnessyth the 
 olde Cronycle, and also the Auctour of the floure of Hystories, this Cassibulan was nat 
 made kynge, but ruler or Protectour of y lande, for the tyme of the noneage of the 
 foresayd Brether. Albeit myne Auctour Gaufride saythe that after Cassibulan was set 
 in Auctoryte, he became so noble & lyberall that his name sprange ferre : and by his 
 
 ,1 exc«rcysyng of lustyce f Brytons ought to hym more fauour tha to eyther of his neuewes. 
 Howbeit he cherysshed theym & brought them forth accordyng to their byrvtli. And 
 whan they came vnto yeres of discrecion he gaue to Andrageus the Gytie of Lodon w- 
 the Dukedome or f Evledome of Kent. And to Temancius the Dukedoine of Corne- 
 wayll. 
 
 In this season was Caius lulius, y whiche is moste comonly called lulius Cesar, sent by 
 the Senat of Rome as folovve' & ConsuU w, Lucius Bubulus into Gallia now called 
 Frauce, for to subdue- them vnto y Empyre of Rome, The whiche lulius beyng vpon y 
 see syde after he had ouercome y Gallis, & beholdyng f whyte Cliusor rocks of Brytayne, 
 enquyred of f coutre & what peple dwelled therin. And whan he was sufFycyently en- 
 
 :Jifburmed of all y Cdmodyties tlierof, he had great wyll to brynge the sayd Countre vnder 
 the yocke of f Romaynes: for so moche as at those dayes a great parte of y worlde was 
 trybutary to* liome. But as sayth myn Auctour ftrste he exorted the Brytons by wrytynge 
 and messengers to gyue Trybute vnto Rome, wherof Cassibulan hauynge indj'gnacion, ■ 
 wrote vnto hypci shar-pe and short answcres shewynge that he and euery noble man was 
 
 1, bounde specially to kepe his countre from seruage, and to kepe his Subgettes that they 
 myght enioy lybertie & Franchyse, the which to obserue he wolde do y vttermost of iiis 
 power & myght; with the whiche answere lulius beyng no thynge contented, in all haste [C»:id.;j.]^ 
 made redy his Nauye and people, and sayled toivarde Britayne. When* y Romaynes were 
 comyn nere the- Lande of Brytayne, and shuld haue landed, the Brytons pyght sliarpe 
 
 Fyt pyrrlius - - - - - - - ii. 
 
 Glyguell Diuell ----- ji,,, 
 
 IJelv - - - . - - i 
 
 So that their yeres by this accompt amount to. clxxxxii. yfres." 
 
 ' Tbijs roan. * Cassibelau. ' felowe. ♦ pi", edit. J559. 'wherefore, 'and when. 
 
 itaks 
 
32 SECUNDA PARS CASSIBELAOT. 
 
 staks and loage vpon the batikes, whiche caused theym to wynne lande' wkh great dau ti- 
 ger ; and nat longe after theyr landynge Cassibulan -^ a stronge hooste of Brytons en- 
 " coutred the Romaynes, gyuyng6 or yc4dynge to theym suche fyght and battayll that they 
 were fayne to resorte to their Shyppes for theyr suertye. Natwithstandynge as wyt- 
 ' nessith Gaufride and other, lulius, after he had renewed his knyghtes and also ryggyd his 
 Nauy, he came agayne the seconde tyme, entendynge to subdue ^he Lande to ti>e Empyre. 
 of Rome, but as before tyme he was by the manhode of the kynge and his Brytons man- 
 fully and knyghtly withstandyn and chasyd, soo this seconde tyme he was in lyke wys& 
 
 rehap. »4.] ouercomyn, and compelled to flee without honoul-e. For whiche victorye thus twyes op- 
 '•'tayned by the Brytons, Cassibulan entendynge to gyue thanke vnto his Goddes, and re- 
 warde to his knyghtes, in goodly haste caused an assemble to be made of his Lordes & 
 knyghtes at y Cytie of Caerlud or Lodon, where after dewe obseruauces done to Iheyi^ 
 goddes after the vse of theyr Pagan lavves, a great and Solempne feest was holden by the 
 kynge to alt that wolde come, with most lyberalytie & plentie in all that was necessary to 
 suche a feest. And the more to encrease the kynges honoure and to the more comforte 
 and dilectacion of his lordes and other there beynge present, there was all mauer kyndes, 
 & games y at those dayes were excersysed & vsed, contynewynge whiche feest. ii. noble & 
 yonge knyghts amonge other happened to assey eyther other in wrastlynge, wherof that 
 one was neuewe to kynge Cassibelan named Hirregtas* & that other named Euelinus was 
 
 Andrsgiuscomrtallyed vnto Andraglus Erie or duke of London. By meane of this wrastlynge dyuycion 
 
 -vei dux London, q,. yusyttyng words fyll atwene the. ii. yonge knyghtes, that after wordes ensued strokes by 
 ■ nieane wherof parties were taken on eyther syde, whiche ranne togyder in great Ire and' 
 
 irialyce.- So that on eyther part many & diuers were hurte & wounded, amonge whom- 
 •Irreglas* neuewe to the kyng was slayne, whiche causyd great distourbaunce in the Courte 
 
 Oiescion of air and amonge the lordes. 
 
 '" "'^ , When the knowlege of f deth of Irreglas^ was brought vnto the kynge, he was ther- 
 
 with greatly amoued, & entendynge dewe Iuf.tyce to be had and mynystred, by thaduyce 
 of 4jis Barons causyd the forenamed cosyn of Andragius, Euelynus, to be somoned for to 
 appere before hym and his counsayll, and there to acquyte hym of such cryme as to hym 
 was layde for the deth of Irreglas'' before slayne. But Euelynus by counsayll of An- 
 dragius withstode that comaudement, and shonly after the sayde Andragius Sc Euelyne de- 
 parted the court without takynge leue of the kynge. The "kynge disdeynynge tliis de- 
 meanure of Andragius, after dyuers monycios to hym gyuen, gatheryd his knyghtes & made 
 
 ^o/.*w7. warre vpon Andragius, wherefore he cosiderynge after many wayes and meanes thoucrht 
 
 that he was nat of power to withstande the kyngs great Indignacion, sent hh letters vnto 
 Cayns or' Cains lulius Cesar, shewynge to hym the circumstaunce of the mater, and ad- 
 uoydynge hym of all gylt, besought & prayed hym in moste humble wyse y'he wolde 
 shordy re-tourne with his Army into Brytayne, and hq,with his hole power shuld be redy 
 to ayde and helpe hym agayne y Brytons. Of this message was lulius verey glade and 
 i in al hast made towarde Brytayne with a great power, to whom the wynde was so fauour- 
 able that in short tyme after this message he drewe nere the lande. But, as afFermeth 
 myn Auctour Gaufride, or he wolde lande, ferynge the treason of Andragiu.s, he receyued 
 from hym in hostage, his sone named Scena, w. xxx. other of the moste noble of bis 
 
 i«ii«Gei.r. Lordship,_&^that done he landed with the helpe and eyde of Andragius; wherof whan 
 .,-: Cassibelan had warnynge, in all hast he made towarde the Romayns, & in a vatcy nere 
 vnto Doro*jernia, now named Caunterbury, there he fonnde the Hoost of the sayd lulius 
 lodgyd, and with hym Andragius with al his power, after which knowlege had eyther of 
 other, with their habyllements of Wari^e eyther greued other tyll at lengthe both6 boosts 
 mette hande for hande and faught vigerously, in suche wyse, y many felt on eyther partie 
 Bat when the Brytons, as sayth Gaufride, had longe foughtyn, & knyghtly defended the 
 
 • the lande, edit. 1542, 1355. * Hirelda; ' " Cayns or," omitted. 
 
 Romaynes, 
 
TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM. 33 
 
 Romaynes, Andragius yf his people cam by a wynge of the Brytons, and theym so sharpely 
 assayled, that they were costreyned to forsake the felde and place y they before hadde kept; 
 the whiche Flyght discomforted soo the other, that fynaliy all Hedde and gaue place to 
 the Romaynes, the which theym persued and slewe wout pyte. So that Cassibelan with his 
 Brytons that were lafte were fayne to gette theym to a place of suertie, there to rest tyll 
 they myght newly prouyde to wstande his' Enemyes. 
 
 But fynaliy as all wryters agree, luliiis helde the kynge so shorte, that for an vnytie and 
 Concorde he was fayne to become tributary to the Romaynes, and to paye to theym yerely rirste tribute 
 a certayne trybute, whiche Gaufride afFermeth to be. iii. M. li.; & whan y sayd trybule s'^"''''* 
 was set in a suertie so that the sayd Romaynes were with it contented, and lulius had ac- 
 complysshed his wyll and pleasure in thynges to hym thought necessary, he with Andra- 
 gius departed the lande, and so spedde hym towarde Rome, where soon after he was 
 agayne by the wyll of f most of the Senatours made Emperour : and this trybute thns was 
 graunted when Cassibelan had reygned as kynge of Brytayne fully, viii. yeres and more. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. xlix. 
 
 THis begynnynge of this tribute payde by Cassibelan vnto y- Romaynes shuld seme by 
 moste concordauce of wryters to be vpon. xl. and. viii. yeres before Christs Incaraacon or 
 after some. 1. But for profe of the firste sayinge, I haue shewyd my conceyte in the draught 
 or treatyse in latyn* before named, the whiche I remytte to tlie Correccion of suche as 
 haue parfyte vnderstandyng in calculyng of hystories and tymes. And here I make an 
 ende of the seconde parte of this werke ; [and in yeldynge Graces to oure moste Consola- 
 trice, that moste blessyd virgyn our Lady saynt Maryi y virgyne', here I agayne salute with 
 the Seconde of the forsayd. vii, loyes whiche Begynneth, 
 Gaude sponsa cara dei, &c. 
 
 Be loyous y' spouse of god most dere, 
 Which, like to f sone, most clerest of light, 
 When in the day he shyneth most clere, 
 The world illuynest by menes ful right, 
 And thorowe f vertue of thy full myght, 
 Causest f world to be resplendisshaunt 
 By meane of thy peas which is full habundaunt]*. 
 This Seconde parte to be accompted from the laste yere of the discorde' of the Brytcns 
 40 the ende of the. ix. yere of Cassibilan, Includeth of yeres. CCC. Ixxx. and. "i' 
 
 INCIPIT PARS TERTIA. 
 
 ^ Capitulum, 1. 
 
 'Has maye we vnderstande that by the apoyntment before made Cassibelan ciitynued 
 styl as kynge and gouernour of this lande of Brytayne, whiche by most concord- 
 
 • tbeyr. * in the tabyle. ' which. ♦ Omitted in tht edit, of 1542, & 1559. 
 
 * " Ol the discorde" omitted injAe edit. 1542, & 1559. 
 
 F aunce 
 
Andragiiu 
 Comes Kancie. 
 
 |ehap.aj.] 
 
 tol. xikH. 
 
 [Chap.aj.] 
 
 34 TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM 
 
 aunceof wryters had Reygned before, or he were made Tributary, vpo. ix. yeres; whiche 
 sayd. ix, yere made y yere of the worlde, folowynge thaccompte before expressyd. v. M. 
 C, and 1. And after he reygned by thagrement of ail wryters as l<ynge of this lande fully, 
 vii. yeres. So that in ail, before the graunte of the tribute and after, he reygned vpon, 
 xvi. yeres. 
 
 ff Capitulum. li. 
 NOwe than haue I shewyd to you, bow that lulius Cesaris, by ayde and helpe of An- 
 dragius Erie of Kent, made this lande Britayn' tributary to the Romaynes, whenne Cassi- 
 bilan had ben kynge of the sayd lande vpon, ix. yeres ; whiche. ix. yere I haue sette for y- 
 ende of the Seconde part of this werke, so that the. x. yere of Cassibelan is the first© 
 yere of the thirde part of the sayd w^rke. Than, as all wryters testyfye^ Cassibelan con- 
 tynued after the departynge of lufiusas kynge by y Terme or space of. vii. yeres as before 
 IS declared; In tyme* of the whiche. vii. yeres is none noble acte nor dede of hynot'put in 
 memory or wrytynge. 
 
 .' But for some wold thynke that after Cains or' Caius lulius Cesar had thorough helpe 
 of Andragius Erie of Kent and eldest sone of Lud thus as before is sayd, subdued Cas- 
 sibelan, that the sayde lulius wolde haue restoryd y' sayd Andragius to the Crowne of 
 Brytayne as his rightfull enherytaunce, and clerely to haue expelled & put out the 
 said Cassibelan from all kyngly dignytie. To this answereth the olde Cronycle and* sayth, 
 that Cassibelan was nat the sone of Hely but that he was y^ Eldest sone of Lud, by reason 
 wherof he was first made kinge,^and so as rightfull heyre contynued durynge his lyfe kyng 
 of Brytayne, the whiche whan he had reygned. ix. yeres or he were tributary, and. vii. 
 yeres after, as affermeth the sayd olde Cronycle, in all. xvi. yeres, he thenne dyed with- 
 out Issue, and was buryed at Caerbranke or Yorke. 
 
 ^ Capitlilum. lii. 
 
 TEmancius or Tenancius y yongest Sone of Lud, as affermeth Gaufride, was made 
 Kynge of Brytons, in the yere of f Worlde. v. M. C. and, Ivil. This is named in the 
 Englysshe Cronycle Tormace, and nat kynge, as the sayde boke affermeth, but his elder 
 brother, which in the sayd boke is named Aadtagieu, was, after the atHrmaunce of the 
 sayd Englisshe Cronycle, made kyng. But the foresayd Gaufride and other testyfien, that 
 for somoch as Andragius feryd to be euel- hated of the Brytons, for his treason wroughte 
 agaynist the kynge & the lande, he therfore chaSe to goo with Caius lulius to Rome 
 rather than tb be kynge of snche as he thought wolde neuer haue bym* in theyr loue and 
 fauoure*. Thenne it foloweth in theStory, this Temancius ruled the Lande with great 
 dylygence and lustyce, & defended the lande well and knyghtly agayne all Alyaunts and 
 Straungers, and payde his trybute to the Romaynes that Cassibelan hadde graunted; and 
 lastly dyed, whenne he had reygned after moste wryters, xxiii. yeres, and was buryed at 
 Caerlude or London, leuynge after hym a Sone, the whiche was called Kymbalyne. 
 
 % Capitulum, liii. 
 Kymbalinus or Kymbalyne, the sone of Temancius, was of the Brytons made kynae in 
 the yere of the worlde. v. M, C.and. Ixxx. Thus', as wytnessyth Guydo, was brought forth* 
 at Rome amonge the Romaynes, & there made a knyght, & had of theym suche fauoure 
 that he was at the' lybertie to paye y' tribute or nat. Of hym is lytell memory made ex- 
 Natiuitas Cristi cept all wryters agreen, that in the season that he was kynge our sauyour Criste Ihesus was 
 RTgL!" """'''^'^i"G&rnat of that riibste biesayd virgyne our Lady seynt Mary, which shuld be to'aCcord 
 Hystories, in the. xix. yere of his rejgrie. Of the reigne of this Kymbalyn Auctours 
 
 ' Of Brytayne. ^ the tyine. 
 * up» ' " the" omiUed.. 
 
 ' " Cains or" omitted. ♦ tlieyr louee. edit. 1559. ' This man. 
 
 wrvte 
 
TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM. 35 
 
 wryte dyuersly. So y some sbewe noyeres, and some but fewe, which can nat accorde \V 
 the lyme of other Cronicles. But ^ Auctour of f Hystorye called flour of Hystoryes, 
 wytuessyth that he reygoed. xxxv. yeres, the which saying, who lyst to se the Treatyse by 
 me made in Laten before reherced', he shal there haue knowlege y this said Auctour ac- 
 cordeth best with other Storyes and Cronycles. And whenne that this Kymbalyne had 
 reygned gioryously ouer the Brytons, by all the season before expressyd, he dyed and was 
 bdryed at CaerLud or London, leuynge after hym. ii. sonnes^ named Guyderius and Ar- 
 uiragus'. 
 
 NOwe before haue I shewed to you, in the latter Chapter, that Criste was Incarnat in 
 /jthe.. xix. yere of Kymbalyne, whiche mai<eth the yere of the worlde, that is to say, from 
 the firste Creacion of Adam to the Incarnation, v. M. C. Ixxx. and. xix., the whiche 
 Accompt is approued by holy Isodre', Bede, and other. 
 
 Than Criste was Incarnat, the yere of the world as before is expressed. 
 
 From Noes flood or after, ii. M. ix. C. and. Ivii. 
 - After Abraham, ii. M. xvii. 
 
 After Dauid kyng of Israeli. M. Ixxv. 
 
 From or after the transmygracion of the lewes to Babilon. v. C. Ixxx, and x. Comjjafc 
 
 After Brute entred Brytayne. xi. C. and xxxvi. 
 
 After Alexandre the grete nere vpon. CCC. and. xxv. 
 - After the Buyldynge of Rome. vii. C. and. xxix. 
 
 And in the begynnynge of the. xlii. yere of Octauius Augustus then Emperoure of 
 Rome*. 
 
 % Capitulum. liiii. 
 GViderius, the firste Sone of Kymbalyne, beganne his reygne ouer the Brytons the yere [Ch*i>.jj,] 
 
 ■z-rof the worlde. v. M. CC & xvi. And the yere after Christes Incarnacion the. xvii. yere. 
 Thid' was welthy and trusted moche in his strength, & for he thought the Romaynes had 
 the forenamed tribute with wronge, he therforeof a knyghtly courage denyed to the Ro- 
 maynes the said tribute, wherfore Claudius which was vnclevnto Caius Calligula the. iiii. 
 Emperourof Rome, and this Claudius the fyfte* came into Brytayne with a great Army 
 
 ?sof Romaynes, and as wytnessyth Policronica, conqueryd and wanne agayne thesayd try- 
 bute without great fight; and that done, he also subdued y lies of Orchades or Orkeis, 
 whiche stande beyonde ScoUande within the great Occean, and after turned agayne to Rome 
 the. vi. moneth after that he came thens. The Cronycle of Englade, and also Gaufride, 
 say that in the Hoost of the Romaynes was a Capitayne named Hame or Hamon, the 
 
 --^hiche enlendynge hurte & destruccyon of the Brytons, chaiiged his Shelde or Armure 
 and dydde vpon hym the Armoure of a Brytayne, and by that meane as a Bryton mysclad, 
 and' entred into the thyckest of the boost, and lastly vnto the place where as kynge Guy- 
 derius faught, and shortly after slewe the kynge. But Aruiragus seynge this sodayne Mys- 
 chyef, to the ende y the Brytons shulde nat gyue backe, he hastely caiisyd hym' to be Armed 
 
 -. with the cognisaunce of the kynge, and so ior kynge cotynued the fyght with suche man- 
 hode that, the Romaynes were put to flyght. Thus by accorde of wryters, Guyderius 
 was slayne of the foresayd Hamo, whenne he had reygned ouer the Brytons by concord- 
 aunce of other Hystoryes. xxviii. yeres, leuynge after hym none heyre of his body to guyde 
 the Lande after his deth. 
 
 • the Table before rehersed. * Arvigarus, edit. 1559. ' Isodore. * At the close of tliis Ac- 
 
 count, in the Margin of the edit, of 1542, we have 
 
 " Note, that Brytayne, no we called Englande, was inhabyted xi. C. and xxxvi. yere before the incarnacyoa 
 " of Christ. And that London was buylded before Rome. iiii. C. & vij. yeare." ^ 
 
 ' This man. * " And this Claudius the fyfte" omitted in the subsequent editions. he. 
 
 ^ ' F 2 IT Capittilum, 
 
36 
 
 TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 Glouceter 
 tovrnr. 
 
 5f Capitulum. Iv. 
 tattp.a6.] ARuiragus, the yongest sone of Kymbalyne, and brother to Guyderlus before slayne, 
 
 was ordeyned kynge of Brytons, in tlie yere of our Lorde. xliiii. This in the Englysshe 
 booke is named Amiager, the whiche, as there is shewed, well and knyghtly niaynteyned 
 "the warre agayne the Romaynes, and after slewe the forenamed Hamo nere vnto an Ha- 
 uen or port of the see, and'^hym, so slayne, threwe Gobetmeale into the same see. For 
 this skyll was this Hauen longe tyme after called Hamons Hauen, which at this daye is call- 
 ed Southampton. Thenne it foloweth in the. viii. Chapitre of the. iiii, Booke of Poli- 
 cronicon, that Claudius, after dyuers happes of Bataylle, tokd Aruiragus to his grace, 
 and brought his dought«r, Genuissa' by name, from Rome, and Maryed her vnto Aruira- 
 gus ; and for he wolde make the place of the maryage more Solempne, he therfore called 
 - the Towne of maryage Claudiocestria after his name. The whiche before was called in 
 Brettysshe tunge Caerleon, and after Glouernia after a Duke of Demecia that hyght 
 Glora, but nowe this Towne is named Glouceter. 
 
 All otherwyse telleth the Englysshe Cronycle, and sayth, that Armager scomfitted Clau- 
 dius, and compelled hym to gyue his Doughter Genuissa or Gennen to the sayd Armager 
 to wyfe> with condicion that the Romaynes shuld neuer after that day clayme any tribute 
 of Brytayn, except alonely Feawte, whiche saying appereth doughtefull: for dyuers causes. 
 Wherof one is, that the sayd Armager shuld nat constreyne Claudius to gyue his dodgh- 
 ■j ter to hym. For so moche as the sayd Armager had neuer seen the sayd Gennen before 
 tyme, nor knewe nat of her Couuersacion. Thanne meruayl it were that he shuld force 
 her Fader to gyue hym a wyfe that he hadde caste no loue vnto before tyme. One other 
 A/.*;V. reason is y the sayd Cronycle testyfyeth, that after he had maryed the sayde Gennen, he 
 
 was at London Crowned kynge of Engfende : For I wolde thyiike if he hadde ouercomyn 
 ^ Ckudius as there is surmytted*he wolde firste haue crowned hymself kynge, and thenne 
 
 haue maryed his Doughter. But by the same reason it certyfyeth more strenger the former 
 payinge of Policronica. For by all lykelyhod, Claudius wolde nat suflFre hym to be 
 Crowned kynge, tyllhe hadde fully perfourmed his promyssein Mariynge of his doughter. 
 
 And albeit that myne Auctour Gaufride varyeth nat moch from the Englysshe Cronycle, 
 I thynke in that doynge he tooke ensample of Homerus that wrote the dedys and Actes 
 of the Grekes, the whiche shewed and put in Memorye all the noble Actes by theym 
 doon. And specyally in the Recuyll or boke made by hym of y Siege of Troye. But 
 tlie other dedys, concernynge theyr dishonoure, he hydde it as moche as he myght; and in 
 lyke manere do many other wryters whiche I passe ouer : And so Gaufride, for he was a 
 Bryton, he shewed the beste for Brytons. Thanne it foloweth after the Solemptiyzacon 
 of this Maryage, whiche was with all honoure fynysshed, Claudius sent certayne Legiops 
 of his knyghtes into Irlande to rule that Countre, and retourned hym selfeto Rome. 
 
 f Capitulum. Ivi. 
 
 IT was nat longe after the departynge of Claudius, but that Aruiragus rode aboiite 
 
 '^his Realme, and with great dilygence Repayred Cyties and Townes before decayed and 
 
 broken with the strength of the Rom.aynes, and entreatyd his Subgettes with suche lus- 
 
 tyce and good ordre that they loued & drade hym more thenne any of his progenytours. 
 
 This in tra<;te of tyme made hym welthy, and by meane of this welthines ensued' Pryd^,; 
 
 So that hym thought great shame to be vnder the rule or guydynge of the Romaynes : 
 
 .Wherfore lastly he denyed the tribute before graunted, wherof whanne knowlege came 
 
 vnto the Senate of Rome, in all haste was sente a Duke of Rome called Vaspacian with 
 
 a certayn of Legions to subdue Aruiragus. Ye shall vnderstande that a Legion of knyghts 
 
 :, .,: *u^..„„„„-^„ „; u^„.i„„j i„„: Whanne Vaspacian was landed in Brytayne, astes- 
 
 js. vi. thoussande. vi. hondred. kvi. 
 
 ^ Genni$sa. 
 
 ' Surmysed. edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 ' issued, edit. 1555. 
 
 tyfyeth 
 
TERTIA PARS CRONECARtJM. :i7 
 
 fyfyeth Policronica, he spedde hyra so that in shorte uhyle he subdued Aruiragus to j' 
 Erapyre, and caasyd hym to graunte payment of f foresayd tribute, whiche was done, as 
 sayth Gaufride, by entreatie of the Quene Gennissa, & of no constrayni nor coaccion. 
 Whenne Vaspacian hadde thus recoueryd the tribute, he than also made Subgetie to 
 
 J rthc Empyre, an lie in the see lyinge vpon the Sowthe syde of Brytayne, nowe called the 
 lie of Wyghte ; and after retourned to Rome. 
 
 Whenne Aruiragus was thus Secondly brought vnder y yoke of the Romaynes, he be- 
 came more myelde towarde theym. So that whyle he lyued after, he payde his tribute with 
 lasse Grudge, and contynued hym in theyr fauoures, in such wyse that he was of theym 
 
 " 10 wel beloued : And so lastly dyed whenne he hadde ruled the Brytons well and nobly, by 
 the terme of. xxx, yeres, and was buryed at Caerglone, Caerleone, Claudiocestria or Glow- 
 ceter, leuynge after hym a soue named Marina'. 
 
 % Capitulum. Ivii. 
 MArins' y- sone of Aruiragus, was ordeyned kyng of Brytons, in the yere of our [o^pa^.] 
 ' lorde. ixxiiii. This, in the C'ronycle of Englande, is named Westmer, whiche Marins', as 
 wytnessyth Gaufride, was an excellent wyse man, and guyded his Brytons moste honour- 
 ably, and in^reat prosperyte and welthe. In the tyme of thereygne of this Marins', a 
 Duke or kynge of a nacion called Pictes, as' wytnessyth Virgilius, are descendyd of a 
 People called of olde tymes Scytis', they also are named Gothis or Hunys. This fore- 
 
 i( >sayd leder of Picts is named, of Gaufride, Rodris*, the whiche landed with a great Nauy, 
 in the prouynce of Albania, now* Scotlande, and it began to waste with Iron & with fyre. 
 Wherof whanne Marins' was warned, he in all haste assembled his knyghtes, & made to- 
 warde his Enemyes and gaue vnto theym stronge batayll, in the which Rodris* or after 
 some Rodicus, was slayne, and a great parte of his people were slayne ; in remebrauce 
 
 1 T<rof whiche victory, kyng Marins' lette arrere a great stone, & i this he comauded to be 
 
 grauen Marii victoria, which is to ineane the victory of Marins'. Wylliam of Malmes- 
 
 bury sayth y this stone was arered in mynde of Marins' ^ Consull of Rome. The Eng- 
 
 lysshe Cronycle sayth that this batayll was foughtyn in a place, the whiche nowe is called 
 
 . Stanysmore. Butte where so this stone is sette, the Countre there aboute was loge after 
 
 > called West maria, and now Westmerlande : Then it foloweth in the Storye that when 
 
 thp resydue of the people of Rodicus*, whiche were fledde from the felde, vnderstode 
 
 that theyr hedde and Capitayne was slayne, they made humble request to the kynge that 
 
 he wolde accept theym vnto his grace, and that he wolde graunte to theym some Lande & 
 
 Countre to dwell in ; whiche graunted vnto theym a place in the ferre ende of Scotlande, 
 
 ' whiche is named of myne Auctour Catenesey', where the sayd Scytis* or Pictes firste en- 
 
 habyte' theym, and for somoche as the Brytons disdayned togyue rnto theim theyr dough- 
 
 ters in Mariage, therfore they acqueynted them with the Irysshe men and maryed theyr 
 
 doughters, and grewe in proces'° into a great people; and for this AUyaunce attwene the 
 
 Irysshe and theni, theyr Countre as wytnessyth Policronico. xxxvii. Chapitre of his firste 
 
 : y.boke was called Irlande, and after Pictauia, and lastly Scotlande. And whenne Marins' 
 bad thus subdued his Enemyes, he attendyd and sotte his mynde to the Comon wele of 
 this lande and snbgettes, and contynued the resydue of his lyfe in great tranquyllyte and 
 reste : And so lastly payde his naturall tribute and was buryed at Caerleyll, leuyng after 
 hym a sone named Coilus or Coyll, whenne he had reygned after most wryters. Hi. yercs. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Iviii. 
 COylus ^ sone of Marins', was after the deth of his Fader made kynge of Brytons. [Chap. j6.] 
 
 ' Marius. edit. 1533. Maurius. edit. 1542. 1559. * whych as- ' Scytliis. ' Londiitus. 
 
 ' now called. * Ledricus, edit. 1533. Londiicus, edit. 1542, 1559. * Cailientsia. ' Sco)iis, 
 
 fdit. 1542. Scoltes, 1559. 'inhabyted. '^ iu processe cf time, edit, 1559. 
 
 ill 
 
58 TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 in the yere of our Lordes Incarnacion, C.xxvi. This was from his Infancy norysshed and 
 
 brought vp among the Romaynes in Italia or Rome, by reason wherof he was to theym 
 
 louynge .& kynde, and they in lykewyse' vnlo hym, and he for somoche as he knevKg the 
 
 power of the Romaynes gr«at, in auoydynge of warre and other daunger, payde vnto 
 
 r theym the forsayd Tribute durynge his lyf. This* also as wytnessith Gaufride, was a lyberall 
 
 s-r,hicH. man of gyftes by reason wherof he opieyned great loue of his nobles and also of his Cd- 
 
 mons, and as some Auctours haye, this Coill made the Towne of Colchester, which at 
 
 this daye is a fayre Towne in the Shyre of Essex. But other ascribe it to Coell or Coill, 
 
 that was kynge nexte after Asclepeodotus. But when this Coilus had reygned in Soue- 
 
 'firaygne peace, by the terme of. liiii. yeres, he dyed and was buryed at Caerbranke or 
 
 Yorke, and lafte after hym a sone the which was named Lucius or Lucy. 
 
 *[r Capitulum. lix. 
 5|XA.ii.c»put.i.] LUcius or Lucy, the sone of Coilus, was made kyng of Brytons in the yere of our 
 Lord. C.lxxx. ' The whiche in all Actes and dedys of goodnes folowed his forefaders in 
 
 ■rsuche wyse, that he of all men was beloued and drad. Of this is lytell or none acte no- 
 table put in memory, except that all wryters agree that this Lucius sent to Eleutherius, 
 than pope' of Rome, certayne Pistles or letters, prayinge hym that he and his Britons 
 myght be receyued to the fayth of crists Churche ; wherof the Pope* beynge very loyous 
 and gladde, sent into Brytayne. ii. noble clerkes named Faganus and Damianus*, or af- 
 
 2^ter some Fugacius and Dimianus; thyse. ii. good and vertuous clerkes were honourably 
 Teceyued of Lucius, the whiche, by theyr good Doctryne & vertuous ensamplesgyuynge, 
 ■conuertyd the kynge and a great parte of the Brytons. 
 
 But for somoch Auctours and wryters wryte dyuersly of the tyme of this receyuynge 
 of the fayth by Lucius, so that the one varyeih greatly from the other : Therfore I haue 
 shewed in ^ forenamed treatyce* made by me in Laten, that it shall, vnder correccion, ap- 
 ■pere, that the fayth was receyued by Lucius, as afFermeth Petrus Pictauiensis, the. viii. 
 yere of the reygne of the sayd Lucius: And the yere after Cristes Incarnacion. C.lxxx. 
 and. viii. The whiche Lucie, after the fayth thus by hym receyued, by the aduyceof'the 
 foresayd Clerkes, and with the Instruccyons sent to theym by the foresaid pope^ Eleuthery, 
 
 '.ilnstituted and ordeyned that all or the more partie of Archeflamynys and Flamynys, 
 whiche is to meane Archebysshoppes and Bysshoppes of the Pagan lawe, whiche at that 
 days were in nombre as wytnessyth Gaufride and other, iii. of the Archeflamynys, and. 
 xxviii. of the Flamynys, were made and ordeyned Archebysshoppes, and Bysshoppes of 
 the Churche of criste, as after foloweth. 
 
 Archeflamynys, Bysshoppes Constituted. 
 
 EjiishopMwn. THE firste of the Archeflamynys See, rule, or lurisdiccio, was, as wytnessith Alfrede' 
 '*""' ' and Policronica, at London, the seconde at Yorke, and the thirde at Caerurst, or Kaer- 
 
 • " in lykewyse" omitted. ' This Coillus. ' bisliop. edit. 1542. 1559. * Eleutherius edit 
 1542. 1559. ' Dunuanus. ' forenamed table. ^ « Pope" omitted in edit. 1542 'l55g' 
 
 • Gaufride. ^' 
 
 ^ glone 
 
TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM. 59 
 
 glonne or Glowceter. To these', iii. Archebysshoppea were Subiect the foresayd. xxviii; 
 JFlamyns or Bysshoppes. To the Archebysshoppes See of London was subiect Corne- 
 wayH & all myddyll Englande vnto Hnmbre. To y Archebysshoppes See of Yorke was 
 fubgette all Northumberlande, from the Bowe of Hutnber with all Scotlande. And to 
 " 5 thirde Archebysshoppes See whiche was at Glowceter, was Subgette all Waiys : In whiche 
 prouyHce of Walys, were. vii. Bysshoppes, where as noweben but. iiii. At* that daye Se-« 
 uarnne departed Brytayne & Cambria or Walys. But in the tyme of Saxons after hadde* 
 the rule of this lande of Brytayne, as testyfyeth Wilhelmus de Pontific. Albe it that 
 seynt Gregory hadde grauted'vnto London the pryu'elage of y Archebisshoppes See, Ne- 
 
 : J uerthelesse seyt Austyne, the which with other was sent into England by the foresayd Gre- 
 fjory tourned the Archebysshoppes See out of London into Caiiterbury. After the deth of 
 Seynt Gregorye by meanes of prayer of kynge Egbert or Ethelbert, & other Cytezeyns& 
 Burgesys of Caunterbury, where it hath cotynued to this day, except y for y tyme of, 
 OfFa, ky ng of Mercia or Mercherik, for displeasure that he hadde to the Gytezeins of Caun- - 
 
 : rterbury by name, & toke from them that dignyte, and worshypped Adulphe bysshop of ' 
 Lychefelde with^ Pall of Cauterbury^ by thassent of Adryan, the firste of that name, than ^ 
 Pope*. Neuerthelesse of the tyme of Kenulphus, whiche nat longe after was kyng of the 
 sayd Mercia or Mercheryk, it was agayne restoryd to Caunterbury. feLicxh. 
 
 The worshyp of the See of Yorke hath enduryd there alwaye^ & yet doth though Scot- 
 
 - -'lande withdrawen" from his Subieccion. The Archebysshoppes See of Caerglone or Glowce- De waUhu . 
 
 ter was tourned frome theiis to Menenea, whiche is in the West syde of Demecia, vpon the 
 Irysshe See, whiche nowe is called seynt Dauid Lande. In this prouynce from f dayes 
 of seynt Dauid, vnto the dayes of Sampson, Bysshop, sat. xxiii. Bysshoppes. But in 
 the sayd Sampsons dayes, than Archebysshop, fyll such mortalyte thorowe Walys of 
 / /ry yelowe euyl called the laundyes, that moche people therof dyed. Wherfore f sayd 
 Sampson toke with hym ^ Pall, & sayled iato Armorica or lytell Brytayne, and was there 
 bysshop of Dolence or Dolences, and from that tyme vnto the firste Henriis tyme, kyng 
 ot^ Englande, hadde sytten at Menenia, or seynt Dauiis. xxi, bysshoppes and all without 
 Pall, but whether it were for lacke of Ciinynge, orellys for pouertie^ it is nat asserteyned. 
 
 it So Neuerthelesse alway from the tyme of the sayd > Sampson, vnto the foresayd Henry, the 
 firste tyme all the Bysshoppes of Walys were sacred of the Bysshop of Menenia or Seynt 
 Dauiis. And ^ Archebysshop of Menenia was at all tymes sacred of the Bysshoppes of 
 Walys as of his Suffrigas, and made noo profession norobieccion to any other Churche. 
 Butte after thyse dayes, other Bysshoppes that satte there were compelled to be sacred at 
 
 ^ '"Caunterbury: In token of whiche Subieccion Boniface, Archebysshop of Caunterbury 
 and legate of the Crosse, sange in eueryCathedrall Churche of Walys a Solempne Masse, 
 which was done by the sayd Boniface in the tyme of Henry the seconde, beyng kynge of 
 Englande. 
 
 But nowe ye shall vnderstande there beeth' but. ii. Prymates or Archebysshoppes in all 
 
 uo ^0 Englande and Walys.. That one is at Caunterburye and that other is at Yorke. To^ 
 prymat of Cauterbury 'ben Subiect. xiii. Bysshoppes in Englande, and. iiii. in Walys. 
 And ^ Prymat of Yorke hathe but. ii. SufFrigans in Englande, whiche be the Bysshoppes 
 pf Caerleyll and of Durham, and who so wyll be further Instruct of the ordre and 
 Chaunges of Bysshoppes See of Englande, lette hym rede ouer the. lii. Iiii. Iv. Ivi. and. Ivii. 
 
 - -Chapiters of the firste booke of Policronicon, or a parte of holy Bedis vverke, whiche he 
 
 compyled of the same Matter called Historia Anglicana, and there he shall haue euery 
 thynge sette out clereiy and truely. 
 
 And for to contynewe my processe of Lucius, as wytnessyth myne Auctoure Gaufride, 
 whenne he hadde, as before is sayd, Stablysshed and orderyd the foresayd Archeflamyns 
 
 • the, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 * And at. 
 
 ^ they had. 
 
 ♦ Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542, 1569. 
 
 » ID. edit. 1333, 1542. 
 
 " be witbdrawcD. 
 
 'beu. 
 
 and 
 
40 TERTIA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 and Flaniyns, and that they were also confermed of the pope' ; he thenne endowed 
 theym with suche landes and possessions, as before tyme were occupyed or gyuen to y 
 Maynleyuynge and vpholdynge of tlie pagan Rytes and lawe, vsed before tyme. And 
 the Temples of Idollys thoroughe his landehe caused to be Dedicat to Ihesu Criste and 
 
 :1iis Seyntes, and honouryd theym moche* great, and w large gyfts. And whenne he hadde 
 done, aftermost accorde of wryters, by the terme of. xii. yeres he dyed and was buryed 
 in the Cytie of Claudiocestre or Glowceter without heyre of his body, the whiche after 
 grewe to great damage of the Brytons as after shalbe shewed. 
 Of this Lucius it is shewed in a Table hangynge vpon the wall of y North syde of ^ He in 
 TjbuU. lof back of y Quere of seynt Poules Churche of London, that the sayd Lucius reygned ouer 
 the Brytons. Ixxvii. yeres. And ouer that, the Auctour of Cronica Cronicarum testyfyeih, 
 y after Lucius had receyued y feyth, he assembled a great hooste of Brytons and sayled 
 ouer into Gallia or Fraunce : and thens into other Countres, passynge by Becia, and the 
 Cytie called Augusta, and there Subdued many of .the Enemyes of Cristes faylh, where 
 
 'fafter many vertubus dedys, he restyd.igood peace: And his Suster called Emerita, as 
 sayth the sayd Auctour, was also martyred for Cristes sake. But of this sayinge and other, 
 the doute is assoyled in the foresayd treatyse made in Laten', where it shall appere that 
 he reygned but. xii. yeres, as aboue is shewed. 
 
 [And for somoche as in this Lucius endeth for a tyme, the lyne of Brytons, and the 
 
 wlande after this daye, was ruled somedele by the Romaynes, therfore I wyll here ende 
 
 the thirde parte of ithis werke, ad* for the good spede I haue hyderto hadde, and to 
 
 the ende to Impetre the more grace in accomplysshynge the other dele of this werke, I 
 
 here salute our moost blessyd Lady with the thirde loy of the foresayd. vii. loyes whiche 
 
 .begyuueth. 
 
 :r Gaude spledens vas virtutii. & cetera. 
 
 Hayll and be glad thou vessell moost shynynge 
 Of vertue' and grace, at whose comaundement 
 The hole Court of Heuyn iseuer and byddynge. 
 And thou also art amonge theym ment 
 Moost benygne, and happy to euery good entent. 
 As dyngne moder of Ihesu, with moost excellence, 
 .H<«ioured in glory with all theyr assystence]^. 
 
 This tliyrde parte lo De accompted from the ende of the. ix. yere of Cassibelan to the 
 last yere of Lucius Includeth of yeres. CC. xii. 
 
 ar TRouthe it is,' as affermyne ail wryters, that after the dethe of the forenamed Lucius, 
 for so moclie as of his body Remayned none heyre, the Brytons amonge theym selfe 
 fyll at great dystaiince and warre. The whiche vvarre and trouble endured to the great 
 dystourbaunce of tiielande. But howe longe the certeynte* is nat set out by any wryter 
 T«mp«!dis. that I haue seen, Excepte the Englysshe Cronycle sayth, that it endured. 1. yeres, the 
 H^whiche sayinge, vnder Correccion, can nat stande with the concordaunce of other wryters, 
 as it is more playnly declared in the treatyse of Laten before spoken of. Where also it 
 shall appere that the sayd discorde amoge y Brytons, cotynued but oonly. xv. yeres. 
 
 After whiche Terme of. xv. yeres exspyrid, as after more clerely shall be shewyd,"* 
 Seuerus beynge than Emperour of Rome began his Domynyon ouer this lande of Bry- 
 tayne. 
 
 So that ye shdl nowe -vnderstande that the last yere of this discorde was y yere of our 
 
 ' byshoppe of ilome. edit. 1542, 155-9. ^ ^yyth muche. ' foresayd Table in the beeynnyng of 
 
 tbisworke. * And. edit. 1533. ' vertues. edit. 1533. ' dyane. Idit 1533 
 
 ■\emtted m thf edit of 15*2, 1559. ' certayne. » loresayde Table. . 
 
 lordfi 
 
 C'urdic. 
 
QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 41 
 
 lorde. CC. and, vii., by reason wherof, it foloweth that the sayde. xv. yeres loyned vnlo 
 the foresayd ihirde parte, that the sayd thirde parte conteyneth & Includeth of yeres. 
 CC. Ivi. 
 
 Explicit Pars Tertia. 
 
 INCIPIT PARS QUARTA. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixi, 
 
 SEuerus, a Romayne, at this day Emperour of Rome began to rule this Lande of Bry- a/. »«.v. 
 tayne, in the yere of our Lordes Incarnacion. CC. and vii.' tlie whiche, as wytnessyth Gau- ^''"i'"'I 
 fride, and* was before tyme sent from the Senat of Rome w, ii. Legions of knyghtes into Bry- 
 tayne, to appease the warre & stryfe amonge theym, and also for to withstande the 
 Pictes & other Enemyes, whiche dayly inuaded the Lande; tor dyuers w ryters agree y 
 this Seueruswas made Emperoure, the yere of Cristes Incarnacon. C. Ixxx. &. xv. and 
 ruled tlie sayde Empyre, after moost wryters. xvi. yeres : by whiche rule it shuld apperc 
 that he shulde be taken for gouernoure of this Realme of Brytayne, the. xii. yere of his 
 
 ' Empyre. 
 
 It is sayde of this man, that after he hadde Subdued the Parthis, and the Arabis, he wag 
 named Particus, and was sent, as before is sayd, of the Senat of Rome into Brytayne, 
 wher he caused to be made, at the coste of the Comonte, a walle of Turuys and great Waiieof Tui> 
 stakes, of the lengthe, as wytnessyth Policronica, of. C. xxii. myles, as in the. xviii. uy- 
 'Chapitre of his. iiii. booke apperyth. This wall, after thexposicion of the said Policronica, 
 began at the Ryuer of Tyne, and enduryd to the Scottysshe see ; or from f ende of the 
 lordshyp of Deyra, vnto y sayd Scottysshe see ; or after some wryters, from Durham to 
 the see beforesayd. 
 
 Thenne it foloweth, the Pictes, with theyr leder Fulg^cins', issued from Afbany or Scot* 
 lande, into the Lande of Brytayne, distroyed mocheof theCoutre beyonde Durham. Wher- 
 fore, this Seuerus, with an boost of Brytons & of Romaynes, mette witb the sayd Ful- 
 gencius' in a place nere vnto Yorke, where, after sore Fyght, the sayde Seuerus wasslayne, 
 Mhenne he hadde ruled this lande, after moost concordaunce of wryters, by the terme of. 
 V. yeres, & was after buryed at Yorke, leoynge behynde hym. ii. sones, that one named 
 
 I Geta, and that other Basianus. 
 
 5[ Capitulum. Ixii. 
 
 BAsianus, the sone of Seuerus, and of the moders syde a Bryton, beganne to rule this [Ch^.*.] 
 Lande of Brytayne, in the yere of Cristes Incarnacion. CC. &. xii. Of this man spek- 
 yth no thynge the Englysshe Cronycle. But trouthe it is, as ' wytnessyth Gaufride, and 
 other, that after the dethe of Seuerus, stryfe arose attwene the Brytons and the Ro- 
 maynes, thenne beynge within the Lande of Brytayne. For the Comons helde for theyr 
 
 ' Tiii. • " »nd" omitted. ' Fulgeniui. 
 
 G kyngd 
 
4S QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 kynge Basianus, for so moche as he was borne of a Bryton woman : and vpon that other 
 partie in lyke maner, the Romaynes they allowed Geta for theyr kynge, because he was 
 descendyd of a Romayn^ And, as farther affermeth the forenamed Gaufride, for this dis- 
 cencion a Batayll was hadde attwene the sayde. ii. Bretherne, in the whiche Geta was 
 slayne, and Basianus remayned for kynge of all the lande. 
 Opinio Aucto- But from this sayinge varyeth greatly Eutropius. And other that wrytte of the Cro- 
 "■»• nycles of Rome. For by them it is wytnessyd that Geta was slayne at a Cytie named 
 
 Edissa, whan he faught agayne the Parties'; and Basianus succedyd his Fader in the dig- 
 nyte of Emperoure, whiche, as in the sayde Cronycle of Rome is testyfyed, was also 
 5 called Antonius. Marcus Aurelius* and Caracalla, a man of right euyll condycion and 
 vnresonable of Lechery. Soo that he lay by his Stepdame & hir weddyd named Ju- 
 liana and dyd other many cruell dedys, and lastly was slayne at the forenamed Cytie of 
 Edissa, when he hadde ben Emperoure vpon. vii. yeres. 
 
 In the tyme f Basianus was thus Kynge of Brytayne, one named Carancius', a Bry- 
 ton of lowe byrth, in mercyall dedys* purchaced of the Senate of Rome the kepynge of 
 the Coostesof Brytayne. And to withstande^ malyce of straungers, as Pictes & other, 
 by meane of this Carancius' drewe vnto hym many knyghtes and specially of the Brytons, 
 promysynge to theym that if they wolde make hym kynge, he wold clerely delyuer theym 
 from all Seruytude of f Romaynes, where thoroughe the Brytons, as wytnessyth Gau- 
 fride, rebelled agayne Basianus, and with theyr Duke & leder Carancius', arreryd agayne 
 hym deedly warre, by meane wherof Basianus was slayne, whenne he hadde ruled this 
 Lande, by moost cocordaunce. vi. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixiii. 
 
 [Chap.!!.] CArancius', a Bryton of vnknowen byrthe, was of the Brytons made ruler, in the yore 
 
 of our lorde. CC. xviii., the whiche, as before is touched, was by the Senate of Rome de- 
 puted for a Substitute or a Ruler vnder the Romaynes, as it is shewed in theyr Cronicles. 
 In the absence or whyle Basianus, thenne Emperour of Rome, and kynge of Brytayne, was 
 occupyed aboute the nedys of f Empyre, this Carancius', for that he was nat of power to 
 withsiande the Pictes, or for the fauour that he bare towarde theym, for aydynge hym 
 agayne the Romaynes he gaue to theym the Countree of Albania, that nowe is called 
 
 Scotiade. Scotlande. 
 
 But ye shall vnderstande that here is nat ment all Scotlande, for, as wytnessyth Poli- 
 cronica, this parte that was gyuen thus to the Pictes, was the Southe parte of Albania, 
 and beganne at Twede, and enduryth to the Scottysshe see : of the kynde of those Pictes 
 is somwhat shewed before in the Story of Marins*, but more after shalbe shewed of theym 
 in conuenyent place, both of theyr ofsprynge and maners. 
 
 Thenne it foloweth in the Storye, when f Romaynes had knowlege of the deth of Ba- 
 .sianus, anon they sente a Duke from Rome named AUectus with. iii. Legions of knyghtes 
 for to slee Carancius', and to suiadue f Brytons to the Empyre ; to the whiche AUectus 
 fortune was so fauourable, that he chased Carancius', and lastly slewe hym, whenne he 
 had ruled the Brytons, by mooste accord of wryters. viii. yeres. 
 
 jfoi-nmi. But Jacobus Philippus, Auctoure of a booke named Supplemetum Cronicarum, sayth, 
 
 that in y^ tyme that Maxymyanus or Maxymyan, surnamed Herculeus and Dioclesian 
 Dalmatheus, were Emperours of Rome, and harde* that this Carancius' had taken vpon 
 . ;hym to were the purpure, y oonly was reserued to Emperours, and also that he ruled the 
 Realme of Brytayne as to his synguler vse; and furthermore were credyble enfourmed 
 that Narsetus another Substitute, hadde, or occupyed y Eest Landes with cruell Batayll ; 
 and other prynces had vexed' the great Coutre of Aftrica ; many other also by the insti- 
 
 'Parthiens. \Marcus Aurelius Antonnius. edit. 1533, 1542. 'Carassius. (Carausih). 
 
 but valyant and hardy m mercyall dedys. ' Mariiis. •.they barde. ' « had vexed" omitted. 
 
 gacion 
 
QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. AS 
 
 gacion & leuyng' of one named Achilleus, had subdued the Couatre of Grece ; for whiche 
 sayde nouellys and tydynges, tbyse. ii. Eoiperours to the ende to refourme all thyse 
 sayd Rebellions, chase vnto theym. ii. noble men, of the which that one was named Ga- 
 lerius, and that other Constancius, as Cesars or Felowes to rule the Empyre: And that ThitGakriiu 
 done, the sayd. ii. Cesars sent* with great powers, that one into Affirica, and that other ^^^^ 
 into Egypt. This forenamed Maxymyan came with a great power of people into Brytayne lyke u m»x- 
 and ouercame the sayd Caransius', more by gyle then by strength, whanne the sayd Ca- ^'^^Jhct- 
 ransius' hadde ruled the Brytons, as saith the forenamed Auctour lacobus Philippus, by cuieui. 
 the terme of x. yeres. 
 
 In the whiche saying appereth errour for dyuersitie of tyme and yeres. For after varUdo Cro»i- 
 moost accorde of wryters, and also by the affyrmation of the sayd lacobus Philippus, "™°'- 
 the sayde Emperours' Dioclesian and Maxymyan ruled the Empyre of Rome aboute the 
 yere of Cristes Incarnacion. CClxxxx. and this Carancius' was ruler in Brytayne longe 
 before, as in the tyme of Basianus Emperour of Rome, that reygned aboute the yere of 
 our Lorde. CCxiii. as testyfieth Policronicon & other. 
 
 Also a boke in Frensche called la Mere de Histories, whiche may be Englisshed the 
 Moder of Hystories, sayth, that this Carancius' was firste as a Treasourer, or suche an 
 hyghe offyce* among the Romaynes, by reason wherof he soughte great habundaunce of 
 ryches, and fyll, by meane' thereof, in fauoure of the Senatours of Rome ; Soo that fy- 
 nally, he was made Senatoure, and became a man of great Auctoritie; in somoche that 
 Basianus, thenne Emperotire, made hym protector of the Cytie and Coutre of Alexan- 
 dry. But then he was supprisyd with such pryde, that he exercisid Tyranny and other 
 vnlefuU meanes in so excedynge maner, that the Countree waxed wery of hym, & cospyrid 
 his deth. Wherfore, after punysshmet done vpon some of his Enemyes, he ferynge f 
 Sequell and Reuengement of the same, laft that Countree and retourned vnto Rome; 
 where, after he hadde a season restyd, he was, by the Senate of Rome, assygned for his 
 Sternesse vnto the Rule of Brytayne, with the ayde of. iii. Legions of knyghtes. And so, 
 beyng Garnysshed with all abylymentes of warre, entrede this He of Brytayne, and with 
 
 freat trauayle subdued theym to the Empyre, and so contynued the lyues tymes of the 
 Imperoure Basianus. 
 But so sone as he was asserteyned that the Emperoure was slaine at Edissa, as before 
 in the Storye of Basilianus* is shewed, thynkynge that the Romaynes^ shulde growe stryfe 
 and dissencion, for the eleccion of a newe Emperoure, by reason of whiche stryfe, he 
 myght the rather lyue so ferre from theym without any correccyon, confederyd with the 
 Scottes, and certayne other of the, Brytons, and slewe many of the Romaynes, suche of 
 theym as he thought wolde nat consent to his treason. And by that meane, fynally was 
 made kynge of Brytayne, and so contynued, as affermeth the sayd Auctour, to accompte 
 from his firste hauynge rule vndcr the Romaynes, vnto the tyme that he was slayne of Al- 
 lectus. viii. yeres, nat without excercysynge of his olde accustomed Tyrannyes and other 
 vnsyttynge Condicyons. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixiiii. 
 ALlectus, a Duke or Consul! of Rome, sente, as before is sayde, fironi the Senate, be- [chap. a.i 
 gan to rule the Brytons, in the yere of our Lorde. CC. and. xxvi. This in the Englysshe 
 Cronycle is named Aliec, which whanne he had restored the lande to the Subieccion of 
 Rome, he then pursued certayne of f Brytons that hadde fauoured Carancius' a^yne 
 the Romaynes, and in that doynge, vsed and excercysyd many Tyrannyes and exaccions, 
 by reason wherof hefylle in great Grudge of the Brytons, wherfore, they entendynge to 
 oppresse and subdue the power of the Romaynes, purchasyd and excyted a noble man of the 
 
 • ledyng, edit. 1559. ' were sent ' Caraasjuj. * Offycer. ' rewon 
 
 • Basianus. ' amonge the Romayne*. 
 
 G 2 Brytons 
 
44 QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 Brytons called Asclepeodotus & Duke of Cornewayll ; the whiche gatheryd a great Hoo»t 
 
 of the Brytons, & made warre vpon the Romaynes, & chasyd theym frome Counlre to Coun- 
 
 tre, and from towne to towne ; lastly Allectus with his Romaynes drcwe hym to Londop, and 
 
 there keped hym for his moost suertie. Wherof beynge warned, Asclepeodotus with bis 
 
 : Brytons came nere vnto the sayd Cytie, where by meanes of prouocacion on eyther party 
 
 vsed, lastly the Romaynes Issued oute of the Cytie and gaue Batayl to the Brytons, iu 
 
 the which fyght many fyll on eyther partye, but the more on the partye of the Romaynes ; 
 
 amonge the whiche was also slayne Allectus : Wherefore a Capitayne of the Romaynes 
 
 called Liuius Gallus, aduertysynge this myschief, and the great daunger that the Ro- 
 
 .maynes were in, drewe backe into the Cytie with the Romaynes that werelefte on lyue, & 
 
 defendyd it with Jtheyr powers. Thus thenne appereth that Allectus was slayne of the 
 
 Brytons, whiche was by moste accorde of wryters, whan he had rulyd this lande vndep 
 
 the Romaynes by the terme of. vi. yere. 
 
 f Capitulum. Ixv. 
 
 [Cb.p.a.] if ASclepeodotus, Duke of Cornwayll, as sayth Gaufride, but aftter the sayinge of Eu- 
 tropius and Beda, he was presente' of the Pretory of Rome, this* began his Domynion 
 ouer ^Brytons, in the yere of our Lorde. CC.xxxii. The whiche, as before is saydj- 
 with his Brytons, gyrt the Cytie of London with a Stronge Syege, and keple the foresayd 
 Liuius Gallus and his Romaynes in streyte holde ; and fynally, as affermeth myne Auc- 
 rotour Gaufridcj with knyghtly force and violence entred the sayd Cytie, and slewe the fore- 
 named Liuius Gallus nere vnto a Broke there at that daye Rynnynge, and hym threwe 
 into the sayde broke, by reason whereof, longe after it was called Gallus or Wallus 
 brooke, and this daye' the strete where sometime ranne the sayd brooke, is now called 
 
 Waibroke. Walbrooke. And'after he had thus venquysshed the Romaynes, he helde this lande a 
 r'certayne of tyme in peasyble wyse, and ruled the Brytons with good lustyce, inwardynge* 
 and exaltyngethegood men, and punyssyngeof theeuyll. 
 
 In this whyle, by styrynge of disclaiiderous & deuylysshe persones, a grudge, was aiv 
 reryd attweene the kynge and a Duke of his lande called Cpill or Coilus ; the whiche was 
 Duke or Erie of Kaercolyn or Colchester, wherof the cause is nat apparaut: But how 
 it was, great people were assembled on both parties, and fynally mette in the felde, where 
 
 /.i *»;«;. was Foughtyn a great and stronge Batayll, in the whiche Asclepeodotus was slaynej 
 when he had reygned, to f Concordaunce of other Hystoryes, and after the afFyrmauce.; 
 of the olde Cronycle, by the space of. xxx. yeres, ' . 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixvi. 
 " COelus Erie of Colchester, began his Domynyon ouer the Brytons in the yere of ^ In- 
 
 carnacion of Criste. CC.lxii. This in the Englysshe booke is called Coyll, the whiche 
 
 guyded the lande to the pleasure of the Brytons a certayne tyme; bntte, as wytnessyth 
 . Gaufride, when the Senate of Rome had vnderstandynge of the deth of Asclepeodotus, 
 
 they were loyous of the "dethe of hym, forsomoche as he had euer ben an Enemye to 
 Withe Empyre; but forsomoche as at that dayes was great dissension amoge theymself, as 
 
 wytnessyth the Cronycle of Rome, they coude nat couenyently sende any Army of 
 
 knyghts for to warre vpon this Coelus ; wherfore he contynued the longer in reste. and 
 SeyntAiboon. good pcas. After the Cronycle regestred within the Monastery of seynt Alboon, the 
 
 sayd holy Martyr suftred his [mssion* in the yere of our lorde. CC.lxxx. and. vi., Whiche 
 if'shulde be the. xxiiii. yere of this present (kyng.) But this discordeth from suche wrytersi 
 
 a| affermen _f holy man to be martyred in the. x. persecucion, vnder Diaclesian & Maxyr 
 
 fliyEfii Emperours. 
 
 ' PreSydenle* 
 edit, iii%- 1559. 
 
 " this" omitted. ' at tliii day, * In rewardyDge. ' dethe, 
 
 Neuerthelesse, 
 
QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 45 
 
 Neuerthelesse, at lengthe was sente from the Senate a noble wyse man called Constan- 
 €ius, f which, as afFermeth the fofenamed', had before tyine subdued to the Empyre a 
 great part of the coutre of Spayne; But that sayinge disagreeth to the wrytynge of Eu- 
 tropins, for the Countre of Spayne was nat subdued by hym tyll after that he was Em- 
 f perour. Than it foloweth whanne this Constancius was arryued in Brytayne with his 
 Army, anone Coelus assembled his Britons; but for he dredyd the strength and fame of 
 this C-'onstancius, he sente to hym an enbassed, afFermynge vnto hym Condicyons of peas, 
 with graunte of paymentes of the Trybute which before was denyed : Or ellys, as meaneth 
 Pohcronica, within a Moneth after the landyng of this Constancius, Coelus was dede, 
 wherefore^ Britons to haue the more peas, wyllyd thiisknyght to take to wyfe Heleyn the Heknasci. 
 doughter of Coelus, with the possession of f lande of Brytayne ; whiche by hym was 
 graunted : Than, as before is sayd, Coelus dyed, whenne he hadde ruled the Brytons, 
 after moste accorde of wryters. xxvii. yeres. 
 
 •J Capitnlum. Ixvii. 
 ' 'J" Constacius a Senatour of Rome, as saythe Policronica, begahne to rule the Brytonsin [cii«p.3. 
 the yere of our Lord. CC.lxxx. and. ix. This, as before is shewed, Maryed Heleyn the j^'it",*!/"'' 
 Doughter of Coelus laste kynge of Brytayne: but ye shall vnderstande that this Constan- 
 cius was firste Maryed vnto Theodora, the step doughter of Herculeus Maxymyanus, and 
 hadde by her six sonnes, Soo that this Heleyn was his seconde wyfe, whiche was fayrest 
 ■2 2«of all Maydens, and therwit lerned and suffycyently lettred ; she is also noted of many 
 wryters to be a Captyue or a prysoner to ^ Romaynes. Of this Constancius lytell memo- 
 rye is lafte in the Brettysshe or Englysshe Cronycles, except that he receyued of the fore- 
 sayde Eleyne a Sone named Constantiiis*, the whiche after, for his knyghtly andMerciall 
 dedys, was called Constantyne the great. 
 
 But for the noble dedys of so victoryous a Dake shuld nat be hydde, as was this Costan- 
 cius, therfore I shall now fulowe f Story of Rome, whiche sayth, y for somoche as in the 
 tyme of Dioclesianus and Maxymyanus beynge Emperours, -many Countres rebellyd 
 agayne the Empyre, therefore the sayd Emperoures admytted this Constancius and one 
 Galerius as Cesars, which was a dignytie next of Auctorytie to the Emperoures, and so f 
 3 jr Empyre was at those dayes guyded by. ii. Emperoures, & by. ii. Cesars. This Costan- 
 cius, as wytnessyth Policronica, made subiecte to the Empyre the Alraaynes, and slewe of 
 theym in one day. Ix. M, And after other many victorious dedys, whan ^ forsayd. ii. 
 Emperoures had of theyr free Wylles resygned and gyuen ouer all Imperyall dygnytie, 
 this sayde Constancius nV his foreuamed felowe Galerius, were made Emperours ; that is 
 y jTto wytte, that Galerius was Emperour of all Iliricum, whiche nowe is named Greciaor 
 Grece, with all the Eest landes, and Constancius hadde to hym all the West landes ; 
 But he helde hym concent with Gallia or Frau nee, and Spayne, with Brytayne, and 
 graunted Italia vnto Galerius aforesayd. Then he subdued the Countre of Spayne, as be- 
 fore is touchyd in the Story of Coelus, and a part of Gallia, and after Sojourned and 
 . abode in this lande of Brytayne in guydynge & rulynge the same with great sobernesse, 
 and ordeyned his sone gotten vpon Helayne to rule Gallia and Spayne. 
 
 But for to make this Story more apparaunt and opyn to the readers, & also to the 
 lierers, it is here to be noted that Dioclesiauus or Dioclesian began his Empyre ouer the 
 Romaynes, after most wryters, in the yere of our Lorde. CC.lxxx. and. vii. And he was 
 ^4 ArEmperour. xx. yeres, and this Constancius' was sent into Brytayne from the Senat, as 
 before is sayd, in the seconde yere of the sayd Dioclesian, or the yere of our Lord. CC.lxxx, 
 and. ix.; which Constancius, after he had in due nianer spede the nedys of the Empyre, 
 as in subduyng this Lande of Brytayne, as before is sayde, he retourned agayn to Rome, 
 where he was shortly after made Sesar, and so contynued his lyf, as before is touchyd. 
 n r And in y tyme of his beynge thus Sesar and ruler of Brytayne vnder the Emperour, | 
 
 ' forenamed auctoure. * Constantiuus. ^ Constantine, edit. 15f9. 
 
 5 blessyd 
 
46 
 
 Seynt Albooi. 
 
 tChap. 3. 
 Fol.li.4' 
 Mput.a&l 
 
 Migni. CoH- 
 atitinii 
 
 QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 blessyd and holy prothomartyr of Brytayne, seynt Alboon, at Verolamy was martyred, la 
 the. X. persecucion of the Churche, as wytnessyth Policronicon ; whiche persecucion be- 
 gan, as testyfie Eusebius and Beda, the. xviii. yere of ^ fore named Emperours, Uioclesian 
 & Maxymyan, & endured x. yeres, that is to saye, in the Eest vnder Dioclesian, and in 
 the West vnder Maxymyan, y whiche was so sharpe & feruent, that withhi the space ot 
 one Moneth, in dyuers places of y worlde, were. xvii.M. holy men and women Martyred 
 for Cristes fayth. And whenne the sayd Emperours lafte, or resygned theyr Innperyali 
 dignytie, and ladde a pryuat lyfe, this sayd Constancius with his felowe Galerius, de- 
 partid the Empyre attwene theym, as before is touchyd ; So that he reygned as ruler ot 
 Brytayne, by the terme of. xvii. yeres, and more, or he were Emperoure, and after as 
 Emperoure of the West partye of the Empyre, and kynge of Brytayne, xii. yeres and 
 more : and so in all, the sayd Constancius Reygned ouer Brytayne xxx. yere, and lastly 
 dyed and was buryed at Yorke, leuynge after hym f foresayd sone called Constantmus, 
 without moo that any mencioa is made of. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixviii. 
 COnstantinus, the sone of Constancius, and of Helayne doughter of kynge Coelusi 
 in the yere of our Lorde. CCC. and xix. was made kynge of Brytayne. Antonmus 
 Archebysshoppe of Florence, and wryters'of Hystories, sheweth in the firste Chapitre of 
 the. ix. tytle of his werke called Summa Antonini, that this Constantyne was made Em- 
 peroure, or beganne to rule the Empyre in the yere of oure Lordes tncarnacion. CCC. 
 &, ix., whiche saiynge also afFermeth Vyncent Historyall and other Auctours, wherof 
 f cause is that y^ sayd Auctours accompt nat the yeres Of the reygne of Constancius, but 
 folowe the accompt of Galerius felowe of Constancius, whiche reygned as Emperour but. 
 iii. yeres: after the whiche rule it must nedys folowe, that this Constantyne began his 
 Empyre as the sayd Antoninus wytnessyth, and folowynge the other accompt it shulde 
 varye. 
 
 Thanne to pursue or contynewe the Story of this Constantyne, it foioweth that at 
 the tyme of the decease of Constancius his Fader, he was occupied in warres in Gallia 
 and those parties : after whose dethe he by a certayne Terme ryled Brytayne, and the 
 other landes, the whiche his Fader before helde in due maner. And albeit that at that 
 daye he was a Myscreant and pagan, yet he vsed no Tyrannyesj nor compelled not the 
 Brytons to refuse the lawe and to worshyppe Idollys, as other Tyrauntes at those dayes 
 vsed. In this whyle that Constantyne ruled thus the West parte of this Empyre, one Max- 
 encius, whiche was the sone of Herculeus Maxymyanus, somtyme felowe in the Empyre 
 with Dioclesian, as before is shewed, was of the Knyghtes of the pretory declared Empe- 
 rour. This Maxencius was there worste of all men, and as testyfyeth Eusebius and other, 
 he firste beganne mekely to wynne therby lone and fauoure; but whenne he was stab- 
 lysshed in Auctorytie, he excersysed all Tiranny, and pursued f Christen* with all kynde 
 of turment: Also he expulsed and put out from Rome and all honour, his fader Her- 
 culeus Maxymyanus y ententyd agayne to haue been Emperoure. Of the Tyranny of 
 this Maxencius, whenne Constantyne hadde wyttynge, he assembled a great hoste of 
 Brytons and Gallis, for to oppresse the malyce of ^ sayd Maxencius. 
 
 And for to rule & guyde this Lande of Britayne in his absence, he deputed and or- 
 deyned a man of might called Octauius, the whiche Policronica nameth duke of lewessis, 
 : that after were named west Saxons ; and whenne the sayd Constantyne had all preparyd 
 for his voyage, he betoke y Lande of Britayne vnto the sayd Octauius, and after sped 
 hym vpon his lourney; and as he was towarde his sayde lourney, he sawe in his slepe, 
 the sygne of the Crosse shynynge in the Fyrmament, as it had ben a brennynge lyghte 
 of Fyre, and an Aungell standynge therby and sayinge, " Constantyne Toicanata," 
 .■' whiche is to meane, "Constantyne by this token thou shalte wynne victory." Whenne 
 he awoke he called this vicyon to mynde, and tolde vnto his Secretes, by whose Counsayll 
 
 ' wryter. * All Crystyen?, 
 
 he 
 
QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 47 
 
 he comaunded the sygneof the Crosse to be peyoted^ and sette in his Baners and penons, 
 and of all bis knyghtes. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixix. 
 
 WHenne Costantyne had thus ordeyned of the sygne of f Crosse, he spedde hym 
 forthe towarde f sayd Tyraunt Maxencius, and mette vr hym at a Brydge called Pont 
 Miluium, where after longe fyght, chased the sayd Maxencius, and hyra with a great parte 
 of his Hoost drowned in the water of the sayde, Brydge, when he hadde reyngned as Enn- 
 perour vpon- v. yeres. After whiche victory thus hadde, the sayd Constantyne went vnto 
 Rome, where he was receyued of the Senate with moost triumphe, and there caused 
 ; the sygne of the Crosse to be paynted in the ryght handes of the Images, whiche the 
 Senatours of olde tyme hadde areryd in worshyppe of theyr victories ; and vnder the 
 feet of the sayd Images, he caused to be wrytten, "This is the sygne and token of the ly- 
 uynge God, that maye nat be ouercomyn." 
 
 Soone after, this Constantyne was conuertyd from his pagan lawe vnto Crisis faytb, 
 ' by vertue of the blessyd Vernacle as some haue ben, Or by f good Doctryne of y bles- 
 syd pope seynt Siluester', first of that name; the whiche was made pope' in the yere fo- 
 Lowynge Cristes Incarnacion. CCC. and. xiii. Thenne Constantyne opened f prysons 
 and destroyed the Temples of fals goddes, and dedicat theym in the worshyp of God and 
 his seyntes : He also opened theym that tofore were shytte and kepte close, and caused 
 "A^ dyuyne seruyce in them to be sayde, and gaue to tl>e Churche of Rome firste possessions*.' 
 And also he ordeyned f Bysshop of Rome shold be hedde of all bysshoppes, and all 
 other to be obedyent vnto hym : He also bare claye vpon his shulders^ to the foundacion 
 of seynt Peters Churche, as wytnessyth Policronica and other. 
 
 Of this firste Indowementof the Churche, ar dyuers thyngs shewed, as rehersyth Gwal- 
 dus' Cambrensis, seynt lerom and other, the whiche I ouer passe for lengthynge of tyme 
 of this werke. And whyle that Constantyne was thus occupyed i Rome, his moder He- 
 layne, thanne beynge ferre from hym, and herynge that he was become a Cristen man, 
 sent vnto hym letters of recomendacon that he hadde forsaken the worshyppynge of 
 IdoUys; but she dispraysed hym in that, that he worshypped a man y was nayled vpon a 
 '^ Crosse : But after the receyte ofthyse letters, he wrote answer to his moder that heshulde 
 sufFycyently proue that he byleued & worshypped hym tliat was firste Creatoure and 
 maker of all the worlde, and nat oonly a man, but also God and man, with dyuers other 
 poyntes touchynge the fayth, whiche I ouerpasse. 
 
 For resonyng and profe of this was after assygned. vii. score lewes, & Siluester with a 
 eertayne nombre of Cristen clerkes,'to dispute tlie Articules of Cristes faythe, where af- 
 ter dyuers myracles shewed, and good^profe made by holy Scripture, the sayd lewes were 
 confoiided ; and the sayd Helayne was couerted vnto the fayth of cristes Churche, and 
 traueyled soone after to Jerusalem, where she by her Industry and labour, fande out the 
 holy Crosse, with the. iii, nayles that oure Lorde was nayled with to the same crosse : 
 » f~Whereof she laft there a part, and the other dele was brought vnto Bizancium, nowe 
 called Constantyne noble', whiche Cytie the sayd Constantyne greatly augmentyd with 
 Excellent buyldynge ; and therin also caused to be areryd a Churche of meruaylous 
 beautie, and named it Sopliia. {Whenne the Emperour hadde receyued the foresayd part 
 of the Crosse, ^ the. iii. nayles, He after some Auctours, put. ii. of the sayd nayles in 
 
 ■ " of" omitted. * Siluester B. of Rome, eriit. ISiS. 1559. ^ " tlie whiche was made pope," 
 
 omitted in edit. 1542, 1559. ♦ The edition of 1542, has this note in the margin. * "Note also, that 
 
 " the space of. iii.C. yeares after Christe, y B. of Rome was of no mor^ autorite then ouro bysshopes: but 
 " then being infected by Costatyne with possessions, he began to swell in pride, & wolde be head ouer hys 
 " brethron, cotrarye to y' vse of the prymatiue churche, & also cotrary to Christes holye doctryne. Suche 
 " Is the nature of possessions, for aslong as he was poore & walked in the trade of y' Apostles, lie soughte 
 no suche preerayneuce, &c." ' Giraldus. ' Coustantynople, edit. 1559. 
 
 the 
 
48 QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 the brydell of his hors, whiche he vsed in batayll; and the thirde he caste or caused ta 
 be cast, as wytnessyth seynt Ambrose, in a Swalowe of y see called Mare Adriaticum, 
 whiche Swalowe was before that tvme, so peryllous that vnnethes any shyp escapyd that 
 daunger ; and garnysshed the Crosse with many riche stones freit with golde, & after 
 -with great reuerence conueyde it to Rome, as in dyuers Hystories is declared]'. Thenne 
 this Constantyne remoued the Emperiall See vnto his Cytie of Costantyne the noble : 
 and there for the more partie kept his Emperiall honoure : and other Emperours in lyke- 
 2f./.»«w. wyse after hym : by reason wberof y Emperoure longe* after called Emperoures of Co- 
 stantyne noble. This man was so myghty and Marcial in his Feates and al his dedys, 
 that for his more honour he had an addycyon put to his name, and was called for his great 
 myght and power, Constantyne the great He was also the firste Cristen Emperoure, and 
 "dyd many notable Actes for f weale of Cristes fayth, amonge the whiche. vii. are noted by 
 the forenamed Antoninus, in the. ix. tytle of the seconde parte of his werke before named,^ 
 wherof 
 ': The firste, was, that Criste shulde be worshypped as God thorough f Cytie of Rome. 
 The seconde, was, that whoso of Ihesu Criste spake any Blasphemy, he shulde be gre- 
 uously punysshed. 
 
 The thirde, what parsone that dyd any Iniury or wronge to a Cristen ma, he shulde be 
 depryued or put to the losse of halfe his gooddes. 
 
 The fourthe', that lyke as the Emperoure of Rome is hede of all temporall Prynces,. 
 Soo the Bysshop or Pope of Rome* is hede of all Bysshoppes. 
 
 The fyfte, that what parsone fledde to the Churche for his sauegarde, or suertie, y he 
 there shulde be defended from all peryll and daunger. 
 
 The syxte, that noo man shulde presume to buylde any Temple or Churche within any 
 "rCytie or Towne without the specyall lycence of his bysshop. 
 
 The seuenth, that euery Prynce shulde gyue the. x. parte of his possessions to the 
 buyldynge & mcynteynynge of churches. The whiche lawe he firste executed, and af- 
 ter with a Pykax or Mattoke, with his owne hande, breke the grounde, where as nowe 
 standeth seynt Peters Churche. And. xii. Cophyns or Treys full of Erth he bare away 
 "' vpon his shulders, as wytnessyth the foresayd Antoninus and other. 
 
 But after those manyfolde good dedys, he fyll into the heresy called Aryannys heresy, 
 
 by meane wherof he was so blynded f he than became an Enemy to Cristes Churche, 
 
 and persecuted Cristen men, and exyled the Pope' Siluestre, or as some meane y sayd 
 
 Siluester fledde the Cytie for fere. 
 
 eoliststyfie. , j-Qp this as wytnessyth lacobus Philippus and other wryters, this Constantyne was smyt- 
 
 ten with the euyll of lepre ; for curynge vvherof. iii. M. Childer were brought to them- 
 
 perours Paleys to be slayne, that he in the blode of theym myght be bathed, and soo 
 
 clensyd of Jiis lepry:: But whanne he sawe the Childer and the moders sorowynge for 
 
 .Ixempiummi- thcym, he was moued with pyte and sayd, The dignyte of Thempyre cometh of JVIyld- 
 
 rftricordie. ^ nesse, for it is demyd that he shuld dye y sleeth a Childe in batayll : Than what Crueltye 
 
 were this to sle so many Innocentes wylfully, yet better it were to vs to dye and saue 
 
 (those Cbilders lyues, than togette a cruell lyfe by the dethe of so many Innocents: for 
 
 this myldnesse it is redde that seynt Peter and Poule apperyd to hym the nyght folow- 
 
 ynge, warnyng hym to sende agayne for Siluestre y Pope, and he shuld by hym be re- 
 
 ' Omitted in the edit, of 1542 and 1559. * Emperours were long. ' Here, in the mar- 
 
 gin of the edition of 1542, we have another note. • " Note the prompte readynes & W3'ckednes, & 
 ambicion of the B. of Rome, that he wolde receaue tliys tytle at y° had of Constantyne, who he knewe a 
 nouesse in Christes fayth, & leaue the godly vse & example of y' primatyue churche. ■ But suche is theyr 
 .nature, y' if an infidel augmete their pride & ambicio it must be receaued asy' whplsome doctrine of the 
 <:hurch. But & if a Christian prince do any thynge abate their pryde, he must be railed at, & called an 
 beretyck, an infydell & enemy e of holye church, and although he do it by thautoryte of Goddes holye 
 ^oorde." ♦ " or pope" omitted edit. 1542. X559. ' " the Pope" omitted in edit. J 542. 1559. 
 
 storyd 
 
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 QUARTA PARS CRONECARU.M. 4.Q 
 
 storyd to perfyght helthe, whiche was done, and he heled as the Legende of Seyntes ber- 
 eth wytnesse'. 
 
 Thus haue I shewed to you a parte of the dedys of Constantyne, whiche if I shulde 
 
 contynue the hole processe of his reygoe, that endured as Emperoure by the space of. xxx. 
 
 ryeres, I shulde therof make a large volume. But for it concerneth no thyng of thentent 
 
 of this werke, as touchynge the Lande of Brytayne, therfore I woll retourne my style to 
 
 Octauis*, from whom I haue made a longe degression. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixx. 
 IN this passetyme, whyle Constantyne occupyed hyra in nedys of Thempyre as aboue ocuuiui 
 
 .' is shewyd, Octauius beynge Lieutenaunt in the Lande of Britayne vnder Costatyne, ruled SrlTf 
 f lade to y pleasur of the Brytons a certayne of tyme. But whanne he parceyued that 
 he was in fauoure of theym, and that Constantyne was ferre from hym, castynge also in 
 his mynde that the sayde Constantyne beynge than Emperour, wolde or myght nat lyghtly 
 retourne into Brytayne ; he therfore with helpe of his affynyte and frendes, withstode 
 
 '-the Romaynes lefte in Brytayne of Constantyne, and vsurpyd the Rule and donpnyon 
 of the lande. Wherof whan certayntie came to f knowlege of Constantyne, he in all 
 hast sent into Brytayne a duke named Traherne, the wbiche was vncle vnto Heleyne 
 Moder of Constantyne. When (his Traherne was arryued in Brytayne w iii. Legions of 
 knyghtes, anone Octauius made towarde hym with his Brytons, and wyth hym melte nere 
 
 ?othe Cytie than called Kaerperis, now called Port chestre or Porchestre ; but more verely in 
 a feide nere vnto the Cytie of Kaerguent, that now is called Wynchesler, whiche felde 
 than was named Maesurian. The. ii. hoostes mette with great Le, & foughten longe 
 whyle, but in the ende Traherne was compelled to forsake the felde, and after drewe with 
 his Romaynes towarde Albania, or Scotlande : Wherof Octauius beynge warned, folowed 
 
 '-'hym, and in the Countree of Westmeclande gaue vnto hym \' seconde Batayli, where 
 than Octauius was chasyd and Traherne was victour ; the whiche pursued Octauius so 
 egerly, that he copelled hym to forsake the lande of Brytayne, and to sayle into the 
 Countre of Norway for his sauegarde. 
 
 But it was nat longe after, that the sayd Octauius gaderyd anewe people of Britons 
 
 >and Norways, and was redy to retourne agayne into Brytayne j in whiche tyme as testy- 
 fytli myne Auctour Gaufride, an Erie of Brytayne that entierly loued Octauius, by trea- 
 son, slewe the sayd Traherne, a lytell before the landynge of the sayd Octauius. Thenne 
 landynge, Octauius' subdued the Romaynes & f lande to his owne vse. This shulde be 
 after moost Concordaunce of wryters, when Constantyne with also the ayde of Traherne, 
 hadde ruled this Lande of Brytayne by the terme of. x. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxi. 
 
 octauius Duke of the lessis, otherwyse Westsaxons, began his reygne ouer y Bry- C^'p-s] 
 tons in the yere of our Lord CGC.xxix.*; this in y Englysshe bokeis called Octauian, y 
 which as testyfyeth Gaufride, gaderyd, in short whyle after, so great plentie of Treasoure 
 ;,oand rychesse that he feryd no man, and ruled this Lande in peasyble wyse ; so that of 
 hym or of his Actes is lafte lytell memorye, except tliat whanne he was fallen into age, 
 by the Counsayll of the Brytons, he sent vnto Rome for a noble yonge man of thaly of 
 Helayne, Moder vnto Costantyne, called Maximus', as after more playnely shalbe shewed. 
 Albe it that some aduysed hym to make one Conan Merydok, his Cosyn, kyng after hym : 
 But by y Instant labour of Karadok, than Duke of .Cornewayll, Octauius lastly sent vnto 
 Rome, Mauryce, the Sone of the fornamed Karadok, to brynge or conuey the sayd 
 Maximus', into Brytayne, for to marye the oonly Doughter of Octauius, and by rea- 
 
 ' This miracle is of course omitted in the edit. I5i'2. 1559- ^ Octauius. ^ Whyche shortly subdued. 
 
 * Two hundred and xxix. edit. 1559. ' -Maximianus. 
 
 H son 
 
50 QUARTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 son thereof, to enioy the Reame of Brytayne. This Maximus', is of some ^Auctours 
 
 p„i «^„; named Maximius, the whiche, as wytnessyth Gaufride, wae ^ sone of Leolyne*, Brother 
 
 to Heleyne, and vncle vnto Constantyne the great, whiche saynge affermeth also lacobus 
 
 Philippus, Auctour of a booke called Supplementum Cronicaruni, wherin he nameth the 
 
 ' sayd Maximinus' a knyght of the Bryton bloode., 
 
 Thenne itfoloweth whenne the forenamed Mauryce hadde spedde his nedes, So that he 
 came to the presence of Maximus', and shewyd to hym theffect of his Message, the sayd 
 Maximus' to hym graunted, and in all haste preparyd for his voyage into Brytayn, and 
 shortly after with a conuenyent copany landed at Southhampton. Wherof beynge warn- 
 
 /(?ed, Conan Meridok with a cefttayne of knyghtes of his affynyte, was purposed to haue 
 frayed with the sayd Maximus', and to haue distressed hym ; for somoche as he well 
 knewe that by hym heshulde be put from the rule of the lande.. But this purpose was let 
 by^ comaundement of the kyng, or otherwyse, so that J- sayd Maximus' was conueyed 
 safely to the kynges presence, and shortly after, with consent of the more partie of 
 
 /rhis Lordes, gaue his Doughter vnto y sayd Maximus', with possession of this He. of Bry- . 
 tayn^he whiche Maryage solempnysed and endyd, the sayd Octauius dyed shortly after, 
 but^^^e longe he reygned none of the foresayd Auctours testyfye, except dyuers of 
 theym agre y he contynued his reygne tyll the tyme of Gracian and Valentynyan Ruled 
 the Empyre, the whiche beganne to reygne the yere of our Lorde. CCC.lxxx. and ii., by 
 
 2owhiche reason itmustefolowe that the sayd Octauius reygned at the leest. liiii. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxii. 
 [c»r.4-] MAximus', or Maximius, the sone of Leolynet & cosyn Germayne of Constantyne the 
 
 great, was made kynge of Brytons* in the yere of our Lord. CCC.lxxx. &. ii.' This 
 in thd" Englysshe booke is named Maximian, the whiche, as testyfyeth Gaufride and 
 
 ,i other, was stalworth and mighty of his handes, but for he was cruell and pursued somdele 
 the Cristen, he therfore of all wryters is called Maximius y Tyrant : attwene this and 
 Conan before named was stryfe and debate, and dyuers conflutes' attwene theym was 
 foughten, in the whiche eyther of them spedde dyuersly. Albe it that lastly they were 
 made frendes, so that Maximius' reygned a season in Quiete, and gaderyd richesse and 
 
 ."ttreasour, nat all witt\ out grudge. Lastly he was moued & exyted to warre vpon y 
 Gallis, thorow whiche coUicel he \V a great host of Brytons sayled into Arniorica, that 
 nowe is called lytell Brytayne, and bare hym soo knyghtly, that he subdued thatCountre 
 vnto his Lordshyp, and after gaue the sayd Countre to Conan Merydok, to holde of hym 
 and of the kynges of great Brytayne for euer; and than comaundyd the sayd lande to be 
 
 vcalled lytell Britayne. 
 
 P^or this victory his knygbtes proclaymed hym Emperour, 'where thoroughe he beynge 
 the more exaltydin pryde, passed ferther in the landes of the Empyre, and victoriously 
 Subdued a great parte of Gallia or Fraunce, and al Germania. For this dede dyuers 
 Auctours accompte hym false and persecutyd*, wherforeit shulde seme that before his de- 
 
 ttipartynge frome Rome, he was sworne vnto Gracian and Valentinyan, Emperoures, that 
 he shulde neuer after clayme any part of the Empyre. And also for the brekynge of this 
 othe, he was after chalengyd or blamed of Seynt Martyn bysshop of Turon;. to whotn 
 he answered that he was compellyd of his knyghtes to take vpon hym as Emperoure, or 
 ellys he shuld of theym haue ben slayne. Neuert>helesse the sayd Bysshop shewyd vnto 
 
 ^--rhym that for his vntroutbe he shulde nat longe prospere or reygne. 
 
 After that worde was broughte vnto the Emperours, that Maximus' hadde with harde 
 Bataylles thus subdued Gallia and Germania, Gracianus with a great boost came downe 
 to resyste hym. But whenne he harde of the marcyall dedys of Maximus', he was a drade 
 & fled backe to the Cytie of Lugdon or Lyons in Frauce, where after y sayd Gracianus 
 
 " Jilaxiniianus.. ^ Leonyne. ^ that. ♦ Brvtayne. ' ' Conflyctes,. « periuryd.. 
 
 was.- 
 
QUINTA PARS GRACIANI. 5i 
 
 was slayn, & his brother Valentynyan was compelled to flee to Constantyne the noble. 
 Thenne Maximus to haue the more strength to withstande his Encmyes, made his sone, 
 named Victoure, felowe of the Emperoure. In this whyle that Maximus warred thus in 
 Italye, Conan Merydoke, to whom, as before is sayd, Maximus had gyueh the Lande of 
 
 rlytell Brytayne, for somoche as he and his Knyghtes hadde no vvyll to mary the dough- 
 ters of Frenschmen, but rather to haue wyues of theyrowne blode, therefore this Conan 
 sente Messengers vnto Dinotus', than Duke of Cornewall, and chief ruler of Brytayne, 
 wyllynge hym to sende his Doughter Vrsula with a certayne Nonibre of Virgyns, to bu 
 coupled to hym and to his Knyghtes in maryage, the >^^he soone after preparyd ac- 
 
 'Jcordynge to the Request of Conan, the foresayd Vrsula,^aPoa]panyed with. xi. M. Vir- undcdm Miii* 
 gyns, and were sent by her said Fader towarde lytell Brytayne, as wytnessyth the En- >'"'r&"i" "■ 
 glysshe Cronycle, Gaufride and also Policronica. 
 
 But it shulde appere by the sayinge of Antoninus, lacobus Philippus, an(l^olher wry- 
 ters, that this Vrsula with her Company shulde nat be sente forthe of moche Brytayne, 
 
 //nor martyred' aboute this time, but in the tyme of Marcianus beynge Emp,erourc, the 
 whiche began his Empyre, after moost accorde of wryters, in the yere Of oure Eonjjjk iiii; 
 Hondred. li. Of the martyrdome of this' Maydens, dyuers Auctours wryte d^rersly. 
 Wherfore I remytie theym that wyll haue farther vnderstandynge In this rnatier, vnto the 
 Legende of Seyntes, radde yerely In the churche, where they maye be suflfyciently taughte 
 
 •20 and enfourmed. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxiii. 
 ANd as before is shewed, Maximus beynge occupyedin warresin Italy, ii. Dukes named [Cap- 4] 
 Gwanus and Meiga, the whiche, as Gaufride testyfieth and other, were sente from Gra- 
 cian and Valentynyan Emperours, to punysshe and subdue the Brytons that fauoured the 
 .'partye of Maximus, warred sorevpon the costes of great Brytayne, and occupyed a great 
 parte of Albania, wherof whan Maximus hadde knowledge, he sente into great Brytayne a 
 Knyght and Capytayne named Gracianus or Gracian. The whiche with. ii. Legyons of 
 knyghtes, bare hym so knyghtly, that in shorte processe he chasyd y sayd. ii. Dukes into 
 Irlande, & helde the lande of Brytayne in good Peas to the behalfe of Maximus. 
 
 Jo In this whyle Maximus contynuynge his warre, agayne the Empyre, & entendynge to 
 be Emperour, Theodocius named the Elder, thanne Emperoure of the Eest parte of the 
 worlde, herynge of the deth of Gracian, and chasynge of Valentynyan w a great power, 
 spedde hym towarde the sayd Maximus, and shortly after at a Cytie in Italy named Aqui- 
 lea, toke the sayd Maximus and hym beheddyd; whan knowlege of the deth of Maxi- ■?»/*«*". 
 
 srmus was comyn to Gracian, that than hadde the Rule of moche Brytayne, he seasyd the 
 Lande, and made hym selfe by strength kynge of Brytayne, when or after that Maximus 
 hadde gouerned the same, by most accorde of wryters, by the space of. viii, yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxiiii. 
 
 Gracianus, y^ which of Gaufride is called Municeps, that maye be taken for an hyred [c»p- *■] 
 ■^i^or wayged knyght, or forthe keper of gyfts, or beryng the chief Rule of a Cytie, began 
 to rule the Brytons, in the yere of our Lorde. CCC.lxxx. and. x*. the whiche excersysed 
 all Tyranny & exaccyon vpon his Subiectes. For the whiche he was hadde in wonderful! 
 hatered amonge y Brytons, and amonge theym cast and sought many wayes & meanes 
 for his destruccionj but he by dyuers meanes escapyd theyr* daungers, & punysshed 
 //rgrieuously all suche fautours. Wherfore lastly, as sayth Gaufride, they fyll vpon liym ef 
 an hole assent and kylled hym, whenne he had reygned, or more verely vsurped, by tire 
 terme of. iiii. yeres. 
 
 ' Diouotus. * Maryed. ' these. * cccc. and xc. edit. 1542. ' ihe. pdit. lo-t?. i5!J9- 
 
 H S ^ Capitulum. 
 
52 
 
 QUARTA PARS GRACIANI. 
 
 De muro. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxv. 
 [Cap. 4.] AFter that Gracia was thus slayne of the Brytons, the foresayd Gwanus & Melga know- 
 
 yng the Brytons to be without hede or ruler, assembled also people, and retourned into 
 inoche Brytayne, wastynge & brennynge on euery syde, & destroyed-great plente of Bry- 
 
 -Ttons, as wytnessyd Gaufride & other. 
 
 But Policronica sayth, that whanne the Romaynes knewe of the delh of Gracian, 
 they sente a knyght called Constantyne to haue the Rule of Brytayne and other Coun- 
 trees there aboute ; but he was after demed an Enemy to the Empyre, for harme and 
 scathes by hym done in Frau'nee ; wherefore by cSmaundement of Honorius thenne Em- 
 
 fsperoure, a knyght or erle called Costancius was sent agayne^ forenamed Constantyne, 
 and slewe hym at a place or Towne called Arelet ; after this the Brytons were agayne 
 vexed by the Pictes and other straunge Nacions, by reason whereof they were constrayn- 
 ed to sende agayne to Rome, requyrynge theym of ayde vpon condicion that they shulde 
 alwaye be Subiectvnto Rome; the whiche request and promesse thus harde of the Senat, 
 
 ■^Honomis aforenamed was sente into Brytayne a Legyon' of knyghtes, whiche is. vi. 
 thousande. vi. hondred. Ixvi. The whiche Legion w helpe of the Britons chasyd the fore- 
 .sayd Picts and other Enemyes, and taughte the Brytons to make a wall ouerthwart the 
 lande from soe to see, that is to meane from the water of Humbre to the scottysshe see, 
 and ordeyned theym wardeyns and kepars of the walle, and after retourned to Rome. 
 
 JO This walle, as testyfyeth Policronica, was madeof Turuys, and strechid, from Pemiltonne or 
 Penultonne vnto the Cytie of Acliut or Acliud : But for this wail was of small strengthe, 
 the Enmyes before named distroyed certayne" parties of this sayde walle, and ouer rode 
 the Countre, & toke great prayes dayly, and dyd as moche harme as they hadde done be- 
 fore tyme. Wherfore the Brylons were constrayned to seke for newe socour to the Ro- ■ 
 
 umaynes. Then dyd Foloaynes send an other Legion, the whiche agayne chased the sayd 
 Pictes and other Enemyes, and made than a walle of stone of the thyckenesse of. viii. 
 fote, and in heyght. xii. fote, in y selfe place where before tyme Seuerus had made a 
 dyke & walle of Turfs ; and that done y Romaynes comforted and exhorted the Brytons 
 to be manly and corageous to withstande theyr Enemyes, shewyng to them ferther that 
 
 3o they shuld truste to their owne strength, forsomoche as the Romaynes beynge so ferre 
 frome theym, myght nat lygbtly come from so ferre with an armye of knyghtes, and also 
 nat without great coste & trauayll. After whiche monycon and exhortacion thus gyuen 
 to tiie Brytons, by the mouth of the Archebysshop of London, with other Instruccions 
 apperteynynge to the feyts of warre, the sayd Romaynes toke leue of the Brytons as 
 
 ythoughe they shulde after that tyme no more retourne Ito Brytayne. 
 
 [Car. 5,] But it was nat longe after that y Romaynes thus departyd, that the Picts and 
 
 ofthcPictesor Scottcs beganne to breke out of theyr Denes and Caues. Thyse. ii. Nacions after some 
 
 Auctours shulde seme to be one, but by the declaracon of Ranulphe in his. Iviii. Chapitre 
 
 of his firstc booke they shulde appere to be. ii. maner of peoples, or at the leest dwellyd 
 
 iiin. ii. sundrye Countres. As the Pictes in the Northe syde of Scodande, or after Beda in 
 the Southsyde, which coteyneth Galeway & Lodeway, and y Scottes by ledyng of theyr 
 Duke Renda shuld possede' Irlande. Albe it after an arme of y Northe part of the see 
 passynge by Deyra, shuld departe the Pycts, bat in y tyme y Saxons' ruled this lade, the 
 Scottes by maner treason*, slewe the myghty men and Rulers of the Pictes, and so after 
 
 ■ rkeptethat Countre for theyr owne. Thyse. ii. Nacions discorde in maners, but nat in 
 clothyng and in fayth, and^ Couetyse of the shedynge of mans blode, they be one. 
 Thenne as before is sayd, thyse Pictes and Scottes entred the lande, and breke the walle 
 before made, and slewe the Wardynes thereof, and after spoyled and robbed the Countres, 
 and chased so cruelly the Gomons and other, that they were comfortlesse, by meane 
 
 Of y^ stoue 
 walle. 
 
 ' wyth a Legyon. 
 
 possesse, ed. 1542. 1559. 
 
 the Saxons. 
 
 * Of Treason." 
 2 
 
 ' and in. 
 
 wherof 
 
QUARTA PARS GRACIANI. S3 
 
 wherof f Brytons were brought in suche daunger & Misery, that either of theym robbed 
 & slewe other; and ouer this the grounde was vntylled and vnsowen, wherof ensued 
 great scarsytie and hunger, and after hunger ensued deth. 
 
 Thus after one myschief one other', as deth vpon deth, and sorowe vpon sorowe, Mif«ia Bri- 
 
 ''whiche fyll vpon theym by stryfe medlyd with the great hunger: the whiche mysery in ''""• 
 this wyse contynuynge, the Chief of theym toke aduyse amonge theym selfe, and fynai- 
 ly concludyd, that for remedye of this myschief they wolde sende vnto Aecius thanne be- 
 ynge kynge in Fraunce, which Aecius was Maister of the Chiualry of Honorius than F'I- ""■>''•»■ 
 Emperour, and occupyed in warres in a parte of Gallia. To this Aecius was sente wry- 
 
 '^tynge, wherof theffect was this. " To thy manhode Aecius-be it vnderstandyn the my- 
 " serie of the Brytons, the whiche straunge Nacyons chase vnto the See, and ^ see dryueth 
 " vs agayne to straunge Nacions, of the whiche ensuyth. ii. maner of Caravnes, f one by 
 " violence of the Enemyes swerde, and that other by wylfull drownynge," but all 
 other* wrytyng was but in vayne. So that from the sayd Aecius, nor yet from the Ro- 
 
 "maynes hadde they no refuge nor comfort. In this while the hunger encreased, and the 
 people were soo ouerset with theyr Enemyes, that many of theym were as yolden, and 
 toke partye agayne theyr owne neyghboures : and the other that were of more power and 
 dwelled ferther within the lande, diffendyd theym in theyr best maner. Lastly the noble 
 and wysest of them, and specyally the Archebysshop of London with other of the lande, 
 
 wkept a Cousayll at London ; by the whiche it was concludyd that an Embassade shuld be 
 made vnto the kynge of lytell Brytayne to Impetre and aske of hym ayde and cofort in 
 theyr great necessite : Of which Ambassade the said Archebysshop was appoynted for 
 chief and pryncipall, the whiche is named of Gaufride, Gwitellinus, and of ^ Englysghe [Cap, 5.] 
 Cronycle, Gosselyne. Whiche sayde Bysshop with the other vnto hym assygned, soo 
 
 7 spedde theym, that in shorte and conuenient tyme they came vnto the presence of Aldro- 
 enus than kynge of lytell Brytaygne, and to hym declaryd the Effect of theyr Message, the 
 whiche hauynge compassyon of the lamentable request made vnto hym by the sayde Am- 
 bassade, after aduyse taken of his Lordes, graunted vnto the Bysshop, vpon condycion 
 that if God sent to theym victory of their Enemyes, that they shulde crowne his Brother 
 
 3o kynge of great Brytaygne, the whiche he entendyd to sende thether with a conuenyent 
 Armye; whiche condycion the sayd Bysshop with the other gladly acceptyd and fermely 
 graunted. 
 
 Soo that thus it is apparent vnto you that this Lande was longe without headde or go- 
 uernour, whiche length of tyme is of some Auctours determyned to be longe and of some 
 but shorte : so that lytell certeyntie is therof lafte. 
 
 Wherfore I haue shewed and dryuen certayne reasons after myn Opynyon and dull 
 mynde in the Treatyse of Latyn' before expressyd, wherin it shall appere vnder Cor- 
 reccion, that the sayd season and tyme of this Lande beynge without kynge, to rekyn 
 from the Itste yere of Gracian vnto y firste yere of Costantyne nowe next ensuynge, was 
 fully, xxxix. yere. 
 
 Finit Tributum. 
 
 Ye shall also furthermore vnderstande that here endeth fynally the Tribute and do- 
 mynyon of y' Romaynes. For after this daye they hadde no Trybute to theym payde, 
 nor no Romayne Prynce after this dayes ruled this lande of Brytayne : the whiche Try- 
 . bute & Domynyon endur«d from the. ix. yere of Cassibelan vnto ^ tyme of Seuerus by 
 ^ terme of. CC. and. Iv. yeres. And from y tyme of Seuerus vnto the firste yere of 
 Gracian. C. kxx. and. iii. yeres. And from the firste yere of Gracian vnto y last yere 
 of this Misery, xliii. yeres. So that frome the yere that lulius Cezar made firste this He 
 
 ' «ame another. * Theyr. ^ the Table. 
 
 of 
 
54 QUINTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 of Brvtayne trybutary vnto f Empyre vnto the laste yere, or ende of this foresayd mi- 
 sery, floJyd. dccc! xxxi. yeres'' But Policromca sayth t *e Romayrxes ruled a^^^^ 
 had Trybite of this lade aboute. CCCC. Ixx. yeres whiche saynge is f"" Jy^e to be true 
 if the ende of theyr Domynyon be determyned at the laste departyng of the Komaynes 
 
 -T out of this lande. ^ , ,, f^v-or^amt^A 
 
 ANd thus here an ende of the. iiii. part of this werke, forsomoche as the ^ore^amea 
 
 Gracianus was the last of Eomayne kyngs f reygned in moche Brytayne, or tnat no 
 
 Trybute was after this daye payde vnto the Romaynes. ' -r j c * T\/for„ fnr 
 
 [Wherfore ingyuynge thanks to that mosteblessyd Virgyne, our Lady beynt Mary, lor 
 
 •' the good exployte and spede'4had tp this tyme, and opteyne her mostehabundaunt grace. 
 
 For the parfourmaunce of the rest or other dele of the same, I here with al humblenesse 
 
 ^salute tier with the. iiii. loye of the forenamed. vii. loyes, y' whiche begynneth. 
 
 Gaude nexu voluntatis. &c. 
 
 f,;^ O excellent pryncesse and Quene celestyall, 
 
 /r * ^ Be loyous and glad, for thou art' eternally 
 
 ' * By knot of charyte, arid dignitie pryncypall, 
 
 , Art to the hyghest loy'ned celestyally. 
 That thou may impetre what is necessary 
 For thy seruauntes, thou virgyn moost pure 
 ^ Of thy swettest Ihesu, and optayne it sure.]' 
 
 THis. iiii. parte to be accorapted from the firste yere of Seuerus, vnto the laste ende or 
 yeve of this Mysery, includeth of yeres. CC. & xxvi.' 
 
 Explicit Quarta Pars. 
 
 ""■'"'''" INCIPIT PARS QUINTA. 
 
 2,f *| Capitukim. Ixxvi. 
 
 HEre, accordynge to the promyse made by me If begynynge of this werke, I shal 
 brynge in and shewe vnto you the begynnynge of the Reygne of the Kyngea of 
 Fraunce, and sette theymihsuche a direct oidre, that it shalbe apparantto the Reder that 
 it shalbe certaynly knowen what kyng reygned in Fraiice, whanne suche a kynge reygned 
 3c in Englande. And also I shall somdele touche the Actes and dedys of the sayd kynges of 
 Fraiice, So that the Cronycles of bothe Realmes shall in this werke appere. And the 
 names of tlie Prynces which at ones reygned in Englande & in Fraunce. 
 
 Thenne for the perfourmaunce of the same. First is to be noted that after the Sub- 
 
 ' Art, omitted in edit. 1533. * Omitted in the Editions of 1S42 and 1559. ' " Two hundred 
 
 and one and twenty," edit. 155p. 
 
 uercion 
 
QUINTA PARS FRANCORUM. 55 
 
 uercion of Troye by the Grekes, as in the begynnyng of this werke is shewyd, dyuers 
 Troyans beynge vnder the rule of nobles of the same Lygnage, as Helenus sone of Pry- 
 amus, Eneas, Anthenorus, and other, serchyd the worlde, and landyd in dyuers Coun- 
 trees;as Helenus in Grece or Grecia, Eneas in Italia or Italy, and so of other ; amonge 
 
 J" the whiche nobles One named Turchus, & other named Franco, Cosyn Gerinaynes, as 
 Turchus the sone of Troylus, and Franco or Francio the sone of Ector, whiche sayd. li. 
 Cosyns serchyng theyr aduenture, after many and dyuers daungers and leopardyes, passyd 
 by the see, lastly landed in a Countree called Tracea' or Tracia in Grece : and there 0"e°r'«°""»' 
 with theyr company enhabyted theym nere vnto a Ryuer called Dion. And after they 
 
 /'^hadde contynued there a season of tyme, Turchus departed with a certayne of Troyans , 
 from his sayd Cosyne Francio, and sayled after into a Countre called Fazo the lasse ; 
 where he with his people dwelled longe tyme : whiche Fazo shulde be in the Coiitre of 
 Sithia, Of this Turchus discendyd, as sayth the Frenche Cronycle. iiii, maner of Peo- 
 ples, that is to saye, Austrogothis, Ipogothis, Wandalys, & Normans. And Francio or 
 
 /-TTranco remoued aft'er with his Company into a Countre named Panoma,' whiche coutree 
 nowe shulde seme to be a parte of Hungery or joynyng nere to it. There nere vnto a 
 Ryuer called Thanais, they buylded theym a Cytie, and named it Sicambria, by reason 
 wherof they were longe after called Sicat»bri. They were also named Fransci as saythe 
 the Frenche Cronycle, after this man Francio. Turpinus that wrote the Gestes of the 
 
 zogreat Charles, saythe that whanne Charles hadde made the Countree of Spayne subiect, 
 and was retourn^d into Frauce, he made all the bonde men dwellynge aboute or nere 
 ▼nto Paris, or in all Gallia, fre in y^ worshyp of seynt Denis, and of Seynt lames of Galis 
 vpon condycyon that they shulde yerely ofFre. iiii. d. to this' werke of Seynt Denys 
 Church, by reason i^herpf they were named Franci, as men freed thattofore were bonde. 
 
 % rPolicronica saythe they were named Franci, of Valentynyan the Emperoure, as it were 
 for fyersnes. But howe soeuer »hey came by that name Franci*, as Frenschemen. 
 
 This sayde people were also named longe tyme Galli, and were tiibutaryes to Rome, 
 and vnder theyr Rule tyll the tyme of Valentinyan Empeiour aboute the yere of Criste, 
 CCC. Ixvi. This Valentynyan, hauynge the Rule of the West parte of the worlde, made 
 
 iowarre vpon a people called Aleynys that dwelled nere vnto the forenamed Gallis. Thyse 
 Aleynys were egre of fyght, and ouer that they \\ ere so closyd with Fennys & Marrys that 
 ^ Romaynes myght nat wynne to theym by force, wherof they often rebellyd agayne y Em- 
 pyre ; wherfore in the ende, Valentynyan consyderynge the fyersnes of the Gallis with theyr 
 nere dwellyng vnto the sayd Aleynes. couenaunted with theym, if they wolde Subdue the 
 
 •7r»ayd people, they shulde haue Releace of x. yeres trybute. Which Couenaunte well 
 and sufficyently confermed to the Gallis, they in shorte whyle after by theyr knyghthode 
 and policy subdued or vtterly chasyd the sayd Aleynys. For the whiche dede they con- 
 tynued the forcsayd. x. yeres without paying of any trybute: whiche. x, yeres ronne and 
 expyryd, ^ Romaynes agayne claymed the^ former accustomed Tribute. To whome it 
 
 ...was answered that they hadde redemed the sayde Trybute with the Pryce of theyr bloode, 
 and oughte nat any more to be charged with any suche Trybute. 
 
 With which answere the Romaynes beynge sore discontented, made newe warre vpon P'l-Kxyi. 
 f sayd Sicambris, of whiche warre the Sicambris or Gallis had the worse, and were chasyd 
 frome theyr Cytie of Sicambria, Thenne as wytnessyth Policronica & other, they drewe 
 
 i/rnere vnto the water of Ryne, and grewe m shorte processe to suche a Multitude, and of 
 suche strength, that they in shoi'te whyle after, by ledynge of theyr. iii. Dukes named Mar- 
 comyrus, Somomus or Symon, .& Genebaux, warred vpon the landes of the Empyre, k rnicium, 
 suche as are" subiect vnto y same; wherof Theodosius surnamed the yonger, thenne Em- 
 perour beynge waraed, he anone sente. ii. of his Dukes with a great hooste for to subdue 
 
 " Tliracea, edit. 1559. ' [Pannonia.] Mhe, edit. 154C, 1559. ♦ they were called Franci, 
 
 *■ theyr, edit. 1559. ° were. 
 
 the 
 
56 QUINTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 the sayd Gallis or Sicambris : but they defendyd theym so knyghtly that the sayd Duke 
 were chasyd, and as wytnessyth Maister Robert Gagwyne, a great nombre of the Ro- 
 inaynes slayne. 
 
 T GALLIE PROUINCIA. 
 
 J- • ^ Capitulum. Ixxvii. 
 
 AFter this victory thus opteyned by the Sicambris, they waxed so strongs that they wan 
 frome y Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holds win Germania, and after that they 
 opteyned y famous Cytie named Treueris ; which as wytnessyth y- Auctour of Cronica 
 Cronicariun, was firste foundyd in the Towne' of the Patryarch Abraham before the 
 Jncarnacion of Criste. M.ix.C.lxv. yeres : and so dayly wanne vpon the Nacions ad- 
 ioynynge to theym tyll they came to the Ryuer of Seyn, where they restyd them, and 
 buylded' f Coutre all there aboute; in somoche y they thaa named theymselfe Franci, 
 as men freed and out of all daunger of the Empyre of Rome, & theyr lande after theim 
 they named France, which syne that tyme is greatly encreasyd. So y at this daye it is 
 
 /la Coiintre of great welth & honour, and conteyneth many prouynces & lordshyppes as 
 
 after the affirmaunce of Policronica is touchyd in the. xxvii. Chapitre of his firste booke : 
 
 Where it is shewyd that Gallia, whiche now is Fraiice, hadde that name Gallia of whyt- 
 
 nesse of people. 
 
 saiiie prouincia. This Gallia or Fraunce hath in the North syde Germania; in the Eest the Ryuer 
 
 '-'ofRyne; in the Southest f Alpis or the hyghe mountaynes; and in the West the see 
 Occean, whiche is called bothe Britannicum and Gallicum, whiche is to meane Eng- 
 lysshe see, and .Frenche» see, for it departyth'Englande and Fraunce; in the South see 
 of myddell Erth that wassheth aboute by y^ prouynce of Narbon. In the tyme of 
 lulius Cesar Gallia was departed on thre ; but for dyuers happys that befell after in 
 
 :' that Lande, the Countree and lande that stretcheth from the Ryne to Seyne is nowe 
 
 called Gallia Belgica, whiche is verey Fraunce, and that Coutre that stretchyth from 
 
 Seyne to the Ryuer of Leyr is called Gallia Lugdunesis, wherof the ouer part hyght or is 
 
 named Burgundia, that is Burgoyne, and the nether parte is Neustria or Normahdye. 
 
 Diuisio GaUie. And the Countrec that Stretchyth frome the Ryuer of Leyr to the Ryuer of Gerounde, 
 
 3' is called Gallia Acquitania, whiche is G wyan, and stretchyth out of the Eest from y Ryuer 
 of Roon vnto the West Occean, wherof the. ouer partie therof hyght Celica^ whiche is to 
 meane Heuenly or cause' because that hyghe mountaygnes be therin. Frome the water 
 of Gerounde to the see of myddyll Erth, and to the Moutaygnes called Montes Pireni 
 or great Hylles of Spayne, is clepyd Gallia Narbonensis, and nowe a parte therof is 
 
 :'fr'called Gothia, and some Vasconia, whiche is to meane Gascoyne. 
 
 And so Gallia is closed aboute with. iii. noble waters ; with the ryuer of Ryne In the 
 North syde, with the Ryuer of Roone in the Eest, and with the Bryttesshe Occean in the 
 West. In Gallia or Fraunce ben many noble Cyties : Wherof Paris is hede and prynci- 
 pall, whiche in the firste foundacion was clepyd Parides, after Parides a Troyan that de- 
 
 i' partyd from Troy with Eneas & other, as wytnessyth Carinus and other wryters of Hys- 
 toryes. But y Frensche Cronycle sayth it was' firste Founded by the Sicambris, and 
 -named by theym Lucecia*, before the Incarnacyon of Criste. CCC.lxxx. and xv. yeres. 
 And in y' whyle that y forenamed Marcomyrus, was as there chief hede and gouernour, 
 he for the more beaute of the name, and also in myde of Paris sone of Pfyam kynge of 
 
 '< Troy, of the whiche he was lynyally discended, he therefore chaunged y name and co- 
 maunded it to be called Paris. 
 
 In Gallia also be thyse prouynces and Lordshyppes folowynge, Braban, Flaundres, 
 Normandy, Pycardy, Brytayne the lasse, Peyiowe', Gascoyne, Guyaa, Tolowse, Bur- 
 
 ' tyme. * Celtica. * Or cause, omitted. * Lutecia. ' Poytowe. 
 
 goyne, 
 
ir IS 
 
 QUINTA PARS CRONECARUJf. 57 
 
 goyne, Angeo, and Mayn, Prouynce, Champayne, and Aluerne: all whiche Signouiies 
 and Lordshyppes belonged or apperteyned vnto the Crowne of Fraunce. Albe it that Tempus Difcor- 
 dyuers of theym hath ben gyuen out by Manage or otherwyse : so that the kynge of ^''• 
 Fraunce claymeth to be chief Lorde of theym and at this day hath the possession of 
 
 f rthem, except Burgoyn, Flaundres, and Braban, & Normandy, for the whiche he is Tri- 
 butarye vnto the kynge of Englande. Thenne it foloweth whenne thyse' sayd Gallis or 
 Frenschmen hadde thus conquered thyse foresayd Countres, or the more parte of theym, " 
 or at leest made theym vnto y sayd Gallis tributary, thenne the forenamed Marco- 
 myrus, as theyr chief hede or gouernour, closyd Cyties with stronge walles, and buylded 
 
 K n Stronge holdes and Castellys, and after dyed, leuynge after hym a sone garnysshed with all 
 knyghtly vertue, named Pharamudus or Pharamonde, 
 
 ^ This is the olde Armys of Fraunce. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxviii. 
 PHaramundus f sone of Marcomirus, before named, was, after the deth Framia. 
 of his sayde Fader, made or ordeyned f firste kynge of Frenschmen, by Th« oUc Armp 
 the agrement of Hystoryes; and also, as aflFermeth Maister Robert Gag- ofF"™". 
 wyne, and other, in f yere of our lords Incarnacion. CCCC. xx. : and of 
 the worlde, or after the Creacion of the firste Adam, folowynge the ac- P""!?* ■■" 
 compte of this werke, as before is shewyd. v.M.vi.C. and. xix. after Brute ^"""'' 
 beganne his domynyon in this He of Brytayne. M.v.C.&.lvi. : and the yere A/.<eKic/. 
 of mysery of the Brytons. xxvi. 
 
 Of this Pharamonde is lytell thynge lafte in memory, except that myne Auctour Gag- 
 wyne testyfyeth that he made certayne lawes whiche longe tyme enduryd after. But for 
 the names of the lawes and vse of them be derke to Englysshe vnderstandynge, therfore I 
 7 ^rouerpasse theym, and folowe the Storye, which affermeth that whanne the sayd Phara- 
 monde hadde ruled the Frenschmen well and nobly by the space of. xi. yeres, he dyed 
 and laft after hym a sone named Claudio Crinitus, or Capellatus. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxix. 
 
 CLodiothe sone of Pharamoude was made kyng of Fraunce in the yere of oure Lorde. Francia, 
 '■'i CCC.xxxi.' And the. xxxvii. yere of f foresayd Mysery of the Brytons : the whiche as 
 before is sayd was ^urnamed Crinitus and Capellatus, by reason whereof the kynges of 
 Frenschmen longe tyme after were called Criniti. This, to augment his Lordshyp, made 
 warre vpon a people called Turynges, and by great and sore fyght made them at length 
 subget to hym, whiche Coutre as sayth the Frensche Cronycle is a part of Almayne. 
 
 "i 11 And at this daye or tyme of this Clodio his Reygne, the Romaynes hadde no more of the 
 Lande of Gallia or Fraunce in theyr rule, thenne that whiche lyeth from y- Ryuer of Leir 
 vnto the Ryuer of Ryne; whiche is called Gallia Lugdunensis. And whan he hadde thus 
 subdued the Turynges, he than sent his Espyes ouer the Ryne to se what strength they 
 were of that inhabited that Coutre, and after report to hym brought of the sayd Espyes 
 that the coutre was fertyll and ryche, and the people therof but of small defence, he with 
 his Army ouer spred the Coutre, and after shortly beseged the Cyties of Cambrey and 
 Turney and theym wanne. But in the cylie of Turney was a certayn nombre of Ro- 
 maynes, whiche manfully defended y- Towne longe tyme. And vvha they parceyiied that 
 they myght no lenger holde f Towne, they than manfully issued out, & gaue to f 
 
 ^A Ar Frenschmen harde batayll, but fortune was to thei.m frowarde, so that they were dis- 
 tressyd. After whiche Countres and Townes thus goten by Clodio, with other victorious 
 
 ' the. * iiii. hundred and. xxxi. 
 
 I dcdys 
 
•$^ 
 
 [Cap.5.1 
 
 Lantfyiige of 
 CoBstantyne. 
 
 [Cap^j^ 
 
 -?(y 
 
 Constant- made 
 amoake. 
 
 [Cap. ft] 
 
 MonSe tjiade 
 kynje. 
 
 QUINTA PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 dedys by hym done he lastly dyed, whenne he had ruled f frenschmen. xix. yeres without 
 issue of his body. 
 
 NOwe then^lette ts retourne vnto Tharchebyss'hap. of London and the other Brytons, 
 befnge in Brytayne the lesse, the whichevpon the proniesse before reherced,receyued of 
 ; Aldroenus, kynge of lytell Brytayne, his brother named Constantyne, the whiche w a cer- 
 tayne nombre of knyghtes shortly after landed at Totnesse [n moche Brytayne,^ and ga- 
 theryd to theym the i^oure of y Brytons, which before theyr ladynge were hydde m dyuers 
 places of y lande. By whose powers and mercyall knyghthod the Enemyes of y' Lande 
 were shendfully chasyd and vtterly confounded, whiche victory thus by y Brytons ppteyn- 
 ed, they of one mynde conueyde theyr Cheuetayne' Conslantyne vnto the Towne of 
 Kaercegent, nowe called Cicestre, and there crowned hym,' accordynge to the promesse^ 
 made vnto his brother, kynge of this lie of the more Brytayne. 
 
 f Capitulum. Ixxx. 
 Constautinus, the brother of Aldroenus kynge of lytell Brytaygne, was crowned kynge 
 
 trof moche Brytaygne in f yere of our lord. CGCC.&.xxxiii. and f. iii. yere of Clodio 
 tlien kyoge of Praunce ; the whiche guyded the londe with suche mauhode & polyce, that 
 he kept 'it frome daijgere of ennemyes, & for tyme of his lyfe helde it in good quyet & 
 r«st. Of this Constatyne is lytell mynde made or lefte in wrytinge, excepte that he re- 
 eeyued of his wyfe thre sones, the which he named Constant, Aurely, & Vter^ or Con- 
 stancius, Aurelius Ambro&ius, & Vter, whiche was surnamed Pendragon. 
 
 But for he sawe and pereeyued that his eldest sone named Constant was dull and In- 
 solent' of wytte, he therfore made hym a Monke in the Monastery of Seynt Amphiabyli 
 of Wynchester, which Monastery at this day is called seynt Swythynes abbey. And the. 
 other, ii. breterne he betoke vnto Gwitellinus Archebysshop to norysshe and brynge forth.. 
 
 j'T In the Court of this Costantyne, as wytnessyth Gaufride, and* a Picte, that was moche 
 loued and greatly fauouryd of Constantyne, so that he myght at all tymes come to the 
 kynges presence, the whiche beyng a errant Traytoure, and sechynge* conuenyent tyme to 
 execute his detestable treason, by a secrete meane slewe the Kynge in his Chambre, when 
 he hadde ben kynge, after moost wryters. x. yeres. ' 
 
 ^- ^ Capitulum. Ixxxi. 
 
 Constancius sone of Constantyne by meane oi Vortygernus was made kynge of Bry- 
 tayne in the yere of our Lord. CCCC.xliii. This as before is towchyd, for somoch as 
 his Fader thought he was nat very apte to take so great a charge as to gouerne the Lande 
 after hym, became a Relygious man in the Monasterye before named. Dr as some wry- 
 
 'Iters meane, the sayd Constance of pure ^euocion that he hadde to God and seyn Amphia- 
 byli, made hym selfe a Monke, vnwyttynge the kyng his Fader, and other his frends. 
 
 But how or i what maner so euer he became a Monke, trouth it is y Vortigerus or 
 Vortigernus, after y deth of Constantyne, founde suche meanes that he was taken 
 out of the sayd Abbey and crowned kynge of Brytayne, by meane wherof the sayde 
 
 ; Vortiger hadde all the rule of the lande; so that Constant hadde but oonly the name.^ 
 This Vortiger thenne consyderynge the innocency and myldnesse of the kyng, cast in his 
 mynde howe he myght be Kynge hym selfe. And amonge other meanes founde to haue 
 aboute the kyngs parsonean hondreth Pictes, or, after some, Scottes, the whiche he or- 
 deyned for a Garde for the kynges parsone ; whiche done he bare hym in suche wyse. 
 
 /.ragayne the Pictes, by meanes of great gyfteS and other wyse, that they at lengthe had 
 Vortiger in. suche fauoure, that they feryd nat to say openly that Vortiger was more worthy 
 
 ' chefe cap*ayn, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 'was. 
 
 serchynge, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 ■' " and Uter," omitted in edit. 1533, 1542. 
 
 [indolent,] 
 
 to 
 
QUINTA PARS VORTIGERNI. ^ 
 
 to be kynge tfian Constant. In this whyle Vortiger gatte into his possession the kynges - 
 treasour, and what was of hym coniaunded was done, thoughe other thereat murmured and 
 grudged. And euer, in right and wronge, he fauouryd theforesayd Pictes or Scottes. The 
 whiche at lertgthe perceyuynge his corrupt mynde, whan they sawe y they had conuenyent 
 
 / rtyme fyll vpon the kynge, and hym slewe or murderyd. 
 
 After whiche cruell dede by theym done, they presented the hede of Constant vnto 
 Vortiger, thenne beynge at London ; wherof whan he was ware, to the ende that the Bry- Cautda. 
 tons shuld thynke that dede to be done agayne his mynde and wyll, wept and made sem- 
 blaunt of all sorowe and heuyries, and caused the sayde. C. knyghts to be taken in all aa***** 
 
 10 '0 liasle after, and theym by dome and lawe of the Lande to be beheddyd, by reason wher- 
 of he was taken nat culpable, or innocent of the kynges dethe. Whenne the kynges 
 dethe was knowen to suche parsones as hadde the kepyng of the. ii. yonger bretherne Au- 
 relius and Vter, they in all haste for the more sauegarde of theym fledde into lytell Bry- 
 tayne, and there kept theym tyll it pleasyd God otherwyse to purueye for theym. And 
 
 n /rthus as ye haue herde was kynge Constant slayne, when he hadde reygned after moost 
 wryters. v. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxii. 
 
 VOrtigernus, Duke of f luesses, or Vortigerus, Erie of lewesses, after called West [Cap.6.] 
 Saxons, was made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of oure Lorde. CCCC. and. xlviii. 
 
 2{ rand the. xviii. yere of Clodio kynge of Frauoce, whiche after the deth of Costant, by 
 strength and otherwyse, was made kynge, and ruled the Lande, nat all without trouble. 
 For it was nat longe, or the Pyctes, whiche hauynge knowlege of the deth and lugemenc 
 of theyr knyghtes and kynsmen, that they inuaded the northo partyes of the lande, doynge 
 therin great harme & dOmage ; and ouer that many & dyuers of the grete of the Brytons 
 
 'k -A! perceyuynge that the kynge Constant was nat murdered all without cosent of the sayd Vor- 
 tyger, rebelled agayn hym, and dayly sent and sayled ouer into lytell Brytayn to the ayde 
 & assistance of y^ foresayd childeren of Constantyne, whiche put the said Vortiger to great 
 vnresffulnesse, & f more for that, y he wyst nat, nor knew nat in whom he myght put his Nota. 
 trust & cofydence in. Mif«ere. 
 
 3 36 With these parturbaunces was medeled plentye of come and frute, that the lyke therof 
 had nat ben sene many yeres passyd, wherwith was ioyned Leciiery and Pestylence, with 
 many other incouenyencis. So that vyce was accompted for small or none offence, the 
 whiche reigned nat only in the Temporaltye, but also in the Spiritualtye and hedes of the 
 same, so that euery man turned the poynle of his spere agaynst the trewe & innocent man, 
 
 3- 3- & the Comons gaue theym all to dronkennesse & ydlenes : where thorough ensued fyght- 
 yng, stryfe, Sc moche enuy. Of which foresayd nsj'scheuys, ensued moche mortalytie & 
 deth of men, that the lyuyng scantly sufTyced in some Countres to bury y^ deed. And 
 ouer this the kynge was soo harde beset with the forenamed Enemyes, that he was con- 
 strayned, asafrermeth Policronica, to send for peyneras as the Saxons to helpe to withstande [Cap. l 11.5.] 
 
 u> //I'his Enemyes, and to defende his lande, and also he dayly feryd the landyng of Aurely 
 and Vter. 
 
 Vortiger thus beynge besette with many aduersyties in visylyng his lande, and then [Oai. lib. j. 
 beynge for dyuers causes hym mouynge at Dorobernia, or Caunterbury, tydinges came to *^*p-'0 
 hyra of the arryuynge of. iii. longe Shyppes full of armed men at the He of Tenet. saTons&jt 
 
 ■f -Td Wherof firste he made coUtenaunce as thoughe he had ben in doute whether it hadde ^""'^^' . 
 been the. ii. bretherne of Constant or none. But whenne the fanne was blowen aboute tbftt 
 they were ,none Enemyes, anone he caused y leders of theym to be brought vnto his 
 presence, freynynge of theym the cause of theyr landynge, and of theyr Nacyon and 
 Countre ; the whiche answered vnto the kynge & sayd, they were of the Countree of Ger- 
 ,:many, and put out of , theyr Countre by a maner, sorte or lotte at sondry tymes vsed 
 within the sayde londe, the whiche was vsed for somocbe as the people therin encreased 
 
 12 so 
 
^0 QUINTA PARS VORTIGERNI. 
 
 so faste, that without such prouysyon hadiJe the Cbuntre shuldenat suffyce for the people^ 
 the which was suche as foloweth. : 
 
 That at sondry tymes whenne the sayd Countre was replenyshed of people, the Prynces 
 & rulers therof woliJS assemble at a certayne place & call before th^ym the lusty yonge 
 
 rfolkes, of the whiche they wolde chose out a certayne nottibre, and appoynte to theym 
 certayne Dukes or leders, with all thynge necessary to the warre: and theyjn so gar- 
 nysshed, wolde comaunde to serche theyr aduenture, and to wynne some lade by theyr 
 Knyghthoode, where they myght enhabyte the^m selfe. .By which vse and custome thus 
 longe vsyd, nowe was fallen to theyr lotte to do as theyr fore Faders hadde done before 
 
 '8 theym. Wherfore syne ^Fortune hadde brought theym to this Lande, they besought the 
 kynge that he wolde take theym to his seruyce, arid they wold be redy to fyght for the 
 defence of hym and his countree. And whenne the kyng had enquered ferther, he 
 founde that they hadde. ii. leders named Hengistus and Horsus, & they and theyr people 
 were called Saxons. ■ 
 
 '^ The kynge thus beynge assertayned of the maner of thyse straugers, and that they 
 were of y Gentyle of Pagan lawe, sayd he was very heuy and sory that they were Mys- 
 creaLunts, but he was ioyos and gladde of theyr comynge, for somoche as he had nede 
 of suche Sowdyoures to defende hym and his'lande agayne his Enemyes, and so receyued 
 
 * theyiii to his wages and seruyce, as is wytnessyd of Gaufride and brtier moo wryters. 
 
 2« ^ Capitulum. Ixxxiii. 
 
 BEda the holy man sayth f Vortiger sent for the Saxons strorige men of Armes that 
 had no lande to dweile in, the whiche came in. iii. longe Shyppes called Obilas and re- 
 ceyued a place of hyin to dwell in, in f Eest syde of Brytayne, called the He of Tenet,' 
 . besyde Kent. Wiliins de Regibus, a wryter of Hystdryes, sayth that f Saxons come out 
 
 •!"of Germany by wyil to wynne worshyp and lade, and nat by lotte or compulcion ; and 
 also that they worshipped at that dayes a God named Woden, and a Goddesse' named 
 Fria. In the worshyp of the whiche God, the thirde Feryall daye in the weke they named 
 gmius SaioBs. wodnesday, whiche at this day we call wednysday. And in worshyp of the sayd Goddes 
 they callyd the fyfth daye Friys day, the whiche we call now Frydaye* ■ 
 5c Of thysfe foresayd people came thre maner of people, or. iii. 'maner of names, that is 
 to say, Saxons, Anglys, & Iwets'. Of the Saxons came the Eest Saxons, West Saxons, 
 and the Southe Saxons. Of the Anglis came the Eest AngHs, y myddell Anglis, or Mer- 
 ceys, whiche helde myddell Englande, that stretehyth westwarde towarde the Ryuer of 
 Dee besyde Chestre, and to Seuerne besyde Shroysbury, and so forthe to Brystowe, and 
 3i*Eestwarde towarde the see, and Southwarde to Thamys, and so forth to London, & 
 Northwarde to Humber, and ton rued downewarde and westwarde to the ryuer Mercea, 
 - and so forthe to .the west See. And of the Iwets' come the Kentyshme, and men of the 
 He of Wyght. 
 
 Of the firste comyng of these Saxons Ito great Britayne, auctours in party varrey, wher- 
 if'fore in the treatyse of Latyn^ before named, it shall appere vnder correccyon, y the fore- 
 named Hengistus & Ilorsus w theyr company first landed in y- forsayd He of grete Bry- 
 tayne, in the yere of our Lorde. CCCC. and. 1. and the thirde yere of Vortiger. Thenneit 
 foloweth thyse Saxons with the kynges power bete downe the Enemyes beforesayd and dif- 
 fendyd the lande in moost knyghtly wyse. So that the kynge had the Saxons in great loue 
 w. ««*,;. wr& fauour, whiche fauoure Hengistus well apperceyuyng, vpori a season when he sawecon- 
 uenyent tyroe, he axed of the kynge so moche grounde as the hyde of a Bull Or other 
 beest wolde compace, whiche the kynge to hym graunted. After whiche grauat the sayd 
 Hengyste to the ende to wynne a large grounde, caused the sayd beests skyn to be cut 
 into a small and slender thonge, and with the same met out a large and great circuyt of 
 
 ' Jewetes. » The Table, 
 
 groiide^ 
 
QUINTA PARS VORTXGERNI. 61 
 
 groude, vpon the whiche he shortly after buylded and sette a large and stronge Castell : ThongeCasteU 
 by reason of whiche thonge the sayd Castell was longe after named Thonge Castell, y'f^'li^'of Fe- 
 Tvhiche was sette by thagrement of all wryters in the Countre of Lyndesey. After tliyse, uersham by 
 tydynges sprange into Germania of the plentie and fatnes of the lande of Brytayne, with Jat^fe^eftom 
 
 rother Comodyties perteynynge to the same, by meane wherof the Saxons dayly drewe to Ouynburghe, 
 the sayd lande, & couenauted ^ the Brytons, y the Brytos shuld entcnde theyr worldly- Fm^ryn.and is 
 nes and other necessaries. And the Saxons as theyr Sowdiours shuld defende the lande "Ued of the 
 from Incursion of all Enemyes. For the whiche the Brytons shulde gyue to theym com- calteu!'°"* 
 petent mete 'and wages. 
 
 ') Then by the Sonde of Hengyste came with. xvi. sayles, Ronowen the doughter of the Ronowen. 
 sayd Hengist, whiche was a Mayden of excellent beaute: after whose comyng© Hengist 
 vpon a day besought the kynge that he wold se his Castell, whiche he had newely edyfyed : 
 to whose request the kynge was aggreable : and at the daye assigned came to the sayd 
 Castell, where he was ioyously receyued, and there among other passetymes the foresayd 
 
 ."Ronowen with a Cuppe of golde full of wyne presentyd the Kynge, salutyngeand sayinge, 
 " Wassayle." The kynge, whiche before that tyme had h'erde no lyke Salutacion, nor yet 
 vnderstode what she ment, axed of her Fader what she ment by that worde wassayl : to 
 whom it was answered by Hengistus that it was a Salutacion of good and gladnesse, and 
 that the kynge shulde drynke after her, ioynynge therevnto this answere : " Drynke hayll ;" 
 
 ;'wherfore the kynge as he was enfourmed, toko the Cuppe of the Maydes hande & dranke, 
 and after behelde the wenche in such maner that he was wounded with the darte of the 
 blynde God Cupide, f neuer after he coulde withdrawe his loue from that wenche, but 
 lastly, by Instigacion of the Deuyl, axed her in IMariage of her Fader, and by force therof, 
 as wytnessyth Policronica, he put frome hym his laufuU wyfe, of the whiche he had before [Li.j. Cap.i.i 
 
 iflyrae receyued. iii. noble sonnes called Vortimerus, Catagrinus, & Pascencius. Then the 
 kynge gaue vnto Hengistus the Lordshyppe of Kent, thoughe Garangonus, then Erie therof, 
 ther'at grudgyd, with many of his Brytons. 
 
 For this, and for y that the kynge had maryed a woman of vncowght beleue, well nere 
 all the Brytons forsoke hym & his werkes. Neuerthelesse some there were, as wel nobles 
 •and other, that comforted the kynge in his euyll doyng. By whiche meane and other vn- 
 lefull dedys than dayly vsyd, the fayth of Criste began sore to apalle. And ouer that 
 an heresy called, Arianes heresy, began tha to sprynge in Brytayne: for the whiche. ii. 
 holy Byshoppes named Germanus & Lupus, as of Gaufride is wytnessyd, came intoBry- [li. s- Cap. 2,1 
 taygne to refourme the kynge', and al other that erryd from the waye of trouth. 
 
 ar [Of this holy man, Seynt Germayne, Vincent Historyall, sayth, that vpon an euenynge, Fabuia* 
 when the weder was passynge colde, and the snowe fyll very faste, he axed lodgynge of f ' 
 kynge of Brytaygne, for hym and his Comperys, whiche was denyed. Then he after syt- 
 tynge vnder a busshe in the felde, the kynges Herdemen passyd by, and seynge this Bys- 
 shop with his company syttyng in the weder, desyred hym to his howse to take there such 
 
 v?poore lodgynge as he had. Wherof the Bysshop beynge gladde and fayne, yode vnto the 
 house of the sayd Herdman, the whiche receyued hym with glad chere; and for hym 
 and his company wylled his wyfe to kyll his oonly calfe, and to drcsse it for his Gestes 
 souper, the whiche was also done. When the holy man had souped, he called to hym his 
 hostes, wyllyng & desyrynge her that she shuld diligently gader togyder all the bones of y 
 
 wrdeed calfe, and theym so gaderyd to wrappe togyder within. the skynne of the sayd calfe, 
 & then lay it in the stall before y^ racke nere vnto f dame; which done accordyng to the 
 comaudement of the holy man, shortly after the Calfe was restoryd to lyfe, and forthwith 
 ete haye with the dame at the Rackc. Of whiche meruayll all y houshold was greatly 
 tstonyed, and yeldyd thankynge vnto almyghtygod, & to that holy Bysshop. 
 
 Vpon the morowe this holy bysshop toke with hym this herdeman, and yode vnto the Anherdemade 
 
 ,1 People, edit. JS42, 1559. 
 
 2 presence 
 
«2 QUINTA PABS VORTIGERNL 
 
 presence of the kynge, & axed of hym in sharpe wyse why that ouer nyght he had de^ 
 nyed to hytn lodgyng^: wherwith the kyng was so abasshed that he hadde no power to 
 gyue vnto f holy man answere. Then seynt Germayne sayd to hym, I charge fin f 
 name of my Lord God, that thou, & thyne departe from this Paleysj and resygne k and 
 -<the Rule of thy lande to hym y is more worthy this rome than thou art. The which in 
 all thynge by power dyuyne was obserued & done, and the sayd herdeman by the holy 
 Bysshoppes Auctorytie was sette into the same dignyte. Of whom after descendyd all 
 the kynges of Brytayne. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxiiii. 
 '* THis Story is also confermed of Antoninus, Archebysshop of Florence, and at lerigtbe 
 by hym shewyd in the. xvii. Chapitre and. xi. day of the seconde part of his werke Called 
 Somma Antonini. But by whom soeuer this Storye was firste wryten, I thynke he was 
 ©finis. none that descendyd of f Welshmen, nor yet of theyr blood, for they come all of 
 
 Priamys blode and nat of an herdman, except that they fetche theyr lyne from D^uid 
 ' rthe holy kynge and prophete. This storye semeth to be of more fame thenne of cre- 
 dence: for other wryters tell this Story to be done in the Regyon of Powys by Buly 
 ■-theyr kynge. And also forsomoche as y foresayd Auctour maketh no mencyon of the 
 more Brytayne nor of the lasse, it is doutefuU whether this hap fyll in that one Regyoa 
 ■or in that other. Albeit in y lyfe of seynt Germayne it is redde that the sayd seynt Ger- 
 - iHiayne deposyd Vortiger & enhauced y herdeman, as before is declared, as affermeth Po- 
 iicronica. Thenne it foloweth in the Story, when seynt Germayne had restOryd some 
 parte of Britayne to the trewe fayth, he retourned into Fraunce, fro whens he wa-s before 
 comyn. But" in this sayd saying shulde appere discorde in Cronycles. For as at this 
 ■daye was nat the fayth of Criste receyued in Fraunce, as after more clerely shall appere, 
 w'herfore no Bysshop of cristes fayth myght then kepe any See in Fraunce; and also as 
 affermeth lacobus Philippus and other, holy Remigiuswas the firste that tourned Fraunce 
 to Cristes Religion, and that, after most Concorde of wryters, to be in the yere of our 
 Lorde. OGCG. Ixxx. and. xix. and f xv. yere of the reygne of Clodoueus Lcwys firste 
 -Cristen kynge of the Realme of Fraiice.]* 
 ii> Then to furnysshe'or perfourme the Story of Vortiger, nedefuU it is or necessary to 
 retourne to the matier where we before laft, and to shewe that forsomoche as the Bry^ 
 tons withdrewe theym from Vortiger, he was therfore constrayned to holde with hym y 
 Saxons, by whose Cofisayll he after sent for Oeta the Sone of Hengist, the whiche 
 m/Lnxxiih brought with hym an other company of Saxons. When the Lordes of Brytayne sawe and 
 55 consyderyd the great multytude of Saxons, and theyr dayly repayre into this lande, they 
 assebled them togyder, and shewed to the kynge the inconuenyence and ieopardy that 
 imyght ensue to hym and his lande, by reason of the great power of thyse straugers, and> 
 aduertysed hym in aduoydyng of grelter daunger, to expelle & put theym out of his " 
 Realme, or the more parte of theim. 
 Vo But al was in vayne, for Vortiger bare suche a mynde to the Saxons by reason of his 
 wyfe, that he preferred the loue of theym before the loue of his owne naturall kynnes- 
 , men & frendes. , Wherfore the Brytons of one wyl and mynde, crowned for th«yr Kynge 
 
 Vortimerus, the eldest sone of Vortiger, and depryued hym of all kyngly dignyte, when 
 he hadde reygned, after moost concorde of Hystoryes. xvi^ yeres. 
 
 -Wr ^ Gapitulum. Ixxxv. 
 
 Siaixia. MEroneus next of allie* vqto ClOdio, last kyg of Frauce, for so moche as of Clodeo ' 
 
 remayned none Issue, he was made kynge of Fraunce in the yere of o' Lord. iiii. C &. 1 
 and the seconde yere of Vortiger, than kynge of Brytaygne, the whiche was stronge and 
 
 ' The Miracle of St. Germayne, from the words, " Of this holy Man," in Cap. Ixxxiii. is omitted in the edi« 
 lions of 1542, and 1559. * all, edit. 1542, 155p. 
 
 ^ ^ -Marciali 
 
QUINTA PARS CHILDERICI. 63 
 
 Marciali in all bis dedes, and therunto right profytable for y Realme; and amonge other 
 notable dedes by hym done, he slewe i one day of Hunys, the which by the comaunde- 
 inent of Attila inuadyd and dystVoyed dyuers Coutres, as Italy, Germany, & other, an 
 Hundreth and. Ixxx. M. as is wytnessid of maister Robert Gagwyne, compiler & gaderer 
 r rbf the Actes & dedes of Frensheme. This forenaraed Attila was kynge of Hunes, and 
 led in one .boost. CC. M. men of warre, as testyfieth Policronica; and after dyuers ba- 
 tayls by hym wonne, became into Feldes called Catulyntes, the whiche conteyned an 
 Hundreth Legis in length and. Ixx. in brede, wherof euery Lege conteyneth. iii. Eng- 
 lysshe myles: in the whiche Feldes or Playnes he was encountred with the power of the 
 'Romaynes, in whose ayde was the kynge of Fraunce, Meroneus the Kynge or Duke of 
 liurgoyne, and other ; wher after a longe fyght was slayne on both sydes the foresayd. 
 C. &. Ixxx. M. Of the whiche nombre the. sayd kynge or duke of Bargoyne was one, as 
 is more playnly shewed in the. xxxiii. Chapitre of the. iiii. boke of the sayd Policronicon, 
 with other wonders, whiche I ouerpasse. 
 J Of this Meroneus discedyd all the kynges of Frenshmen tyll f tyme of Pepyn, the 
 whiche was Fader vnto Charles the great or Emperoure, and fynally dyed this Meroneus,. 
 when he , had reygned after moost wryters. x. yeres, leuynge after hym a sone nameds 
 Childerich or Hilderiche. ^ 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxvi. 
 
 :;• :' C'Hildericus or Hildericus f sone of Meroneus was ordeyned kynge of Fraunce, in the Franci»x 
 yere of oure Lorde God. CCCC. and. Ix. And the. xii. yere of Vortiger than kynge of 
 Brytayne, the whiche ensued nothynge the warres of his fader: but allied hym with all 
 vyce and cruelnesse in suche extreme wyse, that he became odyble vnto his Subiectes. 
 Wherfore the sayd Childerich parceyuynge the murmure and grilfige amonge the people, . 
 
 7,r ^rand ferynge his sodayne distruccyon, coiisayled with a frende and lorde of bis, named 
 Guynomadus or, Guynemeus, by whose cousayll in auoydynge gretter paryll, he auoyded 
 secretely his lande, and yode vnto the kynge of Thuryngs named Besyngne, of whom he Exempium 
 was ioyously receyued. But at departynge of the Kynge from the sayd Guynemeus, he Amisiae.. 
 toke a pece of golde and breke it in. ii. peces ; wherof that one pece he delyuered vnto 
 
 7 3<if kynge, and that other pece he kepte to hym selfe, saiynge to the kynge that whan so- 
 euer that he receyued from hym.that pece of golde, that he shulde be suer to be restored, 
 agayne to big Regally and dignytie. 
 
 After the kynge was departed his lande, the Frenshmen of' one assent chase for theyr 
 gouernoure and hedde a Romayne named Gilt, whiche at f day hadde a parte of Gallia 
 
 Jr Jr or Frauce in his Rule, to the behofe of f. Romaynes, whiche part was named, or no we is ^ 
 named Soisons. Whan this Gilt was stablysshed in his Auctorite, y forenamed Guyne-- 
 meus behauyd hym in suche wyse towarde this Gili, that he hadde hym in speciall fa- 
 uoure aboue all the nobles of Fraiice, & wold execute no thiqg of charge w out his con- 
 sent. & Counsayll. Whei-of the sayd Guynemeus beyng ware, & remembrynge howe he 
 
 »« womyght restore Childerich to his former dignyte, aduysed the* sayd Gilt to sette more cauteU. 
 greuous taskis vpon the Frenshmen, enfourmyng by further y if any grudged there at, ;y • 
 he shuld punysshe some of ^> myghtyest of theym, by reason wherof he. shulde fere the 
 other, 
 
 Whiche thus done accordynge to y foresayd Counsayll, shortly after to brynge his pur- 
 ; • pose the better about, the sayd Guynemeus accusyd certayne Rulers of Fraiice, suche as 
 he well knewe were great Enemyes vnto Childerich, y whiche he caused to be taken & 
 sent vnto Gilt, and Gilt vpon theym dyd sharp Execucion, in the whiche he so per- 
 ceuered, that the Frenshmen for remedy complayned theym to Guynemeus. To whom 
 it was by hym answered, that he greatly meruayled of theyr vnstablenes, that they had 
 chosen to theym a kynge, and nowe so sodaynly wolde haue hym deposyd ; shewyng 
 
 furthermore 
 
Ckilderich re- 
 .itoryd. 
 
 Pol. I 
 
 e* QUINT A PARS CHILDERTCI. 
 
 furthermore that outher they muste call agayne Childerich that excersyd' his lyfe in VQ- 
 Inptuousnesse of lyuynge, or ellys they rriuste dwell vnder the kynge whiche is cruell and 
 full of blode shedynge, with dyuers other exortacions concernynge the agayne callyng of 
 Childerich to his fourmer dignyte, whiche for lengthe I omytte and passe ouer. ,r~ 
 
 By meane of whiche Exortacion, Childerich was secretely sent for, and receyuyd from 
 his trusty frende"the foresayd pace of golde, spedde hym h^stely into Fraunce agayne, whom 
 the foresayd Guynemeus in lyke wyse sped hym. So that they mette at a Castell in the 
 Countree of Champion, where they with other to theym allied, gaderyd a great boost, and 
 made towarde f foresayd Gili or Gillion. The whiche hauynge knowlege of the sayde 
 loconspiracy, ordeygned an Armye of knyghtes, and yode agayne his Enemyes. But he 
 was ouerset and compelled for his sauegarde to fle into the Countre of Soisons befoye- 
 named, where he after endyd his naturall lyfe, and Childerich was agayne restored and 
 made kynge. 
 
 Childerich than thus restored vnto his Regally, subdued soone after a Saxon prynce 
 imamed Onager, and besegyd the Cytie of Oileaunce, and it receyued vnto his subiection ; 
 and after passyd the Ryuer of Leyr and subdued to his Sygnory the Countre of Angeo 
 & Mayn. 
 
 Whenne the fame of Childerich was brought vnto Basyna, the wyfe of Besygne, kyiige 
 of Turrynges, she anone forsoke her owne Lorde, and spedde her into Fraunce, and so 
 to the presence of Childerich whome he receyued with all gladnes: and whan he hadde 
 of her frayned the cause of her comynge, she answered, for that that she knewe and vn- 
 derstode to be in hym more vertue and honoure than in any other main at that daye 
 lyuyng; she was therfore comyn to hym to contynue the remenaut of her lyfe in his 
 company: addynge also therunto, that if in any Countree she knewe his better she wolde 
 than serche, see, and fende to haue hym to her Lorde or husbande. But for she was as- 
 sured that he had no pere, she besought hym to accept her to his company. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxvii. 
 
 THen Childerjch puttynge apart and forgettynge kyndenesse to hym before shewid by 
 
 her husbade Besyge; maryed the sayd Basinayet beyng a Pagan. And whan the firste 
 
 :„ nyght was comyn f they shulde go to bedde, she exorted hym that he shulde that 
 
 nyght abstayne from all. fleshly lykynge, and watche the Gates of his Paleys, and to 
 
 make reporte to her of suche vysyons as he sawe there y nyght; to the whiche he was 
 
 agreable : where he so standynge, sawe firste a multytude of Vnjcornes, Lyons, and Ly- 
 
 bardes passynge foreby the Paleys gate : and within a shorte space of tyme after, he sawe 
 
 oia great company of Berys and Wolues fennynge after the other: and thirdly and lastl^ 
 
 he sawe a Multitude of Dogges and other small rauenous bastes, the whiche in his syght 
 
 fyil vpon the other, ii. Companyes, and vtterly deuoured theym all. 
 
 Whenne he hadde seen the fyne of this vysyon, nat a lytell astonyed retourned to his 
 
 wyfe, shewynge to her what he hadde seen, to whome she sayd, syr of me ye shall receyue 
 
 a Sonne, the whiche in all his dedys shalbe noble and- honourable lyke to the Vnycornes 
 
 and Lyons shewyd to you in y first vysyon. Of the which shall discende one other sone 
 
 the whiche shalbe rauenous and shall sette his mynde all to Pyllage and Rauyne, lyke vnto 
 
 the rauenous Wolfe & Bere. And after hym shal come a Childe or Childer, that shalbe 
 
 of suche Insolency and wastynge, that lyke as y rauenous Hounde stroyeth and wastyth all 
 
 ;:that he may tare with his teeth, so shall thyse parsones waste and destroye by theyr folyes 
 
 EitpiictioVisi- all that other noble men hath purchased to their handes. And the Multitude which that 
 
 "?"• ye sawe of other small rauenous heestes, betokeneth the Coraon people, which in those 
 
 dayes, for lacke of a good & wyse prynce, shall renne eyther vpon other, & robbe and sle 
 
 eche other. 
 
 Tigratitudo. 
 
 Visiones. 
 
 * «xcer»vsyd. 
 
 Of 
 
QITINTA PARS VORTIMERI. 6s 
 
 Of this Exposycion the kynge as somdele troubled, but yet he reioysed of the Issue 
 
 that shulde come'of his body'. Thenne it foloweth, whanne this Childerich hadde ouer- 
 
 comyn some Bataylles in'Almaype, and theym subduied to his Empyre, he lastly dyed, 
 
 when he had reyghed with the viii. yeres alloAved to his reygnS for the tyme that he was 
 
 rexyled, and with the resydue that he reygned before & after, in all. xxiiii, yeres, leiiynge 
 
 after hym a Sone, named* vpon the forenamed Basina, called Clodeo, or after moost 
 
 wryters Clodoueus. 
 
 •' » 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxviii. 
 
 VOrtimerus, y^ eldest sone of Vortiger, was by assent of the Britons made kyrig of [c»p. «.] 
 Brytaygne, in the yere of our Lord. CCCC. Ixiiii. And the. iiii. yere of Childericus 
 thanne kynge of Fraiice. The whiche in all hast pursued the Saxons, and gaue vnto 
 -theym a great Batayll vpon the Ryuer of Darwent, where he hadde of theym victory. 
 And secudaryly he faught with theym vpon y Foorde called Epifoorde, or Agliff horp ; 
 in the whiche fyght Catrignus, Brother to Vortimer, and Horsus Brother to Hengist, or 
 'XCosyn, after longe fyght attwene theym. ii., eyther of theym slewe other, in whiche fyght 
 also the Britons were victours. 
 
 The thirde Batayll he faught with theym nere vnto the see syde, where also y Brytons 
 chasyd the Saxons, & compelled theym to take the He of Wyght' for theyr suertie. 
 
 [This batayll, as wytnessith Alfredus, wa« more wonne by vertue of the prayers of the Miwcul"- 
 Mi holy Bysshop seynt Germayne, than by myght of the Brytons. For whenne the holy man 
 sawe the Brytons gyue backe, he helde his handes towarde Heuen and cryed thryse Alle- 
 luya, whiche is to our vnderstandyng as moche to save, as saue vs good Lorde ; thorough 
 whiche prayer the Britons, by dyuyne helpe, opteyned the victory of theyr Enemyes]*. 
 The fourth Batayll was nere vnto a Moore called Cole Moore, the which was longe and 
 ;; sore foughtyn by the Saxons, by reason that the sayd Moore closyd a parte of theyr 
 Hoostso strongely, that the Brytons myght nat wynne vnto theym for daunger of their 
 shot. Albeit that fynally they were chased & many of them of Costraynt drowned and 
 awalowed in the sayd Moore. , 
 
 And ouer & besyde these foure prycipall Bataylles, Vortimerus had iV the Saxons dy- 
 
 i) uers other conflictis, as in Kent, at Thetfoorde i Northfolke, & in Essex nere vnto Col- 
 
 chestre, and lefte nat tyll he had byrafte from theym f more part of suche possessions as 
 
 before tyme they hadde wonne : and kept theym oonly to the He of Thanet, the whiche 
 
 Vortimere often* greuyd by suche Nauy as he then had. 
 
 Whenne that Ronowen, Doughter of Hengiste, apperceyued the great myschief that her * 
 
 1 Fader and f Saxons were in, by the marcyall Knyghthode of Vortimer, she soughte 
 suche meanes that shortly after, as testyfyeth Gaufride and other, Vortymer was poysoned 
 when he had ruled the Brytons after most concorde of wryters. vii. yeres. 
 
 f Capitulum. Ixxxix. 
 
 VOrtigernus, Fader of Vortymerus last deed, wasagayne restbryd to the Kyngdome of [Cap. 3.] 
 ^ic-moche Brytaygne, in the yere of oure Lordes Incarnacion. CCCC. Ixxi. and the. xi. yere 
 of Childyricus thenne kynge of Fraunce, the whiche, al the tyme of the Reygne of his ■*•'•««*''• 
 sone V^ortymer, had restyd hym in the Countre of Cambria or Walys ; where in this passe 
 tyme, after sonje wryters, he buyldyd a strong Castell in a place called Generon or Gway- 
 neren, in the west syde of Walys, nere vnto f Ryuer of Gwana in an Hylle or vpon an 
 'rhyll called Cloarcius. But f olde CronycS^ before spoke ot^ sayth y this Vortiger was 
 kept somwhat vnder rule of certayn Tutours to hym assigned, in y^ towne of Caerlegion 
 or Chester, and demeaned hym so well towarde his Sone, in aydynge of hym with his 
 
 ' The Paragraphs from, " And whan the firste nyght was comyn" to " that should come of his body." 
 are omitted in the edit, of 1542. & 1559- * begotten. ^ Isle Tenet, edit. 1559. 
 
 * emitted in the editions of 1542. & 1559. ' was often, edit. 1542. ' 
 
 K Counsayll 
 
66 QUINTA PARS VORTIMERI. 
 
 * 
 
 Counsayll and othefwyse, that the Brytons forft cast to hyra suche a faudurt', that they 
 after the deth of Vortymer made hym agaynre^'kynge. 
 
 HEgistuf I It was nat Ipge after that Vortiger was thus sette in Auctoryte, but that Hengistus percyd 
 
 this lande with a great multitude of, Saxons, wheroT herynge, VortigeV in all haste as- 
 'sembledhis Brytons and made towarde theya^... And whenne Hengistus hadde experi- 
 ence of the'great hoost of Brytons, he thenne ordeyned meanes of treaty and of peas? 
 where lastly it was concluded that a certayne nombre of Brytons, and as many of Saxons^ 
 shuld vpon a Maye day assemble vpon the Playne of Ambrii, nowe called Salesbury ;. _ 
 whiche daye certaynly prefixed, Hengistus vsyng a newe maner of Treason, charged all his 
 -Saxons by hym appoynted, that eche of theym shuld put secretly a longe knyfe in theyr 
 hoose, and at suche season as he gaue to theym this watche or by worde, " nempnyth your 
 
 Brytons div^ Scxls," f Bu'eryche of theym shuld drawe his knyfe and slee a Brytori, nat sparynge an^ 
 
 ciyued. ^^^ except Vortiger the kyng. And at the day before appoynted, y- kyng with a certayne! 
 
 of Brytons nat ware of this purposed Treason, came in a peasyble wyse to the place be- 
 fore assygned, where he fande redy Hengistus with his Saxons, the whiche after due obey- 
 saunce made vnto the kyng, receyued hym with a coutenaunce of all loue ; where after a> 
 tyme of Comynycacion hadde, Hengiste beynge mynded lo execute his former purposed 
 treason, shewyd his watche worde, by reason wherof anon the Brytons were slayne as 
 shepe amonge woluys, hauynge no maner of wepyh to defende theym self, except that 
 
 \«ii;tas. (any of theym mygiit by his manhode and strengthe gette the knyfe of his Enemye. 
 Amonge the nombre of thyse Britonvwas an Erie called Edolf or Edolfe, Erie of Caer- 
 legion or Chestre, the whiche seyng his Felowes and Frendes thus rnurdred, as affermeth 
 myn Auetour Gaufride & other, he by his mandhode wane a stake in the hedge or ellys 
 where, w y: whiche he knyghtly sauyd his owne lyfe and slewe of the Saxons, xvti. andJ: 
 'fledde' the Cytie or Towne of Ambry, now nanaed Salesbury: after whiche treason thus^ 
 executed, the kyngremayned with Hengistus as prysober. ^* 
 
 Of the takyng of Vortiger & sleynge of the lordes of Brytayne, an Auctour calledi 
 Wilhelmus de Regibus sayth y Hengistus agreed a^ Vortiger iand bis Brytons that he 
 shulde enioye the Castell by liym before made, with a certayne of lande therunto adioyn- 
 ynge, for hym and his 'Saxons to dwelle vpon; and whanne the sayde agrenaet was suerlyr 
 stablysshed, this Hengist entehdyrige treason, desyred f kynge with a certayne nombre of" 
 bis lordes to come to hym to Dyner within his sayd Castell ; the whifhe of the kyn^ was' 
 grauntedi and at the daye assygned, the kynge with his Lordes came to the sayd Thongs- 
 
 Thong Castell, castell to dyner, where he with his was well and honourably receyued and also deyntely 
 
 besydeFeuer- gerUed, 
 
 sam as B afore- -ii-ti 
 
 sayi But whenne the kynge and his Lordes were m their most Myrth, this Hengist hadder 
 
 comaundyd before that his owne knyghtes shulde falle at variaunce amonge theym self,- 
 
 whiche so done y:,remenaurtt of his Saxons, as it were in partytige of Prayes, shulde falle 
 
 ^ vpon the Brytons and slewe theym all, oute take oonly the kynge, the whiche was donf 
 
 ; lyke as ye haue before harde deuysed, and the kynge was holden as prysoner. . * 
 
 ^ Gapitulum. Ixxxx. > 
 
 .3.] HEngistus thanne hauynge the kynge as prysoner, and a great parte of the Rulers oi 
 
 I^i^ytaygtie thus as before is sayd subdiied, was some deale exalted in pryde, & compellyd . 
 
 ip.i.ii.5.] the Kynge tagyue vnto hym, as wytnessyth Policronica*. iii. Prouynces iti the Eest part; 
 
 J* of Brytaygne, whiche. iii. prouynces shutdig be Kent, Southsaxon or Sussex; and of Est- 
 
 „ anglis whiche is to meane Norffolke and Suffdlke, as affermeth the Auctoure of the floure 
 
 '■^^M °^ Hystoryes ; but Guydo de Columpna sayth that the foresayd. iii. Prouynces was Kent,. 
 
 '»'" -^ Eestsaxon or Essex, & of Estanglis, whiche is Norffolke and SufFolke ; of the' whiche sayd 
 
 Prouynces when Hengist was possessyd, he sufFrede the kynge to goo at his lyberlie, and 
 
 •^ fledde to, ' 
 
 thenne 
 
QUINTA PARS VORTIGERNI. 67 
 
 the&ne Hengiste beganne his tfordshyp ouer the Prouynce of ^ent, and sent other of his j^^, 
 
 Saxons to bewe^e the other, ii. prouynces, that is to say of Eestanglis & Eestsaxons, tyll 
 
 he hadde sent for other of his Isynnesmen, liat he entendyd to gyue f sayd prouynces vhto. : ■ 
 
 HENGISTUS/ -H^ 
 
 % The Kyogdome of Kent here begynneth. 
 ^ Capituluin. lxxxx,i. 
 K A N C I E. 
 
 THus Hengistus, beynge in possession of this Prouynce of Kent, comaudyd his Sax- The firste 
 ons to calleit Hengistus lande, wherof as some Auctours meane, the hole lande of Bry- scons'!" °^ ^' 
 
 /f tayne toke his firste name of Englande : but that sayinge shall appere contrary, as shalbe 
 she^wyd hereafter in the Story of Egbert, ,kynge of Wedtsaxons, the whiche after he hadde 
 subdued the more partie of the Kyngdomes of Saxons, and made of all but one Monar- 
 chy, he thenne c5maundyd this Lande to be called A^gha, & his Saxons Anglis, whiche 
 ^fter by corrupcion of speche was called Englande, and the people Englisshemen. 
 r This Lordshyp or Kyngdome of Kent hadde his begynnynge vnder Hengiste, in the 
 yere of our Lorde, after moost concordauce of wryters, and by reason of the tyrae. CCCC, 
 
 ;, Ixxvi. and the. v. yere of Vortigernes laste reygne. 
 
 But Denys and other that accompt this Kyngdome to begynne in f yere of our Lorde. 
 ^a^^CCC. and ly, allbwe the begynnynge therof to be whan Hengistus had first gyft of y 
 
 ro saine, by reason y Vortiger maryed his doughter. 
 
 This lordshyp conteyned the Countre that stretchyth frome Eest Occean vnto the Ryuer F<ii. kakW. 
 of Thamys, and hadde vpon the Southest Southerey, and vpon f West London, vpon the 
 Northwest Thamys aforesayd, & Eestsaxon nowe Essex ; & this lordshyp conteyned also 
 the He of Thanet, which lordshyp or Kyngdome endured after moost wryters from the 
 
 a' tyme of the firste yere of f Reygne of this Hengiste, tyll the. xxv. yere of Egebert before 
 
 '^riiamed, by the terme of. CCC. xUi. yeres, folowynge that acccorapt, at whiche season the 
 sayd Egebert, thanne kynge of Westsaxons, subdued Baldredus than kynge of Kent, and 
 'ioyned it to his owne kyngdome. 
 
 Albeit that the Auctour of Policronica affermeth it to endure by the space of. CCC. 
 
 jslxviii. vnder. xv. kynges, wherof Baldredus was the laste, whiche foloweth nere vnto 
 the Accompt of Denys before named. The firste Christen kyng of this Lordshyp was 
 Ethelbertus or Ethelbert, the whiche receyued f fayth of Criste by that holy man seynt 
 
 ^ Austen or Augustyne, nere about the yere of our Lordes Incarnacion. CCCCC*. Ixxx. 
 
 i(jiand. xvi. The whiche Ethelbert caused soone after to be edyfied the Monastery of seint 
 
 i J Peter and Poule, in the Eest syde or ende of the Cytie of Dorobernia, nowe Caunter- 
 
 V bury. He gaue vnto this Austen and his Successours, Bysshoppes of Caunterbury, a place 
 for ^ Bysshoppes See at Cristes Churche, within the sayde Cytie, and endowed it with many 
 ryche possessions. 
 
 This Hengiste and all the other Saxons' whiche ruled the. vii. pryncipates of Brytayne, 
 
 .. as after shalbe shewed, are called of moste wryters Reguli, which" is to meane in cure 
 vulgar or speche', as small or lytell kynges, so that this Hengist is accompted a lytell 
 
 . kynge ; the whiche whan he had thus Rule of the foresayd. iii. Prouynces, he sent for 
 moo Saxons, and gaderid that* were sparkled abrode ; so that in thyse Prouynces the faythe 
 
 ""of Criste was all quenchyd and in slepe. 
 
 ' Hengistus, omitted. * Foure liundred, edit. 1533, 1542. Foure hundred and foure score, and .,. 
 
 «yxetene, edit 15S9. * vulgar speeche, edit. 1542, 1559. * Them that. ' 
 
 K 2 Thenne 
 
68 a^ QTJINTA PARS AMBROSII. 
 
 .^' , %^ / , , ■ 
 
 Thenne Flengist with Octa his sone gaderyd a great strength of Saxons, and fauglif 
 
 with the Brytons, and ouercame the Brytons, and chasyd theyra in suciis wyse that HeA- 
 
 gist kepte his Lordshyp in peas and warre by the space of, xxiiii. yeresj,^ as moste wryters 
 
 testyfye. '■#■ ^ 
 
 ^ Gapitulum. Ixxxxii. 
 
 {C«p.3'3 NOwelhan lette vs retourne agayn to Vortiger; the whiche whan he sawe the Saxons 
 
 in suche wyse encrease theyr strength, and the Brytons dayly discreace, for as wryteth 
 myne Auctour Gaufride, the Saxons hadde the Rule of London, Yorke, Lincolne,or 
 Lyndecolne, & Eaerguent that is Wynchester, w other good Townes ; wherfore as af- 
 Mfermeth f sayde Gaafride, the kynge for fere of the Saxons, and also for that that he 
 was some deale warned of the comynge of the. ii. Bretherne Aurely and Vter, sones of 
 Constantyne, he therfore consyderynge thysemany and great daungers, fledde intg Cam- 
 ^ bria or Walys, and there helde hym for the more suertie, where, as wytnessyth the sayd 
 
 .^ Gaufride, he then buylded the Castell before myndyd, of the whiche buyldynge & impe- 
 
 4 //dement therof, and also of the gettynge or byrthe of Merlyn, and of his Prophecies, he 
 maketh a longe werke; the whiche I passe ouer for dyuers consyderacyons and retourne 
 agayne to Vortiger. 
 ntrant ratre* Trowth it Is that whyle Vortigernus was thus besyed' in Walys, the forenamed Bre- 
 *[Cap.i.ii.j.] ^ijgi-ne Aurely and Vter preparyd theyr Nauy and men of Armes*, & passed the See, & 
 ■u- landed at Totnesse as say th the Englysshe Cronycle ; wherof whan y' Brytons were ware, that 
 were disparkled and seueryd in many coutres^ they drewe to theym in al hasty wyse. The^ 
 ! *' whiche sayde Bretherne, whan they sawe that they hadde a competent nombre of knyghtes^l 
 
 they made towarde Walys for to distresse Vortiger. ' % 
 
 Wherof he beynge warned, for so moche as he well knewe that he myght nat make suf^ 
 n fycyent defence by strength of Knyghtes, he therfore garnysshed his Castell with strengtli^ 
 of men and vytyal,,entendynge to sauegarde hym self by y meane: but all in vayne.*Fbrf 
 the sayde. ii. Bretherne with theyr Army, besegyd the sayde Castell, and fynally, after/, 
 many assautes, with wylde fyre consumed the sayd Casjteli with Vortiger, and all that '" 
 •was* therin. 
 ^jgj^ 3a Of hym it is redde that he shulde lye by his owne Doughter, in truste that kynges '^ 
 '^WMkr shuld come of his blode, [for the which dede he was accursyd of seynt Germayne]'. And 
 laiStely endyd his lyf as before is expressed, whan he had reygned now last. ix. yeres. 
 
 **» "IF Capitulum. Ixxxxiii. . , 
 
 AVrelius Ambrosius, f seconde sone of Constantyne, and brother to Constacius, slayne 
 
 •srby the treason of Vortiger, was iyng made of the Brytons, in the yere of our lorde. 
 
 CCCC.lxxx. and one, and the. xxi. yere of Childericus than kynge of Frauce." Of this ' 
 
 it is sayd that whan he harde of the deuysion that was in the Lande of Brytayhe, attwene 
 
 Vortiger & the Saxons, & in what maner the Saxons had subdued the Brytons, he in all 
 
 goodly haste, with ayde of the kyng of lytell Brytayne, spedde hym into this lande, where 
 
 tc P O ^"-^^^^^ ^^^ abouesayd victory had of Vortiger, he sped hym towarde Yorke, as afFermeth 
 
 V »P-3-j Gaufride, and there chasyd the Saxons that held the Cytie with Octa or Osca, sone of 
 
 ^^_. ,^ Hengiste, and toke the sayd Octa, and kept hym as a prysoner somwhat of tyme. 
 
 " "^^l^ "^j- ^^^ howe so it was by treason of his keper, or otherwyse, he brake pryson ; and he 
 
 ■*'* Vwith his Fader gaderyd after a great boost, & mette Aurelius-and his Brytons at a place 
 
 ^.i-called Crekynforde, where was foughten a stronge & myghty batayll, to the losse of both 
 
 parties : but the more losse fyll to f Saxons : for of theym was slayne, iiii. Duks, & iiii.' 
 
 M. of other men, & f other dele chasyd to theyr great daunger; yet this nat withstand- 
 
 yng, 'Hengiste contynued his Lordshyp in Kent, and Aureiius Ambros'e, whiche the En- 
 
 * % ! beseged, edit. 1542. "■ all his msn, edit. 1559- » omiCted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 * .;v' glyssbe 
 
QUINTA PARS AURELII. '^ 69 
 
 glysshe Crbniclenameth Aurilambrose, kept^ Coutre called Logiers, or myddell Englande, 
 with Walys, and chasyd f Saxons that dwelled in y. ii. foresayd Prouynces of Eestsaxon 
 & EeslAnglis out of/those Countres. 
 
 ^ The aeconde Kyngdome. 
 
 ^ Capitulum, Ixxxxiiii. 
 
 SOUTH SAXON. aa-«w;. 
 
 IN this passetyme, a Saxon named Ella, with his. iii. sones called Symen or Symon The seconde 
 Plettynger, and Cissa, came with. iii. Shyppes called Obilas, and landed in the South par- [p^ifca^I 
 tyeof Brytayne, & slewe many Brytons at a place y then was namecj Cuneueshore, & ^^s-] 
 
 ?<5chasyd^a;aany vnto a wood than called Andresleger, and after occupyed that Coiitre, & 
 enhabyted hym and his fSaxons within the sayd prouynce, makynge hyselfe kynge and ^ 
 
 lorde therof. By reason wherof by his myght and power, f sayd prouynce or Countre 
 was after named the fCyngdome or lordshyp of Southsaxons ; f which after most Con- 
 corde of wryters shuld haue his begynnyng the. xxxii. yere after the firste comyng of 
 
 /riiengist, whiche, folowynge that accompte, shuld be in the yere of our Lorde. iiii.C.lxxxii. 
 And in the seconde yere of Aurely than kynge of Brytayne. 
 
 This kyngdome or Lordshyp had in the Eest syde Kent, in the South y See and the He 
 of Wyght, in y West Hampshyre, and in the North Southrey, & coteyned, as wytnessyth 
 
 ..Gpydo, Southhamptou, Somersetshyre, Deuynshyre, & Cornewayl. Of which said 
 
 itf kyngdome, Ethelbaldus or Ethelwaldus was the fourth kyng, & the f}rst cristen kyng. 
 Thys kyngdome endured shorteste season of all the other kyngdoes, & passed sonest 
 into the other, for it edured not aboue an. C. & xii. yeres, vnder. v. or. vii. kynges at most«. 
 
 % Capitulum. Ixxxxv. 
 THenne to retourne where we lafte of,' Aurely, whiche, as before ye haue harde, helde 
 
 ?fand occiipyed the myddell part of Brytayne, with Cambria or Walis, dyd his dilygence to 
 repayre'tuynous places, as well Temples and* other; and caused the seruyce of God to 
 be sayd & doon, which by mean of f Saxons was greatly decayde thorough all Brytayne. 
 And after this Aurelius besegyd the Saxons in the Hylle of Badon or Badowe, where he 
 slewe many of them. But dayly the Saxons encreasyd and landed in moche Brytayne, 
 ■, as after shall appere. For shortly after, a Saxon named Porth landed with his. ii. sones at 
 an Hauen in Southsex, after whome, as some Auetours meane, that Hauen was after 
 called Portismouth, whiche kepyth the name at this day : and in lykewyse they came to 
 lande in dyuers places of Brytayn, so that Aurelius had with them many conflictis & bat- 
 tayellis, in the whyche he sped dyuersly, for he was sometyme victour and some seaso 
 
 jrouerset. It is wry ton of hym in the Englesshe Cronycle & other, f he by the help of stone hye»t«. 
 Merlyn shuld fetche the greate Stones nowe stodig vpon the playne of Salysbury, and lCap.5.] 
 called the stone Hyenge, oute of Irelond, & cause them to be sette there as they now 
 stonde, in remembraiice of the Brytos ^ there were slayne & buryed in the tyme of the 
 cdmunycacion had with Engist and his Saxos, as before in the story of Vortiger is touchyd. 
 
 ^iBut Policronica alledgyth y honour vnto Vter Pendragon his brother. In the tyme of 
 this Aurelius as wytnessyth also the sayd Policronica, dyed Hengist in his bedde when 
 he had reygned ouer f Kentyshe Saxons xxHii. yeves : after whose dethe Octa or Osca 
 his sone ruled f sayd Kyngdome other, xxiiii. yeres. Albeit y the Brytyssh Bokes, & also 
 the Cronycles of Englande, sheweth f after that Aurelius had in Batayll slayn Hengist, he '• 
 toke vnto his grace Octa his sone, & gaue vnto hym a dwelling place in f Coiitre of Ga- 
 le wey for hy & his Saxons than lafte on lyue: which semeth nat to be treue, for matier 
 
^ ^ ^ QUINtX PARS CLODOUET. 
 
 that shall after ensue, & also for that, that before is touchyd of the Pictes 8? Scottes, in 
 the tyme of the Misery of y Brytons. Tlienne it foloweth this Octa;|iothepavigmentid 
 nor mynysshed his lordshyp, but helde hym therwith contented, as Hys fader had to hym 
 kfte it- '-,. -t^-: **»>:,•;.■.•.-';■•:%.' 
 
 : Lastly, and in the ende of the Reygne of Aurely, Pascencius the yongest solie-ef Vor- 
 lCap.6.1 tiger, whiche after the deth of his fader was fledde into Irlande for feare of Aurely, pur- 
 
 chasyd ayde of Guillamoure kynge of Irelande, and with a great Army inuadyd this 
 landeof Britayne by the Countre of Walys, in takyng the Cytie of Menenia, and in 
 wastynge the sayd Countre with iron and fyre, in the which season and tyme, Aurelius 
 ky syke in his Cytie of Kaerguent or Wynchester. For whiche , cause he desyred his 
 Brother Vter to gather an boost of Brytons, and to appease f malyce of Pascencius and 
 his adherentes. The whiche accordyngly preparyd his boost, and at length ouercame the 
 boost of Pascencius, and slewe hym & the forenamed Guillamour in the same fyght. 
 IP In this w;byle and season that Vter was thus gone agayne Pascencius, aa&on or 
 
 Wether strauger, feynyng hym a Bryton and a cimynge man in Physyke, by the intycement 
 of Pascencius came vnto Aurely, w%re he laye syke, & by Ills subtyle and false meani^ij 
 purchasyd such fauour with those that were nyghe vnto the Prynce, that he was put in 
 truste to mynystre Medycines vnto the kynge. This is named of wryters Coppa, or of 
 «ome Eoppa, the whiche whan he hadde espyed his tyme conuenyent to bryng aboute his 
 . fals^purpose, he gaue to Aurelius a porcion enpoysoned, by violence wherof he shortly 
 aftear was dede., when he had reygned after most wryters vppn, xix. yeres. 
 
 t The thirde or fyfte. 
 
 5F Capitulum. Ixxxxvi. 
 f Cap. 4.11.5.1 IN the tyme of the Reygne of this Aurelius, as wytnessyth the Auctour' Policronica*, & 
 "Thiskfgdom is other, the kyngdome of Eastaglis began vnder a Saxon named VfFa, aboute the jer^of 
 thyi^tt/som^" ouf Lorde. CCCC.lxxx. and. xii. and the. xi. yere of Aurelius. The which kyiigdomei 
 ibnt offiuydo* conteyned Norffolke & SufFolke nowe called. This had in the East & North sydes'the see, ' 
 tot-t^e. V. jjj jj^g Northwest Cambridgesbyre, and in the West seynt Edmonds dytche and Hertforde- ,,, 
 shyre, and in the South Essex. This Lordshyp was called firste Vffynys lordshyp, antf^ ' 
 Si Jsynges therof were named Vffynys, or after some Auctours the people. But fynally they 
 were named East Anglis. 
 
 The firste cris ten kynge of this pryncipat was Redwaldus the thirde kyng ; but he was nat 
 «o stedfast as belongyd to his Relygyon. His sone named Corpwaldus was more stedfast, 
 which after was siayn of a niysbyleuyng man, & for Cristes fayth as' some wryte. But 
 «£jt Edmoundg.' Guydo sayth that Sebertus was firste Cristen kynge of this lordshyp, and that he made 
 seynt Paulys Churche of Lodon. This vnder. xii. kynges endured tyl the martyrdorae of 
 blessyd seynt Edmoude laste kynge therof, the whiche was mar-tyred nere aboute the yere 
 of our Lorde. DCCClxix. By the whiche reason it shuld folowe that this Kyngdome 
 shuld endure by the terme of CCC.lxxvii. yeres, and of this lordshyp. At that* dayeswas 
 cElman or Th^^orde f chief Towne. But after Guydo, this lordshyp shuld begynne tiie 
 yere of Grace: v.C.lxx. and than shuld it endure, but. CC.iiii. score and. xix. yeres. 
 
 ,m.-»x>tvSu ^ Capitulum. l?cxxxvii. 
 
 tancia. CLodoueus the son of Childerieus or Hildericus before named was after f deth of his^ 
 
 * Fader ordeyned kynge of Fraunce, in the yere of our Lord. CGCC. Ixxx. and iiii. and 
 
 the tbirde yere of Aurelius thenne kyng of Brytayne. This of some wryters is named 
 
 Clodoueus I-owys. The whiche shortly after that he of this Realme was auctorysyd for 
 
 ^ Auetour of, * those, edit. 1559. 
 
 ' kynge, * 
 
QUINTA PARS CLODOUEI. 71 
 
 kynge/liei^ge reporte of the beaute and great vertue of Cfotildis neiiewe to Cundebald 
 kyijge or raler of Burgoyne, sente vnto hym a knight named Aurelius to treate a mary- 
 age atwerie the kyage and Cfotild or Crotild. The whiche Cundebald more for fere than 
 for loue assented. , 
 
 : The cause wherof, as myn Aucto' saytb, was, for that this Crotild was enheryto' vnto primus chrfc. 
 the Sayd lande of Burgoyne ; and that she by reason of that Mariage shuld recouer her "anuJRex 
 ryght, and put hym from the Rule therof. Thia Crotild had before y day receyued the 
 fayth of Criste, and so cotynuynge her Religion was maryed to Clod(jiieus than a Pay- 
 nym ; and so enduryd a certayne of tyme. But yet she lafte nat to ehduce and tourne 
 her Lord to the faith in all that she myght. 
 
 And after a certayne. of tyme she was delyuered of a sone, the whiche, by meanes of y^ 
 holy man' Remigius,. Bysshop of Raynes, and of the Quene Crotild, was cristened and 
 named C5jtodomerus, y whiche dyed within shorte processe after. For that happe the kyng 
 said that his Goddes were discontented with hym that he hadde suffred his Childe to be 
 
 r cristened; and forwreth* therof hadde taken from hym his child. The Quene takynge 
 the kyng^s sayinge in pacyence, conceyued the seconde sone, wWche also by the kynges 
 agrement was also baptised. 
 
 This also after a certayne of tyme was vexed with a greuous sikenesse, in suche wyse 
 that it was lykely to haue dyed. Wherfore the kynge was thanne more impacient, and 
 
 ' '; blamed f Relygion of his wyfe in moost impacyent maner, the whiche sayinges the Quene 
 toke pacyently, and put all her confydence in God, to whome both she and seynt' Remigeus 
 prayed so affectuously that the Childe was restoryd vnto perfyte helth. 
 
 Thus Clodoueus perseuerynge in his eronyous lawe, made warre vpon f Almaynes ; 
 inVhiche warre he beynge one daye occupyed in fyght agayne his enemyes, he with his 
 
 7r people was put to the werse, wherof whanne Clodoueus was ware, hauynge great drede of 
 hym selfe, called to mynde the often exortacion of his wyfe, and of y' great vertue of her 
 Goddes lawe; and sodaynly lyfte hisiyen towarde Heuyn and sayd: " God, the whiche 
 Clotild my wyfe doth honoure, nowe helpe me. And if this day I may passe this Daunger 
 and opteyne victorye, I shall euer after woi.shyp f with ti'ue fayth ;" the whiche prayer 
 
 36 scantly fynysshed, the Frenschmen by dyuyn power were so vnyed and knyt togyder, and 
 so knyghtly withstode theyr Enemyes, that in shorte whyle after they opteyned victory. 
 Whiche victory had, the kynge with great tryumphe retourned into Fraunce ; wherof 
 whanne Crotilde was warned, she anone receyued hym with all ioye and gladness6; 
 thankyng her Lorde God of his great victory, but more for that, that he had forsaken 
 
 ;^rhis Idolatry, and was becomyn seruaunt of the oonly God fourraer of all the worlde. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxxviii. 
 
 IT was nat longe after f blessyd* Remigius was sente for : the which enfourmed f 
 kynge sufFycyently in the faytte of Criste, and vpon an Eester daye folowynge, with great 
 Solempnyte, baptysed the kynge. [In tyme of whiche Solempnyzacyon doynge, the holy 
 
 U; Crisme or oyle, by neclygence of the Mynistres, or otherwise lackynge, a Doue discend- 
 ynge from Heuen brught in her becke or byll a vyoll fyHed with oyle of moost swetest 
 sauour, and delyuered to seynt Remygius; the whiche was construed to be done by vertue 
 of the holy Ghoost, and with this holy oylejwhan the kynge was enoynted, y^ surplusage 
 therof was kept with moost reuerence. I haue herde reported that this oyle is kepte at 
 
 :<xthe Cytie of Reynes or at Paris, and that itneuer fayleth orwastyth, and that all ryghtfull 
 enherytours of the Crowne of Fraunce be therwith at theyr Coronacion enoynted ; but & 
 it happen any myghty man to vsurpe the Crowne by myght, when the Bysshop cometh 
 for this holy oyle,^ he fyndeth f. vyoll or glasse drye, and ellis nat. To this report euery 
 
 ■'*" the holy man" is omiiled in the edit, of 1542, 1559- ' for wrathe. ^ " Seynt" omitted in ' 
 
 «dit» 1542, 1559. * " the blessyd," omitted in edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 i. 2 man 
 
7 a 
 
 2 QUINTA PARS CmmVEL f 
 
 Hian'tnay gyue credence as hyb lyketh. For I fande nat th^ wry ten in the Gospell, nor 
 'if ydt in no booke oft holy Scripture]'. /• 
 
 Thenne it foloweth after this Solempnytie done, the kynge had certayne^ordes to 
 the people in exortyng theym to lewe theyr Iddfatry, and to beleue'- in Criste and Ms 
 
 ^fayth, by whose myght & power oonly he hadde venquysshed his Enemyes, by the whlMe 
 exortacon and other nieanes of the holy Bysshop*Remigius moche people were s'bone 
 after conuertyd and baptised. , . 
 
 Thenne the kynge buyldyd certayne newe Monasteryes, and dedycat the olde Temples 
 of IdoUys in honoure of Cristes seynts, amonge the whiche one was nere vnto the Cytie 
 
 'c of Paris, in the honoure of the Apostles Peter & Poule. It is wytnessyd of Maister Ro- 
 bert Gagwyne, y before thyse dayes, all Prenche- kynges vsed to bare in their Armes. iii. 
 Tja^ys, but after this Clodoueus had Receyued Cristes Relygyon. iii. Floure Delys were 
 sent to hyni by dyuyne power,' sette in a shylde of Azure, the whiche syns that tymeMthe 
 ben borne of ail Frenche kynges. " 
 
 /r [The sayde Auctour myndeth also y in a Monastery of FraiiCe, called f Monastery of 
 seynl Bartylmewej was somtyme kept a clothe of Redde sylke, whiche was najned the Au- 
 risflambe, & home for a Baner in the felde agayne the Barbaris or hetheji people, by ver- 
 tue wherof the frenche Prynces wanne many victoryes ; butafter^ whan this precyous Re- 
 lyke or Aurisflambe was borne agayne Cristen Princes, the vertue therof seasyd, and lastly: 
 
 M was lost, but yet the lyke therof is kept at seynt Denys, and had in great reuerence of 
 the Bysshoppes and Abbottes of the same place.]* 
 
 Then it foloweth in the storye whan Clodoueus had set his Realme in due ordre, Clo- 
 tylde callynge to mynde the treason done to her Fader, and also the wrongfull withhold- 
 ynge of her ryghtfull enherytaunce by her vncle Gundebalde', !^xorted her Lorde Clodo- 
 
 -MTieus to sende an Embassade, and to requyre restytucion of her sayd right, the which| 
 was soone after done. And whan y kynge hadde receyued an answere that the sayd 
 Gundebalde wolde nat restore the sayd ryght of his wyfe, he in all goodly wyse preparMi 
 an Armye, & made warre vpon the sayde Gundebalde, and after great waste andDistruc- 
 cion of the coiitre, Clodoueus fynally besegyd hym in a Cytie, and after toke y sayd Cytie 
 ftLxxxix. 3o by strength, and y sayd Gundebalde within the same as prysoner. But by mediacibn of 
 Frendes, and great gyftes, with also a yerely trybutc to be payde to Clodoueus, the sayd 
 Gundebalde was releaced and sette at lybertie, 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Ixxxxix. 'I 
 
 THis voyage thus spedde & orderyd, the kynge lafte behynde hyra an army of. v. Mr 
 
 srknyghtes, vnder the gydynge of Gundefelf, Brother of the foresayd Gundebalde, and 
 after retourned into Fraunce : But soone after the kynges departyng, Gundefilf, contrary 
 to f promesse before made, gaderyd a power of Knyghtes and made warre vpott his sayd 
 brother, and lastly beseged hym in y cytie of Vienne, wher vpon eyther parte was by 
 skyrmysshes and assautes great people slajme : Alheit it in the ende Gundebalde wanne the 
 
 '^0 Cytie, & his brother therin beynge, he afterward behedyd. Aboute this tyme great dissenr 
 cion grewe atwene Clodoueus, & the kyng of Gothis, called Alericus, whiche variaunce 
 by agrement of both parties, was put to the lugemet of Theodoricus, than kynge of Lon- 
 gobardes or of Italyens, the whiche after_ the sayd causes warre well and sufficiently 
 argued and debatid before hym and his Coiisayll, he fynally gaue sentence, that a knygbt 
 
 ifr of Clodoueus shuld stade vpon an Hylle, holdyng a spere vpright in his hande, & that 
 the kyng of Goothis shuld throwe or lay so moche syluer as shulde in processe Couer the 
 
 ; poynt of the sayd spere, whiche sentence, as testyfieth maister Robert Gagwyne, the Goothis 
 
 'iomitted in edit. ] 54.2, 1559. " " the holy bishop" omitted in edit. 1542, 1550. ^ " bv dvuvne 
 
 power isem.«crfmtheedit. 1542, 1559. * miWerf \n the edit.1542, and 1559. ' Candeb||e. 
 
 ^ despised 
 
QUINTA PARS CLODOUEL 
 
 despiapftl, sayinge th^t they had nat sufficient^ syluer within ttieyr lande to perfourmeltiie 
 sayd sentence ; and for despyte ofthe same, certayne Goothis espiy flgea Prynceof Frauoce 
 named Patcrn^^e5|ig associat w dyjafirs Preiishtuen in a lofte or Chambre, the whiclie 
 Paterne had bejj^lfcitour for ^ Frenlhe Jiyng in the foresayd malier, y sayd Goothis, by 
 
 rcrafty & false melhes, xiaused y florlhe ofthe sayd Chambre to falle, by whiche raeane y 
 
 sayd Paterne was greuously hurte, and many of the other in lykewyse, and some slayne. 
 
 \\'herof whan Clodoueus had wrytynge, he beynge tberwith greatiy amouyd, and also 
 
 !(.. because the Goothis disobeyde the foresayd avvarde, he gaderyd shortly after a great 
 
 ^ hooste, and [after certayne offerynges done to seynt Martyni with also'] passynge the 
 
 lollyuer of [Vian, by myracle and ledynge of an harte^] he lastly came to the syghte of his 
 
 Xuienayes. Thenne Clodoueug lodged his hoost nere ynto the monastery of seynt Hillary, 
 
 %here in y nyght before the batayll he receyued tokens of victory, the which 1 passe ouer. 
 
 And vpon the morne he s^tle his people in aray, and made towarde his enemyes, and 
 
 mette with theym in a felde called Noglodiene nere vnto the ryuer of Cleue or Clyife, 
 
 rwhere after sore & longe fyght, he slewe the abouesayd Alaricus kynge of Goothis, as 
 sayth myne Auctour, with his owne hande. 
 
 But here shulde seme some discorde of tyme with other wryters ; for Cronica Croni- 
 carum, lacobus Philippus, and other, testyfie that this Alaricus was dede many yeres be- 
 fore : for he shulde be kynge of Goothis, by theyr sayinge, in the tj-me that Honorins, 
 
 M,Brother vnto Archadius, was Emperour, whiche was aboute j yere of our Lorde. CCCC. 
 
 and. ix. that he beganne his empyre. Wberfore maister Robert Gagwyne, meaneth some 
 
 other kynge of Goothis than Alaricus : for the sayd Auctours also affermyn y this Ala- 
 
 f icus dyed of sodayne sykenesse, at a Cytie named Cesancia, whanne he had reygned 
 
 rafter moost wryters. vi. yere. 
 
 •sr Thenne it foloweth in the Story, whan Clodoueus had thus opteyned victory of the 
 Goothis, and set the Coiitre of Guyan in ordre, he sped hym agayne into Fraunce. 
 
 ' And when he was comen into the Countree of Turonne, he was encountred with Em- 
 bassadoures fOf the Emperoure Anastasius, and presented from the sayd Emperoure, 
 with gyftes of great pryce and honoure; and also admytted for a Consul! of Rome,. 
 
 30 whiche at that dayes was a digny tie of moost honoure : whiche done, he remytled the sayde 
 Ambassade with great gyftes. This sayinge is affermed of the other wryters, the whiche 
 |hewe this honour to hy to be done, for asmoche as. he had ouercomyn y' Goothis, en- 
 myes of Crisis faith, but they name not y kyngs name that then reygned ouer tlifi 
 
 XJlSoothis. 
 
 if [This besynesse ouer passed, Clodoueus contynued his iourney tyll he came to the 
 ^Monastery or Churche of saynt Martyn, where, with great deuotion, accordynge to his 
 former promesse, he offered his stede that he occupyed y Iourney agayne the Goothis. 
 And after fory he entended to occupye the said Hors, if he hadde lyke nede, he redemed 
 hym with a competent siime of golde ; but yet the hors myght nat be remoued; thenne 
 
 iw the kynge addyd to an Hondreth pesys of golde, whiche at those dayes were named Gol- 
 dyn Shyllynges, and so receyued his Stede ; wherfore t kynge sayd after in game, that 
 Seynt Martyo was a good helper at nede, but he was Costelewe'.] 
 
 Thus.this noble and firste Cristen Prynce, cotynued his lyfe in noble & marciall dedys, 
 In aug^^^ge his Kyngdome by knyghtly bataylles, and other worldly prouycyons, 
 
 vrand l^^te^dyed of Goddes visitacion, with al stedfastnes of faith, whan he hadde 
 reygned. xxx. yeres, leuynge after hym. iiii. sonnes of Clotild his wyfe^ that is to saye, 
 Clodomyrius, Childebertus, Theodoricus, and Clotharius, or after some Latarius, and 
 was buryed in the Monastery that he before nere vnto Paris hadde buylded, with suche 
 £pitaphy or Superscripcion vpon his tumbe, as after shalbe shewed, 
 
 • qmiltfd in the edit, of 154?, 1559. ' omitted in the edit. 1542.,155$, J omitted in tk edit, of 
 
 |i*2, and 1559. „ 
 
 I, Bat, 
 
74 QUINTA PARS CROfjEGARUMgg 4 
 
 But, or I precede to the declarynge of the foresayd Epitapby, for somoche as I haue 
 ^ harde dy^iers holde an bppynyon, that the fayth of Crisjg^ was receyued in Fraunce, or 
 i it were receyued in this Lande of Brytaygne, ther^re I shall note, here the tyme that 
 this. Clodoueus firste toke'Baptyme, t^hlbhe was, asTlanulphe Monke, and other, tesfyfie 
 _rin the. xv.yere of his Reygne, or nere aboute, whiche was the yef e o| our Lorde. UL-UC 
 Ixxx. and. xix.'; wherby it apperyth, considerynge the tyme of Lucius, firste Cristen. 
 Prynce that euer was of Brytaygne, as before is shewed, that Cristes faythe was by a longejj 
 tyme honoured in Brytayne, or it were honoured in Fraunce; except that such as hold© 
 / the foresayd oppynyon, accompte the firste comynge of Cristes fayth into Brytaygne,'^ 
 foatthe firste eonuersion of the Saxons, whenneit was prechyd [by the holy Monke*] seynt. * 
 Augustyne, & his felawes, whiche is nat to the purpose. Than to f foresayd Epitaphj^ 
 or Superscripqion as foloweth. Wt 
 
 r»i,Kt^ . Diues opum, virtute potens, clarus que trihumpho, 
 
 Condidit banc sedem, Rex Clodoueus, idem 
 /rPatricius magno eubliuis^ fulsit honore, 
 Plenus amore^iei, contempsit credere nullo, 
 Lumina qui variis horrent portenta figuris, 
 Mox purgatus aquis, & christi fonte renatus 
 Fragrantem gessit, infuso* crismate crinem. 
 2*Exemplumq; dedit, sequitur quod plurima tUrba 
 Genlilis populi, spretoq; errore suorum 
 Dogtorem cultura deum, verumq; parentem, 
 Hiis felix meritis, superauit gesta priorum 
 Semper concilio, castris bellisq; tremendus 
 T^rHortatu dux ipse bonus, ac pectore fortis 
 Constructas Acies formauit in Agmine primus. 
 % The whiche verses maye be thus expowned in our moder tungeas hereafter foloweth^^ 
 Ryche of Goodes, stronge in vertue, in triumphe clere' shynyng^^ , J^ 
 
 Kynge Clodoueus, this temple bylt of stone. Irl ,^ 
 
 3o Fader of comon prophete*, cladde with honoured excellynge, 
 Replenysshed with godcles loue, despysed* his olde foon, 
 And his Pagan law, with the straunge fygures echoon, 
 Purgyd with holy water, by Cristes font. borne newe, 
 And holy Crisme enoynted, floured with vertue dewe. 
 SrExample gyuynge, hym foloweth many a man, 
 Fbrsakynge theyr erroure, and theyr false. goddes all, 
 And by his techynge, honoure but one god than. 
 Thus by his merytes, he excelled his parentall. 
 And thorougbe his counsayll, made cytie and caslell thrall. 
 "(iflHe was a noble Duke, and therwith, or great myghtj 
 And in Fronte of Batayll, was euer the firste knyght. 
 
 Capitulura. C. 
 VTer the laste or yongest sone of Constantyne, and brother of Aurelius, was made 
 kynge of Brytayne in the yere of our Lorde. CCCCC. euen, and ^ xvi. yere of Clo- 
 rdoueus than kynge. of Fraunce. This, as before is touched, was surnamed PedragOn. 
 The cause therof was, as wy tnessyth ^ Englyssh Cronycle, for so moche as Merlyn lykened 
 hy vnto a Dragon vnder a sterre apperyng i the Firmament, wherof there is made a long? 
 ' CCCClxxx. and Jx. edit. 1542, 1559. * omitttdintdit. 1S42, 1559. ^ sublimis-' ♦ iiifuIsoS' 
 
 'clereo»«edme«(jM542.l559. * profete. ^ hislioBOur,erf!MJ33. 1542. « desnised of ' 
 
 (, processe,' 
 
' ''^' 
 
 .^ QUINTA PARS CLOTARII. 75 
 
 processe, and' by Gaufride in his Brytysshe boke algo affermed, the whiche to me stemeth (c»p.6.u.j.i 
 of lytell credence ; biit trougthe it is, that after Vter was, as before is sayd, made kynge, 
 he was enamowryd vpon f Duks wyfeof Cornewayll, named Igwarne or Igorne, and for ft 
 
 to opteyne his vnlefulHuste, sought many and dyuers meanes, so that lastly he made warre [Li.6.cv. «.]' 
 
 rvpon her husbande, named Gardlus or Gorleis, and at length slewe the say#Duke at his .s 
 Castell, called Tynt'agell, standynge in Cornewayll, and after maried his wyfe,' and re- ^ 
 
 I ceyued of her the noble knyght Arthur, and a dougbter named Amy, as sayth the Eng- 
 
 -i'lysshe Cronycle. 
 
 !p More is nat lafte, of any wryter of auctoryte, in remembraonce of this Vter. Albeit 
 
 fo that some testyfye f he, by the helpe of Merlyn, shuld fetche Coria* Gigantum, otherwyse, 
 called the Stone Henge, out of Irelande, as before I haueshewyd in the story of Aurelius ; 
 & of Gaufride is shewyd, that Vter also shuld wynne the foresayd Lady by the en- 
 
 ' cbauntement of Merlyn, whiche is nat comely to any Cristen Relygyon to gyue to any 
 suche fantastycall illusions any mynde or credence. Wherefore I passe ouer, leuynge ^'tt:?'- 
 
 /rail the other matyer, whiche also is there rehercid, of the warre attwene Vter and Osca, ■ :>§5ilr 
 sone of Hengiste ; for so moche as it is disacordauntvnto other wryters: and fynally con- 
 clude that this Vter Pendragon dyed by force of venym, wbenne he hadde ruled this He 
 of Brytaygne by the full terme of, xvi, yeres, and after was buryed by his brother Aureli 
 in Coria Gigatum, or Stone Henge, leuynge after by the fore named Sone, the puyssaunt Cona Oigatu» 
 
 10 Arthur. 
 
 ■"^. 
 
 % Capitulum. Ci. 
 
 FRANCIA. 
 
 LOtharius or Clotharius, the yongest Sone of Clodoueus, was made kynge of a part Vnncit. 
 of Fraunce called Soisons, in the yere of our Lorde. v.C. and. xiiii., and the xiiii. yere 
 
 T^'of Vter, than kynge of moch« Brytayne. Ye shall vnderstande, that after f deth of 
 Clpdoueus, laste kynge of Fraunce, the lande by hym was deuyded to his. iiii. sones ; 
 that is to sty, to the eldest sone Clodomyrus was appoynted f Lordsbyp of Orlyaunce, 
 to Theodoricus, the seconde sone, Austracy, to Childebertus, the thirde sone, myddell 
 Fraunce, or the Countre lyinge aboute Paris, and to this tx)thayr the abouesayd Lord- 
 
 3oshyp of iSoisons, of whiche sayd Lordshyppes eyther of theym possessyd, they were of 
 
 ^theyr Subgettes called kynges, and so contynued in god reste a certayne of tyme: in the 
 
 ■ whiche season Clotild theyr Moder, berynge in mynde the vnnaturall deth of her parentes, 
 
 wylled her sonnesto venge theyr deth, whiche deth, as testyfieth Vyncent Hystoryall, '^nd 
 
 also Antoninus, was I this fourme folowing; Gundenchus the Graundfather of Clot^jdus 
 
 srhad. iiii. s5nes, that is to say, Gundebaldus, Gondigisiilus, Hilpericus, and Godomarus; 
 to thyse. iiii. sones, Gudenchus beset the Lande of Burgoyne, Gondigisiilus and Godo- 
 marus dyed, wherfore the Lande of Burgoyne fylle to Gundebaldus & Hilpericus j then 
 Gundebaldus for Couetyse of the hole Lordshyp, slewe his brother Hilpericus, and fastened 
 a great stone to the necke of his wyfe, and cast her into a depe water ; and of his. ii. 
 
 «f.doughters, whereof the eldest hyght Trona, he exiled in poore wede or clothynge, and 
 the yonger he kept in seruage within his owne Court, the whiche after, as before is 
 shewyd, was maryed agayne hys wyll vnto Clodoueus Fader to this Lotharius. /•<./. «//. 
 
 Thenne it foloweth whanne this Lotharius of Clotild' made sharpe warre vpon Sigis- 
 monde, sone of Gundebaldus, whiche than was deed; in the whiche warre, the eldest 
 
 iir sone, Clodomyrus, was slayne, leuyng after hym. iii. sonnes named Theodaldus*, Gun- 
 therus, or Guntharre, and Clodoaldus ; whiche, iii. sones Clotilde* toke to her tuyssion, 
 & guydynge. But the other brother maynteyned the warre agayne the Burgoynyons in 
 suche wyse that fynally they opteyned the right porcion of their Moder Clotilde. 
 
 *' a». edit- 1542. 1555. * [Chorea.J * sonne of Clotild. ♦ Theobaldui. '" ClotWde" omitted. 
 
 L 2 Afte 
 
76- ^ ' '" QUINTA PARS O^DlAIiri. ^^ 
 
 After this vrarre was fynysshed in Bu.rgoyne, Childebertus, the^ thirde Sonc, herynge tiigt 
 Almarcus, kynge of Spayne, mysse. entreated his Suster, made warre vpon hyrri, & Jastfy; 
 hym subdued, and sette his Suster*in her former es|p.tc. ^ :,=lj, 
 
 But whyle the sayde Chiidebert was thus in Spayne occupyed, Tiieo^orus his brfiffier 
 rtoke from hym a cylie to hym belongyng called Mountclere; and slCvWe y knyghts wh'iehe 
 Ghiidebfertus had kfte there to kepe y sayd cytig. For this myscheuous dede arose great, 
 debate . atwene thyse.. ii. bretherne, but by medyacion of Frendes they were at leiigt^ 
 accordyd. Thenne Theodorus sought newe meanes of displeasur agayn his said brothei-P 
 as wel treason- as otherwyse, the whiche Chiidebert, by his policy and wysedome and 
 -■vvith good fortune escapyd; 
 
 GhildeberL thanne castynge in his mynde how he rayght wynne to hym the Patrj-- 
 raonye, or the-'Lordshyp that lately belonged vnto his eldest Brother Clodomyrus, toke 
 Gounsayll of his brother Clotharius, in suche wyse that they togyder, or of one assent, 
 sent vnto.theyr Moder Clotild for theyr neuewes, Cbilder of theyr Brother. And she 
 iXtio thynge mystrustynge theym, sent the sayd Child-er vnto the sayd. ii. bretherne'. But 
 ' within shorte tyme of theyr commynge vnto theyr sayd vncles, as testyfyeth maister Ro- 
 bert Gagvvyne, and also the frenche Gron^gj Lotharius tyrannously with his swerde 
 glewe. ii. of the sayd Childer, and. than the thirde fledde for his sauegarde vnto suche 
 , as hym fauouryd. He was after agayne fraken, and compelled to make a solempne othe 
 J* that he shulde become a relygyous man, and neuer clayme any parte of his ryght or 
 enherytaunee ; by whiche vnleful meane, the seconde Brother opteyned the hoole Lor,tf- 
 shyp of Orleaunce, and partyd y reuenues therof attwene theym: but that enduryd 
 but a whyle, and here I passe ouer the sorowe that Clotilde made for the Ghi|der of hcE' 
 sone Clodomyrus, and also the orderynge of the yongest'sone called Clodoaldjus,. whicheJ 
 ^rescaped the daunger: of his vncles, as before is shewjd; the whiche wolde aske a long©, 
 s^asonv „y. 
 
 Is 
 
 '^ Capitulum. C.ii. 
 IT was nat longe after but- that the seconde brother, kyngeor Duke of Austracy,:dyed 
 of Goddes visytacyon, leuynge after hym a sone named Theodebertus, the whiche of 
 obis, ii.v foresayd vndes was greuously warred by longe tracte of tyme, the whichi" hede-, 
 fisndyd thorough his Marcyall Knyghthode; And whan be, by dyuers meanes, haddi^; 
 soughte pease and myght nat purchase it, he thanfounde suche meanes by riche^gyfflsl 
 am otherwyse, that he wanne the Fauoure of his vncle Qiildebert, and cherysshed hy^ 
 as^is fcende. Thenne fyll vnkyodHesse attwene Chiidebert and Lothayre, in so mocHfe 
 urtfat eyther of theym assembled a, great hoste to subdue that one the other. But the 
 ^^enamed Theodobertus made all y power he myght to ayde and assyste Chiidebert. So 
 that vpon both parties was a great multitude of knyghtes armed redy to fyght. [Clotild 
 than heryng of this mortal warre attwene her. ii. sones, and also consyderynge the: 
 lykelyhodeof the great eflFusyon of mannes blode that myght ensue, by the reason of the ^ 
 ■ 4^ioynyng of thyse foresayd two hostes, in all hast yode vnto the Sepulture or Shryne of' 
 3VKracuiu. -,g^nt Marty ne,wherwith due deuocyan. she made her specyall prayers, besechynge God 
 and that blessyd Seynt, to sende by heuenly power some let or inpedyment that the sayd 
 hoostes shuld nat ioyne in Batayll, by meane of whiche prayer, whan the sayd. ii 
 hoostes were in pieparynge for- to haue ronne togyder,]' sodeynly fyll suehe a tempest 
 i^of wynde & hayll with thunder and lyghtnynge, that both hoostes were so greuously 
 betya with the sayd tempest and wederynge, that eythev of theym had moost mynde hoi ' 
 tliey myght defende them self from dauger of the sayde wederynge ; and ouer that as tes - 
 tyfyetb the abouenamed Auctour, eyther of the hoostes thought in theyr myndes that theS 
 
 ' omtted. in the edit. 1542 and 1559.-. 
 
 were 
 
QUINTA T'ARS CLOTARII. 77 
 
 ■were chased of theyr epmyes, in suche wyse thateyther of theym fledde from other' by 
 
 a longe space.Vi,. f 
 
 After this, e^pler of theym sent meanes of treatyse eyther to other, and at length con- 
 feriD^a pease attwene theym; the whiche pease, surely on bothe parlies assured, Chil- 
 is debert excy|^ydh:s*Srother to warre vpon a people- or;^Countre called Terra Conensis, 
 in y^'puom^^e of Spayne, and besegyd the Cytie of Saragoiice, otherwyse called Augusta^ 
 -and ^^Jy, kept the cytesens so short, that they to appease theyr Enemyes, [caused the 
 Bysshop of the cytie to open the Sepulcre of seynt Vyncent, and gyue to Lothayr a 
 
 1' parte of that holy Martyrs body]'. 
 
 10 But yet, that natwithstandynge, though the siege were withdrawen and the Cytie sparyd, 
 yet the Countre thereaboutc they pylled and wasted withoute% and after with great 
 rychesse of praye retourned into Fraunce, where at Paris by Childebert soone after was 
 buylded a Monastery [in the worshyp of God and of seynt Vyncent, where the foresayd 
 relyke was set and reuerently kept',] which Monastery at this day is called Seynt Ger* 
 
 /rtnayns de Pree. 
 
 In this whyle, I can nat sey by what happe, thyse. ii. Bretherne newely unaligned agayn 
 theyr neuewe Theodobert*, the sone of theyr brother Theodorich, and entendyd by theyr u, 
 
 malyce to byreue hym of the Lordshyp of Austracy, and to that entent, gaderyd theyr 
 people' to warre vpon the sayde Dagobert*-; whereof whanne the sayd Theodobert was E""P"1= ^*' 
 
 jo'ware, consyderynge he coude nat so shortly assemble his peple to with stande the ma- ^"^ 
 iyce of his sayd vncles, he in lowly and good maner rode agayne theym in a peasyble 
 wyse, and to theym behaued hym so well in worde and dede, that alonly' forgauenat his 
 trespasse, fibut also sente hym agayne with great rychesse of gyftes. - 
 
 Soone after this tyme dyed Clotilde the wyfe of Clodoueus, the whiche, with great 
 
 wpompe, of her. ii. Sonnes was buryed by her said husbands; and shortly after dyed *>;,V 
 
 "Theodobert aforenamd, leuynge after hym a sonc named Theobalde. In this passe tyme $'a' 
 
 Lotharius of his wyfe receyued. vii. sonnes and. ii. dougliters; of y whiche, Cramyris innatuMiKi^ '*''|;1 
 the eldest sone he sent into Quyan* to haue the Rule thereof vnder his Fader ; but he, '"'*"'' 
 contrary his faders mynde, oppressyd the inhabytauntes thereof w grieuous exaccons 
 
 30 and tribttfes, wherefore his fader beyng dyscontent called hym thens. Cramyris with this '•'• •^'''' 
 beynge^l^ej amoued, in great angre departed his faders court and yode vnto Childebert 
 i)is vncle, excytynge hym to make warre vpon his Fader, imagenynge fals occacions to 
 
 ^^^^© the. ii. Brethern at dystavice, and made a solempne othe to his vncle that durynge f 
 
 Jtoflyfe he shulde strength his partye agayne his owne fader; whiche assuraunce thus 
 
 irtfitide, Childebert preparyd his boost to warre agayne his brother Lothayr; but the 
 sayd Lothayr of this beynge warned, for such lette as he then hadde, sent agayne his 
 -enemyes. ii. sonnes of his, named Gunthranus and Aribertus ; and whyle thyse, ii, 
 sdnes made towarde Childebert, he in that whyle made great waste in the countre of 
 Champayne, and takynge great pryses retourned into his owne countre of myddell 
 
 i<oFraunce ; wherof herynge the forenamed Guntranus and his brother, and also that in 
 Quyan* was moued warre by Cramyre, spedde theim thyder with all theyr people^ but 
 
 vthey dydde no thynge wordy memory or laude. In this season dyed the foresaid Childer*^ 
 bert, brother to Lothayr, A^out heyre, whan he hadde ruled myddell Fraunce. xlvii, . 
 veres, as sayth the Frenshe Cronycle, and was entyred in the Monastery of seynt 
 
 frVyocent, otherwyse called seynt Gerraayne de Pree. 
 
 f f Gapitulum. -Ciii-. 
 
 ■*^ AFter y deth of Childebert, forsomoche as he dyed \Vout heyre, Lbtharius forenamed, 
 slasyd all myddell Fraunce into his possession ; and after he had some dele sette it in an^ 
 
 ' BCUglit meanes, ff//V. 1542 and 1559. * ■without pytye. ' omitted in the edit. 15-12, }559» 
 
 * Tbeodobart, ' They alonely. "* Guyan . ' an ftnitted, 
 
 ordre. 
 
18 QUINTA PARS CLOTARII. 
 
 ordre, nat fofgettyng the innativall rebellyon of his sone Cra'm|;re, chase vnto hym a 
 ptiryd' company of knyghtes arid* of competent nombre, and irt all hj^ste made towarde 
 Guyan, where the sayd Cramyrfr^was than abydyng; but when he harde of the comyti^ 
 of his Fader agayn hym, w" his chosyn army, he withdrewe iiym to the vtteriijodsl jjfertiys 
 J'of Fraunce, and requyred ayde^ of a kynge or duke to that partie adioyriyh;^? named 
 Gonobalde, the whiche to hy promysed ayde to his power. . * <^* - 
 
 Lotharius, of this affynyte beyng warned, pursued the sayde Conobalde so shWFfeiy, f 
 he constrayned hym at length to take y Churche of seynt Martyne, & to holde it for hi|| 
 ' sauegarde; but whan Lothayre had assayde by dyuers meanes, aswell by fayre promess^ 
 (oas words of manasses, & myght nat get y: sayde Gonobalde out of y holy place*, he 
 sette the Churche on fyre& brent the Duke in the same, the whiche shortly after reedyfied' 
 & made I more better maner than it before had been. 
 
 When Cramyrus was thus dispoynted of the ayde of Conobalde, he thanne fledde into 
 lytell Brytayne, and requyred ayde of y^ Erie thereof named Cenabutus, where, by com- 
 irforte of the sayd erle. he asseinbled a great boost to withstade his Fader, wherof the Fa- 
 der beynge asserteyned, drewe towarde hym ; and whan both ho.stes were nere, the sone* 
 sent messengers to the Fader to entreate a pease: but Lothayr included so many harde 
 condycyons within the sayde pease, or as some wryters meane, Cramyris desyred suche 
 vnlefull desyres of his Fader, y the sayd Treaty myght take none eflfiecte, & for truste y 
 iohe had in y- Brytons & in his stregth, he was vtterly bent to trye his cause by dynt of 
 swerde. i^fci 
 
 Lothayr hauyge experience that Fortune of Battayll is in victory doughtfull' and vn-" 
 certayne, he therefore made his prayer to God besechynge hym of ayde ; agayne the 
 innaturall and obstynat rebellyon of his sone ; after whiche prayer endyd, he comaunded 
 A?h»ipebatayinrin J name of God tO"sette vpon his Enemyes, which met with so great irel y shortly fr 
 grene feld was dyed into a perfyghte redde, & many knyghts vpon bothe parties lay slayiM 
 & gruntynge vpon the erthe. The Fader • comfortynge & callynge vpon his knyghte^ 
 vpon that one parte, and the" sone vpon his knyghtes vpon that other partja;; eyther of , 
 theym entendynge thedeth & vtter distruccyon of eche other; which in nalurali batayll* 
 Johangynge in suspence to whether of theym the victory shulde turne, sodeynly|tbe Brytohs 
 ^^ gaue backe, and gaue place to the Frenshemen, with the whiche the Frenshe pari^|bQynge 
 ">^|omfortyd, enforced the Brytons with so sharpe fyght, that they were compellei'to for- 
 ■ , . vlake the Felde, & toke theina to flyght, whom the Frenshemen chasid and slewe without 
 "mercy. ** .^^^ 
 
 erudeGs Pater.ir , In f whiche chasc Cramyris, with his wyfe and Childer, warre taken and presented vn^ 
 ^dthayr ; the whiche shortly after settynge a parte all faderly loue, compassion and 
 |j|Ppyte, causyd a great fyre to be made, into the whiche he comaunded to be caste the sayde 
 Cramyris, with also his wyfe and Children, or as wytnessyth the Frenshe Cronycle, they ' 
 were al enclosyd in an house, and the house and they togyder consumed with fyre. ' J 
 ko Thus the moost cruell Fader, without pyte,' chastysed the inobedient sone, to the erf- 
 ;sample and lernynge of other to here dewe obedyence vnto theyr parentis. After this "' 
 ■^ictory and cruell chastysement executed by Lothayre, he retourned* into Fraunce, I 
 ^«nd so to the Sepulcre or Shryne of seyt Martyne, yeldynge to God and hym thankes 
 of this victory, and offeryd there many and riche gyftes^ ; and after spedde hym to Soisons 
 /^ where he as kynge of all Fraunce, except the Lordshyp of Austracy, which Theobalde, 
 sone of his Brother* sone^ Theodorich, than helde The Fader of this Theobalde was Theo^.^ 
 dobert. Thennei: Lothayre seynge hife lande in reste and quyetnesse, gaue hym to' 
 huntynge'and chace of wylde beestes, a game of great vse amonge all frenshe Pi7ncea,^|^i 
 
 «Hit. 1A42, 1559.^ ^ thesanctuarye, edit. 1542, 1559. ' he reedifyed. ♦ Theyf 
 
 , , T.- ^l^y^'"^^*! thankes vnto almighty God and so retourned," edit. 1542 1S5Q 
 eof the Kii}gsoSentigu omitted in edit. 1542, 1559, » «,»« pHi/ q diiO 
 
 her sonnes, edit. 154-2, 1559. was.e^i^iaay. 
 
 7 f u 
 
QUINTA PARS CLOTARII. , 7^ 
 
 In whkhe disport he^yng one day greatly trauayled, ;caught some surfet of the whiche 
 ensuecfa.naortall syke^, so that he dyed shortly after, wh^nne he had reygned, as be- 
 
 .,^re is specyfyed, ouer the Lordshyp of Soisons aad other by the terme of 1. wynter full : Vr 
 ariywas after buryed at Soisons with great pompe^ 'euyng after hym. iiii. Sones, Guntra- 
 
 : nus, Aribertus, Chilpericus, and Sigebertus. 
 
 it is testyfyed of Maister Robert Gagwyn, that Seynt' Radegunde, borne of the countre sancta Rade- 
 of Thyrynge,. of a pagan Fader, named Bernigarius, was wyfe to this Lotharius, whose e""^'' x 
 yertuqus Jyfe Antoninus, in his boke called Summa Antonini, in the. viii. Chapitre and. xii. 
 title of the ^econde parte of his werke, sheweth compendyously. '^ 
 
 10 ^ Capitulum. Ciiii. j^iLkU. 
 
 Arjiiurus, the sone of Vter Pendragon, a strepelynge of. xv. yeres of Age, begin his ■^^•'eI''- _g 
 reygne,' as kyng of Britayne, in the yere of oure Lorde. CCCCC. and. xvii. and y' thirde C^'- 7-] -^i 
 yere of Lotharius thenne kynge of Fraunce, or of a parte therof, as before is declaryd; 
 Of this. Arthur is, by Gaufride, recyted a longe Storye, and alowed by the Englysshe Cro- 
 *r nycle, f which from other wryters is greatly discordaunt ; but yet all Auctours agreen 
 that he was noble and victoryous in all his dedys. 
 
 Fayne I wold declare the fan:e of this noble Prynce, to the comforte of other to folowe Auctorfsoppt- 
 his marcyall dedys, so that I myghtsorawhat iustitie myreporte by someAuctour of Auc-"""" 
 torite ; but the more I am in, dought because of the sayinge of Ranulphe, Monke of 
 j«Cbestre, whiche auowchyth it vpon Wyllyam, wryter of Historyes of'kynges, as is re- 
 herced,^t length in the. vi. Chapitre of the. v. booke of PoHcronicon, whiche is there 
 opyn to eufiry ma that is desyrous to knowe the sayd reporte or opynyon, the whiche for 
 the length l^erof I ouerpasse. And somwhat to the honour of so great a chapion as was 
 this Arthur, I shall lay vnto the redes, that he may a^ auctoritie shewe vnto the herers, 
 >rand therwith gladdethe Welshemen that he shuld descende of so noble a victour, whiche 
 so many dedys of honoure executyd in his dayes. 
 
 Then, asj|atvfieth Policronicon and otlier, Arthur faught. xii. notable bataylles agayn 
 the Saxons,ippd of theym all was victoure. 
 
 Wherefore the firste was vpon the ryuer of Cleuy, and. iiii*. the next were foughtyn 
 3ovpon the ryuer Douglis, which rennyth vnder the towue of Wygan, vpon ten mylea 
 from the ryuer of Merse in Lancasshyre. ^ 
 
 The. vi. Batayll was vpon the ryuer called Bassa. ' ' /<? 
 
 te The. vii. besyde Lyncolne, in a wood called Celidone. 
 ^, The. viii. and the ix. were foughten aboute Yorke. 
 
 it " The. X. was about Nycolt towne, whiche is named Warwyke, as after some wryters. I 
 The. xi. was as at Bathe, where he longe besegyd Cerdicus, kynge of Westsaxons. 
 The. xii. and laste was at a place called Badon or Badowe HyU» in whiche he slewe 
 fetnany Saxons ; but that natwithstandyng he myght nat clerely voyde theym his Lande, 
 ^ut that they kept theyr Countrees, whiche they were before possessyd of, as Kent, 
 WSotherey and Norffolk. Albeit that some Augtours testyfye that they helde these Cou- 
 trees as tributaries vnto Arthur. -se 
 
 This noble warryour, " as wytnessith holy' Gilda, slewe with his owne hande in ane 
 daye, by the helpe of oure Lady Seynt Mary*, whose Picture he bare peynted in his 
 shelde. C. and. xl. Saxons; whiche Shelde he called Pridwen, his swerde was called Cali-« 
 w-Jboure, and his spere was called Rone'after the Brettysshe tunge or speche. 
 
 ' Seynt omi^tedin edit, \ai:2,\ 559. * iiii. o^ edit, 1542, 1559. *"ho]y" omitttd in edit. 15*2, I5i9. 
 ♦ The edit, of i542, and 1559 say *♦ by the heJpe of God." 
 
 ^ ,. V The 
 
•to QUINTA PARS ARTHUR!. 
 
 1[ Thethirde or fourths " 
 
 ^ Gapitulum. Cv. 
 WEST SAXON. 
 
 3'^Ee!t a'^i ^us°S About;^. v/yerc of this Arthure, after thagremet of moste wryters, -beganne the lord- 
 a(dmyttcd foi thes'shyp of WestsaxoD, vuder y Saxon called Cerdicus, and Kenricus his sone. For Deny*-, 
 Ali'dcUysit ^"'^ other wytnes, that this Lordshyp or -Kyngdome shulde haue his begynnynge the. IxxL 
 must stande for yere after the firste comynge of Hengiste -or the yere of our Lorde. "CCCCC.xxl^ 
 -y? fourth. whiche agreeth wilh y. v. yere of Arthur forsayd. 
 
 ':^rhis rLordshyp conteyned the West Countree of Englande; as W\']shyre,. Soaierset- 
 % '*shyre,'Berks, Dorset, &• other, as Deuonshyreand Cornewayll, and hadde in the Eest syde 
 
 'Southhampton, in the Nouthe Thames the famous Ryuer, in the south anjd west th& 
 see Occean. '-^'- 
 
 This foresayd Credicus, which of some Auctours is named Childricus, landed firste^ 
 at Cerdysshor, whiche nowe is called Yermouth, an hauyn towne in the countie of 
 I'Norffolke ; and by helpe of other Saxonp, thanne inhabyted in, that eountre, thenne called 
 -EeetAnglis, the sayde Cerdicus at length obteyned the forsayd eountre, and named it 
 Westsaxon or Westsax-onia: & reygned therin as lorde or Jcynge a certayne of yeres, 
 and Kenricus his soue after hym. 
 
 The firste Cristen kynge of this prouynce was named Ky^ngilsus, and conuertyd by 
 iomeanes of that blessyd man ;Berinus, JBysshop of Dorchester, to whom Quichelinus 
 Brother of the foresayd Kyngilsus, jgaue the said Cytie to make there his Seg^ after he 
 also had receyued Baptyme of the sayd Berinus. And as Guido wytnessytfc^~- y safdtt 
 Quichelinus gaue after to the Bishop of Wynchester. vii. myles compasse of iande t^ 
 i)aylde thereaBysshoppes See ; the whiche was accomplysshed and fynysshed by Kenwal- 
 •;cus his sone. This kyngdome enduryd longest of all the other, whiche jvere. vii.. ii^vi 
 nombre, or. vi. besyde this. Some wryters accompt the terme of the duraunce of this J 
 kyngdome, from Cerdicus to Egbert, and some to the last yere of Aluredus ; but Guido 
 ;, ,; accomptyth the enduraunce of this kyngdome from the firste yere of Cerdicus vnto the " 
 
 '■ Jaste yere of Edwarde y Confessour, by reason wherof it shulde endure. CCCCC. and» 
 
 2£> xliiii'. yeres. But moste accordyngly it shuld be rekened from the first yere of Cerdicu$ 
 ito the laste yere of Aluredus, for he made one Monarchy of al. vii. kyn"domeaiia 
 'wliiche tyme dyddefloure^ or passe. CCC.lxxviii. yeres. '^ - 
 
 -ff Capitulum. C.vi. '?^ 
 
 ' TvTOwe then I wyll retourne vnto Arthur, the whiche by a longe tyme dwellid in warre 
 35^nd mortall Batayle with y Saxons, by meane of theyr dayly repayre into this lande • the 
 whiche also allyed theym with Pyctes and other Nacions, and made their partye the - 
 strenger by that meane. But yet Arthur by his marcyal knyghthode, brought theym iivJ 
 such frame, y he was accompted for chief Lorde of Brytayne. 'M 
 
 _■ Fynally, whennehe hadde by a longe tyme maynteyned his warres agayne the Saxons 1 
 i^and specially agayne Cerdicus or Childric^us kynge of Westsaxons, he, for a fynall con*' 
 corde, gaue vnto the sayd Cerdicus, as testyfieth Policronica in the. vi, Chapitre of his v 
 booke, the. ii. Coutres of Hampshyre and Somerset. And when he had sette his lande 
 in some quyetnesse, he betoke the rule thereof vnto his neuevve Mordred, & with a 
 chosyn army sayled, as sayth Gaufride and other, vnto Frauce, wher, by | reoorte of*' 
 ; Gaufride, he wroufht wonders. For' the wryters of Frensche Cronycles touche no thvnse ^ 
 of suche notable dedes; nor yet thewryters of Romaynes mvnde no thyng of sucbactea,"' 
 .fi^. »niiu ilone agayne theyr consuU or emperour, called by Gaufride", Lucius Hibertus. Ther- 
 
 ■3t ' I'lii. yeres. » flowe. ^ ^^^^ g^j^j^ j-^g j^^^. ml* 
 
 *^ ;fore 
 
QUINTA PARS ARTHUR!. 81 
 
 fore I wyll spare all that longe matyer, remyttyng^the Walshemen as touchynge that pror 
 cesse vnto f sayd Gaufride, and here I wyll folowe Policronicon where he sayth, 
 
 That for asmoch as the forenamed Mordred was desyrous to be kynge, and feryd som- 
 dele the myghte of Cerdicus kynge of Westsaxons, he therfore drewe to hym the sayd 
 
 -TCerdicus by great gyftes, as of townes and castelles, and other toeanes, where thorough 
 the sayd Cerdicus to hym assentyd, so that Mordred was at London crowned kynge of 
 Brytayne, and Cerdicus after f vse of Pagans, was at Wynchestre, thenne called Kaer- 
 guent, crowned kynge of Westsaxons. ^ 
 
 Whenne relacion came to Arthur of ^11 this treason wrought by his neuewe Mordred, 
 
 'ohe in all haste made towarde Brytayne, as it is redde in the Englysshe Cronycle, and 
 laodyd at Sandwyche, where he was mette of Mordred & his people, whiche gaue vnto 
 hym stronge batayll in tyme of his landyng, and loste there many of his knyghtes, as the 
 famous knyght Gawyn and other; but yet this natwithstandynge Arthure at length wanne 
 the lande, and chasyd his enemyes, and after the enteryng of his cosyn Gawyn & other 
 
 /rof his knyghtes there slayne, he sette forwarde his boost to pursue his enemyes. Mor-, 
 dred thus beynge ouerset of his vncle at the see syde, withdrewe hym to Wynchester, 
 where he beynge furnysshed of newe sowdyours, gaue vnto Arthur, as saith Gaufride, 
 the seconde fyght ; wherein also Mordred was put to the worse and constrayned to flee. 
 Thirdely and lastly, the sayd Mordred faugt with his vncle Arthure besydes Glastynbury, 
 
 M where after a longe and daugerous fyght Mordred was slayne, and the victoryous Arthur 
 wounded vnto tlie deth, and after buryed in the vale of Aualon, besyde Glastynbury be- 
 foresayd. 
 
 Of this last ende and buriyng of Arthur, in the Brytysshe bokes, are tolde many fables; 
 but to oppresse the errours of Britons that thynke or byleue that Arthur yet lyueth, Poli- 
 
 »rcronicon."shewith in his forenamed chapitre of his. v. boke, that in the seconde Henrycs 
 tyme kynge of Englande, ^ bbnys of the sayde Arthure and Gwaynour his wyfe were 
 founden, and translated into the foresayd churche of Glastynbury, and there newe 
 buryed, in the yere of our Lorde. xi.C.lxxx., and more specyally it is noted in the. xxiii. 
 chapitre of the. vii. booke of Policronicon abouesayd. Wherfore to be a coclusion of a 
 
 Jofyneof this noble warryour, he was, as before is shewyd, slayne, or woudyd to deth, 
 whenne he hadde reygned ouer the Brytons by the terme of. xxvi. yeres ; wyllynge before 
 his deth that Costantyne, the sone of Cador, duke of Cornewayll, forsomoche as of his 
 body remayned none heyre, that he sbulde be his heyre & inheryte the lande of moche 
 Brytayne after his deth. 
 
 ^ ANGLIA. 
 
 % Capitulum. C.vii. 
 COnstantinus', y' sonne of Cador duke of Cornewayll, by assent of the Brytons, was AngUa. 
 of theym crowned kynge of moche Brytayne, in y yere of Cristes incarnacon. [li. g. cap. i.] 
 CCCCC.xliii., and the. xix. yere of Lotharius, then kynge of Fraunce. This was nere 
 ;^'J* kynesman vnto Arthur, and was by the. ii. sones of Mordred greuously vexed, for so- 
 moche as they claymed the lande by theryght or tytle of theyr fader, so that atwene hym 
 and theym were foughten many and sundry bataylles, whereof nouther of place, nor of 
 tyme is lafte any conuenyent memory, nor yet of the names of the sayde two sonnes. 
 But, as dyuers auctours agreen, after thyse forsayd bataylles thus foughtyn, fynally 
 Kfthe. ii. sones of Mordred were costrayned of pure force to seche stronge holdes for theyr 
 refuge ; wherfore that one toke London, and that other V/ynchestre ; whereof Constan- 
 tyne beynge warjied, lafte nat tyll he hadde slayne that one within the monastery of seynt 
 » Amphiabilt at Wynchestre ; and that other within a temple or churche of London, 
 whiche temple is named of Gaufride an Hous of Freres; but that say iuge is doutefull, 
 
 ' Constantius, edit. 154-2, lj59. 
 
 M f«r 
 
82 QUiNf A PARS CRONECARUM. 
 
 for at that dayes it is to be supposed that thdre was none house of freres within LdndoBf," 
 nor by a longe tyrne after. 
 
 Whenne Constatyne" hadde thus subdued his enemyes, and thoiight ' hym selfe in a 
 nianer of suertie of his region, than Fortune, as she hadde ehiiyed' hife '^Idry,* • arrfiryd^ 
 ragayn hym his owne kynnesman, named Aurelius Conahusi the which agayne hym made 
 mortal batayll, and fynally or at the last slewe'hyfti in the felde, whan he hadde reygned/ 
 after moost accdrde of wryters. iii. yeres ; the whiehe was thehntfburyed at Sto'he hyengf^,- 
 by the sepulture of Vter Pendragon, with great solempnytie. 
 
 ANCiLIA. 
 
 10 ' IT Capitulum. C.viii. 
 
 Angiii. ^ AVrelius Conanus, the cosyn of Constantyne' last named, \Vas crowned kyng of Bry- 
 tayne in the yere of our Lorde CCCCC. xlvi., and the. xkxii. yere of LothariuS before' 
 nkm^d, thenne kyrige of Praunce. This was n'obl'e & lyberall, but he was a man that 
 cherysshed suche as loued stryfe and discencion within his landed and gaue lyghty' cre- 
 r dence to theym' that accused other were it with ryght or wronge ; and,' as test^fyeth' 
 Gaufride & other, he tokb %' strength his vncle, whidhe of ryche'^shulde haue ben kyng^J' 
 and caste hym into strorige PrysOri ; and after slewe tyran'nously the. ii. sones of hissayd' 
 [C«p.x.] vncle; but he reioysedliis reygne but shorte whyie, for, as wytnes'syth th'e sayde Gau- 
 
 fride, whenne he hadde reygned. ii. yeres he dyed,' were it of the sonde' of' gbd or othef- 
 - Auttoris opuu»owyse, Icuyug after hfi a sone nathted Vortipdrius, as hathe the auctour of the booke 
 named the Floure of Hystories. Of this Vortiporius speketh no thyug the Englysshe 
 Crdnycle, but telleth of. ii. kyages that shuld 'reygne' nekt after Costantyne both at ones, 
 wherof thati one he nameth Addbi'yght, and that othet Edili, wherunto none othel^" 
 wryter agreeth, except that he nameth theym' for some of the kyn'ges of ^ Saxons ; aboute*' 
 orthat tyrtie reygned in Kent, or scone after Ethelbert or Athelbert, whiehe myght be taken 
 of some for Adelbryght, and that other whiehe he nameth Edili or* Ella,' kyhge of South 
 Saxons, but this Ella shulde nat, by concord'e of w'ryters^ be lyuynge, at this tym'e. It myghi 
 with more coniienyency accorde, that it shulde be a kynge of Deira or of' North umberlande, 
 named Ella, the whiehe reygned more* aboute this tyme'and season. 
 Sehntit. 50 Of thyse tway kynges ^ sayd Englisshe Cronycle tell;^th a longe pi*ociesse, the which,, 
 for I fynde noon auctor of auctorite f wrytith or spekyth of th6 same, I passe it ouer. 
 
 Ye shall also furthermore vndferstande, that after this^^dayig the Bfytons dayly dis- 
 
 creased of lordshyp and rule within Bretaygne, and drew thenl' to\v^rdd Caflabir oi* 
 
 Walis, so that the countre aboute Chestrewas the chife of theyr lordship within Bre- 
 
 srtaygne, for dayly y^ Saxons landed with cdmpanyes, & occupyed the pryncipall partis of f 
 
 same, as shortlye here after shall appere. 
 
 THE FIFTHE PARTE. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. ix. 
 
 NORTHUMBERLANDE. 
 
 Tm^hT^^ -^-^ ^ *y"*^ °^ *^® ""^yg"® ^^ ^^^^ ^°^^ "^™^'* Aurelius Conanus, as witnessith Poli^ 
 
 Saxons. cronica Guydo, & other, began the kyngdome or lordship of Brenicia vnder a Saxon 
 
 llA.s.cip.j.] nataiyd Ida, the yere of our Lorde. v. C. &. xlvii. and the seconde or laste yere of the 
 
 sayd Conanus. This lordship was in the north parte of Brytaygne, & grewe in shorte 
 
 whyle more and more, so that fynally it was named the kyngdome of North umberlande.' 
 
 wxBut ye shall vnderstande that this lordship was firste deuyded in two kyngdomes wherof 
 
 the firste, as aboue is sayd, was called Brenicia, and that other Deyra The meris or 
 
 roarkis of this kyngdome of Northhumberlande were^, by easte & by west' the occean 
 
 » lyghte. ^ ryght. ' hande,.edit. 1542, 1359. * for about. 5 mieht be taken for 
 
 • neare, edit. 1559. ' were made, edit. 1559. ^ 
 
 see; 
 
QUINTA PARS CRONICARUM. IS 
 
 see ; , by south, the ryuer of Humhir, and so downwarde towarde the west by theendis of 
 the shires of Notyngham & Derby, vnto the . ryuer of Merse, or Mercia ; and by northe 
 the Scottishe see, which is caUyd forth in. Scottish, and in.Brettishe y werd. 
 
 The south syde of. this lordshyppe was callydiDeyra, whiche is now callyd y- Bisshoprike 
 
 -Tof Durham; and, the north syde was called Brenicia, which were than departyd or seuered 
 by the ryuer of Tyne. Deyra conteynyd the land from Hiibir to the ryuer of Tyne ; & 
 Brenicia includid y coiitrey from Tyne to f Scottishe see. In Brenicia regnyd firste, as is 
 abouesayde, Ida, or Idas, and in Deyra regnyd firste, Ella, which lordshyppes began both 
 within, iii. yeres; in processe of tyme botbe in one were namyd the kyngdome of North- 
 
 '•Jiumbirlande, which so cotynued s5me whyle vnder one kynge, and somme whyle vnder. , 
 
 ii. by the terme of CCC. &. xxi. yeres, as sayth Ranulphe munke of Chestre, and after 
 furth «ontynued the name vnder Saxons, and Danes, tyll the comyng of Edredus, brother 
 of JEtiielstane, and sone of-Edwarde the elder, the whiche Edredus in the. ix. or laste yere 
 of his reygne, ioyned this to his owne kyngdom, by which reason it shuld seme that this 
 
 /rkyngdome endurid vnder that name vpon. CCCC. &. ix. yeres. 
 
 ' Thefirste eristen pryocc of this kyngdome was namyd Edwynus, y receyuyd the fayth of 
 seynt Paulyne, as testifyeth Guydo. In this lordshyp also were included theyse shyres 
 and countreys nowe callyd Yorke, Notyngham shyre, or Snothyngham shyre, Derby shyre, 
 the bysshopryke of Durham, Copelande, and other. 
 
 To Amonge the many kynges f reygned in this lordship, whiche after some wryters, were 
 to the nombre of. xxiii. reygned one accompted the. viii, kynge, by Guydo, named 
 -Ethelfridus, & sone of Ethelricus, which Ethelfridus destroyed moo Britons than all the 
 other kynges Saxons'. This was fader to seynt Oswolde, & Oswy, & slewe also many of 
 f Bry-tdns at a batayley he had agayn them besyde Kaerlegion, or Chestre, &. ii. M. &. 
 
 >rC. of mokes of f house of Bangor, as it is testifyed of Policronicon in the x. chapitre 
 of his V. boke, the which monkes were comen thyder to pray for the good spede of f 
 Brylons. And ouer this foresayde nombre of monkes. 1. fled, whereby they \V theyr 
 leder named Brucyuall were sauyd. Of such an vngly nombre of multytude* of monkes 
 of one house myght be demyd a wonder: But the sayd Policronica, with Guydo, and 
 other wi'yters, affermyn that in that house of Bangor were at those dayes for the more 
 party three tymes. vii. C. monkes, f whiche lyuyd by the trauayle of theyr handes onely. 
 
 The forenamed Oswye, was, after Oswolde, kyng of thiS prouynce, which gaue ^ his 
 doughter Elfleda, a nonne. xii. lordshippes into f church to buylde w. xii. monasteryes, 
 whereof, vi. of the sayde lordshippes were in Brennicia, and. vi. in Deyra, as sayth Guydo ; 
 
 rand also Ranulphe, in bis. v. boke of Policronica, and. xvi. chaptre, affermyth the same. 
 
 % Capitulum. C. x. 
 
 Vortiporius, son of Aurelyus Conanus, after p opynyon beforesayde was ordeynyd AngUa. 
 kynge of Brytaygne, in y yere of our Lorde. v. C. and xlviii. and the. xxxiiii. yere of '• *^** 
 Clotharius, then kyng of Frauce; of the which is lytle memory laftein eny cronycler, or 
 Vtfwryter, excepte that Guydo testifieth hym to be a victoryous knyght ; shewyng brefly, that 
 he in sondry batayllys scomfited the Saxons, and defendid his lande and Brytons frome 
 the daunger of them and other that f Saxons allyed theym with. 
 
 In f tyme of y" reygne of this kynge, a Saxon named Ella, the sone of Iffus, began 
 
 to reygne in the Southe syde of the kyogedome of Northuberlande, called Deyra, as be- 
 
 Arfpre is touchyd , in the Chapitre of the sayde Kyngedome. Then it foloweth, whan this 
 
 Vortiporius had rulyd the Brytons knyghtly by the terme of. iiii. yeres, he dyed and was 
 
 put to his faders, leuyng noone beyre of his body. 
 
 For as moche as all wryters agreen that the kynges of Westesaxon at length subdued 
 
 ' of Saxons. ' Of such a nomber. 
 
 M2 all 
 
84 QUINTA PARS. 
 
 all the other kyngedoraes, & made of the hole lande of moche Brytaygne but one kyng- 
 dorae or monarchye; and all other, aswell of Brytons as of Saxons, faylyd*. or lefte 
 of, that allonly excepte ; therfore I entende to brynge in ^ name of eueryche^kyag: of 
 West Saxon, frome the firste Cerdicus, or Childricus, and ioyne theym with y kytig^s 
 ■^of Brytons for so long as hereafter the sayde Brytons contynued theyr reygne wiihm any 
 parte of Brytaygne. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xi. 
 Angiia. Malgo, a duke of f Brytons, and neuyewe of Aurelius Conanus, as sayth the auctour 
 
 of the Flouce of Histories, began his reygne ouer the Brytons, in the yere of oure l.orde 
 /i^CCCCC. lii. andthe. xxxviii.yereof Clotharius, thenne styll kynge of Fraunce, and 
 also the. xv. yere of Kenricus, the sone of Cerdicus, and second Kyng of Westsaxoa 
 i»rf. A foresayd, accomptynge. xv. yeres of the reygne of his fader, as Guydo allowith. This 
 
 Malgo, after the accorde of all wryters that make mencion, was f comlyest & moost per- 
 sonable man of all Brytons than lyuyng, & therwith endowed ^ knyghtly manhode, the 
 ^whiche withstode the Saxons, and kepte theym of y they damaged not y: lande, the which 
 tcap.i.ii.8.] he then had possessyon of, and as witnessith Gaufryde and other, he by his manhod sub- 
 dued the iles of Iselande, Orchades, or Or keys, & Norway, with other. 
 [Lib. J. Cap. 6.] In y tyme of f reygne of this Malgo, reygned in y- lordship or kyngdome of Kent, Ethel- 
 bertus, tne whiche, as witnessith Polieronycon, assembled an boost of his knyghtis, and 
 jagaue battayll vnto Ceawlmus, sone of Kenricus, & then kynge of Westsaxon ; the cause 
 TheSrstt wherof is not expressyd; but this battayll wasy firste batayll that was foughtyne atwene 
 ^tayiiawene y^ ^ gaxous, after y they opteynyd lande & dwellynge within Brytaygne, which was 
 c Saxons, foughtyn in a place callyd Wilbaldowne, and in the fyght was slayne. ii. dukes of Ethel- 
 bertus, & hymselfe with hjs people chasyd. 
 or Also, it is witnessyd of y^ sayd Policronyca, that f yere folowynge Cutwolsus^ the 
 brother of Ceawlmus, before named, faught strongly ageyn the Brytons at Bedforde, And 
 berafte them. iiii. Cyties or townesj named Liganbrogth, Eglesborgth, Besyjigton. and 
 Euysha. 
 
 The to retorne ageyn to Malgo kynge of Brytons, y^ auctor of the Floure of Histories- 
 
 u saythe, y notwithstandynge the many vertues the whiche God had endowed hym aV, he 
 
 lastelyforgate God, forsakyng all vertue, & gaue hym to sondry vycis & synnes, wherof 
 
 the odyble synnes of sodomy was one, wherfore fell to hym great persecution of his' 
 
 enemyes, y Saxos, as before somdele is shewyd & more ensueth. 
 
 It was not long after y fprenamyd batayll doon at Bedforde, but that the foresayde 
 e^Cutwolphus dyed ; but yet his sayde brother Ceawlmus, couetouse of worshyppe, mayn- 
 teynyd his warre ageyne y Brytons, so y. after he made a newe voyage ageyne theym, & 
 made of theym a nother scomfiture, and toke from them y famous cytie of Bathe, of 
 Gloucetyr, &Sarcetyr^ which shuld be, by the meanyng of RanulfFe, aboute y yere of 
 the reygne of this Malgo. xxix. 
 ^« Of all this spekyth notbynge y Cronycle of Englande, but he makyth his processe of 
 a kynge namyd Cortyf, by the which as it shuld seme by the reherceyll folowyng, that 
 he makyth of Gurmunde, he makyth the Careticus^ the whiche rulyd the Brytons nexte 
 after f deth of this Malgo, as when the tyme cometh more planlye it shall appere. 
 
 Then it folowith aboute the. xxxiii. yere of this Malgo, Ceawlmus, before named, ga- 
 
 i<rdered his Saxons, & foughte w theBryfons at a place called Fechalege, where, after longe 
 
 fightj Ceawlmus chasyd y Britons, & wan of them victory ; but his brother, callyd Cutha, 
 
 was skynein that fight, for whome he made great sorowe. This, in his latter dayes, Malgo 
 
 • beynge oppressyd & pursued his* enemyes, lastlye dyed when he had regned, after moost 
 
 Concorde of stories, xxxv. yeres. 
 
 • Cutwolfus. * Wurc€ter. ' of Gurmunde that Careticus. ♦ of his: 
 
 CHilpericus^ 
 
QUINTA PARS. 85 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xii. 
 CHflpericus, the thyrde son of Lotharius, or Clotharius, before named, began his reygne Frawi*. 
 ouer that parte of Frauce called Soysons, in the yereof our lorde God. v. C. xliiii. & the. 
 xiiii. yere of Malgo, then kynge of Brytaygne. This not beynge content with suche as his 
 J'fadre had hym b( set, so soone as the obsequy & enterement of his fader was tynysshed, he 
 spedde hym vnto Paris and possessyd hym of his faders treasour, wherof his. iii. bretherne 
 beynge warned, purchasyd to them suche frenshyp of the nobles of Frauce, that they, vn- 
 ■wetynge theyr sayde brother, had entre' into Paris, and lykely to haue takyn hym therein, 
 if he had not y^ soner haue escaped. 
 
 '» For this incouenyence grete discecion was likely to haue growen atwene theyse. iiii. bre- 
 therne, had not been^ raediacion of frendes vpon both partyes, the which, by good and 
 politike wayes, at length pacifyed all variaunces amonge them, and concluded for a fynall 
 pease, that eythfcr of the sayd bretherne shuld holde hym cotent with suche porcion as was 
 before assygned to them by theyr fader ; that is to saye, to the eldest brother named 
 
 ^TAribertus, or, after some wryters, Cherebris, shuld falle the countrey that is lyinge aboute 
 Paris, called mydle Fraunce; to Guntranus shuld falle the prouynce of Orleauce; and 
 to this Chylpericus y prouynce of Soysons; and to Sygebertus, the yongeste Brother, 
 shulde belonge the countrey of Mees, or of Austracy, which lordshyp begynnyth at 
 Champeyne, as affyrmeth the Frenshe Cronycle, and stretcbith to y^ lordshyp or pro- 
 
 wuynce of Lorayne vpo one parte, and to Almayne vpon that other parte : after which Con- 
 corde and agrement thus fynysshed, eyther of f sayde bretherne departed vnto his 
 propre lordshyp. If I shuld here discryue the maners and condicions of theyse. iiii. prynees, 
 or to expresse the vnlaufull lechery of f eldest brother Aribertos, in refusyng his leful 
 wyfe Ingebrida, or Ingeberta, or of the rauysshement of wyues & virgyns by hym 
 
 »rdoon, or yet the vnstablenesse of lyuynge y was also in the seconde brother Guntranus, 
 with vertues and vycis t)f the other, 1 shuld therof make a long werke, wherfore to brynge 
 this story to some conuenyency, I thus begynne. Trougthe it is that this Chilpericus, or 
 after some Hilpericus toke to wyfe the doughter of the kynge of Spayne, called Atha- 
 nabildus, whose name was Golsanda, the whiche had to hir hantlemayden a mayde called 
 
 jaFredegunda, the whiche was of passynge beaute and shappe of body, but to hir was ioyned ^'«<Je8u*i' 
 subtell wit & euyll codicions, contrary to hir lady & maslres, which was symple & of ver- 
 tuous condicions. 
 
 To the yongest brother named Sigebert was cowpeled in maryage the syster of the 
 Sayde Golsanda, named Brunechieldis, or after the Frenshe Cronycle Bruneheuste, a wo- Brunechiddis. 
 
 srtaan of peruers and wicked condicion, as after shall appere. Then it folowith, Chilperich 
 within short tyme that he was thus rnaryed vnto Golsanda, caste vnlefuU loue vnto hie 
 woman Fredegiida, by reason wherof fell such vnkyndenesse atwene them, that lastly she 
 was fpunden in her chambre dede and strangelyd w a cprde, which was doone by the 
 hande of hir husbande, astestyfyeth the Frenshe booke. 
 
 A» Then secondly he rnaryed an other wyfe, named Audouera, a woma of great birth, howr 
 be it myn auctor, nor yet f Frensh Cronycle declarith not hir progeny, vf the whiche 
 he contynued, and kepte hir after hir honoure, but yet he withdrewe not his vnlefuU loue 
 from f forenamed Fredegunde. In this passetyme cause of warre was moued atwene 
 
 • Sygebert the younger brether, and men of y countrey of Sweuy ; for the whiche y sayde 
 
 "rSygebert requyred ayde of his brother Chiiperche, at whose request he in all haste as- 
 sembled his people & sped hym towarde hys brother, leuyng his wyfe great with chylde, in 
 ihe kepynge of the foresayde Fredegunde, of the whiche wyfe, as testyfyeth y Frensh Fredegudj, 
 booke, he had before receyuyd, iii. sonnes named Theodobertus, Meroneus, and Clodo- 
 iieus. It was not longe after that Chilperiche, as before is sayd, in ayde of his brother 
 
 rjwas departyd, but that his wyfe was delyuered of a doughter; and when this chylde shuld FdI./:. 
 be confermed of the bysshop, this Fredegiide entendyng to make a douorce atwene Chil- 
 
 ' entred, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 pcrlcb 
 
86 QUINTA PARS CHILPERICL 
 
 perich andhiswyfe byhir subtile aqd-false coniectour, ,cousayled the quene f she shuld 
 for the more honour cofermehir owne chylde, & the queue trustynge feer cou^ayl?, , spp- 
 posynge hir cousayle had ben for the beste, confermed hir owne chylde. 
 
 ^ Capitulam, C. xiii. 
 
 r IN this whyle the kyng with his brother occupyed I warre agayne the Swytezers, or 
 men of Sweuy, bare them so knyghtly that they subdued theyr enemye,s, & after re- 
 tourned into theyr coiitreyes, wherof whan Fredegude was ware, ?he in secrete maner 
 mette with y^ kynge, & shewyd to'hym all the demeaniire of his wyfe, but notbynge of 
 hir owne crafty workyng, wherewith the kypge was greupusly discoutente in shewjrng,of 
 his outewarde coiitenauce, & sayde if y were true,.sbe shuld frome hym be depoi^cyd, and 
 , that she shuld be quene i hir stede. 
 
 After this f kyng comyng to his paleys, ^ quene to thetent to be f more accepted in' 
 his presence, not knowynge of the trialiciqus werkyng of Fredegud, brought i her armes 
 the yonge baby, to the which she was moder bothe n^turail^, and spiritually, & welcomed 
 
 '-f kynge hir lorde in right humble maner, salutynge hym vf wordys of all comfort: but 
 the kynge beynge warnyd of hir symple demeanure,.,&, as some auctours ,wi;yte, glad 
 that he had occasyo to fyrtde mater to hir of displeasure, blamed her i grieuous maner, 
 &comaudyd hir but of his presence for y iyme, & after, by couceyll of spirituell men, 
 caused hir frome hym to be deuorcid, & hir W Wr yonge doughter to be put into an house 
 
 ?«of relygyon, to the which he gaue possessions for the fyndyng of hir & of hir yoiing 
 doughter named Childeynda. 
 
 And when Chilpericus had thus fynyss|ied this foresayd busynesse, he shortlye after tooke 
 to wjrfe^ forenamed Fredegunde, hot without grudge of Some of .his lordes and other. 
 It was not longe after this maryage ^ stryfe & disc^ncion fell atwene this Chilperich 3c 
 
 ■?^igebert his brother, the whiche grewe for certayne lande f Chilperiche claymed to hfl!ue 
 
 Fraternaii warre. of liis brother aforesayde. Then Chliperich assembled his l{nyghtes& made warre x^pon 
 
 the lande of his brother Sigebert, the which then was busyed in lyke warre agayne a 
 
 peqple C9,lled Hunes, by reason wherof Chilperiche had f more fordell, & wan by strengthe 
 
 the citie of Reyijys. 
 
 3o But it was not longfe after or Sigebert was warnyd of his brothers ynkyndnes ; wherfqre 
 he after his enemyes wer by hym sodele subdued, went with his army into the countrey 
 of Soysqns, belongyng to his brother Chilperich, & warred in lykewyjse in y lande as his 
 brother dyd in his, & at leyngth tooke the cytie of Soysons, & therein the eldest sone 
 of Chilperich, named Theodobert, & held hym as his prysoner. Thep Chilperich heryng 
 
 3iof the scofiture of his people and takynge of his sone, was agayn his brother more 
 feruently amouyd, & cast in his mynde all wayes & meanes howe he myght reuens&S 
 hymvpon his brother ; but it was in vayne, for his brother at y tyme had such aiiaQ- 
 tage of hym,. that he well apperceyuyd y he had noo better meane than a treaty of peas, 
 by meane wherof he shortly after opteyned hi^ sone out of da,unger, ^ other thynges con- 
 
 t*«cernyng hisprofette, assurynge to his sayde brother by solempne othe that after y day he 
 shuld neuer here armes, nor yet warrey' his brother. 
 
 This Concorde and vnyte in due maner fynysshed, & suffyciently by both coungayllys 
 stablysshed, yet Chilperiche, beypge alweyes myndyd to be reuengyd vpo his brotherSige- 
 bert, sent his yongest sone named Clodoueus, and causyd hym to warre vpo a cytie called 
 
 /^rBurd^aux, in the prouynce of Neustria^now c^,lled Normadye; bpt by f manhode of 
 a capitayn of Sygebert, named Singulphus, f sayd Clodoueus was ouercqmyn and com- 
 pellyd tovbydethe countre,and sofledto Paris. ' 
 
 For this hap Chilperich was fyryd wit all malyce, and in all haste commaundyd his 
 forenanped sone Theodobert, with a great armye to inua<Je the s^iyd countrey of Neu- 
 
 rvi stria or Normandye ; the whiche accordynge to his faders coraaun^lement sped hym thy- 
 
 ! war wyth, edit. 15*2, 1559. 
 
 der, 
 
QUINTA PARS CHILPERICI. 87 
 
 der, & there lyyhis extort aright and powar; toke matiy cyties and strongs holdis, not sparyng 
 churchis, bowses of reli^on, as Niinys & other, & robbed & spoyled y' coutrey in 
 moost cruell wyfee ; lastly, this persecucion thus doon, a cheuetayn, or duke, named 
 Gondoaldus, of the eridome of Peitowe, assembled great powar, and withstoode Theodo- 
 ^ '^bert, and fynallye, slewehym in'playrie batayll, & a great part of his people; wherof 'T'*' '^y?" 
 heeryng, Chilpericus gadeired a great boost, & yode into the countrey of Champeyn, "°'^ ^°'' 
 wastynge & destroyinge the countrey with fyre and irbe, to the vttirmoost of his powar, 
 & at lengtbe tooke the cytie of Keynes, & spoylydit without mercy. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xiiii. 
 
 Sigebertus aduertysyng and castynge inhismytide the innaturall dysposycyon of his 
 brother, perceyuynge well that he entendyd his vtter destruccyon, prouyded in his best 
 maner for to witbstade his malyce ; and for to brynge his contynued nialyce to a fynall ende, 
 be gaderyd'to hym a puybant powar, and after sped hym towafde his sayde brother^ wherof 
 Chilperich beynge aduertised by his couert meanes, soughte wayes of entreaty and peas 
 
 ' : /.'in suche wyfeej that or f hostis met a peas was' concluded. 
 
 Then theys6. ii. brethem thus accordyd, condescendyd in shorte tyme after to make 
 warre vpon theyr brother' Gunthranus, than lorde of Orleaunce, or the whiche signorye at 
 that d aye belonged to the countrey or prouynce of Burgoyne; j' cause of this warre is 
 not exprelssyd, except that they enuyed theyr brother to haue so great lordshyp, but by 
 
 zo i-o miedyatours oh both partyes, after great araypurueyed on all sydes, a concorde and peas, 
 was concludyd in ^-temple of Seynt Lowpe, at the cytie of Trois in Vyncent. When this 
 sayd peace was fynysshied, ^ sayd. iii. bretherne in syghte departyd as fredes, eyther of 
 them from other ; but as peace sometyme cotentith not soudyours, & specially such as 
 delyte them i pyllage & robbery, right soo amonge ^ knyghtys of Sygebert was sproge 
 ! a 'great rumoure, saying that they were not contente, and rewardyd for theyr great laboure 
 and trauayle accot'dyng to theyr desert, and specially for ^ firste iourneyof theyse. ii. hadde 
 agaynehis bi'other Chilperiche, thynkynge the peace with hym made was nothynge honor* 
 able, consyderynge the great doubleuesse and vntrougth that \ hym was proued : for the 
 whiche- they excylyd Sygebert,. in all that in them was, to breke those bondys of peace, 
 and to make newe warre vpon hym: And in lyke maner, some euyll disposyd to the sayd 
 warre were more aggreable than to peace' vpon the partye of Chilperiche, and murmured 
 in lykewyse & for they thought to haue been better rewarded of Sigebert tha they were '«'•'''• 
 of theyr o\Vne triayster. They therefore lefte hyna and yode to the host df Sygebert by 
 whose defamy*and repbrt, Sygebert was more kyndelyd to set vpon his brother, 
 r Chilperiche hauynge noticion of , his brothers purpose, w also the murmoure and de- 
 party rige, of his knyghtes, and hauynge in the other some mystruste, he anon with 
 his w^fe and chyldren, and chiefe of his treasoure, went vnto the cytie of Tourney, 
 emteodynge to kepe that for theyr and his sauegarde. But whan Sygebert knewe thereof 
 he was nothynge in the pursuynge of hym founds slowe,- but followed streyght after, and 
 
 v< closyd hym within the sayd cytie w a stronge siege, where Cbilperichebeyn^' in a maner 
 dispayre of the welfare of hym and his Fredegude. And* she that was replenysshed of all 
 iniquyte called to hir. ii. wyckyd persones, and promysyd vnto theym great gyfte^ if they 
 wolde hy venym, or otherwise, slee hir brother Sygebert; the which, ii. felowes dissayuyd Fredegudu ini- 
 with y fayre speche & great gyftes of the sayde Fredegunde, tooke vpon theym that vn- '""** 
 
 A'; >i/Heful charge, and by theyr subtell and false imaginacyo brought their cursed purpose to 
 an ende, but to theyr owne confusyon; for after they had wounded the kynge Sygebert to 
 deth, & wolde then haue escapyd, the kynges knyghtes espyinge theyr treason fell soone 
 vpon them and to hewie theym*. And whan the deth of y kynge was knowyn, a great 
 
 ' Some euyll dysposyd persons were more agreable to warre then to peace. ^ encytynge. ^ was. 
 
 * But. ' all to bewed them. 
 
 ^ Qoyse 
 
88 QUINTA PARS CHILPERICI. 
 
 noyse & cry was areryd in the boost, by meane wherof the kynges deth was blowen 
 jnto the cytie, and after to the heeres of Chilperiche, whereof he was not a tytyll amer- 
 uayled, nor wolde to it geue ferme credence tyll he was enfourmed of his wyfe Frede- 
 gunde of all hir subtyle workynge. 
 
 .' It was not longe after or the knyghtys, or some of . the capitaynes of the boost of 
 Sygebert presented them vnto Chilperich, besekyng hym of hys grace and pardon, the 
 which he gladlye acceptyd : and when he had set his chargis in ordoure, he then cora- 
 maunded prouysion to be made for the berying of his sayd brother, within y^ monastery 
 of seynt Medarde of Spysons : and when all that busynesse after a kyngelye maner -were 
 
 /ofynysshed & endyd, he then exylyd Brunechieldis and Chyldebert, the wyfe and sone 
 o'f his brother Sygebert, vnto the citie of Roane, takynge from them great treasoure 
 that they were possessyd of. But shortly after y sayd' sone of Sygebert, by helpe of 
 Giidebalde, or Gundealde, duke of Peitow**, here before named, was delyuered from 
 the daunger of the sayde Chilperich, and sent into his owne lordshyppe of Austracy, 
 
 a~which his fader Sygebert was Lorde of. 
 
 In this passetyme he had sent his sone Meroneus into a countrey called ButuryngeSj 
 
 Co cupiscenriara to appease ccrteygne rebellions there arreysyd; but when he harde of the deth of his 
 
 •.rmsmspice. ^^j^jg gygebgrt, and of the beyng of his wyfe Brunechielde at the cytie of Roan, he set 
 
 ^ parte all the charge of his fader, and sped hym streyght thyder, kepynge copany with 
 
 loiiyr, in whome he toke suche consolacion and pleasure, that lastlye he maryed hir, and 
 kept hir as his wyfe. And when his fader was thereof warnyd, he feryd leste by the 
 counsayll of his sayde wyfe, he wolde aryse agayne hym; wherfore he i all haste as- 
 sembled his people and sped hyni toward Roane. 
 
 When tydynges came to Meroneus of the comynge of his fader aV so great araye, and ' 
 
 ^•r'rhe as then vnpurueyed of strength of knyghtys to resiste his fader, for his moost sujetj, 
 •fledde with his vnlefuU wyfe to y" temple or church of Seynt Martyne, takyng the 
 preuylege therof for theyr defence. And whan Chilperich had temptyd by many sondrye 
 meanes tohauetheym out of the sayde preuylege, & myght not without brekynge of the 
 same, he, to brynge aboutehis cawtelous purpose, made to theym assuryd promesse, that if 
 
 Js.they wylfully wold renounce the sayd place and put them in his grace, he wolde vtterlye 
 
 * pardon theyr trespace, and suffer theym from that tyme forthe to contynue theyr lyfe 
 
 <;au«iaad Me. togeder as man and wyfe, vpon whiche promesse the sayd Meroneus with his wyfe re- 
 
 *o«ei co&aione. jiounced the Sayd preuylege, and put them hooly in the kynges mercy, the which theyni ' 
 
 receyuyd with all coiitenaiice of loue and fauoure, and them festyd, and cherished 
 
 j-rlouynglye by the space of two dayes oonlye ; but the thyrde daye the feaste was fy- 
 nysshed, for than be sent his sone vnto Paris vnder sure gydes, and there causyd hym 
 to be professed in an bowse of relygyon, but by the meanes of his vncle Gunthranus 
 he was after taken thens, and so restoryd to his former knyghthode ; for the which his 
 fader hym newely pursued, &.constrayned hym to take for his sauegarde the churche of 
 
 ifo Seynt Martyne in Turon, and whan he was warned that his fader parforcjS wold take 
 
 hym thens, he than fled vnto a cytie of Champayne, accopanyed with. vi. seruauntis 
 
 Bcsperacia. oonlye, where he was in soo great fere to be taken, & in suche despayre to opteyne grace 
 
 of his fader, that he cawsyd one of the sayde.vi. persons to sle hym with his swerde; the* 
 
 foresayde Brunechieldis his wyfe put in sure kepynge. 
 
 ^ % Capitulum. C. xv. 
 
 CHilpericus then beynge assertayned of y deth of his Sone Meroneus, and of the sure 
 kepynge of Brunechieldis, he thoughte hym selfe somedele assuryd, for the mystrusteithat 
 he had m them many tymes inquyeted hym. But yet he was not in quyete or reste, for 
 ihortlye after, the people of Turon rebellyd agayne hym. Agayne whome he sent his 
 
 " sayd" omitted. • Poytowe. • and the 
 
 3 
 
 sone 
 
QTTINTA PARS CHILPERtCl. 89 
 
 sone Clodoueus, and a noble man of bis court named Desiderius, f which he sent as a gyde 
 and a cousayloure of his sayd sone, and vpon the party of his enemyes was a capy- 
 tayne of the kynge Gunthranus. Forsomoche as the sayd Guthranus claymed parte of 
 those londes aixjut Turon, this capitayne, named Momeleus, heiynge of the commyng of 
 
 'the foresayd boost, with a chosen company made towarde them, and gaue vnto Clodoueus 
 a great sharpe fighte, and not withoute great losse of bis men wan of hym the feelde, 
 and copellyd hym to forsake that countrey. 
 
 Thus Chilperich was wrapped in w^rres and trowbles of the worlde, somietyme w 
 rigfate, and some whyle with wrong ; so that he some tyme wan worshyp, & otherwhyle 
 
 >'jbe loste ; whereof to tell all the circumstance I thynke it shuld be tedyous both to the 
 reders & also to theherers; wherefore I passe ouer in abrydgynge and shortynge some- 
 deale of this Storye. Then folowith in the storye, after Chylpericbe hadde by intyce- Notapricipieu- 
 ment of Fredegunde wrongfuUye turmentyd tharchebyshop of Roan, named Pretestj and =«!'«"™"' 
 hym after the suflferauce of many vylaynes exylyd, for f which and other, God sent vnto 
 
 'rhym some correccyon in takynge awaye by sc'd^ne deth the chyldren that he had by 
 Fredegunde ; he then began to knowe God, and toke great repentauce in promesynge to 
 God amendement of his lyfe: and to thentent f he myght haue the-more prayers of the 
 comyn people to stande I state of grace, he firste releasyd a greuous trybi»te, or impo- /«.'«'• 
 sicion that he had lately set vpon all vynes' thorough his region. And that doon, he re- 
 
 z> edified oide churCties, and some he made newe and endowed them with great possessions : 
 and ouer this be releoyd greatly the poor« people, by enlargyngof his liberall almes, and 
 became very buble & meke, where before tyme he was righte sterne and cruell. But lyke 
 as often it happeneth that bote loue is soone colde, so this sodeyne deuocyon was soone 
 aswaged, for lyke as his trowbles began to aswage, and his prosperyte to encreace, right 
 
 afso his ei^ con^icions began in hym to reuyue and quycken, soo that at length he re- 
 tournyd to his olde accustomed vycys. 
 
 In this tyme a people called LongobaTdes\ & now Italyens, warryd sore vpon the Lades 
 of thempyre ; wherfore Mauricios then beynge emperour of Costatyne f noble', for so 
 oioch as he thought jr the Frensh kynges myghte was lesse coste & peyne to subdue them*, 
 
 ^»tban he myght beyng soo farre fro them, be therfore sent to hym a great sume of golde, 
 with letters of recomendacion, exortynge hym, in the defence of the churche of Rome, 
 to assemble his people and to withstande f sayd Longobardys, and not to cease therof 
 tyll he had expellyd theym from the lades of the empyre ; which some of golde he 
 goodlye receyued, promisyhge to the bryngers thereof, that he with all diligence shuld 
 
 irexecufe the vttermoste of his power to accomplysshe the request of the emperoure. And 
 accordyng to a parcell of hfs.sayd promesse he assembled a great people, and made to> 
 ward the sayde Longobardys, of whom the sayd Longobardys feryng the great myght, 
 made meane of entreaty, ofFerynge to hym great sumes of money, by reason wherof he 
 lefte them in reste and so returnyd into Frauce. When Mauricius had vnderstadyng infideiitas. 
 
 Vttbat the foresayd enemyes remaynyd styll in the foresayde landes, and contynued in theyr 
 malyce, he sent ageyn to Chilperich, requyrynge hym owtber to perfourme his promesse, 
 or elles to restore his money whiche he had taken for the perfourmaunce of the same ; 
 but all Mas in vayne, for he wold nowther execute that one, nor that other. But at 
 lengthe, as affermeth myn auctor, he was by goddes ordenaunce compelled for to restore 
 Usf sayd money, or a great parte therof, by meane of his suster with hir childe that was as 
 a prysoner to the sayd emperour ; which suster was beforetyme maryed vnto f kynge of 
 Spayne. 
 
 * The editions of 1542 and 1559, read "w/net". * In the margin of the Editien 1-559, the editor hat 
 . inserted this Note: 
 
 " The Italians are called Longobardei, forasmuch as most commonly tbei use to weare longe beardes." 
 
 * Constautynople, edit. 1542, 1559. * " for so muche as he then thniight that the Frenche kynge mygbte 
 wytb lesse coste and payne subdue theym then he myght," edit. 1542, 1359. 
 
 N if Capitulum. 
 
90 QUINTA PARS CHILPERICI. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. XVI. 
 CHilpericus, thus encreasynge in vyce anddishonoure, lastly* repugnedagayne Go4 so 
 
 ■ j he fell into y detestable heresye of the Arians, & comaunded certeyn artycles of the 
 same towcfeynge the deuision of the Trinite to be prechyd thoroughe his region. But 
 
 rthe holy bisshop of Towres withstoode that precepte, and blamed hym greiiouslye for 
 
 that dede, albeit tJie sayd bisshoppe named Gregory, with great assystence of the other 
 
 bj'sshoppes of Fraunce, had 'great laboure to remoue hymfrom the sayde opynyon. 
 
 Peruerce Fre- This with many Other crymes passed by Chilperiche, Fredegunde which euer encreasyd 
 
 **"''■ in peruerse and malycyous purpose, soughte many vnlefull meanes howe she myght brynge 
 
 (oto cofusyon the tbyrde sone of hir husbonde ; knowynge well that whyle he fyued, hir 
 chyidren shulde neuer enheryte the crowne of Fraunce. For this purpose to brynge 
 about^ many and dyuerse' she attemptyd, whiche were Jonge to reherce; but fynally she 
 eausyd hym wrongefullye to be accused,' and by meane therof to be caste in pryson, where 
 he soo beynge, she byryd a felon to sle hym, and after shewyd to hir husbonde that the 
 
 ftrsayde Clodoueus had slayne himselfe, in profe whereoif she had appoynted ^ foresayd 
 murderer to leue a swerde stickyng in hym, as thoughe he hadde wylfully slayne hym- 
 selfe vpp the same swerd ; whiche when the kynge sawe, he demedhym gylfy of suche of- 
 fence a? feefore was put vpon hym. 
 
 Ye haue harde before of the sone of Sigebert named Childebert, y was delyuered frona 
 
 2iithe handes of Chilperich, his vncle, by the meanes of Gundoald duke or erle of Pei- 
 towe ; the whiche in this tyme was growen to mannys stature, and ruled at this daye his 
 enheritauce pf Austracy, not without great stryfe had atwene hym and his sayde yncle, 
 Mhich were to longe to wryte the circustauce thero^^ whereof at this day some deale was 
 vndiscussyd; albeit they at this day vsyd eyther otlier as frendes. About this tyme ^ 
 
 -^^i^other vncle of Childebert, caliyd Gunthranus, sought oceasyon agayn hym for cause of 
 a bisshop named Theodorus, and hisshoppe of Marcyll, or Marsile, the whiche was, put 
 from his, see by Gunthranus and receyued of Childebert, and .by, hym ageyne restoryd to 
 the sayd see of Massyle, for the which Gunthrane was sore amoued, and entendyd to 
 make warre vpon hym ; but by medyaloures it was somedeale appeasyd, and set in quyete 
 
 3evpon certeygne condicions to be obserued & also perfourmed vpon the party of Guthra- 
 
 nus,,y which after were not vpon hissydekepte nor perfourmed; wherefore after requests 
 
 » to hym made for reformacion pf all such poyntes, and answere ageyne of* receyued .of 
 
 none reformacion, Childebert to haue his partye the strenger, and also for that, that he 
 
 well knewe that his vncle Chilperich bare towarde the sayd Giithranus not very fraternall 
 
 34oue, he therefore sent vnto hym a noble man of hys courte named Gyllon, requyryng 
 hynx of ayde agayn his vQcle, y which by many seasons had aswell broken promesse 
 agayn hym. as now he had agayn Childebert. Of this, Chilperich beyng right fayne, assentyd to 
 f desyre of Gyllon, and after in all haste preparyd theyr hostis, and by. ii. sondry copanyes 
 inuadyd y: coutreyes of Orleaunce, wherof Guntranus was kynge or ruler, but the inhabv- 
 
 jfctauntis of that prouynce defferidyd theym in so strongemanery theyr enemyeshad of therii 
 litleauauntage. In which meane season Guthranus assembled a myghty hoste, & sped hym 
 towarde his enemyes at a place callid Madiolan; he supprysed a parte, of his sayde 
 enemyes, and after drewe nere to f greatnpbre of , both hostis, where was made prepara- 
 piqn on bothsydes to haue foughten: but as before tyme ye haue often hard that by dis- 
 
 »^rete and-wyse men the fyght was. put by, & meanes of accorde was foundyn, so now 
 at tljis-tyme by laboure of good & wyse prelatis & other, theyse. iii. kynnesmen were set 
 in vnytye, and departyd without great shedynge of Cristen bloode. 
 
 In this passetyme, deth iwhiche sparith no cre.atour, berafte Ciiilpericus a sone borne 
 of Fredegunde, & named Theodorus ; for the which the kynge and also the q^uene tpokja 
 
 ■f^- * .*^ dyuerse wayes.., *" ai '.' omitted^ 
 
 ';,\ .■■.ii." ' " great 
 
QUINTA PARS CHILPERICr. 91 
 
 great heuynesse; but as she that was prompte & redy to all eoyll, cast in her mynde that 
 this chylde was slayne by poyson, or by some other purposyd malice, ' for the which 
 lastly was accusyd a baylyfe, or lefe officer, callyd Monuole, with dyuerse witchis and. 
 sorseryes' that shulde imagyn this chyldis deth, the which she peyned and turmentyd 
 .'in suche wyse, that lastly the sayde wytches confessyd that they had destroyed y chylde, 
 att^ not without cosent of the sayd Monuole, wherfore she after causyd the sayd sor- r^Litnt. 
 seressis to dye by cruell deth, as by fyre and otherwyse; and the sayd baylyfFe to be so 
 tourmentyd, that he dyed soon after. The Frenshe-.Cronycle sayth, that by the meane of 
 the takynge awey of y^ lyfe of y^ kynges chylde, a chylde of the sayd Monuole was 
 J restoryd to helth, whiche before was in great ieoperdy, which" is for folys to beleue. This 
 sorowe and heuynesse of Chilperich, and Fredegu tide his-^Wyfe, was somdeale asswaged 
 bythe byrth of a sone, Portly after borne of the sayde Fredegunde, which the kytig 
 l6t calle Lotharius, or Clotharius : for ioy wherof,- the kynge let open the prysones, and 
 suffered the prysoners to goo at theyr lybertye, and specially suche as concerned causes 
 rtouchynge hym selfe for dette, or otherwyse with other thynges concernynge his honoure. 
 But lyke as dame fortune is accustomed to medle hir ioyes of this world with some 
 bitternesse, so did she nowe with Chilperiche ; for where he* nowe in great tradquyllitye 
 and reste, and thoughte to haue lad the resydue of his lyfe in pleasure, sodeynly worde 
 was broughte vnto hym that his brother Gunthranus, and hisneuyewe Childebert wias al- 
 
 :elyed and ferraely accordyd to make warre vpon hym, for the which they had assemblyd a 
 great armye in releef ; wherof he' in all haste comaundyd all his treasoure and chiefe 
 iewell^s to be hadde to the cytie of Cambria, where he with his wyfe and frendes 
 entendyd to contynue the resydue of his lyfe : and that doon, sped hym thyder in all 
 haste, and fortifyed the sayd cytie in suche wyse, that he feryd lytle or nothynge his 
 
 >renerayes, where he so kepte hym within y' sayde cytie a certeygne of tyme, and when he 
 sawe nor harde not of the comynge of his sayde brother nor neuyewe, he then walkyd 
 more at large, and sportyd hym in haw kynge and chase of the wylde beestys, as wolues 
 arid other, whiche at those dayes was greatlye vsed of the kynges of Frauce, and yet is 
 contynued. 
 
 3o Vpon a daye as he was purposyd towarde this dysporte, and all thynge redy preparyd spousebrech 
 for the same, so that f quene thoughte verylye he had be goone* out of the paleys, for *""~""*- 
 what happe I cannot tell, the quene yode into hir chaumbre, and there restid hir vpon 
 hir bedde,' where she so lyinge, the kynge passyd by and with a lytle wande which he 
 bare in his hande, in maner of game, strake the quene with it vpon the backe : the 
 
 3rquene supposynge the kynge had been goon to the feylde, and not lokyng vp, sayde 
 Laundrye Why darest thou this* stryke me. This Laundiye was a great man in the kynges 
 courte, and hadde been paramoure to the quene longe tyme; but the kynge herynge theyss 
 wordis, made semblaunt as he had not herde theym, and soo passyd on his waye. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. :{vii. 
 
 Fredegiida apperceyuynge, and after seynge it was the kynge to whome she had thus 
 sayde, sore was abasshed, and in great fere and agony ; and after she hadde by a longe 
 season coniectyd in hir mynde what remedye she myghte fynde for this myshap, she 
 lastlye deuilishely determyned to sle hir sayde husbande & lorde ; & this to bryng about, 
 she sent in all haste for ^^ sayd LaQdry & shewyd to hym in ordre all the circumstaunce 
 ^ rof y^ foresayd mater, whereafter he was striken with suche a fere, that his witte and cou- 
 sayle fayled hym to deuyse in such a case eny remedy, wherfore f quene as she p was fully 
 determyned to execute hir detestable and cursed purpose, sayde to hym boldelye, Laun- 
 drye, thou seest well that this case is brought to so strayte a poynt, that owther thou must 
 
 ' sorseresses. * he was. ' Wherfore he. * been gone, edit. 1559. ' thus. 
 
 N 2 thynke 
 
92 QUINTA PARS CHILPERJCI. 
 
 thynke to destroy my lorde & husbpnde, or elly^ thou & I muste both he shamefully con- 
 founded, of whiche thou well knowest our owne is moosl to be regardyd, therefore dis- 
 pose the to do after my counsayll. 
 
 Thou knowist well, that the kynge is accustomed to come late from his disporte, 
 X wherfore prouyde to the a certeyne that thou well trustyste, & in the euenynge whan 
 he retournes, asspy thy tyme, and fall vpon hym sodeynlye, andsoo ridde hym: and 
 after make an out crye, and sende to serche about as thou woldest take the homycidys, 
 & cause some of thyne owne company to flee from the,, as thoughe thou shuldest theym 
 pursue. 
 
 10 Laundry herynge this cursyd counsayll, allowed it well, and thereunto assentyd, and 
 incotynently went about the perfourmauce of the same ; and when he had purUeyde his 
 accessaryes, he towarde nyght assembled them, gyuynge to them informacion howe they 
 inymyschiefe shuld behaue theym in that thynge takyng of them assuryd othes for 
 kepyng of his counsayll. 
 
 ir The kynge not mysdemynge eny thyng of this cospyred treason, toke his delectation 
 and pleasure in folowynge of his game, so y he loste moche of jiis copany, & toward 
 nyght, as he beforetyme was accustomed, ■vr fewe accompanyed, drewe homeward ; 
 whereof Laundry beynge warned, met with the kynge, salutynge hym, and sayinge that 
 be was comyn with his copany to codute hym home, for so moohe as he doubted how he 
 
 2a was garnysshed of his meyneyall seruautis, or other. 
 
 What shulde I lenger make delaye, or farther rehersayll in this matier, or to telle 
 the cincumstauace of this purppsyd treason; but fynalLye, when the kynge was nere 
 bis paleys> or as reherceth the Frenshe Cronycle, with,in y courte of his paleys, as he 
 light from his horse, he was sodeynlye wojindyd to the hert, that he streyght fell to the 
 erth dede. 
 Mors regis. After which murder thus comytted, a great crye was arerid, the kynge is slayne, so 
 
 that this Lau-ndrye made in great haste to be called certeyn persones to attende vpon thq 
 corps, whyle he, with other, pursued suche as were dempte gylty of this oflfence; but 
 lastly, he retourned, and sayde that this dede was doone by the knyghtes of Childebert^ 
 
 3«the which by the derkenes ofy nyght were escapyd. 
 
 To shewe here the vayne and dissyinulyd sorowe that Fredegiiode made for the kynge, 
 it were but lettynge of tyme, for euery wyse roan knowitb weU, that allsuchei as been of 
 that disposycion, can feyne rigbte well in suche semblable casis. But to my purpoos ; 
 when the kynge was thus slayne^ and at that tyme nouther the queue, nor yet Laun- 
 
 srdrye suspectyd, prouySyon wa^s made for enterynge of the corps, the whiche was shortlye 
 after shypped at the nexte ryuer, and so conuayed vnto saynt Germayns de Pree,. before 
 spokpn of, & ther with great solempoyty buryed, ,>yhea he had reygned, as before is 
 sayd,. xxiiii. yeres, leuynge after hym, a sone before mynded, caUyd Clothairijjs, or Lo- 
 tharius. , 
 
 in> Thus, as affermyth myn auctonr, niaty^ter Robert Gagwyn, endyd Chilperich mise- 
 rably his lyfe, which in pryde and mysery before tyme it cotynued, and where inliis 
 lyfe he cherisshed noo freende, at his ende he fande fewe or noo frendes. This-gaue 
 the patrymony of y church to lewde and symple clerkys, and was an enmye to all ba^ 
 religious placis'; and feuored. more suche as had lately bieen couerted to the feyth, 
 
 Hr^han he dyd theym that had contynued .by holy lyfe a Iqnge season therin, & gaue 
 vnto such persones 1^ rule of Crystes churche, araqnge ^ wbiche, orb there was of per- 
 fyght lyuyng &l bisshop of Paris, ,y ganoyssbed.bis toinbe ^ this epytaphy as after in 
 meter foloweth. s 
 
 ' In the edit, of 154.2, & \559, " the holy religious places" areemi^erf. 
 
 Ecclesie 
 
 Ptl.lv. 
 
QUINTA PARS CARETICI. 93 
 
 Ecclesie $peculuni, patrie vigor, ara reorum, 
 
 Et pater & medicirs, pastor amorque gregis, 
 Germanus virtute, fide, corde, ore beatus : 
 
 Came tenet tumulum, mentis honore polum, 
 rVir cui dura nichil nocuerunt fata sepulcri. 
 
 Viuit enim, nam mors quam tulit ipsa timet 
 Creuit ad hue pocius, iustus post funera : nam qui 
 
 Fictile vas fuerat, gemma superba micat. 
 Uuius opem ae meritum mutis data verba loquntur ; 
 ft Redditus & cecis, predicat ore dies. 
 Nunc vir apostolieus, rapiens de came tropheum, 
 
 lure triumphale confidet arce throni. 
 
 The which versys, in our mother tunge, may thus be expounded in meter as folowith. 
 
 Myrrour to thechurche, and of the countrey the strength. 
 'j-Cpijipasgion of gylty, to them shewyoge mercy, 
 A fader ^ a leche, an h0rd and louer at length 
 Of his people ; cosyn to vertu and of allye 
 Infeyt^and in hert, and eke in mouth hohf; 
 „.,. ^ Of whom the flesshe nowe holdith this sepulture. 
 
 ^ 't^^fi, ' a 3«But the spirite is in heuen euer to endure. 
 
 " To this nothynge noyed, nor faute of sepulture. 
 
 He lyueth southly, for deth which he not drede, 
 Hath hym hense tane, but yet he hoped sure. 
 This rightwyse man, ihoughe sometyme he were ladde, 
 v-As a brytteU ve^sell which with the erth was cladde. 
 And some whyle felle, yet efte he rose a noone. 
 Wherefore he nowe shyneth as doth an orient stoone. 
 By helpe and meryte nowe hath the dumbe his speche, 
 Of this blessyd man, and to the blynde his ^ght, 
 ^iuj3;t '» Restorid of God, as this daye doth vs teche. 
 
 And he of the flesshe hath gotten nowe the fyght, 
 And vpper hande with a triumphant myght : 
 By vertue whereof he lyke a conquerour. 
 Of the highe heuyo nowe sitteth in the tower. 
 is' Thus may ye wel apper^ceyue & know, that as erthly men fauoure, so wol they wryte, 
 as nowe shewith by th^s kuperscriptio; but to God all thyng is mapyfestyd & knowe, & 
 nothyng to hym hyd, whatsoeuer erthly man wryteth or demyth, to whom all f pmysses 
 I remyt. 
 
 ^ C^pitulum. C.xviii. 
 
 vo CAreticus or Lareticus, after the wrytyng of Guydo, of wborae nother ^ progeny, ^i>^- 
 nor yet other additio of honour is of wryters of hym remebred, began to rule f Brytons '■ *^" *' 
 the yere of our lorde. vX.iiiixx. and. vi., as the sayde auctoure recorditb, and the. xxii. 
 yere of Chilperyche than kynge of Fraunce, & also the. ix. yere of Ce^wlpius then 
 4cynge of West biaxpns. This, as witnessith all wryters, was a louer of cyuyle batayll, and 
 was worste of all men, so that he was odyble to God & his subiectis,in sucbe wyse that 
 they excyted the Saxons to warre vpon hym, as testifyelh Guydo, and chasyd hym from 
 cytie to citye, and frome towne to towne, tyll they had berafte hym the moost parte of 
 suche lande as his predecessoure Malgo had bolden before hym. 
 
 But Policronycon, Gaufryde, and other, adde more therunto, & sayen that foras- 
 
 jmoche as the Saxons knew of the dissencioa atwene Caretycus & his Brytons, th^ in 
 
 aU 
 
^4 QUINTA PARS CARETICI. 
 
 Gurmuadiis. all liaste sent into Ireknde for the kynge callyd Gurmudus Affl-'icanus, ^^whiche, of 
 some wryters are named., ii. personeS, as Gurmudus & Africanus, but by y rehersayll 
 tbat RanulfFe, monke of Chestre, makyth in the. xxiii. chaptre of his 'first boke of Poll - 
 cronycon, it shuld seme that he shulde be named Gurmundus; the whiche ^J^^^ 
 rmeaiiynge shulde warre in Brytaygne and Frauce, whyle his brother Turgecius regHied 
 as kyng in Irelande ; &' in y' sayde chaptre is more at lengthe declared: which sayde 
 Gurmudus,-with the strength of the Saxons, warryd so sore agayne the Brytons, y lastlye 
 the sayde Careticus was fayne to take y^ town© of Kaersegent, now callyd Sichestre, & 
 therin.besegyd hym with his Brytons by a certayne of tyme, where by dayly skyrmysshes 
 / & assautes he loste moche of his people. When Careticus had a season assayed & pro"y^ 
 the strengthe of his enemyes, and sawe y they increasyd, & his knyghtis lassed and 
 mvnysshed, he ^odenly lefte that towne, and with a certaine of Brytons tooke ouer 
 Seuarne water, and soo into Walys seth* qallyd Cambria; whiche shulde be after moost 
 accorde of wryters, thejthyrde yere of f reygne of this Careticus. [About this tyme, as 
 Gregorius mag-mieanyth Antoninus, the great Gregory then beynge a monke, & after pope, sawe at 
 "^ Rome chyldyr of Anglis or Saxons to selle at Rome ; and when he had axyd of them 
 
 what coutrey they were of, and it was answered to hym that they were named Anglis, he 
 sayd that AUeluya shuld be sunge in y countrey y- so feyre chyldren were borne in. 
 Alleluya before in the. iiiixx, &. viii. chaptre rehercid is there takyn after the exposicion 
 wof seynt Austyne for ayde and helpe of God, but here it is ment for louynge & preys- 
 ynge of God, as to hym that laude & thankys shulde be geuen vnto, y seadith to mien 
 so fayre frewte; wherefore, as after shal be shewyd, the sayd Gregory beynge pope, 
 sent that holy man Augustyne with other for to preche to the sayd Anglis the faythe of 
 Cryste.'] 
 vr Then to retoyrne to Careticus, whom the Englyssh Cronycle namyth Cortif, trougth 
 it is that after he aV his Brytons were dryuen into Cambria or Walls, yet he lefte not 
 cotynually to make reyses and assautis vpon y- Saxons nexte to hym adioynaunt. 
 ~ In this tyme, or soone after, ruled Ethelfridus the North Saxons ; for, as witnessith 
 the foresayde auctor Guydo, he began the reygne ouer Deira and Brenicia, in the yere 
 3» of our lorde. v.C.lxxx. and. xiii. This is Ethelfrydus, sone of Ethelricus that pursued so 
 Monkyi siayne. sore the Bryjoiis, and slewe so great a nombre of ^ munkys of the towne of Bangor, as 
 is before rehercyd in the. C. &. ix. chapitre of this werke-; the whiche daylye warred 
 vppon the Brytons & the Brytons vpon hym, so that he destroyed or subuertyd moche of 
 Crystis feythe, with the helpe of the foresayde Garmunde, thorough Loegria or myddle 
 SrEngliid; insomoche that the bysshoppesof London and Yorke, with other mynistreres of 
 the ehurche, with suche goodes & relykes as they myght cary, fled into dyuerse 
 /•;./«;. countreys, so that theyr church dores were shytte after theym^, or ellys occupyed in wor- 
 
 shyppe of theyr false goddes. - " ' 
 
 Thus the feythe that had endured in Brytaygne frome the tyme of Lucius, firste christen 
 ^skyngein Bryfeygne, tyll this daye, nor* vpon the season of foure h,unBred yeres and 
 odde, & was well nere extyncte thoroughe all the lande*. And when the forenamed 
 Gurmunde had fynysshed his tyranny within ^ landey of Brytaygne, he then sayled into 
 Frauce, where he was after slaynfe, as witnessith Policronic5: albeit y' Frenshe Cronycle 
 spekyth no thyng of eny suche man durynge this persecucion, as witnessith Guydo. The 
 «j- church or monastery before buylded in Verolamy, nowe callyd seynt Albanes, was by 
 the Sayde myscreauntes beten downe, which there was buyldyd of f Brytons in the 
 honoure of that holy prothomartyr seynt Albon, with dyuerse many other, the which are 
 loste out of memory. . - ■ 
 
 ' as. " then. ' Omitted in the edit, of 1542. and 1559. * nere. * * In tb6 
 
 «iargin of the edit, of 1542, we have « note that the fayth of Christ was receaued in Englande. iiiiC, yeares 
 .before the cpmijiyng of saint Augustyne. 
 
 2 Durynge 
 
QUINTA PARS CAllETICI. 95 
 
 ' Duryngealso this trouble atwene the Saxons and Brytons, the Lordshyppe or Kynge- 
 dome of Easts&xoh began to take place, as after shalbe shewed. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.xix. 
 
 ■ IN this tyme also, after thaccorde of moost wryters, as witnessith Polycronyca & [9«p- 4- «■ 8-1 
 
 -T other, Ethelbertus regned in Kente, and by knyghthdde & great myght, bare hyni and ^ ''•'■"''■ ''^ 
 behaued bym so victoryously, y he enlarged his kyngdome to the boundis of Humbyr : 
 in which tyme Gregory wbiche, for his notable dedes, was surnamed great, was made Holy. 
 pope' of Rome ; the whiche, as before is touchyd in the presedyng chapitre, hauynge 
 icdpassyon y the cou'ntrey, from whes so fayre chyldren came as he before had seyn, 
 
 'osbuld be inhabyte >V Pagans, or people of mysbeleue, sent into Brytaygne that holy man 
 Augustyne, with other of his bretberne, to preche to the Anglis the fayth of Cryst. Foi^ tyne! "^^ 
 as witnessith Antoninus in the. iii. chapitre and. xii. tytle of his foresayde werke, when 
 Augustyne was. iii. dayes iourney gone & passed, such a sodeyne fere entrid in hym & 
 bis lelaushyp, f they turned agayne; then Gregory coforted the sayd compahye, & sent 
 
 'j-them With letters to the bysshop Arelatensis, wyllynge hym to helpe and ayde Austyne 
 in all that in hym nedid, f tenour of which letters, & other sent to Ethelbert kyng of Etheiberu 
 Kent}, which' answers are wrytten with other questions in the regestre of Gregory, and- in 
 the bookes of Beda and other. 
 
 Augustyne thus cdfortyd, sped his iourney, & landed in y East syde of Kent, in the 
 
 z.olle of Tlianet w. xl. felawes; wherof some were interpretours, or such as cowde speke 
 all languagis/ the whiche Augustyne sent vnto Ethelbert, sE^nge that they were sent 
 from Rome for the hele and saluacion of f kynge & of his realme : the kynge that* be- 
 fore tyme had herde of f feyth of Cryste, for he had to wyfe, as seytb Policronicon, a 
 Fitenshe woma that was cristened, & had receyuyd hir vpon condicion that he sliuld s\i&- 
 
 ufer hir to lyue after hir lawe. 
 
 • Than after a certeyn tyme the kyng spoke with Augustyne, but that was without ^ The pUcebefcre 
 house, after the maner of his lawe. Ageyne his cumyng he arreryd a baner of the cru- holJ^iiTgustyrfe 
 cifixe, and sange f lateny', & prechyd to hvm the worde of God. Then f kynge savd, Lt ^'^^'^i "«« 
 
 re that ye promyse, but, for it is to me vncowth & newe, I may not so soone assent those dayes, the 
 io to you ; but for ye be comen so farre for my sake, ye shalbe fayre entreatyd, & haue all "anoy" »' pa- 
 thynge y' is to you necessary ; & we graunt to you leue to tome of our people whom ye al^t\yn%f. 
 maye. Whe they bad reeeyued this coforte of ^ kyng, they went w processio to ^ cytie ^f^fl"^^^\"' 
 of Dorobernia or Cauterbury, syngyng Alleluya, where they lad theyrlyues as holy faders apperynsomewf 
 dyd in the begynnyng of f churche, as in fastynge, prayinge, watchynge, and prechynge JJ',Vs7a"°d u 
 wTof the worde of helth, and sange masses, and cristened such as they conuertyd in f Easte caiiyd'of thein- 
 syde of the cytie, in the olde chyrche of seynt Martyne, vnto y tyme that the kynge was rtafflfL*^ 
 
 conuertyd. ~ Rychbourghe. it 
 
 At length when the kynge had well consyderyd the conuersacion and holy lyfe of I'„en^7he Ue 
 Austen and his felowes, he harde them more gladlye, and lastly, by theyr goo^ftexortacions "L^J^^", '"t^' 
 4»& gostly loue, was by them couertyd and cristened, in the yeie of oure lorde, after most ^pon"a'myie' 
 accorde of wryters,. v.C.lxxx.xvi., & the. xxxvi. yere of his reygne, as aflfermyth Poly.- J^e * ''di^'owT 
 
 CrOnyCOn. ; ; Estwarde from 
 
 Then he gaue to Auster* a place for his Bisshoppes see at Crystis churche in Dorober- TheT'nTcon 
 nia, & buylded ^ abbey of seynt Petir & Paule in y Eest syde of y^ sayd cytie, where, uenyd. 
 wfafter, Austen &allji'>kynges of Kent were buryed. That place isnowe callyd seynt Augus- 
 tyne. In this whyle Augustyne sayled into Frauce to the bysshope Arelatensis, and was of 
 hym sacryd archebysshop; whan holy" Gregory was cerfifyed of j' goodexpediciori of 
 
 ' bishop, edit. 1542.. I559» * Bat. " ' wyth theyr answers. * " Tliat" omitted'in edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 * sange the lateuy w omitted in edit . 1542. attrfl559 '" holy^owif/erf in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 * Inserted in the text of. th$ later Editions. 
 
 Augustyne,. 
 
96 QUINTA PARS CARETICI. 
 
 Augustyne, he sent then to hym moo helpers, as Melytus, lustus, & PauiyH'Bs ^ boke» 
 & relyks of holy seyntes', & answers to seynt Augustynes questions, f was, y all suche 
 goodis as fell to f churche shulde be deuydyd in. iiii. partis : y is to meane f firete shuld 
 goo to y^ houshold of the bisshoppes house, & charge of f same; the seconde to f clarge ; 
 sf thyrde to ^ amendement of churchis ; the. iiii. to the felyef of the poore people* 
 other dedis of mercy. 
 
 When Austen hadde baptized a great parte of f kyngdome of Kent, he after made 
 
 two archebisshopes by the comaundement of seynt* Gregory, as witnessith Policrbnicon, f 
 
 Augurtynyi One at London, & that other at Yorke ; & by the helpe of Ethelbert, he assembled and 
 
 ""i*- 10 gatheryd together f bissKoppes and doctours of Brytaygne f were before disperbled'. The 
 
 place of assemble was callyd longe after ^ustenys oke, which is expowned to be Austenys 
 
 streyngth, and is in f marche of WykcSres, & of the Weste Saxons. 
 
 In this place he charged the sayd bisshoppes f they shuld with hym preche the worde 
 
 of God to f Anglis; & also that they shuld amonge them selfe amende certayne erroures 
 
 rthen vsyd in the chyrche, and specially for kepynge of theyr Ester tyde, where agayne 
 
 f bisshoppes of Brytayne helde opynyon, tyll Austen by his prayers shewyd there a myracle 
 
 by a blynde Angle or Saxon ; after the which myracle shewed, f sayd bisshoppes aqplyed 
 
 them to :f wyll of Austen in f cause. But for all this, there was of them y sayd f they 
 
 rtiyght not leue f custome whiche they so longe had cotynued, without assent of all suche 
 
 »» as had vsyd f same. Then he gaderyd a synode, to the whiche came setien bisshoppes 
 
 of Britons, ^ the wysest men of that famous abbey of Bangor : but iirste they toke 
 
 Counsayle of an holy man & heremyte*, whether they shulde be obedyent to Austen or not 
 
 The heremyte* sayde, if ye fynde hym humble or meeke, as to Crystes dissyple belongedj y 
 
 than they shuld assent to hym, whiche mekenes they shulde perceyue in hym, if he at 
 
 M'theyr coniynge into f synode or coiiceyl arose agayne theym. When the sayd biashofxpes 
 
 entred the sayd synode, Austen sate styll in the chayre & remouyd not; wherfore th^ 
 
 were wrothe, & disdiayned hym, & wolde not obey to bis requestes. Then he sayde to 
 
 s&tiiti ecclesie. ^heiUj sen ye woU not assent to my hestes generally, assent ye to me specially in thre 
 
 thynges. 
 
 3o The iirste is, f ye kepe Esterdaye in due fourme and tyme as it is ordeygnyd. 
 
 The seconde, f ye geue christendome to the children in f maner f is vsed in f chyrche 
 of Rome*. 
 
 And the thyrde is, tl)at ye preche vnto the Anglis f worde of god, as a fore tymes I 
 
 itihii. haue e'xortydyou, & all the other deale I shall suffre you to amende & refourme within 
 
 Sryour selfe ; but they wold not therof : then Seynt Augustyne sayde vnto them, and warnyd 
 
 them by maner of inspyracion, y sene they wolde not 'receyue peace of theyr bretherne, 
 
 they shuld of other receyue warre and wrechej the whiche was after put in experience 
 
 by Ethelfridus kynge of Northuberland. 
 
 Longe it were to tell the circumstaunce of the lyfe of this blesdyd man, wherfore I 
 !*-. passe ouer. Lastlye, when he had in one day christened. x.M. of Saxos or Anglis 
 in f west ryuei-; f is called Swale, besyde Yorke, and knew that be ahuld shortly 
 dye ; after, he ordeygned a successour named Lawrence, whyle he lyued, for the state 
 of holye Churche in Brytayne was as yet but rude and boystyous; but in that doynge 
 -he folowed the ensaumple of Peter that was firste pope, and^ made Clement by his lyfe 
 ^rhelper and successoure*. Also this Austyn made Melitus byshoppe of London, and of 
 <he Estsaxons, whiche, after moost wryters, were then newely entred y land; the 
 
 » " the relyks of holy seyntes" are also omitted in theedit. of 1542. and 1559. * "seynt" omitted 
 
 iu edit. 1542. ' dysperkled. ♦ '« & heremyte" omitted ediU 1542. 155&. ' "and he" edit. 1542. 1559. 
 '?1iese latter words " in the maner that it used in the Church of Rome" are omitted ia the edit, of 1542, 
 arid 1559- ' wbicli, edit. 1«33. • The " eneample of saiiit Petet*' is unnetietdm the edit, of 
 
 1542. and 1559. 
 
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 T^er of Thamys departyd them and Kent ; & after dyed, and was buryed in the mo- 
 nastery, before reherced, without y^ wallys of Dorobernya or Caunterbury. 
 
 ^Capitulum. C.xx. . %^ 
 
 EThelbertus, than c5fermyd in the faythe, amonge other costlye deedys, "began f 
 
 rfoiidacion of Poulys churche, within the cytie of Lodon, and ordeyned it for^ the Poulys churche. 
 byshoppBS see of London : for the archebysshoppes see, that before tyme was at London, 
 was by Austyne and Ethelbert, at f prayer of the cytezyfts of Dorobernia, translated to 
 the sayde cytie, as in the. lix. chaptre of this treatyze, it is more at length declared. But 
 of the buyldyng of this church of Seynt Poule, dyuerse opynyons been had of y foiida-i^././.s;'* " 
 
 '«cio'; for some wryters testyfy y it was buylded, orbegon tobuylde, by Sygebertus kynge 
 of Estanglis, but more verily kynge of Eastsaxons or Eastsex. This Ethelbert also foiidyd 
 y churche of Seynt Andrew in the cytie of Dorubres in Kent, now called Rochestre, 
 of f^ wbiche lustus was byssh'op, ordeyned before of Seynt Al bane. About that tyme, or 
 a season after, the forenamyd Eth^fridus, which in the Englysshe Cronycle is named 
 
 'fKlfryde, foughte ^with the Brytons at y cytie of Legystestre or Chestre,' and slewe of 
 the Bl-ytons a great ngmbre ; at which tyme and season, a great nombre of the monkys Monkisof 
 of Bangor were also there assembled for to praye for the good spede of the Brytons, ^*°^"' 
 wherof whan Ethelfiydus was warned, he fell also vpon them, & slewe of them at y 
 tvme, as witnessithdyuers auctours* xii.C/, as it is before shewyd in the. C. &. ix. chapter ['P""- "?■»•"• 
 
 To of this booke. xiii.c.] 
 
 This* forenamed Ethelbert excyted a dweller or cytezen of London to make a church ['PoU. u. 5. 
 or chapell in the worship of Seynt Petyr, ill the west ende of Lodon, than called "^*"^ 
 Thorney, and not' the towne of Westmynster, f which that tyme was forgrowen with Weestmymttir 
 busshes & bryres excedynglye, where the sayde cytezen began and buylded the firste '^'""'**' 
 
 ■jrchurche of Westmynster in f honour of Seynt Peter, was* after by Seynt Edwarde the 
 Confessour enlarged or newe buylded ; but of the thyrde Henry, when he reygned as 
 -kynge of Englande, it was new edefyed and made, as it now is, a beauteous monastery, 
 and rychely endowed both with possessyon, & relykes, and ryche iewellys. 
 
 It is shewed in the Englysshe Cronycle of Englande, that this Ethelbert shuld be slayne 
 
 3o in a fyght atwene hym and Ethelfryde, kynge of Northumberlande ; but Polycronycon 
 sayth, y he dyed & went to heuen, when he had regned ouer the lordshyp of Kent. Ivi. 
 yeres, and the. xxi. yere after that he had receyued Cristendome. 
 
 f Capitulum, C.xxi. 
 EEST SAXON. 
 sj" The kyngdoe of Estsaxons begynnyth. 
 
 Durynge also f foresayd persecucion of f Brytons, or any ruler of theym were 
 
 specially named, bega his* reigne of Est Saxon, as witnessith Policronic%fvnder Se- 
 
 bertus theyr firste kynge, nere about y' yere of our Lordis incarnacio. vi.C. &. xiiii. 
 
 Albeit that Guydo de Coliipna sayth, y it began nere about the tyme & season when 
 
 4^ ^ kyngedome of Eestanglis began ; but I folowe Polycronico, for he leyith holy Beda 
 
 for his Auctour in moch of his werke. This kyngdome, which is to meane Essex, had 
 
 in f east syde y see, in y^ west Myddelsex; & London, in the south riuer* of Thamys, 
 
 & in the northe SufFolke; & endured, after moost wryters, by y terme of. CC. & 
 
 odde yeres, but by the sayinge of Policronica it shuld not endure ouer. CC. yeres; 
 
 «rneuerthelesse, it shuld appere by the story of Edwarde, the eldir sone of Aluredus, 
 
 f it shuld contynue vnder f Danes & otherwyse, tyll f. viii. yere of his reygne, & by 
 
 y reason it shuld endure. CC. iiiixx. &. xiii. yeres, the cotynuaunce therof is more dought- 
 
 ' " had of the foundation" omitted in the subsequent editions, . * xxi.C. ' now. 
 
 I^wbich was. ' the. ' the riuer. 
 
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98 QUINTA tARS LOTHARII. 
 
 full to be iustly determyned, for so moche as wryters be of dyuerse opynyons for' of tfife 
 
 begynnynge thereof. Alb^t y Policronicon in the. li. chaptre of his first boo ke sayth, j 
 
 it began v^er Sebef tus, & lastyd* vnder. x. kynges tyll Egbertus kyng of Westsaxons^ 
 
 subdued^^and ioyned it to his owne kyngdome. 
 
 ^ The first cristen kyng of this lordshyppe, was the forenamed Sebertus, couerted bj 
 
 meanes of Mellitus, bysshop of London, as sayth Guydo; but after his sayinge this 
 
 Sebertus shuld be the thyrde kynge of Essex. All wryters aggreen that the kynges of this 
 
 lordshyp were more comynlye named vnder kynges, & for the' more subidtte to other 
 
 kynges, and chefelye vnto the kynges of Mercia or Mercherike. 
 
 Interregnum. ^ Then to retoume agayne vnto the Brytons, which, by all this season, occupyed a parte 
 
 of Cornewayll, and the coiitreys of Cambria, as Venedocia, which now is called, 
 
 Northwalis, and Demecea, which now is called Southwalis, & there helde them in 
 
 makynge assautes vpon the Saxos, as before is touchid, some whyle in one cooste, and 
 
 [» Cap. 4. li. 8. some whyle in that other, vnder sundry dukes, as witnessith Gaufifide*, & also the Eng- 
 
 «p-*'i''9] /rlyssh CronycljB, the which so contynued, after moost accorde of tyme, & to accorde this 
 
 hystory with other, by the terme of. xxiiii. yeres, ouer and aboue. iii. yeres allowed for 
 
 the reygne of Careticus aforesayde, so that from the first yere of Cafeticus, to y^ laste 
 
 of theyse. xxiiii. yeres, expyred, or flowed, xxvii. yeres; at which tyme the Brytons, of 
 
 one assent, chase for theyr hede, or ruler, the duke of Venodocia, or Southwalis, named 
 
 lo Cadwanus. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xxii. 
 
 Fricia. COtharius, or Clotharius*, the sone of Chilpericus, and. ii. of that name, was made 
 
 kyng of a parte of Fraunce, in the yere of our Lord. CCCCC. iiiixx. &. viii.," & f. ii. 
 yere of Careticus, than kyng of the Brytons. This Clotharius, by the reporte of Mays- 
 ter Robert Gagwyrie, is notyd to be discendyd of Ciodoueus Lowys, (firste crystened 
 
 icLivHi. kynge of France,) and not expresly to be the sone of Chilperiche; but for so moche as in 
 the Cronycle of Chilperich I haue shewed to you sumwhat of the deedys of Fre- 
 degunde, wyfe of Chilperich, and perfightlye endyd the resydue of hir lyfe^ there- 
 fore I entende in the declarynge of this story of Clothayre to expresse y^ remenaute in 
 
 Frcdeguda. . as short wyse as I goodly may. And fyrste, ye shall vnderstande ;y after this Frefiegunde 
 had, as before is shewyd, causid hir lord to be slayne, she feryng that at length hir 
 vntrowth shuld be discouered, with all hir goodys she i short tyme after yode vnto 
 Paris, & there in the monastery or bowse of our lady helde hir, & for fere* she wolde 
 be in more suretye, & also hir sone, f sayde Clotharius shuld^ be the strenger in his 
 3rdomynyon & kyngedome; therefore she sent messengers vntoGunthranus, kynge of Or- 
 leaunce, & brother to hir lorde Chilperich, requyryng hym of fauoure and ayde, & 
 that he wolde of his goodnesse be tutour and defedour of hir yong sone Clotbarius; f 
 which, not Jcnayinge the requeste of Fredegunde, sped toward Paris in all haste, where, 
 with thasjefit of other nobles of the real me, he toke the gydyng of the yong kyng, b^ 
 A" whose adl^e & comaundement, y sayd Clotharius was conueyed, and shewyd through 
 many of ^ chefe cytiea of his lande. But, in lykewyse, as Gunthranus with other be- 
 syed themselfe, to strength Lotharius in his right, yeuen so were other of the nobles of 
 i'raunce by the manes^ of Brunechieldis wyfe some tyme of Sigebert, yogest sone of Lo- 
 thayre^ first, (^ which Sigebert receyuid of his sayd wyfe. ii. sones, named Chilperich & 
 f Childebert, of the which, ii, Childebert* suruyued ^ other,) this ^ sayd Brunechieldis dyd 
 all hir entent to^promote to the porcyon of his fader, y Chilpericus, fader of Lotharius* 
 occupyed after ^deth of Sygebert, forenamed. Here'discordith^ Frensh Cronycle fro 
 myne auctor Gagwyne ; for there it is sayd, ^ Brunechieldis, ^ ^ other of hir assent, 
 
 » " for" omitted. * « lastyd" omitted. ' and were. ♦ Clotharius, or Lotharius * « and 
 
 pcrfighHy endyd the residue of her life," omitted. * " fere," mitteJ. » meanes. » ChUperichl 
 
 wolde 
 
QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 99 
 
 #o1de then by theyr meanes haue prefarrid a bastard sone ofy forenamed Sigebert, callid 
 Theodoricus, to y^ kyngdome of Frauce; an other auctor saytb f this Theodorich was the 
 sone of Cbildericus aforenamed, whiche was y sone of Sigebert ; but to folowe master 
 Gagwyne, this Childebert, whiche, by^ former sayinge rehercied in^. C. &. xiiii. chaptre 
 
 Tof this treatyze, was delyuered fro f hades of Chilperich his vncle by meanes of f er^ of 
 Peitow', naiiied.Giidebald : this w a small copany came vnto Paris, where of ^ cytezes he 
 was kept out, for the which sone after sent* a no^eman of his, named Gyllonne, w other, 
 as ambassiadours vnto Gunthranus, & where, amonge other thynges of hycB requyred^ 
 they axed of hym Fredegunde to suflfre deth, for f she had by hir subtilitie caused to be 
 
 /« murdered, both Sigebert father to theyr kyng & also Chilperich hir owne husboad. It 
 was of hym vtterlye denyed, wherfore this sayd Gyllonne sayd vnto Guthranus, syr 
 kyng, knowe y° for certayne, sene' y" haste refused this peace to f offered of thy neuyewe, 
 ^ the deth of thy brother shall cleue to thy hede. With thyse wordes the kyng beyng 
 greatly amoued, comaunded y^ ambassiadours to be put out of his courte, & when they Ambassiadours 
 
 <rwere in the sjtrete all fyltheand ordoure to be caste vppon them, as enemyties & variauces ''''"*"'• 
 thus kyndeled atwene theyse. ii. kynges. Giithranus soon after sent Fredegude into Ne- 
 stria, or Normady, & causyd hir there to be kept not far fro f cytie of Roan ; whyther 
 to hir came many noble men of Fraunce in c5fortynge hir, & also mouyng hir for f 
 trouble she was in, promysyng to hir ayde to ^ vttermost of theyr power: but whan ^ 
 
 2« Fredegude aperceyued y- great fauoure that Brunechilde stoode in of the nobles of Or- 
 leaunce, or Frauce, she enuyinge hir welth & honour, called to hir an homyside & a 
 felon callyd Holderiche, to whom ysayd Fredegude promysed greattreasoure, if he cowde 
 by venyme, or otherwise, brynge to deth y' sayde Brunechyeldis ; by meane of which pro- 
 messe he graunted to brynge her entent about, & shortlye after drewe vnto f court of f 
 
 >rsayd Brunechieldis, where he fyll in such famyliaritye with dyuers of hir courte, f- he 
 came many seasons to the presence^ of the quene, but by what hap I can not saye ; lastly, 
 he was taken i suspeccio, & so turmentyd & pyned, f he confessyd the cause of his thyder 
 comynge, & by whom he was sent, with all the other circumstance of the mater; after which 
 cofession so made, he was all to betyn and arrayed in moost vyle maner, 8c so sent agayne 
 
 3o to Fredegunde ; & when he was comyn to hir presence, & shewyd what tourment he had suf- 
 fered for hir cause, she incontynent in fulfyllyng of hir malicious purpose, cdmauded y CmdeUtas. 
 his handis & feete shuld be stryken of, and so let goo, to f ende y it shulde be thought f 
 she had not desyryd hym to y busynesse. About this tyme & season arose a yong man 
 in a corner of Frauce, f whiche by his subtyle wytte, named hymselfe to be f sone of f 
 
 Jrfirst Lotharius, & brother vnto Guthranus, f which by y* synystre meanes & crafty, gate 
 the fauoure of f lordes of Quyan', & by other* assistence helde & occupyed a great 
 parte therof j & after some deale of his counsallys to Gruthranus by his espyes di^closyd, 
 this sayde yoiige man beyng named Gudoaldus, sent vnto Guthranus ah ambassade, & 
 requyred hym to be restored to a porcyo of his faders goodes, addyng thereto f if he 
 
 ■^denyed, y' sayde Gundoaldus wold with a stronge armye repayre out of Quy^n* & gete 
 his right with strength; & that to bryng about he shuld haue great ayde of Childebert, his 
 neuewe, aboue named. Wha kyng GQttiranus had at leyser hard i message, he in dis- 
 daynynge the same, comauded them to be set vpo horse backes, theyr facis toward the 
 tayle, and so with betyoge and vylanye to be dryuen thoroughe the towne. It was not 
 
 ^-longe after f a daye was appoynted atwene Gunthranus and Cbildebert, at which daye 
 both prynces met with great copanyes & lordes, and when they were set in theyr coun- 
 sayll, Gunthranus comaundyd the foresayd messyngers of Gadoaldus to be brought to 
 fore them, and |here agayne to rezyte theyr faresayde message, whiche doon, they^ shewed 
 furthermore, that the dayd Gundoalde hadde beforetyme dispoylyd the doubter of Chil- 
 
 'Poytow. 'he sent. ' synnes. *" the" omitted. ' Guyan. 'theyr. ' 
 
 'He. 
 
 O 2 pench 
 
100 QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 
 
 perich, named Rygod, of all suche rychesse as she with hir coueyed, when she went tc^ 
 ward Spayn to be maryed, of the whiche some lordes of Cffildel^rt were of coun&ayU, 
 w;hich vnto the sayde. ii, prynces was thought trewe, for so moch as the sayd lordes tha 
 accusyd, were absent from that great counsayll. < ^^ 
 
 ^ 'm ir, 4(1 ^ xCapitulum. C.xj^i. ,. , I 
 
 , AFter many & great actis concluded by this cousiayle atwene theyse. ii. foresayd 
 prynces, Gtyathranus in opyn audyence admytted his neuewe Chyldebeft for.,his heyr^ 
 for somoche as he had noon heyre of his body, comyttynge f rule therofrto hym before 
 all that were therf ;. and after tooke hym a parte, & shewyd to' hym whiche of his nobles 
 
 ;i)he shulde take to counsayll, and which he shuld refuze ; and specyaliye he warnyd hym 
 
 to be welware of his moder Brunechieldis, for that he knewe in hir soo great vntrowthe & 
 
 subtylty, and also of Gyllon the bysshop, the which he also sayd, he was not not to be 
 
 t'4 trusted. When he had thus aduertyzed his neuewe, they both retourned vnto the place of 
 
 Foi. Hx. ' coiiceyll, where by them and theyr counceyllys certeyn thynges concernynge the comon 
 
 iTwele were set in an order; and that doon, y sayd couceyll'was fynysshed, and puruoy- 
 aunce for theyr dynef prouydyd, the pryncis w theyr barony went vnto dyner. In the 
 season of which dyner, the sayde Gunthranus sayde vnto the great nombre of lordis 
 beyng present, " Ye my lordes and nobles of France, the which to me haue euermore been 
 true and dere, here is myn neuewe, the which myn' heyre I haue allowed and ordeygned, 
 
 "k whpme»I praye you to honoure, & w true fayth be vnto hym obedyent as to your kyng ; for 
 of the great worthynes that of hym is to come, I am in great hope, which is allyed with 
 rayght and vertue," and to the augraentacion of theyse wordis shortly after restored to hym 
 all such cyties as Chilperich by his lyfe had withholden from hym, and soone after eyther 
 from other in most humble and louyng maner departyd. 
 
 >f Of this peace atwene thyse. ii. prynces thus stablysshed, the fame ran wyde ; wherfote 
 certeygne lordes beynge vpon the party of Gudoaldus refused hym, and went vnto the 
 party of Gunthranus. Soone after, with his people, Gundoaldus resortyd vnto a cytie ouei: 
 the ryuer of Gerounde, named Conuena, wherfore* the strength thereof he thoughte to 
 abyde his fortune: wherof whan Gunthranus was warned, he in goodly speede rnade 
 
 3o thyderwarde, and layde his people nere vnto y sayd cytie; but when he' had espyed the 
 strength therof, and knewe well it was dangerous for to opteyne, he then- vsyd gyle whe/e 
 strengthe myght not preuayle, and deuysed or forged certeyn letters in the name of Bru- 
 eunthrani ncchicldys, wherein was feyned, that the sayde Brunechielde shuld desyre Gundoaldus in 
 all hasty wyse to resorte vnto the cytie of Burdeaux; of whiche fraude, Gundoaldus no 
 
 arthyng suspectyng, comaundynge' his tfeasoure with other his stuffe ynder saufe gydyng© 
 thyderwarde to be conueyde, wherof the knyghtes of Giithranus hauyng knowlege, with 
 a strong copany made ouer the foresayd water of Geronde, & layde suche watche for 
 them, that they encoiitred the sayde people y caryed the sayd treasoure and stuft'e, & 
 parforce'toke it from the knyghtes of Gundoaldus, & presentyd it vnto Guthranus. # 
 
 ifo Lyke as before ye haue harde that certeygne lordes of the hooste of Giidoalde,fl@d 
 vnto, the boost of Gunthranus, so in this passe tyme. liii. capytaynes or rulers of the 
 hooste of Gunthranus fled vnto Gundoalde, the whiche myne a'uctour nameth Desidqr 
 rius, Momolus, Bladascus, and Sagittarius, ' whiche. iiii. after theyr c5myng to Giidoaldj^, 
 stood with hym in such,fauoure, that he was by theyr couceyll "moch \^hat aduyzed and 
 
 ^gyded. It was not long after that the knyghtes of Gunthranus had this*wonne the fore- 
 sayd treasour & stuffe, th|t Gundoalde wasTo sore pursued,, y he was fayn to close hym 
 within a strgg .cytie, the which Lendegilsus mayster of the boost of Giithranus assavled 
 by dyuerse feates of warre to wynne ; but whan he sawe his laboure losterthan he caute- 
 lously' fandey meane to speke secretlye with one of the foresayde. iiii. capitaynes named 
 
 ' as myne. ' where for. ^ commaundyd. * thus. ' cauteously, edit. 1542, 155^ 
 
 MomoluSj 
 
 fiauf. 
 
QUINTA PARS LOTHARIT: 101 
 
 Momolus, and w tym tre^tyd of the betraying of the cytie; the which after many and 
 Ibng^ exortacions, with thassuraunce of theyr lyues and other grauiyd vnto the sayd trea- 
 son ; wherof f nianer shuld be thus ; this sayd Momolus, with the forenamed%ladascus Trt«on 
 and other ot that alFynytie, shulde set a fyre an olde temple within the cytie, and' when """o^*- 
 
 rthe people of the cytie were besyed to quenche y fyre, the sayd Momolus with his adhe- 
 rentes to open the g^tes, and so to lette in Lyndegylsus and his knyghtes. But yet this 
 treasoaset aparte, §pmolus goith to Gundo^e, & shewith to hym y great daiigery he 
 standitH in of his enemyes, wherfore'he couceyllis hym that he, with the other the rulers 
 
 ^oboute hym, goo vnto the tentis of Gunthranus, and yelde them all vnto his grace and 
 
 '•mercy ; and also to thentent that he shuld there shewe and proue y he was the indubitat 
 sone of y- first Clbthayre, the which to the kynge & all his hooste was very doutfull, and 
 the more, because he so fiedde from them. Whan Gundoaldus had at leysoure harde the 
 couceyll of TMomole, gyuynge to hym credence, for somoch as by his counceyll before 
 tytrifes he had fortheryd nis causes, and also by comfort that he reportyd to haue by 
 
 /rmeanes of Lyndegylsus before named, he, settynge a parte all fere, with certayne nombre 
 in peasyble wyse issued' the cytie ; and whan he hadde a lytle space goon. ii. erles of Gun- 
 thranus hooste, named Bole and Boson, receyued hym, and delyuieryd hym to y^ powere of 
 Lyndegylsus : and Momole retourned with the other of his confederey vnto the cytie, and 
 closyd fast the gatis atwene the cytie & ^ pauyllyons of Giithranus, where was -a lytle Thedethrf 
 
 i«coppyd hyll, to f heyght wherof whan Gundoalde was comyn, the sayd Boson hym so- °'"''' ' 
 deynly threwe downe, and as he was rollyng downe the hyll, with a great stoone he strake 
 hym on the hede, by vyolence wherof, he was forthwith slayne or dede ; & Momole, the 
 which as before is towchyd, was reentryd f cytie first, dispoylyd f goods of the sayde 
 Gundoalde, and after fell vpon the cytezyns, and robbed & spoyled them in lyke maner, 
 
 ^not sparynge prestys nor other, & after brent chyrchis, temples, & houses without pytye. 
 Whiche doon, he sped hym vnto the tentys of Lyndegylsus ; but he, not beynge sure of 
 the sauegarde of f sayd Momole and his company, frome the murmoure of his knyghtes, 
 or more verely, for he wolde not be a knowen of f prouyded deth of theym, comaundyd 
 the sayd M5mole with his adherentys to tary without, and not to come in the prese of his 
 
 saknyghtes tyll he had some deale pacifyed them, which was doone, but not all woute stryfe ; 
 for some there were f began to quarell ^ hym & his : but whe Lyndegylse sawe y this 
 iKIomole & his copany were somedeale \vdrawyn fro his pauylion, he made a tokyn to his 
 knyghtes, wherby they knowynge his mynde fell vpon hym and slewe hym. Sagittarius, 
 one of y foresayde. iiii. of that company, the whiche myne auctor reportith to be a bys- 
 
 lishop, fled to haue sauegardyd. hym selfe, but in his flyght he was slayne. And when 
 thyse enemyes were thus brought out of lyfe, Gunthranus commaunded the goodes of the 
 sa^e Momraole to be brought vnto his tresory, which were of great valure, and after 
 were egallye deuydyd atwene hym and Childebert his neuewe. It was not long after, but signaveipro- 
 ^rteyne tokyns and fygures appered in the firmament, the which by astronomers were ^s^^ 
 
 Mi^iudged the fyne of some prynce, whiche, after a yere, shewyd to be true, for the sayd 
 Gunthranus dyed vpon a yere folowynge the sayde fygures or sygnes, when he hadde 
 been kynge of Orleaunce by the terme of. xxxvii. yeresj and was buryed with great 
 pompe in the cytie of Cabilon, within the prouynce of Burgoyne, in the monastery of 
 seynt Marke, whiche he before had buyldyd, and lefte for his heyre of that kyngdome his 
 
 vrneuewe the foresayde Chyldebert. 
 
 If Capitulu. C. xxiiii. w 
 
 CHildebertus than hauynge y" rule;& possession of his owne enheritaunce, that is to p^.h, 
 say, of Austracj!*, & also of Orleauce, cast then' in his mynde how he myght be re- 
 uengyd of Fredegund, the which, as before is shewyd in the. C. and. xiiii.* chapitre of 
 
 ■' '-i, 
 
 astynge. *C. and xiii. edit. 1533. 
 
 6 this 
 
ticia. 
 
 103 QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 
 
 this libell, slewe his fader Sygebert, called vnto hym his ©Ide freende and coiiceyllour 
 Gundebald erle of Peitowe*, and than comaunded that he sh^lde with his powar inuade 
 the countrey of Soysbns, the whiche was in the rule of Clotharius. Wherec^ Fredegunde 
 beynge warned, assemblyd to hir f lordes of f coutrey, and exortyd theym to with- 
 
 ratande the malyce of theyr enemyes, shewynge to them furthermore, that f thynge they 
 shulde oif iustyce & equyte doo, conciderynge that theyr kynge Clothariys was yet ten- 
 dre of age, and had as yet no knyghtly^ prowesse to defence hymselfe and his lande: 
 and after a longe exortacion'^to them made, she with hir sone preparyd to goo agayne f 
 sayd enemyes. And when all thynge to the warre was preparyd and redy, she with a great 
 
 (oarniy made towarde the boost of Gundebai^e, and when she knewe she was nere vnto 
 the sayde hooste, she comaundyd hir capitaynes to reste & fortyfye hir people vpon all 
 partys for brekynge of hir enemyes ; and agayne nyght she callyd to hir Lawndry, hir 
 Fredeguda Aus- olde paramourc, with other, wyllynge them that in the dede of the nyght they wold man- 
 fully set vpon the other partye, forsomoche as she saydei;o theym ^ she was certeynly 
 
 'renlourmed by hir espyes, that hir sayde enemyes were sore weryed by reason of that 
 dayes laboure : after whose counceyll, the sayde Laundry with other, wrought and sup- 
 prysed theyr enemyes so vnwarelye, f of theym they* slewe a parte and chasyd the reme- 
 naunt, and.y doon, sped thein vnto Champeyne, nere vnto Reynes, and spoyled and brent 
 a partfe of y coutrey. This feat of warre thus compassyd by the subtyle wit of Frede- 
 
 logunde, was nere to a place called Truet. Then Childebert entendyd, after certentye had 
 of the ouerthrowe of Gundebalde, for to haue made newe warre vpo Fredegunde, but 
 he was let by meane of f Longobardis, which tha made warre vpon hym, of the whiche 
 warre he had somdeale his entent, and more shuld, if Mauricius, emperoure of Constah- 
 tyne the noble, hadde kepte all promesse with hym before made ; after the which warre 
 
 2jin party endyd, he retourned into his owne countrey. Shortlye after he & also his wyfe 
 dyed, & not without suspeccyon of venym, leuynge after hym. ii. sones named Theodo- 
 bert & Theodorich, gyuynge to the eldyst the lordshyp of Austracy, and to the yongcr 
 the prouynce of Burgoyne. About this tyme the Hunes brake out of theyr places, and 
 warryd vpon certeyne partyes of myddell Fraunce, & dyd therein great harme; but lastlye 
 
 ioby meanes of great gyftes by theym receyuyd, they lefte y countrey & drewe towarde 
 Soysons agayne, whom Fredegunde gaderyng a great powar, sent Clotharius hir sone & 
 kyng, to thetent to defede y sayd Hunes, y they shulde not, after victory had'of ClothariuC 
 inuade theyr coutreys. The forenamed sones of Childebert w great poware came to f 
 feelde, where sifter long and sharpe fyght, the !^rensh men were victours, and chased the 
 
 jrHunesin such wyse, that the more parte of t^jem were slayne & taken, for the which 
 
 victory Fredegunde made excedynge ioye to hir sone Clothayre, and receyued hym with 
 
 great pleasure and excec^ynge gyftes ; after the which passyW not longe whyle, but that she 
 
 Fredegunds fell sykc & dycd, and than buryed by hir husbond Cbilperiche. Whan the forenamed 
 
 bretherne had knowlege of the deth of Fredegunde, they^ by the exortacion and styryM;^ 
 
 j<oof Brunechieldis theyr graud mother, callyng to mynde the wronges to theyr aucestre^ 
 doone by Fredegud, and somedeale by Lothayre, assemblyd a great powar & met witK 
 Lothayre & his powar at f riuer of Arrune or Aruenne, in f whiche place was soo sore 
 fyght, and so many glayne, that ^cource of the riuer was let by the multitude of the 
 caryens or dede bodyes that were therein castyn. But the more parte fell of the knyghtes 
 
 i/rof Lothayre, soothe was forcyd to forsake the feelde, and thens to flee to the cytie of 
 Meleon, & from thens to Paris, whome the sayde bretherne folowed, & copell^^ hym to 
 make peas after theyr pleasure ; the eflfecte of whiche peas was this j Theodobert the elder 
 brothel- of, thyse. ii. shulde ehioye all the lande lyinge atwene the ryuer of Seyn & Leyr, 
 vn|o the Brytisshe occean, or the see of Lytle Brytaygne, and Theodoriche, the yonger 
 
 4T>brother, to haue all the lande from y sayd ryuer of Sayn, vnto y ryuer of Isayr, to the 
 
 " Poytowe. * sbe. .J " After victory had of iClotharius" omitted. 
 
 7 brynke 
 
 obitus. 
 
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 brynke of the see, and to ^lothayre shulde reraayne. xii. prouynces, which the sayd. ii. 
 ryuers of Isayr and Sayne flowen by or thoroughe: which peas thus cofermed and 
 grauted, Theodobert, to whom Nenstria or Normandye belonged, sent thyder a cheuetayne 
 of his court called Derthalde, to defende the sayde countrey. But Ciothayre, of this 
 
 rfornier accorde, beynge nothyng cotentyd, sent his sone Meroneus, vnder the gydyng of 
 Laundry, prefect or ruler of his paleys, into Nenstria to warre in that countrey; andforsoo 
 inoche as Berthalde sawe well he lacked powar to withstande so great an hoste, he there'^ 
 fore toke the cytie of Orleaunce tyll he hadde gadered more company. Than Laudry 
 seased that parte of the countrey, and after, the sayde Berthald', and whan he came to 
 
 /othewallys of the cytie, by dyuerse wordis of reproche, exfcyted hym* to gyue batayll to 
 hyin in the playne felde, the which he refusyd, because of the egalytie' of nombre of 
 knyghtes ; but he offered to issue out of the cytie, and to fyght with Laudry hand to hand, 
 with y he myght be as.suryd agayne his people, ;^whiche offre Laudry refused. It was not 
 longe after or bothe kyngeS with gre^t hoostys drewe into that countrey, and at the i-yuer 
 
 Tof Stampis met, where atwene the was foughten a stronge batayll, but by the polycie of 
 Theodobert, Lothayre was put to a disuautage ; for whyle the sayd Lothayre, was couey- 
 inge his people ouer the ryuer at a narowe passage, Theodobert began so*, that the peo- 
 ple of Ciothayre came not two partes of them to the feelde ; neuerthelesse the fyght co-. 
 tynued by a longe season, in whiche tyme Berthald encountred many tymes Laundrye, and 
 
 joprouoked hym to batayll, but euer that other refusyd: lastly, he seynge and knowynge 
 well that he shuld wynne great wor&hyp, & also profyte, if he myght slee or take this 
 Laundry, for the whiche cause he put hym selfe in the more daiiger of his enemyes, and 
 fynally of them was slayne. Theodobert in pursuynge Lothayre, and in cofortynge of 
 his knyghtes, bare hym soo well that he caused his enemyes to lese grounde, and at length 
 
 7d-put theym to flyght, the whiche he folowed to the gates of Paris, to the great damage of 
 the people of Lothayr. In this chace was taken Meroneus the sone of Ciothayre, with 
 many other, but Laundry was goten within the cytie. And wha Theodobert had thus 
 goten the victory of his enemyes, he list no letiger to tary aboute theym at that season, 
 but shortlye after retournyd to his countrey. 
 
 3e In the court of Theodoriclie, brother of this Theodobert, was at this daye dwellyng BrunecWtUo 
 an Italian named Prothadyus, the whiche, as myne auctor sayth, was paramoure vnto i?.""""" 
 Brunechielde beforesayd, the which Brunechielde, by hir meanes, had exaltyd from 
 poore estate vnto highe auctorytie ; the which was of a subtyle & far castynge witte, and 
 therewith excedynge couetous, & in great fauoure of the kynge, but to all his lordes 
 
 arodyous and hatefull, for the whiche vnlefull meanes by hym to the nobles and comons 
 of the lande vsed.,. It is also to be remembred that for the ille codicions' and bad coun- 
 ceyll that Brunechielde and this Prothadius vsed within the court before dayes of Theo- 
 dobert, for f which he banysshed theym both, as well of his lande, as of his court, 
 wherfore euer after they malygned agayne Theodobert, and for thexecucion of theyf 
 
 *»malycious purpose, they tolde vntoTheodoriche, that his enemy and not brother Jheodo- 
 bert had ^drawen frome hym the cheef of his faders treasour; aledgyng also that he was 
 not the sone of Childebert his fader, but goten of a gardener, and wyllyd hym therfore 
 to sende vnto hym, and to aske restytucion of the sayde goodes. By the whiche wycked 
 counceyll Theodoriche was so lad, that he sent vnto his brother, and in suche wyse so vexyd 
 
 Arand styryd hym, that dedely malyce was kyndelid atwene them, in so moch that eyther of 
 them assembled great hostys, and lastly met nere vnto a towne named Carysse, where 
 the sayd hoostys beynge redye to haue runne togyders, the lordes of Theodobert so 
 demeaned them vnto hym, that by theyr wyse couceyll he aggreed to sende to his brother, 
 & to haue a comunycacion of peas. And whan the embassade was comen to the pauylyon 
 
 • '< And after the sayde Bertbald" omitted. * the sayde Berthalde^ ' ipequalyte. 
 
 * s<»,iyerBly, and kepte the pass^e so streyt. * And for the yll condycyoos. 
 
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104 QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 
 
 of Theodoiich, and the^e had shewyd y^'^vnkyndnesse of this warre with the ieopardyes 
 that myght ensue of y' same, anone the foresayd Prothadyus tooke vpon hyjaii the answere,- 
 and sayd, " It is not requisyte so tyghtly to graut peas, but necessary it is to attetnpte f 
 wyli of oure enemye by batayll, whether he woll be agreable to codescede to our desyres :" 
 
 Dedignacio. f The wJhiche wofdls thus expressyd of hyra, anon the more party of the lordes disdaygned 
 it, tandconspyryd win themselfe howe they myght put hym to dethe, and forthwith 'aroos 
 amonge theym suche a mormure, that the kyngeappefceyuyd well that they entendyd some 
 harme to Prothadius, for the whiche he called vnto hym a knyghte namesd Vselyne; 
 chargynge hym to goo vnto the lordes, comaudynge them that they in no wyse shuld do 
 /aeny harme to Prothayde, the which Vselyne, beyng of y^ mynde of the other, sayde that 
 the kynge wolde that they shuld sle >Prothayde : after which message doon, they ranne i 
 
 Psrueraa legacio. all haste and hym slew as he sate playinge at dyce or tables with one Peter a visicio', and 
 that doon all hooUy ranne vnto y kynges tehte, besechynge hym to take noo displeasure 
 of the deth of so euyll a man, that, as well was knowen, was enemy to all frendship & 
 vpeas : but for Theodorich apperceyued well that he cowde not reuenge his deth without 
 ponyshment of a multytude, he therefore tooke pacience, and suffred the offence to passe 
 vnponysshed. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.xxv. 
 AFter which man thus murderid, both prynces, wout notable acte, departedseyther into 
 ■uhis coiitrey^. To this day Theodorich had taken no wyfe, albe it y of his cocubyne he 
 receyued. ii. sones : be therfore by thaduertysement of his frendes, set his mynde to 
 mary some noble woman, and soon after sent certaygne ambassadours vnto Berthricusj 
 then kyng of Spayne, wyllyng to graunte vnto hym Memberge his doughter in mariage : 
 the whiche, vpon certeyne condicions, was perfourmed, and with great rychesse to hym 
 
 LTshortlye after sent and maryed, and by a certeygne tyme well entreatyd & cherisshyd. 
 But that season ronne -and spent, Brunechielde soo tournyd the kynges mynde frome the 
 quene, that lastiye he, with such treasoure and iewellys as he of hir receyued, sent hir 
 home agayne ; this which iniury Berthricus hir fader toke at herte greuousl^e, and shortlye 
 a?ter sent his messengers vnto Clothayre, kynge of Soysons, requyrynge hym of ayde to 
 
 3ovvarre vpon Theodorich, which hadde doon vnto hym great displeasure : and y^ rather for 
 y warre f y sayd Theodorich w his brother lately made ageyn hym, the which, ^ both 
 theyr stregthes, they myght them well reuege. To whom Clotharius graiited, & to haue his 
 partyethe-stroger, he sent vnto his neuew Theodobert, and brother to Theodoriche, to 
 styrre hym agayne his sayd brother ; wherof wha Berthricus had receyued knowleffe of 
 
 3,rhis sayde messyngers, he then sent vnto Agon kynge of Longobardys, or more verylye 
 
 pratru discordi| Adoaldus the. V, kynge after Alboynus, requyryng hym in lyke m'aner, and he desyrous 
 
 , * of wreche, made faste and sure promyse to gyue ayde to the vttermooste of his power. 
 
 -Whan Theodoriche was warned of the conspiracy of thyse. iiii. kynges, that entendyd to 
 
 warre igyntly vpon hym, he was therewith greallye amoued, & prouyded for his defence 
 
 fro I his b^t maner. Then Theodobert, trustynge the appoyntment before:niade, assemblyd 
 a great boost, and made spede first toward the place atwene them appoyntyd, which^was 
 nere toy^ castell of Salasj but or eny preparacion was liiade towarde batayll, a meane 
 was foude y the forenaraed. ii. bretherne shuld mete eyther with other, accompanyed 
 with. X. thousand knyghtes. But Theodobertus, entendynge to dissayue his sayd brother, 
 
 ir& to force hym to graute to his pleasure, brought with hym ferre aboue that nombre : 
 wherfore Theodoricus beynge ouer sette with strengthe, graunted all his brothers wyll, 
 which was, that ouer certeygne thynges and appoyntmentis cocludyd atwene Berthricus 
 and hym, Theodobert shuld holdeto hym & his heyres two lordshyppes called Champaytie 
 and Turon, which conclusyon fynysshed, eyther takynge leue of other, departyd vnto 
 
 pbysicyon. s^ .. ,* The I25th chapter begins here in the, subsequent edition^. 
 
 theyr 
 
QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. lOS 
 
 theyt coutreys, but not ^out great vnrestfulnesse of the sayde Theodoriche, beryng in 
 mynde the wrong doyng of his bKjOther : wherfore he shortlye after made meanes to bis 
 netiewe Clothayre desyryng hym that he wolde not assyste his brother ageyne hym, but to 
 sufrie his quarell to be demyd by dynt of swerde atwene them two. This requeste Lo- 
 
 J"thayre, by thaduyce of ^ynt' Columbane, munke of Irelande, than beyng in those costis, 
 granted ; and f Frensh Cronycle sayth, that he was warned of this foresayde holy* 
 munke and abbot, that he shulde not medle atwene y sayd two brietherne, for so moc^ '" 
 as it was prouidyd of God that he shulde be heyre to theym both. Whan Theodorich had BatayU. 
 feceyued this answere, he gaderyd his strength, and sped hym vpon his iourney to the 
 
 '"cytie of Langresse, & frome thens to Verdune or Verdoun. Theodoberte hauynge 
 thereof knowlege of his malycyous brothers purpose, gaderyd in Austracy a great hooste, 
 and 80 sped hym tyll he came to the cytie of TouU, where both hoostys shorteiy after 
 met, and, in the feldys or playnes nere to that cytie, foughte a stronge batayll, in the 
 whiche was slayne great people vpon bothe sydes, but the more parte vpon the syde of ^e/-'»»'- 
 
 TTheodobert; wherfore he fynally was compellyd to forsake the feelde, and fled vnto 
 Coleygne, wherf J|:ie gaderyng a newe powar, fought agayn with hi§ brother : in the 
 which fyght he had lyke fortune, & was agayne chasyd to his great shame & losse, whome 
 Theodoricus, as his mortall enemy, folowed, fyrynge and wastynge the countreys as he 
 went, in so moch that the inhabytauntis of f coutreys fell before hym, besechynge his 
 
 >«grac#j f for the offence of one man, he wold not destroye so many innocentis; assurynge 
 hym furthermore, that they wolde become his liegemen, and holde theyr lande of hym 
 for euer. AH' whiche requeste he sayd gladly he wold to them graunte theyr peticion, with* 
 ^ they' wolde present to hym the bed of his brother ; after the whiche answere by them of 
 Theodorich receyued, they among themselfe appoynted out a certeyne of persones 
 
 jrmooste apte to theyr purpose, and wyllyd them to goo vnto Theodobert to execute theyr 
 entent ; the whiche sped theyr iourney tyll they came to the presence of Theodobert, and 
 shewyd vnto hym that if he wold be aggreable to departe >V suche stuffe and iewellys as 
 he had of his faders, so that Theodoriche myght be partener there of, he shulde haue 
 perfyght amytie and rest with hym : to f whiche wordes he geuynge confidence & truste, 
 
 arcalled with hym the sayde parsones, & brought them into the howses where the sayd '**""' 
 stuffe & iewellis lay; & whyle he was busied to deuyd out & appoynte the porcion of his, 
 one of the sayd parsones slewe hym sodeynlye, and after of one aggrement strake of his 
 heed, and in secrete wyse causyd it to be conueyde vnto his brother. Whan Theodoriche 
 had receyuyd tbe heed of his brother, he sped hym to Coleyne, where this treason was 
 
 ^wrought, and receyuyd f cytie into his possession, with all the kyngdome of Austracy, 
 to his brother belongynge ; and when he had there ordryd his nedis after his mynde, with, 
 ii. sones, and an excedynge fayre doughter of Theodobert, he sped hym vnto Mees, the 
 chefe cytie of Austracy, where with hym met his graundmoder Brunechielde, the whiche 
 perseuerynge in all malyce and myschefe, causyd the sayde two sones to be shortly slayne. 
 
 *»Theodorich then restoryd or deliuered vnto Clothayre all whiche* landes as to hym he 
 had before promysyd. Theodoriche thus endynge his warre, f which, by alolp! season, 
 spent hi^ tyme in kepynge of concubynes, was nowe rauysshed ^ the beautie of his bro- 
 thers doughter, the whiche he had brought from Coleyne; but that doynge Brunechield 
 ■withstode w all hir powar, because f mayde was so nere of his kynne, for the whiche he 
 "^rbeynge ^ hir sore discontent, sayd : " O thou moost wycked and false woman, dyd not thou 
 make me to beleue that Theodobert was not the sone of my fader, but that he was the sone 
 of a gardyner ; for what cause hast thou caused me to persecute my brother^ & lastly to 
 slee hym ;" after f wiiiche wordis," he wolde haue slayne hir, if he of his lordes had not be 
 letted ; which dede not forgotten of this vngoodlye woman, euer after iraagened howe she 
 j-o myght brynge Theodoriche out of lyfe ; & lastlye, she hyryd suche as were about hym to 
 
 " « seynt" omitted in edit. 15*2. 1559. "" " holy" omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ' at. ♦ if, 
 
 ' sucht 
 
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106 QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 
 
 consent to hir iniquytie, so that vpon a season, wha he came out of his stewe or bayne, 
 Mors regis. he axyd drynke, by tlie force whereof he was poysone.d, and dyed sbone after^^whan he 
 had reygned. xviii. yeres. Howe be it Antoninus, in the. vi. chapitrejand. xii. tytle of ^ se- 
 code parte of his vverke, saythe, that he was brent with fyre by the dyuyne powar. 
 
 ^ ^ Capitulum. C. xxvi. V 
 
 NOw.that I heiae shewed vnto you y fyne & ende of theyse two bretherne, by reason 
 of whos deth the'^hooie pryncypate of Fraunce, fell vnto the abouenamed Clothayre, I 
 shall nowe expresse vnto you the dedis by hym doon, after he had all the rule only. So it 
 was that the forenamed Brunechield maligned euer agayne Lothayre, and to the forther- 
 
 /oauce of hir malyce she behaued hir in suche wise with some of the rulers & lordes of 
 Austracy, y she caused them to admytte one named Sigebert to be rightfull enherytour of 
 
 .- that land ; but for that some of them had good experyence of the ille disposicion of this 
 woman, they therfore sent. ii. noble men of that land, named Pepyn, & Arnolde, vnto 
 
 , Clothayre, wyllyng hym to sende hastely into that prouynce; after the which message by 
 
 'ftheyse, ii. lordes reported, Clothariiig; shortly after sped hym into Austracy, and at a castell 
 
 called Cathomat he lodgyd hym with his people; wherof herynge, Brunechielde sent vnto 
 
 hym, and gaue vnto hyra mbnycion y he shuld voyde the lande, for somoch as Sigebert 
 
 Bmnechieidi. the eldest soue of Theodorich was therof rightfull enherytour. Ye haue harde before that 
 
 iniquy^e. Theodorich Ysyd lemmans, of the which he receyued. iiii. sones, that is to sey Sigebert, 
 
 2eCorbe, Childebert, & Merone; wherfore y foresayd Brunechielde entendyng to distourbe 
 5»othayre, and all the land, fortefyed y^ sayd Sigebert to clayme the lande of Austracy : 
 and when Clothayre had receyued knowlege of this maundement frome Brunechielde, or 
 %unehenst, he sent to hir answere that he wolde assemble . y^ lordes of Austracy, & be 
 demed by theym, whethejr this lande belonged to hyra, or Sigebert. And she ferynge that 
 
 ^sentence, excyted the people of the prouynce of Germany to strenght hir party with all 
 the people that she myght make of the sayd coutrey of Austracy. And y to brynge 
 aboute, she sente one Garnery, and other' Albon. Of this Garnery she hadde suspeccion 
 that he shuld fauour the party of Lothayre, wherfore to Albone his felowe she sent let- 
 ters y he shuld put y^ sayd Garnery away : wha Albone had ouer rad f letter, he brake it 
 
 2o in peacis, & threwe them from hym, and afterward a freende of Garneryes, gaderyd f 
 peaces, and so ioynyd them that he coceyuyd* the sentece of the letter, and forthwith 
 shewyd it vnto Garnerye. Whan Garnery perceyuyd the malicious entent of Brunechield, 
 he kept it secrete to hymselfe, albeit that he by his secrete meanes caused the Germanyes 
 y they shuld take no party with Brunechielde, and that doone, he retourned into Bur-^ 
 
 jTgoyne, where with hir and in' hir copanye, he solycited so the lordes of Burgoyne, that 
 
 some of them abhorred the crudelitie of that woman. And when Garnery had in this 
 
 wyse copassed his maters, he set vnto Lothayre & shewyd, that if he myght haue his grace 
 
 & safecondwyte, he wold come to hym, & shew to hym thynges c5cernynge his aduafit- 
 
 Tieaion. age, all the whiche was graiited. Then Clothayre, by couceyll of the sayd Garnery, assem- 
 
 A'tbled hisipowar, & sbortlye sent a strengthe of them into Chapeyn and Cathaloyne, where 
 
 it was shewed that' Sigebert hadde gaderyd great strengthis. Then forsooke the party of 
 
 Sigebert many nobles of Austracy; amonge the whiche myn auctoure nameth Rucco, Si- 
 
 goldus, and Enulanus, and yelded theym to the mercy of Clothayre. Then shortlye after 
 
 fcUKiii. ..the hoostis of Clothayre & Sigebert met, jsvhere Garnery, by tokens atwene hym & dy- 
 
 Hsuerse of f capiteynes of Sigebert before, assygned, the sayd capytaynes \v theyr people 
 withdrewe them, so f Sigebert with his. ii. bretherne Corbo &,Meroneus gaue backe whyle 
 they came to the ryuer of Sigoune, where, after lytle resistence, f foresayd. ii. brethern 
 were taken : but the Frenshe Cronycle sayth, that alj. iiii. bretherne were there takyn. 
 Albeit mayster Gagwen saythe, that Sigebert, by the vertue* of his horse escapyd, so that 
 
 « s't^n^redit. m2. i^^r"''"' "*'• ''''• "' "''"*" ' '"' '"''"''' ''''' ''''' '''^ 
 
QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 107 
 
 he was not after that day seen. And soone after this victory, Brunechieldis, Which also of 
 ^ Frensh Cronycle is named Brunehenste, was brought as prysoner vnto the presence of 
 Lothayre, with a suster of Theodorich, which Garaery or Garney had taken in the tenlis 
 of his enemyes : tha Lotharius forthwith comaiidyd Corbo to be 6ehedyd, & preserued 
 
 rMeroneus, for so moche as he was to hym godfather, and euer after cherisshed hym as 
 his kynnesman. Lotharius thus hauynge f victory of his enemyes, made great ioye; & 
 after he had somedeale set that coiitrey and other in quyete, he then to^e aduyce of his 
 lordes how he shulde be demeaned w Brunechield, that had been auctoriceof so manyfold 
 mischefes, and crymynous dedys, f whiche, of one consent and mynde, condescendyd and 
 
 '«aggreed, that she shuld be put to moost peynftilt and 'vyle deth: & fynally after sore 
 betynges, she was set vpon an horse, and so conueyed thorougbe' the-hoost y all men 
 myghtbeholde and se hir, & after brought ageyn to the kynges presence, where then the ExeeueioBra- 
 kynge reherced vnto hir alonge processe of all hir murdures, cospiracis, & wicked dedys; "«='»«"■»■ 
 affermynge that she had been the occasyon & cause of the dethe of. x. prynces, besyde 
 
 Tother meane persones ; & whan he had sayde his pleasure, he then comaundyd hir to be 
 boudyn to a wylde horsetayle by f here of hir hed, & so to be drawen whyle she were 
 dede : and whan this iugement was executed, she, by the lycence of the kyng, was buryed 
 in an house of religyon within the cytye of Hosdonne, or Osdonne, that she before tyme 
 had buyldyd in the honoure' of seynt Martyne, besyde other many that she i hir lyfe 
 
 lobuyldyd in dyuerse other placis, endowynge theym wiih great and ryche possessyons. 
 
 <f Capitulu. C. xxvii. 
 THus dame fortune fauoured of* partye of Lotharyus that this kyngdome, whiche had 
 from the tyme of Clodoueus Lewes, contynued vnder. iiii. gouernours or rulersy for f 
 more party, now was fallen to hym, so that he had all vnder his obeysaunce & rule. Then 
 
 jranone made' Garnery prefecte & mayster of his paleys, & released vnto the Longobardis, 
 or Lumbardes, a trybute of. xii.M. li. yerely payde to the kynges of Fraiice; the which 
 was first set vpon them by Gunthranus his vncle, & i this whyle to his more encreace of 
 worldlye ioye, he receyuyd of his wyfe Bergeruda a sone, the whiche he named Dago- 
 bertus ; the whiche whan he came to couenable age, he betoke to the lore* of Arnold, then 
 
 3obysshop of Mees: & whe the first wyfe of Lotharius was dede, he maryed a seconde 
 named Sichilde, of whom he receyued a chjld, & named it Haybert. Whan Dagobert y 
 first sone was comyn to a ieefuU age, [after an vsuell custome of all prynces of Fraunce, oecstyonof 
 he gaue hym moch to f chase of wylde beestys; and as by chaunce one day he folowed the fyndyng of seynt 
 chace of an hert, and tryed it soo sore that he broughte hym to a bay in a place that then '"''' ° ^' 
 
 sxwas called the strete of Catulyen, in f which streete was than an olde lytle chapell to the 
 which the foresayd hert entred, & there helde hym, & albeit y a great nobre* entryd hym 
 & sued, forthere the f chapell dore noon of them wold enter, but there stoode bayinge : 
 and when Dagobertus came after and behelde the maner of the houndys, & dyd what he 
 cowde to cause them to entre f chapell & myght not, he thus departed without more do- 
 
 woinge at f season, not withoirt great meruaylynge in his mynde. In this* it was notlonge 
 after y]^ Clothayre, consyderynge the frowardnesse of growynge in his sone Dagobert, as- 
 signed to hycn a tutoure op lerner of worldlye and knyghtlye maners, whose name was Sa- 
 dragesyle ; & for his sone shuM haue hym in the more awe & fere, y kynge gaue vnto the 
 sayd tutoure the dukedome of Quyan.* But so it was one day y for a cause this Sadrage- 
 
 i^rsyle wolde haue chastyzed this Dagobert, wherof he lieyng ivare, associate vnto hym cer- 
 teyn wahton persones, & bete his mayster, & after in waye of despyte caused f herd of his DirUio. 
 tutour to be shauyn of: for the which dede Lothayre was agayne hym greuousj;^ dis- 
 pleasyd, & in great ire & haste sent for bis sone Dagobert. But he feryng punysshement 
 
 ' " In tb« honour" is omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. * the. ' thys Lotharius made. * lorde, 
 
 edit. 1542. 1559. ' of houndes, edit. 1533. * " in this," omitted in the edit. 1533. ^ omitted 
 
 jn edit. 1542. 1559. ' Guyan. ' 
 
 p 2 w drew 
 
108 QUINTA PARS LOTHARII. 
 
 •^ drqw hym, [& went vnto the forenamed chapell, trustynge verily, y where tofq^e a beest 
 was shewed such comfort, y he by holy prayer shuld there be coforted,]' tyll suche tyme as 
 hemyghtatteynevntoy'grace of his fadgr. 
 
 [Ye shall vnderstande y before tyme after he had experience of' y wonder shewyd by f 
 
 seyntDenys -Thert, .he lemyd y the holy martyrs, seynt Denys, & hi^. ii. felowe|, Rustycus & EliMthe- 
 
 foundyn. ^j^^^ shulde be buryed win the sayde chapell; the whiche were martyryd in the persecacioa 
 
 of Domyciane the emperoiire, about the ye^i'e of Crystis incarnacion. iiiixx. and. xvi, : in 
 
 the honoure of the whiche martirs the^foresayde poorfe* chapell was arreryd, as witnessith 
 
 thp Ffensh Cronycle,-by:|he meanes of a deuout Frensh man, whose name is not ex- 
 
 'opressyd. Thus Dagobert in this chapell abydyng in prayer, in the firste nyght, he beynge 
 in slepe, apperyd vnto hym. iii. olde faders, sayinge vnto hym, «/*^ Yonge man, we be those ^ 
 martyres which many yeres passyd vyere illayne for y fayth of Cryste, & buryed in this 
 place by Catula y good woma, .which place is not duely nor sufficientlye honoured^ nor 
 yet y' people of Fraiice hath not vs in due reuerence & worsnyppe; agd therfore whan 
 
 Tthou arte of ,myght & po ware, then remembre vs, & helpe this place to be otherwise 
 buyldyd, which snail not be long Jo, and for thou shalt not take this for a dreme or faa- 
 tasy, dygge hereafter this groiide,* and thou shalt fynde our thre bodyes hoole & vncor- 
 rupte, & vpon eueryehe of vs our names, with letters fresshely writtynj" and after this 
 appered and fynysshed, and vanysshed awey.* Whan Dagobert awoke, he called well to , 
 . ^2»mynde this vysyon, promysyd' inwardlye atwene God & hym, that if he were recounsylyd 
 *^ to his fader, as to hym they had promysed, he wold fulMl that they had desyryd*. x4fier 
 this, '^ fader beyng warnyd y Dagobert was in this chapell, sent vnto the place cer- 
 teygue of his knyghtes to pull or take hym thens perforce ; and whan they came within a 
 myle of the sayde chapell, they were so astonyed, that they myght not goo one foote for-i*| 
 
 T^warde to do ybest they cowde. Whan they had longe stryuen withoute preuaylyng, tiieyi 1 
 retourned to y kyng, & shewed to hym the trouth in all thyng as they had doone. • The 
 kynge beynge discontent with theyr reporte, blamed them, & sayd that they feryd his 
 sone, for whiche cause they had feyned that excuse, and incontynently sent fourth an 
 other copany, y^ which were delte with in lyke maner as the other were. Lotharius some- 
 Fd-inUii. ,9deale trowbled w the reporte of his seruaiitis, consyderyd the chapell to be nere vnto 
 Paris, where he than laye, comaunded his horse to be brought, for he wolde proue the 
 mater hymselfe: but||yke as his seruauntes were seruyd, euyn soo became of hym, soo 
 that he myghte goo or ryde frowarde or sydewarde, but towarde the chapell myght he in 
 no wyselitteygne. When this was knowen to the kynge, he consydered well it was the 
 
 jrhandywerke of God ; wherfore by fayrp and easy meanes he called home his sone and 
 
 recounoilid hynfi, and forgaue all trespace : to this accordith the legende of the lyfe of 
 
 seynt iDenys, with more that shall after folowe in the storye of this Dagobert.]* After 
 
 Concordii. this reconciliation, Lotharius ordeygned vnder hym his sone Dagobert to be ruler of the 
 
 sigriory of Austracy ; but whether it were by the elaciftp of his owne mynde, or by bad 
 
 i(.counsayll-, he shortlye after rebellyd agayne his fader, & wold haue reteygne'd that pro- 
 
 uynce tOr|his owne vse. For this were chosen, xii. nqble men of Fraujice to arbytre & 
 
 deipe betwene the fader and the sone ; the which lordes, after they had longe debated this 
 
 matier, by fayre entreatyze cotentyd so the fader, that he. gaue vnto the sone the sayd' 
 
 Iprdshyp of Austrapy. Soone after this accorde, Clothayre made warre vpon the Gothis 
 
 ^ror Saxons, & them at length subdued : for it is to be kno^ven, thatlyke as the sayde Sax- 
 onsjnu^dyd moche Brytaygne or Englande, in lykewysg warryd they in France, and lastly 
 subdued the prouynce of Nenstria, and named it after' t^^em Normandye, as after in f 
 story of Charles ySymple shall more euydently appere:^ ,0f this victory of Saxons is 
 made a longe reheFsayll, & howe lastly when Clothayre had sla^ the kyng or ruler of 
 
 ^ them, 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWANI. 109 
 
 1 
 them, named Berthrand, he after yode into the coutrey of Germany, and slewe man & 
 
 chyld that passed the length of his swerde: of this, & other dedis, by thisXothayre.doon, 
 
 ,1 niyght make a long werke, but I passe ouer. Than it folowith, whan Lothayre had set 
 his co&trey in some reste, he assembled his lordes at a cytie or towne callyd Traacas or 
 
 ^Tffcas ; and after diuerse maters discussid and endyd, he axed of theym perfyght allege- 
 aunce and fydelyte to hym and his heyres to be kepte ; the whiche by f sayd lordes 
 fermely promysed & assuryd, he comaundyd euerych of them to repayre to theyr owne 
 coiitreys ; and soone therafter he made an assemble of his bysshoppes & spirituell men, at 
 f cytie or towne of Troys, by whose counsayllys he orderyd thynges and maters c5cern- 
 
 «yng f wele of f churche; and shortly after was vexyd with greuous sykenes, wherof he 
 lynally dyed, whan he had reygned, after mooste wryters. xliii. yeres, leuynge for heyre 
 the forenaraed Dagobert, the whiche enteryd his fader with great pompe at the abbey of 
 seynt Vincent without f wallys of Paris, f which abbey is at this daye called seynt 
 Germayns. ' 
 
 T The foresayde yeres accompted for the reygne of Lothayre, be accomptid from the 
 first day that he was ordeygned kynge of Soysons, vnto the daye of his deth, wherof he 
 reygned, after some wryters, ouer a parte, xxvii. yeres, and ouer all France, xvi. yeres, 
 which make the full of. xliii. yeres. " 
 
 |v H Capitulu. C.xxviii. 
 
 *« CAdwanus or Cadwa, f whiche, of Guydo, is namyd duke of Venedoyce, or of North- ^f^- j. 
 walisj washy one asset of ^ Brytos, lastly, made theyr souerayne or gouernour, in ^ ''" 
 yere of our Lord. vi.C. and. xiii., & the. xxv. yere of f second Clothair, kynge of Frauce, 
 & also f firste yere of Colwolphus then kynge of Westsaxons, accomptynge for ^ 
 
 • reygne of Ceawlmus, kynge of the sayde Westesaxons. xxxi. yeres, and for CoImcus 
 
 M-'next succedyng hym. v. yeres. Ye haue before hard what discorde & trowble was amonge 
 the Brytonsin the tyme of Careticus laste kynge, and longe after, by reason wherof the 
 Saxons wan f more land, and, as before is reherced in the. C. &. xx. chapter, howe 
 Ethelfryde, kynge of Northubyrlande, ouerset the Brytons at f cytie of Chestre, and 
 forsyd them to take ouer Seuarne, and so into Walis, where they then chase this Cad- 
 
 -30 wan to be theyr duke and ledar, the whiche, after he was put in auctorytye, assemblyd 
 his Brytons, & came agayne into Brytaygne, & gaue batayll vnto the sayde Ethelfryde, 
 in the whiche they shped' dyuerslye, so that s5me season the Saxons wan, and some whyle 
 f Brytons ; but the Brytons helde Chestre, & other good townes, whiche they had reco- 
 uered sene* theyr laste commynge. 
 
 ^ It shuld seme, by the meanynge of Polycronyca, that this Cadwan or Cedwall shuld Concordu. 
 at length sle the sayd Ethelfryde & Osricus, both kynges of Brenicia and Deyra ; but 
 Guydo and also Gaufryd witnessen, that after this Cadwan had the better of Ethelfryde, 
 by mediatours it is' aggreed, that Ethelfryde shulde enioye all the lande ouer and beyonde 
 Humbre vnto Scotland, and Cadwan shuld haue f iande from Humbre towarde the 
 
 Vdsowth; to the whiche sayinge aggreeth the Englysshe Cronycle, afFermyng also thathp 
 shuld be f sone of Brucyuall, kyng of Leyceter, the which of other wryters is not testi- 
 fyed. ' , 
 -^-s- It is also there shewyd, f after f sayd accorde atwene Ethelfryd & Cadwan confirmed, 
 f they cotynued duryng f lyfeof Cadwan as. ii. especyall loners & frendes. And durynge 
 j/rthe reygne of this Cadwan, f. ii. 'sonnes of Colricus, Kyngilsus & Quichillynus, after the 
 deth of theyr faders brother, Colwolphus, ruled ioyntly the pryncipate of Westsaxons, 
 tbeHvbiche in theyr begynnynge faughte agayne the Brytons at Ampton, besyde Oxinforde, 
 & wan of them the towne and other holdes, whiche the Brytons in the^coiitrey occupyed ; 
 but, by aggrement of wryters, this Cadwan was not at this coflicte, nor yet medelyd hym 
 
 .' ' spedde. ' at. edit. 1542. 1559- ' was. * that. 
 
 SO 
 
110 QUINTA PARS CADWANI. 
 
 so farre w in the lande ; but, as it shulde seme by Guydo, theyse Brytons shulde be some co- 
 
 pany that shulde lyue vnder trybute or patysemeat' of the Saxons, y which, for the maniode 
 
 y they harde reported of Cadwan, rebellyd agayn y Saxps. Then it folowith, whan this 
 
 Amicicia. Cadwan had thus cotynued his amyte w Ethelfryde, a chaunge fell ^ this Ethelfryde for 
 
 i'hatered or otherwyse put frome hym his wyfe, beynge great w chylde, and tookf to hym 
 an other; wherfore this woman, beynge reedlesse', callyng to mynde y great louey was 
 atwene hir husbonde and Cadwan, she went vnto hym, and specyally besought hym, to 
 recounsyle hyr lorde and husbonde, that she rayght be rcstoryd to his companye : but for 
 Cadwa;!!, after many meanes & requestes, myght not bryngethat aboute, he therefore ten- 
 
 '"derynge hir necessite, kepte hir in his owne courtet^U she were lighted,'-\he which at tyme/ 
 brought fourth a man chylde, whome she let calle Edwyn. And soone after was the wyfe of 
 Cadwan delyuered of a sone, whome the fader callyd Cadwalyn. But. the auctor of the, 
 Floure of Historyes sayth, y tliyse. ii. children were longe borne before this tyme ; the 
 which shulde seme to be true ; forsomoch as this Cadwalyn was of lawful] age to bewelde 
 
 'fhis lande when his fader dyed, the whiche he coulde not doo if he had nowe be.borne : 
 
 but, as afFermeth Polycronycon, it shulde seme lyke to a fable, all the rehersayll that 
 
 Foi. Ikv. Gaufryd makyth in the ende of his booke, aswell for this Cadwalyn and Edwyn, as for 
 
 the other circustauce of ^ matier there rehersyd : whiche varyeth frome other wryters 
 
 bothe for f tyme, and also for matier, as somedeale is more in the hystory hereof before 
 
 2^>made mencion, and also by the cotynuance of this story; for as Giraldus Cabrensis and 
 oth6r seyen, this Edwin was ^ sone of EUe or Ella, kynge of Deyra, the which was perse- 
 cuted of Ethelfrydus before named, than kynge of bothe prouynces, that is to meane 
 Brenicia and Deyra, soo sore, y he was compellyd to flee to Redwaldus, than kynge of 
 Estanglis, the whiche for mede or fere of the sayd Ethelfryde, was lastly consentyng to i| 
 
 irhaue-betrayed Edwyn : of which daunger the sayd Edwyn was delyueryd, by warnynge of' ' 
 
 vuio. a frende of his. After this escape as Edwyn sat vpon a tyme in a great studye alone, a 
 
 straunger apperid to hym sodeynly, and sayde : I knowe well the cause of thy thoughte and 
 
 heuynes, therefore if thyn enemyes were slayne and thou restoryd vnto thy kyngdome,' 
 
 and set the' in better maner than eny of thy forefaders, woldist thou not admit suche one 
 
 3ofor thy freende, and assent & do by his rede and counceyll; yes trewly, sayd Edwyn; and 
 that I surely and fastly promyse f : tha this man layde hand vpon Edwynes heed, and 
 sayde to hym, " Edwyn whan this tokyn is brought to the, than haue thou mynde of this 
 tyme of trybulacion, and of this promesse ^ thou hast made;" and anon as this was spoke, 
 this man vanysshed out of his syght sodeynlye. 
 Victoria Edwmi.5^ In a conuenycnt season after, Edwyn assemblyd his hooste, and gaue batayll vnto 
 Ethelfryde in the countrey of Mercia by east the ryuer of Idle, & slewe hym in that 
 fygbt, with a great nombre of his knyghtes, and then seasyd in his possession both the 
 fore sayde pryncipates ; and was kynge of Northumberlande by y terme of. xvii*. yeres. 
 Ye shall vnderstande that the forenamed Ethelfryde had. iii. sones, whiche are myndyd' 
 
 :< besyde other ; the firste and eldeste was named Eaufricus, the. ii. Oswaldus, and the. iii. 
 Oswye. 'The firste was of laufuU age, soo that he myght lielpe &shyfte for hym selfe, but 
 Oswalde was but. xii. yeres of age, and Oswy far yonger ; wherefore theyr wardeyns, inir,; 
 mediatly after theyr faders deth, sent the into Armorica or lytle Brytayne, there to be 
 brought vp, or more verelye into Albania or Scotlande. 
 
 % Capitulii. C.xxix. 
 
 MERCIA. 
 ABoute this ,tyme & season, as witnessei^; Policronica, Guydo, and other, began ^ 
 kyngdome or lordshyp of Mercia, vnder the strog Paynym & Saxon, called Penda, the 
 
 '" or patysement" omened. * remedylesse. edit. 1542. 1559, ^ the omj«ei in edit. 1542 1550. 
 
 ♦ xviii. edit. 1559. ' mcDcyoned. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 which 
 
 H5 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWANI. 1 1 1 
 
 which Mercia or Mercherike conteynyd Huntyngdonshyre, iJertfordshyre, Glowcetyr 
 shyre, with dyuers other, and was grettest & largest of all the other, & was closed in the 
 weste syde with the ryuer of Dee, stretchynge to Chestre & Seuarne, & so to Shroues- 
 bury & Brystowe; in the eest it was closyd w the see occean, in y^ south with Tharays 
 
 r vnto Lodon, and in the north w the ryuer of Humbir, & had his begynnytige vnder the 
 forenamed Penda, as thaccorde of dyuers auctours witnessyn, in y yere of our Lordes 
 incarnacion. vi.C.xxvi. & after the firste commynge of Hengiste. C.lxxvi. yeres. Albeit 
 that of f first kygg thereof dyuerse opynyons there been, wherof a cause maye be for 
 so nidch as this lordshyp, i f first begynnyng, was departed in. iii., y is to sey, the first 
 
 /» was callyd eest Mercia, the. ii. was named myddell Mercia, & y^. iii. west Mercia ; but 
 after it was broughte to one pryncipate, & called Mercheryke, or of some wryters, 
 m3'ddell Englande. Of this lordship f first cristen kynge was called Wolpherus, y was 
 the sone off forenamed Penda; but of all y' kynges of this kyngdome of Mercia, ihaueseenaa 
 which were, xviii. in nombre, as testifyeth Polycronica, OfFa was of niooste myght & oWeregestre 
 
 'rpowar, as after shall more playnly appere. This lordshyp endurid, to recken moost cer- churche o'f 
 teynly, in' y yere of our Lorde. viii. C.lxxvi. in f whiche yere Alurede or Alhered, tha p^uUs of Lon- 
 kyng of West Saxons, ioyned it vnto his owne kyngdome, which by y accopte shuld be. conteyned many 
 CC.l. yeres. Albeit y some accompt y enduraiice therof or* the laste yere of Burdredus *^n^"/°he 
 y was put out by theDanes, by whiche rekenynge it shuld tha endure, iiii. yeres lesse ; & &ste foundacion 
 
 losome wryters acopte y terme therof whyle the tyme of Edwarde called the eldir, which ^^ith'cmeyn'"'' 
 after f deth of his fader Alured, put out f Danes from the sayde lordeshyppe, & ioynyd it oidecronicies of 
 agayne to Westsaxo, & by y accompt it shuld laste. CC.iiiixx. yeres & odde ; ye shall j^ong"^the 
 also vnderstonde f in this kyngedome reygned dyuerse holy kynges, whiche nowe be wWchitisthere 
 allowed by the churche for seyntes, as OfFa, Kenelphus, Kenelmus, & other, as hereafter °hetyme&s«. 
 
 ^rsomedeale shall appere. son whau this 
 
 * Cadwan was 
 
 kynge or ruler 
 1[ Capilulii. C.XXX. of'he Brytons, 
 
 ' that 3 the same 
 
 LEtte vs than retourne to the perfourmauce of the story of Cadwan, & of suche ^"""^J'^jy™ 
 dedes as were doon 1 his dayes. About f. xiiii. yere of his reygne Quichellinus y was ucrsc parties of 
 
 ■ brother vnto Kyngylsus, & w hym, as before in the. C. &. xxviii, chaptre is touchyd, vH.^kyngd'omM"'' 
 
 feruled there' VVestsaxons, sent vpon an Ester daye a swerdeman to sle Edwyn kyng of vnder wrytten : 
 Northubirland. This swerdma came to a citie besyde y water of Darwet I Derbyshyre & Jhwlhrwa""' 
 wayted his tyme, & lastly, fand p kyng smaliy accopanyed, & entended to haue ron •'yns of Est 
 thorough f kyng \v a swerde enuenemyd ; but one Lilla y kynges trusty seruaunt, disgar- se°^°RedewaUu& 
 nysshed of shylde or other wepyn, to defende his mayster, start betwene y kyng & the*" thankyng* 
 
 jTSwerde, & was stryken thoroughe f body & dyed, and the kyng was woudyd w the same Norffi& suffi° ' 
 stroke, and after he woiidyd the thyrde, & was taken & cofessyd by whom lie was sent to ^l*"""""' *" 
 werke y treason. Thai* other knyght y was secondly woudyd dyed, & the kyng laye after Kent;Ethe°wai. 
 longe syke or he were helyd. And the same nyght lolowyng the quene was delyueryd of a somh"x''-'^K n- 
 doughter, y^ which kyng Edwyn causyd to be christened of Paulinus bisshop, in token y giisus was'kynge 
 
 ivche wolde fulfylle all suche promyse as he before had made, & she was named Enfleda pg^*'^''""^' 
 & halowed vnto God. And after Whitsontyde the kyng beyng scantly hole of y woud, as- of Mercherek;& 
 semblyd his houst & made toward y kynges of Westsaxon, & after a great & soore fyght, ^tn kynge of" 
 venquysshed theym & theyr boost; but Edwyn for all this victory ii other thynges gyuen to ''""o"'' ""i 
 hym of God, as he y m as 1 welth* of y world, forgate his former promesse, & had lytle au wWchereg^- 
 
 nrmynde thereof, except y he by the prechynge of Paulinus forsoke his uiaumentry, & for "'*''"?""!'' 
 his excuse sayd, y he myght not clerely renye his olde law y his forefaders had kept so iTthe 5tor^« of 
 longe, &sodeynly becristenedwout auctoryte & goodaduyse of his cOuceyl!. He also t^' ^cirJ^'urind 
 
 Cadwall be duly 
 serchvd.+ 
 
 " till. ' to. ' the. * the. = hehhc. 
 
 sfej^ * kynges. f Tliis is inserted in the text cf the \Y0ik in the later etliticns. 
 
 * 7 ceyuyd 
 
112 QUINTA PARS CADWANI. * 
 
 ceyuyd letters of exovtacion & cofort to take y^ tfeptym frome the. v. Bonyfacej- tjiati Pope*, 
 
 Apresande. the which also sent^to v quenc lyk|^letters, with a mj^rrour garnysshed with syluer and a 
 
 comjbe of iuery, and for y'kyuge a shyrte wrought irt sondrye places with letters of golde. 
 
 But all this preuayled nothynge, [then Paulinus made his speciall prayers to God,, and 
 
 rhadde.it shewed to hym by reuelacio of y token y was gyue to Edwyn in tyme of his try- 
 
 Fchixvi. bulacio;, after ^ which kiiowlege hadde, Paulinus shortlye after came ynto the kynge, and 
 
 laying his hande on his heed, frayned of hym whether he had'eny lyke remembrauce of 
 
 enylyke token : the whiche whan the kyng had confessyd, the holy bisshop sayd vnto 
 
 hym, ;' Lo thou hast ouercomen thyne enemyes, and wonne thy kyngdohne, & boldest it in 
 
 "mooste large wyse, therefore parfourme thy promesse, and be trewe to hym that hath 
 
 holfen the."]' It was not longe after that the kynge assemblyd his counceyll, and by theyi; 
 
 idwjm bap. agfenient he was of the sayde Paglinus, bysshop of Yorke, baptyzed within the sayde cytie, 
 
 trKd. the. xi. yere of his reygne, & y yere of grace, as testyfyeth Guydo. vi.C.xxvii. He was the 
 
 first chrisfen kynge that reygned in that cuntrey ; and after hym many of his lordes and 
 
 'rsubiectes were also christened of y sayd Paulinus, and ^ flamyhs, or byshoppes of theyf 
 false goddis, were turned to Crystis faythe, in token wherof they armed theym as 
 knyghtes, & bestrode good horses, where before, by theyrlaw, they myghte vse nodne ar- 
 moure, nor ryde.but onely on a mare. 
 
 From y tyme forth wardys, by yf lerme of. vi. yeris, durynge the lyfe of kyngEdwyn* 
 
 j»Paulinus,cristened cotynuallyin both prbuynces of Deyra, & in Brenicia, in f ryuers of 
 
 Gweuy&Swala, whiche he vsed for his fontes, & prechyd in f shyre of Lyndesey, & 
 
 buylded there a church of stone at Lyndecoln or Lyncolne. In this tyme was so great X''- 
 
 peace in, y kyngedome of Edwyriy a woma myght haue goon from one towne to an other 
 
 wout grefe or noyauce ; & for y refresshyng of wey goers, this Edwyn ordeygned at clere^-^T 
 
 "Cuppesofiron-'^^^^^'y^' cuppes or dvsshes of iron or brasse to be fastened to postys standyng by the sayd 
 
 weliys sydes, & no man was soo hardy to take awey those cuppes, he kept so good iustyce. 
 
 ,. , And witli y he was knyghtlye of his dedes : he was y^ first^ wanne this ile of Eubonia, now 
 
 '''' '' ' called the ile of Man, & by his meanes Orpewaldus or Corpewaldus, the ^one of Redwal- 
 
 V dus, kynge of Estanglis or Norphis, to whome, as before is touchyd, Edwyn had fled for 
 
 3n socoure, was couertyd to the true feyth, and a great parte of his men with hym. And for this 
 
 Edwyn excellyd y other kynges, they enuyed at hym, and specyally Penda kynge "bf 
 
 INIercia, the which excyted Cadwan kyng of Brytos ageyn hym, soo;^ they two assemblyd 
 
 a great boost agayne Edwyne, & lastly, met in a place called Hatfelde, and after sharp 
 
 MorsEdwrni. fygh'^ 0" ^'^^^ sydcs, there Edwyn wasslayne, whan he had reygned ouer the Northumbirs. 
 
 3TXvii. yeres, in y yere of our Lord, as sayth Guydo. vi.C.xxxiii. When theyse two kynges, 
 Cadwan or Cedwalla & Penda, had tlius ouercomen the kyng, & hym slayne, & moche of 
 his people, they became so cruell to men of y countrey, ^ they destroyed therin moche 
 people, as men, women, & chyldren, as well relygipus as other; wherefore PauHnus 
 tharchebysshope beholdynge iheyr cruelnesse, tooke with hym the qiiene & Enfledahir*^ 
 
 wdoughter, & fled by w-ater into Kent, &for ^ bysshopriche of Rochestre was than voyde 
 by reason y Romanus, y last bishop was a dreynte Paulyne was there ordeyned & 
 made bysshpp of y see, & there dyed, & alscj lefte there his paull. And as afFermetl^p-^ 
 licfonicon and other, the archebisshoppes^see of Yorke was voyde. xxx. yeres aftferf 
 But f quene which was namid Etherberga, became a menchon, & saylled irito GaU^ or ^ 
 
 wfFraunce, where in an Abbey called Brydgece or Briggece, she lyued an holy l^e & 
 dyed: '& hir doughter Enfleda contynued hir profession, & was afterwarde abbeSse of 
 Streshalt in the vale of Whitby. After the deth of Edwyne, Osricus y was^^'sone of 
 Elfricus, which*\vas brother of Ethelfridus, toke vpon hym to be kyng of Deyra ; & Eau- 
 fricusy eldest sone of Ethelfryd, as before in y^. C.xxviii. chaptre is touchyd, was made 
 
 fp kyng of Brennicia, the which turnyd, them both from Crystes feythe, & became mys- 
 
 ' Byshop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. * Omittvdin the tdit. of 1542. 1559{ '^t^ 
 
 creauns. 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWANL 113 
 
 creautis, for the\thich Goddiswrethefell vpon them in short v^le after, for they were 
 botheslayne in the yere folowyng of ^ foreaaraed Cadwan & Cedalla'; & wha theyse 
 sayd. ii. kynges were thus slayncj Oswalde the seconde sone of Ethfelfryd began his 
 reygne ouer the prouynce of Bfenicia, as chife of that kyhgdome of Northflbirlande, 8c 
 
 -'had the rule of Deit-a in lykie wyse, wherof whaCadwan orCedwalla was <iare, gatheryd* 
 his Brytons, & thought to sle Oswalde as he had before slayne his brother Eaoft-icas : but 
 Oswalde, wha he was warned of J^ great strength of this Cadwa^ he made his prayers to God, 
 and besought hym mekely of helpe to ^stade his enemyes, [& or he yode to prayer, he 
 arerid a crosse of tree, before the which be knelyd a long whyle, I a feeld, which long 
 after was callyd Heuynfeeld, and at this daye is had in great worshyp. That place is nere 
 vnto f towne or church of Aguetald^, in Brennicia, the whiche church was there buyldyd 
 by Oswalde after the wynningof that battayle, & of the spones of ^ crosse ar tolde manye 
 wounders, the which I ouer passe.]' 
 Than after Oswold had prayed for f saluacid of, his people, f. ii. hosts met i a feelde victoru os- 
 
 'rnamed tha Denysborne, or Denyslake, where was foughten a strong* batayll, but fynatly "'''*• 
 Cadwan, whichfe Polycronyca nameth Cedwalla, was slayne, & his people chasyd, Which 
 were farre excedynge the libmbre of Oswoldus boost, whan the sayd Cadwa had reygned 
 ouer f Brytons, after moost accorde of ii^ryters, and also of tyme, Ijy f terrae Of itxii. 
 yeres ; leuyng after hym a sone, as afferiiiyth Gaufryde, named Cadwaltus, or CadtValyn. 
 
 ra' If Capitulum. C. xxxL 
 
 DAgobertus, the first of that name, & sone of Clothayre, before rehercyd, b6gan his PrScia. 
 reygne ouer the hole monarchy of Fraunce, in the yere of our Lorde. vi. C. xx^i., 8c the. 
 xviii. yere of Cadwan, tha kynge of Britos ; the which, at tyme of his faders dethe, was 
 in the prouynce of Austracy, geuen to hym by his fader, as before is shewid in the. C. 
 wxxvii. Chaptre precedyng. But anon as vvorde came to hym of his faders disease*, he sped 
 liym, well accopanyed, into Frauce, & whe he was comen to the citie of Iteynes, thyder 
 came vnto hym many nobles, as well out of Burgoyne as out of other partyes of Fraiice, 
 & dyd vnto hym feauty & homage. It is shewed. C. xxvi. chaptre of this werke* how 
 Clothayre had by his secdd wyfe a sone named Heybert, f which claymed his part of the 
 wkyngdome of Fraunce, & for the same began to make some styrynge ; but by the good po- 
 lycy Sc meanes of one Brunulphe, vncle to the sayd Haybert, & brother to Sichild his 
 Aioder, the matier was appeased ; so that he had vnto hym certeyne citeys assyn'gned, with 
 landesi Quyan', ^V the which he was cotentyd, & ordeyned Tholouse for theenefe cytie of 
 his pryncipate. And after that peace oonfermed, Dagobert was in quyete by the terme of. 
 sriii. yeres^ folowyng : but the. iiii. yere the Gascoynes rebeliyd agayne hym, the whiche, by 
 his mahode he shortly subdued. And whan tie had set his lande in a quyetuesse, [he Tnntiachftane^ 
 called to mynde the promyse before tyme whiche he had made to sejrrit Dehys & his fe- lucrum!"' ** 
 lawes, wherfore he with great solempnyte caused the grounde where theyse holye bodyes 
 lay to be openyd, and with great reuerence to be taken vp ; vpon j which bodyes he fande 
 vofresshely wryten eyther of theyr names, so that he myght perfyghtly knowe tbat one from 
 that other, & the caused them to be layde in a sumpteuoiis shryne, & ouer them, in the Soi-UvU. 
 sayd place, he buylded a royall mynstre of lyme and stoone, and couered it with platis of 
 ayluer i stede of sdatc or leade, & assignid vnto the preestes & mynystres therof great 
 & ryche possessions : and for so goodly a temple ^ was of suche beautye outwarde, shulde 
 *rnot lacke of garnysshyng within, he therefore causid hagynges to be made to hange within 
 the same temple, of y which tapettis, suche as seruyd for the quere were gairnysshed and 
 set with dyuerse stones in those dayes vsed, and by the foresayde place or shryne, where 
 the holy maftyrs bodyes lay, he ordeyned a cheste, or trunke of clene syluer, to (hen- 
 tent ^ all suche iuellys and ryche gyfltes as were ofFryd to the holy seyntis, shuld therein be 
 • Penda. * lie gathered. ' The edit, of 1542 and 1559 merely say " for thesaluacyon of 
 
 hyj MBplf." * deceas*. ' Guyan. 
 
 •' Q kepte 
 
A nurudl. 
 
 Fritqi. 
 
 J 14 QUINTA PARS DAGO#ERTI. 
 
 kepte to the vse of the mynystres of the same place : and ouer that endowyd f same, 
 place with many great lyberties and pryuyleges. And this place thus fynysshed, he 
 causyd a crosse of golde to be made, and to be garnissbid with most precious stones of a 
 great bygnesse and value, and causyd it to be set ouer the high auter, within tt^ sayd 
 
 xmonasterv. This traslacion of theyse blessyd sayntes shulde be, as witnessith f Frensh 
 Cronycle^ in the. v. yere of f reygne of f sayd Dagobert, which made the yere of /our 
 lorde. vi. C. xxxvi. the which wha he had clerely yr all honour &,due reuerece fynysshedj' 
 he then vysyted & circued hisiande i ministryng iustyces to all persones, and ordeyned 
 
 ^ suchmeanesas byllys of supplicacion, and other, that the causes & raatiers of poofe 
 
 "men myght come to his knowlege j by meane whereof he gate great loue and fauoure of 
 his comons. But amonge his many notable dedes, one dede by hym was comyttyd, the 
 which somedeale longe after blemysshyd his honour: and that was, that he without ludge- 
 ment, or processe of the lawes, causyd to be slayne the forenamed Bruriulphe, vncle vnto 
 
 . Haybert his brother, for malyce that he bare to hym for the fauourynge of the sayde Hey- 
 
 -srbartis party. After this, the kynge was deuorsyd from his wyfe named Gertrude, for that 
 she was bareyne, & brought forthe no frute ; & was after raaryedto a fayre we nche named 
 Ranetrude, ^fj^ which he receyuyd at conuenyent tyme after, a sone y was named Sigebert. 
 [Of this chylde itis tolde, that whanhe was brought to the holy bissop Amandus to be con- 
 fermed, beyng thaaof the age of. xl. dayes, and the bisshop sayde ouer hym. certeyn prayers 
 
 2«concernyng thofFyce of confirmacion, and noon of f circustauntis, by nieglygece, gaue aa- 
 swere vnto the bysshop, at conuenyent tyme f chylde, by dyuyne powar, sayd Amen in so 
 lowde maner, that all the people aboute standynge myght well vnderstande it j wherpf the 
 bisshop and all f pjeople were howgely ameruaylid.]* Tha it folowith, this Dagobert all this 
 passe tyme was ruled hy a noble ma of Frauce, or more propirlye of the prouyueeof Aus- 
 
 ^tracy, named, in the Frenshe booke,seynt' Arnulph, bishop of Mees; and by Pepyn, vvhich 
 was ruler of the kynges paleys ; by which season, he, & also hisiande were in great ho:: 
 nour & prosperyte, but* the deth of the forenamed Arnulph, which dyed about the 
 season that the kyng began to alter & change his condicions to the hurte of his commons 
 and o'f his lande. 
 
 3, •[[ Capituluni. C.xxxii. 
 
 DAgobertus ^ before exersysed hym in all honour &vertu, began now to exercyse'in 
 iustyce&tyrannye, in pyllybge his comons byexaccios andtrybutis, in suche wyse, that those 
 that dweliid in the outward partyes of his realme, & nere vnto the Turkys & other straQge 
 londes and nacios, were fayner to be vnder the rule of theym than of thjeyr owne naturall 
 
 jrprynce : [but how soeuer he bare .hym agayne his subiectes in pyllynge and takyng from 
 
 them what he myght, yet he euer had such a fauour to Seyrit Denys, that he gaue to 
 
 hym what he myght purchace, were it vvith right or otherwyse ; cotyniiyng which seaso he 
 
 crudeiitss. Went into f coutre of Poy tiers, & robbyd and spoylyd there f church of seynt Hyllary of 
 
 many great iewellys, and sifter toke with hym ;y^ bodye of that blessyd man, and causyd it 
 
 ^i-to be had into the monastery of seynt Denys, and there shrynyd hym :]' and that doone, 
 he destroyed the countrey of Poy tiers with iron and fyrcj and the wiallys of the cytie hie 
 made playne with thegrounde, and forthe more crueltyeor terroure to the people to be 
 shewyd,- heeryd the stretis of the sayd cytie, and sewe theym with salte, for a sygne and 
 token that he wolde haue that cytie subuertyd for euer, y which ruyne to this dayfeap- 
 
 ifrpereth ; for there where f olde cytie stood, isnowe callid the olde Poytiers, & where that 
 other standith nowe is callyd the newe cytie of Poytiers. The cause of this dystruccion of ' 
 cytie and countrey, as saythe master Robert Gagwyne, was for that that the earle of Poy- 
 tiersi^rebellyd agayne the kyng. Thus this man that wbylome was a lambe, was now 
 turnyd to a tygre, & ouer his cruelnesse he was gyuen to all sensuall luste of his body, 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559- "" Omitted in edit. 1542. 155?. ^ seynt, omitted in edit. 1542. 155«. 
 * Tyll. ' Omittedia edii. 1542. 1559; 
 
 io 
 
QITINTA PARS DAGOBERTI. 115 
 
 in so moche, that where so he rode, he had folowynge hytn a cumpanye of strupettis, be- 
 
 ' syde such as he kepte in dyuerse placis of his realme, appareylyd and fed 'iyke vnto 
 quenes. For this rule & other vycis vsyd by f kyng, Pepyn, tha master of the paleys, Pepjmtb*&Ke.,, 
 was put in great wyte and blame of dyuerse lordis of the lairde, thynkynge that by his 
 
 rcouceyll & suiFeraunce, the kynge was so lad & guyded. This was the first Pepyn : f se- 
 conde was master of f palfeys in the' tyme of the seconde reygne of the firste Theodoricus, 
 and Was surnamed Vetulus and Breuis, whiche is to meane olde & lytle; and the. iii. 
 Pepyn was sone of Carolus Marcellus. The firste Pepyn was graundfadir to the seconde 
 by the moders syde, and the. ii. was grausyr to the. iii. by the mannes syde, whiche. iii. 
 
 '« Pepyn was, by hole assent of J'renshemen, ordeygned kynge of Frauce, as after shall 
 appere, & was fader vnto the kyng named Charlis the great, and emperour of Rome : 
 all which Pepyns discendyd of ^ bloode of Austracy, & had great possessions inr in y pro- 
 uynce. Whan f fore named Pfepyn vnderstode f grudge & murmour of y' lordes, whiche 
 they bare agayne hym for the kynges demeanour, he by theyr aduyces tooke vnto hym a 
 
 Another great lord, named Martyn, to be vnto hym assistent, & ouer f he cau.syd f blessyd 
 man* Amadus to accopany ^ kyng; by whose coiiceyll the kynge somedeale refraynyd hym sanctusAmi- 
 frome vyce, but not all as y good bysshop hym aduertyzed. In this tyme Heybart f ''"'• 
 kynges halfe brother dyed, & also his sone shortly after, named Chylperiche, by reason 
 of whose dethes f lordship & coutrey of Tholouse, fell to f possession of Dagobert. It 
 
 M was not longe after f a people called Asclauous, or Sclauons, made warre vpo f cou- 
 trey of Austracy; thyse also are callyd Bulgaris, & ioyne vpo a parte of Austracy: of 
 thyse tydynges whan Dagobert was lerned, he sped hym into Austracy, & there assem- 
 bled a myghty boost of knyghtes, and soo sped hym tyil he came nere his enemyes ; but 
 the sayd Sclauons hauyng knowlege of f kynges great hoost, aggreed, by oratours to hym 
 
 If sent, to contynue the trybute that they before tyme payde, the whiche wasyerelye fyue. C. 
 oxen, where thorough f warre was appesyd for that tyme, and newe allyaiice vpon both 
 partyes cofermed. After the which peace thus stablysshed, the kynge' his sone Sigebert as '«'• '*'"'* 
 kyng & ruler of that lordship of Austracy, assygnynge to hym f bisshop of Colayne, 
 named Cobert*, & the erle Palatyne, named Agasyle, to be his tutours and rulers 
 
 sccontynuynge his yeres of youthe ; and that doon f kyng retourned into Fraunce, where, 
 soone after, he receyuyd. of his wyfe a sone, & named it Clodoueus, the whiche of many 
 wryters is called Lodouicus, or Lowes. To this Lowes, the fader, at couenable tyme after, 
 gaue the coiityes of BurgOyne, and Nenstria or Normady. , Then f kyng graiited to the 
 house of seynt Denys a fayre, to be kepte yerely in f moneth of luyn in a feelde nere 
 
 irvnto the sayde monastery, and that no marchaunt of Paris, nor good towne thereabout, 
 shuld sell any marchaundise, but only in y- fayre, with many other customes, to the great 
 auauncement of that house. And after the kyng had subdued the Gascoynes & the Bry- 
 tos of Armoryca, or lytle Brytaygne, [he then assemblyd a multitude of bisshoppes, for 
 to dedicate & halowe the monastery of seynt Denys I moost solempne wyse,. where a great 
 
 u, miracle was shewyd of the clesyng of a lepar, or lazar, that durynge the nyght laye with- i>edic«cio. 
 in the sayde churche, and there beyng in his deuoute prayers, sawe our sauyour Cryste 
 accompanyed with Peter and Paul ; & also ihe holy martirs seynt Denys, ^ his. ii. 
 felawes entre f churche by one of the wyndowes, and after halowyd the sayd churche, 
 which after came to f sayd lazar, & comaundyd hym to shewe vnto the bysshoppes, ^ 
 
 Hrhe I propre parsone had halowed f sayd church, & for a token & knowledge of f same 
 he had receyuyd his helthe ; & for more recoroe of f trouth of this matier, our sauyoure 
 Cryst,! as witnessith master Robert Gagwyn, & also f Fresh Cronycle, drewe of f skynne 
 of f face of f sayde lazar, & threwe it agayne a stone where it remaynith at this day to Mimta. 
 be seen ; the which token, wha Dagobert & his bisshoppes vpo y^ morne after behelde & 
 
 U sawe, they beynge greatly ameruayled last' of any forther busynesse touchyng the dedyfy- 
 
 ' that, edit. 1533. 1542. * blessyd man, omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ' tb« kyng made. 
 
 * Cunbert. ' laft, edit. 1533. 
 
 Q 2 ing 
 
\\Q QUINTA PARS CAD WALL!. 
 
 ing of y sayd]churche; ^off this myracle great concourse of people yerely in the. vi. kalen- 
 d^sof Ma'rche comithiyith g^fat deuocionynto f sayd monastery, there inakyng theyr ob- 
 lacions, fermiy beleuy^g'f the sayd churche was hal owed with Cryslis owne baa(}& 
 Whan Da^oherthadi this bus^tiesse w other perfytyd & endyd,]' lie then callyd a great coun- 
 
 rceyll of his loi:des spiritiieU & temporeltat hjs cytie of Biguage, wh?re he bey^g set at- 
 wene his, ii. sone?, Sigebert & Ciodoueus, he made a longe preposiqpn & oracion c6- 
 ceriiyiTige f allegiauce which lie exoriyd his lordes to owe & here to hyin for y terme of 
 his lyle, & after tyll* his. ii. sones there beyng present ; and then he exortyd his. ii. 
 spnes charitably to loue, & that they shulde in mooste fraternall wyse cotynewe 
 
 'theyr lyues. The whiche preposycion fynysshed, he there in y presence made bis 
 
 Ttaametum. testament, f before he had causyd to be writte in. iiii. sondrye skynnes endentyq, 
 
 to he radj k tha sealyd w certeyne of theyr sealis, wherof ;^ one he wyllid to be kept in 
 
 the tiiesory of S^ynt penys ; the. ii. in the tresoury of the cytie pf Lyons ; the. iii. in y^^ tre- 
 
 ^pry of Mees i Austracy, which now is named Loraygne ; & the. iiii. ip f kynges tresory. 
 
 ^rAnd when f kyng had orderyd his matieri somedeale to his purpose, he dissoluyd this coii- 
 ceyU, & comaiidyd euerych estate vnto his owne coutrey, & after was somewhat busy6d 
 with f lebellyon of y forenamed Brytons & Gascoyja,es, & such other matiers, y whiche 
 I passe ouer for lepgthe of tyme. Then f kyng lastly was syke of f flyx, and^ was 
 brought by bis desyre *vnto the monastery of Seynt Denys, where after he had comytted his 
 
 •Jowyfe Nantyld, with hir sone Ciodoueus, vnto the g^ydynge and tuyssyon of a npble man 
 of Fraiice, & then master of his paleys, named Agaynus, he dyed ; whe he had reygned* 
 xiiii. yeres, & was buryed witli great pompe in y^ forenamed monastery, 
 
 [Of this Dagobertis reportyd, by myn auctor,& also intlie Frenshe Cronycle, besyde 
 Visio, Other wryters, ti^at an holy ancre or heremyte of Fraiice, bpinge in his medytacions shulde 
 
 -^see a company of feendes, which beynge in the see shuld haue among, them in a bote the 
 soule of Dagol^ert, &were coueyinge it toward peyne; but this spirite ceasyd not to cry, 
 & to. call to seynt Denyg & his felawes for helpe, y' which lastly came clad I vvhyte vestemelis, 
 ^'delyueryd y sowle.-lrom f peynes of big enemyes, & conueyed it vnto euerl^stynge ioy,' 
 as more atJegtb, & w more circustauce, it is declared i ye bopkys beforesayd.]' 
 
 3» ^ Capitulju. C.xxxiii. 
 
 Angiiii. CAdwallus, or Cadwalyne, the sone of Cadwan, lastly spoke of in y Cronycle of 
 
 [ ap-i- '-W 0jQch Britaygne, as testyfyeth Guydo, Gaufrytje, and other, began his reygne ouer the 
 
 Brytons, in the y^re of Crystjs incarnacion. vi. C. &. xx^v. & the firste yere of the first 
 
 pagpbert, thenkyngefrf Fraunce; and also the. x^ii. yere of KyngylBus'&; Quichillinus, 
 
 '.then kyqges of lyestsaxon. TThis Cadwall was stfong^ and myghty, & warryd strongly 
 
 vpon the Saj^ons nerevnto hym, andvj^an from them both castellys & townes, and draue 
 
 tbeymbacke into ^lande to warde London; wberof heryng, Penda, kyngepf Mercia, heas- 
 
 semblyd his Saxons, and iiiade towarde Cadwall, but he was in^ ende distressyd, & faynfj 
 
 to seche and purchace the fauoure of Cadwall, ancl lyue vndi^r his tribute. This P^nda 
 
 fh after this was in great fauour with Cadwall, in so rnoph that, he tppke party, with Cadwall 
 
 Btifaius stcsdus. agayn&his other Saxon kynges, as after shall appere. About thistyme, Kyngylsus, one of 
 
 the kynges of Westsaxons, was, by f doctryne of thatblessyd man Berinus, conuertyd to thq 
 
 ryghtbeleue, & crystenyd of hym at the cytie of Dprtyke, or Dorchestre, & Oswalde, kynge 
 
 of Nprthubirlande, was his godfader, & weddyd his doughter afterwarde, & tha y cytie, was 
 
 Krgeuyn toybysshop, to tl^e ende y he shuld there ordeyne his see, where ^ sayd Berinus 
 
 s^te. xiiu. yeres after, & there was buryed, tyll Beda bysshop of Wynchestre trasla^yd 
 
 his body to y cytie of Wynchestre. Albeit y f chanons of. Dorchestre sayen f ^ sayd 
 
 bodye of holy Beryne was not take thens, but a nolfier in the stede of hym, &' yet 
 
 ^ m toke therpf. a beer of woder warke, stadith at this: day ouer y graue wh^e y hply 
 
 man was firste buryed. It shulde seme that this cytie of Dorchestre is nowe callyd 
 
 • Omitted in the edit. 1542. J 559- » to. » Omittei iaihe edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Dorset. 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWALLI. 117 
 
 Dorset This See was, in the t^me <»f WyUiam Coqu«rour> chauged to Lyncoloe. 
 About this tytne Sig^b^rtus, or »fter some, 3egebertus, kyoge of Eastenglaode, or Nor- 
 foll«e, whitU reygned there nexte bis brother CQrpw^dus, ordeygoed letters to be lerayd, 
 & set scolys in dyuerse placis of his kyqgdpn^e ; and ordeygcked ouer them scole mas- 
 
 ^lers & peds^goge, as he somietyme hadd? seen in Frauoce. The which Sigebert was couertyd 
 to Crystis feyth hy y doctryne of an holy man, named Felix, f which he was firste ac- 
 queyoteid ^ in France or in Burgoyne ; the which Feliic came, soone after f acqneyntaunce, 
 into J^lastanglia, or Norfolke, wber« f ^^n^^ made hym hjsshop of Duwycii, now called 
 Thetford. J(^ast)ye the kynge betooke his kyngedom^e vnto bis neuewe Egritus, & became 
 
 •«a miike i an abbey lyhich lie bym.selfe bi^yldid : but whe Peda, kyng of Mercia varrid after Kyngmade 
 1^ cputrey, f sayd Sygebert, was, agayi? his wyll, pqllyd out of y: sayd monastery, & went""*"* 
 in armes, or, as some testyfy, vnarmed, w a whyte roddelhis hand nycely, & so was slayn, 
 & well nere all his boost of knyghtea y came w hym to y feeld* By this rehersayll ap- Fj.ixi^ 
 pei:ith here discorde of wryters, pf the begynnyng of this sayd kyogedome of Estan^s : 
 
 'j'for if it were true, y this began, as wjiqessith Polycrooicp, in j:. iiii. chapter of his. y. 
 booke, in y' yere of grace. iiiiC. Ixxx. &. xii. as before also I haue shewed* in f. Ixxx. 
 and. xvL chapitre' of this werke, than rt*yght it not aggree w coweniecy of tyme, y this 
 Sygebert, or Sebert, shulde reygne as kynge at those dayes now rayndyd. Wherefore, f 
 sayngof Guydo is more cocordaunt, whichc shewith this kyngedome to haue his begyn- 
 
 ■«nyng in f yere of grace. Sr.C. Ixx. as in y eqde of y foresayd cbaptre, it is there shostly 
 tpuchyd. Than it ^lowith in y^ story ; after ^ deth of this. Sigebert, Anna was made Aha»i«. 
 kynge of EstangUs: & durynge the reygne of Sigebertus, befell f wondir y is tolde of f 
 holy man, Furceus; as is shewyd at length, in y. xiii, chaptre of ^. v. boke of Policroni- 
 c6, afoiiesayd ; & in ^. xiii. tytle of f. vi. chapitre of ^ secode parte of y famous werjte, 
 
 arcallid Siiraa Aotpnini, And about this seas5, reygned, or began, to reygne y cursyd secte inidacecte 
 of p. dfitjestahle & false prophete Machomet : J \yhich, syn y tyme hath so enfectyd, y it Machometi. 
 hath enfpctyd.* ij. pryncypall partis of f worlde ; as Azia, & AiSSrica ;. & y more partye of 
 ;^. iii. Qa,med Europa; & dayiy. wianeth vpon ^ Criste people, great ladis & posaessios. 
 -Aboute the. vii. yere of this forenamied Cadwall kynge oJt Brytons, reygned in Kent a 
 
 5i) Saxon kyBgC) named Ercobertus; the which had ^ pry^cipate. xx, yeres nobly; & amonge 
 other of his famous dedis, he reuyued and quickened agayn the fayth.of Crist, y in some 
 placis of his kyngedome was sore appallyd : for he destroyed f tqmples of false Goddis, 
 thproughe f coutrey, & ordeygqedj by thaduyse of his clergy, f tyme of Lent to be fastyd. 
 He Wjcddyd the doughter of .^na, kyng of Estanglis, named Sexburga> of whom. he re- 
 
 srci^yityd a dpughtier, & napied hir Eukengoda' ; y which, after, was a menchon, or nuune in 
 f ahNy of Bridgece in Fraunce, befpre mynded : where Ethelburga the wyfe some tyme 
 gf Edwyqkyng of Nortbubirlande, serued God, as in the. C. flf. xxx. chaptre precedyng, 
 itis^^h^w-etd. Andeyiher of them was abbesse of y same place. Andtboughe at those dayes 
 there were tpany abbeys i this ile of moch Brytaygne, yet many bothe of men & of wemen 
 
 ^ saylid into other lajides, as France & Burgoyne & other placis, because^ cpuersaclon & 
 lynynge of those cojitreys were of more fame, & of perfeccion than was thii vsyd in this 
 ile of Brytaygiie. Aboute this tyme, as it.were aboute thft,viii. yere of Cadwall, dyed 
 Kyngyl^us, kyqg of Westsaxons, wha be had reygned >V his brqther, & alone, xxxi. yeres; 
 and KiQnyralcu? bis sone was kyng after hym : the which, in f begynnynge of his reygne, 
 
 IK wold not he cristened ; & forsoke his wyfe f doughter of Penda, & tpoke to hym a nother : pjniar«, 
 wherforjB Pcnda, in aduengynge his doughter, gaderyd, his boost, & cbasyd Kyqwalcus out 
 pf bis kyj^gdpme, & kept hym thens. iii. yerea. By whiche season was Anna kynge of 
 EastangUs, & there cjavmrtyd tp f, feyth of Cryste, & cristened of Felix aforenamed, tha 
 kiyssbpp pf Diiwykes or Thetfordej and after, he, recouered his kyng^ome. by j^,ayde &.aa- 
 
 ' In Uie foure score and. xvi. (t twenty chapter, edit. 1559. ^ corrupted, edit. 1242, 155$. 
 
 * Eukendoga. edit. 1543, 1559, 
 
 sistencQ 
 
118 QUINTA PARS CADWALLI. 
 
 sistence of the sayd Anna. Wha Kenwalcus was restoryd to his land, he made a bis- 
 shoppes see at Kaerguet Or Wynchestre, & ordejrnid there a bisshop named Agilbert, a 
 Fresh man of byrth, but he was callyd outof Irelande. The which, whan he'had sitten 
 there a certeyn of tyme, he v^as put thes, I ne wote for what cause ; & in his place was 
 Wynchestre. rset an Other, named Wyn. Of this Wyn, assayth Policronicon; f towne of Wynchestre 
 -i tokey name, as he deiclaritKr^.liii. chaptre of his first boke, as it were, Wynnes cytie. 
 
 But he was also put thens, & th^lj was Leutherius bisshop ; & after Leutherius, succedyd' 
 Cedda; & after, Theodorus, tharchebisshop of Caunterbury, ordeyned. ii.^bisshoppes'to 
 f proUynce of Westsaxon : y one at Wynchestre, & to ^ was subiecte. ii. coutreys, South-? 
 
 'orey & Southampshyre ; & that other see he ordeygnyd at Shyreborne, to the which, were 
 subiecte. vi. coutreys j thatistosey, Berkshyre, Wyltshyre, Somersetshyre, Dorsetshyre,- 
 Deuenshyre, & Cornewall. But in Wyllya f Coquerours tyme, f see of Shyreborne was 
 turnyd to Salesbury, ^ the see of Ramysburye. It was not longe after, y Kenwalcus was 
 warreyd w the kyng Of Brytons, f which fought ^ hym at a' place, called White Gosne- 
 
 'itorough, and were of hym thereouercomyn ; tha Cadwall assemblyd a newe hooste of Bry- 
 tons, & met with Kenwalcus at a place called the hyll of Pent, where, after longe fyght, 
 f Brytons were put to flyght. 
 
 ^ Capitulii. C.xxxiiii. 
 
 YE haue harde before howe f blessid man Oswall, f sone of Ethelfryde, was ordeygned' 
 
 [C». 6. u. 9.] Tokyng of Northubirlande, f^ which contynued his lyfe in iustyce & vertue as kyng by'f' 
 
 terme of. ix. yeres ; but Penda, kynge of Mercia, y to hym & to all Cristen men had great 
 
 disdaygne & enuye, about f. ix. yere of Cadwall, made warre vpon Oswald, & slewe hym 
 
 [•Butne.] in a feelde callyd* Meserfeelde • where, after his dethe, God shewed for hym many my- 
 
 racles. But'after one yere of his deth, Oswy his yonger brother recoueryd y kyngdome, 
 
 iXSc buryed his heed i the churcheyarde Of Lyndesar : for f bodye was conueyed by the 
 Pagans & deuyded I sundry peacis: [but it is sayd y the heed is nowe at Durham, be- 
 twene seynt Ciitbertns armes, & the other parte of the body, which was longe after found:' 
 yn, was had to the abbay of Burdeaux, by Ostrida, dbughter of Oswye, & queneof Mer- 
 cia, where straiigenesse was made by the ruler of f hous for the receyte of those relykes, 
 
 ^tyll a myracle or dyuyne toke there was shewyd : but after the sayd body & bones were 
 broughte to GVowceter, to an hous of chanos', & one of his armes is at Petirboroughe, 
 hoole of flesshe & fell, as some haue & tellen.]* Whan Oswy had a season rulyd his 
 kyndome, he fand vnlefull meanes to sle Oswyn f was kynge of Deyra : this Oswyn was 
 the'sorie of Eaufricus, eldest brother of Oswald, which Oswyn was good of cpdicion, & 
 
 srtherewith both meke and mylde. Whan this Oswyn was slayne by the concent of his ne-. 
 uew Oswy, then Oswy tooke to hym, as felowe of /^ kyngedome, his broders sone,'Odyl-' 
 waldus, the sone of Oswald. This Oswald gaue vnto Cedda, bisshop of Wynchester, before 
 namid, a grOunde in a place of the north coutrey in the hygh hylles Lastyngay', for to 
 buylde vpo an abbey whifch he there buyldyd, & after there taught his brother Chyrabyl-; 
 
 -'lus howe he shuld rule j place. Penda kynge of Mercia, which' forgate not the strengths' 
 ynge& fauouringe y Anna, kynge of Estanglis, had shewyd to Kenwalcus, his doughtei'S' 
 husbonde, & his enemye, gaderyd a powarof knyghtes, and yode agayne the sayd Anris^; 
 & slewe hym in playnfi batayll. And y same yere one Botulphus buyldyd an abbey be* 
 syde Lyndecolne or Lyncolne, in a place f hyght Icanno. And as witnessith Beda! the. 
 
 •ifiiii. chaptre of his tliirde bookcj this yere, which shuld be ^. xxi. yere of ^ reygne of 
 
 Cadwall, Perida, that of this former victory was supprysyd with great pryde, came with 
 
 fea.6.K.9.] his boost into the boudis of Northumbirlande, entendyng to sle Oswy, as before he had 
 
 slayne his brother Oswalde : whereof whan Oswy was ware, he assemblyd his knyghtes, & 
 
 ftLixK. made towarde hym; and for aflFynite of maryage that was atwene theyr children, as after 
 
 ' ChanoBS. edit. 1533. * omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ^ called Lastyngaye 
 
 shall 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWALLL- 1 19 
 
 shall be shewyii, and other causes, Oswy offeryd to hym many great offirs, to thentent to 
 haue had' refusyd f batayll, & to haue had peace with hym. Whan Oswy perceyayd the 
 obstynacy & pryde of Penda, & sawe y by no resonable ofBrs he myghte of hym wynne 
 no peace ; he sayd, sen this Paynym cannot receyue our gyftes & proffers ^ we haue oft 
 
 rferyd to hym, we shall ofFre the to hym y can receyue them. And anon, he made his 
 auowe vnto God :that if he myght haue victory of his enemyes, he shulde ofFre his 
 doughter Elfleda to hym, with sufiScient possessyons for to buylde. xii. abbayesj & after otwyvicton*, 
 ioynyd in batayll with 5' sayd Penda iny^ coiitrey of Ledis, not farre frome Yorke, which 
 was so sore foughtyn, y th^ lyke thereof was not seen many yeres befdri^. But fynally 
 
 'oPeda was slayne, &. xxx. of .his chefe capitaynes with hym, & yet he had .thryes the 
 people^ Oswy had, >and those y scaped the shot, & the swerd, were for the more party 
 drowned in f ryuer of Wynwed, which was nere vnto f place of y batayll ; & amog the 
 prysohers f were take at this feeld, the wyfe of Penda was one, & hir sonnes vncle, 
 named Egfridus, was an other. Than Oswy yelded his thankes to God, &.a«CQrdyng to his 
 
 /rformer promesse, he offryd his doughter Elfleda or Enfleda, of the age of. iii. yeres, vnto 
 God, and tooke hir to f lore* of Hylda, abbesse of Hertsey or Hertis ilande : & after y 
 the sayde Hylda renioued to the abbay of Stremshalte, in j^ vale of Whitby, xxx. myle 
 frome Yorke, where she was after abbesse, & ^ sayd Elfleda also. And Oswy as he had 
 promysed gaue lades & retys to buylde. xii. abbeys, wherof, vi. were in f prouynce of 
 
 wBrenicia, &. vi. in ^^ prouynce of Deira ; & to one of Pedaes sonnes, as he had dyuers' by 
 acCorde of wryters, that is to meane Wolferus, Weda, and Egfrydus, besyde other nbt- 
 myndyd. To this second so ne Weda, Oswy had beforetyme maryed. a daughter of his 
 by consent of Penda his fader: f whiche Weda, by helpe of Oswy, was made kynge of 
 Southe Mercia, the whiche Jordshyp is seueryd frome the North Mercia, by the ryuer of 
 
 ■wTrent, and cSteyned, by recorde of holy Beda, fyue. M. housholdis. This Weda also 
 prQmysed, whan he maryed the sayde doughter of Oswy, y he shuld become a Cristen 
 man, the which he perfourpiyd after the deth of his fadir; but wha he had scantly 
 regned, iii. yeres ouer the sayd Southmarcis, he was byy treason* of his wyfe slayne : and 
 after that kyngedome fell to Wolferus the other brother, the which hadde weddyd the 
 
 Sodoughter of Ercombert kynge of Kent, named Ermenylda. This Wolferus was shortly after 
 cristened, or before ; so that he is accompted for the firste cristenyd kyng y reygned in 
 Mercia. This was fader to Keneredus, and to that holye virgyn and menchon Wereburga. 
 And for it is longe that I spake of Kenwalcus kynge of Westsaxons, it is to be notyd that Kenmicu*. 
 after he hadde ouercomen the Brytons as before is shewyd, and at that tyme hadde not per- 
 
 irfyghted ,the bysshoppes see of Kaerguent or Wynchestre, he then busyed hym thereabout; 
 and accordynge to the wyll of KyngyUus his fader, he gaue to the sustentacion of the 
 sayde see, which laye* within, vii. myles of y sayd cytie, as aflermeth y auctor of f floure 
 of hystoryes, & fynysshyd* somedeale to his purpose. But all thoughe^ let no man thynke 
 ^ it was buylded as it is nowe, for nother f nor none other ben at this day stadyng, mo- 
 
 iwnastery, paleys, nor other, buty they haue ben sen those dayesalterid, & new chaunged, & 
 some clerely throwen downe, & some newe buylded : albeit y many stade vpo theyr first 
 foildacio, as this yet doth. Soone after y Kenwalcus had endyd this werke, he made warre 
 vpo Wolpherus of Mercia ; but in that iourney fortune was not to hym fauourable, for 
 he loste thereby, and wan nothynge of his entent. It was not longe after, y Ercobert 
 
 itfkynge of Kent dyed, & his sone Egbert was k^ge after hym. ix. yere; and soone there- 
 after fell great mortalyte & sykenesse in this laude of Brytayne, y which icotynued and 
 encreasyd more and more, duryng the lyfe of Cadwall now kyng of Brytons, & of Cad- 
 waladyr his successoure, or sone, aftejr some wryters: iny' which season, and.begynnynge 
 of this mortalyte & sykenesse, dyed many bisshopes in this lande, in so moche that Vital- 
 
 ' had hym, * lorde. edit. 1542. 1559. by mistake. ' instead of " And to one, &c." the aubse- 
 
 oueiit editions read, " This forenamed Penda hadde dyuers sonnes." * by reason, edit. 1542. 1559» 
 
 *alj the lande whyche laye. * fynyshed yt. ' altboughe. omitted in the later editions. 
 
 canus 
 
120 QUINTA PARS CADWALLI. 
 
 canus than beyng pope,' ordeyned Theodorus archebisshop of Cauterbwy to haue the 
 
 Holy Senet. ^yjg, ^f ^^g churcbcs of Bfytayne. Somewhat before this 6yiiie^ Benet that was I good 
 
 fauoiir with kyng Oswy, and discendyd of ryche kynne, forsooke seruyce and hbwse,*arid 
 
 all his kynredi and became Crystis seruaunt. He went. v. sythes to Rome aiid catae 
 
 ragayoe, and at euery tymehe brought with hym relykes of bokis ef Cfystys lore, and 
 
 lastly he was made munke, & buyldyd. ii. abbeys^ y one ouer agayne that other vpon the 
 
 « ryuer of Wyre, j^ reneth ittf^ contrey of y This Benet was the firste that broughte 
 
 the crafte of glasynge into this lande ; [& he was abbot of both the forfesayde abbayes]' 
 
 brouSit'firste and tooke to bis lore Beda, wha he was but vii. yeres of age, & taughte hyrii durynge his 
 
 into Edgianie. ,«fyfe. Qf the vcrtue & pacicnce of this holy munke & bisshop, Benet, I myght makea 
 
 (onge rehersayll ; but [for the holynes of his lyfe is declaryd in the legende of seyntes & 
 
 other bookis of auctorite, here for lengthyuge of the tyme I ouer passe it, and]* wyll re- 
 
 tourne agayn to Oswy, ^ whichewhen he had longe reygned ouer the Northumbirs, he 
 
 made Cedday was abbot of Lastyngaye, assihebisshop of Yorkey more by wyll than by 
 
 ifskyH, and put out Wylfryda f archebisshop, that he had before, out of p see. But it was 
 
 not long after f Cedda was depryued of that dignytie by auctorite of tharchehisshope 
 
 fheockn-uS) as hedepryued dyuerse other that Cyme, which came to theyr beneficis agayne 
 
 the ordenaufice of the holy lawes of Crystis churche,' and made hym by great instauce 
 
 •after this, {psshop of West Saxons. And about the. xxx. yere of the reygne of Cadwal'l, 
 
 ^Cissa, that was rader to Ine, kynge of West Saxons, buyldyd f abbey of Abyndon. In 
 
 theyse dayes the munkes and clergy of Brytaygne, set all theyr my^disto serue God, and 
 
 not the worlde, f- herte and not the wonabe ; wherefore they where than had in great 
 
 reuerece and bonoure, so that they were than receyuyd with all woi-shyp j and as they went. 
 
 by the stretys and wayes» men y sawe them, wolde ronne to them and desyre them' bles- 
 
 irsynges : 3s well was hym that tha myght gyue vnto them possessions, and buyldyd to theym 
 
 Monachonim houses & churches. But as they encreased in ryches of the worldly trea'sour, so they 
 
 vsusaatiquus. discreacyd in heuenly trea^our, as, in the dayes of Alurede, soraedeeile began, & sethen 
 
 that tyme hath sprong, not all to the pleasure of God, wberof all is to be commytted to 
 
 his pleasure. Then they plyed no thynge that was worldly, but gaoe them to prechyn^e 
 
 %a'n# techynge of the worde of our sauyour, & folowed the lyfe tha;t they prechyd, by 
 
 gyuyng of good exammple ; and ouer that they were so voyde of couetyze, that they re- 
 
 ceyuycl no possessions but if it were per force. ,- 
 
 fa.h»i. H Capitulu. C. XXXV. 
 
 [Poii.ii6. 5. OSwy kyng of Northumbirland dyed, aftd Edfrydus his sone was kyngfe after, hym- 
 
 cap.x8.] ,;j^y yeres. His fader had regned with his felawes Oswynus & Odilwald:* xxviii, yeres* 
 Edfridus or Egfridus had to wyfe that holy woman Etlieliryd, that before was the wyfe of 
 Tonbertus, prynce ef the southe Eyrwayra, the which whan Egfryd us had holde'ni xii, 
 
 EtheifrT" ^^'^^ ^ ^'^ ^y^' * "yS^ "°* •" t whyle haue leue of hir to deale w hir carnally for 
 
 e 'y ac«». prayer nor great gyfte, he then gaue to hir lyefce to be a menchion at Colud under Aebba 
 
 'icf.- i^an was awnte unto hym: & after she remeued to Ely, & there was abbesses* & 
 
 lyued in great penauce & abstynece, & dyed there after she had been seuen yere abbesse. 
 
 And. Kenwaltus' kynge of Westsaxon dyed about the yere of the reygne of Cad wall kyng of 
 
 Brytons the. xx^dx. when he hadde reygned ouer the. xxx: yeres ; & his sone Kenewinu^ 
 
 succedid hym, after y^ Sexburga his motlur, or wyfe to his fader, had ruled y prouynce 
 
 r» one yere. Cedda the bisshop of Westsaxons dyed, & his deken Wenfrede was his sUC- 
 
 cessour; & wha he was put downe, the abbot of Medapstede, f nowe is callyd Petir- 
 
 boroughe, was there bisshope after hym. Soone after this tyme dyed Wyna bissbc^'of 
 
 ' Bysshopof Rome, edit. 1542. 1559- - * Omitted in edit. 154?. 1559. 
 Omitted 10 edit. Ii5*&. 1^9. » Omtied in edit. 1542. 1559. ^ Theyr. *dit. 1542. I559i 
 
 • Odyiwald. ^ Kenwalcus. 
 
 '^ LoiidiiR 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWALLL 112 1 
 
 London, after vdMm was bishop Erkenwalde, the which was brother to Ethelfaurga or 
 Albordughe the mehcbenj & after abbesae of Berkyng I Essex. This holy bisshop 
 Erkennralde fbundyd the monaiteryes of Cb^rtsey* in Southrfey & Berkyng aforesayd, 
 which piace. hath been preserued sen the first fbudaciori, but f of Chertsey was tHroWen 
 
 idowne by f DAoes, & reedifyed- by Edgar kyng of Englond, as after folowed'. Affer 
 f deth of Wolpherus, kyng of MertAa^ tdygned his brother Etheldrediisj and y wyfe of 
 Wolpherus nai;ned Ermenilda was isiade a mencbon at Ely, & Wereburga his doughter 
 was also tnade a nonne at Trlkyngbaftij [& dyed at Haburga, where she M?^ in ^^ erth. 
 CCC. yeres hole & sounde, & after that &he was coueyde to Chestre.]* This Etheldredus 
 
 lokjtag of Mercia hadde* iii, holy doughters, that is to s^ye, Mylburgsi, Myldreda, tc 
 Myigtiyda, & a sone of great bolynesse named Meresyn. But after some ^rytfets, all 
 tbeyse foresayde chyldren sbuld be the tJhyldren of Wolpherus, & not of Ethfe'ldredfe ; 
 & Wolpherus also had. ii. holy susters, named Kyhedda & Kyneswyda, both honneis, & 
 buryed at Petirborough j there seynt' Ekhelwolde buyldyd after an abbey of maydens. 
 
 '^Ye haue harde before bowe Wylfryd was put out of y see of Yorke, wherfore he went to 
 Rome, & cofflplayned bym to Agatbon the Popfej & was well allowed in somfe thynges ; 
 but the kyng & Theodoras had there such proteetours & freendes that he retouhiyd with- 
 out spedynge of hi^ cause : wherfore he retourned vnto the South Saxos and buyldyd ah 
 abbey in .Silesey, and prechyd to the South Saxons, xv. yefes, & coniiertid moch peopld, 
 
 « & [shewed there a great woder ; for where by f terme of. iii. yeres before bis coniynge therfe 
 fell no rayne vpo f groiide, by his prayer God sent to them rayne, & the groUde began to 
 burgen & wax grene, f before was bafeyrie and dryed for lacke of water. He also]'* taught 
 to them the crafte of fisshynge. Egfrydus kyn^e of Northumbirlande claymed ^ laiide 
 f Etheldrede kynge of Mercia helde, for the which dytierse assebles of treaty atwene 
 
 irtbem were had, but all were dyssolufyd without agremet ; wherfore e'yther party gathered 
 his Mregth, & met vpo §. playhe nere vnto f ryaer of Trent, where was fou^itefh atwen^ 
 theym a loftge and sharpe fyght, in the whlche, amongeagreat nombre oh bbthe parties', 
 was slayne f brother of Egfryd^, named Els'^ynus ; but Eraryde or Egftyde had f better. 
 Than after ;this bataiyll meanes of peace' were a'gayn treatyd, so f fynally Edfrydfe had 
 
 ^ great sumes* of money in recbthpencement of his brdther^ deth, a^d so restj^d the sayd. 
 ii. kynges accorded. [In this batayll was taken as prisoner a knyght of Egfryde, the 
 which, after his takynge, was solde to one Fryson by f knyghtes of EtheKiyde ; this 
 Fryson to thencent to haue his pcysohtet the shortlyer redemed, kept him in bides of iron, 
 which prysoner had to hi^brdther'a preest & a vertuous man, f fot f delyuere of his 
 
 ^rbrdther pfayfed daylye, by meine of whb^e pf iy6rs as ofte as^ sayd preest ^ange maSse, 
 so bftefci were f barides of iron lowsyd frbni f prysoner rfth-yng the tyme bf f ma^^, the 
 vfhicb so cotynued tyll lid ^as clerely delyuered, and hfs fausott payde.]^ And in this 
 ye^e apperyd Stella coniata, a blasyng sterre, which 'betoteiieth deth or mortalyte of the 
 peopild^ & in the yere folowying dyed of thte epedemye sik6n6Ssfe, the holy abbesse of Ely, 
 
 ""seynt EtheliJrede : hir suster SexbuTga, p soiVife tyme had ben Wyfe to Ercobert kynge of 
 K^ttt, was hir successbur. And this yei^e^'also dyed Helda; the holy abbesae of Whytby, 
 before spoken of; she ^Hnds netted tb Edw-yne, some tyme '& lately kynge bf JJ^ortbubir- 
 ItthdL In thife abbey weVe also brethe'rne^rider the rule of H^lda, as theyse rfkyes been 
 a* Syon, voder ilhfe abbesSe there, wherbf* Sotidry of fhemi vrere madfe byshopes, as B6sa, 
 
 ^rWylfryde, Attd othei'. Amonge theyse br6therne was one named Cedrtian^ a man of great 
 perfeccion, the ^htch by inspiracioh was taught tb ma&e dyties & Sax5s^ to moiie men 
 todeudcion, whttrin he passyd all other at those dayes. 
 
 Sodn afte'r this tyme Thebdorus;- for dyuer^e tau^eS, kepte a syhodle or couceyllof 
 byMbbppes & othe'r men of the diur'cli, at 'Hatfeield, by auctoryte of which couceyll He 
 
 ' foloweth. * Omitted in the edit. 1542. ' Sevnt, omitted in edit. 1542. 1569. * OmUted 
 
 iothe edit. 154S. ' Omitted in the editi 1542, and 15^. " WMtfon. ' Sbtigds. 
 
 R deuyded 
 
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jg2 QUINTA PARS CAD WALL!. 
 
 deuyded f prouynce of, Meici^, : y Sexwolphps then rulyd alone, into. v. bysshopn'ches ; 
 y IS one to Ghestre, J^ second to Worcetyr.s the thyrde to Lichefeelde, the fourthto 
 Gedema i Lyndesey, & the. v., to Dorchestre. About f. xlvi. yere of the reygne of 
 Cadvi^all, [Osricus, 8e vnder the kynge of Mercia buyldyd an abbaye at Glowceter, and 
 
 J'he made Keneiboroogh abbot thereof',]. Kenewynus, kyng of West Saxons, (had oc- 
 casyon of warre agayne f. Brytons, so y they, met iiere vnto y,west see, where after a 
 sharpe skyrmysshe f Brytons were chasyd : & soone after Egfridus, kynge of Northubir- 
 lande, made warre vpon ^ Pictis or Scottis, because they fauourid greatly ^ Estanglis 
 agayne hym ; but lastly by coloure or fleynge back^ they brought Edfryde into a streite 
 
 /Kamong hyllys & moiitaynes, & slevve hym there with a great parte of his people, & aftet 
 his deth, a bastarde brother of his named Alfrid.us notus,: was kynge of Northubirlad, & 
 reygned there, xviii. yeres, as witnessith Wyllya wryters* of storyes of kynges ; and shortly 
 after dyed Cadwall or Cadwalyn, kyng of Brytons, when he hadde reygned, as testifyeth 
 Galfr^de, Guydp & other, xlviii. yeres. But nother Polycronica, nornoone of 5^ other 
 
 /JTauctours of auctoryte, which Policroniea' shewith any lyke actes of this Cadwall as 
 Galfryde doth, nor yet y he shuld be buried to y terrour &; fere of f Saxos, or an image 
 of brasse set of hym vpon an horse ouer ^ west gate of Lodo, called Ludgate, or yet^ 
 church of SeyntMartyn, there now stondyng, shuld be buyldyd by y Brytos, to y ende 
 to pray for f sayd Cadwall & his frendes ; or that Cadwaladrus, which of Beda is 
 
 ^named Cedwalla, sbulde be his sone, as of the sayde G^ufryde is aifermed. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xxxvi. 
 
 toUtxaiu CLo(Joueus, f yonger sone of Dagobert & of Nautylda his wyfe, began his ryegne oucr 
 
 Frada. the myddcU .parte of Frauce & other parte, therof, in the yere of our Lord. viC. xlv. & 
 
 the. x! yere of. Cadwall, then kynge of Brytons : & his elder brother Sigebert was made 
 
 ■jjiyiige of Austracy or Lorayn, accordyng to the wyll of Dagobert theyr fader. This as 
 
 before is sayd of some wryters, is callyd Lowes, the which was guydid by his mother & 
 
 by the couceyll of Agaynus, tban master of his palays, to whom the fader had by his lyfe 
 
 commytted hyrn: for lie at this day was, yotige of age & of discreciqn : & shortly after 
 
 he was made kyng, all suche porcio as beloged to the ryght of his brother Sigebert, which 
 
 50 was ^ thyrd of his faders treasour ,& iuellys, was to hym delyuered : which distribucion 
 
 made he sped hym to Orleaunce, & tbyder called to hym the lordes of Burgoyne, & 
 
 receyuyd of them feauty & homage, & ordeyned there for his leutenaunle or deputye a 
 
 noble Burgoynyo named Flantass',* & gaue to hym in mariage the neuew of (his mother 
 
 Nautylda, named Ranebert ; and after with a due chatge to hym gyuen for guydyng of 
 
 35the sayd countrey, sent hym and the other lordes into Burgoyne, But i^in a seaspn of 
 
 tyme, after, Wilibaldus, a^reat man pf birth andof myght, enuyed tbis Flatass' in suche 
 
 wyse y he had hym in disdaynynge, and began to dystourbe y coutrey, & the kyng^es peace ; 
 
 wherof herynge, Clodoueus in all hast comauded y sayd Wilibaldus to appere before hyna. 
 
 But whyle Wilibaldus sent an erle & a bisshop to y kynges courte to purchace hym frendy& 
 
 ^^About the kynge, he was in y whyle slayne by the guyle of his enemy Flantass'. Abpiit 
 
 ^. iiii. yere of ^ reygne^ of Clodoueus, dyed, his jnother Nautylda, a woman of gr§?it 
 
 wisdome & of vertuous codicio, and was honorably buryed by Dagobert hir husbond, i|v 
 
 Grertderth. ^ cburch of Seynt Denys. And sone after ensued such scarcety of corne, that whetejifi 
 
 other graynes were at an excedyng pryce, & after^ rate of moiiey nowe currant, a quarte* 
 
 «rof whete was worth, ii. marks & a lialfe, by meane of which scarcetie mocbe poorp:people 
 
 were famysshed & dyed for defaute-; wherefore J kyng entedy^ng a remedy for ^ nedy 
 
 people, causyd ^ house or church of Seynt Denys,. y his faders before tyme had cpucryd 
 
 with plates of syluer, to be rased of & coueryd ^ lede,,^ y siluer.tojje distributyd aoWB^e 
 
 the poore comos, to socoure them agayne ^ great & huge famyney then reygned. Albe it 
 
 fOmittedin the later editions, * Wryter. '-Policronica allegyd. * Flantas. edit. 154,2. 1555. ' Quarter* 
 
 y this 
 
QUINTA PARS CRONICARUM. 123 
 
 f this dede was somedeale wstanden by Agulphus, abbot of y place for f tyme, about y 
 viii. yere of his reygne. The firste Pepyn^ than ruled the house of Sigebert kyng of MoB.primi 
 Austracy dyed, & soone after dyed Agaynus master of ^ palej's of Clodoueus; for which. ^'^'"^ 
 ii. pryncis in eyther coutreys that they rulyd, great dole and sorowe was for theym made : 
 
 rafter f deth of which sayd pryncis, a noble man & cosyn to Dagobert late kynge, was 
 chosen master of the palcys with Clodoueus. Thus kynge Clodoueus, otherwise called 
 Lowes, contynued his reygne in great peace & prospeiyte, [tyll lastly it fell in his raynde 
 that he wolde vysyte the sepulcre of Seynt DcnySj where after he had doon certeyne ob- 
 seruaQces & made his prayers, he wolde nedely se the holy relykes & hadle them, w f 
 
 'odojng wherof it semed f holy martirs were not cotetyd, for immediatiy ensued such a 
 derknes, f the kyng & all y were about hym were w it greatly astonyed, & aferde ; in so 
 moche y the kynge lost f use of reason, and went from hymselfe more than two yeres 
 folowynge. It is wrytten of some auctours, that the kynge handelyd the body of Seynt viaHat. 
 Denys so rabbysshely, y he brake one of his armes ; but ^ Frenshe booke & master 
 
 '^'Robert Gaygwyne sayen, that he disseueryd one of the armes frome the sayde holy body, 
 the which he after, wha he was somdeale restoryd to his heltb, closyd in golde and pre- 
 cious stoone, and restoryd it to the sayde monastery, and lyued vpon, ii. yeres folowyng 
 f he was amendyd, but not lyke vnto his former beyng, so^]' he lastly dyed whan he 
 had regned syke and hoole, by f terme of. xvi. yeres ; not without vyce, as glotonys, 
 
 ^lechery, and excedynge aueryce ; and was buryed by his parentis in the monasterye fore- 
 named, leuynge after hym. iii. sonnes named, Clotharius, Childericus, & Theodorich : 
 after whose deth, his wyfe, named Batielde, becam a nonne in the monastery of Corbye, 
 f she before tyme had newelye renued or reedifyed, & endyd there in holy lyfe*. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xxxvii. 
 
 If CLotharius, the eldest sone of Clodoueus, was ordeygned kynge of Fraunce in the Francu. 
 yere of" our Lordes incarnacion. vi. C. Ixii. and the. xxvi. yere of Cadwall, tha kyng of 
 Brytos : the which anon, as he was somewhat stablysshed, he made f master of his 
 palays, a mighty man, and tyrannous of condicion, named Eboryn,' as shall appere 
 by his codicions ensuynge, whan the tyme conuenyent of f expressement of them shall 
 
 3«come; but of this Clotharius is lefte no thynge in wrytynge of worthy memory, except 
 that the Frensh Cronycle sayth that he regned. iiii. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xxxviii. 
 THeodoricuSi the seconde sone of Clodoueus, began his reygne ouer the Frenshemen 
 in f yere of grace, vi. C. Ixvi. and the. xxx. yere of Cadwall, than kyng of Brytons, the 
 
 srwhich, by counceyll of his lordes, sent his yonger brother Childeriche into the lordshyp 
 of Austracy or Lorayne, to guyde that coiitrey, vr the ayde and assistence of Wolpha- 
 tius, a noble man of that countrey : for Syge*, laste kyng of that prouynce, was before 
 this tyme dede, ^oute heyre of his body. This Theodoriche gaue hym all to slowth and 
 rest, so f the gouernauce of the realme was all in the powar of the master of the paleys, 
 
 '(owhiche was styll contynuynge the fornamed Eboryne, the which amonge other cruell Tiranus 
 dedis by hym done, . he enprysoned the holy bisshop of Oston, called Leodegayr j and 
 lastly, after many tourmentys, & vylanyes to hym doone, he raced his eyen out of his 
 heed. This dede, with many other, to the kynges dishonoure, he coraysed', which all 
 were layde to the kynges charge ; for soo moche as the kynge kepte mooste what his 
 
 i(rpaleys, excepte that one season of the yere, in y moneth of May, he shuld be brought 
 with great pompe into a place where f people shuld beholde hym, and gyue & ofFre vnto 
 hym gyftes, and retourned vnto the paleys that he was broughte fro, & there tp reste all 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. * J>er lyfe. ' Elboryn. edit. 1559- * Sigeberte. 
 
 » " he comysed," omttedinedit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 R 2 ^ yere 
 
124 
 
 Ftl. Ixxiii. 
 
 CrudeCtab 
 
 Nccator rn. 
 
 iLhmh. the 
 tjmunitf 
 
 Ofiino auctoris. 
 
 QUARTA PARS CRQNiqARU[M, 
 
 f- yer^ folowyng. By meane wl^erepf, Ebpryn dy4 wf^ftf t'^ iiym wfa^lykyng* anfjive^yd 
 & trpwbled the people greua»;\sly ; wberfpre, as' by one ^ssient, y lordes asaeblpd thjey^i, 
 and by auctpryte depryued the kynge of all dygpytiej & clpsyd hyra in af mpnagterye, 
 there to contynue the resydue of his lyfe, when he had borne the name of a kyngSi, wi|l^- 
 ?out execucion of facte thereunto belongynge. iii. yeres, s^ndy, cruell Eboryn they exyled 
 tp Luxon or Luxunborgb, in the prouynce of J^urgoyne, and npt to departe thens vppo 
 payne of his lyfe. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xxxix. 
 CHildericus, or Hilde?icus, the thirde spne of Clodoueus, that was sent to rule the 
 
 ispxpuynce pf'Austracy, was ordeygned kynge of Fraiice, in the yere of graee. vi. C. lxix» 
 & the xxxiii. yere of Cadwall, before named, of tlie which dede f sayd lor4esj shortly 
 after repencled'" them : for this Ctiilderiche, which was ypnge & of light maners, oppressjd 
 his subiectes greuously, & vsed the lawes of his progeoitpurs after his pleasure & wyll, 
 ancl wolde nothinge be aduertyzed nor ruled by Wplphanus, before named, y which was» 
 
 i-rb^p^e tyme, a,ssygnyd to hym for his counceyllour & guyde. But in augmentynge hjs 
 i^ialyce, he caused a nobleman of his realme, named Bolyde, ^out gylt or tresipace, or 
 greupus offece doynge, to be boiiden to a stake, & there betyn tyll he yelded the spirite ; 
 for % which crueltye & other, the lordes with the con^ons murmuryd spore aga,yne hym, 
 ferynge lyke punyssyon. without deseruynge : vyherfore they cpnspyrjd agaynst hym, ancj 
 
 -<.mopst specially two, noble menpf byrth^ of myght named lugebert & Amabert, whicli. 
 ii,> yt other, ?iwayted tbeyr tyme & season vifha they myght fynde tynfie couenyent to bryog 
 the kynge put of lyfe. And upon a day, whan the kynge, with his wyfe, & small com,pajD]f 
 with them, were in the wood in theyr disport and game, the sayde. ii. lordes, accopanyed,' 
 purposely fell vpo hym and slew hym tliere, and his wyfe also great w chylde, the which 
 
 -Tanne atwene hir lorde and Ihem, to the entent to haue sauyd hir lorde ajjd husboqde 
 frome the dynt of the swerde. The whiche dede was dpon whan, the sayd Childgricb hivl 
 reygned ouer the Frenshemen, aftei^ mooste wryters, two yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xl. 
 THeodoricus, before deposyd, ^yas, by y lordes of Frauce, agayne restoryd tP his former 
 
 jodygnytie, in the yere of our Lorde, vi. C.. Ix. &. xi. and y. xxxv. yere af Cadwall, fore- 
 named ; wherof, whan Eboryn was warned, he anon, drew vnto the kynges presence, by 
 whose fauoure, and his owne strength, he was agayn restoryd to his former dignytie and 
 honoure ; so that he was in lyke auctorite as he before tyme had been. Then he gaderyd 
 to hym great strengthe, aiid chasyd Lyndesile than master of the paleys, vntp a place 
 
 3Jnaraed Boccauile, & shortlye after was possessyd of the kynges treasory ; after the whiche 
 season this Eboryn, feynynge loue and amytie vnto the sayd Lendesyle, trayterpuslye slewe 
 hym. And wha Eboryn had thus delyueryd Lyndesyle, he thought he myght the bettsr 
 exercyse his olde tyranny and wilfull actes, so that then he exylid dyuprse prelatis & men 
 of the church, & set in theyr placis such as hymlyked; wherpf;^ nobles of Frauoce 
 
 .^.beynge aduertyzed, & specially Martyn & Pepyn,. two of the moost nobles of the region, 
 they callyd to theym assistence to withstande the tyrannye pf Eboryn, the whiche, if it 
 myght be so suiferyd, shuld distroy the comon wele of the iande. Than this Pepyn, 
 (which after f rehersayle before made, in the. C. afld. xxxii. chaptre, shuld be the 
 seeonde of that name, and surnamed Vetulus and Breuis : also yet by cauemyency p^ 
 
 (,'the tyme, to me it seraeth to be one man that ruled in the tyme of Dagobert ; and now, 
 albeit, the Frenshe Cronycle meanyth. ii. sondry persona :) with the forenamed Martyne 
 assemblyd a great hooste, and gaue batayll vntp the sayd Eboryn j but ih^t was to tbfiyn 
 harme, for they lost the feeld, and were coactyd to flee, f one to the cytie of Laon/ & 
 
 "As" omitttd in the later tdittons. 
 
 repented, edit. 1542. i&59. 
 
 ' Loan, edit, 1542. 1559. 
 
 that 
 
QUINTA PARS CRONICARUM. 125 
 
 Uiat other to Austracy. And Eboryn, which amonge vsed his accustomyd treason, vnder 
 dissyaiylyd loue, slewe f sayd iVlar^n, as he before had slayne Lendesyle. In this 
 tyme flowryd Harmefreditus, a nere kynnesmap of y holy bisshop Leodegayre, f 
 Eboryne befdre had martyred, as before is shewyd ; the whiche Harmefreditus, beryng in 
 
 rmynde f paa^o of his sayde kynnes^man, waytyd his tyme, & slewe f sayd Eboryne ; after Eboijn tiayac. 
 whose detb discesion grewe amonge f Frenshemen for the admyssyon of a master of the 
 paleys : albe it, that after f sayde varyauce, one Graccon was chosen & admytted j but 
 it. was longe' after, that, Gyllomarus his sone, put his father frome the rule therof. This 
 after he had a whyle occupyed, he dyed of sodayn deth; after who sucpedyd agayne his 
 
 'ofather Graccon or Garacon, the whiche also dyed shortlye after. Than began new 
 questions amopge the nobles of Fraunce, for this office, so that lastlye, thej chase a man 
 of lowe byrth & vnmete to that rome, mamed Bethayr or Barthayr, But Pepyn, which 
 by all this season, was in the countrey of Austracy, & hard of the cotrauercyes & dyuerse 
 opynypns of the Frenshemen, asseblyd to hym a stronge hooste, & sped hym towarde the 
 
 'Jiiyog, entendynge to haue the rule of hym, rather than such other jf were of lasse auctorite 
 & haiioure*. Wherof, the kyng, being warned by the prouision Of Barthayer foresaied, 
 he gathered his army and met with Pepyn, and after a sharpe fyghte atwene bothe hostis 
 had, Barthair was slayne, &; the kyng chased, & fynally was forced to admit Pepyn for 
 the master & gouernowre of hig palayes. Butte for as moche as Pepyn had than the rule of 
 
 »>Au8tracye, and myghte not well ouerse bothe chargis, he therefore puruayedvnder hym a 
 substitute, named Nordobert, whyle he retornyd into Austracy or Lorayne. And shortly 
 after d^ed the kyng, when he had borne the name thereof by f terme of. xix. yeres, leuyng 
 after hym. ii. soaties, named, Clodouei^s and Childebertus. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xl. 
 
 *r CAdwaladrus, of ;^' the reueret Beda is named Cedwalla, began to aryse and rule the 
 Britons, and also the West Saxos, in the yere of grace. viC. Ixxx. and thre, and the. xii. 
 yere of Theodoricus than kyng of Frauce, and also the last yere of Kenewinus or Kent- 
 winus, than kyng of West Saxon. This of Galfryde and other auctours, with f Englysshe [ca.6.iu^i 
 Cronycle, is callid f sone of Cadwall ; but Wyllyam, that wrote the actis & dedis of 
 
 jokynges, sayth, that he was the sone of Kenebryght, and discedid lynyally of the bloode 
 of Cerdicus, f first kynge of West Saxon. The whiche Cadwaladir or Cedwalla, made 
 warre vpon Lotharius kynge of Kent, and destroyed moche of that prouynce & wan 
 the He of Wyght, and gaue the. iiii. deale there of vnto saynt Wylfryde, in the whiche 
 saytie. iiii. parte were accepted. CCC. housboldis. The whyle that Cadwaladir was 
 
 ^!"busied in one parte of Kent, his brother, named Mulkyn, ^ a certeyne of knyghtes, was 
 besegyd, and lastlye brent in a nother parte thereof; in reuegemet wherof, Cadwaladir 
 of newe distroyed a more parte of f sayd prouynce : contynuynge in the whiche warre, 
 Lotharius forenamed, was woundyd and dyed ; after whom Edricus was kyng, the which 
 reymed but a shorte season. About this tyme seynt* Cutbert was bisshop of Hagustalde cutbtrt. 
 
 «cor Durham, & after bisshop of Lyndefarn; but lastly he refusyd that, and became an 
 anker in f lie of Farn & there dyed. This ile now is called Holy llande. Tha Cad- 
 waladir made warre apo Athelwold, kyng of South Saxons or South Sex, & slewe hym in '"'''«*'"' 
 playn batayle, and after made his prouynce thrall to hym ; but thisaggreith not with the 
 former sayinge, rehersyd in the. Ixxx. and. xiiii. chapiter of this werke fwecedyng, where it 
 
 ^ris sayd, that the kyngdome of South Saxons endured but. C. and. xii. yeres, by which reason 
 this Ethel wolde or Athelwolde shulde not, at this season, be kyoge of South Saxons : 
 for 5 terme of a C. and. xii, yeres was expyred more than. Ixxx. and. viii. yeres before this 
 day. But ye shall vnderstond, f this foresayd terme of a. C. and. xii. yeres, is ment for the 
 contynuance of this kynggdorae or they were subdued, and the kynges therof, namyd vnder- 
 
 ' not longe, edit. 1559. * Honoure. ' that of. ♦ «' Seynt" omitted in edit. 1542, 1559^ 
 
 kynges, 
 
126 QUINTA PARS CADWALADER. 
 
 kynges, as this Ethelwolde was. Tha it folowith, whan Cadwaladir hadde rulyd the 
 Brytons, and also the West Saxons by the terme of thre yeres, as witnessyth Ranulphe, 
 munke of Chestre, he than, of pure deuocion, renouncyd the pompe & pryde of the 
 worlde, & yode in pylgrymage to Rome ; where of the first Sergius, then pope', he was 
 
 rconfermyd, & after made a whyte munke, and conlynued there his lyfe tyme in parfyte 
 
 Auctoris opinio, holynes. Of this Cadwaladyr or Cadwalla, many and dyuerse opynyons are writen of 
 
 auctors, both of his reygne, and also of the contynuance thereof; And ouer f of that* 
 
 tyme, when he forsoke his lond, wherein is great varyaunce, as I haue shewed in the 
 
 treatyce' made I Laten* in the begynnynge x)f thissymple werke, so that it shulde- seme 
 
 i»that theyse. ii. names shuld soSde to be sondry persones : wherof the xiontrary is a cer- 
 tayned by f foresayd Ranulph ; where, as he sayth, y Cadwaladrus or Cedwalla was 
 but one parsone, the which was laste kyng of Brytons and kyng of West Saxons ; also for 
 so moch as they ioyned next vnto Cambria or Walls. If -I shulde here brynge in the 
 cause of the auoydyng of this land by Cadwaladir, as is rehersyd by Galfryde, it wolde 
 
 iraske a longe tracte of tyme : & also to me it apperith f more doutfull f it is not testyfyed 
 of the auctOT of Policronycon, considerynge the great nombre of auctours whiche he 
 sought and allegyd for his auctorite, as it shewytti ia the firste chapitre of his firste 
 booke ; and specially syn that holy Gyldas and Bede is a monge the sayd auctours ac- 
 comptyd : the whiche tooke great dylygens in serchyng of f dedys and aciis of the Brytons. 
 
 jt>.[And of the augelis monicion that to hym Vi^as geuen, with also the prophecy -of Merlyn, 
 that the Brytons shuld not recouer this lande, tyll the relykes of Cadwaladyr, with other 
 of holy sayntes, were broughte hyther oute of Rome : I holde y for no parte of my 
 beleue, though many Welshemen it doo.]' Wherefore to folowe the moost auctoryte as 
 before is sayd, whan this Cadwaladir had reygned. iii. yeres, he went to Rome, & there 
 
 ^j^astly dyed, & was buryed in f churche of Seynt Petyr, with this epythaphy or superscrip- 
 cion vpon his toumbe, as folowith in metir. 
 
 Col men*, opes^, sobolem, poUencia regna triumphos, 
 EximiaS; proceros* m^nia, castra, lares, 
 Queq ; patrum virtus,-& que congesserat ipse, 
 3« Cadwald armipotens, linquit amore dei. 
 
 The which versis may be Englysshed in maner as folowith : 
 
 Worshipfull riches, kyftred, Iryumphes assuryd. 
 Plenteous welth with clothes rychely dyght, 
 Howsis, castellis, and townes strongely muryd, 
 3rAnd other honours, whidh by his parentis myght, 
 And his was wone', this merciall vertuous knyght, 
 Cadwald the stronge, discendyd of kynges" bloode, 
 For Crystis loue renouncyd all his good. 
 
 And thus here endith the lyfe & rule y" the Britons nowe callyd Welsshemen, which toke 
 i^that name of theyr duke or ledar, as sayth Guydo, called Wallo, or Guallo, or elles of 
 a queue of Walvs named Galaes or Walaes; but howe so y name came first to them, 
 now are they callyd Walshe men f some tyme were namyd Brytons or Brutons, discendyd 
 first of Troyans & after of Brute, & lastly of Duwallo Moliucius oi- Molumcius" Duwallo. 
 Albe It, they were greatly myngelyd or medelyd aV other nacios, as Romaynes, Pictes 
 «r& other, as by the redynge of the premysses ye maye well perceyue and know; as now be the'' 
 
 in^edrtilf 'lJ?J^' '"'^« r r '^"- ' ^f""' * "inLaten" omitted in the later editions. ' Omitted 
 n edit. 1542. 1559. ,^ Culmen. ' opus, edit. 1533. 1542. ' proceres. » And his own*. 
 
 Knyghtes, edit. 1542. 1559. " of. " Molmucius. « and now bethey Englyshe. 
 
 Englysshe, 
 
QUINTA PARS CADWALADER. 127 
 
 Englysshe, that in theyr begynnynge were namyd Saxos or Anglys. But yet for so uaoche as 
 "Walshemen extolle so lu^ely theyr blood & allyaunce, fetchynge it from Pryam, but not 
 from Eneas; & regardyd so lytle the progeny or lynyjfll dissent of the Saxons or 
 Anglis ; therefore, to the entent to kele somwhat theyr hyghe . corage, or to oppresse in 
 
 -'partye theyr brutisshe blastis^ I wyll bryqg in here^ sayioge of Guydo & other, that 
 auaunce the blode or dissent of the Saxons to be farre aboue the Brytons, as they that are 
 discendid of goddes &men immortall ; where the Brutons clayme the of&prynge to come of 
 men, that were mortall, and not moost to be allowed in hoooure, if they thynke vpon oeneiogi. 
 Eneas vntroth & treyson. Than tofolowe the foresayde auctor Guydo, y'saythe, Woden, Saxono. 
 
 rtof whome the Saxons takyn theyr originall, was the sone of Frealoffe, ^.sone of Frede- 
 wolfe, the sone of Flyn, the sone of Flokwald, the sone of Geta, y was the sone of 
 Minos, y is next in honour to Pluto, god of hell, & chefe iudge of his infernall iurisdiccion. 
 
 Therfore ye Welshe men here after nurture lerne'. 
 And dispyse not Saxo«s that ben to God so nere. 
 
 f Thus than apperyth by the conueyaunce of this werke, f the la$t or thyrde yere of Cad 
 waladir, was f yere of grace. viC. Ixxx. &. vi. which naakith the yere of the worlde. 
 M M M M M. viii. C. Ixxx. & v. by which reason it apperith y the Brutons had the rule 
 of Ihis londe for the more party, to rekyn from f first comynge of the duke or ledar, 
 Brute, by the space of a. M. viiiC. &. xxii. yeres. 
 
 2. And thus here an ende of the. v. parte of this werke, for f cosideracion before rehersyd, " 
 that Bryton kynges, after this daye, reygned none in this realme, and the Saxons or 
 Anglis bega fully to haue dominion thereof. [Werefore, as before tyme, I haue vsed 
 & doon, 90 now, to thentent in the ende of the other partyes- specifyed, I here agayne 
 salute & gyue thanlcys to f moost excellent vyrgyn, our lady saynt Mary, with the. v. 
 
 wioyes of y' forenamed. vii. ioyes begynnynge. Gaude mater miserorum, &c. 
 
 Thou mother to wretchis & other disconsolate, 
 Hayll and be glad, for God of worldes all. 
 To them that here in this present state 
 Doon to the worship, he reward shall, 
 3.Witlj condigne meryle passynge all temporall, 
 In heuen to be stallyd with moost felicite, 
 Euermore to reygne with thy sone & the.]* 
 
 This, V. parte to be accomptid from the last yere of the mysery of Brytons, or f firste 
 yere of Constantyne, brother to the kyng of Arniorica, vnto the thyrde or laste yere of 
 
 ^rCadwaladyr, includyth of yeres. CCliii.' 
 
 After that Cadwaladir was thus departyd the londe, as some auctours meane, this londe r,i.hK*. 
 of Brytaygne was in great discension, by meane of f Brytons and Saxons by the terme of 
 a. xi. yeres ; & ouer that the mortaly te, before spokyn of, .encreasyd so hugely, & there- 
 with great huger & famyne ouer sprad the land6, y by occasyon of one & other, the 
 
 ^^people of this realme was wonderfully mynysshed, & lassyd so ferforthlye, that, as wit- 
 nessith Galfryde, 8c also the Englisshe Cronycle, the quicke bodyes suffysed not to bury 
 the ded. But in so moche as of this spekyth not the muke of Chestre, nor other auctours, 
 as before is ihewyd in the treatyse of Laten,^ the whiche I remytte to the coreccyon of 
 suche as be lerned, & not oonly to Englysslie reders as there is fbrtherly declarid. I there- 
 
 i^rfore, as before is sayde, folowe the sayd Ranulphe, miike of Chestre, where he saythe, 
 
 • lere, edit. 1542. ^ Omitted in edit. 15iQ. 1559- ' Thus endyth the fyfte parte, edit. 1533. 
 
 * In the fortayde Table. 
 
 ' that 
 
X28 SEXTA PARS lUE. 
 
 that lew or lue was kyng of West Saxons, next after f forenamed Cadwaladir ; the whiche 
 Ishallfirste shewe tire story of, &so of the successours of hym in that kyngdonic: for 
 that they subdued lastly, all the other kyngdomes, & somedeale touch of the other kyng- 
 domes or lordshypes, as tyme conuenyent shall requyre, in expressynge of the storyes'of 
 
 rthe sayd West Saxon kynges, tyllthe londe be brought agayneto one monarchy. 
 
 And for the diuision of the sayd kyngdomes stande somedeale far a sonder, so that to 
 the reders it were somwbat peynfuU to serche for eueryche of theym, I therefore haue 
 set them out in f compasse folowynge ; that it may appere to the reder the begynnynge of 
 eueryche of theym, & how longe a season or tyme eyther of the sayd kyngdomes conty- 
 
 'o nuyd or induryd } f names also of euery kyngdome, and in what parte of this lond euery 
 lordshyp was stablysshed for the tyme and sette. 
 
 Finit quinta pars. 
 
 INCIPIT PARS SEXTA. 
 
 ^ Capitulii. C. xli. 
 
 [U 5. «a. »6.] If XVE oe ;Iewe dyscendyd of the blode of Saxons, was ruler or kynge of Westsaxarnr», 
 
 next after that the forenamed Cadwaladyr had renouneid the pompe of the worlde ; the 
 
 which, to folowe the opynypn of Polycronycon, began his reygne the yere of grace. viC. 
 
 Ixxx. and. vii. and the. xvi. yere of the seconde Theodoricus, tha kyng of Fraunce ; and 
 
 rulyd the Westsaxons knyghtly, and maynteyned such warre agaytie the Kentysshe 
 
 u Saxons, y the men of Dorobernia or Cauntev%urye, grauntyd vnto hym to haue pease ; 
 
 and also for a recompensement of the dethe of Mulkynge, brother la Cadwaladir, before 
 
 slayne, as is shewyd in the precedynge capitre,, by the sayde Kentisshe Saxons, &' gaue 
 
 vnto hym, for the sayd consyderacions. MMM. Ik. about the yere* of the rayne of lue. 
 
 The holy man Cutlake, about f. xxiiii,, yere of his age, renoueyd the pompe and pryde 
 
 ii'of this worlde, & toke y order of mukys in the abbey of Repyndon, & the. iii. yere after 
 
 he went to Crowlande, & there lad for the whyle an holy ankers lyfe, [and dyd there 
 
 man.y ipyBacIes',] and there fynallye was buryed; in which ile & pkce' of his bu'ryitlg^ 
 
 stondith nowe a fayre abbey, the whiche for the great resortc of gestes that thyther 
 
 drawith, and for the good and frendlye cbere f gestes there reseyue & take, the" sayd 
 
 ; place hath purcha&yd a surname, & is named Crowlande the cutteys, f which is- a pliace' 
 
 of good: fame : & there lyeth'.also f holy confessou're, Neotus; some' tyme dissyple of 
 
 |Xi.5.ca.»a.] Erikynwalde,. bysshop of London. In the, xi. yere of the reygne oY lue, befell the 
 
 M™«fc wonder ancl meruayle that is tolde of Bryghtwaldus, f which after he had ben a longje' 
 
 whyle ded, was restoryd to lyfe' agayne ; & tolde many thynges of great wonder, to many 
 
 men, whereby he causyd great almys, & many other dedtes of charite tb Be executyd : 
 
 and after the disposycion of his owne goodis, by the agremet of his wyfe, he went Vnto 
 
 the abbey of Maylroos, & there in great holynes cotynoed y resydiie of his lyfe. About 
 
 y. xvi. yere of f reygne-of lue, Etheldredus, before mynded in the; C. &. xxxv. ctiapfef, 
 
 kynge of Mercia, forsoke this worldly honour, and became a munke at Bardeiie^, 
 
 " they. * the vi, yere. edit. 1559. ' Omitfpi in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 7 whan 
 
SEXTA PARS lUE. !39 
 
 •lian he had longe tyme rnlyd the men of Mercia or mydle Anglis. His brother 
 
 Kenredus was kynge after hym; the whiche also after he had reygned. v. yeres, 
 
 lefte his kyngdome vnto Colredusj f sone of his vncle ; & he w OfFa y soiie 
 
 of lue, now kynge of Westsaxons, & with Egwinus bisshop of Wykcies or of Wyke, which 
 
 see is nowe at Worceter, ^ this foresayde copany, this Keredus yode vnto Rome I 
 
 pylgryoaj^e, &* there endyd his lyfe. And about f. xviii. yere of y reygne of luc, dyed 
 
 the holy bysshop Aldelme, which firste was miike & labbot of Malmesbury, & ^ last AUeimus 
 
 bisshop. Of hyra it is wryte, f wha he was styryd by his gostly enmy to f syn of the """"'• 
 
 flesshe, he wold do f more turraet of hym selfe & of his body, hold' win his bedde by hym ''"'' "■**'^ 
 
 V a fayre mayden by soo longe tyme as he myght saye ouer f hole sauter, albe it y such 
 holynes is no article of seynt Benettis lore, nor yet for dyuerse incouenyence moost 
 alowed by holy doctours. And amdge many of his virtuous & holy dedes, Ranulph, muk© 
 of Chestre, shewith, that for the fame of his holynes sprang wyde, & for* Sergius, f 
 first of y name, beynge pope', sent for hym to Rome : in which season of his there 
 
 '^beyng, the sayd Sergius was accusyd or defamyd of f gettyng of a chylde, the which, f. 
 ix. daye of the sayd chyldys age, was broughle to holy Aldelme to be cristened, by vertue 
 of whose prayer, y sayde chylde ans^eryd vnto certayne questions, & cleryd y pope' of y 
 crymey was before put ap6 hym. Nere aboutcky. xxiii. yere of lue, Colredus, thii kyng of 
 Mercia, for cause of varyaiice betwene hym and lue, vnremembred of mynde Artare*, asse- 
 mbled his knightes, & bega to warre vpou hym ; whereof that other hauyng knowlege, in iyke 
 wyse gathred his power, & lastly met, to both theyr harmes, at a place callyd Wodyns- 
 burgth ; where, after longe fyght, eyther of them Sped so vnhappyly, f it was not knowen 
 whether boost had moost domage. And nere about the. xxvii*. yere of lue, as wytnessith [Ca- *3- u- j- 1 
 holy iieda, seynt lohan, of Beuerlay, f than was bisshop of Yorke, dyed, & was buryed lohnMofBe.. 
 
 yin f porche of f mynyster of Deyrwood, or Beuerlay. Tha lewe or lue callyng to mynde ""'^' 
 f couceyll of holy Aldelme, ^ before tyme had coiiceylyd hym to buylde an abbay at 
 Glastebury, bega f sayd warke, about the. xxxii. yere of his reygne, & foundyd there an 
 abbay, the which cotynuyd prosperously tyll f comynge of Danys*, by whose cruelte, it 
 was tha sore blemysshed, but afterward, by^ helpe of seynt Dustane, in ^tymes of Ed- 
 
 ..jtnond and Edgare, it was agayne sufficiently repayryd, & so cotynued tyll ^'comyng of jl^ 
 Normans : after which season, it was agayne beset with hard happes, but now, at this ^<>'- i**vi. 
 day it standith a place of great wel the and honour. Than it folowith, whan lue had [Ca-i^n-s-'i 
 Tulyd the Westsaxons nobly, by the terme of. xxxvii. yeres, by the assyduat laboure of ^VJ^'"""""' 
 his holy wyfe Ethelburga, as she f long had labourid hym to leue the worlde, & cowde 
 
 jrnot brynge about hir purpose, vppon a season whan the kynge & she had restyd them in 
 a fayre paleys richely behangyd, & were vpo the moi'ne thens departyd, she by hyr co- 
 maundement causyd the sayd palays to be replenysshed iV all kynde of fylthe, and duge, 
 ?c hoggys, & vyle bestis therein to be layde, as well in the chaiibers, as other housys of 
 ofFyce, [& besought f kyng to vysite the sayde palayes ;]'' [& when she knew that this pa- 
 
 ^olayes was thus deformyd,]* & wha she had brought hym thereunto, she sayd to hym, " I 
 praye you, my lorde, beholde now this house, where are now the ryche tappes' & clothis 
 of golde, & of silke, & other ryche apparell ^ we lefte here this other daye, & where 
 be the delycys, & plesaunt seruy tours, & costly dysshes y you & 1 lately were seruyd with ? 
 Be not all theyse passyd and goon ? My lorde, in Iyke maner shall we passe; & sodenly as 
 
 wye se theyse worldly thynges ben passyd, & our bodyes, which nowe ben delycately kepyd, 
 shall fall & turne into fylthe of the erthe: wljerefore haue i mynde my wordis y before 
 thys tyme to you I haue often shewyd & tolde, & busy'" to purcnase that palays ^ euer 
 shall endure in ioy, without transmutacion." By meane of theyse wordys Si other, the 
 
 " woWe hold. * " and for" omitted. ' B. of Rome, edit. 154-2. 1559. * my" authour. 
 
 ' XXV, * the Daiiys. ^ ^ In the subsequent editions these sentences are transposed. 
 
 * T»pp«ts, edit. 1542. 1559. " busy you. 
 
 S quene 
 
130 SEXTA PARS CRONICARUM. 
 
 quene turnyd so f kyiiges; mynde, y shortlye after he resigned the gouernaunce of his 
 kyngedoine vnto Ethellardus, his neuewe, & he, for the loue of Cryste, toke vpo hym thae 
 byle of a poore man, and settinge a parte all pompe & pryde of this worlde, accopanyed 
 hym in y feleship of poore men, & yode vnto Rome i pylgrymage, with great deuocion, 
 
 rwhan he had ben kynge of the Westsaxons, as before is sayde. xxxvii. yeris. After whose 
 departynge ^ foresayd Etbeldreda', his wyfe, went vnto Barkynge. vii. mylesfrome London, 
 wherein the abbay, before of Erkynwalde foundyd, she contynued & endyd an holy lyfe, 
 whe she had ben abbesse of the same place a certeyne of tyme. It is sayde & testyfyed 
 of Wyllyam, wryier of kynges, f this lue was the firste kynge that grauntyd a peny of 
 
 «>euery fyre house thorowe this realme to be payed to f court of Rome, whiche at this day 
 Of Peter pens. i& callyd Romc scote, or Petyr pens, & yet is payed in. many placis of England. But 
 why it was grauted the cause is not here sliewyd, howe be it hit shall be shewyd after. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xlii. 
 
 Franfia, CLocfotieus, the thyrde of y name, and sone of f second Theodoricus, began his do- 
 
 ifmynyon ouer f realme of Fraunce, in the yere of grace. viC. Ixxx. &. x. and the thyrde 
 yere of lue, then kynge of Westsaxon. Of this Clodoueus is, of wryters, lefte noone 
 maner of memory soundyng to good or euyll; but Pepyn," before named, cotynued as. 
 master of the paleys by all the tyme of the reygne of the sayd Clodoueus, the whiche, 
 after that be bad borne the name of the kyng by the space of iii. yeres, he dyed, and with- 
 20 out issue was buryed by his father, by reason of whose deth, y^ sayd kyngdome fell by 
 successio vnto bis brother Chilbert*. 
 
 ' 5F Capitulum. C. xliii. 
 
 . CHiWebertus, f secod sone to Theodorich, and brother of Clodoueus foresayd, be^ 
 ga.n his domynyon ouer f realme of Fraunce, in the yere of grace, vi. C. ixxx. and. xiii^ 
 
 ^and the vi. yere of lue, tha kyng of Westsaxons : in tyme of whose reygne also the fore- 
 sayd Pepyn cotynued as cheie ruler of f kynges house ; albe it that he for suche other 
 charge as he had of ouerseynge of the realme, set in his place a substitute, or depute, as 
 his sone Grimonart & other. This Pepyn, contrary toy lawe of churche, helde, besydehis 
 kwfull wyfe callyd Plectrude, a woman named Alpayd, for the whiche y holy bisshop of 
 
 3oTreet, named Labert, blamynge and rebukynge the sayde Pepyn, of the brother of the 
 forenamyd Alpayde? which is callid Dodon, "or Dodoin, was slayne and martyred, in the 
 yere of our Lprde. vi. C.lxxx. &. xii., as testefyeth Antoninus, in the. vi. Chaptreof the; 
 xiii. lytle of the seconde parte of- his warke, caled Suma Antonini ;. &, as affermith the 
 sayd Antoninus, & also the Frenshe Cronyele, the sayd Pepyn reseyuyd of the sayde At- 
 rpayde a sone whome he namyd Charlys, which Charlis was after surnamyd Marcellus 
 & was right profytable to the realme of Fraunce,., as after shall appere. Of f foresayd 
 kyng Childebert is nothyng lefte I wrytyng worthy memory, except that he reseyuyd of his 
 wyfe, a sone namyd Dagobert, and kepte the name of a kynge by the terme of. xvii'. yeres 
 as sayth y Cronyele in Frenshe, and than dyed, & was buryed. i y abbey of Caus i fr 
 
 i)i church or chapell of seynt Stephan.. ^ ' ^ 
 
 ^ Capitukm. G. xlifiii 
 
 DAgobertus, the seconde of that namei & sone of Chikfebert be fore namyd began; 
 
 his reygne ouer f Frensh men in the yere of grace. viiC. and. x, & the. xxiii. of lue thal 
 
 kyng of Westsaxons, the whiche was vnder ^ rule of Plectrude, the wyfe of Pepyn than- 
 
 ifdeed, and of Theoldowalde than master of the palays. This Plectrude, as befbce is- 
 
 • Ethelburga, edTt. 1559. * ChildeberU ^ ^^^^^ g^j-j^ ^^^^ 
 
 / shewyd, 
 
SEXTA PARS IITE. 131 
 
 stiewyd, was stepmother to Charlys, sone of Pepyn & of Alpayde. Wberfore she berynge 
 malys to y sayd Charlys, causyd hym to be holdea as prisoner within Coleyn : where he 
 so as prysoner remaynynge, tbeforesayde Theoldowalde exersysed such tyrannys, & put 
 vpo the people such exaccios, that dyssensyon gresve by twene hym & the lordes of 
 
 rFrauace, so that dyuerse conflictes and skyrmyshes were hadamonge the nobles of Frauc^ 
 for partyes that' were taken vpon eyther sydes, whereby the kynges partye at lengthe was 
 wekyd : and fynally, y' sayd Theoldowalde was depryued of rome% & one Rangasredus' 
 was made master of the paleys. The which, beynge accorapanyed with conuenyent strengthe, 
 tooke with hym the kynge, and coueyed hym thorowe the forest of Charbonnur tyll he- 
 
 /Dcame vnto the ryuer of Mense, in J' which passetyme the forenamyd Charlys beynge, as 
 aboue is sayd, prysoner, by fauour of his kepars, or otherwyse, brake pryson and es- 
 capyd : & shortlye after dyed the kynge, wha he had reygned, or borne the name of a kynge, 
 as other of his progenitours had doon, by f terme of. xi. yeres, leuynge after hym nowiher 
 cbylde, as than knowyng*, nor nere of ally, which was cause of mysorder of the tytle of 
 
 irfraiice, as afterward shall appere. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. xlv. f(,i.ixxvu.. 
 
 DAnyell, that of the Frenshmen was after named Chilperych, was, by eissent of theym 
 cnade kynge, in the yere of grace. viiC. and. xxi. and ^. xxxiiii. yere of lue, than kynge of 
 Westsaxons. Thus', as testyfyeth master Robert Gagwyne, & also the Frensh Cronycle, 
 
 VI was a preest, or clerke, & for his wysedome was cherisshed before tyme in the kynges 
 palays, in the whicbe tyme and season he suffered his corne* to be ouer growyn ; or ellys, 
 after Antoninus, this Danyel, after^ deth of Dagobert, for so moche as he left after hym 
 none of the royall bloode, the Frenshe men supposynge hym to be apte for the rule of the 
 londe, for suche experyence as before tyme in hym had be prouyd, kepte hym secrete a 
 
 ^raertayne of tyme, tyll his heyre was fully growen, and tha declared hym to be the brother 
 of Dagobert, and chaugyd his name, and callyd hym Cbylperyche, and so by one assent 
 admytted hym for kynge of Fraunce. Charlis, before spokyn of, sone of Pepyn, beynge 
 escapyd the daunger of prysonement, sought and compassyd, by all maner of wayes, how 
 he myght obteyne ^ rome that sometyme his father occupyed j & this to brynge to effecte, 
 
 3b he purchasyd to hym a yonglynge of fayre & goodly maners, and stature, named Clo- 
 thayre, and sayd that he was descendyd of the royall bloode of Fraunce, bymeane wher- 
 of, I short tyme he gaderyd to hym grete strength. Wherof heerynge, Chilperich co- 
 maundyd Rangafrede to assemble his knyghtes, towistonde^ the purpose of Charlys. And 
 sone after, bothe hoostis met, nere vnto the forenamyd ryuer of Mense, where was foughte 
 
 3ra stronge and cruell batayll, of J- which Rangafrede was victor, and copellyd Charles to 
 forsake the feelde. But he shortly afterwarde assemblyd, and gaderyd agayne to gyder, 
 all suche as before were disperblyd', and fought ofte tV the sayd Rangafrede, at a place 
 callyd Ablane, of ^ which batayll, with great difficulte, Charlis was lastly victour, & 
 chasyd Rangafrede, & his hooste greatlye demynysshed & lassyd. Than thyrdly, these. 
 
 k> ii. hostis met in a felde callid the wyne feelde, where also was present the sayde Danyeli, 
 or Chilperiche, hauyng in his ayde, amonge other prynces, the duke of Gascoyn, and 
 there foughte a sore and cruell batayll, whereof lastly was victor the sayde Charlis, & c6- 
 straynyd the kynge with the sayde duke to fle vnto Orleaiice, where they, takynge with 
 them suche treasoure as belonged to the kynge, fled from thens vnto the duchye of Gas- 
 
 iij-coyne. Whan Charlys conceyuyd that the kyng was escapyd his daunger, and knewe that 
 Raganfrede was in the cytie pi Aungiens, he sped Jiym thether in all haste, and com- 
 passyd ^ cytie with so strog a syege, that fynally he obteyned ^ cytie, with all ^ was there- 
 in: but it was not longe after, that Charlis sbewyd vnto Ragafrede suche benyuolens, that 
 
 * " iasX*' aiHitttd. * hys rome. ' Rangafredus, edit. 1533. 1542. * knowen. ' Thys, 
 
 -edit. 1542, 1559. * Crowne. ' wythstonde. » dysperklyd. 
 
 2 he 
 
ISS 
 
 SEXTA PARS CRONICARUM. 
 
 he was set at his tyberte & freddme. The next yere folowynge, the duke of Gascoyne, 
 before myndyd, hauynge parfyte informacio, by ambassade or olherwyse, y Charlis en- 
 tedyd to make sharpe and cruell warre vpon f Gascoynyes, for y that they fauouryd & kepte 
 with them Danyell, or Chilperiche ; he, in avoydynge the sayde daunger of warre, ia 
 
 s'shorte tyme after, sent vnto Charlys, vnder sertayne codicions by twene them agreed, 
 the sayd Chilperich ^ all such treasour & iuellys as to hym or to f crowne of Fraunee 
 belongyd. In this passe tyme & seasouj dyed the forenamed Clothayr, that Charlies. be- 
 fore had made kyng, wherefore, tt? the more restfulnes of the realme, he allowed f fore- 
 named Chilperiche for kyng, & he as master of the kynges palays, as other his prede- 
 
 'ocessours, rolyd tlie land of Fraiice. Tha Charlis hauynge thus the rule & gouernaunce, 
 rulyd it well & substancially, and defede' it from all enmyes duryng the lyfe of the sayd 
 Chilperiche, and after the which, Chilperich, wha he had contynued as kyng by the terme- 
 of. V. yeres, he dyed, & was buryed, as saythe the Frensh Cronycle, in f cytie of Noen, 
 or Noyen, without issue of his body. 
 
 ,^ % Capitulii. C. xlvi. 
 
 1-u^M.jv] EThelardus, the neuewe of lue, bega his reygne ouer the Westsaxons in the yere of 
 
 grace. viiC. and. xxiiii., & the thyrd yere of Danyell, otherwyse callyd Chilperich, tha kyng 
 
 of Fraunee. This^ after some wryters, is namyd Etheldredus. In the tyme of his reygne Of- 
 
 ricus as kyng reygnyd in Northumbirlande, to Tholohom' holy Beda wrote ^. story, callyd 
 
 laHistorya Anglicana, or more veryly to his successour Colwolfus Of the whiche Beda, & 
 
 of his warkys, Raynulph, muke of Chestre, shevvith a compendyous processe, in the. xxiii, 
 
 Chaptre of his. v. Boke, callyd Polycronycon. The foresayd Ofricus is named in the En- 
 
 glysshe Cronycle Osbryght, of the whiche in the sayd Cronycle is rehersyd a longe warke ^ 
 
 but for I se no auctour of auctoryte afFerme f sarhe, I therefore in this warke passe it 
 
 j/ouer. It shuld appere also by y^ meainynge of Policronicon, that about this tyme, dyed 
 
 Etheldredus, before touchyd, kynge of Mercia, the which wha he had longe tyme rulyd 
 
 Kyng made that countrcy, he laStlye renouncyd the pompe of this worlde, & was shorne a munke at 
 
 """ '' Bardony. Of the foresayde Ethelarde, kyng of Westsaxon, is lefte no memory of any actis 
 
 or dedis by hym done. But, as agree many wryters, he dyed, whan he had reygned.. v. 
 
 joyeres, without issu of his body. And in Northumbirlande, after ^ forenamed Ofricus, 
 
 reygned Colwolphus, after whom Egbertus, and after who Oswolph, & after Oswolphe 
 
 reygned Ethelbalde, or Ethelwalde, albe it thatdyuers auctours of theyse namys of kyngesj 
 
 and contynuaunce of tlieyr reygnes, dyuersly and sundrely reporte and wryte, 
 
 f ^ Capitulu, C. xlvii. 
 
 tr THeodorieus, the whiche, of mayster Robert Gagwyne, is allowed to be the sone of 
 the seconde Dagobert, began his reygne ouer the Fpenshemen in the yere of grace, vii. C, 
 and. xxvi., and the seconde yere of Ethelardus, than kynge of Westsaxons;. the which was 
 from his yonge and tender age fosteryd and norysshed in a house of nonnys, in womans^ 
 clothynge, and laslly aspyred, & by concente of Charlys, master of the palayes, admytted 
 for kynge. After the which solempnyte fynysshed, Charlis herynge of the rebellyon of a 
 people, callyd the Sweuys, or Swetesers, assemblyd an hooste,"and lastly them subduyd ; 
 which done he turnyd hym towarde an other parte of the Almaynys, and in lyke wyse ouer- 
 eame them, and after retornyd into Fraunee with great tryiiphe and ryches that he hadde 
 wonne at those, ii. iourneys. It was not longe afterwarde, that Charlys had thus subduyd 
 
 **rthe foresayd people of Almayne, with also a great parte of Germayny, but that tydynges 
 
 iUhxviii. came to hym that Endo, dyke of Gascoyne, rebellyd agayne the kyng of Fraunee ; vvherfore 
 
 be in all goodly haste preparid his army, & sped hym 'into Gascoyne,. where he made so 
 
 ' defended. " whom. 
 
 cruell 
 
SEXTA PARS CRONICARl/M. 133 
 
 -cruell warrc, that he in shorte tyme damagid greatly the coutrey, & helde the duke £udo 
 so streygth, that he was compellyd to hyde hym in secrete placis of the coutrey, where, 
 after the' great serche he rayght not bii foud. Wherfore he settynge the countrey in some 
 restefulnes, retornyd hym into Fraunce. Whan Endo was sure of the retorne of Charlis 
 
 "into Fraunce, for so moche as he had prouyd the marciall knyghthode of hym, and 
 knewe well he myght not of hymselfe withstode his knyghtlye powar, he therefore allved 
 hym with the kynge of Spayne, than beynge a pagan, or myscreaunt, & named Abyde- P«g«M™«n 
 ramus, and excyted and styred hym to make warre vpon the lond of Fraunce, promys- 
 ynge • to hym not all onely victory, but also the* lond to hym and to his heyres for 
 
 "euer. Vpon comforte of whiche promyse, and also ayde of the sayde Endo, this fore- 
 named Arbideramus, thirstynge cristen mannis bloode, & entendynge vtter desolacion and 
 distruccion of the realme of Fraunce, assemblyd an excedynge hooste of people, and 
 with theyr wyues and chyldren & catayll, entryd the londe of Fraunce, and what they 
 wan they enioyed it as theyr owne ; and so in processe came vnto the cytie of Burdeaux, 
 
 i^he whiche, after a certeyne tyme of the cytesens defendyng, the sayde rayscreauntis 
 wan into theyr possessyon, and dystroyed the people thero^ wyth ail theyr churchys, 
 and temples of the same. And frome thens passynge the countrey in wastynge it with iron, 
 and with fyre, lastlye came vnto Poyliers, w hich citie, as before ye haue harde in the- 
 story of the firste Dagobert, a C. and xxxii, chapter, wis hy hym subuertyd, and at this 
 
 wdaye newely reedyfyed. This citie also of theym possessyd, they in lyke maner as they 
 had dalt with Burdeaux, soo dyd they with this, not sparinge that holy place of seynt 
 Hyllary, but dyd vnto it great shame & vylany: and frome thens yode' vnto Towers, 
 wastjfngtj and sleyng the people without mercy, by all the way that they passyd, & banys- 
 »hed* that cytie as they had doon the other. In the which passe tyme, Charlys, heryng 
 
 ■uof the cruelte of this Arbidera', assemblyd his powar, & shortly met with hym nere vnto 
 T6wers, where he bare hym so knyglitly that he slewe of the Paganys an excedynge 
 nombre*, to be accordaant with reason. But for I se it testyfyed of soo many wryters, it 
 boldith me to expresse the nombre, whiche was. CCC. Ixxx. and v. M. and odde. And 
 of the Frenshfiien were slayne but. xvC. oonly. For the which victoryous acte, the sayd 
 
 3oCharlis obteynyd a sur name, and was callyd after that day, Carolus Marteltus, the 
 which is to meane Charlis thehamer. For lyke as the hamer makyth all metallys plyable, 
 so Charlis made his foos or enmyes plyable to his hestis j & as the hamer cuttith^ 
 brekyth, or dissenerith iron and other harde metallys, so dyd this Charlis dismembre and 
 cut or breke the enemyes of Fraunce throughe his hyghe prowesse. It is shewid inthe 
 
 jj^Bookis callyd Cronyca Cronicarum, Supplementum Cronycarum, Polycronica, and 
 other, that this victory was obteynyd by Charlis of the Sarasyns, but not as inhabytan& 
 or incolers of Spayne, but that they were issuydout of AfiFryca, and than warryd and had 
 wonne great countreys in Spayne, the which is more accordaunt with hystoryes. For in the 
 Plegys or Rehersayllys of the names of kynges of Spayne, I fynde no kyng of that name. 
 
 *»Than it folowith in the Story, whan Charlis Martell had thus obteynyd victory, he com- 
 maundyd all the pyllage to be brought to one place: that doon, he deuydyd it amonge 
 his knyghtes J & shortly after,,Guydo^ knowlegyng hisoifenee & sekyng. meanes oS metcyf 
 was agayn restoryd to the lo«de of Gascoyne. 
 
 ^ Capitul-um. C. xlviih 
 
 ' CHarlcs Martell hauynge the Duke of Gascoyn thus recounciied, sent hym with a 
 eerteyne of knyghtes agayne the rest of the sayd Sarazyns ; the which, by his manhoode,^ 
 
 '" the" omitted^ * tliat. ' they yode. ♦ wasted^edit. 1542. 1559. 'Arbideramus. 
 
 ' to excedynge a nomber. ' Endo. 
 
 he 
 
 ¥f 
 
134 SEXTA PARS CRONICARUM. 
 
 he oppressyd and subduyd, and clerely voydyd the lande of them. Tlian soon vpon this 
 began the Burgonyons to rebelle, &'made sharpe warre vpon the Frenshemen, next 
 adioynaunt to them, and dyd vnto the countrey and inhabytauntes of the same, great 
 harme : the which warre the sayde Martell that therin toke great payne, not without great 
 
 rdiflSculte', lastly it appeasyd and them subduyd. In tyme of the whiche warre so con- 
 tynuyng, Guydo, before rehersyd, duke of Gascoyne, dyed; whereforfe Charles, to 
 ^t that prouynce in an ordre and due obeysaunce, yode thether, where he beynge busyed 
 about the nedes of the same, tydynges to hym were brought, that the Wandalis, whiche 
 been of the kynde or lynage of the Hunys, before towcbyd, had entred the lande with an 
 
 'ohuge powar: and in wastynge the countrey, approchid the cytie of Senons or Sens, and 
 
 ♦ it enuyroned, or be clypped with a stronge siege. But by the vertue and strengthe of the 
 itrchebysshop of that cytie, named Eba, Ebbe, or Obbo, with the sistence of the cytezyns 
 of the same, the sayd cytie was defendyd, and delyueryd from the powar of the sayd 
 Wandalys, and the powar of them abbatyd and subduyd. For theyse manyfolde incur- 
 
 'rsyons and assautis of enemyes, & rebellyon of the countreys that were subgecte to the 
 crowne of Fraunce, the treasour of Fraunce, and specially of the temporall people was 
 SDre mynysshed and wastyd : wherefore in defence of all the lande, Charlys Martell made 
 request to the spirituall men, & with great difficulte, had it grauntyd, that he myght leuy 
 certayne dymys to wage therwith souldyours, and prepayre other necessaryes for the 
 
 'warre^ [Thus', after the opynyon of some wryters, was the firste tyme that euery 
 Spirituall mannys money, within that realme, was occupyed to temporall vse. Where- 
 fore, as it is reportyd of dyuerse cronyclears, the sayd Charlis, whan he was deed, was 
 seen by the bisshop of Orleaunce named Eth^reus, to be in great payne and turment.'] 
 Than Charlis moued his hooste toward the Burgonyons, that agayne were of newe styred 
 
 2f& fixorlyd by dyuerse parsonys to newe rebellion ; and after his comynge thyther dyd 
 execucion vpon such pai*sones has he founde culpable ; and not without batayle, set the 
 country agayne in quyet, and than retornyd into Fraunce. But he rested not long there, 
 or he harde worde that tlie Almaynes, whiche dwellyd ouer or beyonde the ryuer callid 
 the Ryne, breke ouer into Frauce. Theyse people are namyd in the Frenshe boke Sesues ; 
 
 3othe which dyd great domage vpon the countreys adioynynge to the sayd ryuer : but it 
 ■was not long after or he had them chasyd, and subduyd, with also an other people callid 
 the Hunys or Gothis, that he before had also vaynquysshed : the whiche after this seconde 
 scomfyture assosiat vnto them the kynge of Longobardis, namyd Luytprandus, by whose 
 assistens and powar the foresayde Gothis wan the cytie of Auyn^on, & other stronge 
 
 afholdis, to the great hurt of the Frenshmen. And for at this season, Charlis was greued 
 
 with syknes, he therfore sent his brother, named Childebert, to withstande the sayd 
 
 #</. /xnw. enemyes, the which bare hym so manfully, that he chasyd the sayd enmyes. But this say^ 
 
 inge discordith ^ other auctours, whiche shewyn that atwene this Charlys & Luytprand 
 
 was cotynuall amyte and fredship, in so moche that Luytprand aydid & a.ssisted the sayd 
 
 itoCharlis to auoyde f Sarasyns that were entryd a countrey of Fraunce, called than Gallia 
 Cisalpina. In this tyme that Fraunce was thus wrappyd in these harde happes & 
 bataylles, dyed the kyng Theodoricus, whan he had occupyed the name only of a kynge. 
 • iiii, yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulii. C. xlix. 
 
 ^us.a.14- MS CVtbertus, the neuewe of Ethelardus, began his reigne ouer the Westsaxons in the 
 yere of grace. viiC. & xxix. and the thyrd yere of the seconde Theodoricus, tha Jtyng of 
 
 •payne. ediU 1533. trouble. cdiU 1542. 1559. ' Thys. edit. 1533. » OmUted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Frauce, 
 
SEXTA PARS HILDERICI. 135 
 
 Frauce, in tyme of whose reygrie Colwolphus reygned in Northubirland, to wbom, as 
 before in the story of Ethelarde is towchyd, holy Beda wrote the story callid Hystoria 
 Anglicana. About the. ii. yere oi ^ reygneofthis Cutbert, apperydin the firmament, ii. 
 blasynge stanrys, or. ii. starryb with crestis, & cast, as it were, brennynge brondis to- 
 
 rwarde the north. And about the. vi. yere of the reygne of Cutbert, dved the foresayde 
 holy man Beda : the whiche in his tyme made and wrote. Ixxviii. bokys, ouer & besyde 
 his manyfolde werkys of vertue that he vsed by all his lyfe tyme. It is tolde of hym, y 
 in his later dayes, when he was blynde, he was brought by the frawde of his leder vnto a 
 great hepe of stonys, the which his leder shewyd to hym was an assemble of men & women 
 
 •of were thether comyn to here hym preche the worde of God. Than be ihynkynge this 
 reporte to be true, anon with great deuocion began there a colacion, and therof wlien he 
 came to the ende, the stonys by dyuyne powar, in lykenes of a great multitude of people, 
 sayd, " Amen," or after the sayinge of Antoninus, " Deo gracias." He was so noble of 
 lernynge, & excellent in connynge, that the firste Sergius, pope' of Rome, sent for hym 
 
 'fto assoyle questions there made in the popes* vnyuersyte : also his cunnynge is apparent 
 in the boke.s which he wrote, super Genesim, super Thobiam, super Esdriara, super 
 Neemiam, with other which wold aske a longe tracte of tyme to reherse j with also the 
 Oftiylies, made vpon the Gospellys. But I passe ouer. Whian he was dede he was buryed 
 at the abbey of Gyruy : albe it f comynyng is, that he restith nowe with saynt Cutbert 
 
 z.of Durham. [Aboute the. ix. yere of this kynges reygne, the holy virgyn saynt Fredeswyd 
 dyed. Of hir it is sayd, for velanye, that to hir shulde haue byn doon by a kynge i*i 
 Oxynforde, that kynges of Englande, at the seasons syn, haue sparyd to entre that towne, 
 for drede of laysshaipe. Whoso wyll knowe the circumstauiice of the mater, and the holynes^ 
 of hir lyfe, let hym serche f warkys of holy Gyldas, where he shall be sufFycyently in- 
 
 wformed'.] Soon after this tyme and season, Coiwolpus, kynge of North umbirlande, whan 
 be had reygned. viii. yeres, he resygned his domynyon to his cosyn Egbertus, and was 
 shorne a monke in f abbey of Geruy, or after some wryters, in the abbey of Lyndefar, 
 or holy Ilond. -This*, for as moche as lytle is shewyd of the dedys of Cutbert kyng of 
 Westsaxons, therefore 1 haue made the more rebersayll of other thynges doon in his 
 
 3. tyme : for of hym is no thynge lefte in wrytynge worthy to be remebryd or myndeyd, 
 sauynge, that he otie and many tymes made warre vpon Eihelwalde kynge of RIercia, and 
 sped therein dyuersly; and lastlye dyed, when he had reygned, after mooste wryter*. 
 3tvi. yeres. 
 
 f Capitulu. C. xlfx. 
 
 "^ Hlldericus or Childericus, the second of that name, and sone of Theodorycu.s, began 
 his reygne ouery Frenshemen in the yere of our Lordes incarnaci5. vii. C. and xl. and 
 the. xl. yere of Cutbertus than kynge of Westsaxons : of the which, for his dulnesse and 
 his other enarmytes in hym exercysyd, lytle or no thynge of his actes or dedes are put in 
 raemorye. Ye haue before, in the story of Theodoryclie, bai'de of the puyssaut & 
 
 *> strong dedis of Charlis Martell, the whiche styll, durynge his lyfe, eontynued in great 
 honoure, to the great suretye of f realme of Frauce, and to the great terroure & feere 
 of theyr enerayes j. whereof to reherse alt the circustaiice, it wolde occupy a longe tyme :. • 
 wherfore shortlye to conclude, lastlye, after his manyfolde trauayllys, susteynyd for the J^^ ""' ^ 
 weale of the realme of Fraunce, he dyed^ leuyng after hym, iii. sonnea, that is to wytte, 
 
 MrCbarelmayne, Pepyn, and GrytTon, to the which he beqoethid his possessions & goodis. 
 But for ^ yojigest, named Gryffon, held hym not contentyd with suche bequeste as his 
 fader la hym gaue, he therfore made warre vpon his other, ii. bretherne ; the which' 
 behaued them so wysoly that withoute notable batayll, they toke theyr sayde brother, and 
 
 ; B. of Rome. edit. 1545. U59. * his,, edit. 1542. 1559. * Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. * Tlius^ 
 
 put 
 
135 SEXTA PARS HILDERICI. 
 
 put hym in a safe kepynge : and that doon, the sayd. ii. bretherne assemblyd theyr 
 knyghtes and sped them agayne Hanualde duke of Guyan, than rebelling agayne the 
 crowne of France, f which duke, with the countrey, brought' vnder theyr firste obey- 
 saunce. After the which victory of the sayd countrey opteynyd, the sayd. ii. bretherne 
 
 rsped them to the cytie of Poy tiers, where they, by aduyse of the nobles of the lande, con- 
 syderynge the vnablenesse of Hilderich the kynge, that he was vnsufRcient to rule so great 
 a charge, dyuydid y lond of Frauce atwene them ; so that eyther of theym shulde, vnder 
 the kynge, rule and gouerne suche porcyon as then there was to them appoynted. After 
 f which°porcion, Charlmayne, herynge of the dyuycion & stryfe among the Almayns, as 
 
 lothynge belongynge to his charge, sped hym thyther in all haste ; and after a parte of that 
 countrey wastyd and spoylyd, and dyuerse of theyr stronge holdys caste playne with the 
 erthe, he brought theym to due subieccion. And soon afte.r he went agayn the Bauarys, 
 the which he by his knyghtlye strengthe appeasyd in lyke wyse. lu all whiche tyrae and 
 season, Pepyn, his brother, was occupyed in defendynge of the otlier parties of Fraunce. 
 Emperouremade^j^^^ this foresayde Charlemayne [steryd by dyuyne inspiracion, or as some auctoures 
 meane, as he before tyme hadde auowyd',] sodeynlye renouncyd & gaue ouer all worldly 
 prosperyte and domynyon, and with pure deuocyon yode to Rome; wher of the pope', 
 than named Zaeharias, he with all honoure and iby was receyuyd, & of hym shorne a 
 miike, & dwellyd a season in an abbey of hymselfe buyldyd in the Mount Sarapt. But 
 
 oofor he sawe that daylye drewe to hym many great lordes of Fraunce, by meane wherof 
 
 he was let from his dyuyne seruyce and contemplacyon, he therfore yode thens to the 
 
 Mounte Cassyne, and there endyd his naturall lyfe. After whose thus departynge or 
 
 foi.hxx. guydynge ouer*, the sayd Charleraayn, Pepyn as all' onely ruler, toke vpo hym the charge 
 
 of the hoole realme. In this passe tyme, Gryffon, the yonger brother, was enlargyd 
 
 wfrome pryson, and by fauoure of his bretherne, was assigned to such possessyons as to 
 hym was demed suifycyent, to lede an honorable lyfe. Howe be it, whan he sawe that his 
 brother Pepyn had all the rule and he nothynge, disdaygned his sayde brother, & thoughte 
 
 ' no lenger to contynue in that maner, but to be partener of the rule of the londe, as 
 Charlemayne his brother had ben. And this to brynge to his purpose, he fled vnto the 
 
 3»Saxons, which, as after shall appere, were named Normans ; and with the prynce of 
 theym, made alyaunce, so that with theyr ayde he mouyd warre agayne his brother, & 
 assemblyd a stronge boost. Wherof Pepyn beyng warnid, gadered his people & passing© 
 ihorow, came to the riuer of Sunaha, or after y Late tonge, Sinussaha ; and Gryffon sped 
 hym tyll he came to a ryuer called Onacre. Whan these, ii. hoostys were thus nere, 
 
 srmeanes of treaty were sought on bothe partyes, durynge whiche communycacion, Gryffon 
 hauynge suspeccion to ^ Saxons that were on his partye,"^ leste they wolde betraye hym, 
 and yelde hym into the handes of his brother, made, 'for that tyme, a sleyght agremet, 
 and shortlye after departyd from the sayd Saxons, and fled to the Bauarys, or into Bayb.n, 
 where he allying him with dyuerse nobles and barons of Fraunce, vexyd and dystourbed 
 
 ^osoore the duke and lorde of that coutrey, called Tassylon, and lastly disceasyd hym of 
 
 that iordeshyp, Wherof Pepyn beyng warnyd, sped hym thether ^ great strength, and 
 
 so bare hym, that he had the better of his brother, and restoryd the sayde Tassylon vnto 
 
 ^«" • his ryght, and after retornyd into Fraunce, ledyng with hym his brother Gryffonas hid 
 
 prysoner. But it was not longe after, that, by medyatours, the sayd Gryffon was re- 
 
 jtrcousyled to his brother : and for he shulde be content, and haue no more cause to vary \V 
 rhis brother, there was assygned to hym, as witnessith the Frenshe Cronycle & other, xii. 
 erldomes with I the realme of Fraunce ; with the which bouteous gyfte, he not beyng 
 content, ^ selfe same y6re fled vnto the Duke of Gyan, named Gayffer, and with hym 
 newely conspired agayne his sayd brother ; b .t lastly he was there slayne* as after 
 
 ftshall appere. Pepyn than consyderynge in his mynde in what daunger and trowble 
 
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 137 
 
 his father, before hyin, had rulyd the lande, and he nowe for his tyme in lyke agonye & 
 trowble ; and the kynge, to whom belonged all the charge, kepte his paleys and folowed 
 all his delytes and pleasures, without takynge of any payne : wherefore, consyderynge the 
 preiuysses, & for a reformacion of the same, sent his ambassade to the pope', then beynge Ambassade. 
 
 T Zacbary, before named, askynge his aduyse, whether it was more necessary or welfull for 
 the realme of Fraunce that he shuld be admytted for kynge, y dyd no thynge butapplye 
 his mynde to all pleasure of his body, without care or charge takynge vpon hym for the 
 guydynge of the londe and the people of the same, or he that tooke vpon hym all the 
 charge & payne in defence of the lande, & kepyng of y people in due subieccyon? To 
 
 /othis the pope' answerde and wrote vnto Pepyn, that he was best worthy and mooste 
 profytable for the realme to be admytted for kyng, that ruled welle the cominaltye by 
 iustice & prudence, and the enemyes thereof defedythe and subduethe by his policy 
 and manhodde. The whyche answere thus reseyued frome the pope', and declared vnto 
 the lordes and barons of the realme, and annone, they, of one assentte and mynde, 
 
 /rproceded and wentte to the depesynge and puttige downe of tbeyr kynge and gouernowre 
 Hylderyche ; and i shorte space after, closed hym in a monastery or bouse of religion, 
 where* he had ben occupyer of a kynges rome by ^ name only. x. yeres : and that doon, 
 the Frenshemen electyd and chase Pepyn for tbeyr soueraygne and kyng. In the which 
 Hylderich or Childerich, endyd the lyfe or progeny of Meroneus, of whom the Frensbe 
 
 zokynges lynyally discendyd, by cotynuaunce of tyme, as folowith. 
 
 Meroneus -- ...------x. yeres. 
 
 Childericus - - - - - -'- - -- - xxiiii. yeres. 
 
 Clodoueus .__.,_-.- - XXX. yeres. 
 
 Dagobertus -------- -.- xiii. yeres. 
 
 T-rClodoueus ---.------- xvi. yeres. 
 
 Clotharius .---.- ----- iiij. yeres. 
 
 Theodoricus - - - . _ - _ iii. yeres. 
 
 Childericus ----------- ii. yeres. 
 
 Lotharios - -- - - - - -1. yeres. 
 
 toChilpericus ...__. - xxiiii. yeres. 
 
 Lotharius ,- - . . - - - xliii. yeres. 
 
 Clodoueus _ _ . . - - . iii. yeres. 
 
 Childebertus - ■ - . - - - - xvii. yeres. 
 
 Dagobertus - _ > - - - - xi. yeres. 
 
 ifDanyell .--«---- v. yeres. 
 
 Theodoricus > . - - - - - xiii. yeres. 
 
 Theodoricus - - - - - - - xix. yeres, 
 
 Hildericus -,------ x. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitalum. C.l^ 
 
 'w SIgeberius or Sigbertus, the cosyn of Cutbert, laste kynge of the Westsaxons, began 
 his reygne Oder the sayd Saxons in the yere of ^ incarnacion of Chryst. D. CC. and xlv. 
 & the. V, yere of Hildericus, than kynge of Fraunce. He was cruell and tyrannous to 
 his subiettes, & turnyd tbeyr' lawes and customes of his forefaders after his owne wyll & 
 pleasure : and for that, one of the noble men of his domynyon, somedeale sharply 
 
 i*jaduertysyd hym to chaunge his maners, and to haue* hym more prtidentlye toward his 
 people, he therfore raalyciously causyd hym to be put to cruell deth. About this tyme, 
 Egbertus, after the yonger Wylfryde, was made archebisshop of Yorlce, the whiche brought 
 
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jgg SEXTA PARS CRONICARUM. 
 
 aeayne thither the pall that his predecessours hadde forgooii, syn the tyme. that the first 
 Paulinus had lefte that see, and fled to Rochestre, in Kent, and there lefte the sayd 
 pall This Egbert was brother vnto Egbert, kynge of Northumbirland, by whose asaist- 
 Jnce and comforte he dyd many thynges for the weale of y see, and made there a 
 
 rnoble library. Tha it folowith for soo moche as the kynge Sigebert contynuyd in his ill 
 malyce, & cruell codicions, his subiettis conspyryd agayn hym^ and put hym from all 
 kyn«Tly dignitye, soo that he fell after to great dissolacion and mysery, in such wyse, y 
 he was founden after in a wood or desolate place, wandryng alone without comforte : where 
 he beynge so founden by a swyne herde or vylayne, some tyme belongynge to the erle 
 
 ■oCobranus, that he before tyme wyckydlye had slayne, in auengement of his sayd lordes 
 deth, slewe hym in the sayd place. Which sayde Sigebertus was thus depryuyd from all 
 honoure, when he, after mooste wryters, had reygned or tyrannysyd two yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.li. 
 
 {Li,5.ca.s5.] KEnulphus, of the lyne or bloode of Cerdicus firste kynge of Westsaxons, began 
 
 /rhis domynybn ouer f sayd Westsaxons, in the yere of_ grace. DCC. &. xlviii. 
 
 and the. vii. yere of Hyldericus, than kynge of France. The vertue of this 
 
 man passid his famej for after he had with thagrement of the Westsaxons, de- 
 
 nixxn! Vn^y^ Sygebert, theyr kynge, from his auctorite, & regally, he firste appeasyd 
 
 « . xxm. jyugrse murmures & grudgis y kyndelyd amonge his subiectis, and set his lordeshyp in 
 
 T^great quyetnesse and rest, touchyng theyr cyuyle discorde. About the. viii. yere of the 
 
 offadedis. reygne of this Kenelphus, OfFa slewe a tyrant Beoruredus', that before had slaine Ethel- 
 
 walde kyng of Mercia : after whos dethe the sayde OfFa, as neuew to the sayd Ethelwald, 
 
 reygned as kynge of that prouynce. 
 
 Of this Offa is told many notable dedes, whereof somwhat I entende to shewe. He 
 whad warre with the Northumbres, and theym for a tyme subduyd : he also had 
 warre with Etheldrede, kynge of Eest Anglys, and with Egbert,' otherwyse callyd 
 Pren, kynge of Kent, who he toke prysoner, and led hym bounden with hyra into 
 Mercia. Tha after thyse victoryes, Offa buyldyd y^ church of Wynchcom, in tyme 
 of the whiche buyldynge, in presens of. xiii. bisshops, and many other great astatis, 
 . 3o kyng Offa enlargyd the sayd Egbert of imprysonement. In toke whereof, f people beyng 
 there present, made suche an exclamaci5 of ibye and gladnes that the churche thereof 
 range. This kynge Offa hadde suche displeasure vnto the cytezens of Cauntorbury y he 
 remoued the archebysshopes see, by the agrement of the first Adryan than pope*, vnto 
 Lychefeld. He also chasyd f Brytos or Welshemen into Walys, and made a famous dyke 
 vatwene Walys and thevtter bondys of Mercia, or mydle Inglond, the which, to this day, 
 is namyd Offedych : & after buyldyd there a churche, which longe tyme after was callyd 
 Transiacio Offekyrke. [This Offa also, by angelycall inspyracyon, translatid the holy prothomartyr 
 s«ncti Aibani. ggynt AlbooD, and was firste founder of that famous monastery, ouer that holy body ; 
 the which, syn the firste foundacion, hath, by sundry tymes, been perysshed and hurte 
 i^iby Danys and other, and newely, syn that tyme, reedyfyed. This holy Albon was mar- 
 tyred, as before apperith in the. Ixvii. chaptfe, and story of Conslancius, aboute the 
 yere of our lord. CC. Ixxx. and xvii. by which reason he shulde lye, or he were translatyd, 
 ouer. CCCC. Ix. yeres'.] This Offa also maryed one of his doughters to Brigthricus, 
 that was kynge of Weste Saxons. And for that in his tyme was varyaunce between hym 
 HsSc the Frenshemen, that passage of marchauntes wasforbodyn; therfore he sent that 
 famous doctor, Anselmus, vnto Charlis the great, then kyng of Fraunce, to comon the 
 means of a peace, which Charlys had, after, this Anselmus in suche fauour, that he became 
 his disciple. Than retourne we to Kenelphus, the which, before tyme, had* often warre 
 with Offa, & with hym many conflyctes & lastly agreed. About the. xi. yere of. this 
 
 ♦ I Tu^^ Beoruredus. » Bishop, edit. 1542. 1559. =" Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 * had bad. ' 
 
 Kenelphus* 
 
SEXTA PARS PIPINUS. 139 
 
 Kenelphus, Egbert, kynge of Northumbrys, reooucyd his kynglye dignyte, and became a 
 tnuke. And lastly, the sayde OfFa, when he had reygned ouer Mercya. xxxix. yeres, as 
 Sayth Guydo, he lefte the kyngedome to his sone, also namyd Kenelphus, and yode to 
 Rome. And this Kenelphus, kyng of Westsaxon, kepte strongly his lordeshyp agayne [llj. cm;.} 
 
 rthe powar of all his enemyes, & had his subiectes in due ordre of obedyence. Lastly, 
 Kenulph was supprysed with the loue of a woman y he kepte at Merton, and hautyd hir 
 more secretlye than stoode with his honoure. Whereof hauyng knowlege a kynnesma of 
 Sigebert, late kynge, entendyng toreuengethe deposyng of his kynnesma, awaytid f tyme, 
 & beset ^ house where Kenulph & his paramoure was, smally accopanyed : but so soone 
 as Kenulphe had espyed his enemyes, he set vpo the, whiche, as sayth Polycronycon, 
 were. Ixxx. in nombre ; and foughte with them a longe whyle ; but in the ende he was 
 slayne of Clyto or Clyton his enemye. It was not longe after, or worde sprang of the 
 kynges deth; wherefore Offricus, master tha beynge'of ^kynges knyghtis, tooke with hym 
 a sertayne of y^ sayd chiualry, and pursued vpon the sayde murderars, and lastly encounter- 
 
 /;ed with them, & slewe the sayd Clyto theyr capytayne, with the moor parte of hys company. 
 And that done, he retournyd to Merton, & there toke the corps of Kenulphe, and wifii 
 great solempnyte conueyed it vnto Wynchestre ; and* it was with all reuerence enteryd, 
 whan he had rulyd the West Saxons, (albeit that of hym the Englysshe Cronycle makyth 
 no mencion,) xxxi. yeres. 
 
 ^ IT Capitulum. C.liii. 
 
 PIpinus, theseconde sone of Charlis Martell, bega his reygne ouer the Frenshe men id 
 the yere of grace. CCCCCCC. and. 1. & the second yere of Kenulphus, than kynge of 
 Westsaxon. This, as before ye haue harde, was electyd to that honoure, by assent of pope 
 'Zachary', and the cosent of the nobiys of Fraunce; and, after, he was confermyd of the 
 
 V. seconde Stepha, whan he sat after as pope*. The firste yere of his reygne, the Saxons, 
 otherwyse called Danys, or Normannys, began to warre vpon hym ; the whiche he in- 
 countered at the ryuer of Isayr, and them knyghtly ouercame, and chasyd & brought 
 them fynally vnder his subieccion. And in his retornynge into the coutrey of Frauce, 
 worde was brought to hym of the deth of his brother GryflTon, the which, as before is 
 
 osayd, fled vnto Gayferus, duke of Guyan, & there helde hym, to the ende for to haue 
 causid the people of Guyan to haue rebellyd & to make warre agayne his brother Pepyn: 
 whereof whan some of theym consyderyd the malicious and vnstable codicions of hym, in 
 auoydyng more dauger to theyr' countrey by his meanys myght ensue, fell* suddenly vpon 
 hym, & slewe hym. Whan Pepyn was retournyd into Fraunce, he, by the aduyse of Re- 
 
 ' mygius then bishop of Roan, amendyd the state of the church, & causyd Goddis service 
 to be songe, and^ f before tyme had byn wiih lytic deuocio and reuerence doon and vt- 
 teryd : and other spirituall thynges y before were misorderyd, causyd* them to be set in 
 a better fourme. And, shortly after, Stephan, aboue named, confermyd this Pepyn & his 
 heyres for kynges of Fraunce; and of hym axyd ayde and assystece to withstood the 
 
 powar of Aystulphus, than kynge of Longobardis, y which then warryd vpon certayne 
 iandes belongynge vnto the Church of Rome ; the whiche kynge Pepyn to hym with good 
 wyll grauntyd. And in the begynnynge of the nexte yere folowyng, with a great hooste 
 enteryd the boudys of Italy, and into' the same made sharpe and cruell warre : in de- 
 fence whereof the sayd Aystulphus made his beste prouysyon, and defendyd the straytes 
 and mountaynes; by the which f Frenshe men shulde haue further entre into hys londe, 
 & there gaue vnto his enmyes a stronge fight. Albe it, he with his people was forcyd to 
 gyue backe ,' & for his refuge toke the cytie of Papye, whereof Pepyn hauyng informa- 
 cion, beclyped the sayd cytie with a strong syege. Whan Aystulphus had a season de- 
 
 • then beynge mayster. * where, edit. 1533. 1542. ' Zachary bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 * bishop, edit. 1542. 1559. ' that to their, edit. 1542. 1559. * they fell. ' " and," ornilted 
 
 in the later editioDff. ' be caused. ' in. 
 
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 fendvd his cytie, and sawe, by experyence, dayly, his enmyes encreace, & his power my- 
 nvsshe and feble, I avoydyng of extreme daunger, he sought meanes of peace; and in 
 suche wyse pursued the same, that he fynallye hadde peace to hym grauted, vpon codi- 
 cion that he by a day lytnytted shuld restore to y pope' all ryght to his church beiogyng, 
 
 '^y he, or any for hym, held, or before lyme had withholdyn, w other thynges concernynge 
 the sayd peace. And for the parfourmaunce of the sayde condicions, he delyueryd iminedi- 
 atly good hostagys & pledgis. After whiche peace thus substancially confermed, Pepyn 
 with his hooste with great tryumphe retornyd into Fraunce ; but notwithstondyng this as- 
 suryd peace by* confyrmacyon of othe,.& other circumstaunce before shewyd, the nexle 
 
 loyere folowynge, he trustynge vpon better fortune qf warre, denyed and reuokydall his 
 Ibrmer grautis, and refusyd to do as before he had fermely promysed.. For this vnstable- 
 nes and vntrewthe, to remedy, the pope', of newe, made requeste vnto Pepyn : the which, 
 without longe taryinge, reassemblyd his knyghtes & made good spede towarde Italy, and 
 not without daunger passyd the mountaynes, & fynallye besyegyd Aystulphus within the 
 
 K fore sayde cytie of Papy, by meane whereof he lastly was constraynyd to restore ser- 
 iayne cyties, and other possessions that before tyme he had takyn from the pope'. After 
 the whiche agremet endyd and perfyghted, withi a shorte terme f sayd Aistulphus beyng 
 in his disporte of huntyng, fell from his horsey or with his horse, by vyolence whereof he 
 was soo bijpysyd that he dyed shortlye after, whan he hadrulyd the Longobardis, Lum- 
 
 'i'bardis, or Italyons. viii. yeres. After this victory thus o|?teyned by Pepyn, the lordes 
 and prynces that dwellyd about hym feryd, and drad hym, & sought to hym for allyaunce, 
 and amyte : amonge the whiche, Tassylon, duke of Bayon, before spokyn of, that newly 
 had conspyred agayn hym, yelded hym to f kyng, and became his irew lyege man, and 
 sware to hym and to his two sonnys feawte. But the Saxons, which in the Frenshe boke 
 
 ware n^myd Soysons, cowde neuer holde them content without distorbynge of the Frensh 
 men : wherefore kynge Pepyn assemblyd a great boost, & made toward the, & had w 
 them dyuerse coflyctes, & bataylys; so that at lengthe they were dryuen to ask peace, 
 vpon condicion that, yerely after, they shulde yelde vnto the kynge of Fraunce. CCC. 
 good horsys in way of trybute. And that doone, he retournyd into Fraunce, and in- 
 
 i> medially after ordeyned, by the aduyse of his counceyll, a court or counceyll, the whiche at 
 this day is called the parlyament of Fraunce ; and is lyke vnto the court of requestys, now» 
 at this day holden in Englonde. How be it that is of moche gretter resorte of people, and 
 therev^ith" veray delayous; in soo moche, that as I haue herde credyble persones say,, 
 some one mater hath hangyd there, in dispucion*, ouer. xx. yeres: the whiche parlyament 
 
 3fat this daye is kepte at Parys, at Roan, and other, ii. placis of the lon'de. And for iugys 
 of this couceyll or parlyament is deputyd, of f kynges coste in euery place where it is 
 kepte, an hundred parsonys, what of one, & what of a nother. Tha it folowith : Gayferj 
 duke of Guyan, before myndyd, of wyll more than of reason, seta trybute, or imposy- 
 cion, vpon the spirituall londis within his land, without agrement of the clergy : wherefore 
 
 4<.the bisshoppes, for a redresse and remedy, complayned them vnto kyng Pepyn. Then Pe- 
 pyn sent vnto hym, & monesting hym I fayre & goodly manner, that he shuld exchew and 
 forbere suche doynge ; and, for the duke wolde not abstayne for the kynges comaundement, 
 he in shorte whyle assemblyd his army, andentred the terrytory of Guyan, in wastyng 
 and spoylyngethe countrey ; & in to short whyle after, put the duke in suche feere, that 
 
 Axhe was fayne to aplye hym to the kynges mynde, and pleasure, and bounde hym to restore 
 to the clergy, all that he hadde before takyn by extort power. But wha the sayde duke was 
 assuryd of ^kynges retorne into Fraunce, hegatheryda strength of knyghtes, and sent 
 theym to the cytie of Chalours in Burgoyne.and dyddethat he cowde or myghte, to the do- 
 mage of that towne & countrey. In which season the kynge was at tlie towne or cytie 
 
 i. called Dury, whyder, & to the whiche towne tydynges were brought to him of the ^a- 
 
 • B. of Rome. edit. 1543. 155^. * the. ' bishappe of Eome. edit. 1542. 1559. * disputation. 
 
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SEXTA PARS CAROLOMANI. J41 
 
 trew dealyng of this foresayde duke, wherewitli he beynge sore discontent, retournyd 
 with his people into Guyan, & therein bete down many strong holdis & eastdlis, & took 
 or wonne, at lengthe, Burbon, Cancaruyle, & Cleremout. And irom ihens wastyng the 
 countrey with iron and fyre, yode tyll he came to lA-moges ; &, for that wynter came on 
 
 ^^hande, y^ kyng for J^ ease and sauegarde of his people, stregthyd these foresayd cyties, 
 townys, & holdis, that he before had wonne: and than yode to 'a place callyd Cause or 
 Cans, and there kept his Cristmas & Ester. And whan the new season was come, not 
 forgettynge his former purpose, reentryd the foresayde duchy of Guyan, in wastynge ths 
 lode, as he before had doon ; & after toke by strength, the cyties of Burgles and Towrs: 
 
 "ein which season and tyme, f duke ^I'olde neuer appere in playne felde, butkepte hym in 
 stroge holdys; and a« one was wonne, ay' fled into an other. This warre thus contynu- 
 ynge, the countrey and people were sore empouerysshed : wherefore, they lastly con- 
 syderynge the obstinacy of theyr duke, with also the great daunger which they stoode in, 
 murderyd theyr sayd duke, & after yeldyd the to the coiitrey, to f kyoges obeysauce, 
 
 xwith all suche treasure and iewellis, as to the sayde duke "belongyd ; whereof, Pepyn of- 
 ferd a great parte of theym vnto seynt Denys. This warre thus endyd, with many other 
 notable werkys, whereof the rehersayll in order wolde aske a longe tracte of tyme, 
 this victorious prynce Pepyn was vexyd w greuous sykenes ; wherefore, in all haste, be 
 sped hym vnto seynt Martynes, where he made certeyne oblacios & prayers, & thens, his 
 sosykenes encreasyng, wfis coueyed vnto Parys, where he shortly after dyed, whe he had 
 reygned as kyng by y' terme of. xviii. yeres, leuynge after him. ii. sonnes, that is for to 
 say, Charlemayne, and Charlys. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.liiii. 
 
 CArolomanos and Charlys, sonnys of Pepyn, began theyr reygne ioyntly ouer the 
 
 ifFrenshmen, in the yere of our Lord. DCC. Ixviii., and y^. xx. yere of Kenulphe, than 
 kynge of Westsaxons : soo that (>harlemayne had to his parte', myddle Fraunce, and 
 Charlis had Austracy, \V ^ other deale of Fraunce. Of the elder brother, Charlemayne, 
 lytle is lefte in memory, for he dyed whan he had reygned lytic ouer. ii. yeres; wherefore 
 to Charlys fell the hole realme of Fraunce, the whiche, of all f nobles was ioyously ad- 
 
 lomytted. It Was not long after Hunyldys, who Pepyn by his lyfe had ordeygned ruler of 
 Guyan, rebellyd agayne J" kyng; wherefore Charlis preparyd anon his army, and sped hym 
 thyther, and in proces of tyme, constrayned the sayd Hunildus to forsake y^ coiitrey, and 
 for histuyssyon to flee vnto Lupus, than duke of Gascoyne, wherfore Chariis beyngaduer- 
 tysed, sent his message to the sayd Lu pus, wyllynge and comaudynge hym, y he in spedy 
 
 ssmaner shuld sende to hym his rebell Hunyldus, or ellis he wolde, with his army, inuade and 
 spoyle his people and countrey. Vpon resseyt of whiche message, Lupus,- by counceyll, i?o/./x*«i(. 
 condescendyd to the kynges pleasure, so that he causyd Hunyldus to submyt hym vnto the 
 kynges grace and mercy ; wherewith the kynge was so well contentyd, that vpon assiir- 
 auce takyn of the sayd Hunyldus, that there after he shulde be of good aberynge to warde 
 
 M.the kyng, he clerely forgaue vnto hym all his former oflTence : and after he had set that 
 countrey in a rule & order, he retornyd into France, where to hym, soone after, came an 
 embassade frome the firste Adryan, than pope*, requyryng hym of ayde agayne Desyde- 
 rius, than kynge of Logobardys, the which tha had taken from the Churche of Rome, 
 many cyties & other possessions. Than Charlys acceptynge the popes' requeste, or he be- 
 
 kxaan any warre agayne the sayde Desyderius, sent vnto hym an embassade, wyllynge & 
 requyryng hym in all honorable' wyse, to restore vnto the Churche of Rooie, all suche 
 possessions as he from th^ same Churche before tyme had takyn, & yet with helde; 8c 
 also to refrayne hym from all suche warre as he dayly made vpo the londis of the saydQ 
 
 'be. * B of Rome, edit,.1542, 1559. ^ moste humble wi»e,edit. ls99. 
 
 Churche. 
 
142 SEXTA PARS MAGNI. 
 
 Churche. But for be sawe no frute ensue of that message, he made prouysion for all thyngff 
 nedeful to suche a iourney, and shortlye after passyd the mountaynes, not all without 
 batayle, and in processe costraynyd Desyderius to take the cytie of Vercyle, where, after 
 he had refresshed his Italyens, he gaue vnto the Frenshe men, a sharpe and cruell batayle : 
 
 =^but in the ende Desyderius was compellyd to forsake the feeld, and fled after to the 
 
 Wutoria. forenamyd cytie of Papy, where he kepte hym, as^after shall appere,_ a longe whyle. And 
 
 for to shewe you somewhat of the foresayde batayle, ye shall vnderstode that for the great 
 
 occision' of men that there was slayne, the place was callyd long after Mortaria; that is to 
 
 meane, in our vulgare, or mother tonge, f place of deth. In this fyght were slayne, 
 
 /oamonge other, ii. knyghtis greatly famyd, Amys and Amylyou, of who some fablys are 
 reportyd, because they were so lyke of se,mblaunt. These, ii. knyghtes, as wytnessith the 
 Frenshe story, and also Antoninus, were brought vp in the courte of the foresayde Charlis, 
 and with hym well cherysshed, and fynally here slayne, and buryed, after some wryters, 
 in the two chapellys, whiche in the foresayde place were buyldyd to praye for the great 
 fmuUytude of the soulisof these knyghtis that there were slayne. But who that is desyrous 
 to knowe the whole lyfe of these, ii. foresayde knyghtes, let hym ouer se the thyrde Capy- 
 tre of the. xiiii. tyde of AntoninuS) and he shall there fynde a compendyous and goodly 
 story, the which for length I ouer passe, and retorne my style agayne to Charlys; the 
 whiche whan he was ware that Desyderyus had takyn this cytie of Papy, and it greatly 
 
 ; strengthyd both with men and vytell, in suche wyse that he well vnderstoode y it myght 
 not be shortly wonne, he therefore leyde about it a stronge syege, with the ouer syght of 
 sure and wyse captaynys, & after yode to Rome to vysyte the holy apostles Petyr and 
 Poule, and also to speke with the pope* for dyuers maters, where he taryed a great parte 
 of the wynter folowynge, and after retornyd vnto Papy, whiche as yet was not delyuerid 
 
 L'Hor gyuen vp. But it was not longe after his retorne y the cytie was wonne, wherein was 
 takyn as prysoner the sayde Desyderius, with his wyfe and chyldren. The-whiche, to make 
 shorte processe, he at lengthe forcyd hym to restore vnto the pope*, all suche possessions 
 as he before tyme hadde takyn frome his Churche, and addyd more there vnto the two 
 cities of Spoletys and Beneuent; and fynally depryued hym of all kyngly honoure, and ■ 
 
 36 lad hym as prysoner into Fraunce, and as a prysoner or exylc from his naturall coiitrey, 
 kept hym at y cytie of Lyons, as wytnessith Cronyca Cronicarum, lacobus Philippus, 
 arid other : and after, by agrement, f pope* gaue that kyngedome vnto Pypynus, his sone, 
 the whiche contynued so in the Frenshemens rule and possessio, ouer the terme of. CC. 
 yeres. For this- victorious dede, thus obteynyd by Charlis, the forenamyd pope* grauntyd 
 
 'rvnto hym many great pryuylegis ; amoge the nobre wherof, one was, that no pope* dur- 
 
 ynge the lyfe of Charhs, shulde be I no wyse electyd or chosyn, tyll there came from hym 
 
 Historia. a comaundemcnt to go to that eleccion ; and also he graHtyd vnto hym inuestiture of bene- 
 
 fycis spirituall: which grauntis and pryuylegys were confermyd, and auctorysyd in a sy- 
 
 node of an hundreth and. liii. bysshoppes kept in Fraunce, by comaundement of the 
 
 i*»fores«[^ Adryan. Of this Charlis, longe and tedyous it were to tell the hole of his actes 
 & dedys, wherfore I entende to towche but a parte of them ; arid for the other deale, I 
 remytte to them j haue further desyre of knowlege, vnto the bookys of Turpyn,and Egy- 
 ueaux, chaplayn to the sayd Charlis, or ellis to the sayde bvsshop Turpyn, which wrote 
 a longe werke of his vertuous dedys. 
 
 »r H Capitulum. C.lv. 
 
 This Charlys Marcyall', after his retorn into France, without there longe taryins, sped 
 hym agayne to f forenamyd people callyd Soysons, or Saxos. which newlye rebellyd and 
 warryd sharpely vpo them, and fought with them sondry batayliys: amongethe whiche. ii. 
 
 - occaeyon, edit. 154*. * B. of Rome, edit. 1542, 155y. ^ Martell, edit. 1542, 1559. 
 
 ben 
 
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 ben specially notyd, whereof y one was foaghten at a place callyd Onacre, and that 
 other at the ryuer of Esam or Hesayre, by which, ii. batayllys the Saxos lost moche of 
 theyr people, and were so sore feblysshed, that they were fayne, shortly after, to put them 
 in the mercy of Charlis; by reason wherof he bonde them vnto certayne lawys and ordy- 
 
 rnaiincis, were of speciallye ope, as pryncypall of theym was, that they fi'ome y day forth 
 shulde renounce and forsake theyr worshipynge of idollys, and false Goddis, and beleue in 
 f fayth of Crystis churchej with many other. For the parformynge of thewhicti couenauntis, 
 the kynge toke of theym good pledgys, and hostagys ; and moreouer to f ende to mynysshe 
 & make lesse theyr strengthe, he chase out of them. x. M. of y' moost apte men for the 
 
 owarrys, and coueyed them with hym into Fraunce ; & after he had cloihyd them with the 
 niantell of baptym, takynge of them assuryd othe to be trewe to hym, and to his heyres, 
 he after intiabyted them in dyuerse placis of his realme, of the wbiche people, as affermith 
 rayn auctor, discendyd the Flemynges, & Brabaders, & thus endyd y warre of f Saxos, 
 or Soysons, y^ had contynuyed by the terme of many yeris passyd. And forthwith, by as- 
 
 'X sent & aduyse of his coiiceyll, he preparyd all abilimetis & ordynauce of warre, to goo 
 agayn f Hunisy the had wonne great groud in Spayne; and for to bryngethis warre to the FiJ-UkxUh. 
 more effectuall ende, he chase, xii.perys, which, after some wryters, are callyd dozeperys, Tweiue pccrrs. 
 or kyngs, of f which, vi. were bisshopys, and. vi. temporali lordes, whereof, thre were 
 named dukes, &. iii. erlys bisshopes, or. iii. arche bisshopes, and. iii. bisshopes', of y te- 
 
 i»porall lordes. iii. were dukes, & thre erlys; that is to saye, the duke of Burgoyne, the 
 duke of Nenstria, or Normandy, and the duke of Guyan: and for. iii. erlys, the erle of 
 Palatyne, the erle of Tholouse, and the erle of Chapeyn, of the whiche also some wry- 
 ters, that* ^famous knyghtes, Rowlande & Olyuer, were. ii. as Roulande, erle of Palantyne, 
 and Olyuer, erle of Tholouse. Whan Charlis had preparyd all thynges necessarye to this great Histom. 
 
 iiiourney, he fyrste made his pylgrymage vnto seynt Denys, and there ofFerd ryche and great 
 gyftes, and after procedyd towarde his iourney; & fyrste besyegyd the cytie callyd Papilo- 
 nia', the which, after.iii. monetbys, he subdued to his obeysaHce. This cytie stoode i the entre 
 of Spayne, in the montaynes callyd Montes Pireni, after ^ obteynyngof which cytie, [& 
 by miracle of saynt lames,]* as sayth Antoninus, Charlis commaunded all such as to 
 
 ioCrystes fayth wolde be conuertyd, shulde be sauyd, & f other to passe by sentece of f 
 swerde. And after he had wonne the fyrst cytie, he wan all the countrey adioynynge to 
 the same, by reason wherof, he caste great fere vnto the miscreaiintis, and wan by his 
 strengthe, and by appoyntment, so that they became his trybutaryes, these cotreys 
 and prouynces hereafter ensuynge. That is to say, as wytnessith Vyncent Historiall, 
 
 irAntoninus, & other, f lade of Laudeluffe, the lande of Pardis, the lande of Castyll, 
 the lande of Mawrys, f prouynce of Nauerne, the coiitrey of Porlyngall, the londe of 
 Byscaye, & the londe of Palarge, and distroyed I them all idollys, and buyldyd in theym 
 churches and monasteryes, and broughte the more partye of them to Crystis relygion : 
 & moost specially the church of saynt lamys he buylded in Compostella yf sumptuous 
 
 in coste, and gaue therevnto great possessyons to the meynteynynge of thfc dyuyne seruyce 
 of God, & the mynysters of the same. And ouer y, with the treasoure that he gate I these 
 foresayde countreys, he buylded many dyuerse churches, as well in other placis as there. 
 Longe it were to tell all the circumstaunce of this vyage, & victoryes of the same, wherefore 
 I passe ouer. And when Charlya had sped his nedys, he had good wyll to retourne in to 
 
 iirFraunce, in the which retorne Charlys castynge no dought nor parell, by the treason of 
 Gaoelon, a knyght or ruler of Gascoyne, f which Gauelon had receyuyd of a Paynym Treason, 
 kynge, namyd Marsyll, great & ryche gyftes for to betray the boost of Charlis, was dyssauyd, 
 as after shewith. This Gauelon, f better to compasse and bryng to effecte his purpose, 
 aduysed Charles, with a sertayne of his people, to passe the porte of Cesayre, and to leue 
 
 ' Of the whyche byshoppe? thre were named dukes, whych were archbyshopes, and thre erlys, which 
 were byghoppes. ' afferme. ' Pampilona. * omitted id tbe edit, 154t2> 155$. 
 
 be 
 
,44 SEXTA PARS CAROLIMANI. 
 
 be hyade hym i the rerewarde Rowlande and Olyuer, with. xx. M, of the resydue of hli 
 boost; and when the kynge was passyd with his hooste, he gaue warnynge vntoy fore- 
 :hamyd Marsyll, & other, that they shulde close the sayde Rowlande in the place callyd 
 Rounceuale, the which, accordynge to that false couceyll, with an boost of. Ix.M. or 
 moo, beclypped Rowlande and his people on euery syde, and there fell vpon the Cristeti 
 men, & slewe theym withoute mercy or pytye, in the whiche fyghte, notwithstondynge the 
 great slaughter that they made of the Sarasyns, fynally was there slayne the sayde Row- 
 lande, Olyuer, & many of the nobles of Fraunce. But this Gauelon scapyd not with- 
 out punyshemet, for he was after taken, and with other to hym cddescedyng, were put to 
 lomoost cruell detb, at f cytie of Aquysgrany. Of this great victory of Charlys. in subdu- 
 ^ ynge of Spayne, are dyuerse oppynyons ; for f Frenshe Cronycle & Antoninus agreen 
 .that it shulde be after that Charlis was ennoynted emperoure of Rome: but master Robert 
 Gagwyn, and other, saye that it was before he was emperoure. Thus this victorious prince 
 retornynge into Fraiice, subdued than after dyuerse countreys, as Gallia Narbonencis, 
 ■ irCampania, or Champeyn, and Beneuentana, and other, which of one mynde bad re- 
 bellyd agayne hym. About the. xxxi. yere of his reygne, as mooste wryters agre, sertayne 
 personys of Italy cospyredagayn Leo the. iii., than pope' of Rome, & hym vngoodlye 
 entretydj buthe lastlye escapynge theyr daunger, cam vnto Charlys, and requyryd hym 
 of his cpmforte and ayde, wherof he was not daungerous. But whan he had well serchyd, 
 oand vnderstoode that the pope* had susteyned wrorige, he with all diligence sped hym 
 thether, and after he had subduyd the popes' enemyes, he restoryd f sayd pope* to his 
 former dygnyte, for the which dede, and other that he had done for the defence of the 
 Churche of Rome, he was, by the, sayd pope* Leo, or Leon, sacryd or enoynted empe- 
 roure of Rome. 
 
 ^ . f Capitulum. C.lvi. 
 
 CHarlis than thus sacryd as femperoure, in the yere of our Lord. DCCC. and one, 
 whan be had accomplysshed his nedys for the weale of the Churche, and the pope*, he 
 N tban with great gyftes retournyd into Fraiice. In this tyme, or soone after, as witnessith 
 
 the Frensh Cronycle, landed in Fraiice, y^ famous clerkys Alcinnus, or Albinus, Ra- 
 jobanus, and lohannes, and other of the dyscyples of Beda, the which Charlis receyuyd 
 with great honour ; and by theyr counsaylys instytude' & ordeyned, firste, the scole ef 
 Parys, and an other at Papia, in Italy, before myndyd. Wlierfore it shulde seme ^ the 
 sayd Alcinnus* was not sent for any entreatyse of peace a twene the. ii. realmes of 
 Fraunce and great Brytayne, as, in the story of Kenulphus, before is shewyd. After 
 irthis tyme and season, many great and noble dedis were doon by this sayde Charlis, & by 
 his sones & capytaynes vnder hym, and by his comaundement. And for the par- 
 statuM Carol, go^ggg ^f gg j,oble a pryncc shulde be had in mynde, therefore dyuerse auctours 
 testyfye, that he was fayre and welfarynge of body, and sterne of looke and of 
 face: his body was. viii. foote long, and his armes and leggys well lengthed-and 
 sstrengthed after the proporcion of |^ body ; his face of a spanne brede, and his berde 
 very longe. Of his strength wonders are tolde : he wolde at one meale eat an hoole 
 hare, or. ii. hennys, or an hole gose, or lyke quatite of other meete, & drynke thereto a 
 Histonj. jytie vvyne mynglyd with water. Amonge his other notable dedys, he made a brydge ouer 
 the ryuer of Ryne, of. v. C. pace long, by f cytie of Maguce ; and he buyldyd, as wit- 
 '>j;Tiessith Antoninus, atid other, as manyabbayes or monasteryes, as there ben letters in ^ 
 crosse rowe of the. A. B. C. : and in the froote of eyther of the sayde abbayes, after the 
 A/. /«,*,. tyme of theyr foundacion, he pyght or set a letter of golde of the value of an hundred 
 pounde turnoys, which is nere to the value of Englysshe money now curraunt. xx. 
 
 • Byshop, edit* 1542. 1559. ^ B. of Rome, edit. 1542. 1559. ' Bysshops, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 * Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559- ' Instytuted, edit. 1533. 1359. * Allcuynue, edit. 1559. 
 
 marke 
 
. SEXTA PARS MAGNI. 14* 
 
 fnarke for a pounde turnoys, is inoche lyke. ii.s. viii.d. starlyng ; & a. li. Paiysyen is nere 
 vpon. xl.d. starlyoge ; but it stodith at no sertente for heyghtyng, & lowyng of theyr 
 Coynes. He also buldyd, or new reedyfyed the cytie of Aquysgrany, & endowid the 
 church of our lady there, with many great gyfteis and presyous relykes, whiche yet re- 
 
 rmayne there to this daye : in whiche cytie, and nere about, he vsyd moche to abyde and 
 lye. And for his great dedis & victoryes he deseruyd to be namyd Charlis the great, & for 
 all his great nayghte and honoure, yet that not withstodyng, he was meke and lowly in 
 his herte, and mylde and gracious to the poore, and marcyfuU to wretchis and nedy, and 
 set his sonnes to lerne, as well letters, as marcyall & knyghtlye featis ; and his doughter 
 
 'she set to spynnynge and woll warke. And he was experte in all spechis, so that he nedyd 
 none interpretours to explane or expresse to hym y^ messagys of straiige ambassatours : 
 and in the tyme of his dyner or meales, he vsyd to haue radde before hym lessons and 
 pystellys ; and specially of the warkys of saynt Austen, de Ciuitate Dei. In hym was 
 no thynge to be dyscomendyd, but that he helde his dougter so longe vnmaryed. This 
 noble man Charlia, iii. yeres before his deth, he had peace with all coutreys, as well 
 suche as were obeysaunt vnto the empyre, as suche as longed to his domynyon of Fraiice. 
 In the which tyme of rest, amonge other godlye and vertuous dedis, he made his testa- 
 ment, and distributyd his teporall moueable goodis in. iii. partis; wherof. ii. partis he 
 gaue to maynteynyng of bisshopis and other mynysters of the churche, and for the repa- 
 • racyon of churches & necessaryes to the same, and to f maynteyaynge of the dyuyne ser- 
 uyce of God, with also the ayde and fedyng of poore and nedy people ; and the thyrde 
 parte to his children and other of his allye. Ye shall vnderstonde this Charlis had I his 
 treasory specyally notyd, before his other iewellys. iiii. tables or bordys, whereof, iii. were 
 of syluer, and f. iiii. of golde. In one was grauyn the lykenes of the cytie of Con- 
 rstantyne the Noble; the whiche he bequath to 5" Church of Rome. In an other was 
 grauyn or wroughte, f lykenes of the cytie of Rome ; & that he gaue to f bisshop of 
 lleynes, & to his church : & the. iii. table of syluer wherein was grauyn f Mappa Mundi, 
 and the. iiii. of golde, he gaue to his sonnes. Many thynges there were, and causys of 
 .the exaltynge of f fame of this prynce. But amonge other, one is specyally remembryd 
 lof myne auctour Gagwyne, y the kynge of Percy than rulynge a great parte of y Oryent, 
 sent vnto Charlys an ambassade honorable \V many ryche presentis : among y^ whiche was 
 an horologe of a clocke of laten, of a wonder artyficiall makyng, that at euery oure of 
 the daye & nyght, whan the sayde clocke shulde stryke, imagys on horse backe aperyd 
 out of sondrye placis, and after departyd agayne by meane of sertayne vyces. He sent 
 
 5rto hym also tentis of ryche sylke, & baulme naturall, with certayne olyfauntys, requyr- 
 ynge hym of amytye & fredshyp : & in ly|ce wyse dyd the emperoure of Costantyne f 
 noble. Albeit y he, i his mynde, was not well cotentyd y the pope* had in y wyse de- 
 uyded the empyre, & set such a man of myght in^ rome therof. This Charlis had dyuerse 
 wyues; but of ^secode, namid Eldegard, he reseyuid. iii. sonnes: ^ that is to say, Lewys, 
 
 "^Pepyn, & Charlis ; y^ whiche Pepyn he made kyng of Logobards or Italy, as before is 
 shewyd of his notable dedys.' What shuld I loger hold processe of this great coqueroure? 
 for lyke as I before shewyd, of his notable dedis myght I make a great volume if I shulde 
 of the shewe the clerenesse, and y" circustauce of euery conqueste that he in his tyme 
 acheuyd. But deth y is to all persones egall, lastlye tooke hym in his dymme daiice, 
 
 „rwhri he had ben kyng of Frauce, with his brother, and alone, xlvii. yeres ; of the whiche, 
 he rulyd f empyre, as before is shewyd. xiiii. yeres: in the yere of his -age, as sayth the 
 Frenshe Cronycies. Ixxii. and was buryed at Aquysgrany with great pompe, in f yere of 
 our Lordis incarnacio. DCCC. and. xv. with this superscription vpon his toumbe : " Ca- 
 roli Magni Cristianissimi Imperatoris Romanorum corpus sub hoc sepulcro conditura 
 X« est," which may be Englysshed as folowith : 
 
 * or. edit. J542. 1559. * B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' " °^ l"'* notable dedys," omitUi^ 
 
 in the later editions. 
 
 U Of 
 
146 SEXTA PARSCAROLIMANI. 
 
 Of Charlis the great, and emperoare raooste cristen 
 Of Rome, the body is hyd this toube within. 
 Of the fore named sonnys of Charlys, suruyaed the eldest Lowys by name; and the 
 othfer. ii. Pepyn and Charlys, dyed before theyr father. 
 
 5- . '^ Capitulum. G.Ivii. 
 
 „. ,, BRigthricus, of f bloode of Cerdicus, firste kyng of Westsaxos discended, bega his 
 H...5. c».s7.j ^^ ouer the sayde' Saxons in f yere of our Lord. DCC. &. Ixxviu, and the. x. yere of 
 e'barlys the great than kyng oif Prau nee. This before tyme had maryed one of f dough- 
 ters of Offa kynge of Misrcia, as before is touchyd ;' by whose ayde and powar he put 
 /ooat of his rule,- Egbert the sone of Aleumundus r y whiche Egbert at that day was aa 
 vnder kyng or ruler, in ^ lordeshyp of Westsaxon ; which Egbert was discendyd of the 
 "blo6de of the holy Gerigijlphus'; of whom some parte of the story is declaryd in the. xxv. 
 Chaptre of'the. v. booke of Polycronyca. And after he was thus of Brygthrycus expulsyd, 
 he saylyd i'lito Frauce, and there exercysyd hym selfe in featys of warre with the knyghtes 
 -of Charlys 'courte,'dui-ynge the" lyfe of | sayd Brygthrycus. Aboute the. ii. yere of this 
 Brygthrycus was seen, in great' Brytaygne, a wonder s^hte, for sodenlye as men walkyd 
 in thestrete, crossys' lyke vnto bloode fell vpon theyr cloti^is, and blood fell from beuyn 
 lyke di-bppis of ra^ne : this after some expbsytoiirs betokened f c5mynge of the Danes into 
 this ionde; th'e'which entred shortly after. For as witnessith Policronica, aboute the ix. 
 aiyere of Brygthricus, the Danes' fyrste e n try d' this londe: in defence whereof this sayde 
 kynge sent foith his stewarde of house holde with a smalle company, and was* slayne: 
 but by the strengthe of Brygthrypus, and' other kynges of Saxos, they were copellyd to 
 voyde the lande for y tyme and season. Brygthricus thus well and knyghtly rulyng his 
 iande, his wyfe, nainyd Ethelburga, tiot with hym contentyd as she oughte to be, soughte 
 i'^dyuerse wayes & nieanes how she myght brynge hir lorde out of lyfe, so that fynally she 
 , pbysqnyd hym \V many other of his hoiisholde meyny : wherefore, she feryng punysshement, 
 'fled into Fraiice, & by suche frehdshyp as she there had, was well cheryssbyd in Charlis 
 WomaDJchqyce. tourt, surnftinyd the great. Of hir it is tolde, f whan he had hadde some inforraacyon of 
 Jul. Ikxsvi. the vnstablenes of this womans condicions, he, at that season beynge a wydowar, vpon a 
 sVseason in passynge of the tyme with hir, sayde, **nowe I putt9youre choyse, whether you ' 
 wbll haiue me vnto your weddyd lorde, or ellys my sone stondynge here in youre pre- 
 eence ; and hym that you chose, hym shall you hau€ and enioye for your husbonde;" but 
 she chase the sone, and lefte ^ father. Than sayde the kynge : " if thou haddyste chosyn 
 me, thousHuldyst haue had my sone; but for thou haste forsakyn me, thou shalt haue 
 3snou'ther of vs." And after he clbsyd hyr in hn abbey, where 1 processe a lewde man kepte 
 ■w hir suche copany, that she was voydyd that place, and* demeanyd hir so viciously, that 
 in processe of tyme she fell in such pouerte, that she dyed in great penury & mi- 
 " serye. For the whiche mysse demeanure of this woman, that she had innaturally slayne hir 
 lorde and husbonde, the kyng [of Anglys, and specially]' of West Saxons, wolde not 
 *r suffer the wyueS to be callyd Sueuys*, nor yet suffer them to set by them in placis of 
 great honour, or kyngely sete, by a longe tyme after. Thus, as before is shewyd, by thfe 
 impoysonynge of "his owne wyfe, dyed the kyng Brigthricus, wha he had rulyd f Westsax- 
 ons, after moste cocorde of wry ters, by the terme of. xvii. yere. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lviii, 
 
 IU.S. n.aS.JKi'. EGbertus, the sone of Alcumundus, as before is shewyd, began his reygne -ouer the 
 
 West Saxons m the yere of grace, vii. CJ Ixxx. &. xv., &.* xxvii. yere of Charlis the great, 
 
 than kyng of Frauce. This, as before is sayde, was dryuen out of ;^ londe of Brytayne by 
 
 ' Genulphus. » whych shortly was. » and the. edit. 1 533. 1542. * and after. 
 
 Omitttd in edit. 15a9. queenes. €dit. 1559. ' viii, C. edit. 1555. * and the. edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 the 
 
SEXTA PARS EGBERTI. ur 
 
 the strengthe of Brygthricus; bat he had' knowlege of his detb, be sped out of Fraunce, and" 
 so knyghtly wyse bym demeaned that he obteynyd the regyment and goucrnaunce of the 
 abouesayde kynf«e'. Bernulphus, kynge of Mercia, hadde this Egbert in derysyon, and made 
 thereof dyuerse scaffiys and iapynge rymes, the which he susteynyd for a tyme. But whao Histona. 
 ■"he was somedeale stablysshed, & had prouyd the myndes & hartis of his subiectes, he lastly 
 asseblyd his knyghtes, & gaue to hym a batayle in a place callyd Elyndome, in the pro- 
 uynce of Hampton, and albe it that I that fy^ght was great dyuercyte of niiber, as. vi. 
 or, viii, agayn one, yet Egbert had the victory; for his knyghtes were iene, megre, pale, 
 and longe bretried, so that they myght not* endure to fyght: for fatte*, corpolent, & shorte 
 
 '"breth, but* were sone ouercome with swete and short labour. Here is to be notyd, that 
 after the deth of Offa, kynge of Mercia, or myddyil Englonde, of whome somewhat is 
 towchyd I the story of Kenulphus, reygned his sone Egfertus, & after Egfertua reygned Ke- 
 nulphus, or Kenwolfus, f which Kenwolphus was father to the holy martyr Kenelme & to. 
 ii. fayre vyrgyns, Quindreda, and Burgenulda or Ermenilda. And after ^enwolphussuc- 
 
 Tcedyd the foresayd Kenelme, & after Kenelme reygned Colwolphus, & after hym suc- 
 cedyd Barnulphiis, before namyd. Than to retorne agayne to Egbert, the whiche wlmn 
 be Ijad, as before is sayde, ouercome Bernulphus, he aeasyd that iordshyp into his 
 honde, and that doone he made warre vpon the Kentyshe Saxons, and at lengthe in lyke 
 wyse of them opteynyd victorye; and, as witnessyth Polycronyca, he also subdued the 
 
 2sNorthumbrys, and causyd f kynges of these, iii. kyngdomes to lyue vnder hym as 
 trybutaries, or ioyned theym to his kyngedome, as testifyeth the auctor of ^ Floure of Hyf- 
 toryes. This Egbert also wan frome f Brytons, or Walsshe men, the towne of Chestre 
 that they had kept the possession of tyll that daye : for the which victoryes thus by hym . 
 opteynyd, he sliortly after callyd a counceyll of his lordis at Wynchester, & there by 
 
 rtheyr aduysys, crownyd hym kyng and chefe lorde of this londe, f to fore this daye is > 
 callyd Brytaygne, & sent then out in to all costis of this londe his comaundementes and co- 
 myssiuns, chargynge straytlye, that from that day forthward the Saxons shulde be callyd Aogii*. 
 Anglys, and the londe Anglia. About the. xxiiii. yere of the reygne of Egberte, which [Li.^. „. jj.) 
 shulde be the yere of our lorde, as menyth Polycronyca. viii. C. and. xix., Kenelmus, be- 
 
 w fore myndyd, the sone of Kenwolphus, was admytted for kynge of Mercia, beynge then a 
 chylde of the age of. vii. yeres : the whiche by treaso of his syster Quendreda, was slayne SietusKxnelv 
 in a thycke woode, by a tyraut callyd Hesbertus, [and his body after founde by a pyller of '""»• 
 5' son beame, or of lyghte dyuyne that shone frome his bodye to warde heuyn. It is also 
 rad of hym, that a coluer bare ascrowle wrytenin Englysshe, tha vsyd, and let it fall from 
 
 irhyr vponthe auter of seyntPetyr, in Rome, whereof the wordys were these: "AtClent 
 I Cowbacch Kenelme Kenebern lyeth vnder thorne, hewyd, beweuyd;" whiche is to meane 
 in Englysshe, nowe vsyd, at Clent in Cow vale, vnder a thorne, lyeth Kenelme, hedles, 
 slayne by fraude. Wha this holy body was foude, and was borne towarde f place of his 
 sepulture, bis forenamed syster entendynge some derysion, or other vylanye to be doon 
 
 «to the corps, lent out of a wyndowe whereby the corps shuld passe, and to bryng hir ma- 
 iycious purpose aboute, I note by what sorcery she ment, there she rad the Psaime of f 
 
 •Sawter, begynnyng " Deus Laudeni," backwarde ; but whatso hir entent was, she there in- 
 contynently fell blynde, and hir eyen dystylled dropes of blode y fell rpo the Sawter 
 booke, the which, in token of Goddes wretche, in f boke reroayne at this day to be seen. 
 
 rOf the holynes of this martyr and of his vertue, the legende of sayntes reportith the 
 surplusage.]' In ^. xxix. yere of f reygne of Egbert, or after the Englysshe Cronycle, 
 Edbryght, ^ Danys with a great boost entered the seconde tyme this lode, and spoylyd Danys wyn 
 the He of Shepey, in Kent, or nere to Kent : wherof heryng kynge*, Egbert assemblyd his [^f^, „_ j^.^ 
 
 ' liauyoge. * and in. * kyngedome, edit. 1559* * mygbt endure. ' fiut 
 
 Bernulphus knyghtes were fatte* * so that they were. ' Qmitteii in the edit- 1542. 1559. 
 
 • the kynge. 
 
 U 2 people,. 
 
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 til.lxxxvii. 
 
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 people, and met with theym at a place callyd Carrum. But he wan of that fyght lytelt 
 worshyp, for the Danys compellyd hytn and his knyghtes to forsake the felde. And by 
 presumpcion of that victory they drewe westwards, and made a confederey with the. 
 West Brytons that lyued in seruage, by whose power they assayllyd Egbertys andes,- and 
 
 rdyd moch harme in many placys of his domynyon, and ellys where : so that after this daye 
 they were contynuallye abydynge in one place of the realme of Englande or other tyll, 
 the tyme of Harde Kynytus, last kyng of the Danys blood, so that many of theym 
 were maryed to Englysshe women, & many that now been, or in tyme passyd, were ca}iyd 
 Englysshe men, are discended of them. And albe it that they were many and sondry tymes , 
 
 ,adryuen out of that lande, & chasyd from one countrey to a nother, as after ye shall here ; 
 yet that natwithstadynge, they euer gaderyd newe strengthis and power, so that they abode . 
 styll within the londe of the kynge. Of these Danys, and of what people they be discendyd, 
 dyuerse opynyons of wryters there be, which nowe I passe ouer, for soo moche as I en- 
 tende to shewe some what of theym in this warke folowynge- . , ^ 
 
 ■r Than it folowith in the story : the tyme contynuyng of the persecucyon of these foresayde, 
 Pasauys & Danes, Egbert, or Edbryghi, dyed, whan he had well and nobly rulyd the 
 Westsaxons, and other, f more parte of Englond, by the terme, after moost wryters, of. 
 xxxvii. yeres, & was buryed at Wynchester, as sayth Guydo, and lefte after hym a sone, 
 named Athenulphus. 
 
 2^ ^ Capitulum. C.lix. 
 
 LOdouicus, the first of that name, and sone of Charlis f great, bega his reigne ouer 
 ^realme of Fraiice, & also his empyre ouer y' Romaynes, if yere of grace, DCCC. 
 and. XV., and the. xx. yere of Egbertus, tha kyng of Westsaxos. This for his mekenes 
 was callyd Lewys the mylde, or meke. In tyme of his fathers dyssease he was occu-;, 
 
 ifpyed in Guyan, the whiche he before tyme had the rule and domynyon of by eomaude- >, 
 met of his father ; but whan he was aduertysed of his fathers deth, he anon sped hym to- 
 warde Aquysgrany, so that the. xxx. daye after his departynge out of Guyan, he came 
 vnto the foresayd cytie, where he was met with all the nobles and barons of Fraunce. i^nd 
 firste, or he medlyd or tooke vpon hym any cure, or charge of his own busynes, he with 
 
 3omoost deuocion causyd great obseruaucis, & moch dyuyne seruyce to be doon about y' se- 
 pulture of his father, which obseruauce and prayers fynysshed and eridyd, the sayde Lewys 
 comaundyd to come before hym dyuerse ambassatours, y frome dyuerse prynces were 
 «ent vnto his father, Charlis; and to them gaue answers concemynge theyr legacionsand 
 messagys, and than procedyd vnto the nedys of his realme, for y weale thereof, and'of 
 
 whis people : wherein he beynge busyed, worde was brought to hym of an ambassade royall , 
 that was comen from Michael, than emperour of Constantyne the noble, agayne the 
 which he sent certayn of his lordes to receyue them, & so with all honour to bryngthem; 
 vnto his presence. Of whose comyng the entent was to presente hym with certayne ryche 
 gyftes, and to desyre hym of his amyte and frenshyp. Also soon after canrie vnto hym 
 
 vomessyngers from the Beneuetanys, ofFerynge vnto his magnyficece, obligacios & bodis to, 
 
 be his trewe lieges, and to pay-to hym yerely in way of trybute. vi. M. dukatis of golde. A 
 
 dukat is of sodry valuys, but f leest I value is. iiii.s. iii.rf. ob. & the best, iiii.s. vii.rf. 
 
 1, or Sax- Tha the Soysons, or Saxons, that were soo dyuerse of condicion, began to murmoure 
 
 and rebell them agayne this Lowys: wherfore, or he wolde assemble any people agayne 
 
 urtheym, he sent thyder certayne parsons to knowe the cause of theyr rebellyon, and when 
 he was enformed y it was for the takynge awaye from them of certayne landis and posses- 
 sios by his father, he then restored agayne the sayde landes, and so recounsylyd the coii- 
 trey to his subieccio. For this dede some of hislordes grudgyd, & sayde that such mylde- 
 nes was not tube vsyd^to people of suche obstinacy and sternesse, but to haue forcydthe 
 
 roby dynt of swerde to haue lyued i dewe obedyece. In this passe tyme dyed pope' Stepba, the' 
 
 ' Om««rf in edit. 1542. 1555. 
 
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 fourth of y name, after whose dethwas elected to thatdygnyte, the firste Pascal!, wlthoute 
 consent or knowlege of this Lewes, and some deale to the discotentyng of his mynde & 
 pleasure; but in shorte tyme after, he receyued suche wordisand presentis frome the sayds 
 pope' that he was well satisfyed & pleasyd. And for at those dayes in Fraunce was vsyd of Correcdo ssmp. 
 
 rprestes, & men of the Church, precious and shewynge vesture, and goldyn and ryche star- ^^ 
 ynge gyrdellys, with rynges, and other ornametis of golde, the sayd Lewys purchasyd of y 
 pope', a correccion for all suche as vsyd such disordynate apparell, and causyd them to 
 vse and were browne, and sad colours, accordynge to theyr honours and sadnes. This 
 Lewys had. iii. sonnes, y is to saye, Lothayre, whom he made felowe of the empyre ; 
 "Pepyn, the second, whome he made duke of Guyan ; and Lewys, the thyrd, to whome 
 he betooke the rule of Bayon. To this yongest sone worde was brought, that Barnarde, a 
 ruler in Italy, had assemblyd a great powar, and with the aydys of. ii. other capitaynys, 
 namyd lylys & Reyner, the which Charlis f great by hys lyfe greatly fauouryd, occu- 
 pyed the stregthis of the mountaynys, and entendyd to kepe the coutrey of Italy from 
 
 rthe subieccion of*his father the emperoure: whereof he geuynge his father knowlege, 
 stronge powar was gaderyd, as well by the father as by Lothayre his sone, & sped theym 
 towarde the mountaynes. But whan the sayde Barnard was ware of the emperours com- 
 ynge with so great a strengthe, and consydei^yd his lacke of powar to mayntayne his pur- 
 pose, with also the great mercy and pytye that he knewe to be i the emperoure, sub- 
 .myttyd hym hooly to his grace and mercy, & dyscoueryd to hyra the auctours of that 
 rebellyon, y which this Lewys causyd vnder safe kepyng lo be had vnto the cytie of 
 Aquysgfany, of f which rebellys the bisshop of Mylayne, the bysshop of Cremoun, & 
 the bysshop of Orleannce were there. Than* the kynge passed all the wynter folowynge at 
 the foresayd cytie, & lastlye causyd to be broughte hefore hym f foresayde transgressours, 
 rand examyned the syrcumstaunce of the foresayde treason, and after remytted them 
 to the rygoure of Lewys: where by processe they weve condampnyd to dethe as many of 
 them as were teporall men-. Tha the emperouv hauyng compassion of the forenamyd Bar- 
 narde, for so moche as he was the sone of Pepyn, last kyng of Italy, & his nere 
 kynnesman, transmutyd the sentence of deth vnto perpetuyte of pryson, & losynge of his 
 
 ^osyght. But for the sayd Barnarde, Reyner, & other, chase rather to dye than to lyue in Eligiturmors. 
 pryson with f dysformyte, they passyd by dinte of the swerde, and were beheddyd within, or 
 nere to the sayd cytie of Aquysgrany, and y sayd bysshoppes were depryued of theyr digny- 
 ties, and put into pryuate houses of relygyon. And whyle this Lewys was occupyed in lytle 
 Brytayne, in subduynge of that countrey, Lothayre, the eldeste sone of this Lewys, was 
 
 ifsent to rule the londis of the empyre, where he bare hym right nobly, and executyd dy- 
 uerse actis for the wcale of the empyre. But in this season, ii. frendes of his father & 
 his, were for certeyn crymes to theym put, moost cruelly codempnyd to vyle deth, within 
 the cytie of Rome : whereof herynge, Lothayre, than beynge at y cytie of Papy, sent 
 worde therof to his father in all hasty wyse, the which was lyke lo haue turnyd the pope' 
 
 ifsto great trowble, if he by polytyke & wyse meanes had not shortly pacyfyed the mater. 
 That one of the foresayde. ii. parsonis so condempned, was scrybe to the pope', and that 
 other was donar. Ye shall vnderstande f this Lewys had. ii. wyues : by the firste he had 
 the forenamyd. iii. sonnes, and of the seconde he receyuyd a sone, and namyd hym PoLixKxviik 
 Charlys, the vvhiche, whan he came to mannys stature, was surnamed Charlys the bolde. 
 
 i.'He loued entierly this Charlis, & wolde often kysse hym in f presence of his bretherne, 
 for the which they enuyed theyr sayde brother, & also dysdayned theyr father, as here 
 after shall appere. Thus, in processe of tyrae, Lewys gaue vnto this Charlys, the coii- 
 trey of Nenstria, or Normandy, the which causyd great dissencion amonge the bretherne, 
 and also, for this, and other causys, Lotharius tooke partye agayne his father. 
 
 ' Byshop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' " Than" omitted. 
 
 7 ^ Capituluna. 
 
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 SEXTA PARS LODOUICI. 
 
 KIstoi'u. 
 
 Cocordia. 
 
 jmperator. 
 
 ^ Capitutam. C.Ix. 
 
 THis seconde wyfe of Lewis was namyd Ihdith', the whiche was accusid to f 
 pope* to be within suehe degre of allyaunce to hir husbonde, that she niyght not 
 lawfully contynewe his wyfe.. Wherefore, cotrary the' wyll of Lewys, by the laboure 
 
 rof some bisshopis and other lordesof Fraunce, she was deuoreyd from hym, & put into 
 ahouse oftiunnys, and there straytly kept. Lewys*, for a tyme, susteynydthisiniuryes, to 
 the ende that he myght knowe whether his sonnes fauourid the cause or not. But in 
 processe of tyme, whan he had experyence of his frendis, & of his sone^, he tha assemblyd 
 to hym a strong boost, and recoueryd his wyfe, malgre to all his enmyes: for the whiche 
 
 rtdede, Lothayre, with dyuers of the barons of Frauce, assemblyd iheyr people, and 
 entendyd to depryue Lewys frome all imperiall & kyngly dignylte. Wherfore Lewys, 
 ferynge his sone & his assistes, & also for the entete f he myght asseble f strengthe of J- 
 empyre, he yode vnto Magunce, and after he had purueyed and garny^^hyd his retynewe^ 
 he retornyd towarde Fraunce, & met with some of his enemyes, & them subduyd : & soo 
 i'kepte on his iourney tyll he came to Aquysgrany, where he restyd hym & his people. 
 Thus contynuynge this dissencion, : the sonnis sent wittynge* to the pope^, than beyn^e 
 namyd Gregory^ fourthe, reqiiyrynge hym of ayde & coiiceyll to deuyse a concorde & peace 
 atwene theyr father and theym : at whose requeste, and for to cause a natural! charyte to 
 be quyckenyd atwene^ father and his. iii. sonnes, he came i his propre parsone into 
 
 i»Fraunce, and endeuoryd hym, to the vttermost of his wyttes, to agree to the sayd 
 partyes. In the tyme of this entreaty this' made by the pope," I cannot saye for what 
 cause, many of the lordes, on the partye of Lewys, forsooke hym, and fled to f sonnya 
 partyci so that f emperoure was in great feere of hymselfe, & of his parson. Whan 
 Lewys had seen his frendes thus in tyme of his nede, refuse & flee frome hym, and 
 
 jrlefte; hym in great feere and daungej- of straungers, he than thoughte better for hyni to put 
 hymselfe vnder the rule and tuyoion of his owne chyldren than to abyde^ doute of tha 
 sayde straungers : wherfore he sent vnto his sayde sonnes, requyrynge them to prouyde 
 for his saf«garde, and assurynge of his person, and that he were not there oppressydor 
 murdryd. And within shorte space after sent this message to theym, the whiche, withoyte 
 
 3«answere of them agayne receyuyd, rode towarde theym smally accompanyed; whereof 
 than, Lothayre & his brother had' warnyng, i all hombly wyse encoutrid hym, & re- 
 ceyuyd hym vpon theyr knees, & so coueyed hym with all reuerece vnto theyr pauylyon 
 or tent. And after for a begynnynge of a place*° to be stablysshed atwene hym and tliem, 
 
 ^ he to satasfye theyr myndes, refusyd y^forenamed Indith, & closyd hir I a place of religi3 
 
 Sfcallyd. Tortonj as testyfyeth myn auctour, master Robert Gagwyne : but the Frensh 
 booke sayth, that this dede was doon by Frederyke, bisshopof Vtri'ke. Wherefore he 
 w^s after. piteouslyslayn bysuche as fauouryd the quene, & not all without hir concente, 
 as witnessith the sayde Cronycle. And whan Lowys had in this and other thyncres agreed 
 vnto his sonnes, and thought hymselfe to be in surete of theyr' amyte and fauours, 
 
 !.,,«odeyply he was conueyed vnto the monastery of seynt Medyrd", or as sayth the Frenshe 
 boke he was coueyed to a towne, callid in Frensh, Melanguy, with his yonge sone 
 Charlys ; and that doon, the sayd. iii. sonnes deuydyd theyr fathers possessions amonge 
 them, ui.that is to saye Lothayre the eldest, had to his porcyon the londys of the empyre». 
 Pepyn the^countrey of Guyan, & to Lowys ;^ yongest fell ^coiitrey ef Bayon. Wliiche 
 
 .nnysery of yemperour, whan the pope" had beholdyn and seen, he with great mornynge 
 returned into luly', and so vnto Rome : in whiche tyme of prysonement of ^ erapeiour, 
 the sayd Lowys made dyteys, and pystyllys, of great sorow'e and lamentacion, to the 
 
 ' ludith, edit. 1559 * Bysshop^ edit. 1542,1559. 
 
 * wrytyng. ' Byshop of Konie, edit. i54.2, 1559, 
 
 " Mildrede, edit. 1559. " Bishop, edit. 1542 
 
 ^ * to the. ♦ But Lewys. 
 
 this, omttted. » hauynge. 
 
 1530. ■ «s Italy, edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 ' sonnes* 
 '" Peace- 
 
 exaumple 
 
SEXTA PARS PRIMI. j^l 
 
 exauraple of all ertblye prynces, & to the entent that his sonaes shulde of bym haue the 
 n>ore compassion & pytye: the whiche I ouer passe for lengtheof tytne, and the i-ather, 
 for in tyme of prysonement of Edwarde the seconde, callyd Carnaruan, was by iiyin 
 ^ade a lyke conaplaynt, where ot^ whe tyme and place commyth, I entende to expresse 
 
 ,raome parte there of. Whan Lowys had thus a season remaynyd in pryson, for so mo<;he 
 as ^ comons sbuld not thynke that this shulde be doon by the auctoryte of the. iii. sonnes 
 onely, therefore they eausyd a counsa>ll to be callyd- at the citie of Compeyn, &, there, 
 by theyr meanys and laboiirys, eausyd theyr father, by. auctoryte of spirituall and, tem- 
 porall lordys, to be dyschargyd of all rule & dominyon, as well as of the empyre, as of the 
 
 '*realme of Fraunce, by auctoryte of the sayd connsayle or parlyament ; & after eausyd 
 hym to renounce all his tSporall habyte, and to become a munke in p monastery of seynt 
 Marke, where he was lefte of his sone Lothayre, not without sure watche and kepynge. 
 But fv'll often it is seen, that whan the erthlye power of man faylyth or wekyth, Godj of 
 his great marcy, the repentauntsynner to grace callyth, and hym, by his dyuyne poiyar, 
 -aydeth & strengthyth : & so he dyd this Lowys; for after this jnysery and tribulacio thus 
 to hyni fallen, the people I dyuerse placis of this lode, murmuryd and grud^yd very 
 soore agayne the innaturall dealynge of the sonnes agayne theyr father. In tlieyse dayes' 
 was a great ruler in Frauc^, namyd Guyllyam, and stuarde or costableof that londe : 
 the whiche, with one Egebarde or Edgare, a man of great byrth and allyaunce, coun- 
 
 2t!saylyd to gydyr for the enlargyng of the eraperour, and lastly, with ayde of theyr freendys, 
 assemblyd a' great people, & then drewe vnto theym. ii. noblemen of Burgoyne, callid 
 Barnarde and Gueryn, f which some tyme had ben well cherysshed w theeniperour Lovyys. 
 All this season Lothayre had resiyd hym for the more partyeat Aquysgranyej but when 
 he harde of the asseml>lynge of these foresayd lordis, he sped hym towarde Parys. . And 
 
 ifwhan he was thyther comyn, the foresayde lordes sent vnto hym. ii. noble men, Rowland /^»/. /*»««. 
 and Gantelyn, f which made requeste vnto Lothayre in the name of the other lordes, y 
 it wold lyke hym to restore his father vnto his former dygnyte, with other thynges c6- 
 cernynge theyr legacion : to the whiche two lordes Lothayre gaue answere, f of his 
 fathers restorynge to his first or former dygnyte no man lyuynge wolde be thereof more 
 ifayne than he wolde j but the deposyng of hym was doon by the hole auctoryte of the 
 land, w herefore, if he shulde be agayne restoryd, it must be bjr the same auctoryte, & not Reitiwc* 
 by hym onely. Albeit f they myght knowe of his benyuolence and fauoure ^ he bare 
 towarde his father, he wyllid them to stdde a parte whyll he had some comunication of 
 his lordes for f same mater : by reason whereof, were it for fere or for fauoure, the 
 
 iremperoure was shortly after put at his lybertye, and restoryd to all his firste honoure and 
 dignyte ; & than w great honoure coueyed to a cytie or towne called Ciriciake, where met 
 •with hym his other, ii. sones Pepyn and Lewys, and there restyd hym certayn dayes in 
 makyng all feest and ioye ; and after roode vnto Aquysgrany, and there restyd an other 
 season. In which tyme of his there beyng, was brought vnto hym from f place where 
 
 MB she had ben prysoner, his wyfe Indith j but whan Lolharyus knewe that his father. had hir 
 agayne receyuyd, contrary to hys mynde and pleasure, he in wrath and displeasure enti;yd 
 the coutrey of Burgoyne, & made in it sharpe and cruell warre, & executyd them' many / 
 
 spolynges and other inordynate dedis : the which crueltye to withstond and let, his fader 
 with his sotie, P^pyn, with a great hooste, sped them* thyther warde, bat anon, as he had 
 
 nrknowlege thereof, mystrustynge his strengihe, he yelded hym vnto his fathers grace & 
 meicy, whom the meke father receyuyd & forgaue to hym his trespasse. And after' of 
 hym and dyuerse of his lordes, he bad taken assuryd othes, and other suretyes, he than 
 sent the sayd Lothare into Italye, with a certayne nombre of knyghtes, to defende f 
 coutrey frome daunger of enmyes, and strengthyng of the straytes and moutaygnes : and 
 
 ^5 that, with other thynges, orderyd and doon for j weale of his realme, Lewys tljan take 
 
 • iberin. * bym. ' after tb»t, 
 
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 vpon hym to ryde about his londe, to the entente that he myght be somwhat enfonnyd' bf 
 the rule of his ofFycers, and how the coutreys were rulyd by the rulers of them. And, where 
 he founde any my^gouernaunce, he punysshed the executours therof as well the bysshops 
 as other, as farre as his auctoryte in y behalfe stretchyd. Than Indyth consyderynge the 
 emperoure fell into great age, and hir sone & his, Charlys by riarae, had as yet iio suffy- 
 cient landis nor possessyons to maynteyn any astate with, she copassyd many wayes in hir 
 mynde how she myght acheue hir entent, & to bryng it to good purpose; where fynally, 
 by counceyll of hir frendis, to the ende to purchase the loue and fauoure Of Lothayre, 
 she axyd of hir lord and husbonde, thaty' sayd Lothayre myght be tutour andgyder of his 
 
 ayong sone Charlis. Of this request the emperour was very glad, Sc grautyd hir hir peticion. 
 And so it fell soone after, certayne messyngers came to the emperour from Lothayre his 
 sone, to the whiche, whan Lewys had gyuen answere to suche maters as they were sent 
 fore, andgeuen vnto theym other instraccios, he sent them forthe agayn, and with theyntt, 
 certeyne other to wylle his sayde sone to 'come vnto hym, m as goodly wyse as he myght. 
 
 rfBut at that season he excusyd hym by sykenesse, & when he was recouerde, he feyned 
 an other excuse. In this meane tyme, word was brought to the emperour, that his sone 
 Lothayre had greuyd the Church of Rome, and takyn frome it certayne possessions, 
 wherewith Lewys beynge before amoued, sent vnto his sone," commaundyng hym in 
 sharpe wordes, that he shuld haue in mynde the othe before by hym made, & that he 
 
 ^-^shulde, in exchewynge his displeasure, make restitucio of all thynges that he before had 
 takyn from the churche ; the whiche comaundement Lothayre promysed to obey in all 
 wyse. And where Lewys was determynyd to haue goon vnto Rome to haue seen the sayd 
 promesse fulfylled, and also to haue spokyn with the pope', for dyuerse maters nedefull 
 for y church, he was let by occasyon of Danys or Norrhannys, y than had newely iuuadyd , 
 
 lAhe londys of Fraunce, the which he shortly after expellyd and dfoue out of his sayd 
 londis. And that doon, the emperoure yode vnto Aquysgrany, where by the fredes 
 of Indith & other of the nobles of Fraiice, the emperour gaue vnto his yongest sone 
 Charlys a porcion of ^^ empyre, which after shall more clerely appere. And soone after, 
 at a cousayle hbldyn at Carysyake before namyd, in the presence of his sone Lewys, he 
 
 sogaue to hym y ordre of knyghthode, & anoumyd* hym with kyngys' clothynge, & ouer 
 all this, in the presence of many lordes of Fraunce, he gaue to the sayd Charlys the hoole 
 countrey of Nenstria', that nowe is namyd Normandy. Of whiche honoure and gyftes, 
 thoughe his moder were ioyous and glad, yet his brother Lewys was therewith no thynge 
 cbntentyd, which of Indith and of hir fredys was well apperceyuyd, and knowen: where- 
 
 ^rfore, as she beforetyme had don, tha of new she made requeste vnto hir lord & husbande 
 ^ he wolde, of his moost especiall grace, graute vnto hyr, that Lothayre myghj haue the 
 gOuernauce of hir sone Charlis, the whiche of hym was the seconde tyme grauntyd. Vpon 
 whiche graunte thus to hyr made, the emperoure sent vnto his sone Lothayre plesaunt 
 letters, wyllyn'ge hym, in all goodly hast, to resorte vnto his courte : the whiche obeyinge his 
 
 ^tfathers comaundement, retornyd into Fraunce shortlye after the resayte of the sayd letters, 
 and came vnto his father to the cytie of Vernayse, of whome he was ioyously receyuyd- 
 And after he had a seasone dwellyd with the emperoure, he gaue vnto hym f coiitrey of 
 Austracy ; the which countrey, as ^hall after be shewyd in this Lotharius story, was, after 
 his nanie, namyd Lorayne : but a parte of the sayde prouynce or countrey y stretchyd 
 
 wrtoward Hungry, the sayde Lewys gaue vnto his yongest sone Charlys. And immedyatlye 
 after this gyftes, before many lordis confermyd, the emperoure, in presence of the sayd 
 lordes, toke Charlis by the honde, and delyuerid hym vnto his brother Lothayr, wvUvn^ 
 and straytly chargyng hym f he shold take hym vnto his cure, and be to hym as curyous as he 
 wolde be vnto his owne chylde, and to guyde hym & his possessions, as f father shulde suyde 
 
 r. J chylde. And toCharlys he comaunded that he shulde take and obey hym as his father and 
 
 ' B. of Rome, edit. 1542. iSSp. 
 
 adournyd. 
 
 ^ Neustria. 
 
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 lotie and worshyp hym as his brother : the which vpon eyther party w ay promysed to be 
 obseruyd. And shortlye after the sayd Lothayre, with his brother Char! is, toke coungy' of 
 father & mother, and retornyd agayne into Italy. About this tyme dyed Pepyn, the seconde 
 sone of Lewys, & dulieof Guyan ; the which, if all shulde be expressyd, put his father to 
 fgreat trouble & vexacion : wherefore for hym was made the lesse mournynge. This lefte 
 after hym a sone namyd Pepyn, of whome somewhat the story spekyth after j but none 
 I wyll retorne to Lewys tlie thyrde* of the emperoure. 
 
 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.Ixi. a/ «.««-,- 
 
 TRothe it is, that whan the yonger brother Lewys sawe the bountye of his father solargely 
 
 10 extende towardc his, ii. bretherne & to hym nothyng, he was therwith in his mynde greatly 
 discotent; albeit that for the tyme he kepte it secrete to hymselfe. But whan he was de- laobedieatu. 
 partyd from bis father, & retorned to his owne iordshyp, gadered' amyghty power, and 
 bega to make warre vpon the dwellers nere about the Ryne, wherefore the emperoure with 
 a conuenyent power approchyd vnto the citie of Dodaynge, and sent from thens vnto his 
 'sayd sone wordis of reconciliacion, by meane whereof the sayde Lewys put hym holy in 
 the grace of his father, and was to hym reconsyled without shedynge of mannys blode. 
 But wbyle f emperoure was besyed at the cytie of Cleremout, in the countie of Auerne, 
 to set a dyreccyon among the Gascoynes, for oppynyons that were reryd amonge them 
 for the soue of Pepyn, there latelye kynge, or duke, dissessid, which sone, as aboue ia 
 
 >o8ayd, was also named Pepyn, and there about had taken great peyne & labour; thyder 
 to hym tydynges were newlye broughte, that his sayd sone Lewys, had with the Saxons, 
 or Soysons, and with the Thorynges made alliaunce, and wasentryd into Germany, and 
 therein made warre in moost crudl wyse : with wbiche tydynges Lewys was soo greuously 
 passyonyd, f to his great age, was, by meane of this vnkyode anger, fyxyd a syknes, that 
 rlafte hym not whyll he lyued. After yet this, notwithstandynge, he lyke a stroge hartyd 
 knyght, shewyd forthe a good and coufortable countenauce; and after he bad i knyglitly 
 wyse preparyd all thynge necessarye to the warre, he sped hym towarde Almayne, and 
 cotynued his iourney tyll he came vnto Thoryng, where a seas5 he restid hym & his 
 people tyll he might be better assurid where his sone Lewis restyd hym. But f sone 
 
 .riliauyngc knowlege of the great powar of his father, ^ also beynge in dispayre of pur- 
 chasyng of mercy, consyderynge his many ofFecis, fled by the country of Sclauony, and 
 so by that costys retorned to Bayon, or Bauary, and so escaped the daiiger of his father. 
 Than the emperoure beynge surely enformyd of the scape of his sone, helde on his iour- 
 ney tyll he came to Magouce, and after came vnto the citie of Vermayse, where he called a 
 
 5ra counsayll of his lordes spirituall Sc temporall, and ordeyned there dyuerse thynges for 
 the state of the empyre, & more entedyd to haue doon; but syknes increasyd so sore in , 
 hym, ^ by the space of. xl. dayes he toke no temporall sustenaunce, but in that tyme lie 
 vsyd often to take the blessyd sacrament, the which, as he often sayde, strengthyd bothe 
 the soule and the body. Than he sent for Lothayre to come vnto hym, the wbiche ^ out 
 taryinge, obeyed his comaudement, and abode styll \V hym. Of this Lewys Policronyc5 
 makith a short rehersayll,' and sayth that by his first wyfe, namyd Hermyngarde, he hadde. 
 Hi. sonnes, Lothayre, Pepyn, and Lewys. The fyrste, beyng felawe with his father of the 
 empyre, was crowned of pope Pascall* vpo an Ester daye, and he was also kynge of Italy ; 
 and Pepyn he made duke of Gascoygne, and Guyan ; and Lewys was made ruler of Ba- 
 
 Hiuary. And by bis seconde wyfe, namyd Indith, & doughter of the duke of Bayon, he 
 tiad Charlys the ballyd, to whome he gaue f coutrcy of Burgoyne, as the sayde Poli- 
 cronica saytli. And for this Lewys was mylde, be was often troubled of his owne men & of 
 
 • lye me. « Jit. 1542.' 1559. ' thyrde sonne. • b« g»deryd. ♦ Pascal, B. of Rome, 
 
 edit. 15i,3. 1559. 
 
 ^ otlier. 
 
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 tol. Ixxxxl. 
 
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 other tyll he delte with theyni more sharoely.and wvsely, and.rulydy^ people more straytlyl 
 It is there also shewyd,|that wha this Lewys had promotyd ayooge inan,namyd Frederike, 
 to the se of Vtrik, and to hym had gyuen sad and good exortacyon that he shulde folowe 
 the stablenes of his antesessours, and ihat.he shuld. purpose the sothe & trowtbe withoute 
 
 raccepcion of parsonys, and ponysshe mysdoers, as well the ryche as the poore, the sayd 
 bysbhop shulde answere to hym, & saye, "■ I beseche thy magestye, syr emperour, to take in 
 pacience, that I may disclose to f that thynge that hath longe walowyd and turnyd m ray 
 mynde." " Saye thy pleasure," sayde the emperoure. " I pray the, syr emperoure, shew me 
 thy mynde, 
 
 ">hede or at ' 
 shall be lyrste attamyd. - , . . - u - 
 
 may cause the to sease of thyn erroure, that thy subiectes be not boldyd to folowe thy 
 niysdoyiige: wherefore fyfst forsake thou thy vnlawfuUwedloke that thou haste made with 
 Indith, thy nere kynneswoman." By meane of those wordis y- kyng was recounsylyd, and 
 
 iflefte the company of his wyfe, tyll he had purchasyd a lycence of f pope', and the em- 
 peroure forgaue* all trcsp^sys. But y woman hyryd. ii. knyghtes, that si ewe the sayd' 
 bysshop, in vestmentes, whan he had endyd his masse. After this the empresse was falsely 
 accusyd of wronge eryme, and made a raenchon ; but the sameyere the emperoure de- 
 lyuerd hyr from that. abyte', whan he had sufficiently prouyd | sayd cryme to be false. 
 ' Tha to retovne where I lefte. Wha this Lewys had long lyen in ibis agonyous sykenes, and 
 knewe well that he amendyd nolhynge, but feblyd more and more» he coraaundyd his iew- 
 ellys to be brought before hym, whereof \V them* by his owne hande he gaue a parte vnto 
 the Church of Rome; and to Lotharius his sone, there present, he gaue his. crowne and his 
 SM'^rde, comaundynge hym straytlye vpon his blessynge, that he shuld haue in honour his 
 
 J*moder Indyth, and f. to Charlys, his brother, he shulde owe trewe loue arid amyte, and 
 that he shuld hym & his londes dyfFende to the Vttermoste of his powar. Than the lordys 
 spirituall and temporall, and specially y archebysshop of Meaws, made a'lametable re- 
 queste to the emperoure for hys sone Lewys, that he wold accepte hym to his grace and 
 mercy, & to forgyue hym hys insolent & wanton wylde dedys: whereof whan the empe- 
 
 Joroure harde, he fell in such wepynge that he myght notspekeof a good whyle after. And 
 wha \\e had refraynyd hym thereof, he remembryd to the lordes the many and great bene- 
 fytes that he had doon to hym, and the innaturall vnkyndenes^ that the sayde Lewys had 
 agayne shewyd vnto hym, and howe often tymes he had perdonyd his vnkynde sonnes tres- 
 passe, and fynally, all this not withstondynge, be was at that oure in parfyte charyte with 
 
 3rhym, and forgaue hym" as he trustyd to be forgyuen; prayinge the lordes" there present, 
 and specially chargynge the Sayde bysshop that he wold shewe vnto his sayde sone f great 
 dauger that he was in agaynste God for the^displeasurys doon to hym, & specyally that he 
 was a cause of the abrygement, or shortynge of his dayes. Than to brynge this stbryl'to 
 effecte, whereof, if I shuld declare y specialtyes thereof, wolde aske a longe tyme; for ye 
 
 'f.shall vnderstonde that theyse. ii. storyes of the great Charlys, and of this Lewys, occupy 
 in Freshe, of leuys of great scateleon', ouer. Ixiiii. : wherefore I conclude thait he dyed' 
 lyke a good criste prynce, whan he had ben emperoure of Rome, and kynge of Fraunce, 
 by the terme of. xxvi. yeres, & was buried with great solepnite at Meaws, or at Mettis, 
 by his mother Hyldegarde, as sayth maister Robert Gagwyne, in f yere of his age. Ixiiii. : 
 
 irleuynge after hym ^foresayd. ii'i. sonnes, Lothayre, Lewys, and Charlis the ballyd. 
 
 ^. Capitulum. C.lxii. 
 ADeulphus, or Eihelwolphus, f sone of Egbertus, began his feygtje duer f Westsaxons, 
 
 ' Bysshope of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 mhitted in tJie later. editions. v ^ 
 
 * forgaue the sayde Byshop. 
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 or Angly9,jn the yere of our Lordes incarnacion. DCCC. and. xxxii. and the. xvii. yere[ti.jr. cacso.^ 
 of Lewys f mylde, tha kyng of Fraunce. This in his youthe was wyllynge to be a preeste, 
 and was enteryd the ordre of sobdealsyn; but there after by dispesacion of Pascail, the 
 firste of that name, pope,' he was maryed to Osburga, a woman of lowe birthe; by 
 
 rwfiom he had. iiii. sonnes : that is to meane, Ethelwalde, Ethelbert, Etiieldrede, a:id 
 
 Alurede; the which after theyr father reygned as kynges of Englonde, that one after that 
 
 other, as after shall apere. This Adeulphus, after he hadde a certayne tyme be* kynge^ 
 
 ' he went to Rome, and toke with hym his yongest sone Alurede or Alphrede, and taryed 
 
 there by the space of a yere : in the which season, he repayryd the Saxon scole, the 
 
 'Twhiche before tynie was there foundyn, by Oflfa kyng of Mercia, as Guydo sayth, and 
 other; but more veryly of lue kynge of Westsaxons, as sayth the auctor of the Fioure 
 of Hystoryes: and for that he grauntyd of euery house of his kyngedome. i.d. as in his 
 story is before shewyd. But this scole was sore decayed, and the "house thereof lately 
 brent; the wbiche this Adeulphus newly repayryd, & set it in better ordre than it before 
 
 /Twas vsyd. This kyng also to reforme the greuous correccyons that he sawe there, exe- 
 cutyd to Englysshe men for spirituall oflencis, as in werynge of irons and guyues, he 
 grauted of euery fyre house of jiis lande. \.d, as lue beforesayde had done. By the 
 which sayinge it shuld seme that by theyse. ii. kynges shuld be graunted vnto Rome. Vi.d. Rome scot' 
 of euery fyre house thoroughe theyr lond. But that may not be so vnderstode ; for this 
 
 ieRome scot is gaderyd of euery house, i.d. without more : wherefore it muste folowe, that 
 it is raysse taken of wryters that allege this dede to that one kynge, for ^ other. How be 
 it, it may stonde by reason, that lue made the firste graunte, and this kynge after con - 
 fermyd the same. But the auctor of Cionyca Crouicaru sayth, that this Adeulphus 
 grautyd to seynt Petyr, theyse sayde Peter pens, & spekyth no worde of lue nor of none 
 
 trother. It is also shewyd of this kynge by Polycronyca*, that he shulde for the acquytynge [» u. s-a. 30!^ 
 of the churchis of Englonde of all maner of kynges tribute payde yerely to Rome. CCC. 
 markys : that is to meane, to saynt Peters churche. C. markys ; to f lyght of seynt Paule. 
 C. marke, and to the popys' tresory. C. marke : and ouer all this, of his pure deuocion, 
 he oftred to God and to seynt Peter f- x. parte of his moueable goodys. And also one 
 
 3ocronycler sayth, that this kynge foundyd firste the vnyuersytye of Oxyriforde, whiche was 
 lykely to be doon by Offa kynge of Mercia; for so moche as in his dayes flowryd that 
 famous clerke Alcumus, or Albinus, the whiche, as sayth the Frenshe Cronycle, was firste 
 founder of the scole of Paiys, and of Papj'a, as is before shewyd in the story of Charlis 
 the great, in the thyrde chapyter of the sayde story. Whan Adeulphus had thus sped his 
 
 /busynes [and pylgrymage]'* at Rome, he retornyd by Fraunce, whereat that tyme was 
 kynge of that jonde Charlis the ballyd, of whome he was ioyouslye receyuyd : & after 
 ije had dysportyd hym there a season, he spousyd the doughter of the sayde Charlys, in 
 the. XX. yere of the reygne of the sayde Adeulphus, as testyfyeth Polycronyca in the. xxx.. 
 Chapitre of his. v. booke, which shuld bathe yere of the reygne of the sayde Charlis the. 
 uoxi. Bu^of this maryage is no thynge towchyd in the Frenshe Cronycle. Than Adeulphus 
 takynge leue of the kynge, tooke shyppynge, and landed in Englande with his %vyfe In- 
 dith by name ; and for that he, contrary the lawe made in the tyme' Brygthricus, set his 
 wyfe in ^ kynges trone, and magnyfyed hyr lyke a quene, the lordis of his Ubde arose 
 agayne hym, and pullyd from hym a great parte of his domynyon, and made his eldest 
 i,rsone ruler thereof: whiche all was doon in reproche of Ethelburga, whiche slewe hir loi de 
 Brigthricus as before is shewyd. Lastly the mater was appeasyd, and he to his kynglye honoure indigMtio; 
 restoryd. [Aboute this tynie Qertulphus, kynge of Mercia, slewe wyckydlye in the holy 
 tyme of Penthecoste, saynt Wylstone, whose holy body was buryed at Repyngedon ; and 
 in the place where this holy Wylston was slayne, stoode a pyller of lyght. xxx. dayes after; 
 
 • By«shoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. 155p. " bene. ' B. of Borne'*, edit. 1542, * Omitted 
 
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 and'! ill the yere folowynge, dyed the sayde Bertulphus, after whose deth Burdrediw 
 was made kvnge of Mercia, or inyddle Englonde : the which before tyme badde spousyd 
 the dou^hter of kvng Adeulphos. In f later dayes of this Adeulphus the Danys dyd moch 
 harme in LyndeseV and also in Kentej and frome thens came to London, and robbyd & 
 
 rspoylyd the cytie : wherefore Adeulphus gaderyd his people, & lastly met with them m So- 
 therey vpo adowne callyd Odea, and there dyscomfyted theym, not without shedynge of 
 great plente of the Anglys bloode, and forsyd theym to take the see : so that after they 
 londyd in East Anglia, as after shall appere. Than lastlye dyed this good kynge Adeul- 
 phus or EtheUvolphus, whan he hadde rulyd his subiectis nobly, by accorde of moostq. 
 
 fowryters, fully, xxii. yere, and was buryed at Wynchester, leuynge after hyiu, iiii. sonnys 
 aforesayde. ^ 
 
 fl" Capitulum. C.lx.iii. 
 
 ■M. /««»& CHarlys, the yongeste sone of Lewys the mylde, bega his reygne vnder* f chefe parte of 
 
 riancia. Frauncc, in the yere of our Lord. DCCCC. and. xli. and the. ix. yere of Adeulphus, thait 
 
 iritynge of Westsaxons ; the whiche, as before is sayde, was surnamyd Ballyd. Anone a» 
 his father was buryed, his brother Lothayre, to whom the father, as ye before haue harde, 
 -had commyttyd y^^uydyng of this Chaflys, by the entysyng of his brother Lewys, malygned 
 agayne this Charlys, & sought many wayes to put hym from such lodes as his father had 
 gyuen hym. This sayde Lothayre was, after the deth of his father, emperour, and 
 -i«Lewys tiie yonger brother was duke or knyght of Bayon ; but for Charlis was yongest». 
 and had to his parte the pryncypail porcion of Fraiice, which was callyd myddelt Frauce,^ 
 therefore his. ii. bretherne, & speeyally Lewis, malygned greuousely agayfle hym : where- 
 of this Charlys, beyng somedeale enfourmed, bare hym so wysely and so egally to his^ 
 subieetys, that he hadde theyr louys and fauours, & trustyd alwaye by theyr good ayde, 
 T<rtbat he shulde be of powar to withstonde theyr vnkynde malyce. And lyke as the hydde* 
 in pi'ocesse breke^oute and shewith great 13'ghte & flammy blase, euen so dyd this couerde 
 malyce at f last breke out to great ire & ope wrath : for after, iiii. yeres was passyd, the 
 sayd two bretherne, withoute defyaunce or groundfy cause of warre, assigned or assemblyd 
 a great boost, such lyke before this daye had not ben seen, and entryd the lymyttys of 
 MeitdibatayHjs kynge Charlys. Than Charlis assemblyd in all the haste his lordis, & requyryd theyr 
 aydes & cousayll to withstonde the malyce of his bretherne ; and whan he had kno^vlege 
 of theyr good myndes, anon theyr knyghtes were gaderyd, and all thynge was redy to file- 
 fyghte. Nowe in this whyle; the. ii. bretherne with theyr people, were comyn to a ptaee 
 callyd Fountayns or Fountanet, where* Charlys sped hym, and whan both hoostis were 
 sriiere, eyther party made prouysjon to subdue his enmye. Than were the bataylys on both- 
 partyes orderyd and assygned to theyr standardys asid capytaynes, and the wynges set to 
 the moosle auautage. What shulde I lenger processe of this ordynaiice make ? Fynally the 
 shote of arblasters bega on both sydes, which ouer threwe many an horse and man, and 
 specially y fore rydars f put themselfe in prese with theyr loge and sharpe launcysto wynne 
 !♦>. the firste br unte of the feelde. Pytie it was to beholde the goodly bryght armyd knyghteS' 
 lying and walowyng with theyr great stedis in the feelde, with dedlye woundis gapynge 
 agayne ^son ; that were skyne at the firste encoutre. Bat whan f shote was spent antl' 
 the sperys to shateryd, than bothe hoostis ran to gytl)(?r with Rowlandys songe, so y in 
 shorte whyle the grene feelde was dyed into aparfyt»H^cldeL for there was heddys, armys, 
 Hfleggys, and trunkys of dede mennys bodyes, tyinge as thycke as ftowres growe in tyme of 
 May lu the florysshynge medowys. Myserable & pyteous it was to beholde the parsons* 
 halfe lyuyng and halfe deed' with theyr grysely woundes, pyteously gronyng and'cryinge 
 withoute comforle : so that there was shewyd' all rygoure without mercy, Vali crueltyes 
 
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SEXTA PARS CAROLI. ih7 
 
 woat cOpassyon. Thus durid this mortall fyght by a I5ge season, that doutefull h was 
 to knowe which party had thauauntage of other. Howe be it, Charlys was put to an after 
 deale by. ii. ineanys : the first was for so moche as Charlys enledyd to haue forborne for 
 the reuerence of the hygh feest as the daye of the asseciori of our Lorde, and that day not 
 
 •f to haue fowghten ; and the; ii. was f he was farre lesse in nobre ; whiche. ii. causys of 
 dySauauntage not withstondynge, yet in the conclusyon he wan the honoure of that 
 iourney ; but not withoute great losse of his people & many of the noblys of his lond : 
 whereof the Frensh booke rehersyd y namys; but for they be to vs vnknowen I passe 
 them ouer. And as yet is testyfyed of many wryters, there was slayne that daye mo 
 
 "Frensbemen tha was stayne at any' euer before that daye, whereof the nombre is not ex- 
 pressid, for it was so great. Tha Lothayre was forcyd to take Aqiiisgrany ftw his safegarde, 
 and Lewys ellys where ; but Charlys, with a small copany that to hym were kfte, folowed 
 his bretherne, & costraynyd Lothayre to forsake that cytie, and thens to goo vnto Lyon;: 
 a cwtie that stodith at this day in the vttermoste border of Frauce : and after to Vyenn^ 
 
 Tto y whiche cytie of Vyen shorilye after came vnto hym his brother Lewys, where they. iii. 
 asseblyda newe boost. Inthe whiche passe tyme, as Cbarlis wascomyngtowapd his bretherne, 
 messyngers met with hynn, sent from his bretlierne to comon of a peace : so that fynally, he was 
 accordyd that the realmeof Fraunce shulde be deuydyd in. iii. as the father had before dis- 
 posid it. That is to meane, Lothayre shulde enioye ouer the londys belongynge to the erapyre 
 
 tethe countrey of Austracy ; the which, in processe of tyme, wascallyd Lothayre or Lothairyngia) HUwia. 
 whiehe is to meane Lorayne after his name: and to Lewys shulde remayne the prouynce of 
 Germany, with f coutrey of Buyan or Benery : and to (Jharlis shulde remayne the coiitrey 
 called myddle or chefe Fraunce, with, the prouyncis of Normandy and Burgoyne ; whiche 
 aayd myddle Fraance is reportyd toibe in space frona the occyan of Brytayne to the ryuer 
 >f of Mowze. The whiche concorde thus fermdy stablysshyd and fynysshid, eyther of other 
 toke theyr departyng& resortyd vato theyr owne lordshippes ; but Lothayre dyed shortly 
 after, leuynge after hym. iii- sonnys, namyd Lewis, Lothayre, & Charlis. But this deth- 
 of Lothayre is take* for teuiporall dethe : for it is sayd, that he forsoke the trauayle of th©- 
 worlde and became a monke, at the abbay of Pruny, and lyuyd there a solytary lyf*- 
 3» aaanyyere* after. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lx.iiii; 
 
 CHarfis the Ballyd thus beinge in peseable possession of the chefe parte of f reaftne' 
 t>f Fraunce, and guydyng it with all sobernesse and indifferent iustyce, was well drad and 
 also beloued of his subiectes. In processe of tyine, as vpon. riii. yeres after that 
 
 3i"Lotliayre, aboiiesayde, renounsyd the pompe of J world, dyed first Charlis, theyongeste 
 sone of the thre of the forsayd Lothayre, and after dyed Lothayre tlie scconde sone : so 
 f the sayd first Lothay>"e, sone of Lewis the roylde, suruyued' j but the eldlest sonenarayd 
 Lewis onely, which was after his father enoyntyd emperuure. When Charlys, kynge ofFti,hmixX 
 Fraunce, knewe certaynl'y of the deth of theyse. ii. foresayd bretherne, and that withoute 
 
 Vtissue, anon he assemblyd his powar, and entryd y- prouynce of Austracy or Lorayne, 
 the whiche his brother Lothayr had geue to Lothayre his sone ; and in shorte whyle after 
 crownyd hym kyngof that prouynce, within- the churche of Seynt Stephan, of the cytie of 
 Meaws, chefe cytie of that lordshyp and kyngedtraie. With the whiche dede Lewys his 
 brother & kynge of Germany & Bayon was discontentyd; thynkynge hyniselfe more ryghtfull 
 
 wenheritoure than Charlys, for so moche as he was the elder brother, and alk) brother to 
 the firste Lothayre of father 8t of mother ;. where as Chai-lVs was but halfe brother,, and eoiu^- 
 by the fathers syde onely. For this the sayd Lewys sent to Chariis f Ballyd certayne mes- 
 syngers, gyuyng to- hym monj'cio that he shaJd caHe to memory iJie couenauntis atwene 
 tbeym before tyme ~ stablysshed, and that he shulde not meddle hym, nor haue to* dbo 
 
 ' myfelde. * not taken. ' so that tfcs eayde Lewy» onely «uruyi»d. 
 
 within' 
 
158 SEXTA PARS CAROLI. 
 
 within the lodis of liis cosyn latelye deed, vnto suche tyme as it wercdetermynyd by 
 theyr both cosayles whether of theym had the better right, and this to be obseruyd vpoa 
 payne of excomunycacion or cursyd'. But for to Lewys was well seen y bis brother 
 Charlfs no thynge absteynyd hym from the occupyinge of ^ forenamyd coutrey ; he 
 
 s therefore gaderyd an army to warre vpon his sayde brother : in the whichepasse tyme, 
 Charlis toke to his seconde wyfe, a woman namyd Rychent or Ricent, the whiche he before 
 tyme had vsyd as his cocubyne or paramoure. And soone after the Danys or Normamys 
 inuasid the londis of Charlis: the whiche, for that tyme, he was fayne to afp&ase arid 
 please with ryche gyftys and other pleasurys. Than Charlis receyiiyd from hiis i)rath€r 
 
 io a seconde ambassade or message, the which shewyd vnto hym, excepte he wolde voyd'e 
 his knyghtes and strengthis that he hadde set and put in dyuerse placis of the londe of 
 Austracy, he shuld be sure to haue of his sayde brother an eumy, and that in all haste he 
 wolde entre his londe with great force & warre. Whereopon was suche answere sent, f, 
 by bothe theyr agrementys, the mater was had in suche comunycacioii, that fynally it was 
 
 '^agreed, that the sayde londis shulde egally be departyd atwene theym, whiche conclusyoq 
 perfyghted, Lewys with his people retornyd into Germany. But it was not longe after, 
 that Lewys repentyd hym of hisagrement, so y newe legacions* were made vpon bothe 
 partyes, & lastly with moch peyn newely agreed : after which agrement and accord© 
 fynysshid, Lewys the emperoure, and sone of the firste Lothayre, sent an ambassade to 
 
 2» bothe the forenamyd bretherne, admonestynge and warnynge them that iiother f one nor 
 
 the other shulde intremet \v the foresayd londes, for so moche as the right thereof be^ 
 
 longyd to hym as nexte heyre to his brother, and not to theym that were a degre forthe*. 
 
 ' The answere of this was deferryd by Charlys : howe be it, his brother Lewys, as saytb myae 
 
 auctor, gaue ouer his parte shortly after to Lewys the emperoure. In this passe tyme, 
 
 '"'Charlys, the sone of C^iarlys the Ballyd, by his firste wyfe, whome the father had made 
 
 ruler of a countrey callyd Beige, had rulyd hym insolently, and done in that countrey 
 
 dyuerse outragyous dedes ; for the whiche, he beinge complaynyd of, was brought vnto 
 
 l-unkio «iii. his father, and so by hym comaundyd to pryson : but shortlye after he was delyueryd at 
 
 the rcqueste of some nobles of Frauce, & kepte after in his fathers courte, where he c&- 
 
 ''tynued but a shorte whyle ; for within a lytle season after, his father beynge at Lyon^ he 
 departyd from the sayd courte, and gaderyd to hym a wylde company of euyll disposyd 
 persones, & went agayneinto the sayde countrey of Beige, and dyd more harme tha he bad 
 ilpiie before season, and so contynued a long whyle, but lastly he was taken & caste 
 agayne in pryson, where after 4onge punysshement he was pryuyd' of his syghfe, and 
 
 isthan sent vnto the monastery of Corbenyke, there safelye to be kepte. But at lengthe, by 
 the entycement of his vncle Lewys, kyng of Germany, & the treason of. ii. mbnkys of that 
 place, he scapyd theiis, and fled vnto the sayde Lewys his" vncle : in the' which tyme 
 Charlis his father was occupyed in the defence of the Danys or Ndrniannys ^ than by 
 strengthe had wonne the cytie of Anglers, & done therein moch harme, whom the kyt^ 
 
 ifcflosyd within the sayd cytie with a stronge siege, and fynally copellyd thein to seke meanys 
 of peace at the kynges pleasure. After whiche /peace concludyd, and the sa:yde Danys 
 auoydyd, thekynge repossessyd f sayd cytie. 
 
 It was not'long after, that tydynges were brought vnto Charlis, of the dethe of Lewys 
 *he emperoure : after kn'owlege whereof, the kyiigsent his other sone namyd Lewys into 
 
 ^Austracy, to baiae the rule and j guydyng of that contrey, & after other 'thynges orderyd 
 
 ,for the weale of his realme, he. with a stronge company of men of armys, passyd the 
 
 mountaynes and so into Italy tpwarde Rome. Rut Lewys his brothfer, and ky Age of 
 
 Gerraanye, beyng thereof warnyd, sent, in all haste, his sone Lewys with a stronge hooste 
 
 to let his passage; but howe it was for feere or.uther-meaA, the sayd Lpwis veldyd him to 
 
 i»his vncle Charlys the Ballyd: wherewith the father beynge greuously displeasyd, sent his 
 
 ' cursyng. ^ reued. 
 
 «ecode 
 
SEXTA PARS CAROL!. iS$ 
 
 secode sone namyd Cbarlon, to withstande the passage of the sayde Charlys. But this 
 for feere or other cause that he sawe, that he jnyght notpreuayle agayne his vncle, re- 
 tornyd byi»: agayne to his father : after wliose retorne, for so moch' as y sayd Lewys, 
 kynge of Germany, well perceyuyd that his brother Charlys was paste his daunger, he 
 
 rthan, with a more nomlwe ioynyd vnto his sonnys hoost, entryd the londe of Fraunce in 
 domagynge it to the vttertnoste of his powar. In whiche season, Charlys the Ballyd l<ypte 
 on his iourney towarde Rcwrie: whereof herynge, the. viii. lohn, than pope*, sent agayne 
 hym certayne parsonnys of honoure, & welconiyd hym as Augustus or emperoure : and 
 after his comynge thyther, the sayde pope* receyuyd hyaa with great reuerence,^ and 
 
 /icrownyd hym with ^ ioiperyall dyademe, and denouncid hym as emperoure. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxy. 
 
 CHarlis f Ballyd, thus beinge auctorysed for emperoure, exercysyd hym for a tyme for 
 the nedys of f Churche of Rome, and after toke his leue of the pope*, and retorned vnto 
 Papye, a cytie of Italy: where, he callynge a generall counceyll of the lordis of the 
 
 ifempyre, and other, . he, by theyr aduyses, prouyded & ordryd dyuerse thyhges for the 
 weale of ^ sayd enipyre. And ouer that, by iheyr agrementis ordeyned, for his lyefe te- 
 naunt or debyte of tile sayd empyre in his absence, a noble man, brother to his wyfe Re- 
 cent, ; namyd Besonne or Beson, gad assygned to hym suche people as was thoughte ne- 
 cessarye and conuenyent. Whan Charlis had sped his nedys in Papy, he hyed hym into 
 
 wFraiice ; but or he came within the terrytory thereof, woide was brought to hym ^ his 
 iDTOther Lewis was retornid into his owne coutrey withoute great damage done to the 
 realmeu.of Fraunce. In processe the emperoure came to Parys, where he was receyuyd r<,i.i*xx»iiii, 
 of the cytezens with mooste tryumphe and ioye, & kepte his I^ler tyde atseynt Denys. 
 It was not longe after that Charlys was thus returnyd into Frauce, but ^ he receyuyd 
 
 ifinessyngers from his brother, kyng of Germany, ^ which, I his name, claymyd his parte 
 of ^ eiiipyre as his right & enherytauce. Which answere, for that tyme, was deferryd with 
 plesaunte wordys : so that at the nexte worde that he hadde from his sayde brother, was 
 that he was dede and buryed in the chyrche of sayntNazer, in Frankebourgtb. Whereof 
 ^han Charlys was asserteynyd, anone he yode vnto Founienays, and sent his messangers 
 
 3oto f loides of the countrey, comaundynge theym that they shuld raeete hym at the cytie 
 of Mettis. This foresayde Lewis lefte after hym two sonnys, namyd Lewys and Charlon, 
 as before is towchyd : the which deuyded atwene theym theyr fathers patrymony} so that 
 Lewis had Germany, and Charloti hadde Bayon. 
 This Lewys, ferynge his vncle Charlys, gaderyd to hym a stronge powar of Saxons and Uiscordia, 
 
 3rof Thorynges, and, in the tyme of theyr assemble, he sent an ambassade of certeyne bys- 
 ehoppes, and teporall lordes vnto his vncle Charlys, prayinge hym of his loue & fa- 
 uoure, with other requestys to hym made, of the whiche they myght purchase no graute ; 
 whereof whan they were retournyd, he hadde' by theym knowlege. The sayd Lewys in 
 eontynentlye, with his hooste, drewe nere vnto the llyne. But this Lewys was not socouert 
 
 Mn Ihs werke and assemblynge of his people, but that his vncle had thereof wyityng, and 
 purueyed his people as faste vpon that other syde, so that he with an hooste was redy to 
 fygbt'with the sayde Lewys. Whan Lewys was ware of the great powar that the empe- 
 roure hadde assemblyd, he made no baste to passe the water, but houed and causid his 
 peopleito falle vnto prayer. And Charlys, also ferynge his neuewe, vnder a coloure sent 
 
 i^allegacion of entreaty, duryng the which entreaty, the emperoure cotrary* his hononre 
 led bis people by a secrete waye, tbynkynge to baue fallen vpon his neuew sodeynly, & 
 by that meane to baue distressyd hym; but Lewys, beinge ware of his vncles treason, 
 prouyded soo fbr his people, & kepte theym in suche araye, that they receyuyd theyr foo 
 
 • he for so mych, * ))ysshop of that see. edit. 15*2. 1559- ' hauynge. * contrary to.- 
 
 men 
 
rs 
 
 160 SEXTA PARS CARQLI. 
 
 men' ypon theyr sperys poyntes, and to theyr great damage: for where the great rayno 
 and bedyousenesse of the haide & strayte wayes which they had passyd hadde sore tyred 
 and weryed them, tha. the fresshe fiersness of theyr enemyes, which they thought they 
 sbuld haue taken slepynge and vnpurueyed, abasshed them in such wyse, that they were 
 soone ouercdmen, and Aed from f feelde, as shepe flee from the wolfe. By meane of the 
 ItUum. which flight, great slaughter of theym was made, and many nobles and great astatys of 
 
 Ffaunce bothe slayne and taken prysoners^ and the emperour hymselfe scapyd with 
 great dauger. And of the prysoners that were take, they were so nere spoylyd, that their 
 were feyase to -take vyne leuy^ to couer with theyr secret mebrys. Ye shall vnderstode y 
 
 fothis warre atwene the emperour Charlys f Ballyd, and his brothers sone Lewys, was for 
 y prouynce of Austracy or Lorayne, the whiche some tyme belonged to the eraperoure 
 Lothayre, and halfe brother to Charlys ; the which coutrey, after this batayle, was by me- 
 dyatours set in an order. Than the emperoure, >V great trauayll, came to a tawne callyd 
 Cyguy, and Lewys kept his waye to Dandonyquyke; and frome thens to Ayes f Chapeli. 
 
 trin this whyle the Danys or Normannys, knowynge that Charlys was occupyed in the 
 warne agayn his neuewe, apparaylid them a strorige hoste, and entred efte the londes of 
 Fraunce. But for Charlys was at that tyme lettyd with chargeable busynesse, he there- 
 fore «ent a noble man agayne theym called Comard, vnto the ryuer of Sayne* to >Vstande 
 f sayd enemyes. And also to hym was gyuen counseyll to haue with them comunycacio 
 
 ^to make a peace if he rayght. And to this trowble immedyatlye was ioyned another : for 
 in this tyme and season, a cytie belongyng to f Church of Rome' : wherefore to withstode 
 ■theyr malyce, the pope*, than beynge lohfi, the. viii. of that name, sent messy ngers to 
 Charlys for the defence of the sayde londys and other. And soone after the pope*, for 
 to haste the sayd emperour, or ellys to quycken bis deputie before namyd to assemble 
 
 zxthe Italyens and other people there adioytiaut, came downe to the cytie of Papye, & 
 taryed there the emperours comynge. Charlis, ttian beset with trowbles, assemblyd his 
 inyghtes, and sped hym towarde Italy. And whan he passyd' the mountaynes, worde 
 was brought to hym of the popys* beyng in Papye : wherefore he sped hym thyder with 
 all dylygence. In this tyme and season Chartone the brother of Lewys, and sone of 
 
 MLewys kynge of Germany, (whiche Charlone, as before is shewyd, was duke of Bayon 
 «r Bayory,) gaderid a stronge hoste, and entred f boudys of Italy. Whereof herynge, the 
 pope* and the emperoure, than, as before is sayd, beynge at Papye busyed in a great 
 couseyll, dyssoluyd the same, and the pope* in cotyneutly toke Icue of the emperour, and 
 4epartyd agayne to Rome ; and Charlys, with a great power that he had gaderyd, as well of 
 
 ifltalyes as of his owne people, made towarde his neuewe. Wherof herynge, the sayde 
 (Charlone turned agayne by f waye y he had comen, tyll he canie to his owne countrey : 
 as sayth myne auctor & also the Frensh boke : but more verely Charlone kepynge to- 
 gyder bis booste, & hauyage fauoure of dyuerse lordys of Italye, the emperoure Charlys 
 rempuyd to the cytie of Maotue, where he was grudgyd with a feuoure ; for remedys 
 
 - whereof, he tofce a pocion of a physycion lewe named Sedechias, whiche was intuxicat, 
 hy meane of which veneraous pocion, he dyed shortlye after, whan he had reygned as 
 iynge and emperoure, after moost accorde of wryters, by the space of, xxxvii yeres : 
 -whereof he reygned as emperoure. iii. yeres, leuyng after byni a sone named Lewys, 
 -whiche, as before is shewyd, was ruler of the coutrey of Austracy or Lorayne. Whan 
 
 itsfh\s Charlys was dede, his fredys entedynge to haue caryed f corps into Fraunse, and* 
 .x;ausyd it to be seryd and enoynted with ryche and precyous bawmys, and other oynt- 
 mentis, and aromatykes; but all myghte not stoppe the intollerat)le ire of his body: so 
 jthat ,they were fayne tu bury hym at Vercyle, within the monastery of saynt Euseby, 
 
 • Epenyes. edit. 1542. 1559. ''Spayne. edit. 1542. by mistake. * of Rome rebellyd. 
 
 *,bysho|) of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' was passyd. * « and," omitted. 
 
 where 
 
SEXTA PARS ETHELWALDUS. J6l 
 
 where he laye ouer. wi. yeres after ; and then taken vp, & conueyed ta «aynt Denys in 
 Frauce, and there honorably buryed. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxvi. 
 
 IN the tyme of tliis Charlis the Ballyd, as witnessen many vrryters, began the erle-'irf./w*"^. 
 
 rdoHi of Flauders, the which euer before theyse dayes, the ruler there of was callyd the 
 forester of the kynge of Fraunce, whiche erledom had his begynnynge by this meane. 
 
 Ye haue harde before, in the story of Adeulphtis kynge of West Saxons, howe, in his FUsdrie ini- 
 fetoroyage from Rome, he mai7ed the doughter of Chariis f Ballyd, named Indith, the *"■ 
 which Indyth, after f deth of her sayd husbode, retornyd by Flauders towarde Fraunce, 
 
 lothynkynge to passe without dauger, because the sayd countrey was vnder the obedyece of 
 her father; but at those dayes was ruler or forester in that partyes, a noble yonge amer- 
 ous man, callyd Bawdewyne, the whiche herynge of the great beautye of this Indyth', gaue 
 attedaiice vpon her, and receyuyd her in his best maner, makynge to her all f chere that 
 to hyra was possyble, and fynnally cast to her suche loue, that whan she supposed to de» 
 
 '•cparte, and to haue goone into Fraiiee, he delayed the matyer in such curteys and wyse 
 maner, that he wan suche fauoure of her, that she made no great haste to departe from 
 hy,m : albeit that moost auctours agre that he kepte hir perforce. Whan Charlys had 
 wyttynge that Bawdewyn thus helde his doughter Indith', he sent to hym, straytelye charg- 
 ynge hym to sende home his doughter, but that holpe not f mater. Than he purchasyd 
 
 ioagayne hym the censures of holy churche, & accursed thesayde Bawdewyn. But whan 
 the kynge conceyued that the yonge man had such loue to Indith, that he set not by that 
 punysshemet, and also was certeynly enformed that hir harte was gyuen vnto hym, he, I 
 processe, by ^ meane of some bysshoppis, and frendys of ^ sayd Bawdewyn, agreed that 
 he shuld take her to wyfe, and, in the name of hir dowar, he shulde holde and enioye the 
 
 ^rsayd countrey of Flaunders; and for he wolde haue his doughter to be the more honoured 
 he creatyd the sayde Bawdewyn an erle, and comaunded hym to be callyd, after that day, 
 erle of Flauders. [It is also ahewyd in ^ Fresh Cronycle, and of other wryters, that thre 
 dayes before his deth* his spirit shuld be rauysshed from his body, and vnto places ofAriaoa, 
 payne & turment, where this Charlis, by the ledynge of an aungell, shulde se hyllys and 
 
 3omoiijtaynes brenne, and pittys full of sulphyr, pytche, and hotie boyiyng lede ; in which 
 paynes the sayde Charlys shuld se many of his progenytours, and bysshoppys that coii- 
 ceylyd prynces to debate, or stryfe, or gaue counsayle to them to rayse of theyr subiectys 
 vnlefulL taskys, or imposicions, with many other thynges which I passe ouerfor length of 
 the mater.]* 
 
 %r ^ Capitulum. C.lxvii. 
 
 EThelwaldus, or Ethelwoidus, f eldest sone of Atheulphus, began his reygnc ouer the Aiigija. 
 West Saxons, or ouer the more partie of Englonde, in the yere of our Lorde. viii. C. Iv. i^'-i-'*-i^i 
 and the. x. yere of Carlys the ballyd, than kynge of Fraunce; the which became so vn- 
 happy, that he maryed that woma which his fader had sometyme kepte or holden for his 
 
 i/oconcubyne, as witnessith the auctour of the Floure of Historyes: but Policronico sayth 
 that he wedded his stepmother, which disacordiUi with the sayinge of other wryters, 
 whiche testyfye his stepmother to be maryed to Bawdewyne., erle of Flaunders, as in the 
 story of Charlys laste before is shewyd. This it is not expressid' by- what happe he dyed, 
 wha he had regned one yere, as sayth Polycronyca, but another Cronycle berith witnesse, 
 
 w-that he was slayne [as a martyrj* of Hungar and Hubba, prynces of Danys. [About this 
 tyme the holy kynge seynt Edmude cotynued his reygne ouer the East Anglis, or Nor- s*x« ^dmundt. 
 folke.}^ 
 
 ' luditb. edit. 1559. * Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ' Thy« EUielwolde, though it be not ex- 
 
 pressvd. * Omitted ia edit. 1442. 1559. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Y EThelbertus, 
 
152 SEXTA PARS ETHELDREDE. 
 
 ^ Caphulura. C.lx.viii. 
 
 [Li.5.ca.34^ EThelbertus, the seconde sone of Adeulphus, began his reygne ouer the more partye 
 of Englonde, in y yere of our Lord. viii. C. 1. vi., and the. xi. yere of Charlisf' BaUyd, 
 than kyngeof Fraunce, in whose tyme the Danes, w more strengthes, entred the West 
 5-parte of this lond, and robbyd and spoylyd the countrey before theym tyll they came to 
 Wynchester, and tooke the cytie by strengthe, and dyd therein what they wolde. But the 
 kynge made suche prouysyon, that by hym & hisdukis they were forsid to forsake the cytie, 
 and, as they yode towarde theyr shippes, they were foughte with, and a grete parte of theyta 
 slayne and taken. Of this kyng is no thynge ellys lefte in memory more than before 1*3 
 /oshewyd, but that he dyed, whan he had reygned, after mooste wryters. vi. yeres, and was 
 buryed at Shirborne, leuyng after hym noon issu of his body : wherefore the rule of the 
 lade fell to his brother Etheldrede. 
 
 f Capitulum. C.lxix. 
 
 F.i. /x*xx„;. ETheldredus, the. ill. sone of Adeu-lphus, beganhis reygne ouer the West Anglis, and 
 
 [Li. 5. "OJ^],^the more parte of Englode, in the yere of our lorde. viii. C. Ixiii., and the. xviii. yere of 
 
 Charlis the Ballyd, than kynge of Fraunce. I'n the begynnyng of this kynges reygne the 
 
 Danes landed in East Englad. or NorfF. & Suff., but they were compellyd to forsake y 
 
 countrey, and so toke agayne shyppynge, and saylyd nortbwarde, and londedin North- 
 
 iiberlond, where they were met with of the kynges tha there reygnynge, called Osbrygbt 
 
 wand Ella, which gaue to theym a stronge fyghte ; but that not withstandynge, ^ Danys^ 
 
 with helpe of s-uche as inbabyted that countrey, wan the cytie of Yorke, and helde it a 
 
 certeyne of tyme. Tha the people of Northumberlande varyed within them selfe, and 
 
 had more leuer ayde the Danys, than to reygne vnder the kynge of Westsaxos ; for here 
 
 is to be notyd, that all suche kynges as reygned there after Egbert, which, as before is 
 
 wsayed, subdued that prouynce, & other, reygned as trybutaryes to y- kyng of West Saxons, 
 
 or Anglis: wherefore Etheldrede, herynge of thauauntage y the Danys than had, assembled 
 
 his people, and sped hymthytherwarde, & sent vnto the foresayde. ii. kynges, comaudynge 
 
 theym also to prepare theyr people agayne his eomynge. But howe it was, or the kyng came 
 
 Braoru vjetorin. with his hoost, the Danys so prouokyd the Northiibrys to batayle, that they met r 
 
 3oplayne felde, and foughte a long batayle, but fynally the Danys wan the pryce,. and slewe 
 
 bothe the foresayde kynges with a great multitude of theyr people: after whiche victory 
 
 they subdued moche of the sayd countrey, and destroyed the towne of Aklynt, or Ac- 
 
 lynde, f which, as testyfyeth Beda, was sometyme one of the strongest townes of the 
 
 North. Whan Etheldrede had preparid all thyng for the warre, & was purposed toward^ 
 
 3rthe North, for concideraciom aforesayd, worde was brought vnto ^sayd kyng Etheldrede, 
 
 of the dyscomfyture of the Northumbres, and also of dyuerse of .;^. sayde. Danys, with 
 
 other that were comyn to Mercia, & had wonne the towne of Snotyogham, or Notyogham, 
 
 which tydynges lettyd hym of his forth spede in that iourney;. but this saying is disagreable 
 
 vnto Polycronycon, for he saythe that the Northumbres were yet' of tlieyr kynge GsbrutuSj 
 
 -(©r Osritus, after some auctors, and chase vnto them a tyraut, named Ella, bymeane 
 
 whereof great dissecion grewe amoge them to the gr^at hurte of the coutrey. But whan 
 
 the Danes had passyd the countrey, & wonne the cytie of Yorke, that than was febly 
 
 wallydj than by constraynt and of fere for the defence of theyr coiitrey, they were fayne 
 
 to agree, and to gather strengthe on all sydes,- so that bothe the foresayde kynges went 
 
 fragayne the sayde Danys, & bothe were slayne. After whiche scomfiture, the people a» 
 
 desolate, some fled the countrey, and some made peace with the Danys, and lyued vndet 
 
 J were wery. edit. 1559., 
 
 they 
 
SEXTA PARS ETHELDREDE. i63 
 
 theyr tayssyon : and so the Danys kepte the possessyon of that countrey in suche wyse, 
 that no Angle had rule thereof tyll the tyme of Adelstone, or Ethelstone, or, after some 
 wryters, tyll the tyme of Edredus, so that at the laste where' they helde the pqssessyo 
 thereof, ouer the terme of. Ix. yeres. Tiian the Danys beynge thus possessyd of y Northe 
 
 rcountrey, manned ^same, & foriityed the stronge holdys hereof : and the other of them 
 came downe into Mercia,'*or myddell Englande, and wanne a parte thereof, with }' 
 foresayd towne of Notyngham, and dwellyd there y more parte of y yere folowynge. 
 Wherefore kynge Etheldrede, w ayde of Burdredus, tha kyng of INIercia, layd seage vnlo 
 the towne, the whiche, whan the Danis perceyuyd shulde be wonne, they refusyd the 
 
 '"towne, and tooke the towre, or castell, and defendyd it in so stronge maner, that they 
 helde it tyll a peace or apoyntment was concludyd atweene the. ii. kynges and them ; 
 which was f they shulde goo free where they wolcie, and cary with them iheyr horse and 
 harnesse withoute any pyllage. And whan this peace was thus made, eyther of the kynges 
 departyd to theyr owne, and the Danys retornyd vn(o Yorke, and dwellyd there the yere 
 
 'f folowynge. And the yere folowyng that sayde yere, a parte of tiie sayd Danys takyng 
 shyppynge in the Nortlie, entendynge to sayle towarde Easte Englonde, met in the 
 see with a flote of Danys, wherof the capytaynes, or ledars, were naoicd Hynguoar and 
 Hubba, the which, by exortacyon of the other comynge out of the North, made ail one 
 course, and lastly laded I East Englade, or NorfF., and in processe of tyme came vnto 
 
 'Thetford. Thereof herynge Edmunde, tha kynge of that prouynce, assemblyd an hooste, 
 and gaue vnto them batayll; but Edmunde and his boost was fbrsed to forsake the felde, 
 and the kynge with a fewe personesfled vnto the castell of Framylynghani, or Framynge- 
 ham, uhome the Danys pursued. But he in shorte whyle after yeldid hymselfe vnto the 
 persecucion of the Danys, and for this blessed man, Edmude, wold not renye or de- Diuut Edmun*- 
 
 KTiye Cryste and his lawys, they therefore moost cruelly bond hym vnto a tree, and causyd "*■ 
 hymto be shot to deth ; and lastly causyd his hede to be smytten from the body> & caste 
 among the thycke of the busshes. [But whan his freendis came after to bury this holy 
 trcasoure, and lackyd ^ hede, and made for it busyserche; the hede beynge in theclawys 
 of a wylde wolfe, spake, & sayd, thre tymes distynctly, " here, here, here," by reason of 
 
 jowhiche speche they came vnto the place where the hede, in the sayde beestys kepynge, 
 laye, wiiichsayd wolfe, cdtrary to his kynde, anone as he sawe f people, fled from the 
 bed, and sufFred theym to take it vp, and folowed them after a sertayne of tyme as he 
 hadde ben tame.]* 
 
 Than they', with grea.t solempnyte, caryed the body and hede vnto Eglidon, or Eglis'don, 
 
 3rnow callyd saynt Edmundes Bury, & there buryed hym about f yere of our Lord, as . 
 wytnessenne Polycronyca, Guydo, and other, viii. C. Ixix., as before it is shewyd, in ^ 
 Chapytre of this wcrke foure score and. xvi., for whom dayly God shewyd there many 
 myracles. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxx. 
 
 ^ WHan this blessyd Edmunde was thus martyred for the loue that he bare towarde his 
 master, Cryste, and his lawys, his brother,' named Edwoldus, settynge a parte the lyk- 
 yng and pleasure of the worlde, [albe it that to hym belogynge to* the right of that /././*«*«w;. 
 J£ingdom]^ toke vpon hym the habyte of an heremyte, and lyued onely by brede and 
 water, at the abbay of Cernne, in the countye of Dorset, by the clere welle that saynt 
 
 1^ Austynne, by his prayers, made to sprynge, whan he conuerted first the Saxons of that 
 prouynce to the faythe of Cryste. 
 
 Of this sayd abbey of Cernne, Policronica sayth,' that it was after thyse dayes riche 
 
 • " at the laste where," omitted in the later editions. * Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. * ^^ 
 
 friends, edit. J54-2. 1659. * belongyd. edit. 1533. ^ Ow"«erf in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Y 2 and 
 
164 SEXTA PARS ETHELDREDE, 
 
 and right welthy ; but the gouernours tberof mysspient the patrymony therof in excesse, 
 glotony, & nat amonge the seruauntes of God. 
 
 Wherfore he sayth, farther, that couetyse and pryde had so chaunged all thyng in Eng- 
 lande in thyse dayes, that all tbynges that hefore tyme were gyuen to abbeys, were than 
 
 rmore wasted in glotony, and outrage of owners', than in substannce* and ayde of nedy 
 
 men & of gestes or nedy waye goers. Albe it he sayth the firste doers or gyuer lose nat 
 
 theyr Tewarde, for theyr wyll and entent is full euenly paysed in ab^launce before hym, 
 
 Mttvisoffi. ^jj^j. jg ^j^^ revvarder of all good. But though Treuysa, f was the translatour of this boke 
 
 of Policronicon, out of Laten Ito our vulgar tunge, report this to be done or this mis- 
 
 /oordre to be vsed in this' dayes, whichelyued in the tyme of that honorable prynce, Edwarde 
 the thirde, if he now lyued, he wold nat in no gouernours of mokes, blacke or yet whyte, 
 no suche* outrage. For nowe at thyse dayes, pryde and glotony is clerely banisshed from 
 their monasteries and cellis ; and in the rome of pryde, with his frpnde disobedyence, 
 haue they nowe lodged humylyte, with his suster obedyence ; and in thestede of glotony 
 
 rand vnclennesse of lyuynge, haue they nowe newly professed theym vnto all chastytie, 
 temperaunce & abstynence j auoydyng all slowth and idelnesse ; & exarcise theym in 
 goostly.study, and prechynge of the wordeof God with all dylygence. So that now y holy 
 rules and ordynaunces made by f holy fader & abbot, seynt Benet, which, by' ignorauce, 
 haue loge tyme slept, now by grace of good gauernaucej are newly reuyued*& quickened. 
 
 JoAnd here an ende, leste I be accused of dissymulacion. Than to retournevnto f Danys, 
 
 [Li. J. ca. 33.] frona whom I haue made a longe digression. Trouth it is, that whan they had, as before 
 
 is sayd, martyred the blessyd man Edmonde, & robbed and spoyled that countre, they 
 
 toke agayne theyr shyppes, and landed agayne in Sothery, and there contynued theyr 
 
 Banysbechasedi ioumey tyll they came to the towne of Redynge, & wanne the towne with the castel!.. 
 
 yPolieronica sayth, that the thyrdedaye of theyr tbyther comynge, Hyngwar and Hubba,. 
 as they wente in purchasynge of prayes, were slayne at a place called Engelfelde : whiche 
 prynces of Danys thus slayne, the other dele of theym kepte hole tdgyder in suche wyse, 
 that the West Saxons myght take of theym none auauntage. But yet ^in fewe dayes after 
 f Danys were holden so short, f they were forced to issue out of the castell, & to defende 
 
 3o theym in playne batayll. In the whiche, by comfort of kynge Etheldrede and of Alurede 
 his brother, the Danys were discomfyted and many of theym slayne. Wherof the other 
 beyng ware, fled agayne to the castell, and kepte theym within the same a certayne of tyme^ 
 Thanne the kynge comaunded Ethelwolde, thanne duke of Barok or Barkshyre, to attends 
 with his people vpon that castel, and to se that the t)anys breke nat out at large, he' 
 
 3? went in other costes of that countre to subdue other of the sayd Danys. But whan the 
 Danys knewe of the kynges departure, they brake out sodaynly anone of theyr holde, and^ 
 toke the duke vnpuruayed, and slewe hym, and moche of his people, and caused the 
 ether to wdrawe theym farther from that towne or castell. Thanne thyse Danys drewe 
 theym to other that were theyr lordes in that countre, and enbatuled theym in suche wyse 
 
 tH that of theym was gaderyd astronge hooste. 
 
 It was nat longe after that duke Ethelwolde was slayn, but the kynge was ascertayned: 
 therof ; the whiche renued his heuynesse, and made hym ful heuy to consyder the losse 
 of his frende, and the encreace and multyplyinge of his enemyes. For the daye before 
 reporte of thyse tydynges, as affermcth an olde Cronyele, worde was brought to hym of 
 
 Hsf landynge of a Dane named Osryk, which of Policronica is named kyng of Denmark: 
 the whiche in short tyme after, with assystens of the other Danys, Imd gaderyd- a great- 
 boost, and were enba*uled vpon Ayshedowne. To this batayll Alured was forced, by 
 great nede, to come before his brother the kynge, that thanne was herynge of a masse 
 with great deuocion,. nat knowynge of f hasty spede of his brother^ where the kynge 
 
 'the owners. * sustenaunce. ' his. edit. 1542. 155&.. ♦ lave no suche*- ^hy, omittedi 
 
 m c^. 1542- • receaued. edit. 1542. ' wiiyle he ^ 
 
 thufr 
 
SEXTA PARS ALUREDi. 16S- 
 
 thus beyng in his medytacions, f hosts of Anglys and Danys strake togyrfers with huge 
 violence. And howe be it, the Danys hadde wonne the hyll, and the Cristen men were in 
 the valey, yet by grace [and vertue of the kyngs holy prayers',] and manhod of them BeUi. 
 selfe, they at length wanoe the hyll of the Danys, and slewe theyr duke or kynge, called 
 
 rOsryke, or after f Englysshe Cronycle, Oseg, 8c. v. of theyr dukes with moche of theyr 
 people, and chaced the other dele vnto Redynge towne. Wherfore y Danys resembled 
 theyr people, and gaderyd a newe boost : soo that, within, xv. daye.«, they met at a towne 
 called Basynge Stoke, and there gaue batayll vnto the kynge, and had the better. Than 
 the kyng gaderyd his people, the which at that felde were chaced and disparbeled*, and*, 
 
 'ewith fresshe soldiours to theym accompanyed, met the Danys within two monethes after, at 
 a towne called Merton, & gaue to theim a sharpe batayll : so that moch people were slayne 
 as well of the Cristen as of the Danys; but in the ende the Danys had the honoure of tiie 
 felde, and the kynge of Angles was wounded, and fayne to sauegarde hymselfe by polyse 
 whenne myghtfayled. After thyse two feldes thus won by the Danis, they opteyned great 
 
 'rsircuite of grounde, and distroyed man & ehilde that to theym were mobedyent, and 
 churches and temples they tourned to vse of stables, and other vyle occupacyons.. And Miseri* 
 to the' sorowe was added an other ; for where the kyng hoped well to recouer his losses 
 by ayde of his subiects, as wel of other parts of his lade, as of his owne of West Saxon, 
 Svhan he had sent his comyssyons into Northumberlade, into Mercia and Eest Aoglia, he 
 
 whad "of them small or lytell comfortc ; so j' ^ coutre of West Saxon was brought in great de- 
 solacion ; for the kynge was beset with enemyes vpon euery syde, & ouer that his knyghts 
 and soldyours were tyred and pallied with ouer watche and laboure. Whiche manytolde 
 aduersyties and troubles, synkynge in the kynges mynde, with broser* or burte ensuynge 
 of the wounde before taken at y batayll besyde Merton, shortened his dayes : so that he ' 
 
 jj-dyed whan he hadde reygned in great persecucion of the Danys, after most wryters. viii. 
 yeres, without issue of his body ; by reason wherof the rule of f lande fyll vnto his 
 brother Alured. 
 
 It is wytnessed of some crottydtes, thait nat withstadynge the great trouble & vexacion 
 that this kynge Etheldrede had witli the Danys, that be fouded the house or colage oi 
 
 jcCbanons at Exetour, and was buryed at the abbey of Wynboorne or Woboume. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lTtxL 
 
 ALuredtis,. the. imi. sone of Adolfus> & brother to EthelrfredXis, laste kynge,. began^ his Angiu. 
 reygne ouer the Westsaxons & other prouynces of Englande, in f yere of our Lord. viii. [L'- 6. cap.i;] 
 C. Ixxii. and the. xxxi. yere of Charles, forenamed,. than kynge of Fraunce. This Alured, F,i.iKKKxvm^ 
 
 3ier after some wryters, Alphred^ was. xii. yeres of age or' he were set to scole. But for all 
 that he sped sc); well his tyme, that he passed his brother and other, that were longe sette 
 forth before hym. And- by the counsayll of Neotus or Notus, he ordeyned the fifste 
 gramer scole at Oxenforde, and other free scolesy and fraunchaysed that towne with many 
 great lyberties, and translated many lawesj as Maixian lawe and other^ out of Bryttessh 
 
 itospeche vnta Saxon tunge. He wa& also a subtell maister in buyldynge and deuysyng, 
 therof, and excellent connynge in* all huntynge \. fayi'e he was of stature, and moost be- 
 loued of hia fader of all his children. 
 
 Longe tyme it wolde aske to reherce all bis vertuse ;. but, for he was in his youth dis- 
 posed to the synne of jr flesshe, and therl^ letted frome many vertues purpose, he lastly 
 
 vrafter many resisteiKres^ by hym doon,. toauoyde ^ temptacion> therof, besought God en- 
 tyerly that he wolde send to hym some cotynuell sykenes in quenchynge df that vyce, and; 
 that he were nat vnprofitable to- worldly besynesses, and serue God ^. better. 
 
 Than' at Goddes ordyjiaiice he had that euyll called fycus, with the whiche sykenes he 
 
 *■ OmiUtd in edit. 1542. 1559. * dysparklyd. ' this. * brow. 
 
 wal 
 
166 SEXTA PARS ALUREDI. 
 
 was greued many yeres.; and lastly cured of y holy virgyn saynt Modwenna, thanne 
 dwellynge in Irelande. But after this cure by her done,, she came into Englade, for so 
 moch as her monastery or churche y^ she there dwelled in was destroyed. Wherfore 
 Adulfus, fader to Alured, knowynge the vertue and holynesse of this mayden; gaue to her 
 
 rgrounde to buylde vpon. ii. abbeys of maydens, that is to say, one in Ardernne, at a place 
 called Pollyswortham, and that other at, Strenesalte in the Northe. But this holy 
 mayden dyed in y^ ilande of Andresee besyde Burton, after many yeres of the buyldyngeof 
 Ihyse sayd two abbeys. And after, vii. yeres that she had ben closed within stone walles, 
 in the ile before named. 
 Historia. lo Whan Alured was cured of this sykenesse, to hym.fyll another : the whiche contynued 
 with hym from f. xx. yere of his age tyll the. xlv. yere of his sayd age. But, that nat 
 withstandynge, he wedded a noble woma named Ethelwyda : of the whiche he receyued. ii. 
 sones, Edwarde, surnamed f elder, and Egelwarde } 8c. iii. doughters, Elphleda, that after 
 was Lady of Marcia, Etbelgotaa menchoH or nonne,and the thirde was named Elfrida; 
 
 tithe whiche he caused all aswell doughters as other to study the arte or scyence of gramer, 
 
 / »&to be norysshed with all vertue. And when this Alured wasadmylted to be kynge, he well 
 
 consyred' the great daunger that his lande was in. Wherfore be gaderyd to hym his 
 
 lordes, & suche as he myght nat wynne without stryfe, he wanne with great iustyce and 
 
 fayre hastes ; so that he shortly assembled a stronge boost, and in the seconde moneth 
 
 athat -be was made kyng, he mette with f Danys besyde Wylton, and yelded to theym 
 batayll, but nat without great losse of men on both parties. Than he remeuyd his people, 
 and in sondry places faughte with the Danys in that firste yere. vi. tymes : by mean 
 v/herof, iiis people were so sore mynesshed & wekyd, that he was forsed to take peas vf 
 
 % his enemyes, vpo couenaunt that they shulde auoyde the countres and prouynqes that 
 
 lihe hadde domynyon of. Vpon whiche agrement fermely cocluded, the Danys for a tyme 
 yoyded tho^e jcountresj and drewe towarde London, and rested theym about that coost 
 the more,partle of the yere folowynge ; and from thens to Lyndesey, in robbynge and 
 spoj'lyng the townes and vyllages as they went, andholdyng the comon people ynder theyr 
 seruage : and so contynued ouer the terme of two yeres. But or y^ thirde yere were 
 
 aaended, theyyode vnto Repindon, and there put downe or slewe Burdredus, than kyng of 
 JMercia, and betoke that kyngdome vnto a seruaunt of his, named Colwolphus, vpon 
 .condieion.thathe shuld kepe it to theyr behofe. And thenne they beseged a towne ther- 
 by called Habourgth, and assawted it right sharpely : wherfore [f people therof, beyngein 
 great d^-ede and fef^, toke the body of that holy virgyn seyt WerbQurgthj by vertue of 
 
 axwhose body f enemyes were somwhat put abacke, & after for a more suertie]* the in- 
 habytatices of f towne of Hamburgth, [with that holy treasure,]' fled vnto Westchester*. 
 [wher«^at this daye she lyeth honorably shryned.] Than the kynge made efte peas w the 
 Danys, -in truste v\h€rof he rode with -the fewer people: wherof they beyng ware layde 
 busshemets for hym, and set so nere hym that they slewe a great parte of his company in 
 
 tfra nyght, as he roiie towarde Wychester. For this treason f kyng was sore amoued agayne 
 the l3anys, & id as secrete maner as he mjjght, he assembled a chosen company of knyghtes, 
 and, as wytnesseth Guydo, fyll vpan theym sodeynly and distressed many of theym,, 
 and lefte theym nat tyll he had .chased them to Chester, or after an other auctour, to 
 Exetour ; and there kynge Alurede kbpt the Danys so short, that he costreyned them to 
 
 wrgyue t-o hym pledges to kepe the peas, .and to dwelle no lenger there thanne they myght 
 purueyje shyppyng at the next porte to sayie into Denmarke. 
 
 After, w.hicneaccorde thus fynesshed,. the ky^ge retourned vnto Mercia or myddell 
 pnglade; and far he hapde ;^ .Colwolphus was deed, to whome the Danys hadde taken 
 that lordshyp to kepe, ,'he therfore seased that kyngdom, and ioyned it to his owne of 
 
 ' confvderyd. * Omitted in the edit, 1542. 1S59. ^ imitted in edit. 1542, 1559. * Winchester 
 
 edit. 1543. 1559. 
 
 West 
 
SEXTA PARS ALUREDI. 1^7 
 
 \yest !5»ax6ns, by whiche reason the kyngdome of Mercia surseased, that had contyrtued 
 frome theyr firsle kynge named Penda, as in the chapter of this werke. C. xxix. preten- 
 dynge', is more at length declared. 
 
 Aboute the. v. yere of the reygne of Alnrede, the Danys, as afFermeth Policronica, 
 
 -Tsayled fro Warham towarde Exeto', in the whiche iourney they losie. vi. score of thevr 
 smal shyppes by a tempest in the see : but some of theyni oecupyed the towne of 
 Chepynhamj and the couutree therunto adioynynge, and chased the' Angles, or made 
 theym as subgettes to the Danys. And so sore the power of theytn augmented, that the 
 Angles toste dayly, and they encresed : and the more by reason of ^ landyng of a prynce 
 
 'oof the Danys, named Gutteron or Gowthram, whiche is named kynge of Den- 
 marke> 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxii. 
 
 ALurede, beynge thus ouerset in multytude ofenemyes, as afFermeth Policronica and ^*s''5p"™*' 
 other, ladde an vncertayne lyfe, and vneasy, with fewe folks aboute hym, in the wode 
 
 /^ountree of Somersetshyre, and had ryght scante to lyiie with, but suche as he & his 
 people myght purchase by huntynge and fysshynge. [In whiche mysery, he thus by a 
 certayne of tyme contynuynge, he was, by a vysyon to hym shewed of seynt Cutbert, 
 comforted as foloweth. Vpon a tyme whan his company was from hym departed and be- 
 syed in purchasynge of vytayle, and he for a pastyme was redynge on a boke, a pylgryme 
 
 vocame to hym, & requyred his almes in Goddes name. The kyng lyfte vp his handes to 
 warde heuen, & said, I thanke God, y of his grace he vysyteth his pore man this daye by 
 an other poore man, and that be woll wytsaue taaske of me that he halh gyuen to me. 
 Then the kynge anone called hi&seruaunt, that hadde but one lofe anda lytell whatte of 
 wyne, and bad hym gyue the halfe therof vnto tlie poore man : the whiche receyued it /«/. '**x»/*-. 
 
 >rthankfully, & sodaynly vanysshed from his syght, so y no step of hym w-as seen in the 
 nesshe fenne or moore that he passed thorough. And alsa all that was gyuen to hym was 
 lafte there by, iu suche wyse as it was to hym gyuen. Shortly after his company re- a vrtyon. 
 tourned ta theyr maister, and brought with theym great plenty of fysshe that they hadde 
 than taken. 
 
 ^o The nyght folowynge, whan f kynge was at his rest, one apered to hym in a bysshoppes 
 "wede» & ehargynge* hym that he shuld loue God, and kepe iustyse, and be mercyable to 
 the poore men, & worshyp preestes ; and sayd moreouer, Alured, " Criste kndweth thy 
 conscyence and thy wyll, and now. wyll put an ende of thy sorowe and care : for to morowe 
 stronge helpers shal come to. the, by whose heipe thou shalt subdue thyne enemyes." 
 
 ifj" Who arte thou ^" sayd the kynge. "IamCuthbert,"«ayd he,, " the pylgryme thatyester daye 
 was here with the, to whom thou gauest both brede and wyne, I ambesy for the and thyne: 
 wherfore haue thou mynde hereof, whan, it is well with the." But howe he had his pylgrara 
 in mynde after, by the freda^n that lie gaue with/^ possessions vnto Doreham churche, it 
 is well and euydently seenj' Than Alured, after this vysyon*, was well comforted, & 
 
 wshewyd hym more at large. So y dayly resorted to hym men of Wylshyre, Somersetshyre 
 & Hamshyre, tyll ^ hfc was strongly copanyed. Than y- kyng put hym in a great ieopardy, 
 as sayth William de Regibus, for he dyd on hym y^ abyt of a mynstrell, & with his instru- 
 ment of musyke he entred the tentes & pauylyons of the Danys, & in shewynge there his 
 enterludes &, songes, he espyed all theyr slouthe and idelnesse, and harde mocfae of theyr 
 
 Mjcounseyll,. and after retourned vnto his company, and tolde to theym all the maner of the 
 Danys. 
 
 Thanne the kynge, with a chosen company, iyll vpon the Danys by nygh^ and dystressed 
 & slewe of theym a gr^at multytude, and chaced theym from that co&te. And whan the 
 
 • precedynge. * chargyd. edit. JS33. * Omitted m edit. 1542. 1559. * Notwithstandyng* 
 
 atleogthhe. edit. 1542. 135^. 
 
 ^ kyng 
 
i58 SEXTA»PARS ALUREDL 
 
 Icyng bad thus chaced the Danys, by ?ousell of his knyghtes, he buylded tber a toure, and 
 earned it Edelynge j which is to meane, i our speche, a toure of noble men. Out of 
 whiche toure he and his soldyers made many assautes vpon theyr enemyes, and dyd to 
 <theym moche harme & scath, and clerely^j: countre of them bytwene that and Selwoode. 
 rThis,Edelynge or Ethelyngysseye it stondeth in a great marys or moore, so that men may 
 nat wyn to it without' shyp or bote, and cpnteyneth no great grounde. But yet 
 therip is venyson and other wylde beestes, & fowle, and fysshe great plente. 
 
 Thus kynge Alured dayly pursuynge* his enemyes by belpe of Qod, and his sub- 
 gettes, whiche, herynge of his victoryes''and raanfuU dedes, drewe to hym dayly out of all 
 locostes, by whose powers and assystens be helde the Da,nys so shorte, that he waune from 
 theyra Wynchester and many other good townes, and forced theym lastly to seche for 
 peas; the whiche was concluded vypn certayne couenauntes : wherof one and pryncipalt 
 was, that tbeyr kyng named, as before i? sayde, Guttrun or Gowthram, or, after the 
 Englysshe Cronycle, Gurmunde, shulde be cristened, and a certayne of his dukes with 
 cs«Kiio5eip«%hym. And for the kyng wolde haue the Danys banysshed out of the west parties of Engi 
 lande, lie graunted to hym EastAnglia toabyde and dwell in. 
 
 Thanne this prynce of Danys, accordynge to the couenauntes, was cristened at Wyn- 
 ■chcster, and. xx. of f^grettest of his dukes. And to this sayd Danys prynce, Alured was 
 godfader at the founte stqne, and named hym Athelstatie. And after he had a season 
 Jofeasted the sayde Danys, he, accordyng to his prorayse, gaue vnto theyr kynge the countre© 
 of East Anglia, whiche than coteyned NorfFolke and Suffolke, and parte of Cambrydge- 
 shyre. And also, as wytriesseth Polycronica, he graunted to the sayd Danys' the coun- 
 tre of Northumberlande. And the other that wolde nat be cristened, departed f landed 
 and sayled into Fraunce, where they rested them with theyr cosyns and kynsemen, that, 
 •>rat those dayes, wasted the lande of Fraunce, as the* Frenshe storyes is somwhat appar- 
 ent. Whan this Danys kynge Athelstanne had f possession of thyse sayd countrees, ye 
 shall vnderstandc that all suche Angles as dwelled there, and within f precynct of them, 
 *vere his* obedyence. Albe it that he helde the sayd prouynce as in fee of the kyng, and 
 prOmysed to dwell there as his liege man, yet, that promyse nat withstandynge, he contynue4 
 jojyke a tyrEjunt by the terme of. xi. yeresful, & dyed in the. xii. 
 
 In. the whiche tyme, kynge Alured amended the cytie of Septonne that now is called 
 
 ■Shaftesbury, and, other townes and stronge h'oldes, that by the Danys were sore abated & 
 
 «npayred. And, as wytnesseth Guydo and other, he buylded the bowse of nonnes at 
 
 Shaftesbury, or was f^rste- founder therof, 
 
 IS He also fqunde'd an bowse of relygyon in the aboue -named place, of Ethelyngejgejj'S 
 
 and another in Wynchester, that was named the newe monastery, in the whiche he was 
 
 after bury^d^ And ouer this be endowed the churche of seynt Cuthbert in Dqreham, as 
 
 before is 'touch,ed, ^bbute the, xv. yere of the reygne of Alu^edie. The Danys, whiche 
 
 izj^.«a.>] before, as ye haue barde, sayled into Fraunce, retourned into Englande, and landed io 
 
 '"'Kent, and so htstely canje vnto Rochestei;, and beseged that cytie, and laye there so iOnge, 
 
 that they buylded a tOwre of tyittber, and nat of stone, agayne the gates of the cytii?. 
 
 But by strength of f cytezeyns that tower was destroyed, and the cytie defended tyll kynge 
 
 Alurede rescowed theym ; the whiche hadde made suche puruyaunce for the dystressynge 
 
 of theym, by water and lande, that they were so nere trapped, that for fere, they lefte theyr 
 
 i^r-borises behynde theym, and fledde to theyr shyppes by nyght. But whan the kynge^was 
 
 therof ware, he sent after theym, and toke. xvi. of their shyppes, and slewe many of the 
 
 said Darjys. After this iourney the kynge retourned to London, and repayred certayne 
 
 places .therof that before tyme hadde ben bur te or febled with the Danys, and betokethe 
 
 * clerelyvqytlei * pursued, edit. 154.2. 154^. ' the Danys ,tb«t were crystened. ♦ in the. 
 
 * .were under £is obedyence, 
 
 S guydynge 
 
SEXTA PARS ADUREDI. 169 
 
 guydynge therof vnto Etheldredus, than erle or duke of Mercia, to whome as wyfe, he had 
 gyuen his doughter Elfleda. 
 
 Aboute this tyme dyed Dunbartus, than bysshop of Wynchester, and the kynge made 
 Dunwolfus bysshop after hym ; the which, 'as sayth Polycronica, the kynge fande in f 
 'Modde kepynge of beestes, in the tyme whan he hym selfe kepte the woddes for fere of the 
 Danys. 
 
 Aboute the. xxi. yere of the reygne of this kynge Alurede, the Danys landed in. iiii. 
 places of this lande, that is to wytte-, in the East Englande, and the North & in f- West, 
 in. ii. places. But for f kynge, before theyr landynge, had warnynge of y deth of Athel- 
 stanne kynge of Danys of Eest Englande, and of other complayntes of the Danys, he 
 therfore yode thyther, in whiche tyme of his there beynge, thyse tydynges came vnto 
 hym. 
 
 ^-Capitulum C.lxxiii. 
 
 WHan kynge Alurede was assertayned of thyse tydynges, for so moche as some of the 
 
 irs&yd Danys were landed in that coste, and knewe well that the ferther they drewe vnto 
 those* parties the more they shuld be ayded & strengthed, he therfore sent mesangers '■«'• t. 
 in all haste vnto Etheldrede, erle or duke of Mercia, chargynge hym to assemble an host 
 of the men of Mercya, and the border there aboute, & to makeresystens agaynne the Danys 
 landed in the West, tyll his comynge*. And that doon, the kyng sped hym towarde his 
 
 j^enemyes, and pursued theym so sharply, that in the ende he draue theym out of Eest 
 Anglia : the whiche than landed in Kent, whether y- kynge with his people spedde hym, 
 and in lyke maner draue f Danys from thens. Howe be it, of any specyall fyght or 
 batayll auctours therof leue no memory. After this, agayne the Danys toke shyppynge, Danora ?«»•- 
 and sayled into North Wales, & there robbed and spoyled the Brytons, and from thens '^"''°- 
 
 irretourned by the see into Eest Anglia, and there rested theym, for so moche as the kynge 
 than was gone Westwarde. In this whyle, some of the foresayd Danys had wonne the 
 towne of Chester; but for the countres adioynaunt presed so sore vpon them, the said 
 Danys were compelled to kepe theym within the sayd towne orcytie, and to defende theym 
 by that maner. But that holdynge of the towne lasted so longe, that the Danys were com- 
 
 aopelled to ete theyr horses for hunger ; but by apoyntement they lastly gaue ouer the 
 towne, and went thens into Northumberlande. And in the whyle that the kyng with his 
 boost spedde hym thytherwarde, they, leuynge the stronge holdes and castell garnysshed 
 with men and vytayll, toke agayne shyppynge, and fet their cource in suche wyse, that 
 they landed in Sussex, and so came vnto the towne of Lewes ; and from thens towarde 
 
 ii London, and buylded a tower or castell nere vnto the ryuer of Lewes'. But f Londoners, 
 herynge of theyr doynges, manned out a certayne nombre of men of armys, the which, 
 with assystens of 5' men of y countre, put the Danys from that tower, and after bette it 
 downe to the grounde. Soone after the kynge came downe thyther, & for he thought 
 that ryuer shulde be a meane to brynge enemyes efte sones into that countre, therfore 
 
 ;<.he comaunded that streme to be deuydedinto dyuers stremesj sdo that by reason therof, 
 there* a shyp myght sayle in tyme afore passed, than a lytell bote myght scantly rowe. 
 Than by presence of f kynge, f Danys were forsed to flee that coutre, and from thens 
 toke agayne way towarde Walys, and kept a parte of the ryuer of Seuarne, and vpon the 
 border therof buylded theym a castell nere vnto Walys, & so rested theym there for a 
 urtyme : so that. iii. yeres after, this lande was vexed with thre maner of sorowes ; with 
 warre of the Danys, pestylence of men, and raoreyn of bestes. Whiche trowbles and ad- 
 uersyties natwitstandynge, he' knyghtly and manfully resysted the malyce of his enemyes, 
 
 ' these. "" tyll his comynge, omiWerf in edit. 1540. ' [Lee?] * where, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ' the kyng. 
 
 Z and 
 
170 
 
 SEXTA PARS LODOUICr. 
 
 and thanked Gpd alwaye, what trowble so euer fyll to hym or to his realme, and susteynf 
 ed it with great humylyte and pacyence. 
 
 It is tolde of hym y he deuyded the daye and nyght in thre parties, if he were nat lette 
 
 by warre or other great besynesse. Wherof. viii. boures he spente in study and lernynge 
 
 virtutes Aiu- ^of scycnce ; and other, viii. he spente in prayer and altnes dedes, with other cbarytable 
 
 >*<)!» dedes ; and other, viii. boures be spent in his naturall reste, sustaunce' of bis body, 
 
 ^nd the nedes of the realme : the whiche ordre he kepte duely by waxen tapers kepte by 
 
 certayne persones. 
 
 Thus this marcyall knyght contynuynge in all prowesse and vertue, lastely dyed, whan 
 
 lobe bad reygned ouer the more parte of this lande by the terme of. xxviii. yeres full, and 
 
 was firste buryed at Wyhon, and after certayne yeres, remoued and caryed vnto Wyn- 
 
 chester ; leuyng after hym a sone named Edwarde, surnamed Edwarde the elder : for the 
 
 other brother called Egelwarde dyed before his fader. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.ixxiiii. 
 
 Tntich. IT LOwys the seconde of that name, and sone of Charlys the Bawled, beganne his reygne 
 ouer the Frenshemen in the yere of our Lorde. viii. C. Ixxviii. and the. vi. yere of Alu- 
 redus, than kynge of the more parte of Englande. This was named Lodowycus Balbus, 
 whiche is to meane Lewys f Stamerer, for somoche as be had an enpedyment in his tange. 
 Ye haue before, in the story of Charlys the Bawled, herde how Charlonne, y" neuewe of 
 2x)Charles foresayd, with his host had entred Italy, and entented* towarde Rome ; the 
 whiche, after the deth of his sayde vncle, Charlys, kepte on his waye, and lastly came 
 vnto Rome. But for the pope', than beyng lohnnethe. viii. of that name, fauouredyaboue 
 named Lowys Balbus, & entended to make hym emperoure, therfore he refrayned the 
 ennoyntynge of y sayd Charlonne: fory' whiche dede hefynaily was compelled to auoyde 
 i^the towne atid countre, and fle* into Fraunce ; where be beyng honourably of Lowys re- 
 ceyued, declared and admytted hym for emperour, as sheweth the cronycles of Rome. 
 But iafter two yeres of his reygne, or short tyme of this admyssion to y dygnytie, this 
 Lewys dyed. Wherfore the sayd pope*, to enioye his papasi^ in rest, retourned to Rome, 
 and anoynted the forenamed Charlonne, and crowned hym with the imperiail diademe: the 
 3<.whiche in y Romanne Cronacle is named Carolus Tertius, the thirde emperour, that is ta 
 meane, of y name, 
 [ti.j. ca. 3:».] But of all thisspeketh no thynge the Frenshe Cronacle, except that it is there testyfyed 
 that he was of the sayd pope amytted^ for emperour. Polycronicon sheweth that the 
 seconde Lowys, kynge of Fraunce, was accursed of the pope' Nicolas, the firste of that 
 M name, for somoche as he refused his lawfull wyfe, and toke to hym his concubyne named 
 Waldrada. But that is vnderstande by Lowys the seconde emperoure of that name 
 whiche was sone of Lothayr, whiche Lothair was eldest sone of Lowys the niylde, as in 
 the story of Charlys the Bawlyd appereth. And for the genelogy of Charlys the conquer- 
 our, or of his ofsprynge, maye the clerelyer appere, and also f the reder maye haue the 
 loxnore certeynte of the names, which were Emperours, which kynges of Frauce, & which 
 Br Genoigia. were kynges of Germany, I shal, in the story of Lowys the. v. in whome, for a tyme, 
 sai-seased that blode, make a remembraunce of euery emperoure and kynges of Fraunce 
 and Germany, that reygned from ^sayd Charlys the grete, or conqueroup, tyll Hugh Ca- 
 pet: the which Hugh vsurped the crowne of Fraunce, as after shall appere. 
 itr Than it foloweth in the story, that for partycyon of the lande af Austracy or Loraynne^ 
 grudge and varyaunce contynaed alway attwene the kynges of Frauce and Germany, 
 whiche bothe kynges at this daye were named Lowys. Albe it, that the kynge of Fraunce 
 
 ' sustenance, 
 edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 " entended. ^ the bysliape. edit. 1542. 1559. * fled, ' B. of Rome. 
 
 Bjshopricke. edit. 1542. 1559.. * admytted. » the B. of Rome. edit. 1543.1569. 
 
 was 
 2: 
 
SEXTA PARS CAHOLI. I7l 
 
 "wfts surnamed Balbus, as before is shewed. For the whiche varyaunce, by labour of 
 frendes, thyse two kynges mette at the cytie or ptace called Gundeuyle, where, after longe 
 cdmunycacyon, it was fynally agreed that the sayd prouynce of Austracy sbulde than be 
 detiyded, as it somtyme had been parted attwene Charlys f Balled and Lowys the kyiige 
 
 'of Germany, theyr both fathers. 
 
 After whiclie peas thus concluded, eyther parted from other in frendely w3-se, and 
 Lowys Balbus yode vnto Ardernne, where he halowed the feest of Cristemas, and from 
 thens he yode vnto Compeynge, ' where he herynge' of the rebellyon of a marques of his 
 realme, called Barnarde, or more verely after the Romayn story a marques of Italy, For 
 
 'othis Barnarde, with one Helberde, had before tyme taken from the churche of Romecer- '•'• ^'• 
 teyne possessyons, whiche, by meane of this Lowys, the* sentence of the churche denounced 
 agaynne tbeym by the fore sayd pope lohnne', they were agayne restored, and the parties 
 also reconsyled. Of the whiche nowe* of newe this Barnarde nowe rebelled*, wherfore 
 the pope' as to Lowys, for f defensoure of the Churche of Rome sent for ayde, as before 
 
 'j'l haue shewed you. This Lowys of the sayd pope lohnne' was auctorysed foremperoure; 
 but for he was nat crowned at Rome with the imperall dyademe, he is nat accompted 
 amonge the emperours. For this newe rebellyon of Barnarde, Lowys assembled his ar- 
 mey at Compayne foresayd, and fcome thens rode to the cytie of Troyes in Vincent, 
 where he was taken with sodayne malady, of the whiche he dyed shortly after, nat with- 
 
 j«out susspeccyon of venym ; whan he had been kynge of Fraunce fully two yeres, leuynge 
 after hym two sones, that is to saye Lowys & Charlys, or, after some wryters, Chademayne. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C. Ixxv, 
 
 LOwys and Charlys, the sonnes of Lowys Balbus, or Lewys y Stamerer, began theyr 
 reygne ouer y- Frenshemen, in the yere of oure Lordes incarnacyon. viii.C.lxxx., & the 
 
 %fyere of f reygne of Alurede, than kynge of Englande, the. viii. yere: the «hiche, for 
 they were yonge of age, were put vnder tuyssion and gydyng of Barnarde, the erle of 
 Aunergii*, to whom f fader, by his lyfe, had theym comytted. \\'herfore the sayd Barnard, 
 with other of his affynytie, assembled shortly after at Meaus in Loraynne, and tliyther 
 called vnto theym the lordes of the lande, to treate matyers for the comon wele of the 
 
 ?osame. 
 
 In those dayes was a man of great myght in Fraunce, named Gosseleynne, the whiclie 
 enuyed the foresayd erle Barnarde and other, for certayne armes^ to hym by theym done 
 in tyme before passed, in auengynge wherof the sayde Gosseleynne intended to put hym 
 and other from the rule of the lande, whiche he knewe well they shulde occupye, wbyle 
 
 3f the sayde. ii. childrenne had rule of the same. 
 
 And this euyll purpose to brynge to efFecte, he wente vnto Conrade erle of Parys, and 
 shewed to hym moche of his wyll ; and amonge other thynges lette hym wytte, that if 
 Lowys, kynge of Germanye, myght with his helpe be made kynge of Fraunce, that he 
 shulde by hym be greatly auaunced: by t^hiche raeanes he caused the sayde Conrade to 
 
 -3 take his parte, soo that he and other of his affynytie, whan they came vnto the foresayd 
 counsayll ai Meawse, sayd that Lewys, kynge of Germany, was more apie to rule the 
 lande of Fraunce than any other was. And also after some wryters, thyse Lewys and 
 Charlys aforesayd, were nat f legyttimat sones of the forenamed Lowys Balbus, but got- 
 ten in baste of a cocubyne of the sayd Lewys. 
 
 ur This matyer thus debated and argued amonges the counsayll, lastly by most in nombre, 
 it was agreed, that Lowys, kynge of Germany, shuld be by arabassade requyred to come 
 and take vpon hym the rule of the lande of Myddell Fraunce : the whiche with small 
 fCquest was agreable, and in shorte tyme after came vnto the sayde cytie of Meawse, & 
 
 s 
 
 berde. * and the. ' B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. * but now. * Barnarde 
 
 rebelled agayne. * Auergii. edit. 1542. 15S9. ' liarmes. 
 
 Z 2 after 
 
172 
 
 Lcgscie. 
 
 Hiitoria. 
 
 foi. c. a. 
 
 SEXTA PARS CAROLI, 
 
 after to Verdune : but assone as ^ knowlege was come to Barnarde, and other of, his af- 
 fynyte, by counsayll of Hugh & Terry, two nobles of Fraunce, the bysshop of Orly- 
 auce, with an erle and other, were sente to Verdune, vnto the sayd kyng of Germany, 
 with his', message, that if he were content to take vnto hym; all suche parte pf the pro- 
 
 ruynce of Loraynne as Charles the Balled kepte from his fader Lowys, without more clayrae 
 of y lande or realmer of Fraunce, he "shulde gladly haue it, and if nat he shulde abyde 
 the iugement of Mars and his batayll. With whiche offer Lowys was wele contented, and 
 beyng of it in a suertie, departed agayne into Germany. Thorough tiiat doynge, the fore^ 
 named Gosselynne and Conrade, with other of theyr frendes were with it sore dyscon- 
 
 '0 tented of f departure of Lowys foresayd. They^ in goodly haste after, conueyed the 
 sayd. ii. children vnto the cytie of Ferrer, and there crowned and proclaymed theym for 
 kynges, as wytnesseth maister Robert G'agwyne ; but the forenamed Gosselynne and Con- 
 rade, nat leuynge so the matier, sent messangers vnto the quene of Germany, com- 
 playnynge theym vnto her of the vnstablenesse of her lorde and tymerousnesse, wherby 
 
 ij'he had nat alonely loste f possessyon of the realme of Fraunce, butalso he hadde put 
 theym and all their frendes in great fere and daunger. Wherof heryng, the quene in her 
 mynde was sore dyscontented with her lord and husbande, and, as she durste, shewed it to 
 hym as his reproche and dishonour, and fynally to satysfye the myndes of the sayde Gos- 
 selynne and Conrade, she sent into Guyon her brother named Boso, by whose aydes and 
 
 2»assystence he was of that prouynce proclaymed kynge. 
 
 Endurynge whiche trowbles, the Danys entred the lande, and came vnto the ryuer of 
 Lyger, and robbed and spoyled the countree without mercy : wherfore the kynges assem- 
 bled theyr people, and gaue to them batayll nere vnto the ryuer or' Vyen, where they 
 distressed this sayd Danys, and slewe of theym. ix.M., and drowned of theym ouer that 
 
 tra great multytude in y sayd ryuer. Afier-whiche victory by the kynges opteyned, a newe 
 vexasion and trowble was to theym ascerteyned, that Lewys, kyng of Germany, with a 
 great puysaunce, was comen vnto a place called Ducy, and to hf was gone the fore- 
 named Gosselynne & Conrade, with al the power that they myght make ; and by theyr 
 ledynge was from thens conueyed vnto Rybemount. But how so it was, for lacke of per- 
 
 ^ofourmaunce of promyse, made by the sayd two erles vnto f kynge of Germany and nat 
 obserued, he herynge of the kynges of Fraunce drawynge towarde hym with a stronge 
 boost, cocluded a peas, and retourned into Germany, and the. ii. bretherne rode togyder 
 vnto the cytie of Damens or Dameus, where they deuyded the lande of Fraunce attwene 
 theym ; so that Lowys helde to hym the countre nere and aboute Parys, with y^ prouynce 
 
 3f of Neustria or Normandy, and Charles had vnto his parte Burgoynne and Goyon, w pro- 
 myse made and assured on eyther pertye, that eyther of them shulde ayde and assyste 
 other. 
 
 ' ^ Capitulum. C.lxxvi. 
 
 AFter this partycyon attwene the. ii. brethernne thus made, by f meanes of Lowys 
 "♦okyng of Germany, the fore sayde erles Gosselynne and Conrade were vnto the sayd 
 brethernne recosyled and agreed ; and for to theym redy worde was brought, that Base* 
 before named, kyng of Guyon, had wonne the cytie of Vyen, and therin lefte his wyfe, 
 whyle that he occupyed the hylles and mountaynes beynge there aboute, they ioyntly 
 assembled theyr knyghtes, and sped' thyther, and layde theyr seage aboute the sayd cytie. 
 ifjrBut, durynge this siege, the Danys eft enwasted ^ lande of Frauce: wherfore Lowys f 
 elder brother departed from that siege, leuynge there his brother Charlis. But or the said 
 Lowys myght wyn to the sayd Danys, as tyrauntes and cruell enemyes to Cristes fayth, 
 they had spoyled many churches and temples^ and a monastery of seynt Peter in Corby, 
 
 ' thys. 
 ' sped them. 
 
 but the sayd Barnarde with other of his syde. 
 
 of. ♦ Boso. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 & throw- 
 
SEXTA PARS CAROLI AC LODOUICI. 175 
 
 & throwen it downe to the grounde ; after whiche vyJe and cruell dede by theym done^ 
 Lewes gaue vjito theim batayll, & slewe of them great nombre, & chased the reme- 
 naunt. 
 
 But after this victory ensued a great wonder; for whan f cristen had, as before is 
 
 rsayd, chased the Pagans or Danys, they retourned as confused and dysparbled' lyke as all 
 the boost of Danys had theym pursued, so that well was hym that myght ronne fastest and 
 hyde hymselfe from the daiiger of his enemye : for it was thought to theym, and apparent 
 to theyr syght, that theyr enemyes folowed at theyr backes with all keynde of wepyn, and 
 yet fotow^d theym no man. The whiche fere & flyght of Frenshemen, as sayth myn 
 
 /oauctoure, was sente to theym by dyayae ;* forasmoche as they so often before tyme 
 
 had wonne thenne the pryce of theyr enemyes, and hadde nat therfore gyuen due thanke 
 vnto God, but referred it to theyr owne strengthes and vertue. 
 
 Than the Danys herynge of this disparblynge' of the cristen boost, reassembled theyr 
 power, and prepayred theyra to newe fyght. Wherfore the kynge called togyder hisknyghtes, 
 
 <rso, as before is sayd, disparbled', and mette with theym nere vnto y aboue named ryuer 
 of Lyger ; but whan both hoostes were within a daye iourney, the kynge was aduysed by 
 some of his counsayll that he shuld nat as than fyght with them, for the whiche cause he 
 yode vnto Compeynge, and there kept the feest of Cristemas. 
 
 And whyle the kynge was lodged in Compeynge, he delyuered his host vnto a noble ma Histona. 
 
 uoof his lade, named Theodorych, wyllynge hym to go agayne the Danys, of whose exployt 
 or spede myne auctour maketh no mensyon ; but sayth, that soone after the foresayd feest 
 the kynge spedde hym to Turonne, where he sent to rayse the Brytons of lytell Brytaynne 
 to withstande the foresayd enemyes. In the whiche passetyme he was there taken with a 
 maledye, & from thens, in a lytter, caryed unto sCynt Denys, where he dyed and was 
 
 •wburyed, or, as sayth Maister Gagwyn, he died at Turonne, and was after conueyed vnto 
 seyiit Denys, and there buryed. Bui for al wrytersioyne the reygne of thyse. ii. brethernne Mers LodouicU 
 in one, thereof*! woU now shewe vnto you the fyne or conclusyon of f other brother, 
 called Charlys or Charlemaynne, the whiche all this whyle mayntayned the siege aboute 
 Vyenne, where his brother, as before is touched, lefte him : to whome the lordes of 
 
 3flFraunce sent in all hast gyuynge to hym knowlege of tl>c deth of his brother, and also of 
 the grat daunger that the lande was in by reason of the Danys: wherof whan the sayde 
 Charlys had thus wrytynge', he lefte a parte of his people at file sayd siege, and with the 
 other dele he sped hym towarde Champaynne, forsomoche as he was enfourmed that the 
 Danys were drawen towarde that cost. And as he was in his iourney, worde was broughte 
 
 srvnto hym, that Vyenne was delyuered vnto suche persones as he hadde there left to 
 mayntayhe the siege: and after this came another messanger, whiche shewed to hym that Ma"iid»™ 
 the Danys had destroyed dyuers churches in Champayne and other places, and howe the 
 bysshop of Means, f agaynne them had lad an boost of people, was of them slayne, & his 
 people chased : & ouer this, at the foresayd ryuer of Lyger, an other host of Danys, with 
 
 wo theyr leder called Hastynges, was assembled, the which in y perties wasted f countre as 
 f other in other places dyd, whiche soradele appalled the herte of the kynge Charlys ; 
 howe be it, by the comforte that he dayly* reseyued from the lordes of Frauce, he kepte on 
 his iourney, & made towarde the nexte of his enemyes. 
 
 But whan he drewe nere vnto theym, were it for his awne cowardyse, or of the coun- 
 
 wseyll of his lordes, he fell to a comunycacion of pease; and fynally concluded, that 
 Godfrey, f prynce of Danys, to confesse the ficiyth of Criste, and to be cristened, shulde 
 enioye f hole prouynce of Fryse; and within the same, he, with his Danys, to inhabyte 
 iheym. The whiche condycyon of peas was the begynnynge of great sorowe and losse 
 vnto Frauce, as after shall appere. For all be it, that the sayde Godfrey, to dyssayue f 
 
 ' dysparkled. * dyuyne perneaunce. ' dysparklyng. * therfore. ' wyttynge. 
 
 edit. 1542. J 559. * hadde dayly. 
 
 Frenshemen, 
 
174 SEXTA PARS LODOUICL 
 
 Frenshenaen, shewed outwarde countenaunce to be a cristen man for a whyle : he shortly 
 after, with an hoost of xU M, Danys, entred the lande, & wastynge the countre tyl he 
 came to Parys, and layde there his syege aboute the same cytie; but, by the arche- 
 tysshop of Parys, than named losseiynne, and the inhabytaunces of the same, the cytie 
 
 Twas luaQfuUy defended, so that he, with his Danys, was fayne to breke his siege, and 
 from tUens yode to the cytie of Laonne, & wan it by strengthe, and after it spoyled and 
 robbed, & after brent. And fro thens to Soysons, in pyilyuge and destroyinge the coun- 
 tre, as they went, in so crueli wyse, that the bysshoppes & preestes fled from their churches 
 with relyques and anournamentes or ornamentes belongynge to the same : as the 
 
 wbodyes of seynt Germayne, seynt Remygius, and diuers other. 
 
 In the tyrae of this persecucyon, lyke as the lande of Englande was in great daunger, 
 so also was the lande of Fraunce, by meane of thyse Pagans or myscreauntes Danys: 
 the whiche resorted from that one realme to that other, and releued theymselfe in that 
 one lande, whan they were chased out of that other. But one myshap, araonges other, 
 
 irbefell in Fraunce at thyse dayes: for Charles, their kynge, was taken from theym in suche 
 wyse that no wryter leueth of hym any mensyon howe he dyed, nor wbanne he dyed, nor 
 mencyon' is made in the Frensche Cronycle, nor of myne auctour, howe longe whyle he 
 and his brother towys reygned. Albe it Vyncent Historyall, and Antony us*, whiche 
 giTOundeth hym upon f said Vyncent, and lacobus Philippus, saye, that thyse. ii. foresayd 
 
 wbretherne reygned, togyder and alone, by the terme of v. yeres without more. 
 
 And the Frenshe Cronycle, & also myn auctour, sayen, that Lowys dyed without heyre; 
 & that Charles lafte after hym a sone, whiche was named Lowys, and after, for his sym- 
 ple dedes, surnamed in Laten Nichil faciens, or in Frenche Rienfezant, which is to meane 
 in our speche nought doynge. But who that lysteth wele to aduertyse and remembre the 
 
 irordre of this cronicle, he shall fynde in this latter saynge, some disorder'. For where it 
 
 AiKitotis is saydthat this Charles shuld leue asonne after hym, to me it semeth, that, consyderynge 
 
 •PPiBio. ^.^ youth, he shuld nat be of any lawful] age to get a chylde : for, by all lycklyhode of 
 
 •conuenyence of the storye, if all be veryfyed as it is before declared, he coude not pas 
 
 the age of. viii. yeres, at y^ moste. 
 
 3» Wherfore, it must folowe, of a congruence, that other they reygned lenger tyme, or 
 ellys this childe, or heyre, Lowys aboue named, was f sone of some other man. But to 
 folowe myne auctour, I shall procede as foloweth. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxvii. 
 
 Fit. cm. LOwys the. iiii. of that name, and sone of Charlys, as before is said, began his 
 
 irr^gneouer the Frenchemen in the yere of our lord. DCCC. Ixxx. vi. and the. xiiii. yere 
 of Aluredus thane kynge of Englande. Of this Lowys, it is testifyed of dyuers wryters, 
 that he shulde enamoure hymselfe vpon a menchon, of the monastery of Chyell, and her 
 draweout by force, and mary her vnto his wyfe : for the whiche dede and other, he pur- 
 cfhased the abouesayd name, and was called Lowys noughte doynge. 
 ifo In his* tyme the Danys, contrary theyr promyse before made, made newe warre within 
 the' lande of Fraunce. Wherfore the Frenshemen hauynge lytell hope in theyr kynge, 
 sent vnto Charlon or Charlys the emperoure, sone of Lowys kynge of Germany, as before 
 is shewed, reqtiyryng hym, in all humble wyse,. to vysile the realme of Fraiice, and to 
 defende it from the persecucion of the Danys. 
 «r In thyse dayes also waslyuynge in Fraurtce the forenamed Hugth, which, as ye before 
 haue herde, mayntayned f quarrel of Lowys and Charlys, lasle kynges, agayne Lowys 
 kyn^e of Germany. The whiche Hugth, of some wryters is called Hue le graunde, 
 that is Hugh the great. This man gaderyd an hoost of Frenshemen, and gaue batayll 
 vnto the Danys, and slewe of theym a great nombre. 
 
 • norno mencyon. * Antoninus, edit, 1542. 1359- ' dyscorde. ♦this 
 
 It 
 
SEXTA PARS LOWYS. 175 
 
 It shulde seme by the wryters of the Frenshe story, that thyse noble men of Fraunce, 
 as this Hugth and other, sbuld baue the rule of the spirituall possessions of abbeya and 
 other houses of relygion : for of myn aucto' Maister Gagwyne, tliey are in Laten named 
 Abbates, and in the Frenshe boke Abbis, whiche is to rat ane AbbDites. 
 
 r. And also it is testyfyed of the sayde wryters, that this Hugth and Robert erle of Parys, 
 were the firste that latte the distribucou of those spirituall guodes vnto tfaek knyghtes, 
 and gaue ouer that name of abbot: the whiche in some other astates eontynued tyil the 
 dayes of Robert kynge of Fraiice. 
 
 Than it foloweth, accordynge to^ request made vnto theemperour, as aWue is shewed, 
 
 ">he gaderyd a stronge hoste of Italyons, & perced the lande of France, and bare hym so 
 victoryoubly agayne the Danys that -he forced theym to obey to all theyr former promyse 
 &condycions. But Eusebyus and other that wrote the acles of the emperours, sayen that 
 this Chariys, whiche they name the thirde of that name, and also Grossus, that is, great, 
 subdued the Danys of Fraunce, and compelled theyr leder or prynce, named there 
 
 rRodefredus, to take the habet of Cristes relygyon, and receyued hym at the colde water. In 
 whiche tyme, or soone after, wherof the tyme is nat duely ascertayned, dyed the forenamed 
 kynge Lowys surnamed nought doynge, whan he had reygned, after moost wryters,. viii. 
 yeres, leuynge after hym a sone, named Charlys : the whiche after, was surnamed 
 symple. 'But fur he was to yonge to take vpon hym suche a charge, the lordes put hym 
 
 t^vnder good and conuenyent gnydynge, and chase another, as foloweth,, togydey lande 
 tyll he were comen to his lawful! age, whiche was named £udo. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxviik 
 
 EVdo, the sone of Robert, erle of Angeowe, began his reygne ouer f Frenshmen in y 
 yere of our Lord. viii. C. Ixxx. &. xv. and the. xxiii. yere of Alurede, than kynge of 
 
 vrEnglande. Ye shall vnderstande y the aboue named Robert, erle of Angeow, was as tutor 
 & guyder vnto f fore named kynges of Fraunce, Lowys and Charlys ; & lastly was 
 slayne of the Danys : the whiche Robert lafte after hym. ii. sonnes Eudo and Robert. 
 Whiche Eudo, for the great fame that he was of, and also for the great trouthe f in hym 
 was prouyd and knowen, the lordes ofone assent, chose hym to be kynge of 5^ lande, for 
 cthe terme of his lyfe ; and as aifermeth the Frenshe booke and other, be was crowned of 
 Walter, thanne archebisshop of Senys. How be it, this is somdele doutefull to be gyuen 
 credence vnto, for dyuers reasons that therunto myghte be made; Maister Gagwyne 
 sayth that he hathe sene some auctours that testifie this forenamed Charles the symple 
 to be the lawfuU sone of Lowys Balhus, and the foresayd Lowys and Charlys, late 
 
 3ikynges of Fraunce, to be the bastarde sdnes of the sayd Lowys Balbus. 
 
 Thanne to folewe the matyer, this Eudo, in consyderacyon y the sayd Charlys the 
 symple was insuflFycyent to guyde the lande, he was put vnder the guydynge of this sayde 
 Eudo, and he was made kynge in his stede ; the whiche myghtely defendyd f lande from 
 all daunger of enemyes. And ouer that he caused the sayd Charlys the symple to be 
 
 ><onorysshed & broughte vp with moost dylygensi, so that he was infourmed and exarsysed 
 with all vertues doctryne, and other thynges necessary vnto a prynces sone. And fynally, 
 whan this noble and vertuous knyght Eudo knewe that he shulde dye, he called before 
 hym the lordes and nobles of Fraunce, the whiche he charged by soiempne othe, that 
 after hrs dethe, they immedyatly shulde crowne Charlys for theyr kynge j and dyed soone 
 
 «i after, whan lie had reygned, as afFermetb auctours, by the terme of. ix. yerea^ 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxix. 
 
 EDwarde, SHrnamed the elder, and sonne of Aluredns, began his reigne ouer the more Huwria, 
 parte of Englande, in the yere of our Lorde. ix. C. & one, & the. vii. yere of Eudo, than t'-'- *• "• -^ 
 
 kyng 
 
176 SEXTA PARS EWDOWE. 
 
 kyng of Frauce. This was lower than his fader in letter and conynge.r but he was hygher 
 in honour and worshyp. By his firste wyfe he had a sone named Ethelstanne, the whiche 
 was kynge after hym. By his seconde wyfe he had. ii, sonnes, Edredus and Edwynus; 
 and. vii. doughters. And of the thirde wyfe he receyued two sonnes, Edmunde and Edrede; 
 
 ''and two doughters, Edburga and Edgina. 
 
 The firste of thyse. iii. wyues byght Edwyna, the seconde tiyght Edgina, & the. iii. 
 was named Itheleswyda. Of the forenamed. vii. doughters, whiche he had by his seconde 
 wyfe, one named Alunda or Alrayda, was maryed to the firste Ottho, the emperouiei 
 & an other, named Algina, was maryed to Charlys the symple, kjTng of West Fraunce; 
 
 'oand tbeyongest of his doughters, assaythe Policronica, he wedded vnto Lowys, ^kynge Of 
 Guyanne. Buttherof spekethnothynge the Frenche Cronycle. [Andthesuster of her, borfl^ 
 of the same moder, and named Edburga, the whiche nowe lyeth shryned at Wyncbester'.] 
 He sette his sonnes to scole, and his doughters be sette to woll werke, takyng example of 
 Charlys the conquestour. 
 Hisiorii. '^ By auctorytie of Formosus the pope*, he made. vii. bisshoppes in Englade, wherof he 
 ordeyned. v. in West Saxon, i. in South Sax^on, &. i. in Marcia, at Dorchester. He also 
 for' monkes of Wyncbester, that sayd y his fader Alurede walkyd, caused hy to be re- 
 mouyd vnto the newe abbey. Aboute the. v. yere of his reygne, Clito Ethel waldus, a 
 r»i.c.!ii!. ner kynnesman of his, rebelled agayne hym, & occupyed the towne of Wymborne, be- 
 
 losydes Bathe, and toke thens by force a none, & went thens' vnto y^ Danys, dwellyng in 
 Northumberlande, and excyted theym to ryse agayne kynge Edwarde. But the kynge 
 pursued hym so sharpely, that he was constrayned to leue that countre, & sayled into 
 Fraunce, and lafte the nonne behynde hym. The whiche y^ kynge caused to be restored 
 agayne to the house y she was taken fro. 
 
 T^ The next yere folpwynge the sayde Clyto, with his company, landed in Eest Englande, 
 and gaderyd to hym the Danys of that countre, and with theyr ayde destroyed and pylled 
 ^countre aboute Crekynforde, Cryklade*; and then passed y^ ryuer of Thamys, & spoyled 
 the lande to Bradenestoke : and so from thens retourned in Eest Anglia, that is, Norfolke 
 & Suft'olke. 
 
 h The kynge folowed his enemyes, and spoyled of theyr landes whiche they held by comr 
 posicon from f ryuer of Owse to the bordure of seynt Edmundes lande; comaundynge 
 his knyghtes of his host, that none shuld dragge or tary after his boost for fere that they 
 were nat beclypped of theyr enemyes : but the Kentysshe men whiche trusted to mocb in 
 theyr owne strength, disobeyed that comaundement. Wherfore y^ Danys awaytynge theyr 
 
 irpraye,,fylle vpon theym by busshementes, and slewe the more partye of theym, wherwith y 
 kynge was sore discontented. 
 
 ' Soone after bothe hoostes met, where, after longe fyghte, Clyto, with many of the Danys, 
 was slayne, and the remenaut constrayned to seche peas : the whiche was granted vpon 
 certayne condycions ; that they shuld holde theym within the boiides to theym lymytted, 
 
 Huand, ouer that, paye yerely a certayne money in waye of trybute. After which peas with 
 them stablysshed, he repayred cyties, townes, & casteliys, that by the sayd Danys were 
 shatered and broken. And about the. viii. yere of his reygne, kyng Edwarde repayred 
 the walles, and also the cytie of Kaerlyon, that nowe is called Chester : to the whiche 
 were great helpers, Etheldredus duke of Mercia, and Elfleda his wyfe, doughter of Alu- 
 
 i^rrede, as before is shewed, and suster of this kyng Edwarde. And that done, the kynge 
 buylded a stronge castell at Herforde in the egge of W^alys ; and he enlarged so greatly 
 f wallys of Chester, that the castell, whiche before tyme, was without the wall, is now 
 , within. 
 
 ' Omitted in the later editions. ^ Bysshop of Rome. edit. 1542. iSSg. ^ for that the. * and 
 
 Criklad€. 
 
 7 And 
 
SEXTA PARS EDWARDI. 177 
 
 And the. ix. yere of his reygneEtheldredus, duke of Mercia, by counsayll of his wyfe, 
 translated the bonys of the holy kyng Oswalde from Bradony to Gloucestre ; and there 
 buylded a fayre monastery in the worshyp of seynt Peter. 
 
 in the. xii. yere of kynge Edwardes reygne, the Danys repentynge theym of theyr co- 
 
 ruenauntes before made, myndynge and entendynge y breche of the same, assembled an 
 hoost, & met vi the kynge in StafForde shyre, at a place called Toten halie ; and soone 
 after at Wodenesseyide ; at whiche. ii. places the kynge slewe. ii. kynges. ii. erlys, and [Li- 6. c«p. 5.] 
 many tboushades of the Danys f than occupyed the countre of Northuaiberlande. And 
 sooQ after dyed the noble man Etheldredus, duke or erle of Mercia or myddell Englande; 
 
 /« after whose deth, the kynge, for so moch as he had often prouyd her wysdome, he bctoke 
 the rule of that countre to his wyfe Elfleda, London alonely excepted ; the which he toke Hifs«tia. 
 vnder his owne rule. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxx. 
 
 OF this noble woman Elfleda, if I shulde shewe all the vertues, it ahuld aske a longe 
 
 /■rtyme and laysour' ; but amonges other of her noble dedes, she buylded and newly re- 
 payred many townes, cyties, & castelles : as Tomworth besyde Lichefeld, Stafforde, War- (Li. 6. wp. 5.] 
 wyke, Sbrowesbury, Watrysbury, Eldisbury, in the forest besyde Chester, that nowe is 
 ouer tourned & destroyed. Also she buylded a cytie with a castell in the northe ende of 
 Mercia vpon the ryuer Merce, that in those dayes was named Runcofanne; but now it 
 
 i«is called Runcornn. And she also buylded a brydge ouer f ryuer of Seuernn ; whiche 
 is, or was named Brymmysbury Bridge. This stroge virago fauour* of cytezeyns, and fere 
 of enemyes, halpe moche the kynge her brother in gyuynge of counsayll, and buyldynge 
 of cyties. Of her is tolde that whanne. she had ones assayed f wo and sorowe that wo- 
 men fele and suffre in berynge of a childe, she hated the enbrasynge of her husbande 
 
 ^euer, and toke witnesse of God, and sayde, that it was nat conueuyent or semely to a 
 
 kynges doughter to vse suche flesshely lykynge, wherof such sorowe shuld ensue or folowc. 
 
 In the. xiii. yere of f reygne of this Edwarde a great nauy of Danys, which, in f tyme 
 
 of Alured, were dryuenTto Frauce, now retourned agayne and sayled aboute^ Mestcou« 
 
 tre, and landed in dyuers places, and toke prayes, and went to theyr shyppes agayne: 
 
 JO and at one tyme amonges other, robbed and spoyledat a place called Irchynfeylde, they 
 toke a Bryttysshe bysshop, and caryed hym to theyr shyppes : and fynally raunsomed hyni 
 at. xl.li. But assone as kyng Edwarde had knowlage ojf their beyng, he assembled his 
 knightes, & sped hy westwarde by lande, and sent a nother hoost by shyp to encouter the 
 ^nys vpon the see : wherof herynge, the sayd Danys fled into Irelande, & by that course 
 
 z: voyded the lande, and hades of f kyng. 
 
 Than the kynge for strengthynge of the countre, made a castell at f mouth of the water 
 of Auene; and a nother castell at Bokyngham; and the thirde faste therby, that is to 
 mene, vpon eyther syde of the ryuer of Owse one. And after retourned Ito Northiiton- 
 shyre, & Bedfordshyre, & faught there ^ ^ Danis of thyse coutres, & at length subdued 
 
 "JO theym >V theyr leder or duke called Turketyllus. 
 
 Aboute y. xvii. yere of this kynges reygne, Elfleda, lady of Mercya, before mynded, 
 gaderyd her knyghtes ; & where the Brytons or Walshe men brake into the lande about 
 Brekenoke, she with her people witbstode theym, and, amonges other prysoners & prayes, 
 toke there the queue of Walshenien. And the yere folowynge, kyng Edwarde buylded 
 
 Aj-or newely reedyfied the townes of Towsetour and Wygmore, & destroyed the castell that 
 if Danys had made at Temesforde. And that yere the noble Elfleda wan the towne of MuUet ftrt* 
 Derbv from the power of the Danys, where he' put her in suche aduenture, that foure 
 knyghtes, M'hiche were called gardeyns of her corps, were slayne fast by her. 
 
 And the. xviii. yere of his reygne, dyed that noble pryncesse Elfleda, in ^ raonelh of 
 
 ' Leasure. * through favour, edit ls42. 1559. ' lliey. 
 
 A a, lunii. 
 
178 SEXTA PARS SENIORIS CAROL!. 
 
 lunii, and was buryed in the monastery of seynt Peter, whiche her lorde and she before 
 tyme had buylded within the towne of Gloucetour, as aboue is touched, [of the bones of 
 that holy kynge seynt Oswold;]* whiche monastery was after throwen to grounde by t^ie 
 Danys: but Aldredus bysshop, both of Yorfce and of Worceto', made there an other 
 rwhich is now chefe house or abbey of y towne or cytie. 
 
 Whan Elfleda was dede, her doughter named Elswyna helde the lordshyp of Merciaa 
 
 season. But for y^ kynge consyderyd it to be to great a thynge for her to rule, he ther- 
 
 fbpe dyscharged her therof & ioyned it to his kyngdome; but nat all without stryfe: for 
 
 HUtoria. dyuers townes kept' of the kyng for a tyme ; as Snotyngham or Notynghapi, Tomworth, 
 
 'oDerby, and other, supposynge f doughter wolde haue defended theyni as the moder by 
 
 /liAC*. her lyfe had doon. But suche wyse that of theym was .gaderyd*, fynally they came to 
 
 the kynges subieccion. 
 
 Henry, archebysshoppe* of Huntyngdon, that wrote moche of the Cronicles of Englande^ 
 in prayse of this noble woman Elfleda made dyuers dyties, of the whiche some been ex- 
 (fpressed as foloweth : 
 
 Cezers tryumphis were nat so moche to prayse, 
 As was of Elfleda that sheldes so ofte dyd rayse. 
 Agayne her enetoyes, this noble venqueresse 
 Virago and made, whose vertue can I nat expresse. 
 20 WHan Edwarde had reconciled thyse foresayd townes, he thanne buylded a newe towne, 
 for^ agayne the olde towne of Notyngham, on y south syde of the ryuer of Trent ; & 
 made a brydge ouer the sayd ryuer attwene the sayd two townes. And, as wytnessyth Po- 
 licronica, the yere folowynge, in the sayde towne or cytie of Notyngham. ii. kynges, that 
 is to saye, of Scotlande and Walys, yelded them vfito kynge Edwarde : by^ the cause why, 
 jrnor of warre attwene theym to be contynued, is nat of hym expressyd. 
 
 Howe be it in dyuers bokes of wryters of Cronicles of Englande, as of Maryanus f 
 Scot, Will'm of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntyngdon, and other, it is shewed y this Ed- 
 warde subdued the kynges of Scotlande and of Cumbrys, aboute the. ix. yere of his 
 reygne. And of y^ said auctours it is also testyfyed, that aboute the. xx. yere of the reygne 
 soof the sayde Edwarde, thyse sayde kynges of Scottes & Cumbrys shulde'chose this kynge 
 Edwarde for theyr chief lorde and patron, which shuld be about this season before ex- 
 pressed. 
 
 Than this noble prynce Edward, after thise thinges, be set* hym in an ordre. He in the 
 north ende of Mercia, by the ryuer. of Merce, buylded a cytie or towne, & named it 
 J^Thylwall, and strengthyde it with knyghtes; and after repayred the cytie of Maynchester, 
 that sore was defaced with warre of the iDanys. After whiche notable dedys by the piiys- 
 saunt prynce fynysshed, with the maryage of his childer and many other, whiche I omytte 
 and passe ouer for lengthe of tyme ; fynally, this noble man dyed, whan he had reygned 
 with great trauayle, by the terme of. xxiiii. yeres, at Faryngdon, & from thens conueyed 
 ^foto Wynchester, and there enterid, in the monastery of seynt Swythyne ; leuynge after hym 
 dyuers sonnes, as before is shewed, of the whiche Ethelstane was eldest. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxi. 
 CHarlys, surnamed the Symple, and sone of Lowys y'. iiii. or Ryen Fayzande, began 
 his reygne ouer the Frenshmen, in the yere of our Lordes incarnacon, as wytnessith la- 
 iireobus Philippus and other. ix.C.iiii, ; and y thirde yere of Edwarde thelder, than kynge 
 of Englande; in tyme of whose reygne the Danys, whiche contynuelly ouer the terme of. 
 i. wynter, that is to saye from the. x. yere of Charlys the Ballyd, somtyme kynge of 
 Fraunce, vnto the sayd dayes, had wasted andspoyled the lande; natwithstandyng'the agre-s 
 
 • ouer. erlit. 1533. ^ omitted in edit. 1542. 155^. ' she kept, edit. 1542. 1559. *" suche 
 
 wyse that of. theyni was gaderyd," omitted in the later editions. ^ [archdeacOn ?] ^ ryghte, edit. 1559. 
 
 ^ " by," omitted in the later editions. ' set by. ' not wythstandyng. 
 
 7 metes 
 
SEXTa'PARS SIMPLICIS. 179' 
 
 tnetey made attwene Cbarlys the emperour and theim, as before in the story of the. iiiL 
 Lowys is shewed, yet they with great hfoostes aryued in the countre of Nenstrya' or Nor- 
 mandy, and robbed and spoyled y countre before theyra, and slewe the people therof 
 without pytie : and from cytie to cytie kepte on theyr iourney, tyll they came vnto the 
 
 rcytie of Roan : wherof the bysshop, beyng i great drede of sobuersion of the cytie, and 
 distruccion of the cristen people within the same, delyuered y cytie by appoyntemet, that 
 he with the people myght departe thens without bodely harme, whiche vnto the sayd 
 Danys was a great strength, & hurte to the lande of Frauce. 
 
 Of this host of Danys, was ruler and leder a myscreaunt named Rollo, the which was 
 /oa mil of lowe byrth, but he was of great strengthe; the which whan he had a season HiKoru. 
 rested hym and his boost, and refresshed theym with* the fcytie of Roan, he than sette 
 forthe his waye; and comaundynge his vawnewarde to kepe their iourney towarde Paris: 
 and for the more spede to be raaide, he shypped' his Danys right there, and one parte he 
 sent bv'thervuer of Sean, the s'econde by the rvuer of Lyger or Leyr, and f thirde bv P""™'""*' 
 
 '^the water Geronde. „,„. 
 
 Thanne the Danys, that passed by the ryuer of Leyr, came at length to the cytie of 
 Nauntes, and. wanne that cytie by strength, and slew therin moche people; and the bys- 
 shop of the same, named Guymert, beynge at masse they slewe at^ alter. And whan they 
 had spoyled that cytie, and the coutre there a'boute, than yode they to the cytie of An- 
 
 jogyers, and brent & robbyd it most cruelly. And that done they yode vnto Towres, and 
 Tayde B\e^6 to thett cytie, [the whiche by the presens of f holy body of seynt Martyne, 
 whiche, at that tyme, was within that cytie, it was a whyle preserued ; but soone after the 
 munkes, ferynge the swerde of f Danys, fled the cytie secretly, and toke the body with 
 theym. And soon after f Danys had the towne at theyr wyll,]' & brent the abbey before 
 
 ?rthe towne, or standyng without the towne, and spoyled & robbed the cytie and townes 
 throughe f coutre of Guyan. 
 
 Wnan the Danys had thus subdued the more part of Nenstria* or Normandy, they, w 
 theyr duke Rollo,' by the ryuer of Seynne, drewe towarde Parys, aiid firste entrede the 
 landes of Burgoyn & Auei'ne, & EfFette' to Senons; wherof herynge, the monkes of the 
 ^monastery of Flory," [where f body of seynt Benet than rested, tooken that holy trea- 
 sourfe, and bare it vnto OrlyaUnce, and layde it in the churche of seynt Anyan tyll the 
 persecucion were ouerpassed. Of this monastery was at that dayes lyuynge a defensour, by 
 promyse before made, whose name, I Laten, is called Sigillosus, &, in Frenshe, Sigillophes, 
 an erle, which was taken for patron of the same abbey, to whome in the nyght foloW- 
 
 jrynge that the monkes were fled, as before is sayde, seynt Benet apered and blamed hym 
 that he none other wyse had defended the place of his sepulture ; with whiche vision the 
 sayd erle beyng feryd, gaderyd vnto hym, vpon the daye folowynge, suche small power as 
 he thanne myght make, and set vpon the Danys, & draue theym backe, and slewe of theym 
 a great nombre, and the prayes that he there wanne he oflfered to God and seynt Benet, 
 
 wby whose prayers he knewe well that he opteyned that victory.]^ 
 
 In tyme that the Danys thus persecuted the countre of Fraunce, and the kyng was nat 
 of power theym to resyste ; for so moch as Charles knewe well that the bysshop of Roan, 
 named Franke, was in good fauour of Rollo, he therfore sent hym in ambassade to the 
 sayde Rollo, to requyre a trewe or irewse for. iii. monethes, the whiche was graunted. 
 
 HrThe whiche trewse ended, the sayd Rollo beseged the cytie of Chartrys, durynge which* 
 siege, the duke of Burgoyn named Richarde, w his retynue, assayled the Danys; in tyme 
 of whiche fyght, Ebalde, erle of Peytowe,* was present, & draue backe the Danys, [wher- 
 with the bisshop of the cytie beynge vncoraged, tooke with hym the smocke of our lady, 
 
 ' Neustria. * within. ' o»zi«crf in the edit 1542. 1559. * Neustria. ' in effecte. edit. 
 
 1542. 1559. * fled, w added in tlie edit. 1542. 1559. ' omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. ' Poytovre. 
 
 A a a whiche 
 
180 SEXTA PARS CAROLI SIMPLICIS. 
 
 whiche at those dayes was kept there with great reuerence, and with the cytezeins and 
 
 other issued out of jr cytic,]' & made vpon the Danys a great scomfyture, so that by f 
 
 prowesse of the foresayd. ii. temporall lordes, [and assystence of this spirituall man,}' 
 
 r,i. c. ti. Rollo was compelled to fle and forsake his siege, & nat wout huge slaughter. Rolio then 
 
 issioria. rhauynge grea,t disdayne and displeasure of this ouerthrowe & scumfyture of his Danys, 
 
 reassembled thera that were abrode scatered, and comaunded theyni to oner ryde the 
 
 countre, & to distroye itin all that they myght. After whiche comaiidement thus to theym 
 
 gyuen, this cruell people slewe man, women, and childe, that were nat aptft to do to 
 
 theim seruyce, and brent the churches and temples, and rauysshed virgyns aswell rely- 
 
 ^ogyous as other : so that miserable it was to beholde f great abhomynacion of thyse ty- 
 
 ranous Danys, that brent, robbed, and slewe f innosent people without mercy. The lordes 
 
 and comons, thus beset with cruell fury of theyr enemyes, assembled theym by sondry 
 
 cempanyes, & went vnto the kynge, shewynge vnto hym theyr mysery, and blamed a» 
 
 ' they durste his ferefulnesse and neglygence, that he, nor none for hym, otberwyse withstode 
 
 lahe crueltye of the Danys, that had destroyed a great parte of his lande. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. Clxxxii, 
 
 CHarlys^. herynge this exclamacion of his subgettes,. & cosyderynge his lacke of power 
 to wstade f malyce of his enemyes, was right pensyfe and heuy in his berte ; & castyng 
 in his mynde many sondry wayes, he lastly determyned to sende agayne the aboue named 
 wFrank, bysshop of Roan, vnto Rollo, pryhce of Danys : shewyng hym, that, if he wolde 
 renja his Pagan lawe, and become a cristen man, be wolde to hym gyue, inmaryage*. 
 Gilda., his doughter, with the hole coUtre of Neustria, for her dowar. 
 
 Whanne Rollo had receyued this tydynges froin f kynge, by the mouthe of his frende 
 
 prank, he somwhat attempred bis fury & crueltie, and condescended to a trewe, by the 
 
 srcounsaylt of his lordes, for the terme of. iii. monethes. In the whiche tyme he myght 
 
 haue some comunycacyon with the kynge for ferther processe of this matyer. So that 
 
 after it was concluded by the cousayll of both prynces, that their nietynge shuld be vpon 
 
 1 • the ryuer or flode named Ept| where, shortly after, the sayd prynces had cdmunycacyon 
 
 the one with the other, their people standynge, vpon eyther syde of the sayd ryuer ; where 
 
 ^it was coeluded, that Rollo shuld forsake his pagan lawe, and take vpon hym the lyuerey 
 
 of Cristes baptym, & after to mary the fore named Gilda, & to receyue with her, as is 
 
 aboue shewed. Which coclusybn thus taken, eyther fro other departed. And shortly 
 
 after, at the cytie of Roan, a,ll ^ foresayd couenautes were exe.cuted & fulfylled. And 
 
 whan y said Rollo was cristened, his name was chaunged, & called Robert, after the erie 
 
 slof Peytowe*, whiche recjeyued hym at y' fonte stone. 
 
 Of this Rollo or Robert discended lynyally duke William of Normandy,, whiche con- 
 quered Englande, as after shalbe more clerely shewed. Than this Robert, thus cristened,. 
 was seased of the countree of Neustria j whom the kynge created duke,, and named byra 
 duke of Neustria. 
 ^rmanonim no guj jt ^35 nat longe after, that this name of Neustria was chaiiged and' called Nor- 
 *** mandy^a^fter the name of Normayns, 6r men comynge out of the northej or of Nor, that 
 
 fs to mean north, and Menn, two'^selables^ togyder make Norman, or a man of the north. 
 Whiche Normans or Danys, after the exposicion of Maister Gagwyn, sliulde be descended 
 of'the nacyon called the Gothes; whyche Golhis of the cytie or menne of Sithica been de- 
 wBcended. The whiche Gothis, in the dayes of the great Conslantyne, for. iheyr feersnes 
 and crueltie, were dryuen from theyr coantre then by tlfeym inhabyted,.nere viito f ryuex 
 called TharaayS) in the northe parties of Europe, and nowe ben inbabyted iii Dacia, 
 Hijtoru. whiche in bur speche is called Denmarke. And where some men holde an opynvon that 
 
 Danys and Saxons shuld be one maner of people, it may congruly folowe : for Saxoni 
 
 * emitted in the edit. 1 54.2- 1559, * Poytawe. ' whyche two» edit. 1 542. 1 559, 
 
 ben 
 
SEXTA PARS CAROLI. 181 
 
 ben of the coutre of Germany, and contayne the lande, after the sayinge of Strabo, in 
 the west parte of Gennanya, from the flodde called V^ystergus or Witera vnto the famous 
 ryuer ca led J R^ne; and Dacia or Denmarke is in the northe parties. Than to retourne 
 to this Rollo or Robert: the story sayth that he became a good Cristen man; in tokyn 
 
 Iwherof, as atFermeth ihe Frenshe boke, he gaue vnto dyuers churches & monasteries of 
 Frauce great gyftes, asweti of possessions, as of mouable goodes ; and contynued his 
 pease with the kynge, as he before had promysed. After nhiche pease thus stablysshed 
 atwene the kynge and the Danys, Robert, brother vnto Eudo, last kyng of Fraunce, 
 contrary his trouthe and allegyauce, seased eertayne cyties and other holdes of tlis 
 
 'okynges enherytaunce: wherfore the kynge, seynge that he coulde nat refourme bym of that 
 errour by no meanes of entreaty or other lyke wayes, assembled an boost, and met with 
 hyra in playne batayll, in the whiche the sayde_ Robert w^sslayne. This Robert: had a 
 suster, whiche was maryed vnto Hebert.'erle of 'Yeriaendoys;; wbiche erie, heityljge 
 of the deth of his brother in lawe, by enticement of his wyfe, as the story deraetli, met 
 
 «the kynge at the retourne of the telde ; and requyred hym, in nio-ie humble wyse, 
 
 that he wolde vouchesafe to lodge with hym, in his manour, called tlie castell of Peronne. 
 
 The kynge, castyng no parell, thanked hym of his kynde requtst, and graunted to go 
 
 ■iVhym, where he was receyued and fested with all honour. But whan this erle had con- '^"***'' 
 
 ueyed the kynges frendes and strength from hym, he than kepte hym there as a prysoner, 
 
 Mor murdered hym : so that he neuer came at large after. VVtiiche tydynges certaynly 
 knowen, Algina, wyfe vnto the sayd Charlys the Symple. mystrostynge the Frenshemen, 
 with fewe accompanyed, toke secret shyppynge, and with her yonge sone named Lowya 
 sayled into Englande, there to be comforted of her fader Edwarde, surnamed y', elder. 
 And thus erded the reygne of this Ctiarlys the Symple, whan he had reygned, after the 
 
 y-^ying of Vynsent Historyall, and other, by the tecme of-xvi. yere full, leuynge after 
 hym y foresayd childe, named Lowys. 
 
 ^ Capitulum, C.lxxxiii.. 
 
 RAduiphus, the sone of Richarde,. duke of Burgoynne, began his reygne ouer the^ 
 Frensheme in the yere of our Lord. ix. C. xxii. ; and J. xxi. yere of Edwarde tbelder, 
 
 3sthan kyng of Englande. Here is to be noted, that forsomoche as Algina, wyfe vnto^ 
 Charlys the Symple, was thus secretly voyded the lande of Fraunce, with her sone Lowys,. 
 and that the lande myght nat be \^uut a ruler, the lordes assembled at Parys, and there 
 toke theyr counsayll for the amyssyon' of an hedde or kynge of y lande. Whiche lordes>. 
 after longe debatynge of this matier, fynally agreed y this abouenamed Radulphus or 
 
 ^rRaafe, sone of the duke of Burgoynne, as aboue is sayd, as next heyre to the crowne, 
 shulde be admytted for kyng, and so was adiuytted. Of the whiche lytellof his dede» 
 are out in memory; except,, that in the tyme of his reygne,. the Sarazens entred the lande 
 of Burgoynne with a greatarmy, and dyd moche havme m that duchy; wherfore the kynge, 
 gaderyhge his host, met with they m at a place called, in Laten, Carrolasrand. in Frenshe,. 
 
 "^'Callo tl»e lasse, wl^iere the Frenshemen were victours, but nat wout great losse of theyr fti-CvO* 
 people. Than it'iolowetb, whanne this Rauffe had ruled the lande of Fraunce by ^ 
 space of. xii. yeres, he dyed, without issue male;, and was buryed in the churche o£ 
 saynt Caluml^ in the pruuynce of Sienys. 
 
 ^ Caprtulum. C.lxxxiiii. 
 
 Mf EThelstanne, the sone of Edwarde the elder, began his refgne ouer y more parte ofi^'^''^^ .- 
 Englande, in the yere of our Ibrde. ix Cxxv., and ^ thirde yere of Raufe than kyng of '' '"'"' 
 Frauce. [In the firste yere of the reygne of Ethelstanne, the holy childe Dunstane was 
 ^ome, in the countre of Glastenbury, whose lyfe shone after with many myracles. This 
 
 * admj-ssyo.edit. 1542. 155^^ 
 
 was 
 
182 SEXTA PARS ETHELSTANL 
 
 was somtyme abbot of Glastenbury, and lastly archebysshop of Caunterbury ; whose Hom 
 lynesse and prophecyes are shewed at lengthe in the vi. Chapiter of the. xvi*. Tyde of f 
 werke called Somma Antonini, and in the Legends of the Churchealso.]' 
 
 In the seconde yere of the reygne of Ethelstanne, for an ynytie and a peas tobfe had 
 atwene the kynge & the Danys of NQrthamberlande, he maryed to Sythyricus, theyr kyng, 
 his suster, but after, v. yeres this Sythyricus dyed. After whose deth, he seased the 
 countre into his owne hande, and put out the sone of the foresayd Sythyricus ; and whantie 
 he had thus accorded with the Danys of Northumberlade, he shortly after made subiecte 
 to hym Constantyne kynge of Scottes. But the sayde Constantyne meked hym so lowely 
 ">to the kynge, that he restored hym to his former dighytie ; wherfore the sayd Constan- 
 tyne sayd in prayse of y^ kyng, that it was more honour to make a kynge thanne to be a 
 kynge : whiche acte was done by the affirmance of Polycronycon, in the yere of grace 
 ix.C.xxvi.^ whiche than after that saying shuld be the seconde yere of the reygne of this 
 Ethdstanne. Tt is testyfyed of Policronica, that this Ethelstanne shuld mary one of his 
 rsusters, named Editha or Edith, vnto Ottho^ first of y name, emperour of Almayne, & 
 receyued from hym many precyous iewellys & relyquys j but of this speketh nothynge 
 the Cronycles of Romaynes. Howe be it, it is shewed there that the foresayd Ottho, or 
 Gttp, had a wyfe named Alunda, whiche as before is sayd in y- story of Edwarde the El- 
 der, myght be the doughter of the sayd Edwarde and of Edgina his seconde wyfe: but 
 i^Vincensius historialis saith, that Henry duke of Saxony, whiche was fader vnto the first 
 Ottho, sent vnto Ethelstanne, rec[uyryng of hym his suster, to mary vnto his 'sone Ottho, 
 by whiche reason it maye folowe, that this Ottho maryed y^ suster of Ethelstanne, but nat 
 Edythe. 
 
 Of thyse foresayd iewellys sent by Ottho, one was a presious vessell of stone called 
 ir'Onechynus, whiche was of such clerenesse, and also so subtely and craftely wrought, f it 
 appered to mannes syght asgrene corne had growyn within it, and moued and waned as 
 come dothe standynge in the felde ; moreouer in it appered vynys burgenynge and berynge 
 fruyte, and men also to syght mouynge and styryng. He also receyued the great Co- 
 stantyhes swerde, wherin was grauen with great letters of golde the name of y awner, & 
 3othe hyltes therof Were couered with great plates of golde, and one of the nayles'was 
 fastened to the crosse of the sayde swerde, that Criste sufFred with his passyon. But in 
 this reporte or saynge, Polycronicon varyeth from his former saynge, where he reporteth. 
 ii. of f sayd nayles to be spent vpon the brydell of the sayd'e Constantyne, and the thyrde 
 Histotia. nayle to be casten into a daungerptts swolowe of the see, as before is rehersed in the. 
 3rlxix. Chapitre of this werke. He also receyued the spere of Charlys the Crete, whiche, af- 
 ter the oppynyon of some wryters, was the spere that Lorlgeus opened with Cristes syde ; 
 aind the baner of seynt Morys, [a relyque of great pryce ;]' with a parte of the holy crosse, 
 and a parte of the crowne of thorne of our Sauyour, 
 
 Of the whiche iewellj-s, kynge Ethilstanne gaue a parte vnto seynt Swithunys of Wyn- 
 iiochester, and some he gaue vnto the abbay of Malmesbury. 
 
 I haue seen a Cronycle of Englande whiche testyfyed, that this Ethilstanne was the 
 first kynge that euer was enoynted in this lande ; albe it I fynde therof lytell aiictorytie, 
 -oppini*. except that Guydb and other testyfyen that he was crowned at the kynges towne, nowe 
 called Kyngstone. x. mylys from Londonne, of Athelyne than archebysshop of Caii- 
 »«terbury : but that proueth nat or argueth hym to be the firste for that reason, for ryghtso 
 was his fader Edwarde crowned of Plemounde, archebysshop of .the sayd see. But Guydo 
 fdreisayd affermed f Alurede, graudfader to this Ethilstanne, was anoynted kynge by auc- 
 torytie of Leo the. v. then pope' : wherfore it argueth' better that he shulde be the firste. 
 Than it foloweth in the story, that aboute the, viii. yere of the reygne of this Ethil- 
 rostanne, dyed Erystanne bysshop of Wyilchester, and Brystanne was bysshop after hym; 
 
 • Omifed in the edit. 1542. 1559. =* bysKoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' agreeth. 
 
 of 
 
 Minbite. 
 
SEXTA PARS ETHELSTANI. 183 
 
 [of whom it is radde f he sange, euery day, masse for all cristen soules ; and as f bysshop 
 Brystanne wente vpon a nyght aboute a churche yerde, and sayd his deuocions for all 
 cristen soules^ aad lastly said, " Requiescant I pace," be harde a voyce as it had ben of a 
 great host of people saying, " amen.'^' 
 
 r Soone after, Constantyne, kynge of Scottes, brake couenaunt w kyng Ethilstanne ; wher- 
 fore he assembled his knyghtes, and made towarde Scotlande, & in his way he tourned to 
 seynt lohnne of Beuerley, and oflFered there his knyfe vpon the alter, sayinge that, if he 
 retourned with victory, he shulde redeme his knyf with a noble pryce ; and that doon pro- 
 ceded vpon his iourney, & in conclusion scomlyted the Scottes, and brought theymagayne 
 
 -vnto dewe subieccion. And after, accorded to the promyse before made, he retourned to 
 Yorke, & so to the churche where the corps of seynt lohnne of Beuerleye laye, redem- 
 ynge his knyfe worthely as he before had promysed. 
 
 In the. vi. Chapitre of the. vi, Boke of Polycronycon it is remebred that kynge Ethil- 
 stanne, after this subduynge of the Scottes, beynge w his lordes and famulyers nere vnto 
 
 iT^ castell of Dunbar, prayed to God and seynt lohnne of Beuerleye, that in that countree 
 he niyght leue some remembraiice or token, that those y then were lyuynge, and also such 
 as shuld come after^ myglit knowe that the Scottes, by ryght, shuld be subiectes to En- 
 glysshe men ; and soone after, w his swerde, smote vpon a great stone, standynge nere vnto 
 the sayd castell, with which stroke the stone was ryuen to an elle i length, that, in the 
 
 lotyme of Edwarde the thirde, was there remaynynge to be sayde^; and whether at this daye 
 it is so, that I am in doute. Ye haue harde before that kyng Ethilstanne, after the deth 
 of Sytherycus, kynge of Northumberlande, seased that lande or prouynce into his owne 
 handes, and put out his sone, whiche after allyed hym with Constantyne, kyng of Scottes, 
 and maryed his doughter; by whose styrynge and exortacon he gaderyd a company of 
 
 wDanys, Scottes, and other, & entred the mouthe of H umber with a stronge nauy. 
 
 Wherof herynge, Ethilstanne, in all goodly hasie prepared his army, and at length 
 mette with hym, and his people, at a place called Brymforde, where he had a great & so- BeUum. 
 lempne victory; for as it is shewed in the foresaid chapiter and booke, after the kynge •'^'''- ^- »"'• 
 by helpe of God [and seynt Aldelyne,]' had defended the subtyll assaute made vpon hym, 
 
 3»by night, of his enerayes, he vpon the morne, by helpe of his brother Edmunde, and Odo 
 the archebysshop, chased his sayd euemyes, and slewe there Constantyne kynge of Scottes, 
 and. V. small or vnder kynges, and. xii. dukes, with the more partie of all the straunge 
 nacyons at that tyme there gaderyd : whiche batayll shuld be done, by y meanynge of y 
 sayd Policronicon, aboute y last yere of his reygne. 
 
 ^ ^ Capitulum. C.Ixxxv. 
 
 IT is also testyfyed of dyuers wryters, that Ethilstanne, after this victory thus opteyned Kstona. 
 of f Danys and Scottes, or Scottes and Danys, he also subdued the North Brytons that 
 dwelled atHerforde and there aboute, and compelled theym to here* to hym yerely for a 
 trybute. CCC.li. of syluer, xxv. hondred hede of nete, and xx.li. in golde : but Guydo 
 
 ;<iisayth ^ kyng Ethilstanne caused to come before hym at Herforde cytie, the rulers of all 
 f North Brytayne, and there had with theym suche comunycacion, that he forced theym 
 to gi'aunte vnto hym as a yerely trybute. xx.li. of golde, CCC.li. in syluer, and of heddes 
 of nete. xxv. hondred, with dogges and hawkys to a certaynne nombre. After whiche 
 victories he went vnto Exetour, and repayred it and the wallcs therof sufficient^ Dane 
 
 wlohnne Lydgate, a monke somtyrae of seynt Edmundes Bury, made a goodly Treatyse 
 of this kyng Ethilstanne, shewynge that he was in so great persecucypn of the Danys, 
 that he was costrayned to call at Wynchester a great counsayll of his lordes; where after 
 longe debatynge of the matier, and dyuers ambassades and messages sent aboute the 
 
 ' omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. * sene. ^ omittedin edit. 1542. 1559. *pay. ' sufficyently. 
 
 kynge 
 
,8^ SEXTA PARS ETHELSTANI. 
 
 Icvnce and the Danys, it was fastly concluded that y kynge shuld puruaye hytn a cham- 
 
 Ccibronde. »von to fvght with Colibronde or Colbronde a geaunt and Dane, whiche the Danys had 
 
 appovnted for theyr cheuelayne: wherfore ^ kyng, enserchynge thorugh his landes for 
 
 suche a knveht, & myght none fynde, was in great daunger and distresse and heuynesse, 
 
 -^and for somoeh as he well perceyued that manes power fayled, he by the aduyce of lordes 
 
 spirituall and temporal!, fyll to fastynge and prayer, and contynued therm bya certayue 
 
 of tyme with partyte and cherytable deuocyon. ,_,,., 
 
 In tyme of whiche sayd abstynence, a vysyon was shewed vnto Ethilstanne, confortynge hym, 
 
 Not.. and also comaundyng hym that erely vpon the next mornynge, he shulde stande at f north 
 
 .ogate of the cytie of Wynchester, and there he shulde fynde, amonges the porayll, a pylgryme' 
 clade in palmers wede, whonie he shulde chose for his champyon. After whiche vysyon thus 
 to hym shewed, he dyde accordyngely, and founde a man of goodly stature & somdele 
 strykeil in age, and clade as he was moaysshed by the vysyon : wherof he firste gaue vnto 
 God thankynges, and after made request to this pylgryme% y he wolde take vpon hym this 
 
 irbatayll for the defence of the lande, whiche layde for hym many resonable excuses, aswell 
 
 for his age as otherwyse. ^ ,^ „ , • , 
 
 Howe be it, that, fynally he graunted the kyng to fulfyll his request and commaunde- 
 ment, and at the daye before lymytted and assygned, mette in the felde with the fore- 
 named geaunt called Colbronde, without the gate of the cytie, in a medowe or pasture, 
 ^^called hyde mede, where, attwene tlieym two was faughtyn a longe and cruell fyght, so 
 that the kynge was in great fere of his champion. But fynally, by helpe of God, the pyl- 
 gryme" wanne the honoure of that fyght, and slewe that geaunt that was of excedynge 
 stature, and therunto of great & passynge strength ; whiche victory by^ pylgryme* thus by 
 grace opteyned, the kynge, with his barony, fette hym into the cytie of Wynchester with 
 irsolempne procession, "and conueyed hym vnto the cathedrall cbnrche of y^ same, where 
 he thanked God with great deuocion, and offeTed there the axe with the whiche he had 
 slayne the Danys champion. After whiche oblacion with dewe reuerence, and other ob- 
 seruauces by hym and other fynysshed, the kynge caused hym to be coueyed vnto his 
 court, where he taryed that nyght with moche dauger ; and vpon the morne erely he made 
 isuche meanes that he wolde "nedely departe, and' that, in the same apparell that he came 
 thylher. Whan the kynge was aiduertysed that his pylgryme* wolde so hastely departe, 
 whome he entended to haue holden with hym in his court, and to haue endowed with 
 riche possessions, he comauded hym to be brought vnto his presence ; and whan he sawe 
 he coude nat cause hym to tary, he requyred hym to shewe his name ; wherof also be be- 
 iTsought the kynge to pardon hym. Wherfore the kynge, consyderynge his hasty departynge, 
 with many other thynges in hym to be cosydered, was the more desyrous to haue of hym 
 some knowlege. And for that he was affectuse in his desyre, wbanne the pylgryme* per* 
 ceyued that he coude nat, with the kynges pleasure, departe, without dysclosynge of his 
 name, he sayde he myght nat discouer his name within the walles of the cytie, without 
 Jjothe offence of his conscyence : wherfore the kynge graiited to go with hym tyll he were 
 in y brodefeldes; vpon whiche graunte thus made, the kynge comaunded dyuers great 
 gyftes to be to hym presented, whiche all he vtterly refused. Shortly to conclude, the 
 kynge, with a certayne of his lordes, conueyed this sayde pylgryme* vnto the townes ende, 
 and whan he was thyther cothyn, he there requyred of the perfourmaunce of the pro- 
 lirmyse ; where this pylgryme*, syttynge one his kne, besought the kynge of his especyall 
 grace, that he wolde put aparte his lordes and other, so that he myght shewe vnto hyift 
 his name oonly : whithe doon he, in moost bumble wyse, besought hym, that he wolde 
 kepe his name secret for the space of. xxiiii. houres, wherof f^ kynge affirmauce to hym 
 ferraely made, he shewed vnto hym that he was his naturall liege man & subiecte, and 
 w^kc? -'t'^at his name was Guy of Warwyke : of whiche tydynges the kynge was very ioyous, and 
 
 ' " a man," edit. 1542. 1559. ' man. edit. 1542. 1559. ' by the. 
 
 2 offered 
 
SEXTA PARS LODOUICI QUINTI. 185 
 
 offered hym than . of newe many ryche rewardes and gyftes ; but all was in rayne, for he 
 wolde nothynge receyue, soo that the kynge & be lastly departed with wepynge iyen. And 
 after, as afferiHeth niy sayde auctour, nat fei-re from Warwyke, in a wyldenesse, he pur- 
 chased, by Goddes puruyauoce, a led^nge in an heremytage, where by the terme of. ii. 
 
 ryeres and more.be dwelled & kepte an harde lyfe ; and herynge that dame Felyce his 
 owne wyfe fed dayly. xiii. poore men for Crbtes sake, he went thyther sundry tymes, and 
 fet there his almes, his sayd wyfe than lyinge at the castell of. Warwyke, nat knowynge 
 of any man what he wasj: tyll lastly he was>vysyted with so sore sykenesse, that he knewe 
 well that lie shulde dye;, - 
 
 '9 Wherfore he sente his ^yeddyn^e rynge vnto his wyfe, requyrynge her in all haste to 
 come and speke with hym, which she obeyed in humble wyse, and spede her vnto the 
 sayd heremytage with all womanly dylygence, and fande hym deed at- her comynge, 
 whoine she besprent with many asalte tere, and, as she was enfourmed of the messanger, 
 she buryed hym-' right there; and more ouer, as sayth my sayd aucto', he monysshed her 
 
 '^by the sayd messanger that she shulde prouyde for her selfe, for she shulde also alter her 
 mortall lyfe the. xv. daye folowynge, whiche all she obeyed and made such prouysyon w. c.i*. 
 that she was in that place buryed by hym ; all whiche matyer yf said Dane lohnoe Lyd- 
 gate aflFermetb, that he toke out of the boke of Girarde Cambrese, which wrote mot^e of 
 the dedes and storyes of the prynces of Englande, as Policronica and other auctours tes- 
 
 iotyfyen, and asly^-sayde Lydgate in the ende of his sayde treatyse wytnessith^ as by the 
 tnatier folowynge apperyth. 
 
 For more auctoryte as of this matyer, 
 This translacion, suche as in sentence, 
 Out of Laten, made by the cronycler 
 ^rCalled of olde, Gyrardus Cambrence. 
 Which wrote the dedes, with great dylygence, 
 Of theym that were in West Sex' crowned kynges. 
 Greatly comended for the* knyghtly excellence, 
 Guy of Warwyke, in his famous wrytynges. 
 
 3o AL whiche sayd treatyse is shewed at length, in meter of. viii. stauys after the maner 
 of f precedentes, by the dylygent laboure of the sayd Dane lohnne Lydgate, the whiche 
 I haae here selte iri, forsomoche as it concerneth matier that was done in the tyme of the 
 reygne of this Ethilstanne ; the whiche, after the accorde of moost wryters, brought this 
 lande agayne to one monarchy, and reygned as kynge therof by the full terme of xvi. 
 
 3ryeres, and was buryed at the monastery of Malmysbury, leuynge after hym no childe, 
 wherfore the rule of the lande fyll vnto Edmunde his brother. 
 
 Capitulum. C.lxxxvi. 
 
 LOwys, the sone of Charlys the Symple, beganne his reygne ouer the Frenshemen in 
 the yere of our Lord^ ix.C.xxxiiii., and the ix. yere of Ethilstanne than kynge of En- 
 
 •^0 glande. Ye haue hai-dc before in the ende of the story of Charlys the Symple, howe El- 
 gina the quene, with Lowys her yonger sone, was flfd into Ehglande to her fader Edward 
 the elder; wherfore the lordes of Fraunce, nat knowynge where she with the childe was 
 gone, chose the forenamed Raufe for theyr kynge. After whose deth the sayd lordes of 
 Fraunce, beynge ascertayned of the beynge of the sayd Lowys in Englande, sent vnto 
 
 i^dbym the archebysshop of Senys, and Hugh surnamed le Graunde, desyrynge hym to re- 
 tourne into Fraunce, & ttike therof possessyon. 
 
 Than Aigina, herynge the message of the lordes, and trustyng vnto theym, by counsayll 
 of her frendes, made her redy with her sone, and sayled shortly after into Fraunce, where 
 
 ' as he dyed she buryed hym. * thfeyr. 
 
 Bb she 
 
186 SEXTA PARS LODOUICI QtTINTr. 
 
 she was rcceyued with moche honoure, and shortly after crowned her sone Lowys kynge 
 at f cytie of Laonne. 
 Ce»tda. This Lowys is named the. v. Lowys, in the thirde yere of whose reygne fyll a scarcytie 
 
 of corne and vytayli, by reason wherof ensued a great famyne, in somoche that people 
 
 rvoyded the realme, and many dyed for defaute ; for as wylnesselh the Frenshe Cronycle^ 
 • a quarter of whete was than worthe. xx.h. of that money whiche is of value after ster- 
 
 lynge money. 1. s. or there aboute. 
 
 This kyng, berynge in mynde the murder and treason doon agayne his fader by He- 
 bert, as before in the story of Charlys the Symple is declared, cast and imagyned in his 
 
 /oraynde howe he myght, without shedynge of blode, reuenge the deth of his tader ; and 
 after many imagynacions & thoughtes reuolued in his mynde, he lastly dyuysed a letter, 
 the whiehe he charged a seruaunt of his to brynge to his presence, whan he was sette 
 amonge his lordes in counsayll. Whan kyng Lowys had compassed this in his mynde, he, 
 for nedes of his realme, called a great counsayll of his barony at Laonne, whyther, amonges 
 
 /rthe other, the sayd Hebert, erle of Vermedoys, was warned to come ; and whan the kynge 
 was aseertayiied of theyr comynges, he appoynted a secrete' company in barneys to be • 
 in a secrete chamber, nere vnto the place of the sayd counsayll, and at conuenyent tyme 
 afte^rapde vnto the same, and all his lordes with hym ; and whan he had a season c6- 
 monOT'with his lordes of suche matyers as hym lyked, sodeynly came one to hym, and 
 
 «/>sayd that a man was comen with a letter directed to his grace out of Englande, thtr 
 whiche he commaunded to be brought vnto his syght. Whan the kynge had vnfolde to*" 
 letter, and radde a parte therof, he smyled j wherof the lordes beyngeware, purposed' the 
 kyng to haue receyued some iewellys or ioyous nouellys out of Englande. Whyle the 
 kynge was aboute to delyuer this letter to his scribe or secretory,, one of bis lordes said , 
 
 zrvnto hym, " Sir, we truste ye haue some iocande and mery tydynges out of Englande, f- ye 
 haue cause of smylynge." " I shall shewe the cause to you,"sayd f kyng: "there is nwellynge 
 in Englande a kynsman of myne named Harman, the whiche is a man of great myght, 
 and myne especyall frende ; he sheweth me by ibis letter that an husbandman or a vi- 
 leyne bad or requyred his lorde vnto his bowse to denyer*, and vnder the colour therof 
 
 3ohe slewe his sayd lorde; and for the sayde Harman thynketh the lawe of that lande to 
 fauourable for suche an hay nous dede, he tberfore wryteth to me to haue myne aduyce in 
 this matyer : vherfore syne ye be all present, I praye you shewe to me your oppynyon*. 
 in this matj'er :" which with one voyce sayd f the murderer was worthy to suffer f miost 
 shamefuU and cruell dethe, and to be hanged & strangled in a rope. 13ut for the ky^e 
 
 jTwoMe be certayiily enfourmed of the cosentes of them all, he began at f hygbest & sa 
 persued theym tyll he came to Hebert erle of Vermendoys, ^ whiche alowed the sentence 
 as the other hadde doon. 
 
 Than the kynge made a token to the Walshemen, by twene hym and them before ap- 
 poynted, so that anone they were present and selte sure holde vpon the sayd Hebert ; to 
 /./. e^. Wo whom the kynge sayd, " Hebert, thou arte the liusbondman or vilayne thai I haue spaken 
 of, whiche slewe his lorde vnder colour of byddyng or gestynge liym in his bowse for' 
 traytoursly requyeddes' my lorde and fader vnder thyne house or castell of Peronne,* and 
 there nat remembrynge f kyndenesse to the by hym before dayes. shewed, nor thyne al- 
 legiauntes and trouthe that towarde hym thou shuldest haue borne, kept hymlyke a pry- 
 
 wfsoner, and lastly murdered hym to thy great daunger agayne God, and to the world shame ; 
 wherfore accordynge to thy desert, and after thyne owne sentence and iugement, take' 
 nowe thy reward'e and guardon." 
 jE«euti9. After whiche sentence thus gyuen by the kynge, the sayde Hebert was by the exccu- 
 
 tours ladde vnto an hylle without the cytie of Laonne, and there riio&te shamefully hanged - 
 whiche hylle, for that cause, was named Hebertes hyll, longe tyme after. 
 
 •certaine. 'the. 'supposed, edit. 1559. * dymi. » tliou dydeste rc»iu,re. 
 
 :« Aboute 
 
SEXTA PARS LODOUICI QUINTI. isf 
 
 Aboute this tyme, ^ secondeduke of Normandy, named William Longa Spata, the son 
 of Rollo or Robert, first duke of Normandy, was slayne by treason of one Arnolde, erle 
 of Flaundres, for encheson that f sayd William ayded a noble man of Pycardy, named 
 Herloynne, agayne the sayd Arnolde. 
 
 r This William lafte after hym a sone, named Richarde, whiche, at the tyme of his faders 
 deth, was nat of sufFycyaunt age to rule so great a dukedome. Wherfore Lowys, kj'nge 
 of Fraunce, desyrous of that prouynce, whiche of late dayes belonged to his antecessours 
 and progenytours, sought besely the wayes and meanes to haue this childe Richarde vuder 
 his tuyssion and gydynge. And this to brynge to efFecte, he sped hym viUo Roanne, callynge 
 
 /o there before hym the lordes and rulers of the coiintre, hauynge vnto theym many plesauut 
 and fayre wordes, in promysynge to them ayde and assystaunce to reuenge y deth of theyr 
 Jorde and duke, and, in the coclusion, desyred of theym that he myght haue the noryssh- 
 ynge and bryngynge vp of the cbiide tyll he came to his lawful! age. 
 
 Whiche thynge thus by the kynge desyred, the lordes anone coniectured in their 
 
 Tinyndes that he desyred the kepynge of theyr yonge lorde, to f ende that be myght the 
 more easyerly optayne the possession of that dukedome. For the whiche the lordes and 
 other of the cytie were in a great rumour and grudge agayne the kyng ; wherof he beynge 
 monysshed [by Adanoys Lorde]' to appease the multytude, the kynge toke the childe in 
 his armys, and so bare hym into the place of the assemble of the people, and there shewed 
 
 •j«vnto theym, >V affirmauce of great othes, that his entent was oonly for the wele of the 
 childe and for defence of his countre, and nat to clayme any ryght or tyde of the duchy, 
 except oonly the homage thei'of, whiche belongeth to hym by iuste tytle. 
 
 By the meane of whiche fayre speche, the kyng optayned his purpose, and caryed the 
 childe with hym into Fraunce ; nat forgettynge the vnkynd dealynge of the Normayns. 
 
 ^i^Whan Arnold, erle of Flaundres, vnderstode that J* kyng of Fraunce the gydynge of the 
 yonge childe was comytted, ferynge that he, with the power of the Normayns, wold ronne 
 vpon hym, in reuengyage of the childes faders dethe, sent vnto the kynge. x.li. weyght of 
 golde ; wherof euery pounde conteyneth. xii. ounces, and euery ounce in value of fyne 
 goide. xl. J. Soo that after this rate, his presande shulde be in value to the sume of. CC. 
 
 3«xl, li. Albe it maister Gagwyne saytb, he sent vnto hym but. xl. marke, bescchynge hym 
 
 ^ to be his good and gracyous lorde, and nat to gyue to hasty credence to his accusuurs ; 
 for he in suche wyse wolde declare hymselfe, and delyuer vnto the kyng^ murderours of 
 duke Wyllyam, by meane wherof he shuld a eertaynly knowe f he was innocent of ^ sayd 
 dukes dlieth. And ouer this he made a frede aboute f kynge, whiche spake good wordes 
 
 nfor hym ; and put in the kynges mynde the great hurtes and iniuryes that he and his pro- 
 genytours had sustayned of f Danys or Normans. By meanes wherof this mourdour 
 was forgoten, and more and more the kynge malygned agaynst the Normayns, and to the 
 childe he bare nat so good mynde as some men thought that he wolde doo. 
 
 Vpon a daye whan the kynge was retourned from bis disport of huntynge, a light 
 complaynt was brought to hym of the childe Richarde, of an offence that he had comytted ; 
 far the whiche he rebuked hym otherwyse than was syttynge with his honour, and called 
 hym obprobriously, and thretened hym greuously, and after that caused hym to be kept 
 niore stray tely than he before had vsed to be. 
 
 To this childe, Richarde, was assygned a maister or a techer, named Osmunde ; 
 
 w-whiche Osmunde had a famylyer, named luonne. Thyse. ii. apperceyuynge the kynges in- 
 dignacSn that he bare towarde the childe, studyed for his enlargynge, and lastly coun- 
 sayled hym that he shulde fayne hymselfe syke • the whiche was done in suche wyse, that 
 all suche as away ted vpon hym supposed hym to be very syke; by reason wherof, his 
 kcpers toke the lasse cure of hym. 
 
 ' OomitteJ in the later editions. ^ to the. 
 
 B b 2 Wherof 
 
1^8 SEXTA PARS LODOUICI-QUINTI. 
 
 Wherof Osmunde beynge ware, and also beynge sure of the kynge, made a great trusse 
 of herbys or grasse, wherin he wrapped the childe, and so coueyed hym out of the cytie 
 of Laonne, & there receyued an horse redy for the rode',, and so sped hym vnto Consy*, 
 and delyucred the childe to the capitayne of that towne. And from thens he rode all 
 rnyghttyll he came vnto Senlys, and there shewed all hisdoynge vnto the erle of that 
 coutre, named Barnarde, whiche was nere kynnesman vnto the yonge dujse. 
 
 % Capitulum. C.lxxxvii. 
 
 Hi-;toHa. BArnarde, hauyngeknowlege of the escape of hiskynsman Richarde, sent in all haste 
 
 vnto Hugh, le Graunde, erle of Parys, for to haue his ayde & assystence. The whiche, 
 
 lowithou.t tarying, assembled his knyghtes, & couayed the childe from Consy' to Senlys or 
 Saynlys, to his neuewe Barnarde ; where he . was receyued with moche ioye and 
 honoure., ■ 
 
 .Whanne Lowys was asserteyned of y' scape of Richarde, and howe he was in the guy- 
 dynge of Hugh the Greteor Graunte, aiione he sent vnto hym, gyuynge hym in comaude- 
 
 irment that he shulde restore the childe to hym ; the whiche excused hym, and sayd, that 
 the childe was in the kepynge of erle Barnarde, and nat his. 
 
 The kynge seynge howe he was deluded, sent for Arnolde or Arnulfe, erle of Flaunders, 
 whiche, at his comaundement, counsayled the kynge to wyjnne Hugh le Graunde with ryche 
 behestes & gyftes. After whose cousayll, worchynge, kyng Louys wylled the sayd Hugh 
 
 K>to mete with hym at the Crosse of Compeynne, where the sayd Hugh shortly after mette 
 jyith the kynge : to whom y kynge promysed great parte of the duchy of Normandy, with 
 that that he wolde refuse the partie of the Nprmayn>s, and take his parte agayne ihem» 
 By meane of whiche promysses, this erle Hughe was ouercomen, & agreed with the kynge 
 to warre vpon one parte of the coiitre, w;hyle he warred vpon that other : and forthwith 
 
 jnreceyued an army of the kynge, and spedde hym to Bayonne, and made cruell warre vpon 
 
 that countre: and kynge Lowys . entrede vpon the prouynce of Caux, and wasted and 
 
 spoyled that coste in all that he myght- 
 
 ftl,C.xi. Whan Barnarde the Dane, and also Barnarde erle of Senlys, conceyued the vntrouthe 
 
 of Hugh le Graunt, and also the great hoostes that they were beset w, by theyr coun- 
 
 3t>saylles & other, they sent vnto the kyng certayne messangers, gyuynge them in comaude- 
 ment to say, that in vayne the kynge hadde entred that countre with his army, for the 
 cytie of Roane and all the prouynce was ,at his comaundement; besechynge hym nat to 
 waste nor spoyle the countre, but to ayde & helpe defende it agayne theyr ene- 
 myes.- 
 
 i+o Of this message the kynge was ryght fayne, & forthwith sped hym tyll he came to Roan, 
 wher he was, acpordynge to his honoure, receyued. For the whiche cause he sent in all 
 hast vnto Arnulfe erle of Flaunders, manassynge hym that he sease of his warres in Bayon 
 tyll he receyued farther knowlege. 
 
 The kynge, , thus restyng in Roan, deuysed his raatyers at his pleasure, so that the 
 
 a.Normayns obeyed theym to al his requestes ; and for the good aberyng that Barnarde f 
 Dane was of agayne the kynge, he graunted the gydynge of the yonge duke. And whan 
 he shuld departe, he ordeyned, as his deputye, one named Raodlf or.Raufe ; the whiche, 
 after the kynges departure, behaued hym so cruelly to y^ Normans, that they were very 
 irke of hym. And ouer this, the foresayd Barnarde, ferynge the kynges retoufne & other 
 
 'omore greuous punysshement than they before had susteyned, sent his messagers vnto 
 GroUe, -kynge of Denmarke, thanne beynge at Chierbourc, wyllynge hym to assemble his 
 people, and to make of them two hostes, wherof to sende that one by lande, and that other 
 
 ' iourney. * Cosuy. ' Cousy. 
 
 / by 
 
SEXTA PARS LODOUICI QUINTI. 189 
 
 by water ; and so to enter the coantre of Normandy in wastyng and spoylynge i^ by reason 
 wherof he mvght brynge the kynge to some comunycacion, whiche all was done as f said 
 Barnarde had deuysed. Whati the kyng had wyttynge of the Danys, that with so great 
 multytude were entred the prouynce of Normandy, he assembled his boost, and sped hym 
 
 j^hytherwarde ; and in processe of tyme, came vnto the cytie of Roanne, where, by his coun- 
 sayl, it was condiscended that a metyng and frendly comunycacion shulde be had attwene 
 the kynge and the sayd GroUe, at a place, called in Frenshe, Herlycum : where at the 
 daye appoynted both prynces mette, with both hostes stondynge or houynge' a lytell 
 dystaunce of. And whyle the two prynces were there in cdmunycacion of the deth and 
 
 /amurdoure of duke William, a Dane, markynge Herloynne, for whose cause, as before is 
 
 shewed,, duke Will'm was slayne, and with a spere wounded hym so greuously that he 
 died fortlvwith. Whiche dede, his brother, called Lambert, with other of the Frenshe- 
 men, entendynge to reuenge, with theyr wepons fylle vpon the Danys, whiche them re- 
 ceyued with great violence. So that of afraye* ensued a skyrmysshe, and after the skyr- 
 
 irmysshe a sore batayll, for bothe hoostes ioyned on bothe sydes, & faught cruelly eyther w 
 other a longe whyle. But in the ende the Frenshemen had the worse, and were compelled 
 to flee ; and the kyng to saue his lyfe, fledde also : whicbe, by reason of his vntrusty 
 horse, was taken, and kepte secrete a certayne of tyme by his taker. But lastly he was 
 discQuered and brought to the cytie of Roanne as aprysoner. The kyng thus beyng in 
 
 j*holde, vnder the kepynge of the Danys, Eugeberge his wyfe, makynge for hym great 
 dole and sorowe, toke her iourney to the kynge of Germany, whose doughter she was, 
 besechynge hym to prouyde for the delyuerye ot her lorde and husbande ; but of hym had 
 she no socour but rather discomfort, shewyng to her, that the trowble that her husbade 
 susteynyd, he had well deserued, for his vnstedfastnesse that he agayne William the duke 
 
 ^and Richarde his sone had vsed. 
 
 Wherfore the quene, beyng thus answered of her fader, rode vnto Hugh le Graunde, 
 besechynge hym of hejpe in this great nede. The whiche, at the request of the quene, sent 
 vnto Barnarde, erie of Senlys, requyrynge to moue some wayes to the Danys for the en- 
 largynge of the kyng; by whose labour and meanys, lastly a cousayll was kept at seynt 
 
 '»dere vpon the ryuer of Ept : where after many argumets and reasons made, fynally it 
 was agreed that the kyng shuld be enlarged tyll another day of comunycacion, layinge for 
 pledges his sone and heyre, named Lotbayre, the bysshop of Senlys and the bysshop of 
 Beauuayze. Which doon, the kinge was set at large, and forthwith rode vnto the cyte of 
 Laon, where he abode the other daye of comunycacion, whiche after was holden at 
 
 irthe foresayd ryuer of Ept ; and concluded a peas, whiche lasted but a short whyle 
 after. 
 
 This peas thus confermed, Grollo, the kynge of Danys, with great gyftes was re- 
 tourned from whens he was desyred ; and Richarde the yonge duke, toke vpon hym the 
 rule of his owne signory, and grewe & encreased forthwardly. Wherof Hugh the Graunde 
 
 uotakynge hede, & beholdynge his wyse demeanure & conuers&cion, made suche labour and 
 meanes vnto Bernarde, erle of Senlis, that he maried to hym his doughter, named Em- 
 macet. Wherof beynge enfourmed, the Frenche kynge caste in his mynde this great 
 aiyaunce atuene the yonge duke and. ii. great perys of his lande, thought' that those, iii. 
 knet 1 amytie and aiyaunce shulde disturbe hym whanne them lyked. Wherof he called to 
 
 nfhym Arnolde, erle of Flaunders, by whose cousayll he sent the sayd Arnolde vnto Ottho 
 kynge of Germany, requyryng him of ayde to warre vpon the Normayns, and to breke 
 this aflSnytie of this yonge duke, and of Hughe le Graunde, and of Barnarde, erle of 
 Senlys ; and for his laboure he shulde haue to hym, and to his heyres, the prouynce or 
 lordshyp of Loraynne. 
 fp Ottho, wiih this couetous promesse deceyued, assembled his knyghtes, and at the day 
 
 ' houering. edit. 1559- * tliat afraye. ' and thougUt. 
 
 and 
 
190 SEXTA PARS EDMUNDI. 
 
 *nd place appoynted, met with the kynge, and with theyr people sped theym to Roan, and 
 layde siegevnto the cytie. And whyle f kynges were occupyed in wastynge and bfennyng 
 the vylages nere vnto the cytie, to put f Normans in tlie more fere, Ottbo sente his neuewe 
 with a certayne of his people in secret wyse, to the gates of the cytie. But whan he was 
 
 'f'comen to the gate that opened towarde the ryuer of Saynne, and thought there to 
 Wynne his enterpryse, the cytezens issued out vpon hym sodeynly, and gauc to hym 
 batayli, and slewehym and many of his company, and tlteremenaut they chased from the 
 vvalles of the cytie. 
 
 Whan Ottho had wytynge of the ouerthrowe of his men, and deth of his neuewe, whom 
 
 ibhe entyerly loued, he made inwarde heuynesse, & cast in his mynde how he myght reuenge 
 the dethe of his neuewe. But whan he aproched the cytie, and behelde the strength 
 therof, with also f fyersnes of the Normandes, he repeted hym of enterprysynge of j 
 iourney, and tourned all his hatered vnto Arnolde, erle of sFlaunders, by whose sterynge 
 and counsayll that vyage was firste begon, in so moche that he sought the meanes to 
 
 'A)rynge the sayd Arnolde into the handes of f Normayns. 
 
 Wherof Arnolde beynge warned, trussed his stufFe and barneys secretly, and in the nyght 
 stale away, and so retourned into Flauders with his retynewe. The which thynge knowen 
 to the two kynges, in as secrete wyse as they myght, departed also from the siege ; but yet 
 therof theyr enemyes beynge ware, pursued theym and slewe many of theyr company. 
 
 %And or the yere that this was done in had rone his full compas, Lowys the kynge dyed, 
 and was buryed in the temple of the holy' bysshoppe seynt Remygius, within tlie cytie of 
 f'l-CMi. ^ Raynys, whanne he had reygned in great trouble, xxi. yeres, leuynge for his heyre a sone 
 il* named Lothayr. \ 
 
 '^*j«B' ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxviii. 
 
 ir EDmunde, the brother of Ethelstanne, and'sone of Edwarde ^ elder & of Ethelswida 
 the thirde \vyfe of y sayd Edw&rde, began his reygne ouer EnglSnde, in the yere of our 
 Lorde. ix. C.xl. and the. vii. yere of ^. v. Lowys, than kynge of Fraunce. In the firste 
 yere of his reygtie, the Danys of Northumberlande rebelled agayn hy. And for to make 
 theyr partie ^ stronger, they sent for a prynce of Danys, named AulafFe, than beyng in 
 
 3oIrelande : y whiche brought with hym an other prynce or ruler of Danys, named Reygn- 
 alde, with a great boost of Danys, and other straunge nacyons, & entred the foresayd 
 co\intre, and warred vpon the next borders in wastynge and spoylynge the inhabytautes of 
 the same. 
 
 Wherof whan kyng Edmunde was warned, anone he assembled his people, and sped 
 
 Sf^ym towarde that counire ; and lastly faught with the two sayd prynces of the Danys, or 
 at the leest ehaced theym from towne to towne, tyll he forsyd theym \V all theyr com- 
 pany -of straunge nacyons to forsake vtterly that prouynce, and bet down that countre of 
 Cumberland, y had moch fauoured & ayded y sayde enemyes agayne hym : and toke 
 therein great prayes, & deuyded theym amonges his knyghtes. And j' done, other for f 
 
 iftgooA seruyce that Malcolynne, kynge of Scotlande, had in this vyage done vnto the kynge j 
 or for the trowth and allegiauce, y he, in tyme folowynge, shuld here vnto hym ; or for 
 both; the kynge gaue there to the- sayd Malcolynne the countre of Cumberlande, and- 
 scased all the resydue of the kyngdome or lordshyp of Northumberlande, and ioyried 
 it vnto his owne kyngdome. But yet the Danys retourned agayn in the tyme of Edredus 
 
 itrthe nexte kynge, as after shalbe shewed : so that as yet, the fyne or ende of this kyngdom 
 is nat acompted. [In this Edmundes dayes, the auctour of Policronyca sayth, that, whan 
 Edmunde had ended his iourney and sette that countree in an ordre, he toke with hym 
 the bonys of the holy abbot Colfridus, and ofthat holy abbesse Hilda, and brought theim 
 vnto Glastenbury, and there shryned theym [or lafte boihe].^ This Colfryde was abbot 
 
 • " holy," omitUd in edit. 1542. 1559. * omitted edit. 1533. 
 
 Of 
 
 {Vi. i. ca. 7.] 
 
SEXTA PARS EDREDUS. m 
 
 of Bedaes abbey, or of the abbey of Gyrwye; and Hylda was abbesse of Strensha)t, 
 or Whytby ; as' affermeth the sayd auctour, bottie places ben in the northe partys of 
 Englande.]' 
 
 Whanne this kynge Edwarde had a noble woman to wyfe, named Elgina, he receyued ii. 
 
 rs5nes, named Edwyneand Edgar. And, as testifyeth Henry, archedekyn ot Huniyngrion, 
 this Edwarde had ofte warre with the Danys; the whiche, as he at^ermeth, helde thanne 
 many good townes in myddell llnglande, au Lyncolnne, Notygham, Derby, Siaffurde, 
 & Layceto' : the w hiche, bv his knyghtly manhode he wanne from theym. And [by the 
 heipe of holy Dunstane he]'' amended many thynges within his realme, that had ben longe 
 
 'otyme misordered by meane of the Danys. 
 
 Of the ende or fyne of tliis Edmiide, dyuers opynyons there be. For Marianus the 
 Scot saith, that whyle this kyng Edmunde endeuered hymselfe to sane his sewer from f 
 daunger vf his enemye, that wolde haue slayne hym at Pulkerchyrche, the kyge in ryd- 
 djnge of the fraye, was wounded to the deth, and dyed shortly after. 
 
 T But William de Regibus sayth, that f kynge, beynge at a feest at the foresayd towne 
 or place, vpon the daye of seynt Augustyne, espyed a felon sytlynge in the halle, named * 
 
 Leof, whiche he before tyrae, for his felony, he hadde exyled ; and lepte ouer the table, and 
 plucked that thefe by the here of the hedde to the grounde ; in whiche doynge the sayd 
 felon with a knyf wounded the kyng to the deth, and also iV the same knyf woiided many 
 
 »«other of the kynges seruauntes; and at length was all to hewen and dyed forthwith. If 
 this be trewe, it shuld seme that kynges at those dayes vsed nat the honour that they nowe 
 haue and exersyse. 
 
 But whiche of thyse two meanes was vsyd in the kynges deth, by aggrement of all-, 
 wryters, this kynge dyed whan he had reygned. vi. yeres and more; {^nd was buryed at 
 
 irGlastenbury, the whiche before he had sumptuously repayred: and lafte after hym twa 
 yoage sonnes, as before is remembred, Edwyne & Edgare. But for they were to yooge 
 to rule the lande, therfore the rule thereof was comytted to Edredus tbeyr vacle, anJd 
 brother to theyr fader. 
 
 % Capitulum. C.Ixxxix. 
 
 3« EDredus, f brother of Edmunde, & sone of Edwarde the elder & of Ethylswyda his tbirde [Li. e.^tf^ 
 wyfe, began his reygne ouer the realme of Englande in the yere of our Lorde. ix.C.xlvii. 
 and the. xiii. yere of ^ lift Loyes than kynge of Fraunce : the whiche, as before is towched, 
 was admytted kyge by auctoryte of his barony, for so moche as the two forenamed childer 
 of Edmunde, Edwyn, and Edgar, were thought to yonge and insufficient to take vpon 
 
 srtbem so great a charge. 
 
 The whiche Edrede was enoynted kynge of Oddo archebysshop of Caunterbury, ia 
 the towne of Kyngestowne ; & soon after, be warred vpon the Danys thdt then were re- 
 entrede into Northumberlade, or after some wryters, there dwellynge vnder trybute of 
 the kynge, subdued before of Edmunde his brother : and bet theym downe, and caused 
 
 i^otbem to holde and obeye vnto their former couenautes. And the Scottes, that' began to^ 
 varey, he also brought vnto due obedyence. 
 
 After a certayne terme, ^ Danys of Northumbe^rlande, (whiche euer contynued ful of 
 gyle and dowblenesse, nat beynge coatent to holde the couenautes before made, & promysses 
 vnto Edredus the kynge,) called vnto theym theyr olde accessaryes and helpers) aiid be- 
 
 Krreuedfrom^ kynges subicctes, the cytie ofYorke and other stronge townes & casteltes 
 to the great hurte of the coiltre, and vtter displeasure of the kynge. Wherfore, be beyng« 
 therof aduertysed, in goodly and. conuenyent haste,, assembled his- people^ and sped hym. 
 tbyther, & destroyed moche of the lande ; and in. f. fury brent the abbey of Rypon, whiche 
 
 • 
 
 * «nd M. edit. 1533. * omitUd in edit» 1542- 1559. ' than be^n to varye, which be also brouglit. 
 
 Z the 
 
19S 
 
 SEXTA PARS LOTHARII4 
 
 JPol. Cxiii. 
 
 Kb!> Regni 
 firenitie. 
 
 the Danys kept for a fortresse & strengthe : and wanne frome th^m moehe of the 
 
 strengthis, that they tofore hadde wonne, and brought theym agayne vnder his subgeaci©n*i 
 
 Whan this kynge Edrede had thus sped his iourney, and was retoiirnynge into Enr 
 
 glande, nothynge suspectynge the sayd Danys, a company of them, by^ the^ exityng.of 
 
 iHurkus a kynge or prynce of f Danys, than folowed the kynges boost: and. on thisi 
 halfe Yorke fyll vpon the kynges rerewarde, and destroyed & slewe many a man. For the. 
 Dwyssubdued. which doynge, the kyng was sore amoued ; and tourned his people agaymentendynge; to. 
 haue destroyed y countre vtterly. 
 
 W he rof ^ Danys beyng ware, so lowly meked theym vnto- hym, and;gaue to hyra 
 
 losuche gyftes, that the kynge refrayned hym of ^ great yre^yihe had- purposed to theym.. 
 But amonges other artycles that he boude theym vnto, one was, that they shulde banysshe 
 and vtterly refuse theyr fore sayd duke or kynge called Hyrcus ; which© thynge, with dy- 
 uers and many otheri^ graunted and fermely bounde to kepe, as well by h0stages!taken,*v> 
 and' other suertye, the kyng retourned into Englande, ioynyng& this kyngdoto to bis 
 
 /'Other. So that here is rekened the ende of this kyngdome, whiche' shuld endure, as be- 
 fore is shewed in the. C.ix. Chapitre of this werke, by the terme of. CCCC.ix. yeres. 
 Tny^ sameyere that the kynge had thns subdued the Danys, a stronge sykenesse toke. 
 hym. [Wherfore he sent for holy bysshap- Dunstanne to come vnto hym; the whiche 
 Dunstanne, in goynge towarde y^^ kynge, harde a voyce saye^ vnto hym, "Noweresteth 
 
 2«kynge Edredus in peace." At tyme of whiche; voyce thus sayinge, the horse of that hdyu 
 bysshop fylle. to the jgrounde,: and 'dyed without hurtynge of his raaister. Thanne-tbi*. 
 holy man contynued his iourney, and fande the kynge deed at his comyngei- whome he 
 buryed with great reuerence,]* in the [monastery, or]* cathedral churche of the cytie of 
 Wynchester, in the. xxviii. yereof-^his age; and the. x. yore of his reygne, as testefyeth'' 
 
 "•fGuydo, and other. 
 
 ^ Capitulum, C.lxxxx, 
 
 LOtharius, the eldest sone of f. v. Lowys, began his reigne ouer the Frenshemen in ^' 
 yere of our Lordes incarnacyon. ix. C.lv.* and the. viii. yere of Edredus than kynge of 
 Englande. This Lothayr, by meanes of Thebaude or Theobalde, erle of Charthps, toke 
 
 Stpartie agayne Richarde, duke of Normandy : and for to haue agayne hyni'sonie ^{"oundely 
 cause, he sent vnto the duke, ngionjrsshynynrge hym to haue in mynde the fayth and alle-' 
 gyaunce that the dukes of Normandy ought to here vntoy kynges of Frauce. And' for 
 maynteynynge of the same, and ftfr other matyers that he had to speke with' hym of, he 
 wyllyd hynti to come to u plstce appoynteld, where all such matyers mygHt haue farthet ' 
 
 jTexpedycyon ; all whiche comaundement or request was graunted of the diike.- Whan^ 
 the kynge had receyaed this answer frome tHe duke, wherof he' demyd before y' contrafy, 
 he sent for Arnolds erle of Flaundres, Godfrey erle of Angewe, & Theobaldie before'* 
 named ; by whose cousaylles, after many argumentes made, the kynge agreed to calle the' 
 duke vnto the ryuer of Isayr, & there to betiaye hym. Whiche daye and place apoynted, * 
 
 tfthe duke, with a conuenyent company, came viitb the sayd ryuerS syde, there abydyng the' 
 eomyng of Lothayr vpon that pther syde, whiche lastly came thyther with a great people ;' 
 wherof whanne the duke was warie, 'he fered treason : for y- "whiche cause, he' sent espyes 
 to knowe of the kynges entent. Artd they, as wys6 men, espyed; all the purpbseof thie- 
 hoste; and shortly retourned, and shewed to the duke, that' he was in great daunger; the' 
 
 i^rwhiche shortly after appered ; for the Frenshiemen l?egah to passe the ryuer in great 
 nombre. Than duke Richarde, consyderynge that he waS of so lytell myght'to ' withstande 
 the great power of the Frenshe host,"^ sent a parte of his men to defende the piassa^e,"' and 
 with the remenaunt retourned vnto the cytie of'Roa,nhe ; wherof the kynge beyhg ivare 
 
 • as. * the edit, of 1542 and 1559, instead of the postage in brackets, merely tay, " so that he dyed and 
 was buryed," ■' 
 
 6 that 
 
SEXTA PARS LOTHARII. 193 
 
 that the duke was hym escaped, called agayne his people, and with great displesure re- 
 tourned vnto Laon. It was nat longe after, that the kyng assembled a great hoost of 
 Burgonyons and Frenshemen, and entred into Normandy, and beseged the cytie of Bayon, 
 and laslely wan it by the reason' of one Gylberde a smyth, belongynge vnto erle Theo- 
 
 rbalde, aboue named. Whan the kynge hadde thus wonne the cytie of Bayon, he be- 
 toke f kepyng therof vnto the sayd erle ; the whiche puttynge therin a strengthe of 
 knyghtes, yode vnto a castell called Harmauyle, and beseged it with a certayn of knyghtes. 
 In whiche season, the kynge, for nedes of his realme, retourned into Fraunce. 
 
 Whan duke Wyllyam* was ware of the kynges departure, he with his people passed 
 
 10 the water of Saynne, and costed the country, and fyll sodaynly vpon erle Theobalde 
 lyinge at the foresayd siege, and slewe of his men. vi. C.xl. persones, and put the erle 
 in suche a fere that he scaped with great daiiger, and fled with small company, tyll he 
 came to his owne cytie of Charterys. 
 
 Whan duke Richarde, consyderyng the great malyce of his foon, & strength of theym, 
 
 irsent vnto the kyng of Denmarke than named Erarde, requyryng hym of ayde or helpe 
 for to withstande f malyce of his enemyes ; the whiche Erarde receyued gladly that mes- 
 sage, & promysed to them all theyr request ; and shortly after sent to f sayd duke a great 
 array of Danys, whiche spedde theym by the see, tyll they came to f place where the water 
 of Saynne falleth into the see. Wherof the duke beynge aduertysed, in shorte space 
 
 -odrewe vnto theym with his people: and so with theym entred f countre of the erle of 
 Chartrys, in wastynge and destroyng it without mercy. And after entred the landes of 
 Fraunce, in [pyllynge, robbynge, brennynge, and]' wastynge it, and slewe the people 
 without mercy and pyte. 
 
 For this mysery and tyranny thus exercysed by the Danys, the kynge, beynge therwith 
 
 orconfused, sent for the bysshoppes of his lande, to haue theyr aduyce. Amonges the 
 whiche the hysshop of Chartres, beynge present, was by the hole counsayll admytted to 
 go to the duke, and know the cause, why that he, beynge a Cristen man, made suche dis> 
 truccyon of the Cristen people, and occupyed the lande of Cristen men with so many- 
 folde harmys and scathes: and to conclude a trewe or trewce for a certayne of tyme. 
 
 3oThe sayd bysshop, accompiyssynge the kynges pleasure, was answered of the duke f this 
 vexacon f he put to f lande pf Frauce was for the iniurye that the kynge had before 
 tyme done vnto hym, and yet contynued the same in holdynge frome hym his cylie of 
 Bayon, the whiche he had gyuen to his great enemye the erle of Chartres ; so that in 
 conclucyon a restreynt of warre was graunted, vpon condycyon that by a daye assygned, 
 
 irthe kynge wolde apoynt a daye of comunycacion, and in f meane tyme restore vnto hym 
 his cytie of Bayon. 
 
 Whan f kynge had receyued the answere frome the duke, he made suche meanes that 
 ^ duke receyued his cytie of Bayon, \V all dyspleasure forgyuen agayne ^ fore named 
 Theobalde, whiche was done by medyacion of a relygyous monke, as affermeth the 
 
 K-oFrensshe boke. And after the daye of metynge was appoynted, at a place called Gindolr 
 fosse, where the duke made ordynaunce for receyuynge of the kyng, and comaunded the 
 Paynyns and Danys to behaue theym reuerently agayne the kynge and his people : the 
 whiche was obeyed in all due maner, and the kynge, there receyued with moche honour, 
 had vnto the duke many goodly wordes, requyrynge hym to forgette all his former vnkynd- 
 
 irnes, trustynge to shewe vnto hym suche pleasures in tyme to come, that shulde recom- 
 pencc all the former displeasures and vnkyndnes by hym before comytted. With whiche 
 fayre speche, the duke, takynge it without dissymulacion, was w^le satysfyed & content; 
 so that after asuraunce of aroytie and peas atwene theym stablysshed, eyther gyuynge 
 vnto other great and ryche gyftes, they departed as frendes,the whiche peas contynued dur- 
 
 r.ynge theyr lyues. 
 
 ' treason. ' Rychard«. ' tmitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 C c Capituluiu. 
 
194 SEXTA PARS LOTHARII. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxxi. 
 
 foi. Cxiiu. LOthayr, thus beynge in loue and amyte with f Normans, caste in his mynde how he 
 
 myght wyiie from his neuewe Otthon, kyng of G-ermany, the prouynce of Austi-acy or 
 •Lorayne, that, in tyme passed, was belongynge to his progenytour^ ; and this to eflecte, he 
 rgaderyd, in right secret wyse, a chosen boost of Frenshemen, and with theym passed the 
 countre, in vvhiche' wyse that he was entrede the cytie of Aquisgrani, or any great fame 
 or noyse were therof made. Wherwith Ottho beynge dismayde, fledde for that season, & 
 suftred the sayd Lothayr, for that tyme, to execute his pleasure ; so that the sayd Lothayr 
 spoyled the Icynges paleys and other places, to the great enrychynge of hym and his boost. 
 
 loAnd whan he had taryed there a certayne of tyme, he retdurned wout batayll, w great 
 pompe into Fraunce. 
 
 It is shewed before, in the begynnynge of the story of Ethelstanne, fcynge of Englaikfe, 
 that Henry duke of Saxony, the which is ment for Germany, sent vnto the sayd Ethil- 
 stanne to haue his suster Alunda to mary vnto his sone Ottho [or Otthon.]* Ye shall 
 
 irvnderstande, this Henry is of some wryters admytted for emperoor ; but his sone Ottho, 
 forenamed, was emperour in dede, whose sone this Otthon was abouenamed, and called 
 the seconde of that name, and emperoure after his fader, & sone of the forenamed Alun- 
 da, suster to E^hilstanne. 
 
 Than this seconde Ottho, emperoure and kynge of Germany, beyng thus, as ye haue 
 
 •ipharde, surprysed of his neuewe Lothayr, kynge of West Fraiice, gaderyd a stronge 
 
 hpost, & entrede the realme of Fraunce. And as v^ytnesseth Girardus, wryter ofhistoryes, 
 
 destroyed the cotintre of Soysoyns, and lastly came vnto Parys, and brent the suburbes of 
 
 that cytie, and had a great parte of his wyll of the sayd Lothayr. But the Frenshe 
 
 ?!Gronycle varyeth from this sayinge, & sayth that Lothayr, by the helpe of the duke of 
 
 wBurgoyne, and of Hugh Capet erle of Patys, after the sayd Otthon had fyred the sub- 
 urbes of the cytie of Parys, he issued outeof the towne, and faught with the emperoure, 
 and compelled hym to gyue backe & fle ; whome the kynge pursued tyll he came to the 
 ryuer of Isayror Sue, where eyther host encountrede with other, and faught cruelly, but 
 at length the ei^peroure was forced to forsake f felde, and moche' slayne and drowned 
 
 ■So within the sayd ryuer : and so great nombre, as affermeth the Frenshe slorye, that the 
 countre* of the water was stopped, and ouerflowed the feldes nere vnto the sayd 
 ryuer. . '>i 
 
 But this victory natwithstandynge, as wytnesseth Mayster Gagwyne, the kyngdf con-^ 
 trary the mynde of the duke of Burgoyne, and also of Hugh Capet, released vnto the 
 
 Sfemperoure the tytle & ryght of Loreynne ; the whiche was caose of couetynge of the realme 
 by f sayd Hugh, and vsurpynge of the same, as affermeth the sayd auctour. Whiche 
 agrement attwene the. ii. prynces stablysshed & ended, eyther retourned into his owne 
 countre. After the whiche season, no notable dede is put in memory of the sayde Lothayr : 
 so that he fynally sykened & dyed, in the yere of our Lorde. ix. C Ixxx. vi. whan he had 
 
 ""ruled his p^yncipat vigurously, by the ful terme of. xxx. wynter, and was buryed in the 
 mynster of seynt Remigius, in f cytie of Raynes, leuynge after hym a sone named 
 Lowys.. 
 
 H Capitulum. C.lxxxxii. 
 
 tLi.6.ca.8.] - EDredus or Edwyn, the eldest sone of Edmunde, brother of Ethilstanne, beganne his 
 
 MJfeygne ouer Englande, in the yere of our Lorcie. ix. C.lyi. and the seconde yere of 
 
 Lothayr, than kynge of Fraunce, This Edwynne was crowned kyge at Kyngistonne or 
 
 Kyngestowne, besyde London, of the archebysghop of Gaunterbury; the whiche selfe 
 
 • SUCK * Omitted in edit. 1542, 1559. » mych of tits people slayn. ♦ «our5e. 
 
 daye 
 
SEXTA PARS EDWINI. 195 
 
 dayc of his possessyon' or coronacion, broke sodeyoly from his lordes, and entred a secret 
 chamber, and there occupyed hyua selfe synfuily with a nother mannes wyfe ; [wherof 
 «eynt Dunstane hauynge knowlege, rebuked hym, and blamed greuously, and caused the 
 vfoman to be voyded from hie bedde & company^]' whose husbande, as one auctourtestyfy- 
 
 ■Teth, heslewe, for to baue the vnlawfull vse of her beaute, nat consyderynge the allyaunce 
 of afFynyte of kynred atwene theym, as affermeth yr sayd auctour. Guydo, wryter of 
 storyes, saith, that Edwyn, contrary the iawes of the churche, helde a woman as his 
 concubyne : herfore holy' Dunstane accused hym vnto Oddo, archebysshop of Caii- 
 terbury, by whose power the ky«g was caused to refuse and forsake the company of that 
 
 '(•woman. For the whiche dede Edwyne bare great malys vnto the holy' man Dunstane, 
 and, at lengthe, by his export* power, banysshed hym his lande, and forced hym, for a 
 season, to holde hy in Flaunders ; and for the malyce that he bare towarde hym he dyd 
 raoche displeasure to all blacke monkes of Englande, in so moche y at Malmysbury, he 
 put out the monkes, and set in seculer preestes in theyr stedde. 
 
 r It is radde of hy, that he also toke [from the churche what he myght, and specially 
 from the blacke monkes, in so moche, that]* such precyous iewellys as Ethilstanne had 
 before receyued from Otbonne the emperoure, and gyuen vnto Wyncliester and Malmys- 
 bury, he toke theym thens and gaue them vnto alyauntes and straungers : and was* nat 
 alonely vnkynde to God% but also he vsed suche tyranny and other vnlefull meanes to his 
 
 2i>subiectes, that lastly they rebelled agayne hym, and specyally the inhabytautes of the 
 eountre of Mercia or Myddell Englande, and also of Northumbers, and put hym clerely 
 from all kyngly honoure and dignytie, whan he had reygned, after moste wryters, the full 
 terme of. iiii. yeres ; and was buryed after, in the cathedrall churche of Wynchester, 
 leuyng none heyre of his body : wherfore the rule of the lande fyll vnto Edgar, his yonger 
 
 "^brother. [Antonius, archebysshop of Fraunce*, in this werke often before niynded, 
 amonges many myracles and vertues actes wjiich he, in the. vi. Chapitre of the. xvi. tytle of 
 his boke called Somma Antonii*, reherseth of this holy man Dunstanne, sayth, that whan 
 he hadde vnderstandynge of the dethe of this Edwynne, by reuelacyon or otherwyse, he 
 made his speciall prayer to God, to knowe what state the soule of Edwynne was in ; to 
 
 Jo whom, after his prayer made, appered to the sayd Dunstanne a great company of fendes, 
 turmentyng the soule of the sayd Edwynne, and ledynge it vnto the places of payne : 
 the whiche, whan this holy man had seen, he fell to great wepynge and sorowe, be- 
 sechynge God, with moost deuocyon, to haue pyte 8c compassion of that soule. And 
 whyle he was occupyed in his prayer, the sayd- company of fendes returned with yellynge 
 
 jrand cryinge, shewynge to hym that thorough his prayer, the aungelles of God hadde 
 byrafte from theym the soule of Edwyn,]' 
 
 *[[ Capituium. C. Ixxxxiii. 
 
 EDgar, the seconde sone of Edmunde, and brother of Edwynne laste', beganne bis ^ngi". 
 reygne ouer the realme of Englande in }' yere of our lorde. ix. C. Ix. and the. v. yere of [Li.^.M.p.] 
 voLotharius, than kynge of Fraunce ; the whiche, of dyuers writers, is wytnessed to be of 
 the age of. xvi'" yeres, thanne" he was admyted for kyng, [and that he was nat crowned 
 kynge]* tyll he had reygned f full terme-of. xii. yeres ; whiche terme ended and expyred, 
 he was enoynted and crowned kynge in the cytie of Bathe, vpon a Whytsondaye, faliynge /,/. c.,». 
 thanne vpon the. xv. day of May, of Dunstanne and Oswolde, bysshopes, that one of 
 "fTCaunterbury, and thai other of Yorke. 
 
 ^ In the begynnynge of his reygne, he called home holy' Dunstanne, that before was 
 
 ' professyon. edit. 1542.1559. * OmiV/erfiu edit. 1542. 1559- '" holy," omi^ei in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 * extortr. ' tliiu was. ' the munkes. edit. 1 542. 1 559. ^ Antouinus, archebysLop of Florence, 
 
 •dil. 1533. ' Antonini. edit 1533. ' laste kyiige. " xv. edit.J542. 1559. " when. edit. 
 
 " 1542. 1559. 
 
 C c 3 exyled 
 
196 SEXTA PARS EDGARI. 
 
 cxyle(^ of kynge Edwynne ; [whiche Dunstanne harde aungellys synge, peace be to the Iand« 
 of Englysshemen.]' Than he made Dunstannej y was abbot of Glastynbury, bisshop of 
 Worceter, and vnyed and fcnyt into One the prouynce & lordshyppes ofEnglade, and made 
 of them one monarchye and kyngdom. In many places he put a way clerkes & preestes 
 that lyiied vycyously, and sette there, for theyrn, monkes. And as witnesseth Guydo, 
 Policronica, and other, he buylded & repayred to ^ nombre of. xl. bouses of relygyon, 
 wherof Abyndon, Peterburgh, Thorney, Ramesey, and Wykonne, were parcell of theym. 
 And at Wynchester, in the newe abbey, he put in monkes, where^ before dayes, were 
 seculer preestes ; f cause wherof was, for so moch as the preestes fied or neclegently 
 
 cslowthed the deuyne seruyce of God, and sette vykers in tlieyr places, whyle they lyued 
 at theyr pleasure in other places, and spent the patrimoney of that churche after theyr 
 sensuall wyll. ^n 
 
 Than kynge Edgar gaue to y vykers the lande that before belonged to the prebendarye?, 
 trustynge therby, that they wolde do theyr duetyes. But it was nat longe to, or the sayd 
 
 'rvica ryes were as neclygent as the other. Wherfore, fynally, the kyn^,, by auctorytie of 
 pope lohnne' the.xiii.'of that name, voydedclerely the preestes, and ordeyned there mokes, 
 though some of his prelates were nat therwith cotented. This Edgar kepte suche iustyce, 
 and dyd so sharpe execucyon, that neuer before his dayes was vsed lasse felony or rob- 
 beryes. And for he wolde haue the rauenous bestes destroyed thorugh his lande, he 
 
 ^acaused Ludwallus, prynce or kynge of Walys, to yelde to hym yerely, by waye of trybute, 
 CCC. woluys, by meane wherof, within the space of. iiii. yeres after, in Englande & 
 Walys, myght scantly be founden one wolfe a lyue. 
 
 It is wytnessed of dyuers auctours, that Kynadus, kyng of Scotlande, dispysed Edgar 
 for that that he was lytell of stature. Wherof Edgar beytig warned, desyred the sayd 
 
 ifKynadus to dyner, and made to hym good countenaunce : after which dyner ended, be 
 toke the sayd Kynadus by the arme, and so w;ith hym helde company tyll they came in the 
 feldes, where, beynge disseuered from bothe theyr seruauntes, Edgar drewe from vnder 
 his garment, ii. swerdes, and desyred Kynadus to take the cboyse of theym, & sayde to 
 hym, " Now thou hast good laysour to asaye thy strength with myn, that, before tyme, 
 
 3cthou hast so moch dispysed ; and let vs nowe proue which is more worthy to be subget to 
 other : it is nat syttyng for a knyght to make great boste at the borde, and to do lytell in 
 felde." Whan y^ Scottysshe kynge harde f kyng thus chalenge hym, be knewe well his 
 wordes, before spoken, were dysclosed to the kyng, wherof he was nat a lytell abasshed ; 
 but for to a peace the kynge, he behaued hym so lowely, and gaue to hym suche plesaunt 
 
 jTWordes, that the kynge forgaue the trespace. 
 
 This Edgar, amdge other of his polytyke dedes, vsed, in the somer tyme, to scowre the 
 see with certeyne shyppes of warre, and agayne the wynter he prouyded to laye the sayd 
 shyppes in sure hauyns, and had redy in his owne seruyce, and in his lordes houses, a 
 certayne. nombre of soldyours, that were alwaye redy whan f kynge had nede of them;: 
 
 '<' and his shypmaisters were in wayges with hym, thorough the yere, that euer attended vpon 
 the shyppes, to se that nothyngtayled that vnto theym was necessary : by meane wherqf, 
 he kept his lande in great quyet for outwar.de enemyes. And for' the wynter he vsed to 
 ryde ouer J lande, & to se how his ofFycers entreated the people, and if any were accused 
 of extorcion or other crymes, and agayne them suffycyently proued, be dyd, vpon all 
 
 HTSuche, sharpe correccion. 
 
 And for so moch as, in his dayes, great multytude of Danys dwelled in dyuers places 
 
 i^fe^rydfe- °^ Englande, whiche vsed many vyces, and specially great dryn kynge, wherof ensued; 
 
 ynge. dronkcnnes 8c many other vyces, to the euyll example and hurte of his com&ns &; subgettes^. 
 
 he therfoie ordeyned certayne, cuppes with pynnesor nayles sette in theym, and ordaynedi 
 
 ^=and made a lawe, that what persone dranke past that marke at one drauglit, shulde forfayle 
 
 ' OmiHediuv^t. 154:2. 1553> * lohn, B. of Rome, edit. 1542, 155&» ' in> 
 
 acer- 
 
SEXTA PARS EDGARI. 197 
 
 a certayne peny, wherof f one half shuld fall to the accusour, and that other half to f 
 ruler of the borugh or towne that y offence was done in. It is tolde of this Edgar, by Awoib 
 dyuers auctours, y he, vpon a season, beyng at Chester, entred the ryuer of Dee, and "' 
 there syttynge in a bote, toke the rule of f helme, and caused, viii. kynges, whicbe of 
 
 rGuydo are called reguli, which is to meane small or lytel kinges, or vnder kynges, the 
 whiche he commaunded to rowe hym vp and downe the ryuer, vnto seynt lohnnes churche, 
 and from thens to his owne paleys, in token that he was lorde and kynge of so many 
 prouynces. 
 
 This noble Edgar had. ii. wyues. By the firste, that was called Egelfleda the whyte, he 
 
 whad a sone that was named Edwarde : he was after kynge, and slayne by reason of his 
 step-moder Alfritha, called, in the Englysshe Cronycle, Estrylde. And vpon hisseconde 
 wyfe Alfrida or Estrylde, he gat a sone named Egelredus, or after y^ Ejiglysshe boke, 
 Eldrede, whiche was kynge after Edwarde the martyr, as after shalbe shewed. And of 
 seynt Wylfryth, whiche, of some writers, is accepted for a mechonne, he had a doughter 
 
 rnamed seynt' Edyth in processe of tyme; but this was of bast and nat in wedloke. For 
 asGiiydoand Policronicon testifyen, this virgyne Wylfryth, knowynge that the kynge caste 
 to lier vnlaufuU loue, put vpon her the habet of a nonne, thynkyng tberby to withdraws 
 the kynges loue ; but y natwstandyng, she was at length broughle to f kynges bedde : for 
 whiche dede he was greatly blamed of the holy*bysshop Dunstanne, and dyd therfore. vir. 
 
 soyeres penaunce, by the heste or byddyng of the sayde Dunstanne. And the forenamed 
 Wylfrith, after that childe borne, lyued so relygyously, that she is nowe compted for a 
 seynt in heuen. Of her doughter Edyth it is radde, that at laufull age, she was at Wyltonne 
 siiorne a nune, [where she vsed more gayer appareyl than was thought conuenyent to her 
 relygyoii ; for the whiche, she beynge blamed of the holy bysshop Ethelwold, answered, 
 
 isGoddes domej y may nat fayle, is pleased oonly with conscyence ; wherfore I truste, p, 
 vnder thyse clothes, may be as clene a soule as vnder other y been of lasse shewynge.]' 
 many vertues* ben rehersed of this holy virgyn Edyth, in f. ix. chapitre of f. vi, boke of 
 Policronicon, the whiche I passe ouer for lengthe of the matyer. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxxiiii.. 
 
 30 EDgar, thus rulynge the lande, after the delh of his first wyf Egelfleda, worde was Dtceptio ra 
 brought to hym of the beautie of Alfrida or Estrylde, doughter of Orgarus, erle of Deu- ^^'J^"l'"J'f '^ 
 enshyre ; wherfore" he sent a knyght of his court, named Ethelwolde, to espye whether muiieremari- 
 the mayde were of suchc beautie as she was reported of or nat, chargynge hym, if shef^^j „, ,,i 
 were so beautyous, that than he shulde aske her to wyfe for the kynge. 
 
 ^ But this knyght, hauynge syght of this mayden, was so wounded with the darte of the Ptt.c.xw. 
 blynde god Cupide, tliat he forgat his trouthe and allegiaunce that he shulde owe to his 
 maister and soueraygne ; & retourned, shewynge to the kynge y she was nothyng of the 
 beaute that she was reported of, but of meane fayrenesse as other women were. When- 
 fore he besaughte the kyng, consyderyng she was her faders heyre & a good raaryage, 
 
 i^Dthat he wolde be so good lorde to hym, as to wryte vnto her fader, that he myght haue 
 her to wyfe ; the whiche grace he opteyned, and at length was maryed vnto her. In 
 processe of tyme, the fame of the beaute of this woman sprange so wyde, that lastly, it 
 came to the erys of Edgar : wberwith, f kynge, in his mynde, beyng sore discontented with 
 Ethilwolde, which hym had so disceyued, yet kept good countenaunce, and madesem- 
 
 rblaunt as though he had nothynge forced of y matyer, & vpon a tyme^ as it were in game, 
 warned this Ethilwolde, that than was an erle, by reason of his wyf or otherwyse, that he 
 wolde lodge one nyght in his howse, anid appoynted the daye whan it shulde be. With this 
 
 • " seynt," fitted in edit. 1542. 1559^. * " holy" omitted in edit. 1542^-1559. ' Omitted iu edit- 
 
 J542. 155Si * Ycra«s. edit. 1542; ]559> 
 
 monyssyon. 
 
198 
 
 SEXTA PARS EDGARI. 
 
 iTionvssyon, the erle, beyng nothyng contented, ranne home, nygh dede for fere ; & prayed 
 
 his wyfe of help in y tyme of nede, & f she wold, I al f she myghte, make her sejfe as fowle 
 
 & as vnsemely as she coude, & shewed to her all the resydue of the matyer. Than the 
 
 woman caste in her mynde the great displeasure that myght ensue thereof towarde her 
 
 ragaynne God, to make that fowle which he had made goodly and fayre ; and also to her 
 
 lorde & husbande agayne the kynge, thynkynge that he shulde cause her thus to do,' to y 
 
 ende to mocke and disceyue hym. Wherfore, in eonsyderacion of f premysses, she 
 
 anourned her in moste costly and shewynge aparayll ; and ouer that, if Dame Nature had 
 
 any thynge forgoten or mysprynted in her, she lafte nat y by womans helpe myght be 
 
 oaraended or refrouraed': &, at the kynges comynge, receyued hym w all ioye and glad-nesse, 
 
 by whiche meanes this yonge amerous kyng was soon caught in the Deuylles snare, so that 
 
 he sette reason aparte, and folowed his own sensualytiie. And for to bryoge his purpose 
 
 the better aboute, he kept forth a countenaunce as he had ben wele contented w all thynge, 
 
 &<iesyred the erle y he wold with hym ryde on hutynge into f wood of Welwerley, that 
 
 imowe is called Horewood ; where he, awaytyug his season and tyme, strake the erle 
 
 thorough the body with a shafte, so that he dyed soon after. And thanne he maryed this 
 
 Elfrida or Estrylde shortly, and had by her Egelredus,. as before I haue shewed. 
 
 For the whiche dede, sayth Ranulfe, this Elfrida. btiylded an howse of nunes at War- 
 well. But other auctours say it was for the sleynge of her stepson, Edwarde; also the 
 -Englysshe Cronycle sheweth, that this Ethilwolde was slayne fey an other meane, and nat 
 [Li.6.M.io.] by the kyng. Aboute this tyme dyed Oddo, archebysshop of Caunterbury, that was of 
 the nacyon of Danys. Of hym is lolde a longe processe, in the. x. Chapiter of the. vi. 
 Boke of Policronycon. And after hym Bryglynus, that than was bysshop of Wynchester, 
 was made his successour, but for he was nat suffycient for so great- a charge, he went 
 ^ragayne to Wynchester. And holy* Dunstan, bysshop of London, and of Worcetour, 
 was sacred archebisshop of Caiiterbury, and went to Rome, and receyued the palle of 
 pop6' lohn, the. xiii. of y name. This Dunstan was firste abbot of Glastjmbury and 
 bysshop of London & Worcetour, & lastly archebysshop of Caunterbury. In his dayes, 
 f order of monkes was relygyous, and full of vertues, for it had relygyous rulers, clere 
 isof scyence and of clergy, so that then men were lad as moche with other* dedes and good 
 examples of vertuous lyuynge, as by theyr famous and vertuous prechyng. Than Edgare, 
 as before is sayd, was crowned kyng at the cytie of Bathe, of Dunstan, archebysshc^ of 
 Cauterbury, & Oswolde archebysshop of Yorke, whan he had ruled this lande. xii, yeres. 
 The cause why it was so longe or this Edgare were enoynted, was, as testyfyeth Guydo, 
 idoT his vnlefuU lechery, and specially for the offence done with Wylfride, for the 
 whiche dede he was of Dustanne ioyned to. vii. yeres penaunce, the whiche penaunce 
 durynge, he was kept from the sayd enoyntementj as afFermeth the sayd Guydo. But 
 for what cause soeuer it was, by agrement of dyuers wryters, he was nat crowned tyll he 
 (Li.fi.ci. zi.] had reygned. xii. yeres. • It is also tolde of this Edgare, that he, beynge vpon a season at 
 '10 the towne of Andeuir, he was cnamous-ed vpon a noble mannes doughter, whiche was of 
 passynge beautie, and made such meanes', by force, or otherwyse, that the parentes vvere 
 agreed that^tyhge shuld haue his pleasure. But the moder subtel of wyt, bethought her 
 of a wyle, and sent a seruaut of hers, whiche was both comely and fayre, to^ kynges bedde. 
 In the mornvnge, whan the daye began to wax clere, the woman began to styrre, & 
 icwolde haue departed from the kynge ; but the kyng refrayned her, and asked f cause of 
 her so hasty departynge. For I inuste be at my werke with my felowes, sayd f woman, at 
 myn houre, to kepemy taske. And whan the kynge had questyoned with her further, he 
 lerned that she was a bonde woman, and asked of the kynge fredam for that nyght ser- 
 uyfce. 
 r« The kyng at this had good game, and cherysshed that damosell so after, f he made her 
 
 ' refourmed. *" holy," cmz«trf in the edit. 1542. 1559. '" pope" omi/fed in the edit. 1542. 155&. 
 
 * theyr. edit. 15-12. 1559. 
 
 2 lady 
 
&EXTA PARS EDGARI. 199 
 
 lady of lordes. For thyse insolent and wanton dedes, it is sayd, that, by the counsayll of f 
 holy' Dunstun, be biiylded and repayred so many abbeys, and houtjcs of relygyon, as 
 aboue is reherced. 1 bus this noble Edgare, passynge histyme in vertu, n)€dled with vyce, 
 lastly had wyttynge of the rebellyon of f Brytaynes, or Walshenicn. A\ herfore he as- 
 
 rsembled (is knyghtes, and entrede the lande, and dyd theym great harme & waste. And, 
 anionges other prayes, spoyied the countree of Glaraorganne, and also toke or spoyled 
 the countre of Ono; [and toke the bell of sayt Eltutus, whiche serued for his churche, 
 that was taken by vyolence with other stuffe, &. banged it abopte an hoise necke : 
 puttynge it to temporal seruyce to the displeasure of y saynt. But for y vyolent takyng 
 therof, as Ranulfe expresseth, in an vndertyd, whan kyng Edgarre was layde to take 
 his rest, the sayd Eltut'js apered, & smote the kyng vpon the breast w a spere, so y the 
 kynge awoke with that stroke, and charged that the belle shuld be restored to the Churche 
 of saynt Eltutus, and all other thynges that were taken with the same.]* But the kyng 
 dyed within, x. dayes after, whaniie had reygned, after moste wryters, the full termc of. 
 
 iTcvi. yeres, and was buryed at Glastynbury, leuynge after hym ii. sonnes, Edwarde the 
 Marter, and Egelredus, by. ii. sondiy wyues. Henricus, the histographer, made of hym 
 thyse verses folowynge. 
 
 Ayder of the poore, and punyssher of trespasse, 
 The gyuer of worshyp, kyng Edgarre is now gone 
 j«To y' kyngdome of heue j which lyke to prayse was 
 As Salamon, that for wysdom aboue all shone. 
 A fader in peas, a lyonne to his foone ; 
 Founder of temples, of monkes stronge patrone; 
 Oppresser of all wronge, & of iustyce guardone. 
 
 jr [Wlllelmus de Regibus testyfyeth, that in the yere of our Lorde. M. lii., whiche was af- 
 ter the deth of this noble kyng Edgarre. Ixxvi. yeres, an abbot of Glastynbury, named 
 Aylewarde, dygged the graue of this noble man vnreueretly, at which tyme yf body was 
 founden hole, and so full of flesshe, that y body wolde nat entre into a newe chest with- rti.Cxvih 
 out pressynge, by reason wherof fresshe droppes of blode issued out of the same body. 
 
 3oXhanne the abbot foresayd fyll sodeynly madde, and went out of the churche, and brake 
 his necke, & so dyed. Than the body was put in a shryne y he, before tyme, had gyuen 
 to that place, & sette vpon the auter, with the hede of saynt Apolynare, and other re- 
 lyquesof seynt Vyncent, the whiche that kynge Edgare before dayes had brought thyther, 
 and gyuen to that bowse. Wherfore it may wele appere to all that rede this story, that 
 
 arwhat, lyuyng, this man was demed of, that he purged hym in suche wyse, by penaunce, 
 that he made a seth and amendes to Goddes pleasure.]' 
 
 ^> 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxxv. 
 
 IN the story of this noble prynce Edgare, I fyde wry ten a story, the whiche is alledged, 
 by the auctoure, that it shuld be done by a kynge of Syrie, named Cambyses, in the tyme 
 
 .«of the reygne of this Edgare. But in y sayinge, he varyelh from other auctours & wryters 
 very farre, as Vincencius Historialis, Antonius*, Ranulphus, and other. For albeit the Medusiudicu. 
 said acta was done by the sayd Cambyse, as the forenamod aucto' alFermeth, yet it was by 
 the said Cambyses executed, longe before the incarnacion of Criste. For this Cambyses 
 was the sone of Cirus, kyng of Parsis & of Medys, which reygned ouer those prouynces, 
 
 u^aboute the yere of the world, iiii. M. Ixx.; before the commynge of Criste, folowynge ^ac- 
 compte of this werke. xi. C. yeres and. xxix. But it niyght be that the whyte monke that 
 
 • " holy," omitttd in edit. 1542. 1559. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. ^55^. * Oviitted in the edit, 
 
 1542. I55y. * Antoninus. 
 
 was 
 
»QQ SEXTA PARS EDGARI. 
 
 was auctour or'wryter of this acte, to f story of Edgare, what' moued for the great 
 iustyce that he radde in the story of this Edgare, thynkynge to enhaunce it by the reason 
 hereof, where he sayth, that in the tyme of this Cambyses, a iuge was to hym accused, 
 & conuicte vpon the same accusacion, that he had gyuen a wronge sentence, by meane 
 .of takyng of mede. Wherforethis Cambyses, to f terrour and fere of other, comaunded 
 p sayd iudge to be flayne quycke, and the skynne to be spred ouer the place or stole of 
 iugement; and that done, made the sone of the foresayd iuge to sytte as iuge in the place 
 where his fader before satte, with thyse verses wryten vpon the face of the sayd place of 
 iugemen^ as foloweth. 
 
 loSede sedens ista index inflexibilis sta, 
 Amanibus reuoces niuniis, ab aure preces. 
 Sit tibi lucerna, lex, lux, pellisq ; paterna, 
 Qua recedes natus pro patre sponte datus. 
 
 Whiche verses maye be englysshed in maner and fourme as foloweth. 
 
 trThou that syttest in this iudiciall place, 
 
 Sytte vp ryght, and holde thyne handes from mede; 
 
 Thyne erys from prayer, and fauoure from the chace, 
 - Let lawe be thy gyde, kepe iustyce in thy rede. 
 
 Thy faders skynne whiche doth thy chayer sprede 
 loHaue in thy mynde, falLnat to Jyke offence, 
 
 Leste for thy faute thou make lyke recompence. 
 
 AS I haue before shewed, this acte was put in execucon, f. xi. C. yere & odde before f 
 comynge of Criste; and, syns f sayde comynge or incarnacion, haue expyred xv. C. yeres 
 and more, which all maketh ouer. ii. M. vi. C. yeres: in all whiche tyme I hauenat radde 
 ^rin any Cronycle of this lande, nor otherwhere, that any iudge hathe been put to lyke sen- 
 tence. 
 
 Wherfore it is to presubpose, that in f lawes, both spirituall & temperall, all iugea 
 haue wele borne thyse verses in myde, and exercysed theym in mynystryng of dewe ius- 
 tyce as perfytely, as theyr cusshons had ben fresshely lyned with the foresaid skynne ; 
 ^tand enprynted so naroly thyse verses in f boke of theyr conscyence, that they in all theyr 
 iugementes sette asyde all percyalyte and fauoure, and holde theyr handes from all medes. 
 and rewardes; so that now it is thus ■^ more, or ellys thus it shuld be. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxxvi. 
 
 LU«.M.ia,] EDwarde, the sone of Edgare, and of his firste wyfe named Egelfleda, the whiche be- 
 
 3rgan his reygne ouer this realme of Englande, in ^ yere of our Lorde. ix. C. Ixxvii., and 
 
 the. xxii*. yere of Lothayr, than kyng of Frauce. Ve shall vnderstande, that after y deth 
 
 of Edgare, stryfe arose amonges the lordes for admyssion of theyr kyng; for Elfrida, or 
 
 Estrilde, with Alphrede, duke of Mercia, made dyuers frendes to haue her sone Egelredus 
 
 promoted to that dignitie, a childe of. vii. yeres of age, that she and he myght haue th^ 
 
 i*«rule of the lande. But holy' Dunstan, with ayde of other bysshoppes, and of the erle 
 
 of Eest Englande, or Essex, withstode so that doynge, that he crowned this Edwarde kynge, 
 
 at the towne of Kyngestowne, to the greuous displeasure of his sayd moder, Elfrida, and 
 
 other of her aflynyte. In f tyme of this Edward, appered stefia cometa, a blasynge 
 
 sterre, wherafter ensued many inconuenyence, as well to man as to beste, as svkenesse, 
 
 riiunger, moreyii, & other lyke myseries. But none of this fyll in the dayes of "this Ed- 
 
 ' was. * xii. ' " holy," omitted in edit. 15i2. 1559. 
 
 wardc 
 
SEXTA PARS EDWARD!. 201 
 
 warde, but after his deth. The forenamed Alpherus, duke of Mercia, whiche, in all 
 thynges, fauoured moeh the dedes of f queue, pu^t out the monkes at Wynchester, that 
 kynge Edgare, as before is shewed, had there set in, and brought in for theym wanton 
 clerkes; or, as Ranulphe sayth, clerks with concubynes. But Dunstanne, and the erle of 
 
 ^Essex witbsayde that doynge, and helde agayne the duke, and suche as fauoured his par- 
 tie ; for the whiche arose great stryfe atwene the prestes & the monkes of Englande. For the 
 clerkes that were beforetyme put out by Edgare, sayde that it were a wretched and cursed 
 dede, that a newe comon copany, vnknowen, shuld put out olde landysmen from theyr 
 place. Nor it shuld' be pleasyjige to God that had grauted the place to the olde woner ; 
 nor no good man ought to alowe suche doynge, for the example f thereof myght ensewe. 
 The monkes sayd that Criste alowed nother the olde dweller, nor yet the persone, but Miracuic. 
 who so wolde take f crosse of penaunce vpon hym, and folowe Criste in vertuous ly- 
 uynge, he shuld be his discyple. For this was holden a generall counsayll of byshoppes, 
 and all the clergye of the lande at Wynchester, [where holy* Dunstanne helde with the 
 
 Tvertuous. And whyle they were there in great argument for this matyer, as dyuers wry- 
 ters testyfyen, a rode there beynge, or standynge in the walle, spake myraculously and said, 
 that Dunstans waye was good and trewe j]' but for all this the stryfe seased nat. In 
 somoche, that a newe assemble of the clergye and other, was apoynted after at a Punicio. 
 place called the strete of Calue, where the counsayll was kepte in an vpper lofte. In 
 -this cousayl, Dunstanne was greuously despysed & rebuked of some vnskylfuU men, but ;?,/. catviu, 
 yet he kept his opynyon, grounded vpon iustyse and vertue ; & whyle they were there i this 
 great dyuysion and argument, whiche way shuld be admytted and alowed, sodenly the 
 ioystes of the lofte fayled, and the people fell downe, so that many were slayne and gre- 
 uously hurte, but holy* Dunstanne escaped with fewe other that toke his partie vnhurte. 
 
 "This wonder, with the other, caused sylence amonges theym that entended to mayntayne 
 this foresayd quarell, so f Dunstanne had all his wyll. 
 
 Thus passynge the tyme of the reygne of Edwarde the kynge, he came vpon a season 
 from huntynge in the forest or wodde, after some wryters, nere to f casteli of Corfe in f 
 west countre, where he, losyng his company & seruauntes, resorted vnto the casteli be- 
 
 j» foresayd, where at that tyme his moder, with her sone Egelredus, kepte her howsholde. 
 
 Whan the queue was warned' of his comynge, anone she called to a seruaunt of hers 
 
 which she moche trusted, and tolde to hym all her counsayll, shewynge to hyin ferther 
 
 " howe he shuld behaue hym in accomplysshynge of her wyl and mynde. And that done 
 
 she went towarde the kynge, and receyued hym with al outwarde gladnes, and desyred 
 
 ^ihjm to tary with her that night j but he in curteyse maner excused hymselfe, and for spede 
 desyred to drynke vpon his horse syttynge, the whiche was shortly broughte. 
 
 And whyle the cup was at his mouthe, the seruaunt, before of the queue enfourmed, Treason or mur- 
 ^trake hym to the herte w a swerde, or a longe dagger sharpe on bothe sydes : after whiche ^"' 
 stroke by the kynge receyued, he toke the horse with f spores, and ranne towarde the place 
 
 ■ that he was c5men fro, or ellys suche waye as he supposed to mete of his company; but 
 he bled so sore that for fayntnes he fyll from his horse, his one fote beynge faste in the 
 styroppe, by reason wherof he was drawen of the horse ouer wayes and feldes, tyll he 
 came to a place named than Corysgate, where he was founden deed; and for the maner of his 
 deth was vnknoweti, and also he for kynge nat knowen, was buryed vnworthely at f towne 
 of Wareham, and there rested by the terme of. iii. yeres after : in which tyme and season 
 God shewed for hym dyuers myracles, as syght to the blynde, hellh to the syke, & her- 
 ynge to the defe, with dyuers other whiche I ouer passe. 
 
 Wherof herynge, his stepmoder began to take repentauce, and entended to vysyte hym 
 by waye of pylgrymage ; but how, or for what cause she entended inwardly, I can nat saye: 
 but the horse or beste y she rode vpon might nat nygh the place by a certayne space, for 
 
 ' shulde not *" holy," omitted in edit. 1542. 1559- ' omittedin edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 D d • betynge 
 
g02 SEXTA PAKS EGELREDI. 
 
 betyn"e or any other thynge y to hym myght be done by ma ; .but after this by her meanes 
 he wa° traslated from thens to Septonne that nowe is called Shaftesbury, ^nd there buryed 
 with great honoure. But syne that tyme,. parte of his body was translated to the abbey of 
 Leof, besyde Herisforde, in theegge^of Walys, &sorae parte therof to Abyndoone; and 
 J it is reported y' at Shaftisbury remayne his lunges, [and been shewed]* in the place that 
 is c,alled Edwardysstowe. 
 s»t!sfaccio. For the murder of y' blyssed man, it is sayd, as before is shewed in the story of Edgar, 
 
 that his stepraoder founded, ii. monasteryes of women, that one at Ambrysbury, & that 
 other at Wfirwell : in the whiche place of Warwell, in her latter dayes, she, refusynge the 
 lo'pompeof theworide, helde there a solytary and strayte lyfe, and ended her lyfe with great 
 penaunce apd repeatauqe, and was there, buryed whan she dyed; Thus, as ye haue harde, • 
 was this vertuous yon^e kynge Edwarde martyred,' whan he had reygned, after moost wry- 
 ters. iiii. yeres, leuynge none issue.; wherfore the rule of the lande fyll to Egelredus his 
 brpther. 
 ,- ^ Capitulum. C.lxxxxvii. 
 
 j[L!.6.ca. 13.] EGelredus, the sone of Edgare and of Elfrida or Estrylde his last wyfe, began his reygne 
 ouer England in the yere of our Lorde. ix.C.lxxxi., and the. xxvi. yere of Lothayr than 
 kyng of Fraunce. This is named of some wryters Etheldredus, & in I' Englysshe Cro- 
 nycle Eldrede : in whose begynnyng&the grounde waxed bapeyne, and all myseryes be- 
 •fore bodyd by thapperynge of the blasynge starre, in y dayes of Edwarde [the Marter]* 
 nowe began to take place, and encreace vpon the erthe. This, as the other of his pro- 
 geriytours, was crowned kynge at Kyngstone, of f holy* archebysshop Dunstanne, and of 
 Oswalde, archebysshpp of Yorke. To whom, as it is redde in the lyfe of seynt Dun- 
 stanne, amonges his prophecyes, that, in the day of his coronacion, he shuldesaye vnto the 
 kynge, " For thou comest to this kyngdome by the deth of thy brother, in whose deth, En- 
 glysshe men conspyred with thy wykked moder ; they shall nat be without blode shedynge 
 and swerde, tyll there come people of vnknowen tunge, and brynge theym into thral- 
 dome, and this trespas shall nat be clensed wout longe vengeance." Of this Egelredus, 
 wryters agreen that he was goodly of shappe and of visage, but that was mynged with 
 ?4echery and crueltie. It is also redde, that whan holy* Dustanne shuld cristen |)y£n, as he 
 faelde hym ouer the fonte, he felyd the holy lyker with the fruyte of his wpmbe* Wher- 
 fore holy* Dunstanne swore by God and by his moder, "This shalbe vnkynde to God and 
 his churche :" whiche fayled nat in his forth goyhge; for he was vngracyous in his be- 
 gynnynge, wretched in the myddell of his lyf, & hateful to men in f ende therof. ^ - 
 It Intheseconde yere of his reygne, a clowde was seen in Englande, the which apered 
 halfe lyke blode, & the other halfe lyke fyre, and chaunged after into sundry colours, 
 and disapered at ^ laste. In the thirde yere of his rej'gne, the Danys aryued in sundry 
 places of his lande, as in the He of Thanet, besyde Kent, in Cornewall and Sussex; and 
 dyd in those costes moche harme. And after, some of them came to London, but there 
 ^they were put of : howe be it, that they destroyed a great parte of Chestershyre. 
 
 And, in the ende of the same yere, a grete parte of the cytie of London was wasted 
 with fyre ; but howe it began myne auctour myndeth nat. But ye shal vnderstande that, at 
 this day, the cytie of London had moste howsynge and buyldynge from Ludgate towarde 
 Westmester ; and lytell or none where the chefe or herte of y^ cytie is nowe, except, in dy- 
 
 & cyties, as 
 buyldynge at those 
 
 y - J ^"^ .ometymein^" Guyldehall of London, 
 
 named Domys daye : but after the conquest it encreaced, and shortly after passed and 
 excelled all the other. '' ^ 
 
 •this. edit. 1542 1559. ^OmitUd in edit. I5i2. 1569^ ' murdred. edit. 1542.1559. "he 
 
 fylled therein, edit. 1542. 15a9. " 
 
 Aboute 
 
SEXTA PARS EGELREDL 203 
 
 Aboute the. viii. yere of this kynges reygoe, the kynge maryed erie Egbertus doughter 
 named Ethelgina, or Elgina ; of the whiche, in processe of tyme, he receyued a sone 
 named Edmunde, whiche after was surnamed Ironsyde, and. ii. other sones named Ed- 
 wynne and EthiJstanne, and a doughter named Edgina. In this pastyme dyed seynt' 
 
 -"Etbilwalde, bysshop of Wynehester. He was • borne in Wynchester, and noryssbed vo- 
 der hoty' Dunstanne at Glastynbary, and there shorne monke, and after was chosen ab> 
 bot of Abyndon, in the tyme of the reygne of kynge Edrede i and, in y tyme of Edgare, 
 he was sacrede bysshop of Wychester, where he made an abbey of nunes, [& traslated 
 seyt Swythynes body out of the erth.]' After which sayd Ethel walde, holy' .Alphegus, 
 
 'oabbot than of Bathe, was sacrede bysshop of Wynchester; y which after was archebysshop 
 of Cauterbury, & martyred hastely of y cruell Danys*, as after shalbe shewed. 
 
 Aboute the. ix. yere of Egelredus, for stryfe that was attwene the bysshop of Rochester roi. <:.<«•«. 
 and hym, he with his knyghtes beseged the sayd cytie. Wherof, holy' Dunstanne sent 
 to the kynge, amonestynge' hym that he shulde refrayne hym of that crueltie, and sufFre 
 
 'the bysshop & his cytie in peace, [oonlesse that he offended seynt Andrewe, patronne of 
 that cytie;]' but this message mylded nothyng the kynges courage. Than this blessyd' 
 man sent to hym. C. li. in golde, wyllynge hym to refrayne of that outrage ; the whiche 
 he receyued, and brake y siege. [Then blessyd' Dunstane sent this message to the kynge : 
 " For tbou haste preferred golde before God, and syluer before the apostle, and couetyse 
 
 ^^before me, ryght so euyll happes .^hall come vnto the, but nat whyle I am in lyfe." But 
 the kvng toke lytell regarde to those wordes, but cotynued in his insolent and cursed 
 dede.]' 
 
 Aboute the. xi. yere of his reygne dyed that blessyd' archebysshop Dunstanne, of whom 
 Ranulfe, in the. xiii, Chapitre of his. vi. Booke of Polycronycon, maketh rehersall of 
 
 irdyuers of his vertues and myracles, the whiche I passe ouer, and the rather, bycause his 
 legende or lyfe is manyfest. Siricus was archebysshop after hym, and after hym Wulricus, 
 and after Wulricus, blessyd' Elphegus was archebysshop of y see. 
 
 It was nat longe after the deth of holy' Dunstanne but that the Danys perced Englande 
 in many and sundry places of the lande, in suche wyse, tbat the kynge was to seke to 
 
 30 which co5te he shulde go first, to withstande his enemyes, and in conclusion, in auoydyng 
 of more harme, was compelled to appease theini with great sumes of money ; but whan Daaorom fttU- 
 that money was spente, they fyll to newe robbynge of the people. ™"°' 
 
 Thaune the kyng graunted more money ; but for all that, the Danys robbed and 
 spoyled the countre of Northumberlande, and besieged London at the laste ; and for 
 
 : raugmentacyon of the kynges sorowe, Elfricus, tliat than was mayster or admyrall of the 
 kynges nauy, fled as a false traytour, and after that reconsyled, fled the seconde tyme to 
 the Danys. Wherfore y^ kynge, in wreche of the fader, comaunded the ienne of his sone 
 Algarus to be plucked or done out of his hede. 
 
 But whyle this persecucion thus contynued, by raeanes of the holy' bysshop of Wyn- 
 
 ., Chester, Elphegus, a peas was concluded for a tyme, atwene the kyng and the Danys ; 
 and the prynce or chief capitayne of theym, .named Aulafe, so* exorted by y^ sayd holy' 
 bysshop, that he became a Cristen man, to whom the kynge was godfader. So that after 
 the sayd Aulafe retourned to his owne with' doynge of more harme ; so that for a whyle 
 the warre of Danys seased. But whyle that rested, the blody flyx, with a brennynge 
 
 nrfeuer, vexed the people thorugh the lande, that moche folke therof dyed. Contynuynge 
 with* mysery the Danys agayne assayled the lande, and dyd in dyuers places great harme. 
 Soo that for lacke of a good hede or gouernour, many thyges in the lande perysshed : 
 for the lordes were at suche dissencyon that one w that other, that whan they were assem- 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 154C, 155Q. * and was cruellye slayneofthe Danes, edit. 1542. 1559. ' amonyss- 
 rnee. * was so. ' without. ' wliyche. ' 
 
 Dd2 bled 
 
S04 SEXTA PARS EGELREDI. 
 
 bled to speke or treate of peace attwene that one lorde and that other, and if atiy good 
 thyng were deuysed for the hurte.of theyr enemyes, anone f Danys were warned therof 
 by some of f. same cousayll, wherof were suspected Elfricus & Edricus. And to this- 
 sorowe was ioyned hunger and penury amonges the comons, that eueryche of theym was- 
 rconstrayned to plucke & stele from other. So that, what by the pyllage of the D^^jrs^ 
 and by inwarde theuys & brybours, this lande was brought in great mysery and 
 myschefe. 
 
 f Capitulum. C.lxxxxviii. 
 
 EGelredus, than wrapped in mysery, laft nat to gader of his subiectes what he myght as 
 
 lowell by vnlawfuU meanes as otherwyse. For, as sayth Rapulphe, myne auctour, he wolde, 
 for fayned or smal causes, diserit men of their possessyons, & after cause men to redeme 
 their owne for great siimes of money. And ouer that, he walowed in lechery, giuynge 
 hyrii to all vicious and inconuenyent' lyfe of his body; by which vngracious meane, he 
 brought this lande in such ruyne, that what he myght nat helpe by/strength, he warred 
 Li. 6. ca.i3.](Twith moncy. So that, from the firste entre of the Danys, testifyeth* Polycronyca, in ^. 
 xviii. Chaptre of his. vi. Boke, and also Guydo, w other auctours, that from the first try- 
 bute of X. M. li. he brought it at the laste, in processe of. v. or. vi. yeres, to. xl. M. li. the 
 which yerely, duringe his lyfe, and after, to the commynge of seynt Edwarde, was leuyied 
 of his subiectes, and named, for the contynuaunce therof, Dane Gelt : whiche is, or was 
 [i.i.6.ca.i4.] to meane money payde to f Danys, or shortly, Dane money. In this tyttie, as it were 
 about the. xv. yere of his reigne, dyed seynt' Oswalde, the archebysshop of Cauterbuiy ; 
 and soone after dyed Ethelgina y quene, [and the body of seynt Cuthbert was translated 
 from Haly Ilande to Doreham, in the whiche ile he helde an ankers lyfe, as it is before 
 shewed, in the story of Cadwalader.]' ' 
 [Li.6.ca.ij.]->f Thus contynuynge in this lande, vnder the greuous tribute of the Danys, and also by 
 susteynynge of many vylanyes andiniuries by the Englysshemen of the sayd Danys, as 
 after somdele shall apere, this Egelredus, by counsayll of his famylyers, aboute y. xxi. 
 yere of his reygne, maryed Emma, the doughter of Richarde, duke of Normandy, before 
 mynded in the story of Lowya the. v. and Lothayr his sone, kynges of Fraunce. The 
 
 ^ whiche Richarde was the. iii. duke of Normandy, and the firste of that name, and also 
 was surnamed Richarde without fere, or the hardy, as more of hym shalbe shewed in y- 
 story of the. vi. Lowys, kynge of Fraunce. 
 
 By reason of maryinge of this Emma, whiche, in the Frenshe Cronycle, is named the 
 flower of Normandy, this Egelredus was greatly enhaunced in his owne mynde ; by pre- 
 
 rsumpcion wherof, he sent into al gode burghes, cyties, and townes of his lande, secrete 
 and strayte comyssions, chargynge the rulers, that they, vpon a certayne day, that is to 
 say, vpon thedaye of seynt Bryce, at an houre assygned, in euery place of his lande, the 
 Danys shulde be sodeynly slayne. And so it was doon, and as f comon fame telleth, this 
 murder began for that coste*, at a lytell towne in Hartefordeshyre, within, xxiiii. myles of 
 
 jfeLondon, called Welewynne or Welwynne, for the whiche dede, it toke firste that name. 
 As who wolde wene that wele' of the countre was there firste wonne. But who that well 
 consydereth the sequell of this story, shall fynde lytell wynnynge or weale ensuyng of this 
 dede. •' ° 
 
 But or I procede further, here I wyll touche some what of the pryde and abusyon of the 
 
 )*5Danys, that they exercysed in Englande in some parte therof, as I haue seen in an 
 
 olde cronycle, wherof the auctour is vnknowen. There it is shewed that the Danys, by 
 
 strengthe, caused the husbande men to ere & sowe the lande, and do all other vyle labbure 
 
 that belonged to husbandry; &^ Dane helde his wyfe at his pleasure, aV doughter and 
 
 ' thiSf °""" * "' '''*''^'"'' ' ^'"'''"^ '° '*"*• ^^*^- ^"^- * " f°^ tJ^^t «=o^t«" <""^""f- 
 
 seruaunt ; 
 
SEXTA PARS EGELREDI. 205 
 
 seruaunt ; and whan the husbandma came home, he sbuld scantly haue of bis owne, as 
 alowys or seruaut had' : so that the Dane had all his comaundemenl^ and ete and dranke 
 his fyll of the best, whan f owner had scantly his fyU of the worst. And ouer that, the 
 comon people were so of them oppressed, y for fere & drede, they called them, ineuery 
 
 rsuch house as they had rule of, lord Dane. 
 
 But in processe of tyme the Danys* were voyded f lande. This worde lorde Dane Now. 
 was, in dyrision and despyte of the Danys, tourned by the Englysshemen into a name of ^''' ^''"' 
 opprobrie, and called Lurdayn, whiche, to our dayes, is nat forgoten j but whan one En- 
 glisshe man woU rebuke an other, he woU, for the more rebuke, call hym Lurdayn. 
 
 '5 Than to retourne to our firste piatyer, truthe it is, th^t whanne the Danys were thus 
 murdred thorugh Englande, tydynges therof sprange into Denmark^, whiche kyndeled in 
 theym suche a fury, that the kynge therof, named Swanus, assembled shortly a great 
 host and nauy of Danys, and, in short processe after, landed in Cornewayll; and by treason 
 of a Norman, named Hugh, by' fauour of y queue Emma, was made erle of Deuenshyre, 
 the sayd Swanus toke Exetour, and after bette downe the walles. 
 
 Than he entrede further into the lande. In whiche season the kynge sent vnto Edricus, 
 chargynge hym to assembje the West Saxons, and to withstande ^ further entre of the 
 Danys ; the which, accordynge to his comyssion, assembled the West Saxons, and made 
 good countenaunce to withstande the sayd enemyes. But whan the hostes shulde ioyne, 
 
 wwere it for fere or for treason, he fayned hym syke, and fled from his people. The whiche, 
 for lacke of an hede, were fayne to gyue backe to their hurte, and to their enemyes great 
 auauntage and coforte. 
 
 Wherfore ^ Danys resorted than to Wyltonne and Shyrbornne, and anone spoyled both 
 those townes, and there refresshed theym. But for Swanus had wyttynge that the kynge 
 
 7rwas comynge towarde hym with the power of his lande, he therfore departed thens, and 
 retourned with great pyllage to his shyppes, and sayled aboute the lande, and lastly 
 lauded in Norfolke ; where he, wastyng and spoylynge the countre, came, in processe, 
 vnto the cytie of Norwyche, & robbed & spoyled it, and after yode to Thetforde, and 
 dyd lykewyse to that towne, and fyred it, and destroyed the countre nere there 
 
 io aboute. 
 
 But soone after, a noble man of that countre, called duke Vskatell, mette with the 
 boost of Danys, and gaue vnto theym an harde and sharpe batayl, & slewe many of the 
 enemyes, and put them backe. For this, and for hunger that than assayled this lande, 
 Swanus retourned efte vnto his shyppes, and departed agayne into Denmarke, and taryed 
 
 3fthere all the wynter folowynge, in whiche season he made great prouysion to reenter the 
 lande of Englande. 
 
 % Capitulum. C.lxxxxix. 
 
 ABoute the. xxvi*. yere of the reygne of Egelredus, the forenamed Swanus, with a [i,i.6. «. 15.] 
 stronge army, landed at Sandwyxhe, and spoyled all the countre nere vnto the see syde, & 
 vsrested hym there tyll he harde of an armye comynge agayne hym, and whan he was ware 
 therof, he retourned to his shyppes agayne, and heryng the kynge was farre westwarde, 
 belauded in Sussex, and spoyled it wonder sore. And whan he there was warned of the 
 comynge of a batayll of Englysshemen, anone he toke shyppynge agayne : so that whan 
 the Englysshemen wende to haue met with theym in one coste, than wolde they sodaynly 
 Jande in a nother. And whan the kynge prouyded to mete with theym vpon the see, other 
 they wolde fayne to flee, or ellys they sbuld, \i gyftes, blynde y admyral of ^ kynges nauy. 
 By whiche subtylytieand crafty meanes, they weryed and tyred the boost of Englysshe- 
 men ; & where euer they went, they slewe, brent, and robbed without compassion and 
 pyte. The kynge than beynge at Shrewesbury, & herynge of the great sleyght& cruelte of 
 
 " as seruaunts had. * after the Dan^s. ' wbyche by. * xxv. edit, 1559' 
 
 6 the 
 
206 SEXTA PARS EGELREDI. 
 
 the Danys, called his cousayl to rede what were best to be done for f defence of his 
 enemyes; where it was concluded, that the kynge, to haue peace with f Danys, shuld paye 
 HHito theym. xxx. M. li. But whyle this was in doynge, the Danys destroyed a great parte 
 of Baroke or Barkshyre. 
 
 ' Whanne this peace was thus made, Swanus with his company retourned into Denmark, 
 and' that yere folowynge, the kynge made Edricus, forenamedj duke of Mercian This 
 Edricus was of lowe byrth, ryche of tunge, falce, and subtyll of wytte, softe and elo- 
 quent of speche^ vntrusty and false of thought and promyse, as of hym some dele before 
 is shewed, and after more shall apere. In the., xxvii. yere of Egelredus, a prynce of 
 Danys, named Turkyllus, landed in Kent, the which so greuously warred in that countre, 
 that the Kentysshmen were fayne to make theyr peace, and so departed. 
 
 And yet the persecucyon of Danys seaced nat: for in one countre of Englande or other, 
 they euer in wylys robbed and pylled the Englysshmen ; so ^ a longe the coste', from the 
 North parte of Englande vnto the. He of Wyghte, was by theym destroyed or hugely sette 
 
 : a backe. And whan the kynge entended to make prouysion for to withstade theym, euer 
 Edricus wolde cousayll hym to y- contrary, shewyng hym that he shulde spende his trea- 
 sour, and trauayle his people in vayne. By meane wherof, f Danys entred, 1. myles Twin 
 f- lande, & brent & robbed, by dyuers tymes, many vylages and townes, so that they en- 
 [Li.6. ca,i6-] creased & waxed passyng ryche, and the Englysshe men nedy, bare & poore. Thus con- 
 i^itynuynge this misery, Swanus, or, after I' Englysshe, Swayne, than beynge in Denmarke, 
 and herynge of the encreace of his people within Englande, repented hym of his former 
 couenauntes, and thought that the hole domynyon of Englande shulde belonge to hym of 
 ryght : for the whiche he prepayred his armye and nauy in moost defensyblewyse, and 
 spede hym in. to Englande, & so into the ryuer of Humbre, and landed in Nortumberlande, 
 wTiere the erle or rulei* of that coutre, with all the rulers of the same, sware feaute vnto 
 the sayd Swanus, and promysed to kepe that countre vnto his vse. And whan he had 
 done his wyll in that coste, he entred agaynne the water, and by the ryuer of Trent, he 
 passed to Gaynysburghe, and so by North Watlyngstrete, & subdued the inhabytautes of 
 that coiitre, & forced theym to gyue vnto hym pledges, which pledges, w also his nauy, 
 
 ■the betoke vnto Canutus, his sone, whyle he went ferther into the lande ; and that done, 
 he with his people kept on his iourney tyll he came into Mertia, kyllynge and sleynge the 
 men of that prouynce, and reserued the wymen to vhclene lyuynge, aswell the relygyous as 
 other ; and toke, by strength^ Wynchester and Oxenforde, and dyd in theym what he 
 lyked. And after he had thus passed f lande, he drewe the nexte waye towarde London ; 
 
 ;:but in passynge the ryuer of Thamys, he loste some parte of his people, other for lacke 
 of a brydge, or for ieopardynge theyr passage vnauysely : and so, in processe, he came vnto 
 London, where, at that tyme, kynge Egelredus was. Wherfore Swanus lafte the cytie, 
 and drewe into Kent, and so towarde Caunterbury without lette, weldynge f countre at 
 his wyll, ^and lastly beseged that cytie ; the which manfully defended theyr enemyes, by 
 the space of, xx. dayes, which syege began vpon the daye of seynt Mathewe, in the 
 moneth of Septembre, & endured as is abouesayd, & than taken by y treason of a dekyn, 
 named Almaricusy f which, before tyme, blessid* Elphegus, than archebysshop of that 
 p,i.c.x»u see, had preserued from deth. Than the Danys fyred y cytie, whan they before had 
 epoyled it, and toke the archebysshop, & put hym in streyte pryson, and the monkes of 
 
 -trseynt Augustynes abbey theytythed; that is to meane, thev sfewe. ix. by cruell turment, 
 and f tenth they kepte a lyue ; the whiche after was solde'and set to all seruyle laboure. 
 Now. And a« wytnesseth Antonius', or Vincent Historyall, they slewe and brought in seruage 
 
 ouer thesume of. ix. C. persones of relygion, and* slewe of men, women and children be- 
 yond© the nombre of. viii. M. as, with moche more crueltie, it is shewed, in the. vii. 
 
 foChapitre of y xvi. title of the werke of the sayd Antonius' : and fynally, for this blessyd 
 
 ' io that all the country alonge the coste. * 0»k««</ m edit. 1542. 1559. * ABtewuus, ♦they. 
 
 man 
 
SEXTA PARS LODOUICI. S_07 
 
 man* Elphegus wolde nat condisceade to gyue vnto theym, as sayth Policronica. iii. M. Not» de mortc 
 li. after they had kept bym in harde prysou by the space of. vii. monethes, vpon an Ester ^''j'p'i^cf/tu"-' 
 euen, they, after many vylanyes to hym doone, at Grenewyche, witliin. iii. myles of nens* 
 London, they stoned hy to deth, where he laye in y felde, vnburyed a certayne of tyme, 
 and after caryed to London, and buryed reuerently in the churche of seynt Paule : but 
 afterwarde, in f tyme of Canutus, he was taken vp agayne & caryed to his owne churche. 
 Of this biyssed* Elphegus, Antonius', and also Policronicon, shewen many vertues & 
 miracles, the whiche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC. 
 
 ' "> IN this pastyme, kyg Egelredus, ferynge the ende of this persecution, sent Emma, the 
 quene, with her. ii. sonnes Alphrede and Edwarde, vnto Richarde, the seconde of that 
 name, than fourth duke of Normandy, whiche was brother vnto the sayd Emma, with 
 whom also he sent the bysshop of London. 
 
 Aboute the. xxxiiii. yere of the reygne of Egelredus, the Danys, whan they had wonne 
 
 /-[ a great parte of ^ countre of West Saxon, they returned agayne towarde London, wherof 
 
 herynge, the Londoners sent vnto theym certayne gyftes and pledges. In all this season 
 
 , » myn aucto' maketh no mynde that euer the kyng gaue vnto y Danys any notable batayl ; 
 
 but kept hym in holdes or places for his owne sauegarde, and lytel frute or profyte for* 
 
 his lande. 
 
 ■i' ;<• At the last he was chaced vnto the He of Wyghte, where with a secret company held' 
 hym a great parte of the wynter, and fynally, without catall or comforte, sayled ouer to 
 his wyfe into Normandy, and there helde hym a certayne of tyme. 
 
 Whan Swanus was ascertayned of the departynge of Egelredus out of the lande, he 
 wasenflamed with excedynge pryde, so that he arered excedynge inposicions of the people, 
 & greued theym wonderfully, and amonges other of his tyranyes, he asked a great siime 
 of money of seynt Edmundes landes, whiche the rulers denayed ; for somoche as they 
 claymed to be free of all kynges trybute. For this he entred the terytory of seynt Ed- 
 munde, and wasted and spoyled the countree; and ouer that, despysed that holy martyr 
 ■with manassyng of the place of his sepulture. Wherfore the men of that countree, ferynge 
 this tyraunt, gaue theym to fastyng and prayer : so that shortly after he was stycked in an 
 euenynge, amonges his knyghtes, with the swerde of seynt Edmunde, in the towne of vmdicti diuiuir 
 Thetforde, as sayth Guydo ; but after Policronicon and other, in the towne of Gaynes- 
 borough, where he dyed, with yellynge and cryinge, the thirde daye after. 
 
 In fere wherof, Canutus, his son, after that he was kyng, closed in the lande of that 
 
 3s 3iholy martyr with a depe dyche, and graunted to the inhabytauntes therof great fredam, 
 and quyt theym of al kyngly* taske or tribute ; and after buylded a churche ouer the place 
 of his sepulture, and ordeyned there an house of monkes, and endued them with fayre 
 possessions ; and after it was vsed that kynges of Englande, whanne they were crowned, 
 sente, for an otFerynge, their crownes vnto seynt Edmudes shryne, and redemed theym 
 
 m xe afterwardes with a condygne pryce. Whan Egelredus had wryttynge of the deth of [Li.6.«a.rr-1 
 SwaDus, by procuremet of his frendes, he made meanes to retourne to his owne, by 
 whose menys he was sent for, with condycion that he shuld refourme his olde condicions : 
 and for perfourmauce of the same, he sent his sone Edwarde into Englande before hym, 
 and in y' Lent folowynge the kynge came hym selfe, & with his people sped hym towarde 
 
 "i ^jLyndesey, where Canutus was at that tyme resseaunt, nat prouyded of the kynges so hasty 
 comyng. 
 
 Wherfore he beyng nat purueyed to withstande the kynge, fledde into Sandewyche in 
 Kent; and for he there proued suche pers ones as before tyme hisfader & he had taken pledges 
 
 ' bysshop. edit. 1542. 1559. * Omilttd ia edit. 1542. 1559. » ADtoninus, * to. » he held. 
 
 * knightlie. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 S of. 
 
208 
 
 SEXTA PARS LODOUICI. 
 
 of, andfande theim nat perseueraut in theyr premysses', he made to be cut of all the noses 
 and handes of the sayd Englisshe people, and sayled into Denmarke whan he had doe, 
 and retourned the next yere with a great nauy, and sayled aboute the lande, and toke 
 prayes in the South countre. Wherof the kynges eldest sone, named Edmunde, made 
 
 rprouysyon, with the ayde of,Edricus, to go agayne hym; but whan he shulde haue mette 
 with Edricus at a place assygned, and his boost, he was of hym disceyued, wherfore he 
 was compelled to gyue place to his enemyes ; and as it was after knowen, the said Ed- 
 ricus had promysed his fauoure and ayde vnto the sayd Canutus. 
 
 By reason wherof, Canutus entred the coutre of West Saxon, and forsed theym to- 
 
 'sswere to hym feauty, and to gyue vnto hym pledges j & other countrees adioynynge dyd 
 the same. 
 
 In this season, Egelredus, beynge at London, was taken with a greuous sykenesse and 
 dyed, and was there buried in the churche of seynt Paule, where at this daye, in North 
 ile, behynde y quere, apperith, in y^ walle, a token of his sepulture, whiche reygned, or as 
 
 tfsaith Polycronicon and other, beseged England by the terme of. xxxvi. yeres full, leuynge 
 after hym a sone, named Edmunde Irnsyde, ouer Alphrede and Edward sones of 
 Emma. 
 
 Francle. 
 
 ftU C,» 
 
 Fabula. 
 
 N»rracio. 
 
 f Capitulum. CC.i. 
 
 LOwys, the. vi. of that name, and sone of Lothayr, began his reygne ouer France, in 
 
 ;-the yere of our Lordes incarnacion. ix. C. Ixxxvi. and the. v. yere of Egelredus, than 
 kynge of Englande, of the which, other for his youth, or for the shortnesse of his reygne, 
 lytell of his dedes is laft in memory ; excepte that the Frenshe boke wytnessyth, that for 
 he had none issue, & Hugh Capet, before, in the story of Lothayr, mynded, was his 
 famulyer and chief counceler, he shulde therfore ordeyne and admytte the sayd Hugh for, 
 shis heyre. But more verely, as before is touched in the'aboue named story, and in y ende 
 therof, this Hugh was str5ge & myghty, and in the latter dayes of Lothair coueted y rulte 
 of y lande. Wherfore, after the deth of this Lowys, for so moche as he lafte no childe 
 after hym, he than haiiynge the chief ruleof Fraunce, by strengthe and power, made hym 
 selfe kynge. 
 
 s-i But for I promysed, in the story of Egelredus, somwhat to shewe of Richarde, the 
 firste of that name, and thirde duke of Normandy, I shall somdele length this story,*^ 
 with the story of f sayd Richarde. ' , '> r- . 
 
 This Richarde, as afferme all wryters, was named Richarde without fere, andiigr this 
 cause*, as testyfieth the Frenshe boke, he vsed moche to byd his bedys for all Crislen 
 
 2 soules. Vpon a nyghte, whan he had longe watched, he entred a churche, where stode 
 a corps vnburyed, and no man watchynge itj and whyle he sayd his orysons for that soule 
 and other, he layed his gloues vpon a deske by hym, and, whan he had ended his deuocions, 
 he went out of the churche forgettynge his gloues behynde ; but shortly after he remembr- 
 ed hym of theym, . & retourned towarde the churche, for to fetche his sayd glouys. Whan 
 
 i*he came at f churche doore, he foiide f_ corps there standynge with his arrays sprade a- 
 brode, and makynge great noyse and crye ; wherfore the duke made the sygne of y crosse 
 in his forhede, and coniured the corps that he shuld reste ; but all was in vayne, wherof 
 f duke drewehis swerde & strake at the corps, and, to his thynkynge, parted hym in. ii. 
 peces; and that done, entred the churche, fet his glouys, and so departed. And for this 
 
 Mrchaunce, heordeyned after, thorough his realme, that a corps shuld be watched the firste 
 nyght or lenger, as men had deuocioil ; whiche gyse was somtyme vsed in Englande, and 
 begonof the Normans, as men may conjecture, after they had first conquered this lande. 
 Policronicon sheweth, in the. vii. Chapitre of his. vi. boke, that' a monke of thehowse of, 
 
 ' promysses.- * thiscause that foloweth. edit. 1533. 1542. ' thai thys duke Rycharde dremed 
 
 on a nyght, that, &c. 
 
 seynt 
 
SEXTA PARS LODOUICI. 209 
 
 seynt Audoenus, in Roan, as he went towarde his lemman by nyght, fyll besyde a brydge, 
 & was drowned, whose soule after was in stryfe atwene an angell and a fende ; the whicbj 
 after longe stryfe, condescended to put the iugement in duke Richarde. Than the 
 dake gaue sentence, that the soule shulde be restored agayne to the body, and then the 
 
 i'body to be set vpon the brydge that before he was fallen fro ; and if he than went to his 
 lemman, he shulde be the feendes, and-if nat he shulde than be saued. And whan this 
 sentence was put in execucyon, the moke fled vnto the churche therby., Vpon the morne 
 whan the duke awoke, and called this vysyon to his memory, to knowe the certaynte ther- 
 df, he went vnto the sayd churche, and fande the monke there, his clothes yet wete ; and 
 
 10 after went to the abbot of that place, and tolde to hym al this dede, aduertysyng hym to 
 take better ouer syght of his flocke. 
 
 To thyse narracions the herers may gyue credence as them lyketh ; for they be nother 
 in the pysde nor yet in f gospell. Albe it, that Antonius', archebysshop of Florence, 
 whan he reherseth any lyke narracions, -whiche he thynketh somwhat doutefuU, he ioyneth 
 
 « thyse wordes, and sayth " pium est Credere." The thirde narracyon is tolde of this 
 duke, whiche, by all presumpcyon, was regestred of some women scribe. This duke, with 
 Giinore his wyfe, lyued longe whyle a dishonest lyfe, and contrary to the lawys of the Namdo. 
 churche, wherof his people murmured sore : so that at length, by the holsome doctrine ^j^g^ij""" 
 of some of his clerkes or spirituell men, he maryed her to his lawfuU wyfe. The firste 
 
 Tonyght after the weddynge, were it in game or otherwyse, the duchesse tourned her but- 
 tocke in the dukes lappe, as she before tyme had neuer done. Whan the duke frayned the 
 cause of her soo doynge : " For nowe," sayd she, " maye I do what me lyketh, where before 
 I myght doo but what you iyked." Vpon this Giinore he gate, besyde other childer, 
 Emma, that was the wyfe of Egelredus, as before ye haue harde, and dyed, whan he had 
 
 irruled Normandy by the terme of. lii. yeres. 
 
 Than to retourne to the. vi.- Lowys, kynge of Fraunce, from whome we haue made a 
 longe digression ; as wytnesseth Maister Gagwyn, he dyed in the yere of our Lord. ix. 
 C.lxxxix. whan he had reygned. iii.* yeres, and was buryed at Compaynne. Ye shall 
 vnderstande, that this Lowys was the laste kynge of the blode of Pepyn ; and for I pro- 
 
 iomysed before to shewe the discent of the sayd Pepyn, to the ende f ye may ^ better know 
 this story, and also to knowe the kynges of Fraunce fro^ the kynges of Germany, which 
 both discended of this Pepyn, hereafter I shall more clerelysette it out in braunches. 
 But firste I woUe expresse the kynges of Fraunce, as they reyned lynyally, and ioyne to 
 eyther of theym the terme that he reygned ; that therby it may appere how longe this blode 
 
 ^rcontynued in the howse of Fraunce, or it were enpeched by Hughe Capet, as after ap- 
 peryth. 
 
 PEPYN. 
 
 The yeres. ^ 
 
 - - • - .xviii. 
 
 - - - xlvii. 
 - - xxvi. 
 
 - - - xxxvii. 
 
 - - - ii. 
 
 - • - - V. 
 
 viii. 
 
 - - - ix. 
 
 - - - xvii. 
 
 edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 ^ Radulphus 
 
 Pepyn 
 
 m 
 
 m « 
 
 Charlys 
 
 m 
 
 « 
 
 Lowys firste 
 
 f- 
 
 - 
 
 Charlys ballyd 
 
 m 
 
 - 
 
 Lowys balbus 
 
 r 
 
 - 
 
 Lowys and Charlys 
 
 ' 
 
 • "m 
 
 Lowys the Fourth 
 
 - 
 
 -» 
 
 Eudo 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Charlys the symple 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 * AntoniDUS. 
 
 *iiij. yeres, 
 E e 
 
210 SEXTA PARS LODOUICI. 
 
 Yeres. 
 
 Radulphus - - . . . _ xj;, 
 
 Lowys vnus' - _ . _ - . xxi. 
 
 Lotharius - - - . - xxx. 
 
 Lowys the sixte - _ . - _ i\[\ 
 
 9 
 
 OF the which kynges. ii. were nat of that blode, as Eudo and Radulphus, but admytt^ 
 of the barony of Fraunce to rule the lande, tyll. ii. of that progeny, that is to meane, 
 Charlys the Symple & Lowys the. v. were comen to theyr lawful! age. So that, from the 
 firste yere of Pepyn, whiche began his reygne in the yere of grace. DCC. 1. to the first 
 yere of Hughe Capet, that began his reygne in the yere of our Lord God. ix. C.lxxxix. 
 expyred or passed. CC.xxxix. yeres. 
 
 • [quintus ?] * iiij. edit, 1555. 
 
 Fippinus. 
 
SEXTA PARS PIPINI. 
 
 PipinuB pater Ca^ 
 roll magoi. 
 
 211 
 
 fiU CjsoSh 
 
 Carolus Magnus, 
 imperator. 
 
 Reges Germanic. 
 
 r 
 
 Lotharius, impe- 
 rator, filius Lo- 
 douici primi. 
 
 Lodouicus, iinpe- 
 rator, filius Lo- 
 tfaarij. 
 
 Lotbarius secu- 
 dus, filiui Lo- 
 th arij. 
 
 Carolus tertius, 
 filius Lotbarij. 
 
 Lodouicus pri- 
 mus, imperator. 
 
 Lodouicus, filius 
 Lodouici,quivt im- 
 perator ab aliqui- 
 bus computatur. 
 
 Arnulphus, filius 
 Lodouici, impe- 
 rator. 
 
 Lodouicus, filius 
 Amulphi,vltimus 
 imperator Fran- 
 corum. 
 
 Reges Francie. 
 
 S 
 
 Lodouicus, Rex 
 Germanie, frater 
 dicti Lotbarij. 
 
 
 Caroluscaluus,fi- 
 lius Lodouici pri- 
 mi, ex. il vxore, 
 imperator. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lodouic 
 Lodouici 
 fuit Care 
 sus impe 
 
 us, filius 
 ,cuius fr. 
 lus gros- 
 rator. 
 
 
 Lodouicus Bal- 
 bus, filius Caroli 
 Calui. 
 
 r 
 
 Lodouicus et Ca- 
 rolus, filij Lodo- 
 uici Balbi. 
 
 Lodouicus quar- 
 tus, filius Caroli 
 anted icti. 
 
 Carolus Simplex, 
 filius Lodouici 
 Quarti. 
 
 Lodouicus quin- 
 tus, filius Caroli 
 Simplicis. 
 
 Lotharius, . filius 
 Lodouici antedic- 
 
 ti. 
 
 Lodouicus, filius 
 Lotbarij, et vlti- 
 mus rex huius 
 prosapie. ' 
 
 In the later tditimt, this Pedigree is given in Englith. 
 £e2 
 
 ^ Capitulum* 
 
212 SEXTA PARS HUGH. 
 
 If Capitulum, CCii. 
 
 HVgh, the sone of Robert f Tyraunt, descended of Hughe le Graunde, began to take 
 the rule, or to vsurpe the crowne of Frauce, in the yere of our Lorde. ix. C. Ixxxix, and 
 y. viii. yere of Egeh'edus, thanne kynge of Englande. This, as wytnesseth y Frenshe 
 fCronycle, was erle of Parys, [and marshal of Fraunce;]' & as saith AntoninoS he 
 maryed one of y^ doughters of Edwarde the elder. This also was named Capet, for so 
 moche as, in his youth.e, he vsed in game to laye a syde his felowes hoodes. In whose hetr 
 gynnynge,- Charles, that was the brother to Lothayr, & vncle vnto Lowys the. vi., laste 
 S'ynge, herynge of the deth of his neuew Lowys without issue, as nexte heyre, with ayde of 
 
 wsome lordes of Fraunce, and also of Loreyn, the whiche than he was lorde of, gadered 
 an army, and entrede Fraiice, and than came to the cytie of Laon, within whiche cytie, 
 he, with his wyfe & people, by the treason of the bysshop of the same cytie, was taken, 
 and delyuered with his wyfe and childer into the handes of his enemyes, the whiche sent 
 them to Orleaunce, there sauely to be kepte. 
 
 If Than this Hugh was crowned in the cytie of Rayns, and welded the lande with more 
 suerte. Howe be it the erle of Flaudres, named Arnulphus, or Arnolde,' before spoken 
 of, wolde nat be vnder his obedyence. 
 
 Wherfore this Hugh assembled his knyghtes, and by his strength toke from hym the 
 countrey of Ar toys, with many stronge holdes and castelles: and lastly forced ;^ sayde 
 
 10 Arnolde to flee into Normandy, to aske ayde of Richarde, thejftrste of that name, be- 
 fore spoken of in the story of the. vi. Lowys. ' 
 
 By whose meanes, after some wryters, William Longa Spata, fader to the sayde duke 
 Richarde, was slayne ; but that natwithstandynge, by frendshyp of the sayde duke Richarde, 
 t^ne™^'"^ ^°'^' '■^^'^ Arnolde was reconsyled vnto the kynge, and contynued after as his subiecte. 
 
 jf In the cytie of Rayns was archebysshop at this daye, a noble prelat, named Arnolde, 
 sone of bast of Lothayr, and neuewe to Charles, than prysoner, as before is touched ; the 
 whiche, for malyce that the kyng bare vnto hym for cause of the forenamed Charles, 
 called a coiisayll of the clergy of his lande, and layde agayne hym suche obieccions, that 
 he, by theyr assent, put hym' from that benefyce, and sent hym to Orleaiice, there also to 
 
 3obe kepte in pryson, and set* one Gylbert, or after the Frenshe Boke, Gerbres, a connynge 
 man in phylozophy, & had before tyme ben tutor, or maister to Robert, sone of the sayd 
 Hugh; but after, iii. yeres, pope* lohn, the. xvi. of that name, sent downehis maunde- 
 ment vnto Guyon, archebysshop of Sens, chargynge hym that he shuld remoue the sayd 
 Gerbres, and restore the sayd Arnolde to his proper see : whiche was doone shortly after. 
 
 %fAnd the sayde Gerbres was after this preferred by one of the Othons, emperour, vnto 
 the Churche of Rauenne, and contynued there tyll the dethe of the. xvii. lohn, after 
 whose deth he was electe pope of Rome', and was named the seconde Syluester, andlyued 
 [as pope]* iiii. yeres. 
 
 Than it foloweth in the story, whan this Hugh had reygned full. viii. yeres and more,- 
 
 irthe dyed in the yere of our Lorde. ix. C. Ixxxxiii. and was buryed atseynt Dennys, leuynge 
 after hym a sone, named Robert. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.iii. 
 A/. CxsHii. Robert,' the sone of Hugh Capet, began his reygne in the yere of our Lord. ix. C. 
 
 Ixxxxvui., and y xvn. yere of Egelredus, than kyng of England. This was cunynge in 
 nrmany scyences, & a man of good maner & vertue; he made dyuers impnes^ sequenses, 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ^Antoninus. ' was putte. ♦ in Lvs Dlace ' the 
 
 bysshoppe of Rome, edit. 1542. 1559.. • Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. > Hynines. 
 
 and 
 
SEXTA PARS ROBERT. 213 
 
 and respondes, as " O luda et Ilrrm," " O Constancia Martyriim," " Assit nobis scl 
 spiritus gratia," or more congruely, ■' Sci spiritus assit nobis gratia," with dyuers other. 
 
 In the begynnynge of his reygne, whyle Bowcharde, erle of Meleoii, nas at the kynges 
 courte, Galtier, or Walter, a knyght & seruaunt of the sayde Bowcharde, to vvhome 
 
 rthe sayd Bowcharde had delyuered his castle of Meleoii to kepe in his absence, for 
 great gyftes the sayde Walter had delyuered the sayd castle vnto Eudo, erle of Carno- 
 tense; wherfore the kynge, at the request of the sayd Boucharde, sent streyght c6- 
 ^naundBment vnto the sayd Eudo, chargynge hym in all goodly wyse to restore the sayd 
 castle vnto Bowcharde, the whiche comanndement he vtterly refused to obey. For the 
 
 /swhiche the kynge, beynge so amoued, sent for Kicharde, y secondeof that name, than. iiii. 
 duke of Normandy, and with their both armyes besyeged the castell vpon eiiery parte, and at 
 length wan ne it, and toke the sayde Walter win the same; whom the kynge, for his 
 vntrouth, comaunded soone after to be hanged vpon a gybet, and the castell to be restored 
 vnto the forenamed Bowcharde, and after retourued euery man to his owne. 
 
 <c In the tyme of the reygne of this Robert dyed Henry, than duke of Burgoyne, the whiche, 
 
 for lacke of issue of his hady, bequethed his dukedome vnto kyng Robert ; but the Bur- 
 
 gonyons withstode that legacy, and drewe to theym for an hede and capitayne Lawdry, 
 
 erle of Neuers, and with hym helde by strength, or for a strength, the cytie of Anxerre. 
 
 Wherof herynge, kyng Robert sent for the foresayd duke of Normandy, and so to spede' 
 
 jotheyth towarde Burgoyne, and besieged the foresayd cytie; but at lengjhe the cytie was 
 yolden, and Lawdry put at the kynges grace. And that doon, the kynge with his boost 
 besieged another stronge cytie called Aualon, and, nat w out great dauger, wan it also at 
 leglh, & after receyued the countree with dewe obeysaunce, and ordered it at his owne 
 pleasure, and so retourned into Fraiice, 
 
 *r Barnarde*, Erie of Sens, vsed great tyranny amonges the bysshoppes and niynystres of 
 the Churche. Wherfore Leophricus, bysshop of that see, thorough the ayde & counsayll 
 of Regnallde, bysshop of Parys, put out the sayde Arnolde, and delyuered the cytie vnto 
 kynge Robert. 
 
 Butte the brother of the sayde Arnolde, with a certayne of his knyghtes, fledde to the 
 
 j»castell, ^nd it helde with strength; wherfore the kyng layde siege to the sayd castell, and 
 at length wanne it, and toke the brother of Arnolde, named Fromonde, and sente hym 
 to Oi lyaunce, there to be prysoned, where he dyed shortly after. This Robert, as sayth 
 the Frensshe Boke, bnylded firste the castle of Mountfort: he fouded also dyuers mo- 
 nasteryes and temples, and at Orlyaunce, the temple of saynt Anyan, at Stamps, a 
 
 .'-churche of oure lady, and dyuers other in dyuers places of his realme. And he en- 
 dowed the churche of seynt Denys with many great lyberties, and badde especyall deuo- 
 cyon to seynt Ypolyte ouer all other seyntes. 
 
 It is radde of this kyng Robert, that vpon a season whan he had longe whyle lyen at 
 the siege of a castel nere vnto Orlyaunce, and sane it was defuse, to wynne by strength, 
 
 j„[he, vpon tue daye of saynt Anyan, yode vnto Orliaunce, and there, in the quere, bare a 
 cope, and dyd helpe to synge the diuyne seruyce. And after, whan he was in his deuo- 
 cyons in the masse, whyle whan the preest was at the consecracion, and sayd thryse " Ag- 
 nus dei," the walles of the castell tyll without stroke of gunne or other engyne, and his 
 enemyes submytted theym to his grace. Many vertues myght I showe more of this ver- 
 
 Vrtuous prynce, the whiche I passe ouer for lengthe of the tyme, and conclude thus : that]' 
 whan he had rcygned, after moost accorde of wryters, and ruled his land nobely. xxx. 
 yeres, he dyed, and was buryed in the howse of seynt Denys, leuynge after hym, of his 
 tirste wyfe, Constance, a sone named Henry, and one other named Robert ; and of his 
 seconde wyfe. ii. sones, named Symonde and Almaryche ; but it shuld seme by the se- 
 
 ' And so sped. ' Arnolde. ' The edit, of 1542 and 1559 merely say " He founde the meanei 
 
 to take the saaie by polycye." 
 
 quele 
 
2U SEXTA PARS EDMUNDI IRONSYDE. 
 
 quele of the next story, that Constaunce shulde be the laste wyfe, and the other f firate, 
 and deu^jiced from hym for some cause, so that her childer shuld nat be legyttymat. 
 Albeit the auctour of this maketh no mencyon. 
 
 Howe Edmunde Ironsyde and the Danys faugbt togyder. 
 
 , ^ ^ Capitulum. CC.iiii. 
 
 Angiia. EDmunde Ironsyde, f sone of Egelredus, and also Canutus, the sone of Swanus, kyng 
 
 [Li. 6. ca. 17.] Qf Denmarke, began to rule the Englysshemen in the yere of our Lorde. M. xvi., and 
 
 the. xix. yere of Robert, thanne kynge of Fraunce. For the Londoners, with assystence 
 
 of some of the lordes of Ehglande', but the more party of the lordes fauoured Canutus, 
 
 loand specyally the spyritualtie that, before tyme, had sworne feautie to his fader; and he, 
 
 than beyng at Southampton, swore to theym to be vnto theym a good and trewe iustyce^ 
 
 and to entrete the. people soberly & right wysely. Than Edmunde beynge of the arche- 
 
 bysshop of Yorke crowned at London, and the solempnytie fynysshed and ended, he 
 
 sped hym into West Saxon, and subdued that countre. In whiche tyme Canutus, whiche, 
 
 idn the Englysshe story, is called Knough, drewe with his people to London, and wold there 
 
 haue entrede; but that was hym forboden of the Londoners, for the whiche he layde 
 
 his ordenaunce about the cytie, entendynge to haue entrede parforce : but it was nat 
 
 longe or he was fayne to breke his siege, and to departe thens. Whanne Canutus was thus 
 
 put of from London, he drewe Westwarde, and mette in processe with Edmunde in Dorset- 
 
 iDshyre, besyde Gyllyngham, where atwene theym wasfoughten a strongeand cruell batayll. 
 
 But, in the ende, Canutus was ouercomen and compelled to forsake the felde. After this 
 
 they mette agayne in Worcetour shyre, where they fought a more stronger ija^tayl: for this 
 
 was so strongly bydden by, that men coude nat iudge whiche parte had the belter, or whiche 
 
 5" worse: but, as wytnesseth Polycronica, eyther of them departed frorae other, outher for 
 
 vwerynesse of fyght, or for lak of the daye. 
 
 But vpon the morne folowynge, both hoostes ioyned agayne & fought egerly, contynq- 
 FtUCxxv. yng'with* fyght, Edricus espyinge Edmunde to be at auauntageof wynnynge of this felde, 
 sodaynly ^yght a deed manys hede vpon a spere hede, and cryed to the boost of En- 
 glysshemen, " Fie, fle ye Englysshe men, and saue your selfe : loo here is the hede of Ed- 
 jomunde your kynge." But Edmund therof beynge warned, sped hym towarde that parte of 
 the felde, and behaued hym so comfortably amonges his men, that by his knyghtly courage 
 his people recouered that they before had loste, and contynued the batayll tyll nyght, 
 in suche wyse that he had rather the better than the worse, and caused Canutus to refuse 
 that countre, and to retourne towarde London agayne. Than Edmunde beynge aduertysed 
 srthat Canutus was retourned towarde London, he folowed hym, and passed the ryuer of 
 Thamys, and delyuered the cytie from dauger of the Danys; and afterwafde encountered 
 the Danys at a place called Brentforde, where with theym he hadde a cruell fyghte, and 
 scomfyted theym at length. 
 
 ^ In this passe tyme, Emma y wyfe of Egelredus, feryng the fortune of the warre, sent her. 
 
 1.0 ii. sonnes, Alphrede and Edwarde,.vntp her brother Richarde, the seconde of that name, 
 
 and fourth duke of Normandy. Edricus than, whiche, as before is sayde, was euer sub- 
 
 tyle of wytte, consyderynge the good fortune of Edmunde and his knyghtly courage, 
 
 Dusimuiatio, thought that at length he shulde ouercome the Danys. Wherfore to saue his lande, and 
 
 also to brynge aboute his malycyous treason, sought' the wayes and meanes how he might 
 
 itrstande in his grace and fauoure; and at length optayned his entente, and swore to hym to 
 
 be his trewe subiecte. 
 
 Whanne kynge Edmunde hadde a season sourgoyned at London, he than made to- 
 warde the Danys, that then were in Kent, & mette with theym at a place called Okefforde 
 I " fauoured Edmunde" is added in the later editions. • whyche. » he sought. 
 
 or 
 
SEXTA PARS EDMUNDI IRONS YDE. '215 
 
 or Otforde, and there scomfyted_theym, & chased Canutus to the lie of Shepey ; there 
 Canutus toke shypyng and sayled aboute the lande, and entrede, lastly, in the coutre of 
 Mercia, & spoyled a -parte therof. 
 
 Than trie. ii. hoobtes met soon after, at a place called Asshedowne, where after Jonge 
 -■'fight, Edricus with his retynewe fledde, to the comforte of the Danys, by meane « herof 
 kynge Eduiunde was put to the warse : for many noble men were slayae vpon his partie, 
 amoiiges the wiiiche, the bvs<hop of Lyncoln and the ahbot of Ramysey were two, that 
 thyther were comen to treate a peace atwene both prynces. But whan this was layde to the 
 charge of Edi icus, ' he, by his vntrewe meanes, so excused hym, that noo man myght 
 scharge hym with any defaute. Thus contynuynge this mortall warre bytwixt thyse. ii, 
 marcyall prynces, to the great disolaciou and mortalytie of the people, one of the knyghtes 
 of the partye of Edmunde, gatte hym to an hyghe place where he myght be somwhat 
 hai de of the boost, and spake in this wyse ; " Dayiy we dye, and noo man hathe the victory; 
 for Edmunde may nat be ouercome for his great strengthe, and Canutus may nat be ouer- veiba miUti*. 
 income for fauoure of fortune. V. hat shal than be y fruyte of this cotynuall stryfe ? None 
 other, but whan the knyghtes been all slayne on eyther partyes, than tlie dukes, compelled 
 by nede, shall accorde, or ellys they shal fyght alone wout knyghtes. Than syn' this 
 shalbe f ende, why do they nat one of thyse two. If they accorde, why is nat this kyng- 
 dom sutfycyent for twayne y somtymfe suffysed for. vii. If their couelyse of lordshyppes 
 
 ^obe so great that eyther hathe indygnacion to take and haue parte with other, or ellys that 
 one be vnder that other, thanne lette theym fyght alone, that woll be the lordes alone 
 liefte. If all men fyght, all men be slayn, by meane wherof, no men shall be lafte to 
 be vnder theyr lordshyp, or ledynge of dukes ; nor yet to defende ^ kynge agaynne stroge* 
 enemys or nacions." *' 
 
 ^r The which wordes' were ryght wele alowed of bothe hoostes : for, as afFermeth myne 
 auctour, at this tyme a trewe was made attwene bothe prynces, for a certayne tyme. 
 After whiche peace ended, were it by occasyon of thyse wordes or otherwyse, the sayd. 
 ii. dukes, Edmunde & Canutus, agreed to trye theyr quarelles bytwene them two only, 
 and for this was assygned, by theyr bothe agrementes, a lytell ile called than Olney nere 
 
 3«vnto Glowcetour, or after some wryters, named Olenege, bycleped with the water of 
 Seuarne; in whiche place, at the daye apoynted, the. ii. champyons mette, without 
 company or assystence, within the sayd ile, but the hoostes of both parties standyng 
 without the ile, and thiere abydynge the fortune of this batayll. 
 
 There eyther proued other firste with sharpe sperys and after wilh kene and cuttyng 
 
 jrswerdes. What shall I of this make lenger processe? and* eyther had other wele proued 
 and assayed, by receyuynge of harde and sore strokes, by the firste mocy'on of Canutus, 
 as moste wryters testytyeth, they lastely accorded and kyssed tbgyder as louers, to the 
 great comforte of both hoostes ; and shortly after, by theaduyce of bothe theyr counsaylles, 
 condessended vpon partycion of the lande, whiche immedyatly was done to bothe theyr 
 
 i<eagrementes, and loued after as. ii. bretherne, duryng theyr naturall lyues. But the serpent 
 Idre of enuy and false conspyracy, whiche euer burned in the harte of Edricus, was 
 kyndeled so sore, that of pure force it must breke out vpon a lyght flambe. So what he 
 myght nat accoiuplysshe by his owne persone, he fulfylled by his sone, as testyfyeth dyuers 
 auctours. For, as afFermeth Guydo, this sone of Edricus, awaytynge his tyme, espyed 
 vrwhan the kynge was at the withdraught to purge nature, and with a spere strake hym into 
 the foundement, and so into the body ; wherof kyng Edmunde dyed shortly after at 
 Oxin'. The kynge thus beynge slayne, anone Edricus thynkynge therby to be greatly Nota, 
 exalted, sped hym in all haste vnto Canutus, & saluted hym as kynge; and shewed hym of 
 this treason oonly for his loue done.' Whan Canutus had wele vnderstandynge f conffes- 
 
 * seyng*. edit. 1542. 1559. * ttraunge. etlit. 1559. ^ these wordei thus spoken. * when. 
 
 ' Oxford, edit 1£59. 
 
 2 sion 
 
216 SEXTA PARS CANUTI. 
 
 sion of Edricus, lyke a dyscrete and r^ghtues prynce, said vntohymin thyse wyse: "For 
 thou haste, Edricus, for the loue thou berest vnto me, slayne thyne naturall Idrde, whiche 
 la^iciu. I moost loued, I shall exalte thyne hede aboue all the lordes of Englande," and forth- 
 
 with comaunded hym to be taken and his hede to be stryken of, and pyght on a spere 
 
 ^"hede, and after sette vpon the hyghest gate of London. But Maryanus the Scotte 
 telletb, that Edmunde dyed at London by natural sykenesse, aboute the feste of seynt 
 Andrewe; and the Englisshe Cronycle affermeth the forenamed treason, but by another 
 maner of doynge. But howe soeuer this noble prynce dyed, trouth it is, after aggrement 
 of moost wryters, that he ended his lyfe whan he had reygned one yere and more, as moche 
 
 'oas from the moneth of lunii vnto the ende of Nouember, and was buryedat Glastinbury, 
 by his graundefader Edgare, Policronicon sheweth, in the. xviii. Chapiter of his. vi., 
 Boke, that Canutus, after the deth of Edmunde, gaue vnto Edricus f lordshyp of Mercea, 
 and by his counsayll, exyled the brother of Edmunde, called the kynge of chorles ; and 
 thorough his counsayll executed many cruell dedes. Of this Edmunde remayaed. ii, 
 
 irsonnes, that is to wytte, Edmunde & Edwarde. 
 
 ^''■(^•'""''- ^ Capitulum. CC.v. \ 
 
 [Li. 6. ca. i8.] CAnutus Or Knougthc, after the Englysshe Cronycle, sone of Swanus, as before is 
 touched, & yonger brother, as apperyth by the story folowynge, began his domynyoft 
 alone ouer Englande, in the yere of our Lorde. M. xix. and the. xxi. yere of Robert, than 
 
 lokynge of Fraunce : the whiche anone, after the deth of Edmunde, assembled a counsayll 
 at London, where, ampnge other thynges in that counsayll debated, a questyon, was put, 
 whether in the composicion made bytwene Edmunde and Canutus, any specyall reme- 
 braunce was made for the childre or bretherne of Edmunde for any partycyon of any parte 
 of the lande. 
 
 •^f Wherunto it was answered of the lordes, naye; afFermynge farthermore with oth for 
 the kynges pleasure, that they, to the vttermoste of theyr powers, wolde put of that blodfe 
 of Edmude in all that they myght. 
 
 By reason of whiche answere and promyse, they thought, many of theym, to haue standen 
 in y great grace and fauoure off kyng ; but it tourned all other wyse : for many of theym, 
 
 So or the ^ore partie, suche as Canutus apperceyued and knewe, that they before tyme 
 were swbrne to Edmunde and his heyres, and also werenatyfe Englyssemen, he mystrust-^ 
 ed and disdayned euer after ; in so moche, that some he exyled, and some were slayne,' 
 and some, by Goddes punysshement, dyed sodaynly, ■ 
 
 But among all, Edricus, with his sugred wordes, contynued in the kynges fauoure, as 
 
 2rsayth Marianus, before mynded ; by whose cousayll and other, he shortly after outlawed 
 the foresayd brother of Edmunde, surnamed kynge Charlys, as before is touched: but 
 he afterwarde was reconcyled to the, kynges fauoure, and lastly slayne of his owne ser- 
 uauntes. Canutus also, by the sayd counsayll, sent the. ii. sonnes of Edmunde, named, 
 * as before is sayd, Edmunde and Edwarde, vnto his brother Swanus, than kynge of Den- 
 in marke, to be slayne, after the oppynyon of some wryters. But he, aborrynge that dede, 
 sent theym to Salamon, than kynge of Hungary, as wytnesseih Guydo and other; where, 
 in processe of tyme, Edmunde dyed, and his brother Edwarde, in tracte of tyme, maryed'.' 
 Agatha, the doughter of the. iiii. Henry, than emperoure of Almayne. Of y- whiche, 
 Edwarde & Agatha preceded Margarete, that after was quene of Scotlande, and Crysty- 
 
 i+rafi, that was a menchone, and a sone named, Edgar, and surnamed Ethelynge. This, 
 
 Edwarde Out. Edwarde, of the Cronycles of Englande, is named Edwarde the outlawe ; for so moch as 
 
 ""'^ he neuer retourned into Englande, as sayth the sayd Englysshe Cronycle, after his first 
 
 exyle. Than to retourne vnto Canutus, the .whiche, after some thynges ordered in his 
 
 lande, deuyded his sayd lande in. iiii. partes, that is to meane, the°firste pryncypall, 
 
 xo whiche, at those dayes, was West Saxon. He helde vnder his owne gydyrige Esten- 
 
 glande 
 
SEXTA PARS CANUTI. Sir 
 
 glande, whiche coteyned NorfFolke and SufFolke, he betoke to the rule of the erle Turkyllus 
 a Dane, of whome some what is in the. iii. Chapiter of the story of Egelredus. Mercia 
 he betoke to the subtyll erle Edricus : and the. iiii. Northumberlande vnto a Dane, named 
 Hircius. Butlyke as the man of Inde, at no tyme, chaungeth his coloure, so this Edricus 
 J'chaunged neuer his false maners : but natwithstandyng the great benefytes that he dayly 
 receyued of his prynce, there, as he to other hadde been false and dysceyuable in daycs 
 past, euen so nowe he demeaned hym agayne Canutus. 
 
 Wherfore he, beynge accused and proued with defaute, was comauded of the kynge to 
 haue iugement, the whiche was done iipmediatly, & his hede, for dyspy te, caste into a fowle 
 'oand fylthy place. But Ranulfe sayth that he was slayne, by the kynges agrement, 
 within his paleys at London, and his body with the hede throwne after into y towne dyche. 
 Thus with shame he ended, that in falshode and dissymylacion had contynued moche of 
 his lyfe. 
 
 Aboute the. ix. yere of his reygne, Canutus called a- parlyament at Oxenforde, where, 
 iramonges other thynges, it was enacted that Englysshe men and Danys shulde holde the 
 lawes of Edgar, lately kynge. 
 
 In this pastyrae dyed Swanus, brother to Canutus, kynge of Denmarke, without issue ; 
 wherfore that lande fyll to Canutus : for the whiche cause, he with a stronge army 
 sayled thyther to take f possessyon and to sette the coiitre in an order. Or after some 
 :cwryters, to apeas and wstande of the Wandalys, that than had persed that lande and 
 done therin moch harme ; where Goodwynne the erle, whose doughter Edvvarde the 
 Confessour after maryed, with a certayne nombre of Englysshe men, fyll vpon the 
 Wandahs by nyght, and dystressed theyra in suche wyse, that Canutus hadde of theym 
 his plasure. For this dede, the kyng had erle Goodwynne euer after in good fauoure, 
 jrand loued Englysshe men more specially. And whan he was retourned into Englande, he 
 shortly after, or before, maryed Emma, the wyfe lately of Egelredus ; of the whiche he 
 receyued, in processe of tyme, a son, and named hym Hardicuiiitus, or after some, 
 Hardykynitus, and aft,er the Englysshe boke, Hardyknough. 
 
 [And, aboute this tyme, fyll voyde the see of Lyndesser or Durham, to y' whiche, by 
 
 jodyuyne inspyracion and knowlege, receyued by a voyce from the tumbe of seynt Cuthbert, 
 
 blessyd Edmunde, after, iii. yere of vacacyon, was elected to that see. But ye shal 
 
 vnderstande that this was nat seynt Edmunde of Pounteney, for he was archebysshop of 
 
 Canterbury, in f dayes of Henry the thirde. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.vi. 
 
 3^ CAnutus aboute the. vii. yere of his reygne, by exortacion of Egelnothus, then arche- 
 bysshoppe of Caunterbury, translated the body of seynt Elphegus, late archebysshop of 
 the said see, martyred', as before is shewed, in the seconde Chapiter. C. Ixxx. and xvi. 
 ca°. of the story of Egelredus, of the Danys, and shrj'ned hym in his owne churche of 
 Caiiterbury foresayd.]* 
 
 no In the tyme also of this Canutus, aboute -the. xvi. yere of his reygne, the Scottes re- 
 belled agayne hym. Wherfore he, with a great army entrede Scotlande, and at lehgth 
 ouercame the kyng of that lande, named than Malcolyne, and brought theym agayne 
 to his subieccion, as is recorded in the bookes of Marianus' the Scotte ; by reason of 
 whiche victory, Canutus was then kyng of. iiii. kyngdoms, of Englande, of Scotlande, 
 
 Hsof Denmarke & Norwaye. Than, aswytnesseth diuers aujctours, after he had betaken [Li. 6. ca, »o.] 
 this lande of Englande to the gydynge of Leofricus, Egelnothus, and other, he than re- 
 tourned into Denmarke, and from thens he yode to Rome in the. xv. yere of his reygne, 
 fand made there great offeringes to seynt Peter and Paule,]' and redemed the scole of 
 
 ' by tlip Danys. edit. 1533. * OnritUd in the edit. 1542. 1559. ' Jlarcianus.. edit. 1542, hymutake- 
 
 F f Saxon;?, 
 
218 
 
 Fel, C.xxvti, 
 
 TaltntSi. 
 
 A TJsion. 
 
 Mirum per 
 maximum. 
 
 SEXTA PARS CANUTI. 
 
 Saxons, frc of all former trybute grauted, as before, in the storyes of lue and Offa, and 
 other kynges of Saxons/is somdele more touched; whiche redempcyon of trybute, as 
 sayth Guydo, was called Rome Scot, But it shall seme in that sayinge some douteth; 
 for somoch as at this daye, in dyuers places of Englande, as in Northamptonshyre & 
 
 rother, the Peter pens are yet gaderyd. Canutus also after he had in Rome accomplisshed 
 his purpose, he, in his retounie towarde Englade, executed wonderfuU dedes of almes in 
 releuynge of the poore, & other goostly werkes ; and payde great good for raunsom of 
 Crist'en prysoners. Amonges other of his dedes, it is wytnessed that he shulde agi-ee with 
 the pope', that than was called Benet the. viii. of that name, and paye to hym certayne 
 
 /osummes of money, that his areliebys&hoppes, after that daye, myght haue the pall with- 
 out payinge of money thegfore. 
 
 [And vvhanne he was conien tolhe cytieof Papia, in Italy, in his waye homewarde, he 
 there bought the arme of seynt Augusiyn the doctour, for. C. li. of syluer,. and a talerat 
 of gaide. And herre is to be noted, tha^t ttere be thre raaner oftalentes; jthe firste & 
 
 irgrettest is of y weyghte oL vi. xx. li. weyght, the seconde of the weyghte of Ixxii. li. and 
 the "thyrde & leest of. 1. li. weyght ; than if we reke this talent with the leest, in a pounde 
 of golde after troye wayghte is. xii. vncis, and in. l.li. is vi. C. vncys, & euery vnce (rf 
 fine golde is worth, xl. s. by whych reson this talent shulde be in value to the summe of 
 xii.C.ii. This precious relyque the kynge gaue vnto his trusty frende Leofricus, 
 
 M\\e whiche he moche loued and trusted, and remayned. at Coueatrye many yeres 
 after.]* 
 
 Whyle Canu-tus was occupyed in this iourney, complaynt was brought vnto hym o 
 some mysdemeanures and rules that were occupyed and exercysed in his absence within 
 this realme. WherfoTe he wrote home letters to the lordes, ehargynge theym straytely, 
 
 ^^ thar all suche defautes were redressed agayne his comynge home. This kyng, as wytnes- 
 seth Guydo, was of great n)agnyfisence, and vsed such iustyce and temperaunce, that ia 
 his dayes, in the west parties of the world, was no prynce of renowne as was CanutuS"; 
 and ouer that, he was greatly beloued and dradde of his subiectes. [In the tyme of this 
 Canutus, as testyfyeth Will'ms de Pontificibus, a monke of Glastenbury, named Bryght- 
 
 ^owolde,^ whiche was after bysshop of Wylton, beyng in his cotemplacion and prayer, be-_ 
 thought hym on the lynage of Englysshe kynges, and in that thoaght fyl into a slamber, 
 in whiche tyme of his slepe, he sawe seynt Peter thapostle standyng by hym and 
 holdynge in his hande Edwarde, f sone of Egehedus, whiche than was in Normandy?; 
 the whiche, to his ^thynkynge, he sawe seynt Peter saker the sayde Edwarde as kynge of 
 
 3rEnglande ; and shewed to hym farther, howe holy this Edwarde shulde be in his lyuynge,. 
 and how he shulde reygne as kynge. xxiii. yeres. 
 
 Thanne this monke frayned seynt Peter of the ofsprynge of this Edward'e, and' who 
 shulde be kynge after hym. To the whiche questyon w^s answered by Peter, the kyng- 
 dbme of Englysshmen is the fcyngd'ome of God. 
 
 ". Wherfore the kynges therof shall stande at Goddes puruyaunce. Art^ also another 
 doctour, called Henry of Huntyngdon, sheweth, that an holy man warned Englysshmen, 
 that a lorde, whiche they thought nothynge vpon, shuld come out of Fraunce, & brynge 
 theym ryght lowe. In the tyme also of this Canutus, by agrement of many wryters,"" fyU 
 one thynge worthy mynd'e & memory. In a towne of Saxony, named Calbis, in the dio- 
 
 wcesse of Magburgh, and parysshe of seynt Magtr. ; xviii. men and. xv. women, vpon the 
 euen of the natyuyte of our lorde, began a daunce aboute the churche yerde of seyn* 
 Magu foresayd, the persone or otter preest beyng than at masse within the same 
 churche ; whiche beyng troubled with the noyse of f mynstrellys, and ateo the dynne of 
 thesayde men and women, sent vnto theym in monyssynge theym te seace of thatdoynge : 
 
 ' B^'shoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559- ^ Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 but 
 
SEXTA PARS CANUTI. 219 
 
 but all was in vayne, for they wolde nat seace of theyr dysporte for any comaundement 
 that to theytn was gyuen. Wherwith the preest beyng discontented, that they none other- 
 wyse reuerenced f sacrament nor yet y solempne season, besought God and seynt Magii 
 that they shuld cootynue theyr daunce by the space of an hole yere ; the which prayer was 
 
 ^harde in such wyse, that they contynued the same songe and daunce tyll that day twelue 
 monethes, & neuer ete nor dranke nor, rested theym in all that season : & more ouer, 
 <iewe nor rayoe fylle vpon theym in all that yere, nor garment nor no thynge that was 
 aboute theym was impayred, shoo nor other. 
 
 At the yeres ende, Horobertus, archiepiscop of that diocesis, came vnto f sayde place, 
 
 ^and lowsed theim of that bonde whiche the preest hadde bounde theym in j and before 
 the awter of the churche theym recosyled. Of the whiche, a preestes doughter and. ii. 
 other dyed forthwith, and the remenaunt yode to reste, and slepte by y' space of. iii. dayes 
 and. iii. nyghtes folowynge, where after some of theym dyed, & suche as lyued fell lame of 
 theyr lymmes, and one of the same, xviii. men, beyng named Vbertus or Hupertus, wrote 
 
 'J' this wonder with his owne hande, for a more recorde of the trowth.]' Than let vs re- stuiticia. 
 tourne to Canutus, of whome it is redde*, y after his comynge from Rome, he began stuitidaK«nutu 
 somdele to presume in pryde, and let more oi' hymselfe than good wysdome wolde. In 
 tyme of whiche exaltacion of his mynde, he went vnto y^ Thamys syde, and behelde howe 
 the water swelled or flowed : and-so standynge nere y water, the water touched his fete. 
 
 it Than he charged the water that he shiilde flowe no hygher, and that, in no wyse, he shulde 
 towche hi^ordes clothes ; but the water kepte his course, and wette, at length, the kynges 
 thyes ; wherwith f kynge abasshed, sterte backe and sayde, "All erthly kynges may 
 knowe that theyr powers be vayne, and that none is worthy to haue the name of a kynge 
 but he that hath all thynges subiecte to his hestes, as here is shewed, by worchynge of his 
 
 ^rtreature by this water. [And for this, as wytnesseth Pohcronicon and other, he offered 
 his crowne to^ rode of Wynchester, and neuer bare it vpon his hede after.]' 
 
 It is also wytnessed of the sayd auctour, f Canutus maryed his doughter, hadde by his 
 laste wyfe, vnto Henry, sone of Conradus the emperour, the seconde of that name, as 
 also it is testyfyed of the auctour of Cronica Cronicarum. 
 
 3o And he repayred many monasteris, and specially suche as before tyme were hurte or 
 throwne downe in the tyme of his faders persecucioa; and began and ended the mo- 
 liastery of seynt Edmundes Bury, 8c endowed it with ryche possesyons, as before is 
 towched: and dyed fynally at Shaftisbury, and was buryed at Wynchester, whan he 
 had reygned. xix. yeres, leuynge after hym. ii. s||iies of his wyues. The eldest was named 
 
 irHarolde, and f yonger Hardykinitus, the whiche, lyuynge his fader, was made kynge of 
 ,Denmarke. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.vii. 
 
 HEnry, f sone of Robert, began his domynyon ouer the Frenshemen in the yere of Frande. 
 our Lorde. M. xxix. and the. x. yere of Canutus, than kynge of Englande. To the which 
 
 ¥f Henry, Constance* y moder was so vnkynde, tKat she, by her meanes, wolde haue 
 preserued' her yonger sone Robert, duke of Burgoyne, to the rule of the lande before 
 this Henry ; so that by her meanes, both cyties & castellys were with holden from hym, 
 and was by her, and suche other as toke her parte, so ouer lad, that he was forced to 
 resort to Robert, than duke of Normandy, for to aske helpe of hym to withstande his 
 
 i^renemyes. 
 
 Ye shall vnderstande that this Robert was the. vi. duke of Normandy, & sone of 
 Iticharde, the seconde, and also father vnto Willyam Bastarde that conquered Englande. 
 This Robert was lyberall and noble of condicion, but defamed of the deth of his elder ^,1. cxxviu. 
 brother Ricbarde the thirde ; for y^ whiche mordre, as wytnessyth dyuers aucfours, the. 
 
 • Omiited in edit. 1542. 1559. * Of Canutus it is redde. edit. 1542. 1559. ' set more by. 
 
 * Constantyne. edit. 1542. 1559- by mistake. ' preferred. 
 
 F f 2 vii. 
 
220 SEXTA PARS HENRICI TILII ROBERTI. 
 
 vii vere of his dowchery, he went to Iherusalem, and dyd in that pylgreraage many ho- 
 nourable and lyberall actes ; the which, in good ordre, ben remembred in the. xix. Cha- 
 piter of v- vi. boi<e of Policronicon. ■ 
 This Robert receyued itynge Henry with all honour, and gaue vnto hym great and ryche 
 rgyffes, and sent for his frendes and knyghts : so that the kynge had, by his ayde, a great 
 and myghty hooste, and retourned agayneinto Fraunce, and in short whyle after recouer- , 
 ed from his sayd moder both cyties, townes and castelles, tliat she & her fautours from 
 hym withhelde : and fynally agreed so with her, that be and she contynued frendes theyr 
 lyfe tymes endurynge. After whiche accorde, about the. v. yere of his reygne, he made warre 
 «Vpon Eudo erle of Clmmpayn, & vpon Baldewyn erle of Flaundres; and, in proeesse 
 of tyme, wanne from theym certayne cyties and castelles, the which Costance his moder > 
 had before tymes gyuen to theym in tyme of dissencyon. In this warre was slaynne Eudo, 
 erle of Champaynne, wherfore his. ii. sones, Stephen & Thybaud, maynteyned y warre 
 agayne the kynge ; but to theyr both harmys in f ende : for Stephan lost therby the cyties 
 rof Charthres and Towers, and Thibaude the cyties of Troyes and Maulx, vvith other. 
 
 Whan Henry had ended this warre, and set his lande in some quyetnesse, he than 
 buylded a monastery of seynt Martyne, called Des Champs, besyde Parys, and sette 
 therin seculer preestes. 
 
 In this passe tyme, Robert duke of Normandy, moued in concyence to vysyte the 
 
 2. holy sepulture of our Lorde, called before hym his lordes of his lande, wyllj^ige & c6- 
 
 maundynge theym to owe theyr trewe allegeaunce vnto his yonge sone, Wyllyam ;*& to 
 
 take hym for theyr lorde & duke, if he retourne nat agayne. And to this he caused to 
 
 swere, Robert, than arcbebysshop of Roan, with f other of his lordes, and after departed 
 
 vpon the sayd iourney, and dyed in the cytie of Bethenia, as he was comynge home- 
 
 irnarde. 
 
 wm'iprocrea- Wherof the lordes of Normandy, beynge asserteyned, accepted \he foresayd Wyllyam 
 
 *"'■ to theyr lorde and soueraigne. 
 
 Of this Wyllyams procreacion, it is wytnessed of Vyncent Hystoryall & other, that his 
 
 fader passynge by y cytie or towne of Faloys, in Normandy, he sawe a company of 
 
 : niaydens dausynge by the strete, amonges y whiche was one of passynge beautie, caHed 
 
 Arlet, and doughter to a skynner ; to the whiche duke Robert caste vnlefull loue, in such 
 
 wyse, that he caused her to be brought to his bed the nyght folowyng, and helde her to his 
 
 concubyne a certeyne of tyme after, and begat on her this Wyllyam. Whan his moder 
 
 "* was with hym conceyued, she dremed that her bowellys were sprade ouer all Normady 
 
 3jand Englande ; and whan he was borne of his moders wombe, he.fylle to the grounde, and 
 
 closed his handes with powder of y Sore or pauement : therfore the mydwyfe made an 
 
 exclamacyon, and sayde, " this childe shall be a kynge." 
 
 Than it foloweth, whan this Wyllyam was thus admytted duke, some of his lordes, by 
 y meane_ of the kyng of Frauce, began to withdrawe them from hym, in somoehe, 
 1 -that erle Gylbert, to whome duke Robert hadde betaken his yonge sone to gyde, was 
 slayne, & other that were especiall frendes to the childe. There was fyghtynge,vand man- 
 slaughter, and the countre fowle faren with, by reason of the opynyons that were amoges 
 themself. Wherof Guy, a Burgoyn, was one of the chief causers ; fqr he, with his ad- 
 herentes, sayde alwayes, that they wolde haue no bastarde to be ruler of them. 
 « This Guy, as saith the Frenshe boke, was nere kynsman vnto the yonge duke, descend- 
 ed of the doughter of the seconde Richarde, and entended to haqe ben duke hym selfe. 
 For the whiche he ensensed the kynge of Fraunce agayne hym in all that he myght; but 
 atlengthe duke Wyllyam toke hym, and put hym to deth. 
 
 Thus the Frenshe kynge, forgettyng the kyndenesse shewed to hym by duke Robert his 
 
 ro fader, toke partie agayne hym to the vtermest, and ordeyned hym. ii. hoostes, wherof 
 
 one he delyuered to his brother Almaryk, and warned hym to entre the countre of 
 
 Caus, and he hymself ladde that other, and entred with it the countree of Euroux. 
 
 2 Btu 
 
'2'2i 
 
 SEXTA PARS FILII ROBERTI. 
 
 But Wyllyam, nat ferynge the kynges great power, beynge growen wde towarde manes 
 stature, lyke a lusty yonge knyght, made towarde the kynges brother, and gaue to hym 
 batayll, and hym ouercam; and chased the Frenshemen to theyr great vylany. Wherof 
 herynge, the Frenshe kynge, with his people, sped hym to warde Wyllyam, to reuenge 
 the shame done to his men; but in coclusion he wan ther no honour. Than peas 
 was made atwene the kynge and the duke, and the Frenshe prysoners were delyuered. 
 
 But this peas endured nat longe ; for the Frenshe kynge called to remembrauce the losse 
 
 of his men at Mort Mere or Dede Se ; withoule disauauntages by hym susteyned of the 
 
 sayd duke Wylliam, called' to his ayde Geoffrey, erle of Aungiers, and whan his boost 
 
 'cwas' assembled, entred the prouynce of Normandye, and contynued theyr iourney tyll 
 
 they came to an arme of the see, where the boost shuld passe ouer. 
 
 Of this new warre duke Wyllyam beynge warned, in all haste assembled his Normeynes, 
 and sped hym the next waye to mete the Frenshemen. In this meane whyle, y Frenshe 
 kynge had passed the wa.ter w certayne of his host, trustynge that the remenaunt shuld 
 "^haue folowed, but soone after the water flowed so fast that his people myght nat passe, 
 and in this whyle came the duke and sette vpon the kynges boost, and bet theym dovvne 
 cruelly; so that at lengthe the kynge was compelled to flee, & loste great noumbre 
 of his knyghtes : to consyder theim that were slayne with y other that were taken pry- 
 soners. 
 'o Whanne kynge Henry had wele desgested ia his mynde the wrongful trouble that he, 
 by enuyous persons, hadde put the duke vnto, and remembred the ylle expedycion that 
 he had in that warre, he reconsyled hym selfe, and made meanes that the duke and he 
 myght be agreed and accorded ; the whiche, by discrete solycitours, was shortly 
 after brought to good effecte, so that they cotynued as frendes durynge theyr l^ucs 
 :i^after. 
 
 Than Henry absteyned hym from al warre, 8c vsed the reste of his lyfe in peace and 
 
 quyetnesse. This Henry had. ii. wyues, and of the laste, whiche was doughter to the 
 
 kyng of Russy, he had. iii. sones, that is to saye Phylyp, the whiche he made kynge of 
 
 Fraunce by hislyfe, Robert, that was after duke of Burgoyne, and Hughe, that after 
 
 3o was named Hughe Le Graunde, and was fader to Raufe, erle of Vermendoyse. 
 
 And in this kynges dayes, Burgoyne, that had ben vnder the Frenshe kynges obeysaunce 
 
 ouer. C.xxx. yeres, refused y' Frenshe kynge aparte of theym, and turned vnto Conradus, 
 
 the seconde of tl)at name, than emperoure : so that that parte which stretched to Cham- 
 
 paynne belonged to Fraunce, and that other parte, whiche stretched towarde Basaynes, 
 
 ^belonged to the Almaynes. 
 
 And that yere that the kynge had admytted his sone Philyp to the gydyng of the realme, 
 he dyed, and was buryed at seynt Denys, leuynge after hym the issue forenamed, whan 
 he had reygned, after moosl wryters. xxxi. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.viii. 
 
 «o HArolde, the sone of Canutus, and of Elgina, the erlys dotighter of Hamptoii, be- '•'•^•**'*' 
 ganne his reygne ouer Englande in the yere of our Lordes incarnacion. M.xxxix. and C^'- *■ "• *°-] 
 the. x. yere of Henry, than kynge of Frauce. This, for his deiyuernesse and swiftenesse, 
 was surnamed Harefote, in whose begynnynge stryfe was amongethe lordes: for so moche 
 as of bis byrtlie shulde be doughte, whether he were the kynges sone or nat, and specyally 
 
 /(rf-erle* Goodwyn, that dyd the vttermost of his power to sette hym by, and put Hardykynytus, 
 his brother, to that honour. But Leofricus, that Canutus so moche loued and trusted, 
 with the ayde of the Danys, withstode so rayghtely Goodwyn & bis sonnes, that they faylcd 
 of their purpose. 
 
 • callyng. edit. 1542. ° through erle. 
 
 Anonc, 
 
222 SEXTA PARS HAROLDE & HARDIKINITI. 
 
 Anone, as this Harolde was crowned kynge, he banysshed his stepmoder Emma, & 
 toke from her suche goodes and iewellys as she had ; the whiche Emma sayled than into 
 Flaundres, and there of Bawdewyn 'f erle, was reuerenlly receyued, and there abode 
 durynge the lyfe of this Harolde. The whiche conteyned' his lyfe to lytell fruyte or profyte 
 of the lande, nor yet of the subiectes : so that of hym, other for the vyce that clerkes lyste 
 nat to put in memory, other for the rudenesse whiche is worthy no memory, nothyng of 
 hym is put in remembraunce, but that he dyed at Lodon, or after some, at Oxenforde, 
 and was buryed at Westmynster, when he had reygned, as raoste wryters agreen, iii. yeres 
 and pdde monethes, leuynge after hym noone heyre. Wherfore his brother, kynge of 
 fiDenmarke, was next kynge after hym. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.ix. 
 
 rLi.6.ca.«.] HArdykynytus, y^ sone ofCanutus, and of Emma, was made kynge of Englande in 
 the yere of our Lordes incarnacion. M. xli. & the. xii. yere of Henry, than kyng of France. 
 This of some wryters is named Hardykynytus and Hardyknough, and was anone after 
 
 i^the deth of his brother, sent for into Denmarke, and receyued ioyously, and crowned, at 
 London, of Ethelnothus, than archebysshop of Caunterbury ; but this was of suche crueltie, 
 that he sent Alfricus, archebysshop of Yorke, and erle Goodw^ri, vnto Westmynster, 
 comaundynge theym, for the iniury by his brother Harolde before done vnto his moder 
 Emma, that they shuld drawe the corps out of the place where it was buryed, and to be 
 
 ^tbrowen into the ryuer of Thamys ; whiche was done accordyng to his wyll. Which corps 
 after, as testifieth Guydo and other, was founden by a fyssher, & buryed vnreuerently 
 within the cburcheyerde of seynt Clement, standynge without the Temple Barre of Lon- 
 don : and, as PoUcronicon sayth, for a more crueltie, [he] caused first the hede of his 
 sayd brother to be smytten frome the body, and than throwen into the sayd ryuer. Lette 
 
 zrthe herer to this gyue credence as theym lyke, for to me it semeth though the kynge had 
 ben of suche crueltie, that the bysshop, forenamed, wolde nat haue ben the executour of 
 so fowle a dede. 
 
 This kyng also leuyed y^ forenamed trybute, named Dane gelt, and spent it to the lytell 
 comforte'of the realme, but gaue vnto shypmen and maryners and other lewde persones, 
 
 sogrete and vnsyttynge fees and wages, and was of suche prodegalytie, that his bourdes & 
 tabylles of his courte were spred. iiii, tymes in the day, and the people serued of great 
 excesse both of mete and also of drynke. With leuyeng of the foresayd trybute, the 
 comons greatly grudged, so that in Worcetour. ii. of his seruauntes, whiche were assygned 
 to gader that money, were there slayne ; for y which dede the kynge was so sore displeased 
 
 srthathe brent a great parte of thattowne. 
 
 Thus* Hardykynytus, after s.ome auctours, maryed his suster, named Gunylda, vnto 
 the thirde Henry, emperour, the whiche was of passynge beaute, & was the doughter also 
 of Emma, laste wyfe of Canutus, But, in processe of tyme, this Gunylda was falsely 
 accused of spowsebrech, for tryall wherof she was put to her champion' ; wherfore she 
 
 it^beynge in great agony, lastly trustynge to God, and knowynge herself without gylte of 
 that ofFenee, put a childe that she with her had brought out of Englande, instede of the 
 .champyon, the whiche faught with a man of gyauntes stature, and fynally hym slewe 
 and brought vnto vtteraunce*. 
 
 ' Contynued. » This. ^ Here the eUitims <f 1542 and 1559 ^ave thefolloxoing note : " Note, that the 
 order in this time was, yt yf a quene or any other noble woman were accused ether of treason or aduoutrye, 
 ,& coulde not be proued by sufficyent witiiesse, that then she shuid chose a knight to fyghte for her in that 
 <:au«e with anie otlier that shulde be matched to hym ; and yf it fortuned ye same knyght to be discomfited 
 or slayne, than she to suffer suche peynes of death, or otherwise, as offenders in like case shuld dooe, & if 
 the knight had the victory, she to be acquited of the crime. 
 
 .Likewyse was it with all noblemen that were accused of treaaoii, yf they had not sufiScient witnesse to 
 •proue it " * -confusyon. 
 
 Whan 
 
SEXTA PARS HARIHKINITI. 223 
 
 Whan Gunylda^ by dyuyne power', had thus clered her selfe, she vtterly refused the 
 emperours company, and ended her lyfe in the seruyce of hym that* oonly God, that so 
 had defended lier ryght. 
 
 But it shulde apere by Policronicon, & also by Antonius', y this mayden was maryed to 
 
 nhe sayde Henry by the lyf of her fader Canutus, and also durynge the lyfe of the sayde 
 Henryes fader, named Conradus the seconde, as before is touched in the story of the 
 sayd Canutus, and nat by this Hardykinitus her brother. 
 
 It is rad that the kynge betoke all the rule of the lande vnto his moder and erle Good- Ooodwinne. 
 wyn, the whiche had maryed, as wytnesseth the Englysshe Cronacle, the doughter of 
 
 "Canutus, gotten vpon his firste wyfe Elgina, by whome many thynges were mysse orderyd, 
 and specyally by y subtylytie of this erle Goodwyn. This erle had many sonnes, as 
 wytnesseth Policronicon, in y. xxv. Chapiter of his vi. boke. By his firste wyfe that was 
 kynge Canutus suster and nat his doughter, as is abouesayd, he had one sone, the whiche, 
 by vndyscrete strykynge of an horse, was thro wyn into the Thamys, and drowned ; and 
 
 -the moder was lastly smytten with lyghtenynge, & so dyed : of whome it is there remebred 
 that she was so vngracious and of vyle condycyons, that she sette yonge women to hore- 
 dome, for to gader by that vnlefull meane rychesse. After f whiche wyfe so dede, he 
 maryed the seconde, of whome he receyued. vi, sones, that is to wyt, Swanus, Harolde, 
 Tostius, Wylnotus, Sirthe or Surthe, and LeofFricus, and a doughter, named. Goditha> 
 
 lowhich after was maryed to Edwarde the Cofessour. 
 
 The. ii. sonnes of Egelredus, Alphredus and Edwarde, whiche, as ye before haue 
 harde, were sente into Normandy by Emma theyr moder, came in the tyme of the 
 reygne of this kynge into Englande, for to vysyte and see theyr moder, and broughte 
 with theym a great nombre of Normans. Than this Goodwyn imagyned in his mynde 
 
 ixho'we he myght prefer his doughter Godith to one of thyse bretherne, thought in his /■«/. c.««. 
 mynde, that the eldest wolde dysdayne that maryage, and for he thought to ioyne her 
 vnto the yonger, and to make hym kynge and her queue, he compassed the deth of the Trcchery. 
 elder ; and, by this meane, Goodwyn warned the lordes of Englande, and sayd it was a 
 great ieopardy for the lande to suffer so many straungers to entre the lande without 
 
 36lycence; wherfore it were necessary that they were punysshed to J^ example of other. 
 By whiche meanes he gatte auctorytie to order that matyer as to hym semed beste or of 
 his owne power, because he was of moost myght next y kynge. He yode* and mette with 
 y sayd Normans, and slewe of theym the more nombre ^ for vpoo Guylde Downe he 
 slewe alway. ix. and saued the. x. and yet for he thought to many by that meane laft a 
 
 jdyue, he eft agayne tythed agayne the sayd tythe, & slewe euery tenth knyght of theym, and 
 that by cruel deth, as wyndynge theyr guttes out of theyr bod^'es,. as sayth Policronicon, 
 & amonge other put out the iyen of the elder brother Alphrede, and sent hym to Ely, 
 where he dyed in short tyme after ; albe it, the Englysshe boke saith, that he was slayne 
 by the forenamed turmente : and Edwarde was conueyed, and by some other waye 
 
 '^obrought to his moder. But she feryng the treason of Goodwyn, sent hym soon ouer the 
 see agayne : hone be it, the Englisshe Cronycle telleth all otherwyse. 
 
 Whan Goodwyn was after accused for this cruell dede, lie sware depely that he was 
 forced of the kynge so for to do. But in one Cronycle I fynde that this dede was execut- 
 ed by Goodwyn in the tyme of Harolde Harefote beynge kynge. 
 
 nr Than it foloweth in the story, this kynge Hardykynytus beynge at a feste at Lambe- [Li. Cca.**.] 
 hrth, fiesyde London, mery and iocande, whyle he stode drynkynge, he fyll downc so- 
 dayniy and dyed or waxed dumbe, and lay tyll the. viii. daye after, the whiche was the. 
 viii. daye of the moneth of lunii, and than dyed, whan he had reygned, after most wryters. 
 ii. yeres, leuyng after hym none issue of his body lawful!, and was buryedby his fader at 
 
 J^»WynGhester. 
 
 ' " by dyuyne powes:," is omitted in the edft. J542. 1559. * the. ' AjQtoninus.. edit. 1533^. r-542. 
 
 * wherfore he yode. 
 
 Thus 
 
Liaea Danoru 
 iioc l«co finit- 
 
 SEXTA PARS EDWARDI CONFESSORIS. 
 
 Thus here endeth y Ivne or ofspryng of Swanus and all other Danys: so that after 
 thilkvLe theblode of Danys was clerely extincte and put oute from all kyngly dygny e 
 I thin tl^V ealme of Englande ; and also the persecacion of then, seaced clerely after this 
 1^1 deh : the whiche had contynued to rekyn from theyr firste landynge m tytne of 
 rSyghtrycus, kynge of West Saxon, and the. ix. yere of his reygne, as m that story 
 before is rehersed, by the termeof. CC. Iv. yeres. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.x. 
 ANGLIA. 
 
 Angiia. EDwardc, the sone of Egelredus and of Emma his iaste vvyfe, began his reygne, ouer 
 
 [Li. 6. ca. 43.] ;o Englande, in f yere of our Lorde. M. xliii. and the. xiiii. yere of Henry, than kynge of 
 
 Fraunce. The whiche, after the deth of Hardykynitus, was sent for into Normandye, & 
 
 Historia. pledges layde for hym, that he, without fraude, shulde be made kynge. Than he came 
 
 with a fewe straungers. But as sayth Maryanus, some of the lordes hadde sent for Ed- 
 
 warde the Outlawe, sone of Edmunde Ironsyde, for to be theyr kynge ; but ^ter the af- 
 
 (rfermaunee of the sayd auctour, whan he knewe that Edwarde, his neuewe, was in possessyon 
 
 of the lande, he wold meddle hym no farther. 
 
 Than this Edwarde, by the great aduyce of Goodwyn, erle of West Saxon, and of Leo- 
 fricus, erle of Chester, was crowned kynge, at Westmynster, of Edsius, than archebisshop 
 of Cauterbury, and wedded, in processe of tyme after, Goditha, the doughter of erle 
 2oGoodwyn, whiche of Guydo is called Editha ; the whiche he entreted in suche wyse, that 
 he put her nat from his bedde, nor yet delte w her flesshely. Whether it were for hate of 
 her kynne or for loue of chastytie, the trouthe is nat shewed ; but all wryters agreen y he 
 contynued his lyf withouten offence with women. 
 Danegyit. This kynge discharged Englysshmen of that great tribute called Dane gelt, the whiche 
 
 ^rbefore is sundry tyme spoken of: so that, after that daye, it was no more gadered. And 
 - also he subdued the Brytons or Walshmen that made warre within the bondes of'^ lande; 
 but after y, theyr duke or leder, called Gryffyn or Gryffyth, with ayde of the Irysshmen, 
 entrede the ryuer of Seuerne, and toke many prayes, and departed agavne without 
 fyght. 
 
 In the tyme of the reygne of this Edwarde, Emma, his moder, was accused to be fa- 
 mulyer with the bysshop of Wynchester ; vpon whiche accusacion, by coiinsayll of erle 
 Goodwyn, he toke from her many of her iewellys, & caused her to be kept somdele more 
 straytly in the abbey of Warwell, and the bysshop he comytled to the examynacion & cor- 
 reccion of the clergy. But his moder more sorowed' the, defamy of Alwyn f bysshop, 
 rtha her owne astat,, wrote vnto dyuers bysshoppes, & besought theym of ' 
 affermynge that she was redy to abyde all lefull and most sharpest tryall 
 
 io 
 
 iustyse, 
 
 gorowynge. 
 
 ThaH 
 
SEXTA PARS EDWARDI CONFESSORIS. 225 
 
 Than dyuers of the bysshoppes made laboure to the kynge for hei* & for the bysshop ; 
 but Robert, than archebysshop of Caunterbury, beynge w theyr labour discontented, 
 eayd to theym in this maner : ** My bretherii bysshoppes," sayde he, " howe dare ye ludicio presoiu. 
 defende her that is a wylde beest and nat a woman ? she hath defamed her owne sone the 
 
 rkyng, and nempned her lecberour leman Goddes owne preest',; but be it so that the 
 woman wolde purge the preest, who shall than pourge the woman that is accused to be 
 consentynge* of her sone Edwarde ? But howe so it be, that she be gylty or gyltlesse, if 
 she woll go barefoted, for her selfe. iiii. stepes, and for y- bysshop. v. contynuelly vpon. 
 ix. plough sharys, brennynge and fyre hotte, than if she escape harmelesse, he shall be 
 
 loflssoyled of this chalenge, and she also." This was of her granted, and the daye of pur- 
 gacion assygned ; at whiche day, the kynge and great parte of his lordes were present. 
 But this Robert fayled, were it for pyte or otherwyse. 
 
 This Robert was a monke of an howse in Normandy, & came ouer by the sonde of the 
 kynge, & was firste made bysshop of London, and after archebysshop of Caunterbury. 
 
 'rThan [the night before Emma shuld make her purgacion, she went vnto the shryne of P<"8«nafe 
 seyt Swithune, at Wychester, & there kneled al y nyght in prayer, & receyued dyuyne ^'°'* 
 comforte. 
 
 Vpon the morne]' she was blyndefelde & lad vnto the place bytwene. ii. men, where 
 f iron laye glowyuge hole, and passed the. ix. sharys vnhurte. Than at lastc she sayd, 
 
 ^" Good Lorde, whan shall I come to the place of my purgacion ?'-' Whan they opened 
 heriyen, & she sawe f she was paste the payne, she kneled downe and thanked God [and 
 seynt Swythune.]' Than the kynge repented hym, and restored to her y he before had 
 taken from her, and asked of her forgyuenes. But the archebysshop of Caunterbury fled a/. c.t««. 
 into Normandy ; [and this Emma gaue than vnto the monastery of that holy confessoure, 
 
 • rseynt Swythyn. ix. maners, and the bisshop other, ix. as afFermeth Policronica and other.]* 
 
 It was nat longe after, that kynge Edwarde gadered a slronge nauy at Southampton, 
 
 or more verely in the hauyn of Sandwytche ; for so moch as he was warned y Swanus, 
 
 kyng of Denmarke, entended to make warre vpon hym. But Policronicon sayth, that 
 
 he gadered lliis nauy to '^stande Harolde Harfagar, than kynge of Northganys, that en- 
 
 3,tended to haue enlred Englande ; but he was letted by the forenamed Swanus, that shortly 
 after made warre vpon the sayd Harolde. 
 
 An other Cronycle sheweth, that the Danys & Norgayns, whiche is to meane me of 
 Norway, were agreed to come ioyntly into Englande : and whyle the kynge was shyppynge 
 of his men, one broug^te forthe a boUe full of mede or meth to drynke vpon bon vyage, 
 
 ?rand after that came bowle after bowie ; so that after drynke came dronkennes, and after Vimdo. 
 iangelynge, & iangelynge toumed into stryfe, and stryfe tourned into fyghtynge, where 
 thorough many were slayne, and the other tourned to theyr owne, so that that iourney 
 was left of. But the Legende of his lyfe in the churche telleth, that, he beynge at masse 
 in f churche of Westmynster vpon a VVhytsondaye, in the tyme of the leuacion of f 
 
 Kosacrement, he laught ; wherof the lordes beyng about hym meruayled greatly, & after 
 frayned of hym the cause: wherunto he answered and said, that the Danys 4f the Nor- 
 wayes of one assent were purposed to haue comen into this lande, and here to haue taken 
 prayes. But as the kynge of Danys shulde haue entred his shyp, he fylle into the see, and 
 was drowned : soo that I truste in my dayes, they shal nat, nor none other strangers 
 i^rinake any warre in this lande. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xi. 
 IN the tyme of this Edwarde, fyll passyng great snowe, the*; which begarine in the be-[LL6.ca.»4.] 
 
 * and taken her lecherous lemmanthe bishope. edit. 1542. 1559. * to tliedeth of ber sonne Alphred, 
 aud procured venym to the poysonyng Edwarde. ^ otnittediu the edit. IH2. 155S. 
 
 G g gynnynge 
 
226 SEXTA PARS EDWARDI CONFESSORIS. 
 
 gynnynge of lanuar^, and so contynued tyll j^ xvii. daye of Marche or seynt; Patrikes daye, 
 wherof the great quantyte fyll in the West countres of Englande. And after that ensued 
 great dethe of men, and moreyne of beestes, and by lyghtnynge the corne vpon the 
 grounde that yere was wonderfully brente and wasted. Aboute the. x. yere of. Edwarde, 
 
 sas moueth Policronica, and in the moneth of September, Eustace, erle of Bolougii, came 
 a lande at Douer, whiche erle had wedded, after the sayinge of the sayd auctour,, kynge 
 Edwardes suster. This was parted from his copahy in so secret wyse, that his knyghtes 
 were fayne to serche for hym, wenynge to them that he had been slayne by some of the 
 dwellers of the towne. In the whiche serche they demeaned theim so vndescretely, y 
 
 'othey slewe a cytezeyne of Douer, by meane wherof the people a rose, and in the quesj 
 tyonynge of thig mannes dethe, ran at length vpon the erles company, and slewe. xx. of 
 his men and wounder many moo. Hastely the erle appered &,toke his mennes parte, 
 but in conclusyon he was fayne to withdrawe hymselfe with a fewe persones, and rode 
 vnto the kynge, than beynge at Gloucetour, and made vnto hym a greuous compleynt of J" 
 
 /nnen of Douer, 
 
 Than erle Goodwyn, for so moche as to hym was comytted the rule of Kent, was 
 charged to ryde thyther, and to take wreche of the inhabytauntes of that towne, but he 
 withsayd that comaundement, & counsayled the kynge to sende for the wardeyns of the 
 castell of Douer, and rulers of the towne, for to answexe to suche matyers as were layde 
 
 wagayne theym, and if they were gyltytopunysshetheym, and elles nat. 
 
 This answer of Goodwyn pleased nothynge the kyng, nor suche as were aboute hym. 
 Wherfore many moo lordes were sent for, omonge the whiche Leofricus, erle of Chester, 
 and Sewarde, erle of Northumberlande, of myne auctour been named. After whiche 
 assemble of the lordes, erle Goodwyn had suche monycion of some of y counsayll,. that 
 
 :■ he withdrewe hym from the courte, &.gadered to hym strengthe of knyghtes out of dyuer* 
 shyres, as West Saxon and Kent, & houed at Beuerston tyll hissones came vnto hym with 
 more people. Soon after came vnto hym his eldest sone, named Swanus, & brought t^ 
 hym a fayre company, that he had areyred in Oxenfordesbyre and Glowceto'shyre;^ and 
 Harolde, his other sone, w a feleshyp'y he had assenibled in East Englande and Hun- 
 
 lotyngdoii shyre, so that of thyse people was made a great boost. 
 
 Thanne Goodwyn to the kynge was accused for gaderynge of so great an boost ; but 
 he excused hym, and sayde it was done to withstande the Walshmen, the whiche contrary 
 proued. He was cumaijded to sende awaye the people, and to come with a certayne 
 nomber vnto the courte ; but that he refused. 
 
 3r Than the kynge with his counsayll beyng at London, Goodwyn and Harolde was efte 
 sent for, and charged to come to the courte with. xii. persones without moo, and to render 
 into the kynges handes all knyghtes fees that he and Harolde, his sone, had within 
 Englande. To this by theym was answered, that they myght nat come to the counsayll 
 of trechours and gylefull men, and that also with so fewe men in nomber they myght nat 
 
 iwwout parell or shame passe by the countre. 
 
 In this whyle, a parte of Goodwyns knyghts withdrewe theym, and his power beganne 
 to menysshe, and the kynge in this whyle had gadered a stronge boost. Than proclama- 
 cions were made that Goodwyn sbulde come to the courte, as before is sayd, or auoyde 
 the lande within, v. dayes. Wherfore Goodwyn consyderynge the ieopardy he was in, 
 
 itftoke with hym. iii. of his sonnes, that is to meane, Swanus, Tosty, and Gurth, and 
 sayled into Flaunders, where he was receyued of the erle Baldewyn, after some wryters, 
 whose doughter Swanus his sone had before spoused, and was named ludeth ; and Har- 
 olde and Leofricus, two of his other sonnes, with a fewe shyppes, sayled out from Brystowe 
 into Irelande. 
 
 u Whan the kyng was ascertayned that erle Goodwyn, with his. v. sones was in this 
 maner departed oute of his lande, he shortly after called a parlyament, and- by auctoryte 
 of the same, outlawed Goodwyn, and. iii. sonnes y were gone with hym. And that done, 
 
 he 
 
SEXTA PARS EDWARDI CONFESSORIS. 227 
 
 he put his owne wyfe, and doughter of Goodwyn, into the abbey of Warwell, with one 
 mayden, as sayth Maryanus. And so Goodwyn and his sayd sones contynued. ii. yeres 
 outlawed : in the whiche season, he or his retynue toke, dyuers tymes, prayes in f marches 
 of Englande, and in the ende, drewe to hym suche strength that he was purposed to 
 rhaue entrede f lande' of force, & haue to* warred vpon the %nge j but by medyatours, 
 that fauoured erle Goodwyii, a peace was made atwene the kynge and hym. So that, in ftl. CxmU. 
 processe, he was receyued to grace with his sonnes, and his doughter restored to her firste 
 of fourraer honour. And for this peace to be contynued, for Goodwyns parte was 
 delyuered for pledges a sone of his, called Wilnotus, & a sone of Swanus, named Hacum 
 oor Hacun. The whiche two pledges kyng Edwarde sent vnto Wyllyam, duke of Normandy, 
 to be kepte. Algarus*, the sone of Leofricus, erje of Chester, to whom the kynge had 
 gyuen the eriedome of Harolde, & ruled it discretly in tyme of his absence, and' at his 
 retourn, delyueryd it to hym agayne gladly, & ^out grudge. 
 
 f Capitulum. CC.xii. 
 
 T DVrynge f tyme of this outlawry of Goodwyn, Willyam Bastarde, duke of Normandy, 
 came with ajgoodly company into this lande, & was honourably receyued ; to whome the 
 kynge made great chere, and after he had taryed here a certayne of tyme, to his agrement 
 and pleasure, he retourned to his owne with great gyftes and pleasures. And Emma, the 
 kynges moder, dyed shortely after, and was buryed at Wynchester. And Swanus, the 
 
 "eldest sone of Goodwyn, went to Iherusalem, and from thens towarde Lycia, and dyed 
 by the waye of colde that he had taken of goynge barefote. Than the Normans that had 
 gyuen to the kynge euyll counsaylles agayne Englysshemen, were by Goodwyn and his 
 frendes exyled ; amonge ^ which, Robert, archebysshop of Caunterbury, thathadde spoken Hiitona. 
 sore agayne theym was one, and after went to Rome to complayne to [^ pope, than]* 
 
 •irLeon the. ix, or Victour f seconde. Whan he had receyued letters of the pope', dyrect- 
 ed to the kynge, be retourned to his abbey of Gemeticura, in Normandye, where he 
 somtyme had ben monke and abbot, and there dyed. After hym Stigandus was made his 
 successour ; the whiche, as sayth Policronicon, had before tyme lafte the bysshopryche of 
 Shyrborne, &, toke the see of Wynchester by strengthe. He also vsed fayres of hooly 
 
 J. churche thynges, and was a lewde or vnlettred man, as the more parte of the bysshoppes 
 of Englande at those dayes were. And ouer that he passed other in rychesse and dissy- 
 mulacion, but yet he neuer had the paule' from Rome, though there be great sale that 
 noaketh many maistryes. 
 
 Than was openly spoken that he was nat worthy a bysshopryche, that coude vse status Eccleiie. 
 
 srthe bragge or pompe of the worlde, the vse of voluptuosyte, of glotany and lechery, the 
 shynynge araye of clothynge, the countenaunce of knyghtcs, and the gaderynge of horse- 
 men, & thynke full lytell on the profyte of soules : & if men sayd to theym that a bysshop 
 shulde be chosen for holynesse of lyuynge and for his good clergie, and nat for couetyse 
 of money, they wolde answere as foloweth : 
 
 *f« " Nunc aliud tempus. Alii pro tempore mores. 
 
 The which verse may be Englysshed in this maner. 
 
 As tyme requyreth, so men doon theym vse 
 In wynter warme clothes, in somer lyght and lesse : 
 In tyme of sadnesse men doon gamys refuse, 
 Hr And in myrth tyme, men to'myrthes theym dresse. 
 
 ' Wyth. * to haue. ^ and. * and Algarus. * " and," omitted. ' omitted 
 
 in edit. 1542. 1559. ' B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. » Palle. ' " to," omitted in edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 G g 2 So 
 
228 5EXTA PARS ED\t^AllDI CONFESSORIS. 
 
 So irt tyme passed, was vsed great sadnesse 
 In the churche ; but nowe men lyght be : 
 Wherfore the maners must with men agre. 
 
 SO that by suche lyght answere, they planed or excused the sharpcnesse of theyr mysse 
 ILi.e.M.»j.] J^lyuynge. Aboute this tyme, whiche shuld by meane' of Ranulfe, be aboute the. xii. yere 
 Miiianua. of f rcygne. of Edvvarde, Marianus, the Scot, that before I haue often named, that 
 wrote moclie of the dedes of the kynges of Englande, at y age of. xxv. yeres, [forsoke the 
 worlde, and went on pyfgrymage, and]' was after shorne monke at Coleyne, in Almayne, 
 in the abbey of Scottes ; whiche Marianus, after some wryters, was in great fauoure with 
 loMalcolyne, kynge of Scottes. In the. xiii. yere of kyng Edwarde, the Scottes rebelled 
 agayne the kyng. Wherfore Sewarde, erle of Northuraberlande, by the kynges co- 
 maundement, gaderyd a great boost, and entrede that lande, and behaued hym so raaa- 
 fuUy, that in the processe he subdued the Scottes, and chased the kyng out of his countre. 
 So that after, kynge Edwarde gaue that kyngedom vnto Malcolyii, soneof the kynge of 
 irCumbrys, to be holden of hym and his heyres kynges, as chefe lordes of Scotlande, 
 Vpon Easter Mondaye, aboute the sayd yere, Goodwyn, syttynge at the kynges bourde 
 with other lordes, in tlie castell of Wynsore, it happed one of the kynges cuppe berers to. 
 stumble and to recouer agayne, so that he shed none of the drynke ; wherat Goodwyn 
 loughed, and sayd, " Nowe that one brother bathe susteyned that other :" wherby he ment 
 lof the one fote or legge hath sustayned that other from fallynge. With whiche wordes, the 
 kynge marked hym, and sayd, " ryght so my brother Alfrede shulde haue holpen me, ne 
 hadde erle Goodwyn ben." The erle than conceyed that the kynge suspected hym of his 
 brothers deth, and sayd vnto the kynge in defendynge his vntrouthe, " Syr, as I perceyue 
 well, it is tolde to the that I shuld be the cause of thy brothej« deth, so mut' 1 sauely 
 iTswalowe this morsell of brede that I here holde in my hande as I am gyltlesse of the dede."" 
 But as scone as he had receyued the brede, forthwith he was choked. Than the kynge 
 Goodwynnt Gomauhded hym to be drawen from the table, and so was conueyed to Wynchester, anrf 
 finVs. there buryed. Marianus sayth, that as erle Goodwyn satte at the kynges table at Wyn- 
 
 chester, he was sodaynly taken with a palsye or some other sykenesse, vpon the Easter 
 3o Mondaye, and dyed the thirde daye after, & his lordshyppes were gyuen vnto Harolde,. 
 his eldest sone, than lyuynge; and Haroldes erledome was gyuen to Algarus, the sone 
 of Leofricus, whiche was the erledome of Oxenforde, after some wryters. It was nat 
 longe after, ;y kynge Edwarde sent vnto the. iiii. Henry, than emperoure of Almaynfe,. 
 Aldredus, bysshop of Worcetour, with other noblemen, prayinge hym that lie wolde 
 3rfcende vnto Englande his cosen Edwarde, sone of Edmunde Ironsyde: for so moche as- 
 he entended to make hym his heyre. The which request was fulfylled, so that be came 
 into Englade soone after ; the which, as ye haue harde before, in f first Chajpiter, was 
 named Edwarde the Outlawe. [Of the doughter of this Edwarde, named Margarete, 
 and" wyfe of Malcolyii, kynge of Scottes, and Molde queue of Englande, and wyfe to 
 j^okynge Stephen.]* 
 
 But as wytnesseth Guj'do and other, the yere after that he came into Englade, he dyed 
 at Lodon, and was buryed at Wcstmynster. This yere folowynge, kynge Edwarde, 
 thorough yll cousayll, exyled, without gylte, Aigaras, the sone of Leofricus ; tlie whiche 
 assosiat hym with Gryffyne, kynge or duke of Walys, & destroyed the coiitre of Har- 
 Hrforde^ and dyd moch harme to the towne, and set the rnynster on fyre, and slewe. vik 
 chanons therof. Than y kynge sente Harolde agayne hym, the whiche chased the 
 Walshemen into their owne boundes, and recouered the sayde towne by appoyntement 
 holden by the sayd Algarus, and amended all hurtes before done by the Walshsjen ; and 
 lastly reconsyled the sayd Algarus and his copany vnto the kynges grace. 
 • " meane of," omitted. ' omittedin edit. 1542. 1599. ^ raooglit. ♦ emitted, ' [He/eford.] 
 
 ^ Capitulum. 
 
SEXTA PARS EDWARDI CONFESSORIS. 229 
 
 ^ Capitulum^- CC.xiii. Sol. Cxxxiil. 
 
 ABoute the. xv, yere of kynge Edwarde, dyed y noble duke Sewarde, ruler of North- 
 umberlade, of the fluxj of whom Guydo reherseth dyuers notable actes, whJche 1 passe 
 ouer. Of whom it is radde, that whan he sawe wel he shuid dye, he caused his arnio' to 
 
 rhe put vpon hym ; and so armed, & sytting in a cheyre, hauynge all the ryghtes of the 
 churche, sayd, that so it became a knyght & ma of honour to dye, and nat lyenge as 
 another mene man ; and so dyed, & was buryed at Yoi ke : and his erledome was after 
 gyue to Tosty or Costy, sone of Goodwyn. In the yere folowynge, or. xvi. yere of kynge 
 Edwarde, dyed also the good erle Leofricus, erle of Mercia and of Chester, and was [li 6. cap. sC] 
 buryed in the abbey of Couentre, the whiche before he had buylded. This ma pur- 
 chased many great pryuyleges for the towne of Couentre, & made it free of all maner of 
 towle, except oonly of horse. For the whiche to haue also free, f comen fame telleth, Condicio- 
 that after longe request made vnto hym by his wyfe, named Godyna, he grautedher to 
 haue it therof freed, w that that she wolde ryde naked thorough the towne, by raeane 
 
 -rwherof it was freed. Than Algarus, his sone, was erle after hym. Harolde, than the 
 eldest sone of Goodwyn, was in great auctorite, and ruled moche [of the realme, & had 
 the rule]' of the kynges army. The yere folowyng, Algarus was accused by malyce, and 
 flerayd* the lande : therfore he fled agayne to GryfFyne, duke of Walys, as he before 
 had done, of whom he was ioyously receyued & maynteyned. The kyng therof beyBg 
 
 '^'infourmed, sente Harolde into Walys, to make warre vpon GryfFyn ; the whiche quytte 
 hyra in so knyghtly wyse, that he chased the Walshemen, brent the sayde Gryfiyns paleys 
 at a place called Rutlaii, and his nauy, and than retourned into Englande aboute myd 
 Lent. But aboute rogacion dayes next folowyng, the sayde Harolde with bis brother 
 Tosty, was sente thyther agayne with astronge army, at whiche season they destroyed a 
 
 2f great parte of Walys, and in conclusyon, brought the Walshemen vnto dewe subieccion, 
 and forced theym to gyue pledges for the contyhuaunce of the same : and that done, 
 pursued so sore vpon the sayde GryfFyn, that, in the ende, his owne people, for purchase 
 
 ^ of theyr owne lyues, slewe the sayde Gryffyn, and sent his bed vnto Harolde, in the 
 monetii of August : so that after f deth of this Gryffyn, by the comaudement of the kynge, 
 
 3othe countre of Walys was comytted to the gydynge of the. ii. bretherne of GryfTyii, the 
 whiche hadde fauoured more the kynges partye, in tyme of the foresayd warre, than theyr 
 brother. And this warre in Walys thus brought to ende, Harolde, by his polyce, recon- 
 cyled agayne Algarus, erle of Mercia, to the kynges grace, so that he contynued in his 
 fauour durynge his lyfe after. 
 
 3x [Aboute* this tyme, a woman of Bakley, in Barkshyre, vsed yll craftes of sossery, the Pumdodiui- 
 whiche, as she was syttynge, vpon a daye, at a feest or great dyner, a crowe, that she """ 
 hadde lykyngly fed and brought vp, kreked louder than he was accustomed to do : whanne 
 the woman harde that noyse, her knyfe fyll out of her hande, and she waxed sodaynly 
 pale, and with that she began to syghe and sorowe, and sayd, alasse, this daye is my 
 
 ifosoule coniyn to the laste sorowe ; and so after that she hadde spoken those wordes, a 
 tnenssanger came to her and said, that her sone and all her many was deed sodaynly. 
 Thanne she was conueyed to her owne, and was full syke : wberfbre in all haste, she 
 sente for an other sone of hers that was a monke, and a doughter that was a nunne, at 
 •whose coraynge she sayde to theym in this wyse: 
 »*r "I am the woman y haue vsed yll crafte and euyll lyuyng, and in vayne I hoped to 
 haue ben saued by your bedes & prayers, but nowe I praye you, that ye woll releue my 
 tourmentes and paynes, for of my soule the iugenient i§ gyuen : wherfore one' case that 
 ye may kepe my body from tourment, sewe it in an hartes skynne, and laye it in a troughe 
 
 » Omitted io the later editions. "^ exyled.edit. 1542. 1559. ^ in. edit, 1533. 
 
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SSO SEXTA PARS EDWARDI CONFESSORIS. 
 
 of stone, and hyll it with lede close and iuste, and after do bynde it with barres of iron 
 in moost strongest and sure wyse, . and cause ye. xl. persones to synge psalmes by nyght, 
 & vpon the morne as many masses, and if I lye so styll. iii. nyghtes, than bury my body 
 on the. iiii. daye." But all for houghte; for the firste nyght, whyle the psalmes were ia 
 
 rsayinge, the strong bandes were sodaynly to broken, and one, ^ a gresely loke, was sene 
 vpon an horse backe, all blacke, and caste this woman behynde hym, and so rode forth 
 with so great crye and noyse, that it was harde, as sayth Policronicon. iiii. myles thens. 
 This wolde I nat haue shewed, but that I fynde it wrytten and recorded of dyuers auctours. 
 Than to retourne to our fourmer story, as wytnesseth myn auctour Ranulfe,]' aboute the. 
 
 'oxx. yere of the reygne of kynge Edwarde, Harolde sayled tOwarde Normandy to vi,syte 
 
 his brother Wilnotus, and Hacun his neuewe ; the whiche, as ye before haue harde, were 
 
 luraactu. layde there for pledges for ^ peace to be holden vpon erle Goodwyns syde, agayne the 
 
 kyng ; but he, in his course of saylyng, was weder dryuen, & by tepest, into f coutre or 
 
 prOuynce of Pontife, or more verely into f prouynce of Pountyth, where he was taken 
 
 '^as a prysoner, and sent vnto duke Wyllyam of Normandy, the whiche forced hym to 
 swere that he in tyme folowynge shulde marye his doughter, & f, after f detb of kyng Ed- 
 warde, heshuld kepe the lande of Englande to his behofe, accordynge to the wyll and 
 mynde of Edwarde. After some wryters, and after the opinyon of another Cronycle, 
 wryten in Laten, the said Harolde, for to be in the more fauoure of duke William, 
 
 2/>shewed to hym, that kyng Edwarde, in presence of his barony, had admytted the sayd 
 Wyllyam for his heyre, and couenaunted with hym, that if he ouer lyued the kynge, he 
 wolde in saue wyse kepe the lande to his vse. For the whiche tydynges and promyse, 
 Wyllyam graunted to hym his doughter to wyfe, that than was within lawfull yeres of 
 manage, with great dower : and for to cause Harolde to be the more stabeler in hi* 
 
 ^rpromyse kepyng, he delyuered to hy Hacun, his neuewe, and sone of his brother Swa- 
 nus, whiche he moche desyred, and kept styll with hym Wylnotus, the brother of the 
 sayd Harolde, After whiche couenauntes sufFycyently stablysshed & enacted, Harolde 
 departed from duke Wyllyam with great & ryche gyftes, and in processe of tyme, landed 
 in Englande ; and at his comynge to f kynges presence, shewed to hym all that he had 
 
 Jo done in y^ foresayd matyers : wherwith the kynge was well contented, as affermeth the 
 sayd Laten Cronacle. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xiiii. 
 
 (Li. 6. ca. »7.] IN the. xxii. yere of kyng Edwarde, as testifyeth Ranulf, Tostius, the brother of 
 Harolde, was, for cause nat shewed, disconted* in the kynges courte, and went vntQ 
 
 irHarforde, in the marche of Walls, where at that tyme, f seruauntes of Harolde, by 
 eomaundemet of theyr maister, were besyed to make prouysion. for to receyue the 
 kynge. - fiut whan this Tostius was thyther comen, he cruelly slewe the sayde seruauntes 
 of his brother, and hacked theym in small pecys, and cast theim after in meresawce or 
 sake. And that done, sente worde vnto the kynge, that if he wolde come vnto his feest, 
 
 tohe shulde lacke noo powdered mete what soeuer he hadde besyde. 
 
 M„i. c.xxxiiii. This cruell dede sprange wyde, so that for it he was hated of all men, in somoche 
 
 that his owne tenauntes, the men of Northumberlade, of whiche prouynce he than was 
 
 lorde, arose agayne hym and toke from hym that he hadde, and lastely chaced hym into 
 
 Flaunders with a fewe persones, than awaytynge vpon hym. But the vertuous kynge 
 
 MrEdwarde natbeynge contented with thecomons doynge, consyderyng it to be done with- 
 out his aduyce and comaundement, sente thythur Harolde to doo correccyon vpon the 
 heedes or capitayns oif Northumbers, wherofthey beynge ascertayxied, contynued theyr 
 atrength, and mette with IJarolde and his people, and sent' hym to vnderstande that they 
 
 ' OOTJ^ed in the edit. 1542. 1555. " dysdayned. edit. 1542. 1559. " set. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
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 were frely borne, and frely norysshed, and that they myght nat suffer no cruelnesse of 
 dukes ; also they had lerned of theyr elders and soueraynes to meyntayne fredame or to su^ 
 fer deth, and to lyue in quyetnesse vnder an easy duke. Whan Harolde had conueyed' this 
 message, and aduertysed the strength of f Northumbers, he perceyued well, f, without 
 rgreat effusyon of blode, he myght nat correcte the mysse doers ; wherfore it semed to hym 
 better to fauoure the countre than to take hede of the synguler profyte of his brother : so 
 that he retourned to f kynge with this answere, and purchased theyr pardon of hym, and 
 also procured so f kynge that he assygned to thena an other duke or erle, that was named 
 Malcarus ; and Tostius, his brother, with his wyfe and children, remayned in Flaunders 
 "durynge the kynges lyfe. [Kynge Edwarde, in the. xxii. yere of his reygne, syttynge at visio. 
 mete in his paleys of Westmynster, sodaynly lowghe, whan other dyd talkie' and ete, vpon 
 Easter daye. Whan thi.s blessid man had dyned and was entred into hischaumber, his 
 famylyers asked of hym the cause of his lawghyng, to whom he answered, for that same 
 selfe tytnCj sayd he. vii. slepers, that in the Mounte Seleon besyde Ephesym, in Asia the 
 'Hasse, had slepte CC. yeres or there aboute, vpon y right syde, Ae selfe same tyme they 
 tourned them, and shall slepe seth* vpon that other syde. Ixxiiii. yeres. Though this be 
 tolde of Ranulfe and other, seth in this saynge appereth some discordaunce with. other 
 wryters, and also with the former sayinge of the sayd Ranulfe in the. xxii. Chapiter of his. 
 iiii. Boke of Polycronycon, where he sayth that tiie sayd. vii. slepers were closed in that 
 Mcaue, the firste yere of Decius, and so sleped contynuyngly to the laste tyme or yeres of 
 Theodocius the yonger, than emperour ; (by whiche reason they shuld slepe aboute the 
 season or space of. CC. yere as aboue is said ;) and than arose and shewed theym to f 
 sayd Theoidocius, emperour, and many other, and dyed soone after, as wytnesseth 
 Vincencius Historyalis, Antonius', lacobus Philippus, and other. Wherfore it can nat 
 jiEtade with* that they shuld slepe vpon that other syde after that turnynge. Ixxiiii.^ as is Nan-acro. 
 aboue sayd, nor syth y they shuld sterue in the tyme. of this holy kynge and confessoure, 
 for his tyme of reygne was after the tyme of Theodocius aforesayd, more than. vi. C. 
 yeres : but if it be raent by some other, for there are. vii. other slepers spoken of, in f. 
 xxvi. Chapiter of the firste Boke of Polycronycon, that hathe slepte in another caue many 
 3(,yeres. Wherfore I remytte this vnto other, and folowe the ordre of the story, wherin 
 it is founde, that whan this blessyd kynge Edwarde had receyued deuyne monyssion that 
 he shuld x:haunge this transetory and bryckell lyfe for f lyfe euerlastynge, he sykened in 
 the Cristenmas weke, in tyme of whiche sykenesse was shewed to hym a vysyon, that he 
 after shewed vnto such as were about hym, and sayd. " iL men of relygyon come to me f 
 vf somtyme was famylier ^V in Normandy, & shewed that they were sent from God vnto 
 me, to gyue vnto me warnyge of such thynges as foloweth. 
 
 •'And firste they sayd, y for the dukes, bysshoppes and abbottesof England, be nat 
 Goddes seruauntes,. but the deuylles, God hath taken this kyngdome into the handes of 
 enemyes for a tyme, and fyndes shall walke and destroble f people. Than I besought 
 ''•God that f people myght haue warnynge, and do penaunce, and be delyuered as the 
 people were of the cytie of Ninyue. Nay, sayd they, for thyse men be so indurat of harte 
 that they shuld do no worthy penaunce, nor to theym God shall showe his mercy rior 
 forgyuenesse. Thanne I asked of theym, whan myght be hope of mercy & pardone. 
 They answered, whan a grene tree is hewen downe, and a parte therof cut from the stocke 
 ^^and layde. iii. teme of*fourlonge from the stocke, and without manes helpe or hande, shall 
 retourne to his stocke or rote, and take agayii his shappe, and than floresshe & bryng 
 forth fruyte. Wh^n this is done, than may be hope of coforte & of remedy." In the 
 tyme f this blessyd man shewed thus this vision, was present there, w other, Stigandus, 
 archebysshop of Caunterbury, the whiche sayde vnto the other, y the kynge raued, or 
 
 ' receyued. ^ agayoe.edit. 1533. ^ Antoninus, edit. 1535. * with reason. edit. 1533. 
 
 ^ Ixxiv. yeres. edit. 1533. ' " teme of," omitted m edit. 1533. 
 
 6 ellys 
 
255 
 
 sejCta pars philippi primi. 
 
 Pet. Cjixxv. 
 
 Historia. 
 
 ellys doted for age & sykeness© as olde men done, and accoinpted thyse wordes for foly 
 
 and vanytie. But nat longe after, Englande felle and conceyued this prophecye, whan it 
 
 was in subieccion of straungers and alyauntes, as after shalbe shewed. Tlianne who f is 
 
 Tkefftnt tree, desyrous to knowe f exposycion of the prophecie of y grene tree, let hyoi rede in f eiide 
 
 j-of y lyfe of this gloryous kynge & confessoure, translated by Wyllyam Caxton, in the 
 boke called f Legeaunt of Sayntes, & there he shall fynde it. Albe it, that in other 
 places I haue sene it otherwyse interpreted, y whiche I reniytte to theym that haue ex- 
 perienee in suche facultie ; & to conclude this story,]' trouth it is, f this blessyd kynge 
 dyed the. iiii. daye of January, whan he hadde reygned. xxiii. yeres. vii. monethes and 
 
 'oodde dayes, and was buryed in the monastery of Westmynster ; the whiche he before 
 had greatly augmented and repayred, but nat in that maner and fourme that it is nowe in : 
 for the chirche, that nowe there standeth, was so reedyfied and buylded newe of Henry 
 the. iii.and sone of kynge lohii. 
 
 The whiche also, after some wryters, translated this blessyd kynge Edwarde from the 
 
 iflower parte of the churche, and shryned hym there he nowe lyeth ; and this kynge 
 Edwarde lafte after hym no childe, for he was accompted for a virgyn whan he 
 dyed. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xv. 
 
 PHilip, the firste of that name, and sone of Henry, began his domynyon ouer y- Fre- 
 
 wshemen in the yere of our Lord. M.lviii. and the. xvi. yere of Edwarde the Confessour 
 than kynge of Englande. And of this Philip it is radde, that he maryed a wyfe,- named 
 Berta, the doughter of Baldewyfi, erle of Holande and of Fryce : of the whifche Berta, 
 this Phylyp receyued a sone, and named hym Lowys, and a doughter, th^ was called 
 Counstaiice. But in processe of tyme, he haunted so moche the company of a woman, 
 
 lOiamed Bertrande, that he hated his lavvfuU wyfe, and at length helde her in pryson, and 
 kepte that other in her stede, and gatle vpon y* sayd Bertrande. ii. sones, named Phylyp 
 & Florys, & a doughter, whiche myne auctour nameth nat. For this aduoutry he was 
 often monysshed of f pope* that he shuld leiie y company of that yll woman, and take 
 to hym his lawfuU wyfe, that he so longe had holden in pryson within this castel of Mon- 
 
 ■Jofruell : and for he wolde nat be obedyent vnto the popes* counsayll, he was fynally ac- 
 cursed of pope Vrban', the seconde of that name, by meane wherof he was. recorisvled 
 and restored agayne to his wyfe, and refused his concubyne. 
 
 And in the tyme of this Phylyp, Godfrey de Bulion, with many other Cristen prynces, 
 at the exortacyon of Peter the heremyte, sayled into the holy lande, and wanne the cy'tie 
 
 3rof Iherusalem of* the Sarasens handes, whiche prynces lastly crowned the sayd Godfrey 
 kynge of the sayd cytie ; and after so contynued in possessyon of Cristen men by f terme 
 of. lxxx:i. yeres vnder, ix. Cristen kynges, & lenger myght haue endured, had nat 
 discencion fallen amonges themself, and so "by Antonius', Peter Disrey, & other 
 it is manyfestly shewed. This viage, after moste accorde of wryters, began in t^e 
 
 Moyere of grace. M. Ixxxvi. and the. xxvii. yere of this Phylyp ; and the sayde Godfrey 
 was crowned kyng of f sayd cytie of Iherusalem, after y affirmaiice of the sayd 
 wryters, in the yfere of grace. M. Ixxxix. [and the yere of the reygne]" of this Philyp, 
 lytell worthy memory is lafte in wrytynge : for lyke as his fad^r Hary made hym kynge by 
 ]his lyfe, anci suffered hym to haue the rule of f lande, ryght so this Phylyp, after a certayne 
 
 Msof tyme, comytted the rule of the lande vnto Lowys his sone, and he sette his mynde to 
 huntynge and other disportes, and so ladde his lyfe in all slowth andlclelnesse. 
 
 Than Lowys, takynge vponhym the charge of the realme, subdued the erle of Mount 
 Merusy and other that laboured to take from the churche of seint Denys certayne pry- 
 uelege's, and also constrayned theini to restore and satysfye all hurtes & harmes to the sayd 
 
 ' Omitted mthe edit. 1542. 1559- * B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Urban, bisshoppe of Rome, 
 edj.t. 1542. * out of, 'Antoninus. ^ omitted in the later cditiont.' 
 
 2 churche 
 
 Codfrey de 
 Sulicn. 
 
SEXTA PARS HAROLDI. 
 
 churche by tbeym doon. This Lonys, as afFermeth the Frenshe Cronycle, marycd the 
 doughter of Guy, erle of Cotcheforde ; the whiche after, for nerynesse of kynne, was 
 deforced from the sayd Lowys, to f great displeasure of the sayd erle Guy : wherfore he 
 moued warre agayne the sayd Lowys, and toke from hym certayne holdes & castelles, of 
 
 rthe whiche the castell of Gurney was one. But at length Lowys had the better of that 
 wajrre, and recouered dyuers of f sayd holdes : and amonge other prysoners by hym and 
 his knyghtes taken, he toke a myghty and strong capitayne of the sayd erle Guy, named 
 Hombolde, the whiche he sent to f castell of Stampes, there sauely to be kept. Durynge 
 which warre, Phylyp the kyge sykened, and dyed the yere of grace. M.C.vi. wbanae ha 
 
 ^ had reygned fall, xlviii. yere, and was buryed at seynt Benet sur Loyre. 
 
 235 
 
 The Armys of kynge Harolde. 
 
 ANGLIA. 
 
 ^( 
 
 Capitulum. CC.xvi. 
 
 HArolde, f seconde sone of erle Goodwyn, & last kyng of Saxons, began to rule f AngHt 
 
 r realme of Englande f. v. day of January, & the yere of our Lord, M.lxvi. the. viii. yere [Li.6,att«4. 
 of Phylyp the^firste, than kynge of Fraunce. This, as moste myghty, for so moche as the 
 blessyd kyng Edwarde dyed without issue, nat myndyng the promysse of hym before 
 made vnto William, duke of Normandy, as before I haue shewed, toke vpon hym as 
 kynge, & was crowned of Aldredus, than bisshop of Yorke. Albe it, as aflfermeth 
 
 -voGuydo and other, some of the lordes entended to haue made Edgare Adelynge kynge, 
 whiche Edgare, as afFermeth the sayde auctours, was sone to Edwarde, that was the sone 
 of Edmunde Ironsyde, and named of some, Edwarde the Outlawe. 
 
 But for tbis Edgarre was yonge, and specyally for Harolde was stronge of knyghtes 
 and rychesse, he wanne the rynge' : how be it, Marianus sayth f kyng Edward ordfeyned 
 
 -rbefore his deth, that Harolde shuld be kyng after hym, by reason wherof the lordes 
 crowned hym ther upon at Westmynster. Anone as he was crowned, he began to ford oo • 
 
 euyll lawes and customes before vsed, and stablysshed the good lawes, & specyally whiche* 
 as were for the defence of holy churche, and punyssbed the euyli doers, to the fere and 
 example of other. 
 
 30 In shorte tyme after f Harolde was thus made kynge, Tosty or Costy, his brother, 
 whiche as before is sayde, was of the Northumbers chased into Flaunders, made hym a 
 nauy of. Ix. small sayles, and sayled about the He of Wyght, and toke prayes within the 
 said ile and in other places of Kent, and from thens he sayled into Lyasey^ and dyd there 
 
 reygne. * suche. 
 
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 fnoche 
 
§34 SEXTA PARS HAROLDL 
 
 irioche harme, both with fyre & swerde ; but soone after he was chased thens by Edwyn 
 and MalchWus, erles of Mercia and of Northumberlande, and than hesayled into Scot- 
 lande, and taryed there tyll the somer after. 
 
 Whan Tostius was thus with his robbers chased, than Harolde Harfagar, kyng of 
 
 rNorthganys or Norweys, with a great nauy of GCC. shyppes or moo^ entrede the mouth 
 of y ryuer of Tyne. This 'Harolde Harfagar, as saiythe Guydo, was the sone of Camitus, 
 and kynge of Denmarke and of Norwey ; the whiche herynge of the deth of hooly Edwarde, 
 purueyed the sayd great army to wynne Englande, as his ryghtfuU enherytaunce. Whan 
 Harolde was warned of this great flote of Danys, hesentvnto the forenamed erles or 
 
 (odukes of Mercia and of Northumberlande, comaundynge theym to v^'ithstande theyr 
 landynge whyle he gadered his strength. 
 
 Thanne the foresayd dukes spedde theim towarde- the Danys, and gaue vnto theym a 
 sharpe and stronge fyght. But, in conclusyon, the Englysshemeh we're put to y warse, & 
 were fayne to gyue backe, so that the enemyes entred farther into the lande. 
 ir The kynge herynge of the scomfyture of his people, mad the more hast towarde his 
 enemyes ; so that the, vi. daye after he came to Stemysforde Brygge. In this whyle was 
 Xpstius, before named, come out of Scotlande, and gone to the party of y Danys agayne 
 his owne brother. In this foresayd-place bothe hoostes ioyned, and faught thanne there 
 a sharpe cruell batayll, wherin fyll many k stardy knyght vpon the Englysshe partye, but 
 
 >(imo vpon the Danys syde ; so that in the ende Harolde, theyr kynge, was slayne, and that 
 of the hande of Harolde, kyng of Englande, as sayth Guydo: and Tostius was also 
 slayii in y same fyght. Olanus, hjrother to y sayd Harolde Harfagar, with Paulus, duke 
 of the lies of Orkeys, were there taken prysoners ; the whiche the kynge caused to hym to 
 be sworne to kepe such promysses as they to hym there made, and toke good pledges for 
 toi. Ckkkvi. ^t^jg perfourmaunce of y same, & after suffered them to retourne frome thens they were 
 comen. 
 
 It is also specyally remembred of the sayd auctour, that one knyght stode vpon f fore- 
 said brygge, & with his axe defended the passage maugre the hole boost of the Englysshe- 
 men, &.slewe. xl. Englysshemen or moo with his axe, and myght nat be ouercomen tyll 
 
 35an Englyssheman went vnder the brygge and stycked hym vpwarde with his spere thorough 
 an hole of'the brygge. For this victory Harolde was suppressed with pryde, and also w 
 couytous, so that he deuyded nat the prayes of his enemyes ^monge his knyghtes, but 
 kepte theym to hymselfe, or gaue parte vnto suche knyghtes as he fauoured, and spared 
 to theym that hadde wele deserued ; by reason wherof he lost the fauoure of many of his 
 
 srknyghtes. 
 
 [Li. 6.ca. 29.] jjj ^i^jg passe tyme, the doughter of duke William, the whiche Harolde shuld haue 
 
 ^'^' maryed, dyed within age j wherfore Harolde thought hym the more discharged of his 
 
 ipromysse before made to her fader. But duke Willyam warned Harolde of couenauntes 
 
 broken, and meddeled menasses with prayers by sondry tymes : wherunto Harolde answer- 
 
 HiiGa, " that a nyce folysshe couenaunte ought nat to be holden, & namely, the behest of 
 other mennes ryght and kyngdome, without the hole assent of the senatours of the same 
 lande : and farthermore, a lewde othe myght and oughte to be broken, and specyally 
 Whan it is compelled to be sworne for nede or for drede." 
 
 Vpon thyse answers receyued by duke Willyam from Harolde, in the whyle that 
 
 ^rniessangers went and" came, duke Willyam gadered his knyghtes and prepayred his nauy, 
 and all other thynges necessary tp the warre, and had assent of the lordes of his lande to 
 ayde and assyste hym in his iourney : and ouer that, he in such wyse enfourmed the pope' 
 than beynge named Alexaunder the seconde, that he confour'med bym ,in takyngeof that 
 vyage, and sent vnto hym a banner, the whiche he wylled hym to here in the. shyp that 
 
 rche hy'mseife shuld sayle in. And so beynge purueyed of all thynges concernynge his 
 
 , ' Bysshoppe of Rome, edit, 1542. 1559. 
 
 iourney, 
 
SEXTA PARS HAROLDI. 235 
 
 ioarney, he sped hym to the see syde, and tojie sbyppynge in the hauen of seynt Valery, 
 where he taryed a l^e tyme or he tnyght haue a couenable wynde ; for the which his 
 soldyours murmured and gri»dged, and sayd it was a wodnesse & great dyspleasynge to 
 God to desyre another mannes kyngdom by strength, and namely, whanne God withsayd 
 
 -Tit by the werkynge of his element. 
 
 At the laste, [whan duke William had longe bydden and houed for the wynde, he 
 comaunded to bryng forth the body of seynt Valery, and to be sette vpon the see stronde, 
 f which so done,]' the wynde, shortly after came aboute and [fylled the sayles. Than 
 Willyam thanked God and saynt Valary, & toke shortly after,]* sbyppynge, and helde 
 
 'ohis cource tpwarde Englande, v^on. this grounde & tytle folowyng.. 
 
 The firste and pryncypal was to chalenge his right, and to haue the domynyon of ^ ^"^^ wiBy»«« 
 lande that to hym was gyuen, as he afFermed, of kynge Edwarde the Confessour and his'"™^ 
 neuewe. ,. 
 
 The seconde was to take wrech of his deth and cruell murdour of his neuewe. Alfrede, 
 
 rand brother of ^ blessyd.kynge Edwarde, y was slayne of erle Goodwyn & his adherentes, 
 as before ye haue harde in y^ story of Hardykynitus ; the which dede he asscribed chefely 
 vnto Harolde. 
 
 And f thirde was for to auenge f wrong doon vnto Robert, archebysshop of Caunter- 
 bury, which, as hp was enfourmed, was, exiled ,by the meanes and laboure of Harolde, in 
 
 3othe tyme of Edwarde the Confessour, as before is shewed. . 
 
 f^ Capitulum. CC.xvii. 
 
 DVke Willyam kepynge his course, landed, in processe of.tyme, at Hastyng, I Sussex, 
 in a place called Peuenessey, and in his goynge oute of his shyp, and takynge the lande, 
 his one fote slode, and that other stacke faste in the sande ; the whiche espyinge, one of 
 
 7rh'is knightes, that was nere. vnto hym, cryed alowde and sayd, "now syr duke, 
 thou boldest Englande, and thou shalte soone be lourned from a duke to a kynge." - 
 
 The duke of this made game, & entred further into the lande, and made his proclama- 
 cyons & cryes, that no man shulde take any prowes' or do any force to the people, for 
 he sayd that it was resonable that he shulde spare that thynge that shulde be his owne. 
 
 ^•Harolde in this whyle was in the North parties of Englande, and had wyttynge of the 
 landynge of f Normans, and sped hym towarde theym in all that he myght, and gathered 
 his strength by the countrees as he came ; but the duke made so.good spede that he came 
 to London before f kynge, where he was holden out tyll he had made 'good suertie, that 
 he and his people shulde passe thorugh the cytie without taryinge, the which was obseru- 
 
 3i'ed, and so he pjissynge the cytie, passed the brydge, apd wente ouer into Sussex. 
 Kyng, Harolde entendyng to know the strength of his enemyes, sent espyes into the 
 dukes boost, the whiche made reporte vnto the kynge, that all duke Willyams soldyours 
 were preestes, for they had theyr ouer lyppes and chekes shauen ; and the Englysshemen, 
 at those dayes, vsed the beer of theyr ouer lyppes shadde and nat shauen. But Harolde ' 
 
 lito that' answered and sayd, "They be no preestes, but they are stalworth and sturdy 
 knyghtes." 
 
 Thanne Gorth or Surth^ one of the yon^est bretherne of Harolde, counsayledhym that 
 he shulde stande aparte, and suffer hym with other of his lordes to.fyghte with the Nor- 
 mans, for so moch as he was sworne to the duke, and they were nat ; aledgynge farther- 
 
 Mjinore, y if they were ouerthrowen, that yet he myghte defende his quarell, and fyghte for 
 the countree. In this meane tyme, Willyam sent a monke vnto Harolde, and proferred 
 to hym iii. maner of wayes, and to chose one of the. iii. 
 
 ' OmiV^frf in the edit. 1542. 1559. * and they toke. edit. 1542. 15.^9. ^ prajes. 
 
 H h 2 Th^ 
 
iS6 SEXTA PARS HAR0LD1. 
 
 ArtieuiisApr The firstej that, accordynge to his othe, he shulde render the lande,_Or delyaer it vnto 
 
 ^*^' the possessyon of William. And that done, to take it agayne of by, and holde it of 
 
 hym as in fee j and so to reygne vnder hym for terme of his lyfe, and after his deth to re- 
 
 tourne it to the sayd William, or to such one of his sonnes as he wolde assygne it vnto : 
 
 J or secondely, leue the kyngdome without more stryfe: or thirdeiy, in exchewynge of shed- 
 
 ynge of the more plenty of cristen mennes blode, that be wolde defende his quareli in his 
 
 owne persone agayne the duke, and they two oonly to try the matyer by dynt of swerde. 
 
 But Harolde refused thyse offers, and sayde, he wolde trye his quarell by dynt of swerdes, 
 
 & nat by one swerde, and that he and his knyghtes wolde defende theyr countre agayne 
 
 wall straunge nacyons, praying to God to deine the ryght atwetie theym twayne. 
 
 Whan duke William had receyued this answere from Harolde, and sawe wele that there 
 was no meane but fortune of* batayll, he charged hi& people that myght watche, to 
 occnpye theim in prayer; and specially the preestes and therelygyous people: where the 
 Englyssbe men gaue theym all to drynke & songe. 
 
 if Than vpon the morowe, beynge Saterdaye, and the. xiiii. daye of October, [and the 
 
 idaye of seynt Calyxte, the pope,]* both hoostes assayled other in that place, where as nowe 
 
 standeth the abbey of Batayl, in Sussex. In the begynnynge of this batayll, a baner, or 
 
 Hisforia. baneret, called Tbilfer, a Norman, splayed before the boost of Normans, and slewe aii 
 
 RLCMxavU. Englys^he man, or knyght, that came agayne hym; and after that one other, & so the 
 
 ^thyrde, and was slayne at the laste. 
 
 Than the Sehrons smote togyder with a great noyse and crye, and fawght sore a longe 
 Bauytt itTODse. season, and the Englysshe men defended theym manfully, and the better for that, that 
 they kepte theym hole togyder without scatterynge or spryngynge abrode ; the whiche whan 
 Wyllyam apperceyued, he gaue a sygne vnto his knyghtes that they shuld gyue backe and 
 jd-make countenaunce as they dyd flee. Than the Normans imbateled ^ fotemen, and sette 
 horsemen for wynges on euery syde, by whiche whyle the Englysshe naen were deseuered^ 
 and soone out of araye, and the Normayns tourned agayne vpoo the Englysshe men, & 
 slewe theym downe on euery syde. 
 
 This batayll was sore foughten of f Englysshe men, that duke Wyllyatn was thryse 
 o'yfelled that daye, by reason that. iii. horse were that daye slayne rnder hym. Lastely 
 Harolde was wounded in the iye with an arowe, and fyll to the ground, & was slayne; 
 and his people to scatered, so that wele was hym that myght saue hym selfe by fleynge. 
 
 Than duke Wyllyam buryed his men that there were slayii, and suffered his enemys to 
 
 do the same. 0f the deth of this Harolde is dyuersly wryten. For Geraldus Catnbrensis, 
 
 3riii his boke called Itineranus' saytb, that after Harokie had receiued many woundes, and 
 
 lost his lefte iye, he fledde from that felde to the coutre of Chester, and lyued longe after 
 
 an holy lyfe, as an ancre, in the selle of seynt lames, faste by seynt iohfis churche, and 
 
 made there an holy ende, than the deth of Harolde was knowen to the erles of Mer- 
 
 cia and of Northumberlande, the whiche, for streytnesse of waye myght nat brynge theyr 
 
 ii, people to that felde, or els for that that they wylfully wrdrewe theym selfe from Harold^ 
 
 bycause he none otherwyse departed the prayes amonges theym and theyr kuyghtes- at the 
 
 Histoii* former felde of Norg^ynes, than they drewe the next waye to London, and toke 
 
 Agatha, Haroldes wyfe, and sente her to Chester, and they & Aldredus, bysshop of 
 
 Yorke, with f Lodoners agreed and promysed, eyther vnto other^ that they wolde make 
 
 tixEdgare Athelynge kynge, and defende his ryght to the vttermoste of theyr powers. 
 
 But, that promyse nat withstandyng, whan they harde of the great strength that dayly 
 
 fell to duke Wyllyam, and of his prouysyons, they were fayne to breke that appoyntement; 
 
 and the sayd erles submytted theym, and gaue to hym pledges> & became to hym his lyege 
 
 men by omage and feautye. 
 
 o And thus whan Harolde hadde ruled the lande from the. v. daye of lanuary, to the. 
 
 ' io. * omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. ' Itinerftrius 
 
 ZlUl. 
 
SEXTA PARS HAROLDl. ^37 
 
 xi'tii. day of October, he was slayne, whan he had reygned. ix. monethes and odde daye», 
 and was buryed at the monastery of the holy crosse of Waltham, whiche he before bad 
 founded, and sette therin chanons, and gaue vnto them fayre possessyons. 
 
 And here endeth for a tytne f blod of Saxons, the which eontynued, to reken frome 
 
 rHengestus firste reygne, by the space or tyme of. v. C. Ixxxxi. yeres. And if it be 
 rekened from f begynnynge of the West Saxons, than it endureth by the terme of. v. C. 
 Ixv. yeres: whiche eontynued as rulers and kynges of this lande, the tyme onely except 
 that passed attwene the firste yere Canutus, & the laste yere of Hardekynytus: in the 
 which season passed or flowed vpo. xxiiii. yeres. Albe it that the persecucyon of the 
 
 loDanys lasted mocbe lenger, as tofore I haue shewed in the story of the forenamed Ky- 
 nytus. 1 
 
 f Capitulum. CC. xviii. 
 
 THan forasmoche that God, of his vnknowen iugemetes to man, and byhishygh and 
 hyd counsayll, wolde suffer this duke to conquere so noble a lande, and to be lorde and 
 
 vsoueraygne ouerso many noble enherytours as were & nowe be within the same; I thynke 
 it conuenyent to shewe here the dyscent of the sayde duke, & howe nere of blode he 
 was vnto the blessyd kynge, Edwarde the Confessoure. 
 
 Wherfor as before to you I haue shewed, in the story of Charlys the Symple^ sometyme Gtnoiogi^ 
 kynge of Fraunce, that a myscreaunt, or a pagan, named RoUo, persecuted sore the 
 
 :oFealnie of France, and iastely wan by strength the cytie of Roan, the bed or chief cytie 
 of Normandy; and in coclusyon, for a fynall peace attwene the sayde kynge and RoUo 
 to be had, the sayd Rollo was cristened and named Robert, & maryed Silla, the 
 doughter of the sayd Charlys, to whome the kynge gaue, in way of dower, the hole duchy of 
 Normady : the whiche Robert, after he was cristened, ruled that dvkedome as a good 
 
 ^{tristen man, by the terme of. xiiii- yeres, and receyued of the sayd Srlla, a sone, and 
 named hym Wyllyam, the whiche after was surnamed Longa S'pata, as who wolde saye, 
 Willyam with a longe swerde. 
 
 This Willyam was duke after his fader, xxv. yeres, and lefte after hym a sone, named 
 Richarde, whiche, as before is shewed in the story of Lowys the. vi. was named Richarde 
 
 3othe Hardy. 
 
 Than Richarde the Hardy was the. iii. duke, and reygned. lii. yeres ; and bad by bi» 
 wyfe, a sone, named Richarde the Good, and Emma, that was wyfe to Egelredus, & 
 moder to seynt Edwarde the Confessour. After hym the good Richarde was duke, & 
 reygned. xxviii. yeres, & lafte after hym two sonnes, that is to say, Richarde and Robert. 
 
 3i;The firste, after two yeres, was slayne by treason of his brother Robert ; so that Robert 
 was than duke, and reygned. ix. yeres. The whiche Robert, as it is before shewed in 
 the story of Henry, kynge of Fraunce, was father vnto tliis duke Wyllyam. And thi« 
 Wyllyam was the. vii. duke of Normady, and ruled it or he conquered Englande, after 
 moost wryters. xxx. yeres. 
 
 Ho Wherby it appereth that Emma was aonte to duke Robert, father of William Conquer- 
 oure; and seynt Edwarde and this duke Wyllyaan were, by the fathers syde^cosen iar- 
 ma^es retuoued, as sheweth by thi& draught folowyngei^ 
 
 Primus 
 
238 
 
 SEXTA PARS HAROLDL 
 
 tel, Cjixsmii, 
 
 Primus 
 dux. 
 
 Secundus 
 dux. 
 
 Tertius 
 dux. 
 
 RoUo vel Ro- 
 bertus dux pri- 
 mus. 
 
 Willelmus longa 
 spata lilius Ro- 
 bert! ac dux. ij. 
 
 Richardus Nilti- 
 nieus filius Will- 
 elraiet dux, iij. 
 
 Richardus qui di- 
 citur bonus et fi- 
 Hus'Richardi pri- 
 mi. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Richardus ij. sur- 
 
 
 noie bonus filius 
 
 
 Ricardi primi 
 
 
 atq; dux 
 
 . mj. 
 
 
 Richardi 
 
 IS. iij. 
 
 
 Alius Richardi 
 
 
 secundi,etdux.v. 
 
 
 Robertus filius 
 
 
 Richardi. ij. et 
 
 
 frater Ricardi. 
 
 
 iij. ac. dux vi. 
 
 Emma mater £d- 
 wardi Cdfessoris 
 et filia ducis Ri- 
 chardi. 
 
 Qpartus 
 dux. 
 
 Quintus 
 dux. 
 
 Fratres. 
 
 Sextus 
 dux. 
 
 Willelmus filius 
 Roberti & dux 
 Septimus ac no- 
 bilis Conquestor. 
 
 Dux Septimus.' 
 
 And -thus here an ende of the. vi. parte of this werke : for^so moche as the lande was 
 here conquered, and put vnder the rule of an other nacion. [Wherfore as before I haue 
 vsed and done to gyue thank§ vnto y most blessyd virgyne our lady, saynt Mary, as far-' 
 therer and conductrice of this werke ; so here agayne I salute & hayle her to the. vi. 
 rioye of !■ forenamed. vii. ioyes, thus begynnynge, 
 
 Gaude vicgo mater Christi tu que sola, &c. 
 
 All hayle and be glardde, most noble & moder dere 
 Of Ihesu Christe; virgyne moost pure & clene: ; 
 Deseruynge oonly by grace, and lyuynge moost clere, 
 m To be of that dignytie : thou celestyall queue 
 To perce the heuyns that beeth so serene. 
 And next to the trone of the hygh Trinitee, 
 Tho* arte admytted for to holde thy see.]' 
 
 ' In the subsequent editions this Pedigree is given in English. 
 iu the edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Thou. edit. 1533. 
 
 ' omitted 
 
 This. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS WILLELMI CONQUESTORIS. S39 
 
 This.vj. parte to be accompted from the firsteyere of Iwe, vnto the laste days of the 
 reygne of Harolde, or begynnynge of Wyllyam Conqueroure, includeth of yeres. CCC. 
 Ixxx. yeres and one. 
 
 And so this lande was conquered, after the firste comynge of Brute, to folowe thac- 
 rcompte of this werke, by the force of this duke Wyllyam and his Normayns. ii. M. CC. 
 and. ii. yere. 
 
 Finit Pars Sexta. 
 
 INCIPIT PARS SEPTIMA, 
 
 Nowe shaketh my hande, my pen waxeth duUe, p,,^ c^xkU. 
 
 10 For weryd and tyred ; seynge this werke so Ibnge : 
 
 The auctours so rawe, and so ferre to qulle : 
 
 Dymme and derke, and straunge to vnderstonde'; 
 
 And ferre oute of tune, to make trewe songe. 
 
 The storyes and yeres to make accordaunt, 
 (rThat it to the reder myght shewe trewe and plesaunt. 
 
 But vnder correccion, all thynges may be borne, 
 And so I remytte it to suche as been experte, 
 PrAyinge to theym, as I haue done beforne, 
 [To fauoureandcorrecte; so that vnder couerte]* 
 inOf theyr proteccion, this maye shewe aperte, 
 Holsome and playne, fruytefull and profytable, 
 And to the reders and herers ioyous and delectable. 
 
 For were nat that, I durst nat farther wade; 
 The streme is so depe, and therto so daungerous : 
 .srBut one thynge there is, that somwhat dom me glade, 
 The great daunger, and storyes doughtous 
 Been ouer passed, so that more bounteous 
 The auctours been, and more manyfestly 
 The storyes folowynge they doon certyfy. 
 
 3oWherfore as before, to you I dyd promyse, 
 
 This vii. parte, nowe I woll take on hande ; 
 
 Besechyng alwayes, in moost humble wyse, 
 
 The welle of bountie, that Flowre^most odorande, 
 
 By whose humylytie, man firste comforte fande, 
 ^And was redemed from his captiuytie, 
 
 This parte to fynysshe, she wyll myn helper be, - 
 
 ' vndersonge. edit. 1559. * This line is omitted in the edit. 1542 and 1559: and in the latter the fol- ' 
 hwing is introduced as thejifth line: 
 
 " Howe men are rewarded after their deserte." 
 
 And 
 
S40 SEPTIMA PARS WILLELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 And brynge to ende, this werke that I haue take 
 On hahde to wryte, oonly of entent 
 To brynge to lyght j and for it shulde nat shake 
 The olde honoure, that to Englande was ment 
 ^f famous wryters, whiche haue iheyr duytes sent 
 Vnto theyr folowers, all vyces to subdue, 
 Honoure to meyntayne, and to exalte vertue. 
 
 Here after foloweth the Story of duke William Conquerour. 
 
 % Capitulum. CCxix. 
 
 '0 Wlllyam duke of Normandye, surnamed Conquerour, bast sone of Robert, the vi. 
 duke of that sayde dukedome, and neuewe vnto Edwarde the Confessour, as before if 
 shewed, began his domyoion ouer diis realme of Englande, the. xv. daye of October, in 
 the yere of our Lordes incarnacion. M Ixvii. and the. ix. yere of ^ firste Philyppe, than 
 kynge of Fraunce : and was crowned kyng of the same, vpon Cristemas daye nexte 
 
 ijfolowynge, ofAldredus, archebysshop of Yorke ; forsomocheas at that tyme, Stigan- 
 dus, archebisshop of Caunterbury, was than absent or durst nat come in the presence of 
 the kynge, to whom he ought no great fauoure, as in the sequele shall appere. Whan 
 Wyllyam had set in quyet a great parte of this lande, he betoke the gydyiige therof to hit 
 
 -brother, the bysshop of Bayon, and in Lent folowynge, sayled into Normandy, and led 
 with hym the chief rulers '6f England, for doute of sturrynge in tyme of his absence ; 
 amonge the whiche, f. ij. erles Morcarus & Edwyn, rulers of Northumberlande and 
 Mercya, were, ij., with also Stigandus, and Edgare Ethelynge. 
 
 To the whiche Stigandus Wyllyam shewed great reuerence, and countenaunce of fa- 
 uoure, but allproued to great discymulacion after as was shewed by the depryuynge of the 
 
 *f8ayd Stigandus, & prysonement of hym in Wynchester towne, by a longe tyme & season. 
 
 In the nexte wynter, when Wyllyam had sped his besynesse in Normandye , he retourned into 
 
 Englande with great pompe, and sette a greuous trybute vpon the Englysshe men; by reason 
 
 wherofsome parties of the lande rebelled agayne hym, and specially the cytie of Excetour, 
 
 iftiCnU the whiche defended hym for a certayne of tyme : but lastly, by force, he wanne the sayde 
 
 3bcytie, and piinysshed the cytezeyns greuously. Far this, & other sterne dedes of Wyllyam, 
 Morcharus, erle of Northumberlande, with Edgare Athelynge, and dyuers other, as his 
 moder and. ii. susters, Margarete, and Crystyan, sayled into Scotlande: but another 
 Gronicle telleth, that Edgare entendynge w Agatha, his moder, and his. ii. susters to haue 
 sayled into Almayne, where he was borne, was, by tempest of ^ see, dryuen into Scot- 
 
 Irlande, wher of Malcolyne, than kynge of Scottes, they were ioyntly' receyued. And in 
 processe of tyme the sayd Malcolyne caste suche loue vnto the sayd Margaret, that he 
 toke her to wyfe, as before is touched, in the firste Chapitre of ^ story of Canutus ; of 
 the whiche Margaret, the sayd Malcolyne receyued. vi. sonnes*: thre, named Edgare, 
 Alexaunder, and Dauyd, were kynges of Scotland next folowynge theyr fader ; and 
 
 HoMolde, one of the foresayde doughters, was after maryed vnto the firste Henry, kynge 
 of Englande, and other' Mary was maryed to Eustace, erle of Bolongii. Of M olde, the 
 firste doughter, Henry receyued. ii. sonnes, named Wyllyam and Richarde, the whiche 
 bothe dyed before theyr fader, as after in tbestorye of the sayde Henry shall appere j and 
 he receyued also. ii. doughters, named Molde and Mary, whiche Molde or Mawde was 
 
 Jifinaryed to the fyfte Henry, emperoure of Almayne ; after whose dethe she wasi agayne 
 maryed to Godfrey of* Geoffrey Plantagenet, erle of Aungeowe, of whom dessended 
 Henry, surnamed Shorte mantell, and kynge of Englande, called Henry the- seconde. 
 
 ' And f other doughter Mary w as maryed vnto the erle of Blaynes, of whom dessended 
 
 ' loyously. * ii. doughtew tod. vi. sonnes, wherof. ' the other doughter. * or. 
 
 ^ Molde 
 
SEPTIMA PARS WILL'I CONQUESTORIS. ' 241 
 
 Molde or Mawde, that was wyfe vnto kynge Stephen. Than it foloweth, that this Wil- 
 lyam, after this foresayd trybute so leuyed of the Euglysshemen, and knowynge of the 
 depertynge of the lordes foresayd, kept the other the stieyter. But it was nat loage after 
 that Marcharus was reconsyled to the kynges grace, and fayled agayne, as folowyngly 
 
 ^shalbe shewed. For this and other causes, whiche were tedyous to shewe, Wyllyam ex- 
 alted [the Normans, and gaue vnto theym]' the chief possessyons of the lande, so that 
 they dayly encreased in great honour and weith, and the Englysihemen as faste decayed. 
 Kynge Wyllyam also made. iiii. stronge castelles, wherof. ii. be* sette at Yorke, the 
 thirde at Lyndetyngham or Notyngham, and manned theym with Normayns, and the. iiii. 
 
 '»at Lyncolne. 
 
 Aboute the thirde yere of his reygne, Harolde and Canutus, sones of Swanus, kynge 
 of Denmarke, came on lande in the Northe of Humber, with a stronge nauy, and in all 
 haste drewe theym towarde Yorke. Than the Normayns, which hadde the rule of the 
 towne and castelles, ferynge that the Englysshemen would haue eyded the' Danys, and 
 
 rwith the houses the* suburbes of the towne, haue fylled the towne dyches, sette the 
 suburbes on fyre ; wherof f flame was so bygge, and with that' wynde so stronge, that 
 it toke into the cytie, and brente a parte therof with the mynster of seynt Peter. In 
 tyme wherof the Danys, by fauour of some of the cytezeyns, entered the cytie, and 
 slewe mo than. iii. M. of the Normayns. But it was nat longe or kynge Willyam chased 
 
 7othe Danys to theyr shyppes, and toke so great displeasure with the inhabytauntes of that 
 prouynce, that he destroyed the lande lyinge bytweene Yorke and Durham, in suche "yse, 
 that. ix. yeres after or there aboute, the lande laye vnlabored and vntylled, oonly out 
 taken seynt lohns lande of Beuerley, [the whiche was forborne by reason of a wreche 
 done by dyuyne power vpon one of kynge Wyllyams knyghtes, the whiche, as he was 
 
 ■ifbesyed in wastynge and spoylinge of the sayd countre, fyll sodeynly with his horse, so 
 that his horse brake his necke, and the knyghtes face was turned tahis backe.]' And of 
 the famyne that the people of that countre susteyned, wonders are reported that they 
 shuld ete ail maner of vermayne, as cattes, rattes, dogges, & other, so harde they were 
 kepte by the warre of the kyng; & in j^ yere also Molde or Mawde, the wyfe of kynge 
 
 3o Wyllyam, was crowned quene of Englande, ofAldredus, archebysshop of Yorke. In 
 the. iiii. yere of the reygne of this kynge, the Scottes, with Malcolyne theyr kynge, 
 entred Northumberlande, & wasted & destroyed sore that countre, & slewc therin moclie 
 ■people, & many they toke prysoners, & helde theym as bonde men. 
 
 But in the. vi. yere of his kyngdome, Wylliam made suche warre vpon the Scottes, that 
 
 iihe lastly forced the sayd Malcolyne to swere to hym bothe homage and feautye, as it is 
 wytnessed of Wyllyam of Malmesbury, and other wryters. 
 
 5[ Capitulura. CC.xx. '' 
 
 KYnge Wyllyam, by coQsayll of the erle of Hertforde and other, caused the abbeys of 
 Englande to be serched, and what money in theym at y season was founde, he caused it 
 Jrt to be brought to his treasour ; [for the which dede, after the exposycion of some auctours, 
 the sayd erle was punysshed, as after shalbe shewed.]' 
 
 So' vpon this, in the tyme atwene Easter and Wytsontyde, was holden a solempne 
 counsayll at Wynchester, of the clergy of Englande, at the whiche counsayll were pre- 
 sent ii. cardynalles sent from the seconde Alexaunder, than pope.^ 
 kr In this coiisayll Stigandus, archebysshop of Cauterbury, was depryued from his dignytie, 
 and that for. iii. skylles. 
 
 The firste was for that he had holden wrongfully that bysshopryche, whyle Robert, the Bysshop de- 
 archebysshop, was lyuynge. '"■''""'■ 
 
 The seconde cause was, for that he hadde receyued the paule of pope Benet', the. v. of • 
 Tof name. 
 
 ■ Onii«f</ in edit. 1542. 1559. * he. edit. 1559. ' vvnlde ayde. '•of the. 'the. 
 
 * soone. ' bysshoppe of Kome. edit. Ii42. 1559. ' Beict, byssho] pe of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 I i And 
 
242 SEPTIMA PARS WILLI, CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 And the thirde cause was, for that he occupyed^ sayd paule without lycence and le full 
 auctorite of the court of Rome. Than Stigandus proued f benyuolence of kyng Willy am : 
 for where before he made to hym louyng & frpndly countenaunce, & dyd vnto hym great 
 reuerence, than he chauged all his myldenesse into sternesse, and excused hym by the 
 I'popes' auctoryte; so that in the ende, Stigandus was depryued of his dignytie, and kept 
 in Wynchester, as a prysoner, terme* of his lyfe. It is recorded of hym, ;y he was so 
 couetous & sparynge, that he wold take no thynge of his owne, and vsed to swere by 
 Alhalowes, that he had nat one peny ; but y othe was proued vntrewe after bis deth,' by 
 a lytell keye y was founde fastened aboute his necke, for by y keye was founden great trea 
 i^sour vnder the erth, in moo places than one. 
 
 In this counsayll also were put downe dyuers other bysshoppes, abbottes, and pryours, 
 by the meanes of kynge Wyllyam, and also to' thentent f he might preferre Norraayns 
 to the rule of f churche, as he had preferred his knyghtes to the rule of the temperaltie, 
 that he myght stande in thfe^more suertie of the lande. 
 
 1^ In this cousayll seynt Wolstane, than* was byssbop of Worcetour, axed beseiy of the 
 kynge certayne possessyos, fallen Ito his hades by y^ deth of Aldredu?, last archebys- 
 shop of Yorke, that were withholden by the sayd Aldredus ; but the kynge myght nat 
 here than of any suclie matyers, for hurtyngof f lybertye of y churche of Yorke. Than 
 j'oi.c.xi!. vpon Wytsondaye after, the kyng gaue the.sayde archebysshopryche of Yorke vnto 
 211 Thomas, a chanon of Bayon, & sent for Lamfranke, an other Normayn, than abbot 
 of Cadomonency, and gaue vnto hym the archebysshopryche of Caiiterbury. This 
 Lamfranke was an Italyan borne, & was perfytely Iqrned in the scyence of theologie or 
 holy wrytte, and ryght apte in gouernynge of thynges bothe spyrituall and temporall. 
 Vpon our Lady daye the Assumpcion, the kynge made hym archebysshop of Caunterbury. 
 a-Than Thomas, that was chosen archebysshop of Yorke, came vnto Lamfranke for to be 
 ^ sacred as y vsage wolde ; of whom Lamfranke axed an othe, and his profession in wry- 
 tynge concernynge his obedyence. Thomas answered and sayd, that he wolde neuer do 
 that; but if he myght therof here sufFycyent auctorytie andskylfull reasons & byndynge, 
 by J whiche it myght be knowen that he shuld so do without any preiudyce of his churche. 
 ^!>Than Lamfrank shewed and proued skylfully that his askynge was reasonable and right? 
 full; but yet Thomas wolde nat assent, but withsayd it, & went for that tyme from Lam- 
 franke vnsacred, & shewed vnto the kynge that Lamfranke entended to do wronge to 
 hym, and to his churche of Yorke. Than the kynge callyng Lamfrank before hym said, 
 that' he trusted more in his cunhynge, than he dyd in good fayth pr reason ; but he an- 
 jr^wered so reasonably vnto y^ kynge, that in the ende, Thomas, by f comaundeilient of f 
 kyng, was fayned to come agayne to Lamfranke to be sacred, and wrote his profession, 
 with his owne hande, of his obedyence, and radde it : in the whiche was conteyned, that 
 he shulde be obedyent in all that belongeth to the worshyp of God & all Cristen faith; 
 whiche done, he was sacred, and so departed : and shortly after Lamfrank axed and toke 
 itoprofession of all y bysshoppes of Englande. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xxi. 
 
 [U7-".».3 IN the, V. yere of Wyllyam the Conquerours reygne, Edwyn & Marcharus, erle of 
 
 Eriesfeied. Mercia & of Northumberiande, beynge in fere of daunger, voyded the kynges courte 
 
 secretely, and were rebelles some what of tyme ; but at lengthe it turned to bothe theyf 
 
 itrharmes : for Edwyn was slayne as he went towarde Scotlande, and erle Marcharus, with 
 
 y byssbop of Doreham, named Egelwynus, toke the He of Ely for theyr sauegarde; but 
 
 the kynge helde theym so shorte, that in processe they were fayne to yelde them to, the 
 
 kynges grace and mercy. Than he sente the byssbop to the abbey of Abyndon, to be 
 
 kept there as a prysoner, where he was so dayntely fed that he dyed for hunger ; but 
 
 iosome wryters testyfye, that he was so hyghe herted, that after he knewe he shulde re- 
 
 ' Bysshoppe of Rome, edit. 1542. 1559. ' the terme. ' j,ji ^^^ 4 j^at than. 
 
 ' " than," in edit..l553, bi/ mistake, 
 
 mayne 
 
SEt>TIMA PARS WILLI COXQUESTORIS. 243 
 
 mayne there as prysoner, he wold neuer ate mete after ; and erle Marcharus was hadde 
 to the toure of London. In the. vi. yere of his reygne, kyng Willyam, as before is 
 touched, went with a great army into Scotlande, and subdued Malcolyne, tlieyr kynge, 
 as before I haue shewed in the precedynge Chapiter. In the. vii. yere of kynge U^yllyain, 
 
 -•^rhomas, archebysshop of Yorke, nat beynge content to be vnder the rule and obedyence 
 of Lamfranke, appealed to ^ courte of Rome j so that the sayde. ii. archebysshoppes ap- 
 pered bothe in proper persone, before pope' Alexaunder, afore named, in whose presence 
 Lamfranke was so well fauoured, that where Thomas, aboue named, and Remigius, 
 bysshop of Dorchester, were, for skylful causes, depryued of their croyses & rynges, he, 
 
 '•by his fauoure and meanes, restored theym to theyr former dignyties. The cause of 
 Thomas was for that he had holpen duke Wyllyam towarde his iourney into Englande, 
 for thewhiche, thesayd duke promyssed hym a bysshopryche ifheopteyned victory ^ and 
 the other was pryued, for that he was proued a prestes sone. Thanne Thomas moued 
 the cause of the prymacy of Caunterbury, & of subieccion that to hym shuld belonge ; & Diiputiuo. 
 
 «-8ayd that those, ii. sees were farre asonder, that is to meane, Caunterbury & Yorke, and 
 that nother of theym, by the constytocions of Gregory, shuld besubiecte vnto other, but 
 that the oh6 is more worthy than the other, for somoche as he is of elder tyme. To this 
 answere Lamfranke sayd*, f the Cotistitucions of Gregory made no mencion of Cau nterbury, 
 but of Yorke and London. Than f pope' remytted this matyer to be determyned before 
 
 •lothe kynge and the bysshoppes of Englande, and gaue the palle vnto Lamfrank ; but for this 
 terme or worde palle is to many one vnknowen, I shall therfore here shewe vnto you what 
 tbynge it is. 
 
 This palle is an indument that euery archebysshop must haue, and is nat in full aucto- 
 ritie of an archhebysshop tyll he haue receyued his palle [of the pope,]* and is a thynge 
 
 -;rof whyte lyke to the bredeth of a stole ; but it is of an other fassion ; for where the stole 
 is made in length, and is worne about the preestes necke, this is ioyned togyder aboue, 
 so that it lyeth a parte therof vpon the shulders, and that one ende hangeth streyght 
 dowae to the grounde before, and that other behynde, garnysshed in dyuers places therof 
 5V crosses : and where the stole is worne nexte vnto the albe, whan the preest is reuestred 
 
 joto masse, this palle is worne vpon this vestyment, ouermest of all, whan an archebys- 
 shoppe syngeth his masse. 
 
 Whan Lamfranke had thus sped his nedys at Rome, he, with the other, ii. bysshoppes, binmutie 
 retourned into Englande, where this matyer hangyngi^n varyaunce atwene ^ sayd. ji. «i"«:<vo""»- 
 archebysshoppes, was had in comunycacion ; for tryalTwherof Bedaes story was brought 
 
 M forthe, wherin it appered, that from the firste Augustynes tyme to Bedaes laste dayes, 
 vpon the season of. C.xxxix. yeres, the archebysshop of Caunterbury had prymacy of all 
 the bysshoppes of England, than called Brytayne, and of Irelande also : and that the 
 archebysshoppes of Caunterbury had kept counsaylles neuer* vnto Yorke, and cleped 
 therunto the bysshoppes of Yorke, and made some bysshoppes, [and punysshed some 
 
 ifobysshoppes of Yorke,]* and depryued dyuers from theyr dignyties: & to this were ad- 
 ioyned certayn priuyleges f were graiited for this maner of doyng. Whan Thomas had 
 harde all the alegacions, he denyed all, and layde for hym the pistle, in the which 
 pope Grego^y^ demed that f churche of Yorke and of London shuld be euyn perys, 
 & ncyther of theym subgette to other. 
 
 Mr To this was answered by Lamfrank, that he'was nat bysshop of London, nor this 
 questyon was nat moued for the churche of London. But Thomas sayd that Gregory had 
 graunted to Augustyne power to haue vnder hym all the bysshoppes of Englande, and 
 tiiat London, at that daye, was the pryncypall see of all Englande. Albe it, that the 
 popes' roynde was, that atwene London and Yorke shuld be no dyuersyte in honour, 
 
 ' Alexander bisshop of Rome, edit. 1542. 1559- * to this answered Lamfranke and sajd. 
 
 * bysshop of Rome. edit. 154.2. 1559- * Omitted in edit. 7542. 1559. ' "ere. ^ Omitted 
 
 in the suliugutnt editions. ' Gregory, B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Bysshoppes of Rome. edit. 
 
 1542. 15i9. 
 
 I i 2 because 
 
344 SEPTIMA PARS WILL'I CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 '^ because they were archeflamynes, and that, by their vnytie, all other might lyue vnder 
 dewe obedyence. And though Augustyne chaunged that see from London to Cauterbury, 
 yet Gregory wolde' that Augustyne successours shuld be aboue the bysshoppes of Yofke. 
 He wolde than haue sette in his epistle thyse wordes folowyng : " I graute to ^ Augustyne, 
 
 r& to thy successours ;" but for he wolde y no such power shuld stretche to his successeurs, 
 
 M- c.xiii. therfore he made no mencyon of his successours. Lamfranke lo this answered and sayd, 
 
 if that auctoritie were graunted to Augustyne alone & nat to his successours,. it wae^.a 
 
 symple gyfte that the pope^ gaue vnto Augustyne that was so famylyer with hyjn; 
 
 and namely, whyle Augustyne ordeyned nor sacrede no bysshop of Yorke whyfe he 
 
 "lyued, for that see was full duryng his lyfe : by reason wherof, he put nat his auctorite 
 in execucion. But pryuyleges of popes' cofermeth this dignytie to Augustynes succes- 
 sours of Caunterbury, & demeth that it is skyll and good reason that all the churches of 
 Englande shuld take lore and lyght of that place, [for of that welle or place preceded first 
 y doctryne of Cristes fayth. 
 
 ir And where thou sayesf, Thomas, that Gregory myght, if he had wold, haue cofirmed 
 all thinge vndow^tably with this worde " Successours," that is sothe ; but yet the lackynge 
 of this worde dothe no preiudyce to the churche of Caunterbury : for whan that Criste 
 sayd to Peter, " I shal gyue to the the keyes of the kyngdome of heuyn," he niyght haue 
 also said if he vvolde, " I graunt the same power to thy successours ;" and thoughC; he sayd 
 
 t*nat so, yet he mente the successours of Peter. Nothynge of reuence' nor yet of auctoryti^ 
 but the dispensacyon of holy churche and ofFyce of the same was, and is holy in theym, 
 which oonly spryngeth by verlue of Criste into Peter, and from Peter into his succes- 
 sours. And if thou c^n di^scerne bytwene false & soth, loke what hath strength &* all, hath 
 strengthe in the partie; and what hath strengthe in the more, bathe also strength in y'lasse, 
 
 «Thari to certyfye ihis reason is as it were' all of all churches, & other churches been as 
 membres therof: lyke as one man is kynde* of all synguler men, & in euery synguler 
 man is y^ kynde of all mankynde ; so in some maner of wyse, the churche and the see of 
 Rome is, as it were, the kynde, and conteyneth all in comparison to other churches : and 
 yet in euery churche remayneth the full holynesse of Cristes fayth. 
 
 10 And also the Churche ot'Rome in^ grettest of al churches : and what hath strength in y 
 churche shall haue strengthe in lasse churches : so that the power, that is first gyuen to 
 euery churche, shall sprynge into the successours of the same ; but if by specyall thynge 
 be excepted and out taken : iherfore I coclude, as Ctiste said to Peter, so he sayd to 
 all the bysshoppes of Rome, and so consequently was sayde to Augustynes successours, of 
 
 j^Gregory, as was sayd vnto Augustyne. 
 
 WheVfore it miiste apere, that lyke as Caunterbury is subgette to Ronie, so muste 
 Yorke be>ubgette to QJaunterbury, whiche sent to Yorke prechoures to teche and preche 
 vrito theym tlie ryght fayth. And where thou sayest that Gregory wolde that Augustyne 
 shulde haue his see at L5don, it may nat stande with reason : for who wolde trowe f 
 
 ^oso noble a disciple as Augustyne was, wolde withstande or do agayne his maisters wyll, 
 or agayne holy decrees ; and if it werd so as thou haste alleged, what is y to me, that am 
 nat bysshop of London, as eft before I haue sayd ? Therfore; if this matyer maye thus 
 seace, without more stryfe, so be it ended; and if thou desyrest contynuaunqe of plee, 
 I shall nat fayle the, but defende my ryght and ofFyce gladly.]' By thyse reasons and 
 
 brother, at length Thomas was ouer conienj and granted gladly y the farther brynke of 
 Humber shuld be the begynnynge of his diosses; & ouer y it was ther demed, y in all 
 thinges cocernynge y worahyp of God & the fayth of holy churche, the archebysshoj) of 
 Yorke shulde be subgette to y archebysshop of Caiiterbury : so that if the archebyssliop 
 of Cauterbury wolde call a counsayl in any parte of Englande, the archebysshop of Yorke 
 
 y 
 
 ' wolde not. * Byssliope of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Reuereuce. edit. 1 533, ♦ in. edit. 1533; 
 ' the ehyrche of Rome is as yt were. edit. 1533. * the kynde. edit. 1533. ? is' edit* 1533: 
 
 ' butyf yt be by. edit. 1533. ' Omitted iu the edit. 1542. 1,555. 
 
 shuld 
 
SEPTIMA PARS WILL'I CONQUESTORIS. fi45 
 
 shuld be therat, with all f bysshoppes of his prouynce, & be also obedient vnto f lawful 
 
 hestes. 
 
 And at all seasons whan ^ archebysshop of Canterbury shuld be sacred, the archebys- 
 
 shop uf Vorke, w the bysshu^pes of y cburche, shall come to Cruterbury, and saker liyin 
 rthere. And if the archebysshop of Yoike .shalbe stalled or sacred, than shall he come to 
 
 Caunterbury, a'ld ellys where in all Englande, where the arcliebysshop of Caunterbury 
 
 woll hym'assygne, and there to be sacred of hym : and he shall make to hym an othe, 
 
 with profession and obedyence. 
 
 Whan Lamfranke harde this iugement gyuen thus, he reioysed inwardly ; and for it 
 (oshuld remayne ot recorde that his successours shulde nat newely plede for that cause, he 
 
 caused it to be regestred in raoost suostancyall wyse; and ouer that, sent a pystle for that 
 
 cause, to Alexaunder forenamed, pope', of all this doynge, with the profession of 
 
 Thomas, the archebysshop foresayd. Of this Lamfrank is many notable ttiynges wrytea 
 
 of dyuers wryters, [and after some, he is admytted for a saynt.]^ 
 
 LT ^ Capitulum. CC.xxii. 
 
 ABoutethe. x. yere of kynge Wyllyams reygne, Rog^r, erle of Herforde*, by whose [Li. r-n- si 
 coiisayll f kyge, as before is sayd, hadde serched all the abbeys of Englande, (uhiche 
 erle hadde wedded his suster vnto Raufe, erle of East Angleys ot Norffolke and SulFolke, 
 agayne the kynges mynde,) made* conspyracy agayne the kynge, and caused an other erle, 
 
 i*by theyr subtyle meanes, to be agreable vnto theyr vntrouth; which erle had to name 
 Walrefe : but at lengthe, whan this erle Walrefe had knowen the fyne of theyr entent, he 
 went vnto Lamfranke, and shewed to hym the hole matyer, by whose counsayl he shortly 
 after sayled vnto the kynge, than beynge in Normandy, and disclosed the matyer to hym, 
 and put hym hooly in his grace and mercy. 
 
 "~ Whan the kynge had harde of thyse tydynges, he made good semblaunt vnto this erle 
 Walrefe, and sped hym the faster into Englande ; buthowesoit was, the forenamed. ii. 
 cries were warned of disclosynge of this matyer in suche wyse, tiiat they gaderyd to theym 
 suche strength, that the kynge coude nat haue theym at his pleasure. But as he was 
 fayne by stronge hande to chase and outlawe theym ; andfor he fayled of his purpose 
 
 3»of theym, he emprysoned erle Walrefe at Wynchester ; & lastely caused hym to be heded, 
 more of tyranny, than of iustyse, as afferineth myne aucLour, whose corps wasburyed at 
 the abbey of Crowlande. In the. xi. yere was holden a great counsayll or sinode of the 
 clergy of f lande, in seynt Paulys churche of London, where, amonges many thynges 
 ordeyned for the rule of the churche of Englande, dyuers bysshoppes sees were transported 
 
 J^from one place to another; as Sehvey to Chechester, Kyrtoii to Exeto', Wellys to Bathe, 
 Shyrbourne to Salysbury, Dorchester to Lyncolne, and y see of Lychefelde to Chester ; 
 whiche thynges thus ordered, with many other for the churche, y sayd counsayll was 
 desolued. In the. xiii. yere of his reygne, after the dethe of Hinnan, bysshop of Salys- 
 bury, succeded Osmonde, the kynges chaunceller, the whiche buytded there a newe 
 
 ^churche, and brought thyther clerkcs that were garnysshed with vertue and Cunnynge : 
 and he hymselfe wrote and bonde bokes, that were occupyed in the deuyne seruyce of the 
 churche, as the Ordynail or Consuetudynary, the whiche, at this daye, is occupyed in the 
 more partye of Englande, with Walys and Irelande, and is nowe named Salysbury vse, ^''- ^•«''''- 
 or the ordynary after Salysbury vse. In the. xv. yere of his reygne, Robert, the eldest ^°j|^'"^""' 
 "frsone of kynge Wyllyain, the whiche was surnamed Curthose, or Shorthose, and Shorte Bote 
 also, for he myght nat haue the duche of Normandy, whiche his fader had somtyme as- 
 sygned & gyuen vnto hym, and after, for his wyldenesse, had agayne resumed it, he, with 
 fauoure and ayde of the Frenshe kynge Phylyp, and of Lo\^ys his sone, toke prayes in 
 that duchy, and put his fader to moche trowble ; in somoche', that at lengthe the fader 
 ^•and the sone met in playne felde, with. ii. great hoostes, and eyther with other faught a 
 cruel batayl. 
 
 ' Bysshope of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. * Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ' Hereforde. edit. 1533. 
 
 Hertford, edit. 1542. 1559. * hewyth thesayde Raufe made. 
 
 It 
 
246 SEPTIMA PARS WILL'I CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 It is radde, that, duryng this batayll, Wyllyam was throwen from his horse, and in 
 great ieopardy of his lyfe, wherof his sone Robert beynge ware, was so inoued with 
 pytie that he rescowed his fader, and delyuered hym fre from all daunger of hisenenayes; 
 but howe so it betycle of the kynge, trouthe it is that many of his men were slayne, and 
 rhis seconde sone, Wyllyam the rede, sore hurte : so that in the ende, kynge Wyllyatn 
 was fayne to refuse the felde, and gatte, at that tyme, none aduauntage of his sayd sone. 
 For the whiche dede and rebellion thus made by the sone,#the fader accursed hym, after 
 the opynyon of some wryters. Whyle kyng William was thus occupyed in Normandy, 
 the Norlhumbers waxte sterne & rebel!, & slewe, in theyr rage, Walkerus, the bysshop 
 "■of Doreham, but for what cause myn auctour expresseth nat. 
 
 Aboute this tyme Warynge, erle of Shrewesbury, made. ii. abbeyes [in the worshyp of 
 God and seynt Mylborgh,]' wherof one was sette in the suburbes of Shrewesbury,' and 
 that other at Wenlok. In the. xvii. yere of kynge William, a cursed stryfe was arered 
 attwene Thurstone, abbot of Glastenbury, a Norman, and his monkes; wherof a parte 
 (rof the cause was, that the abbot despysed, & wolde haue sette aparte, suche songe and 
 offices as by pope Gregory,* and Augustyii his disciple, of olde tyme to theym was as- 
 sygned ; & wolde haue compelled them to haue folowed the vse of one Wyllyam of Fes- 
 campe. And ouer this, Thurstone wasted and spended the goodes of that place inordy- 
 natly in lechery, and by other insolent meanes, and vvithdrewe frome the monkes theyr 
 loolde accustumed dyet. For the whiche causes, firste began great wordes with chydynge, 
 and after strokes and fyghtinge^ so ihat y^ abbot. gatte vnto hym armed men, and fyll vpon 
 his munke's, and slewe. ii. of theym at the hygh alter, and wounded of theym. xviii.;. 
 and the munkes, with fourmes and candelstyckes, defended theym in suche wyse, that 
 they hurte many of the armed men. Than the complaynt was brought before the kyng, 
 jfby whose iugement, Thurstonne was agayne retourned, vnto Cadony, frona whens he was 
 brought, and the munkes were spred abrode into dyuers houses thoroughe Englande. 
 But it is sayd that, in ^^ tyiije of Wyllyam the rede, ^:his Thurstone opteyned the rule of 
 NouumsuW- that abbey agayne, for the pryce of v.C.li. In the, xix. yere of his reygne, kynge Wyl- 
 lyam than raysed a newe maner of trybute, for he caused to be gadered, thoroughe En- 
 3oglande, of euery hyde of lande. vi. s. 
 Anacrecoii- An hyde of lande conteyneth. v. yerdes, & euery yerde conteyneth. iiii. acres, and so 
 
 perchesin^'iength, an liydc of lande conteyneth. xx. acres. And, nat longe after, he caused to be serched 
 &1'iii'a'c"er'''' howe moche lande eyther of his barony* helde, howe many knights fees, howe many 
 make a yerde, townes, and what nofflbre of men, and of beestes, were with in this lande; wherof he 
 ^iltJrhtX irconiaunded a boke to be made, whiche all was done: for the whiche dede, this- lande 
 [Li. 7; ca. 4] was attcr greued with many sondry plages, as after shall apere. In the. xx. yere of the 
 makel wshtcs ^vgne of kyugc William, Canutus, kynge of Denmarke, with helpe of the Flemynges, to 
 fee, by the whomc hc was called with a great army, came towarde Englande, but by the pronysion of 
 rknyghtsrr' , the kynge, they were so fered that they were lette of theyr iourney. Than kynge Wyllyam 
 ck"^rcret'&'"'^^"^ vnto, ill.* of his champyons. iii. byshopryches ; to Moryce he gaue Lodon, to Wil- 
 thaisTmed lyam he gaue Thetforde, and to Robert he gaue Chester ; whiche Robert was after re- 
 tviihfaTere* ^^^^^ ^0 Couctrc. Of this Robcrt reportcth Ranulfe, that he scraped frota one heme 
 of his churche in Couentre. v. C. marke to fyll with the hande of kynge Wyllyam. -Erie 
 Leofricus, that was duke of Mercia, in the tyme of Edwarde the Confessour, hadde adourned 
 ;»i-that churche with great ryches of golde, syluer, and other precyous iewelles. 
 
 In this yere, Edgare Etlielynge, whiche was, reconsyled vnto the kynges fauoure, by 
 
 lycence of the kynge, sayled into Apulia. Than began the foresayd plages to sprynge, 
 
 for great moreyne fell vpon the brute bestes, brennynge feuoures amonges the people, and 
 
 also great hunger & barreynesse of the erth. Also in this yere, great hurte was done in 
 
 Romany places of the lande by fyre, and specyally in the cytie of London, wherin, or" vpon 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ^ Gregory, byshop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. ' a hundred a«d 
 
 X edit. 1542. * This marginal njte is imefted in the text in the later editkns. ♦eche Oif 
 
 hys barons. ' nil. edit. 1542. 1559, br/ midake, * where. 
 
 2 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS WILLI CONQUESTORIS. !547 
 
 the. vii. daye of the moneth of lulii, sodayne fyre began, the whiche brent a great parte 
 of the churche of seynt Paula, with also a great parte of the cytie. 
 
 Than kynge Wyllyam beynge in Normandy, was syke, & kept his chamber at Roan, 
 a loge tyme : wherfore Philyp the Frenshe kynge in his game sayd, that Wyllyam laye 
 
 rin childbedde, and norysshed his fatte wombe: the which wordes whan they were blowen 
 to kynge Willyams erys, he was greuously discontent, and sayd, " whanne I am chyrched 
 I shall offer to hym a thousande candellys lyght, with y^ whiche he shall holde hym smally 
 contented." The whiche promise he after perfourmed: for in the monelh of lulii, whan 
 come, fruyt, and grapes, were moost florysshynge, he entrede Fraunce with a great army, 
 
 loand sette on fyre many cyties and townes in the west sydeTof Fraunce ; and lastely, came 
 to the cytie of Meaus, and fyred it, and brent a parte therof, with the churche of our 
 lady, wherin he brent a woman, beyng closed in the walle of the sayd churche as a re- 
 cluse. 
 
 But of this thinge speketh nat the Cronycle of Fraunce,. nor yet for the more partie of 
 
 •rany thynge that soundeth to theyr dyshonoure, done vnlo tii^ypi by Englysse men. Li 
 this hete, or as some wrytefs haue, by f lepynge of an horse, kyug Wyllyam toke such 
 a dyseaseor sykenesse, that it was the cause of his deth. 
 
 And whan he felte hym thus greued, he called his sonnes before hym, and exorted 
 theim in his beste maner, that they shulde charytably loue and fauoure euery of theym 
 
 >«the other, and holde togyder as louynge bretherne : and after made his testament ; & 
 therin ordeyned Willyam Rufus, or W'yllyam the Rede, to be kynge of Englande, and 
 Normondy he beset vnto Robert Curthose, and to Henry his yongest soil, he be- 
 quethed his treasoure and mouable goodes. And that done, he enfourmed his. ii. eld- 
 est sonnes of the disposycion of bothe peoples, and warned Willyam to be louynge 
 
 ii^and lyberall to his subgettes, and Robert to be stern & surdy' vnto his. Than he was 
 moued with myldenesse, and delyuered frome pryson his owne brother, the bysshop of 
 Bayon, Marcharus, erle of Northuberlande, Wilnotus, the sone of Harolde, or after 
 some, the sone of Goodwyn, that was sent to Wyllyam by Edwarde the Confessour, to 
 remayne for a pledge for his sayde fader Goodwyn; and shortely, after thyse thynges with 
 
 3»other done, he dyed in Normandy, & was buryed in y cytie of Caaii, whan he had reygn- 
 ed as kyng of Englande. xxi. yeres, & vpon. x. monethes, in y moneth of lulii, & 
 the yere of his duchery the. lii. yere. 
 
 Whan Wyllyam was deed, men spake of hym as they doo of other prynces, and sayd ■'''>'• c*'i«<«. 
 that he was wyse and gylefuU, ryche and couytous, and loued well to be magnyfied & 
 
 srpraysed ; a fare speker and great discymuler, a man of skylfuU stature, but somedele 
 fat in f bely; sterne of face, & stronge in armys, & therwith holde, & had ther^V 
 great pleasure in huntynge and in makynge of great feestes ; but he passed all other in 
 leuying of taskys : whiche condycion his subiectes construed, iii. maner of wayes, and 
 sayde it was to the entent that he wolde excell all other in rychesse, or ellys for to with- 
 
 ^iStade and defende his enemyes, or ellys to staiiche y apetyte of his couetyse mynde. He 
 buylded. ii. abbeys in Englande, one at Batayll, in Sussex, where he wan the felde agayne 
 Harolde, and is at this daye called the abbey of Batayll ; and that other he sette besyde 
 London, vpon the South syde of Thamys, and named it Barmoundesaye : and in Nor- 
 mady he buylded other, ii. Also this man made the newe forest in the countre of South- 
 
 ^/ramptoi); the whiche to brynge aboute, he castdowne dyuers churches, by the space o£ 
 XXX. myles, and replenysshed it with wylde bestes^ and made harde and sharpe lawes for 
 the encreasynge of theym ; as losyng of iy6n and other : and he helde Englysshemen so 
 lowe, that in his dayes was almoost no Englyssheman that bare any ofFyce of honour or 
 rule : but yet somedele he fauoured the cytie of London, and graunted to the cytezeyns 
 -To the firste charter thateuer they hadde ; the whiche is wryten in Saxon tunge, and sealed 
 with grene wax, and expressed in. viii. or. ix. lynes. 
 
 ' sturdy. 
 
 ^C apitulum" 
 
g43 SEPTIMA PARS WILLI RUFL 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xxiii. 
 
 i:LL7.ea.50 Wlllyaui Rufus, or Wyllyam y Rede, the seconde sone of Wyllyam Conqueroure, 
 
 bet^an his reygne ouer Englade in f moneth of lulii, and the yere of our Lorde. M.lxxxix. 
 
 and the. xxxi. yere of the firste Phylyp, than kynge of Fraunce. Ranulfe, monke of 
 
 rChester sheweth in his boke of Policronicon, that Robert Curthose, eldest sone of Wil- 
 
 lyam Conquerour^ was at the tyme of his fathers deth absent, the whiche herynge that 
 
 his fader had preferred his yonger brother to the kyngdome of Englande, was therwith 
 
 greatly amoued : insomoch, thalhelayde liis dukedome to pledge to his brother Henry,. 
 
 and with that good, gadered to hym a strong army, & so landed at Hampton. 
 
 " Wherof Wyllyam, his brother, beynge warned, in all hast sent vnto hym messangers, 
 
 to whom he gaue comyssyon to saye in maner as foloweth : " Thy brother Wyllyam 
 
 prayeth the to take no grefe vf that he hath done, for he clepeth hymself not kyng, but as 
 
 vnder kynge to raygne vnder the, and by heipe of the, that arte gretter than he and better, 
 
 and rather borne; and if thou consyder it well, he hath nothynge hiysused hym agayne 
 
 ■nhe, for he hath taken vpon hym for a tyme, bycause of thyne absence. But for he is 
 
 nowe in auctoryte by thy sufFeraunce, he prayeth that he may vnder the so contynue, pay- 
 
 in"e to the yerely. iii. M. marke, with condycyon, that who so ouer lyueth may enioye 
 
 the kyngdome." Whan Robert hadde harde that message to the ende, he wagged his hede, 
 
 as he ttiat conceyued some doublenesse in this reporte ; but for he was lyberall and allow- 
 
 2»€d more the horioure than he dyd his profyte, as in other thynges folowynge of his dedes 
 
 it shall appere, therfore he lyghtly assented to all that was desyred, and retourned shortely 
 
 after into Normandye, wit plesaunt wordes withoute profyte. 
 
 This Wyllyam was crowned the. xxvii. daye of September, vpon the day of seynt Cosma 
 
 and Damyan, and was well eyded of Lamfrank whyle he lyued ; for he was dyuers and vn- 
 
 zrstable of maners so that atwene hjmi and his lordes was often dyssension. In the spryngynge 
 
 of somer folowynge his coronacion, Odo, hyssop of Bayon, whiche, as before ye haue harde, 
 
 was delyuered out of pryson by William Conqueroar, came into Englande, whome the 
 
 kynge ioyoiisly receyued, & gaue vnto hym, shortly after, the erledome of Kent; but he 
 
 toke vpon hym, in processe of tyme, to rule in suche wyse, as the kynge grudged with 
 
 3ohis doynge ; and for this the kynge and his sayd vncle fyll at vnkyndenesse, so -that he 
 
 wilhdrewe hym from y kynge and allyed hym with the bysshop of Doreham, the erlys of 
 
 Northumberlande, and Shrewesbury, with other : the which, confederyd togyder, toke 
 
 partie agayne the kynge, and dyd thynges to his displeasure and hurte. And amonges 
 
 other damages by theym doon, Roger de Maunt Gomoryk, erle of Shrewesbury, destroyed 
 
 aihe countre and endes of Englande vnto Worcetour towne, with ayde of the Walshe 
 
 men; but in the ende, thorough the prayer of the holy bysshop Wolstan, the Walshe men 
 
 viere so weked and febled, that a fewe knyghtes scomfyted of theym a great hoo^t. 
 
 Whan kynge Willyam conceyued y well nere all the Normans toke partie agayne hym, 
 he, than, forced of necessytie, drewe to hym the Englysshe men, and fauoured theim by 
 ■(^gyftes and easy lawes, so that by theyr strength he lastely recouered the erle of Shrewes- 
 bury, and chased some other of his enemyes, and shortely after occupyed the castelles' Sc 
 stronge holdes in Kent, belongyng to bysshop Odo, his foresayd vncle; and in the ende, 
 compelled hym to forswere Englande. And that done, he besyeged y cytie of Rochester, 
 wherin the bysshop of Doreham, the erle of Northumberlande, and other noble men were 
 i^rgadered, and wan it at length by appoyntement : so that his enemyes were vnto hym re- 
 j;Li.7.ca.6.] cosyled. In the thirde yere of his reygne, dyed Lamfrank, whan he had ben archebys- 
 shop of Caiiterbury. xviii. yeres, by whose meanes the monkes of Englande were brought 
 to the vse of theyr holy relygion"; the whiche before his comynge, lyued more lyke to 
 secukr preestes than religious men, and exercysed theym in huntynge and haiVkynge 
 r.for to auoyde idelnesse, and dysynge & cardynge in the wynter nyghtes, that they mygbt 
 
 ' Castell. 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS WILL'I RUFI. 849 
 
 be redy to kepe theyr howres & nyghtly seruyce, and in theyr apparell they were lyke 
 vnto consules and nat vnto monkes, with many other deformytyes; the whicbe, in the 
 begynnyng of Lamfrank, of polycie suffered for a season, leste he hadde brought all in 
 his toppe atones, and therby myght haue caused some sysme or varyaunce to haue rysen 
 rin f churche. In auoydynge wherof, with other inconuenyences, he lytell & lytell re- 
 frayned theym of theyr outrage ; and in processe of tyme caused and constrayned theym 
 to lyue after the oonstitucions and rules of theyr religyon. Aboute the tyme of* Robert [tJ'7'C«-7-'< 
 Curthose, duke of Normandy, entendynge to take his viagejnto the holy lande, layde 
 his dukedome to wedde to his brother Willyam, for. x. M. IL for leuyinge wherof, kynge 
 " Willyam set a taske vpon his comons and subgettes, and reysed a fayre' excydynge some 
 vnder colour of the same : so that bysshoppes melted their vessell, and lordes spoyled 
 theyr tenauntes. 
 
 The kynge of Scottes brake y- peace before made with Wyllyam Conquerour, and 
 wasted and toke prayes in the countre of Northumberlande. Than the kynge prouyded 
 Tft nauy, and sayled thyther in f wynter tyme ; but by tempest of the see, halfe his nauy 
 or a great parte of it was drowned, and many of his knyghtes were loste for colde and ^'^ <-•'•• 
 hunger; but yet in the ende, after dyuerse conflictis and bykerynges, by medyacio of 
 fredes, a peace and vnyte was cocludyd : so that Malcolyn, than kynge of Scottes, shuld 
 be obedyent to kynge Wyllyam, vnder f same othe f he was beforeiyme sworne vnto his 
 74 father, and kynge Wyllyam shulde yerely gyue vnto hym, in J* way of a fee, xii. markys 
 of golde. In the fourtbe yere of his reygne, & the. v. daye of October, passynge* tem- 
 peste of wederynge fell in sodry places of £ngl5de, and specially in the towne of Wynche- 
 combe ; for there by tempeste of thuder and lyghtenynge, a parte of the steple of the 
 church was throwen downe, and f crusifix with the image of our lady, also stondynge 
 ^'vpon the roode lofte, was I lykewyse ouerthrowen and brokyn, and shatered, and after 
 folowed a contagy and a fowle stenche, [the which endured, tyll the munkes hadde gone 
 in procession aboute the chirche, and all the houses adioynynge to y abbey, and other 
 placis.]' 
 
 Also this yere, at London, was great harme doon by force of the wynde, which blewe 
 
 36 1^ such violence, that it onerturned or reued, as witnessith Policronycon, ouer the nom- 
 
 ber of. vi. C. bowses ; and ^ rofe of saynt Mary Bowe in Chepe was also ryued ; wherwith 
 
 ii. men were slayne : and also at Salisbury was burte done, with the same wynde or the 
 
 lyke therof. 
 
 In f V. yere of Wylhelmus regn, he went in to Northuberlonde, and repayred such 
 jfholdes and castellys, as the Scottis by theyr warrys had blemysshed and apayred, and 
 cawsed a newe castell to be made at Caercoll, f cytie or towne which the Danys of. CC. 
 yeres passed had destroyed. Than the kyng retourned vnto Glowcestre, where he was 
 greuously vexed with sykenesse, so that he wende he shulde haue dyed : in tyme wherof 
 he toke great ropentaunce, and promysed if he myght escape, [he wolde neuer sell moo 
 jbenefyces, and ouer that,]' he wolde amende his lyuyng, & become a newe man but 
 after he was restored to helth that promyse was shortly forgoten. And in that yere he 
 gaue vnto Ancelyne,* the archebysshoperyche of Yorke ; but he myght take of it but as 
 the kynges pleasure was, tyll such tyme as the kynge hadde takyn his trybute therof. And 
 more ouer he auouched, that f see of Lyncoln belonged to the see of Yorke, tyll the 
 lirbishope of Lyncolne had pleased hym with a great sume of money, as. v. M. roarke, 
 after the wrytynge of Ranulphe, In the. \i. yere of his reygne, excedynge^ floodes, wher- 
 of the lyke in many yeres passed had not ben seen : and after that ensued wonderfull 
 frost, which frose the great stremes in suche wyse, that horse and carte passed ouer the 
 great ryuers : and in ^ ende whan the ise melted and brake, the payse therof brake many 
 na. stronge brydge, both of tymber & of stone. 
 
 ' He of. * Aboute thys tyme. ^ farre. * paisjng great. ' Omitted m edit. 15i2. 1559- 
 
 * Anselme. ' were excedynge. 
 
 K k IT Capitulum. 
 
250 SEPTIMA PARS WILHELMI. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xxiiii. 
 
 [Li.7.ca.r.] ABowte this tyme, f Welshmen with theyr kynge, or duke, named Rees, brake out 
 vpon the Englyssbe men in f bordour, where stondith the casteli of Brekenocke, and 
 there made m^asteryes for a whyle ; but in the ende his people were chaced and slayne, 
 
 rand he wounded to deth, so that he dyed the. iii. daye folowynge. This Rees is accompt- 
 ed, of wrytersj, to be the laste kyng of Walys ; for after this day they were so daunted, 
 thaX kynges of Englonde had them in suche rule, that they were vnder more stedfaste 
 obedyence, than they were before tyme : howe be it, they rebellyd full ofte as after shall 
 appere. And the yere folowynge, kyng Wyllyam to haue y coutrey I the more quyet, hewe 
 
 'odowne mocbe of the wood, and buylded in soudry places stronge castellys and pyles, by 
 mean wherof, more & more they were plucked to obedyence ; but not shortly after, but 
 specyally in the dayes of Edwarde the firste, a,Tid Edwarde y^ thyrde. 
 
 Malcolyn, kynge of Sootlonde, came vnto Glowcetour, to comon with the kynge of dy- 
 uerse matiers, and to take a fynall agrement ; but for kynge Wyllyam wolde haue demyd 
 
 trthyra in his eourte, therfore Malcolyn departyd from the kyqg in great dyspleasure, foi 
 the which and other causes, f warre atwene Englode and Scotlande was reuyued ; so tliat, 
 vpon saynt Bricius daye folowynge, Malcolyne, with his retynewe, fought with an erle 
 named Robert, and than erle of Northumberland, & there was slayne with his eldest 
 sone Edwarde. For sorowe whereof, Margaret, queue of Scotlande, & suster vnto Ed- 
 
 •jogare Ethelynge, as in the firste Chapitre of t|ie story of Wyllyam Coqueroure is shewed, 
 dyed soone after. 
 
 Than the Scottis made Dunwalde, brother of Malcolyne, theyr kynge, & put by his 
 sonnys ; but by the-ayde of kynge Wyllyam, Edgare, whiche of some wryters is named 
 Dunkam, was made kynge, as eldest sone of Malcolyne. In the. vii. yere of the reygne. 
 
 *rof kynge Wyllyam, Auncetyne or Auncelm, that was archebisshop of Yorke, was re- 
 moued to CaiiterbHry, as affermeth one cronicle ; but Policronycon & Guydo sayeti, y 
 Hugh, erle of Chester, beyng sycke & deseased, in the. vi. yere of Wyllyam Rufus, sent 
 into Normandy for Anselme, than abbot of Barry, for. iii. causes, the firste to visite & se 
 hym, & to be recousyled of hym as the man that he moost trusted, the secod cause was, |^ he 
 
 36shuld releue some abbeys of Englode, y the kynge vexed with greuous tributes, and the 
 
 thyrd cause was, J he shuld founde an abbey at Chestre, which place he after buylded, 
 
 & made one Richard his chapleyn, first abbot of y place, & soone after he was made 
 
 archeby^hop of Caunterbury j wherby it appereth that the sayde see was voyde, ouer the 
 
 |Li.7.ea. 8.] terme of. iii. yei'es. This sayd. vii. yere, England & Normady were greued w trybute, 
 
 3f& moreyne of men so sharply, y tyllynge of the erth was spared or put of for y yere ; & 
 there after ensued great hiiger. This yere also the Scottis slewe theyr kyng Edgare, & 
 restored agayne to y rule of the lond the forenamed Duwalde : & many grisly and vn- 
 couthe syghtes were this yere seen in Englode, as hostis of men fyghtyng in the skye, & 
 fyre lemys & other : [and the holy bysshop Wolston of Worcetour dyed soone after, of 
 
 itrwhome it is shewed, y he sondry tymes warned & rebuked Englyssbe men, for theyr mysse 
 lyuynge, & sayde for theyr offenses they were so punysshed of f Normans ; but the 
 Englyssbe men excused them selfe, & sayd y the Normans were worse in lyuynge than 
 they, whereunto the byshop answered & sayde, y God vsed the wyckednesse of them i En- 
 glyssbe men, for by y wycked he punysshed the wycked, & so doth God soffer the deuyll 
 
 Afto ponysshe synners in hell, & he hymselfe is ponysshed w them . Of this Wolstone.it is 
 radde, y kynge Wyllyam wolde haue put hym from his see, to f entent y he myght put 
 another into his see, wherof this holy man beynge warned, yode vnto the kynge, and 
 sayd to hym, " I am enfourmed y thou wylt take from me y which a better man than thou 
 arte gaue vnto me, wherefore of whom y 1 receyued so noble a gyfte, to hym wyll I gyue 
 
 r.it agayne, & than take it frome hym if that thou may;" & whan he had so sayd to f kyng, 
 he yode to f sepulture of Edwarde y Cofessoure, & after y he had made his prayers, 
 there he pytched his crosse in the marble stone jf laye vpon the graue : but no man myghte 
 
 pluckf^ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RUFI. S5l 
 
 plucke out f staffe, tyll Wolston came thyther hymselfe, and pulled it owte at the kynges fti. CxM. 
 comaundement. Wherfore the kynge seynge that maruayll, suffered hym to enioye his 
 benefice stylL]' In the. x. yere of William Rufus^ stryfe and discecion fell atwene hym, rn . ^. j 
 and Anselme bisshop of Caunterbury : for Anselme myght not call his synodis, nor cor- 
 
 rrecte the bysshoppis, but as the kynge wolde. The kynge also chaleged the inuestiture of 
 bysshoppys, and pilled the spiritualtie and temporaltie with vnresonable taskys & tributys, 
 the which he spent vpon the towre of London, and the makynge of Westmynster hall, Westemester 
 and ouer that the kynges serUaiitys greued and pylled Englysshe men vnresonably ; and ^^j^"* 
 to this oiysery was ioyned, the vnsacrable* co^^ptous of Ranulph, that was somtyme chape- 
 
 /olaype vnto William Conqueroure, the which was at this daye the kynges procuratour, 
 and gadered of his taskys ouer all. He was so couetous and so euyll disposed, y he wolde 
 leuye. iii. taskys for two ; he pylled the ryche & bare downe the poore, and caused many 
 men to lose theyr londis for small causes : therfpre the kynge had hym in his synguler fa- 
 uoure, and by his meanes bysshopryches were boughte and solde, as playnlye as other mar- 
 
 cchaundyses. For thattymeclerkes vsed busshed and brayded hedys,longe tayled and blasynge 
 clothes, shynynge golden ^rdellys, & rode with gylte spurres, with vsynge of dyuerse 
 other enormytees, all whiche vyces Anselme wolde haue corrected, but he lacked assys- 
 tece of his bretherne the bysshoppis, for the whiche cause & other, he departed the lode : 
 wherewith the kyng beynge mysse contented, sent after hym such persones as robbed 
 
 ■wand spoyled hym, and entreted hym I moost cruell maner. For the which dede, Raufe, 
 bisshop of Chichestre, blamed f kyng, and also rebuked all suche bisshoppys as had re' 
 fused the partye of Anselme, & had fauored the kynge in causes concernynge the fore- 
 sayde variauce : and farthermore he withstode the kynge & his officers, in takynge of 
 fynes of preestis for cryme of fornycacion. For which causes, the kynge with f 
 rsayde Raufe, was sore amoued and discontented, and opteyned such fauoure, that he 
 suspended many churches of his dyoses; but in ^ ende, Raufe demeaned hym I such 
 wyse, that he had his owne wyll, & his churches enlarged & freed, that before were 
 stopped 1^ thornys, & the kyng gaue vnto hym the fynes of preestys within his dioses, & 
 endued the see of Chichester with many great gyftes. Vpon* a tynie, kynge Wyllyam was 
 
 3«rydynge towarde his disporte of hutynge, & sodenly a messynger came vnto hym & sayde, 
 that the cytie of Cenemonya, in Normandye, was besyeged ; wherefore he without longe 
 taryinge or aduysement, toke the-streyght way to the see syde, and sent to his lordis 
 chargynge them to folowe. Whan the sayd lordes came to bis presence, they aduysed 
 hym to tarye tyll his people were assemblyd ; but he wolde nothynge doo after theyr coQ- 
 
 jrsayll, but sayde, suche as hym loued he shortly wiste wele wolde folowe hym, & so yode 
 to shyppe. Settynge aparte all parellys, the mayster of the shyp was afrayde, he sawe 
 the weder so darke & so clowdy, & counceyled the kynge to tary tyll the wynde wolde 
 blowe more fauorably ; but he comaunded hym to make all spede that he cowde vpon his 
 lyfe, sayinge that he neuer harde y euer any kynge was drowned. And so he passed the 
 ^rfiee, & londed in Normandy, & gathered to hym ther his knyghtes. Wha the capitayne of 
 the siege, whose name was Helyas, knewe of the kynges londyng, he fered, and anon 
 began to breke the syege ; but by treason he was taken and brought to the kynges pre- 
 sence, to whome the kynge shewed suche pitie, that he suffered hym to be at his libertie, 
 which, after the opynyon of Wyllyam de Regibus, was done more of pryde than of com- 
 
 i,j- passion. 
 
 % Capitulum. CC.xxv. 
 
 IN the. xi. yere of the reygne of this Wyllyam the Rede, at a towne called Fynchaster, 
 
 in the coutrey of Berkshyre, a well caste out blode, as before it had don water ; & after, 
 
 by ^ space of xv. dayes, great flames of fyre were sene in the element in sundry places 
 
 -fo& tymes. This yere also the. ii. erlis of Shrewesbury & of Chester, eyther nabned Hugh, Vmdicu. 
 
 by the kynges comaudement, entred with theyr knyghtes f He of Man or Anglesaye, & 
 
 ' Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559- * vnsaceable. ' " of," omitttd. * »nd upon. 
 
 K ks slewe 
 
j25a SEPTIMA PARS RUFI. 
 
 slewe therein many Welshmen, & gelded many moo ; amonge f which apreeat, named 
 Kynredus, was drawen out of a churche, & serued of the same wyse, & also cutte his 
 tunge out of his hed, & put out his one eye : [but this preest was of such vertue, ^ by 
 myracle, he was restored to helthe within, iii. dayes ensuynge.]' In f which season & 
 rtyme, the kynge of Northganys or Norwaye wan the iles, cailyd than Orcades, 8c nowe 
 Orkeys : & after came with his stregth into the foresayd lie of Man, where, at the same 
 season, were the sayde. ii. erlis. Than betwene them was mortall fyghte, in the whiche 
 Hugh, erle of Shrewesbury, was stryken with an arowe in the eye, and dyed within, viii. 
 dayes after. But, as saythe Guydo, the I^iinys were chased, and f Englysshmen had y 
 '"victory. 
 
 Kynge Wyllyam was moche in Normandye, for somoche as Robert his brother was 
 allthis season in f holy londe, of whose actis shall some deale be towched in the story of 
 Henry the fiist : & Wyllyam had moche payne to rule the Normans, for they rebel- 
 More of West- 1yd often agayne hym. In y. xii. yere of his reygne, he came owte of Normady, & buyld- 
 mynster HaU. ,f-g(jx jjjg jj^jj of Wcstmynster y he had caused to bis buylded, and' was therwith discotented 
 y it was so lytle. Wherfore, as it is rehersed of some wryters, he entended, if he had 
 lyued, to haue made a larger, & y to haue serued for a chauber. Robert Losauge, f 
 some tyme had ben abbot of Ramsey, & than bysshop of Thetforde,- by gyfte of a. M.li. 
 to the kynge, repented hym after, & bewepte y vnskylfull dede, and toke his way to Rome, 
 "& dyd for it his enioyned penaunce ; & after retorned into Englonde, & turned his see 
 frome Thetforde to Norwich, & fouded there a fayre monastery of his owne goodis & not 
 "of 5^ patrymony of Crystes churche : but there* a dowt to c5syder, he' was first an abbot 
 lLi.7.ca.io.] & after a bysshop. About this tyme, by the meanes of one Stephen Hardyng, a muke 
 of Sherbourne, an Englysshe man, of y order of Sisteaux or whyte munkes, had his be- 
 «fgynnynge in the wyldernesse of Cystery, within the prouynce of Burgoyne, as witnessetb 
 Ranulph munke of Chester; but other wryters, as lacobus Phihppus, & the auctor of 
 Cronyca Cronycaru, Matheolus, with other, sayen f this Stephan was the seconde abbot 
 of;y^ place, & that it was first founded by y^ meanes of one Robert, abbot of Molynese,' 
 in f yere of grace. M.lxxx. xviii. which, to folowe theyr sayinge, shulde be in the. ix. 
 >yere of f reygne of this kyng. This order was after brought into Englande, by one 
 called Walter Espeke, y fouded the firste abbey ofy relygyon, at Ryuall, about the 
 yere of grace, xii C.xxxi. the which shulde be about the. xxxi. yere of the firste 
 -Henry, than kynge of Englonde. Some what of theyr relygio is towchyd in the. 
 fLi.7.ca.xi.] X. C^hapitre of the. vii* boke of Polycronycon. After f kynge Wyllyam, as before 
 jris sayd, was retourned out of Normandy, many wonderfull prodygyes & tokyns were 
 shewed in Englonde, as y^ swellyng or rysyng of the water of Thamys, in such wyse y it 
 gel. Cxivii. drowned diuerse townes, and dyd moch harme by outpassynge his boundys in dyuerse 
 places about Lodon & ellys where. [Also the deuyll was seene walke in mannys lyke- 
 nesse,]^ w dyuerse other thynges whiche I ouer passe. The kynge was warned of this, & 
 'Mtold by his famylyers y God was notcotent w his lyuynge ; but he set all at noughte, & 
 made of it a scoffe or a iape. In y. xiii. yere of his reygne & begynynge therof, as the. 
 iii. day of August, after y sayinge of Ranulfe, this kynge Wyllyam beynge at his disport 
 of hutyng withi y newe forest, by glaunsynge of an arowe shot of a knyght, named Walter 
 Tyrell, was wouded to f deth, in y. xliiii. yere of his age ; after which deed f sayd Walter 
 frescaped and saued hymselfe : for fewe there were y hym pursued. And so f kyng, thus 
 wouded, was layde vpo an horse lytter & so coueyed to Wynchester, where shortly after 
 he dyed & was buryed. Of this man myght be made a moch lenger story if all his dedes 
 shuld be towched, the which toke vpon hym great thynges, & moch gretter enteded if he 
 myght haue lyued. The day before be was slayne, one axed of hym where he wolde kepe 
 rshis Cnstenlasse. ' At Poy tiers," sayd y kynw, <« " - - - • - 
 
 g, "for f erle entedyth to go towarde leru- 
 
 **w. ' ke. ♦ but tberjn is a dowt. 
 
 559, 
 
 ^ salem, 
 
 • Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ' when he saw. » ke. ♦ but therin « a Hnwt 
 
 for he. • viii. ' 0«««erfiii edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PRIMI. 253 
 
 nletn, & I woU assay to baue bis eriedome in morgage : for well I knowe he must cheuich 
 for money to perfourrae^ iourney." The daye y Wyllyam dyed he helde i his hades the. 
 iii.-bisshopryches, of Canterbury, of Wynchester, & of Salysburj-, & dyuerse abbeys, of 
 tbe which he let some to ferme. Also he refrayned f money y of olde tyme Was payed 
 
 rto Rome, called Rome scotte. Of this Wylliam, reportith Henry of Hutyngdon, & 
 sayth, y though this man were lyghte of some thynges, yet he was stedfaste & stable of 
 his promyse : so y what he promysed, good or euyll, shuld be perfourmed : & though he 
 ■were named couetous, yet it shuld seme that he was lyberall, as sheweth by this narracio Namci*. 
 followynge. Vp5 a season wha the abbot of a place in Englonde wasdede. ii. munkes of 
 
 10 the same place, the which before had gaderid money, made theyr frendes to kynge Wyl- 
 lyam, & offered large offers eyther of theym to be promoted to y dygnytie. There was also 
 a thyrde mUike, f which of mekenesse and of humylyte folowed the other, ii., to the entent 
 f vpon hym f the kyiig had admytted for abbot, he wolde haue geuen vpo hym attedauce, 
 & as his chapelayn to haue with hym retourned. The kynge called before hym the. ii. 
 
 /rmukis seuerally, & eyther out proferyd other ; & as he caste his eye a syde, he espyed y^. 
 iii. the which he domed had comen also for the same cause. Than the kynge called hym, 
 & asked if he wolde geue any more than his bretherne had offered to be abbot ; but he 
 answered to f kyng, & sayde, that he wolde nother offer nor yet gyue for it one peny, 
 nor wolde haue so great a charge by any meane wrogefuU. Wha the kynge had well 
 
 -lovnderstonden this thyrde mukes answer, he sayd, that he was best worthy to be abbot, & 
 to haue the rule of so holy a charge, & so he gaue vnto hym y benefyce without takynge 
 any peny. This kynge Wyllyam vsed alwey lemmans, wherfore he dyed without 
 issu legyttymat, whan he had reygned, as before is sayde, fully, xii. yeres & odde 
 dayes. 
 
 •w ^ Capitulii. CC.xxvi. 
 
 Henry, tbe. iii. sone of Willia Coqueroure, & first of that name, whichefor his con- [U 7. ca. j ».] 
 nyng was surnamed Bewclerke, began his reygne & domynyon as kyng of Englonde, f. 
 V. day of August, in the yere of our Lorde. xi.C. & one, and the. xliii. yere of the first 
 Phylyp than kynge of Frauce ; & was crowned at Westmynster ryght shortly after of 
 3o Thomas archebisshop of Yorke, and Morys bisshop of London. Thys Henry in his 
 youth plyed hym to suche study f he wasenstructe in the. vii. artys lyberallys. Anon he 
 made holy churche free, and vsed seynt Edwardes lawys, with the amendement of them : 
 he put out of his courte nyce and wanton men, and closed Ranulphe, bysshop of Dore- 
 ham, in the towre of Lodon, the which, as ye before haue harde, was so great with Wyl- 
 -lyam his brother ; and sent for Anselme archebisshop of Caiiterbury, which before was 
 fled the' tyranny of Wyllyam Riifus. This Henry chastysed the olde vntrewe mesure, and 
 made a yerde of the length of his owne arme, with dyuerse other thynges refourmynge 
 that loge before his dayes had ben mysse vsed j & aborred excesse of metys & drynkes, 
 and vsed to fyghte more with counceyll than with swerde. In the seconde yere of his 
 .(•reygne, Robert his brother, that by all this season had ben occupyed in warres vpon 
 Crystes enemyes, hauynge worde of the deth of his brother Wyllyam, and howe his bro- 
 ther Henry hadde takyn vpon hym as kynge, returned into Normandy, and there made 
 preparacion for to come into Englonde. 
 
 In this season also was broken out of pryson, Ranulfe bysshop of Doreham, and c6- 
 Himen to f sayde Robert into Normandye; the whiche excyted duke Robert in all that he 
 royght, to warre vpon his brother Henry : so that he assembled a stronge army of knyghtes, 
 & toke shyppyfige, and landed in processe of tyme at Portysmouthe. But by medyacion a 
 peace was made, and that in suche condicion, that he shulde haue. MMM. markes yere- 
 iye, as before was promysed vnto hym by Wyllyam Rufus his brother, with other con- 
 
 * ' fro the. 
 
 dycions 
 
25* SEPTIMA PARS WILHELMT. 
 
 dycions df successyoiii and other Thynges, the whiche I ouer passe for length of tynie. 
 Thus Robert beynge contented, contrary, to the myndys of his lordys, after he a season 
 hadde dysported hyni' in Englande,^ retourned into Normandy, where of his lordes he 
 was for this and other dedis before doon, as after is shewed, lytle or lesse and iesse set by : 
 
 rfor albe it that by his faders lyfe he hadde vyetory, and vtterly dyspleased hym, as some 
 deale before is towchedj yet by bis manhode & manful! dedys, he fell into the fauoure 
 of the people, and dyd many and great notable actys, and specially at the wynnynge of 
 the cytie of Aeon, vpon the myscreauntys and Tnrkys: [for the whiche deedys it appe- 
 ryth by the sequele of the story, that he was also in the fauoure of God : for whan the 
 
 foeleccyon shuld be made for the kynge of lerusalem, and certeyn prynces and prynees 
 peeres, by ordynaurice made, stoode with theyr taperp, abydynge the deuyne puruey- 
 aunce, that whose taper were firste with hefienly fyre lyghtened, shuld be admytted for 
 kynge, the taper of this duke Robert was first onely ; wherefore by deuyne purueyaunce]' 
 he was than chosen kynge of lerusalem ; the whiche he refused, for the payne and fcrauajle 
 
 'fthat he shulde haue with all, & also for the couetyse of y crowne of Englode. Foras- 
 sone as he had knowlege of the deth of his brother Wyllyara, anone he parted the coun- 
 trey, & sped hym horaewarde in all that he myght; for the whiche dede, as affermyth 
 myn auctor, he sped the warse in all his dedys after. This Robert was wyse in coiisayl], 
 stronge in batayll, and also right lyberall, & in his returne from lerusale,' maryed the 
 
 lodoughtet of Wyllyam de Auersana, lorde of Apulea, with whom he receyued great sonaes 
 of money for her dower ; y which by mean of his lyberalytie he spent shoi-tly after. Tba 
 fortune began to frowne vpon duke Robert, & set his owne lordys so agayn hym, y they 
 sent vnto kyng Henry his brother, Wyllynge hym to come into Normady, and they wolde 
 delyuer the countrey vnto hym, & holde hym for theyr chefe lorde & ruler ; wherunto, 
 
 ^as sayth y Englysshe Cronycle, kyng Henry soon cosented. But or euer this warre atwene 
 
 fti. CjtMii. the sayd duke Robert & kynge Henry began, this Henry maryed Mawde, or Molde, the 
 
 doughter of Malcolynej kynge of Scotlande, & of Margarete his wyfe, doughter of Ed- 
 
 warde the Outlawe, as in thebegynyng of [Caumptus, & of]^ Wyllyam Coqueroure, is 
 
 towched. Of the whiche Molde, this Henry receyued after sonie wryters. ii. sonnys & 
 
 3o two doughtersj ^ is to saye Wyllyam & Rychard, Mawde & Mary : & also the sayd auc- 
 tor, vr other, sayth, y Robert, duke of Normady, came into Englade, in y. iiii. yere of the 
 reygne, of kyng Hery, & had good chere of his brother & suster ; for y whiche he, at the 
 request of his sayde suster, released to his brother the forenamed trybute of. iii. M. 
 markys. But ill' tale tellers & couetous of sygnory, this brotherlye loue was after de- 
 
 ■srsolued, in such wyse y the kynge w a stroge army sayled into Normandy, & helde his 
 brother Robert w so sharpe warre, y he chaced hym frome one countrey to another, & 
 wan frome hym, Roan, Caao, Ealoys, ,& all the good townes of Normandy, & lastly 
 costrayned hym to aslie helpe of Philyp kynge of France, & after of f erle of Flaii- 
 ders; but he fayled helpe of them booth.. Than \V such power as he coulde make, he 
 
 "Mgaue bateyll vnto his brother kyng Henry, in y which he was taken, & sent ouer into 
 Englandes, & put into y^ castell of Cardyffe I Walys, where he remayned as prysoner, 
 whyle he lyued, & wha he was dede he was buryed at Glowcestre. »In this tyme & sea- 
 son as it were, in y^. iii. yere of kyng Henry, ^ churche of seynt Barthelmewe, in Smyth- 
 felde of Lodon, was begone to be fouded, of a mynstrell of this kynge Henry, named 
 
 lu-Rayer ; & after perfourmed & ended by good & well dysposed citezyns, of the cytie of 
 London. This place of Smythfeelde was at y daye a laye stowe of all order of fyltb, 
 & the place where felons, & other trasgressours of y kynges lawis, were put to execucio. 
 
 JU7.M.13.] ^ Capitulum. CC.xxvii, 
 
 SO as kynge Henry had fynysshed his warre i Normandy, & was retourned into En- 
 Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559, * Omitted in the subsequent editions. ' but by evel, edit. 1542. 1559- 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PRIMI. 255 
 
 glande, Rpbert de Bdiesyn, which was j eldest sone of Roger de Mount Gomcryi, erle 
 of Sbrewesbury, arose agayne the kyng, & manned his castellys of Shrewesbury, of 
 Brugges, of Arudell, and of Tekynhyll, & incoraged y^ Walshe men agayne f kynge ; but 
 y-kynge pursued so cruelly the sayde Robert, y, within, xl. dayes, he wan all those castellys, 
 
 ^& slewe many of his tpen, & gatte thefauoure of the Walshemen by gyftes and plesaunt 
 wordys, & also compellyd the sayde Robert to forsake Englande ; y which than sayled 
 into a corner of Normandy, and kepte hym there sedretly, tyll suche tyme as to hym was 
 thether comen Wyllyam, erle of Cornewall, which Wyllya was also erle of Nortom, in 
 Normady. Wha thyse. ii. erlys were assosyat they gadJered to theym great a strengthe of 
 
 "Normans, & dyd great harme within that prouynce. Wherfore y kyng sayled thether, 
 & made sharpe warre vpo them, in y which he lost many of his men ; but, i f ende, he put 
 from them theyr stregth, antl toke them bothe prisoners, & so helde theym terme' of theyr 
 lyues : & f doon, he set y coiitrey in good reste & peace, & after retourned into En- 
 glande. After which retorne, kyng Hery made sharpe lawes agayne theues & other, y 
 
 /rvsed vnlefull meanes ; in which lawes was cdteyned losynge of lyfe, of eyen, of stonys, 
 and other members of man, as ^ gylte requyred. And soone after, Anselme, archebis- 
 shop of Caiiterbury, assembled a gi-eat coiisayle at Lodon of f clergy of Englande, by 
 auctorite of the which cousayll, ,dyuerse abbottes & other were put from theyr dygny tie, for 
 f they had taken before tyme theyr abbeys by vnlefull meanys ; and amonges all other de- 
 
 TflCrees one was, that preestes shuld forgo theyr wyues. Than stryfe fell atwene the kyng 
 & Anselme, for that y he wold not sacre y^ preestes that had taky'n inuestiture of lewde 
 meiiys hadis, which before was forboden vpon payne of cursynge ; but Gyralde, arche- 
 bysshop of Yo^ke, for the pleasure of the kynge, sacred suche bisshoppis. Wherefore 
 Anselme beynge discotent, departed f lande, and yode to Rome, to shewe this, with 
 
 Tother thynges, to the pope*, which at y day, by moost accorde of wryters, shuld be 
 Pascall the seconde. In the. vi. yere of the kyng, the coutrey of Flaudres was sore 
 blemysshed & hurte by meane o-f the see, so that y Flemynges yode about to haue so- 
 coure of dwellynge, & requyred of the kynge to haue lycence that they myght in babet 
 them in f east partye of f ryuer of Twede, f which to them was graunted ; but, after 
 
 3»a sertayne of yeres, they were remoued into West Walls, where they remayned a longe 
 whyle, but after, they sprad all Englande ouer. 
 
 In the. vii. yere of this kyng, vpon a Fryday at nyght, in y' first weke of dene Lent, 
 was seen an vncouth starre betwene f sowth & the west, f which nyghtly appered at one 
 owre, & cotynued so by the space of. xxv. dayes : and for agayne that out of the east 
 
 vparte appered a great leuyn or beam of bryghtnes, which stretchyd towarde y- sayd starre. 
 And vpon Shei-e Thursdaye next ensuinge, were sene. ii. moonys, that one in the East, 
 and that other in the West. And in this yere, Anselme, by the kynges agrement, retourned 
 agayne from Rome, & shortly after called a conuocacion at iodon ; in the whiche, by 
 the popys' auctoritie, it was newely cofermed & enacted that no teporall man, after y 
 
 Dcdaye, shuld make inuesture^ crosse or with rynge. In the. viii. yere of the reygne of [Li. 7. ca. 14.] 
 kyng Henry, the fourthe Henry, emperoure of Almayne, the whiche haddemaryed Moide, 
 the eldeste doughter of kynge Henry, whan she was of the age of. v. yeres, prysoned 
 pope Pascall* & dyuerse of the cardynallys. This Henry also warred agayne his father, 
 Henry the. iii. & lastly ^caste hym in sironge pryson ; for y' which deede, as affermyth 
 
 HrRanulfe, he wylfuUy, wha he had ruled the empyre. xx. yeres, resygned his dygnytie 
 into f handes of Calixtus, the seconde of that name, than pope', & after came secretlye 
 into Englande, & vnto Chester, vnwyttynge his wyfe or any of his frendys, where be 
 lyued loge after a s^rayte lyfe, and was buryed there at the laste. But to this sayinge 
 disagreeth the wryters of y' storyes of emperours ; for of them it is witnessed, that this 
 
 ■ The terme. * the b. therof. edit. J542. ISSg. ' B. of Romes. edit. 1542. 1559. * Pascal, 
 
 B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559- ' Byshop of Rome, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 7 Henry, 
 
256 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 
 
 Henry, the emperour, after he had ruled f empyre, as before is sayde. xx. wynter, he 
 dyed at a place in Almayne, called Spyre, & there was buryed, with his' scripture vpoa 
 his touinbe. 
 
 Filius hie, pater hie, auus hie, preauus iacet hie. 
 
 J" Which is to mean in our vulger tunge as foloweth : 
 
 The sone here lyeth with also the fader, 
 The belsyre, for & f great graudfader. 
 
 Whan Henry, the emperoure, wa? thus dede, as after it shalbe shewed, wha con- 
 uenyency of tyme requyreth, what became of his wyfe it shall there be declared. In the. 
 
 '0 ix. yere of the reygne of kyng Henry, the archebisshop Anselme professed Gyrarde, 
 archebisshop of Yorke, to the yoke of his obediece, as he was before taughte by the lore 
 of Lamfranke, his predecessour ; & the. x. day of August folowynge, he sacred v. bys- 
 shoppys at one tyme ; as of Wynchester, of Salysbury, of Exetur, of Hereforde*, & of 
 Glamorgan : & kynge Hery ordeyned a bysshoppys see at Ely, & ordeyned there Henry, 
 
 «^ had ben bisshop of Bangore, & beset Cambrydge shyre to the see of Ely ; & to ^ 
 
 bisshoppis see of Lyncolne he gaue his owne towne of Spaldyng, for he had mynysshed 
 
 Fti. Cxiix. that see by the preferment of Ely. In the. x. yere dyed Anselme, archebisshop of 
 
 Caunterbury, after whose deth y see was voyde. v. yeres, & the goodys of the churche 
 
 spent to y kynges vse ; & wha he was prayed to helpe y church, that was without an hede 
 
 lo'Sc, a pastor, he vsed to answere, that his father & also his brother had accustomed to set^ 
 there the best proued men that they myght fynde, & to the entent y he myght do the 
 same, he toke the more tyme and laysoure. With suche mylde answers he so put of f 
 tyme, that he fylled his cofers with the great somes of that benefyce. [And who that is 
 desyrous to knowe of the great vertue of this bysshop Ancelme, let hym rede in the. xiiii. 
 
 srChapytre of the. vii. Boke of Polycronycon, & there he shall fynde a parte tberof.]* 
 About this tyme, as wytnessith f Freshe Cronycle, a contrauercy began atwene the 
 kynge & Lewys, kynge of Frauce, sone to Philyp the firste : this Lewys was surnamed 
 Lewys^ great, outher for his'bygnesse of persone, or ellys for greatnesse of hisdeedys. 
 This Lewys sent vnto kynge Henry, beynge in Normandy, & gaue vnto hym monycion 
 
 3oof homage for the duchy of Normandy, & also that he shulde restore vnto hym, or bete 
 downe to the grounde, the castell of Gysours, and also to recompece and restore for 
 hurtys and harmes that his Normans had doon in those partyes. But all this of kyng 
 Hery was denyed ; and shortly after skyrmysshes & cocke fyghtes began atwene y^ sayd.^ 
 ii. prynces ; kyng Henry lyinge at the sayde castell of Gysours, and Lewys at a place 
 
 jrcalled Mount Calue. But this encreased in suche wyse, that after eyther prynce sought 
 more rome places; whose knyghtes sundry tymes met ; but of any notable batayll I fynde 
 no remembraunce : albe it that the sayd warre contynued by the terme of. ii. yeres, in the 
 ende of which, ii. yeres, Wyllyam, the eldest sone of kyng Hery, beynge a chylde, and 
 within age, coteted so wele the mynde of Lewys, that he refrayned of his warre for that 
 
 /wtyme. In the. xiii. yere, at Shrewesbury was a great erth quake, and at Notyngham, 
 from the morne to the vndertyde, the ryuer of Trent was so fordryd in the moneth of 
 lunii, as sayth Guydo, y men went ouer drye, and the starre called stella cometa, or y- 
 blasynge starre, apered soone after : thervpon folowed an harde wynter, great deth of the 
 people, & scarcete of vytayll by the great moreyn of beestes. In tuis yere also the kynge 
 
 ^founded the abbey of Hyde, without the wallys of Wynchester, ;y of olde tyme was win f 
 wallys. 
 
 • this. * Hartforde. edit. 1542. 1559. b;/ mistake. ' Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. SS7 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC. xxviii. 
 
 - IN the. XV. yere of his reygne, the kynge entendyd to haue promoted Faricius, abbot [Li. 7. a. if .] 
 of Abyndon, vnto the see of Canterbury : but by a counceyll, kepte at Wyndesoure, of 
 bysshoppys, the kynges mynde was cbaunged, and to that see was than admytted Raufe, 
 
 rthat was bysshop of Rochester. And the same yere one Thurston was chbshen archebysshop 
 of Yorke; the which withsayd his prefessyon of obedyence y he shuld owe to the see of 
 Cauterbury ; wherefore at lengthe he was depryued of his dygnyte : but after by labour 
 f he made to Pascall the pope', before named, the sayd pope' wrote vnto the kynge y he 
 shulde restore Thurstone agayn to the see of Yorke, by whiche meane he was agayne 
 
 /orestored, but yet he dysdayned to do his lawful! obedyence vnto Raufe, archebysshop of 
 Cauterbury, Than f stryfe was renewed, which Lamfranke before, as ye haue harde in Limfriicei 
 the. iii. Chapitre of Wyllyam Conqueroure, dyd appeace, & was brought I argumet 
 before the pope', the whiche, at the kynges request, promysed y he wolde nothynge do 
 nor ordeyn y shulde be derogacion to y^ archebysshop of Cauterbury, or to the dyguytie 
 
 rof his churche ; but in conclusyon, the pope' gaue suche a defuse sentence in this mater 
 f he lefte f stryfe vndetermyned & vnassoyled ; and whan y kynges protectours*, with 
 also the archebysshoppis of Caiiterbury were absent, were it for nede or for fauoure, f 
 pope' was so bowed f he forsoke f olde rule vsed before his dayes, & sacred the sayd 
 Thurstone, & gaue vnto hym f pawle. For this dede the kynge was sore discotent with 
 
 Jo Thurstone, & warned hym f entre of his lande. Wherefore the pope' wrote after shortly 
 to f kyng, wyllyng hym to suffer Thurston to occupye his see peaseably, or he shuld be 
 accursed' and suspended by the dygnytie of the offyce of Caunterbury, & so Thurston 
 enioyed his see. In the yere of our Lorde. xi. C.xviii. as sayth the Frenshe Cronycie, 
 whiche was the. xvii, yere of this kynge Henry the firste, the warre was agayne quyckened 
 
 iratwene kynge Henry & Lewys, kynge of Fraunce, wherof was f occasion, as sayth f 
 sayd Frensh Cronycie, Thybaude, erle of Chartres, whiche Thybaude was greued by 
 the Frensh kynge, and for necessyte requyred kynge Henry of ayde and helpe, to whom 
 f kynge, as to his kynesman, sent ayde & socoure ; and afterwarde the kyng sayled ouer 
 with a stronge army, and sent a nobleman, named Stephan, into f lordeshyp of Brye to 
 
 34 defend© it agayne the Frenshe kynge. Whan Lewys vnderstode ^ kynge Henry was 
 londed in Normandy with so great power, he in all haste assembled a stronge power, & 
 drewe hym towarde the kyng ; but there were so stronge holdes mannyd with Normans, 
 & also suche depe & great ryuers, that the Frenshe kynge myght not wynne vnto kynge 
 Henryj Than lastlye, by a feate of warre, whiche were longe to reherce, he wan a 
 
 : ". towne, named Lyngues Incayse, in f which towne was a brydge to passe the ryuer of 
 Thee, & so into Normandy. Whan a certeyn of the knyghtes of Lewys had thus wonne 
 f foresayd towne, f sayd Lewys, with his people, sped hym shortly after & rescued his 
 foresayde knyghtes, & than spoyled & robbed f towne, f which was ryche, for so moch 
 as it had been in quyet & rest many yeres before; he also slewe and toke prysoners all 
 
 *Athe Normans there dwellynge, and put in theyr stede Frenshemen. And that doon, he 
 sped hym towarde kyng Henry, f which was at a castell called Maleassyse, & there made 
 purueyauce for the defence of the Frenshemen, & whan he had garnyssbed it to his 
 pleasure, he departed thens. But not longe after the Frenshe kynge came thyther iV his 
 hoole hoste of Freshmen, & after many sore & cruell assautys wan the sayde castell, & 
 
 4rbet it downe euen 1^ the groude. After which season, as sayth the sayde Cronycie, fell 
 to the Frenshe kynge many & dyuerse mysfortunys ; for shortlye after, amonge other 
 myssechauces, a noble capitayne of hisj named Angueran de Chaumoilt, the which hadde 
 doon moche harme in Normandy to kynge Henry, & wonne therin some castellys & 
 other stronge holdys, dyed sbdeynly ; & in shorte tyme after Baldewyne, erle of Flaunders, 
 
 ' B^nhoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. * procuratoun. * accuied. edit. 15*2. 
 
 Li a man 
 
258 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 
 
 a man of great strengthe & puyssauce, as he beseaged a castell, was wounded in the 
 face, & dyed within, vi. dayes after. Than Fouques, erle of Aungeous, in whom also 
 this Lewys afFyed moche & trusted, maryed his doughter vnto Wyllyam, y eldest sone of 
 kynge Henry, & refused f kyng of Frafices parte, & ayded and assysted kyng Henry iij ' 
 
 rail that he myghte, so ^ dayly the power of kynge Henry enclreased, and tlie Frenshe 
 
 kynges mynyssbed. Lastly theyse. ii. prynces met with theyr bothe hostys in playne felde, 
 
 & fought a dedely & cruell batell, where, in the ende, the Frenshe kynge was ouercomen 
 
 M CJ. and loste moche of his people, and was compelled to flee vnto a place called Audely for 
 
 his sauegarde. But this ouerthrowe of .Freshemen is excused i the moost fayrest maner,. 
 
 w so that they excuse Ihemselfe, and say, that kyng Henry set vpon kyng Lewys whan he 
 was not ware, but his knyghtes all out of aray and ordre j & also kynge Henry hadde 
 farre exeedynge nomber of men ouer that theyr kynge had, with other wordys of booste 
 of themselfe, & sclaunder of Englysshemen ; the whiche, as to me apereth, is an augme<- 
 tacion of theyr owne shame : but Ranulfe, the mvike, sayth shortly, that kyng Hery 
 
 rouercame the Frenshe kynge royally in batayll. Tha it folowith in f story fynally, theyse 
 sayd prynces were agreed, & Wyllyam, the sone of kynge Henry, dyd homage vnto the 
 Frenshe kynge for the londis of Normandy, by f agrement of his fader ; for the kynge 
 thought hymselfe to good to be vnder the obeysaunce of the Frenshe kynge. Than kyngo 
 Henry caused his free men of Englonde and of Normandye to doo homage vnto his sone 
 
 ^"Wyllyam : & soone after Fouques, before named, lefte his erledome of Angeer or An- 
 
 giers, in f guydynge of kyng Hery, & yode hymselfe into f Holy Lade, & wylled in his 
 
 testamet f if he retourned not agayn, that the sayd erledome shulde remayne vnto hys 
 
 sone in lawe Wyllyam, sone of kynge Henry, which had maryed his doughter. About 
 
 lixj.tfii.} ^. XX. yere of f reygne of kyng Henry, quene Molde &' Mawde, his wyfe, dyed i 
 
 Ti'Normandye, the wfciche in her youthe was sette by her father, kynge of Scottys, into a 
 nunry, and there ware & vsed f vayle & habet of a nunne ; for the which cause, whan 
 kyng Henry was agreable to take hyr vnto wyfe, this mater fell in great despucion*, & 
 Anselme, than archebisshop of Cauterbury, was sore agayn that maryage a season* of 
 
 . tyme : but at lengthe it was sufTyciently proued that she was there as a fygure, a woman 
 
 3iwerynge that habyte without professyon of ordre, and this was thus ordered by her fader, 
 to the ende to put by vnworthy wowers. This, of wryters, was reputed for a blessyd & 
 holy woman, after the lyuynge of a worldly woma. Wha kyng Henry hadde contynued 
 in Normandy vpon the season and terme of. iii. yeres, he toke shyppynge at Harteflete, 
 in Normandy, & sayled happely into Englode the same day, that is to mean, the, xxiiiL 
 
 3rdaye of Nouember, as sayth some wryters ; or' shortlye after, Wyllyam, duke of Nor- 
 mandy, with Richarde his brother, Notba, the coiitesse of Persy, Richarde, erle of 
 Chester, with his wyfe> the kynges nece, & the archedekyn of Hereford, and other, to 
 the nomber of. C. Ix*. persones, toke shyppynge at the sayd porte, aqd were all drowned, 
 a bocher onely excepte; which mysfortune fell by the ouersyghteofthemayster & other, 
 'owhich fell at a dyssencyon> in the nyghte amonge themselfe : by reason wherof they ranne 
 vpon a rocke, as shewed the foresayde bocher. From this dauger Wyllyam, duke of 
 Normandy, was escaped, and was in the shippe bote nere vnto the londe ; but whan he 
 harde the lamentable crye of the countesse Notha, he comaunded the rowers to returne 
 & saue the sayd coutesse ; which done, by what mysfortune I cannot say, after ^she was 
 
 wrreceyued into the bote, were it by tempest or diier chargyng of y^ bote or other wyse, they 
 were all swalowed. of f see, so f none of the was ^fter foude, but parte of theyr, goodes. 
 Of this duke Wyllya some desclaiiderous wordes are lefte in memory, both i ^ Englyssh 
 Cronycle, & also of other wryters, y which I ouer passe, 
 
 - Or., * «lisputatioB. edit. IW. 1559. » and, edit. 1533. 1S42, ♦ Cxi. edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 Y CapitulttDU 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICr. fSQ 
 
 % Capitulum. CC.xxix. 
 
 IN the. xxi. ycre ©f his reygne, kynge Henry made f parke of Wodestoke besyde Ox- 
 yiiforde, ^ other plesures to^ same; & Fouques erle of Augiers retoumed out of the 
 holy Londe, & maryed the suster of her p before he had mailed, vnto Wyllyam duke of 
 rNormandy, vnto f sone of Robert Curthose, & gaue with her f erledome of Conoman- 
 na, & stryfe began to kyndeli atwene kynge Henry & the sayd Fouques, for the with- 
 holdyng of the dowre, or ioyotoure, of his firste dbughter, maryed vnto Wyllyam f kynges 
 sone. In the. xxiiL yere of kyng Hery, dyed Raufe archebisshop of Caunterbury, & 
 one named Wyllyam was set in that see after hym; & the kynge, I this yere, began the foun- Tiiefcegr»»y»ie 
 'odacion of the abbey of Redynge ; & lobna cardynall of Rome, was sent from Calyxte ^**'^'^ 
 ^ seconde of ^ name, than beynge pope', for certeyn maters consernynge the pope.' In ^'*'' 
 the tyme of which his so beynge here, f cardynall made sharpe processe agayn prestys, 
 f noresshed cristen moyles, & rebuked them by open publysshemet and otherwyse, so y 
 he wanne hym here but small & lytle fauoure; but this dissymuled doctour toke so great 
 ffaruece in the correction of the iugement of preestes of Englonde, y he forgate f lore'& 
 COOceyll of his famous pope* Caton, which in f boke of his cousayle, or of wysdome, 
 ithus saytb^ » 
 
 Que culpare soles, ea tu ne feceris ipse : 
 Turpe est doctori, cu culpa redarguit ipsum. 
 10 The which, ii. verces maye be Englysshed as foloweth : 
 Auise the wele, let reason be thy guyde, 
 Whan other folke thou arte about to blame, 
 That suche defawte in the be not espyed ; 
 For if there be, than shalte thou haue the shame. 
 T-rA mannes honoure such thynges woU reclayme. 
 It is full foule whan that a man woll chese,' 
 If that his dede agayne his wordys preche. 
 
 This couceyll was not remembred of the sayd cardynall ; for in ^ euenyng, after he had 
 lewdely blowed his home, & sayd it was a detestable syne to aryse from f syde of a strii- 
 
 30 pet, & sacre f body of Cryste, he was taken w a strupet, to his open shame & rebuko. 
 
 In f. XXV. yere of kyng Hery, was called a couceyl at Lod5, where f spiritualtie c6- 
 
 dessended p the kynges offycers shulde punysshe preestis y cherysshed the foresayd mulys ; 
 
 but the sayd offycers toke money, & suffered f preestes to spurre theyr mulys at theyr 
 
 pleasure : whiche ofFyce at this day is so clerely renouced of all spirituall men, f nother 
 
 3fkyng nor bysshop takyth for it any fynes, nor yet correccion necessary to be done for y [Li.7.M. 17.] 
 same. In the. xxvii. yere of his reygne, as reportith an olde cronycle, y^ gray freers, by Thuismentby 
 procurynge of ^ kynge, came first into Englonde, & had theyr first house buylded at„^er'|n^l' 
 Caunterbury : & about this tyine, by moost accorde of wryters, dyed Henry y^. iiii. empe- i^rr.icv.ytTe 
 rour of y name, whiche, as before is towchcd, maryed Molde f doughter of kynge Henry. atthu%^e!tS 
 
 foAfter whose deth, f sayd empresse came vnto hir father into Normandy. Whan kyng f^« *" "<* 
 Henry was asserteyned of f deth of Henry the emperoure, for so moche as he had none ^""^ 
 heyre male, he caused soone after f more party of his lordes of Englode, as well 
 spirituall as teporall, to swere 1 his presence, ^ they shulde kepe the londe of Englod to 
 f vse of Mawde f empresse, if he dyed withoute issue male, and she then suruyued. In 
 
 4;"the. xxviii. yere of kyng Henry, Geffrey Plantagenet, erle of Augeou, maryed Molde ^ ^i^^"^ 
 empresse; of the which, ii. dessended Henry the secode, f after Stephan was kyng of 
 Englonde. [In this yere also, f kyng had dyuerse monycyons & visions; for amonge m.cm. 
 Qther ferefuU dremys, he sawe a great company of clerkes with dyuerse wepons, which 
 
 ' B. of Rome, edit. IHi. 1559. ' Ui« famous phylosopher. edit. 1542. 1559- * teache. edit. 
 
 Uii.l559- 
 
 L 1 2 tnanassed 
 
Z60 SEPTIMA pars LODOUICI. 
 
 manassed bym for dette that he shuld owe vnto them, and whan they were passed, be 
 thought that he was manassed to detbe of his owne knyghtes, and lastly appered to hym 
 a great company of bysshoppes, whiche threteried hym, "and wolde baue sm'ytten hym 
 vr theyr crosses : by this monycipn he toke remorce in his consc^ce, & dyd great deedys 
 
 rof charytie in. Normandy, where he had seen theyse vysios':]' & after- his cottiynge tha. 
 
 into Englonde, [in satysfaccion of wronges doon tothe churche, aS afferaieth Guydo,]' 
 
 Thf abieyof he than fouded y abbey of Redyngie before spokyn of, and ouer that, he released vnto En- 
 
 edynge. glysshmcn, f Dane gelte, that was by his fader and his brother renewed. In the. xxx; 
 
 yere of this kynge Henry, dyed the erle of Flaunders, & kynge Henry, as sayth Ra- 
 
 (onulph, was byagrementof Lewys y Frensh kynge, as next heyre* feriheritouf to the sayd 
 crldome ; but it is not there expressed by what ma'ner of tN'tle Or succession. In the. xxxii. 
 jereof the kyngfej dyed Robert Curthose, the kyriges brother, the whiche. he had kepte 
 as prysoner in the castell of Cardyfe, from f. iiii. yere of his reygne or thete about; 
 whose corps, as before is shewed, was btiryed at Glowcetour, before the hygh alter. And 
 
 rabout this tyme was fouded the pryory of Norton, in the proiiynce of Chester, by one 
 Wyllyam, the sbneof Nychelle; & the abbey of Combremer, in the same prouynce, was 
 also founded about the same tyme. In the. xxxv. yCre of kyng Henry, was borne of Molde 
 the empresse, Henry short mantell, or Henry the seconde, [the which, as after shalbe 
 shewed, was consentynge to the marterdome of seyht Thomas of Canterbury .3' Kynge 
 
 ^Henry beynge in Normady, after some wryters fell from, or with his horse, whereof he- 
 caughte his deth : but Ranulphe sayth, he toke a surfet by etynge of a laprey, & therof 
 dyed, whan he had reygned full. xxxv. yeres & odde monethes. Than the kynges bowellys 
 were drawen out of his body, & than salted with moche salte, & for to auoyde the steche 
 which had enfected many men, the body was lastly closed in a bulles sfcynne, & yet it-was 
 
 wTiot all stynted. He y clesed the bed, dyed of the stench of the brayne. Than lastly the body 
 was brought in to Englonde, & buryed in the abbey of Redynge, y he had before fouded. 
 Than the fame of hym was blowen iabrode as it is blowen of other prynses, & sayd f he 
 passed other men in. iii. thynges, in wytte, in eloquence, & in fortune of bateyll ; & other 
 sayde he was ouercomen with. iii. vyces, with conetysej \V crueltye, and with luste of 
 
 3olechery. 
 
 ,,,! , One other made theyse versys of hym as folowen. 
 
 Kynge Henry is dede, bewtye of the worlde, for whom* great dole ; 
 Goddys nowe makyn' for theyr kynde brother, for he is sole. 
 Marcuriusin speche, Marce in batell, harte stronge Apollo, 
 3rlnpiter in best, egaU with Saturrie, and enem]^e to Cupydo. 
 Kynge he ivas of ryght, & man of moost ttiyght, & gloryous in raynynge : 
 And whan he lefte his crowne, than fell honour downe, for mysse of such a kynge.; 
 Normandy than gan lowre, for losse of theyr floure, and sange well a waye; 
 Englonde made mone, and Scotlonde dyd grone, for to se that daye. 
 
 Wo - f Capitulum. CC.xxx. 
 
 L'Ewys, the sone of f first Phylyp, began his reygne ouer the Frenshmen in the yefe 
 
 of our Lorde. xi.C.vii., to reken his begynnyng frome the deth of his father, and the. vi. 
 
 yere of the first Henry tha kyng of Engfcde. This Lewis, as before is touchyd, was ad- 
 
 tnytted to ^ rule of the lode certeyne yeres or his father dyed, and was surniamed Lewys 
 
 Wthe Greate, for grossenesse of his body. , 
 
 Anone as this Lewys had fynysshed the obsequy of the funerallys of his fader, he, with- 
 out tarying, called a couceyll of, histordes spirituall and temporall, at the cytie of Or- 
 leaRce, wh^re, of the 'bisshop"of the same see, \v ' 
 
 Eracn. 
 
 • Omitted in the edit. 154.2. 1559. * made erle as next heyr. » Omitted ia edit. 1542. ♦ whom(i= 
 
 i»> edit. 1542. * maken rowme. edit. 1559. 
 
 Av other adioynynge, he was solemply 
 
 * whomf:. 
 
 anoynted 
 
SEPTIMA PARS GROSSI. S6l 
 
 anpynted & crowned^ but not without grudge of the archebisshop of Raynes, for so moche 
 as of costome the Frenshe kynges vsed there to be crowned. 
 
 Soone after the coronacion of Lewys, Guy le Rous and Guy de Cressy, his sone, 
 ■which before tyme had been at debate & war re with Lewys, & Lewys had from them 
 
 •Ttakyn f castell of Gurnaye. This Guy le Rous, wilh his sone, seynge they myght not 
 preuayle agayne the kynge, awayted tbeyr tyme & seaso, and espyed whan £ndo his owne 
 brother, & erle of Corbueyll Avent forthe on huntynge, & toke hym, & as a prysoner 
 kepte hym in the castell of Bawdura ; wherof the cause was, for so moche as f sayde 
 Endo wolde not assyste noraydey' sayd Guy le Rous, his brother, agayn the kynge. 
 
 "Wha this was knowe, anon the fredes & tenautes of y^ sayd erle, shewed this mater vnto 
 the kynge, besechynge hym f he wolde ayde & assiste them to recouer theyr naturall 
 lorde ; whereunto the kyoge granted, & forth with sent a knyght or capitayne of his, 
 named Auncelyne, accompanyed with, xl, horseme before^ for so moche as it was shewed 
 vnto f kynge, y such as had the rule of the castell, wolde receyue suche persones as were 
 
 'Xsent frome hym, & delyuer the castell with y' prysoner vnto them: vpon whiche appoynte- 
 ment, this Anselyne, as before is sayd, was sent to entre this castell. But all contrary to f 
 former promyse made, this Auncelyne was betrayed & taken, and many of his menslayne, 
 and hym selfe set in pryson, where the sayd erle of Corbuayll was. Whereof whan the 
 kynge was enfourmed, he was passynge greuously discotent ; wherefore in all haste he 
 
 i«sped hym thyther, & compassed the castell with a stronge syege, & those that were within 
 defended them manfully. In f tyme of the whiche siege, nother Guy the fader, nor Guy 
 his sone, were within the sayde castell of Baudum. 
 
 But Guy, the sone, as a lustye and iuperdous knyght, put hymselfe in aduenture dy- 
 uerse wayes and tymes, to haue entred the sayd castell, for comfort of his men ; but all 
 
 irwas in vayne. Fynally, the kyng made so sore & cruell assautis, f be wan the first© 
 vrarde with great difficultye, and after the hole, & delyuered the erle, and Aucelyn 
 his stewarde, the which were in great dowte of theyr lyues ; and suche as he toke pryson- 
 ers of the soldiours, some he put to deth, and some he prysoned to theyr lyues ende, to 
 the terrour & fere of other. In processe of tyme after, at a place called the Roche of 
 
 3»Guy, whiche one Guy of olde tyme had buylded, dwellyd at this day one of p stocke, 
 named also Guy ; the whiche had to wyfe a fayre & good woma, the doughter of one 
 Wyllyam, a Norman, which Wyllyam entendynge to dyseryte the sayd Guy, and to bs 
 lorde of that stroge place, vpon a tyme whan f sayd Guy was in the churche, or cha- 
 pell, to here his deuyne seruyce, entred the churche, with a serteyn of harnessed knyghtet 
 
 jsvnder theyr mantelles, & fell vpon hym, and all to hewe hym : whereof herynge, the 
 wyle ran as a madde woma, and fell vpon her husbode, to the entent to saue hym frome 
 the strokys; but the tyrauntes were so cruell, that they forbare no thynge of theyr cruel- 
 tye, but wouded her with her husbonde, so that both were slayne, and that done, entred 
 the castell, and slewe all suche as they founde therin. Whan this Wyllyam, fader to f ■^•'- CJt&. 
 
 j/«wyfe of Guy, or brother to her, as afFermeth master Robert Gagwyne, Vas thus pos- 
 sessed of f castell of Guy5, he thought therby to rule all the countrey enuyron. But the 
 gentyllys & commonnis, herynge of this mooste shamefuU murder, assembled them togy- 
 der, & of one mynde, whyle some of them yode to the kynge, to enfourme hym of f 
 cruel dede, the other prepared abyllemetes of warre, & layde siege to the sayd castell. 
 
 wKynge Lewys, herynge of this shameful! dede, & the wynnynge of so stronge an holde, 
 ferynge the rescue of Englysshe men and of Normans, leste that castell by that mean 
 myght fall in to theyr hades: wherefore he sent his comyssion vnto the rulers of that 
 countrey, chargynge them with all diligence toassaute that place, and if they myghf wynrie 
 
 it to put t executours of f murdre vnto moost shamefuU deth. Whiche comaudemet re- 
 Siceyuyd from the kyng, stroge assaute & cruell was made, & mafully it was defeded, but jr 
 
 losse ran to them of f castell. So y i processe of tyme, wha this Wyllyam coseyued well 
 
 i he myght not cotynewe f defece therof, he bega to trete, & agreed y, if he myght haue 
 
 free issii for hym & his, & assurauce y he, yi his knyghtes, myght goo quyetly vnto a place 
 
 jl h« 
 
262 SEPTIMA PARS GROSSl. 
 
 y he wolde chose, he wolde tha delyuer f castel! vr all y was theri ; the whiche request of 
 dyuerse of the hed capytaynes, was graunted & swoine. But so soon as y castell was de- 
 lyuered, & the Frenshmen entred, the multytude, not withstondynge ^t former promyse & 
 othe, fell vpon the sayde Wyllyam & his souldyours, & them put vnto deth by many cruell 
 
 rtourmetis, & fynally caste all theyr careyns into f ryuer of Sayn, vpon the brynke where- 
 of f sayd roche and castell was standynge. And, shortly after this, ensued the warre 
 atwene this Lewis & kynge Henry of Englod, as it is before shewed in the. x. yere of f 
 sayd Henry. And after the warre ended atwene theyse. ii. prynses, Hugh Puyssake, a 
 man of great myght at those dayes in Frauce, rebelled agayne the kyng. and warred gre- 
 
 louously vpon, or agayn the countesse of Charters, and robbed and pylled the churches of 
 that countrey, as well as other places, so that the sayde countesse, with hir yonge sone 
 Thybaude, were fayne to seke socoure of the kynge : wherefore the kynge callyd a coun- 
 ceyll at his cytie of Meleyn, where agayne f sayd Hugh many greuous complayntes were 
 I*ut But forsomoche as the sayde Hugh, at that tyme, was not present to make answer 
 
 ifVnto suche thynges, as than was layde to his charge, the kynge comaunded that the 
 
 - castell of Terry, or of Thorre, in all haste, shuld be manned and vitayled, to the ende f 
 
 by the comforte & strength of that castell, the kynge, if nede requyred, ittyght laye sfege 
 
 to the castell, of Puyssake, for so moche as that one was nere adioynynge vnto that other. 
 
 In whiche passe tyme, the sayd Hugh was somoned to appere before the kynge, & his 
 
 iocounceyll ; but he refused to apere. Wban the kynge was enfourmed of f garnysshynge 
 
 of the castle of Thorre, and of the dishobedyence of Hugh, he assembled a stronge hooste,* 
 
 , and compassed the castell of Puyssake >V a sieg^, and set Thybaude, sone of the coutesse, 
 
 vpon that syde that stoode towarde the prouynce of Charters; so;^ stronge assautys & 
 
 cruell wkrre was made on euery parte. What shuld I make long processe to telle, of the 
 
 ^rfereful shot of f gonnys vpo both partyes, or of f sharpe shot of arowes, the castynge of 
 stonys, or scalynge of the wallys, or fyllynge of the dyches. the fyrynge of the gdtys, or 
 yet the mortall & cruell fyght on both partyes? nor of ^ many folde dede bodyes, and 
 maynied, by reason of f sayd assautis, or yet the riianassesor mockes, or great boostys 
 or crakys vsed of the souldyours duryngthis siege ? but fynally, after the kynge had lyea 
 
 I'beforfe the sayd castell a certe of tyme, he wan it by pure force, & toke the sayde Hughe, 
 with his accessaryes, the which he commauded to be kepte as prysoners in the castell of 
 Thorre for a season. Than the kynge caste downe the sayd castell of Puysake to the 
 grounde, excepte a lytle towre made of tymber, the which he reserued for a lodgyrige; 
 and that done, some of the foresayde prysoners he put to deth, and some he dishereted, 
 'srafter y grefe of theyr offense: & so this foresayd countesse of Charters, with her sone 
 Thibaude, was in quyet of theyr countrey- & castell of Puyssake, belongynge to f sayd 
 erledome. But howe it was, in processe of tyme folowynge, this Thibaude enteded to 
 haue rCedyfyed there a newe castell, wherby as f kyng was enfourmyd, he wolde haue 
 encrbched thynges appertaynynge to f crowne of Fraunce ; wherefore the kynge withslode 
 
 i»it. For this a grudge fell atwene the kynge and erle Thibaude, so that, in processe, dedely 
 warre was made atwene them ; the whiche contynued in suche wyse to theyr bothe dsl- 
 ma,ges, that fynally the warre that was agayne reuyued atwene this kyng Lewys & kyrig 
 Henry, as in the. xvii, yere of the reygne of the sayde Henry is declared, was by meatie 
 of this warre atwene the kynge and this erle Thibaude, whereof the syrcustaunce wolde 
 
 ;*raxe a longe leysour &' reherce, as it is shewyd in the Frensh story. But fynally this erle 
 Thibaude loste none honoure, albe it ;J' the Frensh Cronycle woderfully fauoureth the 
 partye of the Frenshe kynge, that the reder may well appersayue. Quis pinxit leonem. 
 
 ^ Capitulum. CC.xxxi, 
 
 THis Lewis also had great warre with Henry the. iiii. of that name^ emperoure, the 
 
 which 
 
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 which manyed Molde, the doughter of Henry the firste, kynge of Englande, aa before is 
 shewed, whereof tlie occasyon was, as saytb the Freashe Cronycle, for somoch as the 
 sayd Henry, the emperoure, had before tyme been accursed of Gelasius, the seconde of 
 that name, than pope', at Raynes, a cytie I Frauce; for y which cause, as there is sur- 
 
 rniytted, the sayde emperoure assembled an huge hoste of Almayns and Italyens, and 
 entred the londe of Fi aunce, and dyd therin mocbe harnie ; but in the ende^ whan he 
 knewe of the great prouysyon y Lewis made to oiete byro, and of his great powar, he 
 than, as aflFermeth the Frenshe Cronycle, withdrewe byra, and so auoyded the lode of 
 Frauce without stroke strykynge. But of this spekyth nothyDg the auctoure that wrote f 
 
 ">story of this Henry the emperoure. After this, the erle of Flaunders named Charlys, 
 the gysters sone of kynge Lewys, nexte duke after Baldewyh; which dyed, as before is 
 aayd in the thyrde Chapitre of the story of kyng Henry, of a woude in his face. This 
 foresayde Charlis was sore bated of the prouoste of Brudgys, the which to brynge his 
 malyce to some efFecte, counsayled with his adherentes howe he myght slee the sayde 
 
 'rCharlys, by whose cousayle a mean was foiide to brynge y erle to Brudgis, a towne of 
 Flaunders, for the wele of the sayde towne. After whose c5mynge, vpon a daye, he 
 beynge in a churche, & heryng his deuyne seruyce, was slayne of the sayd prouoste & his 
 complycis. Wherof herynge, kynge Lewys, anone with a great army entred Flaunders, 
 & beseaged the towne of Brudgis, & lastly toke the sayde prouoste ; the whiche first 
 
 oawas bounden to a poste, and than his eyen with a reede stryke out of his bed, and than f,i.c.iiit. 
 shot with arowes, and lastly set vpo a whele, where he remayned tyll he dyed : & 
 a felowe of his, named Bartopus, the which was consentynge to the same murder, was 
 haged vpon a galos by the waste and armes, and by hym a mastife or great curre dogge, y 
 which, as euer he was smytten, bote vpon the sayd Bartopus, so that! processe, he all to 
 
 'rrent hym, & dyd to hym so great payne, y lastly he ended his lyfe in great mysery. In 
 the tyme of the reygne of this Lewys, the bysshop of Clermonde was voyded hia see by 
 J' cruelnesse of f erle of Auerne. Wherfore the kynge assembled his knyghtes, & by 
 strengthe set^ bysshop in his place agayne, maugrye his enemyes ; and agayne the seconde 
 tyme, whan he was efte put owte by the sayd erle, the kynge restored hym, and toke such 
 
 -i<pledgys of the erle, that he remayned after i good quyet. In the latter dayes of this 
 Lewys, his eldest sone, named Philyp, with a conuenyent company, vpon a daye, for 
 his dysporte, rode aboute sertayne stretys of the cytie of Parys, & as he rode, an hogge 
 sodeynly starte amonge the horse fete of the chylde, wherwith the horse beynge frayde, 
 lepte sodeynly, and caste the chylde to the groude with so great vyolence, that he dyed the 
 
 3rnyghtfolowynge. For this myssehappe the kynge toke great heuynesse, so that he waxed 
 dayly more feble : and for he was vnweldly by reason of ouer ladynge of flesshe, and 
 niyght not well trauayll, he therfore, by the aduyce of his lordes, admytted his secod 
 sone, named Lewys, to the rule of the realme, & yet hym be* crowned by his lyfe tyme. 
 And also raaryed hym Vnto Elynoure, the doughter of the duke of Guyon, by which he was 
 
 < .iheritoure vnto her father ; and shortly after the kynge sykened, and to his great payne, 
 in an horse litter was brought vnto saynt Denys, where he lyinge a season sycke, and 
 knewe that the owre of deth was nere, comaunded suche as were about hym ^ they 
 shulde spredde a tapette vpon the grounde, & than laye hym vpon the sayde tapet, k. 
 vpon hym to be made a crosse of asshes, which all was doon accordyi^e to his c5maunde- 
 
 M inent, and there he so lay tyll be dyed, in the yere of his reygne, to rckyn frome the deth 
 of his father to his owne endynge daye. xxx. yeres. So that be reygned. xxix. yeres full & 
 odde monethes, & was buryed in the monastery of saynt Deoys with great pope, with this 
 scripture folowynge vpon bis tombe. 
 
 ' Bysshop of Rome. edit. 1542. 15^. * ani h^'in k*. 
 
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 ^ : In lustris' genitor Lbdouiei, rex Lodouicus, ■• *«. . '.' i. < 
 
 i . < Vir clemenis, Christi seruorum semper amicus, ' ii ' , ,^. >. 
 
 -..V Institui fecit pastorem canonicorum, s- . .;- (K ■. 
 
 In sella veteri trans-fliimen Parisiorum : . i' . i 
 
 ■HHanc vir magnanimus almi Vietoris amore 
 Auro, reliquiis ornauit, rebus, honore. • -_ 
 
 Sancte Dionisi, qui seruas corpus humatutn, 
 Martir et antistes Lodquici solue reatum. 
 
 Which verses may be expowned in our volger as folowetb : 
 
 /"The noble father of Lewys, Lewys the kynge, 
 To Crystys seruauntys right make & louynge; 
 Caused to be made of chanons an howse, 
 Ina sella by* Parys, where the streme flowes, 
 Which this man myghtye for loue of saynt Victor, 
 
 'rWith golde and relykys enorned with great honor ; 
 Wherfore seynt Denys, which kepest his body graued^ ' 
 Martyr and.bisshop, praye that his sowle be saued. 
 
 ^^Capitulum. CC.xxxii. 
 
 pj.7 M.i8| sTephan, erle of Boloyne, and sone of ^erle of Blesence, & of the wyues suster of 
 
 '' T^Hery f first, named Mary, began his reygne ouer the realme of Englonde,' iti the yefe 
 
 of our Lorde. xi. C.xxxvi. & the firste yere of Lewes, the. viii. of y name, than kynge of 
 
 Fraunce. This was a noble man & hardy; but contrary his othe, after the affyrmaunce 
 
 of some wryters, that he made to Molde the empresse, he toke vpon hym the crowne, 
 
 /, and was crowned vpon saytJt Stephans daye, in the Cristemas weke, at.Westmynster, 
 
 .-. ^:of the archebisshop of Caviterbury ; the which in lykewyse had made lyke othe vnto the 
 
 sayde empresse, in presence of her fader, as before is towched. In ponysshement wherof, 
 
 as men demed, f sayd archebisshop dyed shortly after, & many other lordys, which^ dyd 
 
 accordynge lyke, went not quyte without ponysshement. _A great causer of this pariury 
 
 as rehersytii one auctour, was this : one Hugh Bygot, stewarde sometyrae with Henry the 
 
 ^'lirste, immedyatly after the deceace of the sayd Henry, came vnto Englonde, &, before 
 
 the sayd archebisshop & other lordes of the londe, toke wylfully an othe, & sware j he was 
 
 present alytle before y kynges deth, wha kynge Henry admytted & chase for his heyre to 
 
 be kynge after hym, Stephan his neuewe, for so moch as Molde, his doughte'r, had dis- 
 
 cotented hym, whereunto the archebisshop with f other lordys gaue to hasty credence; 
 
 3rbut this Hughe scaped not vnponysshed, for he dyed myserably in a shorte tyme after. 
 
 Whan kynge Stephan was crowned, he sware before f lordis at Oxynford, that he wolde 
 
 notholde in his hand the benefyces y' voyded, & that he wolde forgyue;^ Dane gylt, as 
 
 kynge Henry before hytii had done, with other thynges whiche I pasSe ouer. Arid for 
 
 this Stephan drad the cqjnynge of the empresse, he therfore gaue iycece vnto his lordys 
 
 ^f euery of them myght buylde a castell or stronge fortrelsse Vpon his owne grounde, & 
 
 soone after he agreed with Dauyd, kyng of Scottys, and receyued of hym homage, after 
 
 he hadde fr'onie hym wonne some townys and holdys. The towne of Exetour rebellyd 
 
 agayne the kyng, in the seeonde yere of his reygne ; buf he in the ende subdued them : 
 
 & Wyllyam, archebysshop of Caiiterbury, dyed the same yere, whose benefyce was after 
 
 • Illustris. edit, 1542.' 1559. * of. » that were. 
 
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 gyaen to Thebaude, abbot of Becco, in Normandy. About the. iiii. yere of his reygne, 
 Dauyd, kynge of Scottys, repetynge hym of his former agreraent made with the kyng, 
 eolred of newe the boundys of Northumberlonde, about f ryuer of Theyse, toward the 
 prouynce of Yorke, and brent & slewe the people in mooste cruell wyse, not sparyng 
 
 rtaan, woma nor chylde. Agayn whom Thurston, by the kynges commaundement, was 
 sent, the whiche w his power quytte hym so knyghtly, that he ouer threwe the hooste of 
 Scottys, and slewe of theym g^at nomber, and compelled them to withdrawe agayne into 
 Scotlande. In the whiche passe tyme the kynge layd syege to f castell of Bedforde and 
 wan it; and that dcse, he tha made a vyage into Scotlade, where he dyd lytle to his 
 ^pleasure or profyte. Than in his returne homewarde, he toke Alexaunder, bysshop of 
 Lyncolne, & helde hym in duresse tyll he had yelded or geuyn to hym the Castell of 
 Newerke, and than he chased Nigellus, bysshop of Ely. 
 
 Also in this fury, he toke suche dyspleasure with his louynge frende, Roger bysshope 
 of Salysbury, that he caste hym in bondys, tyll the sayd Roger had rendred vnto hym 
 
 rthe. ii. castellys of Vyes, & Shyrburne. For the whiche this Roger, in remembrynge the Sot-CMun 
 greate in gratytude of the kynge, toke suche thoughte that he dyed shortly after, & lefte 
 Iredy coyn. xLM. marke, which after his deth came to the kynges cofers. One Cronycle 
 sayth, that kynge Stephan opteynyd theyse foresayd castellys, to the entent that he myght 
 fortyfye theym with his knyghtes, to withstande the empresse, whose comynge he euer 
 
 Tofered : & the yere folowynge he wan with strength, y castellys of Glowcetour, of Here- 
 forde, or' Webley, of Brystowe, of Dudley, & of Shrewesbury ; for the which cawse, 
 Robert erle af Glowcetour, began to with drawe his allegeauce from kyng Stephan. This 
 Robert was f sone of Henry the Fyrste, by reason of baste, & for this displeasure sent ' 
 letters vnto Molde the empresse, his suster, promysynge to her great ayde to wynne her 
 
 -^rryght. In the meane whyle f the empresse made prouysion for her iourney, kynge Ste- 
 phan concluded a maryage atwene Eustace his sone, and Constaiice the kynges suster of 
 Fraiice, dbughter of Lewys the Great, the which cotynued f amytie atwene Englonde 
 and Fraiice, Than in the moneth of lulii, &. vi. yere of Stephan, Molde f empresse, 
 as testyfyeth Hery the Chanon iijjiis. ix. boke, entrcd this lande by f porte of Portes- 
 
 jomouthe, & so kepte on her iourney tyll she came to Brystowe, and dyd great harme by 
 the meane of her passage throughe the countrey. In whiche tyme of her sayde land- 
 ynge, kynge Sthephan layeat the syege ofWalyngforde castell; but as sooneas he harde 
 of the londynge of the empresse, hg anon sent out comyssions for more strengthe, & so 
 drewe towarde his enemyes. But in this tyme & season, Robert erle of Glowcetour, & 
 
 arRanulfe erle of Chester, went vnto the empresse with all the power f they myght make. 
 The emperesse herynge of the great power comynge with the kynge, drewe to f cytie of 
 NicoU, nowe called Lyncolne, and there helde her a loge season, for all that the kynge 
 myght doo ; but lastlye the empresse with her people escaped, & the kynge was possessyd 
 of the cytie, and there bode tyll Candelmas. After which season, erle Robert, and Ra- 
 
 w<nulfe betbre named, -sV a great power of Welshmen, and power* of the empresse, came 
 agayne f kynge : where as whan both hostys were nere the ioynynge, erle Ranulfe of 
 Chester spake to his knyghtes, and sayd, " I requyre you that I, that am cause of your pa- 
 rell, may be the first that shall entre into f parell." Than answered erle Robert, & sayde, 
 " it is not vnworthy to the that axeste the first- stroke and dygnyte of this fight, for to the 
 
 Hrit is sittynge for noblesse of bloode & vertue of strength, in the whiche thou passest other 
 men ; but the kynges falce othe moueth men to warre & to fyght, where we muste nowe 
 Wynne the mastry or be ouercomen : & he ^ hath none other socoure, is costrayned to 
 defende hym by knyghtly and stronge dedys of armys, and of manhode : and so shall we 
 nowe agayne them y be entryked' with gyle & wickednesse, as Robert erle of Mellent, f 
 X<crle also of Albemarll, and Symon of Hapton, the which is a man of great boste & of 
 
 ' of. . ' the power. ^ by entrjked, edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
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 small myght." Tha kyng Stephan prepayred to set fofwarde his people, & erle Baude- 
 wyne had wordes of comforte to the kynges people, & sayd : "men y shall fyght, to them is 
 behouefull thre thynges : y firste is ryght of y- cause, lest men fajl I parell of sowle ; ibe se- 
 code is quantyte of men of arrays, leste men be oppreste with excedynge- noumber.; & 
 
 rthe. iii. is the effecle corage of strengthe of knyghtes, that the quarelljshuld not fayle^ for 
 lacke of hardy & assured fyghtynge : as touchynge which, iii. poyntes, I truste we be well 
 sped. But & ye take hede farthermore what enemyes we haue : first we bkue agayne vs 
 Hobert erle of Glowcetour, whiche vseth great manasses, & execateth iytle, or small de- 
 dys ; in mowth he is a lyon, but in hart he is a shepe ; he is pompous in speche, & dai-ke 
 
 i«in vnderstodynge. There is also Rahulfe erle of Chester, a man wout reason, & full of 
 folehardynesse, redy & prest to all conspiracy, & vnstedfastnesse of maner, & deedys hasty; 
 & furyous of harte, & vnware of parellys, he assayeth dfte to acheue great dedys, but 
 he bryngyth none to efFecte; & what he fyerslye and fresshely begynneth, he cowardlye 
 and fayntly forsakyth, as vnhappy^and vtigracious in all his dedys: & is ouercomen in 
 
 /reuery place, for he holdyth w hym banysshed men & scullers, & the moo of them y be 
 in a copany, the soner they be ouer comen, & weke they be in fyghtynge, for eyther of 
 theym putty th truste in hisfelowe whyle hymselfe is ouer throwen." But or he myghtie haue' 
 fully fynysshed his wordys to mooste mennys audyence, the crye of the eneniyes, with 
 noyse of trumpettys, and gruntynge of horsyssey approchyd and smote together, & forth 
 
 ^^ goo the arowes, and gresely and cruell fyght Vvas contynued vpon both sydes, for the 
 whyle y it endured; where thr6ughe ^ grene felde was turned into a parfet rede, so^ 
 many a pale & wan vysage was there seen yeldynge the gooste,- with arrays & leggys dis- 
 seuered & parted. A longe whyle this fyght stoodfe in questyon, whether partyei shulde 
 opteyne victory ; but in f ende kynge Stephans partye gaue backe & fledde, & he full 
 
 M-knyghtly abode the' feelde with a fewe of his knyghtes, and was taken, & so was brought 
 
 vnto the empresse ; the whiche comaunded hym to be conueyed, vnder sure kepyng, vnto 
 
 Bristowe, where he was kepte as a prysoner from y sayd tyme of Candelmas, vnto holy 
 
 Koode daye nexte ensuynge. 
 
 ' About 'this tyme was founded f abbefy of Stratforth Langthorne, with in. iiii. myles of 
 
 3i>L6don, by a knyght called syr Wyllyam de Mountfychet. ■ 
 
 f Capitulum. CC.xxxiii. 
 
 WHan y empresse had won this victory, and had comytted y kynge to warde, as before 
 ye haue harde, she was not therwith a Iytle exalted, but thought I her mynde, that she 
 was in a suretye of the possessyon of the hole realme : but she was dyssayued,' for Kent 
 
 artoke partye with kynge Stephan. But yet after this victory thus opteyiled, the empresse 
 came vnto Wynchester, & after to Wylton, to Oxinforde, to Redynge, & to. saynt Al- 
 bohys; into^ whiche cytyes & townes, she was receyued w all honoure, and fynally she 
 came to London, for to entre the state of thelonde. At her whiche there beynge, the 
 quene made assyduat laboure for the delyuerye of the kynge her hiisbode, promysynge 
 
 itoy he shulde surrender the londe into her possession, & he to beconie a relygyous man, 
 
 ■ other ellys a pylgryme to his lyues ende ; but all was in vayne, for she myghte purchace 
 no grace as than, vpon no maner of condycipn. The cytezyns of Lodd also made great 
 labour that they myghte vse the lawys of Edwarde the'Coofessoure, as they were graunt- 
 ed by Wyllyam Coquerour, & not f lawys of her father, which were of more streytnesse, 
 
 nrwherof I no wyse they of hyr couceyll myght haue any graunte. For this the cytezyns were 
 disconten\yd, & knowynge y the countrey of Kent wolde strengthe tbeyr partye, ordeyn-- 
 ed to haue taken her; but she beynge thereof warned, departed in haste, and lefte be- 
 bynde her hyr store of householde, & so fled vnto Oxynforde, where she abode her peo- 
 
 J on. 
 
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 jile; the whiche was deuyded and scateryd. And in this whyle, she sent vnto Dauyd, kyng 
 
 of Scottys, & her vncle, for to ayde her; y which, in all haste, came vnto her, and so yode 
 to Wynchester, where she layde syege to f bisshoppis towre, f which the kynges brothei" 
 at that tyme helde with strengthe. Than the q^aene with ayde of her frendys of Ken- jfoI. cjv, 
 
 xtisshenoen, Soother, made a stroge hoost, wherof was capitayne a knyght named Guyl- 
 lya de Pre. Whan the empresse harde of y great strengthe of the quene, & sawe f her 
 owne mynysshed rather tha enereaced, she fled secretlye, and escaped vnto Glowcetour, 
 & erle Robert, her brother, was takyn soone after & put in pryson. Than Dauyd, kynge- 
 
 -of Scottis, herynge of this, returned into Scotlonde. Than meanys was made, vpon eyther 
 
 osyde, for delyuerie & exchauge of f prysoners, so y' fynally it was agreed that f kynge 
 shxiid be delyuered for erle Robert ; but or this agrement were cocluded, moch sorowe 
 was wrought within this realme, for the empresse pylled & spoyled on hyr partye, & the 
 
 ,qaene, by piromyses & manaces, borowed & toke vpon f other syde, and the soldyours stale 
 •& extorcioned vp5 both partyes, so that ryche men were made nedy, & the poore were 
 
 'oppressed. In this meane whyle, the empresse retorned agayne to Oxynforde, & vytayl- 
 ed & manned it in her best maner. Than lastly the kynge was delyuered vpon holy Roode 
 daye in haruest, and soone after he beclepyd Oxynforde with a stroge siege, from the 
 tyme of Myghelmas, vnto f season of Cristemas, at which tyme & season, f empresse 
 vsed a newe gyle for costraynt and necessite of vytayle: in y tyme was great plente of 
 
 'osnowe fallen vpon the groude, & the frost was ther\V so great, that Thamys, with other 
 great ryuers, were then frosen ouer, so f man & horse myght passe 5" water vp6 5^ ice. The 
 •empresBe* tha cOstrayned of riede, as before is sayd, apparaylyd hyr & hir copany in whyte 
 -clothynge^ which a farre of apered lyke the snowe, & so vpon a plumpe goyng togyther, 
 as nere as they myght, escaped the daunger of theyr foon, & so came to Wallyngeforde, 
 
 ir& thens in processe of tyme, she ^ a small company departed, & retourned fynally into 
 Normandy vnto hyr husbonde. So soone as the empresse was thus departed from Oxyn- 
 forde, 5' towne was yelden vnto f kynge, where f kyng had moch of f empresse stufiFe, 
 as well harnesse, as other stuffe of householde. Tha he entended to haue pursued hyr, 
 but tydynges were brought vnto hym, f Ranulfe, erle of Chester, with an hoost of Walshe- 
 
 3. men, was c6mynge towarde hym ; but by mediacion offredis, this Ranulfe, I f ende, to the 
 ■kynge was recOusyled, & was ^ hym agreed. About this tyme & season, as it is testy- 
 'fyed pf dyuerse auctbrs, f lues, vpo Ester euyn, crucifyed a chyld, named Wyllyam, I f 
 cytie of Norwych, & in y tyme of Henry y- seconde, about J', vi. yere of his reygne, as 
 sayth Polycronycon, they crucifyed an other at Glowcetour. In f. xii.' yere of his reygne, 
 
 sAyng Stephii was agayne crowned at Lyncolne, & soon after he toke from Ranulfe, erle 
 of Chester, ^ castell of Lyncolne. Robert, erle of Glowcetour, made newe warre vpo 
 if kynge, & had f better of f kynge at Wyltone, so y the kyng was like to haue fallen in 
 Jldbertis daviger ; but yet f kyng escapyd w moch payne, & there was taken a baron of f 
 kynges, named syr Wyllya Marlell, for whose delyuerie f kyng gaue after to f sayde erle, 
 
 ; ay castell of Shirbourne ; & that done, f sayd erle Robert began to foude a stroge castell 
 at Faryngdone : wherof f kyng beynge enfourmed, assebled his knyghtes, & sped hym 
 thytherward, by mean wherof y warke was for y tyme empeached & let. In f. xv. yere 
 of 5" reygne of kyng Stepha, the ryuer of Thamys was so strongely ouer frome*, j horse 
 & carte passed ouer vpon ^ ice. In ^. xvi.' yere, Ranulfe, erle of Chester, dyed, that [Li.7.ca.»o.3 
 
 t^/was surnamed Gercyous, & was f. iiii. erle after f conquest, •& his sone Hugh was erle 
 after hym, whiche was a man of great strengthe & vertue. And in the same yere, as wit- 
 ^essyth Guydo & other, dyed GeflFrey Plantagenet, husbonde of Molde f empresse ; af- 
 :ter whose deth, Henry Short Matell, that was the sone of the sayd GeflFrey & Molde, 
 was made duke of Angeous, & of Normandy: the which, in fewe yeres after, maried Elya- 
 
 r.noure, tfie doughter of y erle of Paytowe*: the whiche Elyanoure was before maryed 
 
 ■ xxii. edit. 1559. *froseu. * xviL edit. 1542. 1559. * Poytow. 
 
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 vnto Lewys kyng of Fraunce, & from hymi deuorced for nerenesse ol.blobde, Trban be 
 had receyued of her. ii. doughters, named Mary & Alys, as witnessyth thfe Frensh Cro- 
 pycle. And so this Henry was erle of Angeous by his fader, duke of Normady by hi5 
 
 moder, & erte of Paitowse' by his wyfe. It was not longe after, y Ewstace, the sone of 
 
 riyng Stephan, with ayde of the Frenshe kynge, warred vpon Hery duke of Normandy; 
 the whiche, after some wryters, was imagened, by Stephan bis fader, to the entente to lette 
 or stoppe hym, that he shuld not come into Englonde to clayme his ebherytaunce; but 
 
 duke Hery defedyd hym so knyghtly, j the sayd Eustace wan therby lyde bonoure or pro- 
 
 fyte. An olde cronycle shewetb, y kyng Stephan entendyd to haue crowned ^ sayd Eu-, 
 
 /ostace his sone, kynge of Englonde by bysdayes, but the bysshoppis of Englonde. refused 
 f dede, by comaiidement of the pope/ In f. xvii,' yere, the kyng layde siege vnto the 
 castellisof Newebery, of Walyngforde, & of Warwyke,, or Warwell; the whiclie badde 
 been kepte by the empresse freendys, from the tyme of her departynge vnto that daye,, 
 and hoped of rescous by Henry duke of Normandy. But the kynge thaa wan the cas- 
 
 'ftellys of Newebery, and of Warwell, and Walyngeforde defended the holders tyll the 
 coraynge of Henry f duke j the which, in the ende of the s^ayd yere, with a great army 
 entred Englonde, & iSrste wan the castell of Malmysbury, andthens he yode to London, 
 and wan the towre, asmoche by polysy and by fayre promyse as by sfrengthe, & suche 
 stufFe of vytayle and armoure as he fande therein, he sent to Wajyngeforde : and, that 
 
 jodoone, he went to the towne of Walyngforde,, & waiie such holdis as were there aboute. 
 Than kynge Stephan with his power drewe towarde the duke, and fynnally by mean of 
 medyatours, as Thibawde archebysshop of Caunterbury, and other, bothe prynces, to 
 comon of peace, met nere vnto the water of Vryne, or Vrne; but as faste as some la- 
 bored to haue peace, so faste other labored to haue warre, so that at that comunycacyoa 
 
 ■zithe peace was not concluded. 
 
 After the kynge and the duke were departed, the kyng yode towarde Epyswkh, ia 
 Suffolke, and the duke toke the waye t& Shrewesbury, where he wan the castell of the 
 sayd towne: from thens the kyng went to Nothyngham, and wan the townei Wberfore 
 the soldyours that helde the castell, seynge that y towne toke partye with the duke, brake- 
 
 3oOut vpon the nyght, and fyred the towne, and brent a great parte thereof. In this whyle 
 dyed and was drowned Eustace, the sone of kynge Stephan, and was buryed at Feuer- 
 sham, in Kent, in the abbey that his father before had buyldyd. Thebawde, archebysshop 
 of Caunterbury, lefte not to laboure, and concluded the peace atwene the kynge and the 
 duke, and endeuored hymselfe therein so dylygently, with thassystence of.other, that, ia 
 
 irthe yere folowynge, the peace was concluded vpon dyusrse condycions ; wherof one was 
 that , the kynge shulde contynewe as kynge durynge his lyfe, and immedyatlye after the 
 conclusyon of this peace, the sayd Henry shulde be proclaymed in all the chefe cyties 
 and townes of Englonde for heyre parant, 8c to be kyng after y deth of ;y^ sayde Stepha, 
 and that the kynge shulde take hym for his sone of adopcion, and ryghtefuU heyre vnto 
 ^,l.cjvh Hhe crowne. To the which couenauntis iustly tobe holden, the kynge was firste sworne,. 
 & after his lordes spirituell & temporall, and so yode bothe to Lodon, where they were 
 royally receyued ; & wha the kjrng had fested the duke, and gyuen to hym ryche gyftes^. 
 he toke leue of the kynge, and so returned into Normandy, as afferraeth the foresayd 
 auctor, the Floure of Hystoryes. Howe be it, the Cronycle of Englpde sayth,-y the acords 
 
 Hrwas made vpo deuysyon of the lode atwene them, that is to mean^ both shuLde reygne 
 together^ & eyther of them to enioye balfe the londe ; but howe y depysyoa wasmadej 
 or whiche parte of the londe eueryche of theym shulde holde,, no mencion tiierepf is 
 made, & the former accorde shuld be as aboue is sayd, cojcludid. viii. dayes folowynge 
 the Epyphany of our Lorde, in the towne of Oxynforde, & the kynge dyed Ln tlie monetk 
 
 * Poytew.. f byshoppe of Eome» edit» 1542. 1553, *seven and tweutj. edit. 1559. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICI. £69 
 
 of October folowynge, wha he had reygned. xviii. yeres full, & odde monethes, & was 
 entyred i the foresayd abbey of Feuyrsham. 
 
 Of dyuerse auctors, as Ranulfe and other, it is recordyd y this Stephan lyued in great 
 vexacion & trowble all the lerme of his reygne ; it is sayde also that this Stephan maryed 
 
 'Molde or Mawde, the doughter of Mary, the whiche was the dougliter of Hery y firste, 
 & coutesse of Boloyne, *by whom he claymed the tytle to be crowned, as by the yonger 
 doughter of Henry the first ; & Hery short matell claymed by f elder : but after moste 
 sartety of wryters, this Stephan was sone of Eustace, erle of Boloyne, & of Mary, G«»oiop3. 
 suster vnto Molde, ^ was maryed vnto Henry the fyrste ; which Molde & Mary were 
 
 'odoughters of Margaret, wyfe to Malcolyn, ' kyng of Scottis ; which Margaret was suster 
 to Edgare Ethelynge, & doughter of Edwarde the outlawe, y was y sone of Edmunde 
 Irosyde. Than the eldest suster Molde bare Molde the empresse, by Henry y first, Jc 
 Molde, f empresse, doughter of Henry the firste, had by hyr seconde husbande GetFrcy 
 Platagenet, Henry the seconde ; [by which rule or reason it apperetb, y Stephan was 
 
 (;great vncle vnto Hery the seconde, by the mothers syde ; or more sertenly Molde, the 
 wyfe of Henry the first, vpon his susters syde, but vpon his wyues susters syde.]' And 
 so by Henry short mantell, or Hery the seconde, returneth the bloode of the Saxons to the 
 crowne of Englonde ; & so it dyd by Stephan : but moose conuenyently by Henry the firste, 
 as by the dissent of his mother. By whiche reason it foloweth f the blode of Wyllyam 
 
 J^Conquerour contynued but. Ixx. yeres, if it be accompted from the first yere of Wyllyam 
 Conqueroure, vnto the laste yere of Henry the first. 
 
 This kynge Stephan, at the request of Molde his wyfe, buyldyd, in the yere of Grace, 
 xi. C. xl. the abbey of Coggeshale, in Essex, and set tlierin whyte munkys : also aboute 
 the same tyme, he founded the abbey of Feuersham, in Kent, where he nowe corporally 
 
 vrestyth : & the. iii. he fouded in Furneys, in Lacasshyre, & all he garnysshed \V mukys of 
 Cysteaux order, & dyed, as before is sayd, without issu of his body. 
 
 % Capitulu. CC.xxxiiii. 
 
 LEwys, the. viii. of f name, & sone of Lewys the great, began his reygne ouer the Francaa. 
 .Frenshemen, in the yere of our Lorde. xi. C.xxxvi. & the firste yere of Stephan, than 
 
 3« kynge of Englonde. This also is called the yonger Lewys, in whose begynynge, lohannes 
 de Temporibus dyed. This lohn was sometyme a squyer in the house of Charlys the 
 Conquerour, the which lyued ouer. CCC. yeres, for whiche cause he was named lohn of 
 tyme, as he f myght remebre thynges doon of longe* tyme passed. This Lewys, at the 
 tyme of his fathers deth, was in the coutrey of Guyan, for to receyue f dower of his 
 
 3rwyfe Elyanour, as before in the story and seconde chapitre of kynge Stephati^is towched ; 
 but wha he harde Of f deth of his father, he sped hym into Fraunce, where, after the 
 necessai'yes for the weale of his realme ordeyncd, he maryed his wyues suster, named 
 Alys, vnto Arnolde, erle of Vermedose : after which maryage was solempnysed, tydynges 
 were brought vnto hym that the Cristen people beynge in the Holy Londe, as warriours 
 
 i^vpon the Turkys and Sarasyns, were dystressyd and ouerthrowen, and dyuerse stronge 
 holdys frome iheym takyn and wonne. Wherefore, by the exortacion of that holy munke 
 Barnarde, which at this day is called saynt Barnarde, the sayde Lewys, with also Con- 
 radus, the. iii. of that name, than emperour of Alraayn, with Alphon than kynge of Spayne, 
 with dyuerse other nobles of Frauce & other prouynces, toke vpon them the crosse, and pro- 
 
 wuyded for the expedycion of y iourney, in the. iiii. yere of his reygne, after some wryters; but 
 of the takyngof this' iourney dyuerse wryters holde dyuerse opynyons, so that the dowte rest- 
 eth betwene ^yere of our Lorde. xi. C.xl. and the yere of xi.C.l. Whan all thynges were 
 redy for that iourney, the kynge, the quene, with the flowre of that* chyualry of Frauce, set 
 
 f Omi«f<f iu the subsequent editions. 'old. edii. 1542. 1559. 'his, * * the. 
 
 forthward 
 
270 -SEPTIMA PARS. viii. 
 
 forthward vpo that iourney, and came in processe of tyme vnto Constantyne the Noble, 
 
 where he met with Conradus the emperour, and Aiphds, kyngof Spayne, whiehe pryncesse* 
 
 Emanuell, than emperour of Constantyne the Noble, receyued ioyntly*, and made to 
 
 theym, by his outwarde countenaunce, louynge and frendly chere, and promysed vnto 
 
 nhem ayde in that iourney, both of vytayll, and also for guydes for the next & surest way. 
 
 But lie, contrary his promyse, dyd disapoynte them, and nothynge ayded them; fofhe 
 
 delyuered vnto them meale tnyngled w lyme, whereof grewe moche harme to the Cristen 
 
 hoste after; & also he assygned vnto them suche guydys as brought them into places^ 
 
 coutreys of sterilitie & other daunger, so that hastlye' the Frenshe kynge^ w^ great deficulte 
 
 it'& losse of his men, came vnto y^ cytie of Danas, and becleped it with a stronge syege : 
 
 the whiche he assaiited and enpayred very sore, & was lykely to haue woiie it if he ha'd 
 
 assawtid y place styll where he begbn ; but by cousayll of some false Cristen men, the 
 
 which, as witnessith Peter Disroye & other, had taken mede oftheTurkys, y^ kyng, by 
 
 theyr counsayll, remoued theyr* ordenaunce from the weker place vnto the stronger*, 
 
 irwhere, after dyuerse assautis made, the kynge consayued wete y he was dyssayued. A. 
 
 cause pf this treason, as sayth the foresayd Petyr, was this : the erle of Flaunders, which, 
 
 by dyuerse experymetys, sawe that the cytie was lyke to be gotyn, made supplicacion to 
 
 the kynge and the lordes that he myght haue the rule of the cytie at suche tyme as it were 
 
 woiie, f which to hym was grauted; wherof beynge aduertyzed, dyuerse Suryons of that 
 
 ?<!Countrey borne, dysdayned that a straungershiild be lorde of theyr enherytaunce, & for 
 
 that condessehded & agreed to y treason, by mean wherof the Cristen prynces loste theyr 
 
 trauell. Tha the Cristen prynces seinge that they were thus deluded, toke theyr aduyc© 
 
 howe they myghte contynewe theyr pylgrymage vnto the holy cytie of Jerusalem ; but, in 
 
 this cousayll, sourdened & quykehed so many opynyons, that eche was contrarious vnto 
 
 xrother : by mean wherof the emperour was so dyscontented, y he toke leue of y Frenshe 
 
 kyngand other, and so retourned into his owne coutrey. Buty- Frensh kyng taryed there 
 
 in that Coosty* a yere after, and dyd there but lytle worthy any memory : albe it y of this 
 
 foLCMi. vyage the Frenshe Boke maketh a great and loge processe towchynge the wynnynge of the 
 
 cytie of Anteoche, with his beynge and counsayllys kepyng within leru^alem, and other 
 
 3othynges there rehersed ; but for I se the mater dysagi"eable to other wryters, and also 
 
 thynke that moche therof is fayned, I therfore passe it ouer. Howe be it, that to some 
 
 persones suche fablys ben full plesaunt to here, wherefore all suche 1 remytte vnto the 
 
 sayd Frenshe Cronycle, & som'what I shall folowe y^ auctour Gyratdus, the whiche \V 
 
 Narracionts de othcV, testyfycu, that Lcwys, in his returne towarde Frauce, waxed syke for f longe 
 
 ^°^°^'" ^""srforberynge of his wyfe ; wherefore by tliaduyce of physycions, and also of bisshoppys, he 
 
 modoneq; was couHceyled to takc a wenche, because his wyfe was so farre from hym : but the kynge 
 
 reqTtiunfu withstode ;^ courtccyll, & sayd that hym had ben-leuer to be t.yke & dye of Goddys honde, 
 
 *oiuit infiigeie. tha to lyuc I spouse brekyng, &, ofif ede his lawes. And so f kyng put hymselfe to y^ mercy 
 
 of God & receyued helth shortly after. Also it is tolde of hym y he ysed to faste euery 
 
 JtiFryday'br'ede and water; & by his famylyers he was counceyled that he-shuld leue that 
 
 faste for wekyng of hymselfe, and fede a. C. of poore men euery Fryday,-'!^ which vqto 
 
 God shuld be moohe more acceptable. To this he answered & sayd, " We wolde gladly 
 
 fede so many poore men or moo, but our fastynge woU we not brelte ; for without the 
 
 profyte tbat^t-doth vnto the sbule, it pr'ofetyth also, right moche to the body, for the 
 
 «rpurgacion & rest of oHe daye helpeth moche to put of the superfluyte of the" other, & ^Iso 
 
 it maketh f sharper apetyte." Whan Lewys was returned into Fraunce, for what happe 
 
 it is of:the Frensh Cronycle made doutfuU, he was from Elyanour his wyfe deuorced ; 
 
 of y which he had receyued before, ii. doughters, as before is towched. Thq whiche, in 
 
 processe of tyme folowynge, was maryed vnto Henry, duke of Normandye,. whiche 
 
 ■ roHjafyage was a newe occasyon of y warre atwene Englonde & Frauce, for the'londys of 
 
 ' whom the prynce. * joyously. 'lastly. * the. edit. 1533. 
 
 2 Peytowe, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICL 271 
 
 PfeytOwe', with Gascoyne & Guyati; For Lewys €la3r>n«dby his former possession, and 
 Hery by reason of f jnariage of the sayd Elyanoor as beyie to the sayd lodis : of the which 
 warre shalbe shewed in the story of the sayd Henry foiawynge. After which deuorce 
 thus made, kyng Lewys maryed the yongest doughter of the kyuge of Spayne, that was 
 
 rnamed Constaunce : and slie dyedof her firste chylde. Than for so nriQche as kyng Lewys 
 had none heyre male, by counceyll.of his barony, be' maryed the thyrde wyfe, the which 
 was y yongest doughter of Thebaude, erle of Bloys, and was. named Alys. This sayd 
 erle dyed, & lefte after hym, iiii. sonnys, and v. dougbters^; ihe eldest sone, named Henry, 
 was erle of Troys ; the secode named Thebaude^ was erle of Bloys ; the thyrd, named 
 
 '"Slephan, was erle of Sancoru, or Saiicorer; and the. iiii. named William, was arche- 
 bysshop of Kaynes. The eldeste of the dougbters, wasduehesofBurgoyne; the seconde 
 was countesse of Barre; the thyrde was maryed, firste to ^^duke of Puell, & after to a 
 kflyght named syr Wyllyam de Goer; the. iiii. was countesse of Percbe, and the. v. as 
 |)efere is sayd, quene of • France, -which was a woman garnysshed with many vertues, as 
 f the story declareth, 
 
 ^ Gapitulum. CC.xxxvi 
 
 IN processe of tyine, after the solepnysacyon of this mariage, complayntwasbrougbte 
 before f kyng of the eilys of Cleremout, & of Puy or Puyll, (sone of f duke before 
 rehersed,) .& of the erle pf Polmet'; jf they shuld spoyle & waste ^ churches & lades to 
 
 ^he sayde churches beloogynge : for the which deedys, the kynge comaiided p sayd. iii. 
 crlys to warde, but not without warre & she4ynge of blqde. And after the subduynge of 
 the sayd. iii. erlys, a ktiyght, or great man of myght called Guyllyamy Chalon', with 
 a.cqp^uy of tyrautes, a^s^embled them, , for to robhe & spoyle ^ chmch of seynt Peter, 
 of Cluny in Burgoyne ; wherepf herynge the preestys & mynysters of the churcbe, to the 
 
 wentent to piyttygate, & tp appease the crueltye of tlie sayd tyrautes, dyd open* them the 
 ornamentys of the sayde chorche, & yode agayne them with processyouj with a great copany 
 them folowynge of the people of thf towne, & the countrey there aboute, in peaice;able& 
 cheritable wyse. But whan the sayd tyrauntys aproched vnto the sayde company without 
 compas^yon & pytye, as Tufkys ranne vpon crysten men, or with lesse pytye, so ranne they 
 ovpon the prestys, & other, &spoyled them of all ^ sayd ftrnamentys, & slewe of^ company 
 to the noraber of. CCCCG. or mo; & after spoyled the sayd church of such stuffe as was 
 therin lefte. It was not longe after, or kynge Lewys had wyttynge of this cruell dede; where- 
 fore in auengynge the church, hegadereda cou^nyent power, &sped hym thytber. But the 
 sayde Guyllyam, erle of Chalon, herynge of f kynges comynge, fled f coutrey ; so y the 
 
 srkynge myght haue no certeyn knpwhsge where he becam : wherefore f kyng entred & 
 seased his lodis, & gaue y moytre therof to f duke of Burgoyn, as chefe lorde of y soyle, 
 & f other halfe, he gaue vnto the erle of Neuers, to wose aucetry in tyme passed, p 
 sayde moytie apperteynyd. And that done, hecomaunded inquyry to be made of his ac- 
 cessaryes, the prebesons or prebedars, of f which he punysshed by dyuerse maner of 
 
 j<.turmetys & dethes, to the great cotentacion of the countrey. Whan the kyng had thus 
 fynysshed this vyage, & was returned into Frauce, soone after, was knowlege brought 
 vnto hym, y the Burgoyns & men of the towne of Verdeley rebelled agayne the bed 
 churche, or abbey of y towne, & enteded to haue done some vylany to y' abbot & mukys 
 of the same ; wherfore f kyng sped hym thether in all haste. But for theyr safegarde, ^ 
 
 iu-miikys were copelled to fortyfye ^churche, & to defede them by force of arrays; so y 
 atwene them & y Burgonyons, many an arblaster & stone was shot & caste : & for ^ 
 kynge myght not so hastely furnysshe hym of bis soldyours, he therefore sent vnto the 
 erle of Neuers, by whose meanys, as to the kyng, was shewed how this ryet bega, eo- 
 
 • Poytowe, ' Plomct. ' the earle of Chalon. * upon, i 
 
 maundy nge 
 
273 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICL 
 
 maundynge hym y he shqlde se this ryet appeased, and y the church of Verdeley werei 
 restored of suche harmys, as to them was done by the inhabytautis of the towne. But 
 of this coraaudemet the erle set but lytle,. so y the burgeses perseuered in theyr errour : 
 wherefore f abbot scut agayn to f kyng, besechyng hym of his moost gracyous ayde & , 
 
 rsocour. Tha the kyng herynge of f erlys disobedyece, was then^ greatly displeased, & , 
 suspected the erle to be partye in the cawse, & sped hym f. faster thetherward. . But wha 
 the erle was enfourmed of y kyngys comynge, he somedelie fered, & met ^ f kyng at a 
 place called Moret, & there demeaned hym in suche. wyse, f the kynge forgaue his of- 
 fence. Than he promysed f. the kynges pleasure shuld be fulfylled i all thynge, as he, 
 
 '•had before comaunded, vf more as it lyked hym to deuyse. Vpo which promyse so made, 
 
 £tt.c.hUi. he comauded.y the Burgoyns shuld first refrayne them of y rebellyon agayne |^ churche, 
 
 & that they shulde.newely be sworne to be obedyent vnto ^ abbot & vnto his succes- 
 
 sours, as theyr predecesso'urs had ben: and ouer that, for the hurtys & harmys that they 
 
 had done to the place at y season, they shuld paye to the sayd abbot, & couet. Ix.'M. 
 
 i^sous. A sous is in value after starlyng money, i. d. ob. so y. Ix.' M. sous amounteth in 
 sterlyng money. iii.C.lxxv.A*. After whiche ende thus made, the kynge retourned into 
 Fraunce. It was not longe after, ^ the kynge receyued of quene Alis his wyfe, a sone, 
 & named it Phylyp ; but for that kynge Lewys had made many pylgrymages, & vsed 
 many wayes of charite, in gyuynge of almes & other wyse, for to haue a sone to be his 
 
 ^heyre, therefore he surnamed this chylde, Adyeu done, a chylde gyuen of God. Than' 
 this Lewis, for f intollerable dedis of ^ lewes, which in theyse dayes had great inhabyt- 
 ynge within ^ londe of France, & vsed vsery & sleinge of Cristen ehylderne, he po- 
 nysshed many by deth, & many he banysshed his lond&; but yet many remaylied. Of this ' 
 Lewys dedys is lytic more cronacled, excepte y whan his sone Philyp was of the age of. 
 
 wxiii. yeres, his fader caused hym to be crowned, & resygned to hym all the rule of the 
 londe ; & dyed, ^ yere folo wynge at Parys, in the moneth of October, in f yere of grace. 
 xi.C.lxxix. By whiche reason he reygned, to rekyn- frome his faders deth to his owne, 
 vpo. xliii. yeres, & was rychely entyred by the mean of his laste wyfe, at f monastery of 
 Barbell, ^ whiche he fouded in his yonge dayes. After whose deth, the sayd quene Alya 
 
 soadourned his sepulture in ;^ moost rychestmaner with golde, syluer, & precious gemtnys: 
 vpon whose toumbe was grauen theyse. ii. verses folowynge, asa counsell lefte vntohi$ 
 sone Phylyp. 
 
 Nunc superes^ tu, qui super es successor hoBoris^ ■ 
 Degener es, si degeneris a laude prioris. 
 
 irWhiche verses are to be vnderstonded as after foloweth. 
 
 Nowe take gobd hede, thow that doest ouer lyue 
 Hym, that in honour & vertue dyd excelle ; 
 Se thou not alter, nor thy selfe depryue, 
 But folowe hym which was of honour the well. 
 HoFor if thou doo not, men shall of the tell. 
 Thou art degenerat, & growen out of kynde. 
 Thy progenytours lawde hauynge nothynge in mynde. 
 
 % Capitulum. CC.xxxvi. 
 AfisEa. HEnry, the seconde of y name, & sone of Geffrey Platagenet, erle of Arigeou, & of 
 
 £ij.7.<a. ii]!*rMoltle the empresse, doughter oi Hery the first; began his reygne ouer the realme of En- ' 
 glonde, in the moneth of October, y yere of our Lorde God. xi.C.Iv., and the. xix. yere 
 of Lewys the. viii, than kynge of Fraunce. This Henry was somedeale rede of face, & 
 
 ' xl. edit. 1542. 1559- The latter edition has thit note in the margin. " As money goeth now, iii. souce 
 *' make iiii d. sterling, and after that reconinge, it s|iould be no more but iii.C.xxxiii pounes. vi. shillinges 
 " and viii. peuce slerlinge money." * auperos. edit. 1533. 
 
 broda 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 273 
 
 brode of breste, short of body, and therwith fatte ; the whiche to aswage he toke y lesse 
 of metis & drynkys, and exersysed raoche huntynge. He was resonable of speche and 
 well lettered, and orped, and also noble I knyght hod, wyse in cousayll, & dredde to 
 moch destenyse. He was also free and lyberall to straungers, and harde & holdyng from 
 
 j-his famylyers and seruauntys, and whom he loued entyrely or hated, harde it was toturne 
 hym from f cotrary. [He was slowe of answere, vnstedfast of promyse, gylefuU of dede, 
 opyn spowse breker, hamour of holy churche, & all wayes vnkynde to God.]' He [also]' 
 loued rest & peace, to y ende he myght f more folowe his delectacion & pleasure, with 
 mo vyces rehersed by Gyralde, y^ which for lepgth I passe ouer. This Henry yet, as 
 
 jwytnessyth Ranulfe, was not all bareyn of vertues, for he was of so great courageousnes, 
 f he wolde often saye y" all the worlde suffysythnot to a coragyous harte. And he appease4* 
 his herytage so myghtely, y he wan Irelode by stregth, and toke Wyllyam kynge of Scottye, 
 & ioyned y kyngdome to his owne, fro y South Occean, to y^ North Ilandis of Orkeys. 
 He closed all y ladis, as it were, vnder one pryncipat, & sprad so largely his empyre, ^ 
 
 '.Tnen rede not of none of his prpgenytours, y had so many prouynces & coiitreys vnder 
 theyr domynyon or rule : for besyde y realmc of Englod, he had in his rule, Normady, 
 Gascoyn, 8c Guyan, Angeou, & Chyno ; & he made subiecte to hym, Aluerne, & other 
 lades, & by his wyfe he opteyned as hyr ryght, the moutys & hyllys of Spayne, called 
 Montes Pyrany. Of y- which wyfe, Elynoure by name, (deuorsedas before is sayd, frora^. 
 
 ?o viii. Lewis, kyng of Frauce,) he receyued. vi. sones &. iii. doughters. Of the sones. v. were 
 named, Wyllya, Hery, Rychard, Godfrey, & lohii. The eldest of the maydes higbt Molde, 
 or Mawde, & was maryed to the duke of Saxon ; the seconde Eiyanour, to the kynge 
 of Spayne ; & the. iii. named lane, to Wyllyam kynge of Scycile. 
 
 This Hery was prosperous i his begyiiynge, & vnfortunate in his ende, & specyally in 
 
 •w-the laste. v. yeres of his reygne : for in the fyrste of those, v. yeres his strengthe began to 
 mynysshe ; y seconde yere he lost a vyage into Irelonde ; the. iii. he loste Aluerne agayne 
 f kynge of Fraunce ; the. iiii. yere he loste Butyrycan' ; & the. v. yere he loste the cytio 
 of Cenomenea and Turon, with many holdis to them belongynge. This Henry the se- 
 conde, ascertayned of the deth of Stephan, sped hym into Englonde, & was crowned 
 
 30 the Sondaye before Cristmas daye, of Theobalde, archebisshop of Canterbury, in West- 
 mynster churche. The first yere of his reygne, he subdued Irelonde, & soone after, Tho- 
 mas Beket, which after was bysshop of Caunterbury, was made chaunceller of Englandd. 
 This kynge easte downe dyuerse castellys, y before in the tyme of kyng Stephan, were 
 buylded, other for displeasure of y' owners, or ellys for fere they shulde be strengthed agayn 
 
 3diym : & also he banysshed many of the lordis & gentyimen, y kynge Stephan had in his 
 fauoure. About the. iii. yere of his reygne, in the moneth of October, were seen in the 
 fyrmament. ii. siinys, & i the mone was seen a redde crosse ; but of this wonder sheweth 
 the auctor of Cronica Cronicaru, & sayth y about this tyme in Italy, in the moneth of 
 Nouember, apered. iii. sunys by the space of. iii. owres in the west, & the yere folow- 
 
 woynge apered. iii. monys, wherof the myddle mone,had a rede crosse ouerthwarte the face, 
 which there is noted for a prodegy, or a tokyn of the sisme, ^ after fell amogis the car- 
 dynallys, for eleccion of the pope* Alexander the. iii. : which sysme, by mean of the first 
 Frederike, than emperoure, endured almooste. xx. yeres. . Also about this tyme, Adryan, [Lu7.ca.4!i.]^ 
 the. iiii. of that name, was pope*, an Englysshma borne in the towne of saynt Albon, of .??p« ■|^^7'" '' 
 
 w-whom is more declared, in the begynnynge of the. xxii. Chapitre of the. vii. boke of giyssheman. 
 Polycronycon. Also in this yere, the kynge went with a stronge army into Walys, & 
 after he had set y coutrey in an ordre and quyet, he buylded a stronge castell at Rut- 
 lande, & foundyd ^ abbey of Basynge werke. In y. vi. yere of his reygne, this Henry 
 maryed his seconde sone Henry vnto the kynges doughter of Fraunce, y is to mean Lewys Fci.cmx. 
 
 • Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. * increasyd. ' Bnittcan. edit. 1542. 1559. * B. of Rome, 
 
 edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 N n tlie. 
 
274 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 
 
 the. viii. which the sayde Lewys receyue^ of his sec5de wyfe, named Costauce, f doagh* 
 ter of the kynge of Spayne, as before ye haue harde, in the seconde capitre ef the story 
 of the sayde Lewys. This mayden was named Margarete, by reason of whiche maryage, 
 was apeased the warre y was begon atwene Frauce & Englonde, for the londes of Pey^ 
 
 rtowe' & other, the which kynge Henry helde by reason of his wyfe : in the which warre^ 
 moche harme was done, & more wolde haue ensued, if it had not, by this mean, haue 
 ben agreed. In the. vii. yere of his rey^ne, Theobalde, archebysshop of Caunterbury, 
 dyed, & Thomas Beket, chaunceller of Englonde, was archebysshop after hym, of whome 
 more shall folowe. In the same yere, kynge Henry, with a slroge hoste, yode to Scotlonde, 
 
 I0& made so cruell warre vpon Wyllyam, kyng of that londe, y lastly he was takyn, and 
 dyd to the sayd Henry recompensacion, in yeldynge vnto hym y cytie of Carlell, the 
 castell of Baburghe, the newe Castell vpon Tyne, with dyuerse other holdysj and a great 
 parte of Northuberlonde, the whiche he hadde wonne from the borderers : & after few- 
 tye & homage done by f sayd Wyllyam vnto the kynge, & a serteyn sume of money by 
 
 'diym proraysed within, ix. monethes folowynge, y' kyng suffered hym to goo at large. But 
 an other auctour sayth, y the kynge of Scottis was not taken, but strogely besyeged in a 
 towne or castell, so f fynally he was forsed to agree to the foresayde couenauntis. In 
 the. viii. yere, the cytie of Caunterbury was fyred by neclygece, & a great parte therof 
 brente ; & in that season, the archebysshop Thomas bega. .to ^eplye agayn the kynges 
 
 2«mynde, for thynges that the kynge dyd exersyse agayn the lybertyes of the churche. 
 
 ^ Capitulu. CC.xxxvii. 
 
 IN the. ix. yere [of his reygne*,] ^ kynge, [for dyuerse causes concernynge the nedes 
 )Of his realme*,] called a parliament at his towne of North Hapto, [durynge which par- 
 
 ; liamet, dissecio fell atwene y" kyng and Thomas, archebysshop of Caiiterbury, for dyuerse . 
 
 7^actis & ordynaucis f the kyng there procured to passe agayn the lybertyes of holy 
 Ghurchej f which, Thomas gaynstode & denyed : wherefore the kynge toke great displea- 
 sure with Thomas, in so moche f shortlye after he was fayne to flee the londe, &, in 
 processe of tyme, sped hym to Rome, where he complayned hym to Alexander, the. iii. of 
 y name, tha pope : & there contynued, & in Fraunce, & in other placis, in poore estate 
 
 3»by terme of. vi. yeres and more. Whan kynge Henry had sertayne vnderstodynge f 
 Thomas was thus departyd out of his londe, he seased his maners, & temporall londys into 
 his hande, so y his mouable goodys were spoyled and rauenyd amonge f kynges ofFycers'.] 
 In f. xiiii. yere of his reygne, the kyng crowned Henry, his eldest sone tha lyuyng, kyng 
 of Englod, at Westmynster, [which was done to the derogacion or harme of y afche- 
 
 vbisshop Thomas, as it is witnessyd in hislegende; & for y doynge, Roger, archebysshop 
 of Yorke, whiche crowned hym, was accursed. But an other auctor sayth, y the kyng 
 crowned Hery, his sone*,] to y^ ende he myght haue full power and auctoryte to rule this 
 lode, & the people of the same, whyle his fader was occupyed in Normandy, & other 
 countreys where his landes laye. Iq moche of this seaso [y this blessyd man Thomas 
 
 it»was thus banisshed y lode*,] y^ kyng sent ouer bysshoppis & proctours to coplayn vpon 
 hym* to y^ pope': for well nere all the bysshoppis of Englonde were agayne hym, [and if 
 
 * Poytowe. ^ Omitted in edit. 154-2. 1559. ^ Instead of the passage here inclosed in brackets the 
 
 editions of 1542 and 1559 have, " Where he intended the reforraacion of many priuylegyes that the clargye 
 hadde. Amonge whiche this was one, that althoughe one of the clergie hadde commytted felony, murder 
 or treason, yet myght not the kynge put hym to death as he dyd the laye^ien. The whiche thing wyth 
 many other, the kynge thoughte to redresse in the sayde parlyament. 
 
 <' But Thomas Becket, then archbysshoppe of Caunterburye, l^eryng that the kyng went aboute suche 
 thmges, .resysted hym vnto his face. And perceyvynge that he myghte not prevayle agaynste the kynee 
 gate hym ouer strayte to Alexaunder, then bysshop of llome, there complayuinge of the kynge, whatiuiu- 
 ryes and wronges he wolde do vnto holye Churche, contynuynge there and in Fraunce, the space of. vi. yeres " 
 * Thomas Becket, edit. 1542. 1559. ^ Byshoppe of Rome, edit, 1542, J 559. 
 
 any 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 275 
 
 any toke his parte, they durste not speke for^ displeasure of theyr teporall lordej so that 
 
 , this blessyd man defeded the quarell of the Churche alone'.] In the. xvi. yere of the 
 reygne of kynge Henry, Lewys, the kynge of Fraunce, agreed kyng Hery & the arche- 
 bysshop, the kynge than beynge in Normady ; vpo which agrement this blessyd man* came 
 
 ^o [his owne churche of Caunterbury', and there so restynge hym, sent for sucbe persones 
 as had spoyled and take perforce the goodys of the Churche, aduertysynge them by 
 fayre meanes to restore the sayd goodes, [& to be recoiisyled to the Churche as trewe 
 crysten men shulde'.^ But whan he sawe y he myght not reconsyle them by fayre meanys, 
 he than vsed copulsares, & denoused them accursed, but if they restored the goodes of 
 
 ">the Churche' by a serteyn day. Where with f partyes beynge agreued, sayled ouer 
 to the kynge into Nbrmady, and shewed vnto hym greuouse complayntes, and more* gre- 
 uouse than the cause or mater requyred. For f which f kynge [than sayd that he had' not 
 quenched* the bronde of malyce in his harte, the which he bare agayne this holy man, gaue Natuserat, pi». 
 lyght credence vnto those complayntes, & was sore & feruently amoued agayn the holy s^."5siatusn 
 
 rman ihomas,in so raochey, vpon a daye, herynge the complayntes ot this blessed manes 
 aduersaryes',] sayd, in open audience of his knyghtes, that if he hadde any good knyghtes 
 aboute hym, he had ben aduenged of that traytoure longe or that tyme : at the tyme of 
 which wordes vtterynge was present syr Wyllyam Bryton, syr Hughe Moruyle, syr 
 WyUya Tracy, & syr Regnolde Fyz Vrle, whiche. iiii. knyghtes [thynkynge y they shuld 
 
 •wto theyr master doo a synguler pleasure if they slewe this blessyd man, hastelye'] takynge 
 aduyce, eche of them of other, of one wyll & mynde toke shyppynge & sayled to 
 
 " Douer, and in all haste sped them vnto Cauterbury, where, the. v. daye of Crystemasse 
 [they executed theyr tyranny, & martyred f blessyd archebisshop, at the auter of saynt 
 Benet, win his owne churche, in the yere of our Lordis incarnacion. M. C. Ixx, as it is- 
 
 5r witnessed by theyse verses folowynge^.] 
 
 Anno miileno, centeno, septuageno, 
 Atiglorum primas corruit ense Thomas. 
 
 The which is to vnderstonde in our vulgare, as thus. 
 
 The yere, to rekyn from Crystys incarnacion, NatusfuitAnao 
 
 3'A thousande an hundrede and seuentye thereunto, pS^iS "**'" 
 
 The prymat of Englonde with great abomynacion Aimodomini. 
 
 Was slayne with swerde: Thomas that wolde not doo StusfijUAano 
 
 The kynges best which arred the ryght froo* domini. niuc. 
 
 Of the' Church and lyberties of the same, 
 JrWherby of honour" he wan perpetuell fame. 
 
 ]|After this cruell dede thus by y. iiii. knyghtes doon, wherewith the kyng, after some 
 wryters, was not contented, f kynges fortune began to decreace and fall, so f he had 
 after this many aduersities, where before he knewe not of lyke trowble'.] In the. xvii. 
 yere of his regne, the kyng made a iourney into Irelode, where, with great trauayle, be 
 ^subdued the Irysshe, & after, with helpe of f primat & bisshop of Arnach", he refourined 
 the maner of the dwellers & people of f countrey, & that in. iii. thynges specyally ; fir?t, in 
 rulynge & orderynge of the Churche by the curates, & howe they shuld order theyr deiiyne of ireiody» 
 seruyce,& mynyster [f sacrametis to the people, & vse'] the sacrament of matrimony, as ^'^"' 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559- * Thomas Becket. edit. 1542. 1559. 'his goodes. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ♦and not one whit more. edit. 1542. 'For the whych the kynge which hadde. * not yet 
 
 quenched, edit. 1533. ^ Instead of the paragraph here inclosed in brackets the editions of 
 
 1542 4- 1559 have " Tliey slewe the sayde trayterouse byshoppe (whyche a ly tell before had accurssed both 
 the kyng and all other that eyther had taken and kepte anye of hys goodys, or ellys otherwysie molested him, 
 and this he did in an open pulpet and greate audyence.) In the yere of our Lorde a. M. C. Ixx. as appereth 
 by these verses." ' which wylled him to go fro. edit. 1542. 1559. ' The popes, edit. 1 542. 1559- 
 
 ■^ trayterye. edit. 1542. " Armache, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Nn2 »t 
 
376 SEPTIMA PARS SECUNDI. 
 
 it was in Englopde, & other cristen regions. The seconde was, howe y the laye people be- 
 haued theym to theyr curates, & what wyse they slijijide pay and offer to God thevr 
 tythes. The. iii. was for makyng- of theyr testametes, 
 
 F0I.CJK. rpjjjg ^g^g ordeyned y euery man shulde make his laste wyll in presence of his neygh- 
 
 -Hbours, or at leest cause it tobe redde j theyr presence: and first, he shulde rekyn what he 
 
 oughte, & to set so moche of his goodes by; & if he had a wyfe & chyldren, thay resy- 
 
 due of his goodys, his dettys beynge payde, to be deuyded I. iii. partys, one to f wyfe, y 
 
 secode to f chyldren, & the thyrd to be spent for y^ weale of the sowle; & if he had no 
 
 Monicio. chyldren, than y^halfe to his sowle, & that other halfe to his wyfe j & if he had no wyfe 
 
 '"nor chyldren, than to dispose his goodys at his pleasure. In f returne of y kynge out 
 
 of Irelonde, was a woder thynge shewed vnto hym vpo Whitsondaye, which, in the 
 
 c?ilender, is called Dominica in albis. Wha|' kynge shulde take his horse, sodenly apere4 
 
 vnto hym a man of pala and wanne coloure, barefote, & in a whyte kyrtell; the which 
 
 boldely spake vnto ^ kynge in ^language of Douche, and sayd, "syrkyng, Cryste greetyth 
 
 '"the wele, & his mylde moder Mary, with also lohii baptyst & Peter, & comaunde f, 
 
 streyghtlye, y no markettes nor seruyle warkys be holden vpon y^ Sonday, in y londys^ 
 
 of thy lordeshyp, out take that longeth to dressynge of mete, and if thou doo after 
 
 this byddynge, I assure the y all thynge y thou hegynest to good entet, or of good purpose,^ 
 
 thou shalt brynge it to good ende." The kynge lyked nothynge this speche, sayd to the 
 
 :ijknyghte that helde his brydell, " aske of this chorle whether he hauedremed all this y he. 
 
 tellyth." ^herunto this man answered, " whether I haue met this tale i my dreme or not, take 
 
 , thou heede well of my sayinge, for and thou doo not as I haue aduertysed the, and 
 
 ajnende thy lyfe, thou shalle shortly here suqhe thynges y thou shalt be heuy foreto thy 
 
 lyues ende." The kynge toke all in game, & the man yanysshed sodenly, that the kyngq 
 
 jr& knyghtes wondered of his departynge, whereof whan y kyng was warned, both of his 
 
 firste sodeyne' aperynge, & of his departynge, y kynge set it neere his mynde, & en- 
 
 fendyd to doo some thynges after y mannys cousayll; but how it was, it had no for- 
 
 warde. After that [the blessyd man Thomas was martyred*,] the miikys, by assentof 
 
 the kynge, chase Richarde Pryour, of Doner, the which was a man of euyll lyuynge, 
 
 '"; Hand wasted the goodys of the'Churche inordynatly. 
 
 If Capitulu. CC.xxxviii. 
 
 ABout the. XX. yere of the kyngys reygne, he purchased a dispensacion for the vyage 
 J' before he had soleplye auowed, before, ii, cardynallys, to goo into the holy londe, & 
 to ieoberde his propre persone agayne Crystes enemyes, the whiche dispensacion was 
 
 vgraunted vpon one condicion, y he shuld buylde, iii. abbeys in Englode: in fulfyllynge 
 v^herof, ^ kyng put out of the house of Waltbam secular chanons, & set there, I theyr 
 stede, chanons reguler; & for the seconde, heauoydedy^ miikys out of the house of 
 Aumbrisbury, & set there menchons that he hadde brought frome beyonde the see; and for 
 the. iii. he renewed courseiy the Chartre house of Witham, besyde Salysbury : by which. 
 
 *^6iii. dedes he thought hymselfe excused of his fgrtner pvomyse. Than began bi^ sonnes 
 to make warre vpon hym ; the whiche were ayded by y Scottysshe kynge, & the. ii. erlys. 
 of Chester & of Lyncolne: f cause of whiche warre was, after declaracion of some wry- 
 ters, for so moche as the kynge had enprysoned Elyanour his wyfe, and kepte that wenche 
 Rosamouade agayne allgood order. But other say it was for sertayn lodys in Normady, 
 
 'irwhich, by ayde of f Freche kynge, Rycharde, the. iii. sone of byrth, & secode tha lyu- 
 ynge, wolde haue taken frome his father. Of this warre, spekyth nothynge the Frenshe Cro- 
 nycle. Than, as testyfyeth Ranulfe, this innaturall warre endured by y- terme of. ii. yeres 
 to the great disturbauce of y kyng and of his realme, tyll the kyng, with great deuocyon,, 
 
 " sodeynly. * Thomas Becket was slayne. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 7 vysyted 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. o^ 
 
 vysyted the graue of [^ holy rnarter, seynt Thomas',] after which pylgrymage was by hym Notanda «t hie 
 fynysshed, in short processe after Wyllya, kyng of Scottys^ and the. ii. forenamed erlys ofcSsslifpri-" 
 Chester & Lyncolne, were takynat thecastellof Anwyke; but yet helefte not the company ^°""'"''"'^"' 
 of the forenamed Rosamounde, to the which wenche he had made anhowse of a wonder Ro^moude. 
 workynge, so that noo creature, man nor woman, myght wyn to her, but if he were in- 
 structe by the kynge, or suche as were ryght secret w hym, touchynge y mater. This 
 house, after some wryters, was named, labor intus, or Deladus werke', or howse, which 
 is to mean, after moost exposytours, an howse wrought lyke vnto a knot in a garden, 
 called a mase. But y comon fame tellyth, y lastly the quene wafie to her by a clewe of 
 'othrede, or sylke, and delte with her in suche maner, that she lyued not longe after. Of the 
 maner of her deth spekyth nothynge myn auctour; but whan she was dede, she was buryed 
 at the howse or monastery of Goddestowe, besyde Oxynforde, with theyse verses vpoa 
 her torn be. 
 
 Hie iacet in tumba rosa mundi, sed non rosa munda, 
 rNon redolet sed oLet, que redolere solet. Rosarium. 
 
 The which verses to our vnderstondynge maye thus as foloweth be englysshed and 
 expowned. 
 
 The rose of the world, but not the clene floure, 
 Is here nowe grauen, to whom bewtye was lent : 
 ■win this graue full derke nowe is her bowre, 
 That by her lyfe was sweete and redolent : 
 But nowe that she is from this lyfe blynt, 
 Thoughe she were sweete, nowe fowly doth she stynke. 
 A myrror good for all that on her thynke. 
 
 ■" Longe tyme after y deth of the sayd Rosamounde, in the sayd abbey was shewed a cofer 
 of the sayd wenches, of ^ legth of. ii. fote, i the which apered feyghtynge geauntes, 
 stertlynge , of beestys, swymynge of fysshes, & fleynge of fowlys. In the foresayd. xx. 
 yere, after ^ opinyon of Guydo, the kynge had the seconde monycyon of mendynge of his 
 lyfe by an Irysshe man that tolde vnto hym many secret tokyns, whiche the kynge sup- 
 posed had no man knowen but hymselfe ; but yet the kynge toke lytell hede therunto. In [L'- fi- ".23-] 
 the. xxii. yere of his reygne, after the foresayd takynge of the Scottyshe kynge and. ii. 
 erlys, the. xi. daye before Septeber, Wyllyam, kynge of Scottys, by assent of the lordys 
 spyrytuall and temporall, dyd homage to kynge Henry, at his cytie of Yorke, where the 
 sayd Wyllyam graunted by his letters patentys, that he and his successours, kynges of 
 
 : Scotlonde, shuld make theyr homage and fydelyte vnto the kynges of Englonde, as often 
 as they shalbe necessaryly requyred ; & in sygne and token of that subieccion, the kynge 
 of Scottes offered his hatte and his sadell, vpon the auter of seynt Peter, in the churche 
 of Yorke : whiche for a remembrauce of that dede, the sayd hatte and sadell were there 
 kepte many yeres after. And ouer that the lordes of Scotlande swore, that if theyr kynge 
 at any tyme wolde wdrawe hym frome allegeauce, they wolde all aryse agayn hym, and 
 be to hym as enemyes tyll he were returned to his faythe, &.kepynge of his promyse. 
 And for the more strengthe of the sayde composycion, the kynge of Scottys came after to 
 kynge Henryes parlyamet holden at North hampton, and another season into Normandy. Fai. ciki. 
 Ranulfe, monke of Chester, sayth that Lewys the. viii. of y name, kyng of Frauce, de- 
 
 ' Thomas Becket. edit. 15*2. 1559. ^ Here the edit, of 1542. has this note in the margin. " Here 
 
 it maye appere tliat the warre betwene these Princes was slurred vp to cause the kyng to confesse he had 
 done euyl in puttyng to death Thomas Becket: that rebell which the kyng was borne in hande wrought dailye 
 miracles, wherby he was compelled not only to confesse that he dyed an innocente, but also to worshyp 
 and reuerence him as a Baynte, such was the popysh blynduesse and supersticyon." ^ Labyrinthus 
 
 or Dedalus worke. 
 
 lyuered 
 
278 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 
 
 Jyuered vnto kynge Henry a doughter of his, to haue in guydynge, and to haue been 
 maryed vnto Rycharde his sone ; the whiche, after the dethe of Rosaraonde, he deflowr- 
 ed of liyr vyrgynytie. After whiche dede, as affermeth the sayd auctour, the kynge was 
 in wylle to haue weddyd that damoysell ; for expedicion wherof he made great meanes to 
 
 ' Huguncio, a cardynall, than beynge in his londe, that he wolde make a deuorce atwene 
 hym and Elyanour the quene : and this he dyd, to the ende to haue the more faudure of 
 the Frenshemen, that by theyr ayde he myghte the better disheryte his sonnys. But he 
 fayled of his parpose, and also it turned to his owne harme : for, by this meane, he caused 
 the sayd Richarde, his sone, to she we^ all his deme9.nour vnto f Frenshe kynge; so that, 
 
 loby his informacion, vnkyndnesse kyndled atwene them two, & therof endued mortall 
 warre, as sayth the Englysshe Cronycle, and also Polycronicon. But of this warre speaketh 
 nothynge y Frenshe Cronycle, nor of noon other, durynge the lyfe of f sayde Lewys, 
 after this daye, which dyed in the. xxiiii. yere of this Henry. But the warre, y was atwiene 
 f. ii. kynges of Englonde and of Fraunce, was atwene this Henry & Phylyp, sone of 
 
 i'this Lewys, as after shalbe shewed. About the. xxiiii. yere of this kyng, as witnesseii 
 dyuerse wryters, fell wonderfuU wederynge & tempest of thunder, in mydwynter tyme, 
 in Hampshire & other places ; by vyolence wherof a preest, amonges other, was slayne. 
 And in the soraer folowynge, about Mary Magdaleyne tyde, fell hayle of sucbe bygnesse, 
 f it slewe both men and beestys. And, about thys tyme, were the bonys of king Arture, 
 
 7 0& his wyfe Gueynour, founde in the vale of Aualon ; whose here of the hede of the sayd 
 Gweynor, was then hole & of freshe coloure, but so soone as it was towched it fell in 
 powder ; which bones were translated & buryed within the churche of Glastynbury, and 
 were founden by a synger of gestys, vnder an holowe oke. xv. foote ay in the groundej 
 whiche fyndynge and translatynge is an objecte to the fantasticall sayinge of the Welshe 
 
 zrinen, that afferme his commyrige agayne to reygne, as he before dyd. Than had kynge 
 Henry the seconde, monycion by a knyght called syr Wyllyam Chesterby, or Lyndesey, 
 the which warned hym specyally for the reformacion of. vii. artycles : the firste was, that 
 he shuld set better dylygence to the defence of holy churche,' and maynteynynge of the 
 same ; the seconde, that he shulde see his lawes executed with better iustyce than at 
 
 3tthose dayes were* vsed ; the thyrde was, that he shulde surmyse no maters agayne ryche 
 men, and by that meane plucke from them theyr londys and goodys ; the. iiii. that he 
 shulde restore all suche londys and goodys, gotten by suche vnlawfull meanes, or by any 
 other ; the fyfth, that he shulde for no mede tary rightful! sentence^ but suffer the right to 
 haue his processe; the. vi. that he shuld se to the payment of his subiectes, for suche 
 stufFe as was daylie takyn "to his vse, and also to the .payment of his seruauntis & sou- 
 dyours wagys, whiche dayly wrought great sorowe to his comons,' and to leue theyra 
 some what to spende in theyr iourney : but as he toke the other monycions, so he toke 
 this, and contynued his lyfe as he before had doone. 
 
 % Capitulum. CC.xxxix. 
 
 i IN the. xxviiith. yere of his reygne, after mooste wryters, dyed Henry, his eldest sone 
 than lyuyinge ; [f which, as before is sayde, was crowned, to the derogacion of the mar- 
 ter, seynt Thomas.*] And in this yere, whiche shulde be the. iiii. yere of Phylypi the 
 seconde, or of Phylyp surnamed Gyuen of God, the warre began atwene kynge Henry 
 and hym ; wherof was occasyon, as testyfyeth the sayde Frenshe Cronycle, the denay- 
 
 ' The edit, of 1542 has this Note. " Here by tliys holy churche, is vnderstand all thynges that made for 
 " the welth and profyte of byshoppes, preastes, monkes, frer6s, & chauoiis, & suche other of those sortes, 
 « & not the vniuersa.ll or catholyke churche of Chryste." '' was. ^ whych dayly fell to rbbbynge 
 
 for defaute. The. vii. and the laste was, that he shulde in all haste voyde the lewys of hys lande, whiche 
 dayly wrought great sorowe to his commons, and to leue, &c. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559- * Omitted m 
 
 edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 inge 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 27P 
 
 inge of the deferrynge of homage, that shuld be done to f sayd Pbylyp, of Rycharde, 
 then eldest sone of kynge Henry, for the londys of Peytowe'. An other cause also 
 was, that where certayne couenauntes were stablisshed and enrolled, atwene kynge Henry 
 & Lewys father of this Phylyp, at the maryage of Henry, his sone, & Margarete, sus- 
 ' ter of this Phylyp, for certeyne holdys & castellys ; wherof the castell of Gysours was 
 one, whiche were delyuered in dower with the sayd Margaret, vpon condycion that if the 
 sayde Henry had issue by the sayd Margaret, than the sayd castellys to remayne to their"^ 
 sayd heyres ; & if the sayd yonge Henry dyed without issue of the sayd Margarete, that 
 than the sayd castellys and holdis, to be reuerted vnto the crowne of Fraunce : and for that 
 f kynge Henry denyed, or deferred theyse. ii. poyntes, & wolde not answere whan he was 
 callyd, the Frenshe kynge therfore entred the londe of Barry with great strengthe, and 
 wasted the countrey of Guyan without mercy. Wherof kynge Henry beynge warned, in 
 all ha^te assembled his people, than beinge in Normandy, and drewe hym towarde the 
 Frenshe kynge, which than had layde siege vnto the castell, called in Frenshe, Raoull, 
 ror the castell of Raoull'. Whan both hostys were nere, & lykely to haue ioyned, m6- 
 dyatours were sent vpon bothe partyes to treate a peace ; by meane wherof in processe, a 
 trewce was takyn for a certayne terme, so that eyther hooste departed without strykynge 
 of stroke at that season. Aboute this tyme, dyed Richarde [archbisshop of Gaunter- [Li. 7. ca.»4.] 
 bury; of hym it is redde, that a voyce or vysyon was shewed to hym, saynge to hym in 
 
 •... the mouthe of Cryste, " for thou haste wasted the goodys of my Churche, I shall rote the 
 out of the erthe ;" with which wordys he was so frayde, that he dyed shortlye after.*] Than 
 was Baldewyne, bysshop of Worcetour, admytted to that see, though the munkis of Caun- 
 terbury withsayde it with all theyr power. In the. xxx. yere of the kynge, Heraclius, pa- 
 triarke of Jerusalem, cam into Englonde, to haue ayde ayen the Sarazyns, that had 
 
 - --wonne great parte of the landys that cristen men had in the holy lande, & for to defende 
 the holy cytie, which Saladyne', prynce of Sury, was wonne shortly after. For by the re- 
 porte of Peter Disroye, whichmade a boke in Frenshe of the wynnynge and losynge of 
 the sayd cytie, it appereth, that it was wonne by Godfrey de Bulyon, in the yere of 
 Cristes Incarnacion. M.lxxx.xix., & so contynued vnder the rule of. ix. cristen kynges, 
 
 ibtill the laste kyng, named Guy de Lesyngham, or Lesyngwam, loste it with the holy crosse, 
 in f yere of our Lorde. xi.C.ixxx. and. ix. ; which maketh the yere of the reygtie of this 
 kynge Henry, the. xxxiiii. Than it foloweth in that story, this Heraclius made busy re- Pawiarcha. 
 quest vnto f kyng for ayde, & profered to hym the keys of the cytie, & of our Lordes 
 graue, and letters of Lucius f thyrde of that name, than pope*, chargyng hym that he 
 
 ■a shuld take vpo hym the iourney, & to haue mynde of that^ othe, that he before tyme had 
 made. The kyng deferred this answere, & Baldewyne the archebisshop preched and ex- 
 erted men to take the crosse, by whose meanes, many there were that auowed that iourn- i?„/. c./«». 
 ney: lastly the kynge gaue answere and sayde that he myght not leue his londe without 
 kepynge, nor yet leue it to the praye and robory of Freshe men, but he wolde gyue 
 
 •/largely of his owne to such as wolde take vpon them y vyage. With this answere the pa- 
 tryarke was discontent, & sayde, " we seke a man and not money : welnere euery cristen 
 regyon sendyth vnto vs money, but no londe sendeth to vs a prynce : therfore we aske a 
 prynce y nedeth money, and not money that nedyth a prynce." But the kyng layed for 
 hym suche excuses, that the patryarke departed from hym dysconteted & comfortelesse; Wordisofdu- 
 
 (rwherof the kynge beynge aduertysed, entendynge somwhat to recomforte hym with pie-''"™"' 
 saunt wordes, folowed hym vnto the see syde. But the more y^ kynge thought to satysfye 
 hym with his fayre speche, the more the patriarke was discontented, in so moche, that at 
 the laste he sayde vnto hym, " hytherto thou haste reygned gloryouslye, but here after 
 thou shalt be forsakyn of hym that thou at this tyme forsakest; thynke on hym, what he 
 
 • Poytow. 'the. ^ Roall. ♦ OmiWerf in edit. 1542. 1559. ' by Saladyne. * B. of 
 
 Rome. edit. 15-12. 1559. ^ the. 
 
 hath 
 
SEPTIMA PARS SECUNDT. 
 
 hath gyuen to the, & what thou haste yelden to hym agayne, howe fyrste thou were false 
 vnto the kynge of Frauce, and after slewe [that holy man, Thomas of Cauterbury,'] and 
 lastly, thou forsakest the proteccion of Crystis faythe.^' The kynge was amoued with 
 theyse wordes, and sayd vnto the patryarke, " thoughe all the men of my lande were one 
 body, and spake w one mouthe, they durste not speke to me suche wordys." " No won- 
 der," sayde the patriarke, " for they loue thyne, and not the ; that is to meane, they loue 
 thy goodys temporall, and fere f for losse of proraocion, but they loue not thy soule," 
 And whahe had soo sayd, he offered his lied to the kynge, saynge, "do by me right, as 
 thou dyddest by [that blessyd man, Thomas of Caunterbury,]' t'o^.l had leuer to be slayne 
 
 '«of the tha of the Sarasyns, for thou arte worse than any Sarasyn, and thy people folow- 
 
 Pacieiicia. eth pfay, and not a man." But f kyng kepte his pacience, and sayd, " I maye not wende 
 
 out of my londe, for myn owne sonnes wyll aryse agayne me whan I were absent." " No 
 
 wonder," sayde the patryarke, " for of the deuyll they c5me, and to the deuyll they 
 
 shall," & so departed from the kyng in great ire. After the patryarke was thus departed, 
 
 Tthe kyng sent John, his secode sone, vnto Irelonde : in y which vyage he spent the kyng 
 great goodys, & dydlytle profyte or none. In the. xxxi. yere of kynge Henry, the lewes 
 crucifyed a chylde in the towne of Bury in Sulfolke, named Robert, for whome God shewed 
 after many myracles. And in the. xxxii. the kynge made a vyage into Irelonde, to re- 
 dresse thynges there out of ordre, but fortune was to hym so cotrary, that he loste his 
 
 -Jotrauayle, lyke as the yere before his sone lohn had done. In the. xxxiii. yere of this 
 kynge Henry, at Dunstable, in the ayre was scene a crucifix, & Cryste nayled thero, 
 which appered vysybly to many a mannys syght ; and in this yere the kynge loste the 
 countrey of Aluerne, whan he had spent great goodes about the defence of the same ; 
 howe be it, of this warre speketh no tliynge the Frenshe Cronycle. 
 
 ir ^ Gapitulum. CC.xl. 
 
 IN the. xxxiiii. yere of f kynge, Rycharde,y^ erle of Peytowe^ arered warre agayne 
 kynge Hery his fader, and toke partye with the Frenshe kynge, by meane of the which 
 warre, all suche sumys of money as were before gaderyd by dymys, and otherwyse, for the 
 helpynge of y croysye to be made in to y^ holy lode by the sayd Rycharde, & by many 
 
 3»other nobles of the londe, were spent in the same innaturall warre. Wherefore the kynge 
 sayled into Normandy with a stronge army; but or the kynge were there londed, the sayd 
 Rycharde, by helpe of the Frenshe men, had won the cyties of Towres, of Means, and 
 also f castellys of Raoull, and Gysours, with other. At the laste the Frenshe kynge, 
 Phylyp the seconde, with the sayde Rycharde, cam vnto the cytie of Cenomana, entend- 
 
 3s:ynge to laye siege vnto the same; wherof kyng Henry beynge warned, set the suburbys on 
 
 fyre because his enemyes shuld in theym haue no socour: but the flame of the fyre was 
 
 by the wynde dryuen into y^ cytie [by such vyolence, that it fyred the cytie]' so sharply, that 
 
 the kynge was compelled to forsake it, wherwith the kyng was so amoued, that, in his de- 
 
 jmpacieda. partynge from y cytie, he sayd theyse wordes, " For thou hast takyn from me this daye 
 
 iicthe cytie that 1 mooste loued in the worlde I shall acquyte the : for after this tyme I shall 
 benygne*the y thynge that shuld mooste haue pleased the in me, whiche is myne harte." 
 After this he loste more dayly, so that his enemyes preuayled strongely agayne hym. It is 
 red of hym, that he shuld be at so great an after deale I this warre, that hastely' he 
 shuld put hym I the kynge of Fraunces mercy, his honour & his crowne reserued. But 
 
 wrthis isdoubtefuU of credence : for sure I am, ify Freshe kyng had such auaiitage of hym, 
 it shuld not haue fallen throughe y boke, but haue ben regestered I y^ moste auaiitynge 
 maner, where as in y- Freshe Cronycle is towched no worde of lyke mmyer. But thoughe* 
 
 ' Thomas Becket. edit. 1542. 1555. * Poytowe. ' Omitted in the later editions. * by noroe. 
 
 s lastlie. edit. 1542. 1559. ° trouth. 
 
 it 
 
SEPTIMA PARS SECUNDI. asi 
 
 it is that fortune was to hym contrary in suche wyse, that with or for anger & inpacience, 
 he fell into a feuer, wherof he lastly dyed in the caslell of Conomeus, or of Chynon, in 
 Normandy, in the monetb of luly, wha he had reygned. xxxiiii. yeres and. viii. monethes 
 with odde dayes, and was buryed at Fount Ebrade, with this epytaphy vpon his tombs. 
 
 SSufficit hie tumulus cui non sufficerat* orbis: 
 
 Res breuis est ampla, cui fuit ampla breuis. 
 
 Rex Henricus eram : michi plurima Regna subegi, 
 
 Multiphciq; modo, duxq; comesq; fui, 
 
 Cui satis ad votum non essent omnia terre 
 'oClimita, terre modo suflScit octo pedum; 
 
 Qui legis hec pensa discrimina mortis etin me 
 
 Humane speculum condicionis habe. 
 
 Quod petis' instante* operare bonii, quia mundus 
 
 Transit, et incautos mors inopina rapit. 
 
 'fThe whiche verses are thus moche to meane in sentence. 
 
 SufFysyth nowe this graue to whom all erthly thynge 
 
 SufFysed not, my myndeso hyghe was sette. 
 
 Tyme that was-shorte my name wyde* dyd sprynge, 
 
 Which fame by deth is into shortnesse fette. 
 T^oKynge Henry was I called, no man I thought my bette. 
 
 Whose mynde, some tyme, all erth not suffysed, 
 
 Viii. fote of grounde nowe hath my body comprysed. 
 
 Thou that this redest, the* parell of deth, and in me 
 
 Thou mayste beholde the cource of euery wyght 
 -/That erthely is : wherefore prouyde and se 
 
 That thou wele mayedoo, shortly do it, & tyght, rci.cjKiU. 
 
 DyfFer not tyme, for I assertayne the right. 
 
 The worlde is transytory, and vnwarely men takyth 
 
 Cruell deth, from whom none astate escapeth. 
 
 Girardus Cambrensis, whiche, in his booke of distynccions, set out the lyfe of this 
 Heryj sayth, dredefull it is to allege agayne hym that maye put a man out of lode, & 
 to descryue hym with many wordes that may exyle a man with one wordc; wherfore it 
 were a notable dede to tell the sooth of a prynces dedys, and offende the prynce in no 
 mean, but yet whan f prynce is passed & goon, tha men wyll talke without fere that be- 
 rfore tyme they spared for fere. Tha, to folowe the sooth, this kynge Henry norysshed 
 stryfe amonge his chyldren with all dylygence, hopynge therby to lyue hym selfe in the 
 more rest. Whan men wolde aske of hym whan he wolde leue liis great dedis, he vsed 
 to answere that f worlde shuld fayle, or a coragyous hart shuld sease of great dedys. 
 He was pereles in chyualry, in warre, & in lechery. He wedded Elyanoure, wyfe 
 of Lewys, kynge of Fraunce, contrary to the commaudement of his fader, for he 
 hadde shewed to Hym that he had lyen by her, wha he was y sayd kynges steward. 
 He reygned. xxvi. yeres some deale to his worldl3'e biysse, and. iiii. yeres some what 
 to his payne; but ^ laste. v. yeres to his great trowble & sorowe. Farthermore the 
 savd Gerarde descryueth the progeny of this Henry, whiche 1 ouerpasse, because it is 
 so comon : Rycharde, his sone, wolde often tell that wonder, & vsed to say, no marueyle 
 though they greued f people y were comon of suche kynde, for of y Deuyll they came, 
 & to ;^ Deuyll they shall. It is also redde of this Hery, ^, in a chauber at Wyndesore, he 
 
 ' troiitb. *sufficit. edit. 1542. suffeceriu 1559. ^ potes. edit. 1559. ♦ tnstanter. edit. 1559. 
 
 ' full wyde. edit. 1559. ' w^ye th^- edit. 1559. 
 
 O o caused 
 
282 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. ii. 
 
 caused to be paynted an egle yf. iiii. byrdes, whereof. iii> of them all rased the body of 
 f olde egle, and the. iiii. was cratchynge at the olde eglys eyen : whan ^ questyo was 
 asked of hym, what thynge that pycture shiild sygoyfye, it was answered by hym: " this 
 olde egle," sayde he, " is my selfe, and theyse. iiii. eglys betokyn my. iiii. sonnys, the 
 rwhich sease not to pursue my detb, and specially my yongest sone, lohii, whiche nowe 
 I loue mooste, shall moost especyally awayte and imagen my dethe." 
 
 ^ Capi'tulu. CC.xli. 
 
 PHylyp, the secode of that name, surnamed Dyeu done, or gyuen of God, and sone 
 vnto the. viii. Lewis, begato reygne ouer the realme of Frauce, in the yere of our Lord. 
 
 foxi. C. Ixxix., and the. xxiii. yere of Henry the seconde, than kynge of Englonde ; which 
 sayd Phylyp regned somwhat of ty me by the lyfe of his father, which tyme is accepted 
 vnto y reygne of his father. Thus', in the firste yere of his reygne, for the great 
 enormyties that the lewes vsed within the realme of Fraunce, as crucyfyenge of 
 chyldren, and exersysynge of theyr detestable vsery, he, after due profe made, put 
 
 -the malefactours to deth, and f other, in,auoydynge more daungeour, be exyled and 
 put clere out of his realme. This Phylyp also, as before in the story,of Henry the 
 seconde is towched, exyted the sonnys of the sayde Henry to make warre vpon theyr 
 father, by which meane this Phylyp gate many holdys and townes frome the sayd Hery 
 within his duchy of Guyon. But after the deth of Henry, this Phylyp gaue ouer all the 
 
 losayde holdys and townys vnto Rychard, f eldest sone of the sayd Hery, and receyued of 
 hym homage for the same ; and, as wylnessyth the Frenshe Cronycle, in tokyn of obedy- 
 ence*, was present at the coronacion of the sayde Phylyp. But ye shall vnderstonde that 
 y' was not kyng of Englode, for he was not kyng of Englonde. x. yeres after; but if it 
 so were, that he were present at the sayde coronacyon, yet it was a duke* of Guyoa 
 
 - 'onely. About the tbyrde yere of his reygne, Eraclius, patriarke of Jerusalem, came into 
 Fraiice, and requyred ayde of this kyng Phylyp to withstande the fury and persecucion 
 which Saladyne, prynce of Turkys, had executed, & dayly contynued in the coutrey of 
 Palestina agayne f Crysten to the great destruccion of them, & vndoynge of the coun- 
 trey, and great ieopardy of the losynge of y holy cytie of Jerusalem. For this the kyng 
 
 ^assembled a great counsayll at his cytie of Parys, where f sayd Eraclius made request to 
 the kynge, as before he had done to Henry the seconde, for he was in Frauce in the yere 
 of our Lord. xi. C. Ixxx, ii., & in Englonde he was in the yere of grace, xi. C. Ixxx. vii. 
 After which cousayll there so holden, it was agreed that the kyng, with ayde of the bys- 
 shoppys & other of the spiritualtie, shuld ayde the sayd patryarke, J which were set forth 
 
 i-An all possyble haste; but after f reporte of Peter Dysroye, whiche made arecule, or lytle 
 boke of the wynnynge & losynge of Jerusalem, they, ^ moo Cristen prynses, were dryuen 
 by tepest of the see, vnto the porte of Damas, where, vnder colour of a fayned trewce, 
 they were taken, ^ caste the mooste parte of them in pryson. And whan kyng Phylyp 
 had thus delyuered the patryarke, he than gaderyd his knyghtes, & made an armye agayne 
 
 ifiHugh, duke of Burgoyne, the whjch, at y season & tyme, had beclypped the castell of Vergy, 
 with a stroge siege, & had promysed not to departe thens, tyll such tyme as he had wonne 
 y holde by appoyntment or other wyse: & for the defence of rescouse f might be made 
 for the same, he had manned, iiii. castellys or towres* thereunto adioynaunt, with great 
 strengthe of men of armys. But after the kyng was thyther comyn w his hoste, y' sayde 
 
 i^rtowres were soone ouertumed, & the kyng, with a certayn of his people, of Guy, capi- 
 tayne of the sayd castell of Vergy, was ioyouslye into the same receyued, and rendered to 
 hym the castell, & becam his lyege man : wherewith the sayd Hugh beynge sore amoued & 
 
 ' Thys. * The sayd Rychard in token of obedyepce. » than he. edit. 1542, 1550. ♦ yet 
 
 was he duke. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Townes. edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 S dysconteted, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. ii. 283 
 
 dysconteled, seynge there he was dispoynted of his purpose, departed thence with his or- 
 dynauce & people, & robbed and spoyled the coutrey there abowte, sparynge nother 
 churche, nor house of relygyon, in so cruel & greuouse maner, that the bysshoppis & 
 abbotys of y partye of Burgoyne made pyteous request vnto ^sayde Phylyp, that he, of 
 his apecyall grace, wolde ayde & socoure thera & theyr churches agayn the tyranny of 
 the sayd duke Hughe. The kynge beynge moued with this pyteous request, made sharpe 
 warre vpo the sayde Hugh, & at lengthe wan from hym a stroge castell, named Chas- 
 telon; wherwithall the duke was put to such a studyall & fere, that he was forsed to 
 suche' meanys of treaty & 6f peace ; wherof the conclusyon was, that he shulde paye 
 vnto the churches, before by hym hurted and harmed, xxx. M. li. whiche conclusyon taken, 
 and suretye sette for the same, the kynge returned vnto Parys, where the kynge so restynge 
 hym a serteyne of time, & hauynge experyence of the intoUerable and foule stenches 
 that daylye grewe by the fylthe of the erthe, and myre in the stretes, made prouysyon dy- 
 lygently, w ayde & helpe of the cytezens which as than had londe within the cytie, y the 
 streetys were shortlye paued after. And at this tyme whan the cytie was thus paued, as sj. cjicUh. 
 affermeth many auctors, the name of it was changed from Lutesse or Lewcesse vnto Parisse. 
 
 % Capitulum. CC.xlii. 
 
 IN the. vii. yere of this kyng Phylyp, as saythe the Frenshe boke, Margaret, suster vnto 
 this Phylyp, late wyfe vnto Henry late deceased, and eldest sone of Henry the seconde, 
 ,'kyng, at this daye, of Englande, was maryed vnto Belas kyng of Hungry. In the. x. 
 yere of this kynge Phylyp, the cytie of lerusalem was takynof Saladyne, prynce of Egypte, 
 & Guy de Lessyngnan, last cristen kynge of that cytie, with the holy crosse, was taken 
 in the feelde ; whiche, after that daye, came neuer into cristen mennys possession. Of this 
 sorowe & heuynesse worde was broughte vnto kynge Phylyp, with requeste of ayde to 
 reskue certeyn cyties, as yet rested vnder the domynyon of the cristen, as Tyre, Tryple, 
 and Anteoch, with other small holdys ; for sauegarde wherof many nobles of Fraunce, 
 toke vpon them the crosse, as the duke of Burgoyne, the erle of Flaunders, Theobalde 
 erie of Bloyes, the erle of Rocheforde, ^ erle of Champayne, with many other noble 
 knyghtes, whiche for lengthe I passe ouer, & also the reporle of theyr deedys, forso- 
 moche as it concerneth nothynge the mater that I haue promysed to speke of. In this 
 iourney, also, kyng Phylyp entendyd to haue goone, & for the same great taskys and dy- 
 mys to be leuyed* throughe out his realme ; the which, to this day, are called Saladynes 
 dymes. But the letter' of this iourney, as sayth the Frenshe Cronycle, was Rycharde 
 duke of Guycn, & after his father Henry the seconde, that made warre vpon the Frenshe 
 rkynge as before is touched in the story of the sayd Henry; durynge which warre, the 
 sayd Henry dyed in the. xi. yere of this sayd Phylyp. About this season and tyme, the 
 lewes, which, by mean of great gyftes, hadde agayne purchased theyr dwellynge with- 
 in the country of Fraunce, whereof a wydowe was lady and mastresse, called Bra- 
 nous, in absence of the kynge, toke a Cristen man, & surmysed agayne hym felony & mur- 
 doure ; for the which, by fauoure of the sayd lady, the sayde lewes set a crowne of thorne 
 vpon the sayd Cristen mannys hede, & after scourged hym; & lastly in dyrysyon of Crystes 
 relygyon, & despyte of the same, crucifyed the same persona : wherof whan the kyng 
 was enfourmed, in all haste sente* into the sayd countrey or castell of Brayon, & sur- 
 prysed the sayde lewes so sodeynly that none escaped, & brente there of them to the 
 noumber of. Ixxx. for theyr malycyous & abhomynable dede. In the. xi. yere of the reygne 
 of this Phylyp, dyed Isabell the quene of Fraunce, his wyfe, a woman of good fame & 
 of great vertue. In the. xii. yere of bis reygne, as sayth the Frenshe boke, this Phylyp 
 toke vpon hym the crosse, hauynge promyse of kynge Rycharde, than newely crowned 
 
 • seke. edit. 1542. 1559. * were leuyed. edit. 1542. 1559. * L«tte. ♦ He sent. 
 
 O o 2 kynge 
 
284 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI ii. - 
 
 kynge of Englonde, to kepe company with hym in tliat iourney ; but he kepte not pro- 
 myse ; wherwith this Phylyp beynge "discontented, sayled before & layde siege vnto the 
 [Li. 7. ca. »o.] cytie of Aeon, or Acre. From this saynge varyeth Poiicronyca, and also Peter Desroye, 
 ACroysy. for Polycronycon saylh, that after the kynges of Englondie and of Fraunce, had made 
 suretye a.twene them for perfourmaunce of this iourney, they bothe together taryed at 
 Turon in Fraunce, for to abyde the soraer tyde ; and at spryngynge of the yere, they, of 
 one wylle and purpose, toke theyr vyage towarde the holy lande: thatys to wytte, that 
 one by water, and that other by londe, and mette agayne in Cecilia, where the Frenshe 
 kynge departyd from hym, & so sayled to the sayde cytye of Acoii or Acre; and layed 
 L^his siege thereunto. In whiche pastyme, kynge Rycharde warred vpon the kyng of Sypres> 
 and hym with his londe subdued, and after cam vnto Acoii, where the Frenshe kyng had 
 longe lyen at siege witlioute gettynge of any great aduauntage of his enemyes, sayinge 
 vnto kynge Rycharde, that he had spared the wynnynge of the towne tyll his comynge, 
 to the ende that he, at his comynge, myght be pertener as wele of the honoure as of the 
 rwynnynge. But howe it was, suche vnkyndnesse fell atwene them there, after they had 
 wonne the sayde towne, as after in the story of kynge Rycharde shall be shewed, that this 
 kyng Phylyp returned into Fraunce shortly after; in the which returne the sayd Phylyp 
 sykened, and the duke of Burgoyne dyed. And whan kynge Phylyp a season had soiurned 
 in Fraunce, he maryed lugebert, the doughter of the kynge of Denmarke; whiche ma- 
 2rryage, as sayth Ranulfe, was desyred of the Frenshe kyng, to haue with ber graunted 
 the tytle, whiche the Danes hadde vnto the crowne of Englonde, with also. x. M. markys 
 of syluer, for to wynne aV the sayd right and tytle; but it was not longe or she were from 
 hym deuorsed, for cause of aliaunce of Gossipred, or otherwyse. How be it, in pro- 
 cesse of tyme after,' the sayde lugebert was to hym agayne ioyned by the autoryte [of 
 ^'pope]' Innosent, the thyrde of that name," in the yere of grace. xii.C.ix. and yere of 
 reygne of this Phylyp. xxx., so that the sayde lugebert was deuorsed from her lorde, by 
 the terme of xvii. yeres or thereupon : in which tyme and season, the sayd Phylyp had 
 jnaryed the doughter of Phylyp duke of Sweuy, that than was returned vnto her father. 
 
 f Capitulum. CC.xliii. 
 
 KYnge Phylyp, for dyspleasure which he bare toward kyng Rycharde, made sharpe 
 and cruell warre vpon the Normans, and wanne therein dyuerse holdys and tovijnes, and 
 fynally layde siege vnto the cytie of Roan : wherof herynge, lohh, erle of Huntyngeton, 
 or after some, erle of Oxinford, brother to kyng Rycharde, whom the Frenshe boke 
 nameth lohn without londe, with the erle of Arundell and other noble men, sped them 
 into Normandy, and so ayded the cytezens and the soldiours of Roan, that as testy- 
 fyeth the Frenshe Cronycle, the Frenshe kyng was so moued with the warre & defence 
 of the same towne, that, in a passynge fury, consyderynge the wynter season drewe vpon, 
 & that he myght not cary awaye his gunnes, and other great ordynauncis, he set all vpon 
 a fyre, and so with great agony departed ; and within three monethes after layde siege 
 ' vnto the castell of Vernyell, where, when he had lyen. iii. wekes or -more, a messynger 
 came vnto hym, and sayde, that the cytie Euroux was taken of the Normayns, and the 
 people thereof taken prysoners : wherfore in all haste, he departed, & rescued the sayde 
 cytie and prysoners, & that done, returned to the foresayd siege, and assyeged it so strongely, 
 that lastly he had it delyuered by apoyntement. By this season was kynge Rycharde de- 
 ■^xJkv. ^j-lyuered out of the handys of the duke of Ostrige ; and then began the warre to be more 
 cruell : whiche here I passe ouer, for so moche as I entende to shewe the effecte tfierof, 
 in the story of kynge Rycharde folowynge. Abowte the. xviii. yere of the reygne of this 
 Phylyp, fell such plete of water, ;y the groiide was therwith so bucked and drowned, that 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ' The same edit, add " Tiien byshop of Rome." 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. ii. 285 
 
 corne and other frutes, by reason therof, greatly decayed and scanted ; in suche wyse that 
 whete was shortly after at. xx.«. a quarter, after sterlyng money. In the. xx. yere of f 
 reygne of this Phylyp, dyed Rycharde, kyngeof Englode, to whom was heyre lohii, be- 
 fore named, his brother, the which concluded a trewce with this Phylyp for certeyne yeres, 
 as after in the story of this lohn shall more clerelye apere : & soone there after, meanes 
 were made to kynge Phylyp, that he shulde receyue agayne vnto his company lugebert 
 his wyfe, and to renounce Mary, doughter of the duke of Sweuy, or, after some auc- 
 tours, the doughter of the duke of Bohemy, But the kynge w his mocion was nothynge 
 contented, nor yet agreable to folowe any suche mocyon' or requeste. Wherefore the 
 prclasy of the londe assymyled them in counceyll, and by a full & hoole auctoryte, seinge 
 they myght not enduce the kynge to noone conformytie or agremet, to resume his lawfull 
 wyfe, and to refuse that other, they denoused hym and his realme accursed : wherewith 
 f kynge was so amoued and vexed that he depryued sertayne bisshoppis from theyr sees, 
 and also toke in his possessyon the spirituall goodys, and prysoned many prestes and other 
 relygyous men, and ouer that, closed the sayde lugebert within the castell of Sampys ; 
 and farthermore greued his comondys* with greuous exaccyons & taxys. Than win a 
 shorte terme after, lohn de saynt Powle, cardynall, and Athan, or Othemon, bysshop of 
 Osty, and legat of the pope of Rome', with the archebysshop of Bordeaux and other, 
 by the comaundement of [the pope than*] Innocent the. iii. kepte a great councell in the 
 v«cytie of Sorsore, where the kynge was monysshed to apere, for so moche as before he 
 badde graunted to be counceyled* vnto his fyrst wyfe j where this mater liynge in argument 
 before the spyrytuall iuges, by the space of. xv. dayes without sentence gyuynge : wher- 
 fore the kynge beynge with tlie delayes discontented, sodely with his wyfe departed, with- 
 out takynge of theym any congie or leue ; sendynge them vnderstondynge that assyth' he 
 ■wolde be aduysed, or he were disseuered from his wyfe. Wherof whan the sayde lohn, 
 cardynall, and f other bysshoppis had wyttynge, accoptynge theyr labour lost, retourned' 
 shortly after vnto Rome, and shewed vnto the pope* all as they had done. And soone 
 there after, kynge lohn was honorably receyued of this kynge Phylyp, as in the story of 
 y^ sayd lohn shalbe more playnely shewed; & in f yere folowynge, whiche shulde be in 
 the begynnynge of the. xxiii. yere of this Phylyp, dyed Mary his wyfe, which he wronge- 
 fully had holden, cotrary the lawe of f churche, by the terme of. x. yeres or thereupon. 
 Of the whiche Mary he hadde receyued a man chylde, and a doughter: the which after 
 were made legittimat by Innosent the thyrde, though some noble men of Fraunce there 
 agayne grudged. 
 
 ^ Capitulii. CCxIiiii. 
 
 IT was not longe after y the kynge assembled great people, & entedyd to haue entred 
 the londys of the erle Ilossell, & of Roger de Rose : of the which he hadde broughte be- 
 fore hym manygreuouse coniplayntes of great extorcions and exaccions, y the sayd erle 
 & Roger had executed & done, vpon the churches nere to the valey of Soysons, & wolde 
 not refrayiie for all the kynges comaudemet; wherefore he rygged his array, & drewe to- 
 waide theym. But as soone as they were aduertysed of the kynges comyng, anon they 
 submytted them to the kynges grace, oblygyng themselfe to make restytucyon accordynge 
 to the kynges pleasure, to all suche places & p)ersones as they had offended; & this acte 
 thus fynysshed, kyng Phylyp returned vnto a place atwene Verdon & the lie Audely, In 
 i^rthe whiche place the kynge had appoynted a great counsayll, or parlyament ; where, 
 amonge other maters, it was cucluded y lohn, kyng of Englod, shuld be somoned to ap- 
 pere as ^ Freshe kynges lyege man, at f same parlyamet to be holden at Parys, win. xv. 
 
 ' raonicion. edit. 1542. 1559. * comons. ^ Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 155p. * Omitted 
 
 in edit. 1542. 1 55y. ^ leconcyled. ' as yet. ^ they retourned. • byshoppe of Rome, 
 
 edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 dayes 
 
286 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. ii. 
 
 dayes of Ester, to answere suffyciently to f kyng, vpo such questyos as there shuld be 
 purposed vnto hym, for the duchy of Normandy, for f coutrey of Augeou & of Poy^ 
 tyers. But for that kypge lohn came not at f day appoynted, nor none for hym, accord- 
 yng to f monysshement to hym gyuen : therfore this kyng Phylyp, notwslandyngtheamytie 
 & trewce before eofermed, assembled his hooste, & entred f duchy of Normandy, & made 
 therein sharpe & cruell warre, & wan a castell therein named Bonte or Bowte, & broused 
 or erased |^ castellys of Gentelyne & Gurney, & seased all y londes which Hughe de Gur- 
 ney helde, & gaue them vnto the duke of Bryteyne ; & also he gaue vnto hym the erle- 
 dome of Angeou, &. ii.C. knyghtes prysoners, of Normans & Eoglysshe, w a great sume 
 
 !3 of .money. It was not longe after, f the duke of Bretayne was departed from the kynge, 
 baty he, with such power as he myght make, entred the coutrey of Angeou to take therof 
 possession ; where, in shorte space, he was encoutred of kynge lohn, & fought togeder a 
 cruell batell. In y which, in ^^ ende, y duke was put to the warse, for f more parte of his 
 people were slayne, & hym selfe, with Hugh le Bruns, Godfrey de Lesignan, & many 
 other nobles of Frauce, & also of Bretayn, were takyn prisoners. With which tydynges 
 f Frenshe- kynge was greuosely disGoteted ; & where as, at y tyme, he hadde becleped f 
 castell of Arches with a stroge siege, he remoued from thens & yode to f cytie of Towers* 
 and brent a parte therof. But, as testifyeth f Frenshe Cronycle, he taryed not the c6- 
 mynge of kyng lohn, but, for y wynter was c5mynge towarde, he seaced of his warrys 
 for y yere, & so drewe hym into Frauce. In the yere folowynge, which w as the yere of 
 this Phylyp. xxiiii., & of kyngjohn the. iiii. yere, y^ warre newely began, whiche I ouer 
 passe, for as moch as it shalbe shewed in the story of kyng lohn. In y'. xxvi. yere of this 
 Phylyp, Almaricus, a studyent of Parys, helde sertayne opyoyos of heresy, of ;^ which whan 
 he was abiured, he tooke suche thought y he dyed shortly after. It was not loge after, 
 
 jrbut y other clerkys and studyautis helde an other erronyous ppynyon concernynge the 
 vnyon of the Trynytie ; of the whiche noiiber, Peter, bysshop of Parys, and one Garyne, 
 a man of great conynge, were, ii : y' which were degraded & after consumed with fyre, 
 and the body of f forenamed Almaricus was agayne taken out of the erthe, & after brent. 
 Nere about the. xxx. yere of the reygne of this Phylyp, for consyderacyon, as sayth the 
 
 3.^Frensbe boke, that lohn, kynge of Englonde, had exyled dyuerse of his bysshoppys, & 
 
 Foi. CJxvi. taken from them theyr possessions & goodys, the Which to this kynge Phylyp were come 
 
 for ayde & socoure; he therfore, moued with pytie, assebled a great hooste, & entended 
 
 to haue sayled into Englode to haue refourmed theyse maters ; with the whiche boost he 
 
 passed, tyll he came to Grauenynge by londe, where he appoynted his nauey to mete ^ 
 
 3rhym; & to the same place also, Ferrande, than erle of Flaunders, had affermely pro- 
 mysed to come vyith ^ ayde of his Flemynges, where the kynge for hym taryed a serteyne 
 of tyme. But shortly after f kynge was asserteyned, that f sayd erle was alyed with 
 kynge lohn, his enemye, & purposed to ayde bis party in all that he myghte; whereof 
 the occasyon was, as afFermeth the sayde Frenshe Cronycle, for so moche as Lewys, eldest 
 soi^eof kynge Phylyp, helde from the sayd Ferrande, ii. castellys or townes, named Saynt 
 Omer and Are. Wha kynge Phylyp appersyued that he was thus of y erle despoynted, 
 he, by counceyll of his barony, put by his iourney into Englonde, and assayled the coun- 
 trey of Flaunders, and so yode vnto Cassyle, a lytell from Grauenynge, & with sharpe 
 assawte wan the sayde towne, and so from thens to Brugys, and comaunded his nauey to be 
 
 u: brought vnto the hauen of Sluse, whiche is within short waye of Brugys; and whan he had 
 executed his pleasure at Brugys, leuynge a certayne of his people for to strengthe his nauey, 
 he yode vnto Gaunte, and there rested hym and his people. In whicfie season Regnolde, 
 erle of Boleyne, Guyllyam Longe espe, or Wyllyam with the longe swerde, with acrewe 
 of Englysshe men, aryued in Flaunders; to whom shortly drewe Ferraunt the erle, with 
 Bella nauale. a gfeat power of Flemynges: the whiche shyppyd them in smalle caruyles and barkys, 
 and other shyppis of aduautage, and with a fyerse corage sette vpon the Frenshe kynges 
 nauej", lyinge at Sluse, as before is shewed, where was foughten a stronge & cruell ba- 
 tell : but, in the ende, the Flemynges had the victory, and had the rule of all the Frenshe 
 
 flotei 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. ii. 287 
 
 flote ; the whiche in nomber, as testyfyeth the sayde Frenshe Cronycle, were a thowsande 
 and ten sayle ; the which, for n5ber & gretnesse, myght natalllye with! f hauyn, but sprad 
 i great parte of f ryier besyde. Which so lying without the hauyn,- the Flenoynges con- 
 ueyed thens, & after layde ordynaunce to the towne of Sluse, and assyeged it. Kynge 
 Eljylyp herynge of the losse of his nauy, and of the assautynge of the towne of Sluse, 
 in all haste sped hym thyther ; and there in suche wyse resisted his enemyes, f he slewe 
 of them vpon. MM., and toke of them dyuerse prysoners, and rescued the towne ; but 
 for he sawe he myghte not recouer his shyppes, beynge within the hauyn, he caused theym 
 to be discharged of vytell and other necessaryes, and after set them on fyre, and the 
 towne also, and f done, toke serteyne hostagys of Bruges, of Gaunte, and of Ipre, and 
 so returned into Fraunce. 
 
 5f Capitulu. CC.xIv. 
 
 WHan kynge Phylyp was returned ito Frauce, it was not longe after, that by f meanes 
 of some wele dysposed persones, he was recoiisyled & toke to hym his laufull wyfe, In- 
 
 . geberta, or lugebert, doughter of the kyng of Demarke ; which was great coforte to all 
 his people : & thus it now apereth that the sayde Ingebert was from her lord or husbode, 
 by f terme of. xvi. yeres & more, as before it is touched ip f secode Chapytre of this 
 story. In ^ yere of grace. xii.C.xiiii. as sayth ^ Frenshe boke, which maketh J' yere of 
 f reygne of this Phylyp. xxxv., Otho, the. iiii. of f name, and duke of Saxony, whiche 
 
 •of some off lectours' was chosen for emperour, in f quarell of kyng lohn, entred the 
 prouynce of Heuaude*, & there beynge accompanyed ^ Reygnolde, erle of fioleyne, 
 Farraunt, erle of Flaijders, and dyuerse other nobles, as well of Englode, Saxony, & 
 other places, made prouysyon to fyght ^ kyng Phylyp, which then warred I Flaiiders ; 
 so f the Freshe kyng was at the castell of Peron, and Otho was at the castell of Valen- 
 siens, or Valenseus. About Mary Magdaleyns tyde, f Freshe kyng, in wastyng the coun- 
 trey of Flaunders, came vnto f towne of Turney, & Otho returned from f foresayde 
 castell, & came vnto f castell or towne, named Mortenge, y which was but. vi. myle from 
 Turney. Wherof herynge, f kynge entendyd to haue set i shorte tyme vpo his enemyes ; but, 
 by thaduyce of his barons, was letted, for so moche as J^ wayes and placis were streyght, and 
 narowe towarde his enemyes: for the whiche cosyderacio by counsayll of his sayd barones, 
 he was letted & returned' towarde Henawde, for to haue more larger playnes. So f after 
 saynt lamys daye, he returned, purposynge f nyght to haue lyen, and also his hoste, at the 
 castell called Lylly; but he was letted of his purpose: for Otho, which was warned of his 
 remouynge, demed hym to haue fled, pursued* after f vaiigarde of the kyng, of f which 
 were capitayns f vicoute of Mylyo, & one named fryer Gamy, the which was a fryer & 
 relygyous man, a man of great counsayll & hardynesse. Theyse, beynge accompanyed \V. 
 iiii.M. men, rode tyll they came to an hyll or lytle moiitayne, where they e&pyed f auau- 
 tage of Otho & his hoste. Wherefore fryer Gamy returned to gyue f kynge knowlege, 
 8c f vicounte remayned in f place, & houed with his company. Whan f kynge had 
 knowlege of f comyog of his enemyes, he in good maner kepte on his iourney. In which 
 season, Otho, with his people, cam vnto a ryuer which was somdeale daiigerous to pa«se ; 
 howe be it, i processe he passed it ; & whan he & his hoste were ouer, he made waye to- 
 warde Turney : in so moche f the vicout & his copany demed them to haue returned 
 to Turney. But so soone as fryer Gamy was returned vnto,^^ sayd mount, anon he demed 
 
 . f cotrary, & sayd, presysely f other they must gyue batayll to theyr enemyes, or ellys 
 they must flee w shame. In this whyle, f kynges people came vnto a brydge where they 
 shulde passe ouer, & the cawtele of his enemyes was, that wha f kyng, ^ the more 
 parte of his people, had ben passed y brydge, they wold haue set vpon y' rere warde, & 
 
 * electours. *Henaude. ' removed, edit. 1542. 1559. * and puriued. 
 
 haue 
 
S88 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. ii. 
 
 haue dystressed them, & soo haue kepte y bryge, that the kynge shd-lde not haue socour- 
 ed his people. But, or the kynge were passed, the fyght was begone ; in so moche, that 
 hydeous crye cam to the kynges erys, " at armys, at armys, to barneys, to harnes, our 
 enemyes be come." Nere vnto the kynge was achapell, halowed in the honour and wor- 
 
 '^shyp of saynt Peter; whereunto the kyng yode, and made there his deuoute prayers i 
 
 Sal cjkvH. anj tijat done, armed hym & lepte to horse, ioyously cryinge, as barons at annes. Than 
 
 the Oryflambe, which was passed ^ brydge, was counterraaunded ; and than began the 
 
 trupettya and tabours to blowe, whiche reuyued the palled hartys, and caused them to 
 
 forgete the drede of dethe. But for the kynges people myght not so hastely returne, and 
 
 Impasse the brydge, the kynge, as a valyaunt knyghte, toke his horse with his spurris, and 
 set foreward, to encourage the other of his knyghtes ; so that his enemyes herynge of his 
 cpmmynge, were some deale dyscoragyd, & gaue place vnto the kynges boost. Tha 
 Otho, herynge of the kynges returne, enbatayled his people ; but soo it was, y be toke the 
 north parte of the felde : by reason wherof the sone was in his face, to his great after- 
 
 ifdeale, for f daye was excedynge whot ouer that' other. Than was the batell begbnne in 
 dyuer&e partyes of the felde, so cruelly, that many a man was there ouer throwen ; f 
 which endured by a loge space, in suche wyse, that harde it was to disserne which partye 
 had the better of that other : eyther prynfie enforsed so straytly that other, that eyther of 
 theym were vnhorsed, & in great ieoperdy. If here I shuld reherse the victoryous dedys 
 
 ''of the Frenshe kynge & his knyghtes in order, after y expressement of the Frenshe 
 booke, I shulde thereof make a longe story; but trowthe it is, y in the ende, Otho was 
 compelled to forsake f felde, to ^ great losse of his people ; & Feraunt, y erle of Flaii- 
 ders, was taken w many other, as Regnolde, erle of Boleyn, &. xxviii. other of name. 
 And one thyng hardely me semeth to be credece gyuen vnto, reherseth here the Frenshe 
 
 rCronycle, sayinge, ^ of all y Frenshe boost was myssed but one sengle man, the whiche 
 fifter was founde amonge the dede Almayns, sore woiided, and after cured and heled 
 iigayn ; which maye be tolde for a great wonder, consyderynge the sayd fyght lasted ouer. 
 iiii. houres, as testyfyeth the sayd Cronycle. But syth* the auctor or the wryter ouer 
 seeth hym selfe in that reporte; for he shewelh before, in the deuysynge of f fyght of this 
 
 .0 batell, than' whan kyng Phylyp was felled from his horse, ii. of his knyghtis were slayne 
 ryght before hym, y one named Guyllya de longe Chape, and that other, Gerarde le 
 Tryne*. But maysler Robert Gagwyne expresseth this more clerely, sayinge, that after the 
 felde was done, and y^ emperoure was fled, leuynge his baner of the splayed egle behynde 
 hym, a busshement, of the noumber of. vii.C. men, recoueied that standarde, & so kepte 
 
 i^them together. Wherof whan the kynge was enfourmed, he sent agayne theym, one of 
 his knyghtes, called syr Thomas Valare', accompanyed with. 1. fotemen, &. MM. horse 
 men, the which distressed the sayd company without losse of one man, as before is sayde ; 
 and more ouer the sayd auctour sayth, that vpon the partye of the sayd Otho, of knyghtes, 
 and gylte harnesse, were slayne a thousande. v.C. ; and of other horse men & fote men 
 a hundrede and fyftye thousande. But of the Frenshe men, which shulde be sureste of 
 rekenynge, he maketb no mensyon : but trowthe it is, y i all ^ Cronycle through, that 
 the Frenshe booke reherseth all tbynge touchynge theyr honour, is declared and shewed 
 to the vttermooste; and that whiche conserneth theyr dishonour or losse, it is ouer* sub- 
 tely excused, or soo darkely or mystly wryten, that the reder tkerof shall hardely come 
 
 'to f knowlege of the trouthe : and that is well apparent in the storyes of Phylyp de Va- 
 loys, and of kynge lohn, his sone, in expressement of theyr faytes doone and exer- 
 sysed agayne the thyrde Edwarde, kynge of Englonde, and pry nee Edwarde, his sone. 
 Tha it folowith in y story, whan Phylyp hadde opteyned this great victory of his enemyes, 
 & ordered other thynges concernynge his people, as countermaundynge them the nexte way 
 
 ' the. * sure. » that. ♦ Tyrne. edit. 1542. 1559- ' Valary. • evtber. edit 
 
 1542.1559. ^ 
 
 vnto 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. f 85 
 
 ▼nto theyr countreys, he, with his prysoners, sped hym to Parys, & there, of his great 
 bounte, graiited to the sayd erlys of Boleyne and Flauders, theyr lyues, but not of pry- 
 sonement ; for the erle of Boleyne was sent vnto the castell of Peron, & Feraunl^ erle of 
 Flauders, was commytted to the castell or towre of Louour, without the wallys of the 
 ^tytie of Parys, tha newely made; but within lesse than. xv. monethes after, by labour of 
 his wyfe, he, with other of his lyege men, was delyuered, payinge theyr fynauntys, and 
 perfourmynge of theyr streyght londys & condycions'. 
 
 f Capitulii. CC.xlvi. 
 
 IT was not longe after that kynge Phylyp reassembled his knj^tes, & sped hym 
 towarde the counjrey of Poytoys*; wherof beynge warned, th^ erle of Thoners, that than 
 was chefe ruler of that countrey vnder kynge lohii; seinge y feblenesse of the comons, 
 that dayly were vexed with warre, & also the losse of kyng lohns frendys, notwithstod- 
 ,ynge>^ sayd lohn was tha within, xx. myles, yet he made siiche meanes to kynge Phylyp, , 
 by the labour of Peter, than duke or erle of Bretayne, that y^ sayde kynge accepted the 
 same erle to his grace, and granted to hym and his, a trewce for. iiii. yeres. But y 
 notwilhstondynge, the kynge kepte on his iourney towarde kyn^ lohn ; wherof kyng lohn 
 beynge enfourmed, & also of the peace atwene the erle of Thenars, and the Frenshe 
 kynge, by meanys of one Robert, a legat of Rome, soughte meanys of treaty & of peace : 
 so f in processe, by dylygence of the sayde Robert and other, a peace was cocluded for. 
 
 ;rv. yeres : which peace concluded & assurid, eyther kynge returned into theyr owne pro- 
 uynces. Within short whyle after f the Freshe kynge was returned into Fraunce, he call- 
 ed to mynde the great victory had of the Almayns^ w also one other, which Lewis, his 
 sone, about the same tyme hadde agayne or' of kynge lohn in the countrey of Aungeou, 
 at the castell of Moyne, or Mayne ; for the which, ii, victoryes the kyng edyfyed a mo- 
 
 ,; nastery besyde the cytie of Sayntlys, in the honour of saynt Vyclor, and endowed it with 
 fayre and ryche possessyons, & named it the abbey of saynt Victor. In the. xxxvi. yere 
 of the reygne of this Phylyp, Lewis, bis sone, by procurynge and sturrynge of the lordys 
 of Englonde, sayled into the sayde prouynce, as more playnly shalbe shewed I the. 
 xvi. yere of the reygne of kyng lohii. Many moo storyes & actis myght I brynge in, & 
 -set in this story of this kynge Phylyp, if I shuld folowe the Frenshe booke : for he 
 makyth there a rehersayll that coteyneth. xxxix. great leuys of parchemyne, of the 
 whiche I haue taken out suche as to me semeth mooste couenyet, & haue ouerpassed the 
 other for lengthe of the tyme. Than it foloweth, this Phylyp, after theyse dayes, drewe 
 hym to more quyet & rest ; so y after this peace or trewece cocludyd with kyng lohn of En- 
 
 jrglod, f auctor speketh not, or myndeth of any noble dede by hym doone; so that in yr 
 yere of our Lord. xii.C.xxii. which shulde be the yere of his reygne. xliii. the sayd auctor 
 begynneth, & sayth, that i that foresayd yere, apered a great eclypce of the sone, where- 
 of y lyke had not ben seen in many yeres passed. And in the yere folowynge, dyed this 
 Phylyp, in the moneth of lunii*, whan he hadde reygned vpo. xliiii. yeres; before wliose 
 deth, apered a great coraete or blasyng starre, the whiche the Frenshe men, with also the 
 foresayde eclypce, they adiudged for pronostiquykys & tokens of the kyn^cs deth; y^ Comeu. 
 which was buryed with excellent pompe in the monastery of saynt Denys, in the yere of 
 our Lord. MCC.xxiii. of his age. Iviii., leuynge after hym y fore named Lewys, which was P''- casiiV. 
 enoynted kynge after hym. This Phylyp, auionges other notable thynges ordeyned in his 
 
 i*. testament, be sette to the aydynge & wynnynge of the holy citie of lerusalem. CCCM.li. 
 of Parys money ; to the hospytall in Mountforte. C.M.U. & to be distributed amonges ciie 
 poore comons of his londe, he gaue, xx.M.li. But here is to Le noted, there is a ;:^:eat 
 dyuersyte betwene a pounde of Parys money, for a li. of Parys money is but. ii s. vi. d. 
 
 ' <ti other itreyght condycyons. " ' Poytovr. ' gayned. edit. 1542. 1559* * luly. edit. 1559. 
 
 P p » sterlynge. 
 
1296 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPL 
 
 steriynge, or nere there about; and it folowith soo f. MM. of Parys, is bat a. C.xxvJ/. ster- 
 lynge. By which accompte it foloweth, that this kyage gaue to the ayde of the holy ionde. 
 xxxvii.M.v.C./i. steriynge; to the hospytall.'xii.M. &, v.CM. steriynge ;& to the poore peo- 
 ple. MM.v.C./?. 
 
 r And thus here I make an ende of this volume, for cause and cosideracion, as after is 
 shewed in the begynnynge of the rvexte volume, as there it shall more manyfestly appere. 
 
 [Lenuoye. 
 
 Prece forth rude volume, and recomende me 
 To my derest frende, experte in all scyence ; 
 "Praye hym at leysour the to ouerse, 
 And where in meter or prose he fyndeth offence. 
 Or congrewe Englysshe, or of parfyte sentence,, 
 Humbely hym praye that he woll the correcte,, 
 Which in all his faytes is so circumspecte. 
 
 /rAnd shewe to hym fortber bis meret to encrease. 
 The second volume is redy to hym dyght ; 
 Praye hym be wqU not therefore with the surcease^ 
 Tyll that thy felowe he baue by bis insyght, 
 i And by bis sc3^ence brought in so good plyght, 
 
 to That to all recjjers it may be delectable. 
 And to the berers frutefuU and profytable. 
 
 And not to disdayne ray malapert rudenesse. 
 That to bis payne I shulde thus boldely sende. 
 Or hym to wyll, to such great busynesse, 
 ^So rude a werke to correct and amende ; 
 But shewe hym sothly that all that I entende, \ 
 
 Is for to enhaunce his prayse and great lawde^ 
 As be shall knowe, I trust without frawde.J' 
 
 ' Omitted in the edit, of I559> 
 
 FINIS. 
 
THE 
 
 SECOND VOLUME 
 
 OF 
 
 F A B Y A N ^ S 
 
 CHRONICLE. 
 
7 - 
 
FOUO 1. 
 
 PROLOGUS. 
 
 Now, for as moche as we be comyn to the tyme that offycers were chosen and chargyd 
 with the rule of the cytie of London, it is necessary that here we do shewe what 
 offycers they were, and of the name that to them was admytted and gyuen. Then ye 
 
 rshall vnderstonde, that at the coraynge of Wyllyam Conquerour into this londe, as 
 euydentlye appereth by the charter of hym to the cytezens of London graunted, that be- 
 fore those dayes, and then, the rulers of thesayd citezens named' portgreuis, whiche 
 worde is deriuat or made of. ii. Saxon wordis, as port and greue ; port is to mean a 
 towne, and greue is meant for a gardyen or ruler, as wolde* meane gardyen, ruler, or 
 
 ■okeper of the towne. Theyse, of olde tyme, with the lawys & customys than vsed within 
 this cytie, were regestryd in a boke called the Domysday, in Saxon tunge than vsed : but 
 in later dayes, when the sayd lawes and customes alteryd and chaunged, & for considera- 
 cion also that the sayd boke was of small hande, & sore defaced, it was the lesse set by, 
 so that it was enbesylyd, or los>te ; so that the remembraunce of suche rulers as were 
 
 irbefore the dayes of this Rycharde the first, whose storye shall nexte ensue, are loste and 
 forgoten. Wherefore nowe I shall begyn at the firste yere of the sayd first Rycharde, the 
 which, of some wryters, is surnamed Cure de Lyon, and so contynewe the names of all 
 offycers, as wele baylyues, mayres, and shryues, tyll the laste yere of Rycharde the 
 thyrde, kyng in dede, and not of righte, which baylyues I shall appoynt' the rule of, 
 
 •lofrome Myghelmas to Myghelmas, and the mayres from suche tyme and season as nowe 
 is accustomed & vsyd, that is to say, frome the daye of Symon and lude, vnto the same 
 feeste next ensuynge, vpon which day the newe mayre takyth his charge at the Guylde 
 hall, and the olde mayre is there and than discharged of the sayd offyce of mayraltie. 
 
 Now wolde I fayne, 
 ■H In wordys playne. 
 Some honoure sayen. 
 And brynge to mynde 
 
 Of that auncient cytie. 
 That so goodly is to se, 
 And full trewe euer hath be; 
 And also full kynde : 
 
 To prynce and kynge. 
 That hath borne iust rulynge, 
 Sene the fyrste wynnynge 
 3.- Of this ile land by Brute; 
 
 * were named, edit. 1533. 1543. 1559. 
 
 So that, in great honoure. 
 By passynge of many a showre, 
 It hath euer borne the flowre 
 And lawdable brute. 
 
 Of euery cytie and towne, 
 To seche* the world rowne, 
 Neuer yet caste downe 
 As other many haue be ; 
 
 As Rome and Cartage, 
 lerusalem the sage. 
 With many other of age, 
 In story as y^ may se. 
 
 ' who wolde. ' apweynL MS; * serch. MS. 
 
 This 
 
294 
 
 PROLOGUS. 
 
 This so oldly foundyd 
 
 Is so surely groundyd 
 
 That no man may confounde it : 
 
 It is so sure a stone,' 
 
 5"That it is vpon sette : 
 For thoughe some haue it thrette 
 With manassys grym and grete. 
 Yet hurt had it none. 
 
 To speke of euery commodyti^ 
 Flesshe and fysshe and* all deyntye. 
 Cloth and sylke, with wyne plentye, 
 That is for hoole and syke : 
 
 Brede and ale with spycis fyne, 
 With howses fayre to sowpe and dyne, 
 Nothynge lackynge that is condyngne, 
 For man that is on molde. 
 
 Cryste is the very stoon 
 i« That the cytie is sette vpon ; 
 Whiche from all his foon 
 Hath euer preseruyd it 
 
 [By meane of dyuyne seruyce, 
 That in continuell wyse 
 lis kepte in deuout guyse 
 Within the mure of it: 
 
 As howsys of relygyon, 
 In dyuerse placys of this towne, 
 Whiche in great deuocion 
 ■loBeae euer occupyed. 
 
 Whan one hath done, another begyn. 
 So that of prayer they neuer blyn, 
 Such ordre is theyse howsys within 
 With all vertue allyed.J' 
 
 jrThe parysshe churches also to rekyn, 
 Of which noumber I"' shall spekyn, 
 Wherin speke many preest & dekyn, 
 And Cryste dayly they serue : 
 
 By meane of whyche sacryfyqe 
 ^=> I truste that he in all wyse 
 This cytie for his seru3'ce 
 Doth euernaore preserue- 
 
 This cytie I meane as' Troynouante 
 Where honour & worshyp doth* haunte 
 3 With vertue and ryches accordaunte, 
 No cytie to it lyke : 
 
 With ryuers fresshe and holsome ayer. 
 With wymen that be good and fayre, 
 And to this cytie doou repayre, 
 Of straungers many folde. 
 
 The vytayle that herein is spente 
 In three housholdys dayly tente, 
 Atwene Rome and ryche Kent 
 Are none may them compare. 
 
 As of the raayre and shryues twayne . 
 What myght I of the iustyce sayne. 
 Kept within this cytie playne ; 
 It were longe to declare : 
 
 For thoughe I shulde all day tell 
 Or chat* with my ryme dogerell, 
 Myght I not yet halfe dospell 
 This townys great honoure. 
 
 Therefore shortly, as I began. 
 Pray for it bothe chylde and man, 
 That it may eontynewe an 
 To here of all the flowre. 
 
 And so to dwelie in rest and peace. 
 Good Lorde graunt that it not sease, 
 But euer to haue more encrease, 
 If it be thy wyll. 
 
 And to eontynewe the old fame. 
 The kynges chaumbre,that the ryght name 
 London, to kepe without blame 
 As it hath hyther tyll. 
 
 The edit, of 1542 Sp 1555 ^ao« tie following lines, instead of the stanzashere enclosed. 
 By his specyall fauoure, ' 
 Whiche is oure onely sauyoure, 
 From the synfuU behaueoure 
 That oure forefathers dyd commyt 
 
 'as . 
 
 'is. 
 
 ^ doou, MS. 
 
 ' of. MS. 
 
 'thiat.edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Who 
 
THE WARDIS OF LONDON. 
 
 Who so hym lykyth theyse verses to rede, 
 With fauour I pray he wyll them spell; 
 Let not the rudenesse of them hym lede 
 For to dyspraue thys ryme dogerell. 
 rSome parte of the hbnoure it doth you 
 Of this olde cytie Troynouaunt, [tell 
 But not thereof the halfe dell', 
 Cunnynge in the maker is so adaunt. 
 
 But thoughe he had the eloquence 
 Of Tully, and the moralytie 
 Of Senek, and the influence 
 Of the swete sugred armone. 
 Of that fayre lady Caliope : 
 Yet had he not cunnynge parfygh^ 
 This cytie to prayse in eche degre, 
 As it shulde duely aske of right. 
 
 295 
 
 Here after I shall declare the wardys of this foresayd cytie, yr also the parisshe churchejs 
 /(that stande within the sayde wardys ; [& after I shall shew to you, the houses of rely- PM 
 gyon standynge in the circuyte of the same cytie. And fyrsle,]^ 
 
 The warde of the towre where in are thre 
 
 parysshe churches. i. 
 
 Seynt Olaue. 
 'J'Alhaloyn atBarkynge. 
 Seynt Dunstane. 
 
 Byllyngysgate Warde. ii. 
 
 *^o Seynt Botulphe. 
 
 Seynt George in Podynge lane. 
 Seynt Andrewe in Estchepe. 
 Seynt Margaret called Pates'. 
 Seynt Mary hyll. 
 
 x'Londe brydge Warde, iii. 
 
 Seynt Benet at Grace churche, 
 Seynt Leonarde in Estchepe. 
 Seynt Margaret in Brygstret. 
 3o Seynt Alague in Brydge strete. 
 
 Dowgate Warde. iiii. 
 
 Seynt Lawrence Pounteney. 
 Alhaloyn the more. 
 ^Alhaloyn the lease. 
 
 Walbrooke Warde. 
 
 Seynt lohn in Walbrooke. 
 ""Seynt Mary Bothawe. 
 Seynt Swythyn in Candelwyke strete» 
 Seynt Stephan in Walbrooke. 
 Seynt Mary Wolchurch in the Pultry. 
 Seynt Syth in Boclerysbury. 
 
 T. 
 
 '^^.'Candelwyk strete Warde» 
 Seynt Martyn Orgor. 
 
 / halffyDdell. MS, 
 
 Seynt Clement. 
 
 Seynt Mychaell in Crokyd lane. 
 
 Seynt Mary Apcburche. 
 
 YIJ. 
 
 Langbourne Warde. 
 
 Alhaloyn stanys in Lumbard strete. 
 
 Seynt Gabryell. 
 
 Seynt Denys in Fanchurche strete. 
 
 Seynt Edmunde. 
 
 Seynt Nycolas Aeon. 
 
 Seynt Mary Wolnoth in Lumbarde strete. 
 
 Algate Warde. . viii. 
 
 Seynt Andrewe vndershafte. 
 Seynt Kateryns by Crystes church. 
 Seynt Kateryne Colman. 
 
 Port Sowkyn Warde. 
 
 Seynt Botulphe without Algate. 
 
 Lyme strete Warde. 
 Seynt Mary Naxe. 
 
 Bysshoppis Gate Warde. 
 
 Seynt Botholphe at the ^te. 
 
 Seynt Alborgth. 
 
 AlhaJoyns within seynt HelynSr 
 
 Cornehyll Warde. xii. 
 
 Seynt Mychaell, 
 Seynt Petyr. 
 
 IX, 
 
 X. 
 
 XI. 
 
 ▼i. Brad strete Warde, 
 
 Seynt Martyn Owtewyche, 
 
 f Omitted mtheediU of ld4t. ud Ij5d, 
 
 * Patent* 
 
 Xliu 
 
 Seynt 
 
i9S 
 
 THE WARDIS OF LONDON. 
 
 Seynt Benet Fynke. 
 Seynt Bartholomew the lytle, 
 Seynt CristofFyr. 
 Seynt Peter the poore. 
 /AUialoyns in the Walle. 
 
 Colmanstrete Warde. 
 
 Seynt Stephan. 
 Seynt Olaff in the lury. 
 1 6 Seynt Margaret in Lothbery. 
 
 Chepe Warde, 
 
 Seynt Laurence in the lufy. 
 Seynt- Mary Bowe, 
 Alhaloyns in Hony lane. 
 '■rSeynt Mary of Colchurche. 
 Seynt Myldredys in the Paltry, 
 Seynt Benet Shorhoggei 
 Seynt Martyn Ponyers. 
 Seynt Martyn in Iremooger lane. 
 Seynt Mary. 
 
 Cordwayner strete Warde. 
 
 Seynt Mary or Aldermary. 
 Seynt Ancelyne'. 
 Seynt Pancras. 
 
 Quene hythe Warde. 
 Seynt Mycbaell. 
 Seynt Mary Somerset. 
 Seynt Mary Mouthawe. 
 Seynt Nicholas OlafFe^ 
 Seynt Nicholas Colde Abey. 
 Seynt Petyr. 
 
 Bred strete Warde. 
 
 Alhaloys in Brgd strete. 
 
 Seynt- Myldrede. 
 
 Seynt Mathye. 
 
 Seynt lohn Euangelyst. 
 
 Seynt Augustyne at Powlys gate. 
 
 Seynt Margaret Moyses. 
 
 Seynt Botolphe. 
 
 Seynt Margaret in Fryday strete. 
 
 Vintry Warde. 
 
 Seynt Martyr », 
 
 Seynt Michaell Colege. 
 
 * 
 
 ' Seynt Ancelm. MS. 
 
 xuu. 
 
 XV. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 xvn. 
 
 xvm. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Seynt Thomas Appostle. 
 Seynt lamys Garlyke hyth. 
 Trynyte in Knyghtryder strete. 
 
 Baynardes Castell warde. ^xx. 
 
 Seyht Andrewe. 
 Seynt Benet. 
 Seynt George. 
 
 Seynt Mary Magdayleyne in olde Fysshe 
 strete. 
 
 Faryngedon Warde with in. xxi. 
 
 Seynt Yeuan. 
 
 Seynt Nycholas in the Fleshe Hamblys. 
 Seynt Faythis in Powlys Churche. 
 Seynt Martyn within Ludgate. 
 Seynt Michaell ai Querne. 
 Seynt Fauster in Fauster lane. 
 Seynt Peter at the crosse of Chepe. 
 Seynt Gregory in Poulys Churche yarde. 
 Seynt Genyn within Seynt Martya' the 
 Graunt. 
 
 Faryngedon Warde without. 
 Seynt Duhston. 
 Seynt Bryde. 
 
 SeyAt Andrewe in Holborne. 
 Seynt Sepulcre within* Newgate. 
 
 Aldrysgate Warde. 
 
 Seynt Botulphe without the Gate. 
 
 Seynt Anne. 
 
 Seynt lohn Zachary. 
 
 Seynt Leonarde in Fauster lane. 
 
 Seynt Mary Stanynge. 
 
 Seynt Mathewe in Syluer strete. 
 
 Bassyngyshawe Warde. 
 Seynt Mychaell there. 
 
 xxn. 
 
 xxiu. 
 
 xxiin. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Crepyll gate Warde. 
 
 Seynt Mary Magdaleyn in Mylke strete 
 Seynt Mary in Aldermanbury. 
 Seynt My^chaell in Hogynlane. 
 Seynt Albons in Woodstrete. 
 .. Seynt Alphy by Crepulgate., ■ 
 Seynt Olaff in Syluer strete. 
 Seynt Gylys without the Gate. 
 
 /•<./. in. 
 
 without, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 2 
 
 The 
 
THE WARDIS OF LONDON. 297 
 
 The summe of the parysshe churchys within London. C.xiii. 
 
 Here after ensue the [howsys of relygyon, monasteryes, collegys, capellys, & 
 other, beynge no parisshe churchys]' within the cytie. 
 
 The cathedrall churche of seynt Powle in the ende of Chepe. 
 r [The pryory of seynt Barthelmewe in Smythfeelde.]* JPd.ia. 
 
 The hospytall, or spytell, a cell of the sayd pryory. 
 
 [The charter house, standynge within the warde of Crepulgate. 
 
 Elsynge spytell within the sayd warde. 
 
 Th^e chapeil of our lady of Bedlein in Bysshopis gate warde. 
 'oThe house of seynt Elyn in the same warde of nunnys. 
 
 The pryory of Crystis churche within Algate. 
 
 Seynt Anne abbey within Portsokyn warde, of white munkys. 
 
 The bowse of the maneressys of close nunnys within the same warde.]* 
 
 The capell of our lady of Barkynge in the Towre warde. 
 irAn bowse of crossed freres in the same warde'. 
 
 A colege of seynt Antony in the warde of Bredstrete. 
 
 A college of seynt Thomas, callyd* Acrys, standing in Chepe. 
 
 [An bowse of frere Augustynes in Brodstrete warde.]' 
 
 An bouse of gray frerys* standinge in the warde of Faryngedon within. 
 -toAn howse of black freres, standyng by Ludgate, within the foresayd warde. 
 
 An howse of whyte frerys standynge in Flete strete. 
 
 A churche, or college, callyd the Temple, standynge at Temple barre. 
 
 A chapeil standynge in Pardon church yarde within Poulis. 
 
 A chapeil standyng in the church yarde at Powlys, ouer the Charnell house. 
 ifA chapeil standynge within Crepyll gate, seynt lamys in the well. 
 
 A chappell called Pappey, standynge besyde Bysshoppys gate, foundyd by the 
 preestys of that fraternyte. 
 
 A chapeil of corpus Christi in the Pultry. 
 
 A chapeil [of seynt Thomas of Caunterbury,]* standynge vpon Londonbrydge. 
 ?o A chapeil standynge in Gelde hall yarde, of our lady. 
 
 A college of prestys, standynge' by Poulys, called seynt Martyn le Graunde. 
 
 The summe of housys of rylygyon, chapellys, & other, xxvii. 
 
 Westmynster. 
 
 The abbey of Westmynster*. 
 irThe kynges newe chapeil. 
 
 Seynt Stephan's chapeil. 
 
 Seynt Margarettys churche. 
 
 A chapeil at Totehyll. 
 
 A chapeil of seynt Anne in Totehyll strel*. 
 **'' [Seynt lames, in the feelde.]' 
 
 A chapeil at Rouncyuale. 
 
 A parysshe churche, thereby of Seynt Martyn. 
 
 A chapeil of" our lady of Pewe. 
 
 ' Cathedral churches, chapellei, & other churches that are. edit. J542. 1559. * Omitted in edit. 154?, 
 ■* A churche where the crossed freers sonityme were. edit. 1542. 1559* * A church late called, edit. 
 
 1542. 1559. ' -An house where the gray freers were sometyme, &c; edit. 1542. 1559- The tame form of 
 
 expresrioH is used of the two succeeding houses. * called Seyut. MS. ' A churche standing. 
 
 ediU 1542 1559. * Westminster churche. edit. 1542. 1559. » This chapel is o»M««d in the AtS. 
 
 " called. MS. 
 
 Q q [Churchis, 
 
398 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI I. 
 
 [Cburchis, monasteryes, chapellis, & other housys, wherein God is dayl^y seruyd, 
 standynge in the cireuyte of the cytye without the wallys, and firste.}' 
 
 Without Algate. 
 A parysshe churche of bur lady standynge without the barrys, callyd Whyte ehapell. 
 rA college of seynt Kateryne, standynge on the east ende of the Towre of London. 
 A parysshe church, or ehapell, within the sayde Towre, of seynt Peter. 
 
 Southwarke. 
 
 [The monastery of Bermundsey.]' 
 
 A parysshe churche of Mary Magdaleyn [standynge fast by] , 
 »» A parysshe churche of seynt George. 
 
 A parysshe churche of seynt Margaret. 
 
 An hospytall, or college of seynt Thomas. 
 
 A parysshe churche of seynt Olas. 
 
 A monastery of chanons, callyd seynt Mary Ouereys, & with a parys&h 
 (T churche of seynt Mary Magdaleyne, stondynge fast thereby*. 
 
 Without the Temple barre. 
 
 A parysshe churche of seynt Clement. 
 A ehapell of seynt Spyryt. 
 Seynt Vrsula at Strande*. 
 
 Without Smythfeelde. 
 
 ^oThe pryory of seynt lohn in lerusalem*. 
 A house of nunnys named' Clerkynwell. 
 A ehapell in Pardon churche yarde. 
 
 Without Bysshoppis gate.. 
 
 Shoredyche parisslie churche. 
 *-n^Seynt Mary Spytell. 
 A house of nunnys callyd Halywell.]' 
 
 And of the dyuyne bousys without the cytie. xxviii. 
 
 The summe of all the deuyne housys within the cytie, and withoute, is. C.Ixviii. 
 
 'Rycharde, the first of that name, and seconde sone of Henry the seconde, began his 
 AaiEa. soreygne ouer Englonde in the monyth of lulij, and yere of oure Lorde. xi.C.lxxx. &. x. 
 the. xi. yere of the seconde Phylypp, than kynge of Fraunce. This Ryeharde prouyded 
 busyly to sette good rule in Normandy, when he had harde of his faders deth, and af- 
 ter sped hyminto Englonde, where he was ioyously resayued; & in the moneth of Sep- 
 tembre folowynge, and thyrde day, he was crownyd, at Westminster, of Baldewyne, arche- 
 s^bysshop of Caunterbury : vpon the whicbe day, the lewys of Englonde, and specyally 
 suche as dwellyd within London, and nere about, assembled of theyrh a eertayne nom- 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1M2. 1559. ' Tie church of SU Mary Magdalen, is omitted m the MS, Tie edit, of 
 
 1,54.2. & 1559. call it, " a, parisshe churche of St. Saviours." ^ Instead of''^ St. Vrsula at Strande," th& 
 
 Museum MS. has, " Seynt Martyns at Charyngcrosse." * A churche called St. lohn's wyfchoute Smytli- 
 
 felde. edit. 1542. 1559. ' A church called, edit. 1542. 1559. ' The following rubrie occurs in. tlie MSy 
 «' Incipit feliciter secundum volumen, ac de eo Capitulum prijnum, et Listeria Rkardj prirai^" 
 
 2 bre. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI I. 299 
 
 bre, and presumyd farther then requyred, for theyr auctoryte : for which presumpcion, 
 they were fyrste rebukyd, & after, one of them stryken. Which thynge seen of the com- 
 mon people, supposyd that to be done by the kynges commaundement; wherefore in a 
 fury, as those that they hatyd as the deuyll, for their vsury and other vnhappy condicions, 
 
 i f fell vpon them, & chasyd them to theyr houses, & them robbyd & spoyled withou^ pytie, 
 & brent some of theyr housys : whereof the rumour ranne to Westmynster, to the kyngys 
 audyence, wherefore in all haste he sent downe, gyuynge strayte commaundement that they 
 shuld cease of the ryot, but the people were in suche ire & wodenes, that they refrayned 
 not for all the kynges sonde, tyll they had executyd the fyne' of theyr malyce. And al- 
 
 w w beit that this ryot was after greuously shewyd agayne the commons of the cytie, yet it pass- 
 yd vnpbnysshed, for the great noumbre of the transgressours. And the sayd day of co- 
 ronacion, all prysoners that lay in any pryson about London, at the kynges sute, or for 
 other small or feyned accionsi were frelye delyuered. Soone after, the kynge gaue many 
 dygnytyes, and to his brother lohn he gaue the prouynces of Notyngham, Deuonshyre, 
 
 u <r& Cornewall, & created hym erle of Lancastre, & then the kynge ordeyned the cytie of 
 London, to be ruled by. ii. Baylyuys, whose namys were as folowytb. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.* Anno Domini. M.C.Uxxi.' 
 
 Henry of CornhylL 
 Balliui. Anno primo. 
 
 -, -i,i Richard fiz Ryuer. 
 
 IT was not loge after, that f kynge had thus exalted his brother lohn, as before is iw. w. 
 shewed, but y he also preferryd hym to the maryage of the erle of Glowceters doughter ; 
 by reason whereof he was lorde of y erledam. Theyse great auaucementis made hym af- 
 ter vnkynde to his brother, & by pryde therof to coueyt afterwarde f hoole kyngedam.. 
 
 ->■ T-fThis yere, kyng Richarde was assoyled of f offence, y he had vsyd in rebellyon agayn his 
 father; in recopesacion wherof, as testyfyeth y* auctor Guydo, he voluntaryly tooke vppo 
 hym, and promysed to warre vpon Crystis enemyes. Albeit, y other wryters shewe f it 
 was for that f his father had so wyllid hym by his lyfe ; but for what cause so it was, pre- 
 paracion & prouysyon for y iourney was made from f daye forthwarde. This yere also, 
 
 ?( ?o the kynge enlargyd Elyanour, his moder, which longe before, at ^ c5maudemet of hia 
 fader, liir husbode, was as a prysoner kepte in secret' kepyng ; after which enlargyng, f 
 lande was moche guydyd by hir counceyll. And this yere, as sayth Ranulfe, kynge Ri- 
 charde gaue ouer f castellys of Barwyke & Rockysburghe to y Scottyshe kynge, for the 
 same of. x.M./i. for the exployte of his voyage; and farthermore, he solde to the olde 
 
 jj jrbysshop of Durham, his owne prouynce for a great sume of money, & created hym erle 
 of the same ; wherefore the kynge sayd after in game, " I am a wonder craf'tesman, for I 
 haue made a newe erle of an olde bysshop." By suche meanes, the kyng emptyed many 
 bysshoppis & ryche preestis baggys, & fyliyd his cofers, ""& oucr y, he grauted out an- 
 nuyties &fees out of y crowne, as though he rought* nothynjje of his relournynge. lor 
 
 n 4athis dede, some of his famylyers, as they durste. blamyd hym ; but he sayde to them, ;^, 
 in tyme of nede, it was good polycy for a man to ayde hym with lii>, owae : & moreouer lie 
 ioyned therto, y if London were his, at f tyme of nede, he wolde sell it, if he my^ht 
 gete a couenyent niarchaUit, y for it were able to pay. An otlier way he had also to 
 gether money, for he had lyceceof pope^ InnoceC, tlie ihynle of y name, to dispence ^ 
 
 i<j i<rBUch as hym lykyd within his realme, for takynge vpon them the crosse. 
 
 f Anuo Domini. M.C.xci.]* [Anno Domini. M.C.xcii.}* 
 
 lohn Herlion. 
 Balliui. Anno. ii. 
 
 Roger Duke. 
 
 • fyll. MS. • M.C.xc. MS. edit, 1533. ' iNI.C.xci. MS. edit. 1 533. ♦ the. pdit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 *«treyte. MS. * tbought, edit. 1659. '' pope. onUtted in cdil. iSi'i. 1339. * MS. » MS. 
 
 Q q 2 IN 
 
300 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. I. 
 
 IN this seconde yere, in f moneth of Octobre, kynge Richarde betpke f guydynge of 
 ^landevnto y- bysshop of Ely, tha chauceller of Englande, & sayled into Normady:; 
 where settynge the coiitrey vnder sadde guydynge, shortly after met with y^ Frenshe kyng, 
 Phylyp t secod, f which ioyntly yode to Turo, & there ouer passyd y' shortnesse of wyn- 
 
 rter. In which passe tyme, makynge eyther w other assurauce, for cotynuauce of so great 
 a iourney. At^ sprynge of f yere, theyse. ii. prynces toke theyr voyage towarde f holy 
 lande, f is to meane, kynge Rycharde by f see, & kyng Phylyp by f lade, appoynted to 
 mete agayn in f lade of Scicilia, or Scicill. In this meane tynae in Englode, y lewys in 
 dyuerse placis of the realme, as Lyncoln, Staunforde, & Lynne, were robbyd & spoyled^ 
 
 loand at Yorke to the nombre of. CCCC. & mo, cutte theyr mayster veynys &bled to deth. 
 The. ii. kyngys, accordynge to theyr appoyntmet, met in Scicill, where grudge bega to 
 kyndle atwene them, for correccion of theyr soutdyours. There" f Frenshe kynge depart- 
 yd agayn from kynge Rycharde, f which there made certeyne ordynauncys for warre, as 
 a towre, a* castell of tyrnber, which he named Mategryffons ; & also prouyded for vytayll 
 
 irfor both hostis. In this tyme also, y kyng of Cypris had takyn. ii. shippis of kyng Rich- 
 ardis, & denyed y' delyuery of the. Wherfore f sayd Richarde entryd f lande of Cipris, 
 makyng therin sharpe warre, & chacid so j kyng from citie to citie, y lastly he yeldid hym 
 vnto kyng Richarde, vpo c5dycio, y he shulde not be throwe in bodis of iro ; whereof 
 kyng Richarde, i kepyng of his promes, cast hym i bodis of syluer. Wha kyng 'Rich- 
 
 »arde had dwellyd there" vpo. ii. monethes, & had takyn his pleasure of ^ coiitrey, & taken 
 amedis at his owne wyll for his'shyppis, the he departyd, from f sayde He of Cipris, & 
 saylyd towarde Aco, or Acris ; I which course so kepyng towarde Acris, he encoiitryd a 
 great shyp of f sowdans of Sury, fraught' w great ryches, and toke it, & so came at 
 legth to f cytie of Acris, where, at y tyme, lay before y sayd towne, the Frenshe kyng ^V 
 
 T^his boost, & had loste lytle before, ii. M. of his men, which were partyd from his boost, to 
 haue done an enterpryse vpon f Turkis ; but they were layde for, & distressyd. Tha, as 
 testyfyeth Peter Disroy, kyng Richarde was ioyously receyued of y^ Frenshe kyng; after 
 whose comyng, it was not loge y f sayd citi'e was geuen vp by appoyntmet, as folowith^^ 
 and as affermeth the sayd Petyr, and also the cronycle of Fraunce. First, y the Sarasens 
 
 3oshuld departe out of y cytie, leuyng behynde them horse, barneys, vitayll, and all other 
 
 ^ thyng belongynge to warre ; also they shuld cause to be restoryd, all such prysbners of 
 
 Criste men as they had vnder theyr kepynge, ^ other couenaiitis, which I passe ouer. And 
 
 thus was f cytie of Acris yelden into y Criste menis hadis, i y^ moneth of August, & f 
 
 yere of our Lorde. xi.C.lxxx.xii. ; bgt whe it came to y^ partynge of y pray of y" cytie, 
 
 jrthere began malyce to kyndle his brode, whiche was not lyghtly after quenchyd. Of fhis. 
 varyaunce atwene these, ii. kyngis of Englode, & of Fraiice, dyuerse maners are shewyd : 
 for Polycronyca seyth y it began by reason that kynge Richarde denayed vnto kynge 
 Phylyp, halfe his wynyngis i Cipris, accordyng to y^ couenaiit atwene the assuryd at Tu^ 
 ron; but kyng Richarde sayd y the couecion there made stretchyd no forther, tha to 
 
 Jt-such goodis as was woiie ^Vin f lymytes or boixdis of f holy lade. An other grudge was,' 
 by reason that f Frenshe kyiig ayded not y^ erle of Chapeyn, beyng i distresse of nede ; 
 wherfore ^ sayd erle beyng discotent, sayd to the Frenshe kyng, " syr, hytherto I haue 
 done accordynge to my dutye, but hereafter 1 shall do as I am copelled by nede, for youre 
 grace hathe hytherto cherysshed me, but for myne ; but nowe I shall goo to hym y is more 
 j+rredy to gyue tha to take :" & so departyd to kyng Richarde, of the which he had all his 
 pleasure. The thirde cause was, as saythe Ranulphe, for as moche as kyng Richardej at 
 his beyng* i Scicil, maried f suster of ^kyng of Nauerne, where before he had promysed 
 tomary f suster of y sayd kynge Phylyp, But of these artycles spekyth no thyng ^ Frenshe 
 Cronycle ; albe it he layeth great defaut vnto kyng Richarde, saying I seducious & vyl& 
 rowordis, y kyng Richard falsly brake his appoyntmetes, & kept no promessey by hym wa* 
 
 • then. * or. ^ frejgth. MS. ♦ begynnyng^ edit. 1533. 1542., 1559., 
 
 made. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARD!. I. 301 
 
 mide. Moreouer ^ sayd Cronycle sayth, f he solde ^ ile of Cyprys vnto ^ teplers for. 
 XXX. M. marke, & after toke it agayn from them by strength, & delyuered it vnto Guy 
 de Lesygnan, j was f laste cristened' kyng of lerusalem. And ouer this, f sayd Freshe 
 Cronycle sayth, y he toke fro a knight of y duke of Ostrich f sayd dukis banner, &, 
 
 rin despyte of f sayd duke, trade it vnder foote, & dyd vnto it all f despyte he myght : 
 & ouer all this, whereas ConraduSj markes* of Tyre, was traytorously slayne by. ii. of 
 his owne seruaiitis, ;y^ kyng Richard shuld lay f charge thereof vnto f Frenshe kynge. 
 For these grudgys & sykenesse, yr also fere of treason to be wrought atwene Saladyne, f 
 souda, & kyng Richard, as afFermeth or allegyth the foresayd auctor, kynge Phylyp, W/;,/.^ 
 
 loE small c5pany of shyppys, departyd from Aeon or Acris, & saylyd to Puyll or Poyll, &, 
 there restynge hym a season, cotynued his iourney vnto Rome, & so, lastly, into his 
 owne prouynce of Fraunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.xii. Anno Domini. M.C.Ixxx.xiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Hauershall. 
 •' Balliui. ' Anno. iii. 
 
 lohii Buknotte. 
 
 IN f thyrde yere, & moneth of Nouebre, whe f Frenshe kyng was thus departed, kyng 
 Richarde, ^ the Duke of Burgoyne, whom the Frenshe kyng had lefte behynde hym to 
 haue f rule of ^ Frenshe boost lafte & remaynynge in Acre, & f countrey there about, 
 
 7ocalled before hym dyuerse personis, or pledgis of Turkis, for f perfourmauce of cer- 
 teyne appoyntmetis takyn vf the at f wynynge or geuynge vp of f sayd cytie of Acris; 
 wherof one especiall couenaut was, f, by a certeyn daye, tha expyred, they shuld cause f 
 holy crosse to be restoryd vnto f cristen pryncis : the which, for he sawe wele f they 
 wold not or myght' perfourme, he therfore puti execucio of Turks ouer the noubre of. 
 
 7rv. M., as testyfyeth f Frenshe Cronycle ; but f agreith not all of ^ best vr f former sayinge : 
 cosyderynge the cytie was del3'uered, by appoyntment, there shulde not so many Turkis 
 remayne there. But Peter Disroy sayth, y, for brekynge of this appoyntmet, kyng Ry- 
 charde put to deth all such Turkis as were than win f cytie of Acris, whiche may be 
 ment by the hostagis or pledgis. It was not lege after that tydynges were broughte vnto 
 
 3»kyng Richarde, f the cytie of lerusale was ^out any great stregth of soldyours, & y 
 it myght be wonne \V easy labour. Wherfore kyng Rychard asseblyd f lordis to haue theyr 
 couceyll, where it was cdcludid y euery capitayne shuld prepare hym to goo thether ; 
 vpo which agremet, f cristen boost sped the in such wyse, y they were within, v. myles 
 of the sayde cytie of lerusalem, where they toke a new coiiceyll how they shuld ordre 
 
 Jrtheym & theyr people to ley their syege about the cytie : in whiche counceyll it was c5- 
 cludyd, y kyng Richarde, with his Englysshe men, shuld haue the vawewarde, & the 
 duke of Burgoyne y rere warde. After which coclusyon taken, the kyng sped hym 
 vpon his waye towarde the cytie. But by what myshap'or mysfortune I can not saye, so 
 soone as the kynge was departed, the duke callyd the lordys of Frauce before hym, and 
 
 v.sayde, " it is euydent vnto you, that, albeit our hede andsouerayne lordeis absent, the 
 floure of the chyualry of Fraunce is here present, & if any thynge be done to honoure of 
 the Cristen, and reproche of infydelys, it is most lykely to be done by vs, consyderynge 
 the insuffycyent of Englysshe men & other: yet, neuerthelesse, what someuer honoure 
 growe by our dedis to the Cristen boost, it shalbe'acompted vnto king^ Richard because 
 
 i*.of his presens, so that we shall haue all the payne and trauayll, and Englysshe men shali 
 haue the honoure. Wherefore, if ye wyll doo by my coiiceyll, we wyll retourne vnto 
 Acris, and there tary tyll we se forther." Some agreyd to this couceyll, and the more ia 
 
 ' Crystyn. MS. ' Marquya. ' mygh^not. ♦ alle ther. MS. 
 
 nombei^ 
 
S02 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. I. 
 
 nomber, & the other sped theym in all haste after kynge Rycharde, and shewed to hym 
 of the dukys retourne, whereof, he beinge so enfourmyd, retournyd also vnto Acris. It 
 was not longe after that the sayd duke was takyn with a greuous sykenesse, and dyed: 
 iind about that tyme also dyed Baldewyn, archebysshop of Caunterbury, whiche, amonge 
 Mother lordis' of Englonde, accompanyed the kynge in that iourney. 
 
 / Anno Dfeinj. M.C.lxxx.xiii. Anno Domini. M.C,lxxx.xiiii. 
 
 Nicholas Duke. 
 Balliui, Anno. iiii. 
 
 Petyr Nowlay. 
 
 I" ABout f seaso of Mychelmasse, in f. iiii. yere of the reygne of this sayde Rycharde, 
 tydynges were brought to hym y the towne or' castell of lapheth was besyeged of Sa- 
 ladyne, & lykely to be soone wonne, wout y criste were f sooner ayded. Wherefore kyng 
 Richarde, which Petyr Dysroye callith^good kyng Richarde, sped hym thytherw his army 
 by wa^r, & sent another hoostd of Frenshemen & other by lade. But so it was, y or f 
 
 'jXilriste myght wynne thyther, f sayd lowne & castell were woiie, & ^prysoners therel takyn, 
 were sent by water towarde such prysones as Salandyne had appoynted the vnto, w f 
 which, of good fortune, kyng Richarde met, & the rescowyd. And y done, w f Turkes 
 which the conueyed he put I sure holde, & helde on his iourney to lapheth, & there, by 
 stregtb, rescowid y^ towne & castell, & restoryd f cristeiii to theyr former possessio, & lefte 
 
 i-4f them more stregth of knyghtes : & for to be y more feryd of y myscreautis, kyng Rycharde 
 causyd his prysoners, to hym belongyng, to be slayne, where other solde the to theyr great 
 auaiitage, by meane wherof he was had i woderfuU fere of y' Turkys. Tha kyng Ri- 
 charde, after this victory had at lapheth, won. ii. stroge holdys, callyd Dar5 & Gadres, & 
 Btregtbyd them \V criste knyghtis ; & wr suche goodis as he there wan of y Turkis, he re- 
 [Li.7-a.»j.]. -payred^ castle of Ascalon, & other y greatly was inpayred by y' warre of y Turkis. In 
 this season & tyme y kyng Richarde was thus occupyed in y holy lande, y bisshop of Ely, 
 as before is sayd, hauynge f rule of Englode, dyd many cruell dedis, & oppressyd f 
 clergy, & also f lay fee. He wold comoly ryde w a. M. horse, & greued abbeys by meane 
 of his gestis or lodgynge ^ them. Also he helde, i his hadys, y' see of Yorke for a longe 
 
 joseaso, & after I' deth of Baldewyn, (deed*, as before is shewed, I ^ holy lade) he also toke 
 f see of Caiitorbury vnder his rule. Tha he pryued Geffrey, y was chosen to f see of 
 Yorke, of his mouables ; & keft hym as a prysoner in y^ towre of Lodon :& soone after 
 callyd a counceyll at Westmynster, as f kyngis procuratour, & as legat of y^ pope', tha 
 Innocent the. iii. At this counceyll, Hugh Nouaut, tha bysshop of Chester, & great 
 
 sjfamulyer of the sayd bysshop of Ely, put forth a complaynt agayn y mukis of Couentry, 
 f they had shed the sayd Hughis bloode before f hygh aulter of theyr churche : for which 
 cause f bysshop of Ely demyd y f sayd mukis shuld be put from theyr sayd abbey, 
 ^ clerkis shuld be set there for them; so y, by myght, y mukis were put thtns, 
 & disperbled about i sodry places, & clerkis, w prebendis, set in theyr stallys, 
 
 vf^For this deede, sayth Guydo & other' y this Hugh, bisshop of Chester, had thus 
 causyd f mukis of Couetry to lose their lade & house, he toke iherfore so greaf 
 repentance, f, vpon his deth bed, he axyd of God, y, for a due & couenyent penaiice, 
 he myght redeme f offence by f lyingc in f fyre of purgatory from the day of his deth 
 vnto I generall day of dooin.J* Also y fore namyd bisshop of Ely, callyd in propre 
 
 ;c name, Wyllya de loge shampe, cotynuynge his tyrannyes, pryued Hugh, bysshop of Dur- 
 hatn, of all maner worshyp, & greued y bisshop of Wynchester, and wreichyd nygh all 
 f lode; but so fast as this innaturall or euy'ii dysposyd man busyed hym to vex & greue f 
 criste men in Englande, so faste busyed this good kyng Richarde "to vex & dere y infydelys 
 
 • and.MS. » [died.J * the B. of Rome. edit. 1542. * Omitted in the edit. 15^2. 1559- 
 
 ^ of 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. I. 
 
 505 
 
 of Sury, so j dayly he wan of them, or at f leest put the from the wynyng of such townes 
 & holdis, as ihey, by thcyr great stregth, entedyd to haue wonne. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.iiii*. 
 
 Balliui. 
 
 Roger Duke. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.lxxx.v*.'*'- •* 
 
 Anno. V. 
 
 Richard Fiz Aleyn. 
 
 IN the ende of Septembre, & begynnyng of y fyfthe yere of kynge Rycharde, Guy de [^'- ^ "''I 
 Lesyngeman, laste Cristen kynge of Iherusalem, dyed, and Choras, a noble Cristen man, 
 capytayne of a towne called Sur, was shortlye after slayne by f Turkys, whose wyfe, for 
 as mothe as she was rightful! enherytour of the crowne of Iherusalem, the kyng gaue hyr 
 in maryage vnto the erle of Champeyne. And for kynge Rycharde perceyued wele the 
 Cristen hooste mynysshed dayly, as wele by infyrmytees as lacke of vytayle, and other- 
 wyse, he sought raeanys of a peace or trewce for a tyme, & had it graunted for. iii. yeres, 
 the whiche peace stablysshed & proclaymyd in the hoste & counti-ey nere about, kynge 
 
 /.Rycharde betoke the rule & guydynge of y Cristen vnto ^ erle of Chapayne, promysynge 
 hym, or that trewce were endyd, to come w a stroger hooste, and, with Goddis myght, to 
 sette hym in possession of the cytie of lerusalem, as the ryght' of his wyfe. Than Hu- 
 bert, bysshop of Salisbury, yode forth hym selfe and the kynge to the holy cytie, & of- 
 feryd there an hooste, & retournyd agayn to the kynge ; after whose retourne, the kynge, 
 
 totakynge leue of the erle of Chapeyn and other, toke his shyppynge at Acris, or Aeon, 
 which is named Tholomayda also : and so retournyd to f He of Cypre, or Cyprys. Then* 
 the kynge sent the quene, his wyfe, and hir suster, with the more parte of his people 
 vnto Scicyll ; & he, with a small company, for he myght not endure the softeness* of the 
 see, toke his shippynge I the moneth of Septebre, and saylyd with a stronge wynde, to- 
 
 ^warde a countrey called Hystria : but he was dryuen, by force of wederynge, atwene 
 Venyse and Aquinilia' or Aquilegia, and houyd there a season, and coostyd hyther and 
 thyther, so that lastly was* espyed, and takyn of f duke of Ostrichis men. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.v*. 
 
 Balliui. 
 
 Wyllyam Fiz Isabell. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.]xxX.vi*. 
 
 Anno. vi. 
 
 WylTyam Fiz Arnold. 
 
 ABout the moneth of Octobre, &. vi. yere of his reygne, this good kyng Richard was [Li. 7' c*- »»•] 
 takyn, I fourme folowinge : as he laye thus, as before is sayd, atwene Venyce & Aque- 
 legia, a prouynce of the duke of Ostrich, one Meynart, of Gorezeyn, ruler of f 
 
 jrcoutrey vnder f foresayd duke, made out certayne souldyers for to haue taken hym ; but 
 he, by his prouydence and manhode, escapyd the sayd Maynard or Maynart. Howbeit 
 that some of his knyghtes were there takyn. Then kyng Rycharde passed y coutrey 
 secretly, tyll he came to a towne named Frysake ; in this tow ne was than prouoste or 
 ruler, a kiiyght callyd Frederyke de Seynt Soom, the which also dyd his deuour' to take 
 
 vothe kyng, & toke. vi. of his knyghtes prysoners ; but hymself, with the rernenaunt of iiis 
 copany, escaped. Then f kynge seynge y he was in daiiger of his enemies, drew more ito 
 f way toward Almayn; but this was soone knowen of his, enmyes, so y by ;^ meanys of 
 one callyd duke of Lymple, & cosyn to the emperour, all f wayes were closyd, in >uch 
 wyse, y, in ^ende, kyng Rycharde was takyn by J seruauntis of f sayd duke, nere vnto a 
 
 ' M.C.xciiii. * M.C.xcr. ' verray rygth. MS. 
 
 • he. was. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * M.Cjccv. » M.Cjtcvi. 
 
 ♦ [Saltness f] ' Aquilea.. M .'. 
 
 " demanoure. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 cytie 
 
304, SEPTIMA PARS RICHARD!. I. 
 
 cytie or towne, called Menne or Meune, within the londe or territorye of f emperoui*, 
 & after brought vnto ^sayd duke Lymple, or after some, to f duke of Ostryche, f which 
 spoylyd hym of all f he had, & after caste hym in prysone, & there streyghtly kept hym 
 by I' space of a nioneth, & at y^ monethes ende sent hym vnto Hery, f. vi. of f name, or 
 
 rafter some wryters, f. v. sone of f first Frederyke, tha emperour of Almayn, f whych 
 helde hym in more vyle pryson from f tyme tyll Lent after, & couenaiityd with the duke of 
 Ostrich to haue the tfayrde parte of y^ profyte y came of kyng llycharde. About f Sonday 
 of Palmys, the emperoure brougth fourth f kyng before f lordys of Almayn, there to gyue 
 answere vnto such thynges as shuld be layde vnto hym, where he came forth w so good a 
 
 "coiitenauce, Sc also aswerid so discretly & directly to all maters leyde vnto his charge, that 
 f emperoure was not allonely bed' to shew to hym mercy, but also he dyd to hym honour 
 & worsbyp, & helde hym at more lybertye after y day. It is red of this Rycharde, y, 
 durynge f tyme of hisimprysonement, he shuld sle a lyon, & tere y harte out of his body, 
 where through he shuld deserue f name of Rycharde Cure de Lyon, and y he shuld, with 
 
 «"» stroke of his fyste, sle ^emperours sone, & also defloryssh |;emperours doughter : but 
 theyse are fablys imagenyd by Englysse tale tellers to auaunce theyr kynge Rycharde, as 
 the Brytons, by theyr fayned taylys, auauncyd theyr kynge Arture. In this passe tyme, 
 Wyllya Longeshamp, bisshop of Ely, contynuynge his crudelyte & tyranny within En- 
 glande, was lastlye, by strength of the lordys, put out of the lande : tha he came to f 
 
 lokyng, beynge prysoner, & shewyd for hym selfe the best he cowde : but when he sawe he 
 myghte not begyle f kynge with his suguryd wordys, he had small trust of y^ kyngys fauoure, 
 & returnyd into Fraiice, to tary there y kynges comyng. This yere, lohn, the kyngys 
 brother, by excytynge of y^ Frenshe kyng, whan he harde of the takynge & enprysonynge 
 of his brother, he began to make warre within y- lade, & toke, by strength, the castellys 
 
 ■^of Wyndesoure, & of Notyngeham, & other; and the Frenshe kyng, vpo his partye, made 
 stronge warre in Normandy, as it is before shewed in the story of the seconde Phylyp, 
 than kynge of Fraunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.xvi. Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.xvii. 
 
 Robert Besaunt. 
 Balliuj, Anno. vii. 
 
 lokell le losne. 
 tU7.ca.»8.i IN the. vii. yere of kyng Rycharde, Hubert, bisshop of Salysbury, f which had ae- 
 companyed f kyng in y voyage, & was sent with f quene into Scycyll, returned or came 
 to the^kynge where he was prysoner ; whom the kynge sent soone after into Englande to 
 '^'haue f guydynge thereof, & also to trete with y lordys & c5mos of his realme, howe he 
 myght be set at lyberte. It was not loge after f comyng home of this Hubert, but the 
 munkys of f^ house of Crystys Churche of Caubury* chase hym to the archebysshopya 
 see, & had f palle, & was stallyd soone after. This was easy to f munkys, howe wele f 
 sharpnes of Baldwyn had some deale greued them : & though this Baldewyne were a 
 M»good man, & holy in his Jyuynge, yet one thynge he dyd to f derogacion of f munkvs of 
 e,i.^!i. Cautorbury, for he foudyd' to put f prerogatyue of f eleccion of f archebysshop. 
 
 from y munkys; & because therof, he bega to buylde great housys nere vnto f mukvs 
 churche, by fauour of ^kyng Hery f secode, but not >Vout shedynge of blode : & there 
 entedyd to haue set m seculer chanons, with prebedys & sufFraganes of bysshopnvs for 
 o trea e with ;^ sayd chanos of j foresayd eleccyo, & to put by f mukys ciereli. But 
 themukys, wha they sawe they myght no lenger resyst Baldewyn, they tha appealvd 
 to f pope Innocent f, m*., by whose comaundement f werke scased, and so stoode vn- 
 
 of W. edit! S;.''.'^" ' '"'"''• '''• ''''■ ''''' ''''- * '^ '""°^^"^ '^^ '^^y^'^ "^-'-PP- 
 
 fynysshed 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. I. i05 
 
 fynysshed tyll f sayd Baldewyn was deed ; after whose dethe y aiQkys made f warke playne 
 with f groude. Treuisa, Iraslatoure of Polycronycon, sayth, yt was wonder y Baldewyn 
 wolde, I y maner, deale with f muicys, cociderynge he was first archdeacon, & tha whyte 
 muke, & the abbot, & after bisshop of Worcetyr, & last arch bysshop ; & to brynge 
 r men of more inperfyght lyfe, into y- place of men more parfyght, & to change relygyous 
 men for seculer men. But yet f sayd Treuisa allowyth Baldewyns dede or entent for good, 
 for he sayth f Cryst was f hed of holy church, & callid & made his apostles bisshopis, but 
 none of them was muke or yet frere: wherefore Baldewyn dyd better to preferre the 
 relygyon which Cryste made, tha the relygyon which was instytuted and ordeyned by man. 
 
 10 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.xvii. Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx. xviii. 
 
 Gerarde de Antiloche. 
 
 Balliui. Anno, viii, 
 
 Robert Duraunt. 
 
 IN ^moneth of lanuarii, &. viii, yere of the reygne of kynge Rycharde, w,ha the say4c 
 
 '■^ycharde had sufFeryd harde prysonemet vpo y terme of a yere &. iii. monethes, he was [Li. 7.c«.»8.] 
 delyuered out of pryson, fqr the siime of an. C. M. ii. of sterlynge money, for pledge 
 whereof he lefte in f kepyng of y^ emperoure, jr bisshoppis of Roan & of BatbJe, but 
 not for all, for a great parte was payed or y^ kyng were delyuered. Por payfaent of 
 which raunsome, all the woUe of whyte miikys & chanons was takyn & solde, ^ rynges 
 
 ja& crossys of prelatis w vessellys & chalycis of all churchis through f lande: & ouer y., 
 xvii'. shrynes werescrapid or spoylid off golde & syluer f v,po the before tyme was layde : 
 for no pryuylege of holy church, nor other persone, at y seaso, was spai'yd. The kynge 
 Rycharde came vnto Swyn, in Flaundres, & taried there, ii. monetbis, owther to abyde 
 f wynde, or ellys to make prouysyon for tbynges which he nedyd. There f emperours 
 
 ■M'men had almoost takyn hym agayn, so* f emperour forthought ^ delyuery of kyng Ry- 
 charde, as Pharao forthought y delyuery of f chyldren of Israel. There' f kyng toke 
 shyppyng, & laded in the ende of Marche, at Siidwych, & from thes came streyghte vnto 
 Lodo, where he was receyued with all ioye & honour; & wha he had a.seasd restyd jayvi 
 there, he, with a certeyn nobre of knyghtes, rode to Nothyngha, & wan y ca^tell, & 
 
 3oafter f castell of Tylchyll, by force of armes, & set y wardeyns of them I warde. And that 
 done, he callyd a counsayle of his lordys at Wynchester, where, by auctoryte of ^ «ayde 
 coiisayle, he depryued lohn, his brother, than beinge in Fraunce, of , all honour, and 
 toke from hym all such landys as he before had geue to hym, & crouned hym, soon after, 
 agayne kyng of Englande, in the sayde cytie of Wynchestyr: after the which coroqacion, 
 
 lihe callyd a parlyament, by vertue whereof, he resumed all patetis & annuytees, fees, & 
 other graiitis before his voyage by hym solde and graiited, & caused the partyes to be 
 coteted with such reuenuse & profytes as they had resayued of f sayd ofFycis or ladys in 
 tyme of his absence, and sparyd not eny persone for any sufFycient of wrytynge y to hym 
 before was made. Wha kynge Rycharde hadde, by theyse foresayde meanys, gaderyd 
 
 i some money, he than, in the moneth of lulet, sayled into Fraunce, and besegyd a, castell 
 callyd Arques, & sped there, as witnessith Polycronyca, dyuerslye, whiche worde dy- 
 uerslye may wele here be spokyn ; for who so redith the Frenshe Cronycle, ^e shall fynde 
 that the Frenshe kyng was victor, but and he rede the Englysshe bok?, tha shall he 
 fynde kyng Rycharde victor ; wherfore me thynkyth Ranulph sayd wele, when he sayde 
 
 -ithey sped dyuersly; for it is so dyuerse by the reporte of wryters, that § certayntie to 
 
 * xxvii.edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * for- MS. » then, edit. 1533. 1542. 155^. 
 
 R r whom 
 
306 SEPTIMA PARS RICHAHDI. I. 
 
 ivhetn the hanoure fihulde be gotte* is harde to be knowen. Albe it that in the countrcy 
 of JBloys, as wytnessyth ^ sayd Freshe Cronycle, kynge Rycharde scared the Frensbe 
 boost, & toke f kynges sommer horse, with parte of his tresoure. But in shorte whyle 
 after a trewce was concluded atwene theyse. ii. kynges.for a yere. Than lohii, whiche hadde 
 
 'turned to the Frenshe kynge agayne his owne brother, seinge the fame and honour of his 
 brother, and' feblenesse of his owne powar, made meanys to Elyanoure his moder, by 
 whose medyacion he was recouncyled to his brother, the kynge, & after became his trewe 
 knyght. Whe f kyng & his brother lohii were thus agreed, they rode ouer f lode to 
 vysyte f coQtreys, & se howe they were guyded by f offycers of f kyng. Amoge other, ii. 
 [Li. 7. ea. so-j/other were which shewyd f they wold doo many thynges to f kyngys profyte ; y one was 
 abbot of Cadonence, within Normandy, & y other was named Wyllyam with the loge 
 berde. The abbot warnyd f kynge of f fraudeof his offycers,. whereby he thought, by f 
 ponysshemet of his offycers, he shuld wyiie great fauoure of f people. The this abbot 
 gate a warrant of the kynge, & at London callyd dyuerse offycers before hym, for to 
 
 isyelde to hym theyr accompte, but he dyed shortlye, so that his purpose came to small ef- 
 fecte. And Wyllyam with f longe berde shewyd to f kynge the owtrage of the ryche men, 
 which, as he sayd, sparyd theyr owne, & pylled the poore people. It is sayde that this 
 Wyllyam was borne i Lodon, & purchased f name by vse of his berde. He was sharpe 
 of wyt, & somedeale lettred ; a bolde man of speche, & sadde of his coutenaiice, & toke 
 
 20 vpon hym gretter dedys than he cowde weld : & some he vsyd cruell, as apereth in ap- 
 pechynge of his owne brother of treason, f whiche was a burges of Lodon, & to hym 
 had shewed great kyndenesse in his youthe. This Wyllyam styred & excyted f comou 
 people to desyre &loue fredam & lybertye, & blamed the excesse & owtrage of ryche men: 
 by suche meanys he drewe to hym many great copanyes, &, with all his power, defendyd 
 
 ijthe poore mannys cause agayne the ryche, & accused dyuerse to f kyng, shewynge that, 
 
 by theyr meanys, f kyng loste many forfaytes & encheatis*. For this, gentylmen & men 
 
 of honoure, malygned agayne hym, but he had suche comforte of f kyng, f he kept on 
 
 Tiis purpose. The f kyng beyng warned of y- cogregacions f this Wyllyam made, c6- 
 
 maunded hym to cease of such doyngys, y the people myght exercyse theyr artis & oc- 
 
 socupacios} by reason wherof it was lefte for a whyle: but it was not loge or f people 
 folowed hym, as they before f tyme had done. The he made vnto them colacions or ex- 
 ortacions, & toke for his anteteme, " Haurietis aquas i gaudiode fotibus saluatoris," that 
 
 - is to meane, ye shall drawe, I ioy, waters of f wellys of our sauyour : & to this he added, 
 •' I am," sayd he, " f sauyoure of poore men : ye be poore & haue assayed f harde hadis of 
 
 3iTychemen; nowdraweyetherforeholefuUwaterof lore of my wellys, & thatwioy,for^ tvme 
 
 M.vUi. of youre vysytacyon is comyn. I shall," sayde he, " departe waters from waters. By waters 
 
 I vnderstande f people ; then shall I departe f people whiche is good & meke, from the 
 
 people f is wyckyd and prowde, & I shall disseuyr f good & the ylle, as f lyght is de- 
 
 partyd from f derkenesse." Whan the bysshop' was brought to f archebisshop of Cauter- 
 
 wbury*, he, by coiiceyll of f lordis of y spyritualtye, sent vnto this Wyllyam, comaudynge 
 hym to appere before f lordis of y' kyngys couceyll to answere vnto suche maters as there 
 shtilde be layed vnto hym. At which day this Wyllyam appered, hauynge with hym a mul- 
 tytude of people, in so nioch y- the lordys were of hym adrad, for y- which cause they re- 
 myttyd hym with plesaut wordys for y tyme, & comaundyd certeyn personys, in secrete 
 
 Hrmaner, to espye when he were voyde of his copany, & then to take hym, & to put hym I 
 sure kepyng, f which, accordyng to y comaiidemet, at tyme couenyet, as they thought, 
 sette vp5 hym & to haue takyn hym ; but he, w an axe, resysted them, & slew one of 
 theym, & after fled to Saynt Mary Bowe church, of Ghepe, & tooke f for his sauegarde, 
 defendynge hym by stregth, & not by f suffragis of f church : for to hym drewe, shortly, 
 
 ' giuen. edit. 1542. 1559. * escheatys. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ' whan report of this. MS. 
 
 ♦ When thys came to the knowledge of the archebjshoppe of Caunterbury. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 great 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. L 307 
 
 great raultytude of people j but I shorte processe, by mean of f hedys & rulers of f 
 cytie, f people raynysshed, so f, i short tyme, he was left W fewe personys, & after, by 
 fyre, copellyd to forsake f church, & so was taken, but not vfout shedyng of blode. 
 After which takyng, he was arreygned before f iugys, & there, •^. ix. of his adheretis^ 
 
 rcast & iudged to dye, & was haged, & they with hym f day folowynge. But yet f rumor 
 aeased not ; for f comon people reysyd a great cryme vpo f archbisshop of Caiitorbury, 
 & other, & sayd f, by theyr meanes, Wyllyam, which was an innocent of such crymes 
 as were obiecte and put agayne hym, & was a defedor of ^ pore people agayne extorcion- 
 ers & wroge doers, was by them put wrogfuUy to deth : approuyng hym an holy man & 
 martyr, by this tale folowyng: sayinge, ^a man beyng seke of f feuers, was curid by 
 vertue of a cheyn which this Wyllya was boude "^ in tyme of his dures of enprysone- 
 met, which, by a preest of f allye of f sayd Wyllya, was opely declared & prechyd, 
 wherby he brouglit the people in such an errour, f they gaue credice to his wordys, & 
 secretly, in ^ night, coueyed awey y^ iebet I' he was hagydvpo, & scrapyd awey y blode 
 
 trf was shad of hym whe he was takyn, or ellys whe he was hedyd & quartered, so y they 
 made there an holow place by fetchyng away of f erthe, & sayde y syke men & women 
 were cured of dyuerse sykenesses by vertue of f blode & erthe. By theyse meanes, & 
 blowyng of fame, f place was f more vysyted by women & vndyscrete persones, pf f 
 which some watchyd there f hoole nyght i prayer, so y the leger this cotynuyd, f more 
 
 Ttdisclauder was anotyd to the iustyces, & to suche as put hym to deth: notwithstadynge, 
 I processe of tyme, whe bis actys were pubiysshed, as y' sleinge of a man with his owne 
 hande, & vsyng of his cocubyne within seynt Mary Church, in tyme of his there beynge, 
 as he openlye cdfegsyd in the owre of his deth. with other detestable crymes, some what 
 kelyd f great flame of f hasty pylgrymage ; but not clerely tyli f archebisshop of Caii- 
 
 ^Jter"bury accursed f preest f brought vp f firste fable, & also causyd that place to be watch- 
 yd, f suche idolatry shuld there no more be vsyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.xTiii. Auno Domini. M.C.lzxx.«viii'. 
 
 Roger Blount. 
 Balliui. Anno. ix. 
 
 3« Nicholas Duke. 
 
 IN the moneth of Aprell, and. ix. yere of kynge Rycharde, when he had prouydyd to [tL7.ca.89r] 
 sende forthe. xx.M./i. to the emperoure, for full payment of his raQsome, the plegis 
 whiche he had lyen for the same came sodeynly into Englonde, and shewed vnto f kyng, 
 that after his departynge, the emperour sent theym vnto f duke of Ostryche, to remayne 
 
 S'-with hym tyll the money were payde : & forther there they shewed, that the sayd duke 
 was accursyd of the pope, that than was Innocent the thyrde*, by reason of his wrong© 
 doon to the kynge, & that his prouynce was greued with many myscheues. And as the 
 duke rode forth oh a daye in his disporte, beynge seynt Stephaoys day, he hurt his fote 
 in suche wyse ^yith a thorne, or other venym, which rancled & grew so soore, ^-lastly 
 
 4. he shulde dye, or cut it oiFe ; but in hope of recouery, he contynued, tyll, in the ende, he 
 was warnyd that he shulde dye. Then he sent for his bysshoppis, & axyd to be assoyled 
 of the sentence of f churche which he stoode in, the which was denayed hym, excepte 
 he wolde swere to stande & abyde the ordynaiice and doom of holy church, towchynge 
 the wronge that he had doon to kynge Rycharde. The duke sware, and was assoyled; & 
 
 Hfrshortly after the. ii. bysshoppis, pledgys for the money, were delyuered at theyr lybertye. 
 Than kyng Rycharde callynge to mynde, that the vttermoste daye of the trewys, taken 
 atwene hym & the Frenshe kynge, approched, made hym redy and sayled into Nor- 
 
 ' M.Cxcix. * Innocent the thyrde, then bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 R r 2 mandy, 
 
308 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. I. 
 
 maildy, where, before his comynge, the Frenshe kynge, by occasyon of the Normannys, 
 as sayth the Frenshe boke,. was entred f coutrey of Burgys: towarde whom kyng Ry- 
 charde sped hym with att possyble spede, so that both hostis laye partyd with a ryjier, 
 called Osson, or Ossyiie. Then to folowe the saying of y' Frenshe boke, for so moche 
 
 xas y Englysshe Cronycle spekyth lytle or nothynge of this aete, & let wyse men that 
 here this Cronycle costrewe it after theyr discressios ; for albeit the Frensheman wrote it 
 to f honoure of Frenshemen, yet to other y shall rede or here it, because it soundith so 
 nere vntrouthe, it shall rather redoUde vnto theyr dishonoure : for _^ Frenshe Cronycle 
 sayth, y theyse. ii. hostys, thus, as aboue is sayde, lyinge togedyr without skyrmysshe or 
 
 »assaute, kynge Rycharde, contrary thbppynyon & mynde of his lordys, with a fewe ac- 
 copanyed 8c vnharnaysed, shujde come to y Freshe kynges tent, and there, in presence of 
 Lis lordys, shulde doo homage to the Frenshe kynge, for the du«hy of"'Normandy, and 
 counteys of Angeou, and of Poytiers, and there swore to y^ kynge to kepe peace durynge 
 his lyfe, and after, viii. dayes mette agayne, and fynysshed the sayde peace, - with assuryd 
 
 trothe vpo eyther partye, and after departed as fredes, eytber resortynge into theyr owne 
 countrey. But it semed a feynte peace, for within, iiii. monethes, or lasse, folowynge, 
 kynge Rycharde, with his hooste, entred the prouynce of Berry, & layde syege to the 
 castell of Wyersoune, and gate it by strengthe, and after yode to the castellof Noryn- 
 court, f whicbe was delyuered to hym by appoyntmet. Whan kyng Phylyp harde' of the 
 
 i«wynnynge . and ouer throwe of the castell of Wyerson, he, in damagynge of kyng Ry- 
 charde, layde syege to the castell of Aubeuyle, and it assayled egerly ; but it was so stronge, 
 and so wele defended by the Normanys, y the Frenshe kyng was holden of. Whan kynge 
 Rycharde had gamysshed trad fortefypd the castell of Noryncourt, with all thyage ne- 
 cessary to the warre, he drewe hym towarde Aub««yW *« »ettiou« kyng Phylyp from that 
 
 ■>rsyiege, and fell vppon y Frenshe men vnwarely; but the Freshe men quytte them so knyght- 
 
 A/. IK, ly, y they chased kynge Rycharde & his people^ & toke a Norman knyght, named Guy 
 
 de Thonars, a man of great hardynes. And then kyng Phylyp returned to the castell & 
 
 towne of AilbeHyl©, & assaultyd it more sharply, so that in the ende, the souldyours of 
 
 the towne yeldyd it with the castell, for a certeyne siime of money : and when he had 
 
 3opossessyon of the towne, he threwe downe the castell playne with the grounde, & after 
 
 strengthed the towne with Frenshemen,,and then yode to the castell of Gysours, and frome 
 
 thens resortyd to the forenamed castell of Noryncourt, and assayled it in so cruell maner, 
 
 that shortly he wan it, and toke therin. xv. knyghtes, &. xxiiii. yemen, with plente of 
 
 ivytayll and armour. In this tyme and season kynge Richarde gaderyd newe strengthe, 
 
 3f and allyed hym with Baldewyne erle of Flaunders, & with Reynolde' erle of Dampmar- 
 tyn and of Boleyne, by whose meanes, wytnessyth the Fcenshe boke, kyng Rycharde 
 wastyd sore the countrey of Fraunce, and brent therin some towjiys and vyllagys, and 
 toke therin many ryche prayes. - 
 
 Anno Domini. M.C.lxxx.xix. Anno Domini, ,M. CC. 
 
 ^0 Constantyne fiz Arnolde. 
 
 Balliui. Ann^o. x. 
 
 Robert le Beawe. 
 
 ABout the begynnynge of the moneth of October, and. x. yere of kynge Richarde, the 
 sayde Richarde entryd the countrey of Vnequecin, with a stronge boost, and made ther- 
 ::in criiell warre in destroyinge of the countrey; and assawtyd the castell of Gysours, and 
 threwe to grounde a stronge holde callyd Courcellys, & brent thereabou'te many vyllagys : 
 wherewith kyng Phylyp was so greuouslye ambuyd," that, w, a small noumbre of knyghtes, 
 he persyd the hoost of Englysshemen, and entryd the cfujtell, or towne of Qysoura : but 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. L 309 
 
 of his men were takyn a certeyne noumbre, asAlayne.de Rossy, Mathewe de Melli, 
 Guylliam de Mello, and many other; with the which prysdners and many ryche prayes, , 
 kynge Richarde then' departed, leuynge that Frensshe kyng win Gysours. It was not 
 longe after that kynge Richarde was thusi depiirted, but that kyng Phylyp, cpUynge to 
 
 iTmynde the great losse & dishonour that he had resayuyd by that warre of _ kyng Richard, 
 assembled a great army, and eotryd the duchy of Normandy, and wasted the countrey, 
 from Nuesbourth to Beawmont le Rogier ; and that done, be retornyd into Fraunce, and 
 lycencyd his knyghtes to goo eche man into bis owne eountrey. Whan kynge Phylyp had 
 thus fynysshed his warre in Normandy, kyng Richarde then, with his army, entryd the 
 
 15 fore named countrey of Vnequecin, & also Beawaoysoo*, and toke witbin them, as he 
 before had done, ryche and many prayes, and with them departyd ; whom the bishop of 
 Beawuays, beynge a good koyght and hardy of his handis, with a company of knyghtes 
 and other, folowyd, to haue rescowyd the prysoners that kynge Richarde had takyn', and 
 a certayn of his company slayne. Thea the erle of Flaunders, by the ayde of the En- 
 
 ,rglysshemen, tooke the towne of seynt Omer from the Frenshe men. In this season, In- 
 nocent the pope*,, before namyd, sent a legat into Fraunce, named Peter de Capis, to 
 Fefourme the warre atwene these, ii. pryneis, the which, at that tyme, was in suche dis- 
 joynte, that he cowd6 not brynge it to any frame, and specyaliy, as sayth the Frenshe 
 boke, because kynge Rycharde wolde not deiyuer hosts^s & gagis, as the Frenshe kynge 
 
 Mwolde. Then kynge Rycharde, after Cristmas, besyegyd a cast^ll nere vnto Lymoges : [Li. ;• ca. 31.] 
 this castell, in the Frenshe Cronycle, is called Chalons, and in the Englysshe boke, it is 
 named Gaillarde. The cause of this siege, as sayth most wryters, was for certayne ryChe 
 treasour foundyn within the lordeshyp, or sygnory, of kynge Rycharde ; the which one 
 Wydomer, Vycount of Lemonke, had founden and with helde from kynge Richarde, and 
 
 wfor his sauegarde fledde vnto the fore named castell, and defendyd it manfully from the 
 fyrste weke of Lent, tyll the. vi. day of Aprell : vpon the which day, kynge Rycharde, 
 Walkyng vnwysely about the castell to espye the feblenes therof, one named Bertrande 
 Guedon, markyd the kynge, & woundyd hym in the hede, or after some wryters, in the 
 arme, with a venemus quarell : after which wound resauyd by the kynge, he comaundyd 
 
 3osharpe assaute to be made, in the wtiiche assaute the castell was wqnne. Than he made 
 enquery who it was that so had woundid Ryra, the which was brought vnto the Jkhiges 
 presence, and named hym selfe as aboue Js sayde, or after some wryters, Peter Basyle. 
 Then the kynge dei^iaundid of hym, why he shuld so lye in a wayte to hurt hym, rather 
 than any of his felowes? " For thou slew my father and my bretherne^" sayde he, " wherfore 
 
 ^l entendyd.to auenge theyr deth, what someuer became of me." Then the kynge forgaue 
 hym his offence, & sufferyd hym to goo at his lybertie, and the other of the souldyours 
 takyn in that castell," the kyng comaundyd to be hanged; but Polycronycon sayth, that 
 after kynge Richarde was dede, the duke of Braban, which than was present, causyd the 
 sayd Bartrand to be takyn and flayne quycke & after banged. Than kynge Richard 
 
 Kodyed the. iii. day after, that is to say, the. ix. day of Aprell, and was buryed at Font 
 Eborard, at the fete of his father ; howe be it some wryters saye, that his hart was buryed 
 at Roan, his body as before is sayde, and his bowellys at Carleyll in Englande, wfhea he 
 had reygned. ix. yeres. ix. monthes and odde dayes, leuyng after hym none issue. Of 
 this Richarde, a metrician made theyse verges folowynge. 
 
 'tf Criste, tui calicis predo, fit preda caducis. 
 Ere breui reicis*, qui tollit era crucis. ^ . 
 
 Viscera Carleolum, corpus fons seruat Ebardi^ 
 £t cor Rotbomagum magne Ricarde tuum. ^ 
 
 *thens. MS. * Beauvoisyn. ' f^ere ^Ae edit. 1533. arfrf*, but they were taken. * the B. of 
 
 Rome. edit. 1542. ' my two. MS. ' rejecis. edit. 1533. 1542. 1359. ' Ebrardi. 
 
 7 ' In 
 
SiO SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 In terra', diuiditur vnus quia plus fuit vno, 
 Non superest vno gracia tanta viro. 
 
 The whiche verses may be Englysshed as folowith. 
 
 Cryste of the thefe, which on the* ryght hand was, 
 f And axid mercy, to vs thou made a praye 
 
 That we lyke wyse shuld, for our trespasse, 
 
 Axe of the mercy, and shewe no delaye : 
 
 Nor for erthly thynges caste our selfe away. 
 
 For who of thy crosse accomptyth iytle store, 
 10 The meryte of thy passion he losyth euermore. 
 
 This manfull knyght, this prynce victorious, 
 Which toke thy crosse on hym with great payne, 
 He folowed the thefe, and axyd mercy thus. 
 For his oflfence he warred thy foes agayne, 
 f^And shad theyr blode on hyli, and eke on playne : 
 J'oi. «. And all for loue good Lorde he had to the. 
 
 Wherefore swete lesu on hym thou haue pytie. 
 
 Of whom the bowellys at Carleyll, & the trunke 
 At fount Ebrarde, full rychely is dight, 
 20 The harte at Roan into the erth is sunke 
 Of the worthy Richarde ; and so in thre is twyght, 
 That more than one whylom was in myght. 
 * In erth is seperat, that lyuynge, more than one 
 
 Was, and of grace, founde lyke to hym, none. 
 
 [U ;. w. 3».]^r lOhii, brother of the aboue namyd Richarde, and yongest sone of Henry f seconde, 
 was ordeyned, or proclaymed, kyng of, Englande, the tenth daye of Aprell, in the be- 
 gynynge of the yere of our Lorde. xi.C.lxxx.xix. and the. xx. yere of the seconde Phylyp, 
 than kynge of Fraunce. This lohii, at the day of his brothers deth, was in Normandy, 
 where at Chynon, as soone as his brother Rycharde was dysseasyd, he possessyd hym of 
 
 3ohis brothers treasoure, and sent Hubert, archebisshop of Caiitorbury, into Englande, to 
 make prouysyon for his coronacion: and vpo Eester day folowynge, he was gyrde with 
 the swerde of f duchy of Brytayne, and saylyd soone after into Englande, where he was 
 crownyd kynge at Westmynster, vpon Holy Thursday next folowynge," of the forenamed 
 Hubert; after whiche solempnytie done, he ordeyned f same Hubert' chaucellerof En- 
 
 jTglande. In this whyle the Frenshe kynge helde a counceyll at Cenomannia, i Turon, 
 where, to f derogacion of kynge lohn, Arture, the sone of Geffrey Plantagenet, & ne- 
 uewe to the sayde lohii, was made duke of Brytayne; and' in contynentlye after, with a 
 great army, entryd the countrey of Angeou, and toke possessyon thereof. And kynge 
 Phylyp with his people entryd the duchy of Normandy, & layed aiege to f cytie of Eu- 
 
 iforoux, and wan it vf all the stronge holdis there ajiout, and stuflfyd them with vytayll, & 
 strengthed theym with his owne knyghtis; & that done, wastyd & spoyled the coiitrey, 
 tyll he came to the cytie of Means, whei-e met with hym the fore named Arture, & dyd 
 to hym homage for the coiitrey of Anglers. In the moneth of May, Elyanoure, some- 
 tyrae wyfe of Henry the seconde, and modyr to kynge Richarde, came into Fraunce, and 
 
 MiSO to the kyng, to Meaus foresayde, and made to hym homage for the countrey* of Poy- 
 
 • tria. edit. 1559. ' thy. MS. » which, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * county. MS. 
 
 tiers. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 31 1 
 
 tiers, as her enherytaunce : and soone after f kynge retournyd into Fraace, and the duke 
 of Brytayne with hym, which as yet was within age. Eynge lohii, herynge of this warre 
 in Normandy, and losse of the countreys aboue namyd, assemblyd a counceyll, and axyd 
 ayde of his lordis & comons, to wynne agayn f foresayd ladis ; & had it' graiityd, after some 
 
 rwryters. iii.*. of euery ploughe lade through England, besyde f subsedye of the spirituall 
 landys : and when he had made redy for y belonged to his voyage, he, about heruest, sayl- 
 
 . yd into Normandy, where he taryed tyll Octobre folowynge, spendynge the tyme to hij 
 losse and dishonoure. 
 
 i;Anno Domini. M.C.xcix.] [Anno Domini M.CC.]^ 
 
 ,0 Arnold fiz Arnold. 
 
 Balliui. Anno. i. 
 
 , Richard fiz Darty'. 
 
 AFter Mychelmas, in f monyth of Octobre, & firste yere of the reygne of kynge lohn, [Li.7.c».3»-] 
 a trewce, or peace, was concluded atwene f. ii. kynges of Englonde & of Fraunce, from 
 
 is-f day, tyll Mydsomer nexte folowynge; & in lyke wyse, atwene the Frenshe kyng, & 
 Baldewyn, erle of Flaviders. ^ And this yere, was made a dyuorce atwene kynge lohii, & 
 his wyfe, the erle of Glocetyrs doughter, be cause of nerenesse of blode ; and after wag 
 he maryed vnto Isabell, the doughter of the erle of Engolesym in Fraunce, and had by 
 her. ii. sonnys, Henry & Rycharde, &. iii. doughters, Isabell, Eleanour, & lane. This 
 
 1' yere dyed at London blessyd Hugh, bysshop of Lyncoln, & was conueyed to his owne 
 churche, and there enteryd ; [for whom God hath shewyd many myracles, so that, at this 
 day, he is auctorysed by f Church for a seynt.]* At Mydlent, after, kyng lohii sayled 
 agayne into Normandy, &, after Eester, he mette with kynge Phylyp, betwene Vernon & 
 the ile Audeley, where the peace atwene both realmes was stablysshed and confermyd, ^ 
 
 »^or terme of theyr. ii. lyues, & the landys deuyded atwene the. ii. kynges, as eyther of 
 them shuld holde them contentyd for theyr lyues after. And in shorte tyme after, Lewys, 
 the eldest sone of kynge Phylyp, maryed dame Blanch, doughter to Alphons, kyng of 
 Castylle, & neuew to kynge lohii ; to y which Lewys, kynge lohii, for loue of that wo- 
 man, shewyd to hym great boutie, & gaue vnto hir many ryche gyftes. In f moneth of 
 
 3t luli folowyng kynge lohii rode into France, where he was receyued of the Frensshe 
 kynge with moche honour, & so coueyed ito seynt Denys, where he was resayued ^ pro- 
 cessyon, & vpon the morne*, the Frenshe kynge accompanyed hym vnto Paris, where he 
 was resayued of the cytezyns M'ith great reuerence, and presentyd by the prouoste of the 
 towne, in name of f hole cytie with ryche presentis ; & there kyng Phylyp festid hym i 
 
 srhis owne paleys, & gaue vnto hym & to his lordis & seruauntys many ryche gyftys, & 
 after coueyed hym forth of that cytie, & toke leue of hym in moost louynge wyse. And 
 when kyng lohii had sped his maters in Normandy, he than retournyd into Englonde. 
 
 fAnno Domini. M.CC] [Anno Domini. M.CC.i.] 
 
 Roger Desert. 
 w« Balliui. Anno. ii. 
 
 lamys fiz Bartb. 
 
 IN the moneth of December, & seconde yere of kyng lohii, Ranulphe, erle of Ches- [L'- 7 «.3».] 
 tre, by the exaumple afore shewyd by kynge lohii, lefte his owne wyfe, named Constauce, 
 
 ' " it," omitted \n MS. * MS. The subsequent edit, of 1533. IS+S. and 1559. here, and in several 
 
 ncceeding years, place the dates, and sometimes the Sheriffs, one year later. ' Dartby. MS. * Omitted 
 
 in edit. 1S42. 155$). ' morow. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 & count- 
 
312 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 Sc countesse of Brytayne, whiche before he had maryed, by counpeyll of kynge Henry 
 
 ^oi.Ki. the seconde, & weddyd one Clenaence. One Cronycle saythe he dyd so because he wolde 
 
 haue issue; but the sayd aactor sayth that, after his opyny,arH lie djspleasgd God so 
 
 greatly, that God wolde sufo hym to haue none issue, but the rather, for y dede; dyed 
 
 'without. 
 
 Abowt€ this tyme, after apynyo of mooste wryters, the people or nacyon callyd Tar- 
 taris began tbeyr domynyon. These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde,' that belongyd 
 to Prester lohn, & chase, of them selfe, a capytayo of lowe birth, callyd Dauid, and. so, 
 with wyues & chyldren, passed the next countreys with robbynge & spoylynge, and grew 
 /o shortly in great 'Steegth, and after subdued y Partyes', and many other . vycyne coun- 
 treys, and grewe lastly vnto great dotnynyon & lordshyp in the Eest partyes of f worlde, 
 so that lately theyr prynce or souerayn is callyd the great Cahan. In this yere, as wyt- 
 [Li.7.ca.3a.] nessyth Polycronycon, the kynge of Scotl^s dyd homage to kynge lohn, at Lyncolne, & 
 sware, [vpon the crosse of Hubert, archebyssbop of Caurtterbury,]* in the presens of a 
 iriegat-of Rome, and. xiii. bysshops, to be trewe liege man to hym and to his heyres 
 kynges. 
 
 [And in this yere, one Estate', callyd abbot of Flay, came into Englande, & arnonge 
 
 other myracles by%m shewyd, he blessyd a well besyde the towne of Wye in Kent, so 
 
 that men fe women, drynkyng of that water, were curyd of dyuerse maladyes ; but 
 
 "^lastly he dvsplesyd so f "bysshopps of Englade, that he was glad to leue the lande, and 
 
 after saylyd into Normandy.]* 
 
 [Anno Domini. M.CC.i. Anno Domini. M.CC.ij. . 
 
 Witlm. Fyz Alyze. 
 Balliui. Anno tercio. i-?~^ 
 
 * •bt:- ' Symon of Aldermanbery.]* 
 
 About the moneth of December, in f thyrde yere of lohns reygne, in the prouynce 
 of Yorke, were seen. v. moonys, one in the Eest, the seconde in the West, the thyrde 
 in the' North, the fourth in the South, and the fyfthe, as it were, set in the myddys of f 
 other, & yode. vi. tymes in compassynge the other, as it were, by the space of an howre, 
 
 5i.aiad vanysshed awey soone after. This, yere, in the moneth of Februarii, kyng Phylyp 
 callyd a parlyamet at Verdon, whefe it was, amonge other maters, concluded that kynge 
 lohii, as his liege man, shulde apere at his parlyament, holden at Paris, win. xv. dayes 
 of Eester next folowinge. But for so moche as kynge lohii nor none for hym aperyd to 
 shewe some lawful! inpedymet, f Fresh kyng therefore entrid f duchy of Normady, & toke 
 
 3ithe castellys of Boute, of Gentelyne, & Gurnay, and seased into his handis, all suche 
 landys as Hugh de Gurnay helde, and gauethem vnto Arture, fore sayd duke of Britayne; 
 & more ouer he gaue to the sayde Artur f coutie of Augeon*, with. CC. prysofiers, and 
 a certayne of money to defende the sayde countie agayne kyng lohn. Whan kyng lohR 
 had vnderstodynge Of all the cruell dealynge of kyng Phylyp, he callyd a coiiceyll, & 
 
 «e there axyd ayde, & was grautyd a newe ayde to withstande the Frenshe kyngys malyce. 
 And about Lammasse after, the kyng, with a fayre company, sayled into Normandy, & so 
 sped hym into the coutrey of Augeon^ for so moche as he was enfourmyd that Arture, 
 his neuewe, & duke of Britayne^ warryd within the same, &^ toke hym prysoner^ w cer- 
 
 ' Parthis. MS. ' Omitted in edit. 1 542. 1559. ' Estace. MS. * Omitted in edit. 1542. 
 
 ' The later editions give the names of Arnolde & Rycharde here, as Balliui. The margin of the edit, of 1559 
 says, " William Abison" and " Symon of Aldevmanbury." * Angeou. edit. 1542. 1559. ■ ^ and 
 
 there. MS. 
 
 tayne 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 313 
 
 / 
 
 tayne other knyghtes, as syr Hugh le Bruns, syr Godfrey de Losyngham, w dyuerse other, 
 at which tyme, kyng Phylyp laye at the siege of the castell of Arques, & herynge of this 
 discomfiture, brake vp his siege, to the entent to haue rescowyd the sayd duke; but when 
 he was warned that he shulde come to short, he than chaugyd his purpose, and went vnto 
 
 rthe cytie of Towris, & wan it by strengthe, and after, for that wynter drewe nere', he 
 returnyd into Frauce. In which season also, kynge lohii returnyd, with his prysoners, into 
 
 ' Englande. In this yere, by coiiceyll of f burgeysys of the cytic of Lodon, were chosen. 
 XXXV. of the mooste substanciall and wysest men, which, after some, were callyd to* the 
 counceyll of the cytie, of the whiche, yerely, the baylyues were chosen, and after f 
 
 10 mayre and shryues were takyn of the same noumbre. 
 
 [Anno Domini. M.CCij.] [Anno Domini. M.CC.iij.]' 
 
 Norman Btondell. 
 Balliui. Anno. iiii. U '! ^ 
 
 lohn of Ely. 
 
 '^ IN this fourth yere of kynge lohii were seen many wonderfull tokes, for ouer y' wynter, 
 f which passyd I lengthe and hardnesse many yeres before goon, woderfull wederyngys, 
 as of excedyng lyghtenynges, thunders, & other stormys of wynde and rayne aperyd, & 
 therewith hayle, of the bygnesse of hennys egges, the which perysshed frute and corne, 
 besyde other hurtys and harmys doon vpon housys and yonge catayll, goyng a brode. 
 
 'i^Also spyrytys were seen in the ayer, in lykenes of foulys, beryng fyre i theyr byllys, 
 5' which sett on fyre dyuerse housys. And soone thereafter, dyed Hupert, arche- [^•^"•JJ•] 
 bysshop of Cauntorbury, in whose place was chosen, contrary to the mynde of kynge 
 lohn, by the more partye of the coupnt of Cautorbury, master Stephan Langton. Albe 
 it, some there were, that, accordynge to the kynges pleasure, namyd the bisshop of Nor- 
 
 ■w^yche, & some other. For this eleccyon, the kynge was greuosly amouyd agayne~fhe 
 munkys, & wolde, i no wyse, alowe or admytte theyr eleccion; wherfore they sent * 
 
 theyr eleccion vnto pope* Innocent the thyrde, f which admytted ihe sayd master 
 Stephan, & refused the other, and sacryd hym at Viterb, a cytie of Italy, & sent hym 
 after with letters of comendacion vnto kynge lohn, to take the possessyon and frutys 
 
 3oof his benefyce. Kynge lohn with this was soore amouyd, in so moche that he 
 warnyd hym J;iis lade, and dyuerse of the munkis of Caiitorbury jf fauored his cause. 
 About Eester, kynge lohn sayled into Normandye, for the Frenshe kynge had reco- 
 niencyd his warre, in the coutie* of Guyan, and wanne therein daylye dyuerse 
 stronge holdis & castellys, & allyed with hym the erle of Alenson, & had great ayde 
 
 Kof the Portuyns and Britons; and whan he had brought that coutrey vndre his sub- 
 ieccion, he than returnyd by Normadye, & wan Conket, the vale of Ruell, & f ile 
 of Audeley. In this season, f forenamed pope* sent- the abbot of Casmer into 
 Fraiice to refourme theyse. ii. pryncis, with whom was also accopanyed f abbot of Cres- 
 sons, the whiche endeuoryd them so, that they were nere agreed of a peace. But for they 
 
 •4(.wolde that the Frenshe kynge shiild repayre & amede such howsys of relygyon as he had 
 hurt & ouerthrowen in Guyan, & other placis belongyng to the crowne of Englande ; 
 therfore he forsoke the peace, not with standynge f kynge lohii, in lyke wyse, 
 shuld haue repayrcd all lyke housys apperteynynge vnto f crov^ne of Frauce. 
 Tha f Frenshe kyng, i the ende of August, layed siege to the castell of Raydepount, 
 
 w& assawtyd it by the terme of. xv. dayes contynuelly; but the souldyours win de- 
 fendid it so manfully, y they slewe many of theyr enemyes, so f kyng Phylyp was fayne 
 to gyue backe, tyll he had deuysed newe engynes after to werre^ facion, by reason whereof ici.mi. 
 
 ' toward. MS. ' " to" omitted in the MS. and later editions. * MS. * " Pope" omitteJ ia 
 
 edit. 1542. J559. ' Countrye. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Bisliop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' ' towir. MS. 
 
 the warre. edit. 1533. 1543. 1559. 
 
 Ss he 
 
.514 * 5EPTIMA PAlts lOHANNIS. 
 
 he lastly wan the sayd castell, & toke therein, xx. knyghtis, & an hudred and, vii. yo- 
 men & other, and. xxi. arblasters: and when he hadde fortyfyed that, castell w Frenshe 
 men, he than yode to the castell of Gaylarde, and layed his ordynaunce to that as he had 
 done to y other; but he lay there a moneth or he mygh^ do to it ony hurte or harme. In 
 rail whiche season, ^ynge lohri warrid vpo y borderers of Fraiice ; but of his victoryes I 
 fynde lytle wryte. 
 
 [Anno Domini. JW.CC.iij.] [Anno Domini. M.CC.iiij.]' 
 
 Water Browne. 
 tBalliul Anno, v.] • j§ 
 
 16 Wyllyam Chaumberleyn. 
 
 ^xi.^ca.33.] IN this yere, that is to saye, f. v. yere of kyng lohii, by reason of the vnreasonable 
 
 wederynge, as* in ^ lasteyere fell, f whete was solde for xv. s. a quarter : & kynge lohii, 
 
 in f somer folowyng, maryed his bastarde doughter vnto Lewlyn, prynce of Wales, and 
 
 gaue with hir the castell & lordeshyp of Elyngesmere, beynge in the marches of South 
 
 "Walys. 
 
 [In Morgans lande in WalyS, soone after a knyght appered after his detb, to one callyd 
 Mayster Moris, to whom, by his lyues tyme, he' had ben speciall louer & freende; the 
 which knyght by his dayes was well lettryd, and vsed, foi'his recreacion, to make versys 
 with this master Moris, so that the one shuld begynne the metyr, and the other shulde 
 ^ende it; at which tyme Of his apperaiice, the knyght sayde to Master Moris, " Master 
 " Moris, I woll y thou ende this verse, Destruet hoc regnumrex regum." " Nay," sayde 
 Master Moris, " ende thou it, for thou hast almooste made the hoole thy selfe." " Tha," sayd 
 the knyght, " for that I see now thou arte olde and slowe, I wyll ende it my selfe." 
 l)estruet hoc regnii rex regum duplici plaga. 
 
 ^-""The which verse maye be Englysshed as foloweth. 
 
 The kynge of kynges, that Lorde that ruleth all, 
 And in whose power all thynge is conteynyd, 
 Thii realme, for synne, he dystroy shall 
 With dowble plage : be thereof asserteyned, 
 3o Except the people here after be refrayned 
 From syime; and them to vertuous lyfe alye, 
 And vyce before vsyd vtterly renye.]' 
 
 This yere, the pope* sent letters of recommendacyoiv vnto kynge lohii, shewj'nge, that 
 he had fauourably harde his proctours', for all suche maters as they had layde agayne f 
 archebysshop of Cautorbury, and some of his miikis, that he shulde not of right be ad- 
 myttyd to that see; but, for the sayde maters of obieccion were, by hym and his courte, 
 thought in sufFycient, he therefore exortyd and wyllyd hym to accepte the sayd archebis- 
 shop to his grace, & suffre hym to enioye the frutis of his benefyce, and the munkys by 
 hym exyled, to returne vnto theyr propre abbey. But the more his lordis andfrendys ad- 
 ^etjysed hym to folowe the popys' mynde, the more was he moued to the contrary, in suche 
 maner, that the popys* messyngers returnyd without spede of theyr message. Yet haue 
 r harde before, how y Frenshe kynge laye a boute the castell of Gaillarde, and myght 
 not Wynne it by the space of a moneth ; wherefore he after sent for newe ordynaiice, and 
 
 » MS. that. edit. J533. 1542. 1559. ' Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. * bishop ol 
 
 Some. edit. 1542. ' protectours. edit. 154S. * bishop of Romes. edit. 1542. * ye edit 
 
 1542. 1559. J • • 
 
 assaylyd 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 91S 
 
 assaylyd it so fyersly, that within, xx. dayes after, he wan the sayd castell, to f great losse 
 of men on both partyes, and toke prysoners there win. xxxvi. knyghtis, besyde the other 
 noumbre of yomen and arblasterys, and that done, seasyd f coutrey there about, and 
 strenthed the sayd castell with his owne men, and then with great pryde retourftyd into 
 rrFraunce. 
 
 [Anno Domini. M.CC.iiij.] [Anno Domini. M.CC.v.j 
 
 Thomas Haueryll.. 
 Balliui. Anno. vi. 
 
 Hamonde Bronde. 
 
 "" ABout f season after Mychelmas, in the. vi. yere of the reygne of kyng lohii, came 
 downe a strayght comaudement from f pope*, that except the kynge wolde peasablye suffre 
 the archebisshop of Caiitorbury to occupye bis see, and the munkys theyr abbey, that the 
 lande shulde be entyrdyted ; chargynge theyse. iiii. bysshopys folowynge, y is to saye, 
 Wyllya, then bysshopof London, Eustace, bysshop of Ely, Waltyr, bisshop of Wynches- 
 
 '"■ tre, & Gylys, bisshop of Herforde, to denouce the kynge and his lande accursyd, if he 
 the comaudement disobeyed. Then theyse. iiii. byshoppys, with other to them associat, 
 made instaunt labour to the kynge, for the obseruynge of the popys* comaiidement, and 
 to exchewe the sensours of f church ; but all was in vayne : wherefore the. iiii. sayde bys- 
 shopys, accordynge to the popys wrytynge to them sent, the niorowe folowynge our Lady 
 
 "Day Annunciacion, or the. xxvi. daye of Marche, denouncyd kynge lohii, with his realme 
 of Englande, accursyd, and shyt faste the dores of churches, and other placis where dy- 
 uyne seruyce before was vsyd, firste in London, and after in all placys as they went tho- 
 roughe the lande. The kyng, for this dede, was so amouyd with the sayd. iui, bysshopis, 
 that he seasyd all f temporaltyes to them belogynge into his handys, and put them in suche 
 I'feere that they forsooke this lande, and sayled to the archebisshop of Cautorbury. In 
 this yere, at Oxenforde', i SufF. was taken a fysshe in the see, of fourme lyke to a man, 
 & was kepte. vi. monethes after vpon lande, with rawe flesshe & fysshe, and after, for 
 they coulde haue no speche of it, they caste it into f see agayne. 
 
 I^Anno Domini. Jl .CC.v.] [Anno Domini. M.CC.vi.]' 
 
 J^» lohn Walgraue. 
 
 Balliui. Anno, vii, 
 
 Rycharde of Wynchestyr. 
 
 IN the mOnelh of Nouembev, and. vii. yere of f kyng, one named Hugh Oysell, for 
 treason at Lodon, was drawyn and hangyd. And this yere, in the moneth of Maii, the 
 
 :>Frensshe kynge entryd into Normandy with a stronge power, and wanne there the Cas- 
 
 , tellys of Faloys & Dafyount, or Danff'roiit, and after, seasyd all the landys to the sayde 
 
 castell belongynge, and so tyll he came to a place cailyd seynt Mychaell, in the parell of 
 
 the see. Whan the Normannys sawe that kyng Phylyp thus subdued the strong holdys of 
 
 Normandy, and that kynge lohn to the contrary made no dgfence, the capytayns of Con- 
 
 ...i stance, of Bayonx, or Bayon, of Lyseux, of Anreuches* & Enroux, yeldyd them all to ^»'- •*• 
 the Freshe kynge, and be came his lyege men, so f he was in possessyon of the suhstaunce 
 of the duchy of Normady, excepte Roan, and other fewe castellys. Then kyng Phylyp 
 seynge theyse stronge holdys thus yeldid vnto hym, layed his siege to f cytie of Roan, 
 where, after he had lyen a season, f capitayne of f towne desyred a respyte of. xxx. dayes, 
 
 • MS. * bishop of Rome. edit. 1542, ' Ozesford. MS. ♦ Aurenches. MS. 
 
 S s 3 gyuynge 
 
316 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 gyuynge pledgy^ and hostagys, that if the cytie were not by kynge lohn, or his assygneyg, 
 rescowyd with in the foresayde terme, they wolde yelde y^ cytie vnto the Frenshe kynge. 
 And in lyke wyse was appoyntment takyn, for y castellys namyd Arquys and Vermeyll, in 
 whiche tyme for y no socoure came, both cytie and castellys were delyueryd into the Frelishe 
 
 riynges handys; and thus had this seconde Phylyp the possessyon- cf Normandye, whiche 
 noo Frenshe kynge had sen f tyme of Charlys the Symple, whiche gaue y same duchye 
 to Rollo, leder of the Normannys, w Gylia, his daughter, in maryage : sen f which tyme 
 had passid ouer. CCC. yeres. Wha the Frenshe kynge had thus brought into his sub- 
 ieccion, the duchy of JSformandy, he than, abbout seynt Laurence tyde, yoode into the 
 
 locountie of Guyan, and wan there the cytie of Potiers, with all y castellys and townys 
 to the sayde cytie belongynge ; and whan he had set that countrey in an ordre and rule, 
 
 , he sped hym into Fraunce, with great pompe and glory. It is affermyd of some auctours, 
 
 ^ that the Frenshe kynge made this warre vpon kynge lohn, by excytynge of the pope', for 
 his contumacy agayne f churche. In this yere also, was a communycacyon of a peace, 
 rto be hadde atwene kynge lohn and the archebysshop of Cauntorbury, and was dryuen 
 to a nere poynt of accorde, excepte restytucyon that kynge Iphn shulde haue made to 
 the archebysshop & other bisshoppis, the whiche his offycers had takyn in the tyme of 
 theyr absence, to the which restytucyon kyng lohii in no wyse wolde be agreable ; where- 
 fore the sayd comunycacyon toke none efFecte. After this comunycacion, kyng lohn was 
 
 a«so frette with malyce, that, in a fury, he lette proclayme in sundrye placys of his realme, 
 that all suche personys, as hadde landys and possessyons within Englande, spirituell or 
 temporell, that they shulde returne into Englande by Mychelmasse hexte folowynge, or 
 ellys to be clerelye excludyd frome all suche landys ; and ouer that, strayghte commannde- 
 ment was geuen, to eueryche offycer in his countrey, to make busye serche if any wrytynges 
 
 :!^were brought from y^ court of Rome to any prelat of this realme, and if any such were 
 foiidyn, to brynge hym and his wrytyngys to th6 kynges presence : and more ouerj that 
 they shuld sease to the kyngys vse all suche landys as to any persone were geuyn by f 
 sayd archebysshop, or by the pryoure of Cauntorbury, sen the tyme of eleccyon of the 
 sayde archebysshop, ' and the woodys of the same to be fellyd, & solde in all haste. 
 
 > [Anno Domini. M.CC; vj. Anno Domini. M.CC.vij. 
 
 lohn Holyland. 
 Balliui. Anno. viii. 
 
 Edmund fyz Gerard,]' 
 
 VPon the firste daye of the moneth of Octobre, and. viii. yere of the reygne of y" kynge, 
 3shis firste sone, Henry by name, was borne of dame IsaBell, his. ii. wyfe, in y cytie of 
 Wynchestre. And this yere, rebellyd f Irisshe men, & dyd moche harme in y countrey, 
 whiche rebellyon, after some wryters, was, for so moche as ^ kyng wolde haue leuyed of 
 theym greuous taskys to haue made warre with, vpo y Freshe kynge ; but at lengthe they 
 greued or displeasyd the kyng in suche wyse, that he was fayne to sette a taske thorough 
 Jffhis lande to oppresse theyr malyce. And ouer that, he askyd of the whyte munkys of En- 
 glande. vi.M. marke; but they excused theym by theyr general! hede, so that the kynge 
 toke with them grete displeasure; by reason wherof, after his returne out of Irelade, he 
 vexid them sore, and gathered of theym more than before he had desyred, and causyd 
 some abbottys to forsake theyr housys. Then he with a puyssaunt army went into Ire- 
 
 ' bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. Here in the margin of the edit, of 1542. it is said, " the byshop of Rome 
 " was the sturrar up of these warres." ^ SlS. 
 
 lande. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 317 
 
 lande, & shortlJFfi subdued them, and after he had sette the countrey in a rule, he re- 
 turned into EnglaHde. 
 
 [Anno Domini. MCC.vij.] [Anno Domini. M.CC.viij.]' 
 
 Roger Wynchestyr. 
 Balliui. Anno. ix. 
 
 Edmunde Hardell. 
 
 IN this, ix. yere, the kynge, cosideryng y great losse which he had susteyned by f Freshe 
 kynge in Normandy, and also i Angeon and Poytean, made prouysion of all thynges be- 
 longynge to the warre ; and after, about Mydsomer, sayled ouer f see & ladyd at Rochell, 
 
 liici Poyteau, with a myghty hooste, at which season the Freshe kyng was at Thymon*, and 
 fortyfyed it, with also the castellys of London and Mirable, & the towne of Poytiers, 
 whiche ly tie before he had wonne ; & after, without taryinge, returnyd into Fraunce. Then 
 kynge lohfi, herynge of the Frenshe kynges departynge, sped hym to Angiers, & wan that 
 towne with lytle payne, & dystroyed the sayde towne. Thyther came to hym the Vicount 
 
 u u'of Thonars, which before was, for drede, become the Frenshe kyngys man, and by his ayde, 
 kynge lohn than recouered some parte of that coutrey. In this meane whyle kynge Phy- 
 lyp gathered a newe hooste, & herynge of the vnstedfastnes of the Vycount of Thenars, 
 entryd the landis of the sayd Vycount, and wastyd and spoylyd the countrey without py- 
 tye. Than kyng lohii sped hym towarde the Frenshe kynge, so that in short processe of 
 
 wotyme, the two hoostis were win lytle distauce ; but by what meane oP fortune I can tiot- 
 saye, for the meane thereof is not expressyd, the. ii. kynges there toke peace for. ii. yeres 
 folowyng, and after eyther of them returned into his owne countrc}'. In this yere, the 
 pope* beynge asserteyned of the cruelnesse of kynge lohn executyd agayne the whyte 
 munkys of his lande, and also of his obstynacy y he perseuered i agayne holy churche, 
 
 ■vvsent downe a newe comyssyon, by vertue whereof the curse of enterdytynge was newly 
 denoucid and mauyfestyd I sundry placis of Englande ; and ouer that, the pope*, by auc- 
 torite of the sayd buUe, assoyled or acquytyd all the lordys of Englande, as well spirituall 
 as teporall, of all homage and feauty y they of ryght owyd to the kynge, to the entent 
 that they shulde aryse agayne hym, & depryue hym of all kyngelye honour : but all this 
 myght not moue the kyng [frome his erroure.]* 
 
 [Anno Domini. M.CC.viij.] [Anno Domini. M.CC.ix.J' 
 
 Serle the Mercer. 
 Balliui. Anno. ix. 
 
 Hugh of Seynt Albon. 
 
 3 3> ABout the feaste of seynt Medarde, in the monyth of lunii, and later ende of this fore- '"'•'•'''»• 
 sayd. ix. yere, f forenamed bayllyues were admytted to that offyce, and the olde, that is 
 to mean Roger Wynchester, and Edmunde Hardell, were dischargyd, for so moche as 
 they withstode ^ kynges purueyour of whete, and wolde not suffre hym to couey certayne 
 mesures of whete out of the cytie, tyll y- cytie were storyd. For this the kyng toke suche 
 
 i^<wo displeasure, that he sent downe streyght commaundement vnto the. xxxv hedys or rulers 
 of the cytie, that they shulde discharge the sayde. ii. bayllyuys, and to put them in pry- 
 son, tyll they knewe the kyngys further pleasure ; wherefore f sayd. xxxv. persones toke 
 aduyce, & appoynted a certayn of them selfe, w other, and rode to the kynge, than be- 
 ynge at Langley, to impeter grace for y^ sayde bayllyues, shewynge forther, that, at y sea- 
 
 HTiTson, suche distresse of whete was in f cytie, that the comon people were lykely to haue 
 
 ' Ms. * Cbynon. MS. * or. MS. ♦ bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' Omitted in edit. 
 
 1542. 1559. 
 
 made 
 
318 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 made aa insurreccion for the same ; by which meanys and fiendshyp whiche they had m 
 the-courte, the kyng was so satysfyed that he releasyd them from pryson. And in short tyme 
 after, the oytezens of Lodon made suche sute to the kynge, that they hadde grautyd to 
 them by the kyngys letters patentes, y they shulde yerely chose to theym selfe a mayre 
 rand. ii. shryues ; after whiche graunte to theym confermyd, they, amonge theym selfe, or- 
 deyned that the. ii. shryues shuld be chosen yerelye, vpon seynt Mathewes daye, ix. 
 dayes before Mychelmas; & vpon Mychelmas day, to take theyr charge, and the Mayre 
 to be ehoseo vpon the same day, & chargyd with the other, or vpon the sayde day of 
 Mychehnas, albeit that now it is other wyse orderyd. 
 
 iftAnno Domini. M.CC.ix,- Anno Domini. M.CC.x. 
 
 Primus Maior. 
 Petyr Duke. 
 The first mayw, Hqnry fiz Alwyo. Anno. X. 
 
 Thomas Neell, 
 
 pLi. y. ca. 53.] ir IN the day of seynt MychaeH tlie arcaungell, and. x. yere of kynge lobfi, Henry, f 
 sone of Alwyn, was sworne and chargyd as first mayre of London ; and Peter Duke, 
 wirti Thomas Neell, sworne fcM" shyreuys, and tlie name of bayllyues was, after this daye, 
 clereiye auoydyd within the sayd cytie from f daye forewarde. Also where, before this 
 London brydge tymc, the brydge oucr Thamys, at Lodon, was made of tymbre, & was ruled, gaydyd, 
 made of stone. .;rtQj.j.gpgyj,gjj^ by a fratemyte, or college of preestys ; this yere, by the great ayde of the 
 cytezens of London, and other passynge that way, tlie sayde brydge was begonne to be 
 ouM ^V- edefyed of stone. And in this yere, f monastery of seynt Mary Ouereyes in Southwerke, 
 jonn"^" '" was begonne of to be buyldyd. And in this yere, f pope' sent. ii. Iega,ttys, or af- 
 
 ter some wryters, one legat, named Pandulphus, the which, in y popis* name, had many 
 5tBore wordys of monycion of obedyence to kyng lohn, and charged hym to suffre the arche- 
 bysshop of Caiitorbury, ^ the pryour & munkys of the same, to enioye theyr ryghtys and 
 possessyons within Englade, & taryed here a certeyne of tyme, to brynge his purpose 
 about ; but all was i vayne, for he yode agayne to Rome, without releasynge Of the enter- 
 dytynge. Of themanerof thisenterdiccion of thislande hauel seen dyuerse opynyons; as 
 'csome there be that saye that^'lande was enterdyted thorowly, and f churchis and housys of 
 relygyon closyd, that no where was vsyd masse nor dyuyne seruyce; by whiche reason, none 
 of the. vii. sacramentis, I all this terme, shulde be mynystred or occupyed, nor chylde crys- 
 tenyd, nor man confessyd, nor maryed: but it was not so strayght, for there were dyuerse 
 placys in Englande, whiche were occupyed with dyuyne seruyce all that season, by lycence 
 srpurchacid tha or before; also chyldren were crystened thoroughe all the lande, & men 
 housely3"& anelyd, excepte suche persones as were exceptyd by name in the bull, [or 
 knowen for maynteynefs of the kynges ille eatent.]' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.x. Anno Domini: M.CC.xK 
 
 Peter Yonge, 
 "^ Henry fiz Alwyn. Anno. xi. i , ..5 
 
 "Wyllyam Elande. 
 
 IN this yere, which was the. xi. yere of kynge lohan, after Mydsomer, or the terme of 
 f trewce were fully riine, kynge Phylyp, with a stronge hoste, entryd the coiitie of Guyan, 
 
 • Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. * Bishop of Romes. edit. 1542. ' Omittedin edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ^ & mad« 
 
SEPTIMA PARS IOHANNI5. 319 
 
 & made newe warre vpon the Vyeount of Thonars, and toke his castell callyd Partenjr, 
 ^ dyuerse other stroge holdys, to the sayd vyeount belongynge ; & mannyd them with 
 Freshe men, & ordeyned one Guylyam de Roches, marshall of Fraunce, chefe ruter of 
 that countre, & after returnyd into Fraunce. But it was not longe after the kynge was 
 
 rdepartyd, but that the sayd vycout of Thonars, made sharpe warre vpon the Frenshe 
 men, w suche power as* he myght make, and recoueryd a parte of his lade : but one day 
 whe he "had woiie a lytle holde, & takyn therin acertayne of prisoners, in his returne to- 
 warde his holde, where he lodgyd, he was supprysed with the fore named Guyllyam de 
 Roches, & a great multytude of Frenshemen ; of the which, after longe fyght, he was 
 
 •ofynally takyn, with syr Hugh Thonars his brother, syr Aymery de Lesyngna, sone of f 
 erle of Poytiers, and to the nomber of. 1. persones of his company, the which were all, as 
 prysoners, the sent vnto f Freshe kynge. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.7U. Anno Domini. M.CC.xii. 
 
 Adam Whetley. 
 
 >^ Henry fiz Alwyn. , Anno. xii. 
 
 Stepban le Graas. 
 
 IN this. xii. yere of kyng lohn, the pope' sent agayne Pandulphe, his legat, & monyssh- 
 ed the kynge in sharpe maner, that he shulde receyue master Stephan Langton to his be- 
 nefyce, of f see of Cauntorbury, and the pryour, with his munkys, vnto theyr abbey. 
 
 -^)Then the kynge callynge to mynde the daungers which he was wrappyd in, both Win his 
 ownp realme, & also I Normady, & f hurtis which dayly grew to hym by the same, made 
 a promyse by othe, that he wolde be obedyent vnto the court of Rome, & stand & obey fj.k*- 
 all thyng f the same court woU adiuge hym*; vpo whiche promyse so made, the legat sent 
 knowlege vnto f pope', & had c5maudement from hym, that he shuld bynde f kynge to 
 
 vftheyse articles folowynge. First, that he shuld peasybly suffre the fore namyd master 
 Stephan Langton to entre his lande, & to enioy the archebysshoprych of Cauntorbury, 
 with ail profettis and frutis belongynge to the same ; secodaryly, f he shulde, in lyke ma- 
 ner & fourme, resayue the pryour of Cauntorbury, & his munkis, tV all other before tyme 
 exyled for the arciiebisshoppis cause, & not, at any tyme here after, vex or punysshe any 
 
 30 of the sayd: parsones, spirituall or teporall, for any of those causes; thyrdly, that he 
 shulde restore vnto the sayde archebysshop, & to^ll the other, all such goodys as were 
 before tyme takyn fro any of them, by his oflScers, sen the tyme of this varyaiice grow? 
 yng ; and fourthly, that he shuld yelde vppe into the handys of the pope', ail his ryght 
 and tytle f he had vnto the crowne of Englonde, with all reuenuse, honours, & profettis, 
 
 ^'belongynge to the same, as well teporall as spirituall, & to holde it euer after, bothe he 
 & his heyres, of the pope' & his successours, as feodarres of f pope'. And whan theyse 
 artycles were graunted, & the lordys of y lande sworne to the mayntenaiice of the same, 
 the kyng knelynge vpo his knees, toke the crowne from his hede, & sayd theyse wordis 
 folowynge to the legat, delyuerynge hym the crowne, " Here I resygne vp ^ crowne of the 
 
 uo *• realme of Englande & Irelande, into the popis handys'. Innocent the thyrde, & put me hole 
 in his mercy and ordynaunce*." Afterrehersayll of which wordis, Pandulph toke f crowne 
 of the kynge, & kejne the possessyon thereof, v. dayes after, in token of posses.<iyon of ^ 
 sayd realme of Englade ; and when the sayd. v. dayes were expyred, f kynge reassumyd 
 the crowne of Pandulph, by vertue of a bande, or instrument, made vnto the pope', the 
 
 * Bishop of Rome. edit. 1543. * The margin of the edit. 1542. ha* this passage, as a guide for the reader. 
 " The great misery that this prynce was in, beyng so oppressed wyth the tyrannye of the B. of Rome, 
 that moiiKtrous and wycked beast." ' handes of. edit. 1542. * The editor of the edition 
 
 of 1542, tat/s, in the margin, against thispassage, " What cbrytten bert, but mutt wepe and lament to her* 
 " a crysten prynce to be thus abused." 
 
 wbich^ 
 
S20 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 which, at length, is sette out in f cronycle of Englande, & other placis ; whereof, the ef- 
 fecte is, f the sayd kynge lohn & his heyres shiilde euer after be teodaryes vnto the fore 
 namyd pope' Innocent, and to his lawful! successours, popys of Rome''; and to pay yere- 
 ly to the Churche of Rome, a. M. marke of syluer, that is to saye, for Englande. vii.C. 
 rmarke, & for Irelande. CCC. marke, and if he or his heyres, fayled or brake y. payment, 
 tU7.ca.33.] that than they shuld fayle of theyr ryghtof y crowne. But Policronyco sayeth. vii.C. marke 
 for Englande, &. CC. marke for Irelonde, for the which sQmes, after the affirmaunce of 
 that auctor Guydo, the money callid Petyr pens, are at this day' gatheryd in jsondry placis 
 of Englande. 
 
 10 Anno Domini. M.CC.xii. Anno Domini. M-CCxiii. 
 
 losne fitz Pet*. 
 ■ Henry fiz Aleyn. Anno. xiii. i :^ . 
 
 lohii Garlonde. 
 
 IN this. xiii. yere of kyng lohii, & moneth of Februarii, master Stepha Langton, arche- 
 irbysshop of Cautorbury, with the other exylys, landyd in Englande, & after, i processe of 
 tyme, met w the kyng at Wynchestre, where the kynge resayued hym with a ioyous coii- 
 tenance, & after there was assoyled of y sayd archbisshop ; but yet was not the enterdic- 
 cio of the lande released, for so moche as the kynge at that day, hadde not made resty- 
 tucion vnto the archebisshop and other, accordynge to the thyrde artycle, before rehersyd ; 
 '^"for the which, as testyfyeth the Englysshe booke, he payed vnto the archebisshop. iii.M. 
 marke, and to the other, by partyculers. xv.M. marke. After which thynges perfourmyd 
 and done, the enterdyccion was adnuUyd & fordoon, in the moneth of lulii, and yere of 
 our Lorde. xii.C. & xii., when it had standyn iti force full. vi. yeres, & asmoch as from 
 the. xxvi. daye, vnto the monetli of lulii, whiche is vpon. lii. mbnethes and odde dayes. 
 
 '- Anno Domini- M.CC.xiii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xiiii. 
 
 Raufe Eylande. 
 Henry fiz Alwyn. Anno, xiiii. 
 
 Constantynele losne. 
 
 IN this, xiiii. yere of f kyng, for tliat he wolde not holde f lawes of seynt Edwarde, 
 
 3oand also for dyspleasure f he bare to dyuerse of them, for they wolde not fauour hym 
 agayne the pope^ and for other causesj whiche here be not manyfestyd, the kynge fell at 
 dyssencion w his lordis, in so moche, that great people were reysed on eyther parties ; but 
 for the kyngis partye was the stronger, the erle of Chestre, with f other lordis, tooke the 
 cytie of Londo, & helde them therein a certeyne of tyme. The whiche Cronycle of Cax- 
 
 srton, with other, saye, that a great parte of this varyaunce atwene kynge lohfi and his 
 baronys, was, for because the kynge wolde, without skylfuU doom, haue exyled the sayde 
 erle of Chester, whiche to hym had no cause ; but, for so moche, as before seasons, he 
 had often tymes aduysed the kyng to leue his cruelnesse, and his accustomyd auowtry, the 
 which he exercysed with his brothers wyfe, and other : but by the meanys of the arche- 
 
 iicbysshop of Cauntorbury, and other prelatys, a peace was takyn for a whyle. In this yere, 
 vpo the day of y translacion of seynt Benet, or the. xi. daye of lulii, a great parte of the 
 borough of Southwerke, was brent j and in the moneth of August next folowyng, was 
 
 • great and moche harme done in Lotidon, by fyre. Soon after, to stablysshe f peace 
 
 atwene the kynge and his lordys, an assemble was made on Berhadowne; where the 
 
 Hfkynge and the lordys mette, with great strengthe vp5 eyther syde, where a charter or 
 
 ' Omittedin edit 1 Sis. * Bishops of Rome. edit. 1542. ' were. edit. I559. ♦Peter. MS. 
 
 ' byshoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. *MS. 
 
 wrytynge 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 321 
 
 •■wiytynge was ^euysed & made, and there sealyd by the kyng, so that the barOny was 
 'with it contentyd, and departyd in peasyble wyse, euerych man into bis countrey. 
 
 ^nno Dominu M.CCxiiii.] (Aano Domini. M.CCxv.]' 
 
 Martyne Fiz Alis. 
 Roger Fiz Aleyn. Anno. xv. 
 
 Petyr Batte. 
 
 IN this. Kv. yere of the kytig, the peace, which, in f last yere, was atwene kyng lohn 
 ■end his baronyes agreyd, was, by the kynge, vyolate and broken^ wherfore the lordis as- 
 lemblyd to them great powers, and made sharpe cruell warre vpon the kyng, in so moche 
 
 / (othat than he was constrayned to sende into Normandy for ayde and socoure, and into p*i.<ctf. 
 other places. Then shortlye after came into Englande a Norman knyghte, whiche 
 "broiighte with hym a company of Normannys, Flemmyngys, and Pycardys. This knyghte 
 or capytayne was namyd Fowkys de Brent, f which, with his company, was so cruell, that 
 he destroyed aswele relygyous housys as other, and wroughte moche harnrre to the lande, 
 and put the lordys to the worse. Then the kynge made Fovykys, and other of his copany, 
 wardeyns of castellys and stpoge holdis in Englonde. The lordys seynge the kynge per- 
 aeuer in his wronge, and wolde in no wyse be enduced to holde his owne grauntys,,but to 
 execute -all thyng after pleasure, and no ihynge after lawe nor iustyce, cast m theyr myndys 
 bow they myght brynge the lande in a better rule or state, and by one aduyce and consent 
 
 X z'lVirote vtito Phylyp, kyng of France, that he wolde send some noble man into Englande, 
 & they wolde rendre the lande vnto hym. In this whyle kynge lohn causyd to be drawyn 
 and hangyd at London, one Piers, of Pomfrette, for the sayd Petyr had monysshed dy- 
 uerse* myssehappys that shuld come to hym for his vycyous lyfe, and also for he hadde often 
 warned kynge lohn that he shuld reygne but. xiiii. yeres ; the whiche he ment without pay- 
 •ringe of trybute : for after he was becomyn feodary to the pope, he thought the pope 
 reygned as pryncipall iorde of the lande and not he' [for the whiche, and fur other malyce, 
 he put that vertuous man to deth ; of whom, in the. xxxiii. Chapitreof the. vii. booke of 
 PolycronycoR, are matiy vertues shewed, the whiche I ouer passe for lengthy nge of the 
 tyme.]' 
 
 3 3 .AnnoDonnni. M.CC.xv. Anno Domini. M.CCxti. 
 
 Salamon Basynge. 
 Roger Fiz Aleyn. Anno. xvi. 
 
 Hugh Basynge. 
 
 VPon seynt Andrewjs cue, or the. xxix. day of Nouembre, in .the. xvi. yere of Tiis 
 
 ' '^I'eygne, kyng lohn, after he had lyen a certayne of tyme with his ordynauce aboute ;^ 
 
 <astell of Rowchestre, in Kent, he wan the sayd castell, & toke therin certayne gentyl- 
 
 •men that had cospyred a gayne hym, the whiche he sent to dyuerse prysons ; & the ba- 
 
 rones helde theym together at London, abydynge the c5mynge of Lewys, sone to the 
 
 Frenshe kyng, f which, nere about Assencion tyde, liidyd in Englande with a stronge 
 
 H ;vr,army, & so came to Rochestre, & layd siege to f castell, & wan it with lytle payne, for 
 
 so moche as it was greatly febled with thassautis ktely made by kynge lohn, and sen that 
 
 tyme not sufFyciently repayred. And whan he had wonne the sayde castell, he caused all 
 
 the straungers therein takyn to be hanged, and after came to London ; where certayne al- 
 
 iyauncys and couenautis were stablysshed atwene the lordis and hym, and resayued of 
 
 ;>, them homage, as affermyth Polycronycon : and after theyr maters atwene theym there fy- 
 
 nysshed, he, with the lordys, departyd frome London, and gatte the castellys of Rygat, 
 
 of Gylforde, and of Fernham, and from thens to Wynchestre, where the cytie was yelden 
 
 vnto theym, with all the holdys and castellys there about, as Wolnesey, Odyha, & Beaw- 
 
 ■ MS. * monysslied liym of dyaers. MS. ' " For the wbycb and/or dyuers other matters 
 
 kc waa put to death." edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 T t mere 
 
SSa SEPTrMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 mere. Atid about seyal Margaretis day, he, ^ the locjdis came agaya to Xsdon,- atwhose 
 €omynge, f towre of Lodan was gguen vppe to them by appoyntment,. & where Roger 
 Fiz Aleyn had^ tyll that tyme, rulyd the cytie of Lodon as Mayer, he, for so moche 
 as he was accusyd. to the lordys to be fauourable to- the kyngis pariye, was- than dis- 
 
 ""Ghargyd of that ofFyce, and one callyd Serle, Mercer, was chosen in his place, and so^ 
 contynued tyll Myghelmas folowyng. In this passe tyme^ kyng John, beynge thus ouer- 
 sette with his lordis, sent messjmgers to the pope', shewyng to hym the rebellyon of his 
 lordis, and how they.laboryd his distruccio ;. wherfore the pope', in all haste, sent a legat 
 into^Englode, named Gualo, or Swalo, the which, after his conaynge, comaiidid Lewis 
 
 '^to retourne into,EraiiGe, andJabocyd,- totiie v.tternaooste efhis powar, to appease the kynge- 
 and his barony ; but all his labour was iiv vayne. 
 
 Anno Domini...M»CC.xvi., Anno Dominu M.GC.xviL 
 
 lohS- TraueKa^, 
 \Kyllyam HardelL Anno. xvii. 
 
 ir Andrewe NewTandie. 
 
 IN this. xvii. yere of kynge lohii, the warre atw.ene hym and bis lordis styll contynu- 
 ynge, he dyed of the ftyxe, as testyfyeth Polycronycon, at the towne of Newerke, vpo 
 the daye of seynt Calyxt [the pope,}" or f^ xiiii^ daye of Qctobre. How be it the En- 
 glysshe booke or cronycle sayeth, that he dyed, at Sebynyshede*, an abbey about' Lyncoln, 
 
 >by theenpoysonynge of Oimuke of the same house, the day after seynt Luke, or the. xviii. 
 day. of Octobre, and was buryed at the dtie of Wynchestre :; but the auctor of Poly— 
 cronyjcon say^h, he was bowellyd at Crongthon abbey, and buryed at Worcetyr, in the 
 myddle of the quien of mukis, when he had reygned. xwi, yeres^ vi. monethes and. iiii. 
 dayes, leuyng after hyn*. ii, sonnes, Henry and Richarde, with sudiy doughters. Of 
 
 "^tliis lehii it is redde that he fouded ^ abbey of Belew, in the New Forest, in recopensacion 
 of the parisslie churchis which. he there ouertournyd to. enlarge that forest^ and an abbey: 
 of blacke miikW in fche cytie of Wynchestre, where,, afteif 3je sayinge of the Englysshe' 
 Cronycle, he shulde be buryed. Ihis kynge loh&aJsoj after some wryters, maryed one 
 of his doughters \mto-Otio, the. iiii. of that name, emperoure of Almayne, and duke 
 
 3c of Saxony,, the which helde warre agayne kynge Phylyp, of Fraunce, as in. the. v. chapytr® 
 «f the story, of the sayd Phylyp before is declared ;, [which Otto, for his rapyne & ex- 
 torcion done to the churche of Rome, was accarsyd^ and the sayde Phylyp, & also kynge- 
 lohii, for theyr. dysobedieee to the churche were also accuxsyd, the whiche warred eyther ' 
 with other, so y eyther of them^ greuyd aad vexed othep, tQ4he great hynderauncis ofi 
 
 i^them, and eyther of them, for the whiche consyderacion,,a metrician made thejse baladis. 
 ef them, as foloweth. 
 
 O qm mirabUla, good Lord' thy werkys been 
 In puaysshement.of synners, by. thy mygbt, wondersly j. 
 As, by.oldestoryes, it is piaynly seen 
 '*' Cliie synner the other hath correcte vfcterly. 
 As Aalizannder*, with luliuSj Pompey,. and Tholomyj. 
 ^'f''^''- And many other, which as thy scourgys were, 
 
 To punysshe synners,. and themselfe also dere.. 
 
 In lyke wyse nowe reder, if thou liste take hede,.. 
 -wAnd wele reuolue in mynde this history 
 Of theyse. iii. prynces, and- loke wele Gn»theyr. dedie ; 
 Thou shah conceyue that they dyd wyckydly- 
 
 ' Byshoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. ' Omittedin edit. 15*2* 1559. ' xxiiii. edit. 1550; by mUtnle 
 
 *Swyny»liede.MS. ' Alexander. MS. - ^H »]> mssaKt. 
 
 I meane 
 
SEFTIMA PARS HENmiCI. ill. i^23 
 
 I meane kynge lobfi, Phylyp, and Ottony, 
 Which vnto syane made them selfe so thrall. 
 That of pope Innocent they were accursyd all. 
 
 Wherefore Ged sufferyd that one the other to greue, 
 rAnd -waree and chase with dedlye-hate and stryte, 
 
 Giadde that one the other to myscheue, 
 
 Manassynge eche otlier with spere, swerde, and knytia^ 
 
 With cruell batayll durynge theyr synfull lyfe. 
 
 Wherefore I maye conclude, in factis horum, 
 /ftThat raulta sunt^agella peccatomin.]' 
 
 Henrici Tercii. 
 
 HEnry, the thyrtJe of that name, & eldeste sone of kyng lobn, a chylde of the age of. .(Li- ?.ci .34] 
 «. yeres, began hisreygne ouer therealme ©f Englandethe. xx. daye of the moneth of 
 Octobre, in f yere of our Lord. M. CC. &. xvi,, and the. xxxvi. jere of the seconde 
 
 'rPhylyp, yet kynge of France. Ye haue before harde of the cruell warre which Lewys, 
 sone vnto the Freshe kyng, with thayde of the baronys of Englande maynteynyd agayne 
 kynge lohii ; the whiche, after the deth of the sayd lolm, contynued ; for as moche as tiia 
 -some of the lordys, that before hadde maynteyned the quarell of Lewys, nowe forsoke 
 tiyon, and toke party with this Henry as theyr naturall and soueraygne lorde : whereof the 
 
 ^ichefe were the erlys of Penbroke and of Chester, the which, with theyr retynewe, helde 
 «harpe warre 4f the sayde Lewys- and his afFynytie, the whiche «ntendyd to haue >been 
 kynge of Englande, by reason of couenauntys made with certeyne lordys of the lande 
 -wiien he was firste sent for by theym. Wherefore the foresayde erlys, with the other of theyr 
 partye, to make theyr partye the strenger, proclaymed the sayde Henry kynge of En- 
 M'glande vppon the foresayd. xx. daye of Octobre thorough the cytie of L5don, and in all 
 possyble haste after, made proujsyon for his coronacion, so that, vpori the daye of Symondeprim. nrauei* 
 and lude next ensuynge, he was crownyd at Glowcetyr of Petyr, than bisshop of Wyn- H"'"w»^ 
 Chester: Lewys, f Fresh kynges soiw, beynge than at Lyncolne. In whiche yere stoode styll 
 as gouernoure of the cytie of Lodon tyll Mychelmas next folowynge [the forenamyd]* 
 
 30 Anno Domini. M.CC.xTii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xviii. 
 
 lohii Trauers\ 
 Wyllyam* Hardell. Anno. 4*. 
 
 Andrew Newlande*. 
 
 SO soone as ^ kynge was crownyd, commyssyons were sent ouer' in his name into aU 
 3r|>Iacis of Englade to gathere strength of men to withstande the fore namyd . Lewys, & to 
 put hym, with bis Frenshemen and other alyauntys, out of the lade, which then had, vndre 
 theyr rule & custody, thecastellys of Berkhastede, of Hertforde, & dyuerse other. And for 
 this Lewis wolde not sease of bis warre, and returne into Fraunce.- therfore f f&resayde 
 Gwaloor Swalo, the popys* legat, accursyd hym, first by name, and after all suche as hym 
 i^tniaynteynyd or fauoryd in this warre agayne kynge Henry, Then f forenamyd erlys, ac- 
 companyed with Wyllyam, erle marshall of Englande, Wyllyam le Bruyz, erle of Ferrys, 
 ■with many other, yode to Lyncolne, & wan f towne vpon f straungers, where was slayne 
 a Frensheman, callyd erle of Perchys, ^ many other souldyours: and there was takyn of 
 Englysshe men, Serle, erle of Wynchestre, and Hufrey de Bohum, erle of Herforde, \Sr 
 
 * Omitted in tie edit. 154S. 155/9' 'MS. 'Benet le Ceynturer, edit. 1559. in marg. ♦ lamai. 
 
 •dit. 1359. ' Frorp this year to 1253 there ia a variation in the list of mayors betiveen the Museum manvxript 
 and the f tinted cynes, the former plucing each mayor a year kiter, ' WUljam Blounde. edit. 1 555- «» marg. 
 
 ' owte, MS. * Bjuhope of Aomes. edit. 1549. 
 
 Tt2 dyuerse 
 
324 SEFTraA\ PARS • HENRICL ' 111: 
 
 i'ya-evse other of name. And-in this whylej-Lewetyn prynce of WalyS} for that he ay ded^ 
 the paitye of Lewis, was aceursyd,.and his lande enterdyted.. After the towne of Lyn- 
 Golne wafrthus wonne fronoe the Erenshe men, Lewys, with other parte of his souldyours^- 
 
 -drewe towarde Lodon, for so moch as worde was brought to hym, that his father had sent 
 
 J to hyin a new copany' of souldyours, f which shuld lade in Englade shortly : trothe it was, 
 f suche an ayde of souldyours was made by the Frenshe kynge, and co'mytted toacapy- 
 tayne, which, in the cronycle*, is named Eustace the muke, the which was encoixtryd vpa. 
 the see, with a capytayne, ormayster of the. v. portis, callyd Hubert at Burgth, &gaue 
 to hym batayll, & scoumfyght hym atlengthe, & sent f hede of the sayd Eustace vnto f 
 
 "kyng; Wha Lewys- harde of these tydynges, and cosyderyd howe daylly his strength niy- 
 
 nysshed, he was more inclynable vnto peace; so that, in coclusyon, he toke money, as 
 
 [Li. 7. c 34.]: sayeth Polycronycoa, & yelded vp his castellys & stregthis which he helde,- & after was 
 
 assoylyd, & so retournyd into FraQce :. but of this money y Lewis resayued, ben dyuerse 
 
 oppynyons, for the Englysshe boke namyth it a thousande marke, and f Frenshe bake 
 
 /rsayth. XV. M. marke. 
 Anno Domini. MXC.xviti. Almo Domini. M:CC.xi3u 
 
 Thomas Bokerell. 
 Robert SerleV. _ Anno. ii. 
 
 Raufe Gylande^ 
 
 */••»«• X. FN this. ii. yere of gynge Henry, whe the ladfe was voyded of the straungers, the in^ 
 quisicions were made, ta knowe wiiat persones had.fauoryd ^ partye of Lewys agayn the- 
 kynge ; of the which the kynge pardonyd many of the layefee, but J^ spirytuell were put- 
 to suche fynes, | they were compellyd to lay that they myght to pledge, to please the kynge : 
 and ouer that, to sue to Rome to be assoylyd. And this yere, Ranulphe, erle of Ches- 
 •/iter, for concyderacions hym mouynge, tooke his iournay into the holy lande; but one 
 cronyclfe sayeth, he tooke that iourney vpon hym, fbr so moche as he had, cotrary his al- 
 ' legeaunce,. madfe homage vnto Lewys aboue named, and for malyce whiche he bare to- 
 warde kynge lohn, entendid, at. the tyme of. that homage doynge, to- haue made f saydii 
 Lewis k'yng of England6.. 
 
 Jo Anno Domini. .M.€C.xix.. Anno Domini. AI.CC.xx._ 
 
 Benet le Ceytur. . 
 Robert Series Anno, iiir 
 
 Wyllyam Btounde. 
 
 IN this tKyrde- yere of kynge Henry, a parlyamet was holdyn at Lodon, by vertue 
 3t^herof was graiityd to the kynge. ii.*. of euery plough lande thoroughe £nglande, which- 
 was for the charge y he before had' with Lewys warre. [Also this yere, seynt Thomas of 
 Cauntorbury was translatyd, in the. vii. day of this moneth of lulii-; the which was doone- 
 ■^ so great a charge vnto mayster Stephan Lagton, then archebisshop of Gaiitorbury, that 
 the charge therof was not contentyd^ many yeres after the deth of the sayd Stephan.]* 
 ;And this yere, as witnessyth Polycronycon, kyng Henry began the newe werke of the- 
 churche of WestmynstCTj . which,^ after that sayinge,. shuld,be in, the. xii. yere of his age. 
 
 Anno Domini. .M.CC.xx.. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxi>. 
 
 Ibhn Wayle.. 
 Robert Serle. Anno, liii., 
 
 nr Ibsne le. Spicer,; 
 
 iLi.7.«a.3.4-] ■ IN this yere, Alexaderj kyng' of Scottys, maryed dame lane, or Ibhan, J' suster of 
 kynge Henry j & in this yere, was gfeatharme done in Englande, by vyolence ofa whyrle 
 
 ' crewe.MS. * Croniclis. MS. ^ The MS. adds" Mercer."' ♦ Omitted in edit. 1542. 155S* 
 
 wynde. 
 
Secudi coronaci* 
 Herici tcrcii. 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIT. 325 
 
 wynde, and fyry dragons, [and sprytys,]' were seen fleynge in the aycr. And this yere, 
 were proclamacyons made in London, and thoroughe Englande, that all straungers shuld 
 auoyde f lande by Mychelmasse next folowynge, excepte suche as came with marchaan- 
 dyse, and to make sale of them vnder the kynges saufe ^onduyt ; whiche was chefelye 
 
 rmade to avoyde Fawkys de Breut* and his complycys, whiche keple the castell of Bed- 
 forde, agayne the kynges wyll and pleasure. And in this yere, was kynge Henry se- 
 condaryly crowned at Westmynster, the. xvii. daye of Maii : and this yere, the cytie cal- 
 1yd Damas, in the holy lande, was by crysten men gottyn from the Turkis : and this yere 
 came out of the holy lande into Englande, Ranulph, erle of Chester, and beganne to 
 
 'obuylde the castellys of Charteley, and of Bestone, & after he buyldyd f abbey of De- 
 lacresse, of the whyte ordre ; for charge & coste of whiche sayde castellys and abbay, he 
 toke toll thorough all his lordshyp, of all' suche as passyd that wey with, any chaffre or 
 marchaundyse. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xxi. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxii. 
 
 ir ~ Rycharde "Wymbeday. 
 
 Robert Serle. Anno. v. 
 
 lohii Wayell. 
 
 IN this. V. yefe of kynge Henry, at Oxynforde, was holden a general! counsayll of f 
 Bysshoppis & clergy of this lade ; in tyme of which counsayle, a man was takyn, y whiche 
 
 '«shewyd hym selfe to be Cryste, and prechyd many thynges of erroure, whiche y^ clerkis 
 at those dayes vsyd, & to approue that he was lesus y- sone of God, and that he was eo- 
 myn to refourme those errours and other, he shewed the caractys & tokyns of woundys in 
 his body, handys, and feete, lyke to lesus y was naylyd on the crosse. Then lite was ap- 
 posyd, and approuyd a false dissymuler :. wherefore, by dbme of f counsayll, he was 
 
 vxiudged to be nayled to the crossej and so.delyueryd to y executaurs, the- whiche, at a 
 place callyd Alburbury, naylyd hym to a crosse tyllhe was dede. Also this yere, f k'yng 
 layed syeg^ vnto.the castell of Bedforde, that Fowkys de Brent hadde so longe holdyn by 
 strength. This siege began vponthe euyn.of thassencyon of our Lorde, and so contynued 
 tyll our Lady Day Assumpcyon, in which passe tyme, many stronge assawtys were made, to 
 
 3othe great losse of men on bothe partyes; but fynally, about this fore sayde daye of As- 
 sumpcion, it was takyn by fyerse assawte : wherein was taken the forenamyd Fowkys de 
 Brenti and'vppon the noQbre of. Ixxx. souldiours, wherfeof ^ more parte were pirt to deth, 
 & the sayd Fowkys, after he had lyen a certeyne of tyme in pryson, was, for his fynaunce, 
 delyueredand-fiemyd' the lande. And in this yere oame the frere mynors fyrst intaEn- 
 
 s.glande: theyse are gray freres of the ordre of seynt Fraunces, which, if that be trewe, 
 they shuld. come into Englande, vpon. vi. yeres before the deth of. seynt -Fraunces : for 
 after, the affyrmaunce of the auctaur of Cronyca Cronycarii, lacobus Phylyppus, & other, 
 seynt Frauces dyed i f yere of grace. xii.C. and. xxvii.', and that ordre was firste c6- 
 fermyd of Honoryus, the thyrde of that name, pope* of Rome, in f yere of grace. xii.C. 
 
 foand. xxiiii. This ordre first began vnder a fewe noumbre of freris, at the cytie of Caufi-- 
 torbury, and after came vnto Lodon, and restyd them there, tyll they had an house there 
 foudid' by Isabell, wyfe of Edward^ the seconde, as after shall be shewyd in" the story of 
 f sayd Edwarde i albe it, f sayde house was begunne of Margaret, the wyfe of Edwarde 
 the firste. 
 
 a- Anno Domini. M.CC.xxii. Aiino Dotnini.M.CC.xxiii^ 
 
 Richarde R6nger; 
 Robert Serle. . Anno, vi. 
 
 loseus le losne. 
 
 • Otoi«e«i in edit. 1542i 1559. * Brent. 'xi. hundred and. xxvii. edit. 1542. 1559v ♦ bjrshoppe. 
 edit. 1542. 
 
 IN. 
 
3^6 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. iri, 
 
 ftf.xix. IN this. vi. yere of f reygne of kynge Henry, a conspyracy was made by one Consfa- 
 
 tyne, the sone of Arnulphe, within the cytie of Lodoa.; for.j' which he was drawen and 
 haged, the morowe folowynge our Lady Day Assumpcion. This cospyracy was disclosyd 
 by a cytezyn namyd Walter Bokerell, & was so heynous and greuous to the kynge, that 
 "he was i mynde & purpose to haue throwen downe the wallys of the citie : but whan he 
 had wele conceyued that the personys whiche entendyd this conspiracy, were but of the 
 rascallys of the cytie, and that none of the hedis or rulers of the same were thereunto 
 consentynge, he aswagyd his ire & greuouse displeasure, which he entedyd towarde the 
 cytie. 
 
 <(. Auuo Domini. M.CC.xxiii. Anno Domini, M.CC. txiiii. 
 
 Rycharde loyner. 
 Robert Serle. Anno. vii. 
 
 Thomas Lamberde. 
 
 IN this seuenth yere, lohn, kynge of lerusalera, came into Englande, and requyred 
 irayde of kynge Henry, to wyne a gayne that holy cytie ; but be returnyd witli small com- 
 forte. And about this tyme, lohn, f sone of Dauyd, «rle of Angwysshe, in Scotlade, & 
 nere kynnysman vnto Ranulph of Chester, maryed f doughter of Lewelyn, prynce of 
 Walis, as it were for u, Fynall accor-de atwene the sayde LewSyn and Ranulph euer after 
 to be cotynued. 
 
 2"Annol!)omini. M.CC.xxiiii. Aaino Domini. M.CC.xxv, 
 
 Wyllyam loynour. 
 .Rjcharde Reynger. Anno. viii. 
 
 Thomas Lambarde. 
 
 'IN this. viii. yere of kyng Hery, a parlyament was bolden at , where, amoge 
 
 brother thyngys, the lordis and barony of the lande grauted vnto the kynge & to his heyree, 
 kyngys, the warde & maryage of theyr heyres, which dede was after of lernyd men cal- 
 1yd iniciii malarum', that is to meane, the begynnyng of illis or of harmys. 
 
 Anno Domini. MX^G.xxv. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxvL 
 
 lohn Trauers. 
 "sc Richarde Rengec Anno. ix. 
 
 Andrewe BokerelU 
 
 IN this. ix. yere of kyng Henry, Frederyke, the seconde of that name, and emperourc 
 of Almayne, for his contumacy agayne f churche of Rome, was accursyd of ^. ix. Gre- 
 gory, tha pope*; wherfore, soone after, he toke. ii. cardynallys and dyuerse prelattys, as 
 srthey were goynge to a generall counceyll, kepte hyf sayd pope' at a place callyd Spd- 
 lete, a cytie of Italye- 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xxvi. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxvii, 
 
 Roger Duke. 
 Rycharde Renger. Anno. 3?. 
 
 '■>c Marlyn fiz Wyllyam, 
 
 IN this. X. yere of f reygne of kynge Henry, f plees of the crowne were pletyd in the 
 towre of London. In this yere also, as wytnessyth the Frensh Cronycle, dyuerse soul- 
 dyours whiche, as to this daye, kept certayne castellys in the countie of Poy tiers, as f 
 castell of MostrueU, the castell of Niort, and the townys of Angdy and of Rochell, 
 were by the Frenshe kyng so assautyd f they were constrayned to geue theym ouer to 
 
 ' malorum. * Bysihoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. • Byshoppe. edit. 1542. 1559 
 
 2 • ' the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. Ill, 32? 
 
 the Trenshe kynge, than beynge Lewys, f nynthe of that name, or, after some wryters, 
 the. viii. and sone of Phylyp the seconde. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC. xxvii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxviii< 
 
 Stephan Bokerell. 
 X Roger Duke. Anno. xi. 
 
 Henry Cobham. 
 
 IN this. xi. yere of this kynge Henry, the shyrewyke of Lodon & of Myddlesex were let- 
 tyn to ferme^ for the sume of. CCC./i.' by yere, to the sheryues of London ; and the. xviii, 
 day of Februarii, the same yere, was graunted by the kyuge, that all werys in Thamys, 
 
 .oshuld be plucked vppe and dystroyed for euer. And the. xvi. day of Marche folowynge, 
 the kynge granted by his charter ensealed, that y cytezens of Londo shulde passe toll 
 fre thorough all Englade, and if any cytezyns were constrayned in any cytie, borough, or . 
 towne, in Englande, to pay any tolle, that than the sheryues of London, to attache any 
 man eommynge to London, of f sayd cytie, borough, or towne, where suche toll wa& 
 payed, and hym & his goodys to with holde & kepe, tyll the cyteaeners of London be 
 restored of all suche monaye payed for the sayde tolle, with all costis and damagys sus- 
 leyned for the same. And, the. xviii. daye of August folowynge, the kynge graiityd to 
 the sayd cytezyns of London, wareyn, that is to meane, that y cytezyns haue free lybertye 
 of hiitynge, certayne cyrcuyte aboute London. And in this yere, the towne of Lymo- 
 
 wisyn, with dyuerse holdys^in Pyerregot & Aluerne, in the countie of Guyan, were geuen 
 vppe to f fore namyd Lewys, f Frenshe kynge j wherefore, the kynge sent ouer his bro- 
 ther Rycharde, erle of Cornewayll, shortly after^ which ladyd at Burdeaux, with. CCC. 
 saylles*. 
 
 Aiano Domini. M.CC.xxviii^. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxix. . 
 
 >r ' Stephan BokerelK 
 
 Roger DtjkCi Anno. xU. 
 
 Henry Cobham. 
 
 IN the begynynge of this. xii. yere of kynge Henry, Mayster Stephan Langton, arche- 
 bysshop of ^autorbury,. dyed, and f great deane of Pawlis, Mayster Richarde Wethyr- 
 
 ■ shed was-hls successour. And in this tyme, ihe fraQchyse & lyberties of the cytie were 
 by y kyng cofei^myd, & to eueryche of the sheryues was grautyd, to haue. ii. clerkys and 
 ii. offycers,^ ^Vout moo j. & to 5^ cytezyns of London was also grauntyd thys yere, that they m k*. 
 shulde haiue and vse a comoo sale'. A-nd in this yere, Rycharde, erle of Cornewayll, be- 
 syegyd the towne of seynt Machayr in Guyan ; and whan he had wonne it by strength, he 
 
 ?rlhan layed his siege to the towne of Rochell, tyll it was restoryd by f raarshall of Frauce. 
 
 Aiano Domini. M.CC.xxix. . Anno Domini. M.CC.xxx. 
 
 Walter Wynchesler. 
 Roger Duke. ' Anno, xxiii.. 
 
 Robert fiz loha. 
 
 vo IN' this. xiii. y«re of kynge Hery, vpon Trynyte sodaye, or after an other aucter vppon j 
 Whitsondaye,. whyle the bysshop of Lodon was at hyghe masse in seynt Paulys Churche' 
 of London, fell sodeynlye suche thyjckenesse & derkenesse of clowdys,- and therewith 
 suche stenche, & tepest of thunder and lyghtenyng, that the people there assemblyd, 
 voydyd. the churche, & the vycarrys & chanons forsoke theyr deskys, y the bysshop re- 
 inayned in g^eatfere alone, excepte a fewe of his raenyall sepuauniys & suche as altendyd 
 vpon hym at the aulter. [Also, in this yere, the fame of that blessyd womu, Elyzabetb, 
 doughter to j- kyng of Hungryj began to spred ; the whiche, before and after the deth of : 
 
 * iiii.CJi. edit. 15*2. 1559. * fo^re httndrcdsayks. edit. 1542, 1559. ' scale. 
 
 his 
 
^8 SEPTIMA PARS HBNRICI. IH. 
 
 hir husbode, Langraue, duke of Thorynge in Almayne, shamyd not, for Crystis sake, te 
 wesshe f sorys & bylis of lazars, & of other poore men, besyde other manyfolde dedys of 
 charyte : by vertue of .which blessyd and vertuous lyfe, she, by hyr lyfe tboroughe the 
 power of God, shewed many and dyuerse myracles, amonge the whiche, by hir prayer, xvi. 
 rnien were from dethto lyfe arreryd,,& a man borne biynde, to syghte restoryd: wherefore, 
 by Gregory, the.ix. of "that name, & pope of Rome, she was amonge the college of the 
 blessyd noumbre of sayntys ascrybed and alowed, & coramaQdyd birfeaste to be halow- 
 ed, ^i xiii. kalendas of December.;]' 
 
 Anno JDomini. M.CC.XXX. , .A.uiu> Domini. M.CC.xkz|. 
 
 '* Richarde fiz* WyllyaiB. 
 
 Roger Duke. Anno, xiiiu 
 
 John Wodbourne*. 
 
 IN this, xiiii.vyere of ^;fcynge, was ordeygnyd by the mayre and rulers of the cytie of 
 
 •London, that no shryue of f cytie, shulde contynewe lenger in offyce than one yere^ 
 
 fj'whereof the cause was, that dyuerse of them, by cotynuaunce of theyr ofFyce, dyd dyuerse 
 
 extorcyons, & takesbcybys of vytellers, with other. defautis which were founde, and pro- 
 
 uyd preiudyciall & hurtfullto the comon -weale of the-sayde cylie. 
 
 :j!Vuno Donnini. M.CC.xxxi. Anno Donuui.;M.CC.xxxru 
 
 MychaeU of >seynt Elene. 
 T-t Roger Duk6*. Anno. «. 
 
 Walter Denfdde*. 
 
 IN this. XV. yere, the kynge had graiited tyllhym a quindecym or fyftene of the tem* 
 poraltie, and a dyme and an halfe of the spyrytualty, to recouer his landis loste in Nor- 
 mandy, Guyan, & Poytean. And in this yere Hubert of Burgth, that, at this day, wag 
 
 ' chefe iustyce of .Englande, had greuyd or dyspleasyd the kyng in suche wyse, that he was 
 copellyd to flee the kynges syght; but he was so strayghtly pursued, tha't he was takyn I a 
 chapell of Bretwood in Essex, and so cast in ppyson at f kyngys comtiiaundement :• but 
 after, bylabom-eof the [blessyd]' bisshop£dmiide, of Pountenay, he was recounceylyd 
 to the kynges fauoure, when he had been prjsoned vpon. iiii. monethes, and.fixylyd vpon, 
 
 3o.xiii. monethes. And this yere, was doon.great harme in Lodoo, by fyre; the which be- 
 .gan in an house of a wydowe, namyddame lane Lambert. 
 
 Anno .Domini. M.CC.xxxii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxiii. 
 
 Henry Eldementon*. 
 Andrews Bukerell', Anno. xvi. 
 
 sr Gerarde Batte. 
 
 IN this. xvi. yere, kynge Hery, vpo complaynte brought before liym by the frendis af 
 Lewelyn prynce of Walys, y Wyllyam le Bruce, or Brunze, shuld conspyre agayne the 
 kynge ^ or after some, for he kepte vnlaufully the wyfe of the fore namyd Hau^ylyn*, he 
 was, after loge prysonement, hangyd. And this yere dyed Ranulph, erle of Chester, Lyn- 
 
 "« coin, and Huntyngedon, His systers sone named lohii, sonevnto the erle of Angwyshe, 
 as before, in the, vii. yere of this kynge is declared, was his.heyre, and helde that lord- 
 shyp after hym: this lohn, of moost wryters, is callyd I-olm Scotte, for so moch as his 
 father was a Scott«. This foresayde Ranulphe had no chylde, albe it he hadde. iiii. sys- 
 ters, j eldest hyght Molde, or Mawde, iand was maryed to Dauyd, erle of Angwysshe, 
 
 iif and was moder to f foresayde lohn Scotte; the seconde was namyd Hawys, and was ma- 
 ryed vnto the erle of Arudell; the thyrde, Agnes, was ioyned to therle -of Derby, and 
 
 • Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559- » Walter, edit. 1559. inmarg. 'Wonbourne. ibid 
 
 * Andrew Bokerell. edit. 1559- «« marg. ' Walter de Duffeel. MS. * Henry de Edmonton MS* 
 
 Eadelmariyr. edit. l55S-in marg. » The MS. arfrf* «' f ep-ercr." * Lewellyo. MS.. a$td edit. 1559* 
 
 th^ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 329 
 
 the. iiii. namyd Mabely, was maryed vnto the erle of Wynchester, callyd Robert Quy- 
 nacy. This Ranulphe dyed at Walyngforde, and was buryed in the Chapter house of the 
 munkys at Chester, aqd ordeygned the fore namyd lohn Scotte to be his heyre, for that 
 he wolde not haue so noble a lordshyp rune amonge, or to be deuydyd atwene so many 
 f^dystauys. And this yere, dyed Master Rycharde Wethyrshed, archebysshop of Caun- 
 torbury, whose successoure was [blessyd]]' Edmunde of Pountenaye. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxiii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxiiii. 
 
 Symonde fiz Marre*. 
 Andrewe Bukerell, Anno. xvii. 
 
 Roger Blounte. 
 
 IN this. xvii. yere of f reygne of.kyng Henry, the fore named Edmunde of PoStenay, 
 or of Abyndon, was sacred archebysshop of Cautorbury. He was named of Pountnay, for 
 so moche as he was buryed at Poiitnay in Burgoyn : & he was named Edmude of Abyn- 
 don, by reason he was borne in, Abyndon. This [blessyd]' man, as before in the. xv. yere 
 
 ^is, shewed, reconcyled Hubert of Burth to the kynges grace, and causyd hym to be restored PeLimi. 
 to his former ofFyce, as chefe iustyce of this lande. In this yere also, f kynge began the 
 foudacyon of the hospytall of seynt lohii, wout the estgate of Oxynforde; in whiche yere 
 also, fyll wunderfuU wether, as thunder & lyghtnynge, vnlyke vnto otiier, and therupon 
 folowed an erthquake, to the greate fere of the inhabytauntes of Hutyngdon, and nere 
 
 TO there aboute. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxiiii. ' Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxv. 
 
 Rafe Aschewy. 
 Andrewe Bukerell. Anno, xviii. 
 
 lohn Norman. 
 
 [Li. 7.0.35.] 
 
 -J' IN this, xviii. yere of kyng Henry, the lewys dwellynge at Norwyche, were brought 
 to fore the kynge at Westmynster, to aswere to a coplaynt made agayn them, by one call- 
 yd John Toly of the sayde towne of Norwyche, y they shulde stele a chylde, and it cir- 
 cumsysyd of the age of a yere, and after kepte the same chylde secret, to the entent to 
 crucyfye it in despyteof Crystys relygyon ; but howe the mater was folowed, or howe so 
 
 Jsthe lewys acquytynge them selfe by theyr answere, trouthe it is that they returnyd vn- 
 punysshed. And in this yere, Frederyke, the secode of that name, and emperoure of 
 Almayne, maryed the syster of kynge Henry, namyd Isabell, as testyfyeth Polycronyca. 
 
 Anno DominL M.CC.xxxv. Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxvi. 
 
 Gerarde Batte. 
 5r Andrewe Bukerell. Anno. xix. 
 
 Robert Aidell'. 
 
 IN this. xix. yere, f morowe after seynt Hyllary, or the. xiiii. daye of lanuary, Ed- 
 mude, archbisshop of Cautorbury, spowsyd y' kynge and Eleanoure the doughter of therle 
 of Prouynce, in his cytie of Cautorbury, and in the vtas of the sayde Hyllary, she was 
 
 ">crownyd at Westmynster, as queue of Englande; where, in the feelde by Westmynster, 
 lying at f West ende of y^ church, there was kept royall solepnyte and goodly iustys, by 
 the space of. viii. dayes. And the same yere, the statute of Merton was enacted, which 
 is to n)eane certayne actys made by acte of a parlyament, holdyh by the kynge and his 
 lordys & comons at ^ towne of Merton, where, amoge other actis, was ordeyned a remedy 
 
 ^rfor wydowys that were defraudid of theyr douars, & also howe heyres within age shulde 
 be entreatyd, and reraedyes for such as were stolyn or with holdyn, contrary the gardeyns 
 wyllys ; but more certaynly it was ordeyned at y' parlyament, at Merton fore sayde, which 
 
 ' Oauttedin edit. 1342. 155.0. ' Sj^mon fyz Mary. MS. \Robert Hardell. edit. 1559. »'« marg. 
 
 U u was 
 
330 S'EPTIMA PARS HENRICI, IIU 
 
 was holden the. xxx. yere of this kyng, in^the morowe folowy»ge the daye of seynt Mar* 
 tyne, or the. xii. day of Nouembre., 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCxxxvi., - Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxvii.. 
 
 Henry Cobhanik . 
 
 J" Andrewe Bukerell. • ^""o- ^^' 
 
 lurden Couentrfi, 
 
 IN this XX yere of kyng Hery, lohfi Scotte before named, erle of Chester, dyedi 
 without issue male; wherfore the kynge consyderynge the great, prerogatyuesbelojigynge 
 to thaterledome, gaue vnto his doughters, other possessyons, and toke the erledome into. 
 ^0 his owne hade. This lohn dyed at Dorondale, and wis buryed .among© his- antecessours^ 
 at Chester, as affyrmyth Pblycronycon, and also he sayth that he dyed without any chylde,.. 
 afid that f foresayd exchaunge was made with f fore narayd sisters of Ranulph before 
 expressyd in the. xvi; yere of this kynge. 
 
 - Anno Domini. M.CC.«xvii.. Anno Domini. M-CCxxxviiil- 
 
 ,j- lohn Thesalan'. 
 
 Andrewe Bukerell. Anna. xxi. 
 
 Gerarde Cordewaner*. 
 
 IN this, xxi, yere, Ofctoboon, a legat of the. ix: Gregory^ [& pope,]';carae into En«_ 
 glande, & ordeyned many good ordenauncys for. the churche, but not ali to the pleasure 
 -^ bf the yonge clergyeof Englonde ;.. wherefore as he. One day, passyd thorough Oxynford^ 
 the scolars sought occasyon agayne his seruauntys^ and fought with theym, Saslewe one- 
 of the same, and put the legatte in such feere, that he," for his sauegarde, toke the belfray 
 of Osney, and. there helde hym, tyll the kynges mynystres commynge- from Abyndon^^ 
 with strength medelyd withfayre wordys, delyueryd hym, and conueyed hym after with a? 
 •rfcompetente^company vnto Walyngforde, where heaccursyd the mysdoers, and punysshed 
 them in suche wyse, that the regentis Sc masters of that vtiyuersytie, were lastly compels 
 1yd to goo barefote, thorough Chepe to Pawlys at Lodon, and there to aske-of hytn for*- 
 gyuenes, and hadde thai trespace, with great dyffyculte.forgyuen. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxviii. -Aimo Dominii. M.CC.Xxxix». 
 
 ■3, Ibhii Wylhale. . 
 
 Richarde Renger. Anno. xxii. . 
 
 loha Goundresse*. 
 
 -IN this, xxii, yere, a false clerk'e, of the foresayd vnyuersyte - o-f Oxynforde, which s 
 feyned hym selfe madde, & beforetyme had espyed thesecrette placys of the4cyH^escourte>, 
 jfcame by a wyndowe towarde the kynges chambre, at his maner of Woodstok, entend-i 
 ynge, to haue slayne.the kynge ; but he was espyed by a woman, and takyn, and so con- 
 /■rf. nxH ueyed to Couentrye, and there arreygrayd of y dede, where, after lawful! prouys of his ma- 
 lycyous entente made, he, for the- same, was there drawyn & hangyd. And in this j'ere,.. 
 ,vpo the euyn of seynt Botolph, or the. xvi. daye of lunii, was borne at Westmynster^ 
 * M»Edwarde, that after was surnamed Longeshanke ; [this, after his fadre, was kynge, and 
 
 reputed of many wryters, for the firste and eldest sone of kynge Hery, but he was the 
 seconde, and Edmude, that is of.wryters surnamed Crowke backe, was the first & eldest;, 
 albe it he was put by by ;^ meane of his fadre for his deformytye, the which hath ben cause 
 of great dyssencyon sen that tyme in England*, for this Edtounde lefte after hym dyuerse 
 
 " lohA Colynson, MS. Colesan. edit. 15S9. in raflrg. * Gervays ofCordwaynerstretcMS. ^Omitted 
 in edit. 154'2. * lolin Vondresse. MS. 
 
 chyldren, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. HI. 331 
 
 ^hyldren, and after one cronycle, thre sonnys by his last wyfe, named Blache, that is to 
 saye, Thomas, Henry, and lohn.]' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xxxix. Anno Domini. M.CC.xl. 
 
 ' Remonde Bengley*. 
 
 ^ Wyllyam loynour. Anno, xxiii. 
 
 Rafe Aschewy. 
 
 IN this, xxiii. yere of Icyng Henry, before the tynae of the eleqcyon of the shryues of 
 London, one Symonde fiz Mary, whiche before in the. xvii. yere of the kyng,^ had been 
 in y oflFyce, & had purchacyd a comaunde'ment of the kynge dyrectyd to the mayre and 
 
 " rulers of y' cytie, that they shuld cause hym to be electe to that offyce, for that yere fo- 
 lowynge ; but the mayre with the hedys of the cytie, [cosyderynge that commaundemeiit 
 to be a derogacion vnto the lybertyes of the cytie,]' withstoode it, and chase the foie- 
 namyd Rafe Ashny, & put the sayd Symonde by, for y whiche he complaynyd hym to the ■ 
 Jcynge. Then the kyng sent for the raayre, and the rulers of the cylie, and had viito , 
 
 *rtheym many wordys of dyspleasure, for the dlysobeyinge of his commaundement ; and far- 
 thermore dyschargyd Wyllyam loynoure, which f yere was agayne chosen newlye to be 
 mayre, for the yere folowynge, and chargyd the cytezyns to procede to a, newe eleccyon 
 for theyr mayre, which then, to satysfye the kynges pleasure, chase Gerarde Batte; hy 
 •whose meanys & good polycy, y' sayd mayre xvith the cytezyns demeanyd them so wele 
 
 '«to the kynge, f theyopteyned his gracious fauour, & causyd the foresayd Symonde to 
 fayle of his purpose, and was not after admyttyd to that offyce tyll he liad submytted 
 hym to the ruie of the mayre and rulers of the same cytie ; the which Symode be haued 
 4iym so well after, that he was admytted for an alderman : but, in short processe after, he 
 demeanyd hym so ille and sx) cotraryouslye vnto the weale & good ordre of y cytie, that 
 
 •^he was dyschargyd ef his aldermanshyp, and dyschargyd from all rule and counceyll of 
 the cytie, as in the. xxxiiii. yere of this kyng folowinge is towchyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xl. Anno Domini. M.CC.xIi. 
 
 lohfi Gysors. 
 ■Gerarde Batte*. Anno, xxiiii. 
 
 'jg Mychaell Tony. 
 
 IN this, xxiiii. yere of kjng Hery, seynt Pawlys churche of London was newely ha- 
 lowyd. And the great Chaan of Tartharys, before, in the seconde yere of kynge lohn, 
 jnyndyd or towchyd of theyr begynyng, in this yere, after he had from the Turkys wonne 
 nioche of the Eest liidys, he sent an hooste into the lade of Hugry, the which helde the 
 rpeople of that coiitrey so short, that, as witnessyth the auctor of Policronyca and other, [Li.7.M. 35] 
 they were costrayned of necessite to ete theyr owne chyldren, & other vnlefull metys : 
 but f auctor of Cronyca Cronycaru sayth, that this mysery fell to the people of Hugry, 
 in f yere of our Lord. xii.C. &. xxi., which, after that sayinge, shulde be in f fyfthe yere 
 of this kynge. 
 
 feAnno Domini. M.CC.xIi, Anno Domini. M.CCxlii. 
 
 lohii VyoU. 
 Remonde Bengley*. Anno. xxv. 
 
 Thomas Duresyne*. 
 
 IN this. xxv. yere of kynge Henry, Gerard Batte 'was agayne chosen mayre for this 
 HJ-present yere, and after whose eleccyon he was by the worshypfuU of the cytie, coueyed 
 
 ' Tie whok of this is omitted in the edit, of 1533. 1542. & 1559. The Museum MS. adds, at the close, 
 *• Tliomas, is he that was aftir namyd sejDt Thomas of Lancaster, byhedid .of Edward of Carnarvan." 
 * Reyner de BoDgey. MS. and edit. 1559. ' Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559. . * ^' ^^^- <"'''•» 
 
 " Vintenw/' * Reiser de Bungaj.MS. * Thomas Durham. MS. 
 
 IT u 2 vnto 
 
3S2 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 
 
 vnto Woodstoke, and presentyd after f custome vnto the kynge ; but the kynge, enfourmyd 
 of his laste yeres dealynge, by suche as ought to hym no good wyll, sayde y he wolde 
 not admytte hym to y oflFyce tyll such tyme as he came to Westmynster, with which an- 
 swere the sayde Gerarde with his copany returned vnto London. It was not longe after 
 
 Tory kynge came to Westmynster, where, accordyngto theyrdutye, the cytezynsof Lon- 
 "don agayn awaytyd vpo y kynge to knowe his pleasure,^ where the kynge callyd before hym 
 the sayd mayre, and after certayne questyons to hym put, he causyd hym to be sworne 
 in his presence : after which oth to hym geuyn, f kynge chargyd bym, by vertue of the 
 same, that he shuld not take of the bakers and bruers and other vytellars of the cytie. 
 
 '0x1. /j., whiche other of his predecessours, and also he, that laste yere, hadde takyn; and 
 
 also that he, incontynently aftec his comynge to London, shulde restore vnto the sayde 
 
 vytellers, and other cytezyns, all such money as he had w wroge in that precedynge yere 
 
 , takyn of the comynaltye of the cytie. But for the sayd Gerarde alleged for hym certayne 
 
 cosyderafcyons, besechynge the kynge to pardon hym of that restytucyon, the kynge, ihdys- 
 
 /rpleasure, swore a great othe that he shulde not, that yere, be mayre, nor at any tyme there 
 after; and so the commons, certyfyed of the kyngys pleasure, chase, in his place or stede, 
 Reyner de Bungay. And, this yere, the kynge yode into Walys, whereof herynge Dauyd, 
 than prynce of Walys, mette Mith the kyng at Ruthlaride, and submytted hym to the 
 kynges grace. [Also this yere y blessyd Edmude, archebysshoppe of Cauntorbury, beynge 
 
 Joat Pputnay, in the prouynce of Burgoyne, dyed, and there was buryed, and was after 
 traslatyd into the same place within, x. yeres after his deth, by comaundement of Inno- 
 cent the fourthe, than pope of Rome, because of his manyfolde myi^acles which God 
 shewyd for hym after his deth. All be it in his legende it is shewyd that he dyed twentye 
 RLKxiii. myle frome Pountnaye,' callyd Soly, & was after buryed & traslatyd at Pountnay. Of 
 
 Mthis blessyd man Polycronyco shewith many vertues, in the. xxxv. Chapitre of his. vii. 
 ' boke, which here I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme,]' And, this yere, one Wyllyam 
 
 of the Marshe was at London, for treason, drawen and hangyd. This yere also were 
 aldermen first' chosyn within the cytie of London, whiche then had' the rule of the cy- 
 tie & of the wardis of the same, and were tha yerely chaugyd, as nowe the shryuys b& 
 
 3=chaungyd. ' ''' • ^v 
 
 t 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xlii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xliii. 
 
 lohii Fiz lohn. 
 Remonde Bongley*. ' Anno. xxvi. " 
 
 ' , Rafe Asshewy. 
 
 5< IN this. xxvi. yere of kynge Henry, Bonyface was sacred archebysshop of Cautorbury. 
 
 And, this yere, the kyng with a fayre copany sayled into Normandy, whiche vyage, 
 
 as sayth y Freshe Cronycle, was made by the styrynge of a Frenshe man, namyd erie of 
 
 the Marche, for so raoche as the sayde erle refusyd to do homage vnto Alphons, brother 
 
 vnto Lewys, y. x. of that name, and surnamyd seynt Lewis, tha kyng of France. This 
 
 HjLewis, the yere before, hadde maryed his sayd brother vnto the doughter of the erle of Tho- 
 
 louse, and had gyuen to his sayd brother the erledome of Poytean, with all the landys of 
 
 Aluerne, by reason whereof he wolde haue causyd the sayd erle of March to haue doon 
 
 homage vnto the sayd Alphons for suche landys as the sayde erle helde of the sayd erledome 
 
 of Poytiers. But for y sayd erle of Marche knewe wele that the ryght of Guyan belogyd 
 
 H^o the kynge of Englonde, he therefore, and for other allyaucis made atwene kynge Hery 
 
 and hym, refusyd the doyng of that homage ; and after came to kynge Henry, and excyted 
 
 , hym to make warre vpo the Freshe kyng, by reason whereof the kyng made prouysyon, & so 
 
 landyd with a stronge power at Burdeaux. After the afFyrmauce of the Freshe boke, this 
 
 erle of y Marchis had maryed the mother of kynge Henry. Than it folowyth, in thiswhyle 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1 542. 1S59. » Reyner de Bongay. 
 
 6 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 333 
 
 the Frenshe kyng warryd vpon the ladis of the erle of Marche, and had wonne. ii. casteUis 
 of his, natnyd Founteneys and Vyllers, with dyuerse other, whiche I passe ouer. And 
 when he had betyn downe some of them, & some storyd with newe souldyours, he than 
 went vnto a castell namyd Maucoune, and brake a brydge after hym ; for so moch as he 
 rwas warnyd f the kynge of Englande was nere vnto hym. At the sayde brydge was a lytle 
 skyrmysshe, but lyUe harme was there doon. Than the Frensh kyng toke the waye ouer 
 f ryuer of Tharent tow^ard Taylbourgth, wastyng and distroyinge the coiitrey as he went, 
 and so forth towarde the towne callyd Saynces ; and kynge Henry with his hooste made to- 
 wards hym in all that he myght. In kepynge this course, the vawarde of the kynge en- 
 'ucountryd with the erle of Boleyne, whiche was vpon the Frenshe kyngys partye. That 
 season, the erle of Seynces bare the baner of the erle of Marchis, beynge in the va- 
 warde of y^ kyng. Atwene theyse. ii. erlys was sore fyght, so that many a man vpon both 
 partyes was slayne, amonge- the which the sayd erle of Saynces was slayne. The came 
 on bothe strengthis vpon eyther syde, soo that bothe kyngys foughte in that batayll, and 
 ir-great slaughter of men was vpon both sydys; but, in the ende, the Frenshe men were vic- 
 tours, & toke prysoners. xxii'. men of name, as knyghtis, and of hygher degre, and. 
 iii. clerkis of great fame and rychesse, besyde other, to the noumbre of. v. C. of meane 
 people, as wytnessyth the Frenshe boke. But of theyse men of name, nor yet of y ryche* 
 clerkys none is named, nor yet shewed what good they payed for theyr raunsome, where- 
 xifore me lyste to wryte no farther of this great victory. Albe it that the sayde boke sayeth 
 farther, that kynge Henry, for fere, turnyd backe vnto Burdeaux, and there made meanys to 
 the kynge of Frauce for a peace ; but of all this fynde I no worde in the Englysshe Crony- 
 cles. Then the erle of Marches, by meane of his sone, was recoucyled vnto the Frenshe 
 jkynge, and restoryd to his landys, excepte. iii. castellys, whiche were named Mesplyne, 
 irCretayne, and Estardye, the whiche the Frenshe kynge retaynyd in his owne possessyon. 
 And soone after came vnto the Frenshe kynge, the lordys of the castellys of Myrabell, 
 & of Mortayng, submyttynge theym also vnto the kyngys grace, besechynge of hym par- 
 don that they had so to his hygh displeasure fauouryd his enemye, f kyng of Engknde. 
 And after came in dyuerse other lordys & capytaynys, so that he was I possessyon of all 
 30 the countrey of Guyan and Poytean, vnto the ryuer of Gyroiide. I haue rehersed the 
 more of this Cronycle of Fraunce, to theentent that the reders may wele apperceyue the 
 pryde and boost' of the Frenshe men ; for in all theyr wrytynge, when they come to any 
 mater that soundyth any thynge to theyr honour, it is wrytten in the lengest and mooste 
 shewynge manoure to theyr honoure and worshyp. But as I haue sayde before, in the. v. 
 >Chapytre of the story of the. ii. Phylyp, kynge of Frauce, if it sounde any thynge to 
 theyr dishonoure, than shall it be abreuyatyd or hyd, that the trouthe shall not be knowen : 
 & that appereth well here by theyr owne wrytynge ; for in the. vii. yere of kynge lohn 
 it is shewyd howe Phylyp the seconde, than kynge of Fraunce, had wonne all Normandy 
 and Guyah : and yet, at thys daye, this kynge Lewis warryd agayne in the same countrey : 
 *. so that they euer tell of f wynnyng, but they towche no thynge of the agayne losynge. 
 Then it folowyth in the stoFy, when kynge Henry hadde, as before is sayde, concludyd the 
 foresayde peace, of the whiche, by myne auctoure, is no terme sette, the kynge retournyd 
 into Englande. 
 
 Anno Domini. M-CCxliii. Anno Donini. M.CC.xliiii. 
 
 ¥r Hugh Blount. 
 
 Rafe Ashewy. Anno, xxvii. 
 
 Adam Basynge. * 
 
 IN this, xxvii. yere, f kynge returned from Burdeaux into Englode ; and, this yere, the 
 plees of the crowne were kept i the towre of London. And, this yere, GryfFyth, which was 
 
 • XX. edit. 1542. 1569. 'iii- edit. 1542. 1559. ^ boldnes. edit. 1342. 1559. 
 
 sone 
 
334 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 
 
 sone of Lewelyn, lately prynce of Walys, entendynge to haue broken pryson, fell ouer- 
 the walle of the inner warde of the towre of London, and brake his necke. 
 
 Ftl.KKiia, Aoiio Domini. W.CC.xliiii. ^ Anno Domini. M.CCxlv.' 
 
 Raufe Spycer. 
 -r , Michell Tony. , " -Anno, xxviii. 
 
 Nicholas Batte. 
 
 IN this, xxviii. yere of kyng Henry, [as testyfyeth Polycronycen, a lewe dygged the 
 
 grounde in a place in Spayne, called Tholeet, to the entente to make hyna a more larger 
 
 vyne yerde; where, in tyineof his dyggynge, he fande a stone, closyd on all partyes, but, 
 
 /ofor he perceyued it to be holowe, he brake the stone, and founde therein abokeas bygge 
 
 as a sawtyr, wr leuys all of tree. This boke was wryten in. iii. dyuerse languagys,' in Grewe*, 
 
 in Ebrewe, and in Latyne; and the mater thereof was, of. iii. worldys that shulde come, 
 
 of the whiche he poyntyd the comynge of Cryste to the begynnynge of y^hyrde worlde, 
 
 which was expr^ssyd in this manor of wyse: "Iny' begynnynge of the thyrde worlde, Goddys 
 
 ifsone shall be borne of a mayde*." Whan the lewe had wele beholdyn the coatentys of 
 
 the boke, and sawe that it coteyned so lotjge tyme, as from Adam to Antecryste, and 
 
 shewed many prophecies that were fulfullyd and paste, he anon renouncyd his ludaisme" 
 
 * oi-«Moysen lawe, and was crist«nyd, and lyued after as acristen man.]' 
 
 « Anno Domini. M.CC.xlv. Anno Domini. M.CC.xlvi. 
 
 7^ Jiobert Cornhyll. 
 
 lobn Gysors, Anno. xxix. 
 
 ' Adam Bewly*. 
 
 IN this. xxix. yere, Nycholas Batte, contrarye the ordynauce before in the. xiiii. yere 
 of this kynge made, was agayn chosen shryue of London,- for ^ which, he was conuycle of 
 
 ■>^periury, and soo dischargyd and punysshed. And for that Mychaell Tony, which, for this 
 yere also, was chosen mayre, was, by deposycion of the aldermen, founde gylty in the 
 sayde cryme of periury, therefore he was deposyd from his ofFyce, & punysshed ; & for 
 hym was chosen mayer, lohnGysours: and for Nycholas Batte, was chosen shryue, Ro- 
 bert of Cornhyll. In this yere also, as testyfyeth Geffrey of Monmouth, Robert Grcrse-^j 
 
 36hede, tha bysshop of Lyncolne, w other prelattys of the lande, coplayned them vnto the 
 kynge, of y waste of f goodys and patrymony of the churche, which dayly was wasted 
 and mysspent by the alyaunt bysshoppys, and clerkys of this lande; of the which strau- 
 gersjone namyd Master Martyne, and nere kynnysman of Innocet the thyrde, [late pope]* 
 was one : the whiche, the kynge, by helpe of the Englysshe bysshoppys, avoydid with other 
 
 31-lyke offendours out of this realnie, [Also in this yere, the patryarke of lerusalera sent 
 vnto y kyng, a neume of bloode, whiche was k6pte at seynt Thomas of Acris, in Lodon, 
 tyll the yere folowynge.]* 
 
 Anno Domini. MXC.xlvi. ^ Anno Domini. M.CC.xlviL 
 
 Symonde fiz Mary. 
 K" lohn Gisors. Anno. xxx. 
 
 Lawrence Frowyke. 
 
 [IN this yere, the neuew* of bloode, sent before to the kyng, was, with maoste solepne 
 
 • processyon, y kynge with great noumbre of his lordys beynge present, conueyed from seynt 
 
 Thomas foresayde vnto Westmynster, in right solempne wyse, with processyon & other 
 
 u^accordynge obseruauncis, to suche a relyke apperteynynge.]^ And in this yere dyed Fre- 
 
 ' Greke. edit. 1533. * The Museum MS. adds " and he shall suffyr deth ffor salvacion of mankeynde." 
 
 •^ The edit, of 1542. and 155.9. only say, " I fynde no notable thynge wrytten, that was doone that presente 
 ;yere." * Adam Bentley, MS. and edit. 1559. in marg. . ' Omitied in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 * wemiie. edit. 1533. ' OmitUd in edit, 1542. 
 
 deryke. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 555 
 
 d'eryke, the emperoiire of Almayne, whiche, as before is towchyd in the. xviii. yere of [Li.7-»3fi.] 
 this kyng, maryed Isabell suster vnto the kynge ; the whiche, for his rebellyon agayne the 
 Churche of Rome, was accursyd, firste of the. ix. Gregory ; and lastly of Innocet the. 
 iiii. he was agayn cursyd and depryued of his imperyall dygnyte, guyiiynge comyssyon & 
 
 -Tlycence to the electours of the emperoar, to chose a newe : the which were of so many 
 niyndys in tbeyr eleccfon, that some chase the duke of Thorynge, some the erle of Ho- 
 londe, and some chase the kynges brother, Rycharde, erle of Cornewayll, which causyd 
 stryfe that endurid longe after, so that the onely emperour of Almayne, was not of all ' 
 men allowyd, tyll Radulphus, duke or erle of Habspurgh in Almayne, was chosen by one 
 
 "assent to that dygnyte, and thereunto ad my tted by Gregory, the. ix. of that name, in f 
 yere of our Lorde, xiLClxxjii.. And so that varyauce enduryd vpon. xxvii. yeres, to the 
 great impouerysshynge of Itally, and the landis of the empyre. Then, as before is sayde, 
 this Frederyke dyed vnassoylyd, and was buryed in a cytie callyd Ferenciola, with this 
 wiperscripcion vpon his toumbe. 
 
 'J"Si probitas, sensus, virtutis gracia, census, 
 Nobiiitas orti possent resistere morti', 
 Non foret extinctus Fredericus qui iacfit intus. 
 
 Which versys are thus moche to meane in Englysshe. \ 
 
 If excelent* of wytte, or grace of good vertue, 
 ?oOr nobylnesse of byrth, tnyght vnto deth resyste. 
 
 Than shulde this Frederyke mortall fate exchewe. 
 
 Which hym halh closyd here nowe in his chaste ; 
 
 But noone of theyse may erthly man assyste, 
 
 To stryue with deth, but all must pay hym dette,., 
 TJ^oble and innoble there is no thynge may lette. 
 
 An other versyfyour made theyse. ii. versys folowynge, of the interpretacion of thi* 
 name Frederyke, 
 
 Pre fremit in mundo, de deprimit alta profundo, 
 Re res rimatur, cus cuspids cuncta minatur. 
 
 i«The whiche may in this man er of wyse be Englysshed.. 
 
 Fre fretyth this worlde, and de confoundilh all 
 Hyghe thynges of honour, into depenesse derke. 
 Ri sercheth busyly.ihe goodis generall 
 
 Of this worlde both of the laye and clerke : /»;.i»»*. 
 
 ■3^']\Iakynge no questyon in his mooste cruell werke. 
 And cus with swerde all thynge doth manace^, 
 A^id this is' Frederyke all devoyde of gcace. 
 Anno Domini. M.CC. xlvii. , Aftno Domini. M.CC.xlviii. 
 
 lohn Voyle'*:'. 
 i^o Pycrs Aleyne^ Anno. xxxi. 
 
 Nycholas Batte, 
 
 IN this. xxxi. yere of f reygne of kyng Hery, Lewys, which is surnamyd seyni Lewys, 
 
 than kynge of Fraunce, with a couenyent hooste saylyd into f holy lande, and there war- 
 
 ryd vpo Crystis enemyes, and wanne the cytie of Damas at his firste landyngc, and after 
 
 wrtaryed there from the begyune of the monyth of lunii, to the. 'xxii. day of Nouembre, 
 
 • moite. edit. 1533. 1542. * excellence. MS. ' thus lyued. edit. 15-l-'2. " And thus lyued Frc- 
 
 dcricku in the worlde for a space." edit. 1559. * lohn VicU. MS. lohn Wajlle. edit. 1559' in marg. 
 
 » Petir fiE Alpyn. MS. 
 
 and 
 
336 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 
 
 and after departyd thens towarde Babylon, entedyng to haue layed siege to the' cytie ; 
 but fortune was to hym so cotrary, that by syknesse and other casueltyes, he loste moche 
 of his people, and, in f ende, was hym selfe takyn prysoner of the Turtys, as more playnlye 
 shall be shewyd in the story of the sayd Lewys folowynge ; and, I this yere, was a myghty 
 
 rerthquaue in Englade, that y^ lyke to it was not seen many yeres before. 
 
 Also this yere the kynge seasyd the fraunchyse of the cytie of London, vpon the euyn 
 of seynt Bartholmewe, for a iudgement that was geuyn by y mayre & aldermen, agayne 
 a wydowe n amy d 'Margaret Vyell, and comytted the rule of the cytie to Wyllyam Ha- 
 ueryll and Edwarde of Westmynster, tyll our Lady Day nexte folowynge; at which sea- 
 
 loson the mayre and shryues were agayne to theyr offycys adraytted. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.xlviii. Anno Domini. M.CC.xlix; 
 
 Nycholas loy*. 
 , Mychaell Tony. Anno, xxxii. 
 
 Geffrey Wynton'. 
 
 /J" IN this, xxxii. yere of the kynge, the wharfe of Lodon callyd Quene Hythe, was takyn 
 to ferme by f comynaltye of the cytie, to paye yerely therefore, l.li. ; the which was than 
 commytted to the shryues charge, and so hath contynued euer sen that tyme to this daye; 
 wfiereof the profytis and tollys are so sore mynysshed, that at this day it is lytle worth 
 ouer. XX., marke, or. xv.li. one yere with another. And this yere fell great dystemperauce 
 
 ^of wethyr, in suche wyse y the griide was bareyne vpon the same, and other myshappys 
 folowed anon thereupon. And in this yere, whan the matier fore namyd of Margaret 
 Vyell, wydowe, was wele examyned, the iudgement thereof was founden good and trewe ; 
 wherefore the cytezyns enioyed theyr lybertyes without interupcio: albe it the kynge was 
 with theym some what agreuyd, for so moche as they, at his requeste, wolde not exchange 
 
 irwith the abbot of Westmynster such lybertyes as they had in Mydlesex* of y kynges 
 graunte for other to be had in other placys. 
 
 Anno Doinini. M.CC.xlix. Anno Domini. M.CCl. 
 
 Rafe Harden. 
 Roger fiz Roger. Anno, xxxiii. 
 
 34 * John Tosalane'. 
 
 IN the. xxxiii. yere of kyng Hery, i y^ moneth of Octobre, dyed Robert Grosthede, 
 bisshop of Lyncolii : he was the maker of the booke callyd Pety Caton, & many other. 
 This Robert, for so moche as the. iiii. Innocent, [pope,] greuyd y Church of Englande 
 vf taskys & paymentys agayne reason, he therfore sent vnto hym a sharp pistle. This 
 
 srpope^ than gaue vnto a chylde, a neuewe of his, a chanonry, which fell voyde in the 
 churche of Lyncolne, and sent the chylde vnto y bysshop, chargynge hym to admytte f 
 sayd cbylde, and to sette hym in his place ; but this bysshop boldlye denayed the resseyt 
 of the chylde, and wrote vnto y^ pope^ that he wolde not, nor shulde receyue suche to 
 the cure of sowle, y coulde not rule them selfe. Therefore this Robert was somoned to 
 
 itoappere before the pope', and thereupon accursyd ; than he appealyd from Innocentis 
 court, vnto Crystys owne trone. [Than, after the deth of this Robert, as the pope laye 
 in his bedde at his rest, one appered to hym in clothynge of a bysshoppe, and sayd to hym, 
 "Aryse wretche and come to thy dome," & after smote hym with his crosse vpo the lefte syde. 
 Vpo the morne after the pope was founden dede, & his bed all blody. But of this is no 
 
 «f thynge in the Cronycle or story of Innocent. After y saying of Polycronycon, this bys- 
 shop Grostehede, shuld dye in the. xxxvii. yere of this kynge Henry, the whiche sayinge 
 
 • that. MS. * Nicholas fiz locii. MS. •• Godfrey Winchester. MS. ♦ Middylsex 
 
 ' lohn Toleson. MS. Tolesan. edit. 1559- in margin. » Omitted in edit. 1S42. 1559. ' Innocent' 
 
 edit, 1542. 15l>9. ' Bysliope of Rome. edit. 1542. 
 
 agreith 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 337 
 
 Qgreith bettre with the story, excepte that the sayde pope lyuyd after the deth of the sayde 
 
 bysshop. vi. yeres.]' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.li. Auno Domini. M.CC.lii. 
 
 Humfrey Basse. * 
 
 lohn Norman. Anno, xxxiiii. 
 
 William fiz Richard. 
 
 IN this, xxxiiii. yere, was an excedyng wynde, the which, in sizdry placis of Englade, 
 dyd great harme, whiche was in the begynnynge of this yere, vpon the daye of Symon 
 and lude. [About this tyme, in y duchye of Burgoyne, as testyfyeth Fasciculus TeporG, 
 
 '« and other, an hyll remouyd from his propre place and glode by many a myle, & lastly 
 ioyned hym vnto other hyllys; in the whiche glydynge or ronnyng the sayd hyll oppress- 
 yd or slewe. v.M. people.]' And this yere, Symon fiz Mary, aldreman of London, for 
 hi§ dysobedyence and euyli counceyll that he gaue vnto Margaret Viell, before the. xxxi. 
 yere of this kynge touchyd, with other secret labours and matiers entendyd by hym to 
 
 -the'hurte of the cytie, was dyschargyd of his aldremanshyp, & put out of the counceyll 
 of the cytie. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lii. Anno Domini. M.CC.liii. 
 
 Laurence Frowyk. 
 Adam Basynge. Anno. xxxv. 
 
 ^^, Nycholas Batte*. 
 
 IN this. xxxv. yere of kyng Henry, began the frere Augustynes to buylde, or inhabyte '«'•««'"■. 
 them in Walys, i a place callid Woodhouse. And this yere maryed kynge Hery his 
 doughter Mary, or, after some wryters, Margaret, vnto Alexander kynge of Scottis, at the 
 Cytie of Yorke, and dyd receyue homage of the sayd Alexander for the kyngedome of 
 ■wScottis, or for f prouynce of Scotlade, in lyke maner as many of his progenytours had 
 •done dyuerse and many tymes before, as in this werke, both before this tyme and also 
 after is shewed. 
 
 Auno Domini. M.CC.li. Anno Domini. M.CC.lii. 
 
 V ^ Wyllyara Durham. 
 
 *> lohii Toleson. Anno, xxxvi. 
 
 Thomas Wymborne; 
 
 IN this, xxxvi. yere, ^ kyng graunted vnto the shryues of London that they shulde 
 yerely be allowyd of. vii./i. for certeyne pryuylegys, or groude, belogynge to seynt Pawlys 
 church ; the which, at this day, is allowyd by the baronys of the kyngys exchekyr to euery 
 
 Jrshryue whan they make theyr accompte in the ofFyce of the Pype. Also this yere was 
 graunted by the kynge for ^ cytezyns more ease, that where before tyme they vsyd yerely 
 to present theyr mayre to ^ kynges presence in any suche place as he than were In En- 
 glande, y nowe, from this tyme forthwarde, they shuld, for lacke of ^ kynges presence 
 beynge at ^V'estmynster, present theyr mayre so chosen vnto the baronys of his exchekyr, 
 
 wand there to be sworne and admytted as he before tymes was before the kynge. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lii. Anno Domini. M.CC.liii. 
 
 lohii Northampton. 
 Nycholas Batte. Anno, xxxvii. 
 
 Richarde Pycarde. 
 
 "^ IN this, xxxvii. yere, the water of the see, about ^ day of seynt Pawlyn in the monyth 
 of lanuarii, roose of suche heyghte that it drownyd many vyllagys and housys, nere vnto 
 it in dyuerse placys of Englande. And this yere, ^ kynge, the quene, and syr Edwarde, 
 
 • Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. * William fiz Rychard. edit. 1559, ''n marg. 
 
 X X his 
 
338 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 
 
 his sone, with Bonyface archebysshpp of Cauntorbury and dyuerse other nobles of the 
 realme, sayled into Normandy, and.taryed at Burdeaux a certayne of tyme; butoftheyr 
 dedys, or cause of theyr saylynge thyther, is no mencion made in the Cronycle of En- 
 glonde ; howe be it in the Frenshe boke it is shewed, y the cause was to ioyne Edwarde 
 
 "the kynges sone vnto the syster of f kyng of Spayne by raaryage. This yere also, the 
 water of Tharays sprange so hygh that it drownyd many housys about f waters syde, by 
 mean wherof moche marchaundyse was perysshed and loste ; and this yere the cyte?yns 
 had graiited of y kyng, y no cytezyns shulde paye scauage or tolle for any bestis by them 
 brought, as they before tymes bad' vsed. 
 
 cAnno Domini, M.eC.liii, Anno Domini. M.CC.liiii. 
 
 Robert Belyngton*. 
 Richarde Hardell*. Anno, xxxviii. 
 
 Raufe Aschewye. 
 
 IN this, xxxviii, yere, by procurement of syr Richarde erle of Cornewayll, (for dys- 
 
 irpleasure which he bare towarde f citie, for exchange of certayn groude to the same be- 
 longynge,) the kynge, vnder coloure that y^mayre had not done due exeeucion vpon the 
 bakers for lackynge of theyr syzis, seasyd the liberties of the cytie j that is to be vnder- 
 stondyo, that where the mayre and comynaltie of the cytie, had, by the kyngys graunjt, 
 f cytie to ferme, with dyuerse customys and offycys, for astynted and asserteyned sume 
 
 i^of money, nowe the kynge sette in oftycers at his pleasure, the which were accomptable 
 vnto hym for all reuenues and profyttes y grew within the sayd cytie. But within, iiii. 
 dayes folowynge the feest of seyot Edmunde the bysshop, or by the. xix. daye of Nouem- 
 bre, f cytezyns agreed with the sayde erle for. vi.C. marke; after whiche agrement ^ 
 hym cocludid, they soone after were restoryd vnto theyr lybertyes. This yere, syr Ed- 
 
 ^i'warde, the kynges sone & heyre, was maryed vnto Eleanoure y kynges syster of Spayne: 
 and in the CrystmaSoWeke, the kynge landyd at Douyr, and thequene with hym, with many 
 other lordys. Whan the kynge was comyn to London he was lodgyd in f Towre, where 
 he sent for to come vnto hym the mayre & the shryues, with whome he resonyd greuous- 
 Jye for ^ escape of one callyd John Gate'^; this lohfi hadde murdred a pryoure ally^ 
 
 3" vnto the Kynge. The mayre layde the charge of this mater from hym vnto y sbryues, fcA' 
 so moche as to them belongyd the kepynge of all prysonys within the cytie, so that the 
 mayre retournyd home, and the shryues remayned tiiere as prysoners, by the space of a 
 monyth after or more ; & in theyr placys and for theym were chosyn, Stephan Oystergate 
 and Henry Walraoode : but howe the olde shryues passyd out of the kynges daunger, I 
 
 idynde not. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.liiii. Anno Domini. M.CCJv*. 
 
 Stephan Oyslyrgate. 
 , Rycharde Hader*. Anno, xxxix. 
 
 Henry Waimoode, 
 
 +0 IN this, xxxix. yere, in y feest of seynt Eiheldrede, dame Eleanoure, wyfe vnto the 
 
 kynges sone syr Edwarde, came vnto L5don, where she was honorablye resayaed of the 
 
 cytezyns, and the cytie rychelye curteyned & garnysshed with dyuerse ryche clothes, where 
 
 the kynge was present at hir comynge, and she was honorably conueyed tboroughe the 
 
 eytie, to seynt Johns without Smythfeelde, and there lodgyd for a whyle, but after she 
 
 • was remouyd vnto Sauoy. It was not longe after, that the kynge seasyd the lybertyes of the 
 
 cytie, for certayne money whiche the quene claymed for hir ryght of the cytezyns ; so 
 
 ia.ii>n,m that about seynt Martynes tyde, in Nouebre, they gaue vnto his grace. CCCC. marke^ 
 
 and then were restoryd to theyr sayd lybertyes, and the kyi^es vnder treasourer dys- 
 
 " Bylton. edit. 1559. «« marg. * The Museum MS. «drf« " Draper." ' TXe MS. sm/» " for the 
 
 " escape of con callid lofan of froom, lately escapid owte of the gajok of Newegate.'J ♦ Hardell. MS.. 
 
 ' ^ chargyd. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 359 
 
 dyschargyd, the whiche, for the tyme, was made custos or keper of the cytie. In the feest 
 of seynt Scycyle, or the. xxiL daye of Nouembre ensuynge, were brought vnto Westmyn- 
 ster. Ixxx. &. xii.' lewys frome Lyncolne, the whiche were also accusyd of the crucyfyrOg 
 of a chylde at Lyncolne, in the despyte of Crystys relygyon, which lewis were after sent 
 -""vnto the Towre of London; of the whiche, in processe of tyme after, xviii. were conuycte 
 and hangyd, & the tother remayned longe after in pryson. In the vygyll of seynt An- 
 drewe, syr Edwarde, the kynges sone, came to L5do from beyonde f see, and y kynge 
 of Scottys, with the quene his wyfe, came in the somyr season vnto the kyng to his 
 manour of Woodstoke, where he desportyd hym a season, & after retouruyd into Scot- 
 lande, leuynge his wyfe with hir modyr tyll she were lyghted of chylde ; and vp5 the day 
 of f decollacion of seynt Iphii, f kynge, f quene, and the quene of Scottys came to Lo- 
 don, where they were honorably receyued, and so coueyed vnto Westmynster. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lv. Anno Domini. M.CC.lvi. 
 
 Mathewe Bokerell. 
 T Rycharde Hardell. Anno. xl. 
 
 lohn Mynoure. 
 
 IN this. xl. yere entryd the lande dyuerselordys of Almayne, the whiche in Crystmas 
 weke, vpon the daye of the Innocentys, made homage vnto syr Rycharde, erle of Corne- 
 wayli, and brother to f kyng ; the whiche as then sto.ode kynge of Almayne, and of Ro- 
 
 M mayns. And, the Thursday nexte folowynge, he departyd from the kynges courte, and sped 
 
 hym with his wyfe and syr Henry his sone vnto f see syde, and after tooke shyppyng in 
 
 larnesaye, the. xxvii. daye of Apryll, and landed at Dordreth in Holande, the tirste day 
 
 of Mali next ensuyng, & vpo Assencyon Daye after, he was crownyd kyng of Romayns, 
 
 " in y cytie of Aquysgranii. This yere, vpon the firste day of Auguste, the kynge toke his " 
 
 ^iournay towarde Walys, for to subdue Lewelyn the sone of Gryffyth, the whiche with 
 his Welshemen rebellyd agayne the kyng; for so moche as syr Edwarde his sone, to whom 
 he had lytle before geuen the erldom of Chester, wolde haue chaungyd some of theyr 
 skyttyshe codycyons. And for to brynge his purpose the better about, he sent for an army 
 of souldyours into Irelande, and taryed for theyr commynge at his castell of Genocke*; 
 
 30 but the yere passyd farre on or his people were gatheryd, so that by thaduyce of his lordys, 
 he stregthed there certayne castellis, and retournyd for that yere into Englande. And 
 about the feest of f Natyuyte of our Lady, a concorde ahd a peas was concluded, atwene 
 the Londoners and the abbot of [the Holy Crosse of]' Waltham, the whiche hadde bene in 
 suyte many yerys before, for certayne dystressys takyn by thabbottis ofFycerS of the Lon- 
 
 irdoners, whan they came with theyr mercymonyes vnto the fayre of Waltham ; where as 
 nowe it is agreed that all suche dystressys shulde be restoryd, & if any were perysshed 
 OT loste for longe kepynge, that than the abbot to content and pay to the partyes the value 
 in money of such dystressys so perisshed or loste, & that f cytezyns shulde enioye the 
 lybertyes of f fayre euer after without paying of any toUage* or toUe. 
 
 ^«Anno Domini. MCClvi. Anno Domini. M.CC.lvii. 
 
 Richarde Ewell. 
 Richarde Hardell. Anno. xli. 
 
 Wyllyam Ashewy. 
 
 IN this. xli. yere, and begynnynge of f same, was foiidyn, in the kynges warde robe at 
 
 ^/Wyndesore, a byll or rolle closyd in grene waxe, & not knowe from whens it shuld comme- 
 
 in the which rolle was conteyned dyuerse artycles agayne f raayre and rulers of the cytie 
 
 of Lodon, and that by theym the comynaltye of the cytie was greuouslye taskyd and 
 
 wrongyd, which byll was presented at lengthe to the kynge : whereupon he anone sent 
 
 ' Cii. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * Brecknocke. edit. 1559. ' Omitiedin edit. 1559. •Tallage; 
 
 X X 2 lohn 
 
340 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICL III. 
 
 John Mancell, one of his iustycys/Vnto Lodo ; & there ra f feest of y couersyon of seynt 
 Pawle, by the kynges auctoryte, callyd at Pawlys crosse a folkmoot, beynge there pre^ 
 sent, syr Rycharde de Clare erle of Glowcetyr, and dyuerse other of the kynges counceyll ; 
 where the sayd lohn Mancell caUsyd y^ sayd roUe to be redde, before the comytialty of 
 rtbe cytie, and after shewyd to y people that f kynges pleasure and mynde was, that they 
 shulde be rulyd with iustyce, and that the lybertyes of the cytie shuld be maynteyned in 
 euery poynt; and if the kynge myghte knowe those parsonys, thM so hadde wrongyd the 
 conaynaltye of the cytie» they shulde- be greuouslye punysshed, to the exaumple of other. 
 And that doone, the sayd lohh Mansell ehargyd the mayre that euery aldreman in his 
 '"warde, shulde, vpon the morowe falowynge, assemble his warderaote, and that all those 
 vvardemootys shuld assemble in one place and chose of theyni selfe; without any coun- 
 sayll or aduyse of any of theyr aldreme., xxxvi. persones, and theym to present before 
 the lordis & hym, at the same howre of the nexte daye in the bysshoppis paleys at 
 Pawlys, Then, vpo the morow, all thynge was doone accordyng to his comaudementj 
 /rand whe the sayd. xxxvi. personys were presentyd before y sayde lohn Mansell, Henry 
 Baa, iustycys, and other, the sayde lohn sayde vnto theym that they vpon theyr othe- 
 shulde certyfye all suche persoaes as they knewe gyltye in the artycles before vn^o the 
 commynaltye shewed*"; whereunto the sayde. xxxvi. cytezyns answeryd, that it was cotrary 
 theyr lybertyes to be sworne so many for any mater of trespas atwene the kynge and any 
 xtof his cytezyns ; wherefore they requyred a sparynge, with whiche answere the sayde lohii, 
 Mansell beynge dyscontentyd, warnyd them to appere before the kyngys counceyll at 
 Guyldehall. vpon the morowe folowynge, where they kepte theyr daye ; and thyther came 
 the sayde iustycys, lohii Mansell, and Henry Baa, syr Henry Wengham, chaunceler of 
 FcLxxmHi. Englande, Phylyp Louell, vnder tresorer, and dyuerse other of the kynges counceyll. 
 \ If Tha the sayd lohii Masell exortyd y sayd personys to be sworne, by manymeanys, as he 
 
 y other day, had doon ; but all was in vayne, for they excusyd theym alwaye,. that it was. 
 I contrary theyr othe and lyberly of theyr cytie ; wherefore the kynges couceyll departyd. 
 
 from the hall, in partye dyscontentyd, and shewyd vnto the kynge the demeanoure of the 
 sayde cytezyns. Vpo the euyn of the Puryfycacion of our Lady, the mayre beynge. 
 warnyd that the kynge shulde come to Westmynster, he, with the more parte of the al-^ 
 dremen, rode vnto Knyghtbrydge, and houyd there to salute^ kynge, & to knowe his. 
 forther pleasure ; bu^t whan y kyng came nere that place, and harde of theyr beyng there, 
 he sent vnto them a squyer of howsholde, and' ehargyd. theym that they shulde not pre- 
 sume to come in his syght, with wiche message they, beynge greatly dyscomfortyd, re- 
 Jrtournyd home to the cytie. Afterwarde, in ^ octauys of the Puryfycacion of our Lady,, 
 retournyd frome the courte, Mychaell Tony and Adam Basynge, the which before were 
 sent by the mayre, to suche frendys as they hadde in the courte, to knowe the cause of. 
 the kynges hyghe dysplfeasure; the whiche broughte* that the kynge was wele myndyd vnto 
 the cytie, but he was in full purpose to haue such personys chastysed, that hadde op- 
 tfapressyd the comynaltye of the same. Vpon the morowe fblowynge, came vnto the Guylde- 
 bqll, lohii Mansell, with other of the kynges couceyll, the which, to the people there as* 
 semblyd, shewyd many fayre & plesaut wordys ;- amonge the whiche, he declaryd,.that the 
 ^ kynges mynde & wyll was, to correcte all suche personys as had oppressyd the comynal- 
 tye of that his deryste belouyd cytie, and askyd of the commons, whether they wolde be 
 i-ragreable vnto the same;., the whiche incontynentlye, many, such as knew« lytle what the 
 mater ment, cryed, withoute dyscressyon, " ye, ye, ye," noothynge regardyng.e the ly- 
 bertye of the cytie. And after the graunt thus hadde of the comons, the sayd lohfi Man- 
 sell dyscharged the mayre, shryues, and chaumberleyne, of theyr otfycys,', and delyuer- 
 yd the custodye thereof vnto the constable of the Towre, and put, in the r.oum€ of f. 
 .r, shryues, Mychaell Tony', and lohii Audryan, and ouer that, all rollys of towlys and 
 
 ' Tie MS. adds " and in that rolle conteynyd." * broiigth relacion, MS. 'Tovy. MS. 
 
 tallagys 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. HI. J*J 
 
 tallagys before made were deiyueryd vnto the sayde lohn Mansell, the whiche he there 
 sealyd and redelyuered' ibem vnto the chaumberleyne. When the comons had beholdyn 
 all this busynesse, they retouinyd vnto theyr housys all confusyd. This mater thus ordery<j^, 
 the sayde lobn Mansell w iih dyuerse of the kynges coiiceyll, kepie theyr courtys dayiye, 
 'the Sondayes excepte, tyll the firste Softdaye of Lent, the whiche, that yere, w as the. xxv. 
 daye of Februarii, callynge before hym. xii. wardys of the cytie ; of the whiche. xii. 
 wardys, of euerj'che of theym was takyn thre men, soo that of those, xii. wardys. xxxvi. 
 men were impanellyd and sworne, for to enquyre of the foresayde artycles, and what per- 
 sonys of the cytie hadde ofFendyd in "theym. This courte thus kepte and holdyn at Guyld- 
 'hall, noo man was callyd to'answere, nor to^questyon put vnto any persone by the sayde 
 -enqueste, or by any other. Vpon the sayde Sojiday of Lent, the mayre, aldremen, and 
 shryuys, with the sayde enqueste and foure men of euery warde, were chargyd to ap- 
 pere at Westmynster, before the kynge; at whiche apperaunce, they were coutyrmaundyd, 
 tyll vpo the nexte morowe : at whiche season, they, comyng intoy kynges excnekyr, fande 
 -syltyng there the eilys of Glowcetyr, and of Warwyke, lohii Mansell, Hery Baa, ius- 
 tycys, the costablys of the Towre, the custos of the cytie', and dyuerse other of the 
 kynges counceyll. Than was callyd by name, Rafe Hardell, that yere mayre, Nycholas 
 Batte, Nycholas fiz losne^ Mathew Bokerell, lohn Tolesham, and lohn le Mynoure, al- 
 dermen, Than sayde lohn Mansell, that the kynge, by his lawys and inquysycyon of 
 
 >;ihe cytezyns of the* cytie, hadde foundyn them culpable, that they hadde wrongyd and 
 hurte the coniynahye of his cytie, by dyuerse meanys, as by the sayde inquysycyons - 
 peryd, and fuurthwith causyd it to be redde before theym: and whan the more parte 
 therof was redde, he sayde vnto them, '* Thus maye you see, that the comynaltie of the 
 sayde cylie hath been by you greuously oppressyd, and by your meanys and counceyll, 
 the comon weale of the same dystroyed ; as by alterynge of the tollys and other good aun- 
 eyent customys, turnynge ihcm loyonr' syngulcr auauntage and lucre." All whiche maters 
 the sayde Rafe and his cumpanye denycd, and that the comons was not by any suche 
 meanys by theym nor noon of them, grtuyd or hurte, and that they offiyd to be iusty- 
 fyed and iudgyd hy the lawe and customys of the cytie. Then Henry Baa, iustyce, askyd 
 
 3eof theym, whether they wolde byde the adueture of the enquery, that they had harde redde 
 before ; or ellys stande vpo the sayinge of the other waidys, that yet hadde not been 
 sworne, hut they kepte theym to theyr firste answer. Tha lobfi Mansell frayned of the 
 mayre, what was theyr lawe and custome? The mayre answeryd and sayde, that for 
 trespace of a cytezyn doone agayne the kynge, he shulde defende hym by. xii. of the sayde 
 
 veytezyns ; and for murdre or sleynge of a man, by. xxx. cytezyns ; & for trespace agayne 
 a stranger, by the othe of. vi. & hymselfe. Tha after many reasons made by the sayde 
 loliii ManselJ, & also by the mayre & his aldremen, daye was geuen to them to apere vpo 
 y morowe hefore y kyng and his counceyll. Vpon the daye tolowynge, the kynge with 
 many of his lordys, syttynge in the sayd exchekyr, the foresayde inquysycyon was redde ; 
 
 vcand that doone, the mayre and aldremen were callyd in by name, and two aldremen 
 more, whiche hefore were not callyd, that is to saye, Arnolde Thedmare and Henry Wal- 
 mode*. Wha Rafe Hardell hadde harde the kynge speke in the mater, he tooke suche 
 feere, that he and Nicholas Batte, without farther answere, put them in the kynges grace, 
 sauyd to theym theyr lybertyes and frauchysys of the cytie ; but the other, vi. besoughte 
 
 i/jthe kynge of his ryghtwysenes, that they myght the be demyd after the lawys and cus- 
 tomys of the cytie. Thii was layde vnto theyr charge, that ouer many wrongys by them 
 done to the kynge and the comynaltye of the cytie, they hadde alteryd the kynges beame, 
 and orderyd it to the aduauntage of them selfe, and other ryche men of the cytie ; where- 
 unto the partyes answeryd and sayde, that the alieracion of the beame was not doone by 
 
 • delyvered. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * no. ^ " the constable of the Tour, then custos of th« 
 
 title." MS. * his. MS, ' your aune. M&. * WalmoBd. M& 
 
 theynj 
 
542 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 
 
 theytn oonly, but by thaduyce and consent of. CCCCC. of the best of the cytie : for where 
 before tyme ^ weyer vsyd to lene his draught towarde the marchaundyse, soo that the 
 byar hadde by that meane. x. or. xii./i. in a draughte to his aduauntage, and the seller so 
 
 V^iioche dysauauntage, nowe, for indyfferecy and egalytie of bothe personys or marchauntys, 
 
 rwas ordeynyd, j the beame shulde stande vpryg^it, the clefFe thereof enclynynge to ney- 
 
 F<^.kx!k. ther partye, as it doth in weyinge of golde and syluer, and the byer to hauealowyd of 
 
 the seller, for all thynges. iiii./?. onely in euery draught. After theyse reasons & other 
 
 by them made, the kynge comaundyd that, vpon the mornynge folowynge, a folkmoot 
 
 shulde be callyd at Pa.wlys crosse, and so that courte was dyssoluyd, and the mayre and 
 
 '«the other retournyd to London. Vpon the morowe, y^ folkmoot beynge atPawlys crosse 
 assemblyd, theyse, vi. aldremen heryng the murmuracion of the comon people, and know- 
 ynge that the aldremen, nor the worshypfuU of the cytie, shulde haue lytle or no saynge 
 in this mater, ferynge theyr cause, yode into' a chanons house of Pawlis, where, at that 
 tyme, the sayd lohn Mansell, and other, sent from the kynge, taryed the assemblynge of the 
 
 ■rpeople, and shewid vnto them that they entendyd not any lenger to plede with the kynge, 
 but were contentyd to put them fully in the kynges grace .& mercy, sauyng all way to 
 them and all other cytezyns theyr lybertye and fraunchyse of the cytie. After which agre- 
 met, the sayde lohn Mansell with the other came vnto y court of folkmoot, where vnto 
 the people was rehersyd a fayre & a plesaunt tale, promysynge to theym that theyr lyber- 
 
 ^tyes shulde be hoolye and inuyolatlye preseruyd by y kynge, with many other thynges, 
 to the great comforte of the comon people, and lastly was axyd of them whether the 
 Jawe and custome were suche as aboue is rehersyd or noo ? whereunto, lyke vndyscrete 
 and vnlernyd people, they answeryd and cryed rabbysshelye, " nay, nay, nay," not with- 
 standynge that the sayd lawe and custome hadde before tymes been vsyd, tyme out of 
 
 *r«iynde ; but to this was nother mayre nor aldermen, nor other of the great of y^ cytie, 
 that myghte inpugne or make any reason for y^ vpholdynge of theyr aucyent lawis or cus- 
 tomys: & noo wonder thoughe y' kyng were thus hedy or greuouse to y cytie, for, by 
 such euyll dysposyd & malycious people as he had about hym, y lande was ille rulyd, & 
 moche myschefe was vsyd,. whereof ensuyd moche sorowe after, as ye shall here in y se- 
 
 3oquele of y' story. Tha. lohh Masell callyd y mayre & aldremen before hym & chargyd 
 the to be at Westmynster y' morowe folowynge, to gyue attedauce vpo the kynges grace. ' 
 Vpon the morowe, the mayre and aldermen, taryinge the kynges comynge in the great 
 halle at Westmynster ; lastlye the kyng came into seynt Stephans chapell, where a season 
 he helde a coiiceyll with his lordys, & after yode into the chekyr chaubre, and there satte 
 
 3rhym downe, and his lordis about hym. Anon after, f mayer and aldermen were callyd 
 into the sayd chambre, and soone there after callyd by name and comaundyd to stande 
 nere to the barre. Then Henry Baa, iustyce, sayde vnto the mayre and the. vii. aldre- 
 men, that, for so moche as byfourme of the kynges lawys they were founde culpable in 
 <;ertayne artycles, towchynge transgressyon agayne the kynge, therefore the courte award- 
 
 «£.yd that they shulde make fyne and raunsome, after the dyscrecyon of the sayde courte ; 
 but for they hadde putte them in the kynges grace and mercy, the kynge hath commaundyd 
 the fyne to be put in respyte, that ye be not peyned so greuously as ye haue deseruyd: 
 after whiche iugement geuyn, they knelyd downe, & then f mayre with wepynge terys, 
 thakyd f kynge of his bountye and goodnesse, and besoughte hym to be good and gra- 
 
 wrcyous lorde vnto the cytie, & vnto them as his feythfuU subiectys; whereunto f kynge 
 made none answere, but rose streyght vppe, and so yoode his waye, leuynge theym there. 
 Anon, as the kynge was departyd, they were all arestid and kepte there tyll they hadde 
 foundyn suretye, and eueryche alderman of theym dyschargyd of his warde and ofFyce 
 mat they had within the cytie ; but shortlye after they put in suretyes, and so retournl 
 
 U^d heuely to London. And shortlye after was Wyllyara fiz Rycharde, by the kynges 
 
 ' unto. MS, 
 
 - commaunde- 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 343 
 
 commaundement, made mayre, and Thomas fiz Thomas, and Wyllyam Grappysgate', 
 shryuys. After this, daye by daye, the chamberlayne was callyd to accompt, before the 
 sayde John Mansell, of all such tollys as were gaderyd in tyme of the mayraltye of lohjt 
 Tolesham, and of Rafe Hardell, beyng present to here the sayde accompte dyuerse of* 
 
 -Tthe comynahye of the cytie, but none of the hedys : by the which accopte, noo defawte 
 myghte be arectyd vnto any of the fore namyd persons, couycte afore the kynge ; by rea- 
 son whereof, dyuerse of them were admytted to f kyhges faaoure shortly after, and re- 
 storyd to theyr ofFyces agayne, but not without payinge of money, whereof the certaynte 
 ' is not knowen*. And, in this yere, whete was so scant that it was soulde at London for. 
 
 "xx\\n.s. a quarter, and scanter shulde haue been, if plentye had not c5me out of Al- 
 mayne ; for, in France and Normandy, it faylyd in lyke wyse. By meane of this derthe and 
 scarcytye, moche poore people dyed for hunger, and many ot dyuerse coutreys of En- 
 glande came vnto the cytie, and nere there about, for coforte of vytayll, for it than was 
 better chepe in London, than in many shyrys of Englande, there about^ And soone 
 
 'after was the fore named lohn Mansell made knyghte, Sc chefe iustyce of Englande. 
 
 IN this. xli. yere also, the kynge, about the feest of seynt Barnabe, in y rooneth of 
 lunii, kepte hys highe court of parlyament at his towne of Oxynforde. This, of some 
 wryters, is namyd (in sane parliamentum,) that is to meane, the wood or madde parlya- 
 ment : for, at iliis couceyll, were made many actis agayn the kynges prerogatyue and plea- 
 
 -usure, for the reformaciun of the state of the land, which after proued to thecofu&yon and 
 hurte of the lande, and dethe and dystruccion of many noble men, so that, by occasyon 
 thereof, began the famouse stryfe, callyd, at this daye, ibe barons warre, wherof ensued 
 moche mysctiefe, as here after shalbe shewyd and declared more at large. Tlian, as aboue 
 is sayde, to auoyde the enormytees, and to refournie tlie euyll rule than vsyd in the lande 
 
 vrby suche personysasdaylye were about the kynge, ii>any & dyuerse ordenaucis were made, 
 wherof the tenoure is sette out in the ende of this boke, whereunto the kynge, some deale 
 agayne his wyll, with syr Ed^varde his sone, and other agreed : and for theyse actys shulde 
 be holden feinie and stable, at this parlyament was choyen. xii. peris, whiche were namyd 
 doze pers, to wiiom auctoryte was geuen, by strengthe of this parlyament, to correcte 
 
 3c all suche as offendyd in brekynjje of theyse ordynaiuicys, and other by the sayde twelue 
 peris after to be deuysed & orderyd, towchyng and* cocernynge tlie same mater and 
 purpose : of whiche. xii. peris the names en^ue : first, the archebysshop of Cauntorbury, FoI-khx, 
 the bysshop of VVorcetyr, syr Roger Bygotte ther» erle of NorfF. and marshall of En- 
 glande, syr Symonde de Mountforde erle of Leycetyr, syr Rycharde Clare erle of Glow- 
 
 vcetyr, syr Hufrey Bothum* erle of Herforde, of Warwyke, and of Arundell, syr lohii 
 Mansell chefe iustyce of Englande, syr Roger Mortymer, syr Hughe Bygraue, syr Pe- 
 tyr de Sauoy, syr lamys Audeiey, and syr Petyr de Mountforde. And for the kynges bro- 
 ther vpon the mothers syde, that is to saye syr Eym erle of Wynchester, syr VV'yIlya de 
 Valaiice, syr Godfrey de Lyndesey, and syr Guy de Lyndesey, wolde not assente vnto ^ 
 
 * foresayde ordenauncys, they with drewe them towarde the see syde, with suche stuffe as 
 they hadde, and wolde haue departyd the lande if they myght than haue hadde shyppyng; 
 for lacke whereof they were fayne to retourne, and soo yode vnto Wynchestyr. But it 
 was not longe after that they were lycesyd to departe the lade with a certayn company, 
 and a certayne sume of money to paye for theyr costys, and theyr daye sette by Bartyl- 
 '«-inewtyde to auoyde vpon payne of inoprysonment, ^rhiche daye was by theym kepte. It 
 wa? not longe after the fynysshynge of this parlyament, but that stryfe and variaunce be- 
 gan to kvndle atwene the kyng and the erlys of Leycetyr and of Glowcetyr, by meane 
 of suche offycers as the sayd erlys hadde remouyd, & put other in theyr roumys ; amonge 
 the whiche, syr lohii Mansell was dyschargyd of bis offyce, and syr Hugh Bygot than ad- 
 
 ' Wyllyam Grapeafyggp. MS, * not sett owte, MS. » in that yere. MS. * or^ MS» * [Bohum.] 
 
 mytted 
 
S44 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. HI. 
 
 mytted for hym. And for the foresayd piers hard of the murmure i the courte, ferynge 
 that the kynge shulde be aduertyzed shortly to altre from hys promyse, therefore they, en- 
 *endynge to make theyr partye the stronger, vpon the morowe folowynge Mary Magda- 
 
 ^■Hyne daye, the kynge beynge at Westmynster, the erle marshall, the erle of Leyceytec, 
 rwith dyuerse other, came vnto the Guyldehalle of Lodon, where the mayre, aldreqnen, 
 and coiiiynaltye of' the cytie were assemblyd, where the sayde lordys shewyd an instru- 
 ment or wrytynge, at f which hynge many labellys with sealys, as the kynges seale, syr 
 Edwarde hys sonnys seale, \V many other of the nobles of the lande; the whiche was 
 the contente of the artyclis whiche were ordeygned and made at Oxynforde, wyllynge the 
 
 '0 mayre and aldermen^ consyderynge the sayd actis were made to the honoure of God, fy- 
 delytie vnto the kynge, and profyte of the realme, that they wolde also, in vpholdyng of 
 the same, sette theyr comon seale of the cytie. After whiche requeste thus to the mayre 
 and the cytezyns made, after aduyce & counceyll amonge them selfe takyn, desyred a 
 sparynge of f lordys tyll they myght speke w the kynge, and knowe his pleasure in that 
 rbehaJfe; but fynallye no sparynge at that tyme myght be grauntyd, so that, in the ende, by 
 the laboure that the lordys made, with helpe of suche soliycy tours as they had within the 
 cytie, the comon seale was put to, and ^ mayre and dyuerse of the cytie sworne to mayn- 
 teyne y^ same, theyr allegeaunce sauyd to the kyng, with preseruacyon of the lyberties 
 and fraunchyses, and so departed. Then, daye by day after, the sayd douze perys assem- 
 
 zoblyd at the newe Temple, in , where they kepte theyr cousaylys and courtys for the 
 
 reformacyon of the olde greuys, and remoued from the kynge dyuerse of his menyall of 
 householde', and sette in theyr placys and ofFycys suche as lyked theym: and vpon the. ix. 
 daye of August, proclamacyon was made in dyuerse accustomyd placys of the sayde cy- 
 tie, that noon of the kynges takers shulde take any thynge within the cytie withoute the 
 
 ^^M'yll of the owner, excepte. ii. tunne of wyne, which the kyng accustomably had of euery 
 shyp comynge from Burdeaux, paying but. xl. s. for a tune, by meane of whiche pro- 
 clamacyon, no thynge was taken by the kynges ofFycers, but it were streyght payde fore vr 
 in the cytie and lybertye of tlie same, which vsaunce contynued but a whyle. 
 
 Apno Pomiqi. M-CClrii. Anno Domini. W.CC.lviii» 
 
 ?a Draper. Thomas fiz Richarde. 
 
 Rycharde Hardell. Anno. xlii. 
 
 Robert Catelyon*. 
 
 IN this. xlii. yere, the kyng helde one parlyament at Westmynster, & another or ellys 
 prorogyd y- same to Wynchestre ; and in this yere, syr Hugh Bygotte, iustyce, with Roger 
 
 srTurkelay, and other, kepte his courte at seynt Sauyours, & helde there the plees callyd 
 Itinerii', the whiche is to meane, the traueylynge, or the waye plees: for ye shall vnder- 
 stade that, at those dayes, they were kepte in dyuerse placys of Englande, whyche nowe 
 been holden at Westmynster, and iudgys ordeyned to kepe a cyrcuyte, as nowe they kepe 
 the syzys in the tyme of vacacyon. At this sayde courte these iudgys punysshed sore 
 
 wbaylyes, «,nd other offycersthat before hym* were conuycte for dyuerse trespacys, and spe- 
 cyallyefor takynge of merceamentys otherwyse then the lawe them commaundyd, for the 
 whyche he prysonyd theym, and after sessyd theym at greuouse fynys : also he somonyd 
 the cytezyns of. London to come vnto. the sayde courte fortollys that they had takyn vpon 
 the farther syde of the watyr ; but it was answeryd that the tollys that they there toke were 
 
 *r takyn lawfully, as they were redy to proue in placys and court conuenyent for the same 
 whiche was withm f precyncte of theyr lybertye : but, not withstondynge that answere the 
 sayde syr Hughe chargyd vpon a queste. xii. knyghtys of Surrey to enquyre of that m'ater 
 and other, the whiche acquyted the sayd cytezyns, and shewyd that the sayde tolle be- 
 
 ^•>''?L'M'i!o''?ff« ^^' 'Cateleiger. edit. 155S. in marff. Mtmerarii. MS. -» theym- 
 
 ^dit. 1^33. i5i2- iao9. '' 
 
 - Jongyd 
 
 ■#-■ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 545 
 
 longyd to theym of ryght. In processe of tyme after, the sayde syr Hughe, ^ other, 
 came to Guylde liall, & kepte his courte and plees there withoute all ordre of lawe, and 
 contrary to the lybertyes of the cytie, and there punysshed the bakers for lacke of syze 
 by the tuberell, where before lymes they were punysshed by the pyllery, and orderynge 
 J'many thynges at his wyil, more tha by any good ordre of lawe. This yere. vpon Can- 
 delmas euyn, came vnto London from beyonde p see, Richarde kyng of Almayne and 
 erle of Cornewayll, wyth his wyfe and chyldren, whiche had ben tliere and cakyn pos- 
 sessyon of that kyngdome, as before is shewyd ; agayne whose commynge, the cytie of 
 London was rychely hangyd with clothes of sylke and aras, and ioyouslye he was re- 
 '"ceyued of the cytezyns. 
 Anno Domini- Sl.CC.Iviii. Anno Dotnini. M.CC.lix. StI, »«w, 
 
 Peperer. lohn Adryan. 
 
 lohn GySours. Anno, xliif. 
 
 Robert Cornehyll. 
 
 T. IN this, xliii. yere, the Fryday folowynge the feest of Symonde & lude, in the par- 
 lyanient holdyn at Westmynster were radde in piesence of all the lordys and comynaltye, 
 at sondry tymes, all the actys and ordeuauncys before made, in p parlyamet holdyn at 
 Oxynforde, with certayne other artycles, by the fore sayd xii. peens there vnto addyd : 
 after redynge of whiche artycles there beynge reuested f archebysshop of Cauntorbury,. 
 
 ■jowilh dyuerse other, to the noumbre of. ix. bysshoppys, bet-yde abbotis and other, de- 
 nouncyd all tliem accursyd that atlemptyd, in worde or dede, to breke the sayde actys, or 
 any of theym. In this parlyamnnt also was graunted vnto the kynge a ta.ske callyd the 
 scutage, that is to meahe. xl.*. of eu'ery knyghtys fee thorou>ih Engiande; the whiche ex- 
 tendyd to a great siime of money : for, after dyuerse wryters, tliere be in Englade, in pos- 
 
 T<-ses8yon of the spyrytualtye and of the temporaitye, or at that dayes were ouer and be- 
 yonde. Ix.'M. knyghtes fees, which after that rate shulil extende vnto vi xx.M.li. and more; 
 and if it shuld be gatheryd of the temporall men onely, than it shulde not amount ouer 
 the siime of. Ixiiii.M./i The kynge, vpon thedaye of seynl Leonarde,, or the. vi. day of 
 Nouembre, came vnto Pawlys, where, by his coiiMuinderaent, was assemblyd the court 
 
 36Gf folkmoot; where the kynge, accordyn^e to the former ordenaucys made, axyd lycence 
 af the comynalty of the cytie, for to passe the see, and proraysed there in y presence of 
 a great multytude of people (hat he wokle be good and gracyous lorde vnto the cytye,. 
 by tiie mowlhe of syr Huuh Bygot, his ciiefe iustyce, and to niaynteyne theyr lybertyes 
 vnhuTte ; for the which y people for ioye n)ade an excedyng sliowte. Vpon the. viii.. 
 
 'rdaye of Nouembre, the kyng rode thoroughey' cytie towarde the see syde ; and vpon the 
 daye of seynt Bryce, or the. xiii. daye of Nouembre, he tooke his shyp, and soo sayled' 
 vnto Bordeaux : where, when he hadde taryed a season, he rode vnto the Frenshe kynge, 
 then beyng holy Lewis, or the tenthe Lewys, vnto Parys; of wbome he was honorably re- 
 ceyuyd, & lodfijd hym in his owne paleys by the space of an hoole wt ke, inakyng to hym- 
 
 M'great feest, and gyuynge to hym & his ryche & many guyftes. And from thens kynge Henry 
 Foode vnto seynt I)enys, where of the abbot and couent he was resayued with procession,, 
 and taryed there by the space of a moneth : in which season, a mary ige was concluded, 
 atwene lohn duke of Brytayne, and one of his doughters. And at his departynge, he gaue 
 to ^ abbot a cuppe of golde, and a basyn with an ewyr of syluer ; and for his more con- 
 
 ursolacion, kyng Lewys assygned vnto hym a certayne lordys, and other noble men of 
 Fiaunce, to gyue attendaunce vpon hym, and to conuey hym, and to shewe hym a parte of 
 Fraiice, with all disporte of huntynge and hawlsyng, and other many pleasures of f cou- 
 trey. In which passe tyme, the Freshe kyng assemblyd his parlyament at Parys, where 
 he shewyd vnto his lordys that his conscyence was grudgyd, with the withholdynge of all. 
 xosuche landys as Piiylyp tlie seconde wanne frome kynge lohii in Normandy; vpon the 
 
 'xl.M. edit, J559. 
 
 Y y whiche 
 
U&, SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. III. 
 
 whiche ha desyred theyr feythfull.and frutfull couceyll; where, after many reasons .fcar- 
 gumentys made, it was concludyd for a fynall concorde to be had atwene kynge Henry 
 and hym, that if kyng Henry with the agremet of his lordys wolde resygne into the,' 
 Frenshe, kynges handes, all suche tytle and ryght as he had in the hoole duchy of Nor- 
 rriitady, of AnjgeQU, Poyteau, & Mayne, for hym & for his heyres for euyr, that then the. 
 Frenshe kynge, of his great bountye and grace, shulde geue vnto the kypg of Englade 
 ?,nd to hi? heyres kynges, y lordeshyps of Guyan, Angeou, and Mayne, and by ryght- 
 fpU tytle callyd euer after duke of Guyfin, and euer' that he shuld be admytted for a, 
 pere of Fraunee. To all which condyciohs, as afferm.yth & wytnessyih the Frensshe Cro- 
 
 'onycle, kynge Hery, at his retourne from his dysporte, was agreable, and with concent of 
 his harony, and in theyr presence, with also the barony of Fraunee, dyd his homage vnto 
 the sayde Lewys for the duchye of Gnyan, and aftef made his othe accordynge to the 
 same, and, after great guyftys receyued on eyther syde, kyng Henry retournyd vnto Bur- 
 deaux. Of this peace and concorde spekyth a cronyculer namyd Guydo, or Guy, & 
 
 ■rsayth that kynge Henry sayled into Fraunee, and askyd restytucion of the fore named 
 Frenshe kynge, of all suche landys as his ayeuU, Phylyp the seconde, had with extorte. 
 powar takyn from kynge lohii his father; but for he fande the Frenshe kynge strauge in 
 his ^nswere, and also had lytle truste in his lordys for to haue theyr ayde, he fell to afrer- 
 met with the Frenshe kynge, and solde to hym all his tyde that he had in Normandy, Gas- 
 
 Mcbyne & Guyan, the which extendyd to the yerely valu of xx.M./i, takynge for j same 
 tytle CCC.M.li. of small Turon money; wherof a. li. is in value, after sterlyng money, 
 but. ii.*. iii.fi?. or there about, so that he shulde, after that rate, haue for his sayde tytle, 
 after the value of sterlynge money. xxxiii.*M. seuen. C. and. 1./?. In the season and tyme 
 that kynge Henry was thus occupyed in Fraunee, dyssencyon fell in Englande atwene 
 
 Trsyr Ea^iarde the kynges sone, andsyr Rycharde erle of Gloucetyr; for appeasyng wherof 
 a parlyament, whiche is to nieane a counceyll of his lordys, was callyd at Westmynster, 
 whiche contynued by the space of. iii. weekys & more : to the which counceyll the lordys 
 came with great companyes, and specyally the sayde syr Edwarde and therle of Glouce- 
 tyr, y whiche entendid to haue lodgyd within the cytie. Wherefore the mayre yoode vn- 
 
 ^oto the bysshop of Worcetyr, and syr Hugh Bigotte, and syr Phylyppe Basset, to whom 
 the kynge with the archebysshop of Cauntorbury, had betakyn the rule of the lande in 
 his absence, the whiche all went vnto the kynge of Almayne, to haue his aduyce I that 
 matier ; where it was concludyd y nouther the sayde Edwarde nor f erle, shuld come 
 within the cytie, than there to be lodgyd, nor nene that helde vpon eyther of that partyes* 
 
 3fand forther it was prouydyd, f all suche withiii the cytie as were of the age of xv. yeres 
 and aboue shulde be in harnes to watche and kepe the cytie both daye and ny^hte and 
 that the gates shulde be kepte shyt vpon the daye, and a certayne men in harneys to 
 kepe euery gate of the cytie. And soone after, for the sauegarde of the cytye and sure 
 kepynge of the peace within the same, f kynge of Roma?yns, with the sayde syr Hughe 
 
 *i>and.syr Phylyp, came into the cytie, and there were lodgyd with theyr companyes, & sych 
 other as they wolde assygne, to strength the cytie if nede requyred. Than, about y feest 
 of seynt Marke, f kynge came to Lodon from beyonde the see, and was lodgyd at f 
 bysshop of Lodos palays : after whose commynge, by his assygnemet, the erle of Glow- 
 cetyr was than lodgyd within the cytie, and syr Edwarde his sone was lodgyd in his owne 
 
 <«-p.aleys at Westmynster, & soone after f kyngcomaundyd hym to be lodgyd at seynt lohns 
 itLxKMii. and all f other lordys were lodgyd in other placis without the cytie, and the the kyng of 
 Romayns remoued agayn to Westmynster : in which tyme, a dyreccyon was takyn atwene 
 the sayde partyes, and a newe assemble and parlyament assygned to be kepte at West- 
 mynster, in the quindenaof seynt lohii Baptyst; and for that then all thyn^e myght not 
 
 jcbe sette in an order, it was prorogyd vnto the feest of seynt Edwarde, at the whiche sea- 
 
 • over. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. •xxXiiij. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRI CI. III. 3*7 
 
 son, all thynge was put at reste for a wyle. In this yere also, fell that happe of the lewe pj- ?• "• i^-] 
 of Tewkysbury, which fell into a gonge vpon the Satyrday, and wolde not, (or reuereuce 
 of his sabot day, be pluckyd out ; whereof heryng the erle of Gloucetyr that the lewe 
 dyd so great reuerence to his sabbot daye, thought he wolde doo as moche vnto his holy 
 rday, which was Sonday, and so keple hyin there tyll Monday, at whiche season, he was 
 foundyn dede. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lix. Anno Domini. M.CClx. 
 
 Adam Brownynge. 
 Wyllyam fiz Richarde. Anno, xliiii. 
 
 j(^ Richarde Couentre. 
 
 IN this, xliiii. yere, soone after the feest of Symonde and lude, the kynge kept a [Li-7-M'37-3 
 royall feest at Westmynster, where he made dyuerse kiiyghtis, amonge the whiche John 
 duke of iJiytayne, whiche had maryed one of the kynges doughters, was there made 
 knyght ; and soone after was syr Hugh Spencer made chefe iuslyce. After f feest of 
 
 /rOundelmasse, the kynge comaundid a folmoot to be callyd at Pawlys crosSe, where he in 
 propre persone, with the kynge of Ahnayne, the archebisshop of Cautorbury, and many 
 otfier nobles came, wliere the kyng comaudyd vnto the niayre, that euery strypelynge, of 
 the age of. xii. yeres and aboue, shuld before bis aldreman be sworne, the day folowyng, 
 to be trewe to the kynge, and to his heyres kynges of Englaude, and that the gatis of 
 
 ^'ihe cylie weie kepte with armyd men, as before by y kyng of Romayns was deuysyd. 
 This yere also, at a fayre kepte at North Hampton, variaulice fell atweiie the Londoners 
 and men of the towne ; so that, atwene the cytezyns & them, contynuyd longe sute & plee, 
 for a man of North Hapton, y then was slayne to f great vexacion & trouble of both 
 partyes ; but, in ^ ende, ^ cylie liad ^ better. This yere also, aboute Ester, the baronys 
 
 ^rof the iande, «iih the cosent of }' ptris, dischargyd syr Hugh le Speser, and admytted 
 for hym syr Pbylyp Hasset, in hia rome of chefe lustyce. vnwytiyuge llie kyng : for which 
 cause and other grudge, a dy^pleasure began of newe to kyndie atwene the kynge and 
 his lordes, wliich encreasyd uioore and moore ; but, by polycy of the kyng of Almayne, 
 & soom prela'tys of ^ lade, it was set in quyet for a whyle, hardlye to the ende of that 
 
 34 yere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M CC.Ix. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxi. 
 
 John Northampton. 
 Wyllyam fiz Richarde. 'Anno. xlv. 
 
 Richarde Pycarde. 
 
 5-^ IN this. xlv. yere, shortly after Alhalowyn daye, the baronys admytted & made she- 
 ryfys of dyuerse shyrys of Engiilde, and dyschargyd suche as the kynge before had ad- 
 mytted, and named theym gardeyns and kepers of the counties andsiiyres; and ouer 
 that, the baronys wolde not suffre y iustyce, ^ the kynge had admytted to kepe^ plees & 
 lawys callyd Itenerarii, but suche as were of theyr admyssyon : wberew the kynge was 
 
 Kogreuouslye dyscontentyd, in soo moche that, after that season, he laboured t|;iat he myght 
 do' dysanull ^ former ordenavices and statutes, and to cause them to be broken. In so 
 moche y vpon the seconde Sondaye of Lent folowinge, the kynge comaundyd to be red, 
 at Pawlys crosse, a bull of the graunte of pope Vrban, the. iiii.' of that name, as a con- 
 fyrmacyon of an other bull before purchasyd of his predecessour Alexandre the. iiii.* 
 
 ^rfor to assoyle the kynge & all other that before had sworne to the mayntenauce of the 
 fore sayd artycles, made at Oxynforde ; and after causyd the sayde absolucion to be 
 shewyd thoroughe f realme of Englade Walys & Irelande, guyuyng streyght charge to 
 all bit) subiectys, that none be so hardy to witlistande nor dysobey the sayde absolucyon : 
 
 • to. MS. »iii. edit. 1559. ' Alexander'the thyrde. «dit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Y y 2 and 
 
348 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIL 
 
 and if any were foundyn dysobedyent to his commaundement, that he were streyght put' 
 in pryson, and not to be raunsomyd nor delyuered tyll the kyngys pleasure were forther 
 Icnowen. About the feest of sent Albon, in the moneth of lunii, the kynge of Almayne 
 tooke shyppynge, and saylyd into Almayne, and the kyng at a folkmoot holdyn vpon the 
 ' Sondaye after seynt Peters daye, in the moneth of lulii, had lycence to sayle into Fraunce, 
 and y' morowe after he departyd from London towarde the sees syde, with the quene and 
 other lordys ; his two sonnys, syr Edwarde and syr Edmude, beynge at that season in 
 Guyan. Whan the kynge' had ben a season in Fraunce he retourned vnto Bordeaux, 
 where he fell sycke ; by occasyon wherof he taryed in those partyes, tyll seynt Nycholas 
 lotyde next folowynge. And in this yere, dyed syr Richard Clare, erle of Glowcetyr, and 
 syr Gylbert de Clare, his sone, was erle after hym ; to whom the father gaue great charge, 
 that he should vpholde the fore namyd ordenauncys. 
 
 Auno Domini. M.CC.lxi. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxii. 
 
 Phylyppe Walbroke. 
 
 Thomas fiz Thomas. * Anno. xlvi. 
 
 Rycharde Tayloure. 
 
 IN this. xlvi. yere, in y' feest of seynt Martyne, or f. xi. daye of Nouembre, a lewe 
 fell at varyaunce >V a Cristen man in Colchurche in the warde of Chepe, and woQdid f . 
 Crysten man within f same churche ; wherefore the people of the cytye in a fury, pur- 
 
 ^csued f sayd lewe to his house and there slewe hym, and after fell vpo f other leweis, 
 and robbyd and slewe many of them. And the euen of seynt Thomas the Apostle fo- 
 lowynge, the kynge landyd in Englahde at Douer, and came to London the Wednysdaye 
 before, xii. daye. This yere, the froste began about seynt Nycolas daye, & so contynuyd 
 by the space of a moneth and more so feruentlye, that Thamys was ouer froren that men 
 fiU^hHtttU wpassyd ouer on horsbacke : and in the same wynter, the kynges lytell halle at Westmynsler, 
 with other houses adioynynge to the same, were perysshed M'ith fyre by the neclygence 
 of a seruaunt of the kynges. In this yere also vnkyndenesse beganne to growe atwene 
 the Londoners and the constable of the Toure ; for that he, colrary the lybertye of the 
 cytie, toke certayne shyppes passyng by the Toure with whete and other vytayll, and 
 
 iotoke it into the sayd Toure, makynge the pryce at his pleasure ; wherfore great harme 
 had ensued, had nat been the polyce of wyse men, which shewed vnto y kynges coun- 
 sayll, by whose direccion the matyer was comytted vnto syr Philip Basset, thenne chief 
 iustyce, and other, to sette an order and rule atwene ^ said parties. Than before hym were 
 broughte all euydences and pryuyleges, for the aduauntage of bothe parties; where fy- 
 
 s^nally, after longe plee and argumet, it was fermely demyd & adiuged, y if y" constable or 
 any other oiFycer of y Toure, wolde, at any tyme, take any whete or other vytayll to the 
 vse of the kynge, or of^the Toure, that he shuld come vnto f market holden within the 
 cytie, and there to haue it. W.d. in a quarter within the mayres pryce, and other vytayll 
 after the same rate ; and if he or any of his officers wolde do contrary to that ordynaiice, 
 
 ^that then the shyrefFes shuld make reporte vnto the kynges counsayll, and to withstande 
 hym in all that they myght, so that the kynges peace were kepte. 
 
 In this yere also many murmures & grudges were tolde in many places of thelande, sup- 
 posyng that warre shuld, in short processe, haue ensued atwene the kynge & his lordes, for 
 the bull of dispensacion before in that other yere shewed ; but by helpe and mediacion of 
 
 i^good and wyse men, thise murmurres and grudges were so appeased, that the kynge agreed 
 agayne to the mayntenauce of the sayd statutes, & sent his wryttes, wherin the sayd articles 
 were comprysed, into all shyres of Englande, gyuynge streyght comaundement to all men to 
 obserue & kepe y^ same, & suche other as were to theym ioyned by ^ discressyon'of the erle 
 Biarshall, the erle of Leycetour, syr Philip Basset, syr Hugh Bigot, & other: y which shortly 
 
 after 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TEllTII. Si9 
 
 after was reuoked' & denyed. Wberupon y archebysshop of Caunterbury, feryng that 
 after myght ensue*, made hyra an errande to Rome ; and so by lycence of the kynge and 
 of the lordes departed the lande, and so kepte hym out tyll the troble was appeased and 
 seased. Thene, vpon Mydlent Sondaye, the mayre and the comons beynge present, at a 
 
 ^folkmote holden at Paulys crosse before sir Philyp Basset and other of the kynges cou- 
 sayll, the mayre was sworne to be trewe to the kynge, and to his heyres kynges : and 
 vpon the morowe at Guyldehalle, euery alderman in presence of the mayre toke the same 
 othe : and vpon y Sondaye folowynge euery strypelyng of the age of. xii. yeres and aboue, 
 before his alderman in his warde, was newely charged with the same othe. Thane the 
 
 "odispleasure atwene the kynge & his barons began to appere and disclose, whiche longe 
 whyle had ben kept secret; in somoche that dyuers of them assembled in the marches of 
 Walys, and gaderyd vnto theym stronge power, and sente a letter vnto the kyng vnder 
 the seale of syr Hogyer ClyiForde, besechynge hym to haue in reniembraunce that othe 
 & manyfolde promesse that he had made for the obseruynge of the statutes, made at his 
 
 •rtowne of Oxenforde, with other ordenaunces made to the honoure of God, for fayth 
 and allegeauce to his persone, and weale and profyte of all his realme : wyllyng hym far- 
 ther to withstande and defye all suche persones as wylbe agayne the sayd actes, sauynge 
 the quene & hyr childrene. 
 
 After the which letter thus sent, and, receyuynge of it, none answere had, the sayd ba- 
 
 lorons T^ baner displayed, went agayne such as they knewe that helde agayne the sayd actes : 
 and firste at Herforde, they toke the bysshop of that see, & as many of his chanons as 
 were alyauntes borne, and toke suche treasoure and catell as they there fande, and bare 
 it with theym, and after yode & sent vnto suche maners as the sayd bysshop and chanons 
 had, and theym spoyled and robbed, and some of theym threwe to the grounde, & con- 
 
 -rsumed with fyre, 'and put the sayd bysshop and chanons in suer kepynge, and sette other 
 in their places; and after went vnto J^ other costes, where they supposed to fynde of theyr 
 enemyes, kepynge theyr course towarde London, berynge before theym baner of the 
 kynges armys : and so holdynge their iourney, moche people drewe vnto them. In which 
 progresse, euer as they fande any that they knewe to be agayn the mayntenauce of the 
 
 stjsayd actes, they enprysoned theym, & spoyled their places, were they spiritual men or tem- 
 porall men ; & in dyuers of the kynges castelles, they sette in suche persones as to theym 
 lyked, and put out suche as there were sette in by the kynge, and gaue vnto them an othe 
 that they shuld be trewe and faylhfull to the kynge, and kepe^those castelles to his vse & 
 weale of the realme. • 
 
 3r Aboute Midsomer, when they drewe nere to London, theiff sent a letter vnto the mayre 
 and aldermen, vnder the seale of syr Symonde Mounforde, wyllynge to knowe of theym 
 whether they wolde obserue the actes and statutes made in the parlyamet of Oxenforde, 
 or nat ; or ellys they wolde ayde and assyst suche persones as entended f breche of the 
 same, and sent vnto theym a copye of the sayd actes, with a prouyso that if any that 
 
 Jio there were specifyed were to the hurte of f realme or comon weale of the same, that 
 they than, by discrete persones of the lande, shuld be altered & amended : the whiche 
 copye the mayre bare vnto the kynge, then beynge at f Toure accompanyed with f 
 quene, the kyng of Almayne, whiche lately was retourned from beyonde f see, & sir Ed- 
 warde his sone, with other of his counsayll. 
 
 «x Then the kyng, entendynge to knowe the mynde of f cytie, axyd the mayre what he 
 thought of those ordynaunces and actes, knowynge weale that before his c5mynge thyder 
 he had counsaylled with the aldermen & some comons of the cytie. The mayre tlian 
 abasshed with that questyon, besoughte the kynge that he myght comon with his brethernc 
 the aldermen, and he shulde shewe vnto hym his and theyr oppynyons ; but f kynge sayd 
 
 Tohe wold here his aduyce without more counsayl. Then the mayre boldly sayde, f before 
 
 ' by the kyng revoked. MS, * thyngs ihat after ensewed. MS. 
 
^S9 "l^EPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTO. 
 
 tymes he with liis bretBertie & cominaltie of the cyfcie, byhis cbmrnaundeinent, were 
 sworne to maynteyne all actes made to the hpnoiire of God, to the fay th of the k'yi^e 
 arid profyte of the realme, whiche othe by his lycerice aiid hibste gracyous fauoure, they 
 entended to obserue & kepe : and more oiier to auoyde all occacidn that niyght growe of 
 rgrudge or varyaunce, atwene his grace and his barons within f cytie, they woldelauoyde 
 all alyauntes and strauhgers out therbf, if his grkce were so "contented; which answere y 
 kyng shewed as he were therwich plesed : "so .^ the rhayre'with his fauoure departed, and 
 Sent auswere to y- barons to the same accordynge, theyr lybertyes eilway vpholden and 
 shewed'. Than shortly after, for so moch as dyuerse noble men of the lande which'e 
 
 'ohelde agayne those statutes were ryden towarde Douer, and there entended, to haiie taken 
 shyppynge for fere of the barons; the "kynge sent after theym dyuers persones of his 
 houshblde, and of the cytezyns of London, to refburme and ehduce theym to retourne, 
 and to tary with f kynge: and in that season, all alyauntes, the whiche were taken sus- 
 ff»l. xxMiitl. pect of any fauour owynge to f one partie or to ^ other, wei'e auoyded the cytie : but it 
 'rwas nat Ibnge after thatsyr Edwafde the kynges sbrie, set them or many of t^eym in bf- 
 fyces within the castell of Wyndesoi^e. Thau watche was kept dayly w'ithin f cytie, & 
 in the nyghtes a certayne were assigned to ryde abdute tHe towne, ^V a cerfayne fotemen 
 assygned to theym to serche al the towne ouer ; but of that ensued harihe : for whyle 'f 
 rydynge watdhe was in one place of the cytie, "some euyll disposed pei-sbnes, vnder colour 
 
 2eQf watche me and to serche for strangers, rbbbyd and spoyled many houses within the 
 cytie; for remedy wherof "a standynge watche was ordeyned in euery warde, and the 
 kynge herynge of f barons nere comynge vnto the cytie, departed thens shortly after. 
 
 Then the barons entred the cytie the Sondaye before seynt Margaretes daye, and 
 shortly after f kynge retourned to Westmynster with the quehe, '& other of his cousayll ; 
 
 M'and soone after by the consent of y kynge & the barons, sir Hugh le Spencer was made 
 chyef iustyce and keper of the Toure. 
 
 Vpon y- morowe folowyngp Mary Magdaleyne daye, a wryt was directed vnto the riiayre 
 and aldermen, chargynge theyhi that^ kyiiges peas were fermely kepte within the cytie; 
 
 ■ for, in the same wrytte, it was also expressyd, that the kynge and his barons were louyngly 
 
 So.agreed, ferthermore was by the sayd wryt comaunded, y if, within the precincte of theyr 
 franchyse, were any persone or persons knowen y wold withstande the ibresayd orde- 
 nauces and statutes, that all such shuld be attached & put in pryson, and theyr goodes 
 attached for the kynge tyll they knewe his further pleasur. 
 
 Ye shall vnderstande that whyle the lordes laye thus within the cytie, dyuers conuen- 
 
 ;. ^iculis and gaderynges were made of the cytezeyns & other, tha^t robbyd in dyuers places 
 of the cytie anddyd moche harme, the whiche was smally corrected ; they were so borne 
 out and maynteyned by theyr maisters, and the comons of ^ cytie were so ferre out of 
 rule by ensensynge of ryotous persones, that in assembles and courtes that then were 
 kept at Guyldhalie or other places, symple & vndiscreteparsones shuld haue the voyce, 
 
 Knand y worshypfull men lytell or no tfiynge regarded: wherof ensued dayly moche vn-^ 
 happynesse and sorowe, as after shall appere. 
 
 The barons then, to opteyne the more fauoure of the cytie, wylled theym to shewe if 
 they hadde any of theyr lyberties withdrawen, that they mtght agayne to them be re- 
 stored, and also to deuyse some newe to theyr weale and profyte, and they wolde la- 
 
 i<rboure to the kynge that they rayght haue theym graunted : for the whiche comforle of y- 
 lordes, the mayre called f comons to the Guyldhalie, and shewed to them the beneuo- 
 jfence of y' sayd lordes, & wylled them y euery officer for his office, to deuyse suche thypoes 
 as myght be benyfypyall for the cytie. Wherupon they cousaylled togyder, and made' a 
 
 ^note in paper of dyuers statutes, prouycyons & ordenaunces to be graunted, whiche 
 
 fosayght more "properly be named obhominaciohs, for they were deuysed to theyr 'synguler 
 
 ' sared. ©ait. 1533. 1542, 1559, 
 
 profyte, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTIL 351 
 
 prafyte, and to the great burte of all other marchauntes comynge to f cytie, and to all 
 other feyres and markettes of Englande, and also preiudyciail lo the vnyuersall weale of 
 the realme. The whiche whene they were ouerseen by the heddes of y cytie, it was shewed 
 vnto the sayd comons, that theyr ordenaunces were nat lefuU nor charitable orderyd, and 
 
 -'^herfore they knewe weale they shulde nat be admytted, wyllynge them to deuyse other; but 
 all was in vayne' : by meane wherof, bothe those 8c other, that were right necessary for y 
 com5 weale of the cytie, were reiected & put of. Then the barons, vpon the morowe 
 folowynge seynt lamys day, departed from London towarde Wyndesore, to se the gydynge « 
 of y' castel. Whereat theyr comynge, they put ont the foresayd allyauntes before sette in 
 
 isby syrEdwarde^kynges sone; the which, associatw other, yode vnto Fulham, where y kyng 
 than lay, and shewed to hym that y barons hadde spoyled theym of suche goodes as they 
 had, and that without cause : buty kyng put theym of for that season, & warned theym to 
 sue to hym agayne aboute Mychelmasse, whan more of his counsayll was with hym, and 
 then they shulde haue iustyce. 
 
 ' Vpon the seconde daye folowynge the feast of seynt Mathewe, or the. xxiii. daye of 
 September, the kynge, f queue, with his sones, & other nobles of thislande, toke shyp- 
 pynge, and sayled into Fraunce, to be present at the Frenshe kynges parlyament, than 
 holden at Bonony. And the morowe after the Octab' of seynt Michaell, he landed 
 agayne at Doner, & the Frydaye folowynge he came vnto London ; and vpon f Tues- 
 
 Tflday folowyng passed a quest of. xii, knyghtes of Myddlesex, sworne vpon a iurye, atwene 
 the abbot of Westmynster and the cyte, for certayue pryuyleges that the cytezeiis of Lo- 
 don claymed within Westmester : where, by the sayd iury, it was founden, before Gilbert 
 of PrestOne, than chief baron of the kynges excheker, that the sliyreftes of Londun, at 
 those dayes, myght laufully enter into the towne of Westmesler, & al oilier tenemt ntes 
 
 ■nf the abbot thenne had ^in Middelsex, and vnto f gate of the sayd abbey, and there to 
 make summons, and distrayne, for lacke of apperauce, all and eueryche teuaut of tlie sayd 
 abbot. 
 
 Aboute the quyndena of seynt Michael, the fourmer coraplaynt of the allyauntes & 
 other, whiche as aboue ye haue herde, was shewed before the kynge and the lordes in the 
 
 3« parlyament holden at Westmynster, where lastly it was sentencyd that the barons shuld 
 restore all suche goodes, as they & theyre copany had taken from all persones before 
 that day, as wele to alyauntes as other, both spiiel and temporell ; and also that such 
 menyall seruauntes as shulde be dayly in the kynges houses, and aboute his persone, shuld 
 be suche as the kynge wolde chose & admytte hym selfe : the whiche. ii. articules the 
 
 srbarons vtterly denyed; wherfore f olde rancour toke place, and dissecion kyndeled his 
 fyre of malyce agayne, atwene the kynge & his lordes feruently. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lxii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxiii* 
 
 Robert Moiiplere. 
 Thomas fiz Thomas. . Anno, xlvii. 
 
 uo Robert deSuffolke*. 
 
 IN this, xlvii. yere, by procurement and styryng of the barons, the comons of the 
 cytie of Lodon chase vnto their maire for that yere, Thomas fiz Thomas, & without 
 counsayll of the aldermen, sware hym at Guyldhall vpon the day of SymOn & lude, and 
 made no presentement of hym vpon the moj-owe folowynge, nouther to the kynge nor 
 Hryet to the barons of the kynges excheker, as they of right ought to haue don. For the 
 whiche presumpcyon, the kynge was greuously discotented agayne the cytie. Sooue af- 
 ter the kynge aduertysynge wele that the cytie wolde take^ barons partie, caused sir Ed- 
 warde his sone, to take the castell of Wyndesore by a trayne : wherof whan he knew. 
 
 ' Here the Museum MS. adds, " for they wolde werk but aftir their avne counsayll." * Philip Wal« 
 
 broke. Rycbarde Xayltr. edit. 1559. in marg. > 
 
 2 that 
 
352 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. , 
 
 that he was in possessyon, the kynge eerly in a mornynge, a lyteli tofore Crystmas, de- 
 parted from Westmyster, and rode vnto the sayd castell, whyther shortly after cam alstr 
 many of the lordes that werevpon f kynges partie; and as faste the lordes & knyghtes 
 /./.*»»*. whiche helde with the erle of Leycetef drewe them towarde Lodon, so that oneyther 
 
 rpartie was moche people assembled. In the whiche passe tyme, some wele disposed 
 laboured a concorde atwene the kyng & his lordes ; by whose meanes, fynally, it was 
 agreed by both parties, that all matyers concernynge the foresayd artycles of statutes and 
 ordenaunces made at Oxenforde, and after by the. xii. perys, that f Frenshe kynge shuld 
 deme and iuge whiche shulde beholden & which nat ; and as he demyd, both parties 
 
 lopromysed assuredly to abyde : vpon whiche agrement, copyes were made of the sayd 
 statutes, and with lettres shewynge the efFecte of the fonrmer agrement, sent vnto the 
 kynge of Fraunce, than beynge seynt Lowys. And in the Crlstmasse weke folowyng, 
 the kyng toke shyppyng with sir Edwarde his sone, and other of his counsayll, and so- 
 sayled into France, for the foresayd cause ; and for the partie of the sayde barons, was 
 rsent ouer sir Peter de Mountforde & other. Then before Lowys, kynge of Fraunce, those 
 statutes were sore argued vpon both parties. Howe be it in the ende, the Frenshe kynge- 
 callynge before hym both parties, vpon the daye before the conuercion of seynt Paule, 
 or f. xxiiii. daye of lanuarii, syttyng in iugement, gaue expresse sentence that all & 
 eueryche of the said statutes & ordenaiices shuld be from that daye forewarde vtterly for- 
 
 j«done and set at nought : and all such bandes and promy'sses that the kynge or any other 
 had made, for the mayntenaiice of the same, shuld be adnulled & cancelled, & the kynge 
 & all other, for any matyer consernynge those statutes, set at lybertie. After whicTie 
 sentence thus gyuen, f kynge retourned into Englande, so that he came to Lodon the 
 XV. day of Februarii ; but f barons beyng sore amoued y{ this sentece, 8t notyng great 
 
 irpar^ialitie vnto f Frenshe kyng, departed from London westwarde, & so into f marchys 
 of Walys; where they drewe to them great power, and warred vpon the lundes & cas- 
 telles of sir Roger Mortymer, & threwe some of them vnto f groiide, & sppyled of his 
 what they might fynde, & ouer f brent of his manours & houses : in whose ayde, sir Ed- 
 warde the kynges sone comyng, his people were distressed, & he almost taken. For redresse 
 
 jtiof whiche maters, a newe parliament was appoynted to be holden at Oxenforde, in the 
 quidena of Easter next folowing, which came neuer to effect. Albeit an other CronycJe 
 sayth, that frome this parlyamet than holden at Oxenforde, the kynge & his lordes parted 
 all discarded. Than the barons dreue towarde London, and the kynge remayned at Wood- 
 stok. And thenne new assuraunee by wrytynge endented, was made atwene the comi- 
 
 smaltie of the cytie and the barons, without consent of many of the rulers of the sayd cytie : 
 wherfore the comons, as men enraged, made of them self. ii. capytaynes, whiche they 
 named constables of the cytie, that is to say, Thomas de Pyweldon, & Stephan Bukerell ;. 
 at whose comaundement, by tollyng of the great belle of Paules, all the cytie shuld be 
 redy shortly i barneys, to gyue attendaiice vpon theyr sayd capytaynes. 
 
 »o Aboute the begynnyng of Lent, the constable of f Toure, sir Hughe le Spenser, came 
 with a fayre company of men of armys' before hym into the cytie, &. desyred assystence 
 of the fore named constables, the which comauded the sayd belle to be tolled j by meane 
 wherof the people shyt theyr shoppes, & came out in barneys in great multytude. The 
 whiche, after proclamacion made that they shuld folowe theyr capytaynes, ^out knowlege 
 
 Hrwhat to do or whether to go', foiowed theyr sayd capytaynes, & so-yodfe vnto Thystilworth, 
 vpon. ii. myles beyonde Westmynster, & theie spoyled the manour of the kynge of Ro- 
 mayns, & sette it aft«r vpon a fyre : and y done, his water mylles and other comodytees 
 that he there had, put theyra to vtter ruyne ; and after with great noyse & erye retourned 
 vnto London. 
 
 fo This dede, as sayth myne auctour, was cause of f mortall warre folowynge : for where 
 
 ' T/ie Museum MS, adds, " wyth a baner of the kyngs armys beffor Hym/'^ 
 
 before 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTH. 3SS 
 
 before tyme the sayd kyng of Romaynes had ben, for aiyaunce that was atwene hym Sc 
 therle of Glouceter, a treatye of peas to be had atweue the kynge and his barons; after that 
 dededone, he wasenemye yntotheymto the vttermost of his power. The kynge herynge of 
 this ryot, gaderyd vnto hym great power ; and for hp harde y sir Peter de Mountforde 
 -Twas at Northampton, gaderyoge of people to strength the barons partie, he sped hym 
 tbyder and wan f towne vpon hym by force, and siewe many of his men, and fynaUy toke 
 hym and sir Symon, f sone of the erle of Leyceter, with dyuers other on lyue, the 
 whiche, "^ many burgeyses of that towne f had taken theyr partie, y kynge sent vnto dy- 
 uers prysons, and some he closed within the castell of the same towne. 
 '0 In this passetyme, on Palmesondaye weke, all the lewys in London were spoyled and 
 robbid, and to the nQmbre of. v.C. of theym were slayne, and dyuers of theyr mansions 
 brent and distroyed ; & suche as of theyin were saued,: were conueyd for great mede vn- 
 to the Toure, & there kept from y furye of y comons : wherof the occasion was, for so- 
 moch as a lewe wolde haue forced a Cristen man to haue gyuen to hym more than, i'l.d. 
 '^for the vsure of. xx.s. for a weke; for ye shall vnderstande that at those dayes, by lycence 
 graunted vnto the lewes of the kynge, they might take by vsury of euery man that 
 of theym wolde borowe money, ii'd. of a. It. for a weke lendynge, & so of gretter 8c of 
 smaller slimes after that rate. And soone after the lewys were thus punysshed, many 
 houses of religion within the cytie and nere there aboute, were serched for goodes of 
 zoalyaiites, and moche founde ; wherof a parte was brought vnto f lordes, but f more part 
 was stolen & brybed. In whiche season, the kynge passed by dyuers countres, and lastely 
 came into Southsex with a stronge power ; wherof herynge, f lordes made preparacyon to 
 go towardes hym. In all whiche tyme, the wardeyns of the. v. portes kept the see with 
 shyppes that no straungers shuld entre the lande, to ayde the kynge agayne the barons. 
 ^-rThan, in the ende of Apryll, the barons with a multitude of the cytie, whiche they put in 
 vawarde, and departed frome London, takynge their iourney towarde the kynge ; and 
 when they were wele onwarde vpon theyr waye, worde was brought vnto them, f the 
 kynge ^ an huge power was at Lewys. 
 
 Wherfore they by an hole assent dyuysed a letter, and sent it in the name of al the 
 3« barons, vnto the kyng, whose names here vnder folowe, but nat all. 
 
 Sir Symonde de Moutforde, eHe of Leyceter, and hygh stewarde of Englande. 
 Sir Gilbert de Clare, erle of Glouceter. 
 Sir Robert Ferres', erle of Derby. 
 Sir Hugh le Spencer, chief iustyce, &* 
 «rSir Henry de Moutforde, sone & heyre to the erle of Leyceter. 
 Sir Richarde Gray. 
 Sir Henry Hasty nges. 
 Sir lohii fiz lohii. 
 Sir Robert de Venpount. 
 *° Sir lohii Gyuyle. 
 Sir Robert Roos. 
 Sir William Marmyon. 
 Baldewyn Wake. 
 Sir Gilbert GyflForde. 
 '"' Sir Nicholas de Megraue. 
 Sir Godfrey de Lucy. 
 Sir lohii de Veysy. 
 Sir William de Mounthedesy. 
 Whiche letter sealed with f scales of the sayde erle of Leyceter and of Glouceter, con- 
 r« teyned as folovreth. 
 
 ' [Ferrers ?] * tai constable of the Towre, MS. 
 
 Z z TO 
 
354 SEPTIMA PARS MENRICI TERTIl. 
 
 if./.»»««. " TO the moost excellent lb^d6 the kynge, Henry, by the grace of God kynge of En- 
 
 glande, lorde of Irelande, & duke of Guyon, the barons and other faythfuU your ser- 
 uauntes, theyr fidelytie and othe to God and to you coueytyng to kepe, sendynge to you 
 due saliitynge with al reuerence and honour, vnder due obeysaunce. Lykelh it your hygh- 
 
 J"nes to vnderstande, f niany, beynge ^boate you, haue before tynaes shewed vnto your lord- 
 shyp of vs mahy euyll and vntrewe reportes, and haue founde suggestyons nat alloneljr 
 of vs, but also of your selfe to brynge this your realme vnto subuercyon. Knowe your 
 excellency, that we entende no thynge but helth & suertie to your persone, to the vtter- 
 most of our powers. And nat oonly to our enemyes, but also to yours, and of all this 
 
 10 your realme, we entende vtter greuaunce and correccyon ; besechynge your grace here- 
 after to gyue vnto theym lytell credence : for; ye shall fynde vs your trewc and faythfuU 
 subgecteis, to the vttermost of our powers. And we erle of Leycetet & erle of Glouce- 
 ter, at the request of other and for our self, haue put to our scales, the. x. daye of the 
 moneth of Maii." 
 
 ' ir [Answer to the forsayd lettyr by the kyng.]' 
 
 " HEnry, by the grace of God kynge of Englande, lorde of Irelande, and duke of Guyan, 
 to Symonde de Mountforte and Gilbert d€ Qare, and their complices. Where as by 
 warre and generall parturbaunce in this our realme by you begon and contynued, with 
 also brennynges and other hurtes and enormyteis that enydently apperyth, f your fydelytie 
 
 2^ to vs due, ye haue nat kept, nor the suertye of our persone ye haue lylell regarded : for 
 somoche as our lordes^nd other our trusty frendys, whicbe dayly byde with vs, ye vexyn 
 & greue, and theym pursewe to the vttermost of your powers, and j'et dayly entende as 
 ye by f report of your owne letters haue vs ascerteyjied. We f greef of theym admjtte, 
 and take for our owne specially. Whanne they for theyr fydelytie, wbiche they to vs 
 
 srdayly impende, stande & abyde by vs to oppresse your fydelytie and vntrouth : wherfore 
 of your fauoure or assuraunce we sette lytei store ; but you as our enemyes we vtterly 
 defye. Wytnesse cure selfe, at oure towne of Lewys, the. xii. daye of this moneth of 
 Mail." 
 
 And ouer this, the kyng of Romayns, sir Edwarde the kynge* sone, and the other lordes 
 
 ^cbcynge than with the kynge, sent vnto theym an other letter, wherof the tenour ensuytb. 
 
 " RIcharde, by f grace of God kynge of Romayns, alway Augustus, & Edwarde the 
 noble firste begotten sone of the kyng of Englande, & all other barons fermely stand- 
 ynge & abydyng with our soueraygne lorde f kyng, to Symonde de Mountforde, Gil- 
 bert de Clare, & all other their false felowes. Ely the letters whiche ye sent vnto the 
 
 3fkynge our most soueraygne lorde, we vnderstade that we are dcfyed of you : neuerthe- 
 lesse this worde of diffyeaunce apperyd vnto'vs sufficiently before, by f depredacion & 
 brennyqge of our manours, & caryeng away of our goodes. Wherfore we wyll that ye 
 vnderstande, that we defye you as our mortall & publique enemyes, and when soeuer we 
 may come to reuengement of f iniuries y ye to vs haue done, we shall acquyt it to the 
 
 ifuVttermost of our powers ; and where ye put vpon vs, that nouther trewe nor good cousayil 
 to our soueraygne lorde the kynge we gyue, ye therin say falsely & vntrewely. And if 
 that sayinge, ye, sir Symonde de Mountforde and sir Gilbert de Clare, wyll iustyfie in the 
 court of our soueraygne lorde, we are redy to purchase to you surety & saufe comynge; 
 that there we may proue our trewe & faythfuU innocency, & your false & traytorouse ly- 
 
 winge. Wytnessyd with ^ scales Of Richarde kynge of Romaynes, & of syr Edwarde fore- 
 named. Guyuyn at Lewys, the. xii. daye of Maii." 
 
 WHen the barons had receyued these letters from the kyng & his lordes, they perceyued 
 ^ well 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. SS5 
 
 well that there was none other meane, but [to] defende theyr cause by dynt of swerde. Wher- 
 fore they, puttyng their trust in God, spedde theym forth towarde the kyng ; and vpon a 
 Wednysday, beynge then the. xxiiii. day of Maii, erly in the mornynge, both hbostes met ; 
 where after the Londoners had gyuen the first assaute, they were betyn backe, so that 
 
 -rthey began to drawe from the sharpe shot, & strokes to the discomfort of the barons boost. 
 But the barons encoraged & comforted their men in suche wyse, y uat alonely the freshe 
 & lusty knyghtes faught egerly, but also such as before were scomfited recoueryd their 
 vertue & strength, & faught ^out fiere, in somoche that then the kynges vawarde lost their 
 places. Then was the felde coueryd with deed bodyes, & gaspynge & gronynge was herde 
 
 «>on euery syde, for eyther was desirous for to bring the other out of lyf ; and f fader sparyd 
 nat the sone, nor the sone the fader, alliaunce, at^ tyme, was tourned vnto diffyaunce, & Cristen 
 blode;y day was shad without pytie, thus, duryogethecruellfyght by the more parte of the 
 day. Lastly the victory fyl to f barons, so f there was taken f kyng & f kig of Ro- 
 mayns, sir Edward f kynges sone, vr many other noble men, to f nombre of. xxv. barons 
 
 *r^8c banerettes, and people siayne a great muhitude, ouer. xx.M. as saythmyn auctours. 
 
 Whan the barons had thus opteyned victorye, prouycion was made for the saufe kepyng 
 
 of the prysoners^ so that all were sent vnto dyuers castellis & prysons, except the kyng, 
 
 his brother the kyng of Almayne, & sir Edwarde his sone ; the wbiche the barons helde 
 
 "k theym tyll they came to London. Then a newe graunt was made by the kyng, f the 
 
 zoforesayd statutes shulde stande in stregth, and if any were thought vnreasonable, they to 
 be corrected & amended by. iiii. noble men of the realme ; that is to meane. ii. of the 
 spualtie, and. ii. of the temporalte : and if those, iiii. myght nat agre, that then the erle 
 of Angeon & f duke of Burgoyn to be iuges of f matier, and this to be fermly holden 
 & obeyed by the kyng & his brother. The kynges ^raunted f their sones & heyres shuld 
 
 ^rremayne ^ the barons as prysoners, tyll all thyng were fynysshed accordynge to the fore- /«/.*»«•'»• 
 mer agrement. And vpon this was a parlyatpent apoynted to be holden at London, at 
 Penthecost folowyng. But that came neuer to purpose. Then, the Tuesday before the As- 
 sencion daye, peas was proclaimed in London, atwene the kynge & his barons; and vpon f 
 daye folowyng, the kynge & the barons came vnto London, and with theym the kynge of Ro- 
 
 3« maynes and sir Edwarde the kynges sone. Then sir Edwarde, as pledges for the kyng, and 
 air Henry sone vnto the kyng of Almayne, were sent vnto the Toure, & there lodged, and 
 from thens vnto Douer Castell ; and f kynge was lodged in the bysshoppes pateys by Paules ; 
 & the kyng of Almayne with dyuers other, within the Toure. Then it was agreed by the kynge, 
 that for his more suertie, and for the weale of the lande, that f erle of Leyceter shuld be res- 
 
 wsiaunt in the kynges court; vpon the whiche agrement & other, many of the prysoners 
 were sette at large. In this passe tyme, before the felde of Lewys, the queue & jf kyng 
 of Romaynes had sent ouer the see for sowdyours to ayde the king agayn f barons, which 
 now were comen in great nombre vnto Douer, & there houed in the see to haue landed. 
 Wherof hering the barons sent the kynge of Romaynes to the castell of Berkhampstede, 
 
 ^«as prysoner, tyll the sayd alliauntes were retourned, and caused kynge Henry ^ a great 
 power to rydc thyder, and force the sayd host of straugers to retourne into theyr owne 
 countrees. 
 
 And when the kynge had retourned the sayd straungers, he, shortly after, iV agremeat 
 of the barons, sayled ouer into Fraunce, and retourned agayne within short terme. 
 
 '*r Anno Domini. M.CC.lxiii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxiiii. 
 
 Osbert Wynter. 
 Thomas fiz Thomas. Anno. Ivi. 
 
 Philyp Taylour'. 
 
 ' Roberts Mupilers. edit. 1559. '" ftorg. 
 
 Z z 2 IN 
 
356 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 
 
 IN this, xlviii. yere, the lordes of the Marches, aboute f feast of Gristnjaisse, assem- 
 bled theym in those costes, and dyd moche harme vpon the lordshypfiys & manours of 
 the erles of Leyceter and of Gloceter, standynge in the marches of Wales. WherfoEe 
 the kyng rode shortly after to Gloceter, and called there a counsayll of his lordes; by 
 rauctoryte of whiche counsayll, it was enacted, that as many of the sayd lordes as earn 
 not in by f octauis of seynt Hyllary next folowynge, and yelded theym vnto the kynges 
 grace, sliulde be exyled ; and by the sayde counsayll was also agreed, that in the sayde oc- 
 taues shulde a parlyaniet be holden at Westmynster : at whiche day, the kynge, with his 
 lordes spuall & temporal), & comons of his lande, began bis foresayd parlyament: du- 
 loryng the which it was there shewed, tbe kyng beyng present, ^f be nor sir Edvvarde his 
 sone, nor none for theym shuld after ^ day greue or cause to be greuid, f erles of Ley- 
 ceter & of Glouceter, f barons, banerettes, or knyghtes, f cytezeyns of Lodon^ & barons 
 of the. V. portes, nor none other persone or persones of hygh or lowe degre, y was vpoa 
 f partie of the sayd erles, for any matier of displeasur done agayne the kjuge & the sayd 
 
 irsir Edwarde his sone, at any tyrae before f daye. And f to vpholde, f king before his lordea 
 was sworne, & after y was shewed & rad, a charter of pardon cocernyng y^ sayd cause, & 
 a cdfirmacon of ^^ statutes of y" forest, \V many other actes & statutes before graiited of the 
 kyng. Then in ^ feast of seyt Gregory folowig, or f. xii. day of March, sir Edwarde 
 this kynges sone, that beforne was also sworne to perfeurme suche promyses as the kynge 
 
 ^ hadde made before in the parlyament, was delyuered at lybertie; and also sir Henry ji 
 kynges sone of Almaynfe, ihp whiche had ben kept as pledges, as ye before baue herde, 
 vpon the terme of. ix, monethes and odde dayes, vpon assuraunce made that the sayd sir 
 Edwarde shuld dwell & abyde in y' kyiiges court, and nat to departe from ^thens without 
 Pycence of the kynge and of a certayne of the barons. After this many instrumetes and 
 . T^'landes' were made by the kyng and sir Edwarde his sone, for the perfourmaunce of co- 
 uenauntes and pacciofis made atwene the kynge & the barons, whiche shortly after came 
 to small effect. l • 
 
 In the season atwene Easter & Penthecoste, for orderynge of the aforesayd statutes 
 made at OxenfordCi fyll dyssencyon atwene the erles- of Leyceter & of Glouceter, so 
 
 30 that wordes of displfeasure was vtteryd atwene theym, the kynge & they also beyng than 
 at Glouceter. Then the kyng and his barons had laboure to sette theym at vnyte and 
 rest. And vpon the see, the barons of the. v. portes robbyd and spoyled all men .that they 
 myght take, sparyhge nouther Englisshe marchaHtes nor other : of w hich prayes, as the 
 comon fame than went, some of the barons of the lande hadde good parte. 
 
 jrt In the Whytson weke folowynge, the kyng, with the erle of Leyceter and sir Edwards 
 his sone, with many other lordesj beyng at Hereforde, in the edge of Walys, tlie sayd sir 
 Edwarde secretly and without lycece, departed-from the courte and yode vnto Chester, 
 where he accompanyed vnto hym the erle of Glouceter, & the lordes of the Marches, 
 therle of Warene, sir Roger Mortymer and other, and from thens wente vnto Glouceter, 
 
 j*obrekynge the brydges as he went, to the en tent that he were nat folowed tyl be had as- 
 sembled his power. 
 
 Whan knowlege of this came vnto y erle of Leyceter, he, in all hast, sent vnto sir Sy- 
 monde his. sone, that he shuld gader his knyghtes vnto hym ; the whiche, aecordynge to 
 that comaundemente, assembled vnto hym mo<;he people, and with theim drewe towarde 
 
 ^^Wynchester, so that he came before the cytie vpon the euyn of the Translacyon of.seynt 
 Swythyn, or the. xiiii. daye of the moneth of lulii, where he was shyt out, for somocheas y 
 cytezens knewe nat whether he came as the kynges frende or nat ; and also lytell before 
 they had receyued a letter from sir Edwarde,' wyllynge theym to hoide them but of the 
 cytie. For these causes the cytezeyns closed theyr gates agayne the sayde sir Symonde & ■* 
 
 -ft his company ; but it was nat longe or y cytie was yelden. Then they spoyled f towue, & 
 
 ' bandei. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 slewe 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTIL 357 
 
 ftlewe the more partie of the lewes that dwelled within the same. And that done, layde siege 
 vnto the caslell, & assauted it; but for tydynges M'cre fayned of the comynge of sir Ed- 
 wa! de with his power, they departed shortly thens, and so yode vnto Kenelwortb. 
 
 Vpon the laste day of lulii, sir Edwarde with his host came vnto Kenelworth fore- 
 
 rsayd, and fyll sodaynly vpon the hoost of the forenaraed sir Symonde, and, with shedynge 
 of lytell blod, toke there prysoners the erle of_Oxenforde, Wilham de Mout Canise, 
 Adam de New Market, sir Baldewyn Wake, and Hughe Neuyle, with dyuers other, and 
 sir Symonde fledde into the castell, & so escaped. Then these forenamed prysoners were 
 all sent vnto Glouceter, and there put in suer kepyng. 
 
 " In this meane whyle, sir Symonde, erle of Leyceter, toke leue of the kynge, whicbe 
 than from Herforde passed ^ ryuer of Seiiern, and so yode vnto Worceter, & the erle, \v 
 great payne, passed the brydges before by sir Edwarde broken, and passed the countrees 
 in gaderynge of people as he went, so- that in processe he had with hym stronge power: 
 wherof heryng, sir Edwarde costed towarde hym, and the. vi. daye of Augustemette with •?■•/• «f««"^ 
 
 'j^ hym at Euisham in Worcetershyre, where atwene theym was foughten a cruell fyght; in 
 the whicbe at length was slayne thesayd sir Symonde, and sir Henry his sone and heyre, 
 sir Hugh le Spencer, sir Peter de Mountforde, & many other noble men y helde vpon 
 the barons party. 
 
 After whiche scomfyture, some malicious dysposed persones, in despyte of the erle, kut 
 
 " of his hode and his dismyssaries, and fastened iheym vpon evther syde of his nose, and 
 after made a present therof vnto the wyfe of syr Roger Mortymer ; his fete also and his 
 handes were kut from the body, and sent to sundry places, and the trunke of his body 
 beryed within the churche of Euisham. [Of this erle spekyih Ranulph, Monke of Ches- 
 ter, in his boke of Policronicon, and calleth hym Symou the ryghtwyse, sayinge that 
 
 ^God wrought for hym miriicles after hfe dclh : the whiche for fere of the kynge, and sir 
 Edwarde liis sone, were kept close and secret, so ihat no man durst speke of theym.]' 
 Soone after this victory thus opteyned by syr Edwarde, the kynge and he mette; by whose 
 auctoryties all prysoniM-s, then whiche were in hoide in dyuers places, by the comaude- 
 ment [of ^ sayd sir Edwarde]* ~^ere set at lybertie, and many oilier dayly accused & set 
 
 Join for theym. And aboute tiie Natyuyte of our Lady, a parlyament was holden at Wyn- 
 chester; where, by auctcrytie ot the same, all statutes afld ordenaunces before made by 
 the barons at Oxeiifoide, in the. xli. yeie of the kyng, were vtteriy fordon and set at 
 nought; and all bondes & wrytynges made by the kynge or any other, for the obseruynge 
 of the same, «Tere cancelled and broken. Also at this counsayll was ordeyned that all 
 
 ^-suche as had fauoured the barons, were they in pryson or at large, shuld be disherited. 
 And than the kynge resumyd into his hande, all grauntes before made & gyuen to any per- 
 sone. And for sir Symonde de Mountforde myght nat agre withy kynge at the parlyament, 
 he was restoryd to tlie castel of Kenelworth, as he before was assured; the which he witli 
 sir Henry de Hastynges & other kept longe after. 
 
 *» Whan the parlyament was ended, the kynge came vnto Wyndesore \v a great power^ 
 entendyng, as the fame then wente, to distroye the cytie of London, for the great ire antl 
 displesaure^ he had vnto it: wherof herynge the mayre and aldermen, were stryken in a 
 wonderfull fere ; albeit many of the rabbishe and wylde comoncrs, were in full purpose to 
 haue defended the cytie agayne the kynge : and thus amonge them were dyuers and many 
 
 «xoppinyons, and no wonder, for at those dayes the cytie was inhabyted w many maner of 
 riacios, whiche then were admytted for cytezens. 
 
 LAstly, by grace and sad counsayll of the best of ^ cytie, they condessendyd to make 
 a supply cacion to the kynge, & sende it by some relygyous peisone : of y whiche they 
 made dyuers, and sent theym by sondry persones ; but all aduayled ryght nought, for the 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. onfy. ' of the barons. MS. 
 
 kynge 
 
35g SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 
 
 kynge was so gfeuously ensensyd by some of his counsayl agayne the cytezeyosj that he 
 
 wolde nat loke vpon none of theyr supplycacions : and if any man spake for theynj, he 
 
 I soone wolde makesuche countenaunce, y men whiche were in his fauoure fered to speke 
 
 for them. Then y' cytezeyns were coiisaylled by theyr frendes y they shuld make a wry- 
 
 ftynge, and seale it with theyr comgn seale, by vertue wherof they shulde offer theym selfe 
 to put theym hooly in the kynges grace and mercy, touchyng their lyues and goodes : ac- 
 cordynge to f whiche counsayll they deuysed a wrytynge, and sealed it with theyr comon 
 seale, & y done, chase, viii. persones of y' cytie, such as had fredes in f court, & sent 
 theym towarde Wyndesore the. vi. day of October: vpon whyche day they encountered, 
 
 /obeyotide Colbroke, a knyght of the kynges called syr Roger Leyborne, the whiche re- 
 tourned the sayed. viii. persones vnto the cyte ; and he also rode withe them tyl he cam 
 nere vnto the cytee, and there departed from theym, and rode vpon the backesyde of f 
 towne vnto f Toure : but, at his departynge, he wyjled theym to warne the mayre, with a 
 certayne of the cytie to mete with hym vpon the morowe at Berkynge Churche, whiche 
 
 /rstadeth nere vnto the Toure. . Vpon the morowe, when f mayre & f sayd sir Roger were 
 met, he, after a longe processe made, shewed to them of ^ kynges greuous displeasur which he 
 bare toward the cytie, & of ^ meanes that had ben vsed by their frendes & louers, to e^pteyne 
 grace for f cytie: lastly he expressed that no grace for theym myght be had, except they 
 wolde, by their comon seale, bynde theym selfe fully & hooly to stande at the kynges grace, 
 
 z«& to put in his mercy theyr lyues & goodes. Wherunto, intheende, the cytezeyns graunted 
 & delyuered the foresaid wrytynge vnto the sayd sir Roger, prayeng hym to be good meane 
 for theym vnto the kyng; the which departed towarde the kynge vpon the morowe, and re- , 
 tourned agayne the. vi. day after, and wylled the mayre and aldermen to mete with hym 
 agayne at^ foresaid churche,;^ where he shewed to theym that the kynge, by great instaunce 
 
 »'of theyr frendes, had receyued theyr wrytyng ; and wolde firste, for the begynnynge of 
 contentacyon of his mynde, that all the chaynes whiche stode at euery strete and lanes 
 ende with in the cytie, shuld be lowsyd from theyr postes, and the postes also drawen out 
 of the erthe, and all to be brought vnto the Toure. And that done, that the mayre with 
 a certayne of the cytezeyns, to the nombre of. xl. persones, shulde, the day folowyng, be 
 
 Scat Wyndesore, to conf^rme y' graunt of fheyre wry tinge : and that they shulde goo and 
 come in safe and suer wyse, he delyuered to theym the kynges letter & seale for the terme 
 of. iiii. dayes, whyche all was done according to theyr former deuyse; and the mayre with 
 f foresayd persons was redy at Wyndesore, vpo the morowe beyng Sonday, by one of f 
 clocke, and there taryed tyll. iiii. of the same daye. At whiche season the kynge, co- 
 
 3rmynge from his disporte, entred the castell without countenauce, or ones castyoge his iyen 
 vpon the Londoners : & when the kynge & his people was entred f castell, the London- 
 ers wold haue folowed-; but they were warned to abyde without. Than, in short tyme af- 
 ter, the kynge caused a proclamacyon to be made that no man of hyghe or lowe degree, 
 to the Londoners shuld make any sayinges of displeasure, or make to theym any quarell. 
 
 "^And, in the euenynge, came vnto theim ^foresaid sir Roger &sir Robert Waleys, knyghtes, 
 and brought theim into f castell, and sayd that the kynges pleasure was nat to speke wi^ 
 theym that nyght : and after, the sayd knyghtes delyuered theym vnto the constable of 
 the castell, whiche closed theym all in a large. Toure, where, that nyght, they had small 
 chere & wors lodgynge. 
 
 4r Then vpon the morowe, beynge Mondaye, towarde nyght, they were taken out of that 
 Toure, & delyuered vnto the baylly of y; sayd castell, & lodged by his assignement, ex- 
 cept V. persones ; that is to meane, Thomas Fiz Thomas than mayre, Mychiell Tony, 
 Stephan Bukkerell, Thomas Pywellisdon, & lohii de Flete ; the whiche. v. persones the 
 kyng had gyuen to sir Edwarde his sone, at whose comaundement they remayned styll in 
 
 Tothe sayd Toure longe after, natwithstandyng the kynges sauecundyte to theym, as before 
 is shewed & made. When tydynges hereof came vnto the cytie of London, ' albeit y, for 
 feare, many before were aduoyded j theiie there auoyded many moo, & conueyed theyr 
 
 gobde* 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 559 
 
 goodes in secrete wyse into dyuers countres of Englande, so that many of theym neuer 
 fbtourned after. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.Ixiiii. Anno Domini. M.CCJxv, Fd. «*w% 
 
 Thomas de la Fourdeous*. 
 
 r Thomas fitz Thomas. Anno. xlix. 
 
 Gregory Rokkylse. 
 
 IN this. xlix. yere, vpon f daye of seynt Leonardo, or the. vi. daye of Nouember, the 
 kynge came vnto Westntiynster, and shortely after he gaue vnto dyuers of his housholde 
 seruauntes vpon thre score houses and howsholdes within the cytie, so that the owners 
 
 owere compelled to agre & redeme their houses and housholde, witli all goodes as in theym 
 were, or ellys to auqyde and sufFre such persones to enter as the sayde house were gyuen 
 vnto; and natalonely that, but also all suchelandes& tentes, goodes, & catailes, as the 
 sayd cytezeyns had in any other places of Englande. And than he made custos or gar- 
 deyn of f cytie, syr Othon constable of the Toure, whiche syr Othon chase to be bayl- 
 
 'rlyues vnder hym, and to be to hym accomptable to the vse of the kyng, lohii Adrian & 
 Walter Heruy, cytezeyns of the same cytie : & after this, f kynge toke pledges of the best 
 mennes s5nes of the cytie, that his peas shuld be syerly kepte iVin the same; the whiche 
 %vere put in the Toure of Lodon, and there kept at the coste of theyr paretes. And 
 shortly after, by great laboure & suyte made, all the forsayd persones, which shuld be in 
 
 »«1he kepyng of f baylly of the castell of Wyndesore iiii. oonly except, y is to saye Rich- 
 arde Bonauenture, Symon de Hadisstok, Wyllyam de Kent, & William de Glouceter; 
 all f other Londoners, xxxi.* in nomber were delyuered, and came to London the Thurs- 
 day folowynge the feast of seynt Luke, in the. xxi. daye of Nouember; & the other, ix. 
 were kept styll in the Toure of Wyndesore. 
 
 ■>^ Then dayly suyte & laboure was made vnto the l^nge to haue his gracyous fauour, and 
 to knowe his pleasure what fyne he wolde haue of the cytie, for their transgressions & 
 displeasure by theim to hym done: for the whiche f kyng asked. xl.M.li. and fermely 
 helde hym at. Z.M. marke. 13ut the cytie layde for them ^ the poore comons of the cytie, 
 wherof many were auoyded, were the trespassours, and ouer f the best men of j cytie 
 
 36by thyse ryotous persones were spoyled & robbid ; and by the rouers also of f see, as the 
 "wardeyns of the. v. portes & other, in this troublous season, they had loste a great part 
 of theyr subataunce: for the whiche cdsyderacions & many other, whiche were tedious 
 to wryte, f cytezeyns besought the kynge of his moste gracious fauour & pyte, & to take 
 of theym as they myght here. 
 
 is" This maiyer thus hangyng, f kyng vp6 seynt Nycholas euyn, departed from Westmyn- 
 ster towarde Northampton, and, lytell before his departyng, ordeyned syr lohii Lynde 
 knyght, & mayster lohii Waldren, clerke, to be gardeynes of the cytie & Toure ; the 
 which were named in the kynges wrytyng, senesshawles or stewardes of 5^ cytie. Vpon the 
 day folowynge f the kynge was ryden, these, ii. forenamed stewardes sent for. xxiiii. of 
 
 '^the moste notable men of the cytie, and warned theym to apere f day folowyng before 
 the kynges counsayll at Weslmynster : where, at theyr apparaunce, was shewed vnto them 
 by syr Roger Leyborne, y the kyngs mynde was, that they shuld haue the rule of f cytie 
 in his absens, vnder the foresayd senesshawles, and for to se good rule kepte within the 
 cytie, they shuld be sworne there before his cousayll ; the whiche there were then sworne 
 
 ¥r& countermaunded vnto f cytie, and alway labour was made vnto the kynge for the fyne 
 of the cytie. 
 
 So that, in the Cristmas weke, an ende was made with the kynge, by labour of stiche 
 frendes as the cytie had about hym, for the sume of. xx.M. marke, for all transgressions 
 
 ' Thom&s de la Foirde. Gregory Rokkysle. MS. and edit. 1559. " «xxiiii. edit. 1533. 1543. 1 "i^g. 
 
 & offences 
 
^0 ' SEPTIMA PARS HENRIGI TERTII. 
 
 & offences by them before done ; (certayne persones excepted, whiche the kynge had gyuen 
 to syr Edwarde his sone, beynge, as before is sayd, in the Toure of Wyndesore ;) for the. 
 payment of which siime, at dayes by agrement stalled, syr Roger Lieyborne and maister 
 Robert Wareyn, clerke, were assygaed to take the suertyes for the same. After whiche 
 -■"suyertie by theym receyued, and'sehte vnto the kynge to Northampton, the kynge sent 
 immediatly aftqr. vnto the cytezeyns a charter vnder his brode seale, wherof the effpjct en- 
 eueth. 
 
 " HEnry, by the grace of God kynge of Englande, lord of Irelande, & duke of Guyan, 
 to al men helthe. Knowe ye that for the fyne of. xx.M. marke, the whiche oure cyr 
 
 /atezeynsof Londo to vs made, for the redemcion of the transgressions & trespaces to \'s,, 
 to oure quene, to oure noble brother Rychar^e kynge of Almayne, & to Edward pure 
 fyrst begote sone done, we remytte & pardone for vs & for our heyres, to the sayde ci- 
 tesins and theyre heyres, as moche as in vs is; so that they haue & enioye all theyre.for-j 
 mer grauntes and lybertees, rentis and profittes, fro the feste of Crystmas last paste, and 
 
 ralso that the sayd cytezeyns haue to them all forfaytes of all malefac^tours of that cytie, 
 whiche, in the parturbaiice before made, were indyted, or for the same be, yet for to be en- 
 ■dyted, except the goodes & catalles of theym of the whiche we haue gyuen the bodyes 
 vnto our forsayd sone Edwarde; and except the rentes and tenementes of all those cy- 
 tezeyns whiche nowe be & shalbe our escheate by reason of the forsayd transgressyons j 
 
 1^^ that all prysoners whiche now in our prysons remayne, be freely delyuered, except 
 those persones whose bodyes we haue gyuen to Edwarde pur sone; and that the sayd cy- 
 tezeyns be as fre as they before the sayd transgressions were, in all partes & coestes of this 
 our lande. In wytnes sfrherof we haue made thyse letters palentes. Wytnesseth my self 
 at Northampton^ the. x. daye of lauuarii, the yere of our reygne. xlix." 
 
 ■M"' After whiche pardone by the cytezeyns receyued, all pledges for theym, beyng in the 
 Toure of London, and also. iiii. of them that were in the Toure of Wyndesore, that is 
 to say, Richarde Bonauenture, Symon de Hadistoke, Willyam of Kent, and Willyar^ 
 of Glouceter were delyuered. 
 
 Thanne also was discharged the forenamed stuwardes, sir lohn Lynde & maister lohn 
 
 !» Waldren, a«d the cytezeyns of theym selfe chose for mayre Willyam fiz Richarde, and 
 for shyreffes Thomas de la Fourde and Gregory de Rokkysley. Than for leuyinge of this 
 fyne were set as well seruauntes, couenaiit men, as husholders, & many refuced the ly- 
 berties of the cytie for to be quyt of that charge. 
 
 Whyle the kynge lay thus at Northampton, sir Symonde Mountforde put hym vpon the 
 
 3f dome of [the popes legat Octabonus,]' that before was come into this lande to refourme 
 thynges in the Churche of Englade, and also to set vnyte & reste atwene the kynge & hia 
 lords, to whose dome [he submytted by,]* & also of f kyng of Romayns, the foresayd 
 sir Symond had bouden hym to stande : vpon ^yhich proniyse and bande, he was lybertied 
 to be at large in the kynges courte', and so contynued a season ; but, in ^ ende, when the 
 
 M«kyng was comen into London, he departed sodaynly out of the court, & rode vnto Wyn- 
 
 chelsee, where he accompanyed hym w the rouers of f see, and after some pryses- taken, 
 
 departed^ from theim, & so sayled into Frauce, & put hym I seruyce yf holy Lowys, than 
 
 kyng of y prouynce. 
 
 |W.«/. '^'^'^ y^""^ *^sOj vpon the euyn of seynt lohii Baptyst, the kynge began his siege about 
 
 To the castel of Kenel worth with a mighty power ; but sir Henry Hastynges, with suche as 
 were within it, defended it so strongly that the kynge & all his power myghte nat wynne 
 the sayde castell of a longe tyme, as after in y next yere shall appere. 
 
 It is before shewed howe the quene, by her puruiaunce, had caused an host of straii. 
 
 ^ . 'Octobonus the legate, edit. 1542. 1559. ' Ow^erfw f^ edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 gers 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 361 
 
 gers to prepayre thetnto come into Eaglande for -to ayde her lorde the kyoge, agayoe the 
 barons : she had also purchased a curse of the pope', to a curse all f said barons, and all 
 theyr ayders and helpers; & had cOmyssyons directed to certayne bysshoppes of Englande 
 to execut the same, as of Lodon, & of Wynchester, & of Chychester, the whiche, for fere 
 rof f barons, than denyed and deferred the execucion and sentence of the sayd curse. 
 Wherfore f quene made newe labour to y pope', than Vrban the. iiii*., that had it grauted 
 that the sayd byshoppes for theyr disobedyence shuld be corrected; and for this Octobon, 
 the foresaid legat, this yere, at a counsayl holden by hym and the clergy of Englande, at 
 Pauleschurche in London, suspended the sayde bysshoppes and theym sent vn to Rome 
 '0 to be assoyled of [the pope, beynge, at this daye, J Clement the, iiii. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.Ixv. Anno Domini. M.CC.lsvi, 
 
 Edwarde Bl^nt. 
 Thomas Fiz Thomas. ^ Anno. 1. 
 
 Peter Aunger. 
 
 '-r IN this. 1. yere, vpon f euyn of seyt Thomas y apostle, before Cristemas, was yelden by 
 appoyntemet^ castell of Kenelworthe, at the whiche the kynge with his power had lyen, 
 as before is sayde, frome Mydsomer tyll that day ; and than gyuen oyer by sir Henry 
 Hastynges & his complycis, vpon condycyon that he and all the other shulde haue lyfe and 
 lym, and horse and barneys, with all thynges within the castell to theym belongynge, and 
 voa certayne tyme of leyser to cary away the same. And in this yere, in the tyme of Lent, 
 were the wardeyns of ^. v. portes, reconcyled to y kynge by fauour of syr Edwarde, f kynges 
 sone ; and natwithstandynge the great harmys they had done by rouing vpon the see, as- 
 well to Englysshe marchauntes as to other, they had to them confermyd all theyr fourmer 
 pryuyleges : and ouer that to theym was graunted, y if any man, Englyssh or other, 
 
 ii"wolde sewe for restitucion of good by theym before taken, or for thedeth of any of theyr 
 frendes before slayne, f ^\ such complayntes shuld be sued"& shewed in theyr courts, & 
 there to haue theyr matyers determyned & nat ellys where. But what y^ cause Was of this 
 ende'thus made atwene the kynge & theym it is nat shewed ; but the coraon fame at that 
 daye ran, f the sayd wardeyns of v. portes had, at this daye, the domynyon of the see: 
 
 jawherfore the kynge was fayne to folowe their pleasures. 
 
 Aboute the feast of Philip & lacob, the kynge helde his parlyamet at Northampton, at 
 the whiche were confermyd the olde fraiichyses & lybertyes, by the kyngs progenitours 
 before graufed vnto the dytie of Lotidon, w a newe graunt for the shyre of Myddelsex. 
 And at this parlyamet were disheryted many noble men of the lande, that before tyme had 
 
 3j-taken the barons partie ; for whiche cause they accompanyed theym togyder, & robbed 
 and reuyd in dyuers coosts of the lande, and toke the lowne of Lyncolii, & spoyled it, 
 and after raunsomed many of the ryche burgeyses of the towhe, and toke the He of Ely, 
 & strengthed it in suche wyse f they helde it longe after. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lxvi. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxvii. 
 
 % ^ lohii Adryan. 
 
 Willm Fiz Richarde*. Anno. 11. 
 
 Luke Badecol*. 
 
 IN this. li. yere, at y^ chosynge of the mayre, certayne contrauersies fyll attwene the 
 
 rulers & the comons of the cytie of London ; wherfore by aduyce of the mayre and alder- 
 
 uf men, sir Roger Leyborne, w other, came vnto Guyldhalle, beynge harneysed vnder 
 
 theyr gownes ; and, vpon the Frydaye folowyng Halhalowyn, called the comons to the 
 
 eleccion of the newe mayre, where the best of the cytie gaue the nominacion vnto Aleya 
 
 • Bjrshop of Rome, edit 1542. ' thyrde. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Omitted in edit. 1542, 1559.* 
 
 * AlaiD Souch. «dit. 1559* inmarg, * Luke Betencourt. edit. 1559. m Pffg' 
 
 3 A Sowch, 
 
■Sfit: SEPT-IMA PARS HENnrcr TERTrr. 
 
 Sowch, & dyuerse of ^ other cryed vpon Thomas FiVThomas, whiche, at that jtyme^^ was^ 
 prysoner in Wyndesor© casteH ;. wherfore the sayd Roger, with the assysteuce of the 
 mayre and other, toke the sayd rascall 8c eaytl disposyd: persones, and sent tbeym vnto dy- 
 uers prysons. This yett abo the gentylliaeB>that hekie the He of Ely, brake oute sondFy^ 
 
 rtymes, & dyd moche harme io Norfolke, atid'SufFolke, and Cambridgeshyre, and toke the- 
 cytie of Norwyche, and after the spoylyng therof caryed away with theym many of the- 
 fcytezeyns, beynge fycbe, and fynauncyd th^ytn at great siimes of money, and lyued there 
 1 that ile lyke vnto outlawed. By this & other many hurtes in dyuers piaces of the ian<$e 
 was done by theuys, & other yll disposed people^ wherof the charge was euer kyde vnto. 
 [ti.7;ea.37.]'»f^forenameAgetylme; The f legat laboured vnto f kynge, ^Ihe sayd di»heryted gentyl- 
 men myght purchase theyr landes of hy-m. by fyne, & raunsome, by whose labetire the 
 kynge lastly agreed that tRe sayd'gentylmen shulde haue theyr fanded agayoe by fynes of.v-. 
 yere value of theyr lande ; as he that myght dispende. \x.lL hyyete, shuJd paye an. CM. 
 and so other after that rale^ extept^sir Bibbert Ferers erle of Derby, sir lohn de la Waf».. 
 
 ij^and hym that strake of the fyste of the kynges purseuaunt, and some other persones,. 
 whiche were of small hauoure'', shttldbe fyned by discrecioa of the kynges counsayll ;. 
 but this toke nooconelusion. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCJxvii.. Aa»o Domini.. M.CC.lxviiii. 
 
 Thomas Bai^n^.. 
 ao Aleyn South*. Anno. lii. 
 
 Robert de Gbmhylle.. 
 
 IN this; lii. yere, for what hapisnat expressed, Sir (jrylberfede Clare erle of Glbceterr 
 refused the kynge, and, in the Marche of Wiillys, ga^ryd vnto hym a stronge power; (to« 
 whome also drewe sir lohS Eyuile and other of the eompany disherited^) and after the 
 
 T^'feest of Crystemasse, with a great boost came nere vnto London : that tyme,the. popes*^* 
 legat Octobonus beynge lodgyd at the Toure of London. 
 
 Whan ^. mayre and aldermen of the cytie weue ware ©f the erli« comynge with so»- 
 stronge a power^ nat knowynge whether he were the feynges frende or nat,,shytte the 
 gates agayne his fore ryders; and for the kynge nor none of his counsayll was than nere 
 
 ' vnto the cytie, the mayre and aWerme went vnto the legat, and reqoyred his eoonsayll^ 
 whether they shuld suffre the erle to entre into y^ cytis or nat;.. wherunto-the legat answer- 
 ed y he thought nat the coiitrary, for be knewe wele that he wasthe kynges trewe subgefe 
 and frende. It was nat loge after, that a^messanger canie from the erle vnto the mayre,. 
 willyng to haue lycenee to passe thoragh the cytie into Southwerke, where he entendyd to- 
 
 35 lodge bym and his people ; which was grauted, & so^ erie passed'thorough the cytie, and 
 was lodged inSouthwerke : toiwhom came shortly, after, by Southerej syde, sir lohn Ey- 
 uile with a great company. 
 
 Than the mayre kept the gate of the hrydge shyfr, and'ws^tched it dayly with a certayne- 
 of armyd men, and, euery nyght, caused f, drawe brydge to. be drawen, and the 
 
 .r waters syde dayly. and nyghtly to be watched with many armyd men. laly^ell pro>^ 
 cesse of tyme after, the liegat & the erle agreed-in such ■wyse that theerfe,. by his aduyce^ 
 was suffered V? a eertayn of his people tobe lodged win ^ cytie ; by reason wherof he 
 dayly drewe more & more of his people intof cytie : so f fynally, many thynges were or- 
 dered by hym, and many^of the Gomons toke bis partie agayne the mayre and aldermen. 
 
 ifr Then, m the Easter wcke,. he toke the keyJes of the brydge & of the gates. fEom the offy- 
 cers of the cytie and delyuered theym to suche as pleased hyro, and^recejajed into the; 
 eytie many of tte disheryted persones, and gaue to tbeyra fre lybertie to passe the brydge 
 \,y all houres of the daye and the nyght. The mayre of all this sent worde vnto f kyn&; 
 whiche than was gadersnge of his power in Norffolk,and made hasty, spede lowarde Loo^ 
 
 ^9^ kIU 
 
 f 
 
 »kefeavoure.-edit. J542, 1559, » Hugh fitz Thomas^edit. 1559. in fflwg. ' %ihop of Jlomes,.edit. 154?^ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TEETIL S6S 
 
 'flsn. In whkhe meane tyme, the erle with bis company made buiwerkes and barbycanys 
 atwene the Toure and the cytie, and caste dykes & trenches in some places of the cytie^ 
 and fortyfyed it wonderously. 
 
 Then many of the cyiezeyns, ferynge a newe insurreccion, voyded the cytie as secrete- 
 
 ''ly as they mygbt, whose goodes the erle seased to his owne vse, or suffred his men to 
 «poylc th^m «t tbeyr pleasare. Than the comons of f cytie forgat theyr late punyssb* 
 ment, and, as men without drede of God or of tbeyr kynge, toke certayne of the alder- 
 men, & caste theym in prysone, and sequestryd theyr goodes & dispoyled moche therof ; 
 and therupon canne to Guyldhalle, and there chose for their mayre, or for custos or ruler 
 of f cytie, sir Richarde de Culwortb knygbt, and for baylyues Robert de Lynton & Ro- 
 ger Marshall, and discharged the olde mayre & sheryffes: and y done all such prysoners 
 as were in New^te, Lttdgate, & Crepylgate, or in any other prysons win the cytie, for 
 "bycause the barons warre before passed, they were delyuered & sette at lybertie. 
 
 Whan the legat behelde all this rebellion & discorde he repented hym of his fourmer 
 
 mcousayll gyuen vnto the mayre, and for he sawe he myght nat refourme f erle of his er- 
 Tour, he thretened hym with<tbecensuries of.the Churche, & toaccurse hym as the dis- 
 heryted were. And vpon this be comaunded the deuyne seruyce to be sayd without note, 
 and that the churche dores to be shytte in tyme of the seruyce doynge, and that no belle 
 were ronge vnto the sayde seruyce, and all to tbentenl that p disheryted, wbiche stode ac- 
 
 2«cursed, shald nat «ntred>e ■churches to here the deuyne seruyce of God. 
 
 Thennevpon. iii, wekes after Easter, the kynge came to hym'. iii. myles from London, 
 and was lodged hym selfe in the abbey of wliyte monkes of Stratforde, whyther came vn- 
 to >bym. the legat soone after, and was lodged also in the same abbey, where for streyght- 
 nes of lodgynge 'bis horse and mules were sette within the cloyster of the sayd abbey. 
 
 sfThen 'f kynges^hosst made dayly assautes vpon the cytie, and gunnes & other ordynauces 
 was shotte'into the cytie, whkhe lytell or no tbyng liurte the towne, it was so strongly for- 
 •tyfied. 
 
 In thifi season the legat vpon his partye, and the kynge of Romayns vpon f other par- 
 tie, for allyaunce that was atwene hym and f erle of Glouceter, laboured so to the kynge. 
 
 jo that a reformacun of peas was spoken of; durynge wbiche treaty, the souldyourrs lyinge in 
 "Southwerke made many robboryes in Southerey and other places, & rowed ouer to West- 
 mynster, and spoyled there the kynges palays, and deuoqred his wyne, & breke the glasse 
 >of the wyndowes, and all other necessaryes to that paiayes they distroyed and wasted ; 
 and somlymes came in lykewyse into London, and robbed there also. Of the ivhiche there 
 
 3j-was taken, iiii. that bare f conysaunce of the erle of Derby, the whiche the erle caused 
 theyr handes and legges to be bounden, and than put int« a sacke, and so caste into the 
 Thamys. < 
 
 Aboute the feast of seint Barnabe, the peas atwene the kyng and the erle of Glouceter 
 was concluded : after the whiche conclucion taken, the erle remouyd out of f cytie, and 
 
 wwas lodged agayne in Southwerke, and the kynge entred the cytie the Sonday before 
 Mydsomer Daye, and forthwith the kynges proclamacions were made thorough the cytie 
 of the peas bytwene the kynge and the erle. And after was gyuen lybertie to the cKs- 
 beryted persones that they shulde haue. xi. dayes respyte to shyft for theym selfe ; that 
 is to meane outher to auoyde to suche places where, they myght be in some suertie, or 
 
 '. ellys'to agree to the former composicion made by the legat, and to pay the. v. part of 
 
 the stynte of tbeyr landes, certayne persones to be excepted, as before is rehersed. And 
 
 as towchyng to the erle, and suche other as before were nat disheryted, with also the cy- 
 
 tezeyns of London, to be clerely forgyuen and pardoned. 
 
 And than was restored to theyr o%ces, Aleyne Sowch for mayre, & Thomas Basynge 
 
 ' to Ham. 
 
 S A i «od 
 
36* SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 
 
 and Robert de CornehuU for shyrefFes, -and the aldermen, whiche before were deposyd, 
 were agayne restored tctheyr, wardes and ofTyces. ' , . , :; 
 
 Vpon the Wedriysday folowyng the legat interdyted all the cytie, whiche, endured ft-om. 
 vi. of the clocke in J^ mornynge tyll. iii. of the clok the next daye at afternone, and .than 
 
 it discharged vpon the othe of. ii. comons, svvorne in the;name of all the cytie, that the 
 cytie shulde stande to the brdenatsmce and iugement of holy Ch^rcbp.. But an other 
 Cronycle* sayth that this interdiccyon shulde haue- contynued longer, ne had been, the 
 sterenesse of the Londoners, which helde the le^at so streyght; that they enforced hym 
 to withdrawe that sentence vpon the foresayd condycion. . ^i. 
 
 to r Than, after this, all the bulwerkes and barbycahs made by the erle in the cytie were 
 plucked clene vp, and the dyches fylled that no part of theyra was seen. Whan f cyte- 
 zens shuld haue theyr newe pardon graunted; an obstacle was made,, for somoch as thpy 
 as yet had nat recorapensyd the kynge of Romayns for the subuercion of his mano' of 
 Thystylworth, for the whiche was axed. vi.M. marke,;.so, that fynally with great labour 
 
 [rand frendshyp, they agreed to gyue vnto by for a mendes a thousande marke, to be 
 payed ifa two yeres, 
 
 , It was nat longe after the kynge accepted, to his grace syr lohn Eyuyle, syr Nicholas 
 de Segrane, syr Wyllyam Marraerin or Mermyon, syf Richarde Gray, syr lohn fizIohS 
 and syr Gylbert de Lucy 'vf other; and accorde-was also made atwene. syr Edwarde th? 
 
 2olcynges sone &y.forenamed erle of Gloceter, And than.was all fGrtre!jse§.& other de- 
 fences, which before tyme were there made i Southwerk'& i other places ioynynge to the 
 same, puUyd vp &distroyed, and the erle & al other souldyourselene voyded. And af- 
 ter all thyoges setftf'ordre & reste, except such as yet kept the He of Ely, the kynge 
 rode to Sbrowysbury, where he taryed a sedson for to comon of matyers atwene hym^ 
 zrLewelyn prynce of Walys. , 
 
 fii.Kiii, . The kynge thus beyng at Shrowysbury, a wryt was directed to^ sir Aleyn Souch may re 
 
 of London, viii. dayes before Michilmas from the kynge, chargynge hym y the cytezens 
 shuld nat precede to eleccion of newe shyreffes tyl his eomynge to London, but to sufFre 
 the olde to abyde styll in oflEyce. 
 
 : Ango Domini. M.CC.Ixvm. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxix. 
 
 William de Durham'. 
 Aleyn South*. Anno. liii. 
 
 Walter Henry'. 
 
 IN this. liii. yere, in f mbneth of Nouembre, fyll a varyaunce atwene the felysshyppes 
 3rof goldsmythes & taylloures of London, whiche grewe to makynge of parties, so that 
 w the goldsmythes toke partie the felysshep or craft of , and with tlie tayllours 
 
 helde y craft of stayners* ; by meane of this moche people nyghtly gaderyd in the stretes 
 in barneys, and at length as it were prouy^ied, th^ thirde nyght of the sayd parties mette 
 vpon the hombre of. v.C. men on both sydes, & ran togyder with such vyolence that some 
 ifcwere slayne &'many wouded. Then outcry was made, so that y shyreffes, with strengthe 
 of other comons, cariie to the ryddynge of theym, and of theym toke certayne persones, 
 .and. sent theym vnto dyuers prysons; & vpon the morowe, such serche was made, y the 
 moste of tbe chief causers of that fray were taken and put in warde. 
 
 Then vpon the Fryday folowynge saynt Katheryns daye, sessyOns were kepte at N'ew- 
 j/j-gateby the may re and Laurence de Broke iustyce & other, where, xxx. of the sayd per- 
 sones were aVregned of felony, and. xiii. of theym caste and hanged : and for one God- 
 frey de Beuyrlay holpe to arme one of the sayde persones, he was also caste araonge the 
 other. In Lent folowynge the kynge, beyng at Westmynster, comauded the mayre of 
 
 " William de Duremsou. edit. 1559- * Souch: edit. 1633. 1542. 1559. ^ Walter Hervie. edit. 
 
 iS59' in marg. * Cordewayners. MS, 
 
 London 
 
SEFTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 8^ 
 
 London to present vnto hym. vi. persones, sucfae as were able to be shyreffys ; of the 
 whiche. vi. so presented, the kynge chase, ii. for to be shyrelFes/that is to saye, Wyllyam 
 de Durham and Walter Hem-y, & then caused them to be sworne that they shuld gader 
 the profytes of the cytie, & to gyue a trewe accompt before the barons of his excbeker. 
 
 -T- And the morowe after seynt lamys daye, of the. xxvi. daye of lulii, the kyiige dis- 
 charged syr Aleyn Souch mayre, and made Stephan Edworth constable of the Toure 
 and custos of the cytie of London. Of these rulers of the cytie, after the yere that Tho- 
 mas fitz Thomas was maire, are dyuers oppynyons ; for after some wryters, from that 
 yere, whiche was y. xiviii. yere of kynge Henry, tyll the. Iviii. ycre of his reygne, in 
 
 'owhich yere lohn Adrian di'aper was mayre, were al custodyes & gardeyns, and no mayres: 
 & who tho that was than constable of the Toure of London, was also custos of the cytie. 
 Aboute this tyme also, by medyacion and meanes of syr Edwarde, alle suche disheryted 
 persones. as kepte the lie of Ely were reconciled vnto the kynge, and all fortresses & 
 defences therin by theym made, plukked away & distroyed. And in this moneth of lulii, 
 
 '-''Octabonus the legat, after he had made many good rules in the Churche, nat with out 
 great charge of dymes leuyed of f same, toke his leue of the kyng and rode towarde f 
 see syde with great treasour, and so retourned in processe of tyme to Rome ; where af- 
 ter Innocent the fyfth, aboute the yere of our Lorde. xii.C.lxxvi. he was chosen & creatid 
 pope*, and than named Adrian the. v. of that name, & died within. 1. dayes of his elec- 
 
 iocion. This yere also, for somoche as many of the cytezeyns of London, for the great 
 imposicion and charge y they were sette at towarde the fyne of xx.M. jparke forenamed, 
 •with other charges, voyded the cytie \V tlicyr housholdes and goodes^ anaenhabyted theym 
 in dyuers places of thelande, thynkynge therby to be acquyted of ^ sayd sessynge or 
 charge ; wherfore the other of the cytie which remayned, made instant laboure to f kyng, 
 
 7C& had it grauted, that ail such as for the sayd cause had voyded theyr goodes oute gf the 
 cytie shuld be distreyned by the sheriffe of y shyre where they than dwelled, and forcyd 
 to pay all siiche siimes as they before were assessed at. 
 
 And in the inoiieth of September, the forenamed. v. cytezeyns whiche remayned pry- 
 soners in the Toure of Wyndesore, that is to saye Thomas Fiz Thomas, Mychaell Tony, 
 
 it Stephen Bukkerell, Thomas Pywelysdon and lohii de la Flete, as before in f ende of the. 
 xiviii. yere is expressyd, made at this season theyr ende with syr Edwarde the kynges sone, 
 for great siimes of money, and were delyuered. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lxix. Anno Domini. M.CC.Ixx. 
 
 Willyam Haddistok, 
 3-tT Thomas fitz Thomas. Anno, xliiii. 
 
 Anketyll de Aluerne. 
 
 IN this, liiii. yere beganne an harde froste aboute the fest of seynt Andrewe and en- 
 duryd tyll it was nere vnto Candelmasse, the whiche was so feruent that Thamys aboue^ 
 brydge atwene London & Westmynster was so harde frosyn y men & beestes passed ouer 
 .'On fote from Lambhyth to Westmynster, and so vpwarde in dyuers places to Kyngstone; 
 & marchaiidyse was caryed from Sandwych and other hauyns of the see vnto London by 
 lande, for that shyppes at that season myght nat entre into y ryuerof Thamys. 
 
 And aboute the feast of seynt Vedast fyll suche plente of water, that Thamys flowyd 
 and rose so hygh that the lyke therof was nat seen by men than lyuynge ; wberof ensuyd 
 ^inoch harms aboute London : for the selers by the water syde were all drowned, and in 
 theym great plente of marchaiidyse perysshed and loste. In this yere, in the begynnynge 
 of Lent, the kynge gaue vnto sir Edwarde his sone the rule of the cytie of London, with 
 al reuenues and profytes to it belongynge : after whiche gyft, the sayd sir Edwarde made 
 sir Hughe the sone of Othon, constable of the Toure and custos of the cytie. 
 
 ' or. * Bysbop of Rome. edit. 1542; 
 
 And 
 
366 SEFTIMA PARS HENRICI TEHTII. 
 
 Atidvp^ft ^e. k. dayetsf Ap^yll etisuynge, sirEdrauade |^ kyuges other sone, surnaraedf 
 €rowch Bak, maryed,;at Westmynster, the doughter of therle of Aumark ; for solempnyte 
 wherof the kynge kepte Itee^in the great halle, a great honourable feast, the Sonday fo* 
 Jowyng. . „ 
 
 ^s And vpon the.^aye of seynt Ericenwalde, or thelaste day of Apryll oaext ensuynge, sir 
 Edwarde the kyngea sone cSmaunded the cytezeyns «f London to present vnto hym. vL 
 persones able to be shyreffes of London \ of the whiche he admytted to that offyce Wil- 
 liam de Hadesto'k & Anketyll de Alues"u, aiad sware theym 'to be acconaptautes^ as theyr 
 predecessQurs were. And «the. vi. day of May folowynge presented at Guyldballe, and 
 (othere charged 'of newe. 
 
 At these dayes, a newe <custome or toll was vsed fco be payde by Mie cytezeyns of Lo- 
 
 don vnto ^ kynge, whiche toll sir Edwarde than had; letten to ferme to a marchaunt straun- 
 
 ger for. xx. naarke by yere^ wherfore the cytezeyns, nat wyllyng to be vnder the rule of % 
 
 f*L»iiii. strauger, made great suyte vnto the sayd sir Edwarde, & lastly agreed with hym to bye 
 
 '-'the sayd toUe fre for f sume<eif. CC. marke. 
 
 [And in the ende of this yere, that is to meane f. xiii. daye of Octobire, the kynge letter 
 translate with great solempnytie, the holy body of seyat Edwarde kynge and Confessour, 
 ' that before laye ia the syde of .the quere, wliere the monkes nowe synge, into j- chapell at 
 
 the bacbe of (the hy^e aiaUer ^f Westmester abbey, & there layde it in a ryche shryne.]* 
 -wAnd in this yere the kynge hadgrauted to hym, towarde his vyage purposed by hym into 
 the Hoiy Lande, t^^^x. peny of euery manes substauce mouable thoroughe out his lande, 
 ^f the lay fee, [^H|rf tlse spyrituahe,]* by assent of the. x. Gregory than pope. iii. 
 cdys^s, to-be leuy^Rnthreyeres. 
 
 .Anno DomiDi. MiCClxx. Anno Domini. M.€C.lxxii 
 
 r Walter Porter. 
 
 lohn Adryan Vyntenei^. Anno. Iv. 
 
 lohii Teylour. 
 
 IN this. iv. yere, the ky'ng of Romaynes concluded b. couenatint atwene the kynge and 
 sir Gilbert de Clare erle of Glouceter, for a vyage. to be taken into y^ Holy Lande by 
 
 jo^sayderle for the, kynge, for the whiche vyage, the sayd erle shul(J haue towarde his 
 charge. viii.M. marke*, and at the takinge of his shyppyng other. iiii.M. marke, and to be 
 tedy by the firste day of Maii next folowynge : and if f erle were nat redy at the see syde 
 at that daye with his conipany to take his shyppyng, hp shulde than foriayte to the kynge. 
 ii.M. marke : for suertie wherof f sayd erle shuld delyuer into the kynges, possession his^ 
 
 i^fCastell of Henleger, standynge vpon J" Marche of Walys. Bat this came after to no pur- 
 pose.; wherfore thecause is nat shewed, but that iourney was perfourmed by sir Edwarde 
 t^ kynges spne, as after shalbe to you declared. 
 
 In this passe tyme the cytezeyns of London cotented so wele sir Edwardes myn^ 
 ihat he laboured so for theym vnto the kynges grace, ^ they had than theyr charto*" so cp- 
 
 -< fermyd, that they shuld> after theyr auncient lyberties, chose of theym self a mayre &. ii. 
 shyreffes, andihe sayd shyreffes to haue the offyces therunto belongynge, to ferme, as they 
 jtofor^e had, except that where tofore they payde for the fee ferme. CCG. & l.Z/.,- nowe 
 ithey shuld payc^CCCC. &. 1./?. After .whiche confirmacion thus graunted and passed by 
 f kynges brode scale, the citezeyns, vpon the. xiiii. daye of lulii, assembled at Guylde- 
 « hall, and chase for their mayre lohn Adryan draper, ajjd for shyt'effes Walter Porter* and 
 John Tayller ; and ypo the. xvi. day folowynge, sir Edwarde beyftge present, presented 
 
 • Omitted in ecjit. 154.2.1559. ' Omittedin edit 1542. ' Draper, MS. * HerethcfoU 
 
 ■iomng sentence, which occur* in the Museum MS., seems to have bem omittett. " Of the^hich he/riiiild ^av^ ip 
 •band. iiii.M. inarjke." ' Walter Potter, edit. 1^9. ^ 
 
 •' theym 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTIL ' W 
 
 Ibeym ttito the kyng at Westminster^ where they were admytted & sworoe j and then 
 was sir Hughe of Othon discharged of that rule of the cytie. 
 
 Then the cylezens of theyr fre wyll gaue vnto the kyngp an. C. marke, anid to sir Ed- 
 warde. v,C. raarke, which gyft the kynge wele accepted, and soone after they receyued* 
 -theyr cbartoure of confirmacion, beryng date the. xxi. day of lulii, and yere of the 
 kynges reygne. Iv. And for f former conuencyon atwene the kynge & the erle of Glou- 
 f eter was nat holden, sir Edwarde toke Vpon hym the kynges crosse ; to whom the kyng 
 gaue all suche money as was graunted of the lay fee, as before is shewed, & then toke 
 [his leue of the kyng, and after];* toke shyppyng at i)ouer the. xx. day of Auguste, & so 
 -sayled to Burdeaux with his wyfe and other noble company. And for that [holy]' Lowys 
 than kynge of Fraunce was gone, he taryed at Bardeaux a eertayn season, and after sped 
 hym with his foresayd company tow'arde the cytie of Thunys, where the Frensshe kynge 
 was ; but or he came thyder [seynt]* Lowys was deed, and the peas cocluded atwene 
 Phylyp his sone and the kynge of Thunys. Wherfore sir Edwarde enlendynge to greue 
 'rGoddes enemyes, with some kwightes of France which entended the same, toke Jeue of the 
 Frenshe kynge and of sir Charles his vncle, than kyng of Scycile, and sayled farther into 
 f Holy Lande, and arryued at a port of Acris or Acob ; for at that daye in the Holy 
 Lande was no moo eytiea in the possession of Cristen men but that & the cytie of Tire 
 with cerlayne castelles, whereutrto the Cristen fledde often for socoure zigayne the Stk' 
 
 Whan air Edwarde was comento the cytie of Aeon, the Crfsten kan^tes receyued byni 
 with great honoure & gladnesse, and lodged hym in their best ma^S|||rbere he taryed 
 
 . by tlie space of a yere after, as afTernieth the Frenshe Cronycle : lo^n^as nat longe af- 
 ter his comynge thyder, but that f sowdan of Snry, ,the which had won all the countrea- 
 
 Hthere abome, that he came w a great power of SarazynSrand assauted the towne vygur- 
 ously ; but sir Edwarde, with the ayde of Cristen ihen, bare hym so knightly, that he de- 
 fended the cytie & castelles to the same belongynge, &,terrytoris of the same» that the 
 sowdan for alt the great multitude and power gat there LytelL honour, natwithstandynire f 
 he had in his host, as aifermeth the Freush. Cponyclci ©uer an. CM, Sarazyns. And 
 
 30 more as afFermyth the sayde Cronycle, that sir Edwarde in his polycies & manfull actes 
 50 honourably behauyd liym that he neuer dyd suche acte in all hi»-lyfe folowynge: al- 
 beit thataften he dyd many of great honoure, that was lyke vnto the actes f he there ac» 
 eomplysshed & broughte vnt» ende, by reason: wherof his name amonge the infydelles, 
 was had im memory many yeres after.. 
 
 ar Of this honour of this marcyal knyght I haue shewsed the lengep rehersallfor somoche 
 as I fynde ittestifyed of the Frenshenie, the which I knowe well by their other Cronycle* 
 that they make of Englysshe prynce^ must be of great auctoiytie, or eKya- by theym it 
 »huld nat so specyally haue ben noted ; and' more I am assured that if a Frenshe prynce 
 had deseruyd suche a generall preyse, it shuld haue ben set out & articuled euery ac£ 
 
 i*otherof, jt it shuld haue conteyned a large werke, and the specialties therof declared ta 
 theyr niotte la^vde and honoure. Then this noWe prynce beynge thus in Acon^ and day-- 
 ly puttyng the Suryens'to shame & great damages, seyoge they might nat preuayle agayne ' 
 byjTi by strength of batayll, kyst howe they myght destroye hym by trttaoo) and.sent vn- 
 to hyni a Sarazyn. in name of a. messangeir ; the whiche, in tellyng c^ his fay ned. message, 
 
 w woiided hym with a knyf enaenomyd, of the whiche woude he lay longe or fae were therot 
 euryd ; but, after confession, made bythe Sara^n-of all his compassed treason, he was puf. 
 vnto cruell deth. 
 
 In this yere also fyll downe tbe-stc|^e of seyt Marj'Bowe iCbepe of^ London, and* 
 slewe women' & ohildren. 
 
 * 9mitted i»^edtt.l543. ISS9* ' Sarazynt. edit. 1542. ISS9^ * mco, mmcn. A^. 
 
 Antk6 
 
S68 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI TERTII. 
 
 J^nno Domini. xii.Cilxxi. Anno Domini. M.CC.kxIi. 
 
 Gregory Rokkisle. 
 lohii Adryan Vyntener. Anno. Ivi, 
 
 Henry Waleys. 
 
 I^^iiiiu ^ IN" this. Ivi. yere, in the moneth of Nouebre, at f parlyament holden at Westmester, 
 the marchauntes of Lodon & other places of Englande complayned tbeytn to th§,kynge 
 that the countesse of Flaundres had taken from them certayn goodes, amoutynge to a great 
 sSme : vpon whiche coplaynt, the kynge sent to her to make reslytucion, but it' for iione 
 was had, the kyng comaunded f all men beynge in y partiejs, in Engiande shulde be ar- 
 
 loxestyd, and they and theyr goodes to be vnder suer kepynge. By the whi<;he meane, in 
 conclucion she sent ouer enbassadours, and besought the /kynge this^ his marchauntes 
 myght vse their entercourse into Flaiidres as they before tymes had done, and suqhe 
 losses as before was by theym susteyned shuld be recompensyd, and so soone after an 
 amytie atwene y^ kynge & her was concluded. 
 
 t^ IN this yere, abou'te y ende of Marche, dyed Richarde kynge of Almayne and erle 
 of Cornewaylej brother to the kynge, and was burypd at Hayles an abbey of whyte 
 monkes by hym before tymes buyldyd ; after he had ben kynge of Almayii by the terme 
 of., XV. yeres : but after the rehersalmade before, in the. xxx. yere of this kyng Henry, he 
 shuld reygne. xxvi.^ yeres. In the moneth of Tunii y monasterii of the Trinite in J 
 -iccytie of Norwyche was consumed with.fyre, by reason of a frayre* made atwenp the ser- 
 uau'ntes of the aSbey^ and some of y cytezeyns of the cytie, which grewe to a great skyr- 
 mysshe : for ther^prycmr of the. same and other of the monkes purueyed sowdiours, and 
 helde the belfray & * e churche by force of arrays, and threwe oute Stones and dartes, 
 and shot many arroweas, by reason wherof many of y" towne were both wounded and 
 
 wslayne, whiche brought the comons and yonge me in suche a furye and madnesse, that 
 'they fyryd the gates, and after forced the fyre with rede and drye wood, that the churche 
 with the bookes and all other ornamentes of the same, and all houses of ofFyce belong- 
 ynge to the same abbey", were clere' brent and throv^ene downe, so that no thyngewaLs 
 preseruyd except a ly tell chapell. 
 
 3«' Whan lydynges of this ryot came to the kynges knowlege, he was therwith grteuously dis- 
 pleasyd, so that he rode thyder soone after, and there comauded questes to be charged 
 of knyghtes and esquyres that dwelled in the countre aboute, and to endyte all suche 
 persones as were occacyoriers & executours of that dede: by reason of which enquery, 
 fynally were caste and iuged vpon the nombre of. xxx. yonge men of y towne, the whiche 
 
 ■jo'were' after dfawen to ^ place of execucion, and there hanged & brent, to the great dis- 
 comfyture and sorowe of the cytezeyns : for they thought y^ pryour of the. place was the 
 occacioner of all y myschief; whiche was borne out and defended by the bysshop of 
 Norwyche, than beynge named Roger. And this yere were dyuers prodygies & straiige 
 tokyns sene in dyuers places of Englande : amonge the whiche, at Grenewiche beside 
 
 i( London, a lambe was yenyd, hauynge. ii. perfyte bodyes with all membres and but one 
 heed." . 
 
 Anno Domini. xii.C.lxxii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxiii. 
 
 Richarde Paris. 
 Sir Walter Henry*. Anno. Ivi. 
 
 ^ lohh Bedyll. 
 
 IN this. Ivii. yere of kynge Henry, and begynnynge of f same, the kyng sykened so 
 f he was forcid to kepe his bed at Westmynster, where he called before hytn sir Gilbert 
 
 ' it. omtWed m edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * that, edit; 1 542. 1555. ' ^ xvi. edit. 1542 1559. 
 
 *.*,fraje. ' clene. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * Sir Walter Hervy. edit. 1559. in marg, 
 
 de 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICI SANCTI. 569 
 
 de Clare erle of Glouceter, and caused hym to be netvly sworne to kepe the peas of the 
 lande, to the behofe of Edwarde his sone ; and than dyed vpon the daye of seynt Ed- 
 munde the bysshop, or the. xvi. daye of Noiiembre, and was buryed vpon the south syde 
 of seynt Edwarde in Westmynster, when he hadde reygned. Ivi. yeres and. xxviii*. dayes, 
 rleuynge after hym sir Edwarde beforenamed for his heyre, and Edmunde Crowchbak. In 
 a table bangynge vpon f tombe of the sayd Henry, are wryten these verses foiowynge. 
 
 Tercius Henricus iacet hie, pietatis amicus : 
 Ecclesiam strauit istam quam post renouauit. 
 Reddat ei manus qui regnat trinus et vnus. 
 
 "> The whiche may be Englysshed as foloweth. 
 The frende of pyte and of almesse dede, 
 Henry the thirde, whylome of Englande kynge. 
 Who this churche brake, and after to his nie^e 
 Agayne renewyd into this fayre buyldynge, 
 /^rNowe restyth in here, whiche dyd so great a thynge : 
 He yelde his mede, that lorde in deyite 
 That as one God reygneth in persones thre. 
 
 FRANCIA. 
 Lodouici. ix. 
 
 w^^ 
 
 •i.>o LOwys the. ix. of that tiame, and son vnto the seconde Philyp, began his reygne ouer 
 the realme of Fraunce in the yere of our Lord. xii.C.xxiii.; and the. vii. yere of the 
 thirde Henry, then kynge of Englande. This Lowys was crowned at Raynes, vpon [the 
 daye of seynt Sixtus the pope, er]* f. vi, daye of August. By the meane of this Lowys, 
 as testyfyeth the Frenshe Cronycle,^ retourned the blode of Pepyn to^ enherytauiice of 
 
 zzrthe crowne of Fraunce', whose name was Isabell, doughter of Bawdewyn erie of He- 
 naut; whiche Bawdewyn was dyscendyd of Ermegaut*, somtyme countesse of Namoure, 
 whiche was doughter to Charles duke of Lorayne, the whiche Charlys was lynyaliy dis- 
 cended of Charles the Conquero', that was sone of Charles Martellus, the sone of j?»/.,;w 
 Pepyn. 
 
 340 Whan this Lowys had passed the solempnytie of his coronacion, he made a vyage into 
 f countre of Poytiers, and there wanne from the Englisshe men certayne casteiles & 
 townes, as before in the. x. yere of Henry the thirde is towched : the whiche vyage by 
 hym fynysshed, he, at f cotemplacyon and prayer of kynge lohii, kynge of Iherusalem, 
 toke vpon hym f crosse to warre vpon the Turkes, and after all thynges for that vyage 
 
 33xniade redy, passed with his boost by Burges and Neuers, and so to Lyon, and from Lyoa 
 to Auygnon : the whiche for disobedience to the Churche of Rome, had stande' accursyd 
 vpon the terme of. vii. yeres. But where as kynge Lowys supposed he shuld haue passed 
 with his people, as he had passed the other cyties, the cytezyns closed ^ gates agayne 
 hym, and wolde nat sufTre hym nor his to come i^in the cytie. 
 
 t^ti Wherefore the kynge comaunded assaute to be made, and so contynued there his 
 siege tyl f myddel of August, the which was begon about f ende of Nouembre, and loste 
 there many of his men, araonge the whiche Guy erle of Seynt Paule, a man of great 
 fame, was one, with the bysshop of Leraeryk and other, to the nombre of. ii. M. or 
 theraboute ; wherwith this Lowys was so amouyd y he made a solempne othe that be 
 
 MKWolde nat departe thens tyll he had wonne the towne. 
 
 •xxvii.edit. 1533.1542.1559. ^ Omitted in tdit. 15\i. 1559. * The edition of ISSd.addi here, 
 
 hy mcane of liii w^fe* * ^inrngard, edit. 1539. inmarg. ^ stondyn. MS. 
 
 3 B Whenn« 
 
■370 SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICI SANOJI, 
 
 . "Whenne that the .rulers of the' towne had; ktiowlege of the kynges auoVe and pra- 
 inesse that he had' made, they toke aduysement, & shortly after sent vnto the kynge. ,ii.. 
 noble men of the cytie to entreate and cOmpn of a peas: but. peels was to theym vtterly 
 denyed,, except they wolde submytte theym hcrbly to the-correccion'of the pope', [for the 
 
 roflFence done'to God and his Churche of Rome,]"' and after to stande to the kynges dome 
 fou displeasure done agayne hym. In the ende thbughe this condycion were greatly 
 agayne theyr mynde, it was lastly agreed vnto, and the kynge with his pe'dple was re- 
 ceyued into the cytie : and after he hadde restyd hym there a season, & that the cytezyns 
 had agreed theym with the popes' legate, and receyued of hym absolucyon, with a 
 
 (snewe by^shop named Peter Corbio of the popes' eleccion than Gregory the. ix., with other 
 thynges done accordynge to the sayd popes'icomaundement, then kynge tdwys comaund- 
 ed firste the dyches of f towne to be fylled playne with the grounde, & that done, he 
 caused to be caste vnto the earth. CCC. of the fayrest houses of the cytie ; and after cer- 
 tayne sumes of money by hym receyued towarde his charge, he departed thens towarde 
 
 ifTholowse, & there by aduyce of his barony, for somoche as wynter was towarde, he re- 
 tourned into Frauce, and so sped hytn on his iourney, y vpon the euyn of All Saynteshe 
 came to a place called Mout Pauncer in f prouynce of Aluerne, where he was takeh w 
 stronge sykenesse, and dyed within, iiii. dayes after. Whose corps with great honoure 
 was conueyed vnto seynt Denys, and there buryed by his fader, when he had reygned. 
 zoiii. yeres ; leuynge after hym a sone, the v^hiche is nowe named seynt Lowys, and was 
 than aboute the agefe ofxii. yeres or nere thereaboute. 
 
 LOwys the. x. of that name^ surnamed seynt Lowys, and son of the. ix. Lowys, laste 
 kynge, beganne his reygne ouer the lande of Fraunce in the moneth of Nouember, and 
 yefe of grace, xii. C. &. xxvi., and the. x. yere of Henry the thirde, then kynge of En- 
 
 ;rglande, the whiche for his tendernesse of you the was thoughte insufFycyent to take so 
 great a charge, and specyally of the duke of Brytay|j;e, than named Peter Mancler, the 
 whiche encensid and styred many noble men a^ayne|.the sayd Lowys : but at length by 
 prouycion pf Queue Blanche his moder, and other lordes, he subdued his enpmyes, & at 
 Raynes was crowned in the raoneth'of December folowyng, of the bysshop of Soysons, for 
 
 30 so moche as at that tyme the see of Raynes was voyde. 
 
 The iiii. yere of his reygne, and of his age. xvii. he buylded the house of religion called 
 Royan MoGt, and sette therin monkes of Cisteaux ordre, whyte nionkes, and endewed 
 them with ryche possessyons. It was nat longe a.fter, that great varyaunce. fyjl atwene 
 the vnyuer'^ytiex)r studientes of Parys and the cytezeyns of the same, in sucbe wyse, that 
 
 srthe'studyentes were in purpose to haue lafte that cytie, & to haue kept theyr study ellys 
 where : the whiche stryfe the Frpnshe boke expresseth nat the ,cause ; but he sayth that 
 the kynge made good spede to agree theym, for so moche as kynge Henry of Englande 
 had made Jabbure to the sayd studyentes to come into his countre, and to enhabyte theim 
 there, with many great pryuyleges. But in conclucion the Frenshe kynge so entreated 
 
 Aotheym, that they agreed to reste there styll, and that of a congruency, for they myght 
 dwell in no lade where they shulde more suerly be defended: for the kynge of Fraunce 
 berilh the floure de lyce.for one of that causes, that is to say for to deifende the clergy, 
 and the fayth of Criste, betokenyth the myddle leef, and the thirde betokenyth chyualry, 
 so that by the chyualry the clergy is defended, which maynteyne the fayth of holy Chufrche! 
 About this season kynge - Lowys maryed to his fere Margaret, the doughter of the erle 
 of Prouynce. Soone after that matrimony was solempnysed, Frederyk the second!;, before 
 in the story of Henry f thirde mynded' emperour of Almayne, sent vnto Lowys, re- 
 quyrynge hym that he wolde mete hym at a place called Valcoloure, to the ende that he 
 myght como with hym ; whiche request kyng Lowys accepted, and with a goodly- com- 
 pany kept there his day of metyng^: but whan the emperour was ware y he was comen 
 
 * Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. * Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ; thydef 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICI SANCTI. S71 
 
 thyder with such a company, he fayned hym syke and broke his appoyntement : wher- 
 fore the Frenshmen construyed that if the kynge had comen thyder with a small or weke 
 c5pany, he wolde haue coueyed hym into hygh Almayn, & there to haue kept hym tyll 
 he had of hym his pleasure, eoncernynge the warre atwene kynge Henry and hym, or in 
 other thynges. But when kynge Lowys .espyed ^ delucion of f emperour he thenne re- 
 tourned into Frauce. It was nat longe after that the kyng was enfourmed of the ob- 
 stynacy of the Albygensis, the whiche of longe tyme bad ben effected ^v dyuers poyntes 
 of herysy, and many tymes reconcyled by the kynges of Fraunce and other, and yet fallen 
 agayne to the sayde errour ; wherfore the kynge sent vnto sir lohp BeawmoQt, f which 
 ioyned vnto them, chargynge hym to euuade y coutre and to wast & distroy it, tyi he had 
 forced theim to restore to the Churche suclie goodes as they before had taken from it : 
 and ouer that to cause theym to make a raendes to the good Cristen people, whiche they 
 had harmed by meanes of their rapynes & extorcions : vpon whiche comaundement thus 
 from the kynge receyued, the sayde John, with a competent nombre of knj'ghtes, entred 
 'j-the sayd coutre, and layde siege to a stroge castell named Mout Royall, & after many 
 fort assaiites wanne the sayd castell & manned it w Frenshemen, & than yode to an 
 other stronge holdc than named Sa)'gos, and there lyke wyse orderyd the same : & after 
 wastynge the countre, wane from theym many townes and holdes, so that in the cnde he 
 forcyd ^ chief rulers of that prouynce to obey them to all his hestes, & delyuered to hym 
 suerties of hostages for the perfourmaunce of the same, so that he retourned into Frauce 
 ♦pith great pompe and honour, and receyued of the kynge, at his home comynge, great f>i.kIvI. 
 tbanke with many ryche gyfts. Aboute the. xv. yere of kynge Lowys the warre was 
 quyckenyd atwene this Lowys Sc Henry the. iii. than kynge of Englande, for causes 
 t>efore shewed in the. xxvi.' yere of the sayd Henry. And after f warre as there is shewed 
 
 trended, the kynge whiche was towarde the cytie of Lyon, to ha vicited pope * Innocent the 
 iiii. which thyder was fled, for fere of Frederik the forenamed emperour, the kynge was 
 taken with a sykenesse named dissenteria of ^ flux ; wherewith he was so greuously vexed, 
 that he laye longe at a towne called Poyntoyse, & was in great ieopardy of lyfe: where lastly 
 [after many pylgrymages for him done, with prayers & other obseruauces, longe to ac- 
 , compt, lastly]* it came to his mynde that if it pleased God to restore hym to his helth, 
 he wold make a v}'age into the holy lande ; and there warre vpon Cristes enemyes, 
 after whiche promyse solemply auowed, he mended dayly, & weis soone after restoryd 
 vnto his helth. Whan the kyng was recoueryd & retourned vnto Parys, he called a cqu- 
 sayll of* spQall & temporal!, and there shewed vnto theym of the promesse whiche he 
 had made, requyrynge theym of theyr assystence and ayde, wherin he fonde his lordes 
 were agreable. 
 
 And in the tyme & season that prouycion was made for that ionrney, the kynge with a 
 goodly company rode vnto the abbey of Cluny, to vysyte the foresayd pope' ; and* he ta- 
 ryed with hym. xv. dayes ; and after his matyer with hym sped, ^ playne remyssion to hym 
 
 ^igrauted, & all other that kept with hym jr vyage, he retourned into Fraunce, & vpon 
 Wytsondaye folowynge, he kept a great courte of his londes^ at Meleon: where, in pre- 
 sence of them, he called before hy Beatrice, doughter vnto the erle of Prouynce, and 
 suster to the queue his wyfe, and there gaue her in maryage vnto Charles his brother, and 
 made hym there knight with many other for his loue. And the day folowynge, he gaue 
 
 Tvnto the said Charles ^ erledome of Anion, with the lordshyp of Mayn : and soone after 
 he rode to Parys, where he assembled many of his lordes to holde >V hym his iourney. 
 
 THe Fryday folowynge the feast of Penthecost, in ^ yere of. xii.C. and xliiii. and. xxii. 
 yere of the reygne of the sayd Lowys, he, with many of his lordes, departed from Parys 
 vpon his iournay towarde the holy lande ; in whiche was croysed also the archebisshop of 
 
 •xvi. edit. 1542. 1559. * OwiV/frf w edit. 154?. 1559. 'or. ♦ Of bis lordes. MS; 
 
 ' Innoceat the iiii. edit. 1542. \55Q. * Where. MS. ^ Lords. MS. 
 
 3 B S Bourges 
 
372 SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICI SANCTI. 
 
 Bourges, and of Rapes, the bys^hoppes of Laonr, of Orleaunce, and of- Beauuais, thci 
 erles of Artoys, of ^eyn Paule,/of Bloy, of Barre, of Marche, and of Mouutfort, , with' 
 many other noble men, whiche were longe to rehearce ; with the whiche company, th& 
 kynge, passed thorughBurgoyii, and so to Lyon, the vntermost border of Frauce, where 
 the kynge foude at that tyme the forenamed pope', which there taryed for fere of the 
 emperour Frederyk. 
 
 Whan ^ kynge a season had there taryed withy'ipope*, he sent forth the vawne warde of 
 his host, towarde y- place called Ague Mort', and shortly after folowed hym^self with the rest 
 of his people. But certayn of his vawarde passynge by a castell, called _f Roche of Clin,, 
 were spoyled & robbyd, 'and some slayne; wherof the kynge beyng enfourmed, charged 
 *his knyghtes to assaute the sayd castell : the whiche was done, and y souldyours hanged, 
 and the castell made playne w the groude. Andaftqr h,eld on his way lyll he cam to 
 the foresayd port of Ague MorL', or the Deed ^ee, where he, took shyppynge, and so sayl- 
 ed forth,e vpon Bartylmewe euen, or the. xxiiii*. daye of August, and landed after in the 
 prouynce of Cipre, where he taryed all the wynter folowynge, for some part of his host- 
 that as;yeit was behynde, wher, of the kyng he was ioyously receyued, and at his de- 
 partynge thens, kept company with hym in the same iourney. But there fortune bega tO' 
 frowne vpon kyng Lowys, for in f tyme of his there tarying, moch of his people.sykened 
 and dyed ; amonge the whiche, passed to God these men of name folowynge, the bysshop^ 
 of Bauuais, the erlys of Mountforde, of Barr, & of Vendesme ; with dyuers other, to* 
 the nombre of. CC.xl. Whan kyng Lowys had perceyued al thyse troubles & dissencios?, 
 acnonge his people, & daiiger of takynge of f see, passed the wynter, & a parte p{ the 
 begynnynge of the yere: lastly, aboute Trinyte Sonday, hetoke shyppynge at the porte of. 
 Cypre, then named Dommeton or Dommeson, and landed nere vnto y^ cytie of Damasse't 
 or Damyet the Frydaye after. Whan the Cristen host were comyn nerq vnto the porte 
 of Damasse, the kynge caused theim to be shypped in small vesselles, and so in.ordre, to- 
 sayle or rowe towarde the, cytie; but the Sarazeyns beynge ware of theyr coiilyngey issued- 
 out of the eytie, and defended y porte vigorously : so that many a Cristen man was- 
 slayneat that recounter. But in the ende the discomfitur tourned vpon the Sarazeyns, 
 for the chief capytayne of the towne, with. ii. admyralles, were there slayne, and many 
 of tbeyr knyghtes. Then they gaue backe vnto y towne, and safFered the Cristen to lande. 
 The, kynge then pyght his pauylyons, and strengthed his felde, for sodayne brekynge out 
 of theTurkes; and-so restyd liym and his people the Sonday & Monday folowynge. As 
 faste as 1^ Cristen made prouycion to ordre for their suer lyengin the felde, so fast the* 
 Turkes win the tpwne made-purueyaunce, to couuey^suche goodes as they myght out of the 
 cytie ; and lastly, sette the hogses on fyre, and voyded vnknowynge to the Cristen boost. 
 Aqone as the flambe of the fyre appered, the Cristen meuwithoiat resystence, entred the 
 cytie and quenched y fyre, and after possessyd, the cytie. Here I passe ouer certayne le- 
 gacions & messages sent fro a prynce of y' Oryent vnto kyng Lowys, wherin- appereth 
 mpre fame of wordes than of thinges of trouth. Then the temples and sinagoges of the cy- 
 tiew'ere hallowed, and occupyed to Cristen mennes vse : and there y kynge with his 
 boost restyd hyra tyll the moneth of Noueber. folowynge, in y whiche season came vnto- 
 hyithe erle of Poyt-iers, with a fayre company. Thenne the kyng Lowys with his people , 
 departed from Damasse the. xx, day of Nouembre, by the ryuer of Nilus, passynge vf 
 gra^ll vesselles towarde a stronge holde called Maffour, whyther at length they came yr 
 S gret danger. Howbeit they myght nat come nere vnto the towne, to laye theyr siege ther- 
 
 unto, bycause.of aryuejrthere runnynge,. named Thanoys or Thanoes; wherfore the kynge- 
 pyght bis pauylyons atwene the sayd ryuer, and the ryuer of Nilus. In this whyle f the 
 
 * Innocent the iiii. edit. 1 542. 1559. ^ Byshop of Rome, edit. 1S42. '"Aque Jlort. edit. 1533v 
 
 134.?. 1559. *xxiii. MS. ' Here tU MS. and imhsegMnt Editions read, not all wythowte trou- 
 
 Ijles, as dyssentions, 
 
 Cristen 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LGDOUICI SANCTL 379 
 
 Cristen haost was thus lodged, worde was brought to the kynge, that the Sowdan of Ba- 
 Uylon was dede ; the whiche, before his deth, had prouyded a great host to be sent into 
 Egipt, to withstande f Christen boost, and had corny tted the rule thereof, vnto an hardy 
 and valyaunt Turke, named, Saphardyne the which, w a great people, cam downe to tliiS' 
 towne of MasBOur or Macour, and there dayly made assautes vpon the Gristen boost : so 
 that atwene theyra were had many bykeringes and skyrmysshes to both damages. Lastly 
 1^. kynge aduertysyng in his roynde, that he myght nothynge dere y^ Sarazeyns without he 
 might passe thai ryuer of Thanoys, concluded by aduyce of his maryners, to make a 
 brydge of shyppes, [so that fynaliy he cheyned & fastened his shyppes],' to gyder in such 
 wyse, that a passage was made for his knightes. 
 
 Whan the Turkes espyed this ordenaunce, and apperceyued wele that if the Cristen F,i.xhii, 
 boost had passed that ryuer it shuld be to theyr great dysauauntage, anone with all or- 
 dpnaunce and shot that they myght make, they dyd y" vttermost of theyr powers to let f 
 perfytynge of this brydge and passage of the Cristen host. And to this fyll an other con- 
 traryte to ^ Cristen : for the water of y ryuer, whiche was brode & depe, was so troublous 
 of wawe\ that the brydge therwith was all to shaken, and daungerous to stande on. 
 
 But these Turkes entendynge to damage the Cristen, left acertayne to defende the pas- 
 sage, whyle the other by a forde or passage, vnknowen to the Cristen men, came ouer the 
 riuer, & assauted the Frensbmen egerly, so y there was atwene theym foughten a cruell 
 batayll : how be it thorugh dyuyne power of God, the Turkes were ouerset & many of 
 tUeym slayne & taken : the whiche batayll was foughten vpon [the daye of seynt Fabyan, 
 and Sebastyan, or]' the. xx, daye of laiuiarii. But yet might nat f Cristen wyn ouer the 
 ryuer, for dayly the strength of the countres there nere came downe and fbrtefydd the 
 boost of the Sarazyns more and more. 
 
 The day folowynge the Purificacyon of our Lady blewe such a tempest of wynde, f it 
 dyd moche harme, both to the shypfjes, and also to the tentes and pauylyons of the 
 Cristen host : and with that scarcite of vytayle began to appere, so that the kynge deter- 
 ff\yned to retourne agayne vnto Damasse. 
 
 WHen the Turkes espyed y retourne of the Frenshme, they ordeyned. iiii. barges of 
 suche lyke vessayles, & stuffed theym with pytche, rosyn, grece" and other lyquet& bryn- 
 yhg stuflfe ; and in y night sodaynly brought them a bord where y' Criste host* lay, & then 
 east on ihem Grekysh fyre, the which anone set them in a liglit fyre, by reason wherof ^ 
 Cristen flote was in great ieopardy, and with great laboure preseruyd from brennyhg. For 
 tliis despyte y the Sarazynes had done to the Cristen, the kynge was so thervV amoued, 
 that he sayd and promised y he wolde nat depart thens, tyll he hadde done to the Turkes- 
 some displeasure. And vpon enquysicion made, he was enfourn:>ed of a passage or foorde 
 that was win. iii. myles of his pauylyoj], wherupon he called a coiisayll of his lordes, and 
 shewed to ihem his purpose, gyuyng vnto the erle of Artoyes the ledyng of his forewarde, 
 & charged hym that whan he were passed the foorde, that he shulde tary there tyll the 
 other deale of the host were ouer passed. Whan all thynge was orderyd to the kynges 
 n}ynde, the sayd erle with his company set forth warde, and passed the sayd foorde with- 
 out dauger, and there forgettynge what to hym was before comaunded of the kynge, set 
 forth incontynently towarde the Turkes, whiche, he weale knewe, kept the place where the 
 bridge was before made ; and there faught with theym which were al vnpurueyed, arid vn- 
 knowyng of his sodeyne comynge, wherefore he slewe many of theym, and after chasyd' 
 the other, whiche for socoure fledde vnto the cytie of Massour foresayd; whome he folowed 
 so egerly, that in the entrynge of the cytie he entred with theymj and there was slayne 
 with a certayn of his knyghtes: by reason wherof, the souldydures of the towne were so- 
 encoraged that they issued out vpon the Cristen, & draue theim backe tyll they sawe the 
 kynges power come, and then refourned to the cytie & shytte with sterngth theyr gatesk 
 
 ' Omitttd in edit. 1542. 1559. * wave. ' Omittedm edit. 1542. 1^59.- * Flote. 
 
 S . Tha» 
 
574 SEPTIMA PARS XODOUICI SANCTt. 
 
 Thaa kynge Lowys beynge-ascertayned of y sayd eries deth, made for hitn great dole. And 
 after prouycyon made for the lodgynge of his people, he thenne made dyuers brydges & 
 passages ouer the ryuer of Thanoyes. And for the Cristen boost shuld be assuryd from 
 the sodayne & vnware assautes & reprochis of the ihfidelles, therfore he closyd theyra with- 
 in a strength of dyche and pale, that theyr enerayes myght no way haue way into theym, 
 and named that strength a park ; in y^ whiche Cristen boost there lodged all the season 
 Gf Lent. In the whiche tyme the yonge Sowdan came downe ^ a great host of people, 
 and for he myght nat lodge his people within the towne, therfore be made an other lyke 
 parke vnto the Cristen men, and there closed his people ; so that atwene f Cristen & 
 theim, was many conflictes & assautes, somtyme to ^ losse of y one & eft to the losse of that 
 other. But the Sowdan cnade all f meanes he myght to kepe vytayll frome the Cristen 
 boost, and stopped all the passages atwene Damasse and theym, y from thens they myght 
 haue no socour, by meane wherof disseases & sykenesse fyll amoge the Cristen, so that 
 they dyed hugely. 
 
 Whenne kyng Lowys was ware of these myseries on euery side, he sent to y Sowdan 
 to baue a trewe for a certayne tyme, but in conclucion none wolde be to hym graunted ; 
 wherfore of necessyte he was forcyd to breke his felde, and, with as good polycy as he 
 ' myght, drewe by to the ryuer of Nylus, and so by shyp passed downe by the sayd ryuer 
 
 to warde Damasse: but he passed nat ferre or that he was assauted on euery syde, so 
 :that the fyght cotynued styll without seasynge, to the great losse of the Cristen hoste. 
 
 Thenne lastly came the Sowdan with a fresshe company, & beset the kynge so aboute, 
 that in the ende he was taken with his. ii. bretherne, Charlys & Robert, the erle of Poy- 
 tiers, the erle of Angeon, the erle of Flaunders, the duke of Brytayne, the erle of Soy- 
 sons ; & in that fygbte was slayne, the bysho^es of Langrees, and of Soysons, with ■ 
 many other of whome the names be nat put in wrytynge. 
 
 When kyng Lowys was thus taken, he was syke j wherfore with all dylygence the Sowdan 
 commauded hym to be conueyed vnto Massour, & after caused [all f other of his men]' 
 to be slayne, [&]' as many as were wouded or syke, except they were men of great fame, 
 by whom great auaiitage myght ryse by reason of theyr raunsome ; and thus was the 
 Cristen boost taken & spoyled of the Sarazyns, the Thursdaye next folowyng the feast of , 
 Easter, in ;^yere of our Lorde. M.CC.l. and the. xxiiii. yere of the reygne of this kynge 
 Lowysj the whiche after, with the other of the nobles of Fraunce, were sent vnto Babylon 
 or Cayer, and there kept in sondry prysons. 
 
 IN processe of tyme, it was agreed f kyng Lowys shuld be delyuered fro pryson, & 
 coueyed saufly into the bandes* of Cristendome, vpon condycion that he shulde firste ren- 
 der and gyue vp into the Sowdans power the cytie of Damasse, with all suche prysaners 
 as he hadde of Turkes and Sarazyns at that daye in his power : and ouer that he shuld 
 yelde by a certayne day, a certayne sume of besauntes, whiche after the Frenshe boke 
 ' shulde be. viii.M. besauntes Sarazyn j but Peter Disroy saythe. CC CM: besauntes. 
 
 Of these besauntes I haue lernyd there shuld be. ii. ; that one is called a bezaunde 
 imperiall, & f other a bezant ducali : the bezaunde imperiall is worth. 1. ducates, and the 
 ducall bezaunde is worth, xx. ducates. A ducat, which is named a ducat de camera, is 
 worth, iiii.s. viii.^i.: a ducat papall and Venizian be of lasse value, as. iii.rf. or. iiii.d. in a 
 "" pece. Then if his rausome be estemyd after the imperiall bezaiide, he payde after f 
 rate of iiii.«.vi.d. the ducat, & after the siime of. viii.M. bezaudes; in sterlynge money, 
 Ixxxx.M.Zi. And for this the Sowdan promysed to delyuer al such prisoners as he had in 
 his prysons of Cristen men ; but in y he brake promise, for of. xii.M. he deliuered scarsly, 
 f«/.*/wfc iii. In this tyme of takynge of the Frenshe king, a company of yonge men assembled 
 theym togyder in Fraunce, and vnder theyr capytayne, which toke vpon hym lyke a 
 bysshop, passed by Parys & Orleaunce, and other good townes of Fraunce, saying that 
 
 ^ OMittedinMS. *feands. 
 
 they 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LODOUICI SANCTI. »75 
 
 they wold restore f kynge to his lybertie ; but lastely whan they drewe nere to the porte 
 of the Deed See, where they shulde baue taken shyppynge, there they fyll to all thefte & 
 auoutry ; wherfore the people of that coutre sette vpon theym, and slewe theyr capytayne 
 and the more parte of theyr company, where thorough that symple feleshyp whiche named 
 theym self shepherd^s, was disseueryd and sparbelyd. Whan this blessyd kynge Lowys 
 was delyuered from the daiiger of his enemyes, & was brought out of Egipt ito Sirie, he 
 there executed many dedes of charyte, and of mekenesse, and repayred the cytie of 
 loppen, & other standynge vpon f see syde ; and from thens went on pylgrymage vnto 
 Nazareth, and to the Mout of Tabor. And when he was retaurnyd vnto loppen, he re- 
 ceyued ther tydyngs of ^ deth of dame Blanch , his rooder, where after dyuers obser- 
 uaunces and prayers done for the soule of hys moder, he toke there shyppynge and sayled 
 to warde Fraunce; and nat without trauayle & trouble of the see. At the ende of. xii. 
 wekes', he landed in the hauen of Marcyll or Martyll, and so sped bis iournay that he came 
 to Parys, in the yere of our Lorde. xii.C. & liiii., & the. vi. yere after f be tok« vpo hym f 
 A'oyage, where of the cytezeyns he was receyued with moste honoure and gladnesse, and 
 there callyng a counsaylle, refourroed many thynges, for the weale of his realme, & made 
 one lawe whiche is specyally remembred : that is, ;y no man beynge in auctorytie of any 
 hygh oflfyce, as prouost, pretour, or any iyke offyce, shuM bye any landes or rentes withia 
 that lordshyp that he had rule of, and for that cause that he shuld nat extorte,.or wronge, 
 or bye suche landes the better chepe by reason of his myght or power. 
 
 At this day the prouosty, or chief rule or offyce, was in f hades of the eytezeyns of 
 Parys, by reason of a seale therof made to theym by the kynges progenytours ; by meane 
 wherof manyiniuries and wronges were done vnto the comon people, and many theuys 
 and other transgressours by fauoure and money passed vnpunysshed : wherof this bless- 
 yd kynge Lowys beynge enfourmed, vpon suffyclent profe made, discharged f cytezeyns 
 therof, and assigned a man named Stephan Boile in that offyce, assygnynge to hym yerely 
 a certayne stypend for executynge of f offyce, and ordeyned that euer after the prouost 
 of Parys shuld be named by f kynge and his heyres kynges. 
 
 He also made ordenauces to auoyde strumpettes out of the cytie, and punysshemet 
 for all accustomable great sweicrs, w many other good ordenauces & lawes, the whiche 
 I passe ouer for lengthyng of the tyme. 
 
 In this tyme and season were abydynge in Fraunce, in a place called Seyn Nicholas de 
 Boys, iii, children borne in Flaundres, the which were sent thyder to lerne the maner of 
 Fraunce, and also to teche the children of a knyght named syr Guilliam de Brunz to 
 shote. These children vpon a season passed the boundes of the abbey grounde, & en- 
 tred the warrayn of a lord of Fraiice, called Enguerran lorde of Coney, & there chased 
 & shotte at conyes for theyr disport ; the which were there taken of the seruautes of the 
 sayd Enguerran, and presented to their lord, the which of hasty cruelnesse caused the. 
 iii. children wout pyte to be hanged : wherof herynge, the abbot of Seynt Nicholas co- 
 playned hym, with the assystence of the fornamed syr Guilliam, vnto the kynge j the 
 whiche incontynently sent to f sayd Enguerran, charging hy to apere before his barony, 
 to answere to such matiers as there shuld be layd vnto his charge : where, in f ende, after 
 many reasons for hym layde, he by great instance of his frendes was pardoned of that 
 greuous offence, with condycion folowynge; that is to meane,,firste, he shuld paye vn- 
 to the kynge. x.M.li. of Parys money, whiche is to meane. xii.C. &. \.U. sterlyng^ 
 & ouer y, he shuld warre vpon Goddes enemyes in Syria, by the space of. iii. yeres con- 
 tynually vpon his owne coste and charge ; and thirdely, he shuld buyldea chapell, wherin 
 two preestes sbuld synge for euer for the soules of the sayd infauntes : or aftes maister 
 Gagwyne, \v the foresayd. \.M.li. and other ayde of the kynge, the ho&pytall in- Parys, 
 named the house of God in Pontoyse, with the frayter of the [Freer Prechours, and J 
 church of the]* Freer Mynors or Gray Freres in Parys were made and repay-red, 
 
 ; xi. wekU. MS. * Omitted in edit. 1533- 1542. 1559. 
 
 Thanne 
 
376 ' iSEPTIMA PARS LODOITICI SAFCTI. 
 
 Thanne after many dedes of charite done by this vertuous prynce, as makynge of dy- 
 
 iiers houses of relygyon, seruynge of the poore>people with his owne handes, with fast- 
 
 ^nges, and other infynyte dedes of pytie, he lastly, in the. xxxiii. yere of his reygne, 
 
 'honourably receyued Henry the thirde thanne kynge of Englande, and stablysshed ^ bym 
 
 a. peas, as before in the. xliiii'. yere of the reygne of f sayd Henry is declared. 
 
 And that done, he, in the. xxxvi. yere of his reygne, maryed his eldest sone Philyp 
 
 "vnto Isabell, the doughter of larays kynge of Aragon ; by reason of whiche maryage 
 
 ■the Frenshe kynge gaue ouer to ^ saydlamys all such ryght as he had in the lerdshyppes 
 
 of Besac, Dampierre, Rousselion, and Barsellon, and tLe sayd lamysacquyted and gaue 
 
 ibuer to Lowys, all- such ryght and title as he had in the lordshyppes of Carcasson, of 
 
 Bygarre, and of Anilly. ' , 
 
 And soone after he sent Clerkes* his brother, at the request of th<?. iiii. Alexaundre 
 than pope', into Cicilia with a, great power, to withstande the vyolence of Manfrede, 
 ■sone of Frederyke the seconde, than* emperour; the which agayne ryght withhelde that 
 Icyngdome frome the Churcbe of Rome: whome Gharlys after longe fyght, at a place 
 named Boneuent, slewe in batayll, and after was made kynge of the sayd countre, by 
 auctorytie of the sayd pope* Alexannder, payinge yerely vnto the Churche of Rome. 
 xl.M. ducateSj whiche is moche lyke after the rate of sterlyng money. viii.M.vi,C.lxvi./f. 
 'X.m.s. iiii.fZ.; euery ducat accompted at. iiii.s. ini.d. 
 
 IT fyll so after, that in |^. xlii. yere of kynge Lowys, pope' Clement, the. iiii. of that 
 «ame, sent a legat vnto Lowys, iiequyiynge hym to ayde the Cristen, which in Siria were 
 'igreuously warryd .with the Turltes & Sarazyns : at whose request the kynge called a coun- 
 ••sayll, wherin it was agreed y socoureshuld be made. Wherfore the kynge with his. iii. 
 sonnes, Philip, lohii, & Peter, toke on theym the crosse ; and in the firste day of May, 
 the yere of his reygne. xliii., he with his sayd sonnes, and many other lordes of Fraunce, 
 as well spirituell as temporal, departed from Parys, and from tbens rode vnto Cluny, 
 where he restyd hym. iiii. dayes, and from thens sped his iourney tyl he come® to the fore- 
 named porteof the Deed See; where mette with hym a cardynall & legat of Rome, vr 
 i^yuers other bysshoppes of FraUice, the kyng of Nauarne, the dukes sone of Britayne, 
 Alphons erle of Potyers, the erles of Artoys & of Fl.aundres, with many other. 
 • And whyle the kynge with his boost lay at y sayd porte, tarying a conuenable winde, 
 •a dissencion fyl atwene the Catholeynes and the men of Prouynce, so that amonge them 
 was foughten such a skyrmysshe, that atwene theym was slayne vpon an hondreth men, & 
 many mo wouded or the stryfe myght be all seasyd. 
 idnliit. Soone after, the kynge with his lordes toke shyppynge, and sayled with great daunger 
 
 of tempest, tyll lastly he came to the ile of Sardynes, where the Cristen host rested them 
 a season, & after kepte theyr cours tyll they came to the porte of Thunys or Cartage^, 
 the. xviii. daye of the mone'th of lulii ; where they restyd in their shyppes that nyght! 
 Vpon the morne whan they shuld lande, all the port was^eset with Turkes and infydeles* 
 whiche shotte dartes and kast^stones to the greuaunce of the Cristen host, so that they 
 ' wanne lande with great difFyculte and payne. 
 
 Whan the kyng was landed, he lodged his people, and after sent to serche for 
 fresshe water, to refresshe with his boost. In whiche meane whyle, the admyrall of 
 ■ *he kynges nauy came vnto y kyng, requyrynge hym to haue a certayne of knyghtes 
 assigned vnto hym, trustyng in God to wyn shortly the towne ; and so sped, hym, 
 and assauted the towne: but anone, asf capytayne of f towne was ware of their com- 
 yng, he with a great company issued out of the towne, and forcid f Cristen boost 
 togyuebacke: wherfore kyng Lowys sente the marshall of his boost, with a certayne 
 
 .^'J^i^o^' o '*^*'"'^'*' 7r ;b- of Rome edit. 1542. ♦late. MS, > Omtted in edit. 
 
 ISiZ. 1559. came. ' Carthage. 
 
 nombr€ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTIL 577 
 
 nonAbre of knyghtes, to socoure the sayde admyrall, and in tyme of the fyght gatte 
 atwene the Sarazyns and the towne, soo that whyle some faught with the Turices, 
 the other wane the towne; wherof the Turkes beyng ware, fledde soone after, but nat 
 without great slaughter of theym : for after that fyght many of theym whiche escaped 
 from the batayll, were after slayn in cauemys and holes, where they hyd theym in the 
 grounde. Whanne the towne of Cartage' or Thuriys was by f Cristen thus wonne, anone 
 the kynge comaunded the deed bodyes to be caste out, and the towne to be clensyd of 
 all ordoui's and fylthes. And when all was done as the kynge hadde comaundtd, he then 
 fentred the towne, and lodged within as many as the towne wolde holde, and the other 
 he fortyfyed with dyches and other slrengthys, to preserue theim from theyr enemyes ; 
 and so taryed there the comynge of Cbarlys his brother, & kyng of Cicilia. It was nat 
 longe after that the cytie or towne was wonne, but f the kynge of Thunys with a great 
 host of Turkes came nere to the towne, and made showys & offers ; but they abode not 
 therby one day. The erle of Artoyes in one company, & a knyght called sir Peter Cabel- 
 lanc in an other companye, gatte atwene the see and the Turkys, y they were compelled 
 fo fyght ; so that atwene thiem was a cruell fyght, & many slayne vp* both sydes ; but in the 
 ende the Turkes were scomfyted, & chaced to theyr shyppes : in this fyght were slayn. ii. 
 Cristen knyghtes, named Le Chastelayn and syr lohn de Ronssoylyers. After this batayll 
 or fyght, the Sarazyns made no great assautes ; but then, by reason of f vnholsomnes of 
 the coutre, sykenes fyll amonge the Cristen hoost, so that"the people dyed fast; and short- 
 ly after f kynge was taken w suche a flixe, and therwith an agu, that he kept his bedde, 
 and after the ryghtes of the Churche taken, & certayne monycions gyuen to his sone 
 Philip howe he shulde behaue hym in gydyng of f realme of Frauce, knowyng the houre 
 of deth approched, charged suche as were aboute hym that they shuld lay hym vpon a 
 bed of asshes & powdre, where he, so lyinge a season in prayer, expyred the day fo- 
 lowyng seytBarthii' daye, or the. xxv. daye of August, when he had reygiied. xliiii. yeres, 
 lackynge. ii. monethes, leuynge after hym the. iii. forenamed sones, Philip, lohn, & 
 Peter, Then the bowellys \vere buryed in Cecilia, & the body enbawmed with ryche 
 oyntemetes, was recaryed vnto Seint Denys of Fraunce, and ther w great reuerence en- 
 teryd. [The whiche, after, for his myracles, of the. vii*. Boniface, was sette amonge the 
 nombre of seyntes.]' 
 
 Philippi tertii. 
 
 PHilyp, the thirde of that name, and sone of seynt Lowys, began his reygne ouer 
 the realme of Fraunce the. xxvi. day of the moneth of September, in the yere of 
 our Lorde. xii.C.lxx., and the. liiii. yere of Henry the thirde, than kynge of En- 
 glande ; and began than, as before is shewed, in AfFrica, at the towne or cytie of Thunys 
 or Cartage', accompanyed with Charles his vncle, kynge of Scicyll ; the which came to 
 the porte of Thunys the same daye that kynge Lowys dyed, & after taryed there, and 
 had many conflictes with the Turkes, and bare hym so manfully, that in y ende he forcyd 
 the kynge of Thunys to seche to hym for a peas : the which was concluded for. x. yeres, 
 with certayne codycyons of paying of certayne money, for the kynge of Fraunce costes, 
 and certayne trowages of olde tyme due vnto the kynge of Scicill, yerely to be payde, with 
 manv other articles concernynge the same peas, whiche I passe ouer. 
 
 After whiche peas concluded and assured, the kynges of Fraunce and Scicill toke shyp- 
 pynw at the sayd porte of Thunys, & sayled towarde theyr countrees with great daunger 
 of tempest of tlie see : & in processe of tyme laded in Scicill, where Philip \V great re- 
 uerence & obseruauce, in MoQt Royall, buryed the bowellys of his fader. And f done 
 he toke his iourney towarde Fraunce, thoroughe Italyj in whiche iourney dyed Isabell 
 
 •Carthage. 'upon. * Bartholoraewi. * viii*. MS. '0«i«»rf in edit, 1542. 1559. 
 
 3 C hit 
 
37S SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTIl* 
 
 his wyfe, and [the kynge of Nauerhe and Mary bis wyfe, with]' many other, to the irons- 
 bre of. iii. M. and moo. 
 
 Lastly the kynge came vnto the cytie of Viterbe, where the cardynalles and other spi- 
 ritual! men were in coiisayU for the ehosynge of a newe pope* : for at that tyme the see 
 was voyde, by the deth of Clement the. iiii.; buty eleccion was so dyuers, that. ii. yere» 
 expyred or they myght agree vpon a newe paster. And than they agreed vpon Tbeobalde 
 Archidiacon of Landensis, named after the. x. Gregory. 
 
 From Viterbe the kynge rode to the Moiit of Flaston, and so ouer to the countre of 
 Tuscayne, & so to the Mount of Bergue, and then to the cytie of Florence, and frome 
 thens to Boloyng le Greysse, and from thens to Cremoygn ; where the kynges oflFycers 
 were nat all wele entreated, in recompensement wherof, the mayre and burgeyses of that 
 towne presented the kynge with. vii. stegys', trappyd in cloth of sylke and other presandes, 
 whiche the kynge with curteys and thaokfuU wordes refused. Then from thens the kynge 
 departed to Milan, and frome Milan to Annergeaux, and so to Susane a cytie of Sauoy; 
 and after passed the mountaygnes, and so into this valys of Moryen ; and from thens 
 tourned towarde the cytie of Lyons vpon Rosne, and so to the cytie of Mastorrin Burgoyn; 
 & passed that countre tyll they" came to y abbey of Cluny, and from thensinto^ coun- 
 tre of Champayne ; so to the cytie of Troys, & from thens passed the "coutrees tyll he 
 a;.;».. came to the lordshyp of Parys, and so into the cytie of Parys. 
 
 Here I passe ouer the great prouycyon made by the cytezeyns of Parys for the ra'- 
 uysshynge* of theyr prynces, that is to meane the dede corps of Lowys, and their natu- 
 rail prynce Philyp his sone; and of the obseruaunces done aty' great assembles' of the 
 lordes spirituall & temporal!, to welcome theyr pryflce, & doynge of theyr dutyeseuery 
 man accordynge to his honour. But after all these serimonyes in due ordre fynysshed, pro- 
 uycion was made for the coronacion of f kynge, the which was crowned at the cytie o£ 
 Raynes, vpon y^ daye of thassumpcion of our Lady, in 5^yere of grace. xii.C.lxxi. 
 
 SHortly after that the solempnytie of this coronacyon was passyd, kynge Philyp for his- 
 recreacion rode into the countre of Vermedoyse, where, after be bad restyd hym a season,, 
 Robert erle of Arthoys requyred hym to vysyt his coutre, where he was receyued of the 
 burgeyses of Artoys with great honour and gladnes; and there was feasted with all dis- 
 port and gladnes by a cei tayne of 'tyme after : the whiche expyryd he refourned into. 
 Fraunce. Aboute the thirde yere of his reygrie, the erle of Foyz, contrary the kynges- 
 pleasure, toke party agayne Gararde a knyght and lorde of the castell of Casseboun, or 
 Tasseboun ; the whiche before had slayne the brother of the erle of Armehac,. speciall 
 frende ofy'sayde erle of Foyz : whiche sayd. ii. erlys, to reuenge y^ deth of their sayd bro- 
 ther, pursuyd the sayd Gararde so narrowly, that for his sauegarde he refused his owne 
 castell, and fled vnto a castell of the kynges, and there heldehym with his wyfe, childre,. 
 and substaunce : but when the. ii. erlys were ware therof, they sped them tbyder with- 
 theyr powers & layde siege to the castell, and in the ende threwe it downe to the grounde, 
 and slewe all y' sowdyours that they there founde, as well the kynges seruauntes as other^ 
 hopynge to haue founde their enemy Garrarde, the which was escaped thens secretly. 
 
 When the rumour of this dede came vnto the kynge, he dysdeyned sore that dede, and 
 toke it ryghtgreuously, in so raocbe, that he called his lordes,, and by theyr counsayll as- 
 sembled his knyghtes, andentred with force the prouynce of the erle of Foyz ;. the whiche- 
 herynge of the kynges great displeasur, fortyfyed his castel^ and there helde hym : the 
 whiche was so beset with rokkes of stone, f the kyng myght nat wyiie to it with ease/, 
 wherfore the kynge comaunded the rokkes to be cutte with masons and other werke men,. 
 
 * Omitted in edit.. 1542. 1659* * Bysshoppe of Rome. edit. 1542. ' stedis. ♦Ressavyng, 
 
 * doon at the enteryng of the said Lowis, and of the grete assemblees. MS, 
 
 and 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTII. 379 
 
 and made a solempe othe, that he wold nat departe thens or he had the erie and his cas- 
 tell at his pleasure. 
 
 Whan theerle had beholden J^ great power of his enemyes, and the prouycion of the 
 kynge to wynne his castell, ^ other ieopardyes, he made meanes to the kyag for grace, and 
 fynally put hyra and his into his mercy. Thenne the kynge comaunded hym to be bounde, 
 and so to be conueyed vnto the castell of Beauquesu, wherp he was imprysoned by an 
 hole yere after ; and the kynge seasyd all his landes, and sette a certayne of his kny^htes 
 to kepe his castell, and.caryed his wyfe and children with hym into Fraunce. But after a 
 yere runne, f kynge was so laboured to by the frendes of the said erle that he was en- 
 larged from pryson, and, vpon suertye, sufFeryd to serue in the kynges court, where he 
 bare hym so weale, that fynally the kynge made hym knyght, and restored hym to all his 
 landes ; but what fyll of the erle of Armenac, the storye sheweth nat. 
 
 Aboute the. vi. yere' of his reygne, kynge Philyp maryed Mary f doughter of the erle 
 of Burboun, or after some, the doughter of lohn the duke of Braban, the whiche he loued 
 entyerly : wherof Peter de Broshe, then beynge lorde chamberlayne, hauynge enuy and 
 disdeyne, sought the wayes and meanes to mynysshe the great loue atwene her lorde and 
 her, & fonde by his meane that a sone of the kynges, named Lowys, was poysoned'; the 
 whiche dede he by subtyle and secret meanes, as though it had no thynge comen of hym, 
 layde it to the charge of the quene : for this the kynge made many maner of enquysicions, 
 as wele by sorcery as other, but in all his werkes he founde his quene gyltlesse : wherfore 
 he sufFeryd the matier to passe, tyll he myght haue more assured profe in that matyer. 
 Aboute this season Fordinandus kynge of Castyle, that before tyme hadde maryed Blanch 
 doughter of seynt Lowys, dyed, leuyng after him ii. sones borne of the sayd Blanch, 
 named Fardinande and Alphons, whiche, by couenaunt at the raaryage made, shulde be 
 heyres vnto the kyngdome of Spayne and Castyle. But the fader of this Fardynande so 
 beynge deed, contrary his honoure and promesse, wrote vnto y lordes of Castyle, amo- 
 nestynge theym that they shulde admytte for theyr kynge his secondesone named Sanxion 
 or Sanxio, and swere to hym both feautye and homage, the whiche was all doon accord- 
 ytige to his comaundement, so that Blanche was dispoynted of her dower, and her chil- 
 der of theyr ryght and enherytaunce : for the whiche kynge Philip her brother was gre- 
 uously dyscontented, and for reformacion thereof, sent vnto the kynge of Spayne his 
 chief boteler with other, desyringe hym to perfourme all suche couenauntes as atwene hym 
 and his fader were concluded at the maryage of his suster Blanche, or at the lest if that 
 he refused that to do, that he wolde sende his sayde suster, with her. ii. childer, sauely in- 
 to Fraunce. 
 
 In coclusion, the mother with her. ii. childer were brought by the sayd boteler vnto the 
 iynge, without other pleasur outlier in worde or in dede. For the whiche he f yere fo- 
 lowynge gaderyd a stronge host, and passed with theim by Poytiau and Gascoygne, tyll 
 he came vnto a towne ioynynge to the border of Spayne, named Sainterre, where the 
 kynge mette another parte of his boost; there, by cousayll of some of his lordes, the 
 kynge concluded to retourne into Fraunce, for daunger of wynter that was comynge, and 
 other hydde causes: but ^ rumour in the boost went that some of the kynges counsayll 
 had receyued rewardes of y kyng of Spayne, by meane wherof the kynge loste that iour- 
 ney, and retourned into Fraunce to his great dishonour and damage. 
 
 In tyme of kynge Philyppes retourne into FraUce, tydynges were brought vnto hym 
 that Eustace de Beau Marche, whome the kynge had appoynted to haue the gydyng of 
 the coutre or kyngdome of Nauare, was besieged in the cytie of Pampulyne ; wherfore 
 the kynge comaunded therle of Artoys to spede hym thyder, to rescowe f sayd Eustace, 
 the whiche behauyd hym so manfully, that he rescowed f sayd Eustace, & chasyd Gar- 
 symerans chief s^yrrer of that rebellyon, and broughte the people of that countree agayne 
 
 ' V. MS. * prysoned. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 3 C 2 to 
 
Fit. hcS. 
 
 380 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTIL 
 
 to due subieccion. Whyle the erle of Arthoys was thus occupyed in the aayd countre, 
 messangers'ca4ne to hym from the kynge of Spayne, requyrynge hym, syne y he was so nere, 
 that he wolde come and disporte hym there for a season : whereof the erle of Arthoys 
 sent kynge Philip worde, and hauynge of hym lycence,yode vnto the sayd kynge of Spayne^ 
 as to his nere kynnesman, & there disported hym a certayne of tyme to his great couso- 
 ' lacion. 
 
 In whiche season, dyuers letters came out of Fraunce, frome some of the kynges coun- 
 sayll, by reason wherof y^ kynge of Spayne was enfourmed of moche of the Frenshe kynge* 
 counsayll: whiche letters he shewed vnto the erle of Artoys, sayinge, that he was nat with- 
 out frendes in Frauce, but he wolde nat disclose what persones they were. Whan the erle 
 had taryed in Spayne a competent season, he toke leue of the kynge, and departed with 
 great gyftes, and so spedde hym y in processe of tyme he cam vnto the kynge of Fraunce, 
 and, at conuenient leyser, shewed vnto hym of the letters shewed vnto hym by the kyng of 
 Spayne, wherof the kynge was nat a lytell ameruayled. 
 
 It was nat lohge after, that, a currour or messanger whiche vsed to here letters frome 
 Peter de Broshe vnto the kynge of Spayne, fyllsyke at an abbey; where, when he knewe 
 he shuld dye, were it by exortacon of his ghostly fader, or otherwyse, called to hy the 
 abbot or hede of that house, chargynge hym that he wolde delyuer suche letters as he 
 there badde vnto the Frenshe kynges owne person ; and after dyed. After whose deth, 
 the sayd relygious man, in conuenient haste, spedde hym vnto y kynges court, and pre- 
 sented hym with the sayd letters, shewynge vnto hym the mynde of the sayd messanger: 
 whiche letters whan the kynge had vnclosed, he anon knewe that his chamber) ayne, Peter 
 de Broshe, was the discloser of all his counsaylles. Wherfore forthwith he eomauded the 
 sayd Peter to be had vnder saufe kepynge, whereof hearing, the byssbop of Bayon fleddc 
 streyght the lande, & so yode vnto Rome. 
 
 The kynge than yode vnto Parys, where he called a counsayll of his lordes to examyne 
 ■f sayd Peter, where fynally he was iuged to be hanged ; after which iugemet he was c6- 
 ' mytted vnto warde tyll the morowe folowyng. At whiche season, longe before the sonne 
 rysynge, the duke of Burgoyne, the duke of Braban, the erle of Artoy?, w the prouost 
 of Paris, came vnto the Gayole, and there receyued the sayd Peter, and sawe hym hanged 
 or the sonne were vp. 
 
 IT was nat longe after that Peter was thus put to detb, but meanes were made attwene 
 these, ii. kynges. So that adaye of metyng' was appoynted, y the sayd kynges should mete, 
 to haue comunicacyon for the matyer concerning the wronges done to dame Blanche & 
 her. ii. childer beforenamed. Wherefore the kyng of Spayne came vnto the cytie of Bay- 
 on, and kynge Philyp to a towne in y prouynce of Tholouse, named Mount Marchaiit, 
 where these, ii. prynces, beynge in comunycacion of ^foresayd matyer, certayne messan- 
 gers came to them from ^ pope*, then Martyn the. iiii., chargynge them, vpon payne of 
 fallyng into ^ sensures of the Churche, that they agree and fall vnto accorde, that warre 
 atwene theym be nat excersyced. By reason wherof kynge Phylyp remytted the matyer 
 to ^ pope*, and retourned vnto Tholouse, where mette with hym the kynge of Aragon, 
 named Peter; the whiche, after he badde there taryed with kynge Philyp time at his plea- 
 sure, he toke his leue of the kynge, and after went into Catholoyne, where he mette with 
 Constance his wyfe, and doughter of Manfred sometyme kynge of Scicill, the which was 
 pryued of his lyfe and kyngdome, by Charles, brother of seint Lowys, as before, in the. 
 iiii. chapiter of the story of Seynt Lowys is shortly towched. 
 
 This Constance, in all that she myght, exorted her husbandje to gader his people, & to 
 entrethc lande of Scicill, ascertaynynge hym, that the Sciciljiens wolde take his partie 
 agayne Charles, forsomoch as they wele knew that, she was rightful! heyre to that kyng- 
 dome. 
 
 "diet. MS. *By»8hop of Rome. edit. 1542. 
 
 Jn 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTII. 881 
 
 In this time and season, which was the. x. yere of kyng Philip, the ryuerof Sayn rose 
 .of spche an hygth, that it compassed f cytie of Parys in suche wyse that noo man myght 
 come thytlier without bote or barge. And the water passed with suche vyolence, that it 
 .brake, vi. arches of the great bridge of Parys, and one of the small brydges. , 
 
 Then lette vs tourne to the kynge of Aragon, wbiche, by encensynge of his wyfe, gaderyd 
 his people', and, vnder colour that he wolde haue gone agayne the Turkes, had graunte 
 of the pope* to receiue the dymes of his owne lande for certayne yeres. Whyle this 
 was in doynge, he sent certayne persones into Scicile, to see ^ state of the countre; the 
 whiche made c5fideracies w dyuers great men of Sciciliens, and ouer that brought with 
 theym dyuers of the rulers to the presence of y kynge, with whome the sayd Peter made 
 certayne appoyntementes, and after retourned theym into Scicile, where, after theyr re- 
 tourne, they counsaylled so with their rulers of Palermo, and Messene, and of other cyties, 
 ^ in one nyght all the Frenshemen in Scicill were slayne; and, after, in moste cruell wyse, 
 slewe the women, as well those that were with childe as other, and lefte fewe or none 
 of the Frenshemen in all the chief cyties or townes of Scicill on lyue. Whan tydynges 
 of this myschief was brought vnto Charles, beynge than in the countree of Angeou, he 
 sent messangerg vnto f pope* Martyn the iiii., requyrynge his ayde to defende his ene- 
 myes ; the whiche, in all hast, sent vnto Palermo ^ bysshop of seynt Sabyne to charge the 
 cytezyns, vpon payne of cursynge, to obey vnto Charles for their kynge, & to none other. 
 But the rulers of Palermo, and also of Messene, wold nat suffrethe sayd bysshop to passe 
 any ferther, and also sayd that Peler was entred the coutre, of whome they wolde holde 
 and on none other ; w which answere he was fayne to rctourn. In this while Charles had 
 sent vnto his neuew Philip, kyng of Frauce, the which, whis powerao reuoke Peter from 
 Scicil, entred the lande of Aragon by Purpunyan, and tooke the cytie of leane. In whiche 
 passe tyme Charles entred Scicill, and besieged Messene ; but the towne was so strongly 
 fortyfied, f he lost there his labour. Wherefore he lette y siege, and yode into theplaynes 
 of seynt JVlartyne, and there taryed the corny nge of his sone, than prynceof Salerne, The 
 •pope* than accursed Peter, for asmoche as certayne worde was brought to hym that h« 
 had proclaymed hymselfe kynge of Scicil, and, to the entent to slyre the more people agayn 
 hym, he gaue his lande of Aragon vnto Charles erle of Valoys, and sone of kynge Phi- 
 lip of Fraunce. 
 
 Whan Philip, as before is sayde, kynge of Fraunce, hadde wonne leane, forasmoche 
 as the wayes towarde Aragon were harde to passe, aswell for prouysions made by the ene- 
 inyes as otherwyse, the kyng, therfore, sought great aduyce, how he myght with leest 
 . daunger wynue to his enemyes : & after many meanes sought, a Russilian was brought 
 vnto the kynges presence, the whiche assured the kynge to gyde hym away into Aragon,^oot 
 f dauger of his enemyes. Whereof the kynge, beynge glad, promysecf to the sayd Russi- 
 lian fredome and lybertie, with other great rewardes, whiche than stode as prysoner to the 
 Frensshemen ; after whiche promesse made, the kyng put hym and the more part of his 
 boost vnder tlie ledyng of the sayd Russilian, and for to blynde y more his enemyes, he 
 sent a parte of his boost towarde f mountaynes, to make a shewe as though all f host had 
 passed the same waye. Whan kyng Philip had orderyd all thyng after his myde, he c6- 
 mauded f forewarde of his people to folowe the said Russilian, the whiche brought theytn 
 a streyght and narrowe waye, all to growen with wood and busshes, to the kynges great tra- 
 uayle & all his, hut finally he brought them into f playnes where theyr enemyes laye, so 
 that they made prouysion in orderynge of theyr people, to set vpon the Aragons; where- 
 of f Aragons beyng ware, supposynge the Frenshemen might so lightly* haue wonne vnto /»/./»»* 
 theym, beynge than out of aray, & dispurueyed to lyght, fled vnto the^ next holdes, le- 
 uynge to the Frenshmen moche of theyr vytayll and barneys. 
 
 Whanne kynge Philip had seen that his enemyes bad forsaken theyr felde, rested hym 
 
 • powar. MS. ' B. of Rome. edit. 1542. » not so lyghtly. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 2 there 
 
S82 SE4>TIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTII. 
 
 there a season after his trauayle, and after yode to a towne named Pierlaat, & besieged 
 it ; whereof the sowdyours, after they had a season defended y towne, in the deed of the 
 jiiyght fyred the sayde towne, and departed whenne they had done. But the Frenshmen 
 wanne shortly into the towne, and quenched f fyre. And after the kynge had maned 
 and vytayiled it, he than went to a towne named Geron', and layde his siege theraboute, 
 .where he lay longe after. 
 
 YE haue harde in the precedyng yere howe Charles kynge of Scicill laye in the playnes 
 of seynt Martyne, there abydyng the comynge of his sone the prynce of Salerue, whyther 
 lastely came vnto hy his say d sone the duke of Burgoyne, ;y''erle of Alanson, Peter, bro- 
 ther to kynge Philip, Robert erle of Arthoys, f erlys of Dampmartyne, and of Bbloygne 
 ^ the lorde of Mount Morency, and many other nobles of Fraunce & Burgoyii. After 
 .comynge of whiche lordes, Charlys, with baner displayed, sped hym towarde his enemyes, 
 and soo passed the lande of Calabre without fyghte : and sent his sone to Naples with a 
 . parte of his boost, and hymselfe kepte on his iourney tyll he came vnto Prouynce, where 
 he herynge of the gfeat puruyannce, that Peter kynge of Aragon hadde made of shyppes 
 to sayle towarde the lande of Naples, sente certayne letters vnto the prynce his sone, 
 that in nowyse he shuld set vpon his enemyes, but kepe hym w in y- cytie of Naples, tyll 
 he sent vnto hy suche shyppes, and galeys, as he than had redy manned to be sente vnto 
 hym from the hauen of Marcille ; which messanger and letters were taken with the Ara- 
 gons : by reason wherof they knewe moche of kynge Charlys counsayll. It was nat longe 
 after or the nauye of the kynge of Aragon, with great triumph and pryde, came vnto 
 Naples, and prouokyd so the Frenshmen to fyght, y lastly the prynce, vr such shyppes & 
 company as he myght make, made out vpon them, & fought with them a longe fyght, but 
 in the ende the Frenshmen were betyn, and ouercomen : and the prynce w the more 
 partie of his shyppes taken and sente to Constance queue of Aragon, and remayned longe* 
 after vndelyuered w many other prysoners. 
 
 Within a short season after of this scomfytur Charlys cam vnto Naples, by whiche tyme 
 fnoche of the towne was tourned agayne hym, so that the moost parte of the Frenshe sowdy- 
 ours were slayne, and fled the towne, wherfore, after y Charlys was entred, he punysshed 
 theym right cruelly by dyuers maner of tourmentes : and whan he had done there his 
 avyll, he retourned into Calabre, where mette with hym Rpbert erle of Artoys, where they 
 take theyr counsayll how they myght passe the water of Phaar, & to lay theyr siege vnto 
 the cytie of Messene. But for dyuers causes he was cousaylled to the contrary, so that he 
 toke shyppynge at an hauen called Brandyse ; but or his people were all shypped, suche a 
 ^ylcenesse toke hym y he was had agayne to lande and dyed shortly after, nat without suspee- 
 cionof venyme^ whose corps was than coueyed to Naples, and there buryed, in the yere of 
 our Lord. xii.C.lxxxiiii. and the. xiiii. yere of the reygne of Philip his neuewe, thanne kynge 
 of Fraunce, Of whiche tydynges, Peter, kynge of Aragon, reioysed nat a lytell, when worde 
 thereof to hym was brought ; the whiche before that tyme had betaken thetule of the lande 
 ■of Scicill to Constance his wyfe, theiie beynge in the cytie of Palermo : and he hymself with 
 a stronge nauy sayled into Aragon, for to rescowe the cytie of Geron, whiche was besieged of 
 kynge Philyp as ye before haue herde : and whene he with his people were there landed, he 
 looke his counsayll, howe he myght moost greue the Frenshe boost. Fynally he concluded 
 that he wolde make a busshement with a certayne nombre of his knyghtes ; and lye in 
 awayte to take the vytayll y was brought to the boost from f porte of Russilian, whiche 
 ' port was. iiii. myles from the Frenshe boost. Vpon whiche conclusion so taken, he with. 
 
 ii, M. chosen men, lodged them where the pray shuld passe, & was espied of y Frenshmen; 
 wherof beyng warned, f counstable of Frauce, & sir'Iohn Harcourt, theiie marshall of f 
 haost, take with theym the erle of Marches with dyuers other knyghtes to the nombre of. 
 
 ' Goron. edit. 1533. 1542. 155^. * not long, edit. 1559. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI TERTII. sas 
 
 T.C. speres with a certayne of fotemen, and went towarde their enmyes : but whenne 
 they came nere vnto theym, and sawe they were so many in nombre, they feryd to sette 
 forth warde, tyll they were comfortyd by the wordes of a knyght in theyr capany, called 
 Mathewe de Roya, sayinge as foloweth ; 
 
 *' Gye noble knyghtes, beholde in youre syghtes the enemyes whiche ye haue ferre sought. 
 Lette vs no we reiuember y this is the daye of the assumpcion of our blessyd Lady, and 
 tFQSte we in her, that she wyll helpe vs agayne them that ben put out of holy Churche by 
 cursynge. For lyke meryte shall to vs growe to reuenge the iniuryes done vnto tbe.Cliorcbe 
 as though we faught agayn the enemyes of Cristes fi^th," 
 
 By meane of whiche wordes ihey were so encouragyd, that ^out fere they sette vpon 
 theyr enemyes, so that atwene theym was. coniensyd a sore and cruell fyght, cotynuynge 
 a longe season, or it myght be knowen whiche partie had the auaiUage of the other. At 
 the last the kynge was throwen' from his hors, and constrayned to fyght with the other 
 on fote, so that he was in great jeopardy to haue ben taken : but by his owne knyghthode 
 and good helpe of his men he recoueryd his hors agayne. Whenne the Frenshmen were 
 ware that the kyng was there in bis owne person, they were the more egre vpon the Ara- 
 gons to the entent to haue taken or slayne theyr kynge ; so y fynally they compelled 
 theym to forsake the feicte, and to saue them selfe by flyght. By reason wherof the kynge 
 with the more part of his knyghtes were saued from the daunger of their enemyes; but in 
 this fyght Peter kyng of Arasjone was so hurte, that he dyed shortely after. Whan these 
 foresayd knyghtes w theyr prysoners were retourned vnto yFrenshe kynge, & had shewed 
 vnto hym of that viciorye, he reioysed iherof greatly, & more wold haue done if he had 
 knowen howe sore his enemye Peter was woiidyd : bat to brynge to fyne his purpose he 
 dayiy more and more assaulted y towne. 
 
 In the tyme that (Jereonde, or Gyrond, was thus besiegyd of the Frenshe kynge, the 
 erle of Foys, that to the capitayne of the towne oughte great fauoure many tymes by 
 Jycence of the kynge yode into the towne, had dyuers comunycacions with hym, so'that 
 he lastly knowyng the sayd towne to be bare of vytayll.. shewed to the kynge f he wolde 
 lahoure the sayde capitayne, named sir Kaymonde de Cerdon, that the towne myght be 
 gyuen vp into the kynges hades': so that soone after the sayd capitayne desyreda respyte 
 af. viii. dayes to sende vnto the kyng of Aragon, to know whether he wolde rescowe 
 the towne or nat, vpon whiche graunt made, the messangers were sente, and retourned 
 with a certaynte of the kynges deth. Upon which knowledge had, the sayd capytayne agreed 
 to delyuer y towne, vpon codycion to haue with theym suche mouables as he with the 
 eytezyns andsowdyours had within the towne; ail whiche condycions assuryd, the kynge ^tj/. /i^;^ 
 receyued the towne of Geronde into his possession. The which whan he had manned with 
 knyghtes of his owne, he then, by counsayll whiche tourned after to his harme, dyuyded 
 his nauy, and sent a parte of theym into Fraunce, and the other into Tholouse, where 
 the kyng entendyd to tary the wynter folowyng. But so soone as his nauy was thus de- 
 uyded, the Aragons mette with theym that restyd in f hauen of Russilian, and gaue to 
 theym suche batayll that they toke many of theym, and slewe the kynges admyrall and 
 many other noble men of Fraunce : & helde the Frenshmen so short that forsomoche as 
 they wolde nat that so good siiyppes shuld come to the handes of theyr enemyes, they 
 sette fyrc vpon the pemenaunt& brent theim, and after resorted vnto the kynge. 
 
 Whene kyng Philip was ascertayned of ^ losse of his nauy, he take it greuously, in so 
 moche that for that and other thyngesy he myght nat txrynge to his purpose, he fyil 
 into a feuer, & wastherwith greatly anoyed; Than-for strengtbe of bis enemyes whiche 
 kept ^ passage of y moutes, called in Laten Montes Pireni, and. for wekynge of hymself 
 by reason of his sykenesse, he passed by the streyght places tyll he came to Parpynyan, 
 whece bis sykenesse encreasyd so sore that he dyed in shorte tyme of bis tbyder co-^ 
 
 • drawen, edit.. 1533.. 1542. 1559. 
 
 inynge, 
 
384f, SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 
 
 myngej in the moneth of Octobre, whan he had reygned. xv. yeres lackynge certayne 
 dayes, whose bowellis were buryed at Nerbpn, and his body at Seynt Denys. 
 
 This Philip had ii. wyues. By f firste, Isabeli by nartie, and dough ter of the kynge of 
 Aragon, laques, or lainys by name, he had. iii. sones : Lowys whiche was poysoned, Philip 
 whiche for his beaute and fayreshappe was named Philip le Beau, or Philip the fayre, arid 
 Charlys the Valoys. And by Mary his. ii. wyfe & doughter of the duke of Brabaii, he 
 hadde Lowys, Margaret, and Blaunch; whiche Margarete was after maryed to Edwards 
 the. firste than kynge of Englande. 
 
 Thus endeth Philip the thirde of Fraunce. 
 
 ANGLIA. ' 
 
 * 
 
 Edw^rdi prinrti. 
 
 (U. 7.(3.38.1 Edwarde the firste of that name, and sone of Henry f thirde, surnamed Longe Shanke, 
 began his reygne ouer Englande, i f moneth of Nouember, and xvii. daye of f same ; 
 and the yere of our Lord. xii. C.lxxij. & seconde yere of f thirde Philip than kyng of 
 Fraunce. This Edwarde, as before is shewed in the. Iv. -yere of his fader, was in the holy 
 lande whan his fader dyed, and there at the cytie of Aeon, or Acris, he dyd many feates 
 of warre, whereof the cronycle maketh no' certayne mencyon ; where he beyng so exer- 
 cysed in marciall actes, tydynges was broughte vnto hym that his fader was deed, Wber- 
 fore in all haste he sped hym into Englande ; so that he came to L5don the seconde day 
 of August, and was crowned at Westmynster the. xiiii. daye of Decembre folowynge, 
 whiche was in the begynnyng of the seconde yere of his reygne. 
 
 Aono Domini. M.CC.Ixxii. Anno Domini. M.CC.IxAiii. 
 
 lohn Home. 
 Sir Walter Heruy. '■ Anno prirao. 
 
 Walter Potter. 
 
 IN this firste yere of kyng Edwarde the firste, vpon the daye of Symon and lude, were 
 certayne attemptes made by some of f cytezyns to haue made suche a mayre as they had 
 lyked; but for they were dispoynted of theyr accessaryes, they lette for that tyme, whiche 
 in y' yere folowynge vpon the same day toke further effect : as in the begynnynge of the 
 next yere shalbe towched. In f ende of this yere and seconde daye of August, kynge 
 Edwarde came to London, from his great iourney of the hooly lande, where of the cy- 
 tezyns he was receyued with all ioy and honour, and so conueyed vnto Westmynster, 
 where he kepte great obseruaunces for his fader by a certayne tyme after. 
 
 Anrio Domini. M.CC.lxxiii. Anno Domini. M.CClxxiiii, 
 
 Nicholas Wynchester. 
 Henry Waleys. Anno. ii. 
 
 Henry Couentre. ^ 
 
 IN this seconde yere of this kynge, and daye of Symon and lude, whan Philip le 
 Taylour, whiche before was chosen to be mayre, and shuld as that daye haue taken his 
 charge m the Guyldehall of London, dyuers cytezyns put hym besyde f mayres seet, 
 and sette therm sir Walter Heruy, that the yere before had been mayre. For the whiche 
 great rumour and grudge arose amonge the cytezyns, wherfore the matyer was after 
 brought before the kynge, the whiche heryng f reasons of both parties, for somuche as 
 he coude nat agre theym, he put both the sayd syr Walter^ and the said Philip asyde, & 
 
 ' uo omitted in edit, 1533. 15*2. 1559. 
 
 chase 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIML 3*5 
 
 chase Henry Forn^k', for custos of the cytie : the whiche so conlynued tyll Catidelmas 
 after, at whiche tyrae by discrete and wyse peasyble nieanes, the forenamed sir Waller 
 Heruy' was set in auctoryte as mayre, andso contynued the ful of the yere after. 
 
 This yere ypon the. xiiii. day of Decembre was ^ kyng crowned at Westmynster of 
 maister Robert Kylwarby, than archebysshop of Caunterbury : for Boniface, his prede- 
 cessour, dyed the yere that kynge Heni-y dyed. At this coronacion was present Alexandre 
 kynge of Scoltes, the whiche, vpon the morowe folowynge, dyd homage to kynge Edwarde, 
 for the kyngdome of Scoilande. 
 
 After the solempnytie of the coronacion was ended, the kyng herynge of the rebellyon 
 of Lewelyn prynce of Walys, that dysdayned to come to his coronacyon, anone gatheryd 
 a stronge power, and went into that prouynce and subdued the sayd Lewelyn, and after 
 retourned, and ordeyned certayne newe lawes for f welth of the realme, whiche are lo Fot-iiHiH. 
 longe here to reherce ; annoge the whiche one was, that bakers makynge brede, lackynge 
 the weyghr assygned after f pryce of corne, shuld first be punysshed by losseof his brede : 
 and the seconde tyme by prysonement : and y thirdly by the correccion of the pyllory. 
 And niyllers for stelyng of corne to be chastysed by ^ tumbrell, and this lo be put iir 
 execucion he gaue auctorytie to all mayres, baylyflfes, and other offycers thorough En- 
 glaude, and specyally to the mayre of London. 
 
 Aono Domini. M.CC, Ixxiiii. Auno Domini. xii.C. Ixxv. 
 
 Lucas Patencourt 
 Gregory Rokkisle. Anno. iii. 
 
 Henry Frowyke. 
 
 IN the thirde yere the kyng confermyd the lyberties of the cytie of London, and grauted 
 to them some new. And this yere he helde his great court of parliamet at Westmynster, &• 
 gauemonycion lo Lewelynprynceof Walys to come vnto the same, the whiche presumptuous- 
 ly y denyed. Wherfore, the kynge, after Easter, entred agayne into Walys, and so warred vp- 
 on Lewelyn that he was costreyned to submythym vnto the kynges grace, and opteyned it 
 with great difficultie. Then kyng Edwarde buylded the castell of Flynt, and strenghthyd ihe 
 castell of Rutlande and other, with Englysshe men, to kepe the Walshmen in due obedyence ; 
 and toke of iheyr prynce a great sume of money, whiche of some wryiers is named. l.M.W. 
 and oi some. l.JVL marine, and of some other lasse, and so retourned into Englade. 
 
 In this yere one Water Haruy, whiche the firste yere of this kyng, after longe contrasuer- 
 sie & stryfe that he had kept with the aldermen of London, at a folkmote kepte at Poules 
 ciosse, was made mayre of London, and so continued lo the hurte of the "cytie that yere: 
 this yere was he accused of dyuers periuries and other detestable dedes contrary his othe ; 
 for the whiche, and for makynge of assembles of the comons whiche fauored hym in his 
 yl dedes, was depryued of his aldermanshyp and counsayll of the cytie for euer, and founde 
 suertie of xii. honest persones, that he shulde be good of berynge, for kepynge of the 
 kynges peas, within the cytie, for terme of his lyfe after. 
 
 Addo Domini. M.CC.lxxv. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxvi. 
 
 lohn Home. 
 Gregory Rokkisle. Anno. iiii. 
 
 Rauffe Blount. 
 
 IN this. iiii. yere of kyng Edwarde, Michaell Touy' whiche, in tyme of warre had ^V 
 the Walshemen, demeaned hym olherwyse than stode with his trouth and allegeaunce, 
 was accused of treason, and thereof arreygned, iuged, and dampned, & after was drawen, 
 hanged, and quarteryd. 
 
 And this yere was the statute of Mortmayn enacted firete, which is to meane, y no 
 
 'F/Owjk. * Henry Waleys. MS. 'Tony. 
 
 3 D man 
 
m S^PtiUA Mils g&WAtlDI fftiMI. 
 
 iftah shulde gyiie info th<e churfche, ^tl^ la'fldiis or rentes without a ^jeeyalllycettcfe of tiib 
 kynge; \Vhiche acte, Syne thiat tfcBle, iiath bfen thorfe blr&ligly Enacted and dewysed, witfe 
 many addicyohfe tftfereuntb augmented 01: ^hri6kyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. xii-Clxxvi. Afin6 toofnifll. xii.C.lkjjvil. 
 
 Robert de Uracy*, ' 
 
 Gregory Rokkisle, AfJii6. V-. 
 
 ■ feauffe t'enouf. 
 
 IN this. V. yfere of the reygbe t)f l<ynge Edwarde, pope Nicholas, the thyrcte of that 
 name, made doctour Robert Kylwarby, than beynge archebysshop of Caunterbury, a, 
 cardyiial of Rome^ St admytted to that see a frerej named doct'O'Iohii Pekbam. 
 
 And in this yere, the kynge gaue vtito Dauyd, brothei- to Ijewelyn, prynce of Walys, the 
 lordship of Froddeshaiii : the wh-iche Dauyd dwelled in the kynges court, and ds'd vnto 
 hyra plesaunt serliiyce to the entent to Ispye f kynges secret counsayll., and if any thynge 
 were spoicen or done to y hurte of his brother, that lie therof myght gyue to hym warnynge, 
 as after by his dede apperyd. 
 
 AnHo Dioniini. xii.C.ixxvii. Auiib Ddmiiii. MiCClscxviiij 
 
 lohn Adryan. 
 Gregory Rokkisle. Anno. vi. 
 
 Walter Langley. 
 
 IN this vi. yere the kynge comaunded the courtes of hislawes, as f Kjges Bench, 
 the Chauncery, the Comon Place, and the Excheker to be reraouyd vnto Sbrewysbury, 
 where Myghelmesse Terme was holden and kept; but agayne Hillary Terme, tlie bokes & 
 offycer^ was co-untermaunded agayne to \Vestmyn'ster to be there holden. In whiche ca- 
 riynge of the recordes to and fro, they, by reason of great pletite of rayne whiche in that 
 season fyll, caught great hurte & were sore defacyd, in somoche that y^ bokes weregreatly 
 imperisshed, and the clerkes hadde great laboure to brynge theym to their former state. ^ 
 
 Anno Doniini. M.CJC.lxxviiii Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxia;^ 
 
 Robert Baiiynge, 
 Gregory Rokkisle. Anno. vii. 
 
 Wyllyam Mazerer*. 
 
 IN this. vii. yefe, th'e Icyng hfelde his parlyahlent at London, whiche w^is chiefly sette for 
 the reformacon of the kyhges coygne, whicn \\^as cly*pped [& washed]' in suche wyse thai 
 it was therby wonderfully mynysshed and ehp'ayred. .In the season Of this parlyamet, 
 ftjany of th6 lewes of Londoh & other places, w'ere taken and put in holde for money clyp^ 
 pynge. And in Decembre folOwyhge, cettayne enquestes vvere tiharged in London to en* 
 quyre of the sayde lewes, and other, that so hadde bletfiys^h^d the kynges Ooygne. . By 
 Ihe which enquestes tlfe Ie^*es Of the cyti6, with dyuers goldsiiiythes that kept exchange 
 of syluer, were indytpd. 
 
 And the.Mond'ay folowyng the Purificacion of our Lady, the mayre w dyuers iustices 
 jfo/./xT,. of the lande sat at London, where before theym was caste. CC. Ixxx. and, xvii. persones ; 
 
 of the whiche was but iii. Englysshemen, and all the other were lewes and lewes 
 borne, albeit that many of theym were borne in Ehglande, and theKore, of some wryters 
 they be namied Englysshe lewes, f whiche were all, at sondry times and places, put in exe- 
 'ttidiSh. 
 
 The Biacke In thi's ycTc also, began thfe foundacion of the churchfe of f Freers Prechour€s, or Blacky 
 
 Freer, by Lud. Fibers, by Ludgate, by theyr founder. 
 
 And in this yere the towne of Boston was greatfy blemysshed with fyfe. 
 
 * Robert Brassey. edit. 1542. 1 559. * Wyllyam le Meyre. edit. 1 559. ' Omitted in edit. 1 542. 1559. 
 
 Anno 
 
3EPTIMA PARS EDWAttDI PBIMI. SSf 
 
 Anuo Domini. MX:C.Uxiz< 4saQ SoiaiQi. ^•CC.lxxx* 
 
 Tbomas Bojc 
 Gregory Rokkisle. Aano. viii. 
 
 " Rauffe More. 
 
 IN this, viii, yere, the kynge caused, in syluer, the halfe peny to be coygned, where, before 
 tyrrie, other coygnes of other install ranne amonge the people to theyr gre^t poyaunpe 
 and losse; and fartbingcii of syluer were also coygned the splfp same tymp. J^nd the wyn- 
 ter folpwynge, abpute the day pf Seypt Denys, or t\\e. ijf:. daye p^" Pplqbr«, fyl sue|\« 
 ^plgnte of soQwe, tb^t th^r^of ensued moclie harme. 
 
 ■*BBQ RqminL j^ii.lxxj. A^ao Dotniaj. M.CC.l^^j;i. 
 
 Wy] lyara Faryngdon. 
 Gregory Rokkisley. 4^nnQ. igc. 
 
 Nicholas Wyn Chester. 
 
 IN this. ix. yere of kyng Edyyaide, Datjiyd, the brother of Lewellyi? prince of Walys, 
 (the which, as ye before haqe herde, dwellyd ii) the kyngps court tp l^nowe the kynges cou- 
 sayll, and therof to etifpurine his brother,) whan he bad y be yvayted for, he secretly gatte 
 hyni into Walys to his brother, and hym excytcd agayne the kynge in all that he myght, 
 and caused his brother to man aod vytayll dyu«rse castelles ^in Walys, and specyallv the 
 castell of Swandoa, vwherin he moche trusted, Sf gadefyd vptp ^ym f )¥alshmen by g'yftes 
 and other meanes, so that he was very stronge. 
 
 Wherof when the kynge wfis enfourmed, he wojde tberuufp giu? f Q credence, tyll he 
 had sent thyther, & receyued from thcns the certaynte. But ibr so nxjche as wynter,\vag 
 towarde, & he myght nat couenyently go thyther )V any power, be therfQj"^ prouyded to send 
 men & vytayll, to strength the castelles of plynt and Rutlad^e, and other boldes whiche he 
 there had, and, with prouysyoo made, to warre vpon theym in |t^ebegy""ynge of ^next 
 yere, ^^uffii-yd that wynter to passe. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxi. Anno Domini. M.CC.Ix.\xii. 
 
 Wyllyam Mazerer'. 
 Henry Waieys. Anno. x. 
 
 Nicholas Wynchestcr. 
 
 IN this. X. yere, the kynge heryoge more and more of tbe .vostedfastnes of the Walshe- 
 men, for to let them of theyr purpos.e to greue his boldes before^natned, l^e sente thyder 
 with a crewe of sowdyours, the eriys of Northumberlande, and of Surrey; with whom, 
 amonge other, went sir Rogier .Clyfforde, sir Wyllyam Lyndesay, sir jRicharde Tanny, & 
 many other noble knyghtes and squyresj the whiche with great corage entrede into Walys, 
 and made with the Walshe men many slcyrmysshes : tyll lastly, vpon Palme Sondaye, 
 Dauyd with a great power of Walshinen, mette with the said lordes and knyghtes, at a 
 place nere to a towne called Hanardyne, where atwene them was a spre fyght ; but in the 
 ende f losse fyll to the Englysshmen : for there \vere slayne sir Wyllyam Lyndesey, sir Ri- 
 charde T^nny, with many other, and sir Rogier Cjyfforde was takyn. After whiche ouer- 
 throwe of the Englysshmen, the sayd D^uyd layde^jege vntp the cajjtelles of Flynt and 
 of Rutlande; and his brother in that season warred and occupyed the landes of sir Ed- 
 piunde Mertym^r, and wan the towne called Lambatre Vaure, and there (hfc^we the ik^I^s 
 therof downe to the groiide. This towne is p^lsp Galled Abreswitb. It was nat long after 
 f brute of thj^ puertbrowe of the Englyssbemen came vnto the towne, v^4iei?ef9f^ he sped 
 hym the faster thyderwarde. 
 
 ' Wjllyjup |e Meyre. pi^. 166^* 
 
 3 D 2i AnBo 
 
088 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMF. 
 
 A lino Domini. M.CC.licxxii. Anno. Domini., M. CC.Ixxxiii. 
 
 Rauffe Blunt. 
 Henry Waleys. Anno. xi. 
 
 Hawkyn Betnell. 
 
 IN this. xi. yere, vpon y^ day of seynt Leonarde, or the. vi. daye of Nouembre, whyle 
 kyng Edwarde was thus occupyed in rescowynge of his men, whiche were besiged of 
 Daiiyd, sirRogier ClifForde w other, vvhiche entended to make a reysyng vpon f Walshe- 
 men, was drowned by foly vpo a brydge made of bargis plankys to haue passed a water 
 atwene Snowdon and Anlysseye. And the thirde daye of Decembre folowynge, was 
 Lewelyn prynce of Walys slayne by sir Edmunde Mortymer and his company, and bis 
 hede sent vnto to kynge', than beynge at Rutlande : the whiche he sent vnto London, 
 chargynge it y* be set vpon the Tdure of Lodon. Of this Lewelyn a Walshe metrician 
 made these; iiii. verses folowynge. 
 
 Hie iacet Anglorum tortor; tutor Venedorum ; 
 Princeps' Wallorum ; Lewelinus regula morum ; 
 Gemma Ceuorum' ; flos regum preteritorum ; 
 Forma futurorum; dux, laus, lex, lux, populorum. 
 
 Whiche verses are thus to meane as foloU'eth. 
 
 Of Englysshmen the scourge, of Walshe the protectoure, 
 
 Lewelyn the prynce, rule of all vertue, 
 
 Gemme of all lyuers, and of all other the floure, 
 
 Whiche, vnto deth, hath payde his deite due, 
 
 Of kynges a mirrour, that after hym shall sue, 
 
 Duke and prayse, and of the lawe theryght, 
 
 Here in this graue, of people lyeth the lyght. 
 
 But an Englysshe metrician wrote other, iiii. verses in dispraysynge of the sayd 
 
 Lewelyn as foloweth. 
 
 F,uiin». Hie iacet errorum princeps, ac predo virorum, 
 
 Proditor Anglorum, fax linida*reorum, 
 Numen Wallorum, trux, dux, liomicida, piorum, 
 Fex Troianorum, stirps, mendax, causa malorum. 
 
 The whiche may in this wyse be englysshed. 
 
 Here lyeth of errour the prynce, if ye wyll- ken, > ^ajr, 
 
 Thefe and robbour, and traytour to Englysshmen, • '-'' 
 
 A dym bronde, a sect of doers yll, 
 
 God of Walshemen, cruell without skyll , 
 
 In sleynge the good, and leder of the badde, 
 
 Lastly rewardyd as he deseruyd hadde, * 
 
 Of Troyans blode the drastes and nat sede, 
 
 A f ote of falshode, and cause of many yll dede. 
 
 ' Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxiii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxnii. 
 
 lordan Goodchepe* 
 ■ ■ Henry Waleys. .:. . Anno. xii. 
 
 Martyn Box, , ; 
 
 • the king. » that it. edit. 1S33. 1542. ' toevOruitt^ MS. and edit. 1559. * liuida secta 
 
 4- •- ■■ i^ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 389 
 
 ' IN this. xii. yere, the kynge, beynge stylle in Walys, pursued Dauyd, the brother of 
 Lewelyn, from towne to towng, so that, lastly, he was taken & broughte vnto the kynge. 
 aboute the Natyuyte of seyjit- lohii ; and so bolden in warde tyll the kyng had there sped 
 bis nedes Then the kynge had alt the coiitre at his wyl, & gaue vnto E-nglysshe ior,des 
 townes in the myddes of Walys, and deuyded-;^ countre into. shyres> & ordeyned there 
 shyreflFes and other offycers; as then were vsed in Englande. At Aberconow he made a 
 atronge castell, where before was.a house of whyte monkes; the whiche remouyd' thens, &. 
 ordeyned for them in some other place ; he also made than y casiell of Caraaruan fast 
 by Snowdo, and repayred agayne the towne of Labatre"^ or Abreswiih, which Lewelyn had 
 before betyn downe : also he garnysshed the casteiles 8c holdes slandynge vpon the see 
 syde ^ Englysshmen, & made Englysshemen lordes of the groundes belongynge to the 
 same. And whan the kynge hadde sette that countre in rule, then aboute Mychel masse 
 he retourned vnto Shrewysbury, where he sette a parlyam^nt : in the tyme wberof the 
 foresayd Dauyd, as chiet styrrer and begynner of all this warre, was tliere demyd to be 
 drawen, haged & quartered, & so he was shortly after at the sayd towne of Shrewysbury, 
 and his hede sent to London, and sette by the hede of his brother Lewelyn. 
 
 And this yere was the firste sone of kyng Edwarde. borne, whyle the kynge was in Wafys- 
 at the castle of Carnaruan ; by reason wberof he was afier named Edwarde pf Carnar- 
 uan. He was borne vpon y' day of seynt Marke, or the. xxv. daye of Apryll. This yere 
 also, one Laurence Duket, a cytezyn of London, was found deed & hanged within seynt 
 Mary Bowe.churche of Chepe; for the whiche, enqucries were made. And lastely, for 
 that dede were atteynted these, vii. persones folowyng : that is to saye, Reygnolde of Lan- 
 fcaster, Robert Pynot, Paule of Srepyhith, Thomas Cordwayner, lohn Tolanson, Tho- 
 mas Russell & Robert Scot, the whiche were all for that dede drawyn & hanged : and a 
 woman for the same dede was also brent, and RaufFe Crepyn, lourdan Goodchepe, 
 Gilbert Gierke & Geffrey Gierke, were also atteynt fory same cause ; but they were re- 
 pryed, ahd sent vnto the Toure of London, wiiere tliey remayned longe after, and lastly 
 delyuered. And in this yere, the great conduyte standyng agayne seyiit Thomas of Acres inicium a^ co- 
 in Ghepe was begon to be made : in this yere also, stryie and vnkyndenesse began to kyn- ductus m chcp*. 
 dell atwene ^ kynge and the erle of Leycester; whiche after grewe to the great disturb- 
 ance of dyuers townes of Englande, and specially of the cytie of London, as after some 
 dele shall appere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.GC.lxxxiiii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxv. 
 
 Stephen Cornhylle. 
 Gregory Rokesle. Anno. xiii. 
 
 Robert Rokesby. 
 
 IN this xiii. yere, vpon the daye of the Conuercyon of^seynt Paule, or the. xxv. daye 
 of lanuarii, the kynge ceasyd the fraunchese & lyberties into his hades, and discharged tiie 
 niavre of London, than beynge Gregory Rokkisle, & admytted for custos or gardeyn of 
 the cytie, Stephan Sandewyche; the whiche contynueJ in that oftyce, tyll the Monday fo- 
 lowynge the Purifycacon of our Lady, at whiche season the sayd Stephan was discharged, 
 and sir lolrn Breton knyght charged for the resydue of the yere. The cause of this displea- 
 sure that the kyng had vnto the cytie, is nat .shewed of no ceriaynte; but in an olde pan- 
 flete it apperyth that ^' sayd Gregory Rokkivsley, toke certayne brybes of the bakers, and 
 sufTeryd them to sell brede lackynge. vi. oz. or. vii. vnces in a peny lofe : for the which 
 f kyng shulde be sore displeased: but yet to me it semyth no conuenyent cause to sease 
 the lyberties of the cytie, for the offence of one man : wherfore it is to presuppose^ it 
 was for a more greuous cause. And in this yere, was fully fynysshed and endyd the newe 
 wcrke of the churche of Westmynster vnto the ende of the querej begonne, as before is 
 
 ' he removed. * Lambatre. 
 
 shewyd ; 
 
39(X SEPTIMA PARS EDWARM'PKIML 
 
 sliewyd, in the thirde yere of the. iii. Henry, by whiche reason it shuld apsre, thaf tfiis 
 church shuld be in edyfyinge vpon. Ixvi. yefes. Of the firste foundacion of this churchef 
 a-redyuers oppynyos: for as before is shewed, in the thirde chapiter of the story of Carce', 
 awd. V. parte of this werke, this churche was firste founded by a eytezeyne of London^ 
 and after reedyfyed by sieytit Edwarde, and kstiy ' by. kynge Henry- the. iii. But in, the 
 same abbey of We^tmynster, where of lykelyhode the raoost certaynte is to be had, it is 
 r-egystryd f this sayd chOTche was a temple of f Bryton^ longe or they receyued the fayth 
 of Crist ; and- in y^ tyme of their Cristen kynge Lucius, it was hallowed of Augustjrnat 
 and his felowes : and secundai'yly, it was reedyfied by Sebertua, than kynge of £s(saKon& 
 or Essex, abdute the tyme whan Etheiber-t, kynge of Kent, buylded seynt Paules church 
 •of London, whiche was after the tyme that Lucius receyued the fayth of Crist, rpon^ 
 CCCC. yeres : thanne thirdly it was buylded by seynt Edwarde the Cofessour, which© 
 reygned vpon. CCCC. and. xl. yeres after the sayde Sebertus : and fourthly or lastely, by 
 t;he foresayde Henry the thirde, whiche began his reygne after the delh qf seynt Edywarde. 
 C.l. yeres. 
 
 fcLixvii. ^„no ppniiiji. xii.C.lJCxxr. 4noQ Domini. ]VJ.Caj^>s;tvi. 
 
 Walter Blount, 
 Bauffe Sandewyche. ^ Anno, xjiii. 
 
 ; , lohii Wade. 
 
 IN the xiiii. yere of kynge Edwarde at a parlyament holden at Wegtmyijster, were 
 inade the statutes called Addimenta* Gloucestrje, which is to roeane Addicious pf Statutes 
 made and put to suche as before tyme were made at the parlyamet hoWen at Gloucetef^ 
 1^ whiche statutes made' to refoiirme suche persones as my sused the lades and tenementesj 
 comyngeto theynj by reason of the dower, or landes of theyr wyucs: so that the chiJdrt^ 
 of the seconds husbande put* the ryghtfull enheritours, or suche as were next allied ypto 
 - the firste donours. By reason of whiche statutes, and addiqiong now in thJ3 parlyainent 
 
 ~ > inade, suche raysorder was refourmed. 
 
 In this yere or nere there aboute, in a towne of Almayne called Traiect, Wiany men ^ 
 womeiB, as wytnessyth the auctour Cronica Cronicarum,, were daunsynge vpon a brid«e 
 whiche lay ouer a ryuer called Moose ; in whiche tyme of their dysporte and dftWsyijiM 
 came by a preest 'berynge the sacrament towarde a syke man, wherof the sayd men and 
 •women beyng in reuell toke no regarde vnto the sacrament, nor dy4 vnto it any howiur 
 and reuerence; but were it by the wreche of God or otherwyse, shortly after the preest 
 was passed ouer.jJie bridge brake, by meanes wherof nere vnto the iiombre of CC persones 
 were drowned. And aboute this same season in the countree called in Englysshe the 
 Swetezers, a women was delyuei-ed of a childe that from the nauyll vpwarde had ii. cpm- 
 plete bodyes, as. iiii. armys, and ii. hedes with ii. bodyes to the wast; and downward© 
 but. ii. leggps, the whiche with the foresayd armys be clypped eyther others body: and 
 an other woman bare a childe or a monster, wherof the hede and the face was lyke vnto 
 a mail, and all the body lyke vnto a Jyon with tayle and fete aad all other fetures accordi- 
 ynge to the same. 
 
 In this yere also a cytezyne of Lodon, named Thomas Pwylesdon, the whiche, in the 
 tyme of the barons warre before in the gtory of kyng Henry shewed, bad ben a capytayne, 
 and a great styrrer of the comons of the sayd cytie, for to maynteyne the barony partie 
 agayne the kynge, was newly accused, that he with other of euyll disposicion shuld make 
 conuenticles, and assemble^ to the newe distourbaunce of the cytie, wherof reporte was 
 made voto the kynge : the which remytted the enquery therof vnto sir Rauffe Sandewvch 
 than custos or gardcyne of the cytie. Then the sayd Thomas ^ other was pyt in suer 
 
 ■' Careticus. MS. & edit. 1559. %Additanjenta. ' were made. ♦ pu^^ by. 
 
 , . ^ kepynge. 
 
SEtTlMA PARS EDWARDI PRlMr. S#l 
 
 •kepyftgejtjlltbe matierwereduely eaquyred of: after ,whiche inquisicoil made and founds, 
 reporte was made vnto the kynge : then the kynge sent downe a wrytte, and comauded it 
 to be pfOtlaitned' shortly after within the boundes of the cytre, wherof the eiFecte was 
 that the sayde Thomas Pywelysdon, Wyllyam de Heywoode, Richarde de Coundris, 
 Richarde le CoflFerer, Robert de Derby, Albyne de Darby, Wylliam Mayo mercer, and 
 luo Lynge draper, with dyuers other to the nombre of. 1. persones, shulde be banysshed 
 the cytie for euer. And if any of the sayde. Iviii.' persones were at that tyme of the prq- 
 claymacion voyded the cytie for fere or otherwyse that they shulde so remayne, and nat 
 to retourne vnto y cytie, vpon payne of lyfe lt)synge. 
 
 In this yere also, where as of olde tyme longe before this season, the marclm«ntes 
 straungers, comynge with tlieir marchaudyse, were lodged win the cytezyns of the cytie 
 of London, and solde all theyr raarchaundyses by the procurynge of his boost, for ^ 
 which his sayd boost had a certayne of euery. li.; by meanes of tlie sayd marchauntes 
 straungers, it was at this day brought to passe that they myght hyre to them houses for 
 to dwell in, and for stowage of theyr wares, so that no cytezyn shulde entermedle hym^ 
 with f sayd straungers, nor yet theyr wares : by meane wherof they vsed many disceytes- 
 both in vtteraunce of false wares,, .and alsa by theyr weyghtes, wi>iche they vsed in theyr 
 owne houses to the great hurte of the hole realme of Englaiide. Wherefore sodaynly serche 
 was made, and theyr weyghtes founde and prouyd false, and ouer that all suche wares, 
 as they shulde haue weyedat the kyoges bealrae, they weyed moche therof in theyr sayde 
 houses, to the hynderaunce of the kynges custome ; for whiche offences agayne theym 
 proiiyd, to ^ nombre of. xx. of y^ sayd straugers were arrestyd, and sent vnto the Toure of 
 London, and theyr weyghtes brent and consmnyd in VVestchepe of London, the Thursday© 
 before the feast of Symon & lude : and fynally tlic sayd marchautes were delyuered by 
 fyne ma kynge to the kynge of a thousande poundes, when, they had suffered by a season 
 harde and vyle prysonnement. 
 
 Anno Domini. xii.CJxxxvi. JbxDO Domini..xii.C.lx.xxvii> 
 
 Thomas CrossCi 
 Sir lohii Bryton. Anno. xv. 
 
 Wyllyam Hawtcyo. 
 
 IN this. XV. yere, the lewes of Engliide were sessed at. great siimes of money which, 
 they payde vnto the kyng, but of. i. other aucto' it is sayd that the comons of Englande 
 graunted to the kynge the v. pai'te of theyr mouables for to haue the lewes banysshed 
 the lande ; for whiche cause the sayd lewes, to put y c5mons from theyr purpose, gaue of 
 theyr free wylles great sumes of money to the kynge, Whiche eaynge apperjlh to be 
 trewe, for the sayd lewes were exyled within fewe ycres after. 
 
 This yere aboute f begynnynge of Mail, the kyng sayled into Burdeux ; and from tbens- 
 he rode into Fraunce ; where, as w;ytnessyth the Frenshe booke, he was honourably re- 
 ccyued of Philip le Beau, or Philyp the faire, than kynge of Fraunce, and after receyued 
 homage of tlie sayd Edwarde for the dudie of Guyan. And whenne kynge Edwarde 
 hadde taryed a season in Fraunce, he retourned vnto Burdeux, whyther came vnto byfti 
 a certayne ambassadours from the kynge of Spayne, with the whiche he belde longe 
 ilalyautice ; wherfore the Frenshe kynge* he was suspected that he shuld allie hym with. 
 U>c kynge of Spiiyne agayne the Frenshe kynge. 
 
 And this yere, testifyeth Polycronicon, the somer was so excedyng hote that men dyed, 
 for hete. 
 
 And this yere wbete was so plentuous that it was solde at London for. xl.<i. aquarter^ 
 
 ' 1. edit.. 1559. * of llie Frensh kyng. 
 
 Anno 
 
3de SEPTIMA PARS EDWARD! PRIMJ. 
 
 Anno Domini. xii.C.lxxxvii. ^nno Domini. M^CUxx»»iii. 
 
 Wyllyam Herffdrde. 
 RaufFe Sandewyclie., Anno. vxvi. 
 
 Thomas Stanys. 
 
 jr^-hwi. IN this, xvi. yereof king Edwarde [Seynt Thomas of Herforde was translated, and 
 
 this yere]' fyll distaunce atwerle sir Payne Tiptoft wardeyli of tertayn castelles in Walys, 
 andaWalshe knyght called sir Ries ap Meredok* ; so that sundry skyrmysshes were 
 foughten atwene theym, and many men slayiie vpon bolhe sydes to y^ great distourbaunee 
 of all that countre. 
 
 Thisyere, vpon saynt Margaretes euyn, or the, xix. daye of lulii, fyll wonderful! great 
 hayle, that the lyke therof was nat of men than lyuynge seen"; and after that ensued con- 
 tynuell rayne, whiche distemperyd the groiide in suche wyse that, the yere folowynge, 
 whete was soldo for. xviii. d. a busshell : and this yere for. xiiii d. and so eocreased yerely 
 after durynge the reygne of the kynge, & after in his soiies dayes tyll it was lastly solde 
 for. xl. s. a. quarter and aboue. 
 
 Anno Domini. xii.C.lxxxviii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxix. 
 
 WylHam Betayn'. 
 RaufFe Sandewyche. -Anno. xvii. 
 
 lohn of Caunterbury. 
 
 IN this, xvil, yere, the warre before in y yere last past atwene sir Payn Tiptoft and syj- 
 Ries contynuynge, toyentent that the sayd Ries myght reuenge his cause agayne the sayd 
 sir Payne, he arreryd a great multytude of Walshmen^ and brent & wasted dyuerstownes 
 in VValys, soo thai the kynge, then beynge in Normandy, sent vnto the erle of Cornewayll 
 then beynge y kynges lieutenant in Englande, that he shuld sende thyder an army of 
 knightes, to withstand the malyce of f Walshmen ; the whiche preparyd shortly an army 
 and yode with them into the borders of North waljs, where he with his company bare 
 hym so knyghtly, that in the ende f sayd Ries was taken and brought vnto Yorke, where 
 he was after drawen, hanged and quarteryd. 
 
 Auno Domini. xii.C.Ixxxix. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxsx. 
 
 Fulke of Seynt Edmude. 
 Rauffe Sandewyche. Anno, xviii. 
 
 Salamon Langforde. 
 
 IN this, xviii. yere, vpon our Lady euyn Assumpcyon, kyng Edwarde was honorably 
 receyued of the cytezyns of London, and so conueyed vnto Westmynster, where shortely 
 after were brought before hym many greuous c5playntes of dyuers of his iustyces, as sir 
 Thomas Weylande, Adam Stretton and other; the whiche the kyng caused strevghtly to 
 be examyned, and lastly were founde gylty, of whiche* trespasses and causes as they were 
 accused of: wherfore some of theym were outlawed, and loste suche goodes as they had, 
 and the other punysshed by longe enprysonement, and lastly delyuered by payinge of 
 great fynes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lxx.tx. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxxi. 
 
 Thomas Romayn. 
 RaufFe Sandewyche. Anno. xix. 
 
 William de Lyre. 
 
 IN this. xix. yere, the kynge ordeyned that all woU whiche shuld be sold vnto strangers 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ^ * sir Ries ap Mordek, edit. 154,2. 1559. Meredeth. edit. 1550. in mare 
 ' Benet. edit. 1559. «« marg. *such, edit. 1533. 1542. '' 
 
 shuld 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIM I. 393 
 
 shuld be brought vnto Sandewyche, where the staple therof longe after was as it is nowe 
 at the towne of Caleys. And this yere were the lewes banysshed the iaude ; for the which 
 cause the comons gaue vtito the kynge a quiadecim or fyftene. 
 
 This yere also sir Gilbert de Clare, erle of Glouceter, maried dame lane doughter of 
 kyng Edwarde. This was called lohane of Acris, for she was borne at Acris, when kynge 
 Edwarde was therupon his great iourney; and soone there after in the same yere, the 
 duke of Brabanys sone, weddyd Margarete y suster of the sayd lohanne. 
 
 Anoo Domini. xii.C.lxxxxi. , Anmo Domini. M.CC.lxxxxii. 
 
 RauflFe Blount. 
 Rauffe Sandewyche. Anno. xx. 
 
 Hanronde Boxe. 
 
 IN this. XX. yere, and begynnynge of the mayres yere, and also of y kynges. xx. yer^, 
 that is to meane vpon the euyu of seynt Andrewe, or the. xxix. day of Nouembre, dyed 
 quene Elyanore the kynges wyfe, and was buryed at Westmynster, in the chapell of 
 seynt Edwarde, at^ fete of Henry the thirde, [where she bathe, ii. wexe tapers brennynge 
 vpon her tumbe, both' daye and nyght, vvbiche so hath cotynued syne the day of her 
 buryinge to this present daye.]' This gentyll waman, as before is towched in the. xxxviii. 
 yere of kynge Henry the ihirde, was suster vnto the kyng of Spayne: by whom kynge 
 Edwarde had. iiii. sones, that is to saye, lohn, Henry, Alphons, and Edwarde, whiche 
 Edwarde succedyd his fader, by reason that the other, iii. dyed before theyr fader j also 
 he had by her v. doughters: the firste, Elianore, was maryed vnto Wyllyam erle of Barre; 
 tlie secortde, lohane of Acris, was maryed as before is sayd vnto f erle of Glouceter; the 
 thirde, Margarete, was maryed to ihc dukes sone of Braban;-the iiii. Mary by name, was 
 made a menchon at Ambrysbury ; and the v. .named Elyzabeth, was maryed vnto ^y' erle of 
 tlolande ; and after his deih she was maryed vnto Humfrey Boherum* erle of Hereforde. 
 
 And this yere dyed also the olde quene Elyanore, wyfe vnto Henry the thirde, and 
 mother to this kyng Edward, whose herte was buryed at the Graye Freres in London^ & 
 his body at Ambrisbury in f house of nunes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.}xxxxii. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxxii!.' 
 
 Henry Bale. 
 Rauffe Sandewyche. Anno. xxi. 
 
 Elys Russell. 
 
 IN this. xxi. yere, f kyng helde his great court of parlyamet at Lodon, to the whiche 
 with dyuers lordes of that prouynce came the Jcyng of Scottes. And after he had con^ 
 ^'nu€d there a conuenyent season, he was conueyed w dyuers lordes ferre vpon his iour- 
 ney towarde his owne countre. 
 
 And in tliis yere as one Richarde Bagle; offycer of the sheriffesof London, was ledynge 
 a prysoner towarde the gayole, f which he before had arrested, thre men reacowed the 
 sayd prysoner, and toke hy from the offycer, the whiche were pursued and taken, and 
 by iadgement & lawe than vsed brought into Westchepe, and there had theyr ryght handqs 
 ismyten vof by the wrestes. 
 
 Anno Domini. 'M.CC.TxxxxiiL ^nnoDomini.M.CCJxxxxiiii. '•'•*"'* 
 
 Robert Rokkisley. 
 Rauffe Saadewyche. Anno. xxii. 
 
 Martyn Awbry. 
 
 IN the. xxii. yere of kyng Edwarde, vpon the daye of seynt Tyburce & Valerian, or 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. lo*2. 1539. * Humfrey Boliun. MS. 
 
 3 E \ho. 
 
S94 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 
 
 the. xiiii. daye of Maii, fyll a wonderfull snowe, & therwitli an excedynge wynde^ by vyo- 
 lence wherof great herme was done in sundry places of Englande, [in reniembraiiee 
 wherof a metrician made these verses foiowyngei 
 
 Crastino Tiburci sanctdrtim Valeriani 
 
 Nix cadit immanis, ventus vehemens bore^lis 
 
 Euulsit siluas, vulsit quas reperit herbas, . 
 
 Edes dampnose detexit & inipituose, 
 
 Quas clam prostrauit; sic plurima dampna parauiU 
 
 The whiche verses may thus be englysshed as hereafter foloweth. 
 
 The morowe folowynge Tiburce and Valerian, . 1 
 
 The blessyd seyntes, of snowe fyll suche plentie. 
 
 That at that daye was no lyuynge man, ' 
 
 That myght remembre of so great quantyte, ) 
 
 The northyn wynde blewe with suche fyerste, 
 
 That houses, tryes, with herbys, it ouercast : 
 
 And many other harmes by lande, and eke by see, 
 
 Of that wynde came, the whyle that it dyd laste.]' 
 
 IN this yere, also, aboute the ende of the moneth of lulii, dyed Freer Pekham, thaw 
 arcbebysshop of Caunterbury, in whose see was after stalled maister Robert of Wychester. 
 And aboute the myddes of Septembre folowynge, the erle of Barre, a Frenshetnan, maryed 
 JElianore, the kynges doughter, in the towne of Brystowe : and aboute the ende of this 
 yere dyed Alexandre kyng of Scottes, where soon after ensuyd' great warre, & trouble^, 
 for the enherytaunce of that lande, as in some part shal after appere. ^ 
 
 ■ And this yere whete was solde at London for. ii. «. a busshell. ^ In this yere also as 
 pj.;. ca. 39-J wytnessith the Frenshe cronycle, Philip le Beawe than kynge of Fraunce, made warre in- 
 Gascoygne, and Guyan, for the cause as there is shewyd, sayinge that kyng Edwarde;^ 
 vrider colon re to haue made a vyage into the holy lande, gatheryd a great army and 
 sodeyhly entred Normandy, bothe by lande and water, and dyd moche harme in spoylynge 
 & takynge dyuers shyppes of Fraunce, and brynnynge and spoylynge dyoers. townes of 
 the same ; and after came vnto the towne of Rochele, where to it the Englysshemen made 
 dyuers assautes, wherby the dwellers, and also the towne susteyaed moche harme. 
 
 Wherof the kynge of Frautice beyng enfourmed, sent vnto kynge EdvV^arde, monysshyng 
 hym to come vnto his parlyamet ; and also to make satisfaccion for suche harmys as his 
 people had done within his domynyon of Fraunce, and Normandy; But for that kyftg 
 Edwarde refused that to do; therfore the sayd Philip le Beawe sente RaufFe de Neely 
 than constable of Fraunce, into Gascoygne with a great & myghty power, the whiche 
 made sharpe warre vpon f Gascoygnes i but the Gascoygnes with helpe of the Englysshe* 
 men defended theym in suche wyse that great hurte was done vpon botb parties. Thiati, 
 fynally, as testyfieth the sayd Frenshe cronycle, to the enteht that kyrige Edwarde myghte' 
 Uota initium make f better clayme to all the hole duchye of Normandy, he sent the Frenshie icyri^e 
 menri. wotde that he wolde gyue ouer into bis handes the duchie of Guyan, and holde.no linde 
 
 of the kyng of Fraunpe. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxxiiii,, Anno DominiiM.eC.lxxxxv^ 
 
 Henry Boxe. 
 Sir lohn Bryton. Ann%xxiii. 
 
 Richarde Glouceter.. 
 
 gtienrj. 
 
 lOmitttiintAit. 1542. 1559*. 
 
 1^^ 
 
 v^^ 
 
 IN 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMT. t»S 
 
 IN this, xxiii. yere, the Walsheraen, by styrrynge of one named Madok, rebelled agayne 
 the kynge; wherfore he iu all baste spedde hym vnto Westchester, and aboate the feast of 
 «eynt Nicholas, wan from the Walshmen the ile called Anglesia, or the He of Manne : 
 and buylded newe the cytie & castell of Beau Maryse, and broughte the vnsteadfast 
 Walshmen to newe reclayme : and then caused the woddes of the countre to be hewya 
 downe, wherin before tymes they vsed to hyde theym as a cony doth in his claper, and 
 repayred so the castellys and stronge holdes w buyldynge of some newe, that he caused 
 the Walshmen to thryue agayne theyr wyllys. For by y strength of those castellys they 
 were kept from theyr olde accustomyd rauyns and stelynges, and put so in execucion 
 by the rules' of the sayd castellys and stronge holdes, that they fyll vnto occupacyon, 
 and to byeng and sellynge, and gatheryd treasour, and began to lyue after the maner of 
 Englyssh men. So that more and more that coutre grewe to more restfulnesse & peas. 
 
 In this yere also the Frenshmen* arryued at Douer, with a certayne of shyppes beytige 
 vnder f rule of sir Mathew de Mounte Morency, & of sir lohn Harcourte knyghtes, and 
 spoyled that towne, and brent a parte of it, in whiche skyrmysshe was slayne [or martyred, 
 an holy man named seynt]' Thomas of Douer. And in this yere, as testyfieth the Frenshe 
 cronycle, Charlys de Valoys brother vnto kynge Philip of Fraunce, was sent by his sayd 
 brother into Gascogne, with a great boost: the. which Charlys layde his siege vnto the 
 castell of Ryon, wherin at that tyme were sir lohn Seynt lohfi and lohn de Brytayne, f 
 whiche manfully and vigurously defendyd the sayd castell agayne the Frenshmen all that 
 yere and more, as in the next yere shall appere. 
 Anno Domini. xii.C.lxxxxv. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxxyi. 
 
 lohn Dunstable. 
 Sir lohn Bryton. Anno, xxiiiii 
 
 Adam Halyngbery. 
 
 IN this, xxiiii. yere, the kyng, for f great warre that he had with the Frenshe kynge 
 and ellys where, comaiided a new subsydie to be leuyed vpon all f sarplers of wolle 
 goynge out of Englande, with all fellys and hydes in lyke maner, and ouer that all suche . 
 money as before was graunted by the clergy of Englande, towarde the defence of the holy 
 lande. The kynge,_ then, for reporte that he then had from Rome of the popes* maners, 
 than Bonyface f. viii. comaunded it to be brought vnto his tresoury : and by a couoca- 
 cion made of the sayd clergye, he had granted towarde his nedes halfe of theyr spirituall ■*•'• '»*• 
 & temporall landes, begynnynge at. xx. marke benyfyce and so assendyng vpwarde, the 
 whiche was nat payde in one yere, but by deuyded porcions in. iii. yeres ensuynge: and 
 of f lay fee or temporall men of Englande, he had granted to hym the. x. peny of theyr 
 inouables, the which was payde in. ii. yeres next ensuyng. And this yere, in the moneth 
 of Marche, was drawen and hiiged at London, for treason done in Frauce, a knyght 
 called sir Thomas Turbeuyle : and about the tyme of Easter, whan Charlys de Valoys, as 
 ye before in that Qther yere haue harde, had jyen longe at the castell of Ryon, & myghte 
 no thyng wynne vpon the EnglysH men, but dayly Ibste of the beste of his knyghtes, he 
 sent for more ayde and socoure ; at which tyme came vnto hym sir Rauffe Nele, constable 
 of Frauce, with a fresshe company, and than assawted it of newe : but whan they had lyen 
 there a season, and sawe they preuayled no thynge agayne theyr enemys, they yode vnto 
 an holde thereby named Poudency, and it assauted forsomoche as the more nombre of 
 the sowdyours there were Normans, and after, viii. dayes by appoyntement or otherwyse 
 gatt€ the sayd liolde ; so that ail the Englysshmen bad theyr lybertie and goodes, and 
 the Normans taken as prysoners : the whiche they brought after vnto the castell of Rions, 
 and there in syghte of the sowdyours hanged all or the more partie of the sayd Normayns. 
 Whan the Gascoynes beynge within the towne and castell of Rions, sawe then their cosyns 
 
 'ral(rs. * Normans, edit 1559. in marg. ' Omitttd in edit. I5i2. 1S59- ♦ Bishop of Romes. 
 
 edit. 1542. ' ^ 
 
 3 E 2 & coiitrey 
 
396 SEPTIMAPARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 
 
 & coatrey men banged before theyp iyen, they cast in theyr myndes that it was done by 
 treason of the Englisshe men, and that tbey wolde at length deaie with them in ly^e 
 maner, by reason wherof stryfe-and varyaunce arose atwene the Englysshe men and the 
 GascoygneS) so y eytlier of theym feryd the treason of the other: for- the whicbe cauge,, 
 sir lohii Seyn Iohn,sirlolih. de Brytayn, sir Robert Tiptoft, sir Raufife Tany, sir Hugh 
 Bardolfe, and sir Adam Cretynge, with dyuers other, fledde by see, '^ and in that manei- 
 saued themself ; & soon after the sayd towne & castell of Ryons was w^onne by the Frensh- 
 mea, and the inhabitauntes of the same sworne vnto the Frensh kynge. 
 
 Ye haue hardebefore, in the xxii. yere of this kynge, howe, after the deth of Alexander 
 kyng of Scottes, many questyons fyll amofige the said Scottes, who by right of etiheri- 
 taunce shuld be kyng of that lande, consyderynge that the sayd Alexander had left after 
 hym. iii, doughters', the whichey lyuynge theyr fader, were maryed. The frrste to sir lobfi 
 Bayloll, the secode to Robert le Bruze, and the thirde to one named Hastynges. Many 
 of the lordes of Scotlande wold haue crowned sir lohn Bayloll, by reason thai hte maryed 
 the eldest of the doughters j but the frendes of Robert le Braze withstode it with all theyr 
 power. ' 
 
 And other there were that helde with Hastynges ; so that after great stryfe and longe 
 varyaunc^, the matyer was brought before kynge Edwarde as chief -lorde and soueraygne 
 of that lande, promysynge to hymtoabyde all suche determynacidn and judgement as he 
 frhuld set therin. 
 
 Than kynge Edwarde, to the ende that the Scottes shuld knmve perfyfely that the feyng 
 -of Englande ought of right to be there chief hede and soueraygne, sj>ewed vnto them «uch 
 -«lde wrytynges as he lytell tofore had caused to be serchyd & founde, in the which© 
 it was conteyned, by the auctorite of olde cronycles & wryters, as Marianus the Scot, 
 Wylliam of Malmesbury, Roger of Huntyngdeu and other, that ir) the yere of our Lorde. 
 ix.C.KX, kynge Edwaitie the elder made subget vnto hym the kynges of Cumbris, and 
 Scottes. 
 
 Also in the yere of grace. ix.C. and. xxi. the foresayd Scottes and Cumbris chase f 
 aayd Edwarde the elder to be theyr chief lorde & patron. 
 
 .And in the yere of our Lorde ix.C. xxvi. Ethelstane, than kynge of Englande, subduyd 
 Constantyne, than kynge of Scottes : and after admyttedy' sayd Constantyne to reygne as 
 kyng vnder hym by othe of obeysaunce* with feaute and homage. 
 
 Also Edredus, brother to the sayd Elhelstane, subduyd of newe the Scottes with the 
 Northumbris, & receyued of theym agayne othe and homage. And ouer that it is fomixie 
 in the sayd cronycles that Edgar ouercame Alphunius^ the sone of Kynadus, kynge of 
 Scottes, and receyued of hym feawty & homage, and helde hym vnder his obeysauce^ 
 as he had done his fader Kynadus. before tyme. Moreouer it is there wytnessyd that 
 Cartutus, in the. xvi. yere of his reygne, subduyd Malcolyn, than kynge of Scottes, and re- 
 ceyued of hym feawty and homage. 
 
 Furthermore,rWillyamConquerour, in the. vi. yere of his reygne^ subduyed Malcolyn 
 kynge of Scotlande : the whicbe before tymes had receyued the sayd kyngdome of' the 
 gyfte of Edwarde, kynge and confessoure ; and Willyam y^ Rede dyd in lyke wyse vnto the 
 sayde Me^lcolyn & vnto his. ii. sones, that reygned in Scotlande the one after the other. 
 
 Also Dauid kynge of Scottes dyd homage vnto Stephan than kynge of Englande, apd 
 Willyam. kyng of Scottes dyd homage vnto Henry f thirde at f tyme of his coronacon. 
 And after came vnto his fader Henry the seconde, whan the fore named Henr^y was deed 
 in Normandy, and made his homage to hym agayne. 
 
 This Henry, y was sone vnto Henry the seconde, is of many wryters named Henry f 
 
 * Tie MS. has a vety (liferent reading, viz. « considerj?ng that the said Alexander dyed w'oute heyr of his 
 Jiody. Which questions was for soo moche as David brothir vnto Alexander, hadd left after hym iii dougthirg 
 tlie which," &c. * other obeysauuce. edit. J 542. 1559. ' Alpinus. edit. 1559- inmarg. 
 
 2 thirde, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 397 
 
 thirde, forsomoche as he was the thirde kynge that was crowned of that name ; but lor 
 he dyed before his fader, his dedes ben lytel spoken of, so y of some wryters be is no 
 thyng mynded: and it foloweth in the story, howe that Alexandre kynge of Scottes, in the. 
 XXXV. yere of Henry the thirde, or sone ofkyng lohn, maryed, at Yorke, Margaret doughter 
 of the sayde Henry, and dyd vnto hym homage for the realme of Scotlande, and bonde 
 hym & his heyres, kynges of Scotlande, by his letters patentee, to be treive vnto the sayd 
 Henry and vnto his heyres kynges of Englande, lyke as before tyme Wyllyam kynge of 
 Scottes had oblyged hym vnto the seconde Henry, as before in the. xxii. yere of his 
 reygne is more manyfestely shewed. 
 
 And more to tbeym was shewyd the popes' buUes, the whiche were sent before tymes 
 into Scotlande. By auctoryte wherof the kynges of Scotlande were accursed, for they 
 wold nat be obedyent to theyr lordes kynges of Englande. 
 
 WHan all these presedentes weresene by f Scottes, a day was assygned of metynge at 
 Norham in the marches atwene Englande & Scotlande, whyther vnto the kynge came the 
 chief rulers of the Scottes, where they excused theym to be bounde vnto the kynge, for 
 the obseruynge of the kynges ordenaunce, for somoche as ihey lackyd a kynge, and an 
 hede by whom all suche ordenaunces shuld be maynteyned and holden ; but, after, by 
 aduyce of both parties, agrement was made by the Scottes that they shulde be bounde 
 to obey the kynges iugement ; wherupon bolides' were made vpon both parties, that is 
 tp meane, the kynge was bounde to theym., in an hondreth thousande poude, that win. ii. 
 monethes after he had receyued the possession of the lande, he shulde gyue it vnto hym 
 that was thought most rightfull enherytour ; and the Scottes were agayne boude vnto hym 
 y they shuld holde ferme & stable all suche degre and iugement, as the kynge shuld gyue in 
 that matyer : and also that they shuld vpholde & maynteyne for theyr kynge and ruler, 
 hym that the kynge shulde admytte & chose, -and none other. After whiche bondes made FoLhid. 
 & delyuered vpon both sydes, the Scottes seasyd kynge Edwarde, & delyuered vnto hym 
 by theyr chai tours the possessyon of Scotlande, with castelles, with ryghtes, with cus- 
 tomes, and all otiier appertenaunces to that kyngdome belongynge; and sette wardeynes 
 in the townes, maners, and castelles that shuld saue to hym that the kynge admytted all 
 aduauntages and profytes of the sayde townes, and other in that meane whyle growynge. 
 
 And whan all assuraunce was made and fynysshedj to tbagrement of both parties; the 
 kynge called before hym and his counsayl all those parties that made clayme vnto f kynge- 
 dome of Scotlande i and after theyr resons were wele and sufFyciently arguyd and de- 
 bated vpon all sydes, by aduyce, aswell of some of, the lordes of Scotlande, as by his 
 owne counsayll, he fynally admytted for kynge, sir lohii Baylojl, as most rightful enherl- 
 tour to 5^ crowne of Scotlande ; the whiche reoeyued it of hym thankfully, and fot f same 
 in presence of the barony of Englande & of Scotlande, dyd vnto the sayd kynge Ed- 
 warde his homage and sware vnto hym feawty : and that done, the Scottes with theyr 
 newe kynge retourned into Scotlande. 
 
 And this yere was taken the forenamed Madok, or Meredok, which as ye before hau« 
 herde, in the. xxiii, yere, caused the Walshraen to rebell, & was drawyn and hanged at 
 London. 
 
 Anno Domini. ]\I.CC.lxxxxvi. Anno Domini. M.CC.lxxxxvii. 
 
 Thomas de Suffolk?. 
 Sir lohn Bryton. Anno. xxv. 
 
 Adam de jB'ullam. 
 
 IN this. xxv. yere, the kyng comaunded, in dyuers shyres of Englande, great quantitie [u 7.01.40.] 
 of whete to be gaderyd, and sent it into Gascoygne and Guyan, to f odmbre of an. CM, 
 
 ' Bishop of Romet. edit. I5i2> * bonds. 
 
 quarters, 
 
S98 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARD! PRIMI. 
 
 quarters, after somevvryters. And soone after sent thyder sir Edmunde his brother, erie 
 of Lancastre, sir Hepry Lacy erle of Lyncblne, & sir Wyllyara Veysy baron, with dy- 
 uers other lordes and knyghtes, to strength suche people as he there had redy, whyle be 
 preparyd an other army to haue agayfi the Scottes. 
 
 Ye haue harde in the precedynge'chapijtre how sir lohii Bayloll Icynge of Scottes made 
 otlie and homage vnto, kynge Edwarde, for |^ kyngdora of Scotlande, of the whiche othe 
 he shortly repented hym after ;by meane of f cousayll of the abbot of Menros, as saythe 
 tUr.M.4o-] Policronicon : albe it that it shylde seme to be as well by the counsayll of the kynge of 
 Fraiice, by wordes that ben wryten in the Frenshe cronycle: but how so it was by one 
 or by both, full vntrevvely he forsoke, his former othe and promys4*& arrerjd warre agayne 
 the kynge, wherforekyng Edwarde sped hym thyder aV a great boost, and in processe- 
 layde his siege vnlo the towne of Berwyk; but the Scottes defended it egerly, & bete the 
 Englysshemen backe, and brent some of the Englysshe shyppes ; with the whiche enter- 
 •pryse they were so enflamyd with pryde, that, in dei;ysyon of the kynge, they made this 
 mokkysshe ryme folowyng. T 
 
 What wenys kynge Edwarde, with his longe shankys, 
 To haue wonne Berwyk, all our vnthankys. 
 
 Gaas pykes' hym, 
 
 And whan he hath it, 
 
 Gaas dykis hym. 
 
 WHan kynge Edwarde herde of the pryde of f Scottes, and knew of theyr scornful! 
 ryme, he was somdeale amouyd, & encouraged his knyghtes in suche wyse, that they 
 wanne the dyche of the towne ; and after in processe with great laboure and daunger f 
 bulwerkes, so that they came vnto the gates, ?ind made there so stronge assawte, that m 
 the ende they wanne the towne, and slewe of the Scottes, as wythessyth dyuers wryters, 
 oner the nombre of xxv.M., and toke prysoners sir W3'lliam Douglas, sir Symon de Frey- 
 sell,. the efle Patrik, and sir Robert Bruze, with dyuers other. And in shorte tyme after, 
 f wardcyn of the castell of Berwyk seynge y to hym was sent no socoure, yelded vp the 
 sayd castell by appoyntement: and whan the kyng had possessyon of f towne & castell 
 of Berwyke, he than strengthyd theym with Englysshe men; and after wanne the holdes 
 of Tyndall', of Exham, of Wyerbyrde, and of Lamerstok, with dyuers other. 
 
 And whyle ^ kynge Edwarde was thus besyed aboute the wynnynge of these foresayd 
 holdes, he sent sir Hugh Spencer, yf sir Hugh Percy and other noble men, with a parte 
 of his host, to lay siege vftto Dunbarre, where, when they had layne a certayne of tyme, 
 an boost of Scottes came thyder to remoue y siege; with whom the Englisshe men had a 
 fiers & cruel! batayll : but in the ende, by helpe of God and seynt George, the En- 
 glysshemen had the victorie, and slewe of the Scottes aboue f nombre of. xx.M., and 
 loste of the Englysshe company a very fewe in nombre, where for the Englysshe men i» 
 re^roche of ^ Scottes, made this ryme folowynge. 
 
 These scaterande Scottes 
 Holde we for sottes. 
 Of wrenches vnware : 
 Erly in a mornynge. 
 In an euyll tymynge, 
 Came they to Dunbarre. 
 
 ANd after this victorye, the towne & castell oif Diibarre was wonne ; in the which were 
 taken prysoners, thre erlys., vii. barons, &. xxvii*. knyghtes, with dyuers men of the 
 churche. Than^ Icynge sped hym vnto Edynborowe, & in processe of tyme wanne ;^ 
 
 ' Tyuidale. edit. 1559. in marg. * xxviij. "MS. and edit. 1559. 
 
 towne, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 599 
 
 towne, with the castell, in the whiche were founde y regalies of Scotlande ; that is to 
 meane f crowne >V the sceptre & cloth of astate : the whiche after were offeryd by kyng 
 Edwarde, at f shryne of seynt Edwarde, vpon the morowe after y feast of seyt Botholfe, 
 or f. xviii. day of lunii, in f yere folowynge. And when f kyrige had thus subduyd the 
 Scottes, & set y coutre in a rule, he retourned w many prisoners into Englande : in 
 whiche tyme & season, the Englisshmen susteyned many harde showres in Gascoyne & 
 Guyan, atnonge f which one is remembred in f Frenshe cronycle, saynge y Edmunde 
 duke or erle of Lancastre dyed at Bayon : after whose deth, whyle y towne and other 
 stronge holdes preparyd theym to withsfande the Frenshraen, Robert erle of Artoys, 
 which aiytel tofore had encoutred w sir lohn Seyn lohfi, and had of hym ben ouerset, 
 resembled' bis company, & made hym* an other skyrmysshe ; in y' whiche he slewe 
 vpon an hondreth Englysshmen & Gascoygnes, and toke prysoners f forenamed sir lohn 
 Seyn lohn, sir William Mortymer and other, to the nombre of. Ixx., the whiche were sent 
 into Fraunce, vnto dyuers prysons. 
 
 Anno Domini. xii.C.lxxxxvii. Anno Dominic M.CCLlxxxxvili. 
 
 lohii de Stortforde^ 
 Sir lohn Brytoo. Anno. xxvi. 
 
 William de Stortforde. 
 
 IN this. xxvi. yere, kyng Edwarde, with a puyssaunte armye, in the moneth of August, fiUixnS. 
 toke shyppynge at Doner, and sayled into Flaunders, to ayde and to helpe Guy, than erle 
 of Flaunders, agayne ^ Frenshe kynge : the whyche at that tyme was sore warreyd of the 
 Frenshe kynge, in so moche that he had wonne the towne of Margquet, and the countre 
 therabout ; and for to put the sayd Guy vnto the more trouble, the sayd Frenshe kyng 
 caused Robert', erle of Artoys, to inuade y^ countre of Flaundres towarde Pycardy : and 
 encountred with the sayde Guy, neere vnto a towne called Fumes, where atwene the 
 sayd. ii. erles was foughten a sharp and cruell batayll, so that many men were slayne vpon 
 bothe partyes. After whiche fyght the erle of Flaiiders sped hym toward Gaunt, where 
 as kynge Edwarde than soiourned, & the erle of Artoys drewe hym towarde ^ Frenshe 
 kynge, the which shortly after was receyued into the towne of Bruges. In whiche tyme 
 & season, whyle the sayd ii. kynges laye thus at either towne, a meane of peas was there 
 treated of, so that fynally a peas was concluded atwene the. ii. kynges, and atwene the 
 Frenshe kynge and Guy erle of Flaunders, vnto the feast of All Sayntes than next ensu- 
 ynge : and from that daye vnto the feast of All Sayntes than ii. yeres folowynge. After 
 ■ whichie peas so stablisshed, kyng Edwarde departed from f towne of Gaunt, and yode to 
 Burdeaux ; and the Frenshe kynge retourned inio Frauce, and prysoners were delyuered 
 ▼pon both parties. 
 
 In this tyme and season, whyle kynge Edwarde was thus occupyed in Flaunders, the 
 Scottes by entysement of the Frenshe kynge, to the entent to cause kyng Edivarde to kepe 
 his countre, and that he sbulde nat ayde the erle of Flaunders, beganne to make warre 
 vpon the kynges sowdyours, whiche the kynge hadde lafle there in dyuers holdes ; and 
 also entrede vpon the borders of Northumberlande, and made sharp warre vpon the in- 
 habytauntes of that countre: and for that sir lohii Bayloll their kyng, after some wryters, WyUyamWa- 
 was at that tyme prysoner in the towre of London, or ellys voyded the countre for fere of ^*^^i^a^^ 
 f kyng of Englande, therfore the sayd Scottes made theym a capytayne, the whiche was 
 named Wylliam Waleys, a ma of voknowe or lowe byrth, to whom they obeyed as. vnto 
 theyr kynge. Anon as the kyng harde of y rebellyon of y^ Scottes, which to hym was no 
 great wonder, consyderyng^ theyr great vnstedfastnesse, wrote his letters vnto syr Henry 
 Persy erle of Northumberlande, to syr Wyllyam Latymer, and to syr Hugh Cressyngham 
 tbao tresourer of Englande, and to other, that they in al goodly haste shulde make pro- 
 
 ' leasEecablyd. MS. * vjth bym. MS,. 
 
 ttpyott 
 
,400 SEPTLMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 
 
 uysyon to -whbstande the Scottes ; the wbiche persones after rescayte of the kynges letters 
 spedde theym in all spedy manere : so that they entred Scotlande shortly after, aiid com- 
 pelled the Scottes to retourne backe vnto a towne named Streuelyn, where in askyrmysshe 
 f<3Ughten atwene the Englysshe & the Scottes, sir Hugh Cressynghara forenamed, with 
 dyuers Englysshtnen, was sla'yne. But yet the ScQttes were holden so streyght of the En- 
 glysshe hoost that, after y sky'rmysshe, they wold natof a certayne tyme, come in pla^rje 
 felde, brut kept them win their castellys and stronge holdes. And this yere, atwene Eas- 
 ter & Wytsontyde, certayne persones of the cytie of London brake vp the towre in ^ 
 warde of Gor-nehyW, and toke out certayne persones y thyder were comytted by sir Iohi|i 
 BrytOQ, then custos or gardeyn of the cytie for nygiit walkynge; for the whicji ryot."f- 
 sayd persones, y is. to meane, Thomas Romayne &. viii. other, were after greuously pu- 
 nyssted, as first by prisonemet, & after by fynes. And this yere f kyng in -^ monpth of 
 Octobre came Ito Englade, & so to Wychester, where y cytezyns of Lodon lijade suche 
 laboure vnto his grace, that shortly after they opteyned graat of thieir lyberties and frauij- 
 chyses that had in some parte be kept from them by ^ terme of. xii. yeres and more ; so 
 that vpon the daye of the Translacion. of seynt EdWarde, kynge and confessotrr, next folo- 
 ynge, they chase, them a maire of thefmelfe, wherby all the foresaid tyme tbeyr custos or 
 gardeyn was a^ypdynted by the kynge, or by suche as the kynge' wolde assygne; but ye 
 shall vnderstande y this was nat redemyd ^oat great sumes of money : for after some 
 wryters, the cytezyns payde for it to the kynge iii.M. marke. 
 
 Also this yere, kynge Edwarde put out of his proteccyon certayne aliauntes, whiche 
 were rychely beriyficed in Englande : the cause was for y sayd alyaunfes wolde^ nat ayde 
 the kynge with theyr goodes, as the other of his lande dyd, out purchased an inibucion' 
 of [pope]^ Bonyface the. viii., that they and theyr .goodes shulde be free from all the 
 kynges dymes or taskys : therfore the kyng seased their temporalties, and sufferyd tbeyiii 
 with theyr spirituelties tyll they were agreed w the kyn^e. 
 
 AhDo-feoiiiiini. M.CC.titx^KViii. Anno Dbtnini. M.CClxxxxix. 
 
 Richarde Reffbatft. 
 Hen'i'y Waleys. Anno, xxvii. 
 
 Thomas Sely. 
 
 IN this, xxvii. yere, after Cristmasse, certayne persones made a dyggynge and a serche 
 in the chutfche of seynt Martyrtes le Graunde in Londoti, for certayne treasour y ther 
 shuld be byd, as it was reported of agardyner; but theyr laboure was in vayne, for no 
 thynge there was founde : for the whiciae dede, the deane of Poules, the seconde Sonday 
 of Lent fblowyftge, denounced all theym accursed that were at that dede doynge, or con- 
 eentynge to the same. 
 
 ' In this yere, aboute (he begymiynge of AprsfU, the kyng rode towarde Scotlade, and 
 
 appoynted his lordes with theyr cdtnpanyes to mete with hym at Yorke, where with hy(n 
 
 Hieta^reait hbostr the whiche he ladde into Scotlande, and brent & spoyled the coaJtre 
 
 as he went, >& taryed a season at Barwyke, and from thens he spedde hym in wynnynge 
 
 of y towties'attd castellys as be went, tyll be came nere to a towne named Fawkyrk, or 
 
 Fankyrk, vvherupothe daye of Mary Magdaleyne, or the.' xxii. day of lulii, met wyith 
 
 hymy- powel-'oif Scotlande, and gaue vntb hyhi a sore fyght, bat in the ende the victorye 
 
 fyll vnto tbfe Englysshmen ; so that of the Scottes were slayne in ^ felde, as affermyth dy- 
 
 Agretebatayi ' ucfs ^rytct*, ouer y nombre of. txxisii.M., and of Englysshe men but barely, xxviii. per- 
 
 gi5T/&&oN sones,: after which scomfytufe, the Scottes yelded to the kynge the more partie of the 
 
 hnde.in whiche strotige hoWcs & fcastcllys that they tofore badde holden agayne hyrti, [and made vnto hym 
 
 suyn^rxuli. "^w othe attd pr<Jmysse]', and yelded theym self vntoihys grace and mercy : and whan he 
 
 Scottes, & but. had sette that countre iti an ordre atid rule, he th^n retourned into' England, and so 
 
 xxviii. Dersoncfi O ' 
 
 xxviii. persones 
 «f Eoglissluneii. 
 
 Inibicion. * 0»8i«erf i» edit. 1S42. only. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 vnto 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 401 
 
 vnto London, where, by the aduyce of some of his counsayll, he sodeynly dampned cer- 
 tayne coynes of money, called poUardes, crocardes, and rosaries, and caused theym to 
 be broughte vnto newe coyjiage to his great aduauntage. 
 
 Ye haue before harde in that other yere, how that a true or peas was stablysshctl 
 atwene the kynge and the kyng of Fraunce for the space of. ii. yeres and more, the w hiche 
 fynaUy was concluded this yere, y kynge Edwarde, for a peas to be had bytwene both re- 
 gyons, shuld take vnto wyfe Margarete the suster of Phihp le Beawe, then kynge of Fraunce. FoI. ikkih. 
 The whiche Margarete, whyle the kynge was in Scotlande, was brought vnto Douer, and so 
 vnto Cauntefbury, where the kynge spoused her in the moneth of Septembre, as wytness- 
 yth the Frenshe Cronycle ; and receyued of her in processe of tyme folowyog. ij. sones 
 named Thomas & Edmunde, and a.dougbter.named Margarete. The firste of the sones 
 was surnamed Thomas of Brotherton, and the seconde Edmunde Wodestoke. 
 
 Anno Domini. xii.C.lxxxxix. Auno Domini. xiii.C> 
 
 lohii Armenter. 
 Elys Russell. Anno, xxviii. 
 
 Henry Fryngryth. 
 
 IN this, xxviii. yere, the kynge herynge of the vntrowth and rebellion of tne Scoltes, 
 made f thirde vyage into Scotlande, and bare hym so knyghlly, that^ in short processe after 
 his comynge, subdued the more parte of the iande, and after sped hym into the castell of 
 Estryuelyn, wherein were many of the great lordes of Scotlande, and enuyronyd the sayd 
 castell with a stronge sige. But he lay there somwhatof tyme without wynnynge of any 
 great aduauntage, ot hurte doynge vnto the Scottes ; wherfore, of polycy, he caused to be 
 made. ii. peyer of galowes in the syght of the castell, and after comaunded proclama- 
 cyons to be greed', that, if the Scottes, by a certayne daye, wolde yeide that castell to the 
 kynge, they shuld haue lyfe and lyine, and if nat, but that he wanne it by strength, as 
 many as were within the-sayde castell, shuld be haged vpon those gebettes, none astate 
 nor persOhe to be excepted. In processe of tyme, whan the Scottes had wel dyges'tyd 
 this proclamacion, and s'awe the strength of theyr enemyes, and consyderyd theyr oh ne 
 feblenesse and lak of socoure, assented fynally to yelde them & their castell vnto f kyng ; 
 whiche shortly after was done. Wherof kynge Edwarde being possessyd, stuffed it w En-, 
 glysshe knyghtes, and after toke a newe othe of the lordes and capytaynes, the whiche he 
 founde closed within that castell, of trewe & feythfull allegeaunce, and after sufferyd theym 
 to go where theym lyked. 
 
 And whan Willyam Waleys, whiche, as before is sayd, pretentyd the rule & gouernaunce wyiij-am 
 of Scotlande, harde tell that the stronge castell of Estreuelyne was yelden vnto kynge Ed- ^"''^>'- 
 •warde, and that lordes and knyghtes therin founden, in m hiche he moche affyed, were 
 sworne to the kynges allegeauce, he feryd sore, leste the sayd company wolde betray hym, 
 and brynge hym vnto the kynge : wherefore he witl) his adherentes withdrewe hym into 
 the marevses & other daungerous places, where he thought he was in suertye, for pQrsu- 
 ynge of the kynges boost. 
 
 Thenne the poore comons of the Iande presented theym by great companyes, & put 
 them hooly in the kynges grace and mercy, so that the kyng thought then that he was in 
 peaseable possessyon, or in agreat suertye, of the Iande. Wherefore after he hadde caused 
 to be sworne vnto hym f rulers of dyuers borughes, cyties, and townes, with other ofFy- 
 cers of the Iande, he retourned vnto Berwyke, and so into Englande, and lastly vnto West- 
 inynster. 
 
 In this tyme and season that the kynge was thus occupyed, aboute his warres in Scot- 
 lande, the quene was conueyed vnto London, agayne whom the cytezyns vpon y nombre 
 of. vi.C- rode in one lyuerey of rede & whyte with the conysaunce of dyuers mysteries 
 
 ' cryed. 
 
 3 F browderyd 
 
40$ SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRikl. 
 
 browderyd vpon theyr sleuys, and receyued her. iiii. myles without the cytie, andsocon- 
 ueyed thorugh the cytie, which then was garnyssbed and behaged with tapettes and arras , 
 and other clothes of sylke and of rychesse in inoost goodly wyse, vnto Westmynster, & 
 there lodged. 
 
 Whan the fcyng this yere was retourned out of Scotlande, he caused shortly after an in- 
 quisicion to be'made thoroughe hislande, the whiche after was nanaed Troylbaston. This 
 was made vpon al! ofFycers, as mayres, shyrefFes, baylyffes, excheters, and many other, 
 that had mysborne theym in theyr sayd ofFyces, and had extorcioned or mystreated the 
 kynges lyege people, otherwyse thap was accordyhge with the good ordre of theyr sayd. 
 offyces. By^ whiche meane of whiche inquisicion, many were accused and redemyd 
 their offences by greuous fynes, to the kynges great lucre, and auauntagis. Other, 
 
 • meanes were founden also, as forfaytes agayne the crowne, the whiche brought great 
 sumes of money to the kynges cofers, towarde the great charge of his warres that he sus- 
 teyned in Walys, Frauce, and ^.Scotlande, as before is shewed. This yere also, the kynge 
 for complaynt f was broughte vnto hym by Maister Walter Langton bysshop of Chester, 
 of sir Edwarde his eldest sorie, for that he with Pers of Gaueston and other insolent per- 
 sones had broken f parke of y sayd bysshop,. and ryottously distroyed the game within it : 
 he therfore inprysoned the sayd sir Edwarde his sone, with his complyces. And in pro- 
 eesse of tyme after, when the kynge was thorughly enformed of y lassiuyous and wanton 
 disposicions of the sayd Pyers of Gaueston, for that he shuld nat enduce the.forenamed, 
 sir Edwarde to be of lyke disposicio, he therfore banysshed ^ sayd Pyers of Gaueston, 
 out of Englande for euer. But after the deth of kynge Edwarde that banysshement was 
 Eoone denuUed by Edwarde his sone j wherof ensiiyd moche harme & trouble as after shall 
 be shewed. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC. Anno Domini. M.CCC.i. 
 
 Luke Hauerynge. 
 Elys Russell. Anno. xxix. 
 
 Richarde Champeis. 
 
 IN this, xxix. yere of kyng Edwarde %ed Edmunde erle of Cornewayll, the sone of 
 Richarde somtyme erle of the sayd countre and kyng of Almayne, without issue; where- 
 fore that erledome retourned agayn to the crowne of Englande. 
 
 And in this yere, the kynge gaue vnto sir Edwarde his sone f pryncipate' of WaJys, and 
 ioyned therunto the sayd erledome of Cornewayll. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.i. Anno Domini. M.iii.C.ii. 
 
 Robert Caller, 
 lohii Blount. Anno. XXX. 
 
 ■^Teter Bosham. 
 
 • IN this XXX. yere, y- kynge helde his great counsayll of parlyament, at his cytie of 
 Caunterbury. 
 
 i,L Mlii. Anno Domini. M.CCC. ii. Anno Domini.xiii.C.iil.' 
 
 Hugh Pourt. 
 
 ^^°" S^°""^- Anno. xxxi. 
 
 Syoion Parys. 
 
 IN this. xxxi. yere. 
 
 ' principate and hed. edit. 1542. USg. 
 
 Anno 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EI>WARDI PRIML 403 
 
 Anno Dombi. M.CCC.iii. . Anno Domini. M.CCC.iiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Cotnbmartyn. 
 lohn Blount Addo. xxxii. 
 
 lobn de fiurfforde. 
 
 IN this, xxxii. yere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC iiii. Anno Domini. xiii.C.v. 
 
 Rogier Parys. 
 lohn Blount. Anno, xxxiii. 
 
 lohn Lyncoln. 
 
 IN this, xxxiii. yere, Wyllyam Waleys, that vnto the kynge had done so many displea- VfiiiyfrnWaieyt 
 Bures & treasons agayne the trouth and alleageauce of his othe, as some deale before is ade"fc°eme to 
 shewed, was taken at the towne, named Seynt Domynyk, in Scotlande, and sent vnto Lon- LSdon & theie 
 don, and there arregnyd ; and vpon the euen of seynt Bartylmewe, drawen, hanged, and ^" 
 quarteryd, and his hedde sette vpon London bridge, and his iiii. quarters sent into Scot- 
 lande, and there hanged vpon f gates of certayne townes of the lande. And at Myghel- 
 masse folowynge ^ kynge holdynge his parlyament at Westmynster, thyder came oute of 
 Scotlande, the bysshop of seynt Andrewes, Robert le Bruze, sir Symonde Frysell erle 
 of Dunbarre, sir lohii of Cambrees erle of Atles, and sir lohii Comyn with other: the 
 whiche voluntarylye were sworne in presence of the kynge and his lordes, that they shuld 
 be trewe vnto f kynge of Englande, and kepe the lande of Scotlande to his vse agayn all 
 other persones ; and if any rebell, or other malycious persone distourbed the lande or 
 breke the kynges peas, they shulde cause hym to be taken, and sent vnto the kynge : with 
 many other articles concernynge theyr allegeaunce, the whiche full falsly they brake 
 and contraryed shortly after. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.v. Anno Domini. xiii.C.vi. 
 
 Raynold Doderell'. 
 lohn Blount. Anno, xxxiiii. 
 
 William Cansyn*. 
 
 IN this, xxxiiii. yere, Robert le Bruze, contrary his othe to kynge Edwarde before made, 
 assembled the lordes of Scotlande, and by the cousayll of thabbot of Stone and other 
 that fauoured his vntrouth, he sent vnto [the pope thari]' Clement the v. for a dispensacy- 
 on of his othe before made vnto kynge Edwarde, & surmysed to hym that kyng Edwarde 
 vexyd and greuyd the realme of Scotiade wrongfully ; w her upon the pope* wrote vnto 
 kynge Edwarde to leue of suche doynges; 
 
 And whyle this matier was thus complayned vnto the pope*, the sayd Robert le Bruze 
 made all the laboure hemyght vnto the lordes of Scotlande, that he were admytted for 
 kynge of that regyon ; so that vpon the daye of the, Concepcyon of our Lady, or the. 
 viii. day of Decebre a great assemble of the lordes was made at the abbey of Stone : and 
 vpon the daye folowynge, by the meanes of the abbot of that place, many of the sayd 
 lordes assented to the \Vyll of f sayd Robert, except sir lohn Comyn only, the whiche 
 in defence of his trouth, & othe before sworne vnto kyng Edwarde, many reasons and 
 excuses made, and fynally sayd that he wolde nat false his othe for no man. For this 
 the sayd sir John Comyn had great maugre of syr Robert le Bruze, and many of the 
 nobles of Scotlande ; but he helde his opynyon so fermely, that other began to take his 
 parte that in that counsayll rose suche contrariete of oppynyons and reasons, that the sayd 
 counsayll was dissoluyd, and a ngwe set at the Graye Freres of Dunfrize, after Cartdel- 
 masse next ensuynge : at whiche daye of assemble when the cause of theyr metyng was 
 
 • Doderley. edit. 1555. ' William Consyn. MS. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. * byshop ot 
 
 Come. edit. 1 542. 
 
 3 F 2 by 
 
404 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIML 
 
 Another great 
 batayl betwene 
 ScotUnde and 
 Snglande. 
 
 Fil, /«»». 
 
 by Robert le Bruze denouced and shewed, and many of the great lordes of the land® 
 hadde graunted to hym their aydes and assistence, the forenamed sir lohii Comyn, and 
 other satte styll and, sayd no worde, whiche Robert le Bruze markyd well, and to hym sayd, 
 " And you sir lohn I.truste for the defence, and weaVe of this realme ye wyll nat be 
 behynde:" wherunto he answered "sir, I wolde that ye and al my lordes here present 
 knewe wele that for f weale and defence in the right of this lande, I wolde stande with 
 it to the vttermost of my power;, but for I se that ye entende rather the subuercyon than 
 the weale therof, I wyll therefore ye knowe, I shal nother ayde you with counsayll, nor 
 yet with strengthe."- Some other also there were whose names the auctpur myndetb nat, 
 whiche allowed the sayinge of the sayd sir lobn, and in some wordes admytted hissadde 
 and trewe answere ; for the,, whiche Robert le Bruze was so amoued, that where' sir lobii 
 Comyn with sir Rogier his brother was departed from the coii^ayll, and was comyn into- 
 the churche of the Freres, Robert le Bruze hym folowed and wounded to the dethe with 
 his swer'de, and after slewe syr Rogier his brother, whiche wolde haue defended ^ fore- 
 sayd sir lohn: after whose deth lytell or no resystence was made agayne ^vntrewe meane 
 & dedes of the sayd Robert le Bruze, soy he at seynt Idhiis towne was crowned kynge 
 shortly after. ■ 
 
 It was nat longe after that kyng Edw^rde was monysshed of all this vntrouth of the 
 Scottes : wherfore he preparyd hy to wende thyder, and at Penthecoste he helde a great 
 feaste of his barony at Westmynster, and durynge that feast made a great nombre of 
 knyghtes ouer. CC. after most wryters : and that feast ended he sent with a fayre com- 
 pany of knyghtes, sir Aymer de Valaunce erle of Penbroke, and sir Henry Percy erle of 
 Northumberiade into Scotlande, and sped hym selfe with "his boost soone after. 
 
 Than abdute the feast of the Assumpcion of our Lady, the kynge faught, with the sayd 
 Robert le Bruze-and all f power of Scotlande, in a playne nere vnto seynt Idhiis towne, 
 and after longe fyght, and great slaughter of the Scottes to the nombre of. vii. M. he ' 
 chased the Scottes, in whiche chase syr Symonde de Frysell erle of Dunbarre was taken 
 with also the bysshoppes of Seynt Andrews, and of Bastoon, the abbot of Stoon or Scoon," 
 & sir lohii Chambrees erle of Atles, whiche bysshoppes and abbot, kyng Edwarde sent 
 after vnto Innocent the fyfth than pope*, with reporte of theyr periury, and how they were 
 taken armyd in f felde to shede the blode of Cristen men. And the temporall lordes he 
 sent into England, & so vnto the towre of Lodon : and Robert le Bruze, after this scom- 
 fyture & losse of his chief friendes, feryng lest the Scottes, with suche Englysshemerf 
 as kynge Edwarde laft there, wolde aryse agayne hym, and' comfortles fled vnto the kyng 
 of Norway, & there abode durynge whyle kyng Edward lyued, 
 
 Whanne this noble pryrice Edwarde had thus subdued the Scottes, he yelded thankes 
 to God of his victorye. And when he was ascertayned of 'f auoydyng of Robert le 
 Bruze, and had sette the lande in a quiet and ordre, he retourned into Englande. 
 
 In this passetyme were y forenamed lordes of Scotlande areygnd at London, and vpon 
 the euyn of the Natyuyte of our Lady put to deth, and theyr heddes after set vpotf 
 London brydge ; and shortly after was lohn Waleys brother vnto Wyllyam Waleysj: 
 whiche for lyke treason was put to deth in the precedynge yere, taken and hangyd and 
 quarteryd, and some Scottes that were taken as prysaners remayned longe in Englande or 
 they myghte acquyte theyr fynaunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.vi. 
 
 lohii Blount. 
 
 Symon Bolet*. 
 Godfrey de la Cdnduyt; 
 
 Anno Domini. xiii.C.vii. 
 
 Anno. XXXV. 
 
 • when, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * bysshop of Rome,, edit. 1542. ' alL 
 
 *£enet, edit. 1559* 
 
 IN 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIML *05 
 
 IN this. XXXV. yere, the kynge, for eertayne causes hym mouyng, retourned agayne inta 
 DCOtlaDde, or after some wryters he taryed. at Berwyke, and helde his Cristmasse & Easter 
 in those parties, and came nat into Engtande, after he had scomfyted the Scottes. In the 
 season of somer, as he was retournynge into Englande, a sykenesse toke hym so feruently 
 f he knewe wele he shuld dye. Wherefore he beynge at Burgth vpon the Sande beyonde 
 Carleyll, called to hym sir Aymer de Valance erle of 'Penbroke,sir Henry Percy erle of 
 Northumberlande, sir Henry Lacy erle of Lyncolne, and sir Robert ClyflForde baron, and 
 caused theyro to be sworne before hym y they sliuld crowne his sone Edward in as con- 
 uenyent tyme after his dethe as they myght, and kepe the lande to hb vse, tyll he were 
 crowned: and that othe by the sayd barons takejc^ be cabled before bym his sone Ed- 
 ward, and charged hym with dyuers poyntes vpon the charge of his blessyng, amonge 
 f whiche one specyall' was, that he shuld neuer after y daye suflfre Piers of Gaaeston to 
 retourne ixitO/Englade, & so- lyke a good Crysten prynce dyed shortly afterj vpon j^tlfe 
 day of the Translacion of seynt Thomas of Caunterburyj orYf viu daye of the moneth 
 of lulii, whan he had reygned. xxxiiii. yeres. vii. moneth & odde day-es. And after with 
 great solempnytie conueyed- vnto Westmynster, and there buryed'in the chapell of seynt 
 Edwarde, vpon the southsyde, in a playne tombe of marble at f bed of his fader. This* 
 noble man had. ii. wyfes, by f whiche as before is shewed in the. xx.. & xxvii. yeres of. 
 bis reygne-, he had issue as m the sayde yeres apperyth. Of this noble prynce a vercy^er 
 made these, ii. verses folowyngc; 
 
 Dum viuit* rex, et valuit sua' magna potestas, 
 Eraus latuit, pax. magna fuit, regnauit honestas. 
 
 Whiche verses may be englysshed in this maner folowynge^ 
 
 Whyle lyued this kynge, 
 By his power ail thynge 
 Was in good plyght; 
 For gyle was hydde,. 
 Great peas was kydde 
 And honestf had myghti 
 
 An other vcrcyfyer also of hym made these verses folowynge, and caused tbeyoi to 
 be hangyd ouer the place of his sepulture. 
 
 Mors est mesta nimis, magiios quia iiigit in imis, 
 Maxsiina mors minimus', coniugens vltima primis. 
 NuUus in orbe fuit homo viuens, ne* valet esse, 
 Qui non morte ruit, est hinc exit' necesse : 
 Nobilis et fortis, tibi tu confidere noli. 
 Omnia sunt mortis^ sibi subdit. singula soli. 
 De mundi medio, magnum. mors impia nouit*. 
 Anglia pre tedio satis anxia plangere nouit. 
 ^ Corruit Edwardus vario veneratus honore, 
 Rexnuper. et' nardus fragr^ns virtu tis odore, 
 Corde leopard us, inuictus et absque pauore, 
 Ad rixam tardus, discretus 8c eucharis ore. 
 Viribus armorum, quasi gigas, ardua gessit, 
 ^ Colla superborum prudens per prelia pressit^. 
 
 ^Omilted in the edit. 1542. 1559. • * viguit. MS. visit, edit. 1559- * tua. MS. ♦ honeste. MS. 
 
 honesty, ediu 1559. minimis. " nee, edit. 1542. 1559. ^exire. MS. & edit. 1559, 'movit. 
 
 MS. edit.-1542.-1559. » ut- MS... 
 
 Inter 
 
406 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI PRIMI. 
 
 Inter Flandrenses, fortuna sibi bene fauit, 
 Vi' quoq; Wallenses et, Scotos subpeditauit. 
 Rex bonus, absq; pare, strenue sua regna regebat : 
 Quod natura dare potuit bonitatis babebat. 
 Accio iusticie, pax regni, sanccio legis, 
 Et fuga nequicie premunt precoma regis, 
 Gloria tota ruit, regem capit hec modo possa* 
 Rex quandoq; fuit, nunc nil nisi puluis et ossa. 
 FiHus ipse Dei, quern corde colebat et ore, 
 Gaudia donet ei nuUo permixto doiore. 
 
 The whicne verses to tiie entent that they shulde be had in inynde, and also that the 
 ireder myght haue the more desyre to ouer rede theym, I haue therfore set them oat ia 
 ^baladde royaU after my rude makynge as foloweth. , 
 
 This sorowfull deth whiche bryngeth great full lowe 
 And moost and leest he ioyneth into one, 
 This man, to whom his pere was nat knowe, 
 Hath now subduyd, nat sparynge hym alone 
 Whiche of all other, this worlde to ouergone. 
 None was to be sparyd, of so great equytie 
 As he, if any, for noblesse sparyd shulde be. 
 
 i^biKKxii. Therfore, thou noble or myghty, truste none other grace ; 
 
 But thou shalt pay to deth thy naturall dette, 
 And lyke as he from this worlde dyd chace, 
 This myghty prynce, and from his frendes fette. 
 Fro whom all Englande loude mournyd and grette: 
 So shall thou and other in dethes snare fall. 
 None shall escape, to rekyn kyndes all. 
 
 ^dwarde, with many and dyuers gracis endowyd. 
 And lyke as nardus moost swetest of odoure 
 ' In smellynge passeth, and moost he is allowyd, 
 
 ■Of alt swete odours, scr dyd this knyghtly floure. 
 By vertuous actes, surmount, in honoure. 
 All other prynces; whose herte was lybarde lyke. 
 And' without fere, were he hole or syke. 
 
 'This.prynce was sTowe to all maner •of stryfe. 
 
 Discrete and wyse, and trewe of his worde. 
 
 In arrays a geaunt, by terme of all his lyfe ; 
 
 . Excellynge actes doynge by dynt of the sworde, 
 
 Subduyd the proude, of prudence he bare the horde j 
 
 •Of Flaunders by fate he had great arayte^ 
 
 And Walshe, and Scottes, by strength subduyd he. 
 
 Thk good kynge perelesse Ins landes. fermly gyded ; 
 What nature myghtgyue, he fayted-of it no thynge ; 
 No parte of boiite, from his' was discided : 
 'He was iustyce and peas, and of lawe stablysshynge. 
 And chaser of iniquyte, by his vertuous lyuynge : 
 
 '«t. edit. 15S3. ' fossa. ^ ^^^ j^g^ ^ gjjj^ j^jg^ 
 
 4 In 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUARTI. m 
 
 In whom these graces, with innumerable mo 
 Fermly were roted, that detb hath tane vs fro. 
 
 That whylom was a kynge, nowe is but duste and bone,. 
 All glorye is fallen, and this pytte kepyth the kynge ; 
 But he that yeldyth all thynge by his one', 
 The Sone of God, to whom aboue all thynge, 
 With herte and mouth, he dyd due worshyppynge^ 
 That lorde of his ioy, perdurable to laste, 
 Graunt hym sorowlesse, euermore to taste. 
 
 AMEN. 
 
 ■s; 
 
 Philippt. iiit. 
 
 PHilip the. iiii. of that name, & sone of the thirde Philip, whiche was surnamed Phi- 
 lip le Beawe or Philip the feyre, began his reygne ouer the realme of Fraunce in the 
 yere of grace. M.CC.lxxxvi., and the, viii.* yere of the iirste Edwarde than kyng of En- 
 glande : this for warre that he had with the duke of Gylderlande, arreryd great imposy- 
 cyons thoroughe his lande, both of the spirituekie and also of the temporaltie. 
 
 Aboute the. iiii.yere of his reygne,. ^'prynce of Salerne, thatlonge had ben holden in 
 pryson by the kynge of Aragon, was delyusred vpon a harde condycion, as foloweth ^ 
 firste, that he shuld, to the vttermost of his power, laboure a concorde and peas atwene . 
 the churche of Rome and the Aragons ;, and that done, to sette a peas atwene the Frenshe 
 kynge and hym; and ouer that to paye iathe ende of. xv. raoneHies nexte ensuynge an 
 hondreth. M. floryns for his raunsom ; (afloryn is in value after sterlyng money, ii.s. x.d. 
 and so. he shuld pay after the value of Englysshe money. xvii.M. and. v.C./t. :) and that 
 day after y he shuld neu'Cr here arrays agayne f kynge of Aragon ; and if, within y' terme 
 of. iii. yeres next ensuyng, he myght nat conclude tlie foresayd peas, he shuld then re- 
 tourne & yelde hymself prysoner as he before was, all whiche couenauntes fermely to be 
 holden, he first made solempne othe, and after delyuered to the kynge certayne hostages 
 and so departed. 
 
 But this composicon or argument' was thought so vnreasonable vnto his frendes, that 
 he was counsaylled by theym that he shuld sue vnto the pope* for a dispensacyon of his 
 othe, and that had, they wold helpe hym to recouer his foresayd hostages : after whose 
 counsayll, he, the yere folowynge, made suche laboure vnto Honorius the. iiii. of ^ 
 name, than pope*, that he alonely opteyned nat solucion of his othe, but also by hym he , 
 was declaryd kynge of Scicill, and of pope' Nicholas the fourthe, successour of the fore- 
 sayd Honorius, after confermyd. This prynce of Salerne, as ye before haue herde in f 
 storye of Philip the thirde, and thirde & iiii. Chapiters of y- same; was sone vnto Charlys 
 brother of seynt Lowys and kyng of Scicill : and the forenamed kynge of Aragon that ' 
 
 hym vpon the abouesayde condycions thus delyuered, was sone vnto Peter kynge of Ara-- 
 gon, whiche, as before in the storye of the foresayd thirde Phylip, helde warre with hym, 
 & with f sayd Charlys. This prynce of Salerne was also named Charlys after the name of 
 his fader ; the whiche after his adrayssyon of the pope*, was crowned kyng of Scicill in 
 the cytie of Palermo soone after, & defended the lande knyghtly agayne the Aragons witlv 
 helpe of the Frenshraen by the terme of v. yeres after. At whiche terme ende Alphos 
 than kynge of Aragon dyed, and laques or lames, to whome the foresayd Al^hons had 
 betake the rule of Scicill, and helde warre with the forenamed Charlys, was, as brother and 
 
 ' oon. MS. own. edit. i542. 1559- *xiiii. MS. ^ agrement. edit. 1533-15*2. 1559. ♦byshoppe 
 of Rome. ecjU.. 1543. * Omitttd in edit. 1542. 
 
 next 
 
408 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUAETt 
 
 ti^xt'heyre vnto the crowne 'of Aragan, admytted kynge of that regyon ; «fter which ad- 
 j!fi.iKxvii. . myssion, he shortly after -concluded a peas with the sayd Chariys, and redelyuered vnto 
 hym ail suche hostages & pledges as his brother Alphons had before tyme of hytn re- 
 ■ceyued, for kepyng of the former conuencyons. And for a more slablyssheraent of the 
 same peas, the sayd lamys toke to wyfe of the doughters of y" sayd Chariys. 
 
 Aboute the. vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip, certayne soiwdyours of Fraunce, to the 
 tnombre of. xv.C which were sente by the procurement of- pope Nicholas the. iiji*. vnto 
 Acris, to fortyfye that ^towne, contrary the trewe atwene the Cristen and the Sowdan be- 
 fore concluded, for the terme of. ii. yeres, brake out, of the towne andcastellys adioy- 
 inant, and ^spoyled & robbyd such Sarazyns, as to that towne were dwdlynge nere ; and 
 ^ dyd vnto them all y sorrowe and shame that they myght. Wherof the Sowdan hauyhge , 
 knowlege was therwith greatly amouyd ; but yet or he wold attempte any warre agayne 
 'the Cristen, he sent vnto the captayne of the cytie of Acoil, and wylled hym to sende 
 ■vnto hy suche .persones as had broken the peas, and done that iniurye to his people, and if 
 he' it refusyd, ^he sente theym worde he shuld nat blynne tyll he hadde distroyed thepj, as 
 lately before he had done the inhabitauntes of the cytie of Tryple. But they sestte his 
 manace at nought ; for so moche as they thought theym able to •w^stande his malyce. 
 Ypon which answere the Sowdan made great prouysyoti to besiege the sayd cytie. 
 
 In which passe tyme, ia Fraunce, was borne of dame lohane or lane, than queue of 
 OFrauce, Lowys, the kynges eldest sone, that after his fader was kynge of Frauce. 
 
 lyhene the Sowdan had preparyd all thynge necessarye for that iournay, he sped hym 
 -■with an innumerable multytude of Sarazyns towarde y^ cytie of Aeon or Acris, in whiche 
 jburnay he was taken -with so greuous sykenesse, that he knewe well he shuld shortly 
 dye. Wherfore iie callynge before hym his admyrallys, charged a certayne of tl)eym to 
 .kepe forthe theyr iourney towarde Aeon, whyle the remenauute retournyd into Egipt, and 
 4here created his sone to Jaaste* hjm vnto the sayd siege, and soon after dyed. 
 
 Then all thyng was ordejned', as he before had deuysed, and the cytie was besegid 
 with a stronge boost of Sarazyns, the whiche assented it cruelly by the space of. vi wekes. 
 In w.hiche season the Cristen defended it so manfully, that the Sarazins myght therof gette 
 none aduantage. At the ende of this. vi. wekes came the yonge Sowdan with a fresshe 
 hoost ; the which made such a dynne & noyse with their tabours & hornys, and other 
 mynstrelsy that they at those dayes vsed, that it was hydous & ferefull to here. And 
 -after ? they had restyd theym.' ii. dayes, & preparyd for the ryggynge of their ordenauce, 
 they assauted the cytie. xiiii. dayes continuelly ; in whiche season moche people was slayn 
 ivpon both parties, but the more nombre of y cytie : for by the vyolence of their orde- 
 naiicethey ouerthrevye moche howsynge within the cytie, wherwith moche people were 
 * -pppressyd and slayne, as well mah as woman & childe*. 
 
 At theende of this, xiiii. dayes, when the rulers of the cytie had seen y^ harme that they 
 ).liad receyued by this fyers and cruel! assaote, as well in losse of theyr sowdyours as of f 
 great enpeyringe of their wallys and other defences of theyr cytie, they feryd sore ; for 
 -the -which -they of one assent condissendyd, & sent soone after by theyr shyppes a great 
 nobre of olde men and women, & children, vnapt for y warre with the relyques & treasours 
 -of the cytie into Scicill.- It was nat longe after or the Sarazyns made a newe assaute, y- 
 cotynued. iiii. dayes, by meane wherof the cytie was sore defaced. 
 
 Theiie the kynge of Cipris, whiche, at that daye, -was there as one of the chief rulers in 
 y cytie, fayned hym syke; wherfore, in ^ nygtit folowynge, desyringp a knyght of the cytie 
 Jo kepe his watche, he cowardly & sliamef^Jilly, with, iiii.'' M. men, toke shyppynge and 
 
 ' One of. " Nycholasthe iiii. byshop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' they. MS. * The. MS. 
 
 ■und subse(jvent editions read, " And there created his sone Sowdan. After the which creacion, he chargid 
 .theym that they siiuW cavse his said sone tohaste hym, ^c." ^ orderid. MS. « women and 
 
 childer. MS. ' iii. M. edit, 154.2,1559. 
 
 sayled' 
 
SEPTIMA PAHS PHILIPPr QUARTI, 409. 
 
 fiEiyled thens,, leuynge the cytfe in all daunger. Vpon the morowe', whaa the . certayate 
 of this was knowen, the patriarke of Iherusaleirt w other there laft to the noinbre of. 
 »ii\ M. or therupon, sent vntothe SoAvdan for a trewys for. ii. monetbes ; but none they 
 myghte purchase : and therfore they defendyd theym in the besttnaner they oiyght. . But 
 shortly after, for lak of defense vpon the wallys, the Sarazyns fylled the dykys ; and 
 89 soone after, vpon the. xxv. day of May, perforce, entred the cyticj and slew suche 
 people therin as they there founde. Than- the Sowdan gaue the praye.of the cytie vnto 
 his knightes, and after spoylynge of the same, caused the wallys and toures to be rasyd 
 vnto the groudei and the houses, as well churches, temples, and all other, were clerely 
 brent and dystroyed. And thus was that noble cytie of Acris, which is also called Tholo-' 
 mttyda, subuerted ; the whiche was the chief porte or hauyn towne for Cristen men to 
 lande at, whenne any boost or power of theym shulde entre into the holy lande, & had 
 contynued for the more partie in the possessyon of Crystea men by the terme of. C.lx. 
 yeres. and aboue. 
 
 IN the. vii. yere ©f this kyng Philip, the erle of Armenak was skccused of eertayn 
 poyntes of treason, by sir Raymonde Barnade', erle of Foys, where vpon a daye of 
 batayll atwene these, ii. erlys was appoynted to be foughten at Gysours, in the kynges 
 presence, and of bis barony ; but after, by f great instauce and laboure made by sir 
 Robert, erle of Artoys, that batayll was fordone. 
 
 In the. viii. yere of his reygne he gaderyd a great taske of his comoss, a.nd 
 in f yere foresayd, at a feast holden at Compeyne, he made aboue. vi. score 
 knyghtes. 
 
 [And in the. x. yere the glorious confessoure seynt Lowys, grandfader vnto this Philip, 
 was, f day folowynge seynt Bartylmwe the Apostle, translated into a ryche shryne, in the 
 monastery of seynt Denys ; the whiche yere before of Boniface the. viii. than pope, £oF 
 his great myracles, was wryten in the catholog or nombre of seyntes.]* 
 
 In the. xi. yere of his reygne, sir Robert of Artoys entred the towne of Seyt Omers, and 
 toke therin many Burgonyons and other as prysoners^ and soon after mette wijth Guy, 
 duke of Burgoyn, at a towne called Fumes, where atwene theym was foughten a strange 
 fight, and many men slayne vpon eyther syde ; but lastly, the victorye fyll to sir Robert 
 of Artoys, so that he put ^ duke to flyght, and toke there prysoners Henry, erle of Da- 
 bencourt, and sir Guylliam de Vyllers, and other. After whiche victorye by hym thus 
 opteyned, the sayd towne of Furnes was yolden vnto hym, and a great parte of ^e vale 'i 
 of Cassile. 
 
 In this yere also, the warre attwene this kynge Philip and Edwarde the firste, thane 
 kynge of Englande, was put in vre ; for somi6«he as the sayd Edwacde toke partie with 
 the sayde duke or erle of Flaundres, as it is at length sette out in the. xxii. xxiiii. xxvi*. 
 yeres of the sayd Edwarde; wherfore here nowe I passe it ouer. 
 
 In the. xiii*. yere of this Philip, whahe the trewys before sette atwene kynge Edwarde 
 & hym and the erle of Flaudres was expyred, he sent sir Charlys de Valoys, his brother, 
 with a great power into Flaundres ; the which^ made sharpe warre vpon the Fleroynges, 
 and toke from theym the townes of Douay.and Bethune, and after yode towarde the 
 hauyn towne of Dam or Dan, where he was encountred of Robert, sone vnto the erle, 
 where atwene theym was foughtyn a cruell fyght, to y great scath of bothe parties ; for j,/./«»wii. 
 eyther departed from other without great auaut or bqste. Than the sayd Robert with his 
 company drewe towarde Gaunt; & the sayd syr Charlys, after the departyng of y^, sfiyd 
 Robert, layde hye'' siege vnto f foresayd towne of Dame. 
 
 la this passe tyme the archdhysshoppe of Orleaunce was slayne by a knyght, called sir 
 
 ■ The morn. MS. * v. M. edit. 1542. 155.9. ^ Barnard, MS. * Omitted in edit. 1559. 
 
 ^audxxvj. • tbre and twentye yere. edit. 1559. /anA/^. * bis. 
 
 3 Q Gautier, 
 
410 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUARTI. 
 
 Gautier, for so moch as the sayd bysshop, as the fame then went, hadde difflorysshed 4 
 iflayden and doaghter of the fiayde sir Gautier. And for hym was chosen to that dig- 
 nyte maister Barthrande, doctoar of diuynyte. Tben-to retourne where we lafte of f 
 foresayd warre of Flaundres, the sayde sir Charlys so sharpely assaiityd the towne of 
 Dam, that in shorte processe after it was yolden vnto hym ; and than he preparyd hym 
 to lay his siege aboute the forenamed towne of Gaunt. Wherof whanne Guy erle of 
 Flaundres was ware, consyderynge he myghte nat shortly be ayded of the kynge of Englande 
 whiche thane warred vpon f Scottes, as in the. xxvii. yere of Edwarde the firstit doth ap- 
 pere, he than made meanes vnto the sayd sir Charlys de Valoys, that he wolde be a meane 
 to f kyng, that he mygbt be accepted vnto his grace & mercy. So that by his meanes the 
 sayd sir Guy, with Robert his sone, vpon certayne conuencyohs, in shorte tyme after 
 was reconcyled vnto the Frenshe kynge. But whyle these conuencions were perfourmyd, 
 the sayde erle> with his sone Robert, were kepte in a lyberall pryson, & the countie of 
 Flaudres, by the assygenement of the kynge, for tiie whyle was comytted vnto the rule of 
 laques de Seynt Paulle, knyght ; the which entreated the comons of that lande sternly, 
 and oppressyd them with imposicionsand taskes, in so moch, that in the. xvi. yere of the 
 kynge, a certayne of f towne of Courtray in Flaudres, after certayne skyrmysshes and 
 louedayd' made, the comon people, in a nyght, slewe the foresayd sir laques, and as 
 many Frenshemen as they might fynde win the towne. After whiche murder was knowen 
 in Brugys and other townes of Flaundres, anone by yll cousayll, they also chased all 
 suche Frenshmen as by f foresayd laques were put I dyuers ofFyces within the sayd 
 townes, and made theym stronae to make deffence agayne the Frenshe kynge. 
 
 Wherof, when the Frenshe kynge was ascertayned, he sent thyder, with a stronge com- 
 panye, the erle of seynt Poule, the erle Boleygne, sir Robert erle of Artoys, and Hobert 
 f sone of the erle of Cleremount, with dyuers other noblemen of Frauce, the whiche 
 Spedde. them toward Brugys, and in the playnes atwene Courtray & Brugys pyght ther6 
 pauylyons and tentes, for they n)yght come* no nere vnto Brugys, for so moche as Flem- 
 ynges hadde broken the brydge ouer the ryuer that there i'onneth : the whiche lastly, 
 nat i^out great slaughter of men of both parties, was by the Frenshemen reedyfyed & 
 made, so that the Frenshe boost passid the ryuer, and layde theyr ordenaunce nere to 
 the towne of Brugys. But theFlemynges hadde so garnysshed theyr towne with defence 
 of sowdyours, y they feryd the Frenshemen lytell or noo thynge. And of one thynge 
 they bare theym the bolder ; for sO/ffloche as they had within the towne one of the sones 
 of Guy, theyr erle, the which before was scaped from the Frenshe kynges pryson. 
 
 Thus the Frenshemen lyinge before the towne, many frayes and bykerynges were made 
 atwene the Flemynges and theym, to theyr both paynes. Lastly, a daye of batayll by 
 the prouocacyon & dispytous wordes of y^ Frenshmen, was appoynted to be hoiden at- 
 wene theym vpon the Wednysdaye, beynge thane the vii. daye of y- moneth of lulii ; at 
 whiche daye, the Flemynges beynge confessj'd & reconcyled to God, astheyshuld forth- 
 with haue departyd out of this worlde, in sober wyse groundynge theym vpon a rightful! 
 and good quarell that daye to lyae and dye for the defence and ryght of theyr countre, 
 issued out of the towne in good ordre, [berynge before theym certayne relyques. of 
 sayntes, in the whiche they had great truste & affyauce.]' 
 
 A-noneas the nobles of Fraunce behelde the countenaunce of theyr enemyes, disdayn- 
 ynge theym as vyiayns and artifycers, trustyd so moch in theyr strengthes that they 
 thought shortly to ouer ryde theym, and bere'theym downe with strenght of theyr horses, 
 and without ordre ran with great ire vpon theyr enemyes, thyn kynge to haue opressyd 
 them at the firste bront ; but the Flemynges, with theyr arbalasters and theyr longe mareys 
 pykes set a slope before theym, woudyd so theyr horses, that they laye tumbelynge one 
 in the others necke : soo that they were the letters of the other^ whiche were on foot, 
 
 ' Lovedays, MS. love day, edit. 1533. 1542.1559. *notcopae, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559.. 'Omitted 
 m edit. 1542. 155^. 
 
 7 that 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUARTI. 411 
 
 that they ihyght nat excercyse thefyr feat of arrays. And also y^ shot whiche was shot vpon 
 the Frenshe partie dyd as moche harme to those horsemen as it dyd vnto theyr eoemyes ; 
 so that in shorte whyle the felde was all sprede with slayne horses and clene armyd men. 
 Wherof sir Robert, erle of Arloys, beynge ware, and seynge these noble sperys thus 
 slayne vpon the felde, auauncyd hym with his company, and slewe and woundyd of the 
 Flemynges great nombre, so that they fledde before hym, as shepe before the wolfe, and 
 put further bak that boost of Flemynges than they, by f firste metynge, had auancyd 
 them self. And if ayde of Guy de Namoure, sone vnto the erle of Flaundres, had nat 
 the soner been comyn vnto theym, the sayde erle of Artoys had that daye wonne the re- 
 nowne of that felde. 
 
 Than the said Guy, with a fresshe company of Almaynes and other bolde sowdyours, 
 coragyously entred the felde, and bete downe the Frenshmen egerly. Thanne was the 
 medle new begon in so feruent wyse, that men and horse fyll downe to the grounde 
 wondersly thycke : and euer the erle of Artoys, where so euer he wente, he slewe moche 
 people before hym. But the Flemynges kept theym so hole togyder that he myght neuer 
 disseuer them, and slewe of the nobles of Fraunce great plentye. Whiche mortalyte thus 
 contynuynge, the stremys of blode ran wondres to beholde, and alwaye the Frenshe partye 
 wekyd more and m,ore. Lastly, the erlys of seynt Poule and of Boleyn, with Robert, 
 the sone of this erle of Cleremount, and other, with the nombre of. ii. M. horsmen, 
 sejnge the rage and wodnesse of the Flemynges, whiche so cruelly slewe and bet downe 
 the Frenshemen, settynge a parte all honour and knyghthode, shamefully fled out of the 
 felde, leuynge the erle of Artoys in f medle of his enemyes, whiche, lyke vnto the lyon 
 rampaunt, contynued in one sleynge and kyllynge the Flemynges without mercy or pyte. 
 But the Flemynges, lyke wood tygres, were so enragyd vpon f Frenshmen, that they 
 wolde neuer leue theym tyl they by pure force draue theym vnto theyr tentes, where they 
 slewe of theym a great multytude. 
 
 In this batayll were slayne the foresaid erle of Artoys, Godfrey de Braban, nere kynnys- 
 man to the said erle, and lorsle of Wyrson, Adam, the erle of Dabenmale, lohh, the sone 
 of the erle of Henaut^ Rauf de Neell, constable of Frauce, Guy his brother, marshall 
 of f host, Raynolde de Try, Esmer, chamberlayne of Cancaruyle, laques, f sone of 
 Godfrey de Braban, Pyers Floot', and lohn Bruillis, maister of the arbalasters knyghtes, 
 & many mo men of name, to the nobre of. CC. and aboue, besyde esquyers & other 
 men of lower degrees, as yomen, gromes, pages, to the nombre of xii. M. The 
 whiche, after this victorye, the Flemynges dispoyled & suffred the caryns of theym 
 to lye in the felde y all wylde bestes & fowles myght theym perysshe and deuoure. 
 
 Whan this yonge knight sir Guy had thus opteyned victorye of the Frenshmen, he f>/.txxix. 
 reioysed nat a lytle ; and soone therafter layde siege vnto y' He or a castell so named, & 
 gatte it also, were it by trechery or otherwyse. Thenne the townes of Iper, of Gaunt, 
 of Douaye, & dyuers other of that countre obeyed vnto hym, and dyscendynge* & agreed 
 to take partie, eyther of theym with other, agayne the Frenshe kynge. \ 
 
 Thanne kynge Philip heryng of the great discomfiture of his men, made countenaunce 
 of mournynge, and specyally for his true knyght the erle of Artoys. 
 
 Kynge Philip then after, for to reuenge the foresayd displeasure to hym done by . 
 the Flemynges, assembled, by our Lady Day Assumpcion next ensuynge, an excedynge 
 nombre of men of armys, entendynge to haue entred FlaQdres, & vtterly to haue dystroy- 
 ed a great parte of that coutre ; & so drewe towarde his enemyes, so that he pyght the 
 tentes of his van warde within, ii. myles of his enemyes, & there lay to his excedynge 
 charge, consyderynge the great multitude of his host, by all ^ moneth of Septembre. Of 
 the nombre of this host I haue doute to wryte, for maister Gagwyn sayth f nombre was 
 ao great that it may nat be byleued ; and that sheweth wele, by the expressmet of the 
 
 'Foot. edit. 1543. 1559. * condyscendyd. 
 
 3 G 2 nombre 
 
4 1 2 SSPTIMA PARS PHILTPPI QU ARTI- 
 
 nombremadeby the Frenshe Crony'cle: for he saylh, they were an hondreth tyme tm. 
 CM. &. xl. tymes. xl. thousade. By whiche saying s&m.dele apperyth how the Frenshe-, 
 men can make mencouge'. But how it was, for all this great & excedynge nonibre of 
 Frenshemen the Flemynges lay styll vaharte or assawted ; and fyn^ll^r, vpon a great sub- 
 stancyall cause, as ye after shall here, this great boost was dissoluyd or retournyd euery 
 man to hi^ a-wne, and kynge Philip, w small honour, into Frauce.j wherof the Frensh- 
 men sayth the occacion or cause was thus. 
 
 Kyng Edward of Englande, whiche vnto the Flemyngs bare great affeccyon, consyder- 
 yBge the great daunger they were in, and he at y tyme myght nat theim ayde nor socoure, 
 of a pollacy caste this in his mynde, and with an heuy or mornynge countenaunce shewyd 
 vnto the quene, and syster vnto kynge Philip, that he was very heuy and sorowfull for 
 hisibrother &4iers, the kynge of Fraunce,. Wherof when and wherfore &he hadde frayned 
 the cause, he answeryd and sayd, that he had certayne knowlege, that at suche tyme 
 as the Flemynges and he shulde mete in batayll, .f his lordes and company shuld leue 
 hym amonge his enemies, for he was soldevnto theym before hande. Wherof whene the 
 quene was thus ascertayned, anone in all possyble haste sent letters .& messangers vnto the 
 Fa-enshe kynge, counsaylynge hvm to be well ware of that treason and daunger. To the' 
 wliiche he gynynge credence, shortly after sente fronae hym the sayd great company of 
 people, and he, w a certayne, as aboue is sayd, retournyd into Fraunce. 
 ' -After whiche departynge, the Flemyngs were so bolde y forthwith they entred Pycar- 
 
 6y and the countre of Artoys, and spoyled & brent dyuers townes of the same. But in 
 the yere folowynge, as testyfyeth the sayde Frenshe Cronycle, y Fleipynges of Brugys 
 w:ere foughten with of Otthon, than duke of Burgoyn ; to whome, by reason of maryage, 
 the Frenshe kyug hadde gyuen the erledome of Artoys, and he of theym slewe^ with the 
 mde of the Frenshmen. xy. thousande. 
 
 In this. xvii. yere, aboute.Mydsomer, Phj-lvp, an other sone 'Of the erle of Flaundres, 
 
 whiche .had, by a certayne terme passid, ben in' the court of Charl3'S de Valoys, & by 
 
 ihym put in trust to receyjue certayne sumes of money in-Scicill, to the vse of pope 
 
 ''Bonyface the, viii'\ sodaynely departed, and with a stronge company of Almaynes came 
 
 ?jnto Flaundres to ayde and assyste his brother, whome the Flemynges or Brabanders re- 
 
 ceyued with great ioy ; and by the comforte of hym inuaded the Borders & landes of the 
 
 Erenshe kynge, & boldly assautyd the castell of Seynt Oraers. But for they there gat 
 
 none aduauntage, but loste many of theyr men, they forsok* that and.yode vato a towiie 
 
 'belongynge to the Frenshe kynge, .called Thorouan Moryne j the whiche, in prooesse, 
 
 •they waune and spoyled. About this tyme dyed Bonyface the. viii. of that name, thanne 
 
 pope', a man of eoylLname and fame ; the whiche by his trechery caused his predyces- 
 
 sour6 Celestyrie the. ^v. that was a good and holy man, ,to resygne and leue his papacye*, 
 
 -and by this meanej Whenne this sayd Celestyne had sytten in Peters chayre a shorte 
 
 tyme, 4his Bonyface espyinge his innocency, whiche was all sette to the seruyceof Ood, 
 
 as he before hadde.vsed.hym in ledynge of anke'rs lyfe, thoughte howe he myght bryng 
 
 hym in raynde; te resigne his hygh oiyce vnto hym ; and it to^brynge aboute, he fir&te made 
 
 hym frendes secretely, and after hyryd one of the jGubyclers of the pope', that he,"' in the 
 
 deed nyght, shulde spekein-a rode' and saye, " Celestyne, if thou wylte be sauyd and be 
 
 partyner of my blysse, renounce this pompe of y worlde, and serue raevas thou befofe 
 
 dyd ;" or after the Latyn storye,"if Celestinus wyll be sauyd, Jette hym clerely the.papaU 
 
 -dygnyte resygne." Whiche voyce this ghostly man sundry tymes herynge, thought veryly it 
 
 haddebena dyuyne mocyon; wherfore in all that he myghte, he laboared.to be dischar^yd. 
 
 -Soo that at the :ende x3f. v. jiionethes he resygned.; and shortly after was the foresayd 
 
 /Bonyface admytted. The whiche nat beynge contentyd with this sinistre opteynynge of this 
 
 %gh dygaytejvbut that he, for fere lestlhe sayde Celestyne jshulde repent hym of his insolent 
 
 ' Mcnsounge. /* 'Bonyface tte. \iii.bysliop of Jlomr, edrt. 1542. ' Bysslioppe of Rome, edit. 15,42. 
 •*,JBysBhopriclie,«dit.,i5452. 1.65S. -'.Agreed., ^ «- . 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUARTI. 443 
 
 oflede, and by strengthe of some prynces be restoryd agayne to his former dygnyte ; he 
 iherfore wolde nat sufFre the sayde Celestyne to retourne to wyldernes there to contynewe 
 his olde accustomyd lyfe, but helde hym in a caslell as prysoner, where for sorowe and 
 euyll kepynge he dyed shortly after. 
 
 For the whiche this Boayia.ce was nat VTipunysshed ; for ouer the sorowe and trouble 
 that he, duryngethe terme of his papacy, sufFred, whiche was natalytell, in theende of. 
 viii. yeres he was taken Uy strength and put in pryson, where so myserably and cruelly he 
 ■was entreated, 4hat or he d^ed, what for madnesse or for hunger he ete his owne handes, 
 and so in noysery ended his lyfe within, xxiiii. dayes of his inpiysonemet. 
 
 Thane to retourne where 1 laft, and to she we you fertherof the warre.atwene Fraunce 
 and Flaundres, though' it is that the Frenshemen, with the ayde of y Henaudours, made 
 sondry and many tymes assautes vpon the Flemynges; in the whiche dyuers chauces of 
 the warre fyll, so that if that one hadde the belter at one tynae, that other hadde as raoche 
 aduauntage the next tyme. For reformacyon of whiche ^warre, sir Guy, with his.sone, 
 before named, erle of Flaundres, that by all this season hadde contynued. in the Fxenshe 
 kynges pryson, were sufferyd to go into Flaundres vpon codycyon that if they myghte 
 pacyfye the countre to the kynges pleasure, that then they shulde styll enioy theyr lyberte 
 and go at large, or ellysto retourne agayne as prysoners. The whiche erle with his sayde 
 sone dyd what they cowde to reconcyle the sayd Flemynges ; but all theyr trauayle was in 
 vayne : so that, by the daye to theym appoynted, they retournyd to theyr former pryson. 
 Wherfore the kynge in the. xviii. yere of .his reygne, assembled a mesurable Jioost of 
 people. 
 
 In the whiche were accompted for noble capitaynes, vnder the kyng, sir Charlys de iFoi.ixxx. 
 Valoys brother to the kynge, Lowys jerle of Enroux that other brother to the kynge, 
 Guy ecle of seynt Paule, lohn erle of Dampmarlyn; whiche noble me with many other, 
 met w the kyng at a towne called Mount* : and wheiie they hadde a season restyd there, 
 by meane of messengers goynge atuene kynge Philip and the Flemynges, a day of ba- 
 tayll was atwene them appoynted to be foughten. vpon the. xvi. daye of jVugust, in y. 
 abouesayd. xviii. yere^ at whiche day the Flemynges of Crugis and the otlier townes sette 
 forthe theyr ordenaunce, and made tlieym a stronge felde, and enbatayled theym in suche 
 wyse that the Fienshmen made daungerous to selie vpon theym ; than meanes of treatye 
 were offeryd, «o 4hat the day passed withoutstroke strykynge. 
 
 But in the euenynge the Flemynges thynkynge to take auauntage vpon their enemyes, 
 cam so :Sodaynly vpon the Frenshmen, that hardly the kynge myghte be armyd or they 
 kadde slayne, ii. men within his tent-; wherfore hasty spede was made, soo that <the kynge 
 was gotten to horsbacke, and forthwith by his marcydl power made waye thorough his 
 .-enemyfisand slewe theym without mercy: and by the knyghlLy example of hym the rem- 
 naunt -^if his-loi-des quyt theym so honourably that the poore Flemynges were lay^e in 
 the felde bathynge in theyr ov^ne blode to -a great nombre, and lastly costrayned to flye 
 -shamefully and to leue theyr ordenaunce behynde theym, and if nyght had nat fallen on, 
 it is to dense that many moo of theym shuld haue ben slayne, consyderyng the gceat fyers- 
 nesse of theyr enemyes, and the excedynge rancour of malyce that the Frenshemen to 
 theym barej but yet the Frenshemen escaped nat without losse of some noble men, for 
 in j batayll was slayne ^,erle of Ancerre and dyuers other knyghtes and men of fame. 
 After whiche Bcomtyture and chasynge of the Flemynges, the kynge for dyrknes was 
 fette vnto his tentes with torche lyght ; where after he had buryed the deed bodyes slayne 
 in ^ felde, and also garnysshed «ome stronge castellys with his knyghtes, to the ende that 
 '.the Flemynges shulde nat breke to ferre abrode, knowyng that with his enemyes he shulde 
 vthat yere haue no mo playne bataylles, retourned agayne itp France. 
 
 ' Jroiilh. * tlie MoLl. MS. 
 
 2m 
 
414- SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUARTI. 
 
 IN the. xix. yere of kynge Philip, by meanes of Enguerranij, a man in especiall fa- 
 uour w the kynge, a peas atwene Fiaunce and Flauodres was concluded, the vvhiche, as 
 ye shall after here, duryd but shorte whyle ; natwithstandynge, by the reason of this pieas^ 
 Robert de Bethune and Wylliam his brother, whiche by all this season with theyr fader 
 sir Guy erle of Flaudres, had contynued in pleasaunt or esy pryson, were nowe delyuer- 
 ed ; but the- fader was deed in the moneth of Februarii, before the concluson of this 
 peas passed, &, by lycence of the Frenshe kynge, caryed to Marqueta towne in Flaundres 
 and there buryed. 
 
 In f. XX. yere of this kynge Philip, a great dyssencion and stryfe fylle atwene the 
 ryche men or gouernours of Parys & the comynaltie of the same, for heythynge of ^ rent 
 of dyuers howses apparteynynge to the sayd comynaltie ;. wherfore f sayd comons secret- 
 ly accompanye theym in great nombre, and yode vnto the howse of Stephan Barbette, 
 that was accused to be occasioner of that dede, and spoyled it, & after that they yode to 
 a maner of his in the countre named Courtyle Barbet, & it in lyke spoyled ; and y done 
 set it in fyre & brent it, and the orcharde of the same, whiche was passyng comodious Sc 
 pleasaunt, they defacyd & vtterly dystroyed: and nat yet with this beyng content, re- 
 tourned agayne vnto the house of the sayd Stephan, and all such wynes as were within 
 his selers, drake of theym tyll they were wbd drunken, and what they myght nat in y* 
 wyse deuoure, they bete out the heddes and let the vvyne ronne in the stretes, and al 
 formys, stolys and other vtensilis in the howse by theym foundyn, all to brake in peces, 
 and of federbeddes rypped the tekys & helde theym in the wynde, y the fethers myght 
 be blowyn away and loste for euer, & vnryppyd the. howse in dyuers places that the rayne 
 and other wederynge myght entre, as than fyll aboute the tyme soone after Cristmas. 
 
 And thus contynuynge in their fury & rage, after the dysspoylynge & defasynge of these 
 foresayd howses, as men nat knowyng what they than dyd, yode streyght in great nombre 
 vnto^ place of the Templers there nere, where at that season kyng Philip, with a certayne 
 of his barons was thafie lodgyd ; & there kept the entrees of that place in such wyse that noo 
 man myght issue nor entre, but at theyr pleasures : and suche metes as were brought thyder 
 to the kynges vse Sc his howsoldje, they caste it in the myre and fylth of the strete. The 
 kynge and his lordes seyng the rage of this rude & vnresonable people, sent vnto them 
 the prououst of the cytie with some of his lordes, the whiche gaue vnto them so 
 pleasaunt & comfortable wordes, that at length he retourned theim in peasyble maner to 
 theyr houses. But vpon the morowe folowynge, the kynge nat forgettynge this rage and 
 ryot of the people, comaunded many of the sayd comons to be attached, & to be sent 
 vnto dyuers prysons. And vpon Candelmasse euen folowynge, for the same ryot, xxviii. 
 of theym were hanged at. iiii. entrees of the cytie of Parys, that is to saye. vii. Louure", 
 vii. toward the parties of SeyntAnthoyne., vii. at a place towarde the Rule*, and the other 
 vii. in a place towarde Nostre Dame or Notyr Dame ; which execucion caused f comy- 
 naltie of the cytie to lyue longe after in great fere. 
 
 In the. xxi. yere of the reygne of kynge Philip, whiche maketh the yere of our Lorde. 
 xiii. C. and. vii. albe it, that other wryters affermeth it to be in the yere of grace, xiii, C. 
 &. xi. all the Templers in Fraunce were distroyed, & theyr goodes and possessions, 
 thoroughe Cristendom, gyuen by auctoryte of a synode kept by Clement the. v. thenne 
 pope', at the cytie of Narbon in Frauce, vnto y relygyon of knyghtes of seynt lohn 
 Baptyst. This ordre of Templers was destroyed for theyr detestable' heresy, wh&*(jf they 
 werr conuict in. x. articles expressyd in f Frenshe Gronycle at lengthe, whiche here t 
 passe ouer for lengthe of ^ matyerj and also for f rehersal therof is nat fruytfull to all 
 herers or reders. 
 
 In the. xxiii. yere of his reygne, this kynge Philip, for as moche as he by some of the 
 • At Louvre. * Roule, iedit, 1533. 1S42. 1559. ' Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 
 
 electours 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI QUART!. 415 
 
 V 
 
 electours of the empyre was chosen emperour, he therfore with a great army, sped hym 
 toward Rome, & passed through Almayne tyll he came viito the duchye of Quarantayne, 
 of whiche duchye the people receyued hym with all honoure; and after passed the mou- 
 taynes and so came vnto Padua, where also he was ioyously receyued, wliere he taryinge 
 a season, receyued frome Mylayne ambassadours, the whiche offeryd to hym that cytie, 
 with all couenable seruyce. And after his people was to hym more plenarly assembled, he 
 than departyd from Padua and yode vnto Mylayne, whom the lordes of the cytie met 
 vpon the waye, & conueyed hym vnto the maister paleys of y^ cytie, and there lodgyd 
 hym ; & within fewe dayes after brought hym with great solempnyte vnto th& 
 cathedral churche, & there crowned hym kyng of Lomberdy, and called hym Au- 
 gustus. 
 
 Thane he departed from Mylayne, and spedde hym to the cytie of Cremoyne, & layde 
 siege to f same ; but it was to hym shortly yolde. From thens he passyd to f cytie of s^Jk^k^, 
 Bresse, where he was holden out a longe whyle : thyder to his ayde came many soudyours 
 of ^ towne of Pyze, & made there many sharpe assautes ; in whiche assautes, Guy de 
 Namoure, that was marshall of the kynges boost, dyed of hurtes that he there toke. In 
 processe of tyme shortly folowynge, the rulers of Bresse offeryd meanes of treaty, but 
 the kyng was so amoued with f deth of his marshall, that he wolde graunt.to theym no 
 condycionall peas but to stande at his grace and mercy. Wherfore they fynally seynge 
 noo better meane, offeryd vnto hym the keys of the cytie. 
 
 Thane kynge Philip, for othe before made, of for some other excellency, caused anone 
 that part of the towne dyche for agayne his pauylyon to be fylled, & the walle of the cytie, 
 with als many bowses as stode atwene the wall and the maister palays of f cytie, to be 
 throwyn downe, that he with his host myght entre the streyght waye, and so to go or ryde 
 vnto the sayde palays. And when all thyngewas orderyd to his deuyse he entrede by that 
 waye the cytie of demon, and therin taried a certayiie season, and toke his counsayll 
 with the Gebellynys how he myght the cytie of Rome wynne. And whan he had finyssh- 
 ed that counsayll, he toke certayne hostages of this cytie of Cremon, the whiche he sent / 
 
 vnto Pyze to be kept, and so sped hym towarde Rome, and gettynge many cyties ^ other 
 holdes by the waye, lastly he came vnto the cytie named Bowloyne la Grasse, whether 
 cam vnto hym a cardynall or legate sent from [pope]' Clement the. v. to treate of f 
 state of the empyre. 
 
 But howe it was, the contynuaunce or fyne of this^iournay tournyd nat to f honour 
 and pleasure of the Frenshemen : for after the metynge of the kynge and this legat the 
 matier is no more touched i for the Frenshe kynge was agayne in Fraunce, or the legate 
 myght brynge vnto hym any answere from [the pope.]* Also it is the more suspecte, 
 for of this matyer spekyth no thynge maister Robert Gagwyne, whiche leuyth no thynge 
 out of his boke that may sounde to the auaiicement of the Frenshe nacyon. In the. xxiiii. 
 yere of the reygne of kyng Philip, was brent in dyuers places of Fraunce, vpon. Ix. Tem- 
 pters for the heresy before rehersyd, & in the yere folowynge a newe rebellyon beganne 
 in Flaundres, of the whiche, Robert, erle of Flaunders, was accused, but he acquyt 
 bymselfe ; and after, Guy, his sone, was attachyd for the same and sent to pryson, fro 
 the whiche he after escaped, for fere of profe to haue ben iustytyed agayne hym, and 
 retournyd vnto Gaunt, where he was defended fro his aduersaryes: so that the Holond- 
 ers and Brabanders helde their partie agayn the Frenshe kyng, and also agayne their awne 
 erle, which so contynued, without any notary batayll, tyll the. xxvi. yere of the reygne 
 of kynge Philip. In the whiche yere, vpon the euyn of Mary Magdaleyn, at f towne of 
 Courtray in Brabande, was, by the bysshops & other spiritual! men of Fraunce and Flaun- 
 dres, a peas concluded ; wherof the condycyons were, that the Flemynges shuld haue 
 pardon and forgyuenesse of all theyr former rebellyon, as well agayne the kynge as theyr 
 
 * Omitttd in edit. 1542. 1559, * Clement, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 naturall 
 
4*5 StPTIMA PARSPHILIPPI QtTARTL 
 
 nafurall duke. And for this they shuld paye a certayne sume of syluer, wber&f the stime 
 is nat expressyd, & ouer that they shuld, at their proper costes and expenses, bete down 
 certayne strengthesand holdes as the Frenshe kynges depute woWe to theyni assygne,. be- 
 gynnynge at Gaunt, and sot© Bruges, and other places. And more ouer, they shuld^yelde 
 vnto 'Robert, theyr erle, f castell of Courtray w all abylementes of warre & other neces- 
 saryes therunto belongynge. AIL which c5dycions to obserue, they shuid delyuer 
 vnto the kyngfi of Fraiince good hostages i- but all this came to- small effect, as after 
 shall appere. 
 
 IN y. xxvii; yere of this Phylyp', laeob, the maister of f Templers,. with an other great 
 ruler of, the sayd ordre, whiche was named visitour of the same, after longe prysotimet 
 were brent at Parys. • 
 
 And .in the same yere kynge Phylip arreryd a taxe thorough Fraunce, whiche befoee 
 that dayes was neuer herde nor spoken of. This was so greuous that all Normandy, Py- 
 cardy, & -Champeygne allied them togyder, & vtterly denayde the payment therpf 
 Wherof herynge, other countrfees toke the same oppynyon; so that a great rumur and 
 murmur was reysed thoroghout the realrae of Fraunce in suche wyse, that the kynge for 
 pacyfyeng of y people, was fayne to repeale the sayde taxe. 
 
 In the. xxviii. yere of the reygne of kynge Philip, in the weke of Easter, the. iii. wyues 
 of the. iii. sones of kynge Philip, that is to saye, Margaret, the wyfe of Lowys his eldest 
 sone and kynge of Nauerrie, lohanne or lone, y wyfe of his seconde sone, Philip erle 
 of Poytiers, and Blaunchie, the wyfe of his thirde sone Charlys and erle of Marches, 
 were accused of spouse brekynge, and sent from a place of niines, where they lay, and 
 conueyed vnto mor« s,treyghter kepynge; y which, iii. wyues were all. iii. doughters vnto 
 f duke of Burgoyn. Than vppn streyght lexamynacion made, MaVgaret and Johanna 
 were gyltie af that cryme faude ; wherefore they were sente vnto the castell of Gaylarde 
 in Normady, there ta be kept as prysoners terrae of theyr lyues : and the forenamed 
 Blanche, for so moch'e as she was fouden gyltlea, was agayne restbryd vnto- her lord, 
 Charlys erle of the Marches. 
 
 And in shorte tyme after, the. ii. paramours of the sayd Margaret and lohane, that is 
 to saye, Philip Dannoy, and Gautyer Dannoy or Waltier Dannoy, knyghtes, men of 
 fame and goodly personage, and bretherne, at the kynges comaundement were firste 
 brent in the visage with bote irens, and after drawen to the gybet at Pontoyse, and there 
 hanged; whiche mysfortune the kyng toke so greuously that he reioysed neuer after. 
 Aboute the feasts of seynt Peter, ov the begynnynge of August, the kynge heiynge of the 
 rebellyon of the Flemynges, by Engwerram, his moost secrete counsaylour, made an 
 assemble of the eytezins of Parys, and by the mouth of y sayd Engwerram desyred, a 
 subsydie of the said cytezyns to mayntayne his warre agayne the Flemynges, the whiche, 
 by Stephan Barbet, in the name of the hole cytie was graunted ; by precydenee wher- 
 of all the great cyties & good townes of Fraunce were charged in lyke maner ; which 
 caused great vnkyndenes & grudge of the people towarde the sayde Enguerram. Than 
 prouysion was made for anewe the iourney into Flaundeifs, so that the kynge sen-t his. 
 ii'. sones & many other nobles of his lande, in f moneth of Septembre fblowynge inta 
 the sayd countre of FlaQdres; the whiche madegood spede, and layde firste theyr siege 
 to f castell of the He & wanne it, & after that enired towarde other stronge holdes. But 
 the Flemynges put them of, and gaue vnto the Frenshe boost so sharpe assautes, f in 
 processe they were constrayned to retourne into Fraunce with small honoure ; wheEof the 
 great defaute was layde vp5 Enguerram, and vpon one of the sones of the erle of Flaudf es, 
 which, lytel tofore, by meanes of f sayd Enguerra, was made erle of Neuers. In f moneth 
 of Nouembre folowyng, kyng Philip beynge at Foutajtoe, Beliaut, in the prouynce of 
 
 • iii. MS. , 
 
 Gastenoys,, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS ED^FARDT SECUNDL. 41; 
 
 Gastefioys, was taken with suche sykenesse, and dyed shortly after, when he had reygned. 
 xxvJH. yeres & more, and his body after caryed vnto Seynt Deonyse & there buryed, 
 leuynge after hym the thre forenamed sones, Lo.wys, Philip, & Charlys, & a doughter 
 named Isabell, which, before tyme, was maryed vnto the secode Edwarde than kynge of 
 Englande. 
 
 EDWAEDI SECUNDI. m.u..«!. 
 
 EDwardi, the seconde of that name, and sone of Edwarde the first, born at Carnar- [u.i.a./^i.\. 
 Han in a towne of Walys^ beganne his reygne oner Englande in the moneth of lulii, and. 
 viii. day of the sayd moneth, in the yere of our Lorde. xiii.C. and. vii. and the. xxi. yere 
 of the. iiii. Philyp, than kyng of FraiJGe; the whiche was crowned at Westmynster, the. 
 xiiii. day of Decembre, after the oppynyon of dyuiers wryters: but Ranulph, monke of 
 Chester, in his boke of Policronieon, sayth, y he was crowned in the foresayd monastery 
 of^bysshop of Wynchester, the Sondaye in Quiquagesima, whiche is the. xiiii. daye 
 after the closynge af Allehiya, and of the bysshop of Wynchester, for so naocbe as 
 Robert than archebysshop of Caunterbury, was than out of Englande. 
 
 This Edwarde was fayre of body and great of strengthe, but vnstedfast of maners & 
 vylein condycions; for he wolde refuse the company of lordes and men of honoure, and 
 haunte hym with vylayns & vyle persones : he also gaue hym to great drynkynge, and 
 lyghtly he wolde discouer thynges of great counsayl. With these and many other dis- 
 alowable condicions he was excercysed, which tourned hym to great dishonoure and his 
 lordes to great vnrest, as by the sequele of this his story it shall appere. 
 
 Anone as his fader was buryed & his exequy scantly fynysshed, he, forgettynge the 
 liyghe & chargeable comaundementof his sayde fader, sent in all haste for his olde com- 
 pere Pyers of Gauestone, the whiche he receyued with allioy and gladnesse, and auaunced 
 hym to mochebonoure. And thus passed the season of f olde mayre and shyreft'es of . 
 London ; so that at the feastes of Michelmas, and Symon and lude folowynge, the olde 
 mayre & shyreffes, f is to meane, sir lohii Bloiit, Symon Bolet, and Godfrey^ at tha 
 Coduyt, were dischargyd, and the newe, as vnder folowetb, admytted. 
 
 Anno. Domini. M.CCC.vii. Anno Domini. Bf.CCC.viii. 
 
 Nicholas Pygotte*. 
 Sir lohn Blount. Anno prima. 
 
 Myghell Drury. 
 
 IN this begynnynge of this mayres yere, and first yere of the kynge, the sayd kynge 
 Edwarde, in ^ moneth of Decembre, sayled into Fraunce. And the. xv. daye of lanuarii 
 folowynge, at Boleyn in Pycardy, maryed Isabell the doughter of Philyp le Beaw, than 
 kynge of Fraunce, and soone after retournyd with her into Englande, and so vnto London, 
 where of the cytezyns they were ioyously receyued, and so conueyed vnto Westmynster; 
 where, as before is shewed, vpon the Sondaye in Quinquagesima, they were bothe solemp- 
 ly crownyd. At whiche coronacion was so excedynge prease\ that a knyght, called sir 
 lohii Bakwell, was tlirestyd to deth. Than the "kynge gaue shortly after vnto Pyers of 
 Gaueston, the erledom of Cornewayll and the lordshyp of Wallyngforde, and was ruled 
 all by his wanton counsayll, and folowed the appetite and pleasure of his body, nolhynge 
 orderyng by sadnesse nor yet by ordre of lawe or iustyce. 
 
 [In this yere also floured that holy mati called Robert, achanon of the bowse of Bryd- 
 lyngtoii; the wliiche of some wryters is accounted foraprofyte, for verses that be made 
 of thynges come after in Englande, whiche I passe ouer at this tyme.]' 
 
 ' William Furneys. edit. 1559. In marg. * preasse. MS. ^ OviUted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 3 H Anno 
 
418 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI SECUNDL 
 
 Anna Domini. M.CCC.viii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.ix. 
 
 Wyllyam Basynge. 
 Nicholas Faryngdoii'. Atmo. ii. 
 
 lohfi Butler. 
 
 IN thisseconde yerekyngEdwarde callynge to mynde the displeasure done vnto hym, 
 and to his famulyer Piers of Gauestone, by the bysshoppe of Chester, maister Walter 
 Lilton, as before is towched in the. xxviii. yere of y^ reygne of Edwarde his fader, co- 
 inaunded hym vnto the toure of Lodon, where he was streyghtly kept many dayes 
 after. 
 
 Thane the lordes of the lande, and specyally sir Henry Lacy, sir Guy, and sir Aymer 
 de Valance, erles of Lyncoln, of Warwyke and of Penbroke, to whom that noble prynce 
 Edwarde the firste, had gyuen so great charge y Pyiers of Gauestone shuld no more 
 come into Englande, sawe the rule of the lande, and how the kynges treasoure, by meane 
 of the sayd Piers, nas wasted, assembled theym in counsayi, and of one assent, with 
 ayde of other lordes of y- realnie, spake so with the kynge that, contrarye hispleasure,. 
 he was auoyded the lande, and banysshed into Irelande for that yere. But j kynge sent 
 vnto hym often tymes secret messagers, and comforted hym w many ryche gyftes, or made 
 by his chief ruler of y coiitre. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.ix. Amio Domini. M.CCCxi 
 
 lamys of Seynt Edmunde. 
 Thomas Romayn. Anno. iii. 
 
 Roger Palmer. 
 
 IN this thirde yere, dyuers grudges began to moue & sprynge atwene the kynge and 
 his lordes for the exilyng of Piers of Gauestoii; wherfore to content anayte atwene hym 
 and them, the sayd Piers, about y feast of the Natyuyte of our Lady, was fette home 
 agayne, and so cotynued to the more myschyef of the realme. 
 
 Aboute this tyme, as testyfyelh Cronica Cronicarum and other, the knyghtesofiheordre of 
 seyntlohii Baptyst, called seynt John of Iherusalem, bytheir knyghtlymanhode, putoutof 
 SaLixxxSi. theile of Rodes or Rodhis the Turkys and infydelys, that to that daye occupyed the sayde 
 lie, and after that wanne vpon the sayd Turkys dayly and yerely : so tha,t at this daye they 
 haue intheyr domynyon moche of the landys, which, at that daye and longe after, was in 
 the powar of the sayde Turkys. This relygyon also was greatly preferryd by the falle of 
 the Templers, whose possessyons and landys were to them geuyu, as it is before expressyd 
 in the thyrde Chapytre, and. xxi. yere of Phylyp the fayre. This yere also, after some 
 wryters, the Crowchyd Ererys came first into Tinglande, [whiche are also named 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.x. Amio Domini, M.CCCxi. 
 
 Symon Croppe. 
 Rycharde Roffham. Anno. iiii. 
 
 Petyr Blacnay. 
 
 IN this. iiii. yere the rule & power of Pyers of Gauaston more & more eocreasyng, 
 in so moche that he had the guydynge of all the kynges iewellj's and treasoure, yode vpon 
 a day vnto Westmynster, & there out off kynges iuell house toke a table and a payre of 
 t-restyllys of golde, and conueyed theym, with other iuellys, out of the lade, to the great 
 
 ' TheUS>. addt GoldimytK. * Imteadof " v^ch' arc also namyd," the edit, of 154:2, hat « the moFC 
 
 pyte," 
 
 I la- 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI.II. 415 
 
 iapoHCrysshynge of the same ; and ouer y brought the kynge, by meane of his waton 
 condycions, to manyfolde vycis, as auoutry and other. Wherefore ti.e foresayde lordis, 
 seynge the myschyfe that dayly encreasyd by occasyon of this vnhappy man, toke theyr 
 counsayll together at Lyncolne and there concludyd to voyde hym agayne out of Englande, 
 8o that shortlye after he was exyled into Flaiider^ to the kynges great displeasure. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xi. Anno Domini, M.CCCxii, 
 
 Symon Merwode. 
 lohn Gysours. Anno.v, 
 
 Rycharde Wylforde. 
 
 IN. this. V. yere, vp6 y' day of seynt Brice, or the. xiii. daye of Nouembre, was borne 
 at Wyndesore, the first or eldest sone of kyng Edwarde, y after his father was kyng of 
 Englande, and namyd Edwarde the thyrde. And this yere was agayn reuokyd by the 
 kynge Piers of Gaueston, out of Flaunders ; the which, after his agayne comyng, de- 
 meanyd hym worse than he before dyd : in so moche that he dysdayned the lordys of 
 Englonde, & of them had many dispytous and sclaiiderouse wordys. Wherefore, the 
 lordis of one raynde assetyd to put tliis Piers to deth ; and soone after assemblyd theyr 
 powars and besyegyd hym in the castell of Scarburgh, & in processe wanne that castell, 
 toke hym and brought hym vnto Gauersede', besyde Warwycke, & there, the. xix. daye 
 of lunii, smote of his hedc : whereof wlian the kynge hadde knowlege, he was greuouslye 
 dyspleasyd agayne the sayde lordys, & made his auowe, that his deth shulde be reuengwl. 
 By meane of 'this the rancoure y before atwene the kynge & his lordys was kedelyd, now 
 began further to sprede ; soy after this daye ^ kynge sought occasyon agayne his lordys 
 howe he myght put them to greuaunce and dyspleasure. In this whyle dyed sir Hery 
 Lacy, earle of Lyncolne ; the which, lyinge vpon his deth bedde, requyryd syr Thomas, " 
 erle of Lancastre, jr had maryed his doughter, that he wolde stande with the other lordys 
 in theyr defence for the weale of Englande: the which request the sayde erle grauntyd, 
 and so fermely kept or obseruyd it, f at length, he, witn many other, loste theyr lyues as 
 after in the btory shall be shewyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCxii, Anno Domini. M.CCC.xiii. 
 
 lohii Lambyn. 
 lohn Pontenay*. Anno. vi. 
 
 Adam Lutekyri*. 
 
 IN this. vi. yere the kynge helde his great courte or coiinceyll of parlyament with f 
 lordes spirituell and temporell at Lodon, where by the aduyces of theym many good 
 ordenaucis and statutys were made to oppfesse the ryottouse & other myscheuys that at 
 tliose dayes were vsed. Than the kynge was swonie to kepe those ordenauncis, and after, 
 all his lordys to theyr powars. [After f -which othe so takvn, Robert, arcliebysshop of 
 Cauntorbury, blessyd all them that vphelde the sayd statutys, and accursyd all suche as 
 attemptyd to breke any of f same.]'*' It was not longe after y worde was broaghie vnto 
 the kynge how Robert le Bruze was retournyd into Scodande, and had causyd the Scottys 
 to rebell of nrwe. Ye haue before harde, in the. xxxiiii. yere of Edwarde the firste, how 
 the sayd Edwarde chasyd the forenamyd Robert le Biuze out of Scotlande into Nor- 
 miiHy ; but when he had harde of the mysguydynge of p realme of Englande, and speci- 
 ally of the dyuysyon atwene the kynge and his lordis, he anone with a small ayde of the 
 Norgansor Norwayes, retournyd ito Scotlande, where he demeanyd hym in such wyse to 
 the lordys of Scotlande, that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme, 
 
 ' Gauersedge. MS. * Tie MS. add* Draj.er ;/or Pontenay vie have Gisers, in the margin of the edit. 
 
 1559, ^ Richard Lutekyu. edit. 1659. in marg. ♦ Omitted m edit. 15*.;. 1559. 
 
 3 H2 and 
 
Am SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. IL 
 
 and warryd strongelye vpon the > kynges frendys, and wannc from theynr castellys anti 
 stronge holdys,^ and wrought vntoEnglysshemen moche sorowe &,tene. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xiii. Anno Domini. M.QCC^xir.. 
 
 Adam Burden.. 
 Islicholas Faryngdbn. ' Anno.,vii. 
 
 - Hugh Craytoa'. 
 
 IN this. vii. yere, for to oppresse y malyce of y^ Scottis, the kynge aasemblyd a great 
 powar, & by water entred y^ reahne- of Scotlande, and destroyed sucne vyllagys and' 
 townys as laye or stoode in his wa3'e. Wherof herynge, Robert le Bruze, with the 
 powar of Scotiande, coostyd tbwafde the Englyssheinen, and vpon the daye of y natyuyte 
 of seynt lohn the Baptyste, mette with kynge Edwarde and iiis hooste, at a place callyd 
 Estryuelyn, nere vnto a fresshe ryuer, that tha was callyd Banhockysbourne, where 
 atwene the Englyssh & the Scottis that day was foughten a cruell batayli:. but in the ende 
 the Englysshe men were constrayned to forsake tlie feelde. Tlian the Scottys chasyd so 
 egyrlye that many of theyin were drownyd in the fore namyd ryuer, & many a noble 
 , man of Englande that day was slayne in that batayli, as syr Gylberl de Clare erle of 
 , .Gloucetyr, syr Robert Clyfford, syr Edmunde of Maule the kynges stewarde, witli other 
 lordysand baronys, to the noiibre, as witnessith Guydo de Columpna, of xlii., & of knyghtis 
 & .baronettis to y^ noufaibre of. Ixvii. ouer. xxii. men of name,- which that day of the Scottis 
 £oi.ixsxiii!. s w£re takyn prysoners, and tlie kynge hym selfe from that ba(ayll scaped with great daun- 
 ger, & so with a fewe of his hoste that with hym. escapyd, came vnto Beirw^ke, and there 
 restyd hym, a season. Than the Scottis enflamyd with pryde, i derysyoa of Englysshe. 
 men, made this ryme as foloweth. 
 
 Maydens of Englonde, sore maye ye morne, 
 
 For your lemmans ye haue loste at Bannockisborne, 
 
 With heoe a lowe. 
 What wenyth the kynge &f Englonde, 
 •So soone to haue wonne Scotiande 
 
 With rumbylowe. 
 
 THis songe was after many dayes sungyn, in datinces, in carolis of y^ maydens & myn- 
 streliys of Scotiande, to the reproofe and dysdayne of Englysshe men, w dyueriie other 
 whiche I ouer passe. And whan kynge Edwarde had a season taryed in Berwyke, and 
 sette that towne in suche suretye as he then myght, he returnyd with small honour into 
 Englonde, & came secretly to Westmynster vpon the day of seynt Magne, or the. xix. 
 day of August. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCxiiii. ' Ann» Domini. M.CCC.xv.- 
 
 Stephan of Abyngd&ne. 
 lohn Gysours% ■ Anna, viii, 
 
 Hamonde ChykwelU 
 
 lu.7.a.Ai,.y, IN this. viii. yere of kyng Edwarde, a vylayn caillyd lohn Tanner, yode about in dy- 
 uerse placys of Englande, & namyd hym selfe to be the sone of Edwarde y firste, and 
 sayde that, by meane of a falce noryce, he was stolien out of bis cradell, and Edwarde 
 which- was a- carters sone was layde in the same cradell for hym, and he hymselfe was 
 after hardly fostred and brought vp in the north partyes of Waiis; but whan this vyiayhe 
 was layed for to be takyn, for feere he fled to the churche of f frere Carmvs or the 
 
 ' riuoh Caxton. edit. 1559. «« marg, ^ TAeMS. adds Grocer. In tie margin of the edit. 1559 we 
 
 ^veV/yilyain Be<Jingham.. 
 
 Whyte 
 
SEPTIXf A PARS EDWARD!. IT. 4st 
 
 WhyteFrens of Oxynforqle, where he, thynkynge to be i a suretye because kynge Edwarde 
 the firste was theyi ioiuicr, rehersyd agayiie the former saying, addyng more there vnto, 
 thu it apie. y! well tlidl the i<y;ig Mas a carters sone, for Ins codycions were accordynge 
 to the >.iuie, tis hy many fainylyer example* and customes in hvm dayly were aijimrent. 
 Wna he luJ thus contynued a sea-;on> not without some rumoure in the lande, lasielye 
 he weis takyn out of that place and caryed as a felon vnto Northampton, and there reygn- 
 ed and iudi^ed fur his falsenes and soo drawen and hangyd ; tlie whiche at the howre of 
 dethe confes^yd that he had a feende in his house in the symylytude of a catte, the whiche, 
 «tnonu:e other promessys to hym made^ had assuryd hym y he shuld be kyng of Englade; 
 & Guydo. saytb y he cofessyd y he had seruyd the feende. iii. yeres- before, to bryog his 
 peruerse purpose about. Thus kyng Edwarde besette with many aduersytyes, kepte a 
 couceyll at Lodon, for reformacyon of the warre in Scotlande, & other thyncres for the 
 welfare of Englanile. Then was syr Petyr Spaldynge knyght sent vnto Berwyke, with a 
 crewe of souldyours for to fortyfye that towne, for so moche as the kynge "hadde cer- 
 tayne vnde.rstandynge that Robert ie Bruze entend'yd hastely to laye his siege to y towne. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xv. Anno Domini. M.CCCxvi. 
 
 Hamottde Godechepe. 
 Stephan Abyndotv. Anno. ix. 
 
 Wyllyam Redynge*. 
 
 IN this. ix. yere, vpo Mydlent Soday, was f towne & castell of Berwvke yelden or 
 loste, by treason of the fore named Petyr Spaldynge as the comon fame went, vnto Ro- 
 bert le-Bruze kynge of Scottis. Tliis yere al-o, the derth of corne y had encreasyd yere- 
 lye more and more from the. xvi. yere of Edwarde the firste, was this yere at Lodon solde 
 for. iiii.s. a busshell, and therwitli also fell suche morayne of beestis that all vitayll waxed 
 scant & dere, as after shall be shewyd. In this yere also. ii. cardynallys that were sent 
 into Englade from the. v. Clement than pope', to sette an vnyon and a peace atwene the 
 kynges of Engjade and of Scottis, were mette with vpon y moore of VVygylsdone in 
 Yorkeshyre, and there robbed of suche stutle & treasoure as they with them brought; 
 for the whiche robberye great tnquery was made, so that lastly a knyght callyd syr Ro- 
 bert or Gylbert Myddeiton was accused, and sent to pryson for that felony, and after at 
 London drawyn and haugyd for the same, and his heed set vpon Lodon Iwydge, but the 
 cardynallys receyued of tlie kyng dowble the value of theyr harmys. In this yere also 
 fell so excedynge rayne in the monethes of lulii & August, that husbondys myght not 
 brynge I theyr lytle store of corne y then stode vpon the groude ; so y where before was 
 great' scarcetye of whete, no we by this was more, and beuys & motons were at excedynge 
 pryces,. by reason of the moreyne before spdkyn of.. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CGC.xvi.- Anno Domini. M.CCC.xvii. 
 
 Wyllyam Caston. 
 lobn Wengraue. Anno. x. 
 
 Raufe Palmer'. 
 
 IN this. X. yere, the Scottis entryd y bordours of Northumberlande, and robbed & 
 brent y countrey mooste cruelly, in so moche y they brent f howsys that women at y^ 
 tyme laye in chylde bedde, & sparyd nouther man, woman, nor chylde, nothir relygyous 
 nor Qtlier,.and dyd so great harme y the coutrey by it was greatly impouerysshed. To this 
 myschefe was ioyned an other inysery, for, as before is sayde, vytayll by reason of the 
 morayne was so scant and dere, and whete and other graynes so hyghe prysyd, that poore 
 people ete horse flesshe and doggys flesshe and many other vyle bestis, whiche wonder. 
 
 * Bedyng^ton. edit. 1559. «« marg. * B. of. Rome. edit. 154^. ^ Bulmer. edit.. 1559. in marg^ 
 
 is* 
 
4n SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. 11. 
 
 is to beleue, and yet for defaute dyed great multytiide of people in sundry ptac^s of the 
 SJiafrumenX' '^^e, aod vvbcte was solde this yere & the next tolowyng at London for. iiii. marfce a 
 quarter and aboue: and after this derthe and scarcetye of vytayll ensued inortalytye of 
 men, by Goddis honde and punysshemet, so that what with warre of the Scottys, and 
 for hunger and deth by mortalyte and syckenesse, the peo|>le of the lande was wonderslye 
 wastpd & perysshed. But all those monycions atnendyd not the kynge of his inordynate 
 lyuynge. " ■ 
 
 I>il.lxxxv. Anno Domini. M.CpC.xvii. . Anno Domini. M.CCC.xviii, 
 
 lohn Pryoure. 
 ' loha Wentgraue^ Anno. xrL 
 
 Wyllyam Furneus. 
 
 IN this. xi. yere', the kynge assemblyd a newe hooste and went into? Norfhumberjand'e, 
 
 to resyste the malys of the Scottis, whiche dayly made assawtis ypo y^ bordours, and en- 
 
 tred farre within the lade; wherfore for great dystresse & nede of tyghtynge men, the 
 
 ^ k3'nge had moche people out of the South and East partyes of Englande, amonge the 
 
 whiche, cotrary theyrjybertye, the cytye of London was constrayned to tynde at theyr 
 
 costys and charge. CC. men, and so sent theym viito Yorke. When the kynge, beinge 
 
 at Yorke, had receyued his people from snndry coiitrees and good townes of EngJ^nde, 
 
 he with a conuenyent noumbre rode towarde Berwyke, and so sped his iournayes that at 
 
 length he came nere vnto Berwyke, ^nd iayed his siege about the same. But whyle the 
 
 kynge was besyed in assawtynge of y towne, the Scottis breeke oner f water of Swale 
 
 in great noumbre, and leuynge the cooste where f kynges people laye, in secret wyse 
 
 came downe inta the marchis of Yorkeshyre, and there slewe the people and robbyd 
 
 theym in mooste cruell wyse; wherefore the archebyssbop of Yorke, constrayned of pure 
 
 necessyte to defende that countre, gatheryd vnto byni an vnredy and dispurueyed hoost 
 
 for the warre, as pryours, elerkys, ehanons, and other spyrytuell men of the churche, 
 
 with husbonde men and other vnapte people, and so with great noumbre of men, and 
 
 ifottUcTme'J ~ f^^'^ warly or discrete cheuetaynes, yoode agayne the Scottys, and them'encountryd at a 
 
 Mittonvppon place Called Mitto vpo Swale the. xii. daye of the inoneth of Octobre, and gaue vnta 
 
 E^Va'grearba- t^em batayll ; but for lacke of wyse and warely prouysyon, the Englyssiie men were be- 
 
 tayiit to Eng- gette of theyr enemyes vpon euerv syde, so f of them was slavne a great mukvtude. and 
 
 y«archebysshop the remcnaunte shameiullye put to ityghte, by reason whereof the sayde archebyssbop. 
 
 ofYorke, ,^j{[j ^ abbot of Sejby and other were preseruyd j and for so many spyrytuell mi n were 
 
 ftmaryotherr slaync in tbis batayll, therfore it was after namyd.of many wryters the whyte batayll. 
 
 fcadthebetter,"' ^^*" ^^^ kynge was cnfourmyd of this ouerthrowe of y^ Northyrne men, aad for it drewe 
 
 towarde wynler, he therfore brake vp his siege, and retournyd vnto Yorke, & soone after 
 
 forther into Englande. Than was no thynge done withoat the aduyces and counceviys 
 
 of syr Hughe the Spencers," the father and the sone; by whose entysemente many thynt^es 
 
 were doon in Englande, to the great grudge as wele of the noble men of the realme as 
 
 of the commons of the same, so that they were had in as great hatred and indygnacion 
 
 as before tymes was Pyers of Gaueston, and many euyll reportys and great extorcyons 
 
 were of them reportyd, as lyghtly men shall doo that been out of the fauoure of the co- 
 
 BQon people. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xviii, Anno Domini. Sl.CCC.xix. 
 
 lohii Pontenay. 
 lohn Wengraue. Anno. xii. 
 
 Ioh5 Dallynge. 
 
 IN this. xii. yere, the kynge helde his great couceyll at Yorke, where, contrary the 
 
 ' Wigrave. edit. 1559. » marg, 
 
 mynde 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. IL 425 
 
 mynde of the lordys, syr Hugh Spencer the sone was made hyghe chaumberlayne of En- 
 glande ; by reason whereof he barehym so hawtely and so prowde, that nb lorde of this 
 laude m3-ght gaynsaye hyni I any tt)ynge that he thought good, whereof grewe the occa- 
 syon of the barons warre, as after folowyth. In this passetyme, for asinoche as the foie 
 sayd cardyoaliys aiyght no thynge doo concernynge the peace atwene Englande and Scot- 
 lande, the kyng purchasyd a curse of the. xxii. lohii then pope, to accurse Robert le 
 Bruze, and all suche as with hym helde or maynteyued, and it to stande so in strength 
 tyll the sayd Robert had recompensyd kyng Edwarde for all suche harmys as his lande 
 had by hyin resayued, and also tyll he had reedytyed the monasteryes & churchys by hym 
 & his caste downe in Englande, and restoryd to theym suche spirituell goodys as the 
 Scottys had reued' and takyn from them. But all this auayled no thynge, but put the kynge 
 & the realme to great coste and charge, so that the comons were vexyd and trowbled 
 many maner of wayes, and theyr possessyons and moueable goodys takyn from them vp5 
 surmysed and feyned causys, so that many were vtterly vndoon, and a fewe synguler and 
 mysguydyd personys auauncyd. Whanlhe more partye of the baronys of Englande be- 
 helde this mysery of f people, howe they were punysshed by the hande of God, and also 
 by the ignoraunce of the kynge, they in secrete maner assemblyd them to guyther at a 
 towne callyd Shyrborne in , and there condyssendyd for a reformacyon of this 
 
 myschefe, to remoue from the kynge the sayde Spensers, bolhe the father and the sone: 
 & this to brynge aboute, syr Thomas erle of Lancastre, syr Humfrey Bohum erle of Here- 
 forde, syr lohh Moiibray baron, syr Roger ClyflPorde baron, syr Goselyn Danyell baro, syr 
 Roger Toket, Roger Benefeelde, syr Roger Mortymer, syr Wyllyam Sulladc, syr Wyllyam 
 Elmynbrydge, syr lohn Gyfford, and syr lohfi Tiers, barons & knyghtes, with dyuerse other, 
 sware eche of them to stande by other tyll they hadde amendyd the state of the realme: and 
 soone after by theyr aduyce and agrement, syr lohn Mounbraye, syr Roger Clyfforde & syr 
 Goselyn Danyell -with a stronge "companye, entryd vpon the manours and castellys of ;^ sayde 
 Spensers, standynge in the Marche of VV'alys, and them spoyled and distroyed. Of the 
 M'hich ryot the Spensers coplayned them to the kynge, in punysshement whereof the kynge 
 callynge to hym dyuerse of his counceyll at Wyndesore, and there determyned that y- 
 sayde syr lohii Moubraye, syr Roger Clyftorde & syr Goselyn Danyell, with other theyr 
 assystetis, shulde appere before the kynges eounceyll shortlye after, and there to make 
 answere vpon that ryot, and if they refused that to doo, that then they shulde auoyde 
 •the lande shortlye after as banysshed men. But noo daye of apparence by them was kepte: 
 wherefore proclamacyons -viere made in dyuerse placys of the realme and at London, the. 
 xvi. daye of Marche, that the sayde syr lohn Mounbray, syr Roger Clyfforde and other, 
 shulde auoyde the lande within, x. dayes folowynge vpo payne of deth. Whereof her- 
 ynge the lordys and baronys before named, assemblyd them a more strenger powar, and 
 vpon that sent a messynger vnto the kynge, besechynge hym humbely to remoue from his 
 persone and counceyll f Spensers, the whicbe daylye dyd vnto hym great dyshonoure, 
 and to the comon weale of the realme great hynderaunce. The kynge herynge this hum- 
 ble requeste, nothynge with it beynge cotent, but ferynge greatly the dystruccion of his Fai.ixxxvi. 
 owne persone, assemblyd his coiiceyll for reformacio of this mater; where it was con- 
 cludyd that the kynge shuld calle a parlyament at London, there to be holdyn in the' 
 folowynge : and that conclusyon so there takyn by y sayde counceyll, the kyng sent his 
 letters vnto the sayde baronys, comaundynge them to come vnto the sayd parlyament ; 
 the which at the daye aboue sayde, with a great boost of men of armes, came vnto Lon- 
 don in a sute of iakettys or cotys of demy partye of yolowe and grene, with a bande of 
 whyte caste cuerthwarte. For this skyll y parlyament longe after of y comon people was 
 callyd the parlyament of whyte bandys. Thii for to se y kynges pease were substancyally 
 dtepte within the cytie of London, the mayre causyd dayly a. M. men well harnessyd to 
 
 ' xeceyved. edit, 155S. ' The Muteum MS. adtU " the monylh of Apiill next." 
 
 walclie 
 
424 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI II 
 
 watche In dyoerse wardys and at Syuerse galis of the cytie, the whiche began at. Kii. of 
 the clocke in the mornynge,. and so contynued tyll. vi. at nyghte, at whiche season as 
 many were ordeyned to take tha the charge of the nyght watche, and so to contynue tyll 
 the howre of. v. in the mornynge. And for this nyght watche shulde be surelye kepte, two 
 aldremen nyghtly were assygned to ryde aboute the cytie with certayne offycers of the 
 towne to see the watchemen wele & discretly guydydji & the gates were sbyt at. ix. of the 
 clocke, and opened agayne at. vii. on the morowe, and euery cytezyn warnyd to haue his 
 barneys by hym, that he rayght be redy with shorte warnynge, when so euer he were 
 callid. Thus in tlie cytye the sayde watche cotynued. The foresayd parlyamet was holdyii 
 at Westmynster ; where, amonge other thynges for the weale of the lade, as that counceyU 
 than coulde thynke determyiiyd, one was that syr Hughe Spenser the father and syr Hughe 
 the sone shulde be banysshed the realme of Englande for terme of lyfe : and soon after 
 that banysshement was put in execucyon, so that they both were brought vnto Douyr, 
 there to take shyppynge; where syr Hughe the father made wanderfuli great moone when 
 he shulde take his shyp, and cursyd his sone in presence of suche as had the guydyngeof 
 them, sayng, that by his meanys he was banysshed from the flowre of all landys cristened. 
 Than thekynge dyssoluyd the parlyament, and euery man retournydto hisowne. But it 
 was not longe after that worde was brought vnto y kyng that syr Hugh Spenser the sone 
 houyd vpo the cooste of Englade, and toke prayes of all marchauntys y passed by his 
 course; but the kynge let as he had knowen of noo suche thynge, and sufferyd that with 
 many moo euyll dedys to go vnpunysshed, the which at lengthe he repentyd full soore, 
 and tooke thereof great remors in concyens, as it aperyth in the ende of his reygne. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.Tjix. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xx. 
 
 Symon Abyngdonr 
 Hamonde Chykewell'. Anno. xiii. 
 
 lohfi Preston. 
 
 IN this. xiii. yere the kynge reuoked the actis or withstoode them, whiche were made 
 at Lodon iii the last parlyament, & callyd agayne into Englonde the Spensers, bothe 
 father and the sone, contrary the wyll of the barons, and sette theym in lyke auctoryte 
 as they before had been, to the great dystourbaiice of all the realme : and soone after, 
 vnder coloure of a tytle made by the quene vnto the castell of Ledys in Kent, which 
 the belongyd vnto syr Earthen de Bladysmore, kuyght, tha be.yng on the baronys partye, 
 the kynge besyeged the sayde castell, and by helpe of the cytezyns of Lodon lastly 
 wanne it by strengthe, and spoylyd the mouables thereof, which was to a great value, 
 after y saying of some wryters. In this passe tyme that the kynge had thus callyd agayne 
 the Spesers, and rulyd many thynges after his sensuall apetyte & pleasure, no thynge re- 
 gardynge the com.ori weale of f realme, y- barons concyderynge wele y the Spencers 
 shulde, in process, brynge the lande in great ruyne & the kynge to great dyshonoure, en- 
 tendynge to refourme the myschefe y therof myght ensue, gadered vnto them great 
 powar. And whyle sir Thomas, erle of Lancastre, was gatherynge of his people, the. ii. 
 Mortymers, that is to saye, syr Roger Mortymer of Werke, &'syr Roger of Wygmoore vr 
 other, yode into the Marche of W'alys, and toke by strengthe certayne cyties'and tdwnys 
 belongynge to the Spencers, and pursuyd also some of y kynges seruautys. Wherefore 
 the kynge herynge of y rebellyon of his lordys, made hasty spede, and with a great 
 boost came aboute by Shroysburye, and was nere vnto them or they were ware ; so that, 
 for fere, the sayde Mortymers yelded them vnto the kyhges grace and mercy : 
 the which forthwith were conueyed as prysoners vnto the towre of London. 
 
 » The MS. aM Peperer. 
 
 Annow 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. II. 425 
 
 Anno Doaiini. M.CCC.xx. _ Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxi. 
 
 Reynolde at Cuduyt. 
 Hatnonde Chykwell. Aano. xiiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Prodham. 
 
 IN this, xiiii. yere, whan f kynge hadde orderyd the countre of the Marchys foresayde 
 after his raynde, and had to hym gathered more strengthe, about seynt Chaddys day or 
 begynynge of Marche, f kyng with his people came downe to Glowcetyr, w-here with 
 hym mette the Spensers with theyr people, and from thense he yode vnto Lychefeelde : 
 at which season the erlys of Lancaster and of Herforde ware at and the reme- 
 
 naQt of theyr hoost at Burton vpon Trent, & fortyfyed f brydge y the kyng myght not 
 Wynne ouer the sayd ryuer. Thany^ kynge was broughte vnto a foorde, & began idsette 
 ouer his knyghtis : wherof herynge, the sayde erlys forsooke the sayde towne of 
 and yode towarde the towne or cytie of But or they rayghte passe farre vpon 
 
 theyr iournay they were encountei7d of syr Aymer de Valance, erle of Pembroke, \vitli 
 the Spensers and other of the kynges hoost, vpon the. xii. daye of Marche, and of them 
 ouersette and constrayned to fle, and so yoode, in processe of tyme, to Poutfret. In 
 this mearje season, f erle Thomas had sent a knyght of his, named syr Robert Holande, 
 into Laiicasshyre, for to arere his tenautys ; but when y sayd syr Robert harde of y 
 skyrmysshe, & howe his maister was fled, he thii drewe hym to y kynge, & presentyd bym 
 with sijche companye as he had the gathered : & thus the kynges powar dayly encreasyd, Poi.Uxx-.it. 
 & the barons dyscreasyd. Than the baronys heryng of the goynge of syr Robert Holade 
 vnto the kynges partye, were with it sumdeale abasshyd, and tooke theyr coiiceyll in f 
 Freris of Pountfret, where, after many opynyons and reasons amonge tlieym debatyd and 
 arguyd, it was fynallye by them concludyd that they shuldegoo vnto the castell of Dun- 
 stanborouglie, and there to holde them tyll they myght purchase the kynges grace j and so 
 spedynge theyr iournay thyderwarde w suche people as they than had, came in processe of 
 tyme to a towne callydBurghbrydge, where they were encoiitryd of syr Andrewe Harke- 
 ley, knyght, with other that were come out of the North with a stronge company, p 
 which, there nere vnto the sayde towne, set vpon f baronys, and in the ende scofyted 
 them and chasyd theyr people. In the whiche fyght was slayne the erle of Herforde, 
 syr Roger Benefelde, and syr Wyllyam Sullande and other; and there was taken f erle 
 of Lacastre, syr Roger Clyfforde, syr lolm Moubraye, syr Roger Tuckettys, syr VV yl- 
 Jyam Fizwyllyam, with dyuerse other, & ladde vnto Yorke And this feelde was foughten, 
 as wytnessyth Polycronycon, the. xv. daye of Marche, I f ende of f yere of our Lord. 
 lyi.CCC.xx. It was not longe after j syr Hugh Dandell, and syr Barthewe de Bladys- 
 moore were takyn, and syr Thomas, erle of Lacastre, was broughte agayne to his owne 
 towne of Pountfret, where he was brought in iugemet before syr Aymer de Valaunce, 
 erle of Penbroke, syr lohn Bryt^yne, erle of Rychemounde, syr Edmunde of Wood- 
 stoke, erle of Kent, syr Hughe Spenser f father, and syr Robert Malmestorp, 
 iustyce, w other, & before them fynally adiugyd to haue his hede stryken of; whereof 
 execucion was done y. xii. daye of Aprell, in the begynnynge of the yeVe of grace, 
 after f rekenyng of y Church of Englade. M.CCC.xxi. [Of this erle Thomas are 
 dyuerse opynyons, for some wryters ^lew of hym to be a seynt ; but Polycronycon, in 
 the. xlii. Chapytre of his. vii. Boke, shewith otherwyse. But what so euer erihlye man 
 in suche tydynges deme, it is farre from y secret iugement of God ; so that to hym & his 
 sentence suche thynges are to be referryd.]' From this tyme forthwarde, by y^ termcof. 
 V. yeres ensuynge, the fortune of the Spesers hugely encreasyd, & as faste y quenys 
 discreasid, tyll she was releued by the kynge of Fraunce, than Charlys the. v. of ^ name, 
 & brother vnto hir, as after shall be shewyd. Tha to retourne vnto our former mater, 
 
 • Omitted in edit. 1542. liS9. 
 
 3 I vpo 
 
426 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARPt IL 
 
 vp6 yforesayd daye y erle Thomas was thus put in expcucio, syr Rogec Tuckettis, syr 
 Wyllyam Fizwyllyam, syr Waren ojf Iselde or Isell, syr Henry of Bradborne, & syr 
 Wyllyam Cheyny, baronys & knyghtys, were drawyn & hangyd, & theyr hedes smytten 
 of & sent vnto Lodon, which all were put to deth atPountfrete, foresayd, w an esquyre, 
 caliyd lolin Page. And at Yorke soone after, was drawyn & hedyd syr Roger ClyfFoi'de, 
 syr lohn Monbray, and syr Goselyne Danyell, barons; & at Brystowe syr Henry Wo- 
 myngton, & syr Henry Monforde, banerettys ; & at Glowcetyr syr Iqhn Giffarde/ and 
 syr Wyllyam Elmynbrydge, knyghtys; & at Lodon syr lohii Tiers or TryerS; baron'; 
 and at Wynchelsee syr Thomas Culpepyr, knyght ; and at Wyndesore syr Fraueeys 
 Waldenham, baron ; and at Cauntorbury syr Barthew de Bladysmoore, & syr BarthoU 
 de Asbornham,. baronys ; and at CardeefFe in Walys, was put to lyke execucyon syr 
 Wyllyam Flemynge, knyght; vpon whose sowlys and all.Crysten, lesus haue mercy. 
 Whan the kyng had thus subduyd his Jaarons, he soon after, a.bout the feest of the As- 
 sencyon of our Lord, kept his parliamet at Yorke : duryng which parlyamet syr Hugh 
 Speser, f father, was made erle of Wynchester, & syr Andrew of Harkeley, erle of 
 Carleyle, or after some wryters, Cardoyll, and dysherited all such as before hadde 
 holdyn with the erlys of Lancasfa-e & of Hereforde, excepte syr Hugh Dandell and fewe 
 other; the which syr Hugh was receyued Jo grace, by reason that he had maryed a kyn- 
 iiyswoman of the kynges. There was also ordeyned, or soon after, that, master Robert 
 Baldok, a man of euyll fame, shulde be chaunceler of Englonde. Then forfaytis and 
 fynes were gathered into the kynges treasoury without sparynge of pryuylegyd placys or 
 other ; so that what myght be founde all was seasyd for the kynge. By reason whereof 
 moche treasoure was broughte vnto the kynges coffers, besyde great thynges that were 
 brybed and spoylyd by the offycers of dyuerse shyres. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxxi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxiik 
 
 Richarde Constantyne. 
 - Hamonde Chikwelj. Anno. xv. 
 
 Richarde Hakeney. 
 
 IN this. XV. yere the kyng gaderyd the. vi, peny of temporall mennys goodys tho- 
 sroughe Englade, Irelande, and Walys, that to hym was grauntyd at the foresayde parlya-? 
 nient, for the defence of the Scottys, which was payed with great murmure and grudge,, 
 consyderynge y manyfoide myseryes that the common people at those dayes were wrappyd 
 in. This yere also the spnne apperyd to mannys syght as blode, & so contynued by the 
 space of. vi. houres, that is to meane in the monyth of Octobre, and laste day'of thesayd 
 moneth, from. vii. of the clocke in the mornynge tyll one of the same day. After some 
 wryters about this tyme the Scottis entendynge to wynne an enterpryse in Irelande, and 
 for to Wynne that countrey to theyr obeysauce, entryd it w a stronge boost ynder theyr 
 eapitayne, Edward le Bruze, brother to y Scottisshe kyng. But how it was, by ayde of 
 Englysshemen or of theymselfe, the Irysshe quyt them so wele and, bare theyta so man- 
 fully, that they vaynquysshed the Scottis, and chasyd them out of that countrey; in the 
 whiche chase and fyght the sayd Edwarde le Bruze, and many of the noble men pf S.cot- 
 lande, were slayne. i , 
 
 •I 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxii. Anno Domini, M.CCC.xkiii^ 
 
 lohn Grantham. 
 Hamonde Chikwell. Anno. xvi.. 
 
 Richarde of Ely. «'• 
 
 IN this. xvi. yjere the kyng made great prouysyon for to make a voyage into Scotlande ; 
 so that about the begynnyng of August he enti-yd that coiitrey. But the Scottys consy- 
 iJerynge the great multytude of his hot)ste, drewe them into f moutaynes & other placys 
 
 where 
 
SEPTIMA PARS ED^VARDI. IT. 427 
 
 where as the Englysshemen myght hot wynne to them, & all to the enlent for to wcry 
 and tyre f kynges great hoost. Tha dyuerse maladyes fell amonge the Englysshemen, so 
 that many of theyna dyed & were loste in that iournaiy, as well for lacke of vytayle as by 
 infyrmyte & sykenesse ; so y the kynge, for theyse causes & other, was costrayned to 
 retourne into Englonde about y Natyuyt* of bur Lady : whereof y Scottis beyng enfourm- 
 yd, syr lamys Dowglas vf other capytaynes of the Scottis, with a stronge hooste, folow- 
 yd or costyd the kyng in suche wyse, that about ^ feest of seynt Luke they had almooste Foi.ixxxvm. 
 takyn the kyng at dyner at an abbey callyd Bella Launde or Beyghlande. Than the kynge 
 of pure constraynt defended hym, & withstoode the Scottys as he myghte ; but after 
 short and weke fyght the kyhge was copellyd to flee, and by that meane to saue hymselfe. 
 In this skyrmysshe was take syr Ibhn Brytayne, erle of Rychemode, and the kynges 
 treasoure was there spoyled and borne away, and the ordenaunce belongynge to the 
 hooste great part of it was by the Scottis conueyed into Scotlande. Then the Scottys in 
 theyr retournyng homewarde, wan the castell of Norham, and robbyd the towne of 
 !Northallert5 and other. Of this losse and harmys was syr Andrew of Harkeley put I 
 wyght by mysledyngof the kynges hooste, as inthe nextyere shalbe shewyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxiiii. 
 
 Adam Salesbury. 
 Symon Franceys. Anno. xvii. 
 
 lohii of Oxynforde. 
 
 IN this. xvii. yere J kynge beyng enfourmyd that he and his people were so put vnto 
 dyshonoure, (as in the precedyng yere is touchid) of the Scottis, by the vntrouthe & treason 
 of the forenamed syr Andrewe, erle of Carleyli or Cardoyll, sent a knyghte, namyd syr 
 Anthony Lucy, for to arest the sayd erle, and to brynge hym safely vnto the kynges 
 presence ; the whiche syr Antony sped hym in suche wyse, y v{x)n y^ day of seynt Chadde, 
 or f seconde day of Marche, the sayde erle was takyn, and so kepte in pryson longe after 
 tyll Octobre folo\vyng,"at which season, as affermyth Geffrey of Monmouthe, at Cardoyll 
 in Walys, the sayde syr Andrewe was arregned and c5uycte that he had takyn money of the 
 Scottis to betray the kynge, his natural lorde ; for the which treason he was there, or after 
 other, at Weschester or at Shrovvisbury, drawen and hangyd, & his hede sent after to 
 London and sette vpon the brydge. In this yere the warre began to quekyn in Guyan, 
 atwene the Englysshemen and the Frenssbe ; whereof the occasyon was, as sayth the 
 Frenshe booke, for a bastj'le or fortresse made by the lorde of Mount Pesayne or Pesart, 
 a lord of Gascoyne, vpo the Freshe kynges grounde, as the Frenshemen sayde : but the 
 Gascoynes & Englysshemen iustyfyed it to be within the terrytorye of Guyan. For this 
 firste began great wordys, & after manassys, but lastlye mortall warre ; so y the Gas- 
 coynys, with ayde of the kynges stewarde of Englande, slewe many Frenshemen that 
 came to ouerturne the sayd bastyle. Whan Charlys the v. or Charlys the fayre, which 
 at that day was kyng of Fraunce, harde of the ouerthrowe of the Frenshemen, & how e the 
 Gascoyns fortyfyed the foresayde bastyle within his sygnory, as he was enfourmyd, he sent 
 in all spede, with a stronge hooste, his vncle Charlys de Valoys ; y which made sharpe 
 and cruell warre vpon the Gascoynys, and wan frome theym the townys of Angeon or 
 Amyas with other, & in processe came vnto the towne or cytie of Lyoll, and layed his 
 siege vnto the same. But the Englysshe with the Gascoynys, issuyd out of the lowne & gaue 
 batayle vnto ;^ Frenshemen, and put theym to the worse, and slewe vpo. xiiii. C. of them, 
 amonge the which a lorde, callyd the Lorde of Seynt Florentyne, w other noble men of 
 Fraunce were slayne, and the other constrayned to lye forther from ^ towne. Howe 
 be it, in conclusyon, the sayde towne, by appoyntment, was yelden to the Freshemen, 
 vpon condyeion that all suche Englysshemen as were within that tow ne shulde go freely 
 M'ith theyr goodis to Burdeaux, or if they wold remayn there styll, than to be sworne to 
 J Frenshe kynge, and to dwell there as Frenshemen. After which towne so yeldyn, 
 
 3 I 2 iyr 
 
428 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. II. 
 
 syr Edmunde of Woodstoke, the kynges brother, thin beynge at Butdeaux as f kynges 
 deputye, made such resystensagayne the sayde Charlys de Valoys, that a trewce was 
 takyn for that yere. Than about mydlent y kyng hauynge knowlege of this warre in 
 Goyan, and howe the Frenshe kynge entendyd to sease all Gascoyne and Guyan foe 
 4 brekynge of certayne couenauntys before tyaie atwene theym made, and not by kynge 
 
 Edwarde parfourmyd, sentouer the quene his wyfe, the Frenshe kynges syster, loentreate 
 a Concorde & peace atwene them. And in the begynnynge of Auguste folowynge,- syp 
 Roger Mortymer of Wygmore, by meane of a slepyug poison, or drynke, that he gaue 
 vnto his kepars, as f comon fame went, escapyd out of the towre of London, and went 
 to the quene into Fraunce : and soone after were takyn within the castell of Wallyngeforde/ 
 syr lohn Goldyngton and syr Edmunde of the Beche ; the whiche syr lolrn was sent vnto 
 Yorke, & there hangyd and drawen for the barons quarell, and his hede sent vnto Lon- 
 don brydge. And about the feest of the Natyuytie of our Lady^ f kynge sent ouer syr 
 Edwarde his sone into France for to do homage vnto the Frerish kynge for y ducbye of 
 Guyan, whom the Frenshe kynge Phylyp le Beawe reseyued ioyouslye, and causyd hym 
 to tary with the quene his mother, in f coutie of Pontyen, lenger than kynge Edwarde was 
 pleasyd. 
 Anno Domini. M.€CC,xxiiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxv. 
 
 Benet of Fulham. 
 Hamon Chiekwell. ^ , Anno, xviii. 
 
 lohnCanston'. 
 
 IN this, \viii. yere, kynge Edwarde beynge enfourmyd that y' Frenshe kyng hadde 
 geuyn vnto syr Edwarde his sone the duchie of Guyan, cotrary his raynde and pleasure, 
 and that also the quene his wyfe nor y sayd syr Edwarde .made no spede into Englande, 
 notwithstandynge his oftyn sendynge for theym, was with his sayde wyfe and sone gre- 
 uouslye dyspleasyd, in so moche that proclamacyons were made at London in f moneth 
 of Decembre, that if the quene and hir sone entryd not the lande by the octauis of y 
 Epyphany of our Lord nexte folowynge in peasyble wyse, that they shuld be takyn for 
 enemyes to the kyng and his realme of Englande. But for the quene feeryd the trecherye 
 of the Spensers and other that wer6 nere vnto the kynge, she abode styll in Fraunce^ 
 wherefore kyng Edwarde after the expiracion of f foresayd daye, causyd. to be seasyd all 
 suche landys as to his sayde wyfe and sone bclongyd, and the profyttis of theym toke to 
 ftUiHxxi*. his owne vse. When this rumour was knowyn thoroughe the more parte of Englande, dy- 
 uerse men of name of y^^ lade, as syr Wyllia Trussell,. syr lohn Cromewell with dyuerse 
 other, departyd secretly out of Englande, & sayllyd vnto the quene. Whan kynge Ed- 
 warde was ware of this, he sente vnto the Frenshe kynge so sharpe and sore letters, that 
 he monysshed y quene out of his lande, and wolde nother ayde hyr nor hir copany : but 
 as sayth lohii Froyzarde, (that made a copendyous werke in Frensshe, of the hole.lyfe or 
 story of the thyrde Edwarde, and therwith expressyd many other storyes and Cronycles, 
 as of Fraunce, Flaunders, and ojher regions,) at this tyme, when the quene was thus 
 monysshed to auoyde out of Fraunce, syr lohn de Henawde, brother to y erle of He- 
 nawde, a man of great fame, was then in the Frenshe kyngis courte ; the whiche hauynge 
 compassyon of the quene and of hyr yonge sone, requyrynge hyr to goo with hym vnto, 
 his brothers courte foresayde: whereof the quene beynge fayne, grauntyd vnto his re- 
 quest & sped hyr thyther shortlye after, where she w hir company was ioyously and ho- 
 norably resayued. In the tyme and season that the quene with hyr sone lay thus in the 
 courte or countrey of the erk of Henawde, by meanys of suche as were about hyr, a 
 maryage was cocludyd atwene syr Edwarde hir sone & Phylyp the sayde erlys doughter, 
 vpo certayne condycions ; whereof one was, that the sayd erle shulde at his propre co§tys 
 
 ' Caston. edit. 1542. 1559^ 
 
 sette 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. IL 429 
 
 sette ouer into Englade, the sayd syr Edwarde \v a crewe of. CCCC. men of armys, for 
 the which prouysyon was made with all dylygence. Of this f fame sprange shortly in 
 Englade ; wherfore the kynge in all haste made prouysyon to haue the hauyns and tlie 
 portis of his lade surely kepte, for to resiste the landynjj;e of his enemyes: for subsydie' 
 whereof the cytezyns of London were constrayned to tynde, at theyr propre costis, an 
 hundred men of armys, ^ whyche, contrary theyr liberties, with a condycion, that after 
 that daye it shulde be no presedent, they seynt vnto Portchestre. In this season and 
 passe tyme, the quene with syr Edwarde hyr soive, with a small copany of Englysshe 
 men and a crewe of Henauders, of y which syr lohn of Henawde the erles brother was 
 capytayne, toke shyppynge in those parties, and had the wynde so fauorable vnto. them, 
 that they landyd in Englonde at a porte called Orwell besyde Harwych in SufFolke, the. 
 XXV. daye of Septembre, wout any resistens of men of warre ageyiie hyr made : ta whom 
 after hyr ladyng, the people of y' coutre drewe to her by great copanyes, and so sped 
 hyr towarde London. At this tyme of the quenes thus landyng, the kynge was at his cy- 
 ti^ of Londo ,• but when he harde of the greate peop+e that drewe to hyr owt of all cun- 
 trSs, he fered: wherfore in safegardynge of hym selfe, he fled with a small companye 
 to warde Walys, and lefte master Walter Stapylto bisshop of Excetyr behyndia hym, to 
 haue the rule of the cytie of Lodon. It was not long after the kynges departynge, that 
 the quene sent a lettre vnto the mayre and comynaltye of the cytie, and requyred of 
 theym ayde to subdue f oppressours of the comon weale of the realme; but to that let- 
 tre was made noone answere ; therefore she wrote the secode tyme, aduertyzynge them of 
 theyr landynge, and of the entent that she had to refourme the enormytees & mysgouern- 
 auce of the lande, in admonestynge theym of theyr ayde and socoure, as by the teniirs 
 of f sayd lettre more playnlye apperyth : where of the cyrcumstaunce Lhaue lefte out 
 of this booke, for so moche as I fynde varyaunce in the cpntentys thereof, and also for 
 the copyes thereof bene sette out in the Cronyclys of Englande, and dyuers other bokes. 
 The this sayd lettre was tacked vpo f crosse in Cliepe, whiche at that daye was called 
 the newe crosse, in the nyght before the day of seynt Denys, or the. ix. daye of Oc- 
 tober, and other copyes of the same were fastenyd in dyuerse other places of the cytie, 
 whereof one was fastened vpon the mayres gafe. After which letters thus publysshed in 
 the cytie, the bysshop of Exetyr, to whom as before is sayde the kynge had commytted 
 the rule of the cytie^ sent vnto the mayer to haue the kayes of the gates of the cytie, by 
 vertue of his c5myssyon, by the whiche he stocie so fermely, & vsed so sharpe wordes in 
 the kynges name, that varyaunce grewe atwene hym & the cytezens, so feifourthe that 
 the comons of the cytie in theyr rage, toke f sayde bysshoppe, the. xiiii. day of Octobre, 
 and hym with. ii. of his. howsholde esquyers, behedyd vnreueretly at ^ stadard in Wes- 
 chepe ; and the same daye was takyn for a spye a cytezyn callyd Ihn Marshall, which 
 fauourid f Spesers partye, and in the same place also behedyd without processe of lawe : 
 & the the corps of tlie sayde bysshop w his. ii. seruauniys, were haryed to Thamys syde, 
 where the sayd bysshop had begunne to edyfye a toure, & there in the rubbusshe & sande 
 of the same, they buryed or conueyed these, iii*. bodyes : whiche dispyte to hym was 
 doone, after some auctours, for so moche as he had vsurpyd of the comon grounde of 
 f cytie, in settynge of the sayd towre ; but for what cause was he thus vngoodly & vn- 
 reueretly delte w, no mecion is made. And I this passe tyme, f quene easyly & a foole 
 pace folowyd f kyng, which by this season was con)yn to Brystowe, hauynge with hym 
 the Spensers & his dyffamed chaiiceller Mayster Robert Baldocke, syr lohn erle of /irun- 
 dell and other^ where, by theyr counsayllesit was agreed, that syr Roger', Hugh Spenser 
 the fader shuld remayne there, and haue the rule of the towne and castell, while the 
 kynge vf the other toke shyppynge, and sayled from thens into Wales, to rayse the Welshe- 
 men ; and so the kynge with syr Hugh Spenser the sone, and the other toke shyppynge 
 
 ' iuretye. edit. 1542. 1559, * iiii. edit. 1542. 1559. ' OmitUd in edit. 1533. 1542, 1559. 
 
 at 
 
430 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. 11. 
 
 at Brystowe, and so savTyd into Walys. Whe the certayntie therebf'came vntaf quene, 
 anon she s,ent to Brystovve the erle of Kent the kyngys brother, syr lohii of Henawde, 
 with dyuerse other, for to lake syr Hugh Spenser the father, the which put them in such 
 deuour, that they toke the sayde syr Hughe, and lefte a certayae to holde' the towne and 
 castell, tyll the cfuene with hir powar came thyther : in the whiche tyme they sped them 
 into WalySi and in processe tooke the kynge, his chaunceHer, the erle of Aruhddl, & 
 syr Hugh Spenser the sone, and brought them all to the towne of Hereforde. And f 
 this whyte the cytezyns of Lodo wanney'Towre of Lodo, & kepte it vnto y enemyes 
 vse. 1 
 
 •Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxv. Anno Domini. M.CCCxxvJ. 
 
 Gylbei't Moordotr. 
 Rycharde Betayne'. Anno. xix. 
 
 lohri Cotton*. 
 
 IN this. xix. yere, & begynnyng of this mayres charge, vpon the morowe folowynge 
 the feest of Symon and lude, the same day that the mayer rode to Westmynster. to take 
 his charge, the same daye, at Bristowe, was syr Hugh Spenser the fadyr, put to deth> 
 and after buryed at Wynchestre ; and vpo seynt Huys' day folowynge, or the. xviii. daye 
 Fit.ixxxx. of Nouebre, was syr Hugh his sone, drawen, hangyd and quarteryd at Herforde, and 
 his hed sent to London, & set amonge other vpon the brydge. The comon fame of hym 
 went, that after he was takyn he wolde take noo manerof sustenaunce, wberfore he 
 was y sooner put vnto deth. Of this Hugh a vercyfyer made theyse two versys folow- 
 ynge. 
 
 Funis cum lignis a te miser, ensis et ignis, 
 Hugo securis, equusabstulit omne decus. 
 
 Whiche versys to them that vnderstande no Eaten, maye in this wyse be expownyd ar 
 Englysshyd. 
 
 With ropes were thou bounde and on the gallowe honge. 
 And from thy body thyne he^ with swerde was kytte. 
 Thy bowellys in the fyre were throwe and burnydlonge, 
 Thy body in. iiii. pecys eke with an axe was slytte, 
 With horse before drawyn, fewe men pyteynge it. 
 Thus with these turmentys, for thy synnys sake. 
 From the wretchyd Hugh all wordly welthe was take. 
 
 IN this meane tyme and season the kynge was conueyed vnto the castell of Kenelworthe, 
 and there kepte vnder the garde of syr Henry of Lancastre, or brother vnto the erle 
 Thomas of Lacastre, that was behedyd at Pounfrette ; & master Robert Baldoke, the 
 kynges chaiiceler, was sent vnto London, and put into y pryson of Newgate, were after 
 he dyed myserably. The erle, lohii of Arundell, was also put to deth at Herforde, within, iiii. 
 dayes of syr Hugh the yonger Spencer. The the queue, with syr Edwarde hyr sone, & 
 ^ a goodly copany of lordys.& getylmen retournyd vnto London, and there of y cytezyns 
 with great honoure & ioye was receyiiyd, [vpon the daye of seynt Barbara]* or the. iiii. 
 daye of Decembre, and so conueyed vnto Westmynster, where in the octauas of the 
 "Epyphany of our Lorde a parlyament was holden: durynge y whiche certayne sol^mpne 
 messyngers were sent vnto the^iyng to the castell of Kenelworth, y is to saye. iii. bysshopp- 
 
 ' Ahave the name of Richard Betayn the MS. has that of Hamond Chykwell : and In the margin, " Md. that 
 the within namyd liamond Chykwell, mayer, was dyscharged abowtii the landyng of the quene, and that 
 othir chesjii for hym." * Conton. edit. 1559, ' Hugli^ts, edit. 1542. 1559. * Owi«erf»M edit. 1559. 
 
 is. 
 
SEPTlilA PARS EDWAHDI. II. 431 
 
 is. iii. erlys. ir. abbottys. ii- baronys, and. ii. iustycis, with the procuratoure of that 
 parlyamet syr Wyllya Trussell, to depose bym of all kynglye dygnyte, as before 
 was agreed by all the iordis spirituell and temporcll & comons of y sayd parlyamet, & 
 they to resygne vnto f kyng all homagys & feawtyes to hym before made, in y name of 
 all the barony of Englade. The y- fore named syr Wyllyara Trussell, vpon the daye of 
 f couersyon of seynt Pawle, or y. xxv. day of lanuarii, by theauctoryte of his ofFyce, in 
 the presence of the fore sayde lordys, had theyse wordysfolowynge vnto the kynge : "I 
 Wyllyam Trussel, in ,the name of all m.en of this lande of Englade^ & procuratour of 
 this parlyament, resygne to y Edwarde y homage that was made to y some tyme, & frome this 
 tyme forth depryue the of all kyxigly powar, & I shall neuer be attendaunt vnto the as 
 kynge after this tyme." And thu-s was Edwarde the secode deposyd and his sone made 
 kyng, when he had reygned full, xviii. yeres. vi. raonethes & odde dayes. Than Edwarde 
 thus remaynynge in pryson as fyrste in the castell of Kenelworth, and after in the castell 
 of Barkle, tooke great repentaunce of his former lyfe, and made a lamentable complaynt 
 for that he hadde so greuously ofFendyd God ; whereof a parte I haue after sette out, but 
 not all, leste it shulde be tedyous to the reders or herers. 
 
 Dampnum michi contulit tempore brumali 
 Fortuna satis aspera vehementis mali. 
 Nullus est tam sapiens, niitis, aut formosus, 
 Tam prudens virtutibus, ceterisq; famosus,, 
 Quin stultus reputabituret satis dispectus 
 Si fortuna prosperos auertat effectus. 
 
 Theyse, with many other after the same makynge, I haue seen, which are reportyd to 
 fee of his owne makynge in the tyme of his enprysonement ; the whiche, for lengthe of tyme, 
 I haue lefteout of this werke, and shewyd the effecte of them in Englysshe, asfolowyth. 
 
 Whan Saturne with his colde isy face 
 
 Tlie grounde with his frostys turnyth the grene to whyte, 
 
 The tyme of wynter which trees doth deface 
 
 And causyth all verdure to a voyde quyte : 
 
 Than fortune, whiche sharpewas with stormys not alyte, 
 
 Hath me assautyd with hir frowarde wyll, 
 
 And me beclypped with daungeours right yll. 
 
 What man in this worlde is so wyse or fayre. 
 So prudent, so vertuose, or famous vnder thayre, 
 But that for a foole, and for a man dyspysed, 
 Shalbe take, whan fortune is from hym deuyded ? 
 
 Alas now I crye, but no man doth me moone, 
 
 For I sue to them that pytye of me haue noone. 
 
 Many with great honours I dyd whylom auaunce, 
 
 That nowe with dyshonoure doon me stynge and launce ; 
 
 And such as some tyme dyd me greatly feere, 
 
 Me dyspysfe and let not with sclaunder me to deere. 
 
 O mercyfull God, what loue they dyd me shewe ! 
 
 And with' detraccion they do me hackeand hewe. 
 
 Alas, moste synfull wretcbe, why shulde I thus complayne, 
 
 If God be pleasyd that I shulde thus* susteyne 
 
 For the great offence before by me doone ? 
 
 ' Now with. MS. * this. MS. 
 
 I - Wherefore 
 
4S2 SEPTIMAPARSEDWARDl.il. 
 
 Wherefore to the good Lorde I wyll retourne efte soone, 
 . , . And hooly comytte me thy great mercy vntyll, 
 
 And take in pacyence all that may be thy wyll ; 
 And all onely the serue with all dylygence. 
 Alas ! ^hat before tUis tyme I had not that cence. 
 But nowe good Lorde, which arte oranypolent, 
 Beholde me mooste wretchyd and greatly penytent; 
 And of my trespace forgyuenes thoa me ^rauat, 
 And by what sorowe my carkes is now daunt, 
 Oraunt it may be to my sowle remedy, 
 That the &ooner.l mayattayne' it by 4 
 for to the swete Ihesu lyelde my* sore wepynge, 
 And aske of the pardon for my greuouse synoynge^ 
 
 JR)A IkkkkS. 
 
 Moost blessyd Ihesa 
 Roote of all vertue, 
 Graunt I may the sue 
 In ;all humylyte-; 
 
 Sen thou for our good 
 
 "Lygte to shede thy blood. 
 And stretche the vpon the rood 
 
 For our iniquitfi. 
 - / 
 ^Atvd thou moost mylde mother and vyrgyn moost pure. 
 
 That barest swete Ihesu, tne worldysredempture, 
 
 That ahynjst and ^orysshed as ilovyre moost sure; 
 
 And tyke as nardus of his swete odoure, 
 
 Passyth all other, so thou in all honoure, 
 
 Surmountys all sayntis, by thy great excellence, 
 
 Wherefore to praye for mj greuouse oflence.]' 
 
 I the beseclje, 
 Moost "holsome ilecije. 
 That thou wylte seche. 
 For me suche jrace. 
 
 That* rtry body vy1e 
 My sowle shall exyle, 
 Thou brynge in short whyle 
 It in rest and peaces ■ \ 
 
 LEwys the. xi. of that name, and eone vuto Phylyp le Reawe, or the. iiii. Phylyp, be- 
 gan his reygne oner f realme of Fraunce in the yere of our Lorde. M.CCC. and-xv., & 
 the. -viii. yere of the seconde Edwarde, then kynge of Englonde. -Anon as this Lewys 
 was crownyd, Enguerram, which, as ye before liaue hard, was chefe and moost secrete 
 -counceyloure with Phylyp the. iiii. last kynge of Fraunce, was callyd to accompte by the 
 meane of Charlys de Valoys, vncle vnto this kynge ^ and for so moche as thesayd En- 
 guerram had geuen sharpe and bastye wordys vnto the sayde Charlys, in aifyrmyngy moche 
 of the kynges irxasoure remayned in y handys of the sayd Charlys, for this he toke so 
 
 • thy grace atteyn. MS. * ipe. MS. ^ Omitted ine^xX. 1542. -< * tliat when. edit. 1533. 
 
 1542. 1559. ' soiace. MS. 
 
 4 ' great 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. V. 433 
 
 great displeasure agayne the sayd Enguerram, and bare towarde hym suche rancoure and 
 malyce, that he lefte not tyll he hadde bereuyd hym of his lyfe ; so that in processe he was 
 .accusyd of. xxxvi. artycles, concernynge treason and iniury doone vnto isynge Phylyp 
 foresayde, and vnto the realme of Fraunce ; the which artycles in ordre are sete out in 
 the Frensh Cronycle, which I here ouerpasse. By force wherof this Enguerram was 
 lastly conuycte and iudgyd vnto dethe, and for the same in the euyn of the Assencion of 
 our Lorde, bangyd vpon the gibet of Paris. Tliis yere also fell great scarcete of come 
 and frute in Fraiice, by meane of vnsesonable wederyuge as was in Englande in the. ix. 
 and. X. yerys, (and before & after,) of thereygne of Edwarde the seconde at this dayeand 
 then kyng of Englande ; by reason wherof great farayne and deth of poore people fell in 
 Fraunce, as it then dyd in Englonde. Ye haue before, in the. xxvii. yere of Phylyp, 
 father vnto this Lewys, hardehowe the Flemyngys agayne rebellyd, and howe by the meane 
 of Enguerra the Frenshe hooste was then retournyd w dyshonoure into Frauce. For 
 reuegement wherof, this Lewys aSsemblyd a right stronge armye of the more partye of 
 all the noble men of Fraunce, and in the monyth of Septebre entryd the counlrey of 
 Flaunders, & so came vnto the towne, or nere there vnto, callyd Courtray, & lodgyd his 
 people nere vnto the ryuer of Lys or Lyse, for so moche as the brydgys ouer that ryuer 
 by the Flemyngys were brokyn ; where the kyng with his hooste so lyinge, the Fletnyngys 
 vpon the other syde laye in howge noumbre for to defende the passage of the Frensiie- 
 men : in whiche tyme and season fell suche plente of rayne, f the wayes waxyd ncJybus 
 and foule in all that countrey ; by reason whereof vytayll, which tha was, as aboue is 
 sayd, scant, was than more scars, and ouer y, the feelde where the hooste laye, was so 
 wete and myry, that men and bestys were to greuoslyie noyed. Wherefore in conclusyon, 
 th».kynge, consyderynge those great hynderauncys and harmys to his lordys and comons, 
 and that he myght in no maner wynne ouer to his enemyes, he retournyd, as other before 
 tymes hadde doone, with lytyll honoure into Fraunce, to the great losse of the kynges 
 ordenaunce, and other stufie that myght not be caryed thens, by reason of depenes of 
 the waye ; for whiche cause and causys the kynge was so soore dyspleasyd, that he made 
 then a great othe, that if he myght lyue tyll the yere folowynge, that he shuld besette so 
 the Flemyngys that they shulde not escape his dauger, and that he shuld neuyr take 
 treatyenor ende with them, excepte they wolde fullye and holy put them in his grace and 
 mercy. But in the yere folowynge, about the Feest of Pentecoste, when the sayde Lewys 
 had scantlye reygned two yeres, he dyed at Boys in Vyncent, and the. vi. daye of lunii 
 honorablye was buryed at Seynt Denyze, leuynge after hym none issue male ; wherefore 
 his brother Phylyp succedyd hym in the kyngedome. 
 
 PHylyp the. v. of that name, and brother of the fore namyd Lewys, which for his heylh 
 was surnamyd Phylyp the longe, beganne his reygne ouer the Freshemen in the yere of /'o/. /*«»««, 
 our Lorde. M.CCC. and. xvii. & the. x. yere of Edwarde f seconde tha kyng of Englande. 
 But first he reygned but as regent of Fraunce, for so muche as Clemence, the wyfe of 
 kynge Lewys, was lefte of hir sayde husbonde with chylde, the whiche in processe of 
 tyme was delyuered of a man chylde named lohn, y dyed shortlye after. After whose 
 deth the sayde Phylyp was forthwith proclaymed kynge of Fraiice, & crowned at Paryze 
 about Cristmas folowinge : albe it, that the duke of Burgoyn with other for a whyle 
 withsayde that coronacion, and wolde haue preferryd the doughter of Lewys last dede ; 
 but other of the lordys & nobles of Fraiice wolde not be agreable, that a woman shulde 
 enheryte so great a kyngedome : by meane whereof vnkyndenesse kyndelyd atwene the 
 kynge and the sayde duke, but by wyse medyatours they were after accordyd, in suche 
 wyse, that the sayd duke maryed f eldest doughter of f kynge. In this passe tyme, such 
 meanys were made by the Flemyngys that an vnyte and'accorde was stablysshed atwene 
 Fraunce and them for the tyme that it helde, whiche peace, as testyfyeth the Frenshe 
 Cronycle, was laboured and endyd by a cardynall named losselyn, and sent frome the. 
 
 3 K xxiL 
 
434 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI. V- 
 
 xxii. lohn, then pope', soo that by medyacyon of the sayde cardynall, the erle of Flaiin- 
 ders ,was resayued vnto the kynges grace, & at Parys dyd. vnto the Freshe kynge his 
 homage,- & swarevnto hym feawtye. In f thyrde yere of f reygne of thys Phylyp, the 
 prouoste of Parize hauynge in his prysone a Pycarde, a man of great rycbesse, which for 
 felony or lyke cryme was iugj'd to be hagyd, the sayde prouoste, for great benefyght to 
 hym doone, and payment of great sumys by f sayd Picarde, toke another poore innocet 
 man & put hym to deth instede of the sayde Pycarde ; of which offence, whan due proffe 
 of it was made before the kynges counceyll, the sayde prouoste for y same dede was put 
 ;vnto ,'lyke iugement. In the. v. yere of the sayd Phylyp all the lazaris of the coutrey of 
 Langadocke were brent, for so moche as they were accusyd of theyr owne confes'syon 
 prouyd, that they had poysonyd, and entendyd to haue poysoned all the wellys of that 
 countrey; & for many lewys were vnto theym consentynge, therefore many of them suf- 
 feryd lyke iugemet. In this yere also, for so moche as in those dayes, i dyuerse placis of 
 Fraunce, a fonde prophecye was broughte vp amonge the comon people that shepherdys 
 and herdys shulde Wynne the. Holy Lande ; and then they assemblyd themselfe in dyuerse 
 placysand -companyes, and lastly came to guyder at Parys, where they were so many in 
 noumbre, by reason of other of the comon people that fell vnto them, that the prouoste 
 of Parys was not of power to withstande theym, soo that they breke prysons and toke 
 out suche personys as them pleasyd, and from thens went beggynge & i-obbynge tyll they 
 came into Langadocke, where they fell vpon the lewys and robbyd them of all suche 
 mouables as they myght fynde, & slewe of them also. , Wherefore the other of the lewys 
 ferynge the sayde comons, gatheryd them with theyr wyuys &'chyldren to the noubre of. v^ 
 C. into a towre, and thought to defende them and theyr wyues and chyldren from the 
 sayde herdys j but anon, as they hadde wyttynge- thereof, they assawtyd the sayde towre 
 so egyr-ly, that in the ende, seyng they niyght not escape, for very despyte they threwe 
 theyr chyldren downe at theyr hedys, & after slewe eyther other for they shulde not falle 
 in the handys of theyr eneinyes, or ellys to auoyde y paynys of the fyre whiche the herdys 
 hadde 5,Jbegunne to faisten vpon the sayd towre. When the sayd heerdys hadde thus rob- 
 byd and .slayne the lewys of Langadocke, they departyd thens, & yode towarde a coun- 
 trey callyd Carcasson, entedynge lyke robbery as they before had vsed ; whereof the 
 countrey beynge warnyd, ■ stoppyd & kepte so the passagys, & withstode them with such6 
 powarand strengthe, that they desseueryd theymselfe by small companyes, soo that many 
 of them, were taken and hangyd, and the other fled in sauegardyog* themselfe, and so this 
 folysshe prophecy was endid with synne & shame. Kyng Phylyp, by meane of ille coun- 
 ceyll, sette a great taske vpon his comons, that is to meane, the fyfthe parte of theyr nio- 
 uable goodys; for the whiche, consyderynge he had no charge of warris in no place, they 
 inurmuryd & grudgyd wonder soore. But how it was, or this taxe were leuyed,' he fell 
 I a feuer quarteyne and a great flyxe, whiche sykenesse fell vpon hym by prayer of the 
 comons, after the Frenshe boke, for leueying of the sayd greuouse taxe. Than for hym 
 was made many solempne precessyons and other prayers ; howe be it, in longe processe he 
 dyed, whan he hadde languysshed frome the begynnynge of August tyll the. viii. dave of 
 lanuarii, vpon which_e daye he dyed, whan he hadde reygned vpon, iiii. yeres and. vii. 
 monethes and odde dayes, leuynge after hym noone heyre male, wherefore the crowne dy&- 
 cendyd vnto his brother Charlys erle of the Marches. . 
 
 Caroli Quinti. 
 
 Francii. CArolus the. v. or Charlys f yongest of y. iii. bretherne, or sonys of Phylyp le Beawe, 
 
 began his reygne oyer the Frenshemen in y moneth of lanuarii, and yere. of our Lorde- 
 M.CCC. and, xxii. and the. xv, yere of the seconde Edwarde, yet kyng of Englonde> 
 
 ' Bysshoppe of Rome, edit, 15*2. 
 
 & was 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROL!. V. 435 
 
 & was crownyd at Rayiies the. xii. daye of Februarii nexte ensuynge; after wbiche so- 
 
 leunpnyte fynysshed & endyd, he io short processe of tyme after, sent vnto the. xxii. lohn, 
 
 tJia pope', and assertayned hym of y gossyprede y was atwene hym & Blanche his wyfe, 
 
 \vhereof ' the examynacyon by the sayde pope' was comytted vnto y bysshoppis of Parys, 
 
 & of Beauuays, & master Godfrey de Plessys, prothonothayr of y' courte of Rome ; f 
 
 whiche, after due & perfyte examynacion in that mater made, they founde y Mawde, 
 
 coutesse of Artoys, and mother to the forenamyd quene Blanche, was godmother vnto y^ 
 
 kyng Charlys hir busbode, of y- whiche, wha they had made report vnto y- pope', he gaue 
 
 sentecey the sayd matrymony was not legyttimat, & comaudid a deuorce & a separacibn 
 
 to be made atwene those, ii. persons, y which was shortly after executyd. In y secode JFtUxxxxUk 
 
 yere of this Charlys dyed Robert erle of Flaiiders, without issue, wherefore y^ sayde 
 
 erledani fell into the Frenshe kynges handys; so that of it he was in processe, by thagre- 
 
 ment of f, lordys of the same, put in peasyble possessyon : albe it the erle of Neuers 
 
 made thereunto a pretece and tytle. And in this yere kyng Charlys, about the feest of 
 
 seynt Mathewe, in Septembre, maryed his secode wyfe, namyd Mary, the syster of the 
 
 kynge of Bohemy or Berne, & doughter of Henry, erle of Lucenbourgh, and late em- 
 
 peroure of Almayn, namyd in the lyne of the emperours Hery the. viir., or after some 
 
 wryters, the. vii. Also in the sayd yere one namyd lourdan of y lie, a Gascoyne borne, 
 
 [and a man of noble lynage, but lowe<]' & vyle of condycyon, to whom the foresayde 
 
 pope lohri*, in maryage had geuen his nyese for reuerence of his byrthe, this season, by 
 
 tlie meane of his vyle codycyons, and suche dyshoneste companye as he drewe vntyll hym, 
 
 he fell into many and sclaunderous vycys, so that lastlye he was accusyd of rape & mur- 
 
 dre and of felony, of the whiche he was at length in. xviii. artycles by due profe made, 
 
 conuycte by f lawe, 'and iugyd to be hanged ; but the kynge, at the requesteof the pope' 
 
 and for the honoure of his bloode, grauntyd to hym a chartyr, & pardonyd hym of all 
 
 former transgressyons. But that not withstandyng, he i processe of tyme fell or retournyd 
 
 vnto his olde accustomyd codycyons, and amonge other great crymes by hym executyd, 
 
 he slewe a sereeaunt of armys belongynge to the kynge, f to hym was sent in message, 
 
 for which murdre and other detestable dedys he was newelye accusyd, and vpon that 
 
 aomonyd to apere at Parys before the kynge & his couceyll, at which daye of apparence 
 
 he came to the sayde cytie \V a great companye & some noblemen which were to hym 
 
 nere of kynne, and excusyd hym to the vttermooste of theyr powars : but agayn hym & 
 
 to accuse hym came many other lordys and baronys, of ^ which the marquys of Ampton 
 
 or Dampton, with his sone, were chefe, that putcausys of coplaynt agayne hym ; f which 
 
 made such prouys and declaracyons agayne the sayde lourdan, that he was comytted vnto 
 
 the chastelet of Parys, & there to remayne as a prysoner ; and in processe of tyme, suche 
 
 maters & trespaces prouyd vpon hym, that he, by auctoryte of a parlyament holdyn at 
 
 Compeyng, was lastlye iugyd to dye, and soone after, that is to meane, the. vii. day of 
 
 Mali, he was drawyn to the gibbet of Parys and there hagyd. In the thyrde yere of his 
 
 reygne, this Charlys gaue vnto the erle of Neuers, that before tyme hadde made clayme to 
 
 the erledam of Flaunders, the sayde erledam, the whiche of the Flemynges and inhaby- 
 
 tauntys.of that countrey was wele and ioyouslye receyuyd. Than he in short whyle after 
 
 gaue vnto the townys of Gaunt, Brugys, Ipre and other, dyuerse pryuylegys and grauntys 
 
 to theyr great auautage & profyte. But it was not longe after y he waiie of them as mocbe 
 
 grudge & hatred as he to fore hadde loue & good wyll, & all for a taxe that he sette vpo 
 
 f dwellers of Brugys, and the countrey nere there vnto, & specially of them that dwellyd 
 
 in ^ coutrey ; for they thought y theyr charge excedyd farre the charge of the dwellers ■^in 
 
 the towne. Wherefore by secret meanys they appoynted a daye of assemble amonge 
 
 theymselfe, & sodeynly well armyd entryd y towne of Brugys, & slewe therin dyuerse of 
 
 • Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. * wherefore, edit. 1542. 1559- ' Omi«erf in edit. 1542. * lohn 
 
 bisehop of Rome, edit, 1542. ' bisshope of Rome. edit. Ia42. 
 
 3 K 2 f erlys 
 
436 SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. V. 
 
 y- erlys seruauntys, & some of the borough maisters of the sayde towae, suche as they 
 suspectyd to be of counceyll of the leuyinge of the sayde taske'. In the. iiii. yere of his 
 reygne this Ghaflys, after f deth of Mary, his seconde wyfe, by dyspensacion of the 
 pope the. xxii. lohh', he maryed lane his cosyn germaynp, the doiighter of Lewys 
 erle of Enroux, & vncle vnto this liynge Charlys, or brother to his father Phylyp le 
 Beawe. 
 
 IN this abouesayde. iiii, yere, the quene of Englade, and syster vnto this kyng Charlis, 
 came Ito Fraiice to treate an vnyte & peace atwene hir lorde and hir brother, for the 
 warre made in Gascoyne, as before is touchyd in the. xv'. yere of Edwarde the seconde, 
 hir lorde and husbande, & there taryed, and retourned, as aboue in the sayde yere is ex- 
 pressyd. In this yere also the erle of Flaunders forenamyd, for suspeccyon that he had 
 to Robert of Flaunders his vncle, lest he for his synguler auauntage wolde supplant hym 
 of that erledam, he made letters vnto the gbuernours of the towne where f sayde Robert 
 was ressyaiit & abydyng that they shuld put hym to deth ; but by the warnyng of his olde 
 & trusty frende the erlys* chaunceller, he was warnyd, and so auoydid y tOwne. For 
 thisj great malyce and rancoure arose betwene this Roberte and the erle, whiche was not 
 shortelye pacyfyed; But it was not longe after that a nother taxe or imposycyon was leuyed, 
 of the townys of Gaunt, Brugis, Ipre, and other townys of Flanders, the which taxe was 
 leuyed in recompensement of suche warris made vpon Flaunders by Phylyp le Beawe, oi* 
 more dyrectlye for paymet of. xii. M.Zi. awardyd by Idselyn y cardenall, as before is 
 shewid in the seconde yere of the. v. Phylyp, that the Flemynges shulde paye to the 
 Frenshe kynge for byirige of theyr peace. Of this taxe to be leuyers or gaderers was as-' 
 sygned f pryncypall men of the sayd townes, the which, by theyr demeanure in y^ leuyinge 
 therof, demeanyd them in such wyse that they ranne in great hatred of the comon people, 
 in so moche that they accusyd theym & sayd, f they had leuyed or gatheryd moche more 
 than the sayd taxe amoutid ; wherefore they desyred of the erlys couceyll that the sayd 
 personys myght be callyd to accoupte : but this request myghte not be opteynyd. which 
 causyd the comons to runne in further grudge and murmure. An other thynge also causyd 
 suspeccion; for y erlys couceyll and the sayde coUectours had so many secret assembles. 
 At length, whan the erlys counceyll appersayued the murmure of the comons, the which 
 y^ coUectours codyssendyd for a trayne to haue takyn certeyne capytaynys of the sayde 
 comons, that at Tournay, at a daye assygned, the sayde coUectours shuld yelde vp theyr 
 accoupte; at which daye, the erle in propre persone, came vnto the sayd towne of Tour - 
 nay, & there, whan the erle with the other of his couceyll shulde haue executyd theyr 
 purposyd entet, how it was by some warnyng or monycyon that the comons had, they 
 withstoode the erle and his companye, and in the ende slew many of theyr enemyes, and 
 toke the erle and put hym in sure kepynge within the towne of Brugys; but i this skyr- 
 mysshe, by mean of the erlys partye, a great parte of the foresayd towne was brent : 
 wherefore the towne toke partye with f Flemyngys, and were a great cause that f erle was 
 so takyn and put from his entent. Than the foresayd comons, to the more displeasure of 
 f erle, admytted for theyr lorde and capytayne, Robert, the vncle of the erle foresayde, 
 & amoge them reputed hym for erle of Flaundris ; the which so takynge vpon hym de- 
 lyueryd from pryson his frede y- erlys chauceler, whiche, as aboue is sayde, had delyueryd 
 hym from former dauger, and made hym chefe of his counceyll. But to all this was the towne 
 of Gaunt repugnaunt, in so moche y mortall warre begaiie to sourde atwene f sayd towne 
 and the towne of Brugys and other, & so farfourthe contynued,,that, shortlye after, the people 
 of Gaunt and of the other townys mette with theym of Bruges in playne batayU, and fought 
 cruelly; but in the ende they of Gaunt chasyd them of Brugys, and slewe of theym be- 
 yonde. v.C. men, but yet the erle was n'euer the rather delyueryd. After this f Frenshe 
 
 » Taxe. edit. 1542. ' of the B. of Rome. edit. 1542. ' wii. MS. * dukes. MS. 
 
 kynge 
 
 J^ol. IhuxkHH, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. V. 437 
 
 kj^nge sent vnto them of Brugys, requyrynge theym in curtoyse maner, that they vrolde 
 sette theyr erle at lybertie ; but they sent the messangers agayne without spede of iheyr 
 message. lu this whyledyed Charlis de Valoyes brother vnto Phylyp le Beawe, & vncle 
 vnto this kynge Charlys, the which lagiiysshid loge in a cosiipcion or he dyed ; in so 
 moche f the opynyon of the people was, y he was so punysshid for y iniury & malyce 
 that he bare towarde Engwerram, the which, as ye haue before harde, in the firste yere 
 of this kynge was put vnto deth; & the rather this fame ranne vpon the sayd Gharlys, 
 for so moche as in f tyme of his syckenes he gaue great almesse, and to suche personys 
 as he gaue or sent his almesse vnto, he wyllyd them as wele to praye for y sowle of ^ 
 sayd Engwerram, as for his owne hele. This Charlys de Valoyes tefte after hym a sone 
 namyd Phylyp de Valoyes, the whiche Phylyp, for soo moche as this Charlys, nowe kynge 
 of Fraunce, dyed without issue, he by fauoure of the lordys of that regyon was made 
 kyng of Fraunce, and put by the ryght and tytle of Edwarde the thyrde, tha kyng of 
 Englade, y^ sone of Issabell, & doughter of Phylyp le Beawe, which Isabell by dyssent 
 was rightfuU enherytour of the crowne of Frauce : for which tytle was after cruell warre 
 ^twene the sayde Edwarde and Phylyp, as in the story of the sayde Edwarde after shall 
 apere. In f. v. yere of kyng Charlys, the burghmasters and skepynSj that is to meane 
 f rulers of the towne of Brugys, delyuered theyr erle and sette hym at large, vpon cer- 
 tayne condycions folowynge, the whiche to be obseruyd they causyd hym to be solemply 
 sworne: firste f after that day he shulde not punysshe nor hurt any of f lade of Flaii- 
 ders, for any displeasure to hym doone or any of his seruaiites, or couceyll them sen the 
 tyme that he was erle, concernyng any cause of theyr rebellyon ; seciidaryly, that he 
 shuld not abrydge nor mynysshe any of theyr lyberties y they of olde tyme haue had, or 
 by hym newely to the grautyd ; thyrdlye, that in all grose maters that concernyd the 
 gouernaunce of his realme, suche as he knewe well dyuerse of them to be experte there- 
 in, that he shuld noo thynge conclude or doa \Vout theyr aduyces and assentis; and 
 fourthlye, y after that day he shuld neuyr vse the coviceyll of the abbot of Versellaye, 
 whiche they knewe for theyr dedely enemy, for so moch as they before tyme had slayne 
 his father named Petyr Floce or Floze, in the batayll of Courtray, as i the. xvi. yere of 
 Phylyp le Beawe is before shewyd, how be it the name of the sayd Petyr is not there ex- 
 pressyd : after whiche artycles with other fermely by the erle promysyd to be kepte & 
 holdyn, he was delyuered and sette at large. In the. vi, yere of the reygne of this 
 Charlys a great dyssencyon and varyaunce arose atwene the dolphyn of Vyen and the 
 duke of Sauoy, so that mortall batayll ensuyd vpon the same, in the whiche moche people 
 were slayne vpon bothe partyes ; but in the ende the dolphyn of Vyen had the better, 
 and toke, as prysoners in the feelde, the duke of Burgoyne & the erle of Ancerne, with 
 other noble men. In this yere also, the Gascoynys w the Englysshemen made warre 
 vpon the borders of Fraunce, agayne whome kynge Charlys sent a cosyn of his namyd 
 syr Alphons de Spayne, but he spent the kynge great good, & retournyd w lytle worshyp 
 into Fraiice, where he dyed shortlye after. Then the kyng sent agayne the sayd Gas- 
 coynys" f erle of Ewe & syr Robert Barthram than marshall of Frauce, with dyuerse 
 other noble men. In whiche season the Gascoynys with the sayde Englysshe men had 
 gotten the-castell of a towne standynge in the countre of Poyteawe or Poytyers, namyd 
 Seynt Oyngne, within whiche towne the sayde erle & other f noblys of Frauce were 
 lodgyd, so that atwene them daylye cruell assautys were exercysed, to the great hurte of 
 bothe partyes ; lastly atwene them was a daye of batayle in playoe feelde accordyd, where 
 the Freshe men, to the entent to haue the aduautage of the sayd feelde, and there to en- 
 batayll themsejfe to theyr moost auaHtage, the day of the sayde appoyntement issuyd of the 
 towne and to f place assygned, which was a good dystaunce from the foresayd towne, & there 
 
 ' owte of. MS. 
 
 taryed 
 
438 &EPTIMA PARS EDWARD! ni. 
 
 taryed theyr enemyes; but the Gascoynys entendynge an other purpose, yoode streyght 
 vnto the foresayde towne, and knowyng it to be without great deffence, assautyd.& short- 
 lye gatte it, and sette it pn.fyre, not sparyng churchis nor other places of relygyon, as 
 affennyth the Frenshe booke, & that doon retournyd vnto the foresayde castell, & i pro- 
 cesse of tyme after retournyd agayn into Guyan. Whan kyng Charlys was assertaynyd 
 of this.delusyon, he was greuouslye dyscotentyd agayne the Gascoynes, and manyssyd 
 them veray sore ; but in the monyth of Decerabre shortlye ensuynge, he was takyn with 
 a grjeupuse sykenesse, so that hp dyed vpon Candelmas euyn folowynge at Boys in Vyn- 
 cent,. and was enterrid at Seynt Deayse, wha he had feygned. v. yeres and odde dayes, 
 leuynge after hymnon^heyre of his body; excepte the quene was than with chylde, which 
 chylde dyed soone after the byrthe ; wherefore some questyons for that kyngedome were 
 mouyd, as before is towchid in f ende of the. iiii. yere of this Charlys, & after shalbe 
 fprther expressyd. • 
 
 Edwardi Tertii". 
 
 EDwarde, the. iii. of that name, and sone of Edwarde f seconde and of Isabell the 
 allonly doughter & chylde of Phylyppe le. Beawe, or Phylyp the fayre, father to Charlys 
 laste kyng of, Frauce, began to reygne as kynge of Englande, his father yet lyliynge, 
 the. XXVI. daye of lanuarii, in the ende of the yere of grace. M.CCC. and. xxvi. and 
 the. iiii. yere of Charlys the. v. laste kyng of Frauce, & was crownyd at Westmynster 
 vpon the day of the Puryfycacion of our Lady nexte ensuynge. In his begynnynge came 
 forth plente and gracyous happys, for the erthe toke plente, the ayre tempour, the see 
 quyetnesse, and to the churche grewe peace. In his fyrste yere he confermyd y lyber- 
 tyes & fraunchyses of the cytie of London, & ordeyned that the mayre for the tyme be- 
 foi.ixxxxv. ynge, shuld syite in all places of iugement within the lybertye of the same for chefe ius- 
 tyce, the kynges parsone onelye excepte, & that euery aldreman that had ben mayre, 
 shulde be iustyce of peace in all Lodon & Myddelsex, & eueryche aldreman that hadde 
 not be mayre shuld be iustyce of peace within his owne warde : also he giauntyd to the 
 cytezyns the fefe ferme of Lodon for. CCCli. & that they shulde not be costrayned to goo 
 out of the cytie to fyghte or defende the liide, for any nede : also y after that daye tiie 
 fraunchyse of the cytie shulde not be seasyd into the kynges handys, but onely for treason 
 or rebellyon done by the hole cytie : and Southwerke was admyttyd to be vnder the cor- 
 reccyon & rule of the cytye, & the mayre of Lodon to be baylyfFe of Southwerke, & y- 
 mayre to chose and ordeyne such a baylyfFe of y borough as hym lykyth, which orde- 
 naiice enduryth to this day. In y^ monyth of Aprell, for so moclie as means were made 
 by y' frere prechours, or f blacke freres, for the delyuery of kynge Edwarde the. ii. out 
 of pryson, therfore he was had out of the castell of Kenelworth, & coueyed vnto the 
 casteliof Berkeley;, where after, about seynt Mathewys tyde, the sayd Edwarde, by the 
 meanys of syr Roger Mortymer, was myserably slayne. Of this Edwarde are lyke opy- 
 * nyons as were of Thomas of Lancastre, whiche I referre to Goddys iugement, for cer- 
 teyne it is that for his former wylde and insolent lyuynge he tooke great repentaunce, and 
 so he had great' cause, for durynge his reygne there was hedyd & put to deth by iuge- 
 ment^vpou. xxviii. baronys and knyghtys, ouer f noble men that were slayne in Scot- 
 lande by his infortunyte. Kyng Edwarde as yet beynge of tender age, not passyng. xv. 
 yeres^, heryng of the greatpryde & presupcion of the Scottys, & howe they dayly warryd 
 vpo f borders &entryd f lade in breiiyng & spoylyng his people, assebled his people about 
 Easter, & so sped hym towarde Scotlade ; i which mean tyme the Scottys were entryd 
 
 * Here the Museum MS. adds, Rychard Rothyng. 
 
 Richard Betayn Goldamith. Roger Chawntclere. Anno primo, 
 
 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARD! III. 439 
 
 the lade, and were comyn as farre as Stanhop in Viridale, and had lodgyd theym in the 
 woddys of Stanhop parke in dyuerse bussbementis ; whereof the kynge beynge enfourm- 
 ed, made suche prouysion that he he sette thein rounde about, & trustyd well to haue 
 broughte them vndre his subieccion : but when the kynge thoughte to be of theym mooste ^°^e^^* 
 sure, by treason of some of his boost the Scottis were clene escapyd, and retournyd in parcumde 
 to Scotlande, whereof the fame ranne vpon syr Roger Mortymer ; but howe so it was, s**'*"!"' 
 the kynge loste that iournay, and retournyd into Englande with lytle worshyp. And here ye 
 shall vnderstande y!to this daye the olde mayre & shryuys, that is to meane, Hamunde 
 Chyckewell, Beiiet Fulham 8t lohn Canston' stode in oflyce tyll the day folowyng of Sy- 
 mon & lude, which was almoste f full of the fyrste yere of y sayd Edwarde the thyrde, 
 and then for the resydjie of y firste yere, and for the more party of the secode yere was 
 electe, and chargyd the mayre and shryues folowynge, 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxvi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxvii. 
 
 Henry Darcy. 
 Rycharde Betayne. Anno. i. 
 
 lohii Hawteyne^ 
 
 IN the endeof ^ firste yere of this kynge Edwarde, & begynnynge of this mayres yere> 
 the kynge after Crystemasse maryed dame Phylyppe, the erlys doughter of Henawde, in 
 the cytie of Yorke, in the euyn of the Conuersyon of seynt Pawle, or the. xxiiii. daye 
 of lanuarii. 
 
 And soone after the kynge, about the feest of Pentecost, helde his parlyament at North- 
 hampton, at the whicli parlyament by euyli coiiceyll, whereof syr Roger Mortymer & the 
 olde quene bare the blame, the kynge made with the Scottis an vnprofetable and a dishonor- 
 able peace ; for fyrst he releasyd to them theyr feauty & homage ; also he delyueryd vnto 
 them olde auncyent wrytynges sealyd with the sealys of the kynge of Scottys, and of dy- 
 uerse lordys of that lande, both spyrytuell and temporeil, with many other chartyrs and 
 patentis, by the whiche the kynges of Scottis oblygyd theym to be feodaryes vnto the 
 crowne of Englande. At which season also was delyueryd certeyne iuellys whiche be- 
 fore tymes hadde ben wonne from the Scottys by kynges of Englande, amonge^ which J- 
 blacke crosse of Scotlande is specyally namyd, a relyke accoptyd of great precyosyte, 
 &not allonely the kynge, by his synystre couceyll, lost his tytle and ryght that he had to 
 the reahne of Scotlande, as farre as the sayde counceyll myghte helpe it, but also all 
 lordys and baronys, and all other men of Englande that had any ladys or rentys within 
 Scotlade, loste theyr ryght in lyke maner, excepte they wolde dwell vpo the sayd landys, 
 and become the kyng of Scottis lyege men ; and soone after was concludyd a maryage 
 atwene Dauyd le Bruze sone of Robert le Bruze, and lane the kyngys suster, whiche, of Dauyd le Bnu* 
 dyuerse wryters is surnamed lane of the Towre, or lohan of Towirs. ^"s* °^ 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxvii. Anno Domini. M.CCCxxviii. 
 
 Symon Fraunces. 
 Hamonde Chyckewell*. Anno. ii. 
 
 Henry Combmartyn. 
 
 IN this yere, which at thys day was the seconde yere of the kynge Dauyd /bresayd, 
 the sone of Robert le Bruze the kynge of Scottys, maryed vpo the day of Mary Magda- 
 ieyne, at his towne then of Berwyke, f fore named lane syster vnto y kyng of Englande ; 
 but it was not loge after or the Scottis in despyte of f Englysh men, callyd hir lane make 
 
 ' Tlie MS. which appears to have been altered in an old hand, toys Rychard Bytan, Rychard Rolbyng & Ro. 
 ger Chaontcker. * The MS. adds Grocer. 
 
 peace, 
 
 7 
 
449 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 
 
 peace, and also to theyr more derysyon made dyijerse truffys, roundys, & songys, of ihe 
 which one is specially remembfyd as folowyth. 
 
 Longe beerdys hartlea, 
 
 Paynted hoodys wytles, 
 
 Gay cotis graceles ^ 
 
 Makyth Englande thryfteles* 
 
 "Whiche rytipe, as sayth Guydo, was made by the Scottys, pryncypallye for the deformy te 
 of clothynge that at thpse dayes was vsyd by Englysshemen. The the kynge at his parlya- 
 inent holdyn at Salysbury, made syr Roger Mortymer erle of the Marche, and syr lohn 
 of Eltham his owne brother he made erle of Cornewayll, where after y sayd syr Roger 
 toke moche more vpon hym than other lordys wer contentyd with, so that by the kynges 
 mother & hym all thyng was rulyd & guydyd, & such lordis as before tyme were as- 
 sygned to haue the rule & guydyngfe of f kyng, as f erle of Kent syr Edmude of Wode- 
 stok the kynges vncle, the erle of Lacastre, the erle Marshall, w dyuerse bysshoppis & 
 baronys, & knyghtys, to y noubre of. xii. the whiche in short processe of tyme, for the 
 more party, were sette by, so that the allonely rule of the lade restyd in the quene & the 
 sayde syr Roger ; by meane whereof many & great thynges of y^ realme grewe out of ordre, 
 which were tedyous to reherce, 
 
 fel. iKMxxvi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxviii. Anno Domini. M.CCC-xxix. 
 
 Rycharde Lazar. 
 lohn Grauntham'. Anno. iii. 
 
 Henry Gysours. 
 
 IN this thyrde mayres yere, the abouesayde syr Edmude of Wodestoke erle of Kent, 
 
 entendynge the reformacion of the raysse ordre of the realme, beynge enfourmyd y hia 
 
 brother syr Edwarde was in lyfe, deuysed certeyn letters towchynge the delyuery of his 
 
 sayde brother, and sent them vnto his sayd brother ; of which dede he was shortlye after 
 
 accusydi and by auctoryte of a parlyament holdyn at Westmynster*, aboute Pentecoste 
 
 "folowinge, he for that dede wasiudgyd to haue his hede smytten of, whereof execucion was 
 
 done the. xv'. day of May folowynge in the foresayde cytie of Wynchester, and soone 
 
 Notadehoma- after kyng Edwarde saylyd into Frauce, and dyd homage vnto Phylyp de Valoyes, the 
 
 Mwlrdus^'ter- newly made kyng of Fraiice, for the duchie of Guyan, in the towneof Amyas : after 
 
 pusPhiiippo which homage so done he was rychely feastid of the Frensh kynge, and solaced in dyuerse 
 
 gi racie. mancr of fourmys, as by iustys, huntynge, hawkyng, and many other pleasurys, and 
 
 then in louynge maner toke his leue of the kynge, and so retourned into Englade, The. 
 
 XV. daye of June folowynge was borne the kynges firste sone, and at Wodestoke crystenyd, 
 
 and namyd Edwarde, whiche, in processe of tyme, grewe to a noble & famouse man, 
 
 and is moost comonly callyd in all cronycles prynce Edwarde, of whome in this story 
 
 some excellent dedys shall be expressyd. In y^ moneth of Octobre, vpo the. xvii. daye^ 
 
 CapftioRogeri and cuyn of seynt Luke, syr Roger Mortymer before named, by means of svr 
 
 tis. Wyllyam Moutaygpe* syr Rafe Staforde, syr lohn Keuyle, and other, by a 
 
 compassyd meane was takyn in the castell of Notyngham, notwithstandynge that 
 
 the keyes of the sayde castell were dayly and nyghtlye vnder his warde and kep- 
 
 jnge ; the kynge, the quene, the olde quene, with dyuerse other noblys tha beynge in the 
 
 same castell lodgyd. The maner of the takynge of this erle syr Roger Mortymer I 
 
 pa?se ouer, for the dyuerjsyte that I haue seen thereof of sundry wryters; but many 
 
 agreen, y he with syr Symonde of Bedforde, & other, were in that nyght takyn, and after 
 
 sent vnto the Towre of London, and there put in streyghte kepynge. Then the kynge, 
 
 ' The MS. adds Grocer. ^ Wynchester. MS. ' xxv. edit. 1533. 1542. 1550* ♦ Moiiu, 
 
 tEigue. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 6 in 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 441 
 
 in short processe after, callyd a parlyament at London for y reformaci5 of many thynges 
 mysorderyd in the realme, by meane of the foresayde syr Roger, as the comoa 'fame then 
 went. 
 
 Anno Domini, M.CCC.xxix, Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxx» 
 
 Robert of Ely. 
 Symon Swaylond. Anno. iiii. 
 
 Thomas Harworde. 
 
 IN this. iiii. mayres yere, & ende of y thyrde yere of thys kynge, durynge the fore- 
 sayd parliament, as aboue is towchyd, at London, the foresayde syr Roger Monymer 
 \vas accusyd before the lordys of tlie parlyament of these artyclys with other ; wherof. v. 
 I fynde expressyd. And firste was layed vnto his charge that by his meanys syr Ed- 
 warde of Carnaruan, by mooste tyrannouse deth in the castell ofBarkley was murderyd; 
 secondaryly, that, to the kynges great dyshonoure and damage, the Scottys, by his meanys 
 and treason, escapyd from the kyng at the parke on' Stanhope, whiche then shuld haue 
 fallen in the kynges daunger, ne had been the fauoure by the sayde Roger to them tha 
 siiewyd ; thyrdely to hym was layed, that he, for execucion of the sayd tceason, receyued 
 ■of the capytayne of y- sayd Scottis, namyd syr lamys Dowglas, great siimys of money, and 
 also for lyke mede he had, to the kynges great dyshonoure & hurte of his realme, con- 
 cludyd a peace atwene the kynge & the Scottis, & causyd to be delyuered vnto theym the 
 ■chartyr or endenture called Ragman, with many other thynges, to the Scoltys great ad- 
 uauntage and inpouerysshynge of this realme of Englande ; fourtlye, was layed to hym, 
 that where by synystre & vnlefuU meanys, cotrary the kynges pleasure and wyll, or assent 
 of the lordys of the kynges couceyll, he had gotten into his possessyon moche of the 
 kynges treasoure, he vnskylfully wasted & mysspent it; by reason whereof the kyng was in 
 necessyte, and dryuen parforce to assaye his frendys : fyfthlye, that he also had enprope- 
 ryd vnto hym dyuerse wardys belongynge to the kynge, to his great lucre & the kynges 
 igreat hurt, and that he was more secret w quene Isabell, the kynges mother, tha was to exccucioRo. 
 Goddes pleasure or the kynges honoure : the whiche artycles, with other agayne hym geri Mortimer 
 prouyd, he was, by auctoryte of y' sayde parlyament, iugyd to deth, and vpo seynt An- 
 drewys euyn next ensuynge, at London, he was drawyn and hangyd. About the begyn- syr e<i wards 
 nynge of August folowynge, syr Rdwarde Bayloll, the sone of syr lohn BayloU, some of7yri'ohn"e 
 tyme kynge of Scottys, by meanys before purchasyd, opteynyd suche fauoure that with Bay wi, kyng 
 f ayde of syr Hery BeawmoUit, syr Dauyd of Stroley, syr Geffray Moiibray, & with lymadeayen ' 
 the ayde of. MM. Englysshemen, entryd Scotlande by water, where in shorte space ofEn^f^'ss'i^J"'* 
 drewe vnto them suche multytude of Scottis, y the sayd Edwarde was lord of a great men. 
 Jaoost, & so kepte on his waye tyll he came to a place callid Gledismore, or after some Homagiumper 
 wryters, Crackysmoore, where he vFas encountryd of the powar of Scotlade, & fought reg™ scoicie 
 there a, crqell batayll, in the whiche were slayne a great multitude of Scottes ; by reason glye. 
 of which victorye he was crownyd kynge of Scottis at the towne of Scone shortly after, 
 & shortly after he met w kynge Edwarde at the towne of Newe Castell, and there vnto 
 hym made his homage and feawty for the lade of Scotlande, 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCxxx, Anno Domini. M.CCC.xxxi. 
 
 lohn IMockynge, 
 lohm Pountnay*. Anno. v. 
 
 Andrewe Awbrey. 
 
 IN this. V. meyres yere &. vi. yere of the kynge, in the moneth of lulii, for soo moche 
 as the Scottis had busyed them to haue slayn Edwarde Bayloll theyr kynge, & hym had 
 ^onstrayned to auoyde his lande, or ellys to kepe hym in some stroge hold tyll he myght 
 
 ' of. MS. » the US.aM Draper. ' processe. edit. 1559. 
 
 3 L by 
 
44S: SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 
 
 fey his frend^ES or lyegys be socouryd ;. kynge Edwarde» for the same enient, v¥ a sfe-on^ 
 
 powar persyd the realme of ScQtlSde, & after layde his syege vnto the towne of Berwyke^ 
 
 . Vpqn f.xh. day of the foi-esayd raoneth of lulii, f. Scoltis with a great power, purposynga 
 
 to reaioue the sayd syege, came towarde y sayde towne ; wherof kyng Edwarde beyng; 
 
 jfoi.hpcKmH. enfourrayd, made towarde them, & at a place callyd. Halydone Hyll, gaue to the saydfr 
 
 Notabeiium Scottys batayll, & of them had tryuraphaunte victorye, in so moche y heslewe of them^ 
 
 teTAnjiaft'"' as testyfyen dyuerse wryters. viii. erlys. ix.C. knyghtis & banerettis. iiH.C. esquyres.' 
 
 Scocia,inquoin- & vp5. xxxll. M. of f como peoplc, & of Englysshfimen were sl^yne but onely. 
 
 o7to"omhes"n5, xv, personcs. After which victory thus by the kynge opteynedj the capytayne 
 
 WK'ti"" °^ Berwyke vpon the morowe folowynge, beyi^e seynt Margarettis day,, yeidyd 
 
 druurmigeri' to y:kyng the sayd towne with the castell;' & that done, kyng Edwarde betoke 
 
 duo^uud'e the guydynge thereof w all other castellys & townys within y lande vnto y fore 
 
 c5munibus,etde namyd syr Edwarde Bayioll, as kynge of Scottis, & shortly after retournyd into Englande. 
 
 quldedi^er'^" "T^^" Dauyd, the sone of Robert le Bruze, beynge as before is sayde, kynge of Scottys, 
 
 aofK^ was constcaynyd witJi. his wyfe secretly to sayle into Frauce^ & tHyder was brought by a 
 
 Flemyng, namyd Marcuell,. as testyfyeth. the Frenshe Cronycle. Where of Phylyp de 
 
 Valoyes, tha Freslie kynge, the sayd Dauyd, yf lane of the towre his wyfe,. was receyuyd j^ 
 
 , & for theyr comforte the sayd Frenshe kynggauevnta them, the castell of Gaylarde, tyll 
 
 fortune to them wolde be more fredelye. This yere also, as witnessyth f sayde Freshe 
 
 Cronycle, the Freshe kynge sent vnto the kyng of Englande, y: bysshop of Beauuays 
 
 and the.hy^h conestable of FraUice, which shewid vnto kyng Edwarde y theyr soueraygne 
 
 lorde entendyd a. voyage into the Holy Lande, & requyred hym of his ayde & copany fo& 
 
 perfourmauce of f-: sayd iournay. Whereunto f kyng gaue answere vnto y reque&t, tha. 
 
 wha f Fr^sh kyng: had perfourmyd all such codicios as he before tymes had promysed to 
 
 doo, the he saydhe shulde be c5tentyd to geue such answere vnto;y request by theiu.in his"^ 
 
 Bame made, as therunto shulde be couenyent; & more he addyd to J; same, f he marueylyd . 
 
 greatlyey the sayd Frenshe kynge- entendyd any suche voyage tyll he had clerelye aequytyi 
 
 hym of f. sayd promesse & couenaiit. With whiche atiswere y Freshe kyng was nothynge 
 
 cptentyd, so y: malyce & murmur grewe & encreasyd atwene them daylye after, and at|; 
 
 oceasyon of this sharpe answere was, for so moche as kynge Edwarde wa« credyble en- 
 
 fourmyd that f Frenshe kyng had vytayllyd & mannyd. x.. great shyppys to haue sayllyd' 
 
 into Scotlande,. and there to haue warryd ; the which by tempest- were wedyr dryuen into 
 
 Flauders, & so sore betyn \v the see, that after they hadsolde moche of theyr stu^ffe at ^. 
 
 bauyn of Scluee, they were compellyd of necessyte to retourn without worshyp into FraQce. 
 
 This Tflf. other, kyndelyd suche a dediy hate atwene theyse. ii. Crysten pryncys y moche 
 
 Crysten blode, in processe of tyme- folowinge, was for theyr quarellys shadde. 
 
 Aittio t>oniini. M.CCC.xxxi» Anno Domini.. M.CCC.xxxii, 
 
 Nyc|iolas Pyke*. 
 John Pi'eston*; Anno. vii. 
 
 lohn HjusbandeV 
 
 IN this. vii. yere i the wynter season, and as sayeth Grt^do. inthe monytb' of Noueb're,- 
 riiekyng yode agayn towarde Scotlad, Sshelde his Cristmas at Yorke, and after the so- 
 "lempnyte of y hyghe feest endyd,. so, sped hym into Scotlande, where he layed syege vnt6 
 ^ the castell of Kylbrydge, and lastly wan it by strengthe, and set the coiitrey in some 
 
 quyetnesse, and after retournyd vnto Newe Castell vpon Tyne, and taryed there a certayrt 
 ®f tyme, and helde there his feest of Pentecoste w great royalte, whyther with in shorte 
 space after, came syr Edwarde Bayloli, kynge of Scottys^ and vpon the dayeof.seynt 
 Geruasi & Pfothasi, or f. xix. day of lune, made his homage vnto kynge Edwarde, and 
 b presence of many other noblemen of bothe landySj, sware vnto hym feawty or fydelyte, - 
 Mpiiu H amend, edit. IS&g. *Zjt#-MS..W<&. Draper. ''Williftni Haujarde. edit. 1 559. 
 
 an4 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDL lit. 449 
 
 » 
 
 4ncl fhat done he retournyd into Scotlande, and kyng Edwarde vnto Yorke and so vnto 
 Wyndesore. Then were all suche lofdys of Englande, as before tyme were in Edwarde 
 5 secondis dayes dysseasyd of suche landys as they had in Scotlande, restoryd agajne to 
 *heyr sayde possessyons, and for theym made theyr homage vnto the kynge of Scottis, 
 "sauynge tbeyr allegeaii^e veto theyr naturall souer aygae iorde. 
 
 Anno Dominu M>CCC.xxxii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xK5tiM. 
 
 lobn Hamonde. 
 lohn Pont€ney'. Anno. viii. 
 
 Wyllyam Hansarde. 
 
 " IN this. viii. yere, certayne ambassadours were sent from Phylyp de Valoycs, Icynge 
 <of Fraunce, as the bysshop of Thuroyn and the loi'de of Ferry & Peynguy for to con- 
 clude certayne artycles of varyauce atwene theyr lorde & the kyng of Englande ; but 
 thejn- purpose toke none effecte, excepte that the kynge grauntyd to sende vnto the Frenshe 
 Ifyng shortly after a certayne of his lordys, to haue forther comunycacyon with hym towch- 
 ynge the sayde artycles, the whiche pronayse he fultylled, as apperyth in the nexte yere 
 ensuynge. 
 
 Jiaao Domini. M.CCC.xxxiii. Atano Domini> M.CCC.xJcxiiut 
 
 lohfi Hynkstone. 
 R^ynolde at Cunduytte. Anno. ix. 
 
 Walter Turke. 
 
 IN this nynth yere fell excedynge plente of rayne, & therupo ensuyd great mpreynfi 
 'of beestys : and in 'f moneth of Decembre the kynge entryd agayne into Scotlande and 
 jielde his Crystnms at the castell of Rokkysboroughe, the whiche he causyd to be newely 
 repayred, & after thyngys there orderyd to his pleasure, he retournyd into Englade, and 
 soone after he sent the archebysshope of Cautorbury, syr Phylyp de Mountaygue, & syr 
 Geffrey Scrope vnto the Frenssh kyng, to the entente to haue concludid an aniyte 
 atwene hym and the sayde Frensshe kynge, whiche before was mouyd by ^ Fressh ambas- 
 «ade, as before is shewyd in the. viii. yere of his reygne. But wha theyse sayde lordys 
 were landyd in Fraiice, they were loge delayed or they myght come to the kynges presence, 
 in so moche, that they sayde playnlye vnto suche lordys of Fraunce as were as?ygn«d by 
 the Frenshe kyng to passe the tyme with theym, that they supposyd that it was not the 
 kynges pleasure to speke with them ; by meane of which wordis they were shortlye after 
 broughte vnto f kynges presence, of whom they were receyuyd with ioyous coutenaiice, 
 and so contynued by a certayne of tyme, in furtherynge o€ theyr ambassade, soo' that in 
 processe of tyme a conclusyon of a peace to be hadde atwene Englande and Fraunce was 
 accordyd, and soo far fourth spedde, that proclamacyon therof shulde haue been made 
 in Parys and f coutrey thereabout vpon the moro we folowyng; but ho we it came in f foUtMnxvH:.' 
 Icvnges mynde, f Englysshe ambassadours were scantlye retournyd to theyr lodgynges 
 ■<vha they were agayne sent fore, and farthetenfourmyd then that the kynges pleasure and 
 mynde was to haue Dauyd, late kynge of Scottis, to be includyd within the same peace, 
 and that he shuld agayne be restoryd vnto his kyngdome. Whereunto it was answeryd by 
 f Englysshe ambassadours that theyr corayssyon stretchyd not soo farre, nor that theyr 
 prynce had geuyn vnto them any suche auctoryte j wherefore all the former comunycacyon 
 was reuokyd and adnuUyd, and they retournyd into England^ without any conclusyon 
 takynge. 
 
 *Ti* MS. Midi Draper, lohn Pountney. edit. 1559^ 
 
 3 L g Annt» 
 
444 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 
 
 Anno Donaini. M.CCC.xxxiiii. ,■ ' Anno Domini, M.CCG.xxx*; 
 
 , , Walter Mordon. 
 
 Reyholde at Cunduyt. Anno. x. 
 
 Richarde Vpton. 
 
 IN- this. X. yerCj for so moche a& no conclusyon of vnyte ani peace myghte be had 
 atwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraiice, therefore warre was proclaymed vpp 
 bothe partyes; the Whiche warre was greatly procuryd by the rneane of syr Robert of 
 Artoys, as in y story of Phylyppe de V-aioyes shall be aftir shewyd. Then eyther prynce 
 sought the wayes & meanys howe ey4;her of theym myght dyscotent other ; in so moche 
 f the Fresh kynge sent soone after, into Scotlande a crewe of Frenshemen, to ayde suche 
 enemyes as kyng Edwarde there had ; by reason whereof the sayde Scottys made sharpe 
 ,warre vpo the- kynges seruaiintys & fr^ndys, and put the lande to great vexficioTi & trou- 
 ble, in so moche y the kynge was forcyd to assemble his power, and to spede hym agayne 
 thyther. Tha about Mydsomer, y kyng entryd Scotlande by y^ see, & warryd vpo f, 
 Scottys and Frenshemen, of y wiiich noo notary batayle* is specifyed, excepte in y iour- 
 nay y kyng subdued his enemyes & toke ihereL dyuerse prysoners, amoge y which one 
 .callyd erle of Morrette a Fresheman was chefe, y after was w other i processe of tyme 
 there delyuered in exchauge for y erle of Namur another Freshe lord, which than was 
 tafcynby gyle of Scottes as he was comyng toward seynt lohiis towne, for to ayde y' partye 
 ©f kyng Edwarde. Wha kyng Edwarde had agayn pacyfyed y^ Scottis, & takyn homage 
 of such as before rebellyd, he tha, as testyfyeth y^ Fresh Cronycle, stablysshed y fore ~ 
 namyd Edwarde BayloU as kyng of Scottys, & corny ttyd y rule of y^ lade vnto hym as 
 he before tyme& had done : then f Scottis for the great kyndenesse whiche they had foiide 
 in y" kyng, & in recopensemet of the great charge which he by sundrye tymes had had in 
 y defendyflg of theyr enemyes, -graiityd §c boude them vnto hym & to his heyres, kyilges 
 of Englade, y theyshuld ayde & assyste hym agayne all pryncis, & wha so euyr he had 
 warre, or, any kyng- of Englad beyng ryghtfull enrytoure' agayne any prynce outher 
 within his lade or i^rout, the Scottys at theyr propre costys &; expesyg sbuld tynde. GCC. 
 horsemen well armyd, ^ a. M. fotemen well & sufficietly,. arrayed for the warre, f whiche. 
 xiii.C. men the Scottys shuld wage for an hole yere, & if the kynge of Englande endyd 
 not his warre win f. yere, tha he to hyte & wage J^^sayd Scottis as he doth |^ .other of his 
 sguldyours. After which grauteg made&.bondys for the suretie therof receyued by the 
 kynge, as wytnessyth the Frensh Cronycle, the kynge!leuynge at Edenboroughe a cer- 
 fSyne of his knygbtys, to strengthe' the; Scottys agaynste the Frenshe men, whiche com- 
 passyd all the -wayes they myght to brynge Dauyd ysone of .Robert le Bruze in pos- 
 aessyon of tliat lande, he shprtlye after retouriayd into Englande. 
 
 Anlio Domim. ,M.GCC.xxxv. Apno Domini. M.GCC.xxxvU 
 
 Wyllyam Brykelsworthe. 
 lohR PoiUnay'.- Anna. xi. , 
 
 I<?hn:Nort.hall. 
 
 IN this. xi. yere, the kyngevf emebryng. the great charge that he hadde with the warre 
 
 iq StioUande, and also for the charge that be dayly had in Guyan, and more contynueily 
 
 • shuld haue in defendiiig of r|^"Ffeshe,men & wynnynge of his.ryght, he therefore gather- 
 
 yd trea^oure vponeuery syde, and by dyuerse & sundry wayes, wberof .the maner is not 
 
 exprqs.syd ; but soo great plente came to his vse that it was scant thorowout ^ realme : by 
 
 *iota victuaiia reasott 6f which scarcetie vytayll & moche other mercymotiyes were excedynge good 
 
 inbonofozo. chcpe, fOr «t Lodon a quarter of whete-was solde for. ii.«. a fatte oxe for. vi.s. yw.d.a. 
 
 ' act. MS. , * enherytourf . edit. 1533,. ,154^1. ' The MS. adds Draper. • the same,. . 
 
 edit..l5.5ft^ ' 
 
 fatte>- 
 
S£PTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 44S 
 
 fitte.shepe for. v'ud. aod. viii.J. vi. peions for a peny, a fatte goes for. ii.d!. a pygge for 
 a peny, & soo all other vytayll after f^ rate. This yere also, rpo Holy Roode day, or y. 
 xiiii. day of Septembre*, dyed Sir lohfi of Eltham, erle of Cornewayie, & brother viuo 
 ^kyng, without issu ; wbferefore^ sayde erleda fell into the kynges hande. This man lycth 
 l3uryed at Westmynster, vpon the right hade of the hyghe auher. In this yere also ape- 
 ryd Stella Cometa, in Englysshe namyd the Blasynge Starre, in an huge stremynge maner, 
 whereof many and dyuerse constriiGcioflS were had amonge the comon people, whiche I 
 passe' ouer. 
 
 Anuo Domini. M.CCC.xxxvi. Anuo Domini. M.CCC.xxxvii. 
 
 Walter Nea-le. 
 Henry Darcy'. Anno. xii» 
 
 Nycholas Crane. 
 
 IN this. xii. yere, the kynge helde his parlyament at Westmynster,' about the tyme erf 
 Lent ; durynge the which he made of the erledam of Cornewayie a duchy, and gaue ft 
 with the erledam of Chestre vnto Edwarde his sone : and at this parlyamet were made, 
 vi. erlys, that is to saye, of' Derby, of Northampton, of Huntyn^don, of Salysbury, 
 of Gloucetyr, and of Suff. as Hery of Lacastre was creatyd erle of Derby, or, after some 
 wryters, of Leycetyr, Wyllyam de Bothiim* erle' of Northapton, WylJyam de Clynton 
 erle of Hiityngedon, Wyllyam de Montague erle of Salesbury, Hughe of Audeley erle 
 of Gloucetyr, and Robert of Vfforde erle of SufFolke. And in this parlyament' was an. 
 acte enacted that no man shulde were no maner of sylke in gowne, cole, or doublet, but 
 if he noyght spende of good rent an hundreth pounde by yere ; whiche acte was not loge 
 boldyn. In this yere also the kyng, amonge dyuerse pryuylegys, grauntyd vnto the cyte- 
 zyns of Lodon that the ofFycers of the mayres and sheryffes shuld, from y, day I'orih- ■''•'• '****'^- 
 warde, vse macis of syluer parcell gylte. The kynge of Fraiice this yere, for so moch as 
 he was credyble enfourmyd f kyng Edwarde wolde entre f lad^ of Fraiice, and to ujalfe 
 warre vpon the same ; he therefore made great purueya'unce to resyste hym, for the co- 
 mon fame ranhe then in Fraunce, that kynge Edwarde entendyd not only to clayme Gas- 
 coyne and Guyan, but also all Fraunce, as his propre and rightful! enherytaunce in the 
 . ryght of his moder : wherefore the Freshe kyng assemblyd an huge lioost, and commyttcd 
 the rule of it vnto the kynge of Nauerne, and to the erle of Alenson, brother vnto the 
 Siayd Frensh kynge ; which sayde capytaynes with theyr people, awayted daylly the kyng 
 of Englondes commynge, which them for that yere dispoynted. But, as testyfyeth the same 
 Frenshe Cronycle, kyng Edwarde in this whyle sent -into Flaunders a knyght callyd syr 
 Bernarde de Brette, for to treate of an amyte atwene hym and the Flemynges : for this ~ 
 cause the erle of Flaunders, whid» was very faste with the Frenshe kyng, callyd his coun- 
 ceyll to hym, to haue theyr aduyce how he myght best order hyniselfe and his people. In 
 which counceyll were dyuerse opynyons, so that many thought it better for dyuerse cosi-- 
 deracios, which were longe. to reherce, tliat y erle shulde rather preferre the amyte of the 
 kynge of Englonde, tha of the kyng of France : of whiche oppynycn was a great fur- 
 therer or promoter, a knyght of Flaunders called Countryssie, with whom f erle beynge 
 for that cause dyscontent,>sent hym vnto pryson, & soone after at f requeste of the Fresh 
 kyng, which layed vnto his charge, that he had receyued great sumes of money of the kyng 
 of Englande,' for to procure and styre the Flemynges agayne hym, hewas behedyd: for 
 which dede y^ dwellers of Gaut, and of Brugis, were so myscontete, that they vtterly re- 
 fused f erle and his couceyll, & made ihem stronge to withstade his pleasure'. The the 
 erle was costraynyd to gather his lordys* and knyghtys, ibr the more parte of the comons 
 were agayne hym ; and in short processe after, mette in playne bataylle in a place callyd 
 Marchye, where after loge fyghl the erle & his boost was put to flyghte, and forcyd for 
 
 • the same. edit. 1559. * October. MS. - ' TheMS. adds Mercer. * Bohum. MS. 
 
 »tli»plpasurc. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 his -■ 
 
456 SEPTIMA PAHS EDWARDI. lit. 
 
 his saPegarde, to take a castell named Mall, or Malet. In which season lynge Edward* 
 beynge enfourinyd of the amytie thaf the Flemynges bare towarde hym, anon sent vnto 
 the a knyght callyd syr Galtier, .or Walter de Magriy, vf a good copany of archers, the 
 which arryued in an ile callyd then Cazanter ; whom the erie of Flaunders, with a cer- 
 leyne of his knyghtys, encoiitryd and gaue vnto the Englysshemen bataylle : but inihe ende 
 the erlewas shamefully chased, and many of his gentylmen slayne and takyn, as syr lohii 
 Rodys, syr Wyllyam Gyll, syr Nicholas Chauncy, with many other slayne ; and syr Guy, 
 bastarde brother vnto the erle, with dyuerse other taken, of f whiche some were sent as 
 
 iprysoners into Englohd^. )Vhen the Frenshe kynge had vnderstandynge of the deuysyon 
 
 ' y was atwep^ the erle and his subiectys, and howe feythfull the erle was vnto hym; (en- 
 
 lendynge to wynne by fayre meanys thefaaoure of the Flemynges, vvhiche he knewe well 
 
 i he myght not wynne by rygoure ;) then he sent vnto Gaunt, the bysshop of Seynt Denys 
 with other, which made vnto f rulers of y towne, and of Brugys, & other townys there 
 
 ; assemblyd, many fayre behestis and promysys: amonge the which one was, that the Frenslie 
 kynge wolde acquyte vnto them, and delyaer vnto theyr vse^ all such lordshyppis & syg- 
 
 ;noryes as he than.whelde of theyrs, ^nd his progenytours before hym. But all was in 
 
 vvayne, for kynge Edw-arde had so sped his nedys with them, by the meanys of one narnyd 
 laques de. Artyuele a man of -Gaunt, which was of great sufastaunce, and passynge other 
 
 iin boldenesse & capacyte of wytte & dyscressyon, that the sayde towne of Gaunt, -with 
 JBrugys, Ipre, Courtrylce, - or .Couctrey, Cassyle, -and other there about, /condyssendyd 
 ,& promySyd ioyntly and hoolytOLrefuse the Frensh kynge, and to take the Kynge of Eng- 
 
 .londis partie, Si, the rather for the warrewhiche before tyme Phylyp de Valoys made vpon 
 , iihem, in the begynnynge of hisreygne; as in the fyrste jere of the story of the sayde 
 .Phylyppe shall. after appere, , » 
 
 . Axino Domini. M.CCCisxxvii. Anno Domini.. RJ-CCC.x?cxviii. 
 
 ■Wyllyam of Pountfreyt 
 Henry X)arcy. ' Anno. xiii. 
 
 Hugo Marbre. 
 
 IN this, xiii, .yere, kyng Edwarde with quene Phylyp his wyfe, for more assuryd sta- 
 blysshemet of ^amyte to be had atwene hym & the Holanders, Selanders & Brabanders, 
 passyd the see in the begynnyng of the moneth of lunii, & say 1yd with a goodlye com- 
 pany into, the countrey of Braban,; the queue than beynge great with chylde : where of 
 the erle-of Braban he was honofabiye resayuyd. In which season of his (here beynge, 
 .feynge Edwarde gatynto hym many frendys, amoilge the whiche Lewys of Bauyere, which 
 then .toJ<e vpo hym as emperour, (albe it that before thattyme he was of y xxii'. lohii 
 then pope* accursyd,) was one. This Lewis hadde suche fauoure vnto kynge Edwardfe, 
 that he assygned aj:id ordeyned hym for vycayr of f empyre ; by reason of whiche offycfe, 
 >ky*nge Edwarde made out his comaundementys, and dyd many thynges to his aduauil- 
 :tage and profyte. la this season, quene Phylyp lyinge at Andwarpe, was deljueryd of a 
 ..man chylde, that was fiamed Lyonell. And Phylyp de Valoys hauing knowledge of all this 
 •demeanure of kyjig Edwarde, gatheryd vnto hym great strengthe; so that he had about 
 hym innumerable people, & taryed with theym at Amyas and there about, from the ende 
 of August, tyll the begynnynge of Octobre : and whan he sawe that kyng Edwarde cairie 
 ,D0t, he deuided that great iioost, in retournynge many of theym into theyr owne coun- 
 treys, & the other be seat vnto stronge holdys and castellys, for to lette the passage of 
 kynge Edwarde and his boost, into the lande of Fraunce. And in this passe tyme the Freshe 
 kynge had sent dyuerse shyppys vnto the see, with men of warre for to take Englysshe 
 marchauntys ^nd other that came in theyr course ; and so befelle tha4; they enc'ountTyd 
 
 • xkL edit. 1559" * b. of .Home. «dit. 1542. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. HI. 447 
 
 with. ii. great shyppys of Eoglande, callyd the Edwarde, and the Cristofer, the whiche, 
 as testyfyeth the Frenshe Cronycle, M'ere freyght with great ^ychesse, and also well 
 manned. Anon as eytber was ware of other, gunnys, and shot of longe bowes, and ar- 
 blasters, were not sparyd on nowther syde, so thatatwene theyn was a cruell fyght; but 
 not egall, for of the Freosbe men ivere. xiii'. sayles great & small, & of ^^ Englyshe men 
 but. v., that b tomeaoe, theyse. ii. foresayde great shyppys, ii. barkys, & a caruyll : the 
 whiche thre small shyppys escaped by theyr delyuer sayiynge, & the. ii. abode & fought 
 beyonde. i%. howres j in so moche that there was slayne vpO bath partyes, aboue. vi.C. 
 men : but in f eode the sayd. ii. shyppes were takyn, & brought into ^ Freshe kyn.sfea 
 stremys, & many of f Englyssh men y were sore woundyd, were cast into the see. In 
 this yere also the sayde Frenshemen of that nauye landyd at Southampton sodeynly, & fti-C. - 
 spoylyd the town© & brent a great parte thereof: & ouer this the Freshe kynge made 
 warre in Gascoyn, & wane there dyuerse small pylys & one stronge casteli standyiige in 
 the countrey of Gaseoyn, callyd Agenois, which castell was namyd Penne.- But all this 
 season was kyng Edwarde in Almayne, and made allyaunce w dyuerse prynces of that 
 countrey & other, and toke assurauncis of theym that they shulde ayde aad-assyste hym 
 to Wynne his right '& tytle y be had to f crowne of Fraunce, & after retournyd into Flau- - 
 ders where he taryed all thisioayeFS yere. ' 
 
 Anrto Domini.^ MXCC.xxxviii. • Anno Domini. M.CCGtXxxixi^ 
 
 Wyllya^m Thorney.-. 
 , Andr^we Awbry*. Anno, xiiii. - 
 
 Roger Forsham. - 
 
 IN tbisi xiiii. yere kynge Edwarde spedyng hisbusytiesse in Almayn & Flauders^ as in 
 the precedynge yere is towchid, retournyd i^his yere intoEnglande, and callyd 
 his hyghe courte of parlyament at Westmynster about 5' tyoje of Lent, in which 
 parlyament the kynge axyd of his c6mons»for the mayntenauce of his warre and to re- 
 couer his ryght in. Fraunce the v. parte of theyr mouable goodis, the customc of woolys 
 for. ii. yeres to be payed afore hande^ & the. ix.shefe of euery manys corne, f which at 
 length was graiityd, & for the leuyinge therof he causyd y- lordys of euery shyre thorough 
 his lande to answere to hym euery lorde for that cyrcuyte he dwellyd nere vnto ; but or 
 all this graunt were gaderyd & payed, the loue of the poore people tournyd into hatred, 
 & prayer into eursynge. .Anfd fur the kynge shulde nede and occupye for his prouysyons 
 moche money or this graiit myght be leuyed, be tberfore borowyd many notable summya 
 of dyuerse cyties, & partyculer parsones of this lande ; amonge the whiche he the borow- 
 ed of the cytie of Lodon. xx. M. marke to be repayed of the money comynge of the 
 foresayd graut, the which foresayd xx. M. marke was4euyed in the wardys of the cytie ia 
 fourme as folow ethi -. 
 
 The Towre warde was sessyd at. CCC.lxv./j. whereof Wyllyam. of Bryklesworthe lent, 
 C.//. & ^ resydue was leuyed o£xii» persones of that warde. . 
 
 Byllyngisgate warde was sessyd at. vii. C.lxiii.ii'. wherof lobfi de Cawsto lent. CC.IL & 
 Aleyn Gyll- CC. & the residue was lent by. xxvi*. persones of that waide. 
 
 The Brydge was sessyd.at. vii.G.lxv.^i. vi.*..viii.rf. whereof lohn Louekyne bare. CC.IL 
 tohh Mahvayne & Rauffe de Lenone; CG./i., &^ r-esydue was borne by. xxxiii. persones 
 ©f that warde. 
 
 The warde of Dowgate was sessyd at. vi.C.lx./i. \,s. of the whiche Henry Pycarde lent. 
 CC- marke, Bartholmewe Freslyng & Wyllyaua-Lenglysshe.- CC. marke, & the resydue 
 was leuyed of. xxv. persones of that warde. 
 
 Lagbourne warde was sessyd at. CGC.lii.//. vi.^. viii d. whereof Thomas Horwolde lent. 
 C'/i> lohn Peclie. C marke, & the rest was lent by. xv*. dwellers of y wa'-de. - 
 
 Walbrooke warde was sessyd at. ix- C.xiM. whereof lohii Adam lent. CC. Ii. lohn de 
 
 ' xiiii. MS. * TieMS. add* Grocer. » eyghte hundred, edit. 1559. * «»v« MS. 
 
 5 . Bery 
 
AU SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. IIL 
 
 ?Bery & Symon Pistour peperer. CCM. & Adam de Ber'y &..Iolin Not. CC. "maj-ke,* and 
 the rest was leuyed of. xxiii'. persones of that warde. 
 
 Bisshoppysgate warde was sessyd at. v. C.lix./?. vi.j. viii.«?.' whereof Adam Frauncesse 
 lent. ecu. and SymOnde Browne & John de seynt Albon. -GC./i. & f resydue was leuyed 
 of. X. persones of y warde. • . « 
 
 Lymestrete warde was sessid at. C.x.7«. wherof Augustyne Waleys lent. C.li. and. x.7/, 
 vwas leuyed of, iii. dwellers of th&t warfe. ' 
 
 Cofnehyll warde was sessyd at. CCC.xv*./?. whfirof lohn Colynge & Robert Manhale,! 
 drapers^ bare that one. C.li. and ^ lasie. C. marke, & the rest was leuyed of. xx. persones? 
 of -y sayd warde. 
 
 Chepe warde was sessyd at. v.Cxvii./i. x.is'. whereof Barthewe T'homasyn, mercer, lenf.' 
 ^ CC./i. Stephan CaHndysshe, draper, Wyllyam Holbech, and lohn Harwarde, eyther of 
 them. C. marke, lohn Dolsoby^ goldesmyth. CC. marke, and lohn fawkys and lamys' 
 Naware, eyther of them. C.li. a«d the rest was leuyed of. Ixi. persones of the same warde.' 
 . Bradstrete warde was sessyd at. v.C.lxxx. &. viii. li. whereof Thomas Legge, skynner, 
 lent. CCCdi. lohn Harwardestoke. CG. marke, and the resydue was leuyed of. viii. 
 persones of that warde. 
 
 Vyntrye warde was sessyd at. vLC^xxxiiii./i. xvi.s. viii.^. wherof Walter Turke, fyssh- 
 Eabnger, lent. "CC. marke, lohn Stoday, vyntener. C.li. Sym5de Bolsely and lohn 
 ,B.othynge. CC. marke, and the rest was leuyed of. xxiiii. persones of that warde. 
 
 The warde of Bredstrete was sessyd at. iiii.C.lxi./i'. xvi. s. viii.t/. whereof Adam Bra^ 
 ibesone lent. CC. li. and the reste was leuyed of. xxx. dwellers of ^ warde. 
 
 Tiie .warde ofQuene Hyth was sessyd at. CCCC.xxxv./i. xiii.*. uii.d. whereof Richarde 
 ©f Kyslyngbury lent. CC.li. and lohn of Gloucetre. C. marke, & the resyduewas leuyed 
 of. xvii. persones of that warde. 
 
 Cordwayner strete warde was sessyd at. MM-C.lxxx,xv./i. iii.*. iiii.J. whereof Andrewe 
 Aw brey, grocer, lent viii. C. -marke, Wyllyam de Cawston. CC./«. lames Andrewe and 
 Thomas Brandon^ eyther of theym. CC. marke, Wyllya of Worcetyr. CC. marke, lohn 
 Pechamp and the wyfe of lohii Halle, eyther of theym. C.li. and lohii Bulle, lobn Gon-. 
 Kardby*, & Wyllyam Hampstede, eche of theym. C. marke, and the rest, which is. vi.C. 
 .Ixi. xv).«,. viii fl'. was lent by. xliiii. persones of that warde. 
 
 The ward of Faryngedone within was sessyd at. vii.C.xxx./?. xvi.*. vVu.d. whereof 
 Gylberj; Staynedrope lente. CC./«. and the reste was leuyed of. Ixvii. persones of thajE. 
 warde. 
 
 Faryngedone without the waliys was sessyd at. C.xiiii.Zi. xiii.*. iiii.//. whiche sume waS' 
 leuyed of xxi. persones of that warde. 
 
 Crepulgate warde was sessyd at. CCCC.lxii./i. x.*. whereof Rycharde Lazar, mercer, 
 ;' ' Ipnt. CC. niarke, Syqjodede Bedyngton. C, marke, and the resydue was leuyed of. xxxvii. 
 
 persones of y sayde warde. 
 
 Colmanstrete warde was sessid at. M.l'hli. xvi.s. \m.4. wherof Symon de Fraunces'' lent. 
 ■vu'i.C.li. Hehr'y of Ware and lohn Denys. CC. marke^ and the resjdue was. lent by. vi. 
 persones of that warde. , 
 
 Candelwykes.trete wg,rd was sessyd at. C.xxxiii.//. vi.*. viii.dtbe which sayde siime was 
 leuyed of. xxiii. dwellers of I" sayd warde. 
 
 . The warde of AJgate was styoted or sessyd at. xxx./i. and leuyed of. vi. enhabytauntys 
 pf the sayde warde. ■ ' , 
 
 Portsdkyn waide was sessyd at. xxvii./i. x,s. and was leuyed of. vii. persones oif that 
 warde. - ■ ■ • 
 
 • xiiii. edit. lS4:2.1SS9-h mistake. » CC.xv. edit. 1.542. 155.9. emdtntlyby mistake.' "^ ^ inthe 
 
 mcfrgin of- the edit, of 1559, it i^said this ward lent. CC.li. more than their assessment. * v C. edit 
 
 1342. 1 559. ^i^lf'f"!'''- ,;, ' iiii.C.xxxY.«dit. 1 55^, but errontously. « Wardby. edit. 1542. U^g. 
 
 ^ f fie Muifum MS. adds ^/leTceT. ..:'.•' , ., .^ • 
 
 ' ■ Castell 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDT. IIL 
 
 Castdl Baynarde warde was sessyd at. lxiii./«. vi.*. viiud. and lente by twelue personys 
 of that warde. 
 
 Bassyngeahawe warde was sessyd at. Ixxix./i. xiii.*. iin.d. and leuyed of syxe 
 persones. 
 
 Aldryshe gate warde was sette or sessyd at. Ivii./f. x,*. and layed out of lente by. ?. 
 persones of that warde : whiche summe totall of the foresayde. xxv.- wardys, anaountethto 
 the suinme of. xiii. thousande. CCCIxxx. fyue. //. xiii.*. &. iiiud. whiche sumnae exced- 
 yth the summe of. xx, thousande marke. li./i. vi.& v'ni.d. And ye shall vnderstande that 
 he that payed leest towarde this lowne payed. I.*. : and so ascendynge to theyse summys 
 aboue rehercyd, whereof many was sessyd at xXli. \M &. Ix.li. & many other of dyuerse J?''--C'' 
 meane sumys. In this yere also the kynge chaungyd his coyne, & made f noble & the 
 halfe noble of the value of. vi.*. viii.^. which at this day is worthe. viii.*. ix.«?. or. \d. & 
 the halfe noble after the rate,, if they kepe the trewe weyght ; & prouydid dyuerse other 
 thynges for the weale of his realme & spede of his iourney into Fraunce. 
 
 449 
 
 WHan kyng Edwarde had sette his lande in an ordre & had all thyng metely prouyded 
 for his nede, he the about Lammesse saylyd into Braban, & there helde his counceyll with 
 his frendis, & by theyr aduyces made clayme to the hole crowne of Frauce as his rightful! 
 enherytauce ; & for more auctoryte of the same, entermedelyd the armys of Englande 
 with the armys of Fraunce, as by the scochoune sette here aboue' doth to you openlye 
 apere. Then kynge Phylyp beynge of theyse thynges warned, gatheryd an howge hoste 
 & came with them to a towne callyd Vermendois, & kyng Edwarde w his people entryd 
 the countrey callyd Theresse, & brent & wasted the coutrey before hym. Then kynge 
 Phylyp drewe towarde f Englysshe boost, &came vnto a place or towne, callyd in Frenshe 
 fiuyro Fosse, where he entedid, as sayth the Frenshe boke, to haue set vpo the En- 
 glysshemen, but by couceyll of his lordys for dyuerse causys he was let to his dyspleasure ; 
 for after that day he myght fynde no conuenyent tyme for to assayle his enemyes, ^o that 
 in coclusyon eyther hoste departyd from other without batayll or fyght, & kynge Edwarde 
 toke his wey towarde Gaunt, & kynge Phylyp retournyd into Frauce. Tha kyng Ed\\arde, 
 by tneanys of his frende laques de Artyuele, had all his pleasure of the towne ot Gaut, 
 & receyuyd of them othe & homage, & after dyuerse conclusyons with them & other 
 taken, he leuyng there the quene, after the testymony of some wryters, retournyd aiiayne 
 into Englade, & lefte with the quene, which then was great with chylde, the eriys of 
 
 ' In the border of this werke. MS. The edit, of 1533. 1542. and 1559. «"!/ only as ye see them at thisdaye. 
 
 3 M Salysbury 
 
450 SEPTIMA PARS EDWAHm. III. 
 
 ^alysbury & of Oxynforde, whiche in the kynges absence aydyd well f FlenayngeS:aga%ne 
 the Frenshe kynge, & dyd dyuerse marcyall actis whiche I here passe ouer ; but in pro- 
 cesse the ev\6 of Salysbury was taken prysoner, & dyuerse Englyssfaemen slayoe at f as- 
 saute of a towne callyd the lie in Flauders or of Flaunders. 
 
 NoU de bello 
 CTudelissimo 
 facto super 
 mare prope 
 Sducc. 
 
 Anno Domini. liI.CCC.xxxix. 
 
 Andrewe Awbry'. 
 
 Adam Lucas. 
 Bartholmewe Marres. ^ 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCxL 
 
 Anho. XV. 
 
 IN this. XV. yere whyle thefcynge was busyed in Englande to mate prouysyon for mete* 
 
 & money to wstaade the Frenshe kyng, as well for f warre f f sayd Freshe kyng made 
 
 vpon the Flemynges & other, beyng y kynges frendys, as for his owne partyculer causys, 
 
 the quene, as before is sayde, beynge at th§ towne of Gaunt, was delyueryd of a son'e, 
 
 whiche after was named lohn, about Cristmas, in the begynnynge of this mayers yer«l 
 
 & ende of this, xiiii. yere. This chylde wha he came to mannys astate was surnamed lohn 
 
 of Gaiit, & was first erle of Rychmount & after duke of Lancaster. And all so faste as 
 
 kynge Edwarde prouyded for abylementys of warre in Englonde, so faste 8c hasty pro- 
 
 uysyon made f Freshe kyng to wstade kyng Edwarde both by lade & by water, so y he 
 
 had «, great & stronge nauy vp5 f see. Kynge Edwarde the in the moneth of lunii, 
 
 with. CC. ^ayles toke shyppynge & saylyd towarde Flauders, & -vpd the see mette or 
 
 came vnto hym syr Robert Moiley with the north nauye of Englonde, so that he hadde 
 
 in all aboue'. CCC. sayles, and that at Mydsomer vpo seynt lohiis euen be fought with 
 
 the Freshe kynges nauy, whiche lay in awaytefor hym nere to the towne callyd the Scluse. 
 
 Of this nauye, whiche were in noiiber by the reporte of the Frenshe Ijoke vpon. iiii.C. 
 
 sayles, wherof were chefe admyrallis syr Hugh Queret & syr Nycholas Buchet, & one 
 
 nahned Barbe Noyre, or in Englysshe Blacke Berde; the which capitaj'ns or admyrallys 
 
 anon as they espyed y^ Englysshe "flote, they made towarde them to begynne the fyght. iiii. 
 
 galeys set vpo a shyppe of auaiitage which sayled before the other, namyd the Ryche 
 
 Olyuer, y \*hich. iiii. galeys^ forenamed Barbe Noyre hadde the cunduytof, & assaylyd 
 
 this sayde shyppe oneuery parte & bette hirw gunneshot & hir men w hayle shot ecced- 
 
 yngely, so y of the men within hir were many slayen &mo woiidid, & lykely to haue bea 
 
 shortly wonne ne had ben the rescous of her copany. The were the sayde foure galeys 
 
 soone beclepyd w y" Englysshe nauye, & so cruelly assaylyd y they were horded or they 
 
 myght be rescowyd : the approchyd the hoole flote vpon both sydes with hydous & fere- 
 
 &li dynne & noyse of gunnys, with terryble flamyng of wylde fyre & ether, ^ thycke 
 
 ■shot of -quarellys & arowys, and crusshynge of shyppes f hydous & woderfull it was to~ 
 
 beholde, s^o y many a soule was there expellyd from theyr bodyes I short whyle. This 
 
 mortall & cruell fyght contynued, as sayth the Frenshe story, by the space of. viii. howres 
 
 or more, in such wyse, f' harde it was to knowe whether parte had the better, & so many • 
 
 dede & woundid men were caste into the see, that the water whiche was in cyrcuyte about 
 
 theym, wascolouryd or dyed as redde; but in the ende, by grace & great manhode of f- 
 
 kyage, which there was sore woundyd; and by his'-great comforte the Freshemen were 
 
 chasyd, & many of theyr shyppys bowgyd & taken. with many prysoners in them, amonge- 
 
 tiae which the forenamyd' admyrallys or capytaynys syr Nycholas. Buchet & syr Hugh 
 
 Queret were, ii, the whiche^ in dyspyte of the Frenshmen, were hanged vpo the saylys' 
 
 of theyr shippis which they were taken in : & amonge the shyppis y were at this season 
 
 taken, were recoaered the. ii^ fores^yde shyppys named the Edwarde & the Cristofer, the 
 
 whiche before were takyn by the Freshemen, as it before is shewyd in the. xiii*. yere'of 
 
 this kynge. In this batayll also, as it is testyfyed of many & dyuerse wryters, were 
 
 slayne vpo the nouber of. xxx.M. Ffenshemen-, albe it the Freshe-'boke nameth so man^- 
 
 ' The Museum MS. adds Pegerer. » men. MS, * about, edit. 1559» ♦ iii. edit, 1533. Ii42. 155^. 
 by mistake^ 
 
 to 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI.III. 451 
 
 to be slayne vpon both partves, & excuse this mysfortuoe by the neclygece of syr Nycholas 
 
 Buchet, which kepte the Frensh nauy so Jonge within f hauyn y they were so closyd in 
 
 with the Etiglysshe nauy y a great noiiber of theyni niyghl neuer stryke stroke nor shots 
 
 theyr ordenaunce but to the hurte of thtyr owne copany. Wlia kynge Edwarde had 
 
 opteynyd this tryuphaunt victory of his enemyes, he yeldyd great thakys vnto God ; how 
 
 be it he was fayne to iary a season win his shyppe by reason of a wounde, the which he 
 
 had receyuyd in his thyghe: in whiche season y' quene his wyfe came to vysyte hym, & Fti.CJi. 
 
 retournyd agayne vnto Gaut, & after a fewe dayes passyd, the kynge departed from 
 
 Swynne & rode vnto our Lady of Ardenburghe, & sent his nauy in the nexte hauyn to 
 
 Brugys, & moche of his people vnto the towne of Gaunt, & when he had accomplysshed 
 
 his pylgrymage he-rode vnto Brugys, and from tliense vnto Gaut, where of y dwellers he 
 
 was ioyously receyuyd. The kyng Edwarde there callyd a great couceyll, by f which it. 
 
 was determynyd that he shuld prepare, ii. hostis, whereof y one shuld be of the men of 
 
 Gaut & of ^ townes there about, of y' which certeyn lordys of Almayne shuld haue ^ 
 
 rule, & the other boost shuld be of men of Brugis &- of Englysshe ardiers, & of f boost 
 
 was ordeynyd syr Robert of Artoys to be leder & capitayne. Whii the sayd. ii. hostys 
 
 were all garnysshed or furnysshed w all thyng for them nedefull, f fyrste of them was 
 
 sent vnto the towne of Tourney, and the other vnto f towne of Seynt Omers, the whiche. Notapro 
 
 ii. townes at f day were lyke strength vnto Frauce as Calays is nowe vnto Englonde ; JeTt'omTrj*. 
 
 wherefore the Freshe kynge, for the more suretye of them,- sent vnto Tournay the erle of 
 
 Foys & syr Barthan, than marshall of Fraunce, wr. iiii.M. men of armys, & vnto Seynt 
 
 Omers he sent the duke of Burgoyn vV a great companye of lordys &. other. When syr 
 
 Robert of Artoys had lyen a certeyne tyme before Seynt Omers, and many sharpe as- 
 
 sawtys by hym & his people had ben geuen to it, Jn J which dyuerse fortunys fell & 
 
 chaucys of warre which were tedyous & loge to wryte, fynallye, vpon the morowe after 
 
 seynt lames day, or f. xxvi. day of lulii, the duke of Burgoyne with his retynue issuyd 
 
 out of f towne $c foughte with the sayd syr Robert & his people a longe season ; in the 
 
 whiche fyght was slayne of the dukys partye the lorde of Hamelcourt, syr Froysarde de 
 
 Beaford', the lorde of Seynt Vran, a lorde of Spayne, & a Burgonyon lorde callyd f 
 
 lorde of Branges, with other- dyuerse knyghtys & gentylmen to the nouber of. liiii. as 
 
 sayth the Frenshe Cronycle, & of the conion people vpon. iii.M. : but in short tyme after 
 
 the power, of the duke encreasyd in suche wyse that syr Robert with his company was 
 
 fayn to departe thense, & so yode vnto Ipre & there helde hym. Then, as aboue is 
 
 sayde, when kynge Edwarde had sent forth the fore namyd. ii. hostis, he with the reste of 
 
 his people yode vnto a place within, ii. Englysshe myles of Tournaye, callyd in Freshe 
 
 le Fount de Free, & tliere lodgyd hym & his people;, & Phylyp de Valoys the Freshe 
 
 kynge came with his people vnto an house of relygyon, which then was callyd y Pryory 
 
 of seynt Andrewe, at which, ii. places theyse sayde. ii. prynces thus lyinge with great. 
 
 strengtbys vpon eyther syde, kynge- Edwarde, by counceyll of his lordys, sent vnto the 
 
 Frenshe kynge a letter conteynynge as folowyth. 
 
 " EDwarde by the grace of God, kyng of Englonde & of Fraunce, & lorde of Irelonde; 
 syr Phylyp de Valoys by loge tyme we haue exhortyd by messyngers & other manyfolde 
 maner of wayes, to the ende y ye shulde restore vnto vs, & to do vnto vs reason of our 
 rightfull enherytaunce of the realme of Fraunce, the which ye haue longe tyme occupyed • 
 •^ great wroge, and for that y we se well' that ye entede to perseuyr in your iniuryous 
 withholdynge without to do vnto us reason for pur right to demaunde, we are entryd into 
 otirlande of Flaunders as souerayne lorde of the same, and passe by y' countrey, doynge 
 you farther to vnderstande that we haue takyn, with f helpe of our Lorde Ihesu Cryste, 
 the ryght with the power of the sayde countrey, and with our people them allyed : behold- 
 
 • Beaufforde. MS. 
 « ^ 3 M S ynge 
 
45a SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDT. Ill 
 
 ynge the right whiche we haue in f herytage that ye vs \Vholde' with great wfonge, aR-d 
 drawe vs towarde you to make a short eiidt vpon our rightfull demaunde and cnalenge, 
 if ye wyll towardys vs approche. And for so moche tliat soo great po« ar of men of anmys 
 that came vpon our partyes may notlonge holde them togethers without great dys^'ruccyoil 
 of the people, whiche euerye good Cristea man ought to eschewe, and.speciallyea prynce 
 or other that haue the gouernaunce of people ; we thertore moche desyre that inslrorte 
 dayes they may mete. And for to esche vce the uiore mortalyte of ttie people, so that the 
 quarell apparent atwene vs to the dystruccion of oiiu- chalenge may stande in tryall atwene 
 vs two, which thynge we offer vnto you for the causes aboue sayd : how be it that we 
 Temember well the noblenesse of your persone, and your great wysedome and aduysement, 
 and in case that ye wyll not thereof, that then in our chalenge be sette to afFerme the batayll 
 of yourselfe with an hundreth persones of your partye of the raoost siifFycyent, and we in 
 Jyke wyse with as many, and if ye wyll that one wey nor the other, y then ye wyll assygn 
 a certeyne day before the citie otTournay to fyght with strengthagayn strengthewin. x, dayes 
 after thesyght of theyse letters. And we wolde that all the worlde knewe y these thynges 
 abouesayde in this our desyre is not for pryde nor for great presumpcion, but for that that 
 our lorde myght set the more reste and peace amonge the Crysten, and for that that the 
 enemyes of God myght be resysted, and Cry&tendome enhauncyd, and the waye that ye 
 wyll chose of theyse offers abouesayde, wryte agayne to vs by -the brynger of theyse let-ters, 
 to bym makynge hastye delyueraunce. Gyuen vnder our great scale at Eschyne sur le 
 Scant, nere vnto the cytie of Tourney, the. xv^ day of y moneth of lulet." Vpo receyte 
 of which letters the Frenshe kyng, by the aduyce'of his coiiceyll, wrote agayn vnto kjng 
 Edwarde in maner and fourme as foloweth. 
 
 " PHylyp, by the grace of God, kynge of Fratmce, to Edwarde kynge of Englonde. 
 We haue seen a letter sent to Phylyp de Valoys brought to our courte, in the whiche 
 letter were certeyne requestys ; and for so moche as the sayd letter came not to vs, the 
 sayd requestys were not made to vs lyke as it apperyth by the tenoure of the sayde letter. 
 We therefore to you make none answer ; neuerthelesse for that, that we vnderstonde by 
 the sayd letter & otherwyse, y ye are entiatellyd in our realme of Fraunce, doynge great 
 domage to vs and our sayde realme, and to the people, mouyd of wyll without reason, 
 ■ laot regardynge y which a lyege man ought to regarde to his lyege and soueraygne lord, 
 for ye are entryd into our homage in youresdfe, aknowlegynge as reason is to the kynge 
 of fraunce, and promysed obeysaiice such as a liege man ought vnto his soueraygne 
 Jorde, lyke as it appereth by youre letters palentys sealyd with your great seale, the 
 -which we haue bj vs, and for that shulde you be obedyent vnto vs, our entente is such 
 that wha we shall thynke it good, we shall chase you out of oure realme, to our honoure 
 and mageste royall, and to the profette of our people ; and in this doynge we haue 
 feythfuU hope in oure" Lorde ihesu Cryste, frome whom all good to vs commyth : for by 
 yourenterpryze, whiche is of wyll not reasonable, hath bene lette the holy voyage ouer 
 f„l.e.m. the see, and great quantite of Cristen people put to deth, and the holye seruyce of God 
 
 lefte, and holye churche vnworshyppyd & vnhonouryd, w many great enormyties ; and in 
 that, that ye thynke to haue the J'lemynges in youre ayde, we thynke vs to be assuryd 
 that y good townes and the commons wyll behaue them in suche wyse agayn vsand agayn 
 our cosyn the erle of Flamiders, that they wyll saue theyr honoure and trouth, and in 
 that that they haue mysse done, tyll nowe hath ben by euyll counceyle of suche people 
 iwhich regarde not the common weale of the people, but of theyr owne profyte onelye. 
 Gyuen in the feelde of the Pryory of seynt Andrewe besyde Ayre, vnder the seale of 
 our secret sygnet, in absence of our great seale, the. xxx. daye of the moneth of 
 lulet." 
 
 It was not longe after, y the Freshe kyng hadde thus rescrybed vnto kynge Edwarde, 
 ' witholde from us. edit. 1542. 1559. * xxvii. MS, 
 
 but 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 45^ 
 
 but ihat a messynger came vnto hyni from Tourney for hastye rescouse, for the towne 
 was dayly and sharplye assaiityd of the Englysshe hoste ; wherfore in all haste he sent 
 thyther the duke of Athenesse, the vycount of Thonart, the vycount of Dannaye, with 
 dyuerse other to f nouniber of. xv. men of name, w a great nouber of people : the 
 which sped them streyghte vnto the Mount of Cassyle, but or they came, ^ sayd Mout 
 was gotten by the Flemynges ; so that of theyr lodgynge they were dispoynted, by reason 
 wherof.they teryti to sette vpon the Englysshe hoste, or yet to trauayll for the remou- 
 ynge of y- sayd syege of Tourney, but toke theyr counceyll, and swaruyd from Cassyle, 
 and entryd the lade of the erle of Barry, and dyd moche harme thereyn : and where' they 
 had there executid theyr pleasures, they retournyd vnto the Frenshe kynge. In this meane 
 whyle kynge Phylyp connceyled with his lordes whether it were better for hym to drawe 
 towarde Tourney to remoue the syege, or to goo into Flaunders, and to make warre vpon 
 the townys that helde with kynge Edward ; by which couceyll it was thought moste ho- 
 norable, that he shulde endeuer hymselfe to remoue the sayde syege : after which conclu- 
 syon so taken, he with his hoste drewe towarde Tourney, & in the ende lodged hym and 
 his people at a place or towne callyd at that day Bowyns, within, iii. myles of Tourney ; 
 in whose company was y kyng of Nauerne, the kynge of Bohemy, or Beame, the dukys 
 of Normandy, and Loreyn, and of Athenesse, or Athens, the eriys of Alensone, of 
 Flaunders, and of Saiioy, with other to the noumber of xiiii. erlys besyde vycoutys, ba- 
 ronettis & knyghtis to a great noiabre. And w kyng Edwarde were theyse lordys folowinge, 
 the erle of Herforde, the erlys of Northampton, of Derbye, of Southhampton, of Oxyn- 
 forde, of Henaude, of Harflete, and of RondelT; also of straungers, the duke of Geldre, 
 and of Sclauonye, and Braban, with manye other vycountys, banerettys', and knyghtys, 
 whiche I passe ouer. And thus laye these two prynces, with two great and myghty hoostys, 
 within v. myles without great batayll or fyght a certeyn of tyme ; but euer in meane 
 whyle the towne of Tourney was assaylyd of the Englysshe men and Flemynges, the which 
 dcfendvd theym manfully and well. In the whiche passe tyme, the countesse of He- 
 naude, whiche was mother vnto the quene of Englonde, and as tes^tyfyeth the Freslie Cro- 
 nycle, syster vnto f Fresh kynge, a woman of passynge dyscressyon, and eloquency, 
 with f ayde of other prynces, as the kynge of Beame and other, laboured such a meane 
 of treaty, that a daye of dyet was atwene the two kynges appoyntyd : albeit y dyuerse of 
 kyng Edwardys couceyll were sore agayn it, & specyally lakes de Artyuele. Tha for 
 kyng Edwardis party was assygned f bysshop of Lyncoln, syr Geffrey Scrope, syr lohn 
 of Henaude, brother to the erle, and syr Wyllyam Cheyny with other : and for the Frenshe 
 kynge was assygned the kynge of Beame, the erlys of Armenake, and of Sauoy, syr 
 Lewys de Sauoy, and other: & to the ende that this appoyntment myght take the better 
 effecte, a day of trewys was cocluded tyll Mydsomer folowyng. But moste wryters tes- 
 tyfyen that kyng Edwarde lefte the syege before Tourney, for defaute of money, & nec- 
 lygece of his slowe procuratours in Englade, that sped not his nedys there as they shulde. 
 For that one cause and for that other, the kynge with his hooste departyd thense vnto Gaiit, 
 and taryed there a certeyne of tyme ; in whiche season the forenamyd lordys & knyghtis 
 mette at Tournay, and there debated the maters of chalege of kyng Edwarde, and cer- 
 teyn artycles concernynge the countrey of Flaunders : in whiche counceyll it was graunted 
 bv ^ Frenshe kynges partye, that the Freshe kynge shuld frely departe towarde the mary- 
 aae of kyng Edwardis chyldren, with the hole sygnoryes of Gascoyne & Guyan, & the 
 erledonie of Poytiers in so fre maner, y none offycer of y Freshe kynge shulde medle or 
 haue to do with in any parte of those lordshyppes. And for Flauders it was by the sayd 
 lordes giauptyd, that the comons of that countrey, in all customys and lawys, shuld be 
 iugyd and rulyd as they of olde tymes had vsyd ; & also that all bondys & oblygacyons 
 thai, in tymes passed, the chefe townes had made to y Frenshe kynge for any cause, shulde 
 
 ' when. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * Arondell. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Baronettes. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 be 
 
fil. CiiU, 
 
 4f54i SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 
 
 be canceHyd and delyueryd, and of theyr erle they shulde be acquyted in lyke wyse for 
 all ofFencys done before that daye : also all cesuryes or cursys y they before were wrapped 
 In, shuld be clerely adnullyd and reuokyd, with other coclusyons and offers which I pass^ 
 ouer. 
 
 Auno Domini. M.CCC.xl. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xli. 
 
 Richarde Berkynge. 
 lohii Oxynforde*. Anno. xvi. 
 
 lohii Rokystee. 
 
 TN this. xvi. yere, kyng Edwarde, vpon seynt Andrewys euyn, came to the Towre of 
 London, -•& sent for suche lordis as before he had made his procuratours, to leuye his mo- 
 ney in his absence, &, for theyr neclygence and mysdemeanure cast them in pryson^ 
 But in this voyage that the kynge passyd from that other syde off see into Englonde, he 
 had excedynge tempest of wether, so that he passyd vf great fere and daunger ; which tem- 
 pest, after f oppynyon of some wryters, was reryd by y^ negroraauncers of |^ Freshe kynge, 
 to the ende to haue perisshid the kyng, or ellys to geue hyra the lesse courage to take the 
 siee agayn. In this yere also were sent from the. xii. Benet tha pope*, ii. cardynallys to treate 
 of a peace atwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce; the which concluded a peace 
 atwene the sayde. ii. kynges, aswell for them, as for other countreys whiche to them were 
 allyed, for the terme of. iii. yerys and more : in whiche tyme it was agreed y both f sayde 
 kynges, by theyr proctours, shulde publysshe & declare before the pope*, theyr claymes and 
 causes, to the ende that by hym and his eoiiceyll, a fynall dyreceyon and Concorde myght 
 be sette atwene them : Whiche agrement of the sayd cardynallys was thus concluded in the 
 towne callyd Malestret, about the feaste of seynt Gregory in Lent; beynge there pre- 
 sent for the kynge of Englande, the erlys of Derbye, and of Northampton, with other, 
 & for the Frenshe kynge, the dukys of Burbon & of Burgoyne, with other for his party: 
 but this agrement stoode to lytle effecte, for it notwithstadyng, the warre atwene theyse, 
 ii. kynges was cotynued, so that eyther fortyfyed theyr frendys & allyes. And soone after 
 happenyd that where lohii duke of Brytayne dyed wout isau, varyauace fell atwene 
 Charlys de Bloys and lohii erle of Moutforde for the tytle of that dukedome ; so that 
 atwene them mortal) warre was exercysed, as in the story of Phylyp de Valoys shall after 
 more playnlye be declared, which wane so contynuyng, the kynge of Englande aydyd 
 the party of the erle of Mountforde, and the Freshe kynge aydyd Charlys de Bloys ; and 
 ouer that, durynge the terme of the sayd trewySj the Frenshe kyng made warre vpo the 
 Gascoynys as after shall appere: & in Scotlade some styryngwas made this yere by ex- 
 cytyng of f Fresh kynge, in so moche that the kynge was fayne to sende thyther a crewe 
 of soudiours to stregth suche holdys as he there helde. And in this yere was the quene 
 delyuerid of a man chylde at the towne of Langeley, the whiche after was named Edmunde, 
 and surnamcd Edmunde of Langley. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC-xli. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xIiii 
 
 John Luskyn. 
 Symonde Fraunces'. Anno. xvii. 
 
 Rycharde Kyslyngbury*. 
 
 IN this. xvii. yere,' kynge Edwarde, at f requeste of dyuerse of his yonge lordys & 
 icnyghtys, sufferyd to be exercysyd certeyne poyntis and featis of warre, as iustys, tur- 
 fiamentys and other, whiche were executid at Dunstable, where the kyng and the quene 
 were present, 'w the more partie of the lordys and ladyes of the lande. This yere dyed 
 the fore riamyd Iob|| duke of Brytayne, by reason of whose deth f warre, as in f pre-» 
 
 ' Tie MS. adds Vynteaerr ^byshop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' The MS. adds Mercer. 
 
 *^^lsyngbury. MjS. 
 
 4 cedynge 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 4SS 
 
 cedynge yere is toachyd, grewe atwene the sayde Charlys de Bloyes & the erle of Mout- 
 forde. Tliis Charlis de Bloyes made^his clayme to that duchery by tytle 6f his wyfe, that 
 was doughter of Guy vycout of Lymogys, and seconde brother of the foresayde lohn 
 duke of Brytayn ; and lohn erle of Moutfort, claymyd by y tytle he was thyrde brother 
 vnto the fore namyd duke: but of this mater I entende to shewe more playnly, and of 
 the ende therof in the story of Phylyp de Valoys, as before I haue sayde, and rather 
 tl ere tha here, be cause the fayte' therof was not done inEnglonde, but ia Brytayne 
 Vvherof the sayde Phylyp pretendyd rule and chefe sygnorye. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlii. Auno Domini. M.CCC. xhii. 
 
 lohn Stewarde*. 
 lohn Hamonde. Anno, xviii. 
 
 lohn Ayleshara, 
 
 IN this, xviii. yere, the kyng shortlye after Easter callyd a parlyament at Westffiynster } 
 m tyme wherof Edwarde his eldyst sone was creatyd prynce of Wales, and many orde" 
 nauncys for the weale of the lade there were enactyd, which for iengthe I passe ouer. 
 In this yere also, Clement the. vi. of that name, whiche newelye was made pope', toke 
 vpo hym to geue dyuerse bisshopryches & benefycys, which the fell voyde in Engiade, 
 wher\V y kyng was nothyng contentyd, in so moche that he sent out commyssyons and 
 strayte commaundementys, that no man in tyme folowynge shuld present or inducte any 
 suche persone or persones that so by the pope' were promoted, wout the agrement of the 
 kynge, as farreas towchydhis prerogatyue. The sayd [pope]* Clement wasfirste archebys- 
 ahop of Roan and miike of seynt Benettis ordre, a Frensheman of byrthe, and before 
 eallyd Peter, a man of eccellent cunnynge but a waster of Goddys patrymony, and [)ro- 
 tnoted to that dygnyte by instaunt labour of the Frenshe kynge, which sent his sone lohn 
 duke of Norn^dy, & f duke of Burgoyn, vnto f cytie of Auynyon or Auygnon to pro- 
 cure & further the eleccyon ; by meane whereof he was there chosen pope' about the. vii. 
 day of May, and tronysed in the sayd moneth of May, in the begynnynge of the yere 
 of grace, after thaccompte of ^ Churche of Engloode. M.CCC. &. xliii'. By meanys and 
 fiauoure of which pope' the Frenshe kynges causes and maters atwene kyng Edwarde and 
 hym were somedeaie promoted, for, as testyfyeth ^ Frenshe booke, the Frenshe kyng 
 this yere put to deth one maister Henry de Malestrete, a graduat man & brother vnto 
 8yr Godfrey de Malestrete knyght, lately also put to deth by the sayd Freshe kynge, for 
 theyr fydelyte which they bare towarde kynge Edwarde as his feodaries : wherof kyng 
 Edwarde made his complaynte vnto the pope' of this & other thynges to be done, cotrary 
 the costytucyons of the former peace cocludyd by the. ii. cardynallys, & had thereof no 
 remedye. In this yere also, kynge Edwarde made a coyne of fyne golde, and namyd it 
 the floryne, that is to say, the peny of the value of. vi.s. vWi.d., the halfe peny of the 
 value of. iii.s. iiii.d., & the farthynge of the value of. xx.rf, which coyne was ordeynyd 
 for his warris in Fraiice ; for the golde thereof was not so fyne as was the noble, whiche' 
 he before in his. xiiii. yere of his reygne had causyd to be coyned. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xliiu Anno Domini. M.CCC.xIiiii, 
 
 Geffrey Wychyngham. 
 lohn Hamonde. Anno. xix. 
 
 Thomas Legge. 
 
 IN this. xix. yere the kynge heide a solepne feest at his castell of Wyndsore, where 
 atwene Candelmasse and Leat were hoidea or executed many marcyail actys, as iustys, 
 
 " facte, edit 1 542. 1 559- * Syward. MS. ' B. of Rbm«. edit. 1S42. *^ Omitted in edit. 
 
 1542. 1559. ' xliiii. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 tournamentys. 
 
456 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 
 
 tournamentys, with" dyuerse other, at the which were present many straugers of other 
 u Garter '"" ^' landys, and in the ende therof he there deuysed the order of the Garter, and after stab- 
 lysshid it as at this daye it is contynued. In this yere about Mydsomer, kynge Edwarde^ 
 a stronge armye sayiyd vnto Scluse, and so into Lytle Brytayne; but for he was dyspoyntyd 
 of the ayde of y Flemynges, by reason of y deth of his trusty frende lakes de Artyuele, 
 which than was slayne of y Flemynges of Gaunt, by a conspyracye that they made agayne 
 hym by suche as fauoured the partye of the Freshe kyng, he tournyd home into Englande 
 agayn the same yere, leuynge behynde hym the erle of Saiesbury with a stronge company 
 fa,c.-9, to ayde lohn erle of Moutforde agayh syr Charlys de Bloys, the which lohii by the ayd^ 
 of ^ Englysshe wane dyuerse townes and holdys in Brytayne, vpon the sayd syr Charlys 
 & his Frenshemen : but in the ende of this yere he was takyn with suche sykenesse y he 
 dyed in a towne called Corentyne; after whose deth the sayde Charlys possedyd the more 
 parte of the duchye of Brytayne. This yere the kynge sent ^ erle of Derby with a stronge 
 army into Guyan for to ayde the erle of Northhampton, whom the kyuge before had 
 lefte there at Burdeaux to strength that countrey agayne the Frenshemen, to whom, after 
 the dethe of the forenamed syr lohn erle of Mountfort, drewe many of the soudyours 
 that were on his partye. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xliiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlv. 
 
 Edmunde Ilempnale. 
 Richarde Lacer*. Anno. xx. 
 
 lohifi Gloucester. 
 
 IN this. XX. yere, or later ende of y. xix. yere, y is to wyt about seynt Nycholas tyde, 
 in the begynyng of this mayers yere, y foresayde erlys of Derby and Northapton had 
 wonne the towne and castell of Bergarat in Gascoyne, & slewe 4here y' erle of VaielynoyS) 
 chefe capitayn therof, & toke there a noble man called f erle of y Ilys, with many other 
 ryche prysoners. And about Aprell the sayd erlys wanne a stronge towne callyd y Ryallj 
 wherof herynge, Pbylyp de Valoys, i all hast, sent his sone lobn duke of Normandy to 
 withstande and to geue batayll vnto the sayd erlys ; but when the sayd duke was Hereyn" 
 to the Englysshemen, he had suche tydynges of theyr strengthe, y he retournyd vnto his 
 father agayn, for y which dede his father with hym was greuouslye dyscontentyd, in so 
 moche that by the occasyon, to auoyde his fathers displeasure, he retournyd into Gas- 
 Coyne, and layed siege vnto^^ castell of Aguyllon, and there remaynyd tyll y moneth of 
 August folowynge without gettyng of it any aduauntage, at which season he retourned: 
 agayn to his father ; after whose departure the erle of Northhampt5 with his copany gatte 
 a stroge towne, callyd in Frenslie la Roche Daryen, which is to meane y^ Roche or rocke 
 of Aryen. In tyme of whiche warre thus contynued in Brytayne & Guyan, the Frenshe 
 kyng made purueyaunce to defende his lande agayne kynge Edwarde, for whom heawayt- 
 ed daylye, & kynge Edwarde as faste gatheryd money, and made his daylye purueyaunce 
 to prepare hym thyderwarde. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlv. Anno Domini, M.CCC.xlvi. 
 
 lohii Croydon. 
 Geffrey Wichyrigham. Anno. xxi. 
 
 Wyllyam Clopton. 
 
 IN this. xxi. yere, kynge Edwarde helde his parlyament at Westmynster, about the 
 tyme of Lent, and in the moneth of luly folowynge he toke shyppynge & sayiyd into 
 
 Vr/ieMS. «(/(/* he made, a sumptuous and Ijonorable sowper, in tyme ^¥hereof he there dvvvsed. See. 
 * Rycliard Lazar, Mercer. MS. . j j ' ~> 
 
 Norraady, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 457 
 
 NoitQidy, & laded, as wytnessyth f Fresh Cronycle, at a place in y prouynce named la 
 Frenshe la Hougue, sent vast with. xi.C saylis great & small the. xii. day (^ f foresayd 
 nioneth of lulet, and anon as he was landed, he comaundyd his people to waste the coutrey Nou. 
 before them, and by the ledyng of a knyght callyd syr GeiFrey* Harcourt he was brougbte 
 vnto a towne called Melly, & from thens vnto Moutboure, where the kynge with his peo- 
 ple reslyd bytn a season ; in the which tyme f sayd syr Godfrey brent & spoylyd the 
 conntrey of Costatyne there nere adioynyng. Than kynge Edwarde departyd from y fore- 
 sayd towne, & went vnto a strog towne callyd Karentene or Karenton, the which he gate 
 with the castell to the same belongynge, and so contynqed his iourney, y vpon the. xic. 
 daye of the sayd moneth of lulet be Jayed his siege before the cytie or towne of Caert, 
 wherin were at that daye chefe capytaynes the bysshop of Bayen, the erle of Ewe, the 
 lorde of Turnebu, ^ other dyuerse kayghtya and men of name. Tha kyng Edwarde co- 
 maundid f the sayd towne shuld be aseaylyd, the whiche was done with so great force, & 
 specially vr suche stronge & cotynueU »hot, that the Freshe men forsoke the wallys & 
 drewe theym towarde the castell, Sc in procesEe> after loage & cruell fyght, the Englyssh* 
 men entryd the towne & there toke prysoners, aoidge f which there was taken f co- 
 stable of Fraiice & the kyages chauherleyne. Then the Englysshe men spoylyd Sc pylled 
 the towne of Caen, Sc bare the pyilage vnto tbeyr shyppis, which after was conueyed hf 
 them into Engiande. Wha kynge Edwarde had thus spoyled and brent a parte of the 
 towne of Caen, and forcyd the bysshoppe of Bayea & the other capytaynes to take the 
 castell for theyr refuge, cosyderyng the strength of the same, departyd thens & so sped 
 hym towarde f cytie of Roan, chefe & pryncypall cytie of Noruiandye : but the Frenshe 
 kyng with a great powar was I this whyle comen vnto Roan, Sc had broken the brydge« 
 & stoppyd f passagis in such wyze, f kyng Edwarde was fayne to leue that way, so that 
 he eostyd towarde Parys & came to a stroge towne callyd Vernon, & from thens to a 
 towne aamyd Amyrlene, at whiche townes he was resysted & lost some of his soudiours; 
 8c the. xii. day of August he came to a towne namyd Poysy, and taryed tliere. vi. dayes, 
 and from thens yode voto Seynt Gernlayn, & euer syr Godfrey de Harcourt, beynge ia 
 tlie vawarde, brent the townes & spoylyd the countrey as be went, & iyke as kynge Ed- 
 warde with his host thus passyd f coutrey towarde Parys, so in Iyke maner the Frenshe kynge 
 with his power passyd or beide his waye towarde the sayd cylie, beyng so nere sundry tymec 
 f eyther boost had sygbt of other, but f ryuer of Seyne was euer atwene them, so that for it 
 they myght not ioyne in batayle. Whan kynge Edwarde was comyo to a towne callyd Seynt 
 Clowe, he sette fyre tiierein, which was seen vnto Paris, whiche put the cytezyns in great fere, 
 in so moche, as Mytnessyth the Frenshe Cronycle, y if the Frenshe kynge had not bene there 
 present p cytie shulde haue be yelden vnto kyng Edwarde. Tha kynge' seynge he myght 
 not passe the ryuer of Seyn towarde f cytie of Paris, occupyed all f chefe palaysys & 
 royall manours where p Frenshe kynges were accustomed for to soiourne & lye at, & 
 dranke tlie uyne and occupyed such stuffe & necessaries as be there fade, and at his de- 
 partynge set fyre vpo them and consumed the more parte of theym ; as at Poyzy one, at 
 Seynt Germayne an other, and at Mount loy the thyrde, and brent the towne of Poy^, 
 reseruynge an house of nunnys, whiche was foundyd by Phylyppe le Beawe father vnto 
 kynge Edwardys wyfe. Here ye shall vnderstande that the auctours or wryters fauoureth^ 
 theyr owne nacyon, for the Englysshe wryters say that the Frenshe kynge fledde, and /■,/. c^i - 
 brake the brydgis as be went, to the ende that the Englysshe boost shulde not wynne to 
 the Frenshemen to geue vnto them bataylle ; and the Frenshe booke sayeth that kynge 
 Edwarde fled, and wolde not abyxle batayll 4f the Frenshmen, wherfore the Freshe kynge 
 brake tt)e brydges, to the entent that the Englysse men shulde not esca(>e bis daunger : 
 hut howe it was, as sayth an other -wryter callyd lohii Froysande, the comons of Fraunce 
 thought it a great dishonour vnto all the lande, that the Eo^yssbe boost shuld so passe 
 
 ' TheedU.of\H2andl&59.sai/xi.o«ly. ' Godfrey. edk. 1559. Hyng Edward, edit. 1533. 
 
 15*2.1559. * favour eylher. MS. 
 
 3 N thoroughe 
 
458 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 
 
 thoroughe f harte or niyddell of Fraunce, and to occupy the kynges chefe lodgynges, 
 and not to be foughte with of all that season, whiche myght not be after the opynyon of 
 the sayd comon people, without, great treason of such as were nere about the kyrage. 
 Than kyng Edwarde was so closyd by reason of brekynge of brydges, that he was forcy'd 
 to drawe bdcke and to reedyfye the brydge of Poyzy, the whiche was repayred in so 
 stronge wysethat he and his boost passyd there ouer without parell; how be it, that in f 
 tyme of repayrynge of it, f Freshe kyng sent thyder. MM. men to lette the sayd werke, 
 but the archers kept them of w theyr shot in so sharpe maner, that the more partye ef 
 them was slayne, and f werke perfyghtyd as aboue is sayd. Tha kynge Edwarde entryd 
 the countrey of Pycardy, and the Frenshe kynge remoued from Seynt Denys vnto Seynt 
 Germayns, and from thens to a towne callyd Aubeuyle in Poyteau, and from tbens to 
 Antoygne. In this whyle, kyng Edwarde with baner dysplayed came vnto the cytie of 
 Beauuayze and assaylyd the 4:owne ; but the towne was wele garnysshyd wsoudyours which 
 defendyd theyr enemyes vygourously ; wherfore kynge Edwarde cocideryng he myght not 
 lyghtly wyiie that towne, sette the bulwerkys oafyre, and so departyd thens and yode 
 vnto a place callyd in Freshe Soyngnouyle or Blanke Tache, where he passyd the water 
 of Sum vpon a Fryday the. xxv. daye of August, and lodgyd hym and. his people nere 
 vnto a, forest callyd Cressy or Crecy : wherof when the Frenshe kyng was ware, anon 
 hesped hym from the fore named towne of Antoyngne vnto Aubeuyle agayne, where af- 
 tet^he hadde refresshyd hym and his people, he rode vnto an abbey fast by the fore named 
 towne of Cressy. In this passe tyme, lohn duke of Normandy and sone of Phylyp de 
 Valoys, which, as in the precedynge yere is towchyd, layd his syege vnto the castell of 
 Aguyllon, herynge that his father was thus warreyed >V the kynge of Englondey brake 
 vp his syege and came with his strengthe vnto his father. -' 
 
 Beiiumde THeysc. ii. great hostis thus lodgyd within lytle compasse, nere vnto the fore named 
 
 towne of Cressj', vpon the Saterdaye folowynge the feest of seynt Bartholmewe, beyng 
 the. xxvi. day of the moneth of August, eyther cruelly assaylyd other, and foughte^ there 
 a mortall & sharpe batayll, whereof in the ende kynge Edwarde gloryouslye was victouf, 
 & chacyd the Fresh kynge, and slewe in that fyght, after the saynge of moost wryters,; the 
 kynge of Bohemy or Beame, sone of Henry ^ emperoure. vii. or. viii. the duke of Lo- 
 reyne, the erle of Alensorij brother vnto y Freshe kyng Charlys, erle of Bloys^ erlys',pf 
 Flaunders, of Sancer, of Harcourt & of Fyennys, with dyuerse other to the nouber of. 
 viii. bysshoppys & erlys, and. xvii. lordys of name, and of banerettys, knyghtys, & 
 esquyers beyonde the nouber of. xvi.C. so that, as cocludeth the Frenshe hystorye, : in ^ 
 batayll was slayne the flowre of y chyualrye of Fraiice, and of the comons vpon. viii.M. men, 
 and that the realme of France that day susteynyd such confusyon that the lyke therof bad 
 not be seen many yeres passyd, and that by people and men of no reputacion as archers, 
 by the vyolence of theyre importune sbotte, whiche hors nor ma myght stode ageyne. 
 Than the Frenche kynge with a smalle company fledde sore hurte vnto a towne called 
 Broy, & lodgyd there that nyght folowynge, and kynge Edwarde beynge warned that 
 an other hoste of enpmyes was comynge towarde hym, abode styll in y same feelde^ and 
 sette good watchys & made great fyres thoroughe the boost, and so cotynued tyll the 
 Munday folowinge, vpon which .day in the mornynge apperyd to them a newe boost of 
 Freshemen, to the which they gaue batayle, & slewe of theyra more in noumbre than 
 was slayne vpon the Saterday before ; but of capytaynes or men of name the auctor re- 
 hersyth none. Than kynge Edwarde gaue great tliankys vnto God of his tiyumphant 
 vyctory, and after departyd from that towne of Cressye and toke his way towarde Mou- 
 struell,^and from thens to Boleyne, and lastlye to Galeys, wherof then was capytayn, 
 vnder the Frenshe kynge, a Burgonyo knyght named syr lohn de Vyenne, to whom kynge 
 
 * the erlys. edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 Edwarlle 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. III. 459 
 
 Edwarde sent f he shuld delyuer vnto hym the sayde towne of Caleys ; but for the kynge 
 receyuyd from hym no comfortable answere, he immedyatly layde his siege vnto the sayd 
 towne, which was vpo the thyrde day of the moneth of Septebre, & there abode a cer- 
 ten of tyme in raakynge of assautys to the same. In whiche tyme & sesison the erle of 
 Derby lyinge at Burdeaux, and hauynge f rule of Gascoyne and Guyan, wan dyuerse 
 townes and holdys from the Frenshemen, as y townys callyd Sayntez in Poyteawe, Seynt 
 lohn de Angely and f towne of Poytiers, in the which he hadde excedyng treasour and 
 rychesse, so that he and his sowdyours were greatlye enryched by the pyllage that they 
 wanne in those townes and countrey to them adioynaunt; and when the sayde erle hadde 
 spoylyd the sayde townes, and brent a great parte of the foresayde cytie of Poytyers and 
 tlie kynges palays within the same, he than at his pleasure retournyd vnto Bur- 
 deaux. 
 
 In this passe tyme also the Frenshe kynge, to the entente to haste kynge Edwarde into 
 Engtande, sent Dauyd le Bruze, some tyme kynge of Scottys, into that lande with a 
 stronge army, the which gatheryd vnto hym such Ibrdys and knyghtys [of Scottys]' of 
 Scotlande as before tymes fauouryd his partye, and with theym entryd the boundys of 
 Northumberlande and spoylyd that coiitrey without pytie: but it shall appere by other 
 auctours f this Dauyd le Bruze at this daye had recoueryd the crowne of Scotlande, & 
 that Edward de Bayloll was than dede, which before was kynge. Then it foloweth, whan 
 J' archebysshoppe of Yorke, with other lordys then lefte in Englonde, harde tell that the 
 Scottys were thus entryd the lande, anon the saide archebysshoppe, withsyr Henry Perscj 
 syr llafe Neuyle, and syr Gylbert Vmfreyle, knyghtys, and other gentylmen, as well 
 spyrytuell as other, apparaylyd them in theyr best maner and sped them towarde y Scottys, 
 so that they mette with theym and gaue vnto them bataylle vpo the euyn of seynt Luke or Capcio Dauyd 
 the. xvii*. day of Octobre, in a place fast by Durham, callyd at that daye Neuyles Crosse, scoc?e!° *^'*" 
 where God shewyd to the Englysshemen suche grace y they scofyted f Scottys, and slewe 
 of them great foyson, & toke prysoners the sayd Dauyd le Bruze, syr Wyllya Dowglas, 
 syr Tholyn Fowkys, ^ other of ^ nobles of Scotla.de, ^ which shortly after were surely 
 conueyed vnto f Towre of London^ and there kepte as prysoners. 
 
 Whan kynge Edwarde from the third day of Septembre, as before is sayd, had by son- FcI.c.vH. 
 dry tymes assayled the towne of Caleys, Sc sawe well he myght nat shortly wynne it, 
 prouyded for hym & his people to lye there all that wynter folowyng; so that for ihe 
 lodgyng of hym and his boost he made so many houses and lodges, that it semyd an 
 other Caleys; wherfore in processe of tyme durynge f siege, of the vytelers and suche 
 as dayly resorted vnto the kynges boost, it was named newe Caleys, where the kyng in 
 proper persone abode all the wynter folowyng, and the more parte of the nexte somer, 
 as after shall appere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlvi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlvii. 
 
 Adam Bramson. 
 Thomas Legge'. Anno. xxii. 
 
 Richarde Basyngstoke. 
 
 THis. xxii. yere kynge Edwarde after the stormy wynter was ouerpassed, he c5maunded 
 certayne shyppes to be ioyned moo in nombre vnto suche as before had kept f see, that 
 no vylayll shuld come to y^ inhabytauntes of Caleys, so that the sayd towne was fayne to 
 bolde theym content with suche of olde store as they had, for any newe that to them 
 myght be coueyed or sent ; and for the kynges boost it was plenteously vytaylled by J- 
 Flemynges & by other vytayllers dayly c5mynge out of Englande. 
 
 Kynge Philip* hauyng dayly worde of the strength of his enemyes, and the encreace 
 
 ' Omitted in the MS. and later editions, * xxvii. edit. J 559. ' '^* MS. adds Skynner; * In the 
 
 margin opposite to this paragraph, the Museum MS. has " Her of becam the name of lacobes Doseyn, 
 whcrel)^ the Estryrlyngs have all theyr lybertees in England." 
 
 3 N 2 of 
 
460 SEPTLMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 of theym, as by Esterlynges and other nacons that kynge Edwarde had to hym allyed, 8c 
 sawe well that without the sayd towne were shortly rescowed, it shulde shortly be yolden 
 into the handes of his enemyeSj to the great hurte of all the realme of Fraunce ; wber- 
 fore after a great counsayll holden at Parys, he chauHged his money to his great auaun- 
 tage, and ouer that sette an inposicon vpon his comons to theyr great grudge and mur- 
 mure : and that done he toke his leue of seynt Denys about y quyiidene of Pasche, and 
 so yode vnto a towne called Hesdom, where he taryed the gaderyng of his boost so longe 
 that it was nere vnto the feast of Mary Magdaleyn or his people were all assembled, at 
 whiche season he set forthwarde to the towne of Gakys, to remoue the kyng of Englande 
 from that siege, and ^so spedde hym, that aboute the ende of the moneth of lulet he drew© 
 nere vnto Cateys, the whiche before his comynge was yolden vnto kyng Edwarde j so 
 that the Frenshe Cronycle sheweth no thynge of the Frenshe kynges shameful! depart- 
 ynge, lyke as it is riehersyd in f Englisshe Gronycle, and of other wryters that wrytetb of 
 the same. 
 Cafesk""'' Than after most wryters, the towne of Caleis was yolden to kynge Edwarde aboute 
 
 the ende of Septebre, after the kyng had contynued there his siege an hole yere, and 
 somedeale more. After recieyte wherof, he taryed in the towne vpon a moneth, and voyd- 
 ed clene all the olde inhabytauntes & Frensheme, and storyd it with Englysshmen, and 
 specially with Kentyshmen ; & whan he had set that towne in a suyr ordre and gydynge, 
 and grauted a peas for. ix. monethes at the request of. ii. cardynalles sent from the fore- 
 named [pope]' Cleraet the.' vi., to be holden atwene hym and f Frenshe kyng, he sayled 
 with great tryumphe into Englande, and came to Lodon aboute the feast of seynt Ro- 
 ' " mayne or the. xxiii. daye of Octobre, where he was io3'ously receyued of the cytezyns, 
 and so conueyed vnto Westmynster. 
 
 In this yere also, an Englysshe knyght called sir Thomas Agorn, capitayne of the Roche 
 of Aryan, before spoken of iny. xx. yere of this kyng, waS fyersly warred of sir Chadys 
 . de Bloys ; but after many bykerynges and skyrmysses, a day of batayll was set atwene 
 the sayd Charlys and Thomas, or, after J Frenshe bokes declaracion, the sayd Charlys 
 assautynge that towne vpon one partie, the sayd sir Thomas w a company of stal worth 
 archers and sbwdyours issued otil at an oilier jjarte of the towne, and sett* the sayd sir 
 Charlys and his copany aboute and assayled tbeim in suche wyse, that in the ende the 
 more partie of his company was taken and slayne, and the sayd sir Charlys there taken 
 among the other, and of men of name were there slayne, the vicout of Roan, the lord 
 Dernall, the lorde of Quyntyne w sir William his sone, the lorde of the castell of Bret, 
 the lord of the Roche & sir Geffrey Turneuewe, with many other men of honour whiche 
 I passe ouer : and after the sayd Charlys was heated of suche woundes as he hadde re- 
 ceyued in that fyghte, he was conueyed into Englande, and there kept as a prysoner. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlvii. Anno Domini. M.CCCxlviii. 
 
 Henry Pycarde. 
 John Lufkyn*. Anno, xxiii. 
 
 Symonde Dolsely'. 
 
 IN this, xxiii. yere fyll great cotynuell rayne from Mydsomer to Cristmasse, wherof 
 ensued excedynge floddes, by reason wherof the grounde was sore corrupted, so that dy- 
 uers inconuenyences ensued vpon f same, as sykenes and other, as in the yeres folow- 
 ynge shall appere. And in Fraunce this yere the people dyed wonderfully in dyuers places 
 of the realme, so vehemently that in the cytie of Parys dyed in this yere or lytel more 
 ouer. l.M. people; and at Seint Denys beyonde. xiiii.M. : and in Italy and many other 
 
 'Omitted in edit. 1542. 1549. *TAe MS.aJdi Grocer. lobn Luskyn. edit. 1533. 1542. 1550. 
 
 ' Dolsell. MS. 
 
 countreys 
 
^EPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 461 
 
 eountreys this mortalytie aboute this season rejigned also Importunely, and that in Hethen- 
 nesse as well as in Cristendome. 
 
 And in the ende of this yere, about f ende of August, this mortalytie beganoe in dy- 
 uera places of £u<Tland^, and specially at London, & so cuntynued to the sayde moneth 
 of August next ensuynge, and vpon that ensued sterylite or harenesse as well of the see 
 as of the lande, so that vytayli and corne was more scant than it was before. 
 
 Aono Domini. M.CCC.xlviiL Anno Domini. M.CCCxlix. 
 
 Adam £ury. 
 W^lyam Turke'. Anno, xxiiii. 
 
 Rauffe Lynne. 
 
 IN this, xxiiii. yere, the mortalytie beforesayd in Englande, and specyally in Lodon, ft/. CmH. 
 moost feruently raynynge, a treason, as after apperyth, was cospyred, to haue brought 
 the towne of Caieys agayne to y^ Frenshe kynges possessyon. Kynge Edwarde before 
 tyine had comytted one of f toures of Caieys vnto a lanuay, to whome he moche trusted, 
 with the whiche lanuay a kiiygbte of Burgoyne, named sir Godfrey de Charny, was very 
 famylier, in so moche that the sayde sir Godfrey, at conuenyent leyser, brake vnto the 
 $aid lanuay for the betrayinge of the towne of Caieys, the whiche gaue vnto hym lykynge 
 answer, so that the sayd lanuay aggreyd for certayne siime of money to be payde in 
 hande, to delyuer vnto the sayd sir Godfrey and suche other as he then shuld bringe iV 
 hym to f toure that he thenne had in kepynge ; by nieane wherof he shulde shortly af- 
 ter haue ^ rule of the towne. 
 
 In tyme of dryuynge and of appoyntynge of whiche bargayne, as sayth the Frenshe 
 Cronycle, this lanuay sent secrete worde vnto the kynge of Englande, requyrynge hy in 
 secrete wyse to come vnto Caieys ; the whiche thenne holdynge liis Ci istmasse at Hauer- 
 ynge Bower in Essex, vpoii ^ morowe after Newe Yeres Daye toke his shyppynge, and 
 landed that nyght at Caieys in so secrete maner, that fewe of the towne knewe of his 
 there beynge. 
 
 Whanne the daye of appoynteme.nt of delyuery of this foresayd tower was comyn, and 
 this lanuay had receyued his payment, at an houre assygned atwene the said sir Godfrey 
 and hym, a token was gyuen by this sayd lanuay, that the Frenshemen shulde drawe nere 
 vnto the sayd towre to wynne their praye. 
 
 Thenne the sayd sir Godfrey with a certayne nombre came within the daunger of the 
 towne of Caieys, warnynge the resydue of his company that they shulde tary there tyll 
 he were enterde the towne, and thenne at his sendynge to come in all spedy wyse. 
 
 But so soon as the sayde sir Godfrey was nere vnto the toure, a busshement of sowdy- 
 ours were sent out at a posterne, the which closed hym and his Frenshemen vpon all 
 sydes, and slewe of them many, ainonge the which sir Henry de Boys knyght, with sir 
 Gawtier de Valence and sir Robert of Beauuais knyghtes were slayne, and the sayd sir 
 Godfrey taken sore woiided, and the lorde of Mountmorency escaped with great dauo- 
 ger, the whiche gaue warnynge vnto the other company, and retourned theym into 
 Fraunce. Thenne the sayde Godfrey de Charney was layde vpon a horde, and so pre- 
 sented vnto kynge Edwarde ; the whiche hadde suche pyte of hym that he commaunded 
 his owne surgyons to looke vnto hym, and to cure hym in theyr beste maner, and whantie 
 he was somedeale curyd, he was sente as a prysoner with other into Englande. 
 
 In this yere also the kynge caused to be coyned grotes and halfe grotes, the whiche 
 
 lacked of f weyghte of his former coyne. ii.s. v'l.d. in a. li. Troy*, and aboute the ende 
 
 of August sessed the mortaiyte or deth in Loadon, the whicbe was so vehenient & sharpe 
 
 .within the sayd cytie, that ouer the bodies buryed in churches and churchyerdes, monas- 
 
 * "WttUct Turk, fysknoBgeF. MS. * The MS. aMs '* and aftir soon wryters \.*in a pounti Troy.' 
 
 5 teryes 
 
462 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 teVyes and other accustomed buryinge places, was buryed that same yere in the thartef- 
 houseyerde of London. l.M. persones and aboiie. 
 
 This yere also w^s the yere of iubyle or clene remyssyon, whiche is kepte at Rome 
 at euery. 1. wynter ende, lyke as f yere of iubyle or grace is contynued at Caunterbury. 
 
 And this yere by the laboure of, ii. cardynalles sente from [popej' Clement the. vi. was 
 a peas concluded atwene the. ii. kynges of Englande and of Fraunce for a yere, nere 
 vnto the towne of Caleys, where for the stablysshynge of the sayd peas for the sayd yere, 
 assembled the. ii. sayd cardynalles, and for the kynge of Englande, the bysshop of Nor- 
 wyche than tresourer and chief counsayller' of the kynge, with other vnto hym by the 
 kynge assygned, and for the Frenshe kyng was there the bysshop of Laon and the ^bot 
 of Seynt Denys with other. 
 
 And the. xxiii. daye of the moneth of August, in this yere and yere of our Lprde. 
 xiii.C. and. 1. dyed Philip de Valoys kynge of Fraunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.xlix. Anno ]>on[)ini.,Mi^CC.L; 
 
 lohn Notte. ,'; 
 
 Richarde Killyngbuvy'. Anno. xxv. 
 
 Wyllyani Worcestre. 
 
 IN this. XXV. yere, aboute the feast of the DecoUacion of seyiit lohfi Baptyst, in the 
 latter ende of August, a noble man of Spayne called sir Cha.rlys, to whom kynge lohH 
 of Fraunce badde newely gyuen the erledome of Angolesme, entendynge to wyn some 
 - hohoure vpon the Englysshertien, with a stronge nauye of Spaynalrdes. entrede the En- 
 glysshe stremys, and dyd moche hafme vnto kynge Edwardes frendes ; soo that the kynge 
 aboute the season abouesayd, mette with the sayde nauy vpon the coost of Wynchelsee, 
 where atwene the kynge and theim was- a longe and mortall fyghte, to the great losse of 
 moche people vpon both parties ; but in the ende God sent vnto the kynge victory, so that 
 he chased his enemyes, and wanne from them. xxii. of theyr shyppes, after most wry- 
 ters, with niany prysoners. 
 
 And this yere sir Thomas of Agorne, whiche as in the. xxii*. yere of this kjmges reygne 
 toke prysoner sir Charlys de Bloys and other, was slayne by chaunce medle'of a knyght 
 of Fraunce or Brytayn, called sir RaufFe de Caours. ' 
 
 And this yere were solempne messangers sent vnto Rome, for to coclude and parfyte 
 the pease atwene the. ii. kynges of Englande and of Fraunce, so that kynge Edwards 
 shulde resigne and gyue yp all his tytle and clayme that he made vnto the crowne of 
 Fraunce, and f Frenshe kynge shulde clerely gyue vnto hym all the duchie of Guyan, 
 with all suche landbs as at any tyme before were taken by any of his progenytoures from 
 it. 
 
 And 'that kynge Edwarde and his beyres, kynges, shuld freely holde and occupie the 
 sayd duchie without doynge of homage to any Frenshe kynge after that daye ; but the 
 conclusion of this matier was so prolonged and deferryd by the pope', and suche delayes 
 as diayly been vsed in the court of Rome; that the erle of Derby with other whiche were 
 appoynted for the kynge of Englande, retourned without spede of their cause : v?herfore 
 kyiige Edwarde made newe prouysyons to warre vpon kynge Ibhn of Fraunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.l. Anno Domini. M.CCCli. 
 
 lohii Wrothe. 
 Andrewe Awbry'. Anno. xxvi. , 
 
 Gybbofi^ Stayndrope. 
 
 /»/.c.iV. IN this. xxvi. yere the castel of Guynys was yolden vnto the Englysshemen dwellynge 
 
 ■*. 
 
 ' Omitted in edit, t54>2, 1559. " chaunceler. edit. 1542. 1559. ' ^ Kylsyngbury. MS. *xxi. 
 
 edit 1559. rrroneauslff^ ' -bysliop of Rome. edit. 1342. . ' Tke MS. adds Gwcer. ' Gilb't..Ms! 
 
 in 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 4^3 
 
 in Caleys, whiche, as testiiyetb f Ffenshe Cronyde, was done by treason of a Frenshe 
 man named Guyllyam de Beauconroyj for the whiche treason the.sayd Guyllam was 
 shortly after put in execucyon in the tovvn&of Amyas. 
 
 And aboute the myddell of August, vpon the euyn of our Lady Assumpcioo, sir Guy 
 de Neale than luarshall of France with a strong companye gaue batayll vnto the En- 
 gljsshnien than beynge in Brytayne, in the whiche the sayd sir Guy with the lorde of 
 Brykebet, and the cbasteieyne of Beauuays with many other noble men were slayne, and 
 many t^ken prysoners. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.li. Aono Domini. M.CCCJiL 
 
 lohfi Peche'. 
 Adam Fraunceys*. Anno, xxvii. 
 
 lohii Stodeney. 
 
 THe somer of this, xxvli. yere, was soo drye that it was many yeres after called the 
 drye somer, for from the latter ende of Marcbe tyll the latter ende of lulii fyll lytell 
 rayne or none, by reason wberof many inconuenyences ensuyd. 
 
 And one thynge whiche is specyally noted, corne the yere folowynge was scant, wherof 
 the pryce this yere began to enhance greatly, and befuya and motons were also dere for 
 scantnesse of grasse and pasture, and that aswell was experte in Fraunce as in the ile of 
 Englande. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.liii. 
 
 lohn Welde. 
 Adam Fraunceys. Anno, xxviii. 
 
 lohn Lytell. 
 
 IN this, xxviii. yere, kyngc Edwarde holdynge his parlyament at Westmynster, amonge 
 other thynges there enacted, soon after Pentecost created the erie of Derby duke of Lan- 
 castre, and sir RauiFe Stafforde was created erle of Staf|jprde. Than this duke of Lancas- 
 tre was sent agayne ouer the see ; where in f ende of this yere, as wytoessyth lohn Froy- 
 sarde, he was appealed of the duke of Bryswyke, a duke of the countree of Almayne, 
 of certayne wordes contrary his honoure, for the whiche he waged batayll with the sayd 
 duke in the court of the Frenshe kynge. 
 
 Then this Henry, whiche of some wryters is named Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Lan- 
 castre, purchased his saufFe conduyt of the Frenshe kyng, and kepte his daye appoynted for 
 that batayll, in a felde called in Frenshe Lapre Aux Clers, where for theim was ordeyned a 
 place lyestyd and closed in goodly wyse, kynge lohii beyng present, with the more parte 
 of his nobles of Fraunce ; and there came in firste into that felde the forenamed duke 
 appellaunt, and after, this noble duke of Lancastre, to y great honour of all Englande, 
 and soon after dyuers obseruaunces accordyng to the lawe of armys done, and solempne 
 othes taken, eyther sette in the rest to haue ronne the firste course. 
 
 But kynge lohii of his especyall grace ceased the matier, and toke the quarell into bis 
 bandes, so that eyther of theyni departed the felde without any stroke strykynge, and 
 pacyfyed the appeale to the honoure of the duke of Lancastre, as wytnessyth the Frenshe 
 boke, natwithstandyng he was the Frenshe kynges enemye. 
 
 And scone after the sayd duke of Lancastre, with other nobles assigned to hym by the 
 kynge of Englande, went to Auynyoo with the archebysshop of Roan than chaiiceller of 
 Fraunce, and the duke of Burbon and other appoynted lur the kynge of Fraunce, to 
 
 ' Peccby. MS. * The MS. adds Mercer. 
 
 conclude 
 
464 SEPTIMA. PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 conclude efte a peas atwene theyr. ii. prynces ; the whiche at the cytie beforesayd, were 
 harde at length before the newe pope', than named Innocent the syxth, whiche also lyke 
 to his predecessour was a Fre^sheman, and cardynall of Lymosyne in Normandye, called 
 by his proper name Stephen Aubert, in coclusion, after great argument made on eytber 
 partie, before f pope' and his counsayll, fynally it was agreed, that the peas atwene the^ 
 ii. kynges shuld be kept and holden inuyolate tyil Mydsomerr next folowynge. 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.liii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.liiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Totyngham*. 
 Thomas Legge'. Anno. xxix. 
 
 Richarde Smert. 
 
 IN this. xxix. yere, kynge Edvivarde, by the aduyce of his counsayll, for somoche as 
 the townes of Flaundres brake theyr promesse before tyme made, and helde natthe bandes 
 of amyte by theym promysed by the lyfeof laques de Artyuele, but fauouryd the Frenshe 
 kynges partie; therfore he withdrewe from theym the markettes and staples of woll.es, 
 that m sondry townes of Flaundres hadde than lately by the prouycion of the fores^yd 
 laques, to theyr great aduauntage, vsed to be kept, and Ordeyned than the sayd staples 
 to be bolden in sondry good townCs of Englande, as Westmynster, Chychester, Lyncoln, 
 Brystowe and Caunterbury. 
 
 And shortly after Easter, the Frenshe kynge sent his eldest sone Charlys dolphynne of 
 Vy6hne into Normandy, for to take the rule of that coutre, and specially for to sease 
 certayne landes and castellys, whiche at that daye belonged vnto the kyng of Nauerne, 
 whiche than was out of the Frenshe kynges fauoure for thedeth of sir Charlys of Spayue, 
 constable lately of Fraunce, that he had by his meanes murderyd [one]* in a towne called 
 the Aj^le in Normandye, vpon. ii. yeres before passed. And whyle the sayd Dolphynne 
 was thus besyed in Normady, he made suche meanes to the rulers therof^ that they graunt- 
 ed vnto hym ayde of. iii.M. men for. iit. monethes, at their proper costes and charges. 
 
 Of this soone after sprange suche tydynges, that the kynge of Englande was enfourm- 
 ed that the Frenshe kynge hadde gyuen to his sone Charlys, the duchye of Normandy, 
 with all Gascoyne and Guyan, and how the Normannes had grauted vnto f sayd Charlys. 
 iii.M. men for. iii. monetbes, to warre at theyr costes ypon the Englysshmen) which, as 
 the Frenshe boke testyfyeth, was graunted to hym oonly to defende the kynge of Nauarne, 
 roLC*. that came to Constantyne shortly after, for to repossesse* all suche landes as the sayd Dol- 
 
 phyn of his had there seased ; and for that with a bygge armye made warre vpon the 
 sayde Dolpbyn. 
 
 But were it thus or otherwyse, trouth it is, as dyuers wryters agreen, in the moneth 
 of Octobre and ende of this yere prynce Edwarde with a great boost entred Gai^coyne, 
 and passed by Tholouse, and passed the ryuer of Gerounde or Geroii, & so passed 
 by Carcassyon, and brent the bulwerkes of that cytie, & from thens he rode to Nai boii 
 in pyllynge and spoylynge the countre as he went. 
 
 And in the same yere kynge Edwarde with his power landed at his towne of Caleys, 
 where he restyd hym by all the, tyme of this mayres yere. 
 
 And in this, yere was the hous of the Freres Augustynes of London fynysshed, whiche 
 was reedyfied Iry sir Hurafrey Bohum erle of Ileritbrde and Essex, whose body lyeth 
 buryed in the quere of f sayd howse or churche before the hygh aulter. 
 Anno Domini.M.CCC.liiii. . Anno Domini. M.CCC,ly. 
 
 < Thomas Forsjer. 
 Symon Franceys'. Anno. xxx. 
 
 Thomas Brandon. 
 
 IN this. xxx. yere, the kynge, as ye before haue harde, beynge at Caleys shortly after 
 
 ' Bysshop of Rome. edit. 1542. * Tontyngham. edit. 1542. » Skynuer. MS. * Omitted in 
 
 edit. 1342. 1559. ' Tie MS. «rf(fo Mercer. 
 
 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 465 
 
 the feast of Alhalloyne, toke his iourney towardes the Frenshe kynge, and contynued his 
 iournay tyil he came vnto a towne named Hesden, and brake there the Frenshe kynges 
 parke & toke suche pleasurs as hym there lyke', in which season of his there beynge 
 tydynges were brought vnto hym that the Scottes hadde goten the towne of Berwyke, and 
 howe they made dayly assautes to wynne the castell, wherfore the kynge made the more 
 hasty spede and retourned to Caleys, and so into Englade : for whiche cause sayth 
 the Frenshe Cronycle f kynge Edwarde fledde from the Frenshe kynge, that than with a 
 stronge power came frome Amyas vnto Seynt Omers. 
 
 Tbanne kynge Edwarde spedde hym into Scotlande, so that in the moneth of lanuarii 
 and begynnyng of hia. xxx, yere of his reygne, and. xxvii. daye of the sayd moneth, he 
 layde his siege to the towne of Berwyke, and hadde it yolden vnto hym in shorte processe 
 of tyme after; and that done he entred farther into the lande and subdued the chief 
 townes and holdes, as he went & pursued the Scottisshe kynge soo narrowly, that in 
 the ende iie was fayne to submytte hym to the kynges grace as prysoner, and resygned 
 his power into the kynges hande. And whan kynge Edwarde hadde sette that countre in 
 a rule he retourned with the Scottysshe kynge agayne into Englande, & called his court 
 of parlyament at Westmynster : in the whiche, amonge other thynges to the kynges ad- 
 uantage, was graunted, to the mayntenaunce of his warres 1. s. of a sak of woll, for the 
 terme of. vi. yeres ; but it contynued lenger, though the marchauntes staplers ther at 
 grudgyd. 
 
 Thanne lette vsnowe retourne vnto that noble prynce Edwarde, the firste begoten sone 
 of the kyng, whiche by all this tyme warred vpon the Frenshemen, as in the precedynge 
 yere is touched : so that lastly he retournyd to Burdeaux with many rich prysoners and 
 pyllages to the great honour of hymselfe, and the great auauncement of his sowdyoures. 
 And albeit that in that countrees whiche he then passed, were the erles of Armenak, and 
 of Foyze, of Polyers, & of Cleremount, with sir lames de Burbon, and many other knyghtes, 
 ttre whiche hadde dowble the people, as testy fyeth the Frenshe Cronycle, that the 
 prynce had, yet passed he from Tholous to Nerboii, and fro Nerbon to Burdeaux withoute 
 batayll. 
 
 And after the prynce hadde there a whyle rested hym & his people, and sente dyuers 
 of his prysoners into Englande, he with his boost entrede the prouynce or countre of 
 Berry, in the moneth of lulet, and made therin sharppe and cruell warre. In whiche 
 season a'so the duke of Lancastre, with the ayde of Phylyp brother vnto the kynge of 
 Nauarre, was entred the coiitre of Constatyne, and so with a companye of. iiii. M. men 
 came vnto a place' called Lyseux,,vpon [the see coste, and remoued a siege of Frenshe- 
 men that had lyen at that castell vpon,]* viii. wekes, and after repayred the sayd castell. 
 
 Whanne kynge lohn had leuyed many great siimes of money to the great grudge of 
 his comons [and rebellyon of some of the sayd comons]* as in the story of kynge lohn 
 shall be towched, and apperyd' his boost, he firste made towarde the duke of Lancastre ; 
 but the sayd duke hadde so fortifyed the passage, thathemyghte nat wynne to hym 
 without great ieopardy and daunger : wherfore tie lafte that way, and yode to a castell 
 named Bretnell, and layde his siege therunto and wanne it in f ende of. viii. wekes by 
 appoyntment. Thenne he yode to f castell of Chartres, and taryed there a certayne tyme 
 for more people ; and frome thens tooke his iourney towarde prynce Edwarde, the whiche 
 prynce in this season was passed the ryuer of Loyre or Leyre, and so by the towne 
 of Romungtyne, where he was encoiitred of dyuers nobles of Fraunce, and hadde with 
 theym a sharpe conflict; but in the ende God sent to hym the victorye, so that he slewe 
 many of his enemyes, and toke of theym many prysoners, amoge the whiche were taken 
 the lerde of Craoii, and a knight called sir Bouciqiit, with dyuers other to f nombre, as 
 
 * ijked. ' OniUed m edit. 1 542. 1559. * prepared. 
 
 3 O sayth 
 
466 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 sayth the Frenshe boke, of. liiii. persones. And whan he hadde sent the sayde prysoners 
 vnder saufte kepynge to Burdeaux, he sped hym towarde Towrys. 
 
 And the duke of Lancastre with his company, after he hadde repayred the foresayd 
 castell of Lyseux, and bestovved suche ordenaunce as the Frenshemen for haste lafte 
 beiiynde theym at the sayde siege, he than toke his waye towarde Bertneyll, and from 
 thens vnto Enroux, in byrnynge and vvastynge the countre and townes as be went, and 
 from thens to Vermeyll in Perche, and toke by strengthe bothe the towne & castell, [and 
 whan he hadde spoyled and pylled the towne he sette it on fyre, and. brent a great parte 
 therof,]' and whan he hadde done moche of his wyl in that countre, he relourned into 
 Brytayne and helde hym there. 
 
 iCynge lohn thenne, as aboue is saydj holdynge his waye towarde prynce Edwarde, came 
 to the cytie of Towrys to fortj'fye the sayd towne agayne the sayd prynce Edwarde^ 
 wherof, heryngy^ prynce toke his waye towarde Poytiers ; in holdynge of whiche vs^aye, as 
 testifyeth the Frenshe booke, a parte of his boost mette with an boost of Frenshemenj, 
 and gaue vnto theym batayll, and at length chasyd the multytude of them, and slewe an 
 hondreth sowdyours, & toke vpon. Ix. prysoners, amonge the whiche were taken the erle 
 of Sauncer, the erle of lurrygny, the lorde chastelleyn maisterof the kynges palays, and 
 a knyght named sir Guylliam de Deneham. 
 
 The which prysoners were also sent vnto Burdeaux, and soone after prynce Edwarde 
 lodgyd hym and his boost nere vnto Poytiers, and shortly after that came the Frenshe 
 kyng and lodgyd hym in a place called in Frensh Chamgny, nere also vnto Poytiers ; so 
 Fti.sxt that the frontes of bothe hoostes laye within a quarter of a myle : than the cardynall 
 
 of Pernigourt, sent from pope Innocent the. vi\, rode atwene the kynge and the prynce 
 sondry tymes to haue agreed some treatye and peas atwene theym, if it myght by his 
 laboure haue ben opteyned ; but whan he sawe his labour myght nat preuayle, he departed 
 to Poytiers, and tSryed there the ende of the batayll. The whiche was foughten vpon a 
 Mondaye, the, xix. daye of Septembre, in the yefe of our Lorde. xiii. C.lvi, and begyn- 
 nynge of the. vi. yere of y sayd kynge lohris reygne, as [by this fygure here vnder ap- 
 peryth, and]' after shalbe shewed. 
 
 THan as before is said, for so moche as the foresayd cardynall myght nat purchase 
 arty treaty or meane of peas atwene these, ii. prynces, prouycion was made vpon both 
 sydes to trye theyr matier by mortall batayll ; so that about y^ houre of. ii. at after noone 
 Beiiu de Poy- °^ ^ foresayd Monday, the duke of Athenesse or Athens, with suche other nobles as 
 tiersin quo wcre with hym in the Frenshe kynges vawewarde, set vpon y^ Englysshe hoste, the which 
 Frandfpw"" ^as myghtely fensyd with wood and tryes* in suche wyse, y the Frenshe sperys myght nat 
 Edwards pricipe wyn vnto them, and therwith the shotte of the Englysshmen was so fyers and sharpe, that 
 ^adiqs^iu"" it turnyd oner horse and man, 
 
 L^l'pra" ""'''" And whyle the said duke of Athenesse with sir lohii de Cleremount, than marshal] of 
 vtpatetlSr"' Fmiice, with Other, thus assayled the prynce & his people vpon one parte, the duke of 
 historia. Normandye, kynge lohns eldest sone, and the duke of Orleaunce, the kynges brother, as- 
 
 sayled hyftivpon another parte, the whiche, ii. dukes were leders of. ii. stronge hoostes; 
 but as sayth the Frenshe Cronycle, these, iii. bataylles dyd lytell scath vnto the Englysshe- 
 men. 
 
 But by reason of theyr shotte they were so woiided and many slayne, that the resydue 
 Jedde, to the great discomfort of the Frenshe kynges people. Than kyng lohii in all 
 that he myght, comforted his people, and with a fresshe company set vpon the Englysshe- 
 men, that all wayes kepte theym hole togyder, and receyued the Frenshmen vpon their 
 Wepens poyntes with so great force, that in the ende ^ Frenshemen gaue backe and were 
 taynquysshed, by the helpe of God [and seynt George]^ and slayne, as wytnessyth the 
 
 • Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. ^ Innocent the vi. byshope of Rome. edit.. 1542. ^Omitted 
 
 in edit. 1533. 1542. 1559- * trees. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 ^ sayde 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 46? 
 
 sayde Frenshe Cronycle, to the nombre of. xvii.C men of armys, besyde other meane 
 sowdyours ; among the which of noble men were slayne, the duke of Burbone, the duke 
 of Athenes, sir lohn de Cleremount marshal of Frauce, sir Reynolde Camyan baneret, 
 (whicbe that daye bare the oryflambe, a speciall relyke that the Frenshe kynges vse to 
 here before them in all battayles,) and the bysshop of Chalons with dyuers other, to the 
 nombre of. liiii. banerettes, besyde knyghtes and other. And of prysoners taken at that 
 batayll, was lohn kynge of Fraunce, Philyp his, iiii. sone, sir laques de Burbon erle of 
 Poytiau and brother vnto the duke of Burbon before slayne, sir lohn of Artoys erle of 
 Ewe, sir Charlys his brother erle of Longeuyle, sir GuyfFarde cosyn germayne vnto the 
 Frenshe kynge, [sir John de Meleoun erle of Cancaruyle,]' sir lohn his sone & heyre, 
 doctour Willyam archebysshop of Sens, sir Symon Meleon brother vnto the erle of Can- 
 caruyle anderleof Vantadurre, tbeerles of Dampmatyne, of Vendosme, of Salysbruche, of 
 Moyson, the marshall of Deneham, and many other, as banerettes, knyghtes, &men ofname, 
 to the nombre, as sayth ^^ Frenshe Cronycle, of. xvi.C. & aboue. And from this batayll 
 escaped by flyght, Charlys eldest sone of kynge lohii and duke of Normaiidye, the duke 
 of Orleauce & f duke of Amow, \V fewe other of great fame ; the whiche yode streygbt 
 vnto Parys, where shortely after was called a great counsayll, for matyers, whiche in 
 the story of kynge lohn shall after be shewyd. 
 
 Whan the felde was thus fynysshed, prynce Edwarde, after dewe tbankes and louynges 
 gyuen to God [and seynt George]' for this tryumphaunt victory, he with his sayd 
 prysoners spedde hyra towarde Burdeaux, where the sayd kynge was kepte tyll Easter 
 after. 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lv. Anno Domini M.CCC.lvi. 
 
 Richarde Notyngham. 
 Henry Pycbarde. Anno. xxxi. 
 
 Thomas Dosell*. 
 
 IN this. xxxi. yere, that is to saye the. xvi. daye of the moneth of Apryll, the noble 
 prynce Edwarde, thanne vpon f age of, xxviii. yeres, toke shyppynge with his prysoners 
 at Burdeaux, & arryued in Englande shortly after. And the. xxiiii. daye of May he was 
 with great honoure and gladnesse receyued of the cytezyns of London, and so conueyed 
 vnto the kynges palays at Westmynster ; where the kyng syttynge in his astate in West- 
 mynster hall, receyued hym with due honoure, and after conueyed to a lodgynge for hym 
 prouyded, where he laye a certayne season : and after was the sayde Frenshe kynge hadde 
 vnto a place called Sauoy, whiche thenne was a pleasaunt palays and fayre lodgynge be- 
 longyng that tyme vnto the duke of Lancastre, and after brent and dystroyed by lak 
 Strawe and his fawtours, in the. iiii*. yere of Richarde the seconde, nexte kynge of En- 
 glande, as in the sayde yere after shalbe shewed, in whiche place the sayde Frenshe kynge 
 laye longe after. 
 
 And in the wynter folowynge were royall iustes holden in Smythfelde of London, and 
 many goodly and knyghtly feates of armys doon to the great honoure of the kynge, and 
 all his realme and gladdynge of al beholdours ; at the whiche disporte was present, the 
 kynge of Englande, the Frenshe kynge and the kynge of Scottes, with many noble astates 
 of all ^ thre prouynces or kyngdoms, wherof tlse more partie of the straungers were thanne 
 prysoners. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lvi. Anno Domini. M.CCClvii. 
 
 Stephyn Caundysshe. 
 lohii Stody*. Anno, xxxii. 
 
 Bartylmewe Frostelynge. 
 
 IN this, xxxii. yere, [pope]' Innocent the. vi. of thatname^, sente into Englande. ii. 
 
 • viii.C.edit. 1542. 1559. erroneously. '^ Omi I tedin edit. 1542, 1559. *xv.C. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ♦ Dollsell. MS. ' iij. edit. 1 542. 1559. ' The MS. adds Vyntener. ^ The edit, of 1542. adds 
 
 then byshop of Rome. 
 
 3 O S cardynalles 
 
468 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 cardynalles td treate of a peas atwene the. ii. kynges; the whiche. ii. cardynalles taryed 
 the more parte of a yere in London and otfaer places of the lande, to brynge theyr pur- 
 pose to some efFecte, but they spedde lyteU of their cause. 
 
 And in this yere, after moste wryters, Dauyd le Bruze' of Scottes was delyuered from 
 the castell of Odyljam at his lybertie, whan he hadde put kynge Edwarde in a suertie of 
 an hondreth. M. markes for his raunsome. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.Ivii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.Iviii. 
 
 Pit- Cmi. ' lohn Bernes. 
 
 lohii Luflyn*. Anno, xxxiii. 
 
 lohn Buris. 
 
 IN this, xxxiii. yere, as wy'tnessyth the Frenshe Cronycle, sir Robert Knollys, syr 
 lames Pype, with other of theyr retynewe, warred in Brytayne, and, as testyfyeth the 
 Frenshe Cronycle, An the moneth of Marche, and. x. daye of the sayde moneth, the 
 sayde capytaynies with one which the Frenshe boke nameth Thomlyn Fowke, came erely 
 in the mornynge vnto a towne that was nere vnto Ancerre, called Regennez, beynge in 
 the rule of Englysshmen, where y sayd capitaynes takyng ^ them more stregth, ybde 
 streight vnto y foresayd towne of Ancerre, beyng within, ii. Englysshe myles, and scaled 
 f wallys with ladders, and quyt theym so manfully, that they hadde the rule of the towne 
 or the Sonne rysynge. And in that castell was taken prysoner, sir Guyllyam" de Chalon, 
 the sone of the erle of Ancerre, his wyfe, and many other ; in takynge of whiche town6 
 castell' fewe folkes were slayne, howe be it there were of armyd men aboue. MM., as 
 Bowdyours to defende the towne. Thenne the Englysshemen serchyd so nere, that, as 
 the comon fame went, they fande iuellys* as they hadde been preuy to the hydynge of 
 theym, and that of great value; amonge the whiche, as sayth f sayd Cronycle, they fande 
 certayne skyiies, the whiche were valued at. v. M. motons of golde. 
 
 Ye shall vnderstande that a moton is a coyne vsed in Fraunce and Brytaygne, and is 
 of value, after the rate of sterlynge money, vpon. v.«., or thereabout. Whanne the 
 Englysshemen hadde pylled and spoyled the towne by the space of. viii. dayes, and raun- 
 somed suche as were of any substauce, then they shewed vnto the rulers of the towne that 
 they wolde sette it vpon a fyre, except that they wolde gyue vnto theym a certayne sume 
 of money, for the whiche, after longe treaty of this matyer, the rulers of the towne to 
 haue* possessyon thereof, and to haue it preserued from fyre, agreed to gyue vnto the 
 Englysshe capitaynes. xl. M. motons, and. Ix. perlys, valued at. x. M. motons, whiche. 1. 
 M. motons shulde amount, after y rate of sterlyng money, to. xii. M. and. v. C.K. or nere 
 aboute. So that what they fande within that towne of any value, they bare it with theym, 
 except the iuellys and ornamentes of the churche of seynt Germayne,, the whiche goodes 
 & iuellys they toke for pledge of such money as was vnpayde of ^ foresayd. xl. M. motons 
 of golde, for the raunsome of the towne ; for the whiche goodes, the towne of Ancerre was 
 bounde vnto ^ hedes of the churche to paye for, or to redeme the sayde goodes by the 
 feastes of Mydsomer nexte folowyng, or ellys to paye yerely, in perpetuyte, to the sayd 
 churche i meaner of quyte rent. iii. M. motos*, whereof ^ value is shewed in f first chapi* 
 tre or^ Philip the. iiii. And ouer all this, the dwellers of the towne agreed that the En- 
 glysshmen «huld brene the gates of the towne, & in dyuers parties of the towne, thorugh 
 the wallys to ^ groude. 
 
 Vpon. iiii. dayes folowynge the ende of the sayde agrement, the foresayd sii* lamys 
 Pype, and sir Othan of Holande, and other, to f nombre of. xvi. or xviii. Englysshmen, 
 
 ' kyng of. » lohn Lu«fkyn, Grocer. MS. " towne and castell. ♦ goodis & ioywellis. MS. 
 
 * hau# agayu, MS, *florynys.MS. The mistake of motons runs through all four editions, * of, 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 469 
 
 entendyng to haue wone some enterpryse, were layde for by the sowdyours of a place 
 called the great Semif, and by theym taen and bolden as prysoners. 
 
 And in the moneth of Aprill next ensuynge, a towne, called in Frenshe Dabygny sur 
 le Metre, was by the Englysshemen gotten in lyke maner and fourme as was the foresayd 
 towne of Ancerre. And the. ii. daye of May was wonne by sir Robert Knolles, and his 
 company, a towne called Chasteleyn sur Louuayn, and pylled it as they dyd the other, 
 and after with theyr pyllage and prysoners, araonge the whiche were many women and 
 childerne of. iiii. and of. v. yeres of age, the sayd Englysshemen yode to the newe castell 
 vpon Loyre, and ye shall vnderstande that f partie of the Englysshemen was greatly 
 strengthed by the helpe of the kynge of Nauarne, & of sir Philip, his brother, & other, 
 as more playnely shalbe shewed in the Frenshe Cronycle, or story of kynge lohii folow- 
 ynge : and thus the sayd sir Robert Knolles, with ayde of the kynges men of Nauarne, 
 dayly wanne many townes and sironge holdes in Bretayne. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lviii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lix. 
 
 ■~ Symonde Wymondham'. 
 
 Symonde DofFelde*. Anno, xxxiiii. 
 
 lohn Chychester. 
 
 IN this, xxxiiii. yere, or more veryly in the moneth of Nouembre, and ende of f. 
 xxxiii. yere of kyng Edwardes reygne, he, with prynce Edward, and the duke of Lan- 
 castre, with a puyssant army, landed at Caleys, and from thens passed by lande vnto 
 Artoys, and by Vermendoys, to the cytie of Reynes, and layde his siege aboute that cytie, 
 & beclypped it in such wyse, y no man myght entre or go out of the cytie ^out lycence 
 of the Englysshemen. 
 
 Whanne kynge Edwarde had lyen. xi. dayes at the siege of Reynes, without great dere 
 or hurte vnto it doynge, he remoued his siege,- and passed by f countre of Champayne, 
 tyll he came to a towne called Guyllon, where ^ kynge restyd hym a season ; in whiche 
 lyme came vnto hym certayne men of the duchie of Burgoyne, as lordes of dyuers holdes 
 and townes within that duchery, and gaue vnto hym, to the entent he shulde nat molest 
 or hurte that coutre. CC. M. floryns of golde, which is to the value of sterlyng money, 
 of. XXXV. M.li. ; and ouer that the sayd Burgonyons couenaunted with hym, that they 
 
 ' wolde mynystre to hym & his boost such vitayles as was in that countre plentuously for his 
 money. And that done, he departed from thens, & yode vnto Neuers, and passed there 
 the ryuer of Dyon, or Ion, and yode to Colanges vpon Ion, and from thens in the 
 moneth of Marche, and begynnynge of his. xxxiiii. yere of his reygne, he yode by the 
 countre of Gastenoys, towarde the cytie of Parys. And prynce Edwarde with his copany, 
 passed by Moret, tyll he came to an holde whiche Englysshemen than kepte, called 
 
 • TournellySj or Cournellys, before the whiche towne or holde laye, at that season, certayne 
 Frenshemen in a stronge bastyle, and assayled the Englysshe men dayly, and remoued 
 nat thens. Albeit they were monysshed of the prynces cSmynge, they trusted so moche ^»/. CmH. 
 in the strengthe of theyr bastyle, which them disceyued ; foV within, v. dayes of f prynces 
 comynge theyr bastyle was goten, and many of theym slayne, and to the nombre of. x)vii. 
 persones of that company taken prysoners, amongc the whiche were. iiii. men of name, 
 that is to say, the lorde of Bouyle, or Bouile, the lorde of Daygreuyle, or of Aygreuyle, 
 sir lohn de Barres, and sir Wyllyam de Plassies. 
 
 Thus kynge Edwarde ^ his people spedyng his iourney towarde Parys, vpon the Tuys- 
 day^ beynge p laste daye of Marche in the weke before Easter, came vnto a place called 
 the Uostell of Chastelon, betwene Mountlehery and Chastes, and lodged bym a certayne 
 
 ' Bedj^ngtOD. MS. » Tk MS. addi Grocer. 
 
 7 of 
 
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 of his people there 5 and the prynce with other lordes of his boost were lodged in the 
 tow'nes theraboute, from thens vnto the lowne of Corueyll' and an other towne called 
 Longe lumell. 
 
 Thanne Charlys, eldest sone of kynge lohn, and at that daye regent of FrauBce, 
 made meanes of treaty whiche was laboured by a frere called Syinonde de Lau- 
 gres, prouyncyall of the Freres lacobynes and legat of the pope*, by whose meanes a 
 daye of treaty was appoynted to be holden vpo Good Fryday in the maledery of Le Longc 
 lumell ; where at the same daye and place apperyd for kynge Edwardes partye the duke 
 of Lancastre, the erles of Warwyk and of Norhampton, with syr lohil de Chaude, syr 
 Waltier de Maury', and sir Wyllyam Cheyny, knyghtes, and for the regent apperyd there 
 the lorde of Fewe, thanne constable of Fraunce, the lorde Boncyquant than marshall of 
 Fraunce, the lorde of Sarancyers, the lorde of Vygnay of the countre of Vyeniie, sir 
 Symond Bucy, and sir Guycharde de Auglie, knyghtes, whiche treaty came to none 
 eflfecte. 
 
 Wherfore kynge Edwards, vpon the Tuysdaye folowynge Easter day, remoued from 
 the sayde Hostel!, and lodgyd hym nere vnto Parys, at a place named Chastellbn, ner'e 
 vnto Mountrouge, and the resydue of his boost was lodgyd at Vaunys, at Vaugerart, at 
 Gentylly, and other townes there aboute. Thanne vpon the Frydaye folowynge, beynge 
 the. X. daye of Apryll, by meanes of the abbot of Clugnyj whiche newely was sent 
 from the pope* Innocent the. vi. the foresayd lordes and knyghtes agayne assembled at a 
 place called the Banlyen to treate of an accorde atwene the kynge and the regent; but theyr 
 laboure was spent.in vayne as it before had ben. 
 
 Vpon the Sondaye next folowynge, a parte of the kynges boost came before the towne 
 of Parys and enbataylled theym in a felde faste by Seynt Marcellys, and taryed there 
 from y^ mornynge tyll. iii. of the clok at after noone to abyde batayll of the Frenshemen ; 
 the whiche made noone issue oute of cytie*, natwithstandynge that, as testyfyeth f Frenshe 
 boke, within Parys at that day were great plente of sowdyours, ouer and besyde the 
 great foyson of theenhabytauntes of the same. 
 
 Whanne the Englysshemen perceyued that they shulde haue noo batayll of the Pary- 
 siens, they, aboute thre at after noone, departed the felde, and toke theyr waye towarde 
 Chartres, and so vnto Bonneuale nere vnto Chaceadon. Thenne kynge Edwarde was 
 lodged at a place called Dones, to the whiche place came vnto hym out of Parys the 
 bysshoppe of Beauuays, thane chaunceller of Normandy, with other, and so behaued 
 theym vnto the kynge that a newe daye of treaty was appoynted to be holden at Bretyn- 
 guy, within a myle or lytel more of Ghartres foresayd, vpon the first day of Mali next 
 ensuynge. 
 
 AT whiche daye of appoyntement the foresayd duke of Lancastre, with the sayd erles 
 of Warwyk & NorthamptoMj and other, at the sayde place apperyd for kynge Edwarde, 
 and for the regent apperyd there f forenamed byssbop, with many other lordes and 
 knyghtes and spirituell men, to the nombre of. xxii. persones, whose names I ouer passe 
 for lengthyng of tyme, the whiche soo dylygently behaued theim tliat in the space of. 
 viii.dayes they agreed vpon an vnyteand peas, the whiche was comprysed in. xli. articles, 
 as at length is rehercyd in the Frenshe Cronycle, wherof the effect is this. 
 
 ^^^^^?' *-^^ kynge of Englande and his beyres kynges, with all the landes as he than 
 hadde m Gascoyne and Guyan, shulde haue to hym and his beyres for euer, the cytie 
 and castell of Poytiers, with all the appertenaunces to that lordshyp belongyngej also 
 the cytie of Lymoges, with all the landes of Lymosyne and all other theyr appertenaunces ; 
 
 ' Corbueyll. MS. • bis^liop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' Manuy. edit. 154-2. 1550. * the 
 
 cytie. 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 471 
 
 the cytie and castell of Perigoit, with all landes and reuenues to that lordshyp belongj'ng ; 
 the erledome of JBygorre, w all thynges to that lordshyp belonge' ; the eiledome of Poy tfiau, 
 with all the appertenaunces ; the signorie of Beleuyle ; the lordshyp of Exanctes, Exauc- ^ 
 doure, and Exancon ; the cytie of Agen ; ihe cytie of Agenoys ; the cytie of Caours, and 
 lordshyp of Caoursyn; the cytie of Tarbe ; ihecytie 3t countre of Gaure, Angoulesme, of 
 Rodes, and of Rouern ; the lordshyp of Mostruell, with al reuenues therunto belong- 
 ynge ; the sygnorye of Caleys, of JMarquell, of Sandgate and Colyngn ; the lordshyp 
 of Hammys, of Walys, and of Ouye; and the erjedome of Guynes, with all profytes 
 therunto Uelongyng. All whiche lordshyppes, Ijonoures, castelles, toures, cyties, and 
 townes, the kynge ot England, than Edvvarde thethirde, and his heyres kyngesof Englande, 
 shuld haue and holde for euermore, in as ryal wyse and lyke maner as done the kynges- 
 of Fraunce,AVoutdoynge for theym any homage, feawtye, or other duetye. 
 
 And kynge Edwarde after that daye, for hym and his heyres kynges of Englande, 
 shulde clerely renounce and gyue ouer all ins tytle, ryght and interest that he hadde vnto 
 the crowne of Fraunce, and specially the name of kyng of Frauce. 
 • Also all his ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the ducliye of Normandye, of Thorayn, 
 of Amowe*, of Brytayne, & of the souerayntie of the erldome of Flaundres, and of all 
 other lordshyppes, cyties, castelles, honours, townes, towres and manoures, that any 
 kynge of Englande before that day had any rijiht vnto win the realme of Fraiice, and to 
 holde hym contente with the aboucnaiiie(! lordshippes, without any fertherclayme. w ,« j 
 
 Ferthermore it was agreed, that the Frenshe kyng shuld pay for his rausome thre rail- tione regis ""^ 
 lyons of scutes of golde, wherof. ii. shuld alway make a noble Englysshe. Ye shall vn- F"""'* 
 derstande y a myllyon of scutes is. x.C. tbousande of scules, which txiende after f value 
 of sterlynge money, vnto the siime of CCl.M. raarke ; and so thre millions amounte 
 vnto. vii. hondreth &. l.M. marke, which uiaketh iuste. v. hondreth thousande pounde of 
 sterlynge money : of the whiche. iii. millions ot" scutes, x. hondreth. M. to be payde at 
 Caleys by the firste daye of lunii next tolowynge the sayd treaty, and an other. x.C.M. 
 or million to be payde at the sayd towne of Caleys, within, viii. monethes after the Frenshe 
 kyng was comyn vnto Caleys, and the thirde million to be payde at London in ii. yerea 
 and an halfe, that is to say, at Mighelmasse. xii. monethes after the agrement made. 
 iiii.C.M. scutes, and at Mighelmas nexte after ensuynge. iiii.C.M. scutes, and at Easter 
 than next folowyng. CC. thousande scutes, in full payment of the thre millions, or. xxx.C. 
 thousande scutes. 
 
 And further it was agreed, that after the Frenshe kynge was comen vnto Caleys, he fii. Cumi.- 
 shulde reste hym there, iiii. monethes ; wherof the firste moneth shuld be at the charge 
 of kynge Edwarde, and the other, iii. monethes to be at f coste & charge of the sayd 
 Frenche kyng, and to pay for euerych of f sayd thre monethes, if he so longe taryed 
 there for the perfourmaunce of the sayd accorde. x.M. royalles of Fraunce, which at that 
 tyme uere in value after the rate of sterlynge money, euery royall. xxi.</. or. xiiii. sous 
 Parys, and so he shuld paye for a monethes charge. viii.C.lxxv./j. 
 
 And ouer that it was accorded that the Frenshe kynge lohii, for that tyme beynge, nop 
 no kynge of Fraunce after hym, shall ayde or assyste the Scottes agayne kyng Edwarde, 
 nor agayne his heyres kynges of Englande. 
 
 Nor kynge Edwarde nor his heyres, kynges, shall allye theym with f Flemynges, nor 
 ayde nor assyste theym agayne the sayd kynge lohfi, nor heyres' kynges of Fraunce. 
 
 And for the tytle or right of the duchye of Brytayne, whiche was in questyon atwene 
 the erles of Bloys and of Mountforde, it was accorded that both kynges beynge at Caleys, 
 the sayd parties shuld be called before theym, and if a peas atwene theim by the. ii. kynges 
 myght nat be sette, then the sayd kynges to assygne certayne indyfferent persones to agre 
 the sayd erles, and they to haue lialfe a yere of respyte for to quyet p matyer ; and if 
 the said persones so by the kynges assygned noyghte nat agree the sayd erles by the terme,. 
 
 ' belougynge. * Anjow. edit. 1 559. ' his hey res.^ 
 
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472 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 that then eyther of the sayd erles to make the beste puruyaunce for hym selfe, that eyther 
 of t'heym coude make aV the helpe of his frendes or otherwyse, wherby they myghte at- 
 tayne to theyr ryght and clayme of the sayd duchye. 
 
 Prouyded alway that nouther of the sayd kynges nor of theyr sones shuld ayde or 
 assyste any of the sayd erles, by reason wherof the peas atwene theym accorded myght 
 be lowsed or broken. Also prouyded is, y whether' of the sayd. ii. erles the sayde duchye 
 falle, by sentence of man or otherwyse, that the homage for it shall alwaye be done to 
 the kynge of Fraunce. 
 
 All whiche ordenauces and agrementcs, with many moo that wolde aske longe leysour 
 to wryte, were ratysfyed and confermyd by the instrumentes and seales of the prynce of 
 Walys, vpon the partie of kynge Edwarde for Englandes partie, and by Charlys regent 
 of Fraunce for that partie, as by theyr letters patentes thanne sealed apperyd, beryhge 
 date, that one at Louers in Normandy, the. xvi. day of May, in the yere of grace, xiii. 
 hondreth and. Ix., and that other at Parys the. x. daye of the sayde moneth and yere. 
 
 And ouer f eyther of the sayd: ii. prynces, that is to saye Edwarde prynce of Walys 
 was sworne in presence of. vi. Frenshe knyghtes, vpon the sacrament of f aulter, after 
 the thirde agnus was sayd, in tyntie of a lowe masse at the foresayd Louuers songe or 
 sayd, that he to the vttermost of his power shuld vpholde and kepe the foresayd peas in 
 euery poynt, as ferre as in hym was : and in lyke maner was Charlys than regent of 
 Fraunce, swo.rne* in presence of vi. Englysshe knyghtes to perfourme the same. 
 
 After whiche treaty thus fynysshed & ended, kynge Edwarde with his sones and nobles 
 of Englande, toke shyppynge^t Humflete in Norraady vpon the. xx. day of Maii, and 
 sayled into Englande, leuynge behynde hym the erle of Warwyk for to gyde the En- 
 glysshmen that remained in Guyan and other places, and to se that the peas whiche then 
 was proclaymed thorough Fraunce were kept, & nat broken by them, whiche endured 
 nat Ibnge without vyolacion, as saythe the Frenshe boke. 
 
 HEre I leue a parte f great reioysynge and honourable receyuynge of the kyng by the 
 cytezyns of Lodon, & other ceremonyes whiche at that season I spare, to thenlent Imay 
 the more substancially shewe vnto you the fynall ende of this accorde. Than trouth it 
 is that in this season of y^ kynges beyng in Frauce, kyng lohn for his more consolacon 
 was remoued from Sauoy vnto the Toure of London, where after the kynges retourne, 
 he fested the kynge and his lordes vpon the. xiiii. day of the moneth of lunii : and the.' 
 viii. daye of the moneth of lulet next ensuynge, the Frenshe kyng in the morenynge 
 landed at Caleys and was lodged in the castel, & there abode the comynge of kynge Ed- 
 warde. 
 
 Vpon the. ix. daye of Octobre kyng Edwarde arryued at Caleys, and went streyght 
 _ vnto the castell for to vysyte kynge lohn, the whiche welcomyd hym in a louynge and 
 frendly coutenaiice : and whan the kynge shuld departe to his lodgynge into the towne, 
 the Frenshe kyng requyred hym ;^ he ^ his sones sbulde dyne with hym vpon the morowe 
 folowynge, whiche of f kynge was grauted to be vpon the Monday folowyng, y^. xii. 
 daye of the sayd moneth. At whiche daye kynge Edwarde was firste sette & kept the 
 astate, and then secundaryly the Frenshe kynge, thirdely the" prynce of Walys, and 
 fourthly the duke of Lancastre, without moo at that table : in the tyme of whiche dyner 
 came to the castell the erle of Flaundres, whom/^ Frenshe kynge welcomyd in moste 
 louynge maner. And whan the sayde dyner with all honour was ended, ii. of the kynges 
 sones of Englande, and, ii. of the Frenshe kynges toke leue of theyr faders, and rode 
 towarde Boleyn, where at that tyme the regent of Frauce was ; the which mette theyrri 
 in the mydde way atwene Caleys and Boleyn, and so conueyed theym vnto Bolejn, and 
 restyd there with theym that nyghte. 
 
 'that to whether, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * sworn at Paris. MS. 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 473 
 
 And vpoti the tnorowe laft theym there, and hym selfe came vnto Calcys firste to his 
 fader, and after his fader & he came bothe to the kynges paieys to dyner, whiche kynge 
 Edwarde receyued with moche ioye & honour, and made vnto them a sumptuous feast. 
 Vpon the. xiiii. daye of Octobre the sayd regent departed from Caleys, and retourned 
 vnto Boleyn, and the. ii. sonnes of kynge Edwarde retournyd from Boleyn to Caleys. 
 
 And vpon a Saterdaye, the. xiiii'. daye of the moneth of Octobre, both kynges beynge 
 in. ii. trauersys, & in one chapell at Caleys, a masse was said before them ; to y ofFeryng 
 of whiche ma;sse nouther of theym came ; but whanne the pax was borne firSte to the 
 Frenshe kynge & eft to kyng Edwarde, and eyther refused to kysse it firste, the Frenshe 
 kynge roose vp & canne towarde kynge Edwarde, wherof he beynge ware roose vp and 
 mette with hym, and refuced the pax, and kyssed eyther other : at the whiche masse ey- 
 ther of theym was solemply sworne to maynteyne y articles of the sayde peas, and for 
 tnore assuraunce of f same, many lordes vpon both parties were also sworne to maynteyne 
 the same to theyr powers. Ye shall also vnderstande that in this season, that the "Frenshe 
 kyng soiournyd thus at Caleys, both for f payment of his raunsom and also for the de- 
 iyuery of certeyne holdes and townes which as yet were nat delyuered, he put in suchc 
 feuerties as foloweth, the duke of Oilyaunce, the duke of Burgoyn, the duke of Bur- 
 bone, the erles of Angeou, of Poyteau, of Bloys, of Alenson, of Seynt Poule, of Escamps, 
 of Valetynoys, ofBrame, ofEw, of Logeuyle, of Cancaruyle, of Ancerre, of Dampmar- 
 tyne, of Vendature.of Salisbruge,and of Vendosme; thevicountes of Baudemount, of lieaw- 
 mount and of Ancuerre ; the lordes of Craon, of Deruall, of Dabyguy, of Consy, of 
 Fyers, of Preaux, of Seynt Venant, of Garanciers, of Aluerne, of Moutmorency and ^'''•'^■*''' 
 of Angest, iind also the lorde or wardeyne of the forestes, and knyghtes, sir William de 
 Craon, sir Lowys de Harconrt, sir lohn de Layguy and sir Galtier de Dunehaiij. Of 
 the whiche. xxxvii*. persones, dyuers of theim, as before is touched, were taken prysoners 
 at the batayll of Poytiers ; for the whiche it was agreed, that as many as had nai payde 
 theyr fynance before tiie thirde daye of ]\Iay last past, shulde be acquyted by the kynges 
 fynaunce, with dyuers other codycions whiche I passe ouer. 
 
 Than vpon the morowe folowynge of the takynge of the foresayd othe by the. ii. kynges, 
 that is to saye, Sonday, the. xxv. daye of Octobre, the Frenslie kynge was freely dely- 
 uered, the whiche, the sayde daye before noone, departed from Caleys, and rodu towarde 
 Boleyn, whom kynge Edwarde conueyed a myle vpon his waye, at «hiche myles ende 
 they departed with kyssynge, and other louyng raaner; and pryce Edwarde kept on his 
 waye with kynge lohh, and so conueyed hym to Boloyn, where he taryed that nyght. 
 
 And vpon the morowe, the sayd prynce Edwarde, and Charlys, duke of Normandy, 
 with the erie of Escamps, and other noble men, there thehe beynge present, ^^ere agayne 
 sworne to maynteyne and holdeysayd peas without fraude, colour, or disceyte ; and that 
 done, the sayd prynce takynge his leue, retournyd that nyght vnto Caleys. And so it 
 nowe apperyth vnto you, that kyng lohh stode as prysoner, by the space of. iiii. yeres; and 
 asmoch as from the. xix. day of Septembre, vnto. xxv. daye of Octobre. 
 
 And whan kynge Edwarde had sped his nedes at Caleys, he after, as shalbe shewed in 
 theyere folowynge, sayled into Englade. 
 
 It is also to be noted, that, this yere, whyle the kynge was occupyed in his warres in 
 Fraunce, as before is touched, the erle of Seynpouie, with an army of Frenshemen, 
 sayled aboute the borders of Kent and Sussex, and landed in sundry places, as Rye, 
 Wvnchelsee, and liastynges, and spoyled the townes, and slewe many of the men, and 
 dycl moche harme to the poore fysshers. 
 
 ' xxiiij. edit. I53J. 1 j4C. 1559- * xxxviij. edit. 1,533. 1512. iBSg.erroveovsJy. 
 
 3 P Anncj 
 
474 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClix. Anno Domini. M.CCC.Ixi 
 
 lohn Denys. , 
 
 lohii Wroth*. , Anno. xxxv. 
 
 Walter Borney*. 
 
 VPon y^ euyn of seynt Quytyne, or the. xxx. daye of Nouenabre, in the ende of the* 
 xxxiiii. yere of kyng Edwarde, and begynnynge of this mayres yere, the kynge toke 
 shyppynge at Caleys, and sayled towarde^Englande, bryngynge with hytn certayne of his 
 hostages, that is to say, Lowys, the seconde sone of kynge lohii, newely made duke of 
 Amon and of Mayn, whiche before was erle of Angeou, & lohn his brother newly made 
 duke of Aluerne and of Berry, which before was erle of Poytiers, whiche erledome 
 nowe belongyd to kynge Edwarde, by reason of the foresayd treaty. He also had w hym 
 sir Loiyys duke of Braban, & y erles of Alenson and of Escampis, whiche were nere 
 of the Frenshe kynges blode, with. viii. other erlys and lordes named in ^ Frenshe 
 Gronycle, with the whiche the kynge landed at Doner shortely after, & so came to London 
 the. ix. daye of Nouembre. 
 
 And in this. ixxv. yere men and bestys were perysshed in Englande, in dyuers places, 
 with thondre and 13'ghtenynge, [and the fendes was seen in mannes lykenesse, and spake 
 vnto men as they trauayled by the waye.]' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lx. / Anno Domini. M.CCC.Ixi* 
 
 Willyam Holbech. 
 lohn Pecche'. Anno, xxxvi. 
 
 lames Tame. 
 
 IN this, xxxvi. yere, prynce Edwarde wedded ^ coutesse of Kent, whiche before was 
 wyfe vnto sir Thomas Holande, and, before that, wyfe vnto the erle 6f Salesbury, & de- 
 uorsed from hym and maryed vnto y' sayd sir Thomas. In this yere also was great mor- 
 talitie of men in England, durynge the whiche the noble duke Henry of Lancastre dyed ; 
 this of wryters is named the seconde mortalytie, for it was the seconde that fylle in this 
 kynges dayes. Whan duke Henry was deed, sir lohan of Gaunt the kynges thirde sone, 
 whiche hadde maryed the sayde dukes doughter, was made duke of that duchye. 
 
 In this yere also were sene two castelles in y ayre, wherof that one apperyd in y South 
 East, and that other in the Southwest, out of the whiche at sondry tymes, as it were 
 aboute the noon tyde, issuyd of ey ther of theym an boost of armyd men to mannes syght ; 
 and ;y boost whiche issuyd oute of the castell of the South East apperyd whyte, and that 
 other apperid blacke : these, ii. hostes apperyd as thoughe they faught eche of theym 
 with other, and shewed as ^ whyte was firste victoryous,^ & lastly ouercomyn, and sa 
 disaperyd. 
 
 In this yere also a great company of dyuers nacyons assembled them in Brye, and. 
 Champayne, wherof the leders or capitaynes were Englysshemen, the whiche dyd moche 
 harme in Fraunce ; but, after the affirmaunce of the Frenshe Cronycle, this company, 
 whiche there is called the newe company, began theyr assembles in the forenamed 
 countre of Brye, or kynge lohii were delyuered frome Caleys. And whanne they were 
 ware of his delyueraunce, they departed oute of Brye, and yode into Champayne, and 
 toke there dyuers holdes, and spoyled & robbyd dyuers small townes, & raun- 
 somed many men. And in this yere, as saythe the Irenshe booke, they toke the 
 brydge and towne of Seynt Sprytes, vpon the daye of the Innocentes, or the. xxviii. daye 
 of Decerabre; and, as affermyth Polycronycon, aboute the same tyme another company 
 in lykwyse assembled theym in Italye, whiche was called the whyte company* and mo- 
 
 » The MS. aids fyshmonger. * Barney, MS, ] Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1555. 
 
 « 7 lested 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 475 
 
 tested that countre in lyke maner. And in the moneth of Apryll folowyage, kynge lohH 
 sent the erle of Cancaruyle, the erles of Salesbrugh, of the Marchez, of Forez' and of 
 loynguy, the whiche erles, with theyr retyneue, mette with the sayd company at a place, 
 thanne named Bruke, nere vnto Lyon Rosne*, at whiche place was foughten a cruell 
 fyght; but in f ende the Frenshemen were ouersett and scomfyted, so that the sayd erle 
 of Cancaruyle was taken prysoner, and the. ii. erles of Marchez and Forestez slayne, 
 with moche of the comon people. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.Ixi, Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxii. AA C^vi. 
 
 lohn of Seint Albones. 
 Stephen Caundissh*. Anno, xxxvii. 
 
 lames Andrewe. 
 
 IN this, xxxvii. yere, vpon the daye of seynt Mauryce, or f xv. daye of lanuarii, blewe 
 so excedynge a wynde that f lyke therof was nat seen many ycres passed. This began 
 about euynsong tyme in the South, and contynued with suche sternesse* that it blewe 
 downe stronge & myghty buyldyngs, as toures, steples, houses & chymneys, 8c contynued 
 for the more partie I sache sternesse* by f space of. v. dayes after : and in this yere and. The&ecSmynge 
 xxiiii. daye of the sayde moneth of lanuarii, came lohii kynge of Fraunce vnto Eltham ^^|^°^' 
 besyde Grenewych, & dyned there that day w f kyng, & vpon f afternoon he was honour- Engisdto sporte 
 ably conueyed thorough the cytie of London vnto Sauoye, as well by the cytezyns as pJ^J'^lj' 
 other, the whiche mette with hym vpon Blakheth well horsed in a lyuerey of one coloure. whiche'tyme he 
 And whyle the sayde kynge lohh laye at the sayd place of Sauoy, aboute the begynnynge ^d^^"" 
 of Marche folowynge, a greuous sykenesse toke hym, of the which he dyed the. viii. daye 
 of Apryll folowynge, in the begynnynge of the yere of grace. xiiLClxiiii. and after was 
 caryed into Fraiice and buryed at Seynt Denys, f. vii. day of Maye folowynge. 
 
 And in this yere kynge Edwarde created sir Leonell his sone duke of Clarence, and 
 sir Edmunde his other sone erle of Cambrydge. 
 
 And in the ende of this yere &. xvii. daye of Septembre began a great frost, the whiche 
 endured to the begynnyng of the moneth of Apryll, by reason wherof moche liarme grewe 
 and ensuyd of the same. 
 
 A,nuo Domini. M.CCC.lxii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxiii. 
 
 Richarde Croydon, 
 lohri Notte'. Anno, xxxviii. 
 
 lohn Hyltoste*. 
 
 ANd that yere came. iii. kynges, into Englande for to speke w kyng Edwarde: 
 [firste the kynge of Fraunce, the kyng of Sipres, and the kynge of Scottes.]' 
 
 IN this, xxxviii. yere prynce Edwarde sayled to Burdeaux, and receyued f possessyon 
 of Guyan, that kynge Edwarde hadde newely gyuen vnto hym, for the whiche he after 
 dyd his homage to his fader, in lykewyse and maner as his fader & other kynges of 
 Englande were wont to doo, for the sayde duchie, vnto the kynges of Fraunce. And 
 vpon Michelmasse daye, beynge than vpon a Sonday, before the castell of Danhoy, fiaste 
 by the cytie of Vaunes in Brytayne, mette the hoostes of sir Charlys de Bloys and of syr 
 lohii de Mountfort, whiche longe before had stryuen, as before is shewed, for the sayde 
 
 ■ Forezstes. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559- 'Lyon surRosne. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ' TAf MS. 
 
 adds Draper. * stormes. edit. 1542. 155Jf. ' Peperer. MS. " Hylltoft. MS. 
 
 ' Not in the MvicmH MS, In ike edib of J 559. this parage is placed at the end of the preceding year. 
 
 3 P 2 duchie 
 
476 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 Qtiehie of Brytayn, and there foughten a cruell batayll ; but by the helpe of God and of 
 the Englysse archers, the victorye fyll to syr lohii de Mountforte, and in that fyghte syF 
 Charlys de Bloys was slayne, and many Frenshemen and Brytons that toke his partie : 
 after whiche victorye, natwithstandynge that the wyfe of the sayde sir Charlys laye within 
 thatcountre, there was agayne the sayde sir lohii made no resystence, but that he eo- 
 ioyed that countre in peasyble wyse. 
 
 Thehe Charlys the. vi. of tiiat name, newely crowned kynge of Fraunce, in the ryght 
 of the woman, sente the archebysshop of Reynes and the marshal of Fraunce into 
 Brytaygne, for to sette an vnyte and restfuil peas atwene f sayd sir lohn and the laste' 
 wyfe of sir Charlys, the whiche endeuoryd theym so well that in the moneth of Apryll 
 folowynge the sayde batayll they agreed theym, so that the enherytaunce of that ducbie 
 shuld remayne to the sayd sir lohii and his heyres foreuermore, and the wyfeofsir Charlya 
 shulde holde hir contented with the erledome of Penyture and the vycountie of Lymoges^ 
 the whiche of olde tyme belonged to hir ancetours. 
 
 And aboute this tyme was an ordenaunce and statute made, that sergeautys and 
 prentyses of the lawe shulde plede theyr plees in theyr moder tunge ; but that stode but 
 a shorte whyle. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxiii. ' Anno Dominr, M.CCC.lxiiiii, 
 
 Symonde Mordoii. 
 Adam of Bury*. Anno, xxxix, 
 
 lohn of Metforde. 
 
 IN this, xxxix. yere, after some wryters, kynge Edwarde, vpon seynt Slephans daye» 
 fynysshed his warres, wherfore in the wprshyp jof God and seynt Stephan, he this yere. 
 after the opynyons of the sayd auctours, began the foudacyon of seynt Stephens chapelt 
 at Westmynster, the whiche was fynysshed by Richarde the seconde, and sone of prynce 
 Edwarde, next kynge of Englande after this thirde Edwarde. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxiiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxx, 
 
 lohri Brikyl&wortb, 
 lohii Luskyii'. Anno. xl. 
 
 lohii Drelande*- 
 
 IN this. xl. yere and monetb of Februarii, was borne the firste sone of prynce Ed- 
 warde, and was named Edwarde, the whiche dyed whan he was aboute the age of. vii^ 
 yeres ; and in this yere one named Barthran de Claycon, a Norman, with an armye of 
 Frenshemen entred the lande of Castyle, and warred vpon Peter, than kynge of that 
 lande, and soo behaued hym that in lesse than. iiii. monethes space he chased the sayde 
 Peter oute of his owne lande, and crowned his brother, named Henry, kyng of Castyle, 
 Id, axvn. at a towne called Burges, vpon Easter day : wherfore the sayde Peter constrayned of ne- 
 cessyte, was compellyd to come to the cytie of Bordeaux for to haue and aske ayde of 
 prynce Edwarde. This Peter was ryghtfull heyre vnto the crowne of Castyle, and Henry 
 his brother, after moste wryters, was bastarde; but this Peter was so vyle of condycions 
 y his subgettes had to hym but lytel fauoure : and so the warre contynued a season 
 atwene his brother and hym, as after shall appere, in the which prynce Edwarde with his 
 archers tolce partie with this Peter, and the Frenshe kynge with bis sperys tooke partie 
 with Henry. 
 
 And in this yere, at the kynges comaundement, Adam Bury, thanjae mayre of London, 
 
 , '..?***•.^^?V,„ , ,,„ * '^''«™ deBur;,, skynner. MS. I » Lufllcyn. MS. ♦ Ireland. MS- 
 
 » vju. edU. 1542. 1559. 
 
 was 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 477 
 
 M-as dyscharged the. xxviii. daye of lanuarii, and for hym electe §ind chosen mayi'e lohii 
 Louekyn, grocer ; and, as wytncssyth Policronicon & other, this yere was comaunded 
 by the kynge that Peter penyes shuld no more be gaderyd in Englande nor payde vnto 
 Ronae, as they of longe tynae hadde been vsed and graunted in y tyme of luo or lewe, 
 som tyme kynge of West Saxons, as before in his storye is shewed; but how so at that 
 dayes it was than by thekyng forbodyn, yet neuerthelesse at this present tyme and seasoQ 
 they be gaderyd in sondry sbyres of Englande. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.Ixv. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxvi 
 
 lohii Warde. 
 lohn Louekyn. Anno. xli. 
 
 Willyam Dykman'. 
 
 IN this, xli. yere was borne the seconde sone of prynce Edwarde, at Burdeaux, 
 named Richarde, in the moneth of Apryli ; and the thirde daye of y sayd moneth the 
 sayde prynce Edwarde, with the kynge of Nauerne and the foresayd Peter kynge of 
 Castyle, mette with lienry, bastarde & vsurperof the sayd kyngdome, nere vnto atowne 
 called Domynge, where atwene theym was cruell and longe fyght : howe be it in the ende 
 the victorye fyll vnto the Englyssemen, and Henry and his men were chased. In this 
 batayll was taken sir Barthram de Glaycon, and sir Arnolde Dodenham, thanne marshall 
 of Fraunce, with other, as well Frenshe as Brytaynes, and slayii vpon. v.M. men vpon 
 the partie of the said Henry, and vpon. xvi.C. vpon prynce Edwardes partie : after 
 whiche victorye, the prynce, with the sayde Peter, spede theym vnto the cytie of Burgys, 
 whiche was yolden to tlieym shortely after theyr comynge, and after holpe the sayd Peter 
 to Wynne other cyties and holdes, so that he taryed there tyll the moneth of August folow- 
 ynge, at whiche season, as sayth the Cronycle of Fraunce, he retourned vnto Burdeaux 
 without payment of wages for his sowdyours, that before was to hym by the sayde Peter 
 promysed. 
 
 In this season ^ prynce Edwarde was thus in Spayne, Henry, bastarde, fledde with his 
 wyfeinto Fraunce, and abode in a place or countre called Carcasson ; but so soone as he 
 was warnyd that prynce Edwarde was retourned vnto Burdeaux, he gaderyd to hym a newe 
 company and passed by the mountaynes of the forestes, and so entred the sayde lande 
 of Castyle the xxvii. daye of the moneth of Septembre folowynge, and hadde the cytie 
 called Calahore yolded vnto hym, where vnto hym drewe moche people of the countre 
 so that his strengthe encreased hougely: thenne from thens he yode vnto the cytie of 
 Burgys where he was ioyously receyued, and behaiiyd hym in suche wyse that in short 
 whyle after' he had the hole rule of the lande of Castyle : and his brother was fayne to 
 auoyde the lande and to seche ayde of the Sarazyns, as afFermyth the foresayd 
 Cronycle. 
 
 And in this yere aboute the monethes of lunii, the company before mynded in the. 
 xxxvi. yere of this kynge, entred the duchie of Guyan, and there helde theym indoynge 
 moche harme to that countre, lyke as they before hadde done in dyuerse places of Fraunce 
 by all that season of. iiil. yeres passed ; and in f moneth of Decembre they departed fronv 
 thens and yode into the countrees of Alverne and Berry, and in the moneth of Februarii 
 they passed ^ ryuer of Loyre or Leyre, and toke the waye towarde MarcyH, and after 
 entred the countre of Burgoyne, and euer as they passed the countrees, they raunsomed 
 men & spoyled many townes as they wente. 
 
 And albe it that the Frenshe kynge appoynted dyuers of hislordes and knyghtes to go^ 
 
 • Thomas Otle. MS, 
 
 agayne 
 
478 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 agayne theym, yet at suche seasons as they drewe nere vnto theytn, they wolde sufFre 
 theytn to departe without batayll, for they were so many that they were nombred at. Ix. 
 M. but of theyr capitaynes is noone named ; how be it there were Englysshemen, Gas- 
 coynes, Pycardes, Frenshemen, men of Nauerne, and of many other nacions, whiche 
 the Cronycle rehersyth nat, contynued in theyr force and strength longe after to the great 
 damage of the countrees whiche they passed thorugh, as Normady, Gascoygne, Guyan, 
 Burgoyne, and all the chief countrees of Frauilce, and lyued by rauen arid pillage to the 
 great enpouerysshynge of y^ sayd countrees and townes whidie they passed by or 
 lodgyd in'. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.kvi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxvii. 
 
 lohn Torgolde. 
 lames Andrewe'. Anno. xlii. 
 
 Wyllyara Dikman. 
 
 Bhsyugesterre. IN this. xlii. vere and moneth of Marche, apperyd Stella Comata, that is a blasynge 
 sterre. 
 
 And in the moneth of -Apryl next ensuynge, that is to say, the. vi. daye of the sayd 
 moneth, Leonell the sone of this kyng Edward entred f cytie of Parys^ where he was of 
 the dukes of Berry & Burgoyne honourably receyued, and so by theym conueyed vnto 
 theyr brother the kynge of Frauce vnto Lounure*, where he at y season was lodgyd ; of 
 whom he was also ioyously receyued and lodgyd within the kynges palays, and dyned & 
 souped with the kynge at his awne table, and vpon the morowe folowynge, he dyned 
 with the quene at a place of y kynges nere to Seynt Poule, where the quene than was 
 lodgyd, and when after dyner he hadde a whyle daunsed and passed the tyme with other 
 disportes, he than with the sayde. ii. dukes was agayii conueyed vnto the kynge, & souped 
 with hym agayne that nyght, & vpon the mornynge, beynge Tuysday, the sayd dukes 
 festyd the sayde sir Leonell at a place of theyrs in Parys named Artoys, and vpon the 
 Wednysdaye he dyned & souped agayne with the quene, and vpon the Thursday and 
 morowe folowynge, the sayde sir Leonell toke his leue of the kynge and quene, the 
 
 Pti. Cxviii. whiche gaue vnto hym gyftes, and to suche as were in his company to the value of. xx." 
 M. floryns and aboue, and was coueyed with noblemen, as y erle of Cancaruyle and 
 other, tyll he was comyn to Sens, and with knyghtes tyll he came to the borders of Fraunce, 
 where he gaue vnto theym ryche gyftes with thankes, and after cotynued his iourney tyll 
 he came vnto y cytie of Mylayne, where shordy after he maried the doughter of Galyace, 
 duke of the -sayde cytie and countre, and hadde by her great possessyons by reason that 
 her sayd fader dyed shortly after. 
 
 And in the ende of this yere, the erles of Armenak, of Bret and of Perigort, with 
 dyuers other nobles of the duchie of Guyan, appelyd the prynce of Walys in the Frenshe 
 kynges court, that he had broken the peas and wrongyd theym, cotrarye the peas sta- 
 blysshed atwene Englande & Fraunce, and requyred the Frenshe kynge that the sayde 
 appeale myght haue due process© agayne the sayde prynce; the whiche, as sayth y- 
 Frenshe Crony cle, kynge Charles deferryd for certayne causes there towched, whiche 
 were to longe to reherce. 
 
 TkilAS. gaefs Diai^cT. * Louure. edit. 1559, 
 
 Anno 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 479 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxvii. Auno Donuni. M.CCC.Ixviii. 
 
 Adam Wymbynghara. 
 Symon Mordon'. Anno, xliii. 
 
 Robert Gyrdeler. 
 
 IN this, xliii. yere, or more certeynly in f ende of the precedyng yere, one Waltei* 
 Bernes, Mercer, was, vpori the daye oftheTranslacyon of seynt Edwarde kynge and Con- 
 fessoure, or the. xiii. daye of Octobre, chosen, by the raayre & aldermen, mayre of the 
 cytie of London; but howe it was for lacke of substaunce, or by other impedyment whiche 
 is nat noted, the sayde Walter vpon the daye of Symonde & lude folowynge, whan he 
 ghulde haue taken his othe at Guylde halle, apperyd nat: wherfore in his riime by elec- 
 cion of the foresayd mayre and aldermen, was admytted for that yere folowynge, Sy- 
 monde Mordon fysshmonger mayre of that cytie. 
 
 And in this yere and moneth of Marche, Peter kynge of Castyle, whiche by the ayde 
 of the Sarazyns dvvellynge in the borders of Spayne, hadde wonne and recoueryd some 
 parte of the lande of Castyle, encountrede with his bastarde brother Henry beforesayd, 
 and gaue vnto hym batayll nere to a towne called Sybylle, where after longe fyght, the 
 sayde Peter was scomfyted and moche of his people slayne, and hym selfe dryuen vnto a 
 castell, out of the whiche he was shortly after by treason goten, and presented vnto his 
 brother fore named, by whose sentence be was immedyatly byheded. After whose deth 
 the sayd Henry enioyed f hole lande of Castyle, whiche infortunytie and myschaUice fylle 
 to this Peter, after dyuerse wryters, for so moche as he cruelly slewe his awne wyfe, the 
 doughter of the duke of Burbon. 
 
 And in this yere and moneth of May, the kynge of Fraunce in his hyghe court of par- 
 lyament holden at Parys, procedyd in iugement vpon the appellacions before made by the 
 erle of Armenak, the lorde of Bret and erle of Perigort, agayne prynce Edwarde, as 
 before is towched in the precedyng yere ; wherupon discorde and varyaunce began to 
 take place atwene the. ii. kynges, in so moche that by meane of the sayd. iii. lordes, nat- 
 withstandyng f they were before sworne to be to f kynge of Englande trewe liege men, 
 dyuers townes of the cOuntre of Poyteaw, yelded theym to the Frensbe kynge, as Albe- 
 uyle. Rue, and the more partie of the sayde townes of the sayde countree: wherupon 
 ambassades were sent vpon bothe parties, and dyuers meanes of treaty were comoned, 
 whiche conteyneth a longe werke, with resonynge made vpon the same. But in conclucion 
 al came to none effecte, so that breche of the peas, whiche before atwene the. ii. kynges 
 was so substancyally concluded, was broken, & eyther kynge for his partie made prouy- 
 sion for the warre, in so moche that kynge Charlis spedde hym to Roan in Normandy, 
 and there in the moneth of lulet ryggyd his nauy, to set theym forewarde for to warre 
 vpon Englande. 
 
 In whiche tyme and season that kyng Charlys was thus occupyed in Normandy, the 
 duke of Lancastre laded at Caleys, with a stronge company of archers & other warryours, 
 and from thens passed to Thorouenne, and so to Ayre, in wastinge the countre with irne 
 and fyre as he went: wherfore the Frenshe kynge in defence of those parties, . sent ;y 
 duke of Burgoyn with a puyssaunt armye to withstande the sayd duke of Lancastre; the 
 whiche duke or Burgoyn spedde hym in suche wyse, that aboute the. xxiiii. daye of Au- 
 gust, he lodgyd his boost vpon the moutayne of Turnehan nere vnto Arde, and the En- 
 glysshe boost was lodgyd atwene Gygowne and Arde, soo that the frountes of both 
 hoostes were within a myle, atwene whom were dayly skyrmyssbes and small bykerynges, 
 without any notarye batayll. 
 
 And whan the sayde duke of Burgoyn had thus kept ^ sayd mount, from the. xxiiii. 
 
 Tke MS. adds Fishmonger. 
 
 daye 
 
480 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTH. 
 
 daye of August vnto the. xii. day of Septembre, he remoued liis hoost and yode vnto 
 Hesden ; for the which dede he was after blamed of kynge Charlys his brother. After 
 vvhiche departure of the Frenshemen, the duke of L'ancastre with his hoost tooke the 
 waye towarde Caus or Caux, and passed the ryuer of SUiine, and so rode towarde Har- 
 flewe, entendynge, as sayth the Frenshe boke, to haue fyred the Frenshe kynges nauy ; 
 but at theyr comynge thyder the towne was so strongly mannyd, that they dyd there lytell 
 scathe : wherfore the sa,yd duke departed shortly thens and spedde hym into the coutie 
 of Poyteau, and so came vnto the towne of Albeuyle, where with out the Frenshemen 
 encountred hym & gaue vnto hym batayll : in the whiche was taken sir Hugh Chastelon 
 knyght, with other knyghtes, esquyres, & burgeyses of the towne, and vpon. xvi. score 
 Frenshemen slayne. Whiche sayd prysoners to the nombre of. xlv. were sent vnto Caleys, 
 and the duke with his company yode vnto Burdeaux, in spoylynge of the Frenshemen as 
 he went. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxviii. Auno Domini. M.CCC.lxix. 
 
 lohii Pyell. 
 lohii Chychester'- Anno, xliiii. 
 
 Hugh Holdiche\ 
 
 IN this, xliiii. yere and moneth of lanuarii dyed the erle of Warwyke at Caleys, af- 
 ter he was retourned from the duke of Lancastre, whiche was a man of great fame. 
 
 And in the moneth of August dyed y noble woman quene Philyp, and wyfe vnto Ed- 
 warde y thirde, the which was a great benefactour vnto the chanous of Seynt Stephans 
 chapell at Westmynster. 
 
 And soon after dyed dame Blaunche, somtyme the wyfe of Henry duke of Lacastre, 
 FtUCx'tK. and was buryed at Poules vpon the northe syde of the hyghe aulter, by her husbande; 
 where she ordeyned for hym and her. iiii. chautres for euer, and an annyuersarye yerely 
 Thesechaimt- to be kept: at y whiche, ouer great thynges besette vnto the deane & chanons of the sayd 
 sarifw^"r"' churche, she ordeyned that the mayre beyng present at the masse, shuld offre. \,d. and 
 foundedforsir take vp. xx.s., the sliyrefFes eyther of theym a peny, and to receyue eyiher of theym a 
 as after°sheweth,' uiarke, tlio chamberlayu of the cytie. x.s., the swordberer. vi.s. v'm.d., and euery offycer 
 my=.xxi.yereof of the mayrcs there present, xii.rf'., and to euery offycer to the nombre of. viii. eyther of 
 seconde*.^ theym. viii.d. admytted for the shyreffes, the whiche obite at this daye is holden ; but by 
 reason that the lande is decayed, these foresayd sumes ben greatly mynysshed, so thai y- 
 • mayre at this daye hath but. vi.s. viii.d., bothe the shyreffes. vi.s. y'in.d. and other after 
 that rate. 
 
 In this yere also the kynge helde his parlyament at Westmynster, in the whiche was 
 graiited vnto hym thre fyftenys, to be payde in thre yeres folowynge, and by a conuoca- 
 cyon of the clergye was also granted vnto hym thre dysmes to be payde in lyke 
 inaner. 
 
 And in this yere was the thirde mortalytie, wherof dyed moche people, and suche a 
 morayne fyll also amonge beestes that the lyke therof was nat seen many yeres before ; 
 and vpon y ensuyd suche excessyues* of rayne that corne was therwiili drowned in 
 ^ erthe, and so bukkyd with water, that the yere ensuynge vvhete was at. \\.d. a 
 busshell. 
 
 And in the ende of f moneth of lulet sir Robert Knollys, accompanyed with dygers 
 noble men and soudyours entred Seint Omers, and whan they hadde executed iheyr 
 •pleasures there and in the countre enuyron, they thane rode vnto Arras in wastynge ajjd 
 spoylynge the countre as they went; and whenne they had brent the bulwerkes of y sayd 
 
 ' The MS. adds Goldsmyth. ' Holbaccli. MS. * To this, in the Mvseum j\JS. is added for Ihut 
 
 olhir duke namyd sir Henry Grosmond was buried ellis wher & not in Pawlys. ' xjcij.c/. edit. 1533. 
 
 1542. 155£). * excessyvenes. 
 
 S towne 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTIL 481 
 
 towne of Arras, they passed by Noyn and Vermendoys, and brent the houses of all suche 
 as wolde nat to theym gyue due raunsome ; and thus holdyng their waye, they passed the 
 ryuers of Oyse and of Syrre, and so came vnto the cytie of Raynes, and passed there the 
 ryuer, and rode towarde Troyes, and passed the ryuers of Aube and of Sayne, and so 
 helde theyr waye to Seynt Floryntyn, and there passed y ryuer of Ion, in holdynge 
 theyr cours towarde loyngny, and so to Corbueyll and Esson or Essoyne, and vpon a 
 Monday, beynge the. xxii. daye of Septembre, the sayd Englyssbemen' lodged theym 
 vpon the mount of Seynt Albon and in the countre there aboute, and vpon Wednysday 
 folowynge they enbatailled them in a felde atwene the townes of lunie and Parys. 
 
 In all whiche season they passed, without batayll, thorough those foresayd coutres in 
 spoylynge them and raunsomynge the inhabytauntes therof, wout resystens or impedy- 
 ment ; and albe it that in the cytie of Parys aty daye were. xii\C. men of armys wayged 
 by the Frenshe kynge, besyde the sowdyours & strengthe of the cytezyns of that cytie, 
 yet tbesayd house of Englisshuicn Jay, as before is sayd, enbataylled lyl it was past noone 
 of the foresayd daye ; at whiche tyme, for so moche as they were credybly enfourmyd 
 that they shuld there haue no batayl, they brake theyr felde and sped theym to a place or 
 towne called Antoygny & there lodgyd tliat nyghte, and vpon the morowe tooke theyr 
 iourney towarde Normandy: butafter. iiii. dayes labour they tourned theyr waye towarde 
 Estampis or Estamps, by Beause in Gastenoys, in pyllynge & domagynge the coutrees 
 as they before hadde done, contynuynge theyr iourney tyll they came into the erledom 
 of Angeau, where they wan by strength the townes of Was' & Ruylly, with other stronge 
 holdes theraboute. 
 
 But than as the deuyll wolde, whiche is rote of all enuy and dyscorde, the lorde Fitz- 
 water and the lorde Grauntson* fyll at varyaunce vv sir Robert KnoUys and his companye, 
 whiche grewe to so great hatred and displeasure, that sir Robert Knollys with the flour 
 of the archers and sowdyours departed from the sayde. ii. lordes, leuynge theym in the 
 foresayd townes of Vaas and Ruylly, and he thenne yode into Brytayne. 
 
 Wherof whane certayntie was broughte vnto the Frenshe kyngCj anone he cdmaunded 
 syr Bertbram de G lay coil, newely made marshall of France, with a stronge armye to 
 entre the sayd countie of Angeou, and to make sharpe warre vpon the sayde Englyssh- 
 men, the whiche, vpon the. xii. daye of Octobre folowynge, layde siege vnto the sayd 
 towne of Vaas, wherof issuyd out the said lordes of Fitzwater and Grautson, and gaue 
 vnto the marshall batayll; but in the ende the discomfyture fyll vnto the Englyssbemen, 
 so that of theym was slayne. vi.C. and the reste put vnto the flyght, in the whiche was 
 taken the said lorde Grauntson with other : & that done the sayd sir Barthram yode vnto 
 the towne of Vaas and gat it by assawte, where also were slayne vpon. iii. hondred of 
 Englyssbemen, and the other put to flyght, and many taken prysoners. And after this the 
 sayd Barthram pursued f Englyssbemen that were fledde vnto a towne called Versure, 
 where in assawtynge of the sayde towne he slewe and toke prysoners vpon. iiii.C. Eng- 
 lisshme : and this' by stryfe and dissencyon amonge theymselfe, those that before by 
 amyte and good accorde were victours, now by hatered and discorde were slayne and 
 taken prysoners. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxix. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxx. 
 
 Wyllyam Walworth. 
 John Bernes*. Anno. xlv. 
 
 Robert Gayton^ 
 
 IN this. xlv. yere, and begynnynge of the moneth of Marche, the archebysshoppe of 
 Wynchester, thanne beynge a cardinall, and present at Auynyon with [pope]' Gregorie 
 
 " Englysh boost. MS. * ii.C. edit. 1542. 1559. erroneously. * Vaas. * TheUS.addt 
 
 which the Frensh book namyth sir Thomas Grantsoun. ^ thus. * The MS. adds Mercer. 
 ' Bayton. edit. 1559. ' the B. of Rome. edit. 1542. 
 
 3 Q Ihe. 
 
482 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 the. xf. of that name, was put in corayssioa with f archebysshop of Beauuays, [of Englad]' 
 to make or treate a peas and vnytie atwene the. ii. realn;>es of Eiiglande and of Fraunce ; 
 whiche sayd cardynall of Wynchestre after his departynge from the pope* came downe 
 towarde Meleoun, where by the said archebysshoppe and also cardynall of Beauuays 
 he was honourably mette, and so conueyed vnto the cy tie of Meleon : and whan he hadde 
 restyd hym there vpon. iiii. dayes, the. ii. cardynallys ensemble sped theim vnto Parys, 
 where they with kynge Charlis hadde comunycacion towchynge the sayd peas, and, after 
 his pleasure knowen, the sayde archbysshop and cardynall toke his leue, & was conueyed 
 towarde Caleys, where he toke shyppyng and so sayled into Englande,, and shewed vnto> 
 the kynge the popes' pleasure with the Frenshe kynges answere. 
 
 And in this yere, folowynge the somertyde, in Guyan, were made and foughten many and 
 dyuerse sskyrmysshes, in the whiche for the more partie the Englysshmeh were put vnto 
 the worse, so that many of theym were slayne and taken prysoners, & dyuers holdes 
 and rownes taken from iheym, and specyally in the eountre of Lymosyne ; for by the 
 fyrste daye of the moneth of lulii the cytie W Lymoges, with all the countce of Lymo- 
 syne foresayd, was vnder the obeysaunce of the Frensh kynge, as wytnessyth the Frenshe 
 Cronycle. 
 f(il.c.Kx. Wherof the occacyon was, as afFermeth the Englysshe boke, for so moche as prynce" 
 
 Edwarde hadde lately before arreryd of the inhabytauntes of that cytie and coiitre a; 
 great and greuous taske, to theyr great hurte and enpouerysshynge, by meanes wherof he 
 loste the loue of the people.. 
 
 Whan the Frenshe kynge hadde thus opteyned the rule of the countree of Lymosyne, 
 he immedyatly after sente sir Barthram de Glaycon into the erledome of Poyteawe or 
 Poytyers, and wanne there many townes and castellys, and lastely layde bis siege vnto 
 Rochell, as after in the folowynge yere shall be shewyd. 
 
 And to the ende that good and merytoryous dedys shulde be holden in memorye, here 
 is to be noted that the mayre for this yere, beynge lohn Bernys, mercer, gaue vnto the 
 comynaltie of y cytie of London a chest with. iii. lockes and keyes, and therin a. M. 
 roarke of redy money, wyllynge the keyes therof to be yerely in the kepyng of. iii. sondry 
 persones, that is to meane, the maister of the felysshyp of the Mercery to haue one, the 
 maister' of the felysshyp of Drapars the seconde, and thirde to be in the kepynge of f 
 chamberlayne of that cytie, and so therin the sayde. M. marke to be kept to the entent 
 that at all tymes when any cytezyn wolde borowe any money, that he shulde haue it there 
 for the space of a yere, to laye for suche a sume as he wolde haue plate or other iuellys- 
 to a suftycient gayge, so that he excedyd nat the stime of an hondreth marke : a.nd for the 
 occupynge therof, if he were lernyd, to say at his pleasure De profudis for the soule of 
 lohfi Bernys and all Cristeri soules, as often tymes as in his siime were comprysed. x. 
 markes : as he that borowyd but. x. marke shuld say but ones that prayer ; and if he 
 hadde. xx. marke, tlienne to saye it twyes, and so after ^ rate : and if he were nat lernyd,. 
 then to saye soo often his Pater noster. But howe so this money was lent or gyded, at 
 thisdaye the cheste remayneth in the chambre of London, withoute money or pledges- 
 for the same. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.Ixx. Auno Domini. MX^CClxxi- 
 
 Robert Halfelde. 
 lohn Bernes, Anno. xlvi. 
 
 Robert Gay ton*. 
 
 IN this. xlvi. yere and moneth of Februarii, kynge Edwarde helde his pairlyamet at: 
 
 ' OmitUd in tfte MS. and later editions, ' the B. of Rome. edit. 1 543.. ' tUe B'. of Romes. edit.. 
 
 1542- "* Adam Staple. MS. 
 
 Westmynstejf* 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTIT. 4S3 
 
 Westmynster, in the whiche he askyd of the spiritualtie. l.M./. and as moche of laye 
 fee' : the whiche by the temporall was graunted, but the clergye kepte theym of with 
 plesaunt answeres, soo that the kynge and his counsayll was with theym discontented, in 
 so moche that, theyr* displeasures, dyuers ofFycers, as the chaunceller, the preuay scale, 
 the tresourer and other were remoued, beynge spiritual! men, and in theyr offyces and 
 places temporall men set in ; and shortly after the foresayd cardynall of Beauuays came 
 into Englande to treate of the peas atwene the, ii. realmes, but he spedde no thynge to 
 the eff'ecte tberof. 
 
 Wherfore in the moneth of lulct, the Frenshe kynge sente into the countre of Poyteawe 
 the forenamed sir BSrthram de Claycori with a stronge armye, where he wanne dyuers 
 holdes and fortressys frome the Englysshemen. In whiche season kyng Edwarde (for 
 strengthynge of the countre, and specially to defende the towne of Rochell, whiche, as 
 aboue in the other yere is shewed, was as this yere besiegyd by the sayde sir Barthran) 
 sent the kr\e of Penbroke with other -noblemen to fortyfye the sayde towne and to remoue 
 f siege ; but or he myght wyiie to the sayde towne, he was encountred with a flote of 
 Spaynyardes, the whiche kynge Henry of Castyle had sent into Fraunce to strengthe the 
 Frenshe kynges partie, of the which flote after longe and cruell fyght, the sayd erle was 
 takyn with sir Guycharde de Angle and other, to the nombre of. C. &. Ix. prysoners, 
 and the more partie of his men slayne & drowned, with the losse of many good 
 shyppes. 
 
 And in the begynnynge of the moneth of September folowynge, a Gascoygne borne, a 
 man of goad fame, whome the kynge of Englande had admytted for his lieutenaunt and 
 gouernoure of the countre of Peytou, named le Captall de Bueffe, faught with an armye 
 of Frenshemen before a towne named Sonbyse, where in conclucyon his men were slayne 
 & chased, and he with. Ixx. of his -partie taken prysoners. Thene the dukes of Berry 
 and of Burgoyne, vnpon the. vi. daye of Septembre came before Rochell, and hadde 
 certayne comunycacyons with f rulers of the sayd towne for the delyuery therof. In this 
 passe tyme and season kynge Edwarde herynge of f takynge of f erle of Penbroke, and 
 of the losse that he dayly bad of his men in dyuers parties of Fraunce, with also the 
 ieopardye that the towne of Rochel and other stode in, made hasty prouysion, and en- 
 tendyd to haue passed the see, but the wynde was contraryous that he niyght haue noo 
 passage, wherfore he retourned, as sayth Policronicon, agayne into the lande. 
 
 Thanne vpon the. viii. daye of Septembre before sayd, the capitayne of Rochell hauynge 
 no comforte of shorte rescous, yelded it, vpon certayne appoyntementes, the sayd towne 
 vnto the forenamed dukes vnto the Frenshe kynges vse ; and shortly after were also yolden 
 to them the townes of Angolesme, of Exanctes, of Seynt lohn de Angely, wjth dyuers other. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxi, Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxii. 
 
 lolm Phylpotte. 
 lohn Pyell'. Anno, xlvii. 
 
 Nicholas Brember. 
 
 IN this, xlvii. yere, at a wrestelynge holden vpon the Blake Hethe besyde London, 
 was slayne a mercer of London, named lohn Northwode ; for the whiche great dyssen- 
 ciongrewe amonge the felyshyppes of that cytie, to the huge distourbaunce of it, and a 
 good season after or the rancoure therof myght be duely appeased. 
 
 In this yere also the duke of Lancastre sir lohii of Gaunt, & sir Edmiide his brother 
 erle of Cambridge, wedded f. ii. doughters of Peter, which was late kyng of Castyle, 
 put to deth by Henry his bastarde brother, as before I haue shewed in y. xliii. yere of 
 this kynges reygne ; of the whiche. ii. doughters sir lohn of Gaut maryed f eldest named 
 
 ' the lay f«e. * to theyr. ' the MS. adJt Mercer. 
 
 3Q2 Constance, 
 
484 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 
 
 Constance, and his brother the yonger named Isabel!, so y by these maryages theyse. 
 ii. bretherne claymed to be enheritours of tlie kyngdome of Castyle or Spayne. 
 
 And in this yere, after the duke of Brytayne hadde receyued many exortacyons and 
 foi.Cxxi. requestes from the Frenshe kyng to haue hym vpon his partie, lie sent for certayne 
 sowdyours of Englysshemen,. and strengtbed with theym some of his castellys and holdes ; 
 wherof herynge, kynge Charlys sente thyder with a stronge power the forenamed sir 
 Barthran de Claycon', warnyng theym to make warre vpon theym* as an enemye vnto the 
 bowse of Frauncel the whiche, accordynge to theyr comyssion, entrede the lande of Bry- 
 tayne in wastynge it with irne and fyre, and in shorte processe had yolden vnto hym the 
 more partie of the chief townes, excepte Brest, Au]roy, and Dernall. Thenne in the 
 ende of lunii y^ said sir Barthran layde siege vnto Brest, and the lorde of Craon, with 
 other, laye before Daruall. In al whiche season y duke of Brytayne was in Englande j 
 for so soone as he had, as before is sayde, bestowed the foresayd Englyssh sowdyours, he 
 sayled into Englande to speke w kyng Edwarde. 
 
 In the moneth of lulii the dtrke of Lancastre, with sir lohii de Mountfort, duke of 
 Brytayne, & other, with a myghty puissaunce landed at Caleys, and after theyhadde 
 rested theym there a certayn dayes they rode vnto Hesden, and lodged them within the 
 parke an other season, and after passed by Dourlons by Benquesne, and soo vnto Corbie, 
 where they passed the ryuer of Some, and rode vnto Roy in Vermendois, where they 
 restyd theym by the space of. vii. dayes, at which terme ende, they sette fyre vpon the 
 towne and toke theyr way towarde Laemoys, and burned & spoyled the cauntre as they 
 went ; and in processe of tyme passed the ryuers of Osne, JNlarne, and of Anbe, and 
 rode thorughe Champayne, and by the erledome of Brame streyght vnto Guy, and 
 passed the ryuer of Seyn, and so towarde the ryuer of Leyr, and vnto Marcynguy the 
 nonnery, and whan they were pagsedr-the sayde nonnery' they kepte theyr waye towarde 
 the ryuer of Ancherre, and so vnto Burdeaux : in all whiche iourney tliey passed without 
 fyghte or batayll, natwithstandynge the great hurte and domage they dyd vnto y townes 
 and countres as they passed, except at a place or towne called Orchie, a knyghte of 
 Fraunce, called sir lohii de Vyenne, encountred. 1. sperys and. xx.. archers, that were 
 .strayed frome theyr hoste, and sette vpon theim and slewe some parte of theym, and too ke 
 the resydue of theym prysoners ; so that the Frenshe booke saytb, for so moche as for 
 lacke of mete for theyr horses and other paynfuU thynges that in that iourney to theym 
 happenyd, that though that iournay were vnto the Englysshmen honorable to ryde soo 
 ferre in the Frenshe kynges lande vnfoughten with, yet it was to theym very paynful^ 
 consyderynge the manyfolde chaunces fallynge to theym, as losse of horses and other 
 tbynges duryngp that passage. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.kii, Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxiis. 
 
 lohn Awbry. 
 Adam of Bury*. Anno, xlviii. 
 
 lohii Fysshyde*. 
 
 IN this, xlviii. yere were sente fro the pope*, than beyng f. xi. Gregory, the arche- 
 bysshop of Raucne, and the bysshop of Carentras', for to treate of the peas attwene the 
 two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce, the whiche assembled theym at Bruges in 
 Flaunders, whylher also for kynge Edwardes partie came the duke of Lancastre and the 
 bysshop of London with other, and for Charlys y Frenshe kynge, apperyd tliere the duke 
 of Burgoyne, and the bysshop of Amyens and other, the whiche comyssions* after they 
 hadde spente a great parte of the Lent in disputacions of this malier, the parties for the 
 
 ' The MS. adds and the lord of Craon. ^ hym. MS. ' ryuer of Loyr. MS. " Adam de Bury, 
 
 Skynner. MS. ' Fyfeelde. MS. • the B. of Rome. edit. 1542. ^ Carpentras. MIS. 
 
 * coKiyssioners 
 
 Frenshe 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI TERTII. 485 
 
 Frenshe kynge desyred a lycence of the legattes that they might ryde vnto Parys, and 
 shewe vnto the kynge the offycers' of the Engtysshe partie, aud so to retourne with his 
 pleasur : wlierupon it was agreed that a certayne shulde ryde and to shewe vnto the 
 Frenshe iiynge that the Englysshe nien abode styffely vpon the soiierayntie, that the kynge 
 of Englande and his heyres kynges- shall enioy all the former iandes comprysed in the peas 
 made atwene hym and lohn then kynge of Fraunce, as before is shewed in the. xxxiiii*. 
 yere of this kyng, without homage or other duyte for theym doynge. For this matier, 
 as sayth the Frenche Cronycle, kynge Charlys assembled at Parys a great parte of the 
 nobles of his realme, with many other wyse men and doctours of dinynyte to haue that 
 case sufiicienlly argued and debated ; in the whiche counsayll it was plenerly determyned 
 that the kynge myght nat gyueouer the sayd souerayntie without great peryll of his soule, 
 as there was shewed by dyuers reasons. Whan this reporte was brought vnto Bruges, 
 the sayde treaty was dissoluyd without any conclucion takynge, excepte the peas was 
 contynued tyll the Feast of all the Sayntes' next ensuynge- 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxiiii, 
 
 V Richarde Lyons. 
 
 Willyam Walworth*. Anno. xlix. 
 
 Willyam Wodhowce. 
 
 IN this yere, that is to vnderstande in the begynnynge of this mayres yere and ende 
 of the. xlviii. yere of kynge Edwarde, a newe assemble was appoynled for treaty of 
 the foresayde peas, to be kept at Seynt Omers, but after at Bruges, where for kyng 
 Edwarde apperyd agayne the duke of Lancastre and sir Edn)unde his brother erle of 
 Cambridge, ^ dyuers other of his cousayll, and for the Frenshe kynge the dukes of 
 Angeou and of Burgoyne, with dyuers other of his counsayll, where y-sayd lordes with 
 the other helde theyr assembles and courtes tyll it was nere Easter, to the great charge 
 and coste of bothe parties, and in the end departed agayne without effect, except that 
 they prolonged the peas tyll the firste day of Apryll next ensuynge. 
 
 And after by laboure of the sayd legattes, the kynge of Englandes counsayll beynge at 
 Caleys, and the Frenshe kynges counsayll at Boleyne, a longer day of the sayd peas was 
 concluded tyll Mydsomer nexte folowynge : in whiche tyme and season the. ii. legattes 
 rode frome Boleyne to Caleys, and from Caleys to Boloyn, to conclude some treaty 
 atwene the. ii. realmes, but in conclusion none was taken, wherof, after the Englisshe 
 wryters, the Frenshemen bare the wyght, and after the Frenshe auctours, the Englysshe 
 are put I the blame ; but were the faute in the kynge of Englande or in the Frenshe 
 kyng, trouth it 'is, that y Frenshe kyng duryng this treaty wan many townes & holdes, 
 as well in Guyan as in Brytayii & in other places, to his great ad uauntage. 
 
 This yere also dyed doctour VVyllyam Wyttylsey archebysshop. of Caunterbury ; after FoLCxxH, 
 whose dethe the nionkes chase to that see the cardenall oP , with whiche elcc- 
 
 cyon the kynge was noo thynge contented ; so that after great gooddes spente by the 
 inonkes to opteyne theyr entent, by the consent of the pope* and the kynge, d jctour 
 Symonde Sudbury was lastly admytted to that dignyte, whiche before was bysshop of 
 London. 
 
 Anno Domini, M.CCC.lxxiiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxv. 
 
 lohfi Hadley. 
 lohii Warded Anno. I. 
 
 Wyllyam Newporte. 
 
 IN this. 1. yere, fyl many wonderfull sykenesses amonge the people, wherof y people 
 
 ■Offirs. MS. - * xxiiii. edit. 1559. ^ All Saints. * TAir MS. <7</</r Fyshmcnger. 'of 
 
 Winchester, edit. 1559. * bishop of Uoiiie. edit. 151?. ' The MS. adJt Grocer. 
 
 dyed 
 
48ff SEPTLMA PARS EDWARDl TERTII. 
 
 ^yed wanderly faste as well in Itatye as in Englade ; amonge the whiche dyed sir Ed- 
 warde called the lorde Spencer, a man of great fame, whose body was enteryd at Teukes- 
 biiry. [And for this mortalytie was so sharpe and sodayne, pope Gregory beforenamed, 
 granted of his goodnesse to suche as were contrite and confessed, clene remyssion of 
 theyr synnes ; the whiche indulgence contynued in Englande by the terme of. vi. 
 monethes.]' 
 
 And this yere a great murmur and grudge beganne to sprynge agayne certayne per- 
 sones as were about f kynge, as the lorde Latymet thenne the kynges great charaberleyne 
 and other, by whose synystre counsayll the kynge in his age was myslad, and his trea- 
 soure myspended to his great dishonour, and all his trewe subiectes great hynderaunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxv. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxvi. 
 
 lohii Northampton. 
 Adam Stapled - Anno. li, 
 
 Robert Launde. 
 
 IN this. li. yere, the kynge assembled his hyghe courte of parlyamet at Westmynster, 
 in the whiche was axyd a subsydye of the comons for the defence of his enemyes; wher- 
 unto it was answeryd by the comon howse, that they myght noo lenger here suche charges^ 
 consyderynge their manyfolde charges by them borne in tymes passed, and ferther, they 
 sayd they knewe well y kynge was ryche and hadde good inoughe to defende hym and his 
 lande, if the lande and his treasour were wele gyded,- but it hadde ben longe tyme euyll 
 ruled by euyll ofFycers, that the lande myght nat be plentuously of chafre, marchaundyse 
 or,rychesse; by meane wherof and by theyr inportune charges, the comynaltie was great- 
 ly enpouerysshed. More ouer the sayd comons complayned them vpon dyuers offycers, 
 causers of this mySordre ; wherof the lorde Latymer was noted for pryncipall, w also 
 dame Alys Pyers, the whiche f kyng had loge tyme mysused for his cocubyne, and one 
 named syr Richarde Scurry knyght, by whose coiisaylles and sinistre meanes the kynge 
 was mysgyded, and the rule of the lande mysorderyd. 
 
 Wherfore the sayde comons prayed the mouth' of theyr speker, than sir Piers Dale- 
 mere, that the sayde persones with other myght be remoued from the kyng, and other to 
 be sette in auctorytie about his persone, as were for his honoure and weale of hisrealme ; 
 whiche request of the comons, by the meanes of the ndble prynce Edwarde, was accept- 
 ed, so y the sayde persones were from the kynge amoued, and other by the aduyce of the 
 sayd prynce, and olherwyse lordes of y realme, for the sayd persones about y kynge de- 
 puted and ordeyned. And shortly after the comons graunted the kynges pleasure, so 
 that he had of euery man and woman ouer the age of, xiiii. yeres. iiii.d. beggers oonly ex- 
 cepted ; and by y clergy was graunted that the kyng shuld haue of euery benyfised man. 
 xii.d. and of preestes nat benyfysed. iiu.d., the. iiii. ordres of freres oonly excepted; but 
 or this money were leuyed, the kynge was fayne to borowe sumes of money in dyuers 
 places, amonge the which the cytie of Lodon was sent to for. iiii.M.Z/. ; but for y' mayre, 
 than Adam Stapulle, was nat quyk or fortherynge in that mater, he was, by the kynges 
 comaundemet, discharged the. xxi*. daye of the moneth of M^rche, and for hym was than 
 / Richarde Whytyngton mercer chosyn. 
 owtuspricipu And vpon the. viii. daye of lunii, beynge then Trinite Sondaye, dyed that noble and 
 Edwardi. famous man prynce Edwarde, within the kynges paleys of Westmynster, and was after 
 
 with great solempnyte conueyed to Caunterbury, and there honourably buryed [agayn 
 theshryne of that glorious martyr seynt Thomas:]' after whose deth, the kyng contrary 
 his promesse before made, called to hym agayne all suche persones as he to fore, for his 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. " The MS. adds Mercer. ^ by the mouth." • xxiil edit. 
 
 1542.1559. ' Omitted in editi.1559. 
 
 ^ honoure 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARD! TERCTT. 4%r 
 
 honoure and profyte of his realme, auoyded out of his courte, and admytted theym agayne 
 to the same ofFyces y they before occupyed ; by the meanes of whom the foresaid speker 
 of f parlyaraent, sir Pyers Delamere, was in siiche wyse complayned vpon to the kyng,. 
 that he was throwen into pryson, where he laye many yeres after. 
 
 Than kynge Edwarde created Kicharde, sone of prynce Edwarde, prynce of Walys, and 
 gaue tnto hym the erledoms of Chester and Cornewayll. And also for the kynge waxed 
 feble and sykely, he than betoke y rule of the lande vnto sir lohn of Gaunt duke of 
 Lancastre, and ordeyned hym as gouernour of the lande, which so contynued durynghis 
 faders lyf. 
 
 In this yere also, the tenaiites or menyall seruauntes of the erle of Warwyk, made a 
 ryot vpon the monkes of Euysham, and slewe and hurte many of the abbottes tenauntes, 
 and sppyled and brake his closures and warynes, and sewyd their pondes and waters, and 
 dyd vnto them many displeasures, to the vttcr luyuc of that monastery; ne had the kynge- 
 f aouer haue sent aowne to the erle his letters, chargynge hym to sease and withdrawe 
 his men from that ryot, whiche afterWarde was pacyfyed without any notary punysshe- 
 ment of suche persones as were begynners or executours of that ryot. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxvi. Anao Domini. M.CCC.lxxvii. 
 
 Androwe Pykman. 
 Nicholas Brembre'. Anno. lii. 
 
 Nicholas Twyforde. 
 
 IN this. li*. yere, and. xii. daye o-f the moneth of Apryll, syr lobii IMynsterworth •?«/• c.«<«v»:^ 
 knyghte, for certayne tresons of the whiche he was conuyct before the mayre and other 
 iustyces of the kynge in the Guyld halle, was this foresayd day at Tyborne put in execu- 
 cyon, that is to meane, hanged, heded & quarteryd, and his hed sette after vpon Londort 
 brydge ; cause of whose detlie was, for souioche as he beyng put in trust by the kynge,. 
 receyued great siimes of money to paye with the kynges sowdyours, the whiche he kepte 
 vnto his owne vse, and destroyed' the kynge and his sowdiours. And whanne therof he 
 was to the kynge accused, he, ferynge punysshement, fledde into Fraunce, and there con- 
 spyred newly agayne his naturall prynce, and so lastly was taken and receyued liis me- 
 ryte. 
 
 In this yere also, began a wonderful! cysme in the Churche of Rome, for after the deth 
 of the pope* the. xi. Gregory, was chosen, ii. popes', wherof the fyrste was named the. 
 vi. Vrbari, and that other the. vii. Clement ; the firste an Italyon borne, and that other a 
 Frensheman ; of the whiche ensued such discorde in eleccyon of the pope, that by the 
 terme of. xxxix. yeres after, there waseuer. ii. popes' in suche auctorytie, that harde and 
 doughtfuU it was to knowe, whether was indubitat pope*. 
 
 And vpon the. xxii. daye of the moneth of lunii dyed at hb manour of Shene, now oKmreE^ 
 called Rychemont, kynge Edwarde the thirde of that name, whan he had reygned. ii. ^"^ 
 yeres, and. v. monethes, and odde dayes, leuynge after hym. iiiL sonnes; that is to.saye, 
 Leonell duke of Clarence, lohn of Gaunt duke of Lancastre, Edmonde of Langley 
 duke of Yorke, and Thomas of Woodstok erle of Cambrydge : of the whiche sonnes 
 with other nobles of his realme, he was honourably conueyed frome his sayde manoure 
 of Shene, vnto the monastery of Westmyster, and there soiemply^ win the chapell of 
 seynt Edwarde, vpon the' syde of the shryne with this epytaphy or superscripcion» 
 
 in a table hangyng vpon his tombe. 
 
 Hie decus Anglorum, flos regum preteritorum. 
 Forma futurorum, rex clemeris pax populorum, 
 
 ' The MS. adJj Grocer. * lii. edit. 1533. 154.2. 1559. ^ decpyved. * Otnitted in ediU T5A-'2^ 
 
 ' Bishops of Rome. edit. 154?. ° Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' soleuipiily buried. MS- 
 
 • the North. MS. South, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Terciua 
 
488 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIP DE VALOYS. 
 
 Tercius Edwardus regni complens iubileum, 
 Inuictus pardus, pollens bellis Machabeum'. 
 
 The whiche is thus to be vnderstande in our moder tunge as folowynge. 
 
 Of Englysshe kynges here lyeth the beauteuous flour 
 
 Of all before passyd, and mirrour to them shall sue, 
 
 A mercyfull kynge, of peas conseruatour, 
 
 The thirde Edwarde ; the deth of whom may rue 
 
 All Englysshmen, for he by knyghthode due 
 
 Was lyberde inuyct, and by feate marcyall, ' 
 
 To worthy Machabe, in vertue peregair. 
 
 PHylyp de Valoys, erle of Valoys, and sone of Charlys de, Valoys, brother vnto y. 
 iii'i. Philip, was admytted for protecrour of ^ Tcalmc o£ Pi-a&c©, in tfip hfigynnyng of the 
 moneth of February, and vpon Trinite Sondaye next ensuynge, he with his wyfe were 
 crowned at Raynes, in the yere of our Lorde God a thousande. CCC.xxviii. and the 
 seconde yere of kynge Edwarde the tbyrde, thanne beynge in possessyon of the crowne 
 of Englajide. Atwene this Philyp and the sayde Edwarde kynge of Englande, as some 
 deale before in the story, and. iiii. yere of Charlys the. v. is towched, great disputacygns 
 and argumeiites arose atwene theyr counsaylles, for the ryght and tytle to the crowne of 
 Fraunce ; for it was thought by the coiisayll of Englade, forsomoche as Edwarde was 
 cosyn to Phylyp le Beajv, & sone of the sayd Philippes doughter, whiche had no mo 
 childer but Edwardes moder, that he shuld rather be kyng of Fraiice than Philip de 
 Valoys, that was bot cosyn germayn to Philip le Beaw, & sone of his brother Charlys. 
 Of whiche dispucious and argumentys, the fynall coclusyon was, that for an olde decre 
 and lawe, by auctoryte of parlyament longe before made, was enacted that no woman 
 shuld enheryte y^ crowne of Fraiice. Therefore the tytle of Edwarde by myght of the 
 Frenshemen was put by, & this Philyp admytted to the gouernaiice of y same. After 
 whiche direccyon thus taken, and specyally by the meanes of sir Robert erle of Artoys, 
 this Philip anone was proclaymed regent of Fraunce vnto suche tyme as the queue, wyfe 
 of Charlys the. v., which then was with childe, were delyuered ; and so receyued the rule 
 of the lande as regent : in tyme whereof Peter Remy, pryncipall tresorer of kyng Charlys 
 last dede, (which Peter, lyuynge the sayd Charlys, was accused of mysspendynge of the 
 kynges Iresoure & enrychyng of hymself contrary to ryght & reason, so that his goodes 
 shulde be estemyd at. iiii. CM.//, after Parys money, wherof the value is set out in dyuers 
 places before in this werke,) was taken out of pryson& areygned at Parys, and there con- 
 uict & adiuged ; and vpon y xxiiii. day of Marche drawen thorugh y cytie, and hanged 
 vpon the comon gybet of Parys. And vpon the firste day of Apryll folowynge, the olde 
 quene, and wyfe of Charlys.last kyng, was lyghted of childe, and brought forth a dough- 
 ter at Boys in Vincent, whych after was named Blanche. Where before ysayed Philip de 
 Valoyes ruled before but as reget, nowe he was allowed & takyn for kynge and crowned 
 as before is sayd at the cytie of Raynys, with y quene his wyf vpo Trinyte Sonday : and 
 whan y solempnyte of his coronacion was ended, he then assembled before hyra & his 
 counsayl Lowys the erle of Flaiidres, & receyued of hym honiage for the sayd erledom ; 
 and that done he besought the kynge of ayde, to oppresse certayn townes of his coiite, 
 whiche rebellyd agayne hym, whereunto the kynge graunted ; & by counsayll & exortacyon 
 loi. CxHiUi. of syr Gaiintier, or Walter de Crecy, than constable of Fraunce, the kynge sent, out 
 his comyssyoners, chargynge his lordes with theyr assygnes sowdyours, to mete with hym 
 in diffensyble arraye at the cytie of Arras by Marymawdeleyne day next ensuyng. 
 
 ' MachabeuE. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559.^ * After these verses the Museum MS. has the following entry in 
 
 a (liferent hut contemporary hand. Yt ys to be notid that the above namyd Edmund of Langley had a sone 
 callid Richard of Quynysborgth, the which Richard, beyng duke of York, hadd a sone nainyd Richard 
 tliat was also duke of York and fader vnto Edward the iiii'", late kyng of Engeland. 
 
 At 
 
SEPTIJVTA PARS PHILIP DE VALOYS. 4Si) 
 
 At whiche daye the kynge with his lordes and people there inetytige, toke forewarde 
 vpon his Journey & sped hym towarde Cassyle, a towne of Flaundres, wher win lytel space 
 of y rowne, he pyght his pauylyons and tents, & wastyd and pylled the countre there- 
 about : but the Fiemynges kepynge within the sayd towne, feryd nothynge the Frenshe 
 kynge, but in dirision of liytn & of his iordes, they caused a red cok to be paynted vpon 
 a wiiyte cloth, and wrote in great letters in the sayd cloth, this ryme folowynge, and 
 hangyd it out ouer the walles. 
 
 Quant ce quoc icy chantera, 
 Le roy troue ca entrera. 
 
 Whiche is thus to meane in our vulgare speche. 
 
 Whan that this cok loo here doth syngc, 
 
 Than shall tliio founde' kyng his boost in brynge. 
 
 WHan this was redde of y Frenshmen, & report iherof vnto* the kyng, he was therwith 
 sore amoued, and specyally for that that they named hym the foundyn kynge. Therefore 
 they' assayled them strongly vpon all parties ; but tiiey of y towne defended theini man- 
 fully, so that theyr enenyes had of thcin none aduauutage. Then the kyng sent sir Ro- 
 bert de Flaudres, a knyght of the erles, with a certayne sowdyours, comaudyng hym to 
 assayle the Flemyges' towarde seynt Emeri''', & y erle so beyng monysshed y iic with his 
 people shulde assayll thcym towarde the ile. Then the comons of Brugys, Ipre, of Cour- 
 ney', of Fourneys, & of Cassyle, assembled theim & prouydcd that a certayne of them 
 shuld kepe y mount of Cassyle, and another company shuld kepe the coutre towarde 
 Tourney, and the thirde boost shuld foriyfycy eoutre towardey ile, ihe whiche people or- 
 derid* euery host his' lymyt to hym as.sygned, and dajly skyrmysshe with y Fienshmen, so 
 that atwene them men were slayne vpon both parties. Whan the kynge had thus jyen be- 
 fore the towne a certayne season, the Flemy!lge^^ nat fers nge theyr enemyes, yssued oute 
 of the towne, and pyght their tentes vpon the mount of Cassyle, & shew yd theym boldly of 
 vnto theyr enemyes. Thanne kynge Phylyp soyn^e the boidnesse of the Flemynges, and 
 how lytell they feryd hym, toke cousayll of \us lordes, how he myght cause theym to dis- 
 cende the hylle, for so lon':!;e as they kcjU tiie hyll it was iuperdous and perylous to stye 
 towarde theym. Lastly it was agreed by the Ifynge & his lordes, that sir Robert de Flaun- 
 dres w other, shuld assayle an holde or towne there by, called Terroncr de Bergner, by 
 meane whereof, the kynge thought y they wolde discende the mount to rescue the sayde 
 towne, whiche accordyng to the kynges mynde was done, and a buiwerke set vpon a fyre ; 
 but the kynge had neuer the rather his entent, for they kepte theym and theyr gates in so 
 sure wyse y the Frenshe kyng for all his great power, myght to theym do no scathe, in 
 so moche that the kyn<ie consyderynge theyr strength, was condiscendyd to famyshe 
 tiieym by hunger, y they ixiyght nat wyn strength : and for that toke the lesse watche or 
 regarde to his people, but sufferid theym to playe and disport theym out of theyr barneys, 
 cche of theym in others tcnte, thynkyng hym sure of his enemyes, for any assaute or 
 Marre by them to be procured, or attempted agayne hym or his lordes. 
 
 But whether it wore that his enemyes of this were warnyd, or y of theyr owne courage 
 and pryde they wolde assayle the Frenshe boost, vpon y'. xxiii. daye of August toward y 
 nyght, the sayd boost of Flemynges aualyd y mout in a secret wyse as me of warre myght, 
 and drewe theym towarde the Frenshemen, whiche thenne were vnarmed, and in theyr 
 dispones of dysynge and playinge at the chesse and other gamys ; vpon whom the Fle- 
 mynges came so sodaynly, that they slewe many of theyr enemyes, and forced many to 
 fle towarde seynt Emers* for theyr s^uegarde. And so the Flemynges helde on their wave 
 tyll they came nere vnlo the kynges tent, which then was also vnarmyd; but by y noysc 
 
 ' newe found. MS. "mndeunto. ^ lie. IMS. ♦ Omers. ' Tourn-'v. * tlni« 
 
 ordfritl. .MS. ' kept his. MS. " he. MS. 
 
 3 R Sc cry(? 
 
490 SEPtlMA PARS- PHILIP DE VALOYS. 
 
 & crye he b,eyng warned in al hast arniyd hym : in tlie whiche season as God woid fdi' the 
 Frenshe hoost, certayne marchallys of the Frenshe hoostw a stronge company retoui'ned 
 from f assaute of an holde iherby and etfcountred the Flemynges, and helde with theyia 
 batayll whylethe kynge and his lordes made them redy, so that in processe the Flemynges 
 were closed with their enemyes and hadde a sharpe and cruell fyghte, wherin they dif- 
 fendyd theym vygurously, but in y ende the losse of the felde tourned vpon f Flemyngesj, 
 so that the capitayii named Zauoqun' was slayne \vith many other, to the nombre of. 
 xviii.M. & abone, as wytnessyth y^ Frenshe boke, ouer many whiche were there taken 
 prysoriers of poore men and artyiicers, for the multitude of f gentylmen were vpon the 
 erlys partie. 
 
 After whiche victorye thus opteyned by the kynge, anone he caused the sayde towne of 
 Casseil to be sette-vpon a fyre, and after yode viito Bruges and hadde it yolden vnto hym, 
 & in lyke wyse was Ipre, Poperynge, Fournays, Tournaye, Terrouer, and many other 
 good townes yolden vnto hym, amonge the .whiche Gaunt is nat named ; wherfore it is to 
 deme y it was none of those townes that at this season rebelled. Than in shorte processe 
 folowynge the kynge had the rule of the hole erledome of Flaunders, and delyuered the 
 possessyon therof vnto Lowys the foresayd erle of that coutre, and after retourned into 
 Fraunce with pompe, leuynge the erle in his countye of Flaundres ; the which. dyd after 
 so cruell iustyce vpon his subiectes that he put to deth by dyuerse tourmentes, as rakkynge, 
 heddynge, & hangynge in sondry townes & places of his lordshyppes, vpoay ndbre of. x. 
 M. ouer and aboue many and dyuers which were banysshed, some for fewe yeres, some 
 for many, and some for euermore. 
 
 Notadehoma- jjv[ (-j^e secondc ycrc of this kyge Phylyp, lyke as before is shewyd in the thyrde yere 
 
 Edw"°dusiertius' of kynge Edwarde, the sayd Edwarde made his homage vnto the sayde Phyiyp in the 
 
 Phiiipporegi towne of Amyas, for the duchy of Guyon and countye of Poytiers ; and soone after this' 
 
 Phylyp sent into Flaudres dyuerse bysshoppes and other noble men, by whose meanes y 
 
 gates of Bruges, of Ipre, of Courtray, and of. other townes were abated and throwya 
 
 downe, for fere leste the sayd townes wolde ofte rebell agayne hym or theyr erle. 
 
 In this yere also sir Robert de Artoys beganne his plee in parlyament agayne lohanne 
 countesse of Artoys, for that erledome, in claymynge the right therof by certayire enden- 
 tures of couenautes of maryage atwene sir Phylyp de Artoys his fader and dame Blaunche 
 of Brytayne his moder, whiche wrytynges hadde ben by longe tyme kept^ from hytn and 
 nowe newly foudyn : and for to haue the better expedycion in his matyer he brought 
 vnto the kynge y erle of Alenson, the duke of Brytayne, with dyuerse nobles, the whiche 
 made requestc for hym to the kynge that he myght haue iustyce ; and with the countesse 
 came the duke of Burgoyne, Lowys erle of Flaundres, and dyuers other noble men^ 
 makynge lyke request for her and for her ryght. Thenne sir Robert shewed forth a 
 wrytynge sealed with the seale. of armys of the erle of Artoys, coteynynge than' whan 
 Foi.Cxxv. the maryage was solempnysed of sir Philip de Artoys, fader to the sayd Robert, & of dame 
 Blaunche, doughtervnto the duke of Brytayn, and moder vnto the said Robert, the whiche 
 accorded that the sayd sir Philip his fader gaue vnto the sayd dame Blaunche and to her 
 heyres y erledome of Artoys, whiche wrytynges, at the instaunce & prayer of the countesse 
 of Artoys, were then delyuerid Ito f court to be kept, sayinge y the sayd wrytynges were 
 vntrewe & coiiterfetyd ; vpon the whiche the sayd countesse brought suflfycyent prouffe y 
 the sayd wrytynges were falsly made and sealed by a gentylwoman, doughter vnto the 
 lorde of Dyguon of the castell of Bethune, y which was so lernyd i astronomy^y she toke 
 vpon her to shewe thyriges to come, wherin somtymeshe happed vpon the soth*, but more 
 . softener she fayled : by meanes of whiche woman, an olde chartre, sealed with the seale 
 
 ' * ColynZaunfjun. MS, * hydd. MS. ^ that. 
 
 of 
 
SEPTIIVJA PARS PHILIP DE VALOYS. 491 
 
 of f forenamed sir Pljilip was foude, ^ which she craftely toke of St set it vpon a newe. 
 wrytynge nsade to the aimuntage of the sayd sir Robert of Artoys, & after presented 
 theyin vnto the sayd sir Robert, sayinge y she liad founde them in tiietowne of Acras', 
 the which heioyfuUy receyued, and made his tyde and clayme vpon the same. 
 
 This inatyer thus hangyng before the kyng and his lordes, in the thirde yere of his 
 reygiie, in the cytie of Parys, after due prouffe made vpon y same, the sentence was 
 gyuen agayne sir Robert of Artoys, to his great displeasure, in so moche, that he sayde 
 openly, " By me he was made a kynge, and by me he shal be idismyssed if I maye." 
 And for he teryd to be caste in pryson by the Frenshe kynge, he therfore conueyed his 
 horse and goodes secretly vnto Burdeaux vpon Geroude, and there toke shyppyng, and 
 Ko passyd into Engtanrle his sayd horses & tresoure, and hymself yode vnto his cosyne ;y- 
 duke of Braban, with whome he bode a certayne of tyme, and after passed into 
 Englande, and excyted kynge Edvvarde hougely for to make warre vpon the Frenshe 
 kynge: 
 
 In the. iiii. yere of the reygneof this Philip, the sayde sir Robert was proclaymed opyn 
 enemy to the crowne of Fraunce, and his landes seased into the Frenshe fcynges handes, 
 and. be banysshed f lande for euer, except y he, win a moneth after Easter nexte eii- 
 suynge, wold come into f kynges court & submytte hym ho'oly vnto the kynges grace, 
 whiche sei.'tence passed agayn him, for so moche as he apperyd nat. 
 
 In the. vi. yjere of the reygne of this Philip, the wyfc of sir Robert of Artoys, the whiche 
 was suster vnto kyng Philip, was accused to be a great occasioner of y off'ence of her 
 husbande, for the which, she with her childer was sent into Gastenoys, & there holden 
 in strayte pryson. 
 
 In the. viii. yere of his reygne, kynge Philip vysited dyuerse parties of his realme, and 
 in thatdoyng vysyted many places of pylgrymages, whiche before he had promysed to seche 
 for f restytucion of heltli to his eldest sone lohn, then duke of Normandy, whiche thfe 
 yere before, by meane of sekeiies, was in greate ieoperdy of lyfe; &, continuing the sayde 
 iourney, rode vnto Auyngtbn*, & Visited there the pope', than beinge Benet the. xii. of 
 that name, and wha,he hade sped hys nedis wyth hym, he yode into^ prouynce of Mer- 
 cyle for to se there his Oaaye, and after retourned by Burgoytie, where of the duke he 
 was royally resaiuyd & feested : in whiche seaso of his there tarienge, a complaynte was 
 broughle before hym by the saide duke ageyne sir lohh de Chalon, for clayme of certen 
 londes within that duchye, the whiche variaunce to apese, the kynge toke therein some 
 pavne, but no direccion he rnyghte set therein, so that the saide duke & sir lohn de- 
 pcited with wordes of diffiaunce ; and shortly after the sayde sir lolin, acdompanyed 
 with dyuerse noble mc of Almayne, entred the duchye of Burgoyoe, & therein dyd moche 
 harnne to the counlre and' people, and gat certayne castelles & them fortylyed \'?ith 
 AlmayncB. Then y duke hauyng in his ayde the kyng of Nauern, the duke of Normandy, 
 with the crle of Escamps and of Flauii<lres,- assieged y castel of Chausy, & at the ende 
 of. vi. wekes wan the same, & after yode vnto the cytie of Bescneon & layd siege to it 
 also ; but whan he had leync there a longe season he was fayne to coclude a trewes, his 
 hooste was in suche dtstresse of vytayll, by reason of which peas or trewes the bosteswere 
 dcseuered, and tl>e ende of y warre vnparfyted : but in t!ie yere foloynge, by meane of 
 the Frcnsiie kynge, a direccion was taken atwene the sayd parties. And this yere kynge 
 Philip sent certavne niessengers viuo kynge Edwarde, vpon certayne demaudea for f 
 castol of Yauntes*; & far f whiche contrauersie firste began to kyndle atwene the 
 sayd. ii. pfyucee, as iii the. x. yere of Edward is touched with the other yeres folow- 
 
 ynije. 
 
 In the. h. yere of this Philip apperyd a blasynge sterre, after tbe which ensuyd great BU^ngesterre 
 
 ' Arras. MS. * Avygnon. ' B. of llonne. edit. 154*2. * Yanta & otl.ir. MS. and 
 
 edit. 15i;. 15oi). 
 
 3 R 2 mortalyte 
 
492 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI DE VALOYS. 
 
 mortalyte \vin the realme of Fraiince, aswell of men as of bestes : and in this yerc a 
 nother man of the prouynce of Langedok, named Arnolde of Normandy, was hedyd & 
 hanged vpon the Gomon gybet of Paris, for asmoche as by his meanes it was proued that 
 the Englysshemen had won the castell of Paracoll. 
 
 And in f. x. yere of kynge Philip, kyng Jidward of Englande sent sir Barnarde de 
 Bret into Flaudres, for causes touched & shewed in the. xii. yere of the sayd- Edwarde ; 
 and in y'. xi. yere of this Philip, kyng Edwarde sayled into Braban & alied hym with 
 Lowys the emperour : and whyle the Frensh kynge taryed v/ his boost at Seinte Quyntyn 
 in Vermandoys, kynge Edwarde entered into Fraunce and spoyled k brent a parte of 
 Treresse, nat without some note or' of cowardyse arrected to the Frenshe kyng 
 
 & his boost t)f his owne subgettes. And in the same yere beganne the towne of Gaunt 
 to rebell, with other townes of Flaiidres, by y^ mocion of laques de Artyuele, as in thCo 
 xiiii. yere is shewed of kynge Edwarde the tliirde. 
 
 Ill the. xii. yere of this Phihp, whichethe Frenshe boke calleth the yere of confucyon^ 
 kynge Edwarde beynge retourned into Englande, the Frenshe kynge assembled a mighty 
 boost to go agayne the Henauders, Fiemynges, and Brytons, & came with the sayd boost 
 vnto Arras, and sent from thens a part of liis people with his sone lohii, than duke of 
 Normady, into Henaude, for to warre vpon the countie there, whiche went streyght 
 vnto Cambraye, & after layd siege to ^^ castell called Esthandune, and within, xv. dayes 
 folowynge the Frenshe kyng his fader came vpto y sayd'^siege with innumerable people,, 
 the whiche castell, at thende of a moneth after the kynges comyng, was gyuen vp by 
 apoyntement : and that done the kynge remoued his siege to a castell of the bisshop of 
 Cambray named Thnne, standyng vpon the ryuer of Lestant, where the kyng lay longe 
 tyme without harme.doynge vnto the sayde castell. At length the duke of Braban, with 
 the erle^ with a stronge host of dyuerse nacyons came for to remoue that siege, so, that 
 the Frenshe boost lay vpon that one syde of the ryuer and the Brabanders vpon that other ;; 
 but by meane of. iiii. brydges which were made ouer'that ryuer, both hoostes at sondry 
 tymes ftiette & faughte dyuers sharpe skyrmysshes to the losse of people vpon both 
 parties : but in the ende the castell was so betyn with gonnes that the capitayne therof put- 
 all his mouables in a shyp, and after with such sowdyours as were left entred the sayd 
 shyp, and set the castel vpon a lyght fyre, wherof whan the Frenshe kynge was ware, in 
 all haste he caused the walles to be scaled, & so entred & stanched y tyre, and the same 
 nyght f host of Brabanders departyd also. 
 Sti. Cxxvi. Whan the kyng had thus wonne this castell, he then sent the dukes of Normandy & of 
 
 Burgoyn vnto a towne named Quesnoy, & whan y sayd dukes had brent a parte of f 
 towne & other vyllages there about, they retourned agayn vnto f Frenshe boost, & shortly 
 after the kyng retourned into Fraunce & there made prouycion to sende forth his nauy 
 to mete w kynge Edwarde, whiche were to the nombre of. CCCC. or aboue, the whiche, 
 as in the y. xv. yere of Edwarde the thirde is before shewyd, met the Englysshe nauy, & 
 ther at a place called y Swyii, were ouer comyn, [as here vnder appevyth.]' 
 
 AFter this great victory thus opteyned by the kyng of Englande, the Frenshe kyng 4 
 a great host, heryng comfortable tydynges of the discomfyture of sir Robert de Artoys, 
 before the towne of Seynt Omers, as before, I y. xv. yere of kyg Edwarde is also shewyd, 
 sped hy tyl he cam to ttie pryory of seint Andrew ; where he tariyng with his people, cer- 
 tayn lettres were sent to hym by kyng Edward, wherof the tenour with y answere of f 
 same are set out in the foresayd. xv. yere, with other matyers apperteynyng to the acte* 
 of both prynces. Whan the peas was concluded atwene the sayd kynges, as in the sayd. 
 
 ' or slaudir. MS. » with the erle of Gdre. MS. Gerle. edit. 1533. 1542, 1559.- " as by this pictur 
 
 kere lander apperytn, MS. Omttted tn the edit. o[^i53i, 1542.1559^ 
 
 XV. 
 
SEFriMA PARS PHILIPPI DE VALOYS. *9.5 
 
 kv. yere is declared, the kyns of Frauce retourned to his owne. And in the. xiii. yere of 
 his reygne dyed lohn duke of Brytayne, after whose deth Chariys de Bloys & lohii de 
 Moiitfort claymed seuerally to be enderytoures of y duchy; wbiche Chariys was sone 
 vnto y erle of Bioys & neuew vnto the Freushe kyng, by reason that Margaret his suster 
 was moder vnto the sayd Chariys, the whiche Chariys had maryed the doughter of Guy 
 de Brytayne vycoiit of Lymoges. ii. brother of the forenaiued lohh duke of Brytayn : & 
 the sayd lohii de Moutfort was the thirde brother vnto f foresayd lohii duke of Brytayn, 
 now deed : so y tiiis questyon of this clayme restyd vpo tliis poyt, whether the doughter 
 of the ii. brother shuld enheryte ^ duchy, or;^yonger brother, cosyderyng y lohri the 
 eldest, brother dyed wout heyre of his body, & Guy the seconde brother without heyre 
 male ; wherfore f thirde brother, lohn de Moutfort claymed to be dukeof Brytayn : whiche 
 case & question was brought before y Frensh kyng & his lordes, & there debatyd & argued 
 by a longe season, but in y ende sentence passed agayne sir lohnde Moiitfort, & Chariys 
 de Bloys was put in possession of y duchy by kynge Philip, to whom the sayd Chariys dyd 
 his homage for the same. For this sentence arose rnortall warre atwene the sayde sir 
 Chai lys 8c sir loiiii, in the whiche the. ii. kynges of Englande & Fraunce toke partie ; 
 so y kyng Edward ayded sir lohn de Moutfort, & kyng Phihp his neuew sir Chariys. 
 Than sir lolm de Moutfort before f sentence gyuen, feryng y sequell' of the same, depart- 
 ed from y court, & gat hym into a stronge towne of Brytayne, & there held hym : wher- 
 of kyng Philip beyng aduertized, sent sir lohn iiis sone duke of Normady & his brother 
 sir Chai lys erle of Aienson for to warre vpon y- sayd sir lohii de Mountfort, the whiche 
 sped them with a nombre of people into Brvtayne, & besieged a stronge castel sladynge 
 in an ile by ^ ryuer of Loyer, & after tlie wynnyng tiierof they yode vnto f cytie of 
 Nauiites, the which f cytezeyns yelded vnto them without stroke. And soone after, a* 
 testifieth the Frenshe story, vpon certayne condycions & couenautes, the sayd sir lohii 
 de Moutfort yelded hym vnto the duke of Normady, the whiciie sent hym vnto y kyng 
 his fader to Parys, where the sayd kyng was' imprysoned in the castell of Louure; but 
 how it was by faiiour or otherwyse ho escaped pryson, after, ii. yeres prysonement, or 
 after some wryters, he was after, ii. yeres delyuered vpon certayne condycions, wherof 
 one was y he shuld nat come in Brytayn, nor any thynge inedle or haue to do in y coii- 
 tre. But this prysonement of sir lohri de Moutfort natwithstandyng, the warre was 
 maynteyned in Brytayn by y frendes of tlie sayd sir lohii, & many townes & casteliys 
 therof was holden to the vse of the sayd sir-fohn; wlierof to shewe vnto you the cir- 
 cumstaijce & processe it wold aske a longe tyme, but in coclucion and fyne of this warre 
 shalbe shewed, in f story of the. vi. Charlis & sone of kyng lohii. 
 
 In the. XV. yere of tins Philip, the erle of Salisbury, accompanyed with sir Robert of 
 Artoys & other noble men, entrede Brytayn & ayded f frendes of sir lohri de Moutfort, 
 in doyng great domage to that coutre, & brent moche of the Frenshe kynges nauy; in 
 assayling wherof sir Robert of Artoys was wouded in the thygh with a gunne, wherupon 
 he laye syke, &vpony ensued a flux, & so therof dyed, & after coueyed into Englande, 
 & there buryed*. And soon after kyng Edward entred Frauce with a stronge army; but 
 a peas was atwene hym & the Frenshe kyng condiscendyd for a certayne terme, by la- 
 bour of. ii. cardynalles, as before in the. xvi. yere of kyng Edwarde is declared. And 
 in this yere kyng Philip areryd a taske' of his people called a gabcil in Frenshe ; this was 
 prouyded y no sublet of the kynges nor other win his lande shuld bye any salt, but of the 
 kyng & at his pryce, and ouer y he areryd & lowyd f coynes & moneys of his lande, to 
 the great auautage of hymself & enpouerysshyng of his sayd subiectes; by meane wherof 
 he fyl in great hatered of his people. 
 
 ' by the said kj-ng he was. MS. and edit. ] 542. 1 559. " -^'» t^ margin of the MS. in the same contem- 
 
 porary hand already noticed, is the J'ollowing remark. " Her apperilh variaijce of -wryters, for sir Robert er]« 
 " <it Artoys was slayu, as it slieweih befor in ffo. Cxxxix^ whicli shuld seine to be oon persone." See 
 p. 4U. ' taxe. edit. 1559. 
 
 Ini 
 
494 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI I>E VALOYS. 
 
 in the. xvi. yere of his reygne, a great discencon grewe amonge the nobles of Nor- 
 raady, by reason of parties takyng some with sir lohn of Harecourt, & other with sir 
 -Robert Barthran then marshal of Frauce ; for couenaiites of mai'yageappoynted atwene 
 the sone of f said sir Robert vpon that one partie, & y doughter of sir Roger Bacon, 
 whose wyfe or maides moder vyas than rnaryed vnto sir Godfrey de Harecourt, brother of 
 the abouesaid sir lohii vpon y other partie : for varyaiice wherof great warre was lykely 
 to haue ensued, if the l<yng the sooner had natsent streyght comaiidementy eyther pmrtie 
 shuld i<epe his peas, & to apperfe before hym & his lordes at Parys, & there to haue theyr 
 greuaiiGe by liytn & his lordes determyned. At whiche day of apperauce the sayde sir 
 Godfrey app.eryd nat, nor none for h^yin, but contrary the kynges comaundement as- 
 sieged sir William Berthran bysshop of Bayon, &. brother to the foresayd $ir Robert, 
 than beyng in a castell. And when he sawe he rnyght nat preuayll agayne hy, he then 
 d.rewe vnto the Englysshemen, & ayded them agaynst the Frenshe kyngs. In this yere 
 also kyng Phihp entendynge to releue the duche of Burgoyn with whete, whiche there 
 than was scant, ordeyned that certayn quarters of wliete shuld be gaderyd in the coutres 
 of Terroner, of OrleaUce, & Gastenoys, and so sent into Burgoyn : but the estudyaUites 
 of Orleaiince, with the burgeyses & conions of the cytie, toke therw such grefe, that of 
 one mynde they went downe vnto the ryuer of Loyer, wher at y season ccrtayne sliyppes 
 laye freyght with vytall to be had vnto the sayd countre, & there fet out tiie graven & 
 spoyled it in such wyse, y rnoche therof came neuer to "good : & that done, many of 
 y company beyng nedy & poore, yode vnto vyllages there by & robbyd the people, -& 
 dydemoche harme. Whan the prouost or ruler of O'leaiice behelde this ra^e & riot of 
 the people, & consyderyd the multitude of them, be forbare for a tyme tyll they were 
 somdele asswaged, and then with suche company as he had of his offycers & other, he 
 toke a certayne of them & put them in sondrye prysons, tyll he knewe farther of the 
 kynges pleasure. But it was nat ionge after, that the other of y afFynyte heryng of the 
 enprysonement of theyr felowes, assembled th^m of rjew, & lyke wood men rane vnto 
 the prysons, and nat aionely delyueryd theyr felowes, but also many other whiche lave 
 there' for great causes & crynies, and some suche as were condempnyd to deth for theyr 
 transgressyons. 
 Pol. Cxx-vii. Whan noticion of this great outrage and ryot came vnto the kynge, anone he sent 
 
 thyder. ii. knyghtes of his court with a puyssaunt army, chai-gyng them to take all suche 
 as were occasioners & begynners of this ryot, & as many as were foQde culpable to be 
 put vnto deth : the whiche knyghtes accordyng to their c5myssion, with ayde of the pro- 
 uustof Orleauce, toke suche as were demptegylte of this cryme, & hanged them vpon 
 the comon gybet or galous of the cyde, amonge ^ whiche were dyuers clerkes, and one 
 a deakyn & within orders.- And in y same yere & moneth of August, a noble knyght of 
 Brytayne called sir-Olyuer de Ciicon, for treason y he had conspyred agayne kynf^ Philip 
 or for he had fauoured kynge Edwardes partie, was taken by a trayne at a iuste or tour- 
 nament holden for the same cause at Parys, and shortly after iuged to deth; asfirste 
 drawen thorugh the cytie.vnto y place of iugemet, & ther vpon a scaffold purposely or- 
 deyned was byhedyd, & after, his body w chaynes haged vpon the gybet, & his lied stand- 
 yng ther ouer vpon a stake, or, after an other auctour, had vnto the cytie of Nauntes in 
 Brytayne, & there pyght vpon a gate of that cytie. And in y same monelh sir Godfrey 
 de Harecourt, which was, as before is sayd, alyed hym w kynge Edwarde, & wold nat 
 apere after certayn somaunces, was nowe openly banysslied as traytour & enemy to tiie 
 crowne of Frauce. And in the same moneth was sir lohii de Moutfort deivuerid out of 
 pryson, vpon suche condycyon as before is rehersyd in the. xiii. yere of this' kyng And 
 soone after were put vnto 'deth at Paris, sir lohn de Malestreet, sir Godfrey de Male- 
 strete, the feder & y sone, sir Idbnde Moutalbone, sir Vyylham de Bruys, sir lohn de 
 Cablat and sir lohfi de Piessis knyghtes ; and esquyres, lohn de Malestrete 'neuew to the 
 
 ^ foresayd 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI DE VALOYS. 4S5 
 
 foi?iesayd knyghtes, Guyllam de Bruze, Robert de Bi^ys, lohn de Senne, and Dauy de 
 Senna. 
 
 And shortly after at Parys were {jutin execucion. iii. Norman knyghtes, for affynytc or 
 fauour whiche they had borne towarde sir Godfrey de Harecourt, and theyr heddes sent 
 vnto Seynt Loup in Constantyne, a cyte of Normandy, which sayd knyghtes were 
 called sir Willyain Bacon, sir Roulande de la Roche Tessoii, and sir Richarde de 
 Percy. 
 
 IN the. xvii. yere of this Philyp, one maister Henry de Malestrete, clerke & deaken, 
 & brother to the aboue named sir Godfrey before put in execucion, whiche sayde muister 
 Henry was maister of tlie requestes w kynge Philip, for so moche as he after the deth of 
 his sayd brother yode vhto kynge Edwarde and counsayled hym agayne kynge Phylip, 
 (and after, by assignement of kyng Edwarde, was set in great auctorite within the towne 
 of Vaunys in Rrytayne,' whiche towne was after goten by f Frenshemen, and he therin 
 as one of thechefe capytaynes of the same takyn,) was imprysoned within the castelet of 
 Parys, out of f whiche, at this season, he was taken thens and sette in a tumbrel!, & 
 therunto fastenyd with chaynes of iren, and so conueyed, bareheded, with dynne and crye, 
 thorough the hyghe streies of Parys tyll he came vnto the bysshoppes palays of Parys, 
 and there delyuered vnto the bysshop ; and soone after, by vertue of a comyssion pur- 
 chased by kynge Philip of the pope' to haue the sayd maister Henry disgraded, he was 
 depryued of all degrees and ordres of the churche, and then delyuered vnto the execut 
 doners, the whiche by. iii. dayes contynuell, a certayne season of y daye, set hym vpon 
 a ladder in the syght of all people, to the ententy euery man and childe myght throwe 
 at hym al fylth and ordour of the strete, the whiche was done without all compassyon 
 & pyte in so cruell wyse, y by the thirde dayes ende he was deed, is: after bur3ed 
 inreuerently. 
 
 In the sayd.' xvii. yere of kyng Philip, also as before is shewid in the. xix. yere of 
 kyng Edward the thirde, laques de Artiuele, whiche was especiall promoter of f sayd 
 Edwardes causes, came vnto y towne of Gaut, & shewyd vnto them dyuerse appoynt- 
 ments to be holden atwene them & other townes of Flaudres, vpon the. xv. day of lulet, 
 by dyuers* cospiratours of the sayd towne of Gaut, he was pursued' from one hous to 
 an other, & lastly slayne & murdred by them, to the kyng of Englades great displeasure 
 Sc hurt ; wherfore f sayd kyng Edwarde was fayne to rctourne into I-nglande wout spede 
 of his purpose, lyke as before in the sayd. xix. yere of his reygne is declared. In this 
 yere also & moneth of Decembre dyed sir lohii erie of Moutfort, which, as before is 
 said, claymed f duchy of Brytayne, [& left after hy a spne named also sir lohn, & erle 
 of Moiitfort, the whiche in lyke wyse claymed the sayd duchy of Brytayne,]* & maynteyn- 
 ed the warrc agayne sir Charlys de Bloys, as his fader before had done. In y. xviii. yere 
 of kyng Phihp & firste day of luly, at Parys, was than put to deth by cruell execucon a 
 cytezyn of Compeyii, named Symode Poylet, a man of great ryches, the which for he 
 had sayd in open audyence y the right of the crowne of Fraunce belonged more right- 
 fully vnto kyng Edwarde than to kyng Philip, he was firste hanged vpon a tree lyke as an 
 oxe is haged in the bochery, & there dismebred, as firste y armys, & after y legges cut 
 from his body, & lastly his hed stryken of, & the trunke of his body haged by chaynes 
 vpon the f comon gybct of Parys. And vpo a Saterday, beyng the xxvi. day of August 
 in the foresayd. xxviii', yere of kyng Philip, was foughten at C'ressy y batayll before ex- 
 pressed in y. xxi. yere of kyng Edwarde the thirde, where the flour of y chyualry of 
 France was slayne & taken prysoners. Than soon after kyng Philip, for f defence of ^ 
 charge of his vvarres, asked a subsidie of the monkes of Seynt Denys, and amonge 
 
 ' Bissbop of Rome, edit. 15-12. * the which laques by dyuers. IMS. ^ was ioimediatly pursuyd. MS. 
 * Omitted in the edit, of 1559, ' xxviii. ?n edit. 154':;. 1559, crromcously. 
 
 certayne 
 
^96 SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI DE VALOYS. 
 
 certayne ioyalles of y place to be had, he demauded the^reat crucyfix of golde statidyng 
 oner y hygh aulter of that monastery ; wherunto the monkes answered y they myght riat 
 depart with y crucifixe, for Eugenius y thirde of that name, pope', accursed ill them y- 
 layd any hande yjwn y crucifixe, to the entent to remoue it from y place, as it apperith 
 by wryting set vnder y fote of y^ said crosse : by which answere the kyng was pacyfied. 
 And in the moneth of Decembre sir Godfrey de Harecourt, vf a towell double folden about 
 his necke, came vnto the presence of kyng Philip, & yelded hym holy to his mercy & 
 grace : the whiche grautyd vnto hym his pardon. And in sborte whyle after al the Lum- 
 bardes vsurers win the realme of Fraunce were taken & sent to riyuers prysons, & all 
 suche persons as stode bouden vnto them for any bargeyn or lowne of money by way of 
 vsury, it was ordeyned y the sayd persons beynge dettours to the sayd vsurers shuld paye 
 the pryncipail dette vnto the kynge at theyr dayes of payment, & the resydue whiche 
 remaynethto the vsurer for his lucre of gayne, for y lowne of his money, shuld be pardon- 
 ed to y dettour, & after y sayd Lumbardes vsurers were deliuered from pryson by paying 
 of great & greuous fynauce. 
 
 In the. xix. yere of this Philip, for somoche, as wytnessyth the Frenshe Cronycle, y- 
 the Fiemynges by great manacis & per force had costrayned theyr erle to be assured, by 
 bonde of assurauce, vnto y doughter of kyng Edward, cotrary his volute.& wyU, the sayd 
 erle nat wyllynge to accomplysshe y maryage, in y Ester weke, by a cautele departed out 
 of Flauders & cam to y' Frensh kyng to Parys, of whom he was honourably & ioyously 
 feceyued. 
 
 And in the same yere one named Gawyn de Beleraont an aduocat of f spuel lawe, 
 entendynge to betray the cytie of Laon, acqueynted hym ^% a poore man than dwellynge 
 in y cytie of Means, named Colyn Tomelyn, the whiche before tyme was fled the cytie 
 of Laon, & was than for lacke of substaunce comyn to Means, & there mayntened a 
 A/. Cxxiiii. poore lyfe, to the which this Gawyn resorted and releuyd* ; & lastely whan he thought he 
 hy was somdele of hym assured, he brake vnto hym his mynde & sayd, if he wolde be ruled 
 by hym he wolde restore hym to his former prosperyte & welth, wherunto this Colyner' 
 graunted. Than anone this Gawyn shewed hy a lettre, & wylled hym to here it<vnto the 
 kyng of Englande, w certayne rewarde to hym gyuyng, and also promysynge of moche 
 more with that, y he retourned to hym shortly to y cytie of Raynys with aswere of the 
 same. Whan this poore & indygent man had receyued this lettre, he cast manyperellys 
 1 his myde ; how be it y fynally, contrary his othe & promyse, he toke his waye towarde 
 the Frenshe kynge, and presented hym with that letter, in the whiche was expressed all 
 the maner & ordre how the sayd cytie of Laon shuld be betrayed. Whan y kyng was 
 aduertysed of all the circumstaunce of this treason, he enfourmed this Colyner' how he 
 shuld behaue hymself in berynge of his answere, and prouyded his tyme accordynge as 
 tbougth he had ben in Englande; & by coiluenyent day came vnto hym to Raynys, ac- 
 cordynge to the former appoyntmet: in whiche season the kynge had sent in secrete 
 maner vnto the prouost of Raynys, that so saone as the sayde Colyner' had shewyd to 
 the sayde Gawyn his answere, that the sayde Gawyn shuld be attached &.had vnto pry- 
 son, the whiche was accordyngly executyd. And in short processe folowyng, forsomoche 
 as he was within ordres, he was by y prouost sent vnto the cytie of Laon, and there put 
 to the bysshoppes pryson ; but when the icomons of the sayd cytie harde of suche a man 
 there being prysoner, y wold haue betrayed their cytie, they assembled them in great 
 multytude & wold haue broken the pryson, to the ende to haue slayne hym : but they 
 were so pacyently answered by the bysshoppes officers that they retourned vnto tbeyr 
 houses. Vpon the morowe folowynge, to cease y^ rumour of f people, he was brought 
 vnto his iugement, and there codempned for his dymerite vnto perpetuell pryson, & more 
 therunto was added, y for his more diffamy & shame he shuld be set i a tumbrell vp on 
 
 " Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. ■ ,-Jiym releuid. MS. ' Colyn. MS, 
 
 hyghe 
 
SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI DE VALOYS. 497 
 
 hyghe barehedyd, yof al people. he myght be seen, & so w moost shameful instrumetes 
 lad thprugh f hygh stretes of f cytie, & brought agayn vnto f bysshopes pryson,' & there 
 to remayne for terme of lyfe ; but he was nat far in such maner conueyed by the officers 
 from the gaole, but that the c5aions fyil vpon hym with crye, & castyng of myre & 
 stones, that, or he were halfe way lad of his circuyte or progresse, he was stonyd to dethe, 
 & after his body buryed within a maroys nere vnto the sayd cytie. 
 
 And shortly after, at Parys, was done to cruell deth a cytezeyn of the sayd cytie, whiche 
 entendyd to haue betrayed the sayd cytie of Parys ; for the whiche treason hie was firste 
 dismembred of legges & armes, & after hanged by the nek vpon the gybet of Parys. 
 
 In the same yere, about f feest of seynt lohii Baptyst, the Englysshemen y had holden 
 f towne & castell called the Roch of Aryan in Brytayae, by the terme of. ii. yeres passed, 
 at this season they were besieged & fyersly assautyd by sir Charlys de Bloys & his frendes, 
 in so furious maner, that they rent with great ordenauce dyuers places of the castell 
 wallys, & in processe threwe downe f rofe of a chambre, where the wyfe of the capi- 
 tayne of f castell lay in her child bed, & so ferre put in fere, f the rulers of ^ towne & 
 castell grauted to delyuer f towne & castell to y sayd sir Charlys, w that f they myght de- 
 parte with theyr lyues & goodes, f whiche offisr to his payn & charge he refused. 
 
 For in shorte tyme after, sir Thomas of Agorn an Englysshe knyght, with a stronge 
 company of archers and other sowdyours, rescowed the sayd towne and castell, and 'after 
 longe fyght & great daunger, as by a longe processe is declared in the Freushe story, th^ 
 sayd sir Thomas toke the sayd sir Charlis de Bloys prysoner, and slewe many of his 
 lordes, as before is shortly towched in f ende of the. xxii. yere of kynge Edwarde. After 
 whiche victory thus opteyned, and his prysoners put in suer kepynge, he toke the orde- 
 naunce of the duke left in the ielde with other pyliage, and put it within the towne and 
 castell aforesayd ; & for the vyiiagesand men of the countre there about, had ayde' the 
 duke agayne the towne and castell, therfore f said sir Thomas pubysshed the sayd vyl- 
 lages and rurallis* by greuous fynes, and helde them I great seruytude and daunger : and 
 ouer that slewe many of theyin, and many they held as drudges and captyues. And this 
 done the Englysshemen repayred agayne the wallys, and suche other places as were be- 
 fore tyme betyn downe by force of the sayd siege, and strengthed it in theyr best maner. 
 
 IT was nat longe after, that kyng Philip at the request of the coutre, sent thyder f 
 lord of CraoH' vvith a stronge armye; to whom also great multytude of the people of y 
 countre resiorted, with whose aydes the sayde lorde assayled the sayd towne and castell 
 by. ii.dayes contynuell; but the Englysshemen deffended theymselfvygurously, and threwe 
 vpon theyr enemyes bote boylynge oyles and other gresys, with fyre colys and bote asshys, 
 wherwiih they greuyd theyr enemyes paynfully. 
 
 Thus contynuynge the siege, meanes of treatye were ofFeryd and codissendyd to yelde 
 the towne, with condycion that they myght sauefely departe with theyr lyues & goodes ; 
 but the Frenshemen and Brytons wolde nat to it be agreable : then the assaute began of 
 new, and the lorde of Craoii' to encourage his sowdyours, bengea purse, and therin. 1. 
 scutes of golde vpon a sperys ende, and cryed with lowde voyce, that who that fi.'ste en- 
 tred the .towne shuld haue the sayde. 1. scutes of golde. Whan the lanuays or spwdyoures 
 of ttie cytie of leane & of ^ cytie of Italye harde the prorayse of their cheuytayne, a 
 certayn of theym, with longe pycaxses and sharpe, approched them vnto the wallys, and 
 so demeaned them, that in lesse then. v. houres they mynded* so f wall, that there fyll 
 therof, as testyfieth j^ sayd Frenshe Cronycle, the length of. 1. fote; by reason wherofen- 
 tred firste the lanuays, and after the hole host, the whiche without compassion or pyte 
 elewe man woman & childe that came in theyr way, nat sparyng f childer that souked 
 vpon the nioders brestes, & spoyled & robbyd the towne, euery man gettynge what he 
 
 • ayded. MS. * rulers, edit. 1355. * Caron. edit 1542. 1559. ♦ mynyd. MS. 
 
 3 S myghte 
 
498- SEPTIMA PARS PHILIPPI DE VALOYS. 
 
 myghte to his owne auautage. And wban the Erenshmen & Britons had them thus my- 
 serably slayne^ niany Englisshmen & also Brytons, & other inhabytautes ofthe towne, 
 they thanne assayled the castell, to the which was fled vpon. CC. and. xl. Englysshme ; 
 after dyuers assautes it was ofFeryd by f sowdyours of the castell, y they wold yelde the 
 castell, theyr lyues & goodes saued : and fynally it was agreed theyr bodyes oonly to de- 
 part, and to be conueyed. x. myles vpon theyr waye towarde suche place as they wolde 
 appoynt. Vpon the whiche appoyntement, ii. knyghtes, Brytons, that is to saye, sir 
 Siluester de la Fulle and sir William de Stratton, receyued them in theyr cotes, & con- 
 ueyed them with great payne & nat withoute losse of some ; for theyr enemyes of the host 
 caste stones at theym, and bete theym soo with theyr stauys, that dyuerse of theym dyed, 
 and the remenaunt were brought nere vnto a castell, thanne in the power of Englysshe 
 men named Quyntyne. 
 
 But whan the comons of the towne there nere, harde of the comynge of suche En- 
 glysshmen vnder saufe conduyt, the whiche before in the batayll of the lioche of Arian, 
 ^>L CxKix. where sir Charlys de Bloys was taken, hadde slayne theyr lorde, that is to meane the 
 lorde of Qoyntyne, anone they yssued out of the towne; and for they foiide lytell re^ 
 systence in theyr guydes, they slewe theym there, excepte one whiche was capitayne of 
 the Englyssbemen, whiche one of the sayde knyghtes caused to be set vpon his horse, 
 and 30 fledde from the peryl. And whan the cruell Brytons hadde thus shamefully slayne 
 the Ei>glysshemec(, they gaderyd the caryens vpon an hepe and suflfered theym there so to 
 lye, to the ende that bestes and fowles myght deuoure them. And in short tyme after, 
 the erle of Flaudres, by meanes of the Frenshe kyng, left the doughter of kynge Ed- 
 warde, and was maryed vnto the doughter of the duke of Braban. 
 
 In the. XX. yere of Phylyp the towne of Calays was goten lyke as the circumstaiice 
 therofis declared in the. xxii. yere of kyng Edwarde the thirde; and in the same yere the 
 mortalyte or sykenesse, whiche after reygned in Englande, reygned nowe feruently in 
 Fraunce, and moste specyally in the cytie of Auynyon, by force wherof the thirde parte 
 of the people of that cytie dyed ; and from thens it came vnto Seynt Denys and soo vnto 
 ParySj in whiche coost it was so feruent that there dyed in those, ii. townes ouer the 
 nombre of. Ivi.M. within f space of. xviii'. monethes. 
 
 And in this yere the dolphyn of Vyen, named sir Ymbert, solde his dolphynage vnto the 
 Frenshe kynge, & became a frere at Lyoh vpon the Rosne, of the ordre of the frereprech- 
 ours or blacke freres. 
 
 In the. xxi. yere of this Philip, Charlys the first begotten sone of lohii duke of Nor- 
 mandy, eldest sone of this Phylyp, toke possession of the sayd dolphynage of Vyen*. 
 And in the moneth of August folowynge dyed the duchesse of Normandy and moder of 
 the sayd Charlys. And in the moneth of Decembre folowynge dyed dame lane queneof 
 ^ FraSce, and doughter of Robert duke of Burgoyn. And in this yere was the treason 
 wroughteby sir Godfrey de Charny, to haue agayne wonne the towne of Calays, lyke as 
 I to you before haue shewid in the. xxiiii. yere of kynge Edwarde the thirde. And in f 
 moneth of January next ensuynge, and. ix. daye of the same kynge, Philip spoused his 
 seconde wyfe Blaunche, somtyme the doughter of the quene of Nauarii, lately dissesid, 
 which was suster vnto the erle of Foyz ; whiche espousayles were secretly done in the 
 manour of Robert erle of Bray, & so the said kynge -Phylyp was wedower from 
 the. xii. daye of Decembre to the. ix. day of lanuarii, 'whiche was by the space of. xxvii. 
 dayes. And vpon the. ix. daye of the moneth of February lohii duke of Normady, ■eldest 
 sone of this Phylyp, spoused his seconde wyfe lohanne countesse of Boloyngfi, at a 
 towne called Miriaux nere vnto Meulene; and so he morned for his wyfe, whiche 
 was named the good duchesse of Normandy, by the terme of. vi. monethes &. ri. dayes 
 kckynge. 
 
 ' xxviii. edit. 1559. * T/w MS. adds m the cite of Vyen in the monyth of Apryll. MS. 
 
 In 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 499 
 
 In the. xxii. yere of kynge Philyp and monethe of lulii, sir Thomas de Agorne before- 
 named, was by chaunce medley slayne of a Bryton knyght called sir Raufe de Cu- 
 ours. 
 
 And vpon the. xxiii. daye of August folowynge dyed sir Philip de Valoys kynge of 
 Fraunce, whan he had reygned ouer the Frenshmen in great vexacyon and trowble by 
 the space of xxii. yeres lacfcynge. v. monethes and odde dayes, and was after entered 
 at Seynt Denys by his firste wyfe, and left after bym lobn duke of Normandy for his 
 heyre. 
 
 Of kynge lohn. 
 
 lOhn the first of that name, and sone of Philip de Valoys, began to raygne ouer the 
 Frenshemen in themoneth of August, and yeer of our Lorde. M.CCC. and. 1. and. xxiiii. 
 yere of Edwarde the thirdie, than kynge of Englande, and was crowned at Raynys f. xxvi; 
 day of Septembre folowynge with dame lohane his wyfe, in tyme of the wbiche solerap- 
 nyte kyng lobn dubbyd his eldest sone dolphyn of Vyen, and Lowys his seconde sone 
 erle of Alenson, knyghtes, with other noble men. 
 
 And vpon the. xvi. daye of Nouembre folowynge sir Rauffe erle of Ew & constable of 
 Enemyes', whan it was Frenshe, the whiche was newly c5myn oute of Englande where 
 he hadde ben longe prysoner, was accused of treason, and' so comaundyd vnto pryson at 
 Parys, within whiche pryson he was shortly after byhedyd in the presence of the duke of 
 Burgoyne and other nobles. 
 
 In the thirde yere of kynge lohn, and. viii. day of lanuarii, Cfaarlys kynge of Nauarne 
 caused to be slayne within the towne of the Aygle in Normandy sir Charlys de Spayne 
 constable of Fraunce, for the whiche murdre sourdyd great warre atwene kynge lohn 
 and the saydie kynge of Nauerne, wbiche contynued many yeres after, natwithstandynge 
 f the said kynge of Nauerne hadde maryed the dougbter of f sayd kynge lohn. Than 
 by medyacyon of frendes a peas was dryuen atwene theym, so that k-ynge lobn sbuld 
 gyue vnto the kynge' of N^narne, for contentacyon of certayne suraes of money yet 
 owynge vnto hym for the dowar of his wyfe, certayne landes within the duchye of Nor- 
 mandy, & ouer that the Frenshe kynge shulde pardone all sucbe persones as were con- 
 sentynge to the deth of the constable before murdred ; after wbiche treaty thus concludyd, 
 the kyng of Nauarne, vnder assurauce of hostage, cam vnto kyng lohiis presence at 
 Parys, and after he had taryed there a season be departed with dbsimilacion on eytfaer 
 partie vsyd, as after shaliiippere. 
 
 In the. iiii. yere of kynge lohn sir Godfrey de Harecourt, whiche with his sone and 
 other hadde ben oonsentyng vnto.the deth of the constable of Fraunce, Were reconsyled 
 agayne to f kynge ; the whiche ensensyd hym agayne the kynge of Nauarne by meanes of 
 their sinister report, so that the peas atwene theym before concluded was disapoynted 
 and broken. And soone vpon this sir Robert de Lorize, that was cbaberlayne vnto kynge 
 lohn, auoyded' the courte, for fere lest the sayd sir Godfrey hadde shewyd of bym 
 any thynge to the kynge, and so yode vnto the kyng of Nauarne into Normandy, dfter 
 whose comynge the kynge of Nauerne departed shortly thens and spedde hym towarde 
 Auynyon. It was nat longe after that the kyng of Nauarne was departed out of Nor- 
 mandy but ^ kynge lohn sped hym thyder & seased all the landes that the kynge of 
 Nauarne had within that duchye and put ofiycers and rulers in his castellys & townes 
 suche as hym lyked, and discharged the other, excepte. vi. castellys, that is to saye, Eu- 
 roux, Le Fount A\idemer, Chirebourt, Ganeray, Auranches, & Martayngne*, the 
 whiche were holden by the seruautes of the kynge of Nauerne & men of Nauarne borne. 
 
 ' Guynes. ^ Mortaingae. MS. 
 
 3 S 2 la 
 
500 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 In tJie moneth of lanuarii folowynge sir Robert de Loryze abouenamyd, vncler conduyte' 
 came vnto kynge lohn to Parys, and there was to hym in processe reconsyled. 
 
 And in this yere were f artycles of peas atwene f kynges of Englande & of Fraiice 
 prolongyd tyll f feest of seynt lohii Baptyst nexte et)suynge, as before in the ende of 
 the. xxviii. yere of kyng, Edwardeis more at length declared. In this. v. yere of kyng 
 lohn and moneth of Apryll, he sent sir Charlys his sone, dolphyn of Vyenne, into Nor- 
 mandy, to askeaydeof the Normanys agayne the kyng.of Nauarne, the .whiche graunted 
 vnto hym. iii. M. men at theyr charge for. iii. monethesj and in the moneth of August 
 folowyng f kyng of Nauarn accopanyed with. ii. M. sowdyonrs, came vnto the castell 
 ■fd. Cjtieii. Qf Costantyne & there taryed with the sa;yd people,, with whose comynge the sowdyours 
 of the forenamed. vi. castelles were so well comfbrted that they robbyd and pylJed 
 all the countre aboute them, & some of the sayd sowdyours came vnto a: castellof f 
 Frensh kynges named Conket, & wan it by strenght, and after vylayled & manned it irt 
 inost warly wyse*, & dyd many other thynges to the Frenshe kynges great displeasure.- 
 
 The whiche warre thus contynuyng, by; medyacion of frendes, the kynge of Nauarn rode 
 vnto the dolphyn to a towne called the Vale de Rueyll,- where they metynge & eyther to 
 other shewynge louynge countenaunce, vpon the. xviii. day of Septembre, they togyder 
 toke theyr waye towarde Parys, where the kyng of Nauarne was brought vnto the Frenshe 
 kynges presence, where he excusyd by of all trespasses don agayne the kynge syne the 
 tyme of f last accorde, besechynge the kyng to be good and gracious lorde vnto hym,>. &- 
 he shuld be to hym as a sone ought to be vnto the fader, and as a trewe man vnto his 
 Boueraygne lorde ; and after, the kynge, by f meanes of the duke of Athenesse, forgaue? 
 vnto hym his offences, & promysed to stande his good and gracyous lorde, and so eyther 
 departed from other in louynge maner. 
 
 And soohe after kynge lohn gaue' vnto the dolphyn of Vyen, sir Charlys his eldest sone,, 
 f duchye of Normady, for the whiche he dyd vnto his fader homage in the house of, 
 maister Martyn, chanon of Parys, in the cloyster of the mynster called Noterdame ; and 
 Ijyauctpryte of a parlyament holden in, the cytie of Parys, was graunted vnto kyng Iohn= 
 of the. thre astates of his realme, that is to meane the spualtie, the lordes and nobles, 
 and the hedes or rulers of cyties and good townes of his realme, that he shuld haue. 
 7CXX.M. men wagyd for a yere, for to defende his auncient enemye the kyng of Englande ;. 
 for puruyaunce wherof, certayne persones of the sayd. iii. astates assembled shortly after 
 to prouyde for the leuyinge of f great surae of money. 
 
 After whiche prouycion or sessyng agrefed or cocluded by the sayd persones, and! 
 comyssyoners sent out todyuers coostes and good townes for the leuyeng of the sayd^ 
 money, in the towne of Arras fyll a dissencion atwene f ryche & the poore of that towne, 
 the poore sayinge that the ryche men had layde all the burthen vpon, the poore men, &. 
 theimself bare lytell charge, or none. For the firste began great altercacion of wordes, &, 
 after ensuyd strokes and strypes, so that of the hedes & chief burgeyses of y towne were, 
 xvii. men slayne, and the day folowynge they slewe. iiii. mo, & banysshed dyuers that at 
 that tyme were absent 8c out of the towne, and so the towne of Arras restyd as than in. 
 the gydynge of the poore artyfycers' of that towne.- 
 
 IN the. vi. yere of the reygn of kynge lohn & moneth of Marche, he being accompa- 
 nyed with a secret meny, before the day,.departed from the towne of Manuyle and rode 
 strygbt, he and bis lordes beynge armyd, vnto f castell of Rouan, & entred sodavnly 
 into the same, where he fande in f chief hall of the castell sir Charlys his eldest sone, 
 duke of Normandy,. Charlys kynge of Nauarn, sir lohii erle of Harecourte, the locdes 
 
 • safe conduyte. edit. 1S33. l^M. 1559. * guise. MS. 
 
 of 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 501 
 
 of Pieaux, and of Grauile, and the lord of Cleremout, sir Lowys & sir Guylliam de 
 llarecourt, brethern of ^ foresaid erle, sir Friquet de Friquant, the lorde of Toumebu, 
 sir Manbuc de Mamesmares, with Colmet Doubliec, and lohn de Poutalu, esquyres, 
 the which lordes and knyghtes the kyng toke at dyner within f sayd halle, & them toke 
 sodaynly & diuers of them put vnder suer kepinge : & as soone as f kyng had there taken 
 a small & short repast, he ^ his sones & other nobles i his company toke their horse and 
 rode into a felde vpon a baksyde of the castell, whether shortly after were brought in 
 bandes the foresayd erle of Harecourt, the lorde of Grauile, the foresayd sir Manbuc, 
 and Colinet Doubliet, whiche. iiii. were there behedyd, and after the bodyes of them 
 drawen to the gybet of Roan and there hanged, and theyr heddes sett ouer theym 
 vpon the same gybet : at the whiche tyme of execucyon of hcdyng of the sayd. iiii. 
 persunes, the Frenshe kynge, as before is sayd, was present in proper persone. 
 
 After the whiche execucyon, the kynge, vpon the morne folowynge, delyueryd many of 
 the otlier prysoners, so that there remayned no mo as prysoneirs but. iii. that is, the kynge 
 of Nauarne, sir Friquet de Friquant, and lohn de Poutalu, the whiche were sent vnto 
 Parysi where the kynge was kept in the castell of Lourre', and the other, ii. in the 
 chastelet. In whiche tyme of his inprysonment sir Philip, brother to the sayd kyng, 
 with sir Godfrey de Harecourte, vncle to the erle lately hedyd, helde cerlayne castelles 
 in Normady, and icaine with theyr powers into the countre of Constantyne & helde it 
 maugre the Frenshe kyngcs wyll and pleasure. 
 
 In the moneth of Apryll sir Arnolde de Denham, than marshall of Fraunce, rode by 
 the kynges sone vnto Arras, and there without great dystourbaunce of the towne, toke 
 vpon an hondreth of suche as before hadde made the former rebellyon within the same, 
 and vpon the daye folowyng he caused to be behedyd in the market place vpon. Ix. of 
 the same, and the remenaunt he sent vnto pryson there to abyde the kynges 
 pleasure. 
 
 In this tyme and season was f noble prynce Edwarde at Burdeaux, and warryd vpon This tyme tVu 
 the Frenshe kynges landes, lyke as it is before to you sbewyd in the. xxx. yere of kynge ^^*^'°^^. 
 Edwarde the ttiirde. toner by p^e 
 
 And in the. vii. yere of kynge lohii, and begynnyng of the same, was the batayll of git*d't9°itap'- 
 Poy tiers, in the whiche kynge lohii was taken prysoner of prynce Edwarde, and manype"''> '«'°«^ 
 of his lordes taken & slayne, as before in the. xxx. yere of f foresayd Edwarde is declared kyiTg^Edwude 
 at length. After the whiche scomfyture f duke of Normandy, whiche hardly escaped >'•'"• 
 from the sayd batayll, entred the cytie of Parys the. xxix. daye of Septembre, and called 
 there a great cousayll of the thre astates of the realme, and the. xv. day of Octobre nexte 
 ensuyoge there to be assembled } at whiche daye the sayd duke with the sayd. iii. astates 
 of the realme beynge in the parlyament chambre, Peter de la Forest, arcbebysshop of 
 Roan & chauncdler of Frauce, declared there the great mysfortune that to the lande 
 was lately fallen by the takynge of theyr hede and prynce, and exorted them by a longe 
 oracion to ayde & assyst, euery man after his power, for f redelyuerey of their prynce 
 agayne. 
 
 Wherunto it was answeryd for theyr clergy of spirituall by f mouth of maister lohn 
 de Caroii* than arcbebysshop of Raynes, and for f nobles or the cbeualry of Fraunce 
 l)y the mouth of sir Philip duke of Orleaunce, and brother vnto kynge lohii, and for 
 the comons of the good townes of Frauce by the mouth of Stepyn Martell, burgeys of 
 Parys and prouost of the same, that eyther of them shuld helpe to f vttermoste of theyr 
 powers, and prayed f they myghte haue conuenyent leysure to counsayll and c5mon for 
 prouycyon of the same, the whiche to theym was graiited. 
 
 Thanne the sayd thre astates helde theyr coiisayll at y- Fryer Mynours or GrayFrerysin 
 Parys by the space of. xv. dayes, in which season they appoynted amonge them to the 
 
 ' Lovur, MS. * Craon. MS. 
 
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502 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS.. 
 
 nombre of. 1. persones to take a viewe and make serehe of certayne thynges than tnyslad 
 and euyll gyded within the realme ; the whiche. 1. persones whan they hadde.- appoynted. 
 vi. of theyraselfe to goo vnto the- duke, they in the names of the other made request 
 vnto the duke that he wolde kepe secreet such thynges as they entendyd to shew vnto hy, 
 Foi.c.xHxi. which request hegraiited. Then they shewyd vnto the duke that the realme before tyraae 
 had been mysseguydyd by offycers, and excepte that reraedye for it wereshortlye fouadyn,; 
 it shulde stande in great parell to be loste ; wherfore they besought bym to discharge alt; 
 suche as they wolde name vnto hym, & ouer y- to forfayte theyr goodys vnto the kynges' 
 vse. And firste they namyd. master Petyr de la Forest, archebysshop of Roan and 
 chaunceler of Fraunce, syr Symonde de Buoy, chefe couceloure of the kyng and chefe 
 presydent of the parlyament, syr Robert de Loryze, that before tyme was cbafiberlayne 
 vnto the kyng, syr Nycholas Brake, knyght,, and master of the kynges paleys, Enguera of 
 f Celer, hurioys of Parys and vndre tresourer of Frauce, lohH Prylle, burioys, ako 
 soueraygne niaister of the money and raaister of thaccomptys of the kynge, and lobn 
 Chanean de Chartres, tresourer of f kynges warrys, all which ofFycers. the sayde persones 
 wolde that they shulde be dyschargyd of all royall ofFycys for euer ; also the sayde 
 constytutyd persones wolde that the kyng of Nauerne were delyuerid free from pryson, 
 also that, he hymselfe wolde be cotentyd to be aduertyzyd and. couceylyd by suche as they 
 •wolde appoynt vnto hym, that is to say. iiii. prelatis. xii. knyghtis, and. xii. burioys, the 
 whiche. xxviii. persones shulde haue auctoryte to rule and ordeyne all thynges necessarye 
 for the realme,, and to sette in and put out all oflycers apperteynynge to the weale of the 
 realme, with dyuerse other requestys whiche vnto the duke were nothynge agreablei 
 Vpon f whiche requestys the duke gaue answere f he wold gladly fele the opynyon of his. 
 couceyll, andvpo that shape vnto them some reasonable answere ; but firste he desyryd'ofe/ 
 them to knowfr what ayde the. iii. astatys wolde gyue vnto hym for the delyuery of his 
 father : whereunto it was answeryd that the clergy had grauntyd a dyme and an halfe 
 to be payed I a yere, with that that they may haue lycence of the pope' and the lordys 
 asmoche to be leuyed of theyr landys, and the comons fi x. peny of tlieyr mouable 
 gooddys. Then vpon the morne folowynge within f palays of Louure, the duke assemblyd 
 his couceyll & there shewyd vnto them the desyre & requeste of y- iii. astatys, where- 
 upon were made many reasons, & many messagys sent atwene the duke and theym to re- 
 forme some parte of the sayde artycles ; but it was fermely answeryd by them, that, excepte 
 he wolde reforme the sayde defautys, & conferme* hym vnto theyr myndys for, f com*- 
 on weale of all the lade, they, wolde not ayde hym, with theyr goodys, lyke as they had to hym 
 shewyd. Wherefore the duke by secret meanys sent letters vnto his father, shewynge vnto hym 
 f cyrcustaunceof all his mater, the which wrote vnto hym agayn that in no wyse he shulde be 
 agreable vnto the sayde requestys : then the duke to the ende that he wolde not that theyse' 
 maters shulde be towchyd.in f opyn parlyamet> sent for auche personys as were the chefe 
 rulers of f sayde. iii. astatis, so that to hym came for the clergy the archebysshoppis of 
 Raynys and of Lyons, & the bysshop of Laon : and for the lordys came, syr Waraynede 
 LucSbourgh, syr lohfi de Conflans marshall of Champeyne, and sir lohii de Pygueny. 
 tha ruler or gouernoure of Artoys ; and for the comons Stephan Martell than parouost of 
 the marchauntys of Parys, Charlys Cusake, •^ other of other good townys. Tha the 
 duke shewyd vnto them ojf certeyne newys that he had lately receyuyd from the kynge his-' 
 father, and y done he askyd theyr aduycys whether it were beste that daye to shewe theyr 
 requestys openly in f parlyament chaiiber, or ellys,to deferre it for f day : & lasriye^ 
 after many reasons made, it was agreed that it shulde be deferryd tyll the. iiii. daye after, 
 at the which, iiii. daye the duke with the other assembled in the parlyament chambre, at 
 -svhyclje season the duke sayde that he myght not entende that day to here and argue the 
 
 ' B. of Rome. edit. 154,2. * conform. MS. 
 
 7 sayde 
 
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 sayde requestys, for certeyne tydjnges that he had lately receyued from his father, and 
 from his vncle the emperour of Almayne, of the whiche he than shewyd some openly, 
 and after dyssoluyd for that daye the counceyll. In the moneth of Octobre the. iii. astatys 
 of J^ prouynce of Languedocke, by the auctoryte of the erle.of Armenake, than lyeute- 
 naunt for the kynge, assemblyd for to make an ayde for the kynges delyueraunce ; and 
 first they agreed to puruey at theyr propre costys. v.C. men of armys, with a sernyture 
 to eueryche spere, and ouer that a. M. sowdiours on horsebacke, and a. M. of arblasters, 
 ^ ii. M. of other callyd paQsiers i Freshe, all which to be wagyd for an hoole yere, the 
 sperys to haue for them and theyr custrun euery day halfe a floreyn, and euery sowdyour 
 and arblaster. viii. floryns for a monetii, and thepausiers after the same rate. 
 
 Also it was farther ordeyned by the sayde. iii. astatis of Languedocke that no man 
 shuld were any furrys of any great pryce, and that women shulde leue y ryche atyre of 
 theyr heddis, & were neyther perle nor golde vpon them, nor syluer vpo theyr gyrdellys, 
 so ionge as f kynge remaynyd prysoner : also that all maner of mynstrellys for that season 
 shulde be put to syience, with dyuerse other thynges for the weale of that prouynce, 
 which wolde aske a longe leysoure to wryte. 
 
 VPon All Sowlyn day, or the seconde daye of Nouebre, the duke of Normandy, by 
 f aduyce of his couceyll, dyssoluyd the counceyll of the. iii. astatys assemblyd at 
 Parys, and comrnaundyd euery man to retourne vnto his owne withoute effecte 
 growynge of theyr longe counceyll or assemble, wherwith many of the sayde personys 
 were greuouslye myscontent, sayinge amonge theymselfe, that they aperceyued well 
 that this was doon by f duke, to f entent that the requestys by them deuysyd shulde 
 not take place, but that the olde mysgouernaunce shuld totynue lyke as it before 
 tymes had done : wherefore dyuerse of theym assemblyd after agayne at the Graye Frerys^ 
 and there made out dyuerse copyes of the sayde requestys, to the ende that eyther of 
 theym myght here them into theyr co&treys, and there toshewe them vnto the good townys. 
 And albe it that f duke, after this counceyll thus dyssoluyd, askyd ayde of the cytie of 
 Parys & other good lownyst to mayntayne his warris, he was playnly answeryd that they 
 myght not ayde hym without the. sayd. iii. astatys were agayne reassemblyd, and that the 
 graunter of the ayde myght passe by theyr auctoryte : whereunto the duke I no wyse 
 wolde be agreable. In the moneth of Nouebre aforesayde, syr Robert de Cleremount, 
 than lyeutenaunt for the duke in Normandy, fought with syr Phylyp brother vnto the 
 kynge of Nauerne, and syr Godfrey de Harcourt, f which then toke partye agayne the 
 Frenshe kynge for the deth of his neuewe before put to dethe by kynge lohii, the whiche 
 knyghtys with other helde the more parte of the countrey of Constantyne within Nor- 
 mandye, maugre the dukys power. In this sayd fyght the vyctory turnyd vnto the Frenshe 
 partye, so y the sayde syr Phylyp was chasyd, & syr Godfrey de Harcourt slayne with. 
 viii.C. men of that partye ; and the fourth day of Decembre folowynge was the castell 
 De la Pount nere vnto Roan, whiche by a longe season hadde been in the rule 
 of the forenamed syr Phylyppe, gyuen vp by appoyntement, the whiche by the ^'i- CxxxH 
 dukys sowdyours had ben besyegyd from the monyth of luly to that daye, so 
 that than the holders of the sayde castell departyd with all theyr gooddys &. vi.M. 
 frankis for a rewarde for the yeldynge vp of the sayde castell; a franke is in value 
 after sterlynge money, ii*. or therupon. Vpon the. x. day of Decembre were pro- 
 claymyd at Parys, certeyne coynys and valuys of money, newely ordeyned by the 
 duke and his counceyll; with the which proclamacyon the comons of the cytie were 
 greuously amouyd, and for reformacyon the prouoste of the marchauntys, with other, 
 yoode vpon the seconde daye folowynge vnto the castell or patays of Louure, there to 
 treate with syr Lewis erle of Angeou, brother vnto the duke and his lyeutenaunt, wbyle 
 the sayd duke was goone vnto the cytie of Meaus, there to speke with Charlys of Bo- 
 
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504 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 hemye or of* Beautne, then emperoure of Almayne and vncle vnto the sayde duke ; where 
 the sayde prouoste with the other made requeste vnto the erle, that' he wolde sease y- vse 
 of that money, & if not they wolde so demeane them that it shuld not be sufFeryd Jo bq 
 put forth nor taken within f cytie: whereupon it was answeryd by f erle, that he wolde 
 take aduyce of his counceyll, and vpon the roorowe gyue to them an answere. Vpon 
 the daye folowynge, the sayd prouoste with a great copany of the cytie retourned ; at 
 which season the erle in curteyse maner desyred them to retourne that other day, for as 
 moche as yet he had not sufFycyently comonyd with his couceyll. Vpon the morne the 
 sayde prouoste retournyd ^ a moche greatter company; where after longe debatynge of 
 the mater, it was agreed by the sayde erle and prouoste and his company, that the money 
 shuld be stoppyd, and not to be put fourth tyll they had further knowlege of the dukys 
 pleasure, for knowlege whereof the erle sent forth messyngers in all spedy wyse : and in 
 this passe tyme Petyr de la Foreste, archebisshop of Roan, & chauceler of Fraunce, was 
 made and publysshyd a cardynall. And the. xxiiii. daye of the moneth of lanuary, J 
 duke retournyd vnto Parys with the sayde cardynall in. his company, the whiche for rer 
 tierence of the cardynall was fette into f cytie with processyon and other ceremonyes, 
 as well of the clergy as of the cytezyns. The. xxvi. day of the moneth of lanuary, the 
 preuoste of the marchauntis of Paris with other of the cytie, apered before the dukys 
 counceyll at Seynt Germayns, where it was desyryd of the sayd prouoste that he shul4 
 sufTre the foresayd money to ronne and be curraiit thorough the cytie, f which the sayd 
 prouost with his company vtterly denyed, and after many great and bolde wordys, de-^ 
 partyd from the sayde counceyll in great ire ; and after tbeyr retourne vnto the cytie,, en- 
 censyd so the comynaltie y-they sette aparte all werkemanshyp and occupacion, in shytt? 
 ynge in theyr shoppys, &drewe vnto theym theyr armoure and harhesse. Wha the duke 
 wasenfourmyd of this murmor of the comynaltie of the cytie, be sent vnto the prouost^ 
 comaundynge hym straytely that the kynges peace were kepte within the cytie ; and auer 
 that, f he with a certayn of the cytezyns shuld apere before hym I f palays of Louure, 
 vpo the morowe folowyng at an houre assygned : at whiche houre the sayd prouost ^ his 
 company came vnto Louure, and so were conueyed into the parlyament cliaumbre, where 
 the duke with his counceyll was tha present. Than f duke, after certayne chalengys mad? 
 vnto the prouoste for his obstynacy in this mater, and mysledyng of the comynaltie of the 
 cytie, sayd vnto hym, that albe it ^ the kynge by his prerogatyue myght at his pleasure, 
 and for hisi auautage, make his moneys whan he wolde, and so to sufFre them to be cur- 
 raut thoroughe his realme; yet for the weale Sc ease of his subiectys, consyderynge theyp 
 manyfolde & late charges, he was cotente that at this season this newe money, shulde be 
 spared, & that the. iii. astatis shuld be agayn assemblyd, and that they shulde depryue 
 all suche persones than bferyng offycis as they shuld thynke preiudycyall to the realme, 
 and ouer that to ordeyne suche money as myght be benefycyall for f lade. Of all which 
 ^rauntys, the prouoste, to the entent f he myght of auctoryte shewe theym vnto the cc 
 mynaltie of the cytie, desyred wrytynge, the whiche the duke to appease the people, 
 thoughe it were some deale contrary his mynde and pleasure, grautyd vnto his request; 
 for the which graunt dyuerse of the sayd offycers, as ihe chaunceler or cardynaU and 
 other, absentyd themselfe and came not in Pavys by a tracte of tyme after. The. xxx. 
 day of lanuarii ensuynge, the duke at the requeste of the sayde prouoste, sent certeyne 
 ottycers vnto the houses of syr Symonde de 13ucy, and of syr Nycholas Brake, and of 
 Ji-nguerran of ^ Celer, and of lohii Prylle, which before with other were accusyd of mys, 
 gouernauce of the realme, whose houses were by' the sayde oftycers kepte, and inueutuarye^ ' 
 made of suche goodys as than remayned within the sayde houses : and that doone, the 
 duke sent out comyssyoners that the. iii: astatys shuld reassemble at Parys. the. xv. day 
 of February nexte folowynge, which was obseruyd and kepte. Whan the sayd. iii. astatis 
 were agayne assemb yd m the parlyament chaumber at Parys, in the presence of theduke 
 and his bretherne, ^ dyuerse other nobles of Fraunce, master Robert^oke, bysshop of 
 
 Laon, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 505 
 
 Laon, by the comaundement of the sayde duke, made a longe preposycion of f mys- 
 guydynge of the kynge and the lande, by the meane of ylle offycers, as well by chaung- 
 ynge of the moneys as other many vnlefull excysys and taskys, to the great inpoueryssh- 
 ynge of the comynaUye of the realme, great dysclauder to the kynge, and to the synguler 
 Cnrychynge and auauncement of the sayd offycers ; wherfore the. iii. astatis prayen, and 
 specyallye the poore comons, f all such offycers may be remo'ued from theyr ofiycys, & 
 other p shall be thought more benefyciall for the kynge and his realme to be admytted : 
 of the whiche f cardynall was notyd for pryncypall, and other to the noumbre ot xxi., 
 wherof some were ryght nere vnto the duke. 
 
 AFter which preposycyon or oracion thus by the sayde-ljysshop endyd, syrlohiide Pyg- 
 queny in the name of the. iii.astatys, offeryd j' the sayd. iii. astatis shuldegyue vnto^kyng. 
 XXX. M. men for an hoole yere, nV that that all thynges myghte after that daye be orderyd as the 
 bysshop had before deuysed ; all whiche artycles were vnto them by the duke graunted : and 
 incotynently all suche offycers as they before had named wereclerelyauoydid, and othersuche 
 as by the sayd. iii. astatys were thought moost necessary, were put and chosen to theyr 
 roumys, except y some of the olde, as maisters of thaccomptys, and some of the presy- 
 dentys & masters of the requestys were holdyn i for a tyme, to practis & shewe vnto the 
 tiewe how they shuld ordre & guyde the sayd offyces. And the. xxvi. daye of the moneth 
 of Marche, was a newe money proclaymed thoroughe^ Parys, such as the sayd. iii. astatis 
 had newely deuysed. Vpo the. vi. day of Aprell was proclaymed i Paris, ^ the people 
 shuld not pay such subsydy as f, iii. astatis had ordeynyd, for the wagyng of. xxx.M. men 
 aforesayd or for the kynges fynauce, & also ^ the sayd. iii. astatis after that day shuld noo 
 more assemble for any causes or maters before towchyd, tyll they had farther knowlege /</. Ckm^ih. 
 of the kynges pleasure : for the which proclamacion the cytezyns of Parys were greuously 
 amoued agayne the bysshop of Sens, the erle of Ewe cousyn germayne to the kynge, & 
 agayne the erle Cancaruyle, by whose meanys they sayde this proclamacion was pur- 
 chasyd, and trouthe it is, f the sayd archebysshop of Sens with the sayde. ii. eriys were 
 sent from the kynge from Burdeaux, yet there beinge, to the entente that they shulde 
 see f sayde proclamacyon put in vre ; but so soone as the sayde proclamacyon was made, 
 they heryng of the murniure of.^ people of 5" cytie, sped them ihens shortlye after. Then, 
 vpon this the comons waxed so wylde ihat they leyfte theyr occupacions, and drewe theym 
 to conuenticulys and companyes, and had many vnsyttynge wordys by the kynge and his 
 counceyll; whereof in avoydynge of inconuenyency, tbe duke cdmaunded a watche to 
 be kepte within the cytie bothe by day and by nyght, and certeyne gatys of f cytie kept 
 shytte, & the reinenaut watchid with men of armys. Vpon the. viii. day of Aprell, than 
 beyng Ester euyn, an other proclamacyo was made all contrary to y other, by vertue 
 wheredf it was chargy4 f the foresayd subsydye shuld be leuyed, & that also f. iii. astatis 
 shuld reassemble at Parys ^. xv. daye after Ester, Sc there to procede vpon all suche 
 maters as before was by them beguiie. Vpo the. xvi'. day of Aprell, f iVenslie kyng 
 shyppyd* at Burdeaux, and so conueyed into Englande, lyke as before is shewyd I the. 
 xxxi. yere of kyng Edwarde. And about Mydsomer folowynge tbe duke of Lacaster, 
 which by a longe season had lyen before a towne in Brytayn named Rosne, brake vp his 
 syege, takyng them' of ^ towne for a fynaiice. Ix.M. scutis of golde. A scute is worth. 
 xl.d. sterlyng. About f feest of Mary Magdaleyne, iii f moneth of lulii, cotrauersy and 
 varyauce began to aryse amonge f personys assygned for the. iii. astatys ; wherof f cause 
 was, for somoche as the sessynge whiche they had auewyd & sessyd for f. xxx.M. men, 
 wolde not extede vnto f .suifie by large & great sumes, so that the clergy answeryd that 
 they wolde paye no more than they were fyrste sessyd vnto, and in lyke maner answeryd 
 suche as were apoynted for the lordys & for the good townys: wherefore the archebys- 
 
 • vi. edit. 1533. 1542. 1459. * was sbypped. MS. * of them. 
 
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SC6 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 shop of llaynes, whiche before was one of the chefe rulers of theym, refusyd theyr 
 partye & drewe hym all to the duke, by meaxiys of which contrauersy many of theyr 
 actys fayled, and such as before were put out of theyr ofFycys were agayne restoryd. 
 About the myddell of August, the duke sent for the prouoste & Charlys Cusake with 
 John de la He, the which bare the pryncypall rule within the cytie, and also were great 
 sayers & doers in the assembles of y". iii. astatys, & had taken vpo them moche rule in 
 that busynesse, so that moche of y busynes was rulyd by the & theyr meanys; to whom 
 the duke gaue strayght comaundemet that they shulde cease of theyr auctoryties, and 
 not to deale any more with the rule of y^ realme, but onely to y good rule and gouern* 
 auce of the cytie of Parys : & that done the duke rode aboute vnto dyuerse good townys 
 and made requeste vnto them- for ayde, and also to haue the money to be curraut amohge 
 them, whiche as before is shewyd. the. x. daye of Decerabre, were at Parys proclaymed i 
 but he sped lytle of his purpose. In this meane whyle the cytezyns of Parys, [of one 
 ■wylle and myn'de, ofFeryd before seynt Remyge a taper of waxe of wonderfull lengthe 
 and greatnesse, the whych they ordeyned to brenne day and -nyght whyle it wo'lde laste: 
 & shortlye after theyj' sent vnto the duke so plesaunt message, that he retournyd agaya 
 vnto the cytie, whom they receyued w all honoure and reuerence. And vpon ;y^ morotve 
 after his retourne, the prouost with certayne other of the cytie, shewyd vnto the duke 
 that they wolde make a great shyfte for hym towarde the mayntenaunce of his warrys, and 
 to brynge that mater to good conclusyon, they besought hym that he wolde assemble at 
 Parys, shortly, a certayne personys of. xx. or. xxx. good townys there nexte adioynauntj 
 the whiche was vnto them graiited ; so that shortlye after there asseblyd at Parya vpon. 
 Ixx. personys, the which helde theyr counceyll to gether by sundry dayes : howe be. it ia 
 the ende they shewyd vnto the duke, that nothyngethey myght brynge to efFeete without 
 assemble of the. iii. astatys, & besoiighte hym that they myght be efte reasseblyd, trusts 
 ynge that by theyr presence the dukys mynde shulde be content and^satysfyed. Vpo 
 which requeste, the duke sent his comyssyons, chargynge the sayd. iii. astatysl to^ .apere 
 before hym at Parys, the Wednysday. nexte folowynge y day of All Say ntys, and full 
 fayne he was to do all thynge that the cytezyns of Parys hym requyred to do ; for, as tes- 
 lyfyeththe Frenshe Cronycle, he was so bare of money that he had not sufFycyent jto de» 
 fende his cotidian charge. " • 
 
 IN the viii. yere of kynge lohii and Wednysday after Alhalowen day, the.. iii. astatys 
 reasseblyd at Parys, and helde itheyr counceyll within the Blacke iVeris, durynge which 
 coLiceyll the kyng of Nauerne that- longe had ben holden in pryson win the castell of 
 AUeux, was delyueryd by the meanys of syr lohn Pyquygny, than gouernoure of the 
 countrey of Arthoys; and after conueyed by the sayde lohn vnto the towne of Amya&. 
 Wha the kynge of Nauerne was thus set at large, anon his syster and other of his frendys 
 made meanys vnto the duke of Normandye for an vnyte and a peace to be had atwene 
 theym, and by them a mean was fouden thai the kyng with such as were in his company 
 shuld come vnder safe conduyt to Parys to comon with the duke. Whan dyuerste of the, 
 lu. astatys, as suche as were of Chapeyne and Burgoyne, knewe of the commynge of the 
 kynge of Nauerne vnto Parys, they without leue takyng departyd ; and vpon the euyn of 
 seynt Andrew the sayde kynge entryd Parys with a great copany of men of armys, amoge 
 the which was y bysshop of Parys, ^ many other of the sayd cytie. Vpon the morowe 
 tolowynge the day of seyat Andrew, the kynge entendynge to shewe hys mynde vnto the 
 comynaltie of the cytie, causyd an hyghe scafolde to be made by the wall of Seynt Ger- 
 mayne where he was lodgyd, where moch people beynge assemblyd, he shewyd vJto them 
 a. longe processe of his wrongefuU enprysonement and of the mysgydyng of Bade by 
 Hieanys of lUe ofiycers, with many couert wordys to the dyshoaour of the FrensL kynge, 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 507 
 
 and iustyfycacion of hymselfe and excusynge of his owne dedys, and so retonmvd into 
 tis lodgynge. Vpon the. iii. daye of December, the prouoste with other of f cytie yode 
 vnto the duke, & in the names of the good townysor comynaltyes of the same, rcquyred 
 of hym y he wolde do vnto the kynge of Nauerne reason and iustyce ; to vi horn it was 
 answeryd by the bysshop of Laon that the duke shiilde not all only shewe vnto the kyng 
 reason and iustyce, but he shulde also shewe vnto hym frendly brotherhoode wiihall grace 
 and curtesy : and albe it f at that season many of the dukys couceyil were present, to 
 whom the geuyng of that answere had more conuenyently apperteynyd, than to the sayd /■►&«**«"• 
 bysshop, yet they were at that tynie in suche fere that they durste not moue any thyngey 
 shulde sounde contrary the dyspleasure' of the kynge of Nauerne, or of the prouoste and 
 Other. Than it was agreed tiiat vpon the Saterdaye folywynge, the kynge and the duke, 
 whiche as yet had not spoken together, shulde mete at the place of the syster of the sayd 
 kynge, wherfe they ihette with vnfrendely countenaiiGe, & after they Jiad comyned there 
 a longe season departyd with iytle loue or charyte ; and vpon the Munday folowynge were 
 shewyd vnto the duke & his counceyle certeyne requestys desyred by the kyng of Nauerne, 
 the which the duke was forsyd to graunt, whereof the substaunce was that the kynge 
 ehuld haue agayne and enioye all suche ladys, castellys, and townys, with all mouables 
 to them belogynge, as he was in possessyon of the daye that kynge lolm was takyn 
 within the castell of Roan, and ouer that he shulde be pardcnyd of all offencys by hym 
 "done agayne the crowne of Fraunce before that daye, and all other his adherentys or 
 suche as had takyn his partye before that tyme. And soone vpon this was ordeynyd that 
 the erle of Harcourte and other, whiche kynge lohii hadde causyd to be behedyd & after 
 to be hangyd vpon the comon gibel of Roan, shuld be delyuered vnto theyr freendys to be 
 buryed at' theyr pleasures. After which conclusyons takyn, and assurauncys made, as farre 
 as the dukys auctoryte wolde extede vnto, syr Almary Menlene*, knyght, with. iii. or. iiii. 
 men of honoure moo were sent into Normandye to repossesse the kynge of Nauerne in all 
 suche landys, castellys, and lownes as he before tyme was in possess3'on of, with all 
 mouables vnto the sayd ladys apperteynynoe; and then the sayd kynge and duke helde 
 famylyer company, & dyned & sowpyd together often sythes at y manoir or lodgynge of 
 quene lohan, syster vnto the sayd kynge, & other placys : also the sayde kynge delyuered 
 out of prysone all prysoners as well spyrytuell as laye, suche as were thought any thyng 
 fauourable- Vnto his fcause, among the which some there were that for theyr demerytys 
 were adiugyd to perpetuall prysone. In this tyme 8c season tydynges sprange within 
 the cytye of Parys f the kynges of Englade and of Frauce were agreed, & that kyng 
 lohn shuld shortly returne into Fraiice. By reason of whyche tydynges, the kyng of 
 Nauerne irtadfe the more haste to dyspache hym out of Paris, so that he with his copany 
 departyd from PArys f. xx. daye of December, & rode towarde the cytie of Maunte in 
 Normaindy. Soone after the J<ynge was tiius departyd, dyuerse enemyes to y noiibre of. 
 X. or. xii.C. came within, iiii. or. v. mylys of Parys, whiclie were demyd to be of the 
 copahy of syr Phylyp brother vnto the kynge of Nauerne : theyse robbyd & pylled the 
 countrey thereabout, in so moche that the people of the countreyof Preauxand Trappys, 
 and other there about, were costraynyd with theyr mouables to flee vnto Parys. Wher- 
 fore the duke sent out his letters and c5myssyons for to assemble his knyghtysto withstade 
 the sayde enemyes ; but the sayde cytezyns of Parys caste an other way, and thought it 
 to be done to the grenauce or correccyon of theym : for dowte whereof the prouost with 
 othi^r that had the gotiernauce of the cytie, causyd the gatys to be kepte, & none shulde 
 entre but such as lyked theym. In this passe tyme the kynge of Nauerne beynge in 
 Normandye, requyred delyueree of the castellys of Bretnell, of Enroux, & other, f 
 which to hym by the capitaynys were denyed. Wherfore he thynkyng f the duke perform- 
 ed not to hym his proniesse, gatheryd vnto hym great strengthe to wynne by strSgth f he 
 
 ' pleasuTt MS. * syr Almary d« Menleuc. MS. 
 
 3 T 3 myght 
 
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 ravcrht not hailfi his former bande and promesse ; of this was put i great wyte f bysshap 
 of Laon, which was the chefe coiiceyloure of the duke, and esspeciall frende vnto the 
 kvnee. so that what thyng was spokyn io the dukys counceyll, was shortly after manyfesty4 
 by bvm and his meanj^s vnto the kynge of Nauerne. This also was one of the chef^ 
 ^ rulers of the assemble of f. iii. astatis, and after lefte them, & fell by his great dowWe. 
 nesse & dyssymvlacyon in the dukis fauoure, and so became chefe of his council, for 
 the whiche of the comon people he was named the beste with. u. mouihes. The the 
 cvtezvns of Parys herynge of the^denayinge of the sayd castellys vnto the kynge, knewe 
 well that mortall warre shuld growe atwene hym and the duke, and for they wolde haue 
 the cytezyns knowen from other straugers, therfore they ordeyned them hodys partyd of 
 rede and blewe, chargynge euery man that he shuld not passe his lodgynge without that 
 hood and conysaunce. Vpon the. viii. daye of lanuarii the kyng of Nauerne entryd the 
 cytie of Roan with a great c5pany of men of armys, and drewe vnto hytn many Ln- 
 elysshemen, & siiche as were enemyes vnto the Trenshe kyng ; and vpon the. xn. daye 
 of lanuarii the sayde kynge assemblyd the people of that cytie, and made a lyke sermon 
 vnto theym as befbre he had done vnto J comynaltye of Parys, & dyd a solempne obsequy 
 to be done for the erle of Harcourt and the other with hym put to deth» as aboue is sayd, 
 by kynge lohn. In this whyle the duke of Normandy, y longe whyle had taryed m Parys 
 I hope & ayde of f cytezyns, & was euyr by the prouoste & other dryuen of from daye 
 to daye, it was aduysyd hym by hy.s counceyll ^ he shulde shewe his mynde vnto the co- 
 inynal^e of the cytye : wherof whenf^ bysshopof Laon and ^ prouost were ware, anon 
 they shewyd vnto hym many doughtys and impedymentys, & also parellys for to treate >V 
 acomynaltye. Notwithstadyng he refusyd theyr coiiceyll, & causyd f people to beasr 
 semblyd at theyr comon hall) whyther, he with a small corapany came the. xi. daye of 
 lanuarii, aboute. ix. of^ clocke in the mornynge, where he shewyd vnto the commons a 
 longe, and a plesaunt oracion, whereof the effecte was that he bare very feythfull mynd^ 
 vnto the cytie, &,for the weale therof he wolde puthls lyfe in ieopardye ; and where as 
 by his euyll wyllers be was report;^d that he shulde gether men of armys to greue the cytio, 
 he sayd ^ sware it was neuer his entencion, but only to auoyde such enemyes as dayly 
 pylled & robbid theyr neyghboyrs & frendys ; & where he also knewe well that great siimes 
 of money weregatheryd of J people towarde the kynges fynaunce, he lete them vnderr 
 stande that no peny thereof was comyn to his handy?, but his mynde was that suche 
 persones as had rec^yuyd that money, shulde, with theyr assystence, be callyd to a dueac- 
 compte : whiche oracion with many kynde and louyng wordys endyd, the people with it 
 were very well contentyd, so that of them he was well commendid and allowed. Vpofi 
 the morowe, beynge Frydaye &. xii. day of lanuarii, f prouost and other of bis affynyte 
 Jierynge of the fauoure that. many of f comons bare vnto the duke, and ferynge lest the 
 diike shuld by his' meanys turne the comons vpon theym, assemblyd a great parte of the 
 cytie ,at a place callyd seynt lamys hospytall, and specyallye such as they knewe well 
 fapoured theyr partye. Whan the duke was ware of ^^ assemble, anon he sped by n) 
 thyther, hauynge with hym the bysshop of Laon, where by the mouth of his chaunceller 
 he causyd to be shewyd a parte of the mater whiche he hymselfe had shewyd the daye 
 before vnto the qomynaltye, with more that where as such as ought vnto hy|n no good 
 A/. c.m,»v. wylle, reportyd hym that he kept not promyse made with f kyng of Nauerne, he shewyd 
 there the contrary, & if any thynge were not to hym parfaurmyd, it was contrary to hij ' 
 mynde and pleasure, and that that i bis power lay not to fulfyll. And so soone as the 
 chaiiceller hadde endyd his tale, Charlys Cusake stode vp to the entente to haue shewyd 
 his mynde, but there was suche a ruraoure and noyse amopge y- people, that he myght noj, 
 be harde, so thatthan the duke partyd* with suche companye as he broughte, excepte the 
 bysshop of Laoo which taryed ther« with the prouost and other : »n4 whii the dwke w^ 
 
 * this. eisUt. 1559. * departs. MS. 
 
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 4epartyd, Charlys Casake began his tale & spake boldely agayne the kynges ofFycers, & 
 by couert wordys somwhat agayn the duke : after which tale fynyssbed, one nained lohfi 
 de Seynt Ofide, which by auctoryte of the. iii. astatis was newlye made one of the gene- 
 rail gouernours of the subsydy, stood vp & sayd that y prouoste nor no other persone 
 of the. iii. astatis had no peny of that subsydye in theyr hadys, f which sayinge the 
 prouoste also affermyd ; forthermore shewyd than there the sayde lohfi that certayne 
 knyghtia, which he there namyd, sent from the duke, hadde receyuyd of the sayde subsy- 
 dye to the sunie of. 1. or, Ix.M. motons of golde, the which were enployed to no good 
 vse. After whiche processe endyd by the sayde lohii, Charlys Cusake agayne began to 
 speke, and made a longe comedacion of the prouydece and good dysposycion of the 
 prouoste, wliich had takyn vpon hym great peyne and dyspleasure, and spent largely of 
 his owne for the comon weale of the cytie ; wherfore if he myght know e that the coniyn- 
 altie wolde not ayde and stande by hym for the furtheraunce of the same, he wolde be 
 content to leue of and gete hym. there as he shuid bequyte of all trowble, and also out 
 of the daungerofall his enemyes : whereunto was anon made a great exclamacyon by 
 the people, sayinge they wolde lyue and dye with hym in that quarell. 
 
 VPon the. xiii. day of lanuary f duke sent for dyuerse personys of the. iii. astatyS, and 
 exortyd them by goodlye and ainyable wordis ^ they wolde demeane theym agayne his, 
 father and hym as feythfuil & louynge subiectys, & he shulde so reporte ihem vnto thes 
 kynge that they of hym shulde haue great thankys; and as tpuchynge hymselfe, he wolde 
 be so good lorde vnto them f they shuld thynke theyr kyndenesse and fydelyte well be-; 
 stowed : the wiiicij graunted vnto hym theyr trothe and seruyce to f vttermoste of theyr 
 powars, aduysynge hym to take vp5 hym the gouernauce of the realme, for they thought 
 ^taryed to longe or he toke f rule thereof. Tiian soone vpon this the sayd. iii. astatys 
 ordeynyd a more feble money than they before hadde made to the auauntage of the duke» 
 to the enJe that he shulde withstande the enemyes forenamed, whiche as yet reroaynyd in 
 the countrey about Parys, and pyilyd the vyllagys & toke prysoners, f which they coueyed, 
 vnto suche hoklys as ihey than lielde in that countrey. Tlius durynge theyse manyfolde 
 aduersytees amunge the Freushemen, vpon the. xxiiii. daye of the sayde moneth of 
 January, lohii Hdylet, tresourer vnto the duke, was slayne at Parys of ayoman or varlet 
 of the Chaunge, callyd Peryn Marke, the whiche Peryn, after f cursyd dede done,.' 
 ^eddc vnto seynt Mai y chunhe ; but at' nyghte the duke sent syr lohn de Shalous' his. 
 mar8hall,\V the prouosie of the cytie, namyd GuyllyamScayse, & other, the whiche brake 
 vp the Cliurche dorys and toke the sayd Peryn out by force, and ladde hym vnto pryson. 
 callyd the Chastelet, out of f uhiche vpon the morne he was takyn, & his handys smy tten 
 of, & so drawen vnto f gibet of Parys & tliere haged : but vpon the thyrde day folowynge,. 
 by meanys of the bysshop of Paris, he was taken downe & buryed within y foresayde 
 churche of our Ladye with great reuereiice & solempnyte, at whiche obsequy was pre- 
 sent f prouost of the inarchautys, with many other burgeysys of the cytie. The firste. . 
 daye of the n^oneth of Februarii syr lohfi de Pyquyny came vnto Parys from y' kynge of. 
 Nauerne, and maderequesie vnto hym* of dyuerse couenauntys by hym to be perfourmyd 
 tonarde the kynge, which as yet were not accomplysshyd ; whiche requeste the duke toke 
 inpacyently and gaue vnto the sayd syr lohfi many hyghe and dyspleasaunt wordis : lyowQ 
 be it in the code the bysshop of Laon sayd that the duke shulde be aduysed vpon the 
 answere of the kynges demaude. Vpo the thyrde day of Februarii the prouoste of naar- 
 cbautis, with certeyne of the vjiyiiersyte of Parys, & other burgeysys, yode vnto the duke 
 vuto Louure, where it was requyred by the sayd persones y he wolde fulfyll vnto the 
 kynge of Nauerne all suche couenauntis as were lately made with hym, & specyally that 
 the castellys of Enroux & pther before named myghte be delyuered vnto hym accord- 
 
 * Sbolons. MS. * the duke. edit. r533. 1542. 155^. 
 
 ynge 
 
510 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 ynge to his apoyntmet ; and farthermore it was shevvyd vnto the duke by a doctour of 
 diuinite, y if he or y kynge of Nauerne wolde swarue from any poynt or artycle of the 
 sayd former agiement, that the. iii. astatys had vtterlye deterrayiied to ayde and assyste 
 hym that woldekepe the sayde agiement, and to uithstande the other that wolde not obe^ 
 or vpholde the sayd ^-oncorde & agrement : whereunto the duke was well agreahle, say- 
 inge that he had perfourniyd all his promesse exccpte tlie delyuere of certayn castellys 
 which the capytayiivs withhelde cotrary his mynde and pleasure, layinge for theyrexcusys 
 that by the kyng his father to the they were delyuerid, & to hym & none other they wyll 
 delyuer them agayn. Vpon the. xi. day of Februarii, certayne of the. iii. astatis beinge 
 at councell in theyr place accustomyd, the prouoste of marchauntys assemblyd thejir 
 cvaftys of the cytie'at a place callyd SeynfClowe or Cloy, in harnesse, in whicbtyme of 
 his with the there beinge, an aduocat of the parlyament callyd master Reyriblde Dacy, 
 as he was goingefrom the dukys palays tbwarde his owne house, he was slayne by men of ^ 
 towne, & soone thereafter the sayd prouost, with a greiat companye of armyd men, entryd 
 the palays of Louure, and so with a certeyn' cohnplycys entryd the dokys chaumbre, & 
 there without salutynge of the duke sayde. vnto hym,' "Syr dysmay you nothynge what-" 
 §omeuer ye see vs do, for we entedc to your persone no harme >" ai^d or these wordys were 
 , fully endyd, his company fell vpon a knyghte callyd syr Nydiolastle Conflans than marshall 
 
 of Champayne, Sc-vpon syr Robert de Cleremout,lenynge vpon'the dukys bedde, andslcH^e 
 them out of hande. Whan the diJke behelde this horryble dede, he was in mteruelotts 
 fere of his owne pei-sone, and prayed y prouoste with his cappe in his hande that he 
 wolde safegarde his persone, the which the prouost grauntyd, with that' he w.olde by hym 
 be aduertysed. Tha y sayd. ii. deed corses were drawe downe the steyers without pytie, 
 and layed in y- court that all men myght beholde that myserable spectacle- And for the 
 dukys safegarde y prouoste toke vnto his partye a hood* of redde and blewe, f whiche he 
 roi. Cxxxvi. put vpon his hedj and the prouoste receyuyd the d-ukys hood, beyng of burnet & gar- 
 nysshed with'afrege of golde, & socyther ware others hode a}l y day. And that done the 
 prouoste with "hi^^s companyi went vnto theyr comon hall, where he shewyd vnto the 
 comynalty that the. ii. persones were esspecya-U enemyes vnto the comon weale, & false 
 traytours to God and to the crowne of Fratince, and that he an-d his adherentys entendyd 
 y preseruacion of f comon weale of the realme and the cytie, and wolde vnderstade of 
 them whether they wold stade'by hyni' in that doynge or not : the whiche cryed with one 
 s voyce wy, wy, y is 16 saye, ye, ye. And whan he had receyuyd this coforte of the peoplej 
 he retournyd agayn vnto the duke : then he recomfortyd hym and sayd that all f was 
 done by thassent of the peoplie, and for to auoyde the gretter inconuenyenee, for theyse 
 that were slayen were great enemyes vnto the comon weale, and traytours vnto the crowne; 
 wherefore he wjUyd the duke to alowe that dede/& if any pardo were requysyte for y 
 dede, or any other to "be had.ttot he shulde lyberatlye graunte it : all whiche thynges the 
 duke was fayne to saye ye vnto, & prayed hyrii and the other then also of ^ cytezyns to 
 be his frendy^, & he wolde in lyke wyse be theyrs. And after this agrement the prouoste 
 sent for. ii, clothes, one of redde and tJiat other of blewe, & wyllyd the duke to make 
 hoodys of f sartie for all his seruauntys, and so the duke and his seruauntys were clothed 
 in the •lyuei'y of the towne, tire blewe sette vpon the ryght syde. Then, agaynenyght, 
 when the sayd. ii. corpsys hadde lyen all day vpon the storiys of the paleys, the prouost 
 comaundyd theym to be layed in a carte, & so, without preest or other feuerence, to be 
 conueyed vntoa place of Seyirt Katheryne, there to be buryed; & whan the sayd corpsys 
 c were thus brought vnto the sayde place, the carter toke one of theyr garmentis for his 
 iaboure and so departyd. It was not loge after that a messanger came from the bysshop 
 
 Vfiertejm of his. MS. » vnto hym his party hood. MS. 
 
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 of Parys whlche warnyd the bretherne of that house to spape the buryinge of syr Robert 
 de Cleretnount, for asmoche as the bysshop notyd hym accursyd for brekynge vp of seynt 
 Mary churche, when he by force fette out Peryn Marke, as before is shewid ; but after, 
 they and also the aduocat maister Reynolde Dacy were buryed secretlye. Vp5 the 
 hiorne folowynge the prouost assemblyd at the Frere Augustynys a great copany of the 
 cytie, with all suche as the were there of the good townys, by reason of the foresayde 
 counceyll; to whiche assemble, by the mouthe of inaister Robert de Corby, a oian of the 
 cytye, was shewyd a protcstacyon of all y' cyrcumstaunce of the foresayd mater, & how 
 that by the dukys counceyle, and also by the. iii. astatys, many good thynges werecocludyd 
 for f delyuere of the kynge, & shuld or y tyme haue comyn to good effecte, ne had ben 
 f enpechement of. iiii. persos, f which at y season were not namyd. This busynesse 
 thus cotynuyng, f kyng of Nauerne came vnto Parys y. xxvi. day of February, w a 
 good copany of armyd men, & was coueyed by y' cytezyns vMo a place of f dukys 
 callyd the Neel, & there lodgyd ; to whom y^ prouost vr his coplycys made requeste f he 
 wolde make allyauce w them, & to suppoMe them in y that they bad done, f which by 
 hym was graiityd. Then the quene his sister, & other, made instant laboure to agree 
 hym & the duke, which in coclusyo toke such eflf'ecte, y the kyng shuld haue in recopence- 
 inet of his wrongys, the erledam of Bygorre, 8c the vyneiy of Ramer, with f erledam of 
 IVIaston and'other landys, to the extent of. x.M.//. of Pdrys money by yere ; and ouer j 
 his syster, 'callyd quene Blache, shulde haue the .4nrdeslij"p of Moret for hir dowayer. 
 •After whiche accorde thus cocludyd; the kynge and the duke kepte together rery frende- 
 lye and louynge famylyaritie ; dynyd and sowpyd eyther with other by many & sundry 
 tymes, and eyiher vnto other gaue ryche gyftys : amonge- 1' whiche one was that the 
 duke gaue vnto the kynge y sayd place of Neell whiche he than lodgyd hi. Vpon the. 
 xii. daye of Marche the duke of Normady was proclaymed regent of Fraunce thorouglie 
 the cytie of Parys, and after thorough all Fraunce, & scone after he departyd from 
 Parys, &*rode into the countrey of Champayne, where he taryed a season, and the 
 kyng of- Nauerne returned to IMaute in Normandy. Than the regent drewe vnto hym 
 the nobles of Charrtpaylie and of Prbuynce, and began to manace f prouost and other of 
 Paris that before had put hym to dyshonoure, and slayne so vylaynously his trewe 
 counceylours ; & after promesse takyn of 5- erle of Hrene, and other nobles of that countrey, 
 that they shuld ayde hym agayn his faders rebeliys and his enemyes, he than rode vnto y 
 abbey of Ponley in INIostruell, and after yodo vnto a castell wliiche belonged vnto quene 
 Blanche, syster vnto the kynge of Nauerne, and wyllyd y^ capytayne, namyd Tanpyne, 
 to delyuer to hym that castell ; the which, after dyuerse denayes, openyd the gatys it , 
 receyued i the regent, and lodgyd hym there in y nyght : vpo the which the regent 
 causyd'^ sayd Tanpyne to swere vnto hym 'that he shulde kepe y castell to his v.^c, and 
 after made hym styll wardeyn of the same, and so departyd thens and rode to Meaux, 
 where his wyfe lay. In this tyme and season the prouosteof the marchaiiniys of Parys, 
 hervng of the regentis doynge, and of the affynyte that he made \\itb them -of Champayne, 
 feryd the sequell thereof; wherefore, by y aduyce of such as fauoured his cause, he yode 
 into y castell of Louure, and there toke out artylery, gunnys, & other abylynientys of 
 warre, and put them in the store house of the cytie, to. be redy ulm tyme requyrcd. 
 The reget spedynge his iourhay, returnyd agayne to Compeynjine, and where, as before 
 was appoynted that the thre astatys shulde the firste daye of May assemble at Parys, t!ie 
 recent than sent out his comyssyons and chargyd the sayde ihre astatis to. assemble the 
 thyrde daye of the sayde moneth of Afaye at;Compeyngne aforesayde, wherewith the 
 sayde cytezyns of Paris were gregitlye amoued. At this assemble was -granntyd vnto y 
 rfe»ent a subsydy both of the clergy and also of the laye fee, so y the regent waxyd dayly 
 stronger & stronger: wherof herynge, the kyng of Nauerne remouyd from a towne 
 callyd Merlo, and with a stroge copany came vnto a place or to« ne named J^onjage, 
 
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513 SEPTIMA PARS lOIIANXIS. 
 
 purpo&elye fbv to ti^ate with the regent for the cytezyns of Parys, where in f begynyng 
 of May the sayde two pryncys mette, eyther hauynge great slrengllie of men of aruiys. 
 
 WHart the Icynge of Nauerne liadde by. ii. dayes conlynuell made reqneste vnto f 
 
 regent for the citezyns of Parys, and myght not spede of his lequeste; he departid the 
 
 thyrde daye and rode vnto Parys, where he was honorably receyued and festyd by the 
 
 apace of. X. or, xii. dajfes ; in which season he warnyd theym of the great dyspleasure that 
 
 the. regent bare towarde the cytie, and aduysyd theyra to make theyni as stronge as they 
 
 fci. Csxxvii. tnyght. In. this passe ty me the bysshop of Laon, beynge with the regent at Copeyngne, 
 
 was lyke to haue ben vylonyed by some of the regeutis counceyll, wherefore in secret 
 
 wyse he departed vnto Seynt Denyse, and from thens he was feite by the kynges seruaunt- 
 
 ys of Kauernevhto Parys, in whom was put great faute of all this trowble. Aboute the 
 
 myddellof Maye, one nainyd Guyllya Galley, gatheryd vnto hym a copanye in the 
 
 proiiynce pf Beauuaysyn, asofy^ townes of Cerreux, Norecell, Cramoysye, and other 
 
 there about, the which beyng euyll dysposyd, slewe dyuerse knyghtis & esquyers of f 
 
 coutrey, & theyr wyues & seruauntis, & pyllyd & spolyd the coutrey as they went, & 
 
 threwe downe. cerlayne pylys and other strengthis, and a parte of the castell of Beaw- 
 
 mount, & foresyd the duchesse of Orieaunce tp forsake that castell, that than was there 
 
 lodged^ and;for hir safegarde to goo vrito Parys. Vpon the. xxx. daye of Maye the 
 
 prouoste and other gouernours of the cytie of Parys causyd lohn Paret, maister of the 
 
 brydge of Barys, and the maister carpenter of the kyrtges werkys, to be drawen, handed, 
 
 hedyd, & quarteryd ; for it was put vpo them that they shulde haue brought into the 
 
 cytie a certeyne noubre of-the regetis sowdyours, and so to haue betrayed the cytie. And 
 
 the foresayde people of Beauuaysyne gatheryd vnto them dayly more people, as labourer 
 
 and vylaynes, the which came into^ coutrey of Moutinerencie', and slewe and robbed 
 
 there the gentylmen of that coutrey, as they had done of other, and so passed f coutrey 
 
 without resystence. And the regent in this whyle came to f cytie of Sens in Langue- 
 
 docke, where he was honorably receyuyd, (albe it that the comons of that cytie, and 
 
 gentyles of that countrey, were greatly lenynge vnto the cytezyns of Parys,) and there 
 
 taryed a season to expresse to theym his mynde. In which meane tyme a spycer or 
 
 grocer namyd Petyr Gylle, of Paris, with one lohii Vayllaunt, prouoste of the kyngeS 
 
 money, with a companye of. viii.C. men in harnesse, rode vnto the cytie of Meaux, where 
 
 of the mayre of that cytie they were ioyfullye receyued, contrary his promesse before 
 
 made vnto y^ regent ; where with assystence of the sayde mayre and other of that cytie 
 
 they entedyd to haue takyn ^ wyfe of the sayde regent with other': noble women than 
 
 there soiournyng with hyr, and so to haue conueyed them vnto Parys, there to haue 
 
 kepte the tyll the cytezyns myght purchase the fauoure and grace of f regent. But wha 
 
 the erle of Foyze, which then had the rule of the sayde gentylwomen, knewe theyr 
 
 entent, anon he gathered vnto hym his copanye, & with assystence also of some of tlie 
 
 sayde cytie, he made vpo. vi. or. vii.C. men in harnesse, and issuyd boldly agayne f fore- 
 
 sayd persones and skyrmysshed with them, in which skyrmysshe, in f ende, the men of 
 
 Parys were sconfyted and chased, & f mayre of Meaus, named lohii Soulas, taken 
 
 with other, whiche after, for theyr rebellyon, were put in execucyon. And after this vyctory 
 
 thus opteyned, & in reuegement of the deth of a knyght callyd syr Lewys de Chamblye, 
 
 there slayne with other gentylmen, and for the vntrouthe of the cytie, the foresayde erle 
 
 aette fyre vpon a syde of the cytie and brent a great parte thereof, as well churchys as 
 
 other, whiche fyre was scantly stenchyd in. viii. dayes after. In this whyle the kynge of 
 
 Nauerne, herynge of the great harrae and dystruccyon that the companye of Guyllyam 
 
 Calley made of the getylmen in Moiitmerency and other placys, lyke as before is shewyd, 
 
 ' Montmerency. 
 4 yood 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. *13 
 
 yood agayne hym, and, nere vnto a place callyd Cleremount, encountryd bym and his 
 
 people, and gaue vnto them batayle, and slewe moch of his people, and tooke hym 
 
 on lyue and causyd his hede to be stryiien of: and soone after the cytezynsx)f Paris 
 
 sent vnto hym, requyryng hym to draw towarde them, at whose request he sped hym 
 
 thytherwarde, and entryd the cytie vpon the. xv. daj'e of lunii, and was c5ueyed 
 
 vnto Seynt Germayne in Pree, and there lodgyd ; and vpon the morne he went 
 
 vnto the comon halle of f cytie, where the comons beynge assemblyd, he made vnto 
 
 theym a longe& plesaunt oracion of the great kyndenesse that he had founde in many of 
 
 the good townys of Fraunce, and specyallye in the cytie of Parys, for the whiche they 
 
 hadde bounde hym to take theyr partye agayne aU other, makynge none excepcion. 
 
 After whiche tale by hym endyd, Charlys Cusake stoode vp and shewed vnto the people 
 
 what ruyaous poynt ^ lande stode in for lacke of a wyse hedde and gouernoure, wherefore 
 
 he reported' the people to chose the kynge for theyr gouernoure, which than was so done; 
 
 & he there toke vpon hym the rule, and promysed with them to lyue and dye. Vpon 
 
 the. xxii, day of thesayde moneth of lunii, the kyng of Nauerne, with a company of. 
 
 vi.M. sperys of the cytie and other, departyd from Parys & rode vnto a towne callyd 
 
 (jronnesse, where an other company of the cytie taryed for hym, & from thens rode 
 
 towarde Senlys j but whe f getylmen of his hooste vnderstoode that he hadde takyn vpon 
 
 hym to be capytayne of the comynaltie, where agayne the more partye of the nobles of 
 
 Fraunce were of the contrary partye, they lefte hym many of theym, & specyally suche 
 
 as were of the duchye of Burgoyne, and, with congy of hym takyn, resortyd into theyr 
 
 countreys. Whan the regent had vysyted dyuerse coutreys, and wonne vnto hym the 
 
 benyuolence of the same, & had also gatheryd vnto hym great strength, he spedde hym 
 
 towarde Parys, and lodgyd hym in the ende of the moneth of lunii in a place callyd i 
 
 Frenshe Le Pount de Charenton, faste by Boyes in Vyncent ; in whose company were 
 
 noumbred vpon. xxx.M. horsemen : so that the countre there about was pylled and 
 
 wasted vif that hooste. Whereof heryng, the kyng of Nauerne relournyd backe agayne, 
 
 & came with his hoste vnto Seynt Denys, within, ii. mylys of Parys, & the cytie of Parys 
 
 was kepte day and nyght, tliat no man myght entre or goo out wout lycece of the 
 
 prouoste and other rulers therof. In this meane whyle that y sayd. ii. pryncys laye thus 
 
 with theyr. ii. hostis about the cytie, quene lohan, syster vnto the kyng, made an instant 
 
 laboure vnto the regent for grace for the cytezyns, by whose meanys a comunycacyon 
 
 was appoynted to be holden atwene the kynge and the regent the. viii. daye of lulii, at a 
 
 place callyd the Wynde Mylle, fast by f house of seynt Anthoyn : at which metynge it 
 
 was lastlye accordyd atwene the sayde pryncis, y the kynge of Nauerne shuld doo his best 
 
 to brynge the cytezyns of Parys vnto due obedyence, & if he sawe in ihemsuch obstynacy 
 
 that they wolde not doo theyr dutye, and to gyue for theyr rebellyon suche siimes of 
 
 money as by hym and the regent shuld be thought accordynge, that than the kynge shulde 
 
 vtterly refuse theyr partye and lurne vnto the regent with all his power; and ouer that 
 
 the kynge, for all demaundys that he cowde aske of y regent for any cause ouer the 
 
 agrement atwene theym laste made, shulde haue. iiii.C. M. florynys of golde, wherof an. 
 
 C. M. to be payed that daye. xii. monethis, and yerelye after. l.M. tyll the fuUe were 
 
 payed ; & farther it was accordyd that the kynge after that daye shulde take partye with f 
 
 regent agayn all personys, excepte onely the kynge of Fraunce : and to the ende that this 
 
 accorde shuld be fermely holdyn vpon bothe sydes, the bysshop-of Lyseux there beyng 
 
 present, with many other lordys, sange there masse within the tente where this accorde Fci. Cxmnta, 
 
 was cocludyd, and, after Agnus Dei, sware the sayde. ii. pryncys vpon the sacramet, that 
 
 without collusyon or fraude they shulde obserue and kepe eueryche artycle of the sayde 
 
 accorde : after whiche coclusyon thus takyn, the regent repayved vnto his hooste, and 
 
 the kynge vnto Seynt Denys. Than vpon the morowe the kynge entryd Parys, and 
 
 ' exhorted, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 3 U coueyed 
 
514 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 coueyed thyther with bym but a certayne, & so taryed there all that daye withoute any 
 
 reporte sendynge vnto the regent ; and the secode daye, for the more strengthynge of f 
 
 towne, he sent for certeyne Englysshe sowdyours, as archers & other, and sette them in 
 
 the towne wagys, and nother sent nor retournyd vnto the regent with any answere. Than 
 
 towarde the nyght, howe it was, assaute was made by some of the regentis people vpon a 
 
 parte of the towne, so that dyuerse men were slayne vpon bothe sydys, but the moo vpon 
 
 the partye of the cytie, Tlien the kynge of Nauerne vpo the morowe retournyd vnto 
 
 Seynt Denys, leuynge within the cytie the foresayde strengthe of Englyssheraen with 
 
 other. Whan the regent was ware of the kynges beynge at Seynt Denys, he sent vnto. 
 
 hym, and hym requyred of perfourmaunce" of suche accorde as latelye atwene theym 
 
 was condyssendyd, & sen by his meanys mj'ght not enduce f cytezyns to due obedyence, 
 
 that he wolde accordynge to his promesse take partye with hym, whereby they and other 
 
 enemyes to the comon weale myght be recounceylyd. Whereunto the kynge answeryd 
 
 and sayde, that the regent had broken y- sayd accorde ; for where he by his dylygece and 
 
 laboure had brought the cytezyns to a nere poynt of reconcylyacion and submyssyon, 
 
 the regent, by the meane of that assaute whiche he made vnto the towne, caused the 
 
 sayd cytezyns to renounce all theyr former graunte, & to bynde them vpon theyr former 
 
 wylfulnesse. After whiche answere thus geuen by the kynge, the regent causyd his people 
 
 to passe the ryuer of Sayne by a brydge made of botys, & so' to brenne the towne of 
 
 Vyttry and dyuerse other townys, & robbed and pylled the countrey there about. Vpon 
 
 the. xiiii'. day of lulii dyuerse of y towne of Parys issuyd out of the towne, and, with 
 
 the ayde of the Englysshemen, endeuouryd them to haue socoured the sayd towne of 
 
 Vyttry, with also to haue destroyed y brydge ; at which iournay they bare them so well, 
 
 that w theyr shotte woundyd"' many of theyr enemyes, & toke prysoner the regentys 
 
 marshall namyd syr Reynolde de FoGtaynys, with dyuerse other, and after retournyd 
 
 vnto theyr cytye. Vpon y^, xix. daye of lulet the queue lohan, syster vnto the kynge of 
 
 Nauerne, with the archebysshope of LyonS; the bysshop of Parys, with certayne other 
 
 temporall persones of the cytie, yood vnto a place assygned wout y towne, where with 
 
 them mette y regent & certeyne of his coiiceyll, & at lengthe concludyd an vnyte & 
 
 cdcorde atwene y sayd regent & cytezyns v^out farther payne orexaccyon to be put vnto 
 
 them, excepte y the sayde cytezyns shuld humbly submytte them vnto the regent in 
 
 a knowlegyng theyr offence, & askynge of hym mercy & grace for the same ; & ouer y to 
 
 be ordered forther as y kyng of Nauerne, the sayde quene lohan, with the duke of 
 
 Orleaunce, & the erle of Escaps wolde deme and adiuge : and that graunted, y regent to 
 
 opyn all wayes & passagys, as well by lande as by water, that all marchauntis may passe 
 
 as they before tymes vsyd, and in lyke wyse they of the cytie to opyn the gatys of the 
 
 towne and to receyue all straungers. ^ 
 
 AFter which agrement thus cocludyd and agreed, with all other before made, atwene 
 the kynge & the regent, to be maynteyned and vpholden, the regent sent from hym moch 
 of his people, and appoynted the sayde bysshoppys & the other for the towne, to mete 
 with hym the. iiii. day folowyng at a place callyd Laiguy sur Marne, where he wolde haue 
 also the kynge of Nauerne, and the other, to perfyght and clerelye fynysshe the sayde 
 agrement, & vpon this made proclamacyons thoroughe the boost that a good and perfyght 
 peace was agreed: wherefore many of the hoste for dyuerse causys them raouynge, yode 
 towarde the cytie, trustynge there gladlye and louynglye to be receyuyd. But vpon the 
 morne wha they came vnto y gatys, they fande the watchyd with harnessyd men, whiche 
 wolde none suffre to enlre bu4: suche as them lykyd ; amonge the whiche one named 
 Macequette, a seruaunt of f regentis, was mysse entreatid : & notwithstandynge that ac- 
 
 ' xxiii. edit. 1542. 1559, ! they wounded, edit. 1-533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 corde, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNlS. SIS 
 
 corde, yet mouable' goodys of suche as were ^V the regent, and had howsys within the 
 cytie, were dysperblyd and stroyed. Vpon the. xxi. day of lulii and euyn of Mary 
 Magdaleyne, a stryfe began to kyndell within the cytie, so that the cytezyns complayned 
 them vpon the Englysshe men, surmysynge agayne them dyuerse causes, by meane whereof 
 the comonte in a fury yoode vnto the paleys of Neell, where at that tyme many of the 
 capytayns of the Englysshemen dynyd with the kyng of Nauerne, vpo whom they fell 
 sodeynly Scslewe of them vpo. xxiiii., and after in dyuerse placys of the cytie, toke the 
 other deale to the noumbre of. CCCC. or thereupon, and closyd them in dyuerse pry- 
 sons : with which doyng the kynge of Nauerne, with also f prouoste and other the go- 
 uernoursof the cytie, were right sore discotentyd, wherfore, vpon the day folowynge, f 
 kynge assemblyd the comynallie at theyr comon halle, entedynge by plesaunt wordys to 
 liaue causyd them to'haue ben repentaunt of the murder of the foresayde capitayns, and 
 also to haue gotten the remenaut out of pryson ; but the more the kynge spake for the 
 Englysshemen, the more woder were they dysposyd agayne them, sayinge, that those 
 whiche were within the cytie shulde not alonly be put to deth, but also suche as were at 
 ■Seynt Denys, whiche there spoylyd y towne and countrey enuyron, & had suche wordys 
 Vnto the kynge, that in f ende he with the prouost and the other gouernours, were fayne 
 to graunte vnto them that they wolde goo with them for to helpe to dystresse the sayde 
 Englysshemen. And so the same day agayn nyght, the comons issuyd by the gate of 
 Seynt Honoure, and y kyng of Nauerne with the prouoste and theyr company went out 
 hy the wyndemylle, soo that in the sayd assembles of the kynge and the comons were 
 iioumbred vp5. xvi.C. speris, and of tbote men vpon. viii.M. Whan the kynge with his 
 company was comyn into the feelde where the sayd wyndemylle stadith, he houyd there 
 well vpon halfe an houre, to see what the other company wolde doo ; the which sent out. 
 iii. sperys to espye where the Englysshemen were, and espyed of them vpon. xl. or. 1. f 
 aperyd by a wooddys syde nere vnto Seynt Clow, and wenynge that of the sayde En- 
 glysshemen there heidde ben no moo, retournyd and shewyd what they had seen : wher- 
 upon the sayd comons in all haste sped them thyther, and whan they were within y daun- 
 ger of theyr shotte, f Englysshe men issued out of dyuerse partyes of y wode, and 
 wondyd and slevve many of them, wherwith the other beynge feryd, fled incontynetly, 
 whom the Englysshe men pursuyd so cruellye, that they slewe of the fotemen vpon. vi.C. 
 4n all: whiche season the kynge of Nauerne and also the prouoste w theyr people stode FoI. c.xx»i». 
 styll, & neuer mouyd towarde them for theyr defence or ayde. After this scomfyturc 
 thus susteynyd by the Parysyens, the kynge lefte the cytie & rode vnto Seynt Denys, and 
 the prouoste with his company returnyd vnto Parys, where he was receyuyd with hydyous 
 noyse and crye aswell of women as men, for that he so cowardly had sufFeryd his neygh- 
 ■bours to be wondyd & slayne : by reason of this, murmure of y' people encreasyd dayly 
 more & more agayne the prouost, so that i maner a party was takyn atwene the prouoste 
 and the other gouernours of the cytie and y comynaltye, for the comons wolde haue put 
 to deth many of the prysoners of the Englysshemen ; but the prouost with his afFynyte 
 lette them, and preseruyd them from theyr fury and malyce. And vpon the. xxvii. daye 
 of luly, beynge Frydaye, the sayd prouost beynge encompanyed with. viii. score or. CC. 
 men in harnesse, yode vnto Louure and other prysons, and toke oute of y sayd En- 
 glysshemen, & conueyed them vnto the gate of Seynt Honoure, and so sent theym vnto 
 theyr other felysshyp than beyng at Seynt Denys, of whom they were ioyfully receyuyd 
 and welcomed, and specyally of the kynge of Nauerne, at whose requeste^ as the comon 
 fame went, the prouost w the other rulers of the towne them delyueryd. Thus more & 
 more ciuile dyscorde began to encreace within the cytie, so that the rulers of the cytie 
 were now in as great doughte & fere of theyr neyghbours, as before tyme they were of 
 the regent and his knyghtys, so y vpon the Tuysday folowynge, beyng the last day of 
 
 ' the mouable. edit- 1533. 1542. 1559- 
 
 3 U 2 luly, 
 
S16 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 luly, f prouoste with other of his company beynge in harnesse, as dayly they were vsyd, 
 went to dyner vnto f bastyle of Seynt Denys, and there beynge at dyner, the prouost 
 comaunded to suche as then kepte the keyes of that bastyle, that they shulde delyuer 
 them vnto Geffrey de Maston, the tresourer of the warrj's of y kynge of Nauerne ; but 
 the porters denayed that comaundement, and sayde presysely that they wolde not delyuer 
 y keyes to hym, nor yet to any straunger; for the whiche answere many hawte wordys 
 were blowen on eyther partye, so that people gaderyd about them : wherof herynge one 
 namyd lohii Maylart, to whom belonged the watche of a quarter of the cytye, wherein 
 and in whiche quarter the sayde bastyle stode, drewe nere and gaue ere vnto the wordys, 
 and shortly after in bolde maner sayd vnto y^ prouost, that the keyes- shuld remayne styll 
 with the sayde kepers, & not to be takyn out of theyr possessyon ; by meane of whiche 
 wordys the prouobt with his company were encesyd with niiore malyce, and vtteryd many 
 hyghe and disdaynous wordys to fere the sayde lohn Maylart & the other : wherefore f 
 ^ sayd lohii Maylart ferynge the prouost, leste he shulde shortly call his strenglhe to hym, 
 and by mean therof put hym and other to an afterdele, sodelye gate hym on horsebacke, 
 & berynge a baner of the Frenshe kynges in his hade, cryed with a lowde voyce, " mon 
 ioye seynt Denys, au roy et a duke." Wha f people sawe hym thus ryde about, & cryed 
 ioye to y: kynge & the duke, anon moch people folowyd hym & cryed in the same wyse, 
 & in lyke wyse dyd the prouost & his company, whiche toke f way towarde f bastyle of 
 Seynt Anthoyne, & the sayde Maylarde rode towarde y market place, & there houyd with 
 his copany. In which tyme & seas5 one callyd Pepyn de Essars, not knowinge of y^ feat 
 of lohii Maylart, in lyke marier gat hym on horsebacke, & beryng a baner of the armys 
 of Fraunce, rode about crying y foresayd crye, & so lastly came vnto y^ other. Whyle 
 y commons were thus assembiyd in y^ market place, the prouost came vnto y foresayd 
 bastyle of Seynt Antony, where it was reportyd to f kepers of y bastyle, that the prouoste 
 had lately receyuyd letters from the kynge of Nauerne, which they desyred to see; wher- 
 of the prouost denayed the syghte, & specyally one namyd Guyffarde ; wherefore after 
 some wordys of dyspleasure, one strake at the sayd Guyffarde & through his harnesse 
 woundyd hym, where with the prouost beyng amouyd, made resystece agayne the sayd 
 kepers, so that eyther ranne at other w theyr wepyns, in whiche stryfe y sayd Guyffarde 
 was first .slayne, & after y prouoste w one of his coperys named Symonde Palmeyr : 
 whereof herynge, y foresayd lohii Maylart & his copany, in all haste, sped them thyther, 
 & pursued vpon other y than were fled fdr fere, & so streyghtly serchid y they fonde one 
 callyd lohfi of yf lie, & Giles Marcell clerke vnder the prouost of marchautis, whiche they 
 also slewe without pytie ; k after at y bastyle of Seynt Martyne they foude one callyd 
 lohfi Paret y^ yonger, whom they slew also, & soone were they spoylyd of all that they 
 had, & layde nakyd in y opyn strete for all men to loke vpon : and wha they. vi. corpsys 
 had so lyen by a certeyn tyme, they were tha put i a carte & drawen vnto a house of 
 seynt Katheryne, & there buryed inreuerently. And vpo the morowe folowynge, were 
 takyn Charlys Cusake & losseron or Geffrey Maston, & put into the chastelet & there 
 kepte I strayte pryson. And thus seasyd this ryot win the cytie of Parys, y had conty- 
 nued for the more partye by y space of a yere &. ix. monethes, as from y begynnynge of 
 y moneth of Noueber in y. vii. yere of kynge lohn, vnto thede of f moneth of luly in 
 y. viii. yere of this s;^yd kyng, or from y takynge of y duke in his chaiibre, to f deth of y 
 prouost, by y' space of. vi. monethes. After whiche persones thus slayen, the sayde lohu 
 Maylart sent vnto the regent, requyrynge hym y he wolde spede hym vnto the cytie, & 
 in f meane wjiyle to sende some noble man to haue f rule of the same; & in that whyle 
 the comons made serche & toke many of the former rulers, as Petyr Gylle grocer, whiche, 
 as before is sayd, was capytayne vnto the y were sent vnto Meaus, & w hym was taken 
 syr Piers Caylart knyghte and wardeyne of the castell of Louure, also one callyd lohfi 
 Prenost, with Petyr Blout, also a vocat' named maister Peter Puyssour, and a felowe of 
 
 * an advocat. edit. 1342.^559, 
 
 bi& 
 
SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 517 
 
 his named maister lohn Godarde ; all which persones were shortly after put to dethe by 
 sundry tymes, & theyr bodyes caste into a ryuer callyd Bone Voycyne. And vpon the. 
 xii. daye of August the regent was receyuyd into Paris w all honour & gladpesse, where- 
 of herynge the kyng of Nauerne, & of the puttynge to deth of losseran his tresourer, 
 sent vnto y^ regent wordys of defyaunce, lettyng hym to vnderstonde that he wolde be 
 reuengyd of that wronge and other. 
 
 VPon the. xiiii. daye of August, the regent causyd to be assemWyd within the comon 
 hall of Parys f cytezyns, to whom he made a longe declaracion of the treasons and 
 ryottis done by theyse personys put to deth, & by the bysshop of Laon & other yet lyu- 
 ynge, which entendyd, as he sayd, to haue made the kynge of Nauerne kynge of Fraunce, 
 & to haue yelden the cytie of Parys into the power of Englysshemen. The f kynge of 
 Nauerne with the Englysishemen yode vnto Meloon, where they by fauoure & strengthe 
 occupyed f He & all y coutrey which stretchyd towarde Byer, & warryd vpo the coutrey 
 towarde Gastenoys, & dyd therin moche harme as well by fyre as otherwyse. And shortly 
 after syr lohn Pyquegny & syr Robert his brother, which were capytaynys vnder the 
 kynge of Nauerne, made warre vp5 the towne of Turnay & other townys of Pycaidye, F'l'Cxi. 
 & slewe many of the comon people, and toke prysoners of the gentylmen of that qou- 
 trey to the noubre of an C. & aboue, amonge the which y bysshop of Koyen was takyn, 
 & with y^ other ladde vnto a castell or towne callyd Creeyll, whereof the foresayde syr 
 Robert was capytayne, & so cotynued in doynge domage in dyuerse placis, as well nere 
 vnto Paris as ellys where. Duryng which warre thus made by the kynge of Nauerne & 
 his accessaryes, in the moneth of Septembre & begynnynge of the. ix. yere of kynge 
 lohn, the foresayde syr lohn de Pyquygny layed his syege vnto the cytie of Amyas, & wan 
 within the bulwerkys of the same, so ^ the cytie was lyke to haue ben yelden vnto hym, 
 ne had ben ^ rescous of the erle of Seynt Powle, whiche draue the sayde lohn & his 
 people a badke; but y^ sayd syr lohn, with ayde of the Englysshemen, quytte hym so man- 
 fully, y he had the domynyon of all that coutrey of Bewuasyne, so y wyne nor no mar- 
 chaundyse myght passe to Tournay nor other townys there about, without his saufe co- 
 dujrt or lycece : & in lyke maner syr Robert KnoUys capytayne of the Englysshemen in 
 Brytayne, gatte there many holdys & townys, whiche I passe ouer. Vpon y^. xxv. day 
 of Octobre, dyuerse of the burgeysys & rulers of the cytie of Parys, as lohii GuyflFarde, 
 Nicholas Poret, and other to the noiibre of xix. personys, by the comaudemet of the 
 regent, were arestyd & sent vnto pryson, & so remaynyd by the space of. iiii. dayes ; 
 wherefore the fredys of the sayd prysoners yode vnto the prouoste of the marchauntis, 
 tha named lohn Culdoe, and requyryd hym to make laboure with other vnto y^ regent, 
 than beynge at Louure, for the delyuery of theyr frendys, or at the lest to knowe the 
 cause of theyr inprysonement, which requeste the prouoste and other executyd. It was 
 atiswerid to the by the regent, that vpon the morowe he wolde be at theyr comon hall, where 
 before the comynalty the cause of theyr ii;iprysonement shuJd be shewid, and if than the 
 cytezyns thoughte good to haue theym set at large, he wolde therwith holde hyni con- 
 tentyd. At whiche howre apoyntyd the regent came vnto y sayd hall, & there shewyd y 
 one named lohn Damyens, which had maryed y doughter of lohn Restable, one of y sayd 
 prysoners, had causyd his sayd father and the other y they had allyed them with y kynge 
 of Nauerne contrary theyr allegeflunce, wherfore he thought they had deseruyd to dye ; 
 but fory- fauoure that be owyd vnto the cytie and to them, for they were of good sub- 
 stauncehe wolde not do any thyng to them tyll they were enquerid of by theyr neygh- 
 bours. After the which declaracion thus made by the regent, euery man feryd to 
 speke any more for them, but sufFeryd the lawe to haue his course; how be it I the ende 
 they were acquyted of ^ treason, & fynallye delyueryd by the ende of the nexte moneth. 
 Vpon the thyrde daye of Decebre e'ntryd into Parys, the cardynallys of Pierregort & 
 of Vrgell, to ireate a concorde & peace atwene the reget and the kynge of Nauerne ; 
 
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518 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 but in conclusyon no thynge they sped of y they came for, wherefore they retournyd vnto 
 Auynyon ; in whiche retourne they were robbyd of great substaunce, wherof Englysshe- 
 inen bare the dysclauder. And thus this grudge hangynge atwene thekynge & the reget, 
 many robberyes & other harmys were done vnto dyuerse townes in Fraunce, to the great 
 enpouerysshynge of the people of y lande, & to the great enrychyng of such Englyssh- 
 men as than were there abydynge in daylye warris, bothe vf the liyng of Nauerne & also 
 in Brytayn : for shortly after this y foresayd syr Robert KnoUys & other Engiysshemen 
 wan the towne of Ancer & other, lyke as in the. xxxiii. yere of vkynge Edwarde is before 
 more at legthe declared. In y^ moneth of May &. xix, day of f same, y reget, for tydynges 
 whiche he hadde receyuyd from his father out of Englonde, by y reporte of y archebys- 
 shop of Sens & other, assemblyd many of y good townys at Parys, but for y ways were 
 so stoppyd by men of warre, he was iayne to tary tyll y^. xxv. day of y sayd moneth fo- 
 lowyng ; at which seaso was shewyd to y- people there asseblyd, y the kyng of Englade, 
 to haue a fynall cocorde w the kyng of Fraiice, wolde haue, ouer & aboue his rausome, 
 J- duchy of Normady, y duchy of Guyan, y duchye of Exanctis, y' cytie of Ageu, f cytie 
 of Carbe, f cytie of Pierregort, the cytie of Lymoges, y cytie of Caours, aV all the dy- 
 ocis of y sayd cyties belongynge, the erlsdamys of Bygorre, of Poytiers, of Amovve', and 
 of Mayne, ofThorayne, ofBouloyne, of Guynys, of Pounteissys or Pountien, the townys 
 of Mounstruell, of Calays, and of Marquet, vf all appertenauntys to the sayde duchyes, 
 erledamys, cyties & townys belongynge, them to enioye & holde wout feawte or homage 
 for them doynge, with many other thynges to y^ kyng of Englondys great aduautage: 
 which tydynges were right displesaunt vnto all y company, in so moche y they answeryd 
 J the sayd treaty was neyther honorable nor profetable, & rather than the kynge shulde 
 bynde hym & his lande to suche incouenyece, they wolde prepare to make sharpe warre 
 agayne Englande, w which answere the sayde assemble was dissoluyd. Vpo the. *xviii*' 
 day of May, the regent reassemblyd y sayd people, where it was codyssedyd y the nobles 
 of the realme w a certeyn personys, euery man after his astate, shulde serue y regent i 
 his warrys by y^ space of a moneth, at theyr owne propre costys, & the cytie of Parys 
 grautyd to fynde to hym at theyr charge. vi.C. sperys, CCCC. archers, & a. M. of other 
 sowdyours; & for so moche as y other good townys wolde not graunt any subsydie, tyll 
 they had spokyn w theyr comynalties, therefore they were lycencyd to departe home, & 
 to brynge reporte agayne within, xiiii. dayes: at which season they shewyd vnto the re- 
 gent f theyr countreys were so pyllyd and wastyd by the kynge of Nauerne & Englysshe 
 ,Bien, y the people myght nothynge ayde hym as they thought to haue done, wherfore 
 with moche peyne they grautyd to hym. viii.M, men for. iii. monethes. In y begynynge 
 of j moneth of lunii, y^ reget with a stroge power, sped hym towarde Meleon, where the 
 kynge of Nauerne laye w his people, so y the kynge occupyed the eoiatrey towarde Byeir, 
 & the reget f coutrey towarde Brye, where both hoostis thus lyinge, wout nolary feate 
 of warre, a treatye of accorde was yet agayne moued : at lengthe, by agrement of ^ Pary- 
 syens, accordyd moche lyke vnto the former accorde cocludid at Parys, so .that by me- 
 fdiacion of , certeyn teporalllordys of both hoostis, f sayd >pryncys agreed to mete at 
 Menlane, & ther« to conclude the sayde peace, where about the. xx. daye of August, w 
 hostage delyuyred vpon bothe partyes, the sayd pryncis mette, & after rode vnto Poyn- 
 touse, where they were bothe lodgyd win the eastell, where bothe theyr eounceylys were 
 ^.ssygned to mete for the perfyghting of this accorde.; but so it was, that for suche landys 
 as shuld be assygned vnto f kyng, they cowde not agree, wherfore y regent, in coclusyon, 
 sent vnto the ei le of Staps or Escamps, chargynge Jhym to saye y he, to f entent to haue 
 jhis good wyll,.had offeryd vnto hym resonable offers, which if he wold accepte, he wolde 
 be fayne therof, & if not he let hym vnderstonde that he shuld haue no peace w hym 
 ,#vhyle hp lyued. By reason of whiche message, y coiiceylys on bothe partyes coceyued 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 519 
 
 none other, but^ this treaty shulde haue concludyd no amyte nor peace; buthowe itwasP'i-Cj'ii. 
 by couceyll & of his owne lyberalyte, wha y kynge had degeslyd this mater' i his mynde 
 by all f. nyght folowynge, he on y- morowe sent for y- couceyll of y regent, & wyllyd theym 
 to shewe vnto y; regent, y he cosyderyd well i his mynde y great dauger & mysery which 
 y realme of France stode i; wherfore he, beyng of y naturall house of Fraiice, & one of 
 y flouredelyce, ought to see y^ mayntenauce of y honour of the same, & for that y to hym 
 no ruyne of the sayd realme shulde to hym, if any fell after, be arectyd. Therfore he was 
 cotentid to set a parte all such great offers & promyses, as to hym before tyme had ben 
 ofFeryd 8c promysed, & to holde hym onely conteiityd w his owne right as he before tymes 
 had enioyed : & to the ende that this his wyll & pleasure myght to y people be knowen, 
 he wyllyd the reget y the people of y^ towne of Pountoyse shuld be assemblyd in f courte 
 of f castell, y he myght declare it to them in propre persone, the which accordyng to his 
 mynde was done, all which rehersall he made before the regent & comynaltye of the 
 towne, promysynge there to delyuer out of his possessyon all such townes, castellys and 
 holdys as he hadde woiie, sen he stode enemye to f crowne of Fraunce, & to become 
 true subiecte vnto the kyng, & louynge neuewe and frende vnto the regent from that daye 
 forewarde. Whereof the regent & all the comons were very glad & ioyfuU ; albe it y some 
 trustyd lytle to this accorde, nor yet to the contynuauce thereof, cosyderynge the many- 
 folde accordis which before tymes had ben atwene them concludid- After which accorde 
 thus endyd, the kynge with his people retournyd to Menlant & the reget to Paris, ap- 
 poyntynge atwene them to meete at Paris y first day of Septembre next folowyng. 
 
 ACcordyng to the appoyntment made at Pountoyse atwene f kyng & the reget, vpon 
 the first day of Septembre & begynnyng of y. x. yere of kynge lohfi, the sayd kyng & 
 regent met at Parys, where atwene them was holden famylyer company & great kynde- 
 nesse shewyd vpon eyther partye : there also they coiiceylyd how they shuld wstade f 
 kyng of Englonde, which entendyd to entre Fraunce shortlye after w a stronge power ; 
 & after many amytes & freendely dealynges atwene them executyd, the kyng rode to 
 Meleon to delyuer y towne & castell into the regentys possessyon, as f story shewith. 
 But whan he was comyn thyther, were it \V his wyll or contrary, f sowdyours toke gre- 
 uouse toUys of all wynes & other marchaudysys y passyd y waye, which after was knowen 
 to be for the wage & sowde of the Nauaroys and Englysshemen, whiche helde the sayde 
 towne & castell, & so the Frenshemen were constraynyd to paye the.wagys of theyr 
 enemyes, which greuyd them very sore, consyderynge y manyfolde harmys & pyllagis of 
 the before were receyued. And after y kyng had auoydid y sayd sowdyours, he departyd 
 & rode vnto Maiite, leuynge Creyell I y possessyd of Englysshmen & other ; & ouer 
 theyse manyfolde myseryes & myscheuys thus fallynge in the realme of France, there fell 
 so great habiidauce of water in the heruest season, y the corne was lost, so y it rose to 
 an hygh pryce, to the great damage of the comon people. And in the moneth of No- 
 uembre folowynge, the kynge of Englande, with prynce Edwarde and other many lordys, 
 with a stronge power, ladyd atCalays, &so percyd Frauce by Artoys, in Pycardy& Vermen- 
 doys, & subdued f coiitres before hym tyll he came to Reynis, lyke as before is shewid in the. 
 xxxiiii. &. XXXV. yeres of kynge Edwarde, it with' the tenour of the peace atwe the sayd 
 kynges of Englonde and Frauce is more at lenglhe declaryd. The last day of the moneth 
 of Decembre, one Marten of Pysdo, burgeyse of Parys, was drawen vnto the place of 
 iuwemet, & there vpon a scaffolde had first his armys cutte of, & after his leggys by the 
 thyes, & lastly his hede, & than he was quartered, & his. iiii. quarters sette vpo. iiii. 
 pryncypall gatis of the cytie, & his hede sette vpon the pyllory ; the cause of this iuge- 
 ment was, for so moch as one callyd Denysot Palmer, to whome he had dyscoueryd his 
 couceyll, & causyd hyra to be as an accessary in all his workys, had accusyd hym, y the 
 
 ' where all thys mater wyth the. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 sayd 
 
520 SEPTIMA PARS lOHANNIS. 
 
 sayd Marten .had agreed & couenauntyd with certeyne ofFycers & capytaynes of f kyng 
 of Nauerne, ;y' they at a tyme appoynted shulde haue entryd t,he cytie of Parys, & to 
 haue slayne the regent & other, & to haue had the cyte at theyr rule & pleasure. And 
 so the season, than of the. x. yere, tyll the moneth of luly, passyd in y warrys & treaty 
 before towchyd, so that the. viii/day of luly the Frenshe kyng landyd at Calays, & there 
 taryed as prysoner tyll the. xxv. daye of Octobre folowinge, as before in the. xxxiiii. yere 
 of kyng Edwarde is' more playnly shewid. Than vpon the. xxix. day of Octobre, & be- 
 gynnynge of his. xi. yere, kyng lohri came to Seynt Omers, where they' taryed tyll the. 
 iiii. daye of Nouembre, & the.xi. day of December he came vnto Seynt Denys, where 
 vnto hym vpon the. xii. daye came the kyng of Nauerne, which had not seen hym sen he 
 was delyuei;id from pryson, & brought with hym certeyn hostagys which the Freshe kyng 
 had sent vnto hym for his sauegarde, puttynge hym holy in the Freshe kynges grace & 
 mercy. And vpo the morowe folowynge he was newely sworne vnto the kynge, to be his 
 trewe & feythfull sone & subgecte, & the kynge agayne vnto hym to be his kynde father, 
 & good & gracyous soiieraygne lorde, & fourthew were sworne the duke of Normandy, 
 & Phylyp brother vnto the sayd kyng of Nauerne, to meynteyne all couenautys made & 
 to be made atwenc the sayde. ii. kynges, so y they were fynysshyd & concludyd by the. 
 xviii. day of lanuary nexte folowyng. And soone after retournyd the sayd kyng of Na- 
 uerne vnto Maunt, & kynge lohn vpon the. xiiii. daye of Deceber w great tryumphe 
 was receyuyd into Parys; & whan he was comyn vnto his paleys, the prouoste of mar- 
 chauntis, with certeyne burgeysys of the cytie, in .the name of the comynaltye of the 
 same, presentyd hym with a present to the value of a. M. marke sterlynge. Vpo a Tuys- 
 
 *■ day beynge the firbt day of luly, was foughten a batayll at Parys atwene. ii. knyghtys, 
 
 wherof the appeliaunt was namyd syr Foukes Dorciat, & the defedaiit syr Maugot Maw- 
 
 . bert, which appeliaunt was sore vexyd with a feuer quarteyne ; by reason whereof & of 
 
 the great hete y that day apperyd, after longe fyght the sayd appellaiit lyght from his 
 
 horse for his refresshement : wherfore his frendis of hym were i great dowte, but his ene- 
 
 ^ mye was also so sore trauaylyd, ^ what for hete & laboure he was also ouercome, and 
 
 was lykely to haue fallen frome his horse, &, or he myght be taken downe, he swownyd & 
 dyed. Wha syr Fowkis was ware of the feblenesse of his enemye, anon as he myght, he 
 dressyd hym on fote towarde his aduersary, and fande hym starke dede, which by lycence 
 of f kyng was after had out of y^ feelde & secretly buryed, & the sayd syr Fowkys, for 
 feblenesse, was by his frendis ladde vnto his lodgynge. In the. xii. yere of kyng Tohil, & 
 xxi. daye of Nouembre, Phylyp duke of Burgoyn, erle of Artoys, of Aluerne, & of Bo- 
 loygne, a chylde of the age of. xiiii. veresor lesse, dyed at a towne nere vnto Rome callyd 
 Guyon; by reason of whose deth kynge lohii as nexte heyre had after possessyon of all 
 
 -^ai. Ctieffi. the sayd landys, & toke possessyon therof shortly after. In the. xiiii. yere of the reygne 
 of kyng lohli, and thyrde daye of lanuary, he for specyall causys hym mouyng, as for 
 the enlargynge of his sone the duke of Orleaiice and other yet pledgys for his raunsorae, 
 he toke shyppynge at Boleyne, and so saylyd into Englande, and arryued at Douer the. 
 vi. day of the sayd moneth, and after yode to Eltham, and from thens was conueyed vnto 
 Lodon, as before is shewjd in the. xxxvii. yere of kyng Edwarde. In tyme of whose 
 there beynge, syr Barthran de Glaycon made warre vpo the kyng of Nauerne, and wan 
 from hym the towne of Maut in Normandy, and by the duke of Normandy soone after 
 was wonne from the sayde kynge the towne of Menlence, within the whiche were taken 
 dyuerse Parysyens, that shortlye after for theyr infydelyte were put in execucion at Parys, and 
 thus the warre atwene f kynges of Fraunce & Nauerne was newely begonne. Than kynge 
 John, beyng as before is sayde in Englande, a greuouse malady toke hym in the begynnynge 
 of Marche, of the whiche he dyed at London vpon the. viii. daye of Aprell folowinge, and.so 
 mih great honoure and solempnyte conueyed to the sees syde, & there shypped, and then in 
 
 •he. 
 
 processe 
 
B^EPTLM^A PARS GAROLT. VL *5f! 
 
 processe caryed in^oFrauncfe, where vpon the. vii. day of l\fay,' and jrerd of our Lord 
 :God. M.CCC.lxiiii. he was'solempnely' enteiryd in y^ monast^y of Seynt Den}-?,' w-hen 
 •he hadde reygnyd. xiii. yeres. vii. monethes and odde dayes, ledyhge after hyni thre 
 
 sonnys, that is to say Charlys, which was kyng after hym, Lewys-atid Phylyp. 
 
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 CArolus or Charlys the. vi, of f niatn^, or. v. after some wryters, the eldest sone of 
 Jiynge lohii, beganne his reygne ouer the reatme of Fraunce the. ix. daye of ApreH, in 
 the begynnynge of the yere of our Lorde God. M.C^C.Ixiiii., & the; xxviii. j^ere of Ed- 
 warde the. iii. than kynge of Englonde, and was crowned with dame lane' his wyfe, at 
 RayneSj the. xix. daye of May folowyng. In this first yeie, syr Barthran de Glaycon 
 lieutenant of the sayd Charlys in Normady, fought w a capitayne of the kyng of Na- 
 uerne narayd le Captall dfe Bueffe, nere vnto a place callyd Coclierell, nere vnto the crosse 
 of seynt LyefFroy, in which fight f sayd Captall was scofyted & great noiibre of his 
 people taken & slayen, & hym selfe chasyd & taken, for whom y Freshe kyng gaue after 
 vnto yr sayd syr Barthra. f erledam of Longeuyle ; & whan he bad receyuyd hym, he sent 
 byni vnto a stroge pryson callyd y Mferchy I Meaux. At Myghelmas folowynge, the duke 
 ofj Brytayne, syr Charlys de Bloyes, & syr lohn de Aloutfort, sone & heyre of f fore 
 named syr lohn Moutforde before dede, (which by a longe season bofhe father & the 
 sone had holde warre w the sayd syr Charlys,) met in playen batayll, in f which, as before 
 is shewed in y^. xxxviii. yere of kyng Edwarde, the sayde syr Charles was slayen, & dy- 
 iierse noble men of Frauce w hym. In y moneth of lunii, and scconde yere of this 
 Charlys, an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charlis and the kynge of Na- 
 uerne, by reason of whiche accorde y" Captall of BuefF was clerely delyuered, & I\Iari,t 
 & Menlene agayne also to f kynge restored; & ouer that to y kyng of Nauerne was 
 geuyn, for a recopensmet, the erledo of Longeuyle, whiche, as aboue is sayd, y Frenshe 
 kynge had geuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon, for to haue the Captall to his prysoner : 
 and also to the sayd kynge of Nauerne was gyuen y lordshyppe of Moutpyller. And in 
 y moneth of Februarii began the warre in Spayne, where prynce Edwarde ayded Petet 
 iyng of that lande, as before is shewed in the. xl. &. xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde. In 
 the. iiii. yere, the pease atwene y kynges of Englonde & of Frauce began to breke, by 
 meanys of the erle of Armenake & other, as in y the. xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is 
 before shewed. And in y moneth of Decembre, & the sayde yere, the quenc was lyghted 
 of a man chylde in the hostell of seynt Paule, the whyche was after cristened \V excedyng 
 5olempnite ouer other before passed, i y churche of seynt Paulc in Parys y. vi. daye of 
 Decebre of the cardynallotiParys ; to whome were godfaders the erles of Mountmer- 
 cncy & of Dapmartyn, &godmoder lane quene of Euroux, & bare y^ name of Charlys 
 after the erle of Mountmerecy. In ^i v. yere. of this Charlys he called his coucell of 
 parlyamet at Paris, duryng J which the appellacyos of f erle of Armenake & other pur- 
 posed ageyn prince Edwarde were publysshed & rad, & y' answeris of f sayd prynce 
 vppo y sayd appellacyons made, which I ouer passe for length of the matier ; but y con- 
 clusion was, y the prynce had brokfen f peas & couenauntis of y^ same, as they there 
 demyd : wherfore all suche townes & holdes as y Frenshe kynge had gotten, he shuld the 
 reteyne, & make warre vpon y' kynge of Englonde for y recouery of y other. Where- 
 vppon kyng Charlys in y moneth of luly folowynge, rode vnto Roan & there ryggyd his 
 nauy, entendyng, as sayth y" Frenche history, to haue made warre vppo Englonde, & to 
 haue sent thydder his yongeste brother, Philippe than duke of Bourgoyne, yf a stroge 
 army ; but whyle he was there besyde abowte his purpose, the duke of Lancastre arryued 
 with a stronge power at Charlys', and so passed Tyrwyn and so vnto Ayr: wherefore 
 kyng Charlys the chaunged bis purpose, & sente his sayde brother into those parties. 
 Then by that season that the sayd duke was preparid with his people, the Englysshemc 
 
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 3 X were 
 
Sit . SEPTIMA PARS eAROLI. VI. 
 
 TjKcre camyn vnto Arde, & the Frencheme sped them in suche wyse y they logged theyta 
 the. xxiiii. day of Auguste, vppo y moutayne of Tournehawe nere vnto Arde, so that 
 both hoostes were loi^ged within an Englysshe nayle, atwene whom were dayly bekerynges 
 & small skyrmysshes; all whiche season y Frenche kynge taryed styli afaowte Rowan. 
 Then f kyng of Nauerne, which by a long season htd, dwellyd in Nauerne, came by shyp 
 into Constantyne, 8c sent vnto kyng Charlys that, if he were so pleasyd, he wolde gladlye 
 come vnlo hym for to shewe to hym his mynde ; wherefore the kynge sent vnto hym a» 
 hostagys, theerle-of Salebrnge, the deane of Parys, with. ii. other noble men, the which 
 the kynge of Nauerne wolde notaccepte. In the moneth of Septembre, & vpon the.^ 
 xii. day, vvhen the duke of Eargoyne had lyen, as before is sayd, nere vnto y Englysshe 
 hooste, he that daye remoued his peoplcj and so went vnto .Hesden, and y Englysshe 
 Pii. «■.»//«, boost, remoued to Caux and other placis, as before I, haue shewid to you in the. xliii. 
 yere of kynge Edwarde, with other thynges apperteynynge vnto the same mater. And in 
 the sayde moneth of Septeber, kynge Charlis mannyd and vytaylyd certeyn galeys and 
 other shyppes, and sent them into Walys & so tO haue entpyd into Englonde, but they 
 retourned with lytle worshyp, notwithstandynge that he had ii. noble men of Walys named 
 Owan & lames Wynne', whiche made to hym faste promesse of great thynges, by rea- 
 son y they were enemyes vnto the kynge of Englonde. For this and for other chargys> 
 f kynge callyd a conuocacion of the temporalte & spiritualte at Paris, where, to meyn- 
 teyne his \i|Karrys, was grautyd to hym of all thynge bought & solde, excepte vytayle, the. 
 iiii. peny, so y a)l thyng that was solde by retiyle, the seller shuld pay f exaccion, & that 
 which was solderby great, the byer shulde paye the sayde txaccyon, & the spiritualte 
 graunted a dyme to be payed in. ii. halfe yeres, 8c the lordis and gentylmen were stynted 
 at certeyne men*, after the value of theyr ladys. In y moneth of February y^ kyng sent 
 vnto the kynge of Nauerne, tha beinge at Chierbourgth, certeyne messyngers to parfyrht 
 an amyte atwene the, lest he toke party agayne hym with the Englysshemen ; but this 
 treaty contynued a longe season, so that in the. vi. yere, and moneth of luny, the kynw 
 of Nauerne hauynge suffyciet hostagis, came to the Frenshe kyng to Vernon, where in 
 conclusyon, the kynge of Nauerne made bis homage vnto y Freshe kyng, and became 
 there his feodary, whereof the Frenshemen made moche ioye. After whiche accoude 
 the sayde kynge of Nauerne y^ thyrde day folowynge toke his leue of the kyn^^e, and so 
 rode vnto Enroux. All whiche season y warre was contynued by Englysshemen within 
 y realme of Fraunce & prouynce of Brytayne, as before is expressyd in the. xliiii. xlv» 
 and. xjyi. yeres of kynge Edwarde. In the. vii. yere, and moneth of August, the dake 
 of Braban, with many nobles of Frauce, mette in playne batayll with the duke of luyliers 
 and the duke of Guellre ; in which batayll, after cruel! fyght, the duke of Braban was 
 chasyd, & vpon his syde sl^yen the erle of seynt Poule w many other noble men, which 
 th,e! sljory nameth not, and vpo the other syde was, also slayen, y duke of Guellre with 
 many other vpon that par tye. 
 
 IN the. xi. yere of kynge Charlys & moneth of May, he asseblyd his great counceyll 
 of parlyamet at Parys, where, amoge many actis made for the weale of his realme, he 
 with assent of hislordysand conios there assemblyd, enactyd fpr a lawe after that daye to 
 be cotynued, y all heyresjo the crowne of Fraunce theyr faders beynge dede, may be 
 crownyd as kynges of Frauce so soone as they attayne vnto the age of. xiiii, yeres. And 
 in this yere was the treatye of peace laboured by the. ii. cardynallys sent from the pope', 
 as before is shewyd in the. xlix. yere of kynge Edwarde ; after whiche treatye not concludvd, 
 the kynge of Englonde lost dayly of his landis in Fraunce, for in the moneth of Au<^ust 
 felpwynge. the dRke of Berry, the duke of Angeow, and other many lordys to them 
 aasygned m dyuerse placys, as in Guyan, Angeow, and Mayn, gate -and wan from f 
 
 ' Guinne. edit. 1559. * a certaintie. edit. 1559. ' Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ^ Englysshemen 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAIIOLI. VL 5-3 
 
 Englysshemen many coutreys, townes, and castdlys, as Pierregrotj Houerge, Caoursyn, 
 Bigorre, Basyndas, Berregart, Daymet, with many other townys & holdis, which wolde 
 ftske a longe leysour to reherce, to f nouber of. vi. scorfe &. xiiii. what of townes, castellys, 
 & other holdis, which in short whyle were wonne from the Englysshemen in the partyes 
 of Fraunce and Brytayne. In the. xiii. yere of this Chaflys, the emperoar of Rome and 
 Almayne named Charlys the. iiii. of that name, came into France by Gambray, to d6 
 certeyne pylgrymagys at Seyrtt Denys and ellyswherfe, and so was conueyed with honorablfe 
 men, as the lorde of Cousy and other, vnto Sejhrit Quyntyne, where he taryed Crysfc- 
 masse daye, and after he was conueyed to a towne callyd En or Ewe, and ftom thense to 
 Noyen, & then to Corapeygrie, where he was mette w the duke of Burbon and other 
 nobles: then he rode to Senlys, where he was mette with y dukys of Beif'ry & of Bur- 
 goyne, bretheme of the Frenshe kynge, and many other, as bisshoppys & other iordys : 
 and ye shall vnderstande that all suche as rode in thecompanyes of tbeyse foresayd dukys, 
 except bysshoppis and preestis, rode in theyr lyuereys ; as f company tyi-st of the duke tff 
 Burbon brother vnto f qoene, to f nouber of. CCC. men, were all cFadde in whyte dad 
 blewe; the company of the. ii. other dukis the noubre of. v. C. men in blacke and ruSset; 
 that is to meane, the erlys and other Iordys in cloth of golde, y^ knyghtys in veluet, the 
 gentylmen in damaske and aatyne, and the yemen in clothe. Then from SenFy? he was 
 brought vnto Louuris, where mette w hym the duke of Barre with a companye of. CCf. 
 horse, and his companyecladdein grene and redde ; and frome thens he was had to Seynt 
 Denys vponlhe thyrde day of lanuary, whyther the kyng sent to hym a chare rychely 
 garnysshed, for so moche as he was vexyd with the gowte, and the quene sent to hym an 
 horse lytter with. ii. whyte palfreys, where he was also mette with a great copany of 
 bysshoppya and other spyrytuall men, as abbottis, pryours & other, & taryed there, ii. 
 dayes. Vpo the v. day of lanuarii, beyng Moday, he rode toward Paris ; but or he 
 ' were halfe a myle from Seynt Denys he was mette vr the prouost of ^^ marchautys with A 
 cSpany of. xv. C horse, f cytezyns beyng cladde in whyte and vyolette, and so rode before 
 hym tyll he came to Parys. Whan the kynge was warned that he was nere the cytie, he 
 lepte vpo a whyte palfrey, and accompanyed with many Iordys and other, to the noumbre 
 of a M. men, all his housholde seruauntys beyng cladde in one lyuerey of browne, blewe 
 and darke tawny, & the seruauntys of the dolphyn of Vyen in blewe and cremesyne, 
 euery man aftertiis degre ; and so the kynge with his company mette with the emperoure 
 at f myle without the towne callyd the Wynde Mylle ; where, after due salutys made, 
 eyther vnto other, the Frenshe kynge put the emperour vpo his ryght hande, and toke 
 the kyng of Romayns, sone vnto the emperour, vpo his lefte hande : and so the Frenshe 
 kynge rydynge in the myddys, passed thoroughe the hygh stretys, of Parys tyll they came 
 to the kynges palays, where he was lodgyd with all honour, and after festyd with f kyiige 
 & ^ quene by the space of. xvi. dayes; whiche terme endyd, lyke as with all honoure he 
 was conueyed into the liide, so with great honoure and ryche gyftys he was agayne; 
 conueyed out of the lande. In the moneth of February folowynge & the. vi. daye, dyed 
 f quene of Fraunce, in the hostell of seynt Poule in Parys, & after buryed with great 
 solempnyte and honour in the monastery of Seynt Denys. In y- moneth of Marche the 
 kyng receyuyd letters from certeyn Iordys of his lande, in f which was cdteygnyd f the 
 kyng of Nauerne had imagenyd & cospyred \V one laquet [de Rue his chauberleyn, for 
 to poyson hym, the which laquet]' was than comyn into Fraunce to execute his cursyd 
 purpose. Wherfore the Frenshe kynge layed such wayte for hym y he was takyn, & 
 founden vport hym a byll of certeyn instruccions howe he shuld behaue hymselfe in ac- 
 coplysshyng his euyll porpose. Tha he was brought vnto the kynges presence, to whom MCniun. 
 he confessyd the circumstaiice of ail his treason to be done at the commaundement and 
 couceyil of the kynge of Nauerne. Soone after the eldest sone of the kynge of Nauerne, 
 
 -; 
 •that was. edit, 1542. 1559. 
 
 3X2 whiche 
 
5S4 SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VI. 
 
 whiche was newely cumyn into Normandy, sent vnto kynge Charlys, shewyngeto fiytij 
 f, if it were his pleasure, he woide gladlye come vnto his presence for.to speke with hym,. 
 with J he myght haue a sure safe conduyt for hym & all suche as he shuld bryng with hym j 
 the which to hym was grautecj,. &, vpp the, same came vnto Selysj where the kynge than 
 was : & afte,r he had cdmoned a season with y' kynge, he madeto hymtrequest lor the. de- 
 iyuere of the foresayd laket de: Rue, , laying for hym sundry excusys ; but wha the kyng 
 had causyd y sayd laket to ,be brought forthe before the sayd sone of the ; kynge of 
 Nauerne, namyd syr Charlis, be auouchyd suche thynges before hym that he cowde not 
 denaye but y his father had comyttyd many & sUidry treasons, aswell agayn kynge Iohn> 
 as nowe agayne kyng Charlys his sone : yi^herfore after dyiierse assembles & coiieeyllys 
 liadde vppn this mater, the.kyng, & the sayd syr Charly;s. agreed, y all suche townys & 
 Jioldys as' the sajde kynge of Nauerne.had.within Normady, shuld bedelyueryd vnto the 
 duke of Burgoyne to the Frensh kyngesV^e. And for thatpromesse sfaald be trulye par- 
 jfouritoyd, the kynge firste sware the sayde syr Charlys, and after n(jany,of,,the capytaynes 
 tV'.hiche had the rule qf the sayde towmes & castellys : and, for. so moche as the sayde syr 
 ^harlys.had there present with.hym a capytaynenamyd syr.iFernande de Oyeas, iivwhose 
 guy dy nge , many of the sayd holdys than were, & suspectyd hym that he wolde not per- 
 lOurme the sayd, prome^se, therfare he Causyd hym to be arestyd, and to be had vnto. 
 prysop tyll the, holdys, beynge vndre his guydyngej were clerely delyuered. Vpa which 
 ^gretnpnt thus concludyd and sworpe, y duke of Burgoyne,, with, the sayd syr Charlys^. 
 and also the sayd syr Fernande as a prysoner, was sent into Normandye w a con/ueiiyent 
 army, where with awe. & fauoure the duke in prdcesse of tyme had to hym delyuered all 
 suche townys and holdys as the kyng of Nauerne there had, except the to'wiie and castell 
 of Chirebourgth. In whiche passe tyme & season^.was also takyn, in a towne callyd- 
 pi'etnell, a secretary of the kynge of. Nauerne, with certeyne wrytynges beinge in ii 
 coffer within the chamber ; by reason of whiche wrytynges, & also byjthe eonfessyon.of 
 tiie: party, many mo thynges concernynge the eonfessyon of .laket dellue was iha niany- 
 feslyd and approued : whiche secretarye was namyd master Peterde Tertre, a Frensh^- 
 man borne, but he had seruyd the kyng of Nauerne by y more terme of his.lyfe. Vpoa 
 ^his cofessyon made and wryten by the sayd secretary, the kynge callyd his court of 
 parlyament, durynge the whiche both the sayde masterPeter, &also the sayd laket were 
 brought before the, Iprdys and comons, where theyr confessyons, were redde, and they 
 examyned vpon eiiery artycle of the same, and aft'ermyd all theyr foraier sayinges : where- 
 fore shortlye after, by auctoryteof that courte, they were demyd,tq dye for theyr treasons,, 
 and po were hangydand hedyd, and theyr. viii. quarters hagydat.su ndry gates and placys 
 of Pp,rys. And whan the, .kynge had receywyd into his possessyon the foresayd holdys 
 belongynge vnto y kynge of Nauerne, the whiche so often had rebellyd agayne his father; 
 apd hym, he was :Coiiceylyd by his lordys, that.he shulde throwe to grounde dyuerse of the 
 sayde castellys, lest the kynge of Nauerne them recoueryd agayne, & by meane of theyr 
 forcys wrought vnto liym &his realme new displeasurys ; by reason of which coiiceyll, f 
 kyng made euen with f groiide. these fortressys folowynge, first, the castell. of. Bretnell,, 
 of ITorlet, of Beaumount le Roger, of Pacy Damyet & cloysters of the same, the towre & 
 castell of Nogent le Roye, the castell of Enroux, tire castellof Fount Andemer, the castell of 
 Mortaygne, & of Ganraux or Ganray, with other in the countrey of Constatyne, but 
 the towne Chirebourgth remaynyd styll I the possess3'on of y Nauaroys, the which, w 
 ayde of Englysshemen, was kepte from the Frenshekyng, & the forenamed syr Farnande 
 was contyrmaudyd to pryson, for so mocheas he was capytayne of the same towne,. thynk- 
 ^ , , yng in hym defaute that the sayde towne was not delyueryd w } other. 
 
 IN y. xiiij, yere of this Qiarlys & moneth of August,, tydynges: came vnto hym of the 
 sfcysme which was begunne i the Church of Rome ; for after the deth of the. xi. Gregory, 
 which dyed in the moneth of Aprell f6re passyd, by 4neane of y Frenshe cardynallys,* 
 
 '^li'i'il'y ■ which 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VI.' 5e5 
 
 tvhich were. xi. in noubre, after f other Italyen cardynallys, with other of theyr aSynyfe, 
 had eleclyd 8c cliosen a Napolytan & arehebysshop of Barre, ;y Frenshe cardynallys with 
 ^ eleccyon not beynge cotetyd, with saehe as fauoured theyr party, denoucyd & piiblysshed 
 one named Robert, cardynall of Basyle, & named hym Ciemet the. vii. where y first • 
 was named Vrban the. vi. Of f maner of this scysme somewhat I haue shewyd to you in- 
 f. Hi. yere of Edwarde the iii. ; bat to expresse y certeynte of this scysme, trouth it is, y 
 after y' deth of f forenamyd. xi. Gregory, y cardynallys beyng in y coclaue or couceyU 
 ctiaubre, where y pope' is accustomyd to be chosen, y^ Komayns beynge i harnesse, made* 
 suche exclamacios vp5 y cardynallys beyng in f c5claue, for to haue an Italian pope', that 
 y^ cardynallys, for fere to be siayne, electid & chase one namyd Bartholmew, a Napolytair 
 8c archebis&hop of Barre, & named Vrba y. vi. ; but this, after he was admyttid, was so- 
 proude & so-cobrous, ^ he rulyd all by wyll & nothyng by ryght or goodlye ordre of reason 
 or conciencer wherfore the' cardynallys beynge repetaunt of y that they had done, a 
 certeyne of them beyng in ^ cytie of Fondes, the. xx. day of Septembre electyd & chase 
 an other namyd Robert, cardynall of Basyle, & named hym Clement the. vii. & by theyr 
 ahcforytees pubblysshed hym for very pope', & dysalowed y other before chosen. But 
 the Romaynys woldenot therunto be agreable, but helde them vnto theyr former pope', 
 with whom also helde yprouyncis of Germany & Pannony, with y more parte of Italy: 
 & with y laste chosen pope' helde Frasce, Spayne, Cateloyne, & Englode, & thus began- 
 the scysme which cotynued by y terme of. xxxix. yere after. In y^. xv. yere of kynge 
 Oliarlys, he, for so moche as syr lohiide Mountforte, duke of Brytayn, toke partye with- 
 Y Englysshemen agayn hym, & wolde not appere at suche dayes as to hym were assygned, 
 therfore the sayde kyng Charlys sent into the diichye of Brytayne (to seasey lade into;^ 
 kynges hadis,) y duke of Burbon, t^yr Lewys de Sancer marshail of Frauce, syr lohn de 
 Vyenne, admyrall of Fraunce, & syr Berian* de Ryuyer his chamberleyne, with other 
 men of name, with a great copeny of men of armys, j uhiche at theyr comyng into 
 Brytayn fande ;^ coutrey all otherwyse dysposyd than they supposyd, for where as they at 
 theyr comynge thought to haue recey.uyd y possessyon of the townys & casteilys in peasy- 
 ble wyse, they were denayed & playnlye answeryd y they were sworne to theyr duke to 
 here to hym trewe fydelyle & seruyce, which they entedyd toobserue & kepe. With which 
 answerey- sayd duke 8c his company were fayne to returne vnto y Freshe kyng, f which 
 shortly after sent thyther y duke of Angeou with a stroge army to warre vpon f conntrey. FoI.Cxm 
 In whiche season syr lohn de Moutfort, heryngof the Frenshe kynges entent, arryuyd in 
 lirytaynew a copany of Englysshe archers, to whom drewe suche multytude of Brytons, 
 y the duke of Angeou was fayne to retourne into Frauce without worshyp there thii wyiiyng. 
 In the moneth of Octobre, y Flemyngys of Gaut i^t other, for greuouse exaccion vpo 
 them set, rebellyd agayn theyr erle, & slew his baylly & ofFycer assygnyd by the erle to 
 gather his tollys, and after besiegyd other townys which toke party vf the erle agayne them, 
 as Audenarde, Terremode, & other: wherof herynge, y duke of Burgoyn, whose 
 doughter the sayde duke had maryed, assemblyd his Burgonyons & sped hym into y 
 inarchys of Fkuders, and so layed his si^ge vnto Tourney; but y Fiemynges defedyd f 
 duke in suche ""yse ;j' the duke was agreable to fall to a treaty ; in the which it was first 
 accordid & agreed j the'erle, at f' requeste of ^ duke, shuld pardon & forgyue clerely to his 
 subiectis all offencys by them to hym done before f daye, &also y he shall graut vnto the all 
 tlieyrformer lyberties "& pryuylegys in as ample & large wyse as they had them grautyd at 
 his first comynge in, & to mayntfeyn & vpbolde theyr auciet customys, & to rule them after 
 ^, san)c ; secondaryly, if any letters haue ben made- & sealyd cotrary theyr pryuylegys 
 sen f tyme of this rebellyon, y the erle shall reuoke theym & cancell them for euer; 
 thyrdely, ' that all such capitaynys of Almayne as at this tyme haue ben in y dukys or 
 erlys wagis agayn f Flemyngis shalbe solempnlye sworne, y for any hurt or ha;rme by 
 
 ' Byshop of Rome, ciiit. 1512. 1559- ' Bryan, edit. 15-1'2. 1559- 
 
 theyna 
 
526 SEPTIMA PARS CAROL!. VI. 
 
 theym in this wavre receyuyd, they nor none of they'r nacio, as farre as they may lette it, 
 shall not hurt nor harme any nian of y coutrey of Flaiiders at any tyme here^ter in 
 reuegemet of this warre ; and fourthlye, y of. iiii. of y best townes of Elaiiders. xxv^ 
 men "to be chose by y burgeysys of y- same, f which shall haue correccyon of all defautys 
 not towchyufe Jyfe & deth done by y Flemynges ; & also to haue power to correcte all 
 suche as be foude culpable of f erlys couceyjl in coplayntis or offends crymynall ; fyftely» 
 y the sayd. xxv. persones shall haue auctoryte & power to make inquysicio from yere to yere 
 of ^gouernaiice of y' lade, & what fawtis ben to them presentid, as ofte as. xiii. of the bd 
 syttyng together Tone counceyll, they shall haue full power to geue setece vpo f same, & y 
 senteee to be obeyed wout interrupcio, and what by them issentesyd y erle to vpholde and 
 mayntey ne vf all his myght and power ; sixtelye, it was desyryd, but not concludyd, y for so- 
 moche as y towne of Audenarde & ofTerremoude toke partye agayne theyr neyghbours, j- 
 the wallys of them in certeyne placys shuld be euenyd vv the graude, i tokyn of theyr vnna- 
 turall dealynge; and seuethlye & lastlye it was cocludyd y the prouost of Brugys shuld 
 after y day be put out of y erlys counceyll, & not after therunto to be admyttyd ^out 
 cosent of y^ forenamyd. xxv. persones : all which artycles were agreed vnto f erle', and 
 passyd & auetorysyd by his lettre & scale, albe it this accorde cotynued noo whyle as here 
 after shall apere. In y^. xvi. yere & moneth of Octobre, f inhabytautis of y cytie or towne 
 of MoHtpyller, in f countrey of Laguedoke, for an inposycion or ayde y was put to them 
 by y duke of Angeou, arose by one accorde agayne the mynysters & coiiceyllours of f 
 dufce, (whiclie duke was lewtenaut generall vnder his brother the Freshe kyng,) & woiife 
 reason or dyscressyon, in theyr furye & rage, slewe syt Guyllyam Ponicell knyght & 
 chauceller to the duke, syr Guy Dessesyke stuarde of Rouerge, maister Arnolde gouer- 
 noure of Moutpyller, maister lamys de Chayny secretary to the duJce, & many other 
 ■offycers & seruautis of the sayd duke, t& y^ noubre of. Ixxx. persones ; & wha they had 
 them slayne, as tyraiitis, not beyng coteht w that cruelnesse, but threwe y dede bodyes 
 into dyuers foule & stynkynge pyttis, not sufferyng them to be buryed as Cristen men 
 shulde. Whereof w^an knowlege was brought vnto the duke, he was therew greuouslj 
 amoued, & made his othe y" he shuld punysshe them to f fere & example of all other, 
 & therupo gatheryd his people for to reuege this cruell dede. Wha f rumour of this 
 myscheuouse dede was somedeale apeasyd, & the wyse men & aiicient of y towne had 
 degestyd this hasty & cruell dede, & lokid vp,5 y ende therof, the they were appailyd in 
 theyr myndis, & were very repetaut of f dede y they had done. And wha they had c5sy- 
 deryd all thynges as y' dede detestable of itselfe, y great myght of f duke, and ouer f' 
 the ayde which shuld to hym be geuen of the kyng, they coceyuyd well there was no re- 
 medy but to seche for meanys of mercye & grace, for opteynyng-wherof they made dy- 
 uerse wayes to the duke, but none wolde be accepted : lastly, in the moneth of lanuarii, 
 wha y^ duke had preparyd all thynges necessary to f warre, he toke his iourney 
 towardfi the sayde towne of Moiitpiler, ledynge aV hym a strotige boost of men of armys,. 
 vtterly entedynge to subuerte y towne & to dystroye f more parte of ^ people : wherof 
 herynge, y people of y towne toke theyr aduyce & orderid the as foloweth : first they sent 
 out agayn hym dyuerse ofiycers of the kynges, suche as they knewe were i his fauoure, & 
 ordeyned them to be in a place, and there knelynge to aske grace & mercy for the towne, 
 secodaryly, they sent the cardynall of Albany ; & thyrdely, all the collagys & men of re- 
 ligion, as well nunys as other ; & fourthly, they sent f estudyaOtys of f lawe, canon & 
 «yuyle, and also of medycyne or physyke : all beynge set vpo eyther syde of the waye 
 wherey duk« shuld passe, &, knelynge vpon theyr krieys, shuld crye^out ceasyng," mercy, 
 gracyous prynce, mercy." Tha after theyse were set f cosuls or rulers of the towne in gownys 
 wout theyr clokis,^vngyrde, euery man v/ a corde about his necke, hauyng\V them: the keyis 
 of y cytie ; & at ;y entce of the cytie stodey women ^ the aiaydens-of the samci', and all 
 
 ' by the erl^ 
 
 men 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VL 5^7 
 
 men chylderne which were vnder the age of. xiii. yeres, & atwene f age &. vi. yeres, were 
 set next after ^ studyautis foresayd. Wha this innumerable peoples was thus ordryd, & 
 cueryche taught in what wyse they shulde behaue them, vpo the. xxV'. day of lanuary, 
 about ^ howre of. iii. the duke \V his people approchid ^ towne, & beholdyng y niulty- 
 tude & the lamentable crye, was somewhat" mouyd w copassyon, & so holdynge his waye 
 mette w the sayd cardynall, ^ which, after coyenyent salutacion vnto hym made, shewyd, 
 ^ as a legat & messynger he was sent vnto hym from pope* Clemet y. vii. requyryng of 
 hym pardon for ^ towne & people of Moutpiller, admonestyng hym farther in y- sayd 
 popys' behalfe, y what so euer punysshemet hedyd vnto y' towne, y he shuld absteyne 
 hym from ^ shedynge of Cristen blode, & specyally of suche as he myght knowe was- 
 innocet of ^ dede : to which message y duke gaue none answere, but toke the cardynall 
 vpon his right hande, and so rode forth together, where euer y people knelyd on eyther 
 syde of the way, & cryed lamentably " mercy, gracious prynce, mercy ;" & so passyd tyll he- 
 tamQ where the cosuls stode, which knelynge offerid vnto hym y keyes of y towne : but 
 he, as though he regardyd the not, cast his loke from the, k comaundid y- senesshall of 
 Beaucayr to receyue y^ sayd keyes, & so passyd on tyll he cam vnto y copany of wome, 
 which relentyd his stony herle to see the great lamcntacyon they made with theyr wofull 
 crye ; wherefore to be rydde of them, he callyd vpo his fore ryders to passe on more 
 faster, so y lastly he came to his lodgynge. 
 
 WHan the duke was comen vnto his lodgynge, anon he comaiidyd all the offycers of pt^.C-KhK 
 the towne, with the cosulat or rulers of the same, vnto a place called Seynt Germayne ; & 
 the gatys of ^ place he toke to be watchyd with men of armys ; & vpo the morowe fo- 
 lowynge c5maundyd all the armoure and artylery belongyng vnto ^ towne, to be brought 
 to a place by hym assygned, & there to be kept by his offycers. Then the cardynall 
 came agayn vnto the duke, & brought with hym dyuerse doctours of dyuynyte & other, 
 which made vnto hym assyduat labour for mercy to be shewyd vnto the towne, & to the 
 inhabytauntys of the same, but all they cowde gette no graiinte of hym, but that as vpon 
 the morowe they shuld knowe the sentence that he wolde gyue vpon the towne & inha- 
 bytauntys of the same ; & for that sentence myghte be well vnderslandyn of the people, co- 
 maudyd that at after noone a scaff'oide to be made i the chefe place or strete of the towne,. 
 where upon ^ morowe, beyng the. xxvii. day of lanuary, dyuerse of ^ dukys coiiceyll 
 beyncf vpon the sayd scaffolde, & the people of the towne beynge there present, as well 
 prysoners as other, after a longo oracion made by the dukys chauceller, of y great & 
 heynous dede lately there done by the inhabytauntys of y towne, for the whiche correc- 
 cyon temporall myghte not be to greuouse, albe it that the duke at the comaundement of 
 the pope*, & requeste of his legat & cardynall there present, had mytygate or lessyd the 
 punysshement, as after shulde well appere by declaracyon of the sentence folowynge. 
 After which protestacyon, ^ sentence was proclaymed as folowetb : fyrst, the comynalty 
 of the towne for theyr rebellyon & dysobedyence agayne ^ prynce done,, shulde paye 
 vnto- the kyng. vi. score. M. frakes : a frake fe worth, ii.s. sterl'? & so ^ towne shuld be 
 chargyd aV. Ix.M. U., & puer y to pay all such costys & chargys as y^ duke had spent by 
 occasyo of this iournay : secodaryly. vi.C. persones of the towne, so che as myght be 
 tryed moost culpable iu this offence, shuld suffre deth, y is to witte. CC. to be hartgyd- 
 with chaynys, CC to be hebedyd, (and theyr hedis to be sent vnto dyuerse good townys- 
 of Fraunce,) & the other. CC. suche as of the. vi.C. shalbe foude moost gyliye of the 
 bewynvnife of y ryot, shuld be brent, & that they & also f other. CC. which siiuld be 
 haniyd shuld be caryed vnto dyucr^egood townys of Fraiice, & there to haue theyr execu- 
 cion^to the vlter fere & terrour of all other, & all theyr goodys to be forfaytyd to the kynge: 
 ■^rdely. ii. gatys of the towne,' sucli as the duke wolde appoynt, with ^ wallys & lowrys 
 
 » XV. edit. 1559. * '''^ bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 155<). ' the bishop of Romes. edit. 1-34-2.- 1559, 
 
 sta-lyng 
 
VJSS SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. 11. 
 
 "^stadyng atwrfene •the sayd gatys, to be made playne w the grpude, & the .dyke, of y .towive 
 to be fyllyd w y same : fourthly, all maner of ordenauce & abylymentys .forwarre be- 
 lonayng to y towne to be forfayted vntoy kyng : fyftely, ycomynialty ofy cytie to buylde 
 a cha,pell, & to endowe it w so moche lade as myght fynde. vi. .preestis therein To syi>c»e 
 for euer, & to praye for y soulys of y persones before slayne, & y bodyps whiche tjiey 
 had thr.ovve before into y foule & stynkyng pyttis, y consul! & chefe rulers of y towqe 
 shuid vpo theyr propre backys brynge them vnto the sayde chapell, & there cause thefli 
 soleply to be en-terryd : sixtly, y all such goodis as y sayd personys so slayne had, win y- 
 towne or.ellys were, spoylyd by the sayde cytezyns, y it shulde be restoryd vnto j wyues 
 or next kyiiesfolJiis of them so dede. Wha y proclamacion of this sentence was endyd, 
 there was an exclamacion & cryinge of mercy, & such sorowe and lamentynge made of 
 y people, y the noyse therof soudyd to the heuenys : but to brynge .tliis tragedy to c5- 
 .clusyon, fynnally such laboure was made vnto y' duke, aswell by exortacyon of sermons 
 & other, that all thynges were pardonyd excepte the foudacion of the chapell, & exe^ 
 cuclon of certeyne personys whiche were accusyd to be the occasyoners of this myschefe, 
 & also the costis of y iournaye, the which were cessyd at. xxiiii.M. frankys, or. xxmi.Cli. 
 sterlynges. After which ende thus made, consulat' of the towne were restoryd agayne to 
 theyr babyte & rale, and to them was admytted all theyr former ofFycys & rule of y 
 towne, excepte the offyce of ballywyke. In y moneth of luly began the inhabytauntysof 
 Gaunt in Flaunders to rebell agayne theyr erle of newe, the cause whereof is not shewyd ; 
 -but they with ayde whiche .they had of Ipre, Courtray, & other townys, made a great hqste, 
 .& yode streyghtvnto a town« in Flauders callyd Dyxmewe, entendynge to haue taken it, 
 but the erle beyng warnyd therofj w ayde of Brugys & of Frake & other, mannyd out a 
 company agayn the other, & mette with them I playne felde, & after a sharp skyrmysshe. 
 put them of Gaunt to-flyght, & slewe of them dyuerse & toke of theym certeyne pry- 
 soners, & pursued th^m vnto the towne of Ipre, & layed syege to the same. Wha the heddys 
 of the., towne knewe that the erle was there in propre parsone, vnder a certeyne apoynte- 
 met they openyd the gatys & receuyd hym in ; but many of his enemyes were fled vnto 
 Courtray: & whan the erle had restyd hym in y towne. ii. dayes, & done there some 
 execucio, he departyd thens & rode vnto Brugys & helde hym there. In which season 
 y other, whiche as aboue is sayd were fled vnto Courtray, fell at varyaunce within them 
 selfe, & slewe theyr capytayne, & after fled y towne & shyfted euery man for hym selfe. 
 Tha a knyght, callyd syr Soyer of Gaut, came vnto the towne of Courtray, & so exortyd 
 ..the rulers of the towne y they promysyd hym to take his parte; wherupo he gate a baner 
 of the erlys armys in his hande, & so rydyng about y towne, cryed who that woide take 
 y erlys party, and his, lette hym jpolowe that baner : whom the people folowed in great 
 noinbre. And wha the, erle was asserteynyd of that dede, & howe the towne of Cour- 
 tray was turnyd vnto his party, anone. he assemblyd of other townys, & also of that 8c 
 of Ipre, so moche y his boost was estemyd at. Ix.M. men, w thewhich he spedde hym 
 vnto Gaunt, and layed a stronge syege there aboute ; but by the deth of the Frenshe 
 .kynge, whiche dyed shortly after, y erle was fayne to chaunge his mynde &to remoue his 
 syege, ,or ellys, as some wryters report, for stregth of the sayde towne, v?hiche myght 
 .not lyghtly be gotte, & for lacke of good vpo the erlys partye to maynteyne y siege. Than 
 in y moneth, of Septebre &. xxvi. day of the same, kynge Charlys dyed at his manoyr 
 callyd Playsance sur Marne, & was buryed by his wyfe in f monastery of seynt Denys, 
 whan he hadde xeygnyd. xv. yerys &. vi. monethes with oddc' dayes, leuynge after hym. 
 iii. sonnys, Charlys whiche was kynge after hym, & Lewys that he had made erle of Va- 
 lleys & after duke of Angeowe, and Phylyp erle of Poytiers. 
 
 P0/.C.ML Jllcl)ar,.(j[.e the secode of that name, and spne of prynce Edwarde, eldest sone of Ed- 
 
 * the consulat. 
 
 wafde 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 529 
 
 •warde f Ihyrde, a chylde of f- age of a. xi. yeres, began his reygne ouer f realtne of 
 Englande the. xjriii'. daye of luny, in theyere of our Lorde. M.CCCJxxvii. & the. xiii. 
 yere of the. vi. Charlys, than kynge of Fraimce. This Rycharde was borne at Burdeaux, 
 of Tvhose byrthe some wryters tell woders, y whiche I passe ouer, and vpo the. xv. daye 
 of luly in the yere abbue sayde, he was crownyd at Westmynster, beyng the day of f 
 traslacion of seyrtt Swythyn ; in which tyme and season stood mayre & shryues of the 
 cytie of Lodon these persones folbwyng. 
 
 Annn n^nriin! MxicClTwii. Auno Dombi. M.CCClxxviii. 
 
 ' Andrewe riKuma. 
 Nicholas Brembre^ grocer. Anno. i. . iniaSprimiMM. 
 
 Nycholas Twyfforde. 
 
 THe which contynued so in theyr ofFycys, that is to saye, the shryuys tyll Myghelmasse, 
 and the mayre tyll the Feest of Symonde and lude, at whiche season were chosen & ad- 
 anytted for newe oflFycers, 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClxxviii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxix. 
 
 lohii Bosefaam. 
 John Phylpot, gi'ocer. Anno. ii. 
 
 Thomas Cornwaleys. 
 
 IN the moneth of August, & begynnyng of the seconde yere of kynge Richarde, for 
 ■varyaunce which was atwene f lorde Latymer & syr Rafe Ferrers vpon that one partie, 
 and Hawle & Shakeley, esquyers*, vpo that other partye, for a prysoner takyn beyonde y 
 see' callyd f lorde of Dene, whom the sayd esqayers helde in theyr possessyon contrary 
 the wylles of f foresayd knyghtis ; for f sayd cause f sayde knyghtys" entryd the churche 
 of seynt Petyr*, and there lyndynge Hawle' knelynge at masse, without reuerence of the 
 sacrament or place, slewe hym in the churche at the hygh masse season, & after that 
 other, namyd Shakeley*, was by theyr meanys arrestyd and had to the Towre of London, 
 where he was kept as prysoner longe after. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxix. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxx» 
 
 John Heylysdone. 
 John Hadley, grocer. Anno. iii. 
 
 Wyllyam Baret, 
 
 IN the moneth of Maye & y later ende of the seconde yere of kynge Rycharde, cer- 
 teyne galeys & other shyppys sent by Charlys the. vi. than kynge of Frauce, of the which 
 was chefe patron or capytayne a knyght named syr Olyuer de Clyco, landyd in dyuerse 
 placys of Englande & dyd moche harme, & lastly entryd the ryuer of Thamys and so 
 came to Grauysende, where he spqylyd the towne & brent a parte thereof, & retournyd 
 into Fraunce with moche rychesse, as affermyth the Frenshe Cronycle. In this yere also 
 was holde a parlyamet at Westmynster, in the which was graiited y all men & women 
 beyng of thage of. xiiii. yerys & aboue, shuld paye vnto the kynge iiii. d. ; by reason 
 whereof great grudge & murmur grewe amoge f c5mons, as after shall apere. Tha with 
 
 ' xxii. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * and syr Robert Hal and Shakerley, egquyer. edit. 1533. 1542, 
 
 1559. ' beyonde the see inSpayne. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * 3'Ae MS. adds of Westminster. 
 
 The edit, of 1542. and 1559. «iy in London. * ^^^ sayd syr Robert, edit. 1533. 1542.1559. 
 
 * Sbakedey. edit. k533. 1559. 
 
 ' 3 Y that 
 
$S0 SEPTLMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 
 
 that money an army was preparyd, & thereof was made chefe gouernour syr Thomas 
 of Woodestoke erle of Cambrydge, & vncle vnto the kynge j the which with a copany 
 of. vii. or. viii.M. as testyfyeth the Frenshe Cronycle, passyd the water of Sum, & inthe 
 begynnynge of August, ,& also begynnynge of the thyrde yere of kyng Richarde, & 
 so came to Soysons, & passyd f ryuerse of Oyse & of Marne and other, & so went 
 before Troys and wane it, 8c after lodgyd the atwene Newtowne & Sens, & euer as they 
 passyd the countreys oiher they toke great fynaucis or ellys fyred the townys as they went : 
 & albe it f the Frensshe kyng had sent agayn them an army of Freshemen to withstande 
 them, they lettyd them nothynge of theyr purpose ; but & they had any skyrmysshys with 
 
 themLlhAneien^n --reLl^'^^ii^^—^^^'Y^r^ 
 
 djTiersepfysoners, & raunsomed them at theyr pleasurys. And thus, holdynge theyr lourney, 
 passyd by the countrey of Gastynoys, & so into Brytayne, where they were ioyously 
 receyuyd of syr lohn de Mountforde, duke of that prouynce, than newly comyn 
 thyther. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClxxx. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxi; 
 
 Walter Doket. 
 Wyllyam Walworth, fysshemonger. Anno. iiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Knyghthode. 
 
 IN this mayers yere and ende of the thyrde yere of kyng Richard, towarde f somer 
 seas5, I dyuerse places of f lade, f comons arose sodeynly and ordeynyd to them rulers 
 and capytaynys, & specially in Kent & Essex, the whiehe namyd theyr leders lacke 
 Strawe, Wyl Wawe, Watte Tyler, Iftcke Shepeherde, Tomme Myller, and Hobbe 
 Carter. Theyse vnrulyd copany gatheryd vnto them great multytude of the comons, & 
 after sped them towarde f cytie of Lodo, & assembled them vpo Blacke Hethe in Kent, 
 within, iii. mylys of Lodon, & vpo Corpus Christi day, beynge than the. xi. day of 
 iunii, they eiitryd the towre of "^ Lodon, and there the kynge beynge than lodgyd, toke 
 from thens par force maister Sudberye, than archebysshop of Cauntorbury, syr Robert 
 Halys, lorde or pryoure of Si^ynt lohns, & awhytefrere, confessoure vnto. the kynge, 
 whiehe. iii. personys, with hug& lioyse and crye, they ladde vnto the hyll of the sayd 
 towre & smote of theyr heddys, & wha they had so done, they returnyd into Southwerke 
 by botis & bargys, & there slewe & robbyd all strangers f they myght fynde : & y done 
 they went to Westmynster, & toke w them all maner of seyntwary men, & so came vnto 
 f duke of Lancasters place standyng ^out f Temple Barre, callyd Sauoy, & spoylyd f 
 was therih, & after set it vpo fyre & brent it ; & from thens they yode vnto the hede 
 place of Seynt lohns in Smythfelde, & dyspbylyd that place in lyke wyse. Tha they 
 entryd the cytie & serchid the Temple and other innes of court, & spoylyd theyr placys 
 & brent the'yr bokys of lawe, & slewe as many men of lawe & questmongers as they 
 myght fynde ; & that done they went to Seynt Martyns f Graunde, & toke with them all 
 ftLCihiii. Seyntwary men, & the prysons of Newgate, Ludgate, & of bothe Couters, & distrbyed 
 theyr registers & bokis, & in lyke maner they dyd wr the prysoners of the Marshalse & 
 Kyhges Benche in Southwerke. Wha lacke Strawe had thus done all thynge at his wyll, 
 & sawe y no resystence \vas made agayne, he was smytten \V so huge a presupcion ^ he 
 thought no man his'pere, & so beynge enflawmyd \V that presumpcion and pryde, rode 
 vnto the Towre, where ihe kyngbeynge smally accopanyed of his lordis, causyd hym to 
 ryde abbbt some parte of^cytie, & so coueyed hym into Smythfelde, where, in the kynge«r 
 presence, he causyd a proclamacio to be made, & dyd full small reuerece vnto the kynge. 
 Whiehe mysordre & presumpcion whan Wyllyam Walworth, tha mayer of Lodon, tfehelde, 
 of very pure dys<dayne y he had of his pryde, ran to hymsodeynlye with his swerde, & 
 woudid hym to deth^ & forthwith strake of his hede & arerid it vpo a sperys poynt, anc) 
 
 1 tberWr 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. Wl 
 
 thcf^ cryed " Kynge Rycharde, kynge Rycharde." Whan the rebellys behelde theyr capy- 
 taynys hede, anon they fledde as shepe ; howe be it many were takyn, and many were 
 slayen, & the remenaunt chasyd, f the cytie & subbarbys of f same was ciene voydyd of "*' 
 theym j' nyght, whiche was Moday & the. xv. day of lunii. Wha the kynge had beholdyn 
 the great manhode of the mayre, and assystence of his bretherne f aldermen, anon, in 
 rewarde of f dede, be dubbyd the sayd Wyllyam Walworth, Nycholas Brembre, John 
 Phylpot, Nycholas TwyfForde, Robert Laiidre, & Robert Gayton, aldermen, knyghtis. 
 And in this season also, called the hurlynge tyme, the commons of Norfolke Sc Suffolke 
 came vnto f abbey of Bury, & there slewe one of f kyngis iustycis, callyd lohii Caun- 
 dysshe, & the pryour of f place vr other, & after spoylyd and bare away moche thynge 
 out of f sayde place j but after this, aswell the one as the other of theyse rebellys, were 
 takyn in dyuerse & sundry placis & put in execucion, by. x. by. xii. by. xv. 8c. 
 XX. so that one of theym accusyd the other to f dystruccion of a great noumbre of 
 them. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxii* 
 
 lohn Rote, 
 lohn Northampton*. Anno. v. 
 
 lohS Hynde. 
 
 IN this mayers yere, & moneth of Aprell, landyd in Kent dame Anne, the doughter of 
 Charlys the. iiii. late emperoure of' Almayne, latelye dede, & syster vnto Wensyslaus, at 
 ff day emperoure ; the which of the mayer and cytezyns of London was honorably mette 
 vpon Blacke Heth, & conueyed with great tryumphe vnto Westmynster the. viii. daye of 
 Ihe moneth of Maye, & shortlye after there solemply maryed vnto kynge Rycharde : 
 and about tlie same season, or after some wryters, in the later ende of lunii was an 
 erthquaue in Eqglande, that the lyke thereof was neuer seen in Englande before that 
 daye nor sen. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxii. Anno Domini. M.CCClxxxiii. 
 
 Adam Bame. 
 John Northampton. Anno. vi. 
 
 lohn Sely. 
 
 THis yere mayster Henry Spencer, bysshop of Norwyche, ^ a great power of spirituell 
 men & other, croysyd* by y c5maudemet of f pope', than Clement the. vii., endurynge 
 the scisme before towchyd in f last chapitre of Charlys the. vi. than kynge of Frauce. 
 This sayd pope' gaue this auctoryte to the sayd bysshop to make warre vpon the kynge of 
 Spayne, as some wryters haue, for so moche as he, contrary the sayde popis* comaiide- 
 ment, with helde certeyne possessyons belongynge of ryght vnto y' duke of Lancaster, syr 
 lohii of Gaunt, & specyally vnto dame Costaiice his wyfe. In perfourmaiice of which 
 acte, the sayd bysshop entrynge the c(Mitrey of Flauders fande there the Flemynges with 
 dyuerse myscreaiitys, such as the foresayde kynge of the coutrey of Spayne hadde thylher 
 sent, makynge resystence agayn hym ; wherfore he made to them sharpe warre & wanne 
 vpon them certeyn townys, as Grauenynge, Burburgth, & Diikyrke, & wan great & 
 ryche pyllage, so ^ he & his sowdyours stuffed & freyghl w it, as testyfyeth Poli- 
 cronycon. xli*. shyppis. But soone after the Flemynges assemblyd w suche strength y 
 about Dunkyrke tiiey gaue vnto bym such assaute, y he was costrayned to geue backe ; 
 
 ' The MS. adds Draper. * was crossed, edit 1559. ' Bishop of Rome. edit. 15M. * Bishop 
 «f Romei. edit. 1542. > ]j. MS. 
 
 3 Y a ^for 
 
^532 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 
 
 & for thfe sayd shyppis & goodys shuld not comevnto f possessyon of his enemyes,.he set 
 theym on fyre win f hauyn, & so was wasted' both shyppys & goodys : & aibe it that 
 after this mysse happe he recouered his stregthe, & layed syege vnto f towne of Ipre, &: 
 wrought y^ Flettiynges moehe care & trowble. Shortlye after suche sykenessys fell amohge 
 his people^ as the flyxe and other, y^ his sowdyours dyed, of them great noumbre ; for the 
 which he was copellyd to leue his iourney & to retourne into Englbnde. In this yere 
 also was abatayll or featys of armys done in the kynges pal&ys of Westmynster atwene 
 one callyd Crarton, appellaunt, and syr John Ansley, knyghf, defedaiit', of whicii fyght 
 at lengthe the knyght was vyctor, & eausyd his enemye to yelde hym ; for the which the 
 < sayd Garton was from y place drawen vnto Tyburnej & there ha^d for his false accusa- 
 syon & surmyse.. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxiii'.. i^no Domini. M.CCCilxxxiiii.. 
 
 Symonde Wynchecombe^ 
 Nycholas Brembre, grocer. Anno,.vii.- 
 
 lohri More^ 
 
 In this yere .... 
 
 rtt.C.*llH. Anno Domini. MjCCClxxxiiii. / AWo Domini. M-CCC-Ixxx?*" 
 
 Nycholas Exton.- 
 Nycholas- Brembre. Anno, viii.- 
 
 ( lohn Fcenshe; 
 
 THis yere kynge Kychm^de holdynge his Cristemasse at Eltha, thyder cam vnto hym 
 the kyng of Ermony, which was chasyd out of his lande by y infydelys & Turkys, & 
 requyryd ayde of the kynge to be restoryd vnto his domynyon. The kynge festyd & 
 corafortyd hym accbrdynge to his honour, & after couceyll takyn- with his lordys concern* 
 yng y mater, he gaue vnto hym great sa-mes of money & other ryche gi^fty*, with the 
 whiche,^ after he had taryed in Englonde vpon. ii. monetheS)- he departyd with glade 
 coutenaunce : & soone after Ester the kynge, with a great army, yode towarde Scotlande ;- 
 but: whan he drewe nere vnto the borders, such meanys were sought by the Scottys that a 
 peace was concludyd atwene both realmys for a certeyne tyme. After whiche coclusyon 
 so takyn, the kyng returnyd vnto Yorke, & there restyd hym a season r in which tyme 
 varyauce fell atwene lohii Holande, brother to the erle of Kent, & the erlys sone pt 
 StafForde, by reason of whiche varyaunce, in conclusyon; the sayde sone of the erle was 
 slayne of .the hande of the same syr lohii Holade ; for the which dede the kynge was 
 greuouslye amoued, & d^artyd shortly after w bis company towarde London. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxv. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxvi. 
 
 lohii Organ\ 
 Nycolas Brembre, grocer. ^ Anna ix, 
 
 lohii Cfiyrehman, 
 
 THis yere kynge Rycharde assemblyd at Westmynster his hyghe court of parlyament, 
 duryng y which, araoge other many actys in the same counceyll cocludyd, he creatyd» 
 
 * Oran. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ii. duky^ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. i» 
 
 ii. dukyg, a marquys^ and. v. erlys ; of the which, first syr Edmunde of Langley, the 
 kynges vncle & erle of Cambrydge, was creatyd duke of Yorke ; syr Thomas of Wood- 
 stoke his other .vncle, erle of Buckyngeham, was creat duke of Gloucestyr; syr Lyonell 
 Vere, that was erle of Oxynforde, was made marqtiys of Deuelyn -y syr Her>ry Bolyng- 
 brooke, sone and heyre of lohn of Gaunt, duke of Lacastre, was made erle of Derby ; 
 syr Edwarde, sone & heyre vnto the duke of York«, was made erle of Rutlande ; syr 
 John Hoknde, brother to y^ erle of Kent, was made erle of Huntyagdooe ; syr Thomas 
 Monbray' was m^de erle of Notyngham & marshall of Englahde ; and syr Mychaell de 
 la Poole was made erle of S»fFolke, and chauceller of Englande ; and by auctoryte of 
 the san>e parliament syr Roger Mortymer, erle of theMarche, & sone and heyre vnto syr 
 Edmude Mortymer, (and of dame Phylyp eldest doughter & heyer vnto syr Lyonell, the 
 seconde sone of Edwarde the thyrde,) was soone after proclaymyd heyer paraunt vnto f 
 crowne of Englonde ^ the which syr Roger shortly after saylyd i«to Irelande, there to 
 pacyfye his lordeshyp of Wulstyr, whiche he was lorde of by his foresayde mother : but 
 whyle he was there occupyed abowte the samej the wylde Irysshe came vpon hym in 
 noubre, & slewe hym and raoche of his eopany. This syr Roger had issu Edmiide, & 
 Roger, Anne, Alys, and Elyanoure that was rtiade a nunne ;. the. ii. foresayd sonnys dyed 
 T^out issu, and Anne the eldest doughter was maryed tO' Rycharde erle of Cabrydge, 
 whiche Rycharde was sone vnto syr Edmude of Langley, before namyd ; the which' 
 
 ' Richarde had issue by the sayde Anne, Isabell* ladye Bowchier, Richarde thafe after was 
 duke of Yorkei and father to kynge Edwarde the. iiii. which sayd Rycharde, erle of 
 Cabrydge, was put to deth by Henry the. v. as after shall appere. In this yere also syr 
 Henry BoJyngbrooke, erle of Derby, maryed the countesse doughter of Herforde, by 
 whom he was lorde of that Gcmtrey, & by hyr he had issu Hery, that after hym was kyng, 
 Blaunch duche* of Barre, & Phylyp that was weddyd to the -kyng of Denmarke, also 
 Thomas duke of Clarence, lohn duke of Bedforde, and Humfrey duke of Gloucetyr. 
 [And ouer this he hadde of bast, whiche after were made legyttymat, by dame- Katheryne 
 Swynforde. iii. sonnys, lohii, whiche was after duke of Somerset,. Thomas erle- of Hun- 
 tyngedone, or duke of Exetyr, & Henry, which was callyd f ryche cardynall, theyse were 
 namyd Beawforde, & the other first soiiys, after moste wryters, were namyd Plantage- 
 nettys, which, sayde dame Katheryne Swynforde was after made countesse of Herforde ; 
 
 & for that name of Swynforde he, f is to meane syr Henry of Derby, gaue the S in his 
 coiers or lyuereys bothe to knyghtys and esqpyers.]' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClxxxvi. Anno Domini, M.CCG.lxxxvii^ 
 
 Wyllyam Stondon^ 
 Nycholas Exton, goldsmyth. Anno, x. 
 
 Wyllyam Moore; 
 
 IN this. X. yere the erFe of Arundell was sent into f duchye of Guyan for to strengfhe 
 such soudyours as the kynge at that tyme had in those parties-, or after some wryters, to 
 scowre the see ofrouers & enemyes ; the whiche erle, in kepynge his course or passage, 
 encountryd a myghty flote of Flemynges laden with Rochell wyne, and set vpon them and 
 distressyd them and theyr shyppys, & so brought ttiem into dyuerse portys of Englonde : 
 by reason whereof the sayde wyne was so plenteuouse in Englonde, that a tunne therof 
 wa's solde for a' marke, &. xx.«. the choyse, & amonge other in that flote was taken the 
 adniyrall of Flaundersi whiche remaynyd here longe after as prysoner. 
 
 / ' Moubray,MS^ * duohesse. I Omitted in the edit, oi 1533, I5i2. 1559> 
 
 % Anno 
 
534 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxvii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxviii, 
 
 Wyllyatn Venour. 
 Nycholas Exton, goldsmyth. Anno. xi. 
 
 Hugh Fostalfe. 
 
 THis. xi. yere of kyng Richarde, syr Thomas of Wodstocke duke of Gloueetyr, f 
 erle of Arudell, ^V the erlys of Warwyke, of Derby, & of Notyngha, cosydefynge howc 
 the kynge & his lade was mysseladde by a fewe personys aboute y kyng, entendynge re- 
 formacion of the same, assemblyd them to haue a couceyll at Radecok' brydge, & after 
 arreryd great people, and so with a stroge power came to London & there causyd the 
 kyng to call a parlyamef. Wherof herynge, maister Alexhander Neuyle, than arche- 
 r,l. cj. bysshop of Yorke, syr Lyonell Vere marquys of Deuelyn, & syr Mychaell de la Poole 
 
 chaunceller & erle of Suffoike, feryng.punysshement fled the lande, & so dyed in straunge 
 countreys. Tha the kyng by couceyll of the othe of ' aboue named lordys durynge J^ 
 parlyamet, causyd to be takyn syr Robert Treuylyan chefe iustyce of £ngla<le, syr 
 Nycholas Brebre late mayer of the cytie of London, syr lohii Salysbury knyght of 
 housholde, syr lohn Beawchamp stewarde also of the kynges house, syr Symonde of 
 Beuerlay' knyght, syr lamys Bernes,' & syr Robert Belknap, ^knyghtis, & a sergeaunt 
 of arrays callyd lohri Vske ; the which, by auctoryte of y sayd parlyament, were conuycte 
 of treason, « for f same put to execucio at Tybourne, and at the Towrehyll : & lohR 
 Holte, lohii Locton, Rycharde Gray, Wyllyam Burgth, & Robert Fulthorpe, iustis, 
 with the other foresayd lordys, which as before is sayde voydyd the lade, & by auctoiyte 
 of the sayd court of parlyament, were banysshed & exylyd the lande for euer. 
 
 :Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxviii. Anno Domini. M.CCClxxxix. 
 
 '^' Thomas Austeyne, 
 
 Syr Nycholas TwyfTorde^ goldsmyth. Anno. xii. 
 
 Adam Cathyll. 
 
 IN jthe. xii. yere & moneth of Nouember, yet duryng the parlyament, was executyd in 
 Sroythfeelde of Lodon a marciall iustis & tournemet, where as all such persones as came 
 m vpo the kynges party, theyr armour & apparayle was garnysshyd with whyte hertys & 
 crownys ofgolde about theyr neckys; and of j' sorte were, xxiiii., with, xxiiii. ladyes also 
 apparaylyd as aboue is sayd, lad ^. xxiiii. cheynys of golde the horses of them, and so 
 coueyed them thorough the cytie vnto Smythfeelde from the Towre of London, where f 
 kyng, the queue, & many other great astatys beyng present, after proclamacions by the 
 herowdys made, many goodly and marcyall actys of warre were there put in vre, to the 
 great recreacion & comfort of the kynge and queue, & all other beholders of f same. 
 To this dispone came many straungers, amonge the whiche the erle of Seynpoule, the 
 lorde Ostreuaunt sone & heyre vnto the duke of Holande, & a yonger sone of the erle 
 of Ostryche were greatly comedyd : and whan this iustys had contynued by sundry tymes 
 by the space of. xxiiii. dayes, to the great comfort & recreacion of many yonge & lusty 
 bachyllers, desyrous to wynne worshyp, & to ^ kynges great honoure, that by all that 
 season kepte open housholde for all honest comers, it was fynysshyd, and the straugers 
 jretournyd to theyr coQtreys with many ryche gyftys. 
 
 t '^^^^^^^' ^^' ' ^^ oilier, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * syr Symonde Barley, edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 11559. 
 
 Anno. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. SSS 
 
 Anno Dommi. M.CCClzxxix. Anno Domini. M.CCCIxxx.x* 
 
 lohn Walcot. 
 Wyllyam Venour, grocer. Anno. xiii. 
 
 lohn Loueney. 
 
 IN this. xiii. yere of kynge Rycharde, an esquyer of the prouynce of Nauerne by 
 Fraunce accusyd an Eiiglysshe esquyer, called lohn Welshe', .of certeyn poyntys of 
 treason, for the tryall wherof a day of fyght was atwene theym takyh, lo be foiighten in 
 the kynges palays at Westinynster, where eyther of them kept his daye and fought there 
 a stroge fyght : but in tlic ende lohii Welshe was vyctoure, & c5straynyd p other to yelde 
 bytn, whereafter he was dispoylyd of his armoure, and drawen to Tyburne, & there haged 
 for his vntroutlie. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.x. Anno Domini. M.CCC. Ixxx.xi* 
 
 lohfi Fraunces. 
 Adam Bamme*. Anno, xiiii. 
 
 Thomas Vyuent. 
 
 IN this, xiiii. yere of kyng Kicharde, syr lohii of Gaut, duke of Lancaster, with a 
 goodlye company of men of arniys, saylyd into Spayne to clayme suche landys as he there 
 shuld haue in f right of dame Costauce his wyfe, which was f doughter of Petyr, right- 
 full kynge of Spayne, as in f. xl. yere of kynge Edwarde the tbyrde is more playnly 
 declared. Whan the sayde duke was vpo ^ other syde of the see, there came vnto hym 
 the kynge of Portyngale with a stronge army, & so enteryd the terrytory of Spayne ; 
 but whether it were of the Englysshemen longe or of the Portyngaleys, moche harme 
 was done to the Spaynyardys in robbynge & pyllynge of the coutrey, which was cause of 
 grudge atwene the kynge of Portyngale & the duke, and causyd many Spaynyardys, 
 , whiche ought to theym good wyll, to wdrawe & departe from them ; in reformacion of 
 which ille certeyne personys, as well Englysshe as Portyngaleys, that were founde gyltye 
 of such robbery, were put vnto deth, by meane whereof the other feryd so f where by 
 that n)ean the kynge and the duke were before put to great afterdeale, by reason of re- 
 formacion of that ille, they gat dayly vpon theyr enemyes, so that in processe of tyme 
 folowynge, the kynge of Spayne was dryuen of necessyte to treate with the duke of a 
 peace & concorde. Of the which peace, as witnessyth Polycronycon in his laste booke & 
 vii. Chapyter, the condycyon was, that, firste, for a fynall concorde, the kynge of Spayne 
 shuld mary the dukys eldest doughter namyd Constaunce, and that done he shuld geue 
 vnto the duke in recompesacion of his costys, so many wedgys of golde as shulde charge 
 or lade. viii. charettis ; and ouer that, yerely, durynge the lyues of f sayd duke and his 
 wyfe, he shulde, at his propre coste& charge, delyuer to the dukys assygneys. x. M. marke 
 of golde within the towne of Bayon : and after this peace was stablysshed and sureties 
 takyn for the perfourmauce of the same, the duke departyd with the kynge of Portyngale, 
 to whome shortlye after he maryedhis seconde doughter namyd dame Anne. In this yere 
 also for crueil warre whiche ^ Turkys made agayne the lanueys of men of leane, they 
 requyred ayde of the kynges of Englandeand Fraunce ; for which cause out of Englonde 
 was sent a noble warryour callyd erle of Alby, ^. ii.M. of archers, and out of Fraunce 
 5' duke of Burbon and the erle of Ewe with. xv. C. sperys, the which kept theyr iourney 
 tyll they came vnto a cytie in Barbary namyd Thunys, Sc sometyme belogynge to the sayd 
 lanuays, where the sayd Englysshe and Frenshemen bare them so manfully with the ayde 
 
 ' Walsk. MS, * 7<)c MS. addt Goldimitb. f or. 
 
 Ot 
 
$56 ? SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 
 
 of the lanuayes, that in processeof tyme they wannethe sayd cytie from the Turkys, and 
 put the lanuays agayne in possessyon therof, and toke of them mstny prysoners; the which 
 wereexchaungyd for Cristen prysoners before takyn, & ouer that forsyd the sayd Sarazyns 
 to yelde ynto the lanuayes. x. M. ducatys of golde for . confyrmacion of a peace for a 
 F'l- CM. certeyne tyme. But the Frenshe Cronycle sayth^that for so moche as the duke of Burboa 
 had vnderstandynge that y duke of Lancaster made warre vpon kynge lohn of Spayne, 
 he therefore lefte this iourney & aydyd hym agayne the sayd duke of Lancaster, to his 
 lylle honour. But how so euer it was, many of the Englysshmen were lefte' I those cou-; 
 treys by reason of the flyxe and other sykenessys. Also Antonyus* sayeth that f Saragyns. 
 at this iourney were not dispossessyd of ^ cytie of Thunys j but for a trewys to be had for, 
 ii. yerys they grauntyd vnto the Cristen men a certeyn sume of money and restytucyon of. 
 many Crysten prysoacrs. • ., , . 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xi. Anno Domiiii. M.CCC.lxxx.xii. 
 
 lohn Chadworth. 
 lohnHeende, draper. ' Anno. xv. 
 
 Henry Vamere. 
 
 IN this. XV. yere of kynge Richarde, he kepynge his Crystmas at his manour of Wood- 
 s4ocke, the erle of Penbrooke beynge yong of age was desirouse to lerne to iuste, & re- 
 quyred a knyght named syr John Seynt lohn to renne with hym certeyne coursys ; at 
 whose requeste the sayde knyght ranne with hym in Woostoke Parke certeyne coursys, 
 in the whiche, were it with stroke or other myshap, the sayde erle receyuyd there his 
 ^ken°from'a' ^lethys wounde and dyed shortly after. In this yere also and moneth of lunii, a bakers 
 takers seruaunt. man bcryng a basket full of horse brede to serue his masters customers in Flete Strete, 
 whan he came for agaytie the bysshop of Salesburyes place standynge in Salysbury aley, 
 a seruant of the bissboppis start vnto the basket and toke out one of the louys ; and for 
 the baker wolde agayp haue recoueryd his horse lofe, the bisshoppis seruaunte with his 
 dagger brake the bakers hede. ^ Than came the inhabytauntys of the strete, & wolde haue 
 broughte the yoman vnto warde for brekynge of y' kynges peace ; but he was rescowed by 
 his felowes, & so hadde vnto the bysshoppys palays, which y day stobde tresourer of - 
 Englonde. For this rescous the people beyng in a fury, in great multytude gatheryd 
 about y palays, and wolde haue entryd par force to haue fat out y yoma, agayn whom 
 the bysshoppys seruauntys made resystence, so that the rumour grewe more and more, 
 ahd the people of the cytie, aswell sucbe as were of ille dysposycion as other, encreasid 
 into a great noiibi e. Fame of this doyng than sprange to the mayer, whiche in all haste 
 with dyuerse aldermen & the sheryues, sped hym thyther to se the peace keptej & dyd 
 that he cowde to withdrawe the people ; but after the mayer arid the ofFycers of the cytie 
 were comyn thyder, the comons out of all partyes of ^ cytie drewe thyder in moche 
 more multytude than they had before, so y the more they were in noubre y worse they 
 were to rule: in so moche, y they wolde not be satysfyed but they myght haue the yoman 
 delyueryd, whose name was VFalter Romayne, and for to brynge about theyr foly they made 
 m^ny assawtys at the gatis of f sayd palays, the bysshop hymselfe beinge then at Wynde- 
 sore. Lasilye, after many showtis & lyftis at the gatis made by dyscrescioq of y mayer & 
 aldremen, w other discrete comoijers of the cytie, the people was raynysshed and sent 
 agayn euery man to his dwellynge, & all was sette in quyet and reste. Whan worde of 
 this came vnto ^ bysshop, i moch worse maner than the thynge was in dede, he, geuynge 
 lyght credece without examypacyon made in the «iater, associat vnto hym master Arudell, 
 ^^an archbysghop of Yorke and chauuceler of Englonde, and so greuously enfourmyd 
 
 * Joste. edit. 1533. 1542. 15^9. - * Antoninos. - 
 
 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. 11. \ SS7 
 
 the kyng, that he toke agaiyne the cytie ryght greuouse displeasure, so that in all haste the 
 mayer was sent fore to the kynge ; at whose commynge was layed vnto his charge great and 
 hey nous maters, that he none other wyse rulyd the cytie, butsufFeryd the cytezyns to make 
 suche assawtysvpon the kynges hed ofFycers, to the kynges great dyshonour, & ieopardy 
 of such great treasoure as he tha had of the kynges in his custody & kepynge, and after 
 brought vnto the kynges presence, of whom, not withstadynge his reasonable excuse 
 before made, he was of the kynge ryght sore blamyd & greuouslye sayde vnto. Than 
 was the mayre and the sheryues discharged of the rule of the cytie, and the lybertyes of 
 the same seasyd into the kynges handys, & a knyght of the court callyd syr Edwarde 
 Dalyngryge, a good man & fauourable to the cytezyns, was made gouernoure of the cytie 
 the. xxi. dayeof lunii, & contynued inthatoffyce to the fyrstedaye of lulii nexte ensuynge ; 
 at whiche day, beynge in the begynnynge of the kynges. xvi. yere of his reygne, he was 
 dyschargyd, & syr Baldewyn Radyngeton, knyght, put in his rome, & so contynued tyll 
 the feest of Symonde & lude folowynge. And for the more dyspleasure of the cytezyns, 
 all plees and sutys kepte before tyme in Westmynster Hall, were than remouyd and 
 holden at Yorke, to the great noyaiice of all f liide, which so contynued tyll Crystmas ; 
 and in this mayers yere also was a great traslacion of bysshoppys. This dyspleasure thus 
 hangynge towarde y cytie, the cytezyns made c5tynuell labour vnto the kynges grace, by 
 meanys of y' quene & of doctour Grauysende, than bisshop of London, which ought 
 theyr especiall fauours vnto f cyte ; by whose meanys the cytezyns were restoryd vnto 
 theyr lybertyes, & had lycence to chose of themselfe a mayer &. ii. sheryues, so that vpo 
 seynt Mathewis day foiowinge, they chase for sheryues Gylbert Manyfolde or Manfelde, 
 & Thomas Newyngeton ; & vpon seynt Edwardis day, kynge & confessoure, they chase 
 for theyr mayer Wyllyam Stondon, grocer, whiche by the lyentenaunt of the towre 
 were at that tyme admyttyd & sworne ; but yet the kynges dyspleasure was not reconcylyd, 
 nor the cytezyns admyttyd vnto his grace and fauour. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClxxx.xii. • Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xiii. 
 
 Gylbert Manfeylde. 
 Wyllyam Stondon, grocer. Anno. xvi. 
 
 Thomas Newyngton. 
 
 IN this mayers yere, and xvi. yere of kyng Richarde, this newe mayer, with y- worthyest 
 men of the cytie, made assyduat & daylye meanys vnto the kynges grace for to haue his 
 moostbounteuouse pardon and his especiall fauoure vnto the cytie, the whicli, at lengthe, 
 by meanys of such fredys as they purchasyd about y kyng, & specially by laboure of y- 
 good quene Anne, and y forenamyd bysshop of Lodon, they were put in good coforte, 
 vp5 theyr demeanoure & submyssyon, at the kynges comynge to Lodo. Vpo whiche 
 coforte y cytezyns made royall &: custodyous' purueyaiice to receyue f kynge in theyr 
 best maner, and hauyng monysyon that the kynge entendyd to come vnto his palays of 
 Westmynster, apparaylyd theym in one lyuerey, and to the noubre of. iiii. C. horsemen 
 well be seen, mette with hym vpon the Heth on this halfe his manour of Shene, where in fj. CJlr. 
 moste lowlye wyse, accordynge to theyr duties, they submyttyd theym vnto his grace, ^ 
 besechynge hym of his specyall grace & pardon, in all suche thynges as they before tymes 
 had offendyd agayne his hyghnesse ; and to y entent that his grgce myght see the coformyte 
 of all his other subiectis, the recorder made instaiice to hym that he wolde of his great 
 bounte take so great peyne vpo hym as to ryde thoroughe his chaumber of Lodon, the 
 which request he graciously acceptyd, & so helde on his iourney tyll he came at London 
 brydge, where he was presentyd with. ii. fayre stedys, trappyd in ryche cloth of golde, 
 
 ' costious. 
 
 S Z partyd 
 
538 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 
 
 partyd of rcdde and whyte, the which present he thankefully receyuyd^ & after helde on 
 his way tyll he came at the standarde in Chepe, the cytezyns of the cytie stildyng vpa 
 eytlier syde of the stretys intheyr lyuereys, & cryinge " kynge Rycharde, kynge Rycharde," 
 and at theyr backys y^ wyndowys & wallyshagyd wall ryche tapettys & ddthys of arasse, 
 i moost goodlye & shewynge wyse ; & at the sayd standarde in Chepe was ordeynyd a 
 somptuouse stage, i y- which were set dyuerse personagys in ryche appareli, amonge the 
 whiche an aungell was ordeynyd, which set a ryche crowne of golde, garnysshyd with 
 stone & perle, vpon the kynges hede as he passyd by ; & that done he rode to Pawlys, & 
 there offeryd, and so rode vnto Westmynster, where the mayerand his copany: takynge 
 theyr leue, returnyd vnto Lodon. Vpon the morowe, which was the. xv. day of the moiieth 
 of the sayde mayer & his bretherne yode vnto Westmynster, and presentyd 
 
 there the kyng with. ii. guylt baayns, and in them. ii.M, nobles of golde, besechjmg hym 
 in moste humble n-yse to be good & gracyouse lorde vnto y cytie, y which he acceptyd 
 ryght fauourablye, tk gaue vnto them many comfortable wordys, and the thyrde daye 
 folowynge they receyued a- newe confyrmacion of all theyr olde fraunchyses and lyber- 
 tyes ; wherefore, by counceyll of theyr frendys, they ordeyned an auctor' table of syluer & 
 ouer guylte, and therin imagery grauen & enamelyd moste curyouslye, of the story of 
 seynt Edwarde, the which was valuj'd at a. M. marke, & presentyd that also, & gaae it 
 vnto the kynge, y which he shortly after ofFerid to the shryne of seynt Edwarde within 
 ;^ Abbay, [where yet it standys at this daye.]* And for the great zele & loue which the 
 tore sayd bysshop of London ought vnto the cytye, and that by his ineanys theyr lyber- 
 tyes were agayn restoryd, they therfore, of theyr owne goodly dysposycio, after his decease, 
 accustomyd theym, & yet at this day done, to goo yerely vp5 theyse feest full dayes fo- 
 lowynge, that is to say, first, the morowe after Symonde and lude, which day y mayer 
 takyth his charge at Westmynster, to Pawlys, & there to saye in f west ende of y churche, 
 where he lyeth grauen (De profundys) for his soule & all Crysten ; and i lyke nianer vppon 
 . Alhalowen ,daye, " Cristemasse day and. ii. the next dayes folowyng, Newe yerys day, 
 Twelfe day & Candehnasse day, with also y' morowe after Myghelmasse day, vpon the 
 whiche the sheryues- yerelye taken theyr charge at Westmynster ; all which, ix. dayes not 
 all onely the mayer and his bretherne vse this progresse and kepe this' obsequy, but also 
 all the craftys of the cytie in theyr lyuereys vse the same yerely. And whan y kyng had 
 withdraws, as aboue is sayd, his dyspleasure from the cytie, than, at Hyilarye terme, fo- 
 lowynge the feest of Crystmas, all the kynges courtys and plees of the crowne, with other, 
 retournyd from Yorke to Westmynster. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCClxxx.xiii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xiiii. 
 
 Drewe Barentyne. 
 lohii Hadley, grocer. Anno. xvii. 
 
 Richarde Whytyngeton. 
 
 IN this mayersbegynnynge, &. xvii. yereof kyng Richarde, that is to meane themoneth 
 of Nouemibre, certeyn getylmen of Scotlande entendynge to wynne honoure, chalen<Tyd 
 certeyne poyntys* of arrays : as first the lorde Moryf chalengyd the erie of Notyngham 
 & marshall of Englande, syr Wyllyam Darell knyght [«halengyd syr Peter Courtnaye 
 ^nyght,]' & Cokborne esquyer chalengyd syr Nycholas Hawberke knyght, which featis 
 of armys were done in Smythfelde of London ; but Marse was so frendelye vnto the En- 
 glysshemen, that y honoure of y iourney went w them, in somoche y the erle marshall 
 oderthrewe his appellant, & so brusyd hym, y in his returne towarde Scotlande he dyed 
 at Yorke, & syr Wyllyam Darell refusyd his appellant, or they had ronne theyr full 
 
 ' Avtir. MS. Aulter. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. » Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1550. ^ his edit. 
 
 1542. 1559. * chalengyd certayn gentillmen of Engelaud of certayn pweynts. -* Omitted in the 
 
 1 coursys^ 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 5S9 
 
 coursy^ & the thyrde of them, y is Cocborne, was throwen at y secede copynge to 
 groude horse & man. And vpon the, vii. daye of lunii folowynge, dyed y graciouse 
 woman quene Anne, & lyeth now buryed at Westmynster by hir lorde kynge Rycharde, 
 vpon the sowthsyde of seynt Edwardys shryne, to whose soule, and all criste, oure Lord 
 be mercyfull. And this yere in the moneth of Septembre, as witnessyth the Freshe Cro- 
 nycle, by meanys of the erle of Derby & other, which then were in Fraunce for the 
 kynge of Englondys partye, & the duke of Burboii & the erle of Ewe vpon the Frenshe 
 partye, with other, atrewys was concluded at Seynt Omers for. iiii. yeres; but notwitstand- 
 ynge y peace, the Frensheraen & Englysshemen ranne together sundry tymes, whan the 
 one espyed to haue any auauntage vpon that other. 
 
 Anuo Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xiiif. Anno Domini. M.CCClxxx.xv. 
 
 Wyllyam Brampton, 
 lohn Frenshe, mercer. Anno, xviii. 
 
 Thomas Knollys. 
 
 THis. xviii. yere of kyng Rycharde, he, shortly after Cristmas, with a stronge army, 
 saylyd into Irelonde, the which iourney was more to his charge than honoure ; for the 
 maner wherof, syn it soundyd to honoure' of the prynce, myne auctor therefore lyste not 
 in his boke to make any longe processe of the mater. In this yere also, or about this 
 tyme, began y' heresy of lohfi WycclyfTe to sprynge in Englande, the which was greatly 
 auauncid by meane of the scysme in the Churche hangyng at those dayes atwene two 
 popys* syttynge at onys, the whiche began, as before is shewyd, in the. xxiiii'. yere of 
 Charlys tlie. vi. than kynge of Fraunce, Vrban the. vi. and Clement the. vL, and con- 
 tynued vnder Bonyface the. ix. and Benet the. xiii. Of which erronyouse opynyons of 
 f sayd heresy, who so is desyrouse to see the contentis of the, let hym serche Cronyca f<>i- cms. 
 Cronycaru, & there he shall see them brefely sette out. In this yere also was wonderfull 
 tempest of wynde by the space of luly, August, and specially Septembre, by vyolence 
 wherof, in sundry placys of this lande, great and wonderfull hurte was done bothe of 
 churchys and housys*. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xv. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xri. 
 
 Roger Elys. 
 Wyllyam More, vyntener. Anno. xix. 
 
 Wyllyam Sheryngham. 
 
 IN the begynnyhge of this mayers yere, &. xix. yere of kynge Rycharde, &. xviii. 
 daye of Nouebre, as afFermyth the Freshe Cronycle, kynge Rycharde beyng tha at Ca- 
 lays, spowsyd or toke to wyfe, iVin the church of seynt Nycholas, Isabell the doughter of 
 Charlis f. vi. tha kyng of Frauce, whiche lady Isabell, as witnessyth the sayd Freshe 
 story, at the day of hyr mariage was iVin. viii. yerys of age, & as it is regestrid I one of 
 the bokis of Guyldehall of Lodon, y Freshe kyng in propre persone came downe w a 
 goodly copanye of lordys & knyghtis vnto a towne callyd Arde, whiche stadyth vpo f 
 vtter border of Picardy, where, win his owne domynyon, a ryche & sumptuouse pauylyon 
 was pyghtj & in lyke maner a lytle beyonde Guynys, win^f Englysshe pale, was another 
 lyke pauylyon pyght for kyng Rycharde, so f atwene y'. ii. sayde pauylyons was a dis- 
 taDce of. Ixx. pace, & in !• mydway atwene both was ordeynyd the. iii. pauylyon, at f 
 which bothe kynges c5mynge frome eyther of theyr tentis sudry tymes there mette, & 
 had cOmunycacio eyther vr other, the weyes or dystaiice atwene sette \V certeyn personys 
 
 ' no honour'. * Byshoppes of Rom*, edit. 1542. ' xiiij. MS. * Here the edit. oflSS3. 
 
 ISiZ. & 1559. <><'(' " Tbys yere dyed Constance second wyfe to lolin duks «f Lacastre, and lyeth buryed 
 at Lcyceter." 
 
 3 Z 2 apoyntyd 
 
540 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. 11. 
 
 apoyntyd stacJyng i arme. ii. &. ii., f one syde beynge set vf Englysshemen, & that other 
 yr Frenshe ; & a certeyne dystauce from eyther of the. ii. first sayd pauylyons, stoode 
 bothe hoostys of bothe pryncys, or such companyes as before eyther of them was ap- 
 poyntid to bryng. . Here if I shuld brynge i the dyuerse metynges of the sayd pryncys, & 
 the curyouse seruycys y eyther causyd other to be fed & seruyd w, within eyther of theyr 
 tentys, or of theyr dalyaunce or passe tymes cotynuyng the season of theyr metynges, 
 & the dyuersyte off manyfolde spycis & vvynys which there was mynystryd at f sayd 
 season ; w also y ryche apparell of the sayde pauylyons, & cupbordys garnysshyd with plate 
 & ryche iuellis, itwolde aske alonge tracte of tyme ; but who y is desyrous toknowe or 
 here of the cyrcustauce of all the premygsys, let hym rede the werke of maister lohri 
 Froysarde made in Frenshe, and there he shall see euery thynge towchyd in an qrdre. And 
 here I shall shortly towche the gyftys y- were geuen of eyther of the pryncys & of theyr 
 lordys : & first kyng Rycharde gaue vnto the Frenshe kyng' an hanap or basyn of golde, 
 w an ewir to 'the same; tha agaynwardey Frenshe kynge gaue vnto hym. iii. stadyng cuppys 
 of golde, w couers garnysshyd w perle & stone, & a shyppe of golde sette vpnn a here, 
 rychelye garnysshyd with perle & 6tone. Tha at theyr seconde metynge kynge Rycharde 
 gaue vnto hym an owche sette with so fyne stonys, y it was valued at. v.C. marke sterl'. 
 where agayn f Freshe kyng gaue vnto hym. ii. flaggoiiys of golde, a tablet of golde, and 
 therin an image of seynt Mychaell rychelye garnysshyd ; also a tablet of golde with a 
 crucyfyxe therein well & rychely dyght; also a tablet of golde w an image of the Trynyte 
 rychely sette' w perle & stone ; also a tablet of golde with an image of seynt George in 
 lyke wyse sette with perle & stone ; which all were valuyd at the sume of. xv.C. marke. 
 Tha kyng Rycharde seynge the boute of the Frenshe kynge, gaue to hym a bawderyke or 
 coler of golde, sette w great dyamantys, rubyes & balessys, beynge valued at. v.M. 
 marke, the whiche for the preciosyte thereof, that it was of such an excellericy and 
 lynesse of stuffe, the Frenashe kyng therfore ware it about his necke, as often as the 
 kyng and he mette together ; than the Frenshe kyng gaue vnto hyjn an owche, 'a spyce 
 plate of golde of great weyght, & valued at. MM. marke. Many were the ryche guyftes." 
 y were receyuyd of lordis & ladyes of both pryncis, amonge the which specyally are 
 notyd. iii. gyftys whiche kynge Rycharde gaue vnto the duke of Orleaunce, for the. which 
 he receyuyd agayne of the duke trebyll the .value ; for where his were valued at a M. 
 marke, the dukys were valued at. iii.M. marke. Fynallye, whan the sayde pryncys had 
 thus eyther solacyd with other, and concludyd all maters concernynge y aboue sayd ma- 
 rya.ge, f Freshe kyng delyueryd vnto kyng Rycharde dame Isabell his doughter, sayinge 
 theyse wordys folowynge : " ryght dere beloued sone, I delyuer here to you the creature 
 ;^ Lmoost loue in this worlde nexte my wyfe 8e my sone, besechynge f Father in heuyn 
 y it may be to his pleasure, & of y weale of you & your realme, & that the ainyte 
 atwene y. ii. realmys, i auoydynge of effusyon of CriSten mennys blode, may be kepte 
 inuyolet for the terme atwene vs cocludid;" which terme was. xxx. wynter, as expressyth 
 y Freshe Cronycle. After which wordis, w many thankys gvuen vpo eyther partyes, pre- 
 paracion was made of departyng ; and after kynge Rycharde had conueyed y- Frenshe 
 kynge towarde Arde, he toke his leue & retourned vnto his wyfe, the whiche was imme- 
 dyatlye w great honoure coueyed vnto Calays, & there after to the kynge spowsyd, as be- 
 fore to you I haue shewyd. After the which solempnysacion w all honoure endyd, the 
 kyng \v his yonge wyfe toke shyppyng, & so \vin short whyle ladyd at Douer, & from 
 thens sped hym towarde Lodon ; whereof the cytczyns beynge warnyd, made oute a cer- 
 teyn horsemen well appoyntyd in one lyuerey of coloure, w a conysaunce browderyd 
 vpon theyr sleuys, wherby euery felysshyp was knowen from other, f which, \v the mayer 
 & his bretherne-clothed i scarlet, met y kyng & the quene vpo y Blacke Heth, & after due 
 salutacion & r^uerent welcomys vnto them made, by y mouth of the recorder, f sayd 
 
 ' frette. MS. * aud a. MS. 
 
 cyiezyns 
 
 I I 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. ll. SU 
 
 cytezyhs coueyed the kyng vpo his wey tyll he came to NewingetOD, where y kynge co- 
 maudyd the mayer "vf his copany to retourne to y^ citie, for he w his lordys & ladyes was 
 appoyntid y nyght to lye at Kenyngto. It was not longe after but that she was from 
 Kenyngto brought \V great pompe vnto the Towre of Lodo; at whiche season was so y 
 excedyng prece at Lodon brydge, y by reason therof certeyn personys were thruste to 
 deth, amOnge the which the pryour of Typtre, a place in Essex, was one ; & vpo f 
 niorowe folowinge, she was coueyed throughe y oytie, w all honour y myght be deuysyd, 
 vntd Westmynster, & there crownyd quene, vpon the Sohdaye, beynge tha the. viii. day 
 of lanuarii. In f somer folowyngthe kyng, by sinister couceyll, delyueryd vppe by apoynt- 
 ment f towne of Breste in Brytayne, to the duke, which was occasyon of displeasure 
 atwene the kynge & the duke of Glowcetyr his vncle, as I theyere folowyng shalbe more 
 clerelye shewyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxxvi. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxxxvii, 
 
 Thomas Wylforde. 
 Adam ^ame, goldsmyth. Anno. xx. 
 
 "Wyllyam Parker. 
 
 IN this. XX. yere of kyng Richarde, & moneth of February, the kyng holdynge aJ'oi.cJuih. 
 sumptuouse feest in Westmynster Hall, many of the sowdiours which were newly comen 
 from the towne of Brest foresayd,. presyd into the hall & kepte a roume together. Which 
 copany, whan the duke of Gloucester hadde beholdyn, and frayned and knowen what 
 men they were, and how that sayde towne was geuen vppe cdtrarye his knowlege, was 
 therwith in his mynde sore dyscomfortyd' ; in soo moche, that whan the kynge was entryd 
 his chaumber and fewe nere vnto hym, he sayde vnto the kynge, "Syr, haue ye not seen 
 the felawes that satte in so great noiibre to day in your halle at such a table ?" And the kyng 
 answeryd " yes," and axyd of y duke what copany it was ? To whom the duke answeryd & 
 sayde, " Syr, these ben your sowdyours comyn from Brest, & as nowe haue nothynge to 
 take to, nor knowe not how to shyft for theyr lyuyng, and the rather for that, as 1 am en- 
 fourmyd, they haue ben before tyme euyll payed." Than sayd the kynge, " it is not my 
 wylle but y they shulde be well payed, & if any haue cause to complayne, let theym shewc 
 it vnto our tresourer, & they shalbe resonabiy aosweryd." In jesonypge of this mater 
 farther, the duke sayd vnto the kyng, " Syr, ye ought to put your body to payne for to 
 wyne a stronge holde or towne by feate of warre, or ye toke vp5 you to sell or delyuer 
 any towne or stroge holde gotten Vv great dyftyculte by manhode of your noble progeny- 
 lours." To this y kyng, w chaugyd coiitenauce, answeryd & sayd, " vncle how saye ye 
 those wordys?" Than the duke boldelye recyted the foresayde wordys ; wherunto y kyjig 
 beynge more dyscontetyd sayd, " wene ye y I be a marchaUit or a fole to sell my lade ; 
 by seynt lohii Baptyst nay ; but troth it is, that our cosyn duke of Brytayne hath rendryd 
 vnto vs all such sumes of money as our progenytoors lent vnto hym or his auncetours vpo 
 the sayd towne of Brest, for the which, reason & good concience wyll that he haue his towne 
 restoryd agayn." By meane of whiche wordys thus vtteryd by tlie duke, such racoure 
 & malyce kyndelyd atwene the kynge and hym, that it ceasyd not tyll y sayd duke was put 
 to deth by murdre vnlefullye. Than the duke apperceyuynge thekynges mysledyng by 
 certeyne personys about hym, entendynge therof reformacion for the weale of the kynge 
 and his realme, callyd vnto hym y abbot of Seynt Albonys, and the abbot and pryour of 
 Westmynster, and shewyd to them his secret mynde, by whose coiiceylys he made as- 
 semble shortly after at Arudell ; to which assemble came at the day appoyntyd dyuerse 
 lordys bothe spyrytuell and teporell, as hymselfe, the erle of Arundell and other ; also 
 
 ' dyscontentid. MS. 
 
 thyther 
 
M2 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARD! 11. 
 
 Counc^yll dis- 
 closed. 
 
 thyther carae^erle of.Notyngham, than niarshall of Englonde^ ttje ede of Warwyke, 
 & of spirituell lordis the archebysshop of Cautorbury, the abbottys of Beynt Albonys and 
 
 C^nspiwci. of Westniynster with other. After whicbe assemble thus |nade» & euesryche of theym to 
 other sworne within the castell of Arundell, the. viii. daye of August they toke there theyr 
 t'ouceyll, and condyssendyd y dyuerse lordys about the kynge, as the duke of Lancastyr, 
 the duke of Yorke, and other, shulde be put from suche auctoryte & rule, of the lade as 
 they than bare, and other offyeers, such as were thought preiudycyall vnto the weale of 
 thelande, shulde be dyschargyd and punysshed for theyr demerytys. Whan this, with many 
 other thynges was amonge theym cocludyd, eueryche of them departyd tyll the tyme of 
 an other raetynge.atwene theym appx)yntyd ; but the erle of Notyngham, contrary his 
 othe & promyse, ferynge y' sequell of y^ mater, yode shortly after vnto the kyng and 
 dyscoueryd vnto hym all the premyssys. Wherefore the kynge in all hast eallyd a secrete 
 counceyli at London, in the sayde erle of Notynghamys place, or after some at the place 
 of the erle of Huntyngdone, where it was cocludyd that the sayde erle of Hiityngdone 
 and other shulde, by strength, fetche vnto the kynge the erlys of Arudell & of Warwyke ; 
 & in y meane whyle the kynge in propre persone arestyd his vncle syr Thomas of Woode- 
 stoke, at Plasshy in Essex, as sayth y Englysshe Cronycle; albe it an other wryter in 
 Latyne sayth, that kynge Rycharde in propre persone rode vnto the manoure of Grene- 
 wyche in the nyght tyme, & there toke hym in his bedde, and comaundyd hym vnto-the 
 Towre of London, which shortly after was coueyed vnto Calays, and there piteously 
 murdryd ; and soone after were the foresayd erlys of Arundell & Warwyke brought vnto 
 y Towre of London, with also syr lohan Cobham, and syr lohii Cheyny, knyghtys ; but 
 the erle of Arundell was takyn to batayll', & went at large, vnder suretye, tyll the begyn- 
 nynge of the parlyament ; in whiche season dyuerse other were brought to sundrye 
 prysones. ■ Than the kynge sent out his commyssions vnto the lordis of his realme for to 
 come vnto his parlyament, whiche began after vpo the. xvii. daye of Septembre, in the 
 begynnynge of the. xxi. yere of the kyng, & later ende of the mayers yere. 
 
 Here it is to be notid, y Ada Bame, mayer, dyed in the begyRynge of the moneth of 
 luhy, for whom was after chosen & admyttydtbe. viii. daye of thesayd moneth for mayer, 
 Richarde Whytyngeton, to occupye the full of that yere, that is to meane, tyll the feest 
 of Symode & lude ; but vpon seynt Edwardys day folowinge, whan the newe mayer is ac- 
 customed to be chosen, then was he electe agayne for that yere folowyng, and so he stode 
 1 the ofFyce of mayraltie an hoole yere and. v. monethes. Than to returne to our fyrste 
 mater; whathe kynge had assemblyd his lordis, the whiche came with so stronge& myghtye 
 companyes that the cytie suftysyd not to lodge the people, but were fayne to be lodgyd in 
 small townys andvyllagys nere vnto the same. Within shorte tyme after the sayd parlya- 
 ment was begiine, the erlys of Arundell and of Warwyke were brought before the lordys 
 of (he parlyamet holdyn at Westmynster, & there fynally iudgyd as folowyth : the erle of 
 Arundell to be ladde on fote from Westmynster and place of his iugemet thoroughe the ■ 
 
 Eaieeudo. hyghe strctys of the cytie vnto the Towre hyll, where his hede to be stryken of. And the 
 erle of Warwyke was also iudgyd to deth, but for his great age, by meane of his freendys, 
 his iugement was pardonyd, and alteryd to perpetuall pryson, where as the kynge wolde 
 comaunde hym; which after was had vnto the lie of Man in Lacasshyre, where he cosumed 
 the resydue of hisolde dayes. And the erle of Arundell, accordynge to the sentence vp5 
 hym geuen, vpon the morowe folowynge the feest of seynt Mathewe, beynge Saterdaye, 
 & the. xxii. daye of Septembre, was Jadde on foote vnto the Towre hyll, beinge accom- 
 panyed with great strength of men, for so moche as it was d-emyd y he shuld hajue ben 
 rescowyd by the way ;. howe be it none suche was attemptyd; but peasably he was brought 
 ynto the sayde place ^of ejecucion, and there pacientlye & mekely toke his deth, whose 
 
 bayll 
 
 body 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 543 
 
 body after was by the fryers Augustynes borne vnto theyr place within the warde of 
 Bradestrete of London, and there in the north syde of the quyer solempnely buryed, & 
 after vpon his graue a sumptuouse toumbe of marble stone sette and edy fyed. And by aucto- /?»/. cjv. 
 ryte of the sayde parlyament, the archcbysshop of Cauntorbury was exylyd the realme, & 
 Vpo the Monday folowyng, beyngthe. xxiiii. day of Septembre, syr John lorde Cobham, 
 & syr lohn Cheyny, knyght, were iudgyd to be drawen, hagyd, and qiiarteryd ; but by 
 instaunceand laboure of theyr frendys y iugement was chaungyd vnto perpeluell pryson. 
 And this done, the kynge ordeynyd a royall feest, and helde open housholde for all 
 honest coiners ; for, as afferniyth Petyr Pyctauyece, a wryter of hystoryes, this prynce, 
 kynge Rycharde, passyd all other of his progenytours in lyberalyte and bountie ; the 
 which feest and also parliament yet hoidynge, the kynge creatyd. v. dukys, a marquys, 
 and. V. erlys. As first, the erle of Derby, syr Hery of Bolyngbrooke, sone and heyre of 
 lohli of Gaunt, duke of Lancastre, was creatyd duke of Herforde ; the seconde whiche 
 was erle of Rutlade, was creatid duke of Amnarle' ; the thyrde beynge erle of Kent, 
 was creatyd duke of Surrey; the fourthe beynge erle of Notyngham, was creatyd duke 
 of Norfolke ; and the. v. was y erle of Huntyngedou, the whiche than was creatyd duke 
 of Exetyr ; also of y^ erle of Somerset was made a marquys of Dorset ; and for the erlys, 
 firste, [the lorde Spencer was made erle of Gloucetyr ;]* the lorde of Westmerlade, named 
 Dan Raby Neuyll, was made erle of Westmerlade ; [the lord Persy was made erle of 
 Northumberlande;]* the lord tresorer, syrWyllya Scrope, was made erle of Wylshyre ; 
 & syr lohii de Montaygue was made erle of Salesbury ; and whan this busynesse was 
 iynysshyd, the parlyament was remouyd vnto Shrewysbury vnto Hyllarye terme, where 
 it was fynysshed to many mennys dyspleasures, & dysherytynge of many trewe heyres. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxjc.xvii. Anno DominL M.CCC. Ixxx.xviii. 
 
 Wyllyam Askham. 
 Rychard? "Whittyngton, mercer. Anno. xxi. 
 
 lohii Wodecok. 
 
 IN this. xxi. yere of kynge Richarde, the people of the lande murmuryd & grudgyd 
 sore agayne the kyng & his couceyll, for so moch as y goodys belogyng vnto y crowne 
 were dysperblyd and geuyn to vnworthy personys ; by occasyon whereof dyuerse chargys 
 and exaccyons were put vpon the people i also for that y chefe rulers about y prynce 
 were of lowe birthe and of small reputacion, and the men of honoure were kepte out of 
 fauoiire ; also for that that the duke of Gloucetyr was secretlye murdred without processe 
 of y' lawe, and many thynges ellys mysorderyd by the last parlyament, whereof the wyte 
 and blame was layed vnto the kyng & other persones after namyd, as well for wrongful! 
 dvsherytynge of sundry persones at the sayde parlyament, suche as were menyall ser- 
 uauntys of f foresayd duke of Glowcetyr, and of the erlys of Arudell & of Warwyke, 
 cotrary his owne proclamacyons made concernynge suche maters ; also that were dyuerse 
 patentis & grautis passyd the kynges great scale aswell for pardons and other great 
 maters, yet for the kynges synguler auauntage, and, suche fewe personys as bare the rule 
 aboute hym, many of the were callyd agayne ; also, where for sheryues and other ofFycers 
 of all shyrys of Englonde, were wonte to be named, iiii. by dyscrete personys, as iuges 
 & other, of the which the kyng shuld assygne. ii. for the yere folowynge, he of his owne 
 wylle & pleasure wolde refuse them, & chose suche. ii. as hym lykyd, the ivhiche' he 
 knewe well wolde lene more to his weale than to the comon weale of his lande or of his 
 subiectys ; also that where before tymes the kynges of Englonde vsed to sende out com- 
 myssyons vnto burgeysys of cyties & townes, to chose of«theyr fre lybertie such knyghtys 
 
 t Aumarle. MS. * Omitted in the edit. 1533. 1542. 1559- 
 
 of 
 
544 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. IL 
 
 of the shyreas they thought moste welefull for th^ comon weale of _^ sayd shyre& lande, 
 nowe kyng Rycharide wolde appoyute y personys, and wyll them for to chose such as.then 
 he named, vvherby his synguler causys were prpferryd & the comon causys put by; also 
 l<ynge Rycharde, thoroughe euyll counceyll, comaundid by his letters vuto the sheryffys 
 of ail shyres, fewe exceptid, | all personys of hauoure' within theyr counties, as well 
 spyrytuell as temporell, shuld make certeyn othes in generall wordis, and ouer that to 
 wryte and scale certeyn bondys for perfourmaiice of the sayd othes; and also for blanke 
 chartours^ whiche many men ofsubstauce werecostrayoyd to' scale to theyr great charges*, 
 y people cotynuelly murmuryd and grudgyd, so that for theyse iniuryes and many moo, 
 whiche at the tyme of his deposynge, were artyculed agayne hym in. xxxviii, sundry 
 artycles, with also the rumour that ranne vpon hym that he had letten to ferme the reue- 
 niise of y- crowne to Busshey, Bogot', & Grene, whiche cawsyd as well y noJblemen of 
 f realm'e to grudge agayn hym as other of the comon people. Thus contynuyng this 
 mysordre within the lande, dyed syr lohii of Gaunt, duke of Lancastler, at the bysshop 
 -of £lyes place in Holborne, and from thens was caryed vnto seynt Paulys, & there vpou 
 •the northe syde of the quyer honourablye buryed, at whose enterrement all the chefe 
 lordys of Englonde were present, [whiche sayd duke dyed in y moneth of & yere 
 
 abouesayd;J* for whom after was foudyd by dame Blaunche his wyfe, an honorable 
 annyuersary, as before I haue shewyd in the. xliiii. yere of Edwarde the thyrde, whiche 
 of ryght ought to be set in ttiis place. This yere also, about y feest of seynt Bartholmew, 
 fell dyscencion & discorde atwene duke' of Herforde and the duke of Norfolke, where- 
 fore f duke of Herforde accusyd that other y he had taken, iiii. M. marke of the kynges, 
 of suche money as be shulde therew haue wagyd certeyne sowdyours at Calays, he lefte® 
 vndon, and toke y same money to his owne vse. But an other wryter sayeth, that as the 
 sayd. i-i. dukys rode vpon a tyme from the parlyament towarde theyr lodgynges, the duke 
 of Norfolke "sayd vnto y other, "Sir, see you not howe varyable the kynge is in his wordis, 
 and how shamefully he puttyth his lordes and kynnesfolkys to deth, & other exylyth & 
 holdyth in pryson ; wherfore full necessary it is to take kepe, a.nd not for to truste moche 
 i his wordis, for with out dowte in tyme to come, he wyll by suche lyke meanys bryng 
 vs vnto lyke deth and distruccion." Of which wordys y sayd duke of Herforde accusyd y 
 other vnto the kynge,; wherefore eyther wagyd^batayle vv other' before the kyng, to whom 
 day of metynge was geuen to eyther vpon the. xi. daye of Septembre, to fyght win listys 
 at Couentre, where all thynge was ordeyned for. At whiche place, at the daye assygned, 
 •thyder came the sayde. ii. dukys, and apperyd in the feelde before the kynges presence, 
 redy to do theyr batayll ; but the kyng anon forbad that fyght, & forthewyth exylyd the 
 
 ' haivoir. MS. lionoure.. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * Here the edition of 154:^ and 1559 have tie follow- 
 
 ing interpolation. And as Ilardynge sayeth, he was veraye prodigal!, ambycyous, and lecheious. For 
 there resorted to hys courte at their pleasures aboue the noumbre of ten thousande persones, that had theyr 
 desyres and commaudenientes. And that in his kytchyn were thre hundr«th seruytours, and in euery office 
 a great noiibre. Moreouer, oflady«s, chaumberers, and lauenders, there were aboue the nombre of thre 
 hundred, and tljey all excecftd in gorgeous and cosielye apparell, farre above theyr decrees.: yomen & 
 gromes were clothed in sylke, as saten and damaske bothe doblettes & gounes, with clothe of grayne and 
 iskarlette ouer sumpteous, and had theyr garnientes cutte bothe in the courte and towiies, farre otherwyse 
 then it had bene before his dayes, wyth brodery worke, ryche furres and goldsmythes woorke ; deuysynge 
 euery daye a newe fassion, to the great ruyne & decaye of the welthe of Englande. Ako tlxat kyng Richarde 
 dyd preferre suche byshoppes to byshoprickes as neyther coulde teache nor preache, uer knew any thynge of 
 the scripture of God, but only to call for their tythes & diityes, & to helpe to seiue his lustes & pleasures ; 
 which in dede wer not worthye the name of byshoppes, but rather of naughty packes disguysed in 
 fcyshoppes apparel. In this tyme reigned also pletie of the fyltliy synne of lecheff and fornicacion, with 
 the abhopiynable synne of aduoutry, specyally in the kynge, but mosjte chiefly in the prelacy, wherby the 
 jvliole realme was so infect that it cryjji for the wrath and vengeaunce of God. And as for taxyng and 
 exactyng of the commons, it was a vsuall thynge with hym, & therfbre was he hated in maner of al hrs 
 whole realme, so that the people cotinually murmured, &c. as in the text. ^ Bagott. MS. * Omtted 
 
 ,in edit. 1533. 1542. 15^9- ' the duke. edit. 1542. 1-559. ' the which he lafft. 
 
 duke 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. 11. 545 
 
 duke of Herforde for. x. yeres, and the duke of Norfolke for euer, whiche sentence was 
 shortly after put in execucion. Than the duke of Herforde saylyd [into Fraunce, and 
 there taryed a season ; but for lacke of ayde and comforte he departyd thens and camej' 
 into Brytayne, & the duke of Norfolke passyd dyuerse coutreys, & lastely came vnto the 
 cytie of Venyce, and there endyd hislyfe. And soone after this was master Roger Walden, ^•'' <?-^«'' 
 a chapeleyne of the kynges, made archebisshop of Cautorbury, the which was a specyall 
 louer vnto f cytie of Lodon, and made great labour for them vnto the kynges grace, that 
 greuously w the was of newe displeasyd, for so moche as he was enfourmyd of them that 
 they shulde counceyll, w other sheryfFys, to withstande certeyne actys made in y laste par- 
 lyament, for the which the comynalty of the cytie was endytyd with other sheryfifys ; in 
 redresse wherof, by couceyll of thesayd archebysshop and ofmaister Robert Braybrooke, 
 the bysshop of London, the cyiezyns made a lamentable suppiycacion vnto the kynge, 
 which, by ayde and fauoiire of the sayde. ii. bysshoppis and other louers of y cytie, the 
 kynges ire and indygnacyon, by raeane of that lowly supplycacyon, was some parte 
 appeasyd & with drawen; but yet to cotent a parte of y kynges mynde, many blake 
 chartours were deuysyd and brought into the cytie, whiche many of the moost sub- 
 stancyall men of the same were fayne to seale to theyr payne and charge in couclusyon, 
 the whiche shbrtlye after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englonde. 
 
 Anijo Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xviii. Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xix. 
 
 lohfl Wade. 
 Dre^e Barentyne, goldsmyth. Anno. xxii. 
 
 lohii Warner. 
 
 IN thys. xxii, yere of kynge Rychard, the coinon fame ranne that the kynge hade letlo Buwhey, Bagot, 
 to ferme the realme of Englonde vnto syr Wyllyam Scrope, erle of Wylshere, and than &Gicue. 
 tresourer of Englonde, to sir lohn Busshey, syr lohn Bagot, & syr Henry Grene knyghtis ; 
 the whiche tourned shortly after to theyre greate confusios. This yere also Thomas, the 
 son & heyre of the erle of Arudell, lately behedid, y which Thomas, not all to his 
 pleasure, was kepte in the bowse of the duke of Eccetyr, passyd the see by ^ meanys of 
 one Wyllyam Scot, mercer, and yode vnto his vncle the archebysshop of Cauntorbury, 
 and so contynued with hym in the cytie of Colayne than beynge. In this passe tyme 
 great purueyaQce was made for the kynges iournay into Irelande, so that whe all thynges 
 necessary to the honoure and nede of the kynge & his people was redy, he set forthwarde 
 vpo his iourney in f moiieth of Aprell, leuynge for his lyeutenaut in Englade syr Ed- 
 munde of Langley his vncle and duke of Yorke, and after toke shippyng at Brystow and 
 saylyd with a myghty and stronge hoste into Irelande, where he had so prosperous spede, 
 y in processe of tyme, with manhode and good polycy, he subduyd to hym that conntrey ; 
 in f which voyage, were it for acte y he dyd, or of y kynges boiite, Hery, sone & heyre 
 of y duke of Herforde tha exylyd, was of f kynge made knyghte. This Henry was after 
 his father crownyd kyng of Englande, & named Hery the. v. Kynge Rycharde thus beyng 
 occupyed in Irelande, and receyuynge of the capytaynes of the wylde Irysshe into hi» 
 subieccion, and orderynge of that coutrey to set in an order & rule, Henry of Bolynge- 
 brooke, duke of Herforde, before exylyd with the archebysshop of CaHtorburye, and 
 Thomas of Arundell and other, ladyd with a small company at Rauyns Spore in the 
 northe countrey, in the monethof ^ugust, and vnder coloure of the clayme of his right- 
 full enheritaunce, reysydthe people as he went, to whom in short processe great multy- 
 tude of the people drewe and gatheryd. Of this liidynge kyng Richarde beynge warned, 
 for hasty spede of returnynge into Englonde, lefte in Irelonde behynde hym moche of 
 ordenauce, & iandyd at Mylforde Hauyn in the begynnyngof Septembre, and begynynge 
 
 ' Omittedin the ediU 1559- 
 
 4 A also 
 
54S SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. IL 
 
 alsoofthe.xxiii*. yere of his reygne, and so yodevnto f castell of Flynte in Wa!ys^ and 
 there restyd hym and his people, and entendyd there to gather vnto hym more strength. 
 In the whiche meane tyme the foresayd Henry, that than had proclaymyd hymselfe duke, 
 of Lancaster in the ryght of lohn Gaunt his father, was «Jmyn to Brystowe,^ and there, 
 without resystence, toice syr Wyllyatn Scroope, erle of Wylshyre and tresourer of En- 
 glande, syr lohh Busshey, and syr Henry Grene ; also there was taken syr lohfl Bagot,, 
 
 Sxecucia. but after he escapyd and fledde into Irelande. Than were the other thre there iuged and 
 put in execucion ; and kyng Richarde styll heynge at the castell of Flynte, herynge of the 
 great strengthe y was about the duke, feryd soreofhymselfe, and in lyke wyse sodyd all 
 suche as were about hym. Wherfore syr Thomas Percy, erle of Worcetyr, and than 
 stewarde of the kynges bousholde, cotrary his allegeauce, brake openly y whyte rodde in 
 the hall, and comaundyd euery man to shyfte for hymselfe. By reason wherof the people 
 voydyd, and y^ kyng lefte without comfort ; so that he was shortly after takyn and present- 
 id vnto y duke, the which put hym vnder safe kepyng, & shortly after sped hym towarde 
 London, and, whan he came nere vnto f cytie, he sent kynge Rycharde with a secret 
 company vnto the Towre, there to be safelye kepte tyll liis commynge. Whereof many 
 euylf dysposyd persones of the cytie beynge warned, assemblyd theyrn in great noumber 
 and entendyd to haue mette hym without the towne, and there to haue taken hym from^ 
 suche as ladde hym, and so to haue slayn hym for the great crueltie that he before tyme 
 hadde vsed vnto the cytie ; but as God wolde, the mayer and rulers of the cytie were 
 - enfourmed of theyr malycyouse purpose, and gatheryd to them tfie worshypfull comoners 
 and sadde men, by whose polycies, not without great dyffycultie, they were reuokyd 
 frome theyr euyll purpose; albe it that kstynge that rumpur'they yode vnto Westmynster^ 
 and there toke maister John Slake, deane of the kynges chapell, & frome thens brought 
 
 ttAjtintntam. hym vnto Newcgatc, &* there caste on hym irons. Shortly after the duke came vnto 
 London, & there, by the consent of kyng Richarde, a parlyament was begunne vpon the. 
 xiii. day of the moneth of Septembre, endurynge which parlyament, many accusacyons 
 and artycles of mysrulynge of the lande were layed vnto the charge of this noble prynce, 
 kynge Richarde, which be engroced at length in. xxxviii. artycles j for the whiche 
 voluntarylye as itshulde seme, by the copy of an instrument hereafter shewyd, he shulde 
 renounce and wylfuUye be deposyd from all kynglye mageste the Monday, beynge the. 
 xxix. day of September, & the feest of Seynt Myghell the archaungell, in the yere of 
 our Lordys Incarnacion, after the accompte of the Church of Englonde. M.CCC.lxxx.xix. 
 and the. xxiiii*. yere of y^ reygne of y sayde Rycharde, the copy of which instrument here 
 vnder ensuyth. 
 
 THis present instrumet, made the Moday the. xxix. day of Septembre, and feest of 
 seynt Mychaell tharchaungell, in the yere of our Lorde God. M.CCC.lxxx. and. xix. 
 PAC.hii. and in the. xxiii. yere of kyng Rycharde the secode, witnessyth : that where by the aucto- 
 ryte of the lordys spyrytuell and temporell of this present parlyament, and comons of the 
 samej the right honorable & discrete persones here vnder named, were, by y sayd auctoryte, 
 assygned to goo vnto the Towre of Lodon, there to here and testyfy suche questyons & 
 answerys as than and there shulde be by the sayd honorable and dyscrete persones harde. 
 Knowe all men to whom theyse present letters shall come, that we svr Rycharde Scroope, 
 archebysshop of Yorke, lohfi bysshop of Herforde, Hery erle of Northubrelade, Rafe 
 erle of Westmerlade, Thomas lorde of Barkley, Wyllyam abbot of Westmynster, lohil 
 pryour of Cauntorbury, Wyllyam Thurnyng, & Hugh Burnell, knygbtes, lohnMarkham, 
 iust3|e, Thomas Stowe, and lohn Burbage, doctours of tlie lawe cuiyle, Thomas Feryby, 
 and Denys Lopham, notaryes publyque, the day & yere abouesayde, atwene the howrys 
 of. viii. &. ix. of the clocke before noone, we're presente in the chefe cbaumber of y 
 
 ' xk^i. edit. IS42. 1559. * xxiii. 1542. 1550. 
 
 kynges 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 547 
 
 kytfges lodgyog within the sayd place of the Towre, where w^as rehersyd vato the kynge 
 by the mouthe of the foresayde erle of Northumberlande, that before tyme at Conwey in 
 North Walys, the kynge beynge there at his pleasure and lybertye, promysyd vnto the 
 arcbebysshop of Cauntorbury, Iha Thomas of Arundell, and vnto the sayde erle of 
 Northumberlande, that he for insiifFycyent', which he knewe hymselfe to be of, to 
 occupye so great a charge as to gouerne this realme of Englode, he wolde gladly leue 
 of and renouce the ryghte & tytle, aswell of f as of his tytle to the crowne of Fraunce, 
 and his knyghtlye* raageste vnto Henry duke of Herforde; and that to do in suche con- 
 ueriyent wyse as by y lernyd men of his lade it shulde moost suffycyently be by them 
 deuysed and ordeynyd. To the whiche rehersall y kynge in our sayd presensys answeryd 
 benyngly, and sayd, that suche promyse he made, and soo to the same he was at that 
 howre in full purpose to parfourme and fulfyll, sauynge he desyred firste to haue per- 
 sonall speche w the sayd duke and with the arcbebysshop of Caunterbury his cosyns ; and 
 fartherniore, he desyred to haue a byll drawen of the sayde resygnacion, that he myght 
 be perfyght in the rehersall therof. After which copy to hym by me the sayde erle de- 
 lyueryd, we the sayde lordys & other departyd ; and vpo the same afternoone, the kyng 
 desyryng moche the comynge of the duke of Lacaster, at the laste f sayd duke with the 
 arcbebysshop entryd theforesayd chaumber, bryngynge with them the lorde Roos, the lorde 
 Burgeyny,and the lorde Wylloughby, w dyuerse other; where, after due obeysauncedone by 
 them vnto the kynge, he, famylyerlye and with a gladde countenaunce to vs aperynge, talked 
 with the sayde arcbebysshop and duke a good season ; and thatcomunycacion fynysshed, 
 the kyng with a gladde countenaunce, in presence of vs andy^ other aboue rehersyd, sayd 
 openly that he was redy to renouce and resygne all his kyngely mageste, in tnaner & 
 fourme as he before seasons had promysed : & all though he had & myght sufFyciently 
 haue declared his renouncement by the redynge of an other meane persone, yet he, for 
 the more suretie of the mater, and for the sayde resygnacyon shuld haue his full force 
 and strengthen he therfore redde the scrowle of resygnacyon hymselfe, in maner & fourme 
 as foloweth. " In the name of God, amen. I llycharde, by the grace of God, kyng of 
 Englonde and of Fraiice, and lorde of Irelonde, acquyte & assoyle all archebysshoppys, 
 bysshoppys, and other prelatis, seculer or relygyous, of what dygnyte, degre, stale, or 
 condycion that they be of; and also all dukys, marquys, erlys, barons, lordys, and all 
 myne other lyege men both spyrytuell and seculer, of what maner, name or degre they 
 be, from theyr othe of feawte and homage, and all other dedys & pryuylegis made vnto 
 me, and from all maner bandys of allegeaunce and regaly or lordshyp, in the whiche 
 they were or be boiiden to me, or in any otherwyse constraynyd, and them, theyr heyres, 
 successours for euermore from f same bandis and othes, I release, delyuer, acquyte, and 
 lete theyra for fre dyssoluyd and acquyt, & to be harmelesse, for so moche as longyth to 
 my persone by any maner, waye or tytle of ryght y to me myght folowe of the fore sayde 
 thynges, or of any of them. And also I resygne all my kyngely dygnyte, mageste, and 
 crowne, with all the lordshyppis, power and pryuylegys to the fore sayde kyngelye 
 dygnytie and crowne belogynge, and all other lordshyppis and possessyons to me in any 
 maner of wyse parteynyng, what name and condycyon they be of, out take the ladys 
 and possessyons for me and' myne obyte purchasyd and bought. And I renounce all 
 rvght and colour of ryght, and all maner tytle of possessyon and lordeshyp, the whiche 
 I euer had, or haue, or by any maner of meane myght haue, in the same lordeshyppis 
 and possessyons, or any of them, or to them with any maner ryghtys belongynge or ap- 
 perteynynge, vnto any parte of them. 
 
 And also the rule and gouernaunce of the same kyngedome & lordeshyppes, with all 
 admynystracions of the same, and all thynges, andeueryche of them that to the hole em- 
 pyre and iurysdyccyon of the same belongeth of ryght, or in any wyse may belonge. 
 
 ' insuffycyencT. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * aHe his kyngly. MS. 
 
 4 A 2 And 
 
548 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. 11. 
 
 And also I renounce the najne, worshyp & regaly, and kyngely hyghnesse, clerelye, frelye, 
 syngulerlye and hooly, in the moost best mancr and founne that I may, and with dede & 
 worde I leue of and resygne theym, goo frome theym for euermore, sauynge alwey to 
 my successouris, kynges of Engl5de, all the ryghtys, piyuylegys and appurtenauncys to 
 the sayde kyngedome and lordeshyppys abouesayile, bejongynge and apperteynynge : for 
 weale I wote, and knowlege, and denie niyselfe to be and haue ben vnsufFycyent and vn- 
 able, and also vnprofytable, and for myne open desertys not vnworthye to be put downe, 
 and I swere vpon the holy Euaungelys here presentlye with my handys towchyd, that I 
 shall neuer repugne to this resygnacion, dymyssyon or yeldyiige vp, nor neuer inpugne 
 them in any maner by worde or by dede, by my selfe nor by none other, nor 1 shall not 
 suffer it to be inpugnyd, in asmoche as in me is pryuely nor apperte ; but I shall haue, 
 holde and kepe- this renounsyng, dymyssyon, and leuynge vp, for ferme and stable for 
 euermore, in all and in euerye parte thereof, so God me helpe and all seyntys, and by 
 this holye Euaungelis by me bodyly towchyd and kyssyd. And for more recorde of the 
 " same, here openlye subscrybe and sygne this present resygnacion with myne owne hade." 
 And forthwith in our presencys, and other, subscrybed the same, and after delyueryd it 
 vnto the archebysshop of Cauntorbury, sayinge, that if it were in his power, or at his 
 assygnement, he wolde that the duke of Lancaster there present, shulde be his succes- 
 soure & kyng after hym ; and in tokyn thereof he toke a rynge of golde from his fynger, 
 beinge his sygnet, and put it vpon the sayd dukys fynger, desyrynge and requyrynge the 
 archebysshop of Yorke to shewe and make reporte vnto the lordys of the parlyament of 
 his voluntary resygnacyon, and also of his entent and good mynde that he bare towardei 
 his cosyn the duke of Lancaster, to haue hym his successour and kynge after hyra^ & 
 this done euery man toke theyr leue andretournyd to theyr owne. 
 
 Ai. Chili. VPon f morowe folowyng, beynge Tevvysday, and y^ laste daye of Septembre, all the 
 
 lordys spyrytuell and temporell, with also the comons of the sayd parlyament, assem- 
 blyd at Westmynster, wherin, in the presence of theym, the archebysshop of Yorke, ac- 
 cordynge vnto the kynges desyre, shewyd vnto them seryously the voluntary renounsynge 
 of the kyng, with also the fauoure the whiche he ought vnto his cosyn the duke of Lan- 
 caster for to haue hym his successour, and ouer y shewyd vnto theym the cedule or byll 
 of renouncement, sygnyd with kynge Rychardis hande. After which thynges in ordre 
 by hym fynysshyd, the questyon was axed first of y lordes, if they wolde admylte and 
 alowe the sayde renouncement, the which wha it was of the lordys grauntyd and con- 
 fermyd, the lyke questyon was axyd of the commons, and of theym in lyke maner af- 
 fermyd. After which admyssyoa it was then declared, tliat notwithstandynge the fore 
 sayd renouncynge so by the lordis and commons admyttyd, it were nedefull vnto the realme, 
 In auoydynge of all suspeccyoTi and surmyses of ille dysposyd persones, to haue in wry- 
 tynge and regestryd, the manyfolde crymes and defautys before done by the sayde Rych- 
 arde,.late kynge of Englonde, to the ende y they myght fyrste be openly shewyd vnto the 
 people, and after to remayne of recorde amonge the kynges recordis, the whiche were 
 drawen and compyled, as before is sayde, in. xxxviii. artycles, and there shewyd redye 
 to be radde ; but for other causes tha more nedefull to be preferryd, the redynge of the 
 sayd artycles at that season were dyfferryd and put of: which artycles for that ;y they 
 wolde aske loge tyme to wryte, and also wolde to some reders be but small pleasure to 
 rede, I haue therefore lefte them out here of this werke, whiche at lengthe are sette out 
 in thebooke in' the mayers, & yere of Drewe Barentyne tha mayre of London. Than 
 for so moche as the lordys of the parlyament hadde well consyderyd this voluntarye re- 
 nouncement of kynge Rycharde, and that it was behouefull and necessarye for the weale 
 of the realme to precede vnto the sentence of his deposayll, they there appoynted, by 
 
 . • of. 
 
 auctoryte 
 
H SEPTIMA PARS RICIIARDI. IL 549 
 
 auctoryte of the steitys of the sayde parlyament, the bysshop of Seynt Asse, the abbot of 
 Glasteabury, the erle of Gloucetyr, the larde of Barkley, Wyllyam Thymynge iustyce, 
 & Thomas Erpynghani and Thomas Gray knyghtys, that they sbuld geue & here open 
 sentence to the kynges deposycion : whenipon the sayd comyssyoners levinge there theyr 
 hedys together, by good delyberacion, good counceyl! and auysement, "&of one assent, 
 agreed amonge them that the bysshop of Seynt Asse shulde publysshe the sentence for 
 them, and in theyr names, as folaweth. " In y^ name of Gfbd amen. We lohn bysshop^ 
 of Seynt Asse or Asseuce, lohii abbot of Glastynbury, Rycharde the erle of Glowcetyr^ 
 Thomas lorde of Barkley, Wyllya Thyrlynge iustyce, Thomas Erpyngham and Thomas 
 Gray knyghtys, chosen and deputed specyall commyssaries by the thre astatis of this 
 present parlyament, representynge the lible body of tl>e realme, for all such maters by 
 the sayd astatys to vs comytted. We, vnderstandynge and concyderyng the manyfolde 
 crymes, hurtys and harmys done, by Rycharde kynge of Englonde, and mysgouernauce 
 of the same by a longe tyme, to tlie great decaye of the sayde lande, and vtter ruyne of 
 the same, shulde shortly haue ben, ne hadde the especyall grace of our Lorde Godthere>- 
 unto put the soner remedy ; and also furthermore auertysynge y the sayde kynge Rych- 
 arde, knowynge his owne insuifycient', hath of his owne mere volunte and fre wyll, re^ 
 nouncyd and geuen vp the rule and ^^uernauce of this lade, with all ryghtys and hon-- 
 ours vuto the same belongynge, and vtterly for his merytys hath iugyd hym selfe not vn- 
 worlhy to be deposyd of all kyngcly mageste awl astate roya!l. We, the premyssys well 
 consyderyng, by good and dylygent delyberacion, by the power, name & auctoryte, to vs, 
 as ahoue is sayde, comytted, pronounce, dyscerne and declare, the same kynge Rycharde 
 before this to haue be, and to be, vnprofytable, vnable, vnsuffycient, and vnworthy to 
 the rule and gouernaunce of the fore sayd realmys and lordeshyppys, and all other thap- 
 purtenauncys to the same belongynge. And for the same causes we pryue hym of all 
 ^y"g^'y ''yS'^y''® ^"'^ worshyp, of any kyngelye worshyp in hym lefte, & we depose hym 
 by our sentece defynytyfe, forbyddynge expresselye to all archbysshoppys, bisshoppys, & 
 all other prelatis, dukes, maixpiysys, erlys, barons & knyghtys, & to all other men of 
 the foresayde kyngedome and lordeshyppes, or of other placys belongynge to the same 
 realmys and lordshyppys, subiectys and lyegys, what soeuer they be, that none of theym 
 from this tyme forthwarde, to f foresayd Rycharde, as kynge and lorde of the fore- 
 sayde realmys and lordeshyppys, be neylher ohedyent nor attendaut." After whiche 
 sentence thus openlye declared, the sayd astatys admytted forthwith the same per- 
 sones for theyr procuratours, to resygne and yelde vp vnto kynge Richarde all theyr ho- 
 mage and fealtye, whiche they hadde made and ought vnto hym before tymes, and for to 
 shewe vnto hym if nede were, all thynges before done that concernyd hys deposyng ; 
 the whiche resygnacyon at that tyme was spared and put in respyte tyll the morowe nexte 
 folowynge. And anon as this sentence was in this wyse passyd, and that by reason there- 
 of the realme stoode voyde without hede or gouernour for the tyme, the sayd duke of 
 Lancastyr rysynge from the place where he before sate, & stadynge where all myght be- 
 holde hym, he mekelye makynge the sygne of the crosse vpon his forhed & vpon his 
 breste, after sylence by an offycer was comaundyd, sayd vnto the people there beynge, 
 theyse wordys folowinge. " In the name of the Father & Sone and Holy Goost, I Heni-y 
 of Lancastre clayme the realme of Englande, and the crowne, with all the appurtenauncys, 
 as I that am dyscendyd by ryght lyne of the bloode commynge from that good lorde, kynge 
 Henry the thyrde, and througlie that right, that God of his grace hath sent to me, with 
 heipe of my kynne and of my frendys, to recouer the same, the whiche was in poynt to 
 be vndone tor defaute of good gouernaunce and due iustyce." After whiche wordys thus 
 by hym vtieryd, he retournyd and sette hym downe in the place where he before hadde 
 sytten : than the lordys apperceyuynge and heryng tiiis clayme thus made by this noble 
 
 ' insufficiency. 
 
 man, 
 
550 SEPTIMA PARS RlCHARClL II. 
 
 man, either of them fraynyd of other what he thought, and after a dy»tao»e& or pause 
 of tyme, the arcbebysshop of Cauntorbury hauynge rvotycion of the lordys myndes, stode 
 vp and askyd of the commons if they wolde assent to tlie lordys, which in theyr myndys 
 thought the clayme, by the duke made, to be ryghtfull and necessary for the weale of the 
 realme and of theyin all ; whereunto with one voyce they cryed " ye, ye, ye." After whiche 
 answere,* the sayde archebysshop goynge vnto the duke and settynge hytn vpon his kne, 
 hadde vnto hym a fewe worSys, the whiche endyd, he rose & takynge the duke by the 
 /./. ciix. right hande ladde hym vnto the kynges sete, and with great reuerence set hym therein^ 
 after a certeyne kneiynge and oreson made by the sayd duke or he were ther^gp set. And 
 whan the kynge was thus set in his trone, to the great reioysynge of the people, the arcbe- 
 bysshop of Cauntorbury began ryght there [an oryson or]' colacyon, in maner as after 
 foJoweth. 
 
 " Vir dominabitur in populo prima regum Capituh. ?>. These been the wordes of the 
 hygh & moost myghtye Kynge, spekynge to Samuell his prophete, techynge hym howe he 
 shulde chose & ordeyne a gouernoure of his people of Israeli, when the sayd people askyd 
 of hym a kyng to rule the. And not without cause may theyse wordys be sayde here of 
 our lorde y kyng that nowe is ; for if they be inv^dely c5ceyuyd, they shall geue to v& 
 mater of cosolacyon and comforte, whan it is sayde that a man shall haue lordeshyp and 
 rule of the people & not a chylde, for QoA thretenyth not vs as he some tyme thret the 
 people by Isaye, sayinge, {Isaye. Hi. Et dabo pueros pricipes eorum, et efFeminati do- 
 minabuntur els.) I shall, sayth our Lorde, geue chyldren to be theyr rulers and pryncys, 
 and weke or ferefuU shall haue domynyon ouer theym. But of his great mercy he hath 
 visyted vs, I truste, his peculiar people, and sent vs a man to haue y rule of vs, & put 
 by chylderne that before tyme ruled this lande after chyldyshe condycyons, as by the 
 werkys of th^m it hath ryght latelye apperid, to the great dysturbaunce of all this realme, 
 and for want or lacke of a man. - For, as sayth y apostell Paule, (arf Corinth. prima, 
 Capitulo. xiii. Cu essem paruulus, sapiebam vt paruulus et loquebar vt paruulus, ^c. 
 Quado autem factus sum vir, euacuaui que erant paruuli.) That»is to meane, whan I 
 was a chylde I sauoured & spake as a chylde, but at the tyme whan I came vnto the 
 state of a man, than I put by all my chyldysshe condycions. The apostell sayth, he sa- 
 uoured and. spake as a chylde, in whom is no stedfastnesse or constancy, for a chylde 
 wyll lyghtly promyse, and lyghtly he wylF breke his promyse, and do all thynges that his 
 , appetyte geueth hym vnto, and forgetyth lyghtely what he hath done: by which reason 
 it folowyth, that nedely great incouenyence muste fall to that people y a chylde is ruler 
 and gouernour of, nor it-is not possyble for that kyngedome to stade in felycite, where 
 such codycios reygne in the hede and ruler of the same. But nowe we ought all to re- 
 ioyse f ail suche defautys ben expellyd, and that a man and not a chylde shall haue 
 lordeshyp ouer vs ; to whom it belongyth to haue a sure rayne vpon his tunge, that he 
 maye be knowen from a chylde, or a man vsynge chyldysshe condycions, of whom, I 
 iruste, I may saye, as the wyse man sayeth in his prouerbys : (prouerbiorii tercio Capi- 
 tulo. Beatus homo qui inuenit sapienciam, et qui affluit prudencia :) the which is to 
 meane, blessyd be the man that hathe sapyence or wysedome, and that haboundyth in 
 prudence: for that man that is rulyd by sapyence must nedys loue & drede our Lorde 
 God, and whoso loueth and dredyth hym must consequentlye folowe that he muste kepe 
 his commaundementys, by force wherof he shall mynyster trewe iustyce vnto his sub- 
 jectis, and do no wronge, nor iniury to any man, so that th5 shall folowe the wordys of 
 the wyse man, the whiche ben rehersyd {prouerbiorum decimo : benediccio domini super 
 iCaput iusti, os autem impiorugj operit iniquitate:) whiche is to meane, the blessyngof 
 -our Lorde God shall alyght vp5 the hede of our kynge, beynge a iuste & ryghtwyse man, 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1533. Oration, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 1 for 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI. II. 55 J 
 
 for the tonge of hym workyth equyte and iustyce, but the tunge of wycked [men]* and 
 of synners coueryth iniquyte j and who y werkytb or mynystryih iustyce in due ordie, 
 he* allonely sauegardeth hym selfe, but also holdyih the people in a surete of lestfulnesse, 
 of the which ensuyth peace and plente. And therefore it is sayd of y wyse kynge Salo- 
 mon, (Ecclesiastici decimo; beata terra cuius rex nobilisest, et cuius pryucipes vescuntur 
 in tepore suo :) which is to be vnderstande, that blessyd and happy ib that laiide of the 
 whiche the kytlge or ruler is noble and wyse, and the pryncys ben blessyd that iyue in his 
 tyrae, as who wolde say they may take exauple of hym to rule and i^uyde the^r sub- 
 lectys : for by the dyscressyon of a noble and wyse tnan beynge in auctoryte, many euyllys 
 be sequestryd and put aparte, and all dissimylers -put vnto sylence, for the wyse man 
 consyderith and notyth well the great inconuenyencys whiche dayjy nowe growe of it, * 
 
 where the chylde or insypient drynkyth the swete and delycious wordis vnauysydly, and 
 perceyuyth not entoxycacion, whiche they ben myngyd'or myxte with, tyll he be inuyroned 
 and wrappyd in all daunger, as lately the experyence therof hath ben apparent to all our 
 ^yghtys and knowlegys, and not without the great daunger of all tliis realme ; and all was 
 for lacke of wysedom in the ruler, whiche demyd -and taught as a chyUle gyuynge sen- 
 tence of wylfulnes and not of reason; so that, whyle a chylde reygned, selfe wyll and 
 luste reygnuyd, and reason with good concience were outlawyd, with iustyce, siedfast- 
 iiesse and many other vertuys. But of this parell and daunger we ben delyuered by the 
 especiall heipe and grace of God, (quia vir dominabitur I populo) that is to meant-, he 
 that is not a chylde but perfyght in reason, for he comyth noi to execute his owne wyll, 
 but his wyll that is sent hym, that is to wytte, Goddys wyll, as a man to whom God of 
 his habundaunt grace hath geuen perfyght reason and discressyon, to dyscerne & deme 
 as a perfyght man ; wherefore not allonly of this man we shall say that he shall dwell in 
 wysdome, but as a perfyght man and not a chylde, he shall thynke and deme, and haue 
 suche a cyrcumspecte with hym, that he shall dylygentlye foreloke and see that Goddys 
 wylle be done and not his. And therfore nowe 1 truste the wordys of the wyse man, 
 ( Ecdesiastici decimo) shalbe veryfyed in our kyng, sayinge, (iudex sapiens iudicabit po- 
 puium suum, et pryncipatussensati stabilis erit:) that is, as sayeth the wyse man, a wyse 
 and dyscrete iuge shall nowe deme his people, and the domynyon or lordeshyp of a dys- 
 crete wyse man shall stade stedfast: wherupon shall than foloue the seco.ude verse of the 
 same Chapyter, sayinge, (secundum iudicem populi sic et miiiistri eius, &c :) thai is lyke 
 as the hede and soueraygne is replenysshyd with all sapyence and vertue, in guydynge of 
 his people, admynystrynge to them lawe with due and conuenyeut iustyce, so shall the 
 subieclys agaynewarde be garnysshyd with awe and louynge drede, and here vnlo hym, 
 nexte God, all honoure, trouthe and allegeaunce ; so that tha it maye he concludyd with 
 the resydue of the foresayd versys, (qnalis rector est ciuitatis, tales et inhabiliites in ea:) 
 which is to meane, suche as the ruler of the cytie is, such than be the inhal)ytauntys FoUCJx. 
 of the same : so that consequently it foloweth, a good master maketh a good dyssyple, 
 and I lyke wyse an euyll kynge or ruler shall lose his people, and the cylies of his kynge- 
 dome shall be lefte desolate & vnhabyted ; wherfore thus I make an ende : in steile of a 
 chylde, wylfully doynge his lust & pleasure without reason, nowe shall a man be lorde 
 and ruler, that is replenysshed with sapyence and reason, and shall gouerne iiie people 
 by skylfuU domys, settynge aparte all wylfuhiesse and pleasure of hym-elfe, so that the 
 worde that I began with maye be veryfyed of hym, ecce quia vir domynabiiur m populo, 
 the which our Lorde graunt, and tiiat he may prosperou?-ly reygne to the pleasure dI dod 
 and weaie of this his realme, amen." The whiche oracion beynge thus fynysshed, and the 
 people answerynge with great gladnesse, " amen," the kynj^standyng vpon his fete, 'iayd 
 vnto the lordys and comos present, " Syrys, I thanke you^y lordy^ spyrytuell and leuj- 
 porell, and all the statys of this lande, and do you to vnderstande that it is not my wyll 
 
 ' MS. * he not. edit. 1533. 1542. ^ mingled. ediU 1533. 154-2. 1559. 
 
 that 
 
55f SEPTIMA PAHS CAROLI. VIi: 
 
 that any man tbynke y by the waye of conquest I wolde dysheryte any man of his'hery- 
 tage, fraunchyse, or other ryghtys that hym ought to haue of right, nor for to put hym 
 out of that whiche henowe enioyeth, & hath hadde, before tyme by c us tome of good lawe 
 of this realme, excepte suche pryuat persones as haue ben agayn y^ good purpose and the 
 comoh p'rofet off realme." And this speche thus fynysshed, all sheryffys & other oflFycers 
 were put in theyr auctorytes, which ceasyd for the tyme that the kynges see was voyde, and 
 after euery man departyd. And after noone' were proclamacyons made in accustumat 
 placis of the cytie, in the name of liyng Henry the. iiii. and vpon the morowe folowing^, 
 being Wennisday & the fyrst day of October, the procuratours abouenamed, yodevntoy- 
 Towre of London, and there certyfyed hym of the admissyon of kynge Henry. Andf fore- 
 sayde iustice, Wylliam Thirninge, in the name of the other, and for all the statis of the 
 londe, gaue vppe vnto Rycharde, late kynge, all homage and fealte to hym before tyme'' 
 due, in lyke maner and fourme as before I haue shewed to you in the. xix. yere of kynge 
 Edwarde the seconde. And thus was the noble prynce pryued of all kyngly dignyte and 
 honoure, by reason of his euyll counceyll, and suche vnlefull wayes and meanys as he by 
 his insolency in his realme sufferyd t-o be vsed, whan he had reygnyd. xxii. yeres, iii. 
 monethes and. viii. dayes. 
 
 CHAIILYS. 
 
 CAroltis or Charlys the. vii. of thaJ; name, or the. vi. after thaccopte of the Frensh 
 Hystory, a chylde of. xiii.yeres of age, and sone vnto Charlys y^. vi. began his reygne 
 ouery Freshemen iy moneth of Septeber, &yere of our Lorde. M.CCC. and. Ixxx. and 
 the thyrde yere of the seconde Rycharde then kynge of Englonde. This Charlys was 
 crowned kynge within the age of. xiiii. yeres, contrary a lawe made in the. xi. yere of his 
 father, a.nd where by hym he was comyttyd vnto the rule of Lewys his vncle, and duke 
 of Angeou, to the tyme of the full of. xiiii. yerys ; yet after the dethof the father, suche 
 vnkyndenesse began to spryng atwene the lordys of the realme, that for the comon weale 
 of the same, it was agreed by the more partye, that this Charlys shuld be crownyd at 
 Raynys in all hastye spede; the whiche was done in short season after, and so contynued, 
 not without disturbaunce of malyce whiche kyndelyd atwene his two vncles, and other 
 inconuenyencyes, by the space of. iii. yeres ensayage. The. iiii. yere of his reygne, the 
 cytezyns of Parys murmurynge and grudgynge for dyuerse imposycions and taskys of 
 theym leuyed, sodeynly arose in great mullytude, entendynge to haue dystressyd some 
 of the kynges housholde seruautys, and such as were men of parsone* ; but by medyacyon 
 ©f one dyscrete persone named lohn Marsyle, with assystence of the prouost of the 
 marchauntys, the rumoure was somedele appeasyd; in so moche that the great multytude 
 was withdrawen and retournyd to theyr occupacyons. But some euyll dysposyd, which 
 in suspecious congregacion' euer vse to- exyte and styre the people vnto robbynge and 
 other vnlefull actis, reassociat them, and sayde and cryed.that they wolde bane the 
 lewys -banysshyd the cytie ; to whom it was answeryd that the kynge shulde be enfourmyd 
 of theyr desyre, and that vpon it they shuld haue knowlege of the kynges pleasure: 
 wherupon in a rage they^ranne vnto the houses of the lewys, and entryd theym by force, 
 in robbynge and spoylynge theym, and bare away what they myghtcary, in sleynge suche 
 of the lewys as any resystence and defence made agayne theym, and neuer after restoryd 
 the sayd goodys, not withstandyng that the kyng, in that behalfe, gaue sore and gtrayt 
 commaundementis. It was not longe after that such as were of the kynges secret coun- 
 ceyll, consyderyng the great ^hargys and nedys of y kyng, and the wekenesse of his 
 treasoure, by auctoryte of th^ynges comyssyons, callyd before them the* rulers of Parys, 
 of Roan, & other good cyties, y^ which beynge assemblyd, to them was shewyd the 
 
 • at^fternoone. * nere vnto liis person. MS. Mn such congregacibns. MS. 
 
 4 many 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VII. 5S9 
 
 many and inportune chargis which the kynge daylye had for the defence of hisrealme and 
 subiectys ; wherfore by all wyse and polytike meanys that they myght vse, they exortyd 
 the sayde commons to graunt vnto the kynge, in way of subsydye. xii.rf. of the poude, 
 of all warys at that dayes curraunt. To the whiche requeste in conclusyon, after aduyse 
 taken of theyr neyghbours, it was answeryd, that the people were so sore chargyd in 
 tymes passyd, f they myght not susteyne or here any more chargys, tyll theyr necessyte 
 were otherwyse releuyd ; so that in conclusyon, at this season, the kynge and his counceyll 
 were dyspoyntyd. In the. vi. yere of this Charlys, the Flemynges, which by a certeyne 
 season had restyd them from bataylle, were it for necessyte or synguler couetyze of LewyS 
 theyr duke, he asked of the a great ayde or taske' ; and for he knewe well that .if he 
 myght wyne y" fauoure & graut of the towne of Gaunt, he shuld the soner haue his 
 pleasure of f resydue, therfore he firste began by meanys of fayrenesse, and after, 
 whan therby he sawe he myght take none aduauntage, he addyd therunto manassys and 
 thretcnynges, the whiche not withstandynge, theTlemynges bode stedfastin one opynyon, 
 and denayed styflye theyr dukys request. Wherupon he lastly departyng from Gaut, 
 with great displeasure, sayd, " 1 shall shewe myselfe to be. lord & soueraygne of this towne, I'd. CM. 
 8c oi f obstynat people of the same." And shortly after the duke made sharpe warre 
 vpon them of Gaunt, and they in lykewyse defendyd them vigurously, so that theyr 
 enemyes wan of them lytle auauntage. And after this warre had ben a season contynued, 
 not without losse of many men vpon bothe partyes, the Gaunteiiers remembrynge f 
 obedyence and fydelyte which they shuld bere to theyr souerayne lorde & duke, made 
 meanys that they myght be harde ; after graunt wherof, they sent vnto hym certeyn 
 oratours, wTiich had vnto hym the wordys in sentence folowinge. " Moost souerayne 
 next God, we deny not but we accept f for our prynce & leder, and lo^, sisthyne, it be- 
 comyth vs to obey with all reason. And thou agayn arte bounde to defende vs. If we 
 any thynge, by our ouersyght and neclygece, haue agayne the trespassyd, we mekely 
 beseche the of forgyuenesse ; and furthermore besechynge the, that such fraiichysys and 
 lyberties to vs by thy noble progenytours before grannted, thou wylte not from vs with- 
 drawe nor abrydge, by reason wherof thy people of Gaut may not to any taxe, contrary 
 theyr volunte, be constraynyd. But and to thy aede of warrys thou haue necessyte of 
 ayde of thy comos, theyoffre wyli, all costraynt set aparte, are redy to ayde& helpe^, 
 as fre & as lyberall as thy trewe subiectys." By reason of which wordys the duke was of 
 hys ire towarde them some what appeasyd; but after theyr departyng from the duke or 
 erlys* precense, such yonge knyghtis as were of f erlys boost, had vnto them many 
 hygh and disdaynous wordys, sayinge, that they were thrall vnto theyr erle, and that 
 theyr obstynacye shulde be to the vttermost of theyr reproche & correccyon', & they by 
 coaccyon* and constraynt forcyd to do theyr dutye. By occasyon of which wordys, the 
 Gauteners retournynge to theyr former wylfulnesse, kepte styll theyr former opynyo, and 
 defendyd the erle and his people as they before had done. Wherefore the erle seynge 
 he myght not by strengthe preuayle agaynfe his enemyes, studyed the wayes & meanys to 
 famysshe theym by hunger, so that by that meane he myght drawe the towne to his sub- 
 ieccion ; & that to bryngeto efFecte, he gyrde the towne about with a strSge siege. Than 
 the Gaunteners snpprysyd with more obduracion of herte agayn theyr prynce, made 
 theym a capytayne namyd Phylyp Artyuele, f sone of lakes de Artyuele, before slayne of 
 the Flemynges, lyke as to you I haue before shewid in the. xvii. yere of Phylyp de Valoys, 
 late kynge of Fraunce ; the whiche furnysshynge his people with all habylymentys of 
 warre, made out of the towne, & pyght his feelde in a playne ioynynge vnto it, whgre 
 the erlis people and they foughte a sharpe fyght and longe ; but in the ende fortune was 
 vnto the erle or duke so frowarde, that with losse of. v.-M. of his soudiours, he was 
 
 • taxe. * or elles in his. edit. 1559. ' of theyr reproche correctyd. MS, * o?ca«yoo 
 
 •dit. 1542. 1559. , , 
 
 ^ B forcyd 
 
554 SEPTIMA PARS GAROLI. VII. 
 
 forcyd to take Brugis for his suretie. By reason of this vyctory,, this Artyuele beynge 
 not a lytle supprysyd with pryde, exortyd in suche wyse the dwellers within the towne of 
 Gaunt, and all suchQ^as were nere neyghbours vnto them, to set aparte all occupacyon as 
 well husbandry as other, and gyue theyr hole study, vnto actys & featis of warre. The 
 erle thus beynge within the towne of Brugys, a day of great solempnytie yerelye holden 
 by them of Brugys approchyd, which they worshyppyd in the honoure of our Lordys 
 bloode. To this daye of solempnytie vsyd yerely to come all the inhabitaiitis of the vyl- 
 lagys & coutrey there about. Which day of feest Phylyp de Artyuele callynge to mynde, 
 appoyntynge' vnto hym. MM. of his sowdyours, and warnyd theym with armoure beynge 
 clad .vnder theyr clothys, shulde ascende by two, by thre, by foure, and by lyke small 
 corapanyes vnto this feestfuU solempnyte, and at suche tyme as he gaue warnynge, euery 
 man to be redye with swerde in hade, to make rome amoge the prese, to the ende that they 
 myght take y erle tha of helpe destytute. Which eautele thus preparyd for, at the day 
 comyn of this sayde feest, the towne beinge replenysshyd with people, the sayd Artyuele, 
 vnsuspecte of any persone, with his company in maner abouesayde, entryd the towne 
 of Brugis, and, whe he sawe his best tyme, he sodeynly cryed " asarmys, asarmys." With 
 whiche sodeyn crye the erle beynge astonyed, manfully for a whyle withstode his enemyes 
 and encouragyd the people agayne them ; but for that the Galiteners were I armoure and 
 f other vnarmyd, they of the erlys party fled soone. That seynge, the erle w great dyfFyculte 
 fledde, and so lepynge ieopardously into the howse of an olde woman, escapyd and went 
 vnto Scluse, and there a whyle helde hym. The this Artyuele, seyngethat by the ayde of 
 the of Brugys be was dispoyntid of f erlis takynge, felle vpon the inhabytauntys of the 
 towne, & slewe of them a certeyne, and after with great pompe & pillage retournyd 
 vnto Gaunt. 
 
 IN f. vii. yere of this Charlys, by procuryng of his vncle Lewis, duke of Angeou, a 
 taxe was efte axyd of ^ comons of Fraunce, the which to brynge to eiFecte, many fredys 
 and promoters were made, as well of cytezyns as other ; but anon as the comons of Parys 
 vnderstode of this, tfiey became wylde, and. assemblyd in thyeke companyes, not regard- 
 ynge the reasonable allegacions to them layed and shewyd by Petyr Dylet, and lohii 
 Marsyir, though in them they had great afleccion and truste, but toke theym to theyr 
 afTeccion & mynde, and made amonge them certeyn capytaynes and rulers, and kepte 
 the watche by nyght as enemyes had lyen about the cytie. Whiche insurreccyon & re-» 
 bellyon thus begun within the cytie of Parys, the Cytie of Roan takynge thereof exaumple^ 
 arreryd a lyke murmure, and fensyd the cytie of Roan with lyke prouysyon, & made them a 
 mamet of a fatte & vnwyldely [as. A]' vyiayne of the cytie caryed hym about the towne I a 
 carte, and namyd hym, in derysyon of theyr prynce, theyr kynge, and ceasyd not to fall 
 into many inconuenyencys, as robbynge of holy placys and other, not without shedynge 
 of blood, wherof the cyrcumstaunce were longe to tell. But as all operacion of man 
 hath ende, so this foly and rebellyo of .Freshemen was ceasyd, & many for f trespasse 
 therof caste i harde and derke pryson, of the whiche the kynge entendyd to haue takyn 
 eruell correccyon, ne had ben the great instaut labour made by the rulers of the vnyuer- 
 sytie of Parys-, and other suche as were nere about the kynge, by whose meanys the mul- 
 tytude was pardoned, & a fewe, suche as were the begynners, were put in execucion. And 
 than, as testyfyeth myne auctour maister Robert Gagwyne, for to appease the kynges 
 hyghe dyspleasure, to hym was grauntyd an, C. tbousande frankys, which after sterlynge 
 money amouteth to y sume of. x. MM. Ye haue before harde howe the erle of Flaunders 
 with great ieopardy escapyd the handys of Phylyp de Artyuele, capitayn of Gaiit, and 
 howe he came to Scluce & there safe gardyd hymselfe ; where with all dylygence he 
 gatheryd vnto hym his people & made a newe reyse vpon the sayd Artyuele, the whiche 
 
 ' appoynted. edit. 1542. J559. » Matsyl. edit. 1542. 155c>. ^ Omitted in the MS. 
 
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SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VII. 555 
 
 to hym hadassocyat, as aflFermylh my sayde auctor. xl. M. men, so y atwene the erle & foi. CJtH. 
 hym was foughten a cruell fyght, wherof in the ende Artyuele was agayn vyctour, and 
 costrayned the erle to forsake the feelde, w losse of. x. M. of his knyghtes, and he hym- 
 selfe escapyd with great danger vnto the ilelande of ', and dyuerse of his people, 
 
 as Frenshemen and other, in a good noubre fled vnto a towne callyd Andwerpe, where a 
 season they defendid the agayn the malyce of theyr enemyes. In whiche passe tyme this 
 Artyuele coniecturynge in his mynde that the Frenshe kynge wolde take the erlys partye, 
 sent vnto hym an ambassade or message w letters, besechynge hym not to entremedle of 
 this warre atwene y- erle and the Gatiteners, which warre y erle had comencyd onely of 
 tyranny and not of iustyce, entendynge vtterly to distroy the* auncient lybertie. and 
 frauchyse ; shewynge also farther, that if he wolde not at theyr contemplacion and prayer, 
 forbere to ayde theyr sayd erle, that tha, to defede theyr lyberte & ryght, they wolde seke 
 ayde of the kynge of Englonde. To the whiche request none answere was made, neyther 
 by the kynge nor by his counceyll ; wherefore this Artyuele made stronge prouysyon to 
 withstande the Frenshe kynge, and sette a certeyne of his sowdyours for to kepe the 
 siege before Andwerpe, whyle he made prouysion for other nedys. In this meane whyle 
 the erle went vnto the duke of Burgoyne, & they together yode after vnto kyng Charlis, 
 shewynge, to hym lametably what wronges ^ erle had susteynyd of the obstynat Gaunte- 
 ners, besechyng hym of ayde to redressethe sayde wronges ; whiche complayntthe kynge 
 gracyously herde, and benyngly grauntyd to them theyr petycion. And notwithstadynge 
 that the deed of wynter was comynge, he i all haste asseblyd his knyghtys, & takynge 
 with hym the oryflambe, with a myghty stroge hoste, percyd the countrey of Flaunders 
 towarde Marquet, in the ende of the moneth of Octobre. Wherof herynge, Artyuele 
 made prouysyon to stoppe the wayes, by brekyng of brydges and other-meanes, wherby 
 the Fresh boost was gladly empesched' and let, so that with great dyflfycultie & daunger 
 they passyd the ryuer of Lyze, at a brydge longe defendyd by the inhabytauntis of the 
 countrey, with ayde of theyr capitayne named Peter Wood, which there was slayne with. 
 MMM. of his adherentys. After wynnynge of whiche brydge, the Frenshe boost passyd 
 the ryuer and spoylyd the countrey before them, whiche vnto them was moche auaylable, 
 for that cyrcuyte was inhabytyd with many ryche cloth makers. Than the kynge with his 
 boost made towarde ^ mount of Ipre, wherof the dwellers of Ipre beyng ware, sent out 
 ii. fryers of the ordre of prechers, to beseche the kynge to accept ^ towne and dwellers 
 vnto his mercye, the whiche retournyd with comfortable answere ; wherefore, forthwith 
 yode forthe. xii. of the notablest of that towne, and ofFeryd the towne and dwellers to be in 
 the kynges power, the which offer f kynge acceptyd, and after entryd the towne, of whome 
 the kynge receyuyd. xl.M. frankys, or. iiii.M./f. sterlynge, towarde the wagynge of his 
 knyghtis ; and shortlye after all the vyllagys there towarde ^ see, submyttid the vnto ^ 
 kyng, bryngyng vnto hym certeyn capitaynes which belongyd vnto Phylyp de Artyuele, 
 with also. xl.M. frakys towarde theyr costis, which capitaynys the kynge commaundyd to 
 be fourthewith behedyd. Whan kynge Charlys hadde taryed. v. dayes at Ipre, worde 
 was brought to hym that Phylyp Artyuele was commyng towarde hym with, lx.M. 
 men ; wherefore the kynge sette forwarde his boost, and folowyd after [as fast he myght]* 
 somdeale to his peyne, by reason of rayne and fowle waye that he passyd, so that fynally 
 he approchyd within, iii. myles of his enemyes. Vpon the morowe folowynge, beynge f. 
 v. daye of the moneth of Decembre, and yere of our Lordys incarnacyon. M.CC@.lxxx. 
 &. viii. and begynnyng of the. viii. yere of this Charlys, I a playne nere vnto y' towne of 
 Courtray was foughten a cruell batayll, whereof in the begynnyng the Flemynges had the 
 better, and forcyd ^ Frenshe hoste to lose place ; but in the ende, [by specyall callynge 
 of the Frenshe knyghtys vnto our Ladye and other seyntys]* halfe by royracle, as witness. 
 
 ' the ileland of Cassyle. MS. called Lyie. edit. 1559- * their. MS. * gretely emipechid. 
 
 ♦ Omitted in the MS. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1555. 
 
 4 B 2 yth 
 
ps6 SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. Vlt. 
 
 yth myne auctor, f Freshmen opteyned victory, & put the Flemynges to flyght, & them 
 cbasyd i so crueil wyse, that what by deth in the feelde, & drownynge in marey^.^t, other 
 waters, there was of them slayn at f fyght vp5. xl.M. Tlian narowe sere lie was made for 
 the capytayne, Phylyp de Artyuele, & lastlye a Flemynge, beynge a capytayne of his, sore 
 woundyd, sayd y he sawe bym fall in the feelde. Whereupon serche beynge', hys caryen 
 was founden oppressyd of his owne people as they fledde. Anon as tydynges"^ came vnta 
 the Flemynges that laye about Andwerpe, of the losynge of y feelde, they I all haste, 
 leuyng theyr ordenaunce behynde them, fledde from f syege : that perceyuyrige, theyc 
 enemyes issuyd out of the towne, & slewe of them many, & many were drownyd in fennys 
 and marycys. Whan the Frenshe kyng had opteynydthus this gloryouse victory, he tha 
 entrydy^ towne of Courtraye, wherehe so restynge hym, oratours were sent to hym frome 
 the towne of Brugys, which than had newely takyn partye with Artyuele, and \yith the; 
 payment of an. C. &. xx. M. frakys, oi;. xii. M.li. sterlynge money, there made a peace 
 for ^ sayd towne of Brugys ; and whan the kyng shuld departefrom Courtray, he c5matidid 
 his knyghtys to bete downe the gatys of the same, witliout harme doynge vnto the people. 
 But the Frenshemen^ beryng in mynde the rebukys and harmys which they before of that 
 towne had susteynyd, bete downe great parte ofy wallys, robbed and slewe moche of the 
 people, & set fyre vpon the towne whan they had done. In robbynge of this towne of 
 Courtray, dyuerse letters were founde of the towne or cylie of Parys, wliich coteynyd the 
 rebellyon of the Parysyencis before declared, with comforte to them for ayde if they nedyd ; 
 which letters wha they came vnto the kynges syght, he was with them of Parys greuously 
 dyspleasyd, and for the same theym by fyne greuouslye after punysshed. At suche tyme 
 as the kynge had thus repossessyd the erle of the lordesfayp of Flaunders, Gaunt yet re- 
 maynynge in theyr firste errour, helde theyr towne so strongely, y nother kynge nor erle 
 myght Wynne within them j albe it that after the Freshe kyng was retournyd into Frauce, 
 they sent certeyne oratours vnto hym, the which he i no wyse wolde sufter to come in his: 
 syght. In theyse passed yerys many skyrmysshes and fyghtes were done atwene the 
 Frenshemen and -Englysshemen, which somedeale are towchyd in y' begynnynge of Rych- 
 ardys reygne, but nothynge to the honoure of the Frenshemen, as they in theyr cronycle* 
 boste & auauce themselfe. Many moo rebellyos and insurreccyos of this people myght 
 I here brynge in, but for dyuerse consyderacions which to wyse men may appere, I 
 thyxike it better to spare, & also f rehersayll of theym wolde aske a longe tracte of tymp, 
 wherefore I passe ouer. 
 
 AFter f appeasynge of these inordynat insurreccions & murmurys, & that y lade was 
 somedeale set in a quyetnesse, kynge Charlys, iq y begyayng of the. ix. yere of his 
 .T.i. CJkH!. reygne, maryed Isabell ^ doughter of f duke of Bauary. In this yere also dyed Charlys, 
 f kyng of Nauerne, a man of great age, and by a wonderful! hap, as rehersyth myn 
 auctor. For so it was, that for his feblenesse or debylyte of age, he, by councell of physyt 
 cyons, was sowyd in a shete wesshyd with aqua vite, to the ende to cause his olde body to 
 catche naturall hete ; but howe it was, as this shete was tacked about hisbodye, the sewer 
 takynge his candell to burne of the ende of the trede, or he were ware the fyre fastened 
 in the shete, & so brent his flesshe or it myght be lowsyd from hym, that he caught therof 
 such dissease, that he dyed the thyrde daye folowynge ; which myshappe fell to hym, after 
 the opynyon of myn auctour, by the wreche of God, as codygne meryte for his vnsted- 
 fastnesse and vntroth by hym before vsyd, as i siidry placys before, in the storyes of kyng 
 lohfl, and Charlys his sone, are manyfestly shewed. In this yere also a batayll was done 
 at Parys atwene. ii. knyghtis of the duke of Alenson, wherof the cause epsuyrfi. This 
 sayde duke hadde in his court two knyghtys, whereof that one was named lohii Carengoa 
 «r Carongyon, and y other laquet Gryse, which were both in good fauour of theyr 
 
 ' beyng made. 
 
 inayster. 
 
^ SfiPTIMA PARS CAROLT. VII. &i7 
 
 mayster. This CarOngion, were rt for delyte to se strauge coutreys, or cause of other 
 auenture, as pylgrymage or other, departid out of Fraunce, leuynge.i)is wyfe in a castell 
 or fortresse of his owne ; which wyfe was goodlye & fayer ; after whose departynge, were 
 it for beauty of the woman or for euyll wyll ^ he bare towarde his felowe, tWs laquet 
 Gryse entryd ^ castell, berynge his wyfe on hande that he was comyn to see that house, 
 whiche shewyd- so fayre putwarde. The woman castynge no parell, acceptynge hym for 
 hyr husbandis frende and hyrs, shewyd to hym the cyrcuyte of the place; but he in con- 
 ti'ary awaytynge his praye, whan he sawe the woman farre from company, forsyd hyr in 
 such mane'r, that contrary hyr wylle he comysed with her auoutry ; at whose depaityn^e 
 she gaue vnto hyna many rebucous wordys, sayinge playnlye, that if hyr husbonde euet^ 
 retournyd, she wolde of that velony be reuegyd. This dede was kepte secrete t) 11 the 
 retourne of hyr husbonde, at whose home commynge, she with lamentable countenauce 
 $hewyd tyll' hyr husbonde aU the demeanure of the sayd laquet. After which complaynt 
 by hyr husbonde well vnderstondyn, he yode streyght vnto the duke of Alenson, requyr- 
 ynge hym to do correccyon vpon the auoutrer, or ellys that he myght trye with hym ir* 
 the felde by fortune of-batayli : wherof nother y' duke wolde gVaut. but brougut the 
 quarell before the kyng, by whose agrement and commaundement a daye by the kynge 
 was sette to fyght at Parys. Whan the daye of batayll was comen, Carongion brought 
 his wyfe vnto the place to iustyfye hyr former sayinge ; after affyrmacion whereof, eythei* 
 fyrste ranne at other with sharpe sperys, at whose course laquet wounded his enemye in- 
 the thygbe with his spere ; but Carongion beyng with it nothyng dysmayed, lyght 
 from his horse, & bare hym so manfuilye, that he ouercame his aduersarye, and 
 causyd hym to cohfesse his offence; for y which lie .was streyght drawen vnto the gybet 
 of Parys and there hangyd : and to the sayde Carongion the kynge gaue in rewarde a 
 thousande fraokys, or. C./». sterlynge money ; and ouer that he gaue vnto hynij as an 
 annuall fee or rent. CC. frankys, which is i value of. xx 11. sterlyng money, [In theyse 
 dayes, as wytnessyth Gagwynus, an anker berynge in his hande a rede crosse, a man to 
 loke to of goostlye conuersacyon, came vnto the Frenshe kynges court, desyrynge to 
 speke with the kynge, the whiche by the housholde seruauntys or famylyers of the court, 
 was loge kepte from his presence; albe it ^ lastelye he was broughte vnto hym, to whom 
 he shewyd that he was deuynely monysshed that he shuld charge hym to absteyne from 
 his customable vse in leuyinge so often taskys and subsydyes, and if he dyd not, he shulde 
 well vnderslande that the wrath of God was nere to hym, to punysshe hym if he refusyd 
 his commaiidement ; the which message the kynge tokeat sinnll regarde. But shortlye after 
 the quene was delyueryd of a doughter that dyed soone after ; wherefore, the kynge callynge 
 to mynde the ankers wordys, for feere of other punysshement, refraynyd a season from 
 leuyinge of trybutys and taskys ; but by the exortacybn of his two vnkyllys; he i short 
 season after tournyd to his former custome.]* Kynge Charlys thus passynge his tyme with 
 great murmure of his commons, and rebellyon of the duke of Brytayn, with many other 
 aduersaryes', whiche were loge to wryte ; lastlye in the. xiiii*. yere of his reygne or nere 
 about, he made warre vpon the people of West Fraunce, callyd in Laten Cenomanni, 
 [in Englysshe]* Whan Charlys was entryd this countrey, whiche was in the 
 
 domynyon of the duke of Brytayne, the duke sent vnto hym messyngers, sayinge to hym 
 that he shulde not nede to inuade his countrey with so great strengthe, for he and his 
 shulde be hoolye at his commaundement; but of this message the kynge tooke no regarded 
 for* sayth myne auctour, he was not moostwysest prynce, but was rulyd by hie huushokle 
 seruautys, and beleuyd euery lyght tale that was brought to hym, and ouer that he was 
 so lyberall, that it was of wyse men accoptid more prodygalyte than lyberalytye. As 
 Charlys, not withstadynge this message of the duke, helde on his iourney, commynge 
 
 • to. edit. 1542. 1559. * OmitUd in the edit. 1542. 1559. * aduersytyes. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 • xiii. ediU 1559. * Omitted in edit. 1533. 1542. 15 59. * as sayetU. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
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558 SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VII. 
 
 nere vnto a woode, he was sodeynly met of a man lyke vnto a begger, whiche saydevnfco 
 hym, "Whyther goest thou sir kynge? be ware thou goo no farther, for thou arte be- 
 trayed, and into the handys of thyne enemyes thyne owne meynye shall delyuer the." 
 With this iponyssyon of this poore man, the kyoge was astonyed, and stoode siyll, and 
 began to miise ; in whiche study he so beynge, one of his folowers, which after hym bare 
 his spere, slepyd vpo his horsebacke, and in his so slepynge let^e his spere fall vpon the 
 helmet of his'feldwe, with whiche stroke the kynge was sodeynly feryd, thynkynge his 
 enemyes hadde commen vnwarelye vpon hym; wherefore he in gere- he drewe hisswerde,- 
 and layed about hym at y^ geynyst, and slewe, iiii. of his knyghtys or he were refraynyd, 
 and toke therwith such an endelye fere, that he fell therwith dystraught j wherfore he was 
 to a place there by brought, and lay there in poynt of deth a longe season after, in so 
 moch that the fame ranne that he was dede ; but by prayers and other great dedys of 
 charyte done for hym, lastely he recouered and retournyd vnto Parys. And for he was 
 not yet retournyd to bis parfyght helth, his two vncles, than beyng that one duke of 
 Berry, and that other duke of Buigoyne, toke vpon them, by auctoryte of the astatys of the 
 lande, to rule the realme for f season ; in which season dyuerse ofFycers were alteryd and 
 chaungyd. The kynge thus contynuinge his sykenesse, many interludys and gamys were 
 deuysyd for the kynges recreacyon and comforte. And vpon a season, he beynge lodgyd in 
 the quenys lodgynge in the subarbis of Seynt Marcell, dyuerse noblemen of y' court made 
 a dysguysynge; and apparaylyd theym in lynnen clothes glewyd vnto theyr nakyd bodyes 
 with pytche, and florysshyd theym with [dyuerse paynturys sette out with]* dyuerse colours 
 and oylys, so that they were coueryd all exceptethe facys; and thus apparaylyd, w torche 
 lyght entryd the chaiibre where as the kynge was, and there in goodly maner shewyd theyr 
 BiUCJxtlii. dysporte, so that the kyng was therwith well contentyd. But were it of rechelesnesse or 
 of some euyll dysposyd persone, fyre was put to the vesturis of the disguysers, the which 
 anon was vpon suche a flame that no man there coulde quenche it ; wherefore the sayde 
 dysguysers, beynge by reason of the pytche and oylys greuously turmentyd, ranne into 
 pyttes and waters whiche they myght sonest attayne vnto, & so with great dyffyculte 
 sauyd theymselfe : in meane tyme wherof, the chauber beynge with the same fyryd, grewe 
 in so great aflame, that in shorte whyle the more parte of that lodgynge was cosumyd, to 
 the great fere of the kyng and other astatys than there beynge present, and augmentynge 
 agayn of his former sykenesse, so that certeyne apoyntementys to be holden atwene hym 
 and Rycharde kynge of Englonde, were for y tyme put of. 
 
 IN f. xvi. yere of this Charlys, the maryage of peace atwene bothe realmys was con- 
 cluded and fynysshyd at Calays, as before I haue shewyd to you in the. xix. yere of kynge 
 Rycharde; and that tryumphe fynysshyd, Charlys, at the contemplacion and prayer of 
 the kynge of Hungry, sent vnto hym Phylyp erle of Artoys, witb dyuerse other knyghtys 
 in good noiiber, to ayde the sayde kynge agayn the Turkys ; the whiche after that they 
 hadde there a season warryd, the capytayns and the more party of the Frenshemen, of 
 the Turkys were dystressyd & slayen, and many taken prysoners to theyr great charge. 
 This Charlys, thus contynuynge his sykenesse, two frerys of seynt Augustynes order, 
 beynge desyrouS of money, toke vpon them to cure the kynge, and after they hadde 
 shauen his hede and mynystryd to hym medycyns, the kynge daylye feblyd in suche wyse 
 that he was nye dede ; for which cosyderacion, they examyned by phylosophers and 
 doctours of physyke, [and they y w6|-e]* founde vncunnynge, were degradyd of theyr prest- 
 hode, and after behedyd : to this fol^e were theyse frerys brought, by the excytynge of the 
 duke of Burgoyne, as the common fame went. In the. xix. yere of this Charlys, f lande 
 of Fraunce was greuously vexyd with the plage of ipydymye, of whiche sykenesse a great 
 multytude of people dyed. And that yere was there also seen a blasynge starre of 
 
 ■ anger, edit. 1542. 1559. * Omitted in edit. J 533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 wonderful 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VII. 559 
 
 wonderfull bygnes, with strerays apperynge to mennys syghte of moste feruent brennynge. 
 In thys yere also, Cbarlys herynge of the subduynge of kynge Rycharde, sent into 
 Englade two of his houshold, knyghtys, requyrynge kynge Henrye the. iiii., tha newly 
 made kynge, to sende home his doughter Isabell latelye maryed vnto kynge Rycharde, 4r 
 suche dowar as with hir was promysed j in doynge of whiche message kynge Henrye toke 
 suche dyspleasure, that, as sayth Gagwinus myne auctour, he threwe the sayde. ii. 
 knyghtys in prysone, wherthrough one of theyra namyd Blancbet, dyed in Englonde, and 
 that other callyd IJenry, after great sykenesse, retournyd into Fraunce. And shortly 
 after kynge Henry sent the sayde dame Isabell vnto Calays, where she was ioyously re- 
 ceyued of the Frenshemen, and so conueyed vnto hyr sayde father, whiche as yet was 
 not of his sykenesse curyd. By reason whereof, amonge the lordis of Frauce, eueryche of 
 theym coueytynge to baue rule, great dyssencion and malyce bega to kendle, and spe- 
 cyallye atwene the dukys of Orleaunce, of Burgoyne, and of Berry. Than the duke of 
 Orleaunce entendyng to promote his cause, vnknowinge the other lordes, allyed hym 
 with the duke of Geldre, and stregthy.d hym with. v. hundreth men of his, and so entryd 
 the feeldys of Parys. And in lyke maner the duke of Burgoyne with a stronge company 
 kepte an other cooste of that countrey. - Notwithstandyng, by meanys of other lordes, 
 theyse two dukys were kepte asunder, and at lengthe the duke of Orleaunce, by the 
 kynges commaun dement, that some what was than amendyd, was ordeynyd regent of f 
 realme ; the which anon as he was sette in auctoryte, fell to all rauyne, and oppressyd f 
 people with cotydyan taskys and tallagys, and the spyrytuell men with dymys and other 
 exaccyons j wherfore, by reason off the studyetis of Parys, he was at lengthe dischargyd 
 of that dygnyte, & the duke of Burgoyne for hym put in auctoryte. Than the duke of 
 Orleaunce beynge dyscontentyd, yode vnto Lucenbourgth, a towne in hyghe Almayne, 
 and soughte agayne ayde of theduke of Geldre foresayde; but by his frendys he was so 
 aduertysed, that with his owne folkys he retournyd into Fraunce ; but yet the malyce and 
 stryfe atwene hym and the duke of Burgoyn seasyd not. About this season, or soone 
 after, dyed f duke of Brytayn, & as affermyth f auctour afore namyd, kyng Hery f. iiii. 
 maried his wyfe. Wherof heryng, the duke of Burgoyn, with a companye of. vi.M. 
 knyghtys entryd Brytayn, &' there by strength toke from hyr, hyr. iii. sonnys, namyd 
 lohfl, Rycharde, Arthure', and presentyd them vnto kynge Cbarlys. In the. xxii. yere 
 of this Charlis, was borne of Isabell his wyfe a man chylde, which also was named 
 Charlys, the which, after the deth of his father, vnto the great aduersyte of all the realme 
 of Fraunce, was kynge of that realme, and contrary the appoyntment taken atwene 
 Henry the. v. after kyng of Englonde, & this Charlys the father, nowe kynge of 
 Fraunce, as after shall more* appere in the story of the sayde kyng Henry f. v. In this 
 yere also was dame Isabell, some tyme wyfe of Rycharde, lately kynge of Englonde, 
 maried vnto Charlys, eldest sone of the duke of Orleauce ; and lohn f eldyst of the. iii. 
 forenamed sonys of the duke of Brytayne latelye dede, toke to wyfe Margarete the 
 doubter of kynge Charlys ; and Phylyp, duke of Burgoyn, dyed soone after, leuyng an 
 heyre after hym named lohii, the whiche after he was gyrde w the swerde of the duchy 
 of Burgoyne, he anon by euyll entysynge and counceyll, areryd warre agayne the duke 
 of Orleaunce, to the great dysturbaunce of all y realme. For the sayd duke of Orleaunce 
 was a prynce of a woderfull hyghe courage, & desyrous of great honoure, &, after the 
 sayinge of Gagwynus, coueytyd to be kyng of Fraiice ; f which went to Auyngnyon, 
 where as tha sate f. xiii. Benet tha pope', duryng f scisme, & admytted by some of f 
 cardynallys after the deth of Clement the. vi.; to which Benet the sayd duke made great 
 labour to depryue y vnyuersyie of Parys firome the great auctoryte that it at those dayes 
 stode in, which was of maruelous auctoryte tha, as saytk the forenamed auctour. In this 
 whyle thus enduryng, f lade [fell]* full of myseries & aduersites, y quene which y moch 
 
 ' and Arthur. * more clerely. MS. ^ B. of Jlome. edit. 1542. " Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 fauound 
 
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 fauourid f dukis partye, accopanyed w ^^sayd duke, rode to take hir disporte of hunt- 
 ynge into the coutey of Meldon, to which place she sent letters vnio f dalphyii by f 
 duke of Bauary hir brother, that he with his wyfe, whiche wag doughter vnlo the duke of 
 r,i. cjxv. Burgoyne, ^ulde come for to dysporte them. Wherof lohn, than duke of Burgoyn, beynge 
 warned, suspectyd the quene that she with ayde of the duke wolde couey the daulphyn 
 into Germanye, and there to holde hym at theyrypleasures : and to enpeche that pur- 
 pose, he in all haste sped hym towarde the daulphyne, and contrary© the mynde of the 
 duke af Bauarye, whiche thavi was vpon his waye w the sayde daulphyne towarde the 
 quene, retournyd hym and lodged hym in a stronge castell callyd Lupar; whereof her- 
 ynge, the duke of Orleauce assembled to hym a company of. vi. thousande knyghtys, 
 came agayne towarde Paris, where as that tyme the duke of Burgoyne was, and' her- 
 ynge of the dukys c5mynge, made hym stronge to receyue hym, to whome the cytezyns 
 of Parys were fauourable and aydynge, for the euyll wyll that they before bare vnto the 
 duke of Orleaunce, and also for they hoped by hym to be defendyd from taskys and 
 taliagys. Thus contynuynge the prouysyon vpon both partyes to mete shortlye in playne 
 hatayll, suche polytyke meanys was founde by a noble man callyd Mountagu, that a 
 Concorde and vnyte was for that tyme by hym sette atwene the sayd dukys ; and for that 
 newe occasyon shulde not by presence kyndle atwene them, therefore the duke of Or- 
 leaunce with his copany was sent into Guyan to warre vpo the Englysshe men, and that 
 other vnto Calays to laye syege vnto that towne, the whiche before had preparyd a won- 
 derfull engyne sette vpon whelys, by the strengthe whereof he thought to wreke* great 
 *lysturbauce vnto the sayde towne; and, as sayeth myne auctour Gagwyne, was in great 
 hope to recouer it agayne to the subieccyon of the house of Fraunce. But that hope was 
 soone dysprayed', for it was not ionge after or the sayde duke by the kynge was cou- 
 tyrmaundyd and retournyd. And the duke of Orleaunce, after he knewe that rescous 
 were commynge from Burdeaux, he remoued his syege layde by hym to Burgus, a towne 
 of Guyan, and so.retourned into Fraunce, to his confusyon as after shall appere. 
 
 IN the. xxvii. yere of this Charlys, y- former malyce and enu3'e contynuyng in the 
 brestys of the sayd dukys of Orleaunce and of Burgoyne, as the sayde duke of Orleaiice 
 was goyng towarde his lodgyng in the nyght of the. x. daye of December, fell vpon hvm 
 certayn knyghtes, of the which one named Rafe Auctouyle was leder, and slewe hym 
 Here vnto a gate of the cytie of Parys named Barbet gate. After which murder fynysshed, 
 y sayde syr Rafe, with his adherentys, fled vnto f place of y erie of Artoys, where the 
 duke of Burgoyne vsyd accustomably to resorte; and the dede corps was soone after, by 
 suche as came to the exclamacyon, with also a seruaunt of his ^V hym slayen, borne into 
 the nexte housys. Whan the rumour of this murder was blowen abowte the cytie, anon 
 Lewys, vncle vnto the kynge, and than kynge of Scccyle, the dukys of Berry and of Bur- 
 bon with sOther, drewe thyder, & there with lamentacion beholdynge the corps, com- 
 maunded .pronysyon to be made for f buryinge of it win the monast^rye of Celestynys, 
 where vpon .the seconde daye folowynge he was huryed with great pompe, whom, amongs 
 other lordys, fdowed to his buryinge, the duke of Burgoyne, not\Vout great susspicion 
 of the layde murder. And that enterement with due obseruaunce fynysshed, auctoryte 
 was geue vnto. ii. knyghtys, namyd Robert Tuyller and Peter Orpheuer, to make enquery 
 for the murder of this prynce : whereof the duke of Burgoyne beyng asserteynyd, voydyd 
 the cytie, and brake the brydge of seynt Maxence after hym, that pursute after hym 
 fihulde not be made, and sx) hastely sped hym, that that nyght folowynge he came to An- 
 dwarpe, whiche is vpon an. C. myle from Parys. Wha Charlys the kyng harde of ^ 
 escape of y sayd duke, feryng jest he wolde accuse hym to be cosentynge vnto that euyll 
 ^ede, sent vnto hym comfortable messagys, so that the sayde duke without warre restyd 
 
 'and he. edit 1533. 1542. 1559. » wcik. MS. ' dyspayred. 
 
 all 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VII. 561 
 
 fill f wynter, some tyme in Arthoys, and an other whyle in Flauders at his pleasure. In ^ 
 
 the which passe tyme he sent into dyuerse placys of Fraunce sundry accusasyons of the 
 
 duke before slayen, that he entedyd to depose the kyng, and to take vpon hym the rule 
 
 and gouernaunce of the realme, & to haue poysoned the sayd kynge, as by dyuerse to- 
 
 kyns by hym afFermyd for perfourmaunce of the same. And also y the sayde doke of Or- 
 
 leauce was cause of fyryng of the dysguysers garmentis before shewyd, to the ende to 
 
 brynge the kynge in more daunger of sykenesse, or ellys to be cosumyd with the same 
 
 fyre, with sundry other difFamacions* as leuyinge of taskys and imposyci5s of y^ people, 
 
 to his synguler auaHtage & hugely enrychynge, whereby he myght f soner atayn vnto his 
 
 sayd purpose. Thus contynuyng' great vnkyndenesse grewe atwene f duke of Burgoyn & 
 
 the sone, and other of his blode of f duke of Orleaunce, the sayde duke agayne the 
 
 begynynge of f yere, heiynge that the kynge and the quene were departyd from Parys 
 
 to Chartris, assemblyd to hym a stronge power of Holanders and other, and came vnto 
 
 Parys ; in which cytie he moche trustyd, to the ende to cause the kyng, the quene and 
 
 the doulphyne, to whom he had maryed his doughter, for to retourne vnto Parys. And 
 
 to strength his partye, he brought with hym Wyllya erle of Hanster, which Wyllyam was a 
 
 man of great strenglhe and allyaunce, and hadde maryed his syster vnto the duke of 
 
 Burgoyne foresayd, and his doughter and heyre vnto one of kyng Charlys sonnys, and 
 
 was gossyp vnto the quene : for which sayd cosyderacions the sayd erle entendyng the 
 
 weale of that realme of Fraunce, laboured suche wayes and mcanys, that by hym for 
 
 that tyme a concorde & vnyte was dryuen and made atwene the. ii. dukys of Orleaunce 
 
 and Burgoyne, with assuryd othes and necessary actys to y cocorde belongyng, and the 
 
 kyng with his retynewe was agayn retournyd vnto Parys. Theyste dukys thus appeasyd, 
 
 and the duke of Burgoyne agayn restored to the gouernaunce of the realme, associat 
 
 vnto hym the kynge of Nauerne, whiche varyed not from h^s fathers vnstable codicions, 
 
 so that by hym newe occasyons of stryfe and varyaiice were moued atwene the sayde 
 
 dukys & theyr allyes. For fyrste they sought occasyon agayn the forenamed Mountagu, a 
 
 man of great wysedome & honoure in the kynges courte, & especyall frende vnto the 
 
 duke of Orleaunce, & by theyr malycc and vntrewe surmyses, fynally putto deth\ And 
 
 one namyd Peter Essayer or Sayer than prouoste of the cytie of Paris or goucrnoure, 
 
 they admytted to ^ rule of f kynges treasonry, & other dyuerse officers such as were any 
 
 thyng fauoured of the duke of Orleaiice they clerely dyscharged ; the whiche, for theyr 
 
 relefe & comforte, resortyd vnto the sayd duke, shewynge to hym all the demeanure of 
 
 theyr' aduersaries, addyng thereunto that all suche conuencions concernynge the amyte 
 
 atttene hym & f duke of Burgoyn before sworne and enacted, were clerely adnullyd and P'I-cjxvU 
 
 broken. With theyse tydynges the duke beynge fyred with new malyce, accompanyed 
 
 to hym the dukes of Berry, of Burbon, and of Alenson, the erlys of Rychemount, of 
 
 Alyhert, & of Armenake, 'with other nobles not a fewe, by whose couceyilys he deter- 
 
 Hiyned to be auengyd vp5 the duke of Bm-goyn and other his fawtours ; whereof the sayd 
 
 duke beynge monysshed, drewe hym towarde Parys, and strengtbyd the fortrcssys as he 
 
 yode. To this duke of Burgoyne was brother the duke of Brabande named Antony, a 
 
 man of great polycy and wysedome, the which forecastyng y- great shedyng of Cristen 
 
 mannys bloode, with many other inconuenyencys lykely to haue ensuyd of this variannce 
 
 atwene theyse. ii. dukis, made such afFectuouse labour, y with great dyfFycute he pacyfyed 
 
 them agayn for that tyme, and brought them to personall comunycacion, and lastly to 
 
 amyabie and tVendely departynge. After which concorde & amyte thus agayn concluded, 
 
 the duke of Burgoyne departyd into Pycardy, leuynge behynde hym y forenamed Peter 
 
 Essavr to rule tlie cytie of Paryse, the whiche shortlye after drewe to hym such persones 
 
 -as before tyme had vexyd and dystourbyd y duke of Orleaunce frendys and seruaiitis 
 
 within that cytie: by whose meanys the sayde Petyr soughte fyrst&^ occasyon agayne a 
 
 • continuyng this. edit. 1548. 1559. * put hym. MS. '"hi*. MS. 
 
 4 C ' knyght 
 
5Gst SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VII. 
 
 Snvght namyd Venyt Thorney, and by false suggestyon smote first 6f his hede, and after 
 dyd his body to be hanged vpon the comon gybet of Parys, in dyspyte of the sayde diike,- 
 as testy/yetn niyne auctour : wherewith the duke beynge wondersly amoued, reassemblyd 
 his knygtuis, and sped hyin towarde a towne named' ^ and foj; to strengthe another 
 
 towne named' , he sent a certeyne noumber of his knyghtp, chargyng them witlv 
 
 the dwellers to withstande the force of his enemyes. Of this herynge-the duke of Bur- 
 goyne, anon gatheryd vnto hym the noumber of. xvi.M. Flemynges and Pycardys, and 
 sped hym vnto the sayd towne oP , and so with his instrumentis of warre as- 
 
 saylyd the^ate of the sayde towme, whiche ledyth towarde Seynt Quyntynes, that in 
 fihorte space y^ sayde Flemynges wan the entre of the towne. In. which meane season, 
 t-he dwellers with f other soudyours by a backe waye or water, whereof the maner by this 
 auctour is not expressyd, lefte the towne and yode vnto the duke of Orleaunce, beyng 
 as yet at the foresayde towne of* . Wha*the Memynges were entryd the towne,, 
 
 & foiide it deserte of people and pyllage, werp it for that that they lackyfl theyr praye^ 
 or for other cause here not shewyd, they toke suche vnkyndenesse agayn f duke, that for 
 prayer, nor yet for manassis, they wolde* with hym any lengertary, but retournyd thena 
 home in all hasty spede towarde theyr owne countrey;, so that the duke was fayne to- 
 withdrawe, and for the more suretie, to aske ayde and helpe of Englisshemen, and so 
 was holpen by tlie pryncis comforte*, Henry sone of' Herye the. iiii-, as after shall be>: 
 towchyd in the. xii. yere of the. iiii. Henry. 
 
 ,. IN f, xxxi. yere of this kyng^Gharlys, whiche was the. xii. yere of the. iiii. Henrye 
 tiien kynge of Englonde, the duke of Orleaunce seinge his enemye was turned fronti 
 Parys, caused suche bryd-ges as before by his sayde enemye were broken, to be refedyfyed^. 
 -by the whiche he passyd the ryuer tyll he came to Seynt Denys-, where as than he fande 
 a capytayne a noble man namyd syr lohii Cabylon, of f dukys of Burgoyne, there lefte 
 by hym to. strengthe y towne ; the which syr lohri, cosyderynge the wekenesse of the sayd' 
 towne, with also bis lacke of strengthe, yeldyd.hym and the towne vnto y duke, swerynge 
 to hym by solempne othe, that after that daye heshulde neuer here armys agayne hym. 
 In this passe tyroe, an other ca^iytayn of the Burgonyons, Gancourt^, secretly by nyghfc 
 wan vpon the Frenshe men the brydge of Seynt Cloalde*;. but not longe after the duke 
 of Orleaunce sent thyder certeyne Brytons, the which agayn recouered.|^ sayd brydge, 
 and helde it vnto the sayde dukys vse. In which tyme and season, the duke of Bur— 
 gOyne recouerynge his strenght, passyd the brydge of Meleni:, and so came vnto the cytie- 
 of Parys, & the,day folowynge, with helpe of the- cytezyns, recouered the aboue sayde 
 brydge of Seynt Clodalde,, & dystressyd vpon a. M. Brytons- which had the warde of 
 the same. Then the dtke of Orleaunce made out of Seynt Denysouer Sayne brydge to- 
 wards Paris ; wherof y other duke beynge warnyd, refusyd the cytie, and with the kynge: 
 tha there beyng present, remouyd with the dolphyne to a towne callyd Stamps, and sent; 
 the erle of Marche named lamys, with a certeyne knyghtys to a towne named' 
 to strengthe it agayne the duke of Orleaunce, the which of the sayd dtkys knygjitys was 
 encountryd with'& taken^ and so s^nt to prysone. Wherof herynge, the dukeof Bur- 
 goyne, in shorte processe after,. retournyd vnto Paris w the kynge and dolphyne, & the- 
 duke of Orleaunce yode to a towiie callyd Seyntclowe. And in the. xxxii. yere of this 
 sayd kynge Charlys, by counceyll of y^, duke of Berry & other^ seynge that the sayd^ 
 Bytye of Parys was so-sette agayn hym,. with also the kynge and the doulphyne, sent a; 
 noble man of his boost named Albrete vnto Hiry y. iiii.. yet kyng of Englonde, to re- 
 qwyre hym of ayde to withstande the tyranny, of the' duke of Burgpyne, that with his' 
 
 » named Scliany. edit. 1559. "named Hane. edit. 1559- ' of Hane. edit. 1559. . *of- 
 
 Shanny. edit. 1559. ' wolde not. edit. 154.2. 1559. * prince his cosin. edit. 1559. ' called ■■ 
 
 Gancourt. edit. J533. 1542. 1559. 'Clodalde. edit. 1533.1542. 1559. 'named Poysete. edit. 1559.. 
 
 , coraplyci*- 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROL!. VII. ^6: 
 
 complycis entedyd to subuerte the realme of Frauce: to this requeste kynge Henrye 
 gaue good ere, and lastly graunted to his petycion, & sent thyder, as sayeth the Fresh 
 Crooycle, Thotnas his sone duke of Clarence, also f duke of Yorke, \V lohfi erle of 
 Cornewayll, aecompanyed with. viii.C. knyghtis and sowdyours & a. M. archers; the 
 ■whiche company when they wgre landyd i Frauce, & liarde that y Freshe lordis were i 
 treatye of a peace, & no man to them gaue wagys as they tofore were promysed, fell 
 vpo a towne callyd' , and it ryffled, and iherin toke as prysoners the abbot of 
 
 that monastery with other, & coueyed them to Burdeaux and after into Englonde, where, 
 for'theyr fynaunce and other money due of olde by the Frenshe kyng, as affermyth Gag- 
 wyne, they remayned many yerys after. After ^ the Englysshmen were thus departyd, 
 albe it that in the Englysshe Cronycle, and. xiii. yere of the forenamyd kynge Henry, of 
 them is other reporte made, y lordis of Frauce retournyd to theyr olde dyssencyon, and 
 cotynUed in longe stryfe, wherof the cyrcumstaunce were longe and tedyouse to tell, and 
 to shewe the vnstablenesse of them, howe some whyle the duke of Orleauce was fauoured 
 of the kynge and the dolphyne, & there agayne the duke of Burgoyne clene out of con- 
 ceyte. The which cotenCyon thus endurynge, kyng Henry the. iiii. dyed, and Hery his 
 sone the. v. Htenry, was admytted for kyng of Englonde after hym, that sliortlye after 
 sent his ambassadours vnto the Freshe kynge, axyng of hym his doughter Kateryne I ma- 
 riage, as affermyth y Freshe boke. But dyuerse other wryters shewe, that he asked the 
 hoole iandys due to hym within the realme of Frdunce, by reason of the composycion J'oi.c.hvS, 
 made I tyme passid, atwene his progenytour Edwarde the thyrde & lohii tha kynge of 
 Frauce. And for he was dysdeynously answeryd, he therfore made vpo the sharpe warre, 
 as in the. iii*. yere of the sayd Henry after somedeale doth apere. By reaso of which 
 warre, the cyuyle batayll or stryfe that longe whyle had contynued amonge f Frensshe- 
 men, than dyd asswage: for in the. iii'. yere of this Henry, which was the. xxxv. yere of 
 this Charlys, f sayd Hery inuadyd the realme of Fraunce, & had at Egyncourt a try- 
 umphaunt vyctorye, as in the sayde. iii. yere of Henry the. v. is more at lengthe de- 
 clared. Than it foloweth in the story, after many townes & stronge holdys by the En- 
 glysshe men in sundry placys of Frauce opteynyd, in xxx. &. viii. yere of this Charlys, 
 a Fresshe man named y lorde of y Ile"bf Adam & lohii Vyilers in proper name, gather- 
 ynge to hym a company of tyrauntis to the noumber of. CCC. or moo, whereof many 
 were olde seruauntys of the kynges housholde, and than put out by the dolphyne & other, 
 that than had the rule of the kynge, by treason of a clerke opteynyd the keyes of one of 
 the gatys of Parys, & so entryd f cytie by nyghte, & by a watch worde amonge them 
 deuysyd, assocyat to them many Burgonyons, & so beynge stronge yode where the kyng 
 was & gate f rule of his parsone, & that done all such as they myght fynde that tha bare 
 any rule, they slewe by one meane& other; so that vpon the day folowynge was nou- 
 ,bryd of dcde corpsys within the cytie vpon. iiii.M. Amonge the '.vhiche, of noble men 
 was Henry de Marie than chauceller of Fraiice, and Grauntpre* with many other. And 
 for to haue the more assistence of the common people, the sayde Vyilers set the kynge 
 .vpon ajj horse, and ladde hym about the cytie as he that hadde small reason to guyde 
 hym selfe, & so rulyd all thyng as he and his company wolde. Wherefore the dolphyne 
 ferynge to fall in the dauger of so wylde a c5pan'y, yode to Meldune or , and 
 
 there called to hym such as the were lefte on lyue to wstade theyse tyrauntys : & the duke 
 of Burgoyne, than beynge within the cytie, & compasser of all this myschefe, as some 
 construed and demyd. After which company to hym gatheryd, retournyd* to f cytie of 
 Purvs, and assaylyd one of the gatys; but wha he sawe the cytezyns toke party agayne 
 hvui, he thought his trauayle lost, wherfore, without great assawte makyng, he callid these , 
 
 iiis knyghtys, and so departyd agayn to the place which he came fro, and from thens vnto 
 
 ■ Cilliiuefiit. 155S' * fourth, edit. 1542. 1559. ' fourth, edit. 1559. ♦ erle af Grantpre. MS» 
 
 'Leietuniyd _, 
 
 4 C 2 Thuron, 
 
^64 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIII. 
 
 ThuTDti, in appeasynge the countreys & townes as he went, whiche at those dayes were 
 farre out of frame. And tha in the. xxxix'. yere of the sayde Charlys, ■ kyng Henry the 
 V. landyd with a stroge power at a place callyd Touke in Normandy, and after layde 
 siege to many stronge holdys and townes, and them wanne, as Cane, Phaley&, Roan, and 
 other, as in the. vi. yere of the sayd Henry folowyng is more at length declared. In 
 tyme of whiche warre thus made by kynge Henry, y dolphyne & the duke of Burgoyne, 
 eyther of them prouydyd to defende the malyce of the other, in so moche that, as tes" 
 tyfyeth y Freshe Cronyeie, the duke was aduysed to haue taken party with y Englyssjie- 
 men. This sayinge, as wytnessyth an auctoiir named Flpure of Hystoryes, whiche towch- 
 yth in Laten many gestys and dedys done by kynges of Englbnde, sayeth y y Frenshemea 
 brynge in f, for to excuse theyr infortune & cowerdyse, by reason, wberof they lost not 
 all onlye theyr lade, but also the honour & name of the same. Tha lastly the duke beynge 
 of mynde, by exortacyon of Phyiyp losquyne & lohfl de Tolongn," w also a lady callyd 
 the coQtesse of Grat, the duke was recounsyled vnto the dolphyne, and a day of met- 
 ynge apoynted at Mostrueli, where eyther of them shuld be accompanyed with. x. lordes 
 onelye wout moo :^ at whiche daye the sayde prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge 
 asseBlyd, many reasons &'argumetys were layed andreplyed vpon both sydes, by occasyoiJ 
 ^Inisducis" whereof one of the dolphynes company sodeynly drewe hys knyfe & strake the duke vrto the 
 Surgudie, herte, so that he dyed soone after; whiche murder was supposed to be done by a knyght 
 callyd TaUguyde de Chastell, which oftyme passid had ben famylyer seruaut with the 
 duke of Orleaunce, before slayen by meanys of the sayde duke of Burgoyne. After 
 which murder thus comyttyd, the lade of Frauce was brought in moehe more stryfe & 
 variauce, in so moch that Phj'lyp the sone of the sayde lohii duke of Burgoyne beynge 
 thafl in Parys, and hauynge the rule of the kynge and the cytie, toke partye with the 
 Englysshe men agayne the dolphyne ; by reason whereof, as sundry wryters agre, kyng 
 Henryes party was greatlye augmentyd and holpen, so that fynally kyng Henry opteynyd 
 moche of his wyl], and sliortlye after maryed dame Katheryne doughter of Charlys 
 kynge*, in the. xii. yere of his reygne, with assuraunce & promyse of the enherytaue® 
 of the real me of Fraunce to hym and his heyres, after the deth of the sayde Charlys^. * 
 as to you more playnlye shall be shewyd in y^. viii. yere of the sayde Henry the. v. After 
 which maryage eoncludyd & fynysshyd, yet the dolphyne ceasyd not to make newe mo- 
 eyons and sterynges r durynge the whiehe kynge Charlys dyed in Octobre, and was bu- 
 ryed at Seynt Denys, whan he hadde reyg-nyd in great trouble vpon the poynt of. xUu 
 yeres, leuynge after hym, as is affermyd by the forenamyd auctour Gaguyne, a sone ancJ 
 dolphyne of Vyenne callyd Charlis, which after was kynge of Frenshemen^, and was-. 
 namyd Charlys the. vii, or the. viii. after some wryters.. 
 
 Henry the. iili.. ■ 
 
 HEnry the. iiii. of that name, and sone of lohii of Gaunt late duke of Lancaster;, 
 tooke possessyon of the domynyon of the realme of Englonde, as before in the ende of 
 the story of the seconde Rychardie is shewyd, vpon the laste daye of Septembre, in 
 the yere of our Lorde a thousande. GCC.lxxx.xix. and in f. xix. yere of Charlys the* 
 
 •%«£«,. yij^ t.ij^ kynge of Fraunce; After whiche possessyon soo by hym taken, anon he made 
 newe offycers. As the erle of Narthumberlande he made constable of Englonde, the 
 
 jfj. CJxviii, erle of Westmerlande was made marsball, syr lohii Serle chaunceler, lohii Newebery^ 
 . esquyer tresorer, and syr Rycharde ClyfFopde knyght keper of the pryuey sygnet: and 
 
 that done, prouysyon was made for his coronacyon agayne the daye of the Translacyoa 
 ©f seynt Edwarde the Confessour next than comynge, and the parlyament was prolongyd 
 
 ' two aiid thirte yere, edit., ISi^a. 1559. "* this kyng. MS.. 
 
 tyll 
 
. SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIIL 565 
 
 (yll f Tuysday folowyng'e the sayd day of coronacybn. Than vpon the euyn of 4he sayde 
 daye of coronacyon, the kyng win the Towre of Lodon made. xli. knyghtys of the Bathe, Coronacjo. 
 wherof. iii. were his owne sonnys, and, iii. erlys, &. v. lordys; and vpon Monday, be- 
 ynge the sayd day of seynt Edwarde and the. xiii. day of October, he was crowned at 
 Westinynster- of the archebysshop of Cautorbury: after which solempnyte fynysshed, an 
 honorable feesl was fcolden within the great halle of Westmynster, where the kyngis be- 
 ynge set in the mydde see of the table, the archebysshop of Cauntorbury with; iii. other 
 prelatys were set at the same table vpon the right liande of the kynge, and the arche- 
 bysshop of Yorke-with other, iiii. prelatys was sette vpon that other hande of the kynge, 
 & Hery y^ kynges eldest sone stooge vpo the right hande w a poyntlesse swerde holdynge 
 vp right, & the erle of Northhumberlande, newely made constable, stode vpo the lefte 
 hande with a sharpe swerde holde vp right, and by eyther of those swerdys stode. ii. 
 other lordys holde'. ii. cepters. And before the kynge stode, all f dyner whyle, the dukys of 
 Amnarle% of Surrey and of Exetyr, with other ii. lordys. And the erle of Westmerlande, 
 tha newely made marshall, rode about the halle \V many typped staues about hym, to 
 see the roume of the halle kepie, that ofFycers u)ygbt with ease serue f tables. Of the 
 wj:iiche tables the chefe vpon the ryght syde of the halle was begunne with the barons of 
 the. V. portys, and at the table next f cupborde vpo* the letie hande, sate the mayer and 
 his bretherne the aldermen of Lodo, which mayer that tyme beynge Drewe Barentyne, 
 goldsmyth, for seruyce there by hym that daye done, as other niayers at euery kynges 
 and quenys coronacion vse for to do, had there a standynge cuppe of golde. Than after 
 theseconde courscwasseruyd, syr Thomas Dymmoke knyght, beynge armyd at all peacis, 
 and syttynge vpon a good stede, rode to the hyglier parte of*the halle, & there before 
 f kyng caused an herowde to make proclamacyon, that what man wolde saye that kynge 
 Henry was not rightfuU enherytoure of the crowne of Englonde, and rightfully crownyd, 
 he was there redy to wage with hym batayll, tha, or suche tyme as it shuld please the 
 kynge to assygne. Which* proclamacion he causyd to be made after in. iii. sudry placys 
 of f halle in Englysshe and in Frenshe, with many moo obseruauncis at his solempnytie 
 exercysyd & done, whiche were longe to reherse. Tiian this feest with all honoure 
 endyd, vpon the morne beynge Tuysday, the parlyainent was agayne begunne. And 
 vpon Wednysdaye syr lohn Cheyny, y before that tyme hadde occupyed as speker of 
 that parlyament, by his o^yne laboure, for cause of such infyrmyties as he tha had, was 
 dyschargyd, and a squyer namyd Wyllyam Durwarde was electe to that roume for hym. 
 And then was the parlyament and the actys therof laste called by kynge Rycharde, ad- 
 nullyd & set at nought, and the parlyamet holden in the. xi. yere of his reygne, holden 
 for ferme and stable. And the same day Henrye the kynges eldest sone was chosen & 
 admytted prynce of Walys and duke of Cornewall, and erle of Chester, and heyre ap- 
 paraunt to the crowne. Vpon the Thursdaye folowynge was put into the Comon House, 
 a byll deuysed by syr lohn Bagot, than prysoner in the Towre, whereof the effecte was, Bagottys byiv 
 that f sayde syr lohn confessyd that lie harde kynge Rycharde saye, dyuerse tyraes, and, 
 at sundry parlyamentys in his tyme holde, that he wolde haue his entent and pleasure 
 concernynge his owne matiers, what soeuer betyde of the resydue, and if any withstode 
 his wyll or mynde, he wolde by one meane or other brynge hym out of lyfe. 
 
 Also he shewyd farther, that kynge Rycharde shuld shewe and saye to hym at Liche- 
 felde in the. xxi. yere of his reygne, that he desyred no leger to lyue, than to see his 
 lordes & commons to haue hym in as great awe and drede as euer they hadde any of his 
 progenytouFS, so that it myght be cronycled of Ijym, that none passyd hym of honour 
 ' and^dygnyte, with condyeion that be were dcposyd and put from his sayd dygnyte the n 
 
 morowe after. And if euer it came soo to, that he shuide resygne his kyngelye mageste, he 
 iayde his mynde was to resygne to the duke of Herforde, as to hym that was moost 
 
 'holding, edit. 1542. 1559. * Aumarle. MS. 
 
 abeleste 
 
m SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. Illf. 
 
 iStbeleste to occupy© that honour: but one thynge he feryd lest he wolde do, lyrannyle , 
 agayne^^ Churche. More ouer he shewyd by y sayd byll, y as I" sayde syr lohn Bagot 
 rode behynde the duke of Norfolke towarde Westmynster, y' sayd duke laved to his 
 charge, y he with other of the kynges counceyli hadde inuidred the duke of Gioucetyr, 
 the whiche at that tyme to the sayde duke he denyed, and sayde at that daye be was on 
 lyue. But within, iii. wekys after, the sayd sir lohn, by the kynges commaundement, was sent 
 with other persones vnto Calays, where, for fere of his owne iyfe, he sawe the sayd mur- 
 der put in execucion. And farthennore he shewyd, that there was no man of honour 
 at that dayes more in fauoure with kynge Rycharde, iha was the duke of Amnarle', and 
 that by his coiiceyll he toke the lordes, and wrought many other thynges after the sayd 
 dukys aduyce. 
 
 Also he shewyd that he harde-the kynge, beynge tha at Cbyltrynlangiey, swere manye 
 
 great othes, that the dukeof Herforde, nowe kynge, shulde neuer retourne into Englonde, 
 
 and, rather tlien he shulde agayne etiheryte his fathers landys, he wolde gyue them vnto 
 
 the heyres of the duke of Gioucetyr, and of the erlys of Arundell and of Warwyke, at 
 
 .the laste parlyament adiuged. And farther he shewyd, that of all theyse matiers he sent 
 
 the sayde duke knowlege into Fraunce, by one named Roger Smert, admonastynge hym 
 
 to prouyde by his wysedome to witbstade the kynges malyce, which shewyd hyin to be 
 
 rhis mortall enemye. And lastlye he shewyd in the sayde byll, that he harde the duke of 
 
 .Amnarle' say vnto syr lohn Busshey, and to syr Henrye Grene, " I hadde leuer than. xx. 
 
 thousande pounde that this man were dede ;" and wha they hadde axyd of hym which 
 
 man, he sayde " the duke of Herforde, not for drede that I haue of iiis persone, but for 
 
 sorowe and rumours that be is lykelye to* make within thisrealme." Whiche byll was tha 
 
 ■borne vnto the kynges parlyamet chaumbre, & there radde: after redynge whereof, the 
 
 sayde duke of Amnarle' stoode vp and sayde, " astouchynge such artycles as in that byll 
 
 were put agayn hym, they were false and vntrewe, & that he wolde proue vpon his body, 
 
 or otherwyse as the kynge wolde commaunde hym." Vpon Fryday the sayde syr lohri 
 
 Bagot was brought into the .sayde parlyament chambre, and examyned-vpo euerye ar- 
 
 tycle of his byll, all the whiche he there affermyd. Then it was axyd of hym what he 
 
 coulde saye of' the duke of Excetyr ; whereunto he answeryd and sayed that -he coulde 
 
 laye nothyng to his charge, " but there is," he sayd, "a yoman in Newgate callyd Halle y can 
 
 " say somewhat of you :" than sayde the duke, " what soeiier he or ye can or lyste to saye 
 
 fql.CJxin. ^^ jjjg^ jj^ig jg trouthe that I shall here expresse : trouthe it is that the laste tyme that the 
 
 kyng was at Woodestoke, the duke of Norfolke and ye had me with you into the chapell, 
 
 and closyd the dore vp5 vs, and there ye made me to swere vpon the sacrament there 
 
 present, to kepe suche counceyli as there ye shulde then shewe vnto me ; where after ye 
 
 shewyd to me, y ye coulde neuer brynge youre purpose aboute, whyle syr lohn of Gaunt 
 
 late duke of Lancaster lyued. Wherfore ye were aduysed for to haue shortly after a coun- 
 
 ceyll at Lychefelde ; by the -whyche ye codyscendyd that the sayd syr lohii shuld be 
 
 arestyd in suche maner, that he shuld haue occasyon to disobey that areste, by reason 
 
 whereof by chaunce medley he shuld be there slayen. Wherunto my couceyll than was, 
 
 that the kynge shulde calle his secrete counceyli, and if they agreed thereunto, I for my 
 
 parte wolde agree vnto the same. " To whiche sayinge syr lohii Bagot gaue none answere. 
 
 And vpo Saterday the sayd Bagot & Halle were bothe brought into the parlyamet chaum- 
 
 ;bre, and^here examyned, and after countyrmaudyd to prysone : and assoone as they 
 
 were deparlyd, the lorde Fitzwater stoode vp and sayde, " moost redoughtyd souerayne 
 
 Jord, where as the duke of Amnarle' .hath before tymes, and nowe lately excusyd hym 
 
 of y^ dethe of the duke of Gioucetyr, I saye & wyll iustyfye it, that he was cause of 
 
 his deth, and that I shall proue opon his body if your grace be so contentyd." To the 
 
 4;6trary w,hereof the duke with sharpe wordys a'nswerid, so that gaugys of batayll were 
 
 ' Aumarle. MS. * for to. edit, 1542, 1559. ' against. ,eilit..l54:?. 1559.. 
 
 2> . ofFerid 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 1111. S67 
 
 offerid of both parties, and sealyd and delyueryd vnto the lorde marshall. Tha partyes 
 
 begdii to be taken araoge the lordes, in so moche that the duke of Surrey toke partye 
 
 with, the duke of Amnarle', Sc sayde that all that by hym was done, was done Jby con- 
 
 straynt of Rycharde than beynge"' kynge, and he hymselfe & other, consentyd parforce to 
 
 the same. Where agayn y sayd lorde Fytz Water and other replyed ; wherfore sylence was 
 
 comuiaundyd, and forthwith the fore named Halle, for y he had cofessyd before the HaUe for iugy* 
 
 lordes that he was one of them that put to deth the duke of Gloucetyr at Calays, he 
 
 therefore was iuged to be drawen from the Towre of London vnto Tybourne, and there 
 
 to be hanged and quarteryd : the whiche execucion was done vpon the Mondaye folow- 
 
 ynge. Thus with theyse causes & many- other, this parlyament contynued tyll a newe 
 
 mayer namyd Thomas Knollis, grocer, was admytted &- svvoroe, vpon the day folowyng 
 
 the feast of Symonde and lude. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCC.lxxx.xix. Anno Domini. M.CCCC. 
 
 Wyllyam Walderne. 
 Thomas Knollys, grocer. Anno. i. 
 
 Wyllyam Hyde. 
 IN this firste y.ere of fcyng Henry the. iiii., yet lastyng the foresayd parlyament, vpon 
 the Wednysday next folowynge the feest of Symonde and lude, the lorde Morley ap- 
 pealyd the erle of Salesbury of treason, and caste his hoode for a gauge, to trye with hym 
 by bataylle ; the whiche sayinge he replyed, and caste from hym his gloues for a gauge 
 to proue his sayinge false and vntrewe, whiche were there sealyd and delyueryd vnto the 
 lorde marshall. And vpon the Mondaye passyd an acte, that no lorde nor other persone of Actys, 
 no degre, shuld after that day lay for his excuse any constraynt or coartynge* of his 
 prynce, in executynge of any wronge iugement or other crymynous and vnlefuU dedys, 
 sayinge that for fere they durste none otherwyse doo, for suche execuse after that daye 
 shall stande hym in none effecte. And also that all sheryflFys maye yelde accompte in the 
 exchekyr vpon theyr othys, and that they be chaungyd in all shyres yerely. And also 
 that no lorde n©r other man of myght, gyue any gownys or lyuereys to any of theyr 
 tenautys or other persones, excepte onely theyr housholde and meynyall seruauntys. And ^s"he"'°' 
 also than was enactyd, that all rep.ers and other fisshers, comynge with fysshe from Rye 
 and Wynchylsee,. and other coostys of the sees syde, shulde sell it themselfe in Cornhyll 
 and Cbepe, and other stretys of London, to all men that wolde of them by it, excepte 
 fysshemongers and other that wolde bye the sayde fysshe to make sale of it agayn. And 
 vpon the Wednysdaye folowynge was enactyd, that Rycharde, late kynge of Englonde^ 
 shulde for his myssegouernaunce of the realroe, be holdyn in such prysone as the kynge 
 wolde assygne, durynge his-naturall lyfe. And than y kynge graunted to all persones Pardons ge» 
 generall pardons, so that they were fette out of the Chauncerye by Alhalowentyde nexle ""*"• 
 folowynge, excepte such persones as were present at the murder of the duke of Glou- 
 cetyr. And in this whyle was th^ archbysshop of Cauntorbury restoryd to bis churche 
 of Caiitorbuiy, and doctour Rofi(er whiche there was sette by kynge Rycharde, was re- » 
 Hioued & sette in the see of London, w the which he was right well contentyd; And 
 than was the erle of Arundellys sone restoryd to all his fathers landys, with dyuerse other 
 before by kynge Rycharde difshftryted. And shortlye after was the sayd parlyament dys- 
 soluyd, and euery man had lycence to departe to his owne : and than was Rycharde late 
 kyng had vnto the castell of Ledys in Kent, and there kepte, and prouysyon was made 
 at Wyndesore for the kyng to kepe there his Cristemasse. In whiche passe tyme, the 
 dukys of Amnarle', of Surrey and of Excetyr, with the erlys of Salesbury and of Giou- csspiracj. 
 octyr, with other of theyr affynyte, made prouysyon for a dysguysynge or a mummynge, 
 to be shewyd to the kynge vpon Twelfethe nyght, and the tyme was nere at hande & all 
 thynee redy for the same. Vpon the sayd. xii. day came secretlye vnto the kynge the duke 
 
 » Aumarle. MS. * beynge. omitted in edit. 1542, 1559. ' corraeting. edit, 1542. 1559. 
 
 ofi 
 
568 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. 1111,- 
 
 Xxecudo. 
 
 fit. SJxxx. 
 
 'Trucldatur Ei- 
 ahardus. 
 
 of Amnarle', and shewyd to hym that he with y jother lordys afore namyd, were ap-> 
 p'oyntyd to sle hym in the tyme of the foresayd dysguysynge shewynge, wherfpre he 
 aduysyd. hym to prouyde for his owne suretye. At whose warnynge the kynge secretlye 
 departyd fromwyndesore, and came the same'nyght to London. Wherof the sayde 
 lordys beynge ware, and that theyr counceyll was bewrayed, fledde in all haste west- 
 warde. But the kynge causyd hasty pursute to be made after them, so that shortly after 
 the duke of Surrey and -the erle of Salysburye were taken at Syrcetyr, where they were 
 streyght behedyd, and theyr heddys sent to London and'sette vpon the brydge. And at 
 Oxenforde were taken syr Thomas Blont and syr Benet Sely, knyghtys, and Thomas 
 Wyniercell, esquyer, the whiche were there hedyd and quar'teryd, and theyr heddys sent 
 to Lodon brydge. And at Prytwell in Essex, was takyn syr lohfi Holande duke of Exetyr, 
 & after brought to Plasshy, a place fast l)y, where he was behedyd, and after his hede 
 was sent to I^don, & sette there with the other vpo y brydge, pyght vpo a stake. And 
 nere about y same tyme at Bristowe was taken the lorde Spencer, than erle of Gloucetyr, 
 and there behedyd, and his hede sent vnto London brydge. And in the same yere, syr 
 Barnarde Brokeys, syr lohfi Selley, syr lohri Maundeley, arid syr lohn Ferebv, 
 knyghtys and clerkys, were takyn as prysoners in the Towre of London, and soone-^fter 
 foriugyd, haged, and hedyd, , and theyr heddys also sette vpon London brydge. In 
 whiche passe tyme, Rycharde, late kyngp, was remoued frome the castell of Ledys in 
 Ken;, and setjt vnto Pounfreyt .castell. In this yere also, as before is towchyd in the. 
 xix. yere of the. vii. Charlys, kynge Henrye sent vnto Calays Isabell, late quene of 
 'Englonde, and wyfe vnto Richarde lately, kyng, and with hyr great "treasoure and many 
 ryche iewyllys, as testyfyeth the Englyssbe Cronycle, and there receyued by Frenshmen 
 vnder safe cunduyt passynge, and by them conueyed vnto hyr father into Fraunce, and 
 after maryed vnto Charlys, sone and heyer to the duke of Orleaunce, as before I haue 
 shewyd iny'. xxii. yere of hyr sayd fathers reygne. Than it foloweth in the story of kynge 
 Henry, v\ ban he had feriuelye consyderyd the^great conspyracy agayne hym by the fore- 
 namyd lordys and other persones entendyd and imagenyd to his dystruQfyon, & agavn* 
 releuynge Rycharde late kynge, he, in avoydynge of lyke daunger, prou_ydyd to put the, 
 sayd Rycharde out of this present lyfe ; and shortlye, after the opynyon of moost 
 wryters, he sent a.knyght, named syr Piers of Exton, vnto Pountfreyt castell, where he, 
 with. viii. other in his companye, fell vpon the sayde Rycharde late kynge, and hynri 
 myserably in his chaumbre slewe ; but not without reuengement of hisdetji-: for, or he 
 were fellyd to the groude, he slewe of the sayd. viii. iiii. men, with an axe of theyr owne ; 
 but iastely he "as wdandyd to deth by the hande of the sayde syr Piers of Exton, & so 
 dyed. After execucyon of which dedely dede, f sayd syr Piers toke great repent- 
 aunce; in so moche that lan)entably he sayd, " Alas ! what haue we done, we haue now 
 put to deth hym that hath ben Quer soueraygne and drad lorde- by the space of. xxii. 
 yeres, by reason whereof I shall be reprochyd of all honoure whereso' I after this daye. 
 become, and all men shall redounde this dede to my dyshonour and shame." Other 
 opynyons of the dethe of this noble prynce are lefte by wryters, as by waye of 
 famyne & other ; but this of moost wryters is testyfyed & allegid. Whan the deth of 
 this prynce was publysshed abrode, he was after opyn vysaged layed in the mynster of 
 Pounfrayt, so y all men mygbt knowe and see that he was dede. Andthe, xii. daye of. 
 Marche fulowynge, he was w great solempnyte brought thoroughe the cytie of London to 
 Paulys, & there layed open visaged agayn, .to the ende that his dethe myght be many- 
 festlye knowen, whiclie was doutfuU to many one, and speciallye to suche as oughte to 
 hym fauoure. And then after a fewe dayes the sayd corps was caryed vnto the freris of 
 Langley and there enterryd ; but affer he was remouyd by kynge Henry y. v. in the .firste 
 yere of his reygne, and with great honoure and solempnyte conueyed vnto the monastery, 
 
 Aumarle. MS. 
 
 Omitted ia edit. iSis. 1559, 
 
 wheresoever, edit. 1542. ISSpi 
 
 Of 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIII. 569 
 
 of Westmynster, and there within the cbapell of seynt Edwarde, honourably buryed vpon 
 the South syde of seynt Edwardys shryne, with this epytaphy vpon his toumbe as 
 foloweth. 
 
 Prudens et raundus Richardus, iure secundiis 
 Per fatum victus iacet hie sub marmore pictus. 
 Verax sermone fuit et plenus ratione, 
 Corpore procerus, animo prudens vt Omerus, 
 Ecclesiam fauit, elatos subpeditauit, 
 Quemuis prostrauit regalia qui violauit.- 
 
 Whiche versys are thus to be vnderstande, in our vulgare and Englysshe tonge, as 
 foloweth, 
 
 Parfyght and prudent Rycharde, by ryght the seconde, 
 
 Vaynquysshed by fortune, lyeth here nowe grauen in stone. 
 
 Trewe of his worde, and therto well resounde. 
 
 Semely of persone, and lyke to Omer as one. 
 
 In worldely prudence, and euer the Churche in one 
 
 Vp helde and fauoured, castynge the proude to grounde> 
 
 And all that wolde his royall state confounde. 
 
 But yet alas ! thoughe that this metyr or ryme 
 Thus doth enbelysshe this noble pryncis fame, 
 And that some clerke which fauoured hym some tyme 
 Lyste by his cunnynge, thus to enhaunce his name, 
 Yet by his story apperith injhym some blame. 
 Wherefore to pryncys is surest memory, 
 Theyr lyues to exercyse in vertous constancy. 
 
 Whan this mortall prynce was thus dede and grauen, kynge Henry was in quyet pos- 
 sessyon of the realme, & fande great rychesse f before tyme to kynge Rycharde belonged ; MoWi» 
 for, as wytnessyth Polycronycon, he fande in kyng Richardys tresoury thre hundreth R'^''"'''' 
 thousande pounde of redy coyne, besyde iuellys & other ryche vessellys, whiche were as 
 moche in value or more : and ouer that he espyed in the kepynge of the tresourers handys 
 an hundreth &. 1. thousande nobles, & iewellys & other stuffe y coiityruayled the sayd 
 value. And so it shuld seme f kyng Rycharde was ryche, wha his money & iewellys 
 amountyd to. vii.C.MU. And in the moneth of Octobre & ende of this mayers yere, 
 was brent in Smyihfelde of London, a preest named syr Wyllyam Sawtry, for certeyn 
 poyntys of heresy. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.i. 
 
 lohn Wakele. 
 lohn Fraunces, goldsmyth. Anno. ii. 
 
 Wyllyam Ebot. 
 
 IN this secode yere of kyng Henry, and moneth of February, were drawen & haged acMu«io. 
 for treason a knyght named syr Roger Claryngton, atTybourne, vf. ii.of his seruautis, y 
 pryour of lande, &. viii. Freris Mynours or Gray Frerys, of y which some were bachelers 
 of dyuynyte. And in this yere began a great discencion in Walys atwene the lorde Gray 
 Ryffy"» ^ * Welsheman named Howen of Glendore, which Howen gatheryd to hym Howenofouu. 
 great strength of Welshemen, and dyd moche harme to that countrey, not sparynge the ^°'*' 
 kvn<»es lordshyppes nor bis people, and lastlye toke the sayde lorde Gray prysoner, and 
 helde hym prysoner tyll, contrarye his wyll, he hadde maryed the sayde Howens doughter ; 
 
 4 D after 
 
570 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIII. 
 
 #/. cixm. after whiche matrymony fynysshed, he helde the said lorde stylle in Walys, tyll he dyed, to 
 the kynges great displeasure. 
 
 Wherfore the kynge with a stronge army spedde hym into Walys, for to subdue the 
 sayde Howaii and his adherentes ; but whan the kynge with his power was entred ^ 
 countre, he with his fawtours fledde into the mountaynes and helde hym there, so that 
 the kynge myght nat wynne to hym without distruccyon of his hoost; wherfore fynally, by 
 y aduyce of his lordes, heretournyd into Englande for that season. 
 
 In this yere also whete and other greynes beganne to fayle, so that a quarter of Whete 
 was solde at London for. xvi.*. and derer shuld haue been, had nat ben the prouycyon of 
 marchauntes that brought rye and ryefloure out of Spruce, whervvith this lade was greatly 
 susteyned and easyd. 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.i, Anno Domini. M.CCCC.ii. 
 
 Wylliam Venour. 
 lohii Shadworth'. Anno. iii. 
 
 lohii Fremyngham. 
 
 ' In this yere the cunduyte standynge vpon Cornhylle in London was begon to be made. 
 And io the somer folowynge, sir Thomas Percy erle of Worceter, and sir Henry Percy 
 sone and heyre vnto j' erle of Northumberlande, gaderyd a great power, and vpon the 
 daye of saynt Paraxede the virgyne, or the. xxi, daye of luly, mette w the* kynge nere 
 BataylofShrow- ^"^^ Shrowysbury, and there gaue vnto hym a cruell batayll*; but to theyr owne con- 
 ssbury. clucou' : for in that fyght thesayd sir Thomas Percy was taken, and his neuew the fore- 
 
 sayd sir Henry, with many a stronge man vpon theyr partie, was there slayne ; and vpon 
 the kynges partie the prynce was woiided in the heed, & the erle of StafForde with many 
 other slayne. And y. xxv. day of luly folowynge, at Shrowysbury, f sayde sir Thomas 
 Percy was behedyd, and after his heed caryed to London, & there set vpon the brydge. 
 
 In this batayl was many a noble man slayne vpon eyther partie j and it was the more to 
 be notyd vengeable, for there the fader was slayne of the sone, and sone of the fader, 
 and brother of brother, and neuewe neuewe*. And in the moneth of August folowynge, 
 ^ duchesse of Brytayne landyd at Fulmouth, in ^ prouynce of Cornwayll; and from thens 
 was conueyed to Wynchester, where in shorte tyme after, kynge Henry maryed her in 
 the cathedrall churche of ^ sayd cytie. And soon vpon was the eldest doughter of kyng 
 Henry, named dame Blanche, maryed at Coleyn to the dukes sone of Bayer. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.ii. Anno Domini. M.CCCC. iii. 
 
 Richarde Merlewe. ' 
 lohii Walcot, draper. Anno. iiii. 
 
 , Robert Chichele. 
 
 IN this yere, and. xiiii. daye of the moneth of Septembre, was the foresayde duchesse 
 of Brytayne, and wyfe of ^ kynge, receyued with great honour into the cytie of Londoii, 
 and so by the mayre and the cytezyens coueyed vntoWestmynster; where, vpon the morowe 
 ifgine. folowynge, she was crowned queue of Englande with great honoure and solempnyte, the 
 
 circumstauce wherof I passe ouer. 
 
 In this yere also Rupertus, whiche after the deposynge of Wessenselans^ was by ^ 
 
 electours of the empyre, and by auctorytie of Bonyface the, ix. thenne pope*, admytted 
 
 for emperour of Rome, & came into Englade with a goodly companye oonly to se the 
 
 imperator. countre and comodyties of'the same ; the whiche of the kyng was honourably receyued 
 
 ' ^'''^ *^^* °''^ds Mercer. ' In the margin of the Museum MS. the following note occurs in a contem- 
 
 porary hand. This batayll was foughtyn in a fyeld 11160- namyd Bole fyeld arfd now Batayll feyld, wheryn 
 standytli a cljapell foundid in wprsliyp of seynt Mary Magdaleyn.'by a revelacion made to ityng Henry the 
 iiii. coniusyon. ♦ of nevew, * Wepsenselaus. edit. 155fl. • Eyshon of 
 
 jlome. edit. 1542. 1559. . 
 
 and 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIII. 571 
 
 and featyd, and lastly cooueyed by the kynge towarde the see syde, where eyther departed 
 from other, with exctiaunge of rycfae and precyous gyftes ; for this Rupartus was named of 
 wryters a man of excellent bounte and largesse. And he gaue more lyberally, for somoche 
 as all the tyme of his beynge in Englande, he laye here at the kynges costesj'and whyle he 
 was at London, he was lodged at the house of seynt lohis in Smythfelde. This yere also 
 vpon seynt Laurence euyn, or the. ix. daye of August, a lorde of Brytayne named the 
 lorde of Castyle in Frenshe, landed within a myle of Plymmouth, w a great company 
 of Normans and Brytons, & came vnto the sayd towne and lodgyd there all nyght, and 
 spoyled & robbyd the sayde towne ; and vpon the daye folowynge, whan they hadde 
 done what tbey wolde, they retourned agayne to theyr shyppes, with plente of pyllage and 
 prysoners suche as they fande» 
 
 Anno Domini. x.iiji.C.iii. Anno Domini. x.iiii.CjiiL 
 
 Thomas Fawconer. 
 William Askam'. Anno. v. 
 
 Thomas PooU. 
 
 IN this yere, soone after Candelmasse, the foresayd lorde of Castyle, trustyng to wyiie 
 a lyke enterpryse as in the yere passed he had done, he beynge accopanyed with a stronge BeUu«. 
 nauy of Frenshemen and Brytons, was encountred with the Englysshe floot, within, ii. 
 nayles of Dertmouth, at a place called BlakpooU, where, after longe and cruell fyght, the 
 sayd lorde was slayne, with the more partye of y people, and dyuers of his shyppes 
 taken, as wytnesseth the Englysshe Cronycle, with dyuers other Englysshe auctours. 
 
 But the Frenshe boke excuseth this scomfyture of Frenshemen, and sayth, that by 
 treason of a Gascoyne named Peryn or Perot de Languyle^ whiche shewed vnto the 
 sayde lorde Castyle that he had espyed certayne Englisshe shyppes in a creke lyghtly 
 without resystentie to be taken, caused the sayde lorde to make sayle towarde the sayd 
 towne of Dartmouthe, where, after he had contynued a certayne tyme his course, he 
 espyed the hole flote of Englysshemen, whiche made towarde hym, and so at the sayd 
 Blakpool encountred and faught, and lastly escaped the daunger of his enemyes, as testy- 
 fyeth the sayd Frenshe Cronycle, but nat vnhurt, for he was so wounded in that fyght y 
 he dyed shortly after. 
 
 And in the moneth of Apryll folowynge, the duke of Clarence with ^ erie of Kent, 
 and many other lordes, toke shyppynge at Meregate, & so sayled vnto Sluce in Flaundres, 
 tand after the sayd duke had there refresshed hym & his company, he toke shyppyng r,i.cjK>tit 
 agayne, & holding his course toward Swyiie, he was encoutred with. iii. great carykes of Beiium. 
 leane, the whiche he assayled, & after longe bekerynge, theym toke, beynge ladyn with 
 marchaQdyse ; and so with y praye retourned to Cambre before Wynchelsee, in ^ which 
 hauen f sayd goodes were cantyd & sharid. But how it was, by varyaunce amonge 
 themself or otherwyse, one of the sayd carykes was sodeynly feryd* and so consumyd. Diicajte. 
 For restytucyon of whiche goodes & shyppes, the marchautes lanuence made after great 
 and longe sute to the kyng & his counsayll j in which passe tyme they borowed cloth, 
 woUe & other marchaundyses, amountynge vnto great & noble' siimes, of dyuerse 
 marchaiites of Englande ; & whan they sawe that they myght haue none hope of recouery 
 of theyr losse, they sodeynly auoyded the lande, & lafte the foresayd notable siimes 
 vnpayd, to the great hynderaunce & vtter vndoynge of many Englysshe marchauntes. 
 
 In this yere also, a yoraan named Wylliam Serle, somtyme yoman of kynge Richardes 
 robis, was taken in the marches of ScoUade and brought vnto London, and therein the 
 Guyldehall areygned for the murder of the duke of Glouceter at Caleys, vpon whiche 
 murder he was atteynt & conulct, and vpon the. xx. day of Octobre he was drawea from 
 
 • The MS. adds Fishmonger. * fired. MS. ' notable. 
 
 4 D 2 riie 
 
J57S SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. IIIL 
 
 the Tower vnto Tyborn, and there hanged & quartred, & his hede was after set vpoo 
 London brydge, and his. iiii. quarters were sente to. iiii. sondry good townes; 
 
 Anno Pomiui. M.CCCC.iiii. Anno Domini. ST.^CCCv. 
 
 Wylliam Lowfthe. 
 lohfi Hyende, draper. Anno. vi. 
 
 Stephen Spilman. 
 
 Notoquod IN this yere, arid moneth of lanuary, were cer'tayn courses of warrfe ron in Smythfelde 
 
 CtoniravideU- atwenc sir Edmude erle of Kent, and the lorde Mpryfa baron of Scotlande, vpon thp 
 
 cet denoibus chalenge of the savd Scottisshe lorde : but y erle of Xent bare hym so valyauntlv, that to 
 
 quod hoc an- hym was ^UBH J pFyce of y lourney to his great honour. And in thes^me sir Kicharde 
 
 Miors'susTenci '^*^'^°P^' *^^" archeblsshop of Yorkc, and the lorde Monbraye', than marshall of Englande, 
 
 fueruntapud with Other to theym allyed, for grudge that th^y' g.gay^^ the kynge, gadfiryd vnto theym 
 
 Tyborne. great Strength, entendinge to haue put downs' the kyng; as the fame than went. Wherof 
 
 Batayii. ^.j^^ j^y^^g bgy-Hg enfourmyd, in all hast spesd towarde them, and met with theym on this 
 
 syde Yorke, where, after a skyrmysshe by the'sayde lordes made, they were than taken, & 
 
 aiter presented vnto the kynge at Yorke, where they were both© demyd to sufFre detb 
 
 for theyr rebellyon*. [Then wha^ y^ bysshdp came vnto his place of execucion, he prayed 
 
 Bysshop Scroop, the bowcher to gyue to hy. v. strokes in the worshyp of Cristes fyue woundes ; and for 
 
 more' penaunce, at pueryche of whiche. v. strokes, kynge Henry beyng in his lodgyng, 
 
 had a stroke in his necke ; in so moehej^ that he demyd that some persone there beynge 
 
 with hym present, bad stryken hym. And forthwith he was strykeh with y plage of lepyr, so 
 
 that then he knewe it was the hande of God, & rep6nted hym of that hasty iugement, 
 
 withoqt auctoryte of the Churche. And soon after God shewyd many myracles for the 
 
 sayde bysshop, whiche called the kynge vnto the more repentaunce.J* 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.v. * Anno Domini. M.CCCC.vi, 
 
 Henry Barton. 
 John Woodcok, mercer. Anno. vii. 
 
 Wylliam Crowmer. 
 
 IN this yere, dame Lucye y duke of Myllanys suster, came into Englande, & was 
 maryed vnto syr Edmude Holande erle of Kent, in f churche of seynt Mary Ouerey in 
 Southwarke, vpon the. xxiiii. day of lanuary, where ^ kynge was present & gaue her 
 that day vnto the preest ; and after the solempnyzacion of the maryage was fynysshed, 
 she was with great honour conueyed vnto y bysshop of Wyncheisters palays there fast by, 
 where y day for her was holden a sumptuous and pompous feast. And in f same yere & 
 motieth of May, dame Phylip, the yongest doughter of kynge Henry, accompanyed >V 
 dyuerse lordes spirituell and temporal, was shypped in y Northe, and so conueyed into 
 Denmark, where, in a towne or cytie called Londqn, she was maryed vnto the kynge of 
 f sayd countre. 
 
 In this yere also sir Thomas Ramstoii, than constable of f Towre, by ouersyght of his 
 botemen, as he wolde haue passed y brydge towarde the sayd Tower, was drowaed. And 
 in the same yere, for ;f greuous complayntes, that before tyrae had ben shewyd, and euy- 
 dentiy prouyd before the kynges counsayll, and also before ^e mayre and his bretherB, 
 of the great distruccon of fyre'' & yonge fysshe,^by reason of werys standynge in dyuera© 
 places of the ryuer of Thamys, wherby^ the fysshe of the sayd ryuer was greatly mynysshed 
 and wastyd ; and that alsojf the sayd werys soo contynued, the sayd ryuer shuld in short 
 
 ■ same year. edit. 1533. » Moubraye. edit. 1533. ' they b^re. edit. 1533. * and 
 
 f«°/o ^1 flo^ ^^ were bothe beheded. edit, 1542. 1559- » for his more. • Omitted in edit. 
 
 1542. 1359, frye. 
 
 7 processe 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUABfH. .579 
 
 processe be distroyed : wherfore f mayre and his brethera^ the aldernen, as coserua- 
 
 tours of that ryuer, made sucbe laboure vnto the kyoge and his counsayll, that they ap- 
 
 teyned comyssion to pull vp all the werys that stode atwene London and. vii. merles 
 
 beyond Kyngston, and inlykewyse for such other as stode atwene London andGrauys- 
 
 ende, aswel crekes or seuerall groundes & other ; the which cotnyssion by the sayd mayre 
 
 & hisofficers was this yere put i execucon. And in this yere sir Robert Knollys, kuyght, sir Robert 
 
 the which in Fraunce and Brytayne had before tyme don so many victoryous actes, as in ° ^^ 
 
 the. xxxiii. yere of Edwarde the thirde and other yeres of his reygne is somdele towched, 
 
 made an ende of his werke at Rochester bridge, and chapell at the sayd brydge fote, and Rochester bridge 
 
 dyed shortly after, whan he had newe reedyfied the body of the Whyte Fryers churche, ^*g"'"*'*" 
 
 standyng in Flete strete, and don to that house many notable benefytes, where after he 
 
 was bucyed in the body of the sayd churche ; whiche churche & place was first founded 
 
 by the auncetours of the lorde Gray Cotnore. 
 
 Anno I>oinitii. M.nii.C.vi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.Tii. 
 
 Nicholas "Wotton. 
 Rieharde Whytyngtoii, mercer. Anno. viii. 
 
 Godfrey Brook. 
 
 IN this yere, and moneth of Nouebre, one named the Walshe clerke, apeched a knyght 
 called sir Percyuall Sdwdan, of treason, for tryall wherof, daye was gyuen to theym to Dueiium. 
 fyghte in Smytbfelde, the day abouesayd ; at whiche daye eyther apperyd, & there faught a JfeLCJuKUi. 
 season ; but in the ende the clerke wasrecreaut : wherfore immedyatly he was spoyled of 
 his armour, & layde vpon an hardyll, so drawen to Tyborne and there hanged. 
 
 And in this yere also, sir Henry erle of Northumberlande, and the lorde Bardolf, BeUum. 
 comynge out of Scotlande with a stronge company, to y displeasur & hurt of the kynge 
 as they entendyd, were met and encountred with the gentylmen ,and comons of the north, 
 & foughten with and distressyd, and after strake of their heddes, and sent them to London, 
 whiche than were pyght vpon the brydge amonge many other. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.vii. Auno Domini. M.iiii.C.Tiii. 
 
 Henry Ponfreyt. 
 Wyllyara Stondoii, grocer. Anno. ix. 
 
 Henry Halton. 
 
 IN this yere, & moneth of Decembre, began a frost, f whiche contynued by the space 
 of. XV. wekes after, or therupon, so that byrdes were wonderly famysshed' and distressed 
 by vyolence of the same. 
 
 And in the same yere, sir Edmonde of Holande erle of Kent, was by the kynge made 
 admyrall of the see ; the whiche storyd* and skymmyd y see ryght well and manfully, and 
 lastly landed in the coost of Brytayne, and besieged there a castell named Briak, and 
 wan it by strength ; but in the wynnynge therof he was so deedly wounded with an arowe 
 in f heed, that be dyed shortly after, and than his corps was brought agayne into Englande, 
 & buryed omonge his auncetours. And in the begynnynge of this yere was slayne and 
 murderyd the duke of Orleauce in Parys, lyke as before it is more at length shewyd in the. 
 xxvii'. yere of Charlys the. vii. kynge of Fraunce. 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.viii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.ix. 
 
 Thomas Duke. 
 Drewe Barentyne, goldsmyth. Anno. x. 
 
 Willyam Norton. 
 
 IN this yere the seneshall of Henaude came into this .lande with a goodly companye of 
 Henauders & other straungers, for to do and parfourme certayne faytes of armys agayn 
 
 4 4 
 
 • woDderfullye. edit. 1559. ' scowred. ' xxviii. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 dyuerse 
 
57* SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUARTI. 
 
 dyuerse nobles and gentylraen of this lande. And firste the sayd seneshall cbalenged th6 
 erle of Somerset, and other of his company, other gentylmen of this lade, as after shall 
 appere. For executynge ofwhiche dispone the place of Sraythfelde by the kynge was 
 appoynted, and barryd apd fensyd for the same entent, and daye sette for euery man to be 
 redy by the. xi. daye of at whiche day the seneshall as chalenger entred the 
 
 felde pompously. And after, with a goodly company of men of honour, was the erle of 
 Somerset brought into f same, wher*e they rane togyder certayne courses and executed 
 other faytes of arrays, wherOf the pryse and honour was gyuen by f herawdes vnto the erle, 
 so that he wanne that day great honour. 
 
 Than the seconde day came in a knyght Henauder as chalengoure, to whome, as de- 
 fendaunt, came sir Richard of Arundell, knyght, the whiche ranne certayne courses on 
 horsebak, and after went togyder \V axes on foote, where sir Richarde was put to the 
 worse, for f Henauder brought hym vpon his kne. 
 
 Then the thirde daye came in an other knyght of Henaude chalenger, to whom, as de- 
 fendaiit, came in sir lohn Cornewayll, knyght, and so well bare hy, that he put the 
 straiinger to the worse. Vpon the. iiii. daye came into the felde an esquyre Henauder, 
 agayn whom ranne thesone of sir lohn Cheyny, the which, at the seconde course, sette his 
 stroke so egerly, that he ouer threwe the Henauder horse and man ; for whiche dede the 
 kyng dubbyd hym forthwith knyght. Vpon f. v. day played togyder an Henauder and a 
 squyre called lohn SteWarde, whiche daye also the Englyssheman wan f worshyp. Vpon 
 tjie. vi. daye skyrmysshed there togyder an Henauder and an Englysshe esquyer named 
 Wylliam POrter, the whiche gatte suche worshyp of the same Henauder, that the kyng^* 
 for his guerdon, made hym streyght knyght. Vpon the. vii. daye in lyke wyse played 
 insamble an Henauder, and one lohn Standyssibe, esquyer; the whiche semblably for 
 his prowesse & manly dealyng, was also of the kynge dubbyd knyght. And a Gascoygi,' 
 that the same day wan the pryce of an other straunger, was immedyatly made knyght of 
 the kynge. And vpon the. viii. day or last day of this chalenger, came into the felde. ii. 
 Henauders, vnto whom came. ii. bretherne, bejrnge sowdyours of Calays, the whiche 
 bekeryd togyder a longe season, soo that eyther partie receyued plentie of good, strokes, 
 tyll peas by f kynge was comaudyd. And so this chalenge was fynysshed, to the great 
 honour of the kyng, the whiche after feasted thyse straiigers, and with rychegyftes, sent 
 & retourned them agayne to theyr countrees. 
 
 \Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.ix. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.x<^ 
 
 lohii Lawe*. 
 Richarde Marlowe, irenmonger. Anno. xi. 
 
 Wyllyam Chycheley. 
 
 IN thisyere, and moneth of Marche, a taylour of London, named lohii Badby, was 
 brent in Smythfelde for heresy ; albe it that by raeanes of the prynce, and one maister 
 Courtnay, than chaunceller of Oxenforde, he was for a whyle reconcyled, and proraysed 
 to leue that errour; but when the sacramet of the aulter was brought to fore hym, he dis- 
 pysed it, and wolde in no wyse therin byleue ; wherfore he had as he deserued. [Of 
 whome a vercifier, in reproche of his errour, made- thyse. ii. versys folowyng. 
 
 Hereticus credat, ve' periistus ab orbe recedat 
 Ne fidem ledat, sathell* hunc baratro sibi predat. 
 
 The whiche versys are thus raoche to noeane in Englysshe. 
 
 The peruerse heretyke, though that he do brenne, 
 And from this worlde be rasyd vtterly, 
 No force, syne that he lyst nat kenne 
 
 « 
 • TJte MSj adds May. » lohn Lane. MS. ' ut. ♦ Sathan. 
 
 6 Our 
 
 « 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUARTI. 575 
 
 Our sacred fayth, but it right peruersly 
 
 Lyst of his wyll, erronyously to reply ; 
 
 What force, though sathan, with his eternall payne. 
 
 Do hym rewarde, syn he wyll natrefrayne?]' 
 
 IN this yere also, & moneth of April, within the lystes of Smytfelde, was foughten a sore 
 fight atwene an esquyre named Glouceter, appellant, & an other esquyer called Arthur, 
 defendaut, the whiche acquyted them eyther partie so mafuUy, that the kynge, of his espe- Thebegrmiyiige 
 ciall grace, seynge they were both so well fyghtynge me, toke the quarell into his hades, ^p°5«d^* 
 & pardoned f oflFence to eyther partie. 
 
 And this yere the market hous called the Stokkys, standynge by the churche of Seynt 
 Mary Wolchirche of Lodon was begon to be edyfyed. In this yere also, the kynge helde Atc^Kiemi. 
 his parlyamet at Westmester, duryng the whiche the c5nions of this lande put vp a bylle BiUa porrect* 
 to the kyng, to take the temporall landes out from SpvielT menes handes or possession. ^emplSbMtt- 
 The effect of w^hiche bylle was, y the temporaltes, disordynatly wastyd by men of ^ churche, tramanusreiipo- 
 myghte suflFyce to fynde to y kyng. xv. erles, xv. C. knyghtes, vi.M. and CC. esquyers, & «>"> '"P'"*'' 
 an. C. houses ofalmes, to the releef of poore people, moo then at y dayes were within Eng- 
 lande. Andouerall thyse foresayd charges, the kynge myght put yerely i his cofers. xx.M.2t. 
 Prouyded that euery erle shuld haue of yerely rent. iii.M. marke, euery knyght an. C. marke, 
 & iiii. ploughe lande, euery esquyer. xl. marke by yere, yf. ii. plughe lande, and euery 
 house of almesse an. C. marke, wr ouersyghte of. ii. trewe seculers vnto euery house. And 
 also with prouycion y euery towneshyp shuld kepe all poore people of theyr owne dwell- 
 ers, whiche myglit nat labour for theyrlyuynge, with condycyon that if moo fell in a 
 towne than the towne myght maynteyn, than ^ said almesse houses to releue suche towne- 
 shyppes. And for to here thyse charges, they allegyd by their sayd bylle, ^ that the temporal^ 
 ties, beyngin the possession of spirituell men, amounted to.CCC. fnd xxii.M. mark by yere, 
 wherof they aftermyd to be in the see of Caunterbury, with the abbeys of Cristes Churche, 
 of Seynt Augustyns, Shrowsbury, Coggeshale, and Seynt Osiys. xx.M. marke by yere. 
 
 In the see of Durham and other abbeys there, xx. M. marke : in the see of Yorke & 
 abbays there, xx. M. marke : in the see of Wynchester & abbays there, xx. M. marke : 
 in the see of London, yi abba3'S & other houses there, xx. }/i.. marke : in the see of Lyn- 
 coln, with the abbays of Peterbourth, Ramsay, & other, xx. M. marke : in the see of Nor- 
 wych, with ^ abbays of Bury & other, xx. M. marke : in the see of Hely, with the abbays 
 of Hely, Spaldyng, & other, xx. M. marke: in y see of Bathe, w the abbay of Okynborne 
 & other. XX. M. marke : in the see of Worceter, with the abbays of Euisham, Abyngdon, 
 & other. XX. M. marke : in f see of Chester, w precinct of ^ same, ^V the sees of Seyt 
 Dauyd, of Salisbury & Exceter, with theyr precinctes. xx. M. marke: the abbays of 
 Rauens or Reuans, of Founteyns, ofGeruons, & dyuers other, to^nombre. v. mo. xx.M. 
 marke: the abbays of Leyceter, Waltham, Gisbourne, Mertori, Circetir, Osney, & other, 
 to the n5bre of vi. mo. xx. M. marke : the abbays ' of Doners, Batell, Lewis, Cowentre, 
 Dauetre, & Tourney, xx. M. marke : the abbays of Northampton, Thornton, Brystow, 
 Kelygworth, Wynchecomb, Hayles, Parchissor, Frediswyde, Notley, & Grymysby. xx. M. 
 marke. 
 
 The which foresayd siimes amoute to ^ full of. CCC. M. marke ; and for y odde xxii. 
 M. marke," they appointed Herd ford, Rochester, Hutyngdon, Swyneshede, Crowlade, 
 Malniesbury, Burtofl,Tewkisbury, Diistable, Shirborii, Taunton, & Bylande. 
 
 And ouer this, they alledgyd by y sayd byll, that ouer & aboue ^ sayd sume of. CCC. 
 & xxii. M. marke, dyuers houses of relygion in Englade possessyd as many temporatties 
 as might suftyce to fynde yerdy. bcv.M. preestes & clerkes, euery preest to be allowed for 
 his stipende. vii. marke by yere. 
 
 To the which byll none answere was made, but that the kyng of this matyer wolde take 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559* 
 
 dely- 
 
376 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUARTI. 
 
 delyberacion & aduycement, and with that answere it endyd; so that no ferther la- 
 boure was made. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.ix. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.k. 
 
 lohn Penne. 
 Thomas KnoUys, grocer. ' Anno. xii. 
 
 Thomas Pyke. 
 
 INthisyere, asquyerofWalys named Rize ap Dee, y whiche had longe tyme rebellyd 
 
 agayne the kynge, and fortifyed the partie of Howan of Glendore, was taken and brought 
 
 to London, and there, Vpon the. ix. daye ofDecembre, drawen, hanged, and quarteryd, 
 
 •Kotapro Qua- and his hede set vpon thebrydge, amonge the other. In this yere also was y Guylde halle 
 
 fcaida London, of L5(Jon bcgon to bc newe edyfied, and of an olde and lytell cotage, made into a fay re 
 
 and goodly house as it nowe apperyth. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.x. ; Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xi. 
 
 lohn RaynewelL 
 Robert Chycheley, grocer. Anno. xiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Cotton'. 
 
 IN this yere, and vpon the. xii. day of Octobre, were thre flodes in Thamys, whiche 
 thynge no man than lyuynge cowde remembre f lyke to be seen. 
 
 And in this yere was the lorde Thomas, sone to the kyng, created duke of Clarence. 
 And in this yere the kynge, at the request of the duke of Orleaunce," sent ouer the foresayd 
 duke his sone, to ayde the sayd duke of Orleaunce agayne the duke of Burgoyne, of 
 whosje actes and his company I haue before made report in y story of Charlys the. vii. 
 kynge of Fraunce. 
 
 And in this yere,> f kyng caused a new coyne of nobles to be made, which were of lesse 
 value thanne the olde noble, by. ini.d. in a noble. 
 
 In this yere also, the kynge created lohn his son duke of Bedfordde; and his other 
 sone Humlrey duke df Glouceter. He made also sir Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset, 
 & the dukeof Anmarle* he created duke of Yorke. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xii. 
 
 RaufFe Leuenham. 
 Wyllyam WaldreS, mercer. Anno, xiiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Seuenock. 
 
 IN this yere,. and. xx. daye of the moneth of Nouembre, was a great counsayll holden at 
 the Whyte Freres of Lpndon, by the whiche it was amonge other thynges concluded, that 
 for the kynges great i our naye that he entendyd to take, in vysytynge of the holy sepulcre 
 of our Lord, certayne galeys of warre shuld be made, & other purueaunce concernynge 
 the same iournay. 
 
 Wherupon all hasty and possyblespede was made ; but after the feest of Christenmasse, 
 whyle he was makynge his prayers at Seynt Edwardes shryne, to take there his leue, and 
 so to spede hym vpon his iournaye, he became so syke, y such as were aboute hym, feryd 
 that he wolde haue dyed right there; wherefore they, for his comforte, bare .hym into the 
 abbottes place, & lodgyd hym in a chamber, & there vpon a paylet, layde hym before the 
 fyre, where he laye in great agony a certayne of tyme. 
 
 At length, whan he was comyn to himselfe, natknowynge where he was, freyned of suche 
 
 asthep were aboute hym, what place that was ; the which shewyd to hym, that it belongyd 
 
 Pol. cixxv. vnto y abbot of Westmynster ; and for he felte hymself so syke, he cdraaunded to aske if 
 
 that chambre had any specyall name j whereunto it was answeryd, that it was named Ihe- 
 
 rusalem. Than sayd the kynge, " louynge be to the Fader of heuen, for nowe I knowe I 
 
 ' Walter €otton. MS. *Aumer]e. MS. 
 
 shall 
 
 -^' 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. 577 
 
 shall dye in this ehambre, accordyng to y prophecye of me beforesayd, that I shulde dye I 
 lerusalem: and so after he made hymself redy, & dyed shortly after, vpon y day of seynt 
 Cuthbert, or y^. xx. day of Marche, when he had reygned. xiii. yeres. v. monthes, &. xxi. 
 dayes, leuynge after hym. iiii. sones, that is to meane Henry that was kyng, Thomas that Progenia H«r.. 
 was duke of Orleaunce', lohfi duke of Bedforde, and Humfrey duke of Glouceter, [and "" *^"""'- 
 the. V. was named Henry, ryche cardynall ojp Wynchester,]* and ii. do»ghte*-s, that one 
 beynge quene of Denmarke, and that other duchesse of Barre, as before is shewyd. 
 
 Whanne kynge Henry was deed, he was conueyed by water vnto Feuersham, and from 
 thens by lamie vnto Caunterbury, and there enteryd by the shryne of seynt Thomas. [To 
 the foresayd Henry, the riche. cardynall, kynge Henry had or begat, ii. other sones vpon 
 dame Katheryne Swynford, as'before is shewyd in the. viii. yere of Richarde ^ seconde, 
 whiche were named as there is expressyd.]' 
 
 Henrici Quinti. 
 
 HEnry the. v. of that name, & sone of Henry the. iiii. began his reygne ouer this realme 
 of Englande y^. xxi. day of the moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lorde and ende of 
 the same. xiiii.C. and. xii. and in the. xxxii. yere of Charlys y. vii. yet kynge of Fraiice. 
 And the. ix. daye of Apryll folowynge, whiche was that yere Passion Sondaye, beynge a 
 day of excedyng rayne, he was crowned at Westmynster. 
 
 ' This ma, before ^ deth of his fader, applyed hym vnto all vyce and insolency, and drewe 
 vnto hym all ryottours & wylde dysposed persdnes ; but after he was admytted to the rule 
 of the lande, anone & sodaynly he became a newe man, and tourned al that rage and 
 wyldnes Tto sobernesse & wyse sadnesse, and the vyce into custant vertue. 
 
 And for he wolde contynewe y vertue, and nat to be reduced therunto by the famy- 
 liarytie of his olde nyse company, he therfore, after rewardes to them gyuen, charged 
 theym vpon payne of theyr lyues, that none of theym were so hardy to come win. x. myle 
 of suche place as he were lodgyd, after a daye by hym assigned. 
 
 In this begynnynge of this kynge Henry, ^ olde mayre and shryues contynued theyr 
 ofFyces to the termys accustomed [of theyr alienynge as,]' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xiii. 
 
 RaufFe Leuyngham. 
 Wyllyam Waldern, mercer. . Anno prime. 
 
 Wyllyam Seuenok. 
 
 ANone as kyng Henry was crowned, and f solemnitye of the feest of Eester was passyd, The corps of 
 he sent vnto ^ fryers of Langley, where the corps of kynge Ricliarde was buryed, and yC^^jt"^' 
 cau>ed it to be taken out of y erth, and so with reuerence and solempnytie to be coueyed moued. 
 vnto Westmynster, and vpon the south syde of seynt Edwardes shryne there honourably 
 to be buryed by quene Anne his wyfe, which there before tyme was entered. And after a 
 solempii terment there holden, he prouydyd that. iiii. tapers shulde brenne daye and nyght 
 about his graue, whyle the world endureth ; and one day in the weke a solempne dirige, 
 and vpon the morowe a masse of Requiem by note; after which masse endyd, to be 
 cvuen wekely vnto pore people, xi.*. viii.rf. in pens : & vpon ^ day of his anniuersary, after 
 f'sayd masse of Requiem is songe, to be yerely destrybuted for his soule. xx./i. m.d. And 
 about heruest tyme was sir lohfi Oldcastell knyght appechyd for an heretyke and comyt-sir lohnneoid- 
 ted to pryson ; but howe it was he escaped for that tyme oute of the Tower of London,"** ' 
 and so ybde into Walys, where he lyued ouer. iiii. yeres after. 
 
 ' Clarence. *Omittedin the edit, of 1542 and 1559. ' Omitted in tht edit, of 1533. 15*1 1559. 
 
 4 £ Anno 
 
^78 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xiii. 
 
 Willyam Crowmer, draper. 
 
 lohii Sutton, 
 lohn Mycoll. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xiiii. 
 Anno. ii. 
 
 The adherentes 
 ofsirlohnneOld- 
 castel put in exe- 
 cution. 
 
 Farliamet of 
 Leycetec 
 
 At whiche par- 
 liament was put 
 vpy'byll whiche 
 was put vp at y° 
 parlyament in y" 
 xi. yere of kyng 
 Henry the. iiii. 
 
 Answere dis- 
 deynous. 
 
 fit. CJxxvU 
 
 WyMyrfelieit- 
 
 TN this yere and moneth of January, certayne adherentes of y forenanaed sir lohii Old- 
 castell, entendynge y distruccion of this lande and subuercion' of the same, assembeld then» 
 in a felde nere vnto Seynt Gyles in great nombre, wherof the kynge beynge enfourmed, 
 toke the felde before them, and so toke a certayne of theym ; amonge the whiche was sir 
 Roger Acton knight, sir lohii Beuerley prpest, and a squier called sir lohii Browne, 
 the whiche, ■with, xxxvi. mo in nombre, were after conuict of iieresy & treason, & for the 
 same hangyd & brent within the sayd felde of Seynt Gyles. 
 
 And in ^ same yere, lohii Claydon skynner, and Richard Turmyn baker, were for heresy 
 brent in Smythefelde. 
 
 And this yere the kyng helde his parlyamet at Leyceter, where, amoge other thynges, 
 the foresayd bylle put vp by the c5mons of the lande, for the temporalties beynge in the 
 churche, as it is before* the. iiii. Henry, was agayne mynded. In fere wherof, lest the 
 kynge wolde therunto gjfue any comfortabjle audyence, as testyfye some wryters, certayne 
 bys'shoppes and other hede men of the churche, put y kyng in mynde to clayme his ryght, 
 in Fraupce ;'& for the exployte therof, they offrede vnto hym great & notable siinies. By 
 reason whereof^ sayd byll was agayne put by, and the kynge sette his mynde for the re- 
 couery of the same ; so y soon after he sent his letters vnto the Frensh kynge con- 
 cernyng that matyer, and receyued from him answere of dirision, as affprmyth the EngT 
 lysshe booke. 
 
 And Gaguynus sayth in his Frenshe Cronycle, that kynge Henry sent his oratoura 
 vnto Charlys the. vii. than kyng of Frauce, for to haue dame Katheryne his doughter in 
 maryage, with other requestes towchynge his ryght and enherytauce. 
 
 Wherevnto it was answered by y' colisayll of Fraiice, that f kyng had no leyser to en- 
 tende such idelnes'. Wherupon kyg Henry made quycke prouicdn for to warre vpon y 
 Frenshe kynge, as after apperyth. 
 
 In this yere also, by procurement of Sigismunde than emperoure, a great counsayl or 
 synod of bysshops were assembled at a cylie in hygh Almayn called Constaunce, for the 
 vnyon of ^^ Churche, & for to auoyde the scisme whiche began in the. xiiii. yere of Charlys 
 the. vi. as before in the said, xiiii. yere is touched. In the sayd synode or genrall coQ- 
 sayll, was the. xxiii. lohii than pope* put downe, or resygned by his volunte. 
 
 And by auctoryte of the same counsayll, the opynyons and heresy of Wyklyf were 
 vtterly anulled & dampned, and. ii. of his disciples there present named lohii Hus or 
 Husse & lerom the herytyke, were there brent. And many notable actes for the wele of 
 the churche there were enacted. And fynally, whan the sayd counsayll had endured nere 
 vpon the terme of. iiii. yeres, they there by an hoole assent chase a newe pope*, and 
 named hynci the. v.Martyne, [whiche occupyed Peters chayre. xiiii.yeres and odde monetbes^ 
 as indubitat pope, and so other after hym.]/ 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xiiii. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.G.xv. 
 
 lohii Mychell. 
 Thomas Fawconer, mercer. Anno. iii. 
 
 Thomas Aleyn. 
 
 , THis yere after the kynge hadde made sufficyent prouycion for^all thynges cocernynge 
 neyeftoFraunce his warre to be made vpon the Frenshe kynge, he, with his lordes honourably accompa- 
 S»ef]^l ""^ nyed, rode through Lodon, vpon. the. xviii. daye of luny, towarde the port of Southam- 
 
 TTie firste iour- 
 
 subjection. edit. 1542. \559. ' lowcliid in the xi yere of the iiiitli Henry. ,„„. ^,^ 
 
 " ^ "" * Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. 1559. * Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559 
 
 1542. 1559 
 
 ^ idle persones, edit, 
 tofl, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. $79 
 
 lofi, where he had appoynted his hoost to mete with hym. And whyle the kynge there was 
 shyppynge of his people, dyuers of his lordes, that is to say, sir Richarde erle of Cam- 
 brydge & brother vnto the duke of Yorice, whicbe sir Richarde beryiige the name of 
 Langley, had wedded dame Anne, the doughter of syr Roger Morlymer erle'of Marche 
 & Wolster, by whom he had yssue Isabell, which after was maryed vnto the lorde Bou- 
 cher erle of Essex, & Richard whiche after was duke of Yorke & fader to kynge Ed- 
 ward the. iiit. To whom also was assentyng, sir Richard Scrop than tresourer of En- 
 gland, & sir Thomas Gray knyght, were there arrestyd for treason, & aregnyd, or' so ex- 
 amyned vpon y same, that the. xxix. day of July folowyng they were there all thre be- 
 hedyd. After which execucion so done, the kyng vpon y morowe or shortly after, with Execucin. 
 his lordes toke shyppynge there, & landed at a place called Kydcaus in Normady. And 
 the. xvi. daye of August, he layde siege vnto the towne of HaiHew, and assayled theim 
 by lande and by water, and cotynued so his siege vnto f. xxii. day of Septembre ; at 
 whiche day," as sayth the Frenshe Gaguynus, it was delyuered by Albert tha there ca- 
 pitayne, vpon condicion f kyng Henry niyght sauely wynne or passe to Calays, & so he 
 beyng there, the towne to be yolden vnto hym. But the Frenshe wryter Gaguynus vp- 
 holdeth f honour of the Frenshmen in all y he may, & boroweth of his conscyence for 
 sparynge the trouth in report of many thynges. For after most wryters, f sayd towne, after ' 
 
 sondry appoyntementes of rescouse, was delyuered vnto the kyng «rout any condycion 
 the daye abouesayd, where, after the kyng had ordeyned sir Thomas Beauforde his vncle 
 8c erle of Dorset, capytayne of y towne, he sped hym towarde Calays. 
 
 Than the dolphyri with other lordes of Fraunce, whiche at y tyme had the realme ot 
 Fraunce in gouernauce, for somoche as the Frenshe kynge was vysited with suche malady 
 as before I haue shewed, brake the brydge to lette ^ kyng of his passage ouer y water of 
 Sum; Wherfore he was constrayned to drawe towai'de Pycardy, & so passe by the ryuer 
 of Peron*, wherof the Frenshmen beynge ware, assembled and iodgyd them at certayne 
 townes named Agyncourt, Rolandcourt and Blangy, with all the power of Fraunce. 
 
 And whan kynge Henry sawe that he was so besette with his enemyes, he in the name 
 of God and seynt George pyght his felde in a playn, atwene the sayd townes of Agyn- 
 court and Blangy, hauynge in his companye of hoole men f myght fyght, nat passyng 
 the nombre of. vii.M. But at those dayes the yomen had their lymtnes at lybertie, for 
 theyr hosyn were than fastened vV one poynt, and theyr iackes [were'] longe and easy to 
 shote in, so that they myght drawe bowes of great strentgth, & shpte arovres of a yerde 
 longe, besyde the hede. 
 
 Then the kyng consyderyng f great nombre of his enemyes, and that the acte of Frensh- ThebauyOeof 
 men standynge moche in ouer rydynge of theyr aduersaryes by force of speremen, he Agyncourt. 
 therfore charged euery boweman to ordeyne hym a sharpe stake, & to pytche it a slope 
 before hym, and whan the sperys came, somdeale to drawe bak, and so to shote at the 
 horse men. And the* proper request of the duke of Yorke be ordeynyd hym to haue the 
 vawewarde of that felde. And whan kynge Henry had thus prouidently orderyd for big 
 batayll ouer nyght, vpon the morowe beynge the. xxv. daye of Octobre, & the daye of 
 [the holy marters' Crispyne] and Crispinian, the kynge caused dyuers masses to be 
 songyn. And wher y nyght before the Englysshe hoost was occupyed in prayer and 
 confession, he than caused the bysshoppes and other spirituell me to gyue vnto theym 
 generall obsolucion. 
 
 And that done, with a comfortable chere orderyd his people as they shuld fyght, hau- 
 ynge vnto them good & comfortable wordes, and so abode f comyng of theyr enemyes, 
 which of dyuers wryters were and are remembred to be aboue. xl.M, fyghtynge men. 
 
 The whiche aboute ix. of the clok in y^ mornynge, with great pryde set vpon the En- 
 glysshe hoost, thynkynge to haue ouer rydyn them shortly j but the archers lyke asbefor 
 
 ' mid. efUt. 1542. 1559- * Pericon. edit. 1542. 1559. ^ Omiltedintbe edit, 1542. 1559. * and at the. 
 
 4 E 2 they 
 
The names of 
 Freshe pry- 
 
 48p SEPTIMA P4RS HENHICI QUIMTI. 
 
 tl^ey were taught, pygl>t theyr sharpe stakes befprp them, and whan they sawe the Frensh^ 
 galantes. approche, they a lytell yode back and receyued them, as hereafter ensueth. 
 
 The batayll of Agyncourt. 
 
 THat is to meane they shotte at them so feruently, y what with the shotte & gorynge 
 of their horses with the sharpe stakes, they sturabeiyd one vpon another,'' so that he or 
 they whiche ranne formest, were the cbnfucion of hym or thefti that folowed, so y in a 
 short whyle a great multytude of horse & men were layde vpon the grounde. And after 
 theyr shot spent, they layde abqute them with theyr glayues and axes, that by f great 
 grace of God and comfortable ayde of y^ kynge, the victory fyll that daye to the En- 
 glysshmen, & with lytell losse of theyr company; for, after the bppinyon of sohdry wry- 
 tefs, were slayne (hat day of Englysshmen, the dukes of Yorke & of Suffolke, "and nat. 
 ouer. xxvi. parsones moo. 
 
 But of Frenshmen were slayne y day, after Englysshe wryters, ouer y' nombre of. x.M". 
 albeit that' Frenshe Gaguynus sayth, y of the Englysshe boost were slayne the duke of 
 Yorke & with hym. iiii.C. men, and of* Frenshe boost. iiii.M. of me of name, besyde 
 other, whiche he nobreth nat. 
 
 Also he afFerriiyth to be horsngen at that felde, vpon the Frenshe pavtie. 'x.M., ouer &' 
 besyde the fotemen, & that the Englysshmen were nombred at. xv.C. spere men, &., 
 xviii.M. of yomen and archers. 
 
 At this sayd batayir was taken prvsoners, the duke of Orleaiice, the duke of Burbon, 
 f erles of Vendosme, of Ewe, of Hychemoiit, & Bursigaut than marshall of Fraunce, 
 with many other knyghtes and esquyres, which were tedyous to name, to the nombj:e of. 
 xxiiii.C. and abbue, as wytnessyth y boke of mayres. 
 1,1. cixxviH. And in this batayl were slayne of the nobles of Fraunce, the dukes of Ba.'rre, of Alan- 
 son and of Braban. viii. erlis, and barons aboue. Ixxx. with other gentylmen in cote ar- 
 mours, to the norhbre of. iii.M. and aboue ; by reason of whiche pyllage the Englisshr 
 men were greatly auaunced.. for the Frenshmen were sob assuryd of yittory by reaso of 
 their great nombre, that they brought the more plentye of rycbesse with theym, to the 
 ende to bye prysoners eyther of other. And also after the victory by them opreyned, to 
 shewe vnto Englisshmen their pryde & pompous araye; but God', whiche kriewe the.pre- 
 isumpcibn & pompe, tournyd all thynge cotrary to their riiyndes & ententes. Whan f 
 kytige by grace and power of God, more than by force of man, had thus goten this tri- 
 'U'mphaunt victorye, & retourned his people from the chase of theyr enemyes, tydyhges 
 were brought vnto hym that a newe boost of Frenshmen were comynge toward by. Wher- 
 fore he anon comauded his people to be enbatayted, and that done made proclamacions; 
 thorugh the host, that euery man shuld slee -his prysoner ; by reason of which proclama- 
 cion, y duke of Orleauccjand the other lordes of Frafxce were in such fere, that they 
 anon by the lycence of the kynge, sent suche wprde vnto y sayd hbst y they ^drewe 
 them, and the kynge with his prysoners vpon the morowe fblbwynge toke his way towarde 
 his towne of Calays, where he restyd hyin durynge this mayres tyme. 
 
 Atsno Domini. M.iiii.C.xv. Anno Domini. M.iiii.G.xvi. 
 
 Wylliam Cambridge. ^ 
 Nicholas Wottoii, draper^ Anno.'iiii. 
 
 Aleyn Euerarde. 
 
 THis yere, and. xxix. daye of Noueinbre, as the mayre rode towarde We^tmjpster for 
 to take his charge, a pursyuauntof the kyngescame with letters vnto the mayre, gyuynge 
 to hym ,knowlege of j kynges good spede ; wherfore the bysshop of Wynchester,, thaa 
 ehaurjceller of E,nglande, hauynge lyke wytlyng, came that daye to Paulys, & there causedi 
 
 Te 
 
 •the. edit, ^1542. 1559. *of the, edit. 1342.* 1555. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. 5St 
 
 Te Deum to be soogyn with great soiempoyte, aod in lyke wyse was lyke obseniaunce don 
 in f parysshe churches & other relygyous Louses thorough the cytie of London. 
 
 And at Poulys, by the sayd chaunceller, standyng ypon the steppes at the quyer dore, 
 were the sayd tydynges denouced vnto the pedple : and vpon ti>e morowe foiowvnge, f 
 sayd chaucelter, with other bysshoppes and temporall lordes, with a general procession of 
 y mayre and coinynalte of the cytie^ yode^rom Paulisto Westmynsteron fote, and offeryd 
 at seynt Edwardes shryne, & so retourned to tbeyr owne [ho^^ses.]' Then kyng Heury 
 w his prisoners shypped at Calays, and so landed at Douer, & [after he had ben at Cau- 
 terbury arid there made his ofFeryng vnto seynt Thomas, he]* than spedde hym on his 
 iourney tyll he came vnto Eltham, where he rested hym a season. 
 
 Vf/on the. xxiii. daye of Nouembre, he was mette with the mayre & his bretherne vpon ThekyngM 
 the Blak Heth, & so conueyed with all honour tborugh the cytie vnto Westmyster, wher, LOTdon!'" 
 in dyuers places of the sayd cytie, as the bridge & crosse in Cljepe, were ordeyned cer- 
 tayne pagetes to the kynges great comforte, the maner wherof, with also processions & 
 other seremonyes,, I passe ouer for lengthyuge of the tyme. 
 
 In this yere also, Sigismunde emperour of Almayne came into England, and in the Aducmus im- 
 tnonth of May by the kynges comaundement, and. vii. daye of the sayd moneth, the gHam!""" '^"* 
 mayre and bretherne mette hym vpon Blak Heth ; and at Seynt Georges met hym the 
 kynge & his lordes in great nombre, and so conueyed hym vnto Westniy-ter with great 
 honoure, &lodgydhym in his owne palays. And shortly after was y feest of seynt George Seym Georeu 
 holden at Wyndesore, whiche before was deferryd for his comynge ; in tyme of whiche 
 solempnyte, durynge the dyuyne seruyce, the kyng kept y astate ; but in syttyng at the 
 feest, the emperour kept the astate ; the seruyce and sotyltees of whiclie feest, with syttynge^ 
 of the lordes after theyr degrees, I passe ouer. And shortly after came the duke of Ho- 
 landeinto this lande, for certayne causes concernynge the fimperour, uhom the kyng hon- 
 ourably receyued, & lodgyd hym in the bysshoppes palays of Ely in Holbourne; and so 
 the kynge entreated & cheryd thyse straugers, that for the season that they taryed ia 
 Englande, they laye here at the kynges coste and charge : and' the emperour and he were 
 made knyghtes of the Garter, and aisoa great dukeof theeinperours named duke of Briga. 
 And whan the emperoure had taryed vpon. vii. wekysand odde dayes in Englande, whiche 
 alter some wryters, was to thentent to set an vnyte & rest atwene the Frenshe kynge & 
 kynge Henry, he after tooke mynde to retourne into Almayne, whom the kynge for his 
 comfort and nedes that he had to do at Calays, accopanyed hym thyder, where eytber 
 with gyftes* & thankes dcpartyd from other; and the diike of IJolande went »ith the em- 
 peroure into Holan'de and other countres, "Whyle y kyn.^e was thus at Calays^ to hytn 
 came thyder vnder sauffe conduyt, y duke of IJurgoyn, c^- had \V them dyuers comunica- 
 cions, & after retourned to his owne And soon after the kynge retourned into Englande, • 
 & came to Westmynster vpon seynt Lukes euyn, or the. xvii. day of Octobre. 
 
 This yere and season, whyie the kyng was at Calays, that is to nieane vpon j daye of 
 the Assumpcyon of our blessyd Lady, the duke of Bedforde, accompanyed with the erle 
 of Marche & other lordes, had a great floyt' and batayll with dyuers carykkes of leane 
 & other shyppes, where after longe and sore fyght, y honour fvll to hym & his Englysshe- 
 men, to the great losse of the straungers, bothe of theyr men and also of theyr shyppe^. 
 as some drowned, and. iii, of the grettest of theyr carykkes taken. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. Rl.iiii.C.xvi. " ' -^""O Domini. M.iiii.C.xvii. 
 
 Robert Wodtyngton. 
 Heury Barton, skynner. . Anno. v. 
 
 lohn Couentre. 
 Tllis yere the kynge holdynge his parlyament at Westmynster, to hyp^i was granted by a q«y.-.dcc:m, 
 
 ■ Omitted in the MS. * Omitted in ike edit. 154C. 1 359. ^ and hi tb. MS. * gi ae gy f,tt. iMS. 
 
 ' •=*'""J"='- .j auctorytie 
 
583 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTr. 
 
 Zxecucio. 
 
 The kyages 
 seconde vyage 
 ta Frauce. . 
 
 auctorytie of the same a fyftene ; and by a conuocacion of y^ clergy, was graunted to hym 
 a dynae, for the mayntenaunce of his warrys: wherupon newe prouycoh was made for hi» 
 Seconde vyage into Fraunce, I ' 
 
 By auctoryte of this parlyamet also> Richarde, whiche was sone & heyre of ^'erle of 
 Cabrydge, which erle was put to detb at Southampton, created' duke df Yorkei which 
 after was maryed vnto Cecile y" doughter of Daraby erle of Westmerlade, by reason j 
 he boughte his wardshyp of f kyng. By the whiche lady (-ecile he had Henry f dyed 
 yonge, Edward y after was kyng, Edmude erle of Rutlade, Anne duchesse of Exceter, 
 Elizabeth duchesse of Suffolk, George duke of Clarence, Richard duke of Gloucefer & 
 after kyng, & Margaret duchesse of Burgoyn. And whan all thyng was redy for y^ kyges 
 viage, he ordeyned John duke of Bedforde his brother protetto' of this lande in y^ tyme 
 of his absence ; & that done he with his lordes aboute Wytsontyde, toke his shyppyng at 
 Southhampton, and so sayled into Normandy, and landyd vpon Lammas day at a place 
 called Tooke or Towke. And after he was with his host there landed, for somoche as 
 he was warnyd of certayne shyppes of warre y entendyd to do some harme in Engiande, 
 beyng than vpon the see, he therfore to withstande theyr malycyous purpose, sent y^ erle 
 SrauaiebeHtim. of Marchc, the erle of Huntyngdon, with other, to store* the see ; the whiche encountred 
 , the sayd enemyes, and after a loge & cruell fyght, them venquysshed ami ouercome ; 
 which fyght was vpon y day of seynt Romayn, or the. ix. day of August, as bath the 
 Frenshe Cronycle. And of the Frenshe nauy was chief capitayn the vycout of Narbon, 
 whiche in that fight was taken with great plente of treaso' ; for, as sayth Gaguynus, he 
 with one Moiitney an other capytayne, to whome the sowdyours wages was comytted, of 
 one assent, for theyr synguler lucre, withhelde the sayd wages, by reason wherof whan 
 they shuld ioyne in batayll, many of them vf theyr shyppes withdrewe, and laft theyr ca- 
 pytayns in the dauger of their enemyes. But this is lyke to be a fayned excuse of the 
 said Gagwyne, to saue y honour of y Frenshme, as he many tymes serablably doth in 
 many places of his boke. 
 
 Then to retourne vnto kynge Henry: whan he was thus landyd, he sent vnto the rulers 
 of the towne of Towke, and had it vnto hym delyuered; but the castell was defendyd 
 agayne hym tyll seynt Lauience daye folowynge : the whiche he gaue after vnto his bro- 
 ther the duke of Clarence, with all the signory therunto belongynge. 
 
 And this done, the kynge sped hym towarde Cane, and layd his siege therunto vpon 
 Caan delyuered. the. xvii. day of f forcsayd moneth of August, the which contynued tyll the feest of the 
 Natyuite of our Lady, & than won vpon the partie that the duke of Clarence assawted ; 
 but the castell helde by apoyntmet, if no rescouse were had tyll y. xiiii. day folowyng, at 
 whiche day the said castell was delyuered with other, xiiii. stronge holdes, which liad be- 
 fore taken the same appoyntment. Than the kynge made the foresayd duke of Clarence 
 capitayne of the sayd towne and castell. And in this passe tyme were diners other townes 
 & stronge holdes gotyn by diuers of the kynges retynew, as the erle marshall, the erle of 
 Warwyke & other, the whiche wan Louers, Faloys, Neuelyn, Cherburgth, Argentyne, and 
 Bayons the cytie, with many other stroge abbeys and pilx'. Than the kyng helde there 
 seint Georges feest, and dubbyd there, xvi*. knyghtes of the Bath, and after cotynued his 
 warres duryng this mayres yere, in wynnynge vpon f Frenshmen by appoyntmetes & 
 otherwyse, wherof the circumstaunce were very longe to declare in ordre. 
 
 In this yere also, and vpon the feestfull day of Ester, fyll a ch'aiice in Lodon, whiche, 
 to y fere of all good christen men, is necessary to be noted ; for vpon the' hygh & so- 
 lempne day, by excytynge of the deuell, & yll disposicion of. ii. women, that is to meane 
 thewyfe of the lorde Straunge, & the wife of sir lohn Trussel knyght, suehe vnkyndnesse 
 fyll atwene theyr. ii. husbandes, y eyther wolde haue slayne other witiiin the pafysshe 
 churche of Seynt Dunstanes in the East : in partyng of which persones dyuers men were 
 
 ' was created, edit. 1542. 1559. '' secure. * pyles. edit. 1533. 1 542. 1550. ♦ xv. edit. 1533. 
 
 1542. 1559. ' this. MS. " , 
 
 '^ hurt 
 
 Towke dely- 
 uered. 
 
 Mulieres fatue. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. .583 
 
 hurt & sore wounded,, & one named Thomas Petwarden slayne out of hade, whiche was a 
 
 freeman and fysshemonger of yr cytie. Than lastly both frayers were taken & brought 
 
 Vnto the countour in the Pultry, & for the sayd lorde Strange was demyd culpable of 
 
 the begynnynge of this fraye, he therfore vpon the Sonday folowynge, & for suspendyjige 
 
 of the Church, was denouced accursyd at Poulis crosse, & in all parysshe churches of 
 
 London ; and fynally he was demyd to open penaunce & dyd it, and made great amendes 
 
 vnto the wyfe of the said Thomas for the deth of her husbande : and in the endeof this Caristufnimen- 
 
 yere whete at London was solde foe ii.s. a busshell. 
 
 Anno Domini. xiiii.C.xvii. Anno Domini. xiiii.C.xviii. 
 
 Henry Rede. 
 Richarde Merlowe, ironmonger. Anno. vi. 
 
 lohn Gedney. 
 
 THisyere sir lohn Oldcastell, lorde Cobham, the which, as before is shewed in y^ ende sir lohnne ow. 
 of f firste yere of this kynge, escapyd.out of the Towre of London, was in the moneth of "=*"•"• 
 
 sent vnto London by the lorde Powys out of Walys, the which sir lohn for 
 heresy and treason was conuict in the moneth of ^ folowynge, and for the same 
 
 drawen vnto ,Seynt Gyles felde, where he was haged vpon a newe peyer of galowys 
 with chaynes, and after cosumed with fyre. And aboute that season, the persone of Wor- 
 tham in Norfolk©, whiche tyme' had haunted Newmarket heth, and there robbyd and 
 spoyled many of j^ kynges subgettes, was nowe with his cocubyne brought vnto Newgate 
 where he lastly dyed. 
 
 And kynge Henry beynge styll in Normandy, deuydedhis people in the* parties, wherof 
 one he reserued ,vnto hymself, the seconde he comytted to the rule of the duke of Cla- °'"* 
 ranee, and the thirde vnto f erie of Warwyke, whiche sayde duke and erle employed 
 theyr araiyes so well & valyauntly, that eyther of theym encroched sore vpon the Frensh- 
 men, aod wanne from theym many stronge holdes and pilx* ; and the kynge after longe 
 sieges, by hym contynued aboute Argentyne, Cressy, Seynt Launde and other, he then in 
 the ende of this yere, that is to say vpon f daye of translacyon of Seynt Edwarde, or the. 
 xiii. daye of Octobre, he layde his siege vnto the cytie of Roan, and contynued the same 
 tyll the. xii. daye of lanuary folowynge, in the whiche passe tyme the olde mayer was 
 chaunged to a newe as foloweth. Vpon the. ix. day of Octobre dyed lohfi Bryan sherif, 
 and for hym was chosen to that offyce lohii Parnes draper. 
 
 Afino Domini. xiiii.C.xviii. Anno Domini. xiiii.C.xix. 
 
 lohn Bryan. 
 Willyam Seuenok, grocer. Rauffe Barton*. Anno. vii. 
 
 lohn Parnesse. 
 
 THis yere, the foresayd siege about the cytie of Roan contynuynge, vpon the. xii. day 
 of lanuary foresaid the Frenshmen offeryd to treate, whiche treaty J' kyng admitted vnto 
 the erlys of Warwycke & Salysbury with other ; and for the Frenshe partye was appoynted 
 the capytayne of the cytie, named sir Guy de Bocier, and other ; by reason of whiche treaty 
 it was agreed, that the sayd capitayne vpon the. xix. daye of the sayd present moneth of la- 
 nuary, atsuchfe' an houre asitshuld please the kynge to assygne, shulde delyuer vnto suche 
 persones as the kyng wold appoynt, the cytie and castell of Roan in all peasyble wyse, 
 except^ sayd cytie & castell be rescowyd by the dolphyn of Fraunce before the sayd. xix. 
 daye, and the. xxii. daye of the sayd moneth the inhabytauntes of the said cytie to pay 
 vnto the kynge. xv.C. tentes' of golde, wherof two shuld alway be worth an Englysshe no- 
 ble ; & other. xv.C. of lyke jscutes they shuld paye vpon the xxiii. day of February next 
 
 ' The MS. adds December. * of February. MS. ' long tyme. edit. 1533. 15-12. 1559. ^t^re. 
 
 ' pyles. edit. J533. 1542. 1559. * Berton. edit. 1542. 1559. ' scutes. 
 
 fol- 
 
§U SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. * 
 
 ici.cjxxx. folowynge, whielie couenauntes, with mjiBy & dyuerse other eomptysed in. xxv. aftieles» 
 were by the assuraunce of both parties suerly ratysfyed & assuryd. And for no rescouse by 
 the sayde dolphyn or any other Frenshinan was made by the day aboue lymytted, therefore 
 y sayd capitayne, accordynge to his bonde and promesse, delyueryd the sayde cytie & casteil^ 
 vpon the. xix. daye of lanuary aforesayd, beynge the day of seynt WolstaSi 
 The^cytieof 'j-[^g wynnytige of this cytie of Roan ascribeth Gaguynus, vnto the ciuile dyscofde that 
 
 was atwene the cytezeyas and their firste capitayne, named erle of Danmale, whom they 
 expulsyd the cytie with a stronge power of Normans; but yet, as he afibrmyth, the cyte- 
 zeyns helde the cytie tyll they were constrayned for lacke of vytayll, to ete horses, dogges, 
 cattes, rattes, and other vermyn. 
 
 Whan kynge Henry had set the cytie of Roan in an ordre,- be then passed the coun- 
 
 t'rees toward Fraunce, so that he subdued the cyties and townes as he rode, and the. xx. 
 
 Troys hi cha- daye of Mayc he came to Troys in Champeyne, where he was honourably receyued. 
 
 *'''"'■ In whiche passetyme, lobn duke of Burgoyne, that before tyme had beii the occacion 
 
 Off the murder of the duke of Oileauce, was nowe slayrie in the presence of the doiphyn, 
 
 lyke as before I haue shewyd to you in ihe. xxxix. yere ofGharlys y.vii. wherfore Philyp 
 
 his sone, & duke after hym, refused the dolphyns partie, and drewe hym vnto J<yng6 
 
 rienry, and delyuered to hym the possession of Charlys the Frenshe kynge and dame Ka- 
 
 theryne his doughter, as aff'ermyth Gaguynus. 
 
 Msritagiui tef Then were meanes of concorde and vnyte sought and laboured by y^Frenshemen in so 
 
 Henricura quin- effectuell mancr, that shordy after, for a fynall peas to be hadde atwene both realmes, 
 
 Kart/rinifiii? '^y"g^ Henry at Troys in Champeyii foresayd, by the meanes of the sayd Philyp duke of 
 
 xegis Francie. Burgoyn, marycd the forenamed Katheryne vpon Trynyte Sondaye, than beynge the. iii. 
 
 daye of luny. Before solemnyzacion of whiche maryagei a treaty and conclucon of a peas, 
 
 coteynyng. xxxvii. articnlis, atwene both kynges was cosncluded ; wh^rof the effect was, that 
 
 kynge Henry shuld be admytted and named regent of Fraunce, and that Charlys shuld be 
 
 kynge^for terme of his lyfe, and ressaive the issues and profytes of the same, and queoe 
 
 Isabell his wyfe to enioye her dower for terme of her lyfe, to quenes of Frauce due and 
 
 accustomed. 
 
 And quene Katheryne, kynge Henryes wyfe, to haue her dower in Englande to f value, 
 of. xl.M. scutes, whiche shuld be in value of x.M. marke Englysshe ; and if she ouerlyued 
 kynge Henry, then she to haue dower of y realme of Fraunce, to the value of. xx.Ml 
 frankes yterely, to be leuyed, of suche lordshyppes as Blaunche, sometyme wyfe to Phylyp la 
 Beaw, helde. 
 
 And after the deth and tyme of the foresayd Charlys, f crowne with all ryghtes belong- 
 ynge to the same, of the realme of Fraunce, to remayne vnto kyng Henry and to his heyres 
 kynges. 
 
 And for the sayd Charlys was vysyted with sykenesse, the kyng as regent shuld haue 
 the hole gouernaiice of the §ayd realme and defece of y^ same, and specially agayne the 
 dolphyo ; whiche entended & dyd his vtterniost power to distourbe the sayd peas. < 
 
 And that y- lordes & nobles of Fraunce, as well spirituell or' temporall, shall make 
 othe vnto kynge Henry to be obedyent vnto his lefull qomaundenientes concernyng^ 
 foresayd gouernauce & defence, and they with thehedes and rulers of cyties, castellys, and 
 townes, to maynteyne ai>d vpholde the sayde peas to the vttermost of tHeyr powers, and 
 after the d-eth of y- sayd Charlys, to become his trewe subgettes and liege men ; and that 
 all suche lordshyppes as after that daye shuld be conqueryd or wonne from f dolphyn 
 and other disobedientes, that they shuld remayne to the vse of the sayd Charlys durynge 
 his naturall lyfe, prouyded that if any were wonne within the duchye of Normandy, that 
 they shukl incontynently remayne to kynge Henryes vse ; and that after the decease of 
 the said Charlys, the duchy of Nonnady, & all other lordshyppes therunto belongynge to 
 
 be 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENllICI QtJINTL ^SS 
 
 l»e as one monarchye vnder the crowne of Fraulice. And also, thai duryng the lyfe of th« 
 »ayd Charlys, king Henry shuld nat name or wryte hymself kynge of Fraunce ; and that 
 tfae sayd Cbarlys shuld in ail his wrytynges name kyng Henry his moste derest sone, Henry 
 kynge of Eagiade, & inheritour of the crowne of Fraiice : and that done' imposycion of 
 taske shuld be put vpon the comons of Fraiice, but to the necessary defence and weale 
 of the realme ; and that by the adiiyce of both counsaylles of the realmes of Englande & 
 of Fraunce, suche stablysshed ordynaunces myght be deuysed, that when the sayd realme 
 of Fraunce shuld fall to the possessyon of kynge Henry or of his hfeyres, that it might \t 
 suphe vnyte ioyne vnto y realme of Englande, that one kynge myght rule bothe kyngdomes 
 as one monarchy, reserued always to eyther pryncypat or realme, all ryghtes, lyberlies, 
 franchyses, & lawes, so that nother realme shuld be subget vnto other, and that perpe- 
 tuell amyle & frendshyp with all famylyer couersacion as well by byinge, sellynge, & all 
 other lefull, to be cotynued atwene both subgettes for euer, all customes & pryuyleges to 
 eyther realme to be payde & obeyed ; and that kynge Charlys nor Phylip duke of Bur- 
 gjyne shuld make any concorde or peas with the dolphyn of Vyen, without the assent and 
 agrement of kyng Henry. Nor* in lykewyse, withoute the consent of the sayde Charlys 
 and Philip. And the sayd Charlys durynge his lyfe shulde be honourably founde and en- 
 treated ; and to haae in his housholde & about bym, noble men of his owne nacion, with 
 al other thynges concernynge his estate, & to be longyng' in notable places of his realme, 
 where the people to hym shuld be moste obedyenc. 
 
 After whiche articles, by the consente both* prynces, well Sc nobly' ratysfyed & confer- 
 myd, and solempnyzacion of the-foresayd maryage endyd, kyng Henry with his people 
 sped hym towarde Parys, where he was honourably receyued. And whan he had with his 
 newe wyfe resiyd hym tl*ere a season, he then with the duke of Burgoyn and dyuers other 
 lordes of Fraunce, layd seige vnto dyuers townes, whiche helde vpon ^ dolphyns partie, 
 & them wane by strength or by oppyntemet; and lastly layde siege & his ordenaunce 
 aboute a stronge towne named Meldune or Meleon, wherof was capitayn a noble warryour McWoh.1 
 named Barbasan, the whiche defendyd that towne manfully. Then the kynge seyng the 
 forse and* sternesse of y^capitayne, beclypped that towne with a strong siege, lyinge hym- 
 selfe ,qn that syde towarde the wood, and the duke of Burgoyne vpon the other syde 
 agayiie y- iemple or monastery of seynt Peter, which siege so cotynued durynge this 
 mayreeyere. 
 
 Anno Domini, M.iiii.C.xix. ^nno Donaiiii. M.iiiiiCxx. 
 
 Robert Whytyngham. 
 Richarde Whytyngton^ mercer. Anno. viii. 
 
 lohii Botyller. 
 
 THis yere contynuyng styll the former siege about Meleon, tyll aboute the myddell of 
 JSIouembre, at whiche tyme the forenamed capitayne sore famysshed, sought meanes of 
 treaty ; by meane whereof it was agreed, that he w al other shulde sauely auoyde by a 
 daye lymytted, except all suche persones,as before tyme had ben consentynge vnto the 
 «le!ih of lohii lately duke of Burgoyjie; for the whiche cryme the forenamed capitayne Bar- /'«/. cjkxxj. 
 basan was after accusyd with many other, and sent vnto Parys, & ther holden in pryson. 
 And that done, kynge Henry layde his siege vnto a towne called Melden, the whiche finally 
 was also gyuen vp by a lyke appoyntement ; wherein were founden certayne persones de- 
 tected of the foresayd murder, for the whiche after due examynacion made, they were 
 hanged vpon an elmyn tree, standynge by the way ledynge vnto Parys. Whan kynge 
 Jienry had thus wroughte moche of his wyll ii) Fraunce, he toke leue of his fader the 
 
 • noon. * Nor he. edit, 1533. 1542. 1559. ' lodged. * of both. ' notably, edit. 
 
 1559. ' foresaid, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. '! ^^e edit, of 1533. 1542. and 1559- have Whytyngham 
 
 'evidently hi/ mistaie. • 
 
 4 J Fronshe 
 
586 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. 
 
 The kpgts 
 
 comynge to 
 I^ondon. 
 
 Reg'ine corona< 
 
 Prenshe kyng, & with the quene his wyfe sayled into Englande, & landed at Douer vpoii 
 Candelmas daye, lieuynge in Fraunce for his depvjtie his brother the duke of Clarence. 
 Than the kynge sped hym on his iournay towarde London, and came thyder vpon the» 
 xiiii. daye of February, and the quene came thyder vpon the. xxi. daye of the same 
 moneth. But here for length of tyme I wyll passe ouer the great and curyous ordynaunce 
 prouyded by the cytezyns for the receyuynge of the kyng and quene, aswell of theyr 
 ordurat' metyng with theym vpon horse backe, as of the sumptuous 8c honourable dyuyses 
 prepayred within the cytie to the kynges & quenes great reioysynge; and forthe I wyll 
 precede to shewe vnto you some parte of the great honour that was vsed & excercysed 
 vpon the daye of the sayd quenes coronacion, whiche was after solempnyzed in seynt 
 Peters ehurche of Westmynster, vpon the daye of seynt Mathy the Apostle,, or the;^ 
 xxiiii. day of February. After which solenipnyzacon in y churche endyd, she was con- 
 ueyed into the great halle of Westmynster, & there sette to dyner ; vpon whose right 
 hande satte, at the ende of the same table, the archebysshop- of Caunterbury, and Henry, 
 surnamed the rych cardynall of Wynchester; and vpon the lefte hande of 5^ quene sat the> 
 kynge of Scottes in his astate, f whiche was seruyd with coueryd messe lyke vnto the 
 forenamed bysshops, but after theyra. And vpon the same hande & syde, nere to the 
 borde ende, sat the duchesse of Yorke, and the coiitesse of Huntyngdon. The erle 
 of the Marche holdyng a ceptre in his hande, knelyd vpon the right syde. The erle marshal 
 in lyke maner knelyd vpon the left hande of y- quene. The countesse of Kent sat 
 vnder the table at the ryght foot, and the coiitesse marshall at the left foot. The duke of 
 Glouceter, sir Humfrey, was that daye ouerloker, and stode before the quene bare hedyd. 
 Sir Richarde Neuyll was that daye caruer to the quene. The erlys brother of Suffolk 
 cupberer, sir lohfi Stewarde sewar. The lord Clyfford paterer, instede of f erle of War- 
 wik. The lord Wyllugthby boteler, in stede of J erle of Arudell. The lorde Gray Ruthyn, 
 or Ryffyn, naperer. The lord of Awdeley amner, i stede of the erle of Cambrydge. 
 The erle of Worceter was that day erle marshal, in absence of the erle marshall, the 
 whiche rode aboute the halle vpon a great courser, vf a multytude of typped stauys aboute 
 hym, to kepe the rome in the halle. Of the whiche halle the barons of the. v. portes began 
 the table vpon the ryght hande towarde seynt Stepens chapell, and beneth theym at f 
 same table sat the bowchyers of the Chauncery. And vpon f left hande, next vnto y' 
 cupborde, sat the mayre & his bretherii aldermen of Lodon. The bysshops began the 
 table foreagayn the barons of f. v. portes, & y ladyes ^ table agayn y mayre ; of whiche. 
 ii. tables, for y^ bysshops began the bysshop of London & the bySshop of Durham, and 
 for the ladyes f countesse of Slafforde & the coutesse of Marche. And ye shall vnder- 
 stande f this feest was all of fysshe. And for.y orderyng of f seruyce therof, were 
 dyuers lordes appoynted for hede offycers, as stewarde, controller, surueyour, & other 
 honourable offyces. For the whiche were appoynted y'. erlys of North uberlande, of 
 Westmerlande, the lorde Fitz Hughe, the lorde Furneuall the lorde Gr^y of Wylton, 
 the lord Ferers of Groby, the lorde Ponynges, the lorde Haryngtoii, the lorde Darcy, 
 the lorde Dacre, and the lorde Delaware. 
 
 The whiche with other orderyd the seruyce of y" feest as folowetb, and thus for the 
 firste course. 
 
 Brawne and mustarde* 
 ■ Dedellys in burneux. !. , 
 Frument with ,balien. 
 Pyke in erbage. , ^ 
 
 Lamprey powderyd. *''* 
 Trought. i .! 
 
 ' ordinal, edit. 1533. 1542. 1555- 
 
 Codlyng. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTL 587 
 
 Codlyng. ^..^^-'' ' 
 
 Playes fryed. '^"''^x r' ' 
 
 Marlyng fryed. ' ^ "" 
 
 Crabbys. » .*^V 
 
 Leche iumbarde florysshed. 
 
 Tartys. 
 
 And a sotyltie called a pellycan syttynge on his nest with her byrdes, and an image of 
 seynt Katheryne holdyng a booke, and disputynge with the doctours, holdynge a reason 
 in her right hade, sayinge, " madame le royne," 8f the pellican as an answere, (Cc est la 
 eigne, Ei du roy, pur tenir ioy, Et a tout sa gent, Elle mete sa entent.) 
 
 The seconds course. 
 
 Oely, coloured with columbyne floures. 
 Whyte potage or creme of almandes. 
 Breme of the see. 
 Counger. 
 Solys. 
 Cheuen. 
 
 Barbyll with roche. 
 Fresshe samon. 
 Halybut. 
 Gurnarde. 
 Rochet broylyd. 
 Smelt fryed. 
 Creuys or lobster. 
 
 Leche damask, ^ the kynges worde or prouerbe flourysshed, vne sanzplus. 
 Lamprey fresshe baken. 
 Flampeyn flourisshed with a scochon royall, tberin thre crownes of golde plantyd 
 with fioure delyce and floures of caraemyll wrought of confeccyons. 
 
 And a sotyltie named a panter, -^ an image of seynt Katheryn, with a whele in her 
 iiande, and a roUe with a reason in that other hande, sayinge, (La royne ma file, In 
 ceste ilCf par bonne reson, cues renoun.) 
 
 The thirde course. 
 
 Datis in compost. 
 Creme moile. 
 Carpe deore. 
 Turbut. 
 Tenche. 
 
 Perche with goion. 
 Fresshe sturgeon with welkes« 
 Porpies rostyd. 
 Menuys fryed. 
 Creuys de eawe douce. 
 Pranys. 
 
 Elys rost with lamprey. 
 A leche called the whyte leche, florysshed with bawtborne leuys and redde hawys. 
 
 A march payne garnysshed with dyuerse fygures of aungellys, amonge the which was 
 set an image of seynt Katheryne holdynge this reson, (II est escrit, pur voir et dit, per 
 mariage pur cest guerre ne dure.) And lastly a sotyltie named a tigre lokyng in a 
 
 4 F a mirrour, 
 
$88 SEPTIMA PARS IIENRTCI QUINTI. 
 
 mirrour^ and a ma. syttyng on horse backe, clene armyd, holding ! his ann^s a tiger 
 whelpe, w this reason, (Par force sanz reson ie ay pryse ceste beste,) and wit,h hi* 
 one hande makynge a countenaunce of throwynge of mirrours at the great tigre ; the 
 whiehe helde this reason, (Gih the^ mirrour ma fete distour.) 
 
 And thus w al honour was fynysshed this solempne corqaacion ; after the whiehe tlie 
 
 Si^c.ivih quene soiourned in the palays of Wcstmynster tyll Palme Sonday folowynge, and vpan 
 
 the morne she toke her iournaye towarde Wyndesore, where the kynge & she helde their 
 
 Easter. : and after that hygh feest passed, y kynge made prouycion- for his warre in Frauce, 
 
 duryngy^,terme,of this mayresyere. 
 
 Auno Domini. M.iiii.Cxx. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxf. 
 
 lohfi Boteler. 
 William Cambryge, grocer. Anno. ix.~ 
 
 lohn Wellyfi*. 
 
 IHis yere vpon Easter euyn, beynge than the. xxii. day of Apryll, the. duke of Cla- 
 
 p,ance, brother vnto y kyng, whom at his departynge oute of Fraupcp he had laft there 
 
 ' for his depntie, was at a place called in Frenshe Baugy or Bauge," ouerset 8e slayne by a 
 
 Frensh capitayne named sir lohfi de la Croise, and the erlys of Huntyngdon & of 
 
 Somerset,, with many mo gentylmen of Englande & Gascoyne taken prysoners to ^ 
 
 Aqoyndtcym kynges great displeasure. Than shortly after, the kynge helde his parlyament at West- 
 
 a c jny,^s^gp^ by auctorytie wherof, & of a conuocacion of the clergy holdynge at Paulis, 
 
 was graunted to hym a fyftene & dyme ; and for the money therof shuld nat be hastely 
 
 called on of the comons, the bysshop of Wynchester, of his owne,fre niynde, lent to 
 
 the kynge. XX. M/?. 
 
 rfky^geH^r ■^'"'^ aboate Pentecost folowyng, kynge Henry shypped at Doner, and sayled to 
 
 jtofraunce. Calays, aftd from thens yode the thirde tyme into Fraunce, v^here he warryd durynge 
 
 ' this mayres yere. • ' . 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxii. 
 
 Pucharde Gosselyn. 
 Robert Chjcheley, grocer. Anno. x. 
 
 Wyllyam Westofl. 
 
 jstatiuitas Hgn- IN th.e bfigynnynge of this mayres yere, and. vi. daye of DecSbre, was kyng Henry 
 
 tisnatx. j^g yJ bt)rn at Wyndesore. And in the. ix. day of thesayd moneth began a parlyament 
 
 at Paulis ; by the whiehe was graunted to y kyng a fyftene and a deme of y- clergy. And 
 
 forycoyne of gold at those dayes was*great'"mynysshed with clyppynge & wasshynge, to 
 
 the great hurt of the comynaltie, therfore at this pari'yament it was enacted & agreed, 
 
 f, in the payment of this ayde to the kyng graiited, his ofFycers shuld feceyue all \yaht 
 
 Coynes of golde, so that they wanted nat in weyght ouer the rate of. xii. d'. in the nobl^, 
 
 & if any noble wanted more than. xn.d. or anyother pese of golde after the rate, than the 
 
 owner to make vp f. value to. v.s. viii.d*. By reason of this also^ syluer,. as 
 
 grottis and pens were geson, for all npen put forth the golde & made store of syluer, 
 
 RegipBOfasfteta-Xhis ycrc also,. after Easter, the quene tqoke^hypp^dge at Southamtoii, and sayled 
 
 to the kynge into Fraunce, where she was honourably receyued of her fader and 
 
 ^ moder, and of the cyties and good townes ; & in the cytie of Parys, vpgn Whytson- 
 
 day, the kyng a4id she sat crowne' at dyner, whiehe had nat before tyme ben seen of .any 
 
 Wfdercokof kynge of Englande. In this mayres yere also, but the. x. yere of the kynge, and.x. day 
 
 »»u»ys. of August, a newe wedyrcok was satte vpon the crosse of seynt Paulys steple of Lodqn. 
 
 Than kyng Henry beyng styll occupyedih his warres in Frauce, and dayly wynnynge 
 
 OMtusregts. vpon f Frenshmen, in this sayd moneth of August, and, x. yere of his reygne, he waxed 
 
 »-d«. MS. " Wyllyam Weston. ediM533. 1542. 1559. ' Eieatlv edit 1533. 
 
 * Vii*. edit. 1433. 1542. 1559. 'dqwne. edit. 1542. 1559. ' 
 
 a 
 
 syke 
 
SEPtlMA PARS ttENftlCI QUINli. SB^ 
 
 syke at Boys in Vyncent, and dyed there lyke a good Cristen man vpon the laste daye of 
 August, wlian he hadde leygned. ix. yeres. v. tnonethes, &. x. dayes, leuynge after hyin 
 liis oonly yonge sone Henry, of the age of. viii. monethes and odde dayes ; and then his 
 body was enbawmed and caryed', and after brought vnto Westraynster, as in the begyn- 
 nyng of the next mayres yere shalbe shewyd. And in the moneth of Octobre folowyng, dyed ' 
 the Frenshe kynge, fader vnto the quene, as in his story before is dedaryd. 
 
 Who that woldetake vpon hym to reherce all the conquestes and triuniphaunt victoryes^'""'"'*'''"*^^ 
 opfeyned by this most victoryous prynce, with other lawdable dedys, he shulde, to reherce'"^""' 
 them ceryously, make a great volume; but where to fore I haue shewyd to you breuely 
 some parte of the famous dedys of this excellent prynce, touchynge y actuell dedyS of 
 his body, nowe I wyll breuely towche the actes done by hym for y meryte of his soule. 
 And first, for asmoche as he knewe well that his fader had laboured the meanes to depose 
 the noble prynce Richarde the Seconde, and after was consentyng to his delh, for which 
 offence his said fader had sent to Rome, of y great cryme to be assayled', and was by y 
 pope' enioyned, ^ lyke as he had berafi hym of his naturall and bodely lyfe for euer in 
 this world, that so, by cotynuel prayer & suffragies of the churche, he shuld cause iiis 
 soule to lyue perpetuelly in the celestyail worlde. Whiche penaunce, for that his fader 
 by his lyfe dyd nat perfourme, this goostly knyght in most habundaut maner perfourmyd 
 it : for first he buyldyd. iii. houses of relygyon, as the Charterhous of monkes called 
 Shene, the house of close nunnes called Syon, and the thirde was an house of 'Obser- 
 uautes buyldyd vpon that other syde of Thamys, & after let fall by hym for the skyll that 
 foloweth, as testyfieth the boke or regyster of mayres. 
 
 Where it is reported, y after this noble prynce had thus foudyd thyse sayd. iii. houses, 
 & endowyd them ^V copetent lades, he of a goostly disposicion, \V a secrete company 
 for to visyt them, & to se how they kept their dyuyne seruyce, wolde dyuers tymes-go 
 fro his mano' of Shene, now called Richemout, vnto f sayd. iii. places, for f causes 
 abouesayd ; at which tymes & seasons he euer foude the. ii. houses of mokes & nunes 
 occupyed as their statutes requyred, but y. iii. hous, whiche was of Frenbh fryers, he 
 fande sodry tymes necliget & slak I doyng of their duety. Wherfore he called before. liy 
 the fader ^ some other of y place, & reasoned \v them sharply, why non otherwise they 
 entedyd their diuyne seruice, & prayed more specially for hy as they were boude of 
 duety. Wherunto it was, after pardon requyred, lastly by y sayd fader answered, y in 
 couenyent wyse they naturally myght nat pray for hy & his good spede, consyderynge y 
 he dayly warred vpon their faders & kynnesmen, & slewe of them & spoyled them dayly, 
 & enpouerysshed y lande which they of very kynde ought to loue & pray for. After 
 whiche answer thus by the made, y kyg auoydyd f hous of them, & turnyd y lade therof 
 to such vse as hy best lyked, & sufFred f hous to fall I ruyne. And ouer this great acte 
 of fouding of thise. ii. religious houses, he ordeyned at Westminster to brene perpetuelly 
 >Vout extinccon. iiii. tapers of waxe vpon f sepulture of kyng Richarde ; & ouer f he 
 ordeyned ther, to be cotynued for euer, one day I y weke,^ a solempii dirige to be songe, 
 & vpon f morowe a masse j after which masse endid, certayn money to be gyuen, aa 
 before is expressyd, vr other thygies in y begyiiyng of this kynges reign. And ouer tfiis, 
 his great besinesse i warre natwstanding* this most Cristen prynce by his lyf chase his 
 place of sepulture \Vin f foresayd monastery, & there ordeyned for hym to be songe. iij. 
 masses euery day in the weke whyle the worlde lasteth, in maner and .forme as by these 
 verses folowyng doth appere. 
 
 Henrici misse, Qginti, sunt hie tabulate ri.cJk. 
 
 Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate. 
 
 *- cerid. * assoyled. edit. 1533. 1 5i'2, 1 959. ' biihop -of Rome. edit. 1542. 
 
 Prima 
 
59Q 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI QUINTI. 
 
 Prima fit' Ass&pte, de festo virginis alme ; 
 Poscit postremam, Christus de morte resurgehs. 
 
 Prima salutate de festo virginis extat ; 
 Nunciat atigelicis laude postrema choreis. 
 
 Esse deu natii de virgine prima fatetur ; 
 , Comeraora* nata sic vltima missa Mariam. 
 
 Prima celebretur, ad honore neupmates almi ; 
 Vltima conceptam denunciat esse Mariam. 
 
 Semper prima coli debet de Corpore Christi ; 
 Vltima sit fata, de virgine purificata. 
 
 Condecet' vt prima celebretur de Cruce seta 
 Atq; salutate fiet postrema Marie. 
 
 Omnesad sctos est prima coleda supernos ; 
 Vltima de Requie pro defunctis petit esse. 
 
 Semper erit media, de proprietate diei. 
 
 Missa Assumpciois Marie 
 Dnica Missa Diiice Resurrectois. i. 
 
 Missa Salutationis Marie 
 Lune. Missa annuciatois Marie, ii. 
 
 Missa Natiuitatis Christi 
 Martis Missa Natiuitatis Marie, iii. 
 
 Missa Sancti Spiritus 
 Mercurii Missa Conceptionis. iiii. 
 
 Missa Corporis Christi 
 louis Missa Purificationis. v. 
 
 Missa sancte Crucis 
 Veneris Missa salutatiois Marie, vi. 
 
 Missa olm sanctorum 
 Saboti Missa de Requie*. vii. 
 
 Omi die. Missa diei quotidie. 
 
 Whiche versis may thus to' vnletteryd be Englysshed. 
 
 Loo here is noted, and put in memory, 
 That ouer this* actes, noble and marcyall, 
 This excellent prynce, this fyfte kynge Henry, 
 His soule to endowe, he was memoryall ; 
 For with suffrages, whiche euer laste shall. 
 Of masses thre, that folowe ceryously, 
 At Westmynster he ordeyned to be sayd dayly. 
 
 Vpon Sonday the firste masse to begynne, 
 Deuoutly to be sayd, of the Assumpcion 
 Of our blessyd Lady, and nat therafter blynne, 
 But then the latter of the Resurrection. 
 And on the Monday, of the Visitacion, 
 The firste masse after ordeyned is. 
 Of the Annunciation, the latter masse sayd is. 
 
 Soday. 
 
 Moday, 
 
 • sit. MS. 
 edit. 1559. 
 
 • Commemorat. MS. 
 ' to the. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ' concedet. edit. 1533. 1542. 
 • these. 
 
 * reliquie, erroneoialy. 
 Vpon 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. m 
 
 Tuysday. Vpon the Taysday, to kepe the ordre iust, 
 
 The firste to be sayd, of Cristas natiuite. 
 
 Then of our Lady byrth, the latter flowre* must. 
 Wednysday. On Wednysday, the Holy Ghost halowed to be, 
 
 And of the Concepcion the thirde wylled he. 
 Thursdaye. The Thursday to synge the firste of Corpus Christie 
 
 Of the Purificacion, the laste of our Lady. 
 
 Fryday. Vpon the Fryday, a masse of Cristes crosse. 
 
 And of the Salutacion, the latter for to synge. 
 
 And for of daye or tyrae shuld be no losse. 
 Saterdaye. Vpon Saterdaye, the firste of that mornynge, 
 
 A masse of all Seyntes, to praye for the kynge. 
 
 Than masse of Requiem, to be laste of all. 
 Quotidie. And euery day, the day masse, amyd thyse masses to fait 
 
 Lenuoy. 
 
 O mercyfull God, what a prynce was this, 
 Whiche his short lyfe in marcyall actes spent 
 In honour of conquest, that wonder tyme* it is 
 Howe he myght compasse suche dedys excellent. 
 And yet for that his mynde nothynge detent. 
 All goostly helthe for bis sonle to prouyde. 
 Out of this worlde or fatally' shuld slyde. 
 
 So that though I had Tullyes eloquence. 
 Or of Senek the great moralyte, 
 Or of Salamon the perfyght sapience. 
 Or the swete dyties of dame Caliope; 
 Yet myght I nat in prose or other dytte, 
 Accordyngly auaunce this prynces fame, 
 And with due honour to enhaunce Ihe same. 
 
 Consyderynge his actes, wherof parcell appere 
 In this rude werke, with many moo lefte oute ; 
 The tyme also, whiche was lesse than ten yere, 
 That he so shortly brought all thynge aboute. 
 By dyuyne grace forthryde* without doute, 
 That myghtefuU Lorde, he halpe his goostly knyght, 
 With grace and honour, to passe this worldes fyght. 
 
 And to haue rewarde, dowble and condyngne : 
 And firste, for marcyall actes by hym doone, 
 To be auauncyd amonge the worthy nyne. 
 And for his vertues, vsyd by hym ette soone. 
 With many good dedys, whiche he in erth had doone ; 
 Aboue the gerachyes)', he is, I truste, now stalled. 
 That was on erth, kynge of kynges called. 
 
 HEnry the. vi. of that name, and oonly sone of Henry f. v. and of quene Katheryn foi- cjxxniUk 
 doughter of Charlys the Seuenth, kynge of Frauce, beganne his reygne ouer the realme 
 of Englande the first day of September, in the yere of our Lord. M.iiii.C. and. xxii. 
 
 * to me. edit. 1533. J 542. 1559. ' he fatally, edit. 1533. 
 
 ' hierarchies, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 fr an4 
 
 ' follow, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 1542. 1559. * furthered. 
 
;^t ,SEPTIMA PARS HENillCI SEXTI. 
 
 ,, .and in ^ ende of y lasi^^ereof the reygne of J^ foresayd seuenth CharlySy thaAne kynge 
 of Fraunce. 
 
 This Henry, for the iosufficyeintof his age, whiche, as before is shewyd, "was but of. 
 
 ^ viii monethes and odde dayes, was comytted vnto y rule of h'S vnqles, the dukes of 
 
 Bedforde and of Glouceter, the whiche, durynge his none age, ruled the realmes of 
 
 Knglade & of Praunce honourably, as the duke of Gloceter protectour of England©, 
 
 ■ ' and' duke of Bedforde' regent of Fraunce. Theiie vppon the. xxi, day of October, 
 
 ^bjtus Caroii. durlpgc this mayers yere, Robert Chycheley, died at Paris the abouenamed ^'^ seueth 
 
 . rCharlis, kyngp of Fraunce, by reaJ^on of whosB delhe, by force of the appoyntment 
 
 before made atwene Ilejiry the. v. & hym, as before is towched in the. vii. yere of the 
 
 . sayd. Henry, thereaiine of Fraunce &.ryght thereof fylle vnto the yonge kynge Henry ; 
 
 ^ to whose vse the nobIes,of Fraunce, except a fewe of suche as helde with the dolphyri, 
 
 , delyuered the possession therof vnto the duke of Bedforde, as regent therof duryng ^ 
 
 . none age of this kynge. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxii. Anno Domii;!. M.iiii.C.xxiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Estfeylde. 
 Wyllyam Walderne'. Anno, primo. 
 
 Robert Tatersale. 
 
 fN the begynnynge of this mayres yere, and firste yere of the kynge, that is to say, 
 
 -the. vii. day of the moneth -of-Nouembre, the corps of that excellent prynce kynge 
 
 Henry the. v. was wifth grete solempnyte & honoure brought vnto y monastery of West- 
 
 tnynster, & there at y-fetc of seyutEdward with due renerence ehteryd, to whose soule 
 
 ..^ji.riyaRjcnt. Ihesus be mercyfull. And vpon -the. i-x. daye of the sayde moneth, was a parliamet 
 
 called^t Westmynster ; by reason wherof, the kynges gouernavice durynge his noneage 
 
 was prouyded for, with also f rule of both reahnes of Englande & of Fraunce: & by 
 
 ^^u-ctoryte pf; j- same, the duke of Glouceter sir Humfrey, was ordeyned protecto' of 
 
 ,,Englande, ,& duke lohii of Bedforde regent of France. And duryng the same parlya- 
 
 tpent.was graiited vtito y kyng for a subsydie for. iii. yeres. v. nobles of euery sak of woUe 
 
 -'^ §hu!d passe out of* the lande. And y first day of Marche after, was of his preesthod 
 
 ,ljfgjiicuj. d,eregradyd pn herytike, harped VViiliam Tayllour, & brent to asshesTSmythfeld ; whose 
 
 , oppinyons, for the heryjjg of the ah^A'd be tedious & vnfruttefull, I therfore wyll nat w 
 
 ,,-them blot my bookc. In this nionelh of Macqhe also, was y towne of PoUit Melanc 
 
 , deliuerd by apoyntniet vnto-y^ regent of Frajjce ; of the whiche appoyntement oneartycle 
 
 was, ^y al horses, abylementes of warjre, harneys & other, shulde be lefte within the sayd- 
 
 .place; and also golde and syluer, & qther iewellys there .to remayne hooly ; and that 
 
 ,,if any persone were within y' holde founde, whiche before tyme' had ben gylly or con- 
 
 isentyng to the deth of the duke of Burgoyn, that .he shuld be d^lyueryd vnto ^.regent, 
 
 .■& nat to take any benefet or pryuelage by that appoyntemet. 
 
 :'^W^ And this yere the west gate of the cytie called Newgate, was ne^vly buyldyd & reipayred 
 
 „by thee^ecutnursof Ricliarde Whytyngdon, late may re of Led an. And this yere, after 
 
 ^lydsomer, fyl great water or rayne, so that for the more party, euery daye atwene the 
 
 ■ begynnynge of luly &; en^le of Septembre, it rayned lytell or moche ; and yet that 
 
 ;pat\>ithstandynge, that yere jvas conuenyent plentye of all grayne,, ^o that whete passyd 
 
 nat .viii.5. at LoufJon, and malte. j/,jf. 
 
 Anno Domini. l\I.iiii.C,xxiii. ^ Anno Domini. M.iiU.C.x.Niiii. 
 
 Nicholas lamys. 
 Wjllyam Crowmer, draper. Anno.ii.. 
 
 Thomas Wadeforde. 
 v«iaco«truc- 'THis yere> that is to meane, in j begynnynge of this mayres yere, and. xiii. daye cf 
 
 • and the. edit. 154?. 1555. '■ the. qmitted in ed\U 15^2. 1559. ^ Tie MS. arfrfi Mercer, 
 
 -* -ouer. <edU. 4542. 1559. ^ .the. <d}t, 1542. 135g. 
 
 jNTouemb^-e, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 593 
 
 Nouembre, the kynge, with the quene his moder, remoued from Wyndesore towarde 
 London, and came that nyght vnto Stanys, [and vpon the morowe, beynge Sonday, 
 whan he was borne towarde his moders chare, he shyrlyd & cryed so feruently, that f 
 noryce with her brestes, nor nothynge ellys y the quene coude deuyse, myght content hym. 
 Wherfore, the quene beynge feryd that he had ben diseasyd, retourned agayne to her 
 chambre, where anone he was in good rest and quyet. 
 
 This,, of some wryters, is noted for a dyuyne monycyon that he wold nat trauayll vpon 
 the Sonday ; but how it was, the quene taryed with hym there ^ nyght,]' and vpon f 
 morowe he was borne to the chare with glade semblanl and mery chere, and so came to 
 Kyngeston y njght, and vpon the morowe vnto his manour of Kyngeston. Vpon Wednys- 
 day, the quene syttynge in her chare, & he vpon her lappe, passed with great tryuraphe 
 thorugh the cytie, & so vnto Westmynster, where thenne was holden his parlyament, & 
 there set in his kyngly mageste, within the parlyamet chambre, anionge all hislordes: 
 where f speker of the parlyament made to hym a famous preposicion, wherof the effect 
 was of the grace of* God had endowed the realme with, for the presence of so towarde 
 a prynce, and soueraygne gouernour as he was, with many other wordes of comendacyon, 
 whiche I passe ouer. The. xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth of Nouembre, the kynge 
 with the quene remouyd from Westmynster vnto Waltham Holy Crosse ; and after he 
 had there a season soiourned, he remoued vnto Hertforde, where he helde his Cristen- 
 masse, and the kynge of Scottes with hym. And y foresayd parlyamet was eniourned 
 vnto f. XX. day of Cristemas ; in the which parlyamet, amonge other actes, was ordeyned, 
 that what prysoner y for graiide or pety treason was comytted to warde, and after wyl- 
 fully brake or escaped f same, it shulde be demyd pety treason, & that the goodes of hyn\ 
 so escapyng, shuld be forfayted to the lorde of y soyle that they were foude in. In the. 
 moneth of February, sir larays Stewarde, kyng of Scottes, maryed in the face of the 
 churche of seynt Mary Ouereys in Southwerke, dame lohane, f duchesse doughter of 
 Clarence, whiche was doughter vnto the erle of Somerset, firste husbande vnto the sayd 
 duchesse ; & the feest was holden in the bisshop of Wynchesters place by. And soon FoLCJxxk^ 
 after, vpon ^. xiiii'. day of February, the foresayd parliament beynge agayne holden at 
 Westmynster, for brekyng of f foresayd acte of breking of pryson, sir lohnMortymer Accuacyon ot 
 was accusid by a yoma, named William Kyng, & seruaiit vnto sir Robert Scot, knyght, t"«on. 
 & keper of the Towre of Lodon, of dyuers poyntes of treason, as folowen. First, he 
 cousaylled with f sayd Wylliam kyng, to y ende to breke out of pryson, & promysid to 
 hym for^ same, y" yerely value of. xl li. lade, and i processe an erledorae ; also ^ the 
 sayd Morlymer shuld say, that he wold go into Walys vnto the crle of the Marches, & 
 there he wold reyse. xl.M. men, & with ^ power he wold enter this lande, and stryke of 
 the heddes of the lorde protectour, & of the bysshop of Wynchester, to the entent that he 
 myght tell or playe with some of his money. 
 
 And ferthermore he accused hym, that the sayd Mortymer shulde saye, that the erle 
 of Marche shulde be kyng, by ryght of enherytauce, and that he hymselfe was nexte 
 ryghtfuU heyre to the sayd crowne, after the sayde erle of Marche ; wherfore, if the sayd 
 erle wold nat take ypon hym the crowne, & rule of the lande, he sayd ^ he ellys wolde. 
 And ouer this, the sayd William alledged, to the sayd sir lohfi Mortymer, that he shulde 
 saye, y if he fayled of his purpose, and myght nat wynne vnto ^ erle of f Marches, 
 that than he wolde sayle vnto the dolphyn, & ayde & take his partie, where he wyst well 
 he shuld be well accepted, and haue good ayde of hym, to bryng aboute his purpose. 
 All which matyers were duely approuyd by the sayde William, agayne the sayd sir lohii, 
 before the lordes & coraons of the sayd parlyament ; for the which treasons he was after 
 drawen & hanged. 
 
 In this yere also, the duke of Bedforde beyng in Fraunce as regent, warred strongly 
 
 • Omittedin theediU 1542. 1559- ' that. edit. 1533. 154.2. 1559- * xiii. edit. 1542. 1559- 
 
 4 G vpon 
 
594 
 
 SEPTlMA PAtlS HENRICI SEXtl. 
 
 The batayl of 
 Verncyll in 
 Perche, 
 
 Parlyam?t 
 
 vp6h the dolphyti, and wanne frOrtt hyjtt many strOtigfe hbldes and townes : as Cfdtfey, 
 Basyde, Rioll, Rdlay, Giroude, Biafeylej Mermoude, Milhani, Ffemel, Seitltfece,- I6sak 
 Mauron, Duras, .Moutsiier, La Venak, PakgeeU, Cefneis, Noelatn, CuSak, & I)ou»lj \V 
 dyuers other ; & so cotyllued [his nobles tyl he came vnto Velnoyli which of Englyssh 
 AVryters is wry ten Verneyl I Perche;]' the which he helde s9 streyght, y lastly Girand, f 
 capitayn therof, agreed to delyuer it by a certayn dUy, except he were rescowyd. After 
 which appoytitm&t So take, the sayd Girande, ad *Vytnesseth Gaguinus, sent word to 
 Charlisy. viii. of }' natne, or the. vii. after diderS tvryters, which of his fautours was than 
 accoptyd for king of Frauce. And he i al poSsyble hast sent thyder the duke of AlaiisOtj, ^ 
 erle of Turon or of Douglas, of Bowghanrt Or Bt)l>cam-, of Daurtiayll, & the vicout of 
 NerboR, w a strong power of ArmeliaUkes, Scotles, & Frenshme 5 the which host, or it 
 myght approch to f sayd towne to make rescouse, the daye expyred, & it vnto y duke 
 was deliuered. Wbari y; duke of Alanson Was assefteyned of f deliuere of f towne, he 
 toke his adiiyte of y other capifaynes, whether it \Va3 better to. retourne, cosyderyng y 
 towne was yolden, or to gyue batayl vnto f Englisshrne. But fytiaily, for no reprobhe 
 shuld be to them arected, as they had flede for fere, 'kept on their ioariiay, & pig^t theit 
 feld I a playn nere vnto y said towne of Vei-noyll, where they beyng strongly enbataylled, 
 vpoti y^. vii. day of f moneth of August, y dukfe of Bedforde, vr his retynoe, gaue to 
 them sharp & cruel batayl, the which enduryd longe wout knowleg of victory. But 
 fynally, by Goddes ordenauce & power, y victory fyll to y^ Englysshe partie, to y great 
 los^e of theyr enemyes : for in y fyght was slayne, as testifieth f Frerish Gaguyne, the 
 erles of Turon & Bbucam, of Daumayle, w y vicoiit of Narboii, & dyuerse other men 
 of name ; & of the comons were slayn to y nombre of. v. M. And there was taken jr 
 duke of AlaiiSon, the marshall of Fraunce, and othel"; but the Englysshe wryters afierm- 
 yth. X, M. to be slayne and moo. 
 
 .^iino Domini, M.iiii.C.xxiiii. Anno Domini. Maiii.C.xxT* 
 
 Symbnde Semaii. 
 lohii Mychell. Aiino. iii. 
 
 lohn Bywater. 
 
 THis yere after Easter, f kynge helde his parlyament at Westmynstei^, the whiclia 
 b^an vpon y daye of seynt Erkenwalde, or the lasie daye of Apyyll. And two dayes 
 beforej the kynge, with the quene his moder, came thorugh f cytie from Wyndesore: and 
 whan he came at the west dore of Paulys, the lordis protectour toke hym out of the 
 charCj and so was ladde vpon his fete, betwene the said lorde protectour and the dtike of 
 Exceter, vnto the steppes goynge into the quyer, fro whens he was borne Vnto f hygh 
 aulter, & there kneled* in a trauers purueyed for hym. And wba he had be there, he yod» 
 to y rode of y north dore, & ther made his ofFerynges ; he was then borne into y^ church 
 yerde, & there set vpon a fayre courser, & so cSueyed thorugh Chepe> Be f other stretes 
 of the cytie, Vnto Seynt Georges Barre, & so helde his iournay to his manour of Eehyng* 
 Ion, And contynuynge the foresayd pfirlyament, the lo^r^ was sondry tymes cotleyed to 
 Westmynster, & within y' parlyantient chamber kept there his royall astate ; by auctoryte 
 wherof, to hym was graflted a subsydie of. xW.d. in the. li. of all maner marchaundyse 
 comynge in or passyng out of this realme, and. iius. of a tunne of wyne, for the terme 
 6f. iii. yeres to be holden. And ferthermore it was enacted, that all marchafit straugeits 
 shuld be set to an EngHsshe hoost, within, xv. dayes of theyr cdmynge to their porte sate» 
 & to make no sale of any marcbaiidyse, or they were so Ibdgyd, & then ^in. xl. day^s 
 folowyng to make sale of all ;^ they brougbt; & if any rfemayned vnsolde at the Sayd^ xl. 
 dayes ende, that then all suche marcbaiidyse, beyng"than vnsolde, to be forfhyted vnto 
 the kyng. Also, j alstraugers jy' caryed any wolles out of this lade, shuld pay, »litti^i Mii.rf. 
 
 * Omitted in the edit. 1533. 
 
 1542. 155p. 
 
 P. 
 
 sett. MS. 
 
 for 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 59^ 
 
 foe a sakke eustome, where f Englyssh marcbaunt Sc denyzen payde bat. v. nobles, vir 
 many other c5dicions & penalties, as well for Englysshe and y other marchauntes, whiche 
 wolde axe longe leysour to sbewe, enacted and passyd durynge this sayd parJyanaent. 
 
 And the seconde daye of the moneth of August was yolden vnto the erle of Salysbury, 
 
 appoynted with other by y regent, the cytie of Mans, vnder appoyntement, comprysed 
 
 in. ix. articles ; wherof one specyall was, tbat if any persones were foude within the cytie 
 
 whiche had ben consentynge vnto the dukes deth, lohfi late duke of Burgoyn, that tiiev 
 
 ^htilde stande at the grac'e of the sayd regent. 
 
 Also this yere the duke of Glouceter, lord protecto'', which lately before had marj^ed 
 the duchesse of Holande, a woman of great possessyon, for cause of rule wherof, to liaue 
 domynyon of the same, he with the sayd duchesse sayled towarde that countre, and there 
 of her subgettes was peasybly and with honour receyued ; but fynally he had such chere 
 that he was glade to retourne into Englande, leuyng his wyfe there in a towne of her The duchesse of 
 owne, named Mounse. But after his departynge, the duke of Burgoyn so demeaned °'" '' 
 hym to the rulers of that towne, were it by batayll or otherwyse, that tiiey 4elyuered her 
 to the sayd duke, & he forthwith sent her vnto Gaunt, there to be kept as prysoner. 
 But by the frendshyp of one named sir laques de la Grayll, a Burgonyon knyght, & her 
 owne polacy, escaped thens in a manes clothing, & came to a towne i Zelande, named 
 Zierixe, & fro thes to an other towne in Zelade, called Ghwode or Ghowde, where she 
 \Vstode the dukes power. 
 
 Then the duke of Glouceter heryng of the escape of his wyfe, and of the malyce of ^''- cjkkkv!. 
 the duke foresayd, in all haste prouyded a stronge copany of sowdiours and archers, 
 and comytted them vnto f rule of the lord Fitzwater; the which, in processe of 
 tyme, landed with them at a place in Zelande called Brewers Hauen, where of their 
 enemyes they were encoiitred and dryuen backe, & so retourned into Englande without 
 any great fete doynge, leuynge f duchesse behynde them for that season. 
 
 This yere, aboute Myghelmasse, the pryiice of Portyngale came into Englande, and 
 was honourable receyued and festyd of the kynges vncles, & taryed here ^ tyme of this 
 mayres yere. This yere also beganne a grudge to kyndle atwene the lorde protectour & Vamcio. 
 his halfe brother the bysshop of Wynchester, the whiche after grewe to a great distour- 
 bailce of y cytie of London, as in the nexte mayres yere shall be shewyd. And in the 
 ende of this yere were many honest men of f cytie apechyd of treason, by a false & 
 malycious persone belongynge vnto f sayd ijysshop, and put them vnto great vexacion & 
 trouble, whiche was done by the procurement of the sayd bysshop, as the comon 
 fame then went. And nat allonely men of the cytie were thus vexid, but also other 
 burgeyses of dyuers good townes, as Leyceter, Caunterbury, Northampton, and 
 other. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxv. Anno Domini. M.iiti.C.xxvi. 
 
 Wyllyam Alilrede. 
 lobn Couentre, mercer. " ^ Anno. iiii. 
 
 lohn Brokle. 
 
 THis yere, the. xxix. daye of Octobre, and selfe same day th^t the mayre for the yere 
 folo^vynge yereiy at Westmynster takelh his charge, at suche tyme as he was holdynge 
 his great dyner, he was by f lorde protectour sent for in spedy maner, & whan be was 
 comyn to his presence, he gaue to hym a streyght comaundemet that he shpld se that the 
 cytie were suerly watched in that nyght folowynge, and so it was. Then vpon the Aryeu 
 niorowe folowyng, aboute. ix. of the clok, certayne seruauntes of the forenamed bys- 
 ghop, wolde haue entred by the bridge gate ; but the rulers tberqf wolde nat sufFre them 
 I so great nonibr^ but kepte theym out by force, lyke as before they vrere comaunded. 
 Wherwilh they beynge greuously discontentyd, gaderyd to theym a more nombre of archers 
 &men of armys, & assautyd the gate with shot and other meanes of warre; in somoch, 
 
 4 G 2 that 
 
596 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTl. 
 
 that the comons of the cytie herynge therof, shytte in theyr shoppes and sped them 
 thyder in great nombre. And lykely it wa^ to haue ensued great CifFucyon of blode shortly 
 therupon, ne had ben the discressyon of the mayre and h's brether, that exorted thie 
 people, by all poly tike meane, to kepe the kynges peas. And in this passe tyme, the 
 archebysshop of Caunterbury, with the prynce of Portyngale, ^ other, toke great 
 labour vpon theym to pacyfye this varyaunce atwene the lorde protectour and the bys- 
 shop ; in so moche, that they rode atwene theym. viii. tymes, or they myght brynge theym 
 to any resonable comformyte. Than lastly they agreed to stande to the rule of the 
 : regent, or of such as he wolde assygne ; wherupon f cytie was set in a more quyete. Th^n 
 the bysshop of Wynchester wrote a letter vnto the duke of Bedforde, or lorde regent, 
 wherof the tenure ensueth. 
 Liters Episcepi, "Right hyghe & myghty pryncc, and ryght noble, and after one, leuest erthly lorde, 
 I recomanude me vnto your grace with all myne herte. And as. ye desyre y welfare of the 
 kynge our soueraygne lorde, and of his realmes of Englande and of Fraunce, and your 
 owne weale w all yours, haste you hyder; for by my trouthe, & ye tary longe, we shall 
 put this lande in a iupardye with a felde : suche a brother ye haue here, God make hym 
 a good man ;' for your wysdome knoweth well, that the profyte of Fraunce standeth in 
 the welfare of Englande. Right hyghe and myghty prynce, I beaeche you, holde maister 
 lohfl Estcourt your coucellour excused of his taryinge, for it is moche agayne his wyll ; 
 but the counceyll here hath made hym do. cotrary his mynde ; and that it may lyke you to 
 gyue credence vnto your cbambcrlayne sir*.Robert Boteler ; and the blessyd Trinite kepe 
 you. Wryten in great haste at London, the laste daye of Octobre." Vpon the. x. day 
 of lanuary next ensuynge, the sayd duke of Bedforde with his wyfe came vnto London ; 
 and with theym came also the sayd bissliop of Wynchester. And the mayre & the cytezyns 
 receyued hym at Mertofl, & coueyed hym thorugh the cytie vnto Westmynster, where he 
 was lodgyd in y^ kynges palays, and y^ bysshop of Wynchester was lodgyd within the 
 abbottes lodgynge. 
 Donum ciuitatis. Then vpon the morowe folowynge, or the. xi. daye of lanuary, the mayre presented 
 the regent with a payer of basyns of syluer & ouer gylte, and in theym a. M. marke of 
 golde ; but the busshop had so incencyd hym agayne the cytie, y they receyued but small 
 thanke for all th^yr labour and coste. Vpon y. xxi. daye of February, than began a 
 great coiisayl at Seynt Albonys, & after it was eniourned vnto Northampton. But for due 
 Aparfyametat coucltisions myght uat be dryuen by the sayd counsayll, therfore, vpon the. xxv. daye 
 teyceter. gf Marche ensuyna[e, was called a parlyment at Leyceter, the whiche enduryd tylle the.. 
 XV. daye of luny followynge. This was clepyd of the comon people the parlyamet of 
 battes : the cause was, for proelaroacyons were made, y men shulde leue theyr swerdes & 
 other wepeyns in ttieyr innys, the people toke great battes & stauys in theyr neckes, and 
 so folowed theyr lordes and maisters vnto the parlyament. And whan y wepyn was in- 
 hybyted theym, then they toke stonys & plumettes of lede, & trussyd them secretely in 
 -^ theyr sleuys & bosomys. Durynge the parlyament, amunge' other notable thynges for 
 the weale of the realme, [touchynge]"' the varyaiice y was atwene the foresayd lordes 
 was herein debated & arguyd. In so moche that the duke of Gloceter put i a byll of 
 AbyUofcS- complaynt agayne the bysshop, conteynynge. vi. articles. Wherof the firste was, that 
 piaynt. where the lorde protectour wolde haue had his lodgyng within the Towre of London, he 
 
 was by the comforte & ayde defendyd and let of the bysshop, & of Richard Wydeuyle, 
 esquyre, than beyng Ijeutenaiit of the same. The seconde was, for y that the bysshop 
 wold haue remouyd y kynge from Eltham, and haue set hym at his gouernaunce, wiiboute 
 the aduyce or counsayll of the lorde protectour. The thirde was, that when the duke 
 was enformed of the bysshops entent, and he entendynge, accordynge to his offyce & 
 duetye, in peasyble wyse to haue ryden to the kynge, to haue gyuen'vpon' attendaunce, 
 
 ' and araonge. edit. 15*2. 1559. * Omitted in edit. 1533. 1542. 155S. ^ upon him. 
 
 6 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 597 
 
 the bysshop entendynge the distruccon of the duke, assembled a great multytude of men 
 of armys and archers i Southwarke, and tliere drewe f cheyne at the bridge foot, and 
 sette vp pypes & other engynes to stoppe f kynges hygh waye, and ordeyned me to stiide 
 in chambres and solers to throwe stonys, & by theyr ordenauces & pollycy to haue de- 
 stroyed f duke & his company. The fourth article was, y kynge Henry the fyft shuld, 
 by his lyfe tyme, shewe vnto the sayd duke, that by the openynge of a spaynell, a man 
 was taken behynde a tapet, in one of the kynges chambres ; the whiche man, after exa- 
 tnyned by the erle of Arundell, confessyd that he was sente thyther by the sayd bysshop, j!,i.cjxxiniu 
 to the ende to murder kynge Henry the, ini.j after whiche confeseyon, the sayd erle 
 letsakke that man, andsoo caste hymin the Thamys. 
 
 The fyfte was, that the sayd Henry f. v. beyng prynce and heyre parant to the crowne, 
 the sayd bysshop shulde come vnto hym and say, that for somoch as his fader was vexed 
 with greuous sykenes, arid was nat apt to come in conuersacion of the people, nor myght 
 nat conuenyently gyde the realme, that he therfore shulde take vpon hym the rule aud 
 gouernauce of the same, and put his fader from all kyngly power. The. vi. and last 
 artycle was, that sedyciously the sayde bysshop hadde, by his letters sent lately vnto the 
 duke of Bedforde, wrongefully accused hym, that' he shuld areyse the kynges peo[tle, and 
 iaparde this land by a felde, cotrary the kynges peas and comon wele of this lande. All 
 whiche artycles were by the bysshop wele and suffyciently answered and replyed, so that 
 he layd from hym the blame. Andfynally, by the prouydent counsayll of the lorde regent, 
 all the sayd artycles and matiers of varyauce atwene the sayd. ii. lordes hangyiijie, were 
 put to the examynacion and iugement, with the assistence of the lordes of the pariyament, R«p6cio. 
 of Henry the archebysshop of Caunterbtiry, of Thomas duke of Excetpr, of lohii duke 
 of Norffolke, of Thomas bysshop of Durham, of Phylyp bysshop of Worceter, of lohn 
 bysshop of Bathe, of Humfrey then erle of Stafford, ofRauffelord Cornewell*, & of 
 niaister Wyllyam Alnewyke, then keper of f preuy seale. The whiche lordes, with as- 
 systence of the other lordes of the pariyament, made a decre and awarde, soo thateyther •*s«'>>ent' 
 party toke other by the hande, with frendly and louynge wordes, none hauyngeamendesof 
 other, except the bysshop had wordes of submyssyon vnto the duke, in requyryng hy of 
 his fauoure and good lordeshyp : and that accorde thus fynysshed, the pariyament was 
 eniourned tyll after Ester. Vpon Whytsonday folowyng, was a solempn feest holden at 
 Leyceter foresayd, where f regent dubbyd kynge Heniy knyght, and then forthwith the 
 kyng dubbyd Richarde duke of Yorke, that after was fader to kynge Edward. Also he 
 dubbyd knyghtes, the sone and heyre of f duke lohn duke of Norfolke, and the erles of 
 Oxenforde and Westmerlande, with other lordes & gentylmen to the nombre of. xxxiiii. 
 And after that feest with all honour was endyd, the kynge with the rejient and other 
 of his lordes drewe towarde London. And so the regent contynued with the kynge in 
 Englande by the full terme of this mayers yere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxvi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.Cxxvii, 
 
 lohn Arnolde. 
 lohn Raywell, fysshmonger. Anno. v. 
 
 lohn Hygtham. 
 
 THis. v. yere, and moneth of February, f regent with his wyfe and housholde meyne' Therejet. 
 passyd the see vnto Calays, and so tliorugb Pycardy into Fraunce. But or he departed 
 thens, that is to meane, vpon the daye of the annunciacion of our Lady, the bysshop of 
 Wynchesler with* the churche of our Lady of Calays, was created cardynall, [by au- cardynau 
 ctorvte of the bullys of pope Martyn the. v. of that name.]' And after that solempnyte ""W- 
 don,' the regent toke hym on his ryght hande, and so conueyed hym vnto his lodgynge. 
 
 .' in that, pflit. IS*?. 1559. ' Lorde Cromewell. MS. ' meny. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ♦ witbiu. ediu 1^33. lo42. 1559. ' Om««erf i« edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 This 
 
m^ 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 Orkaunce. 
 
 A tane. 
 
 Tbi? y^e was vnresonable ©f wederynge, for it reyned mooste contyviueljy trom E§ter 
 to Mygtelnaasse, where thorugh hay & corne was greatly bynderid. 
 
 And -in this yere the duke pf Alenson, that before was taken prysoner at f batayll of 
 Vernell in Perch, was delyueryd for a raunson of. CC. JVI. scutes of golde, as testifyeth 
 Gaguynus, vyhiphe isfyfty thousande marke sterlyng money. 
 
 In this yere alsq, the erle of Salysbury, whiche of dyuers wryters is named the good 
 erle, accompanyed with the erle of SufFolke, the iorde Talbot & other, layde" a stronge 
 siege vnto the cytie of Orleauce, and helde the cytezeyns very streygbt, and malegre the 
 diike of Orleaunce k the marshall of Fraunce, then named Bonssaak', the Englysshe- 
 nien wan from theym dyuers stronge boldes adioynynge to the cytie, & forcy^ theyai 
 to breqne a great parte of the subarbes of the cytie. 
 
 But sorowe it is to tell, and doolfuU to wryte, whyle on^daye the sayd good erle, sir 
 ThoBfias Mountagu, restyd hym at a baye wyndowe, and b'ehelde the compasse of the 
 qytie, '^ni4 talked with his famylyers, a gunne was leuellyd out of the cytie from a place 
 YP'knowep, whiche brake y tymber or stone of the wyndowe with suche vyolence, that the 
 pecys therof all to quas&bed f face of the noble erle, in suche wyse that he- dyed win thre 
 dayes folowyng, vpon whose soule and all Cristen Ihesu haue mercy. Amen. 
 
 Thisj'after dyuerse wryters, wasinicium malorii: for after this myahap, the Epglyssbmen 
 loste rather than wan, so that lytell and lytell they loste all theyr possessyon in France: 
 and albe it y some what they gat after, yet for one that they wanne they lost thre, as after 
 &}iaU appere. 
 Anao DoB[iini.M,iiii.C.xxvii. Aimo Doraini. M.iUi.C.XK.viji.. 
 
 Murdre. 
 
 ftl, CJxxiipiii. 
 
 John Gedney, draper. 
 
 Henry Frow-yk, 
 Robert Otiey, 
 
 An 110. vi. 
 
 IN this. vi. yere, and begynnynge of the same, the kyng held,e his parlyament at West- 
 mynster. By auctoryte wherof, was graunted to hym a subsydie in maner as foloweth. 
 Firste, of euery tonne of wyne that cam into this lade^ from the feest of seynt Ambrose, 
 or the. iiii. daye of Apryll, tyll the ende of that yere, the kynge shuld haue. iii..s. b0- 
 longynge to a denyzyn or the kynges lyege man. Also of all marchaundyse passynge or 
 comynge into this lande, shyppyd by denyzon, the kyng to haue of euery. xx *. Ki'i.d. ex- 
 cept woUe, felle, & clothe. 
 
 Also to hym was graunted, that of all p^rysshens thorugh out his realme, beynge the 
 benefyce of the value of. x. marke, that. x. of the sayd parysshons shulde pay of their 
 mouables. vi.5^. Viii.d. after the rate of. x'ni.d. euery man : and of all benefyces that were 
 of. xJi. value, x. parysshons to paye. xiii.*. nn.d. all cyties & bOroughes to be excepted. 
 And so rate rate* lyke, from the lowest benefyce to the hyghest. And for theinhabytauntes 
 of cyties, boroughes it was enacted, y euery man beyng in value of. xx.*. aboue his 
 . stuffe of housholde & his apparayll, and his wyfes, shuld paye. iiii.«?. and so after the rate 
 to the rychest. 
 
 In this yere also, and daye of seynt Gyles, or the firste day of Septembre, f cardynali 
 of Wyuchester was met by the mayre & his brelher & certayne cytezeyns on horse back, 
 without the cytie, and soo brought vnto his palays in Southwerke. About the same 
 tythe a Bryton, that a good wydowe and honest woman had cheryssbed & brought vp qf 
 almesse, dwellyng in Whyte Chapell parysshe wout Algate, murdred the sayd woman in 
 a nyght slepyng in her bedde, and after conueyed soqhe iewellys andstufFe as he myght 
 carye ; but he was so pursued vpon, that for fere toke' a chqrch in Essex, & there for- 
 swere the kynges lande. The constables caused hypi to be brought to London, and solen- 
 tendyd to haue cOnueyed hym westWarde ; but so soone as he was cemyn into the parysshe 
 where before he hadde comytted y' murder, the wyfes cast vpon hym so mocHe fylthe & 
 
 •JBoussaak. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * rat&in rate. edit. 1542. 1559. ' he.toke. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ordure 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTL S99 
 
 ordure of the strete, that natwithstandynge the resystence made by the coilKableSj they 
 slewe hym there out of hande. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxviii. Anijo Domini. M.iiii.C.xxix. 
 
 Thomas Dushous. 
 Henry Bai'ton, skynner. Anno. vii. 
 
 lohn Abbot. 
 
 THis yere, vpon the. viii. daye of Nouembre, the duke of NorfFolke, accompanyed wfottuna. 
 fnany gentyluien, toke his barge at Seyot Mary Ouereys, entendynge to haue passyd 
 thoroughe the brydge, and so vnto Grenewylche ; but by the mysgydynge of the sterysman, 
 he was set vpon the pylys of the brydge, and the b^trge whelmyd, so tlvat all were drowned, 
 except^ duke & a few persones y lepte vpon ^ pylys> wbiche after were drawen vp with 
 ropys and so sauyd. And in tbe moneth of luny fo4Jowynge, the cardynall of Wynchester, 
 with a warly company, passed ^ see, entendynge to haue marde warre vpon the herytykes 
 or Lollers inhabyted' in the countre of Prage ; but howe it was for nede of men y the 
 regent had in Fraunce, the cardynall chaungyd his purpose, & taried hym there a 
 season with the sayd regent. 
 
 After some wryters it was for to strengthe and replenysshe certayne boldes, that wekyd* 
 by reason of a conflut' ttiat the Englysshmen had with the Frenshmen, at the which the 
 lorde Talbot was taken prysoner, and the lorde Scalys, w many other, to the nombre of. 
 iii.M. Englysshemen, were slayne and taken. But after the oppinyon of the Frenshe 
 Cronycle, this victory shulde be opieyned by lane or lohane, cailyd in Frenshe la Pu- 
 zele de Dieu, in the. ix*. yere of this kynge. 
 
 Of the foresayd heretykes of Prage, spekyth somdeale the auctour of Cronycarum*; 
 and shewyth that the chief capitaynes of them were named Procapius, Saplicius, and 
 Lupus a preest, with other both lernyd and vnlerued. And Polycronycon shewyth in the. 
 xix. Chapiter of his laste Booke, that in the. xii. yere of k\n;: Henry, the foresayd. iii. 
 capitaynes were slayne with the forenamed mai&ter* Ptter Gierke, btynge an Englyssh- 
 man taken on lyue with dyuers other, & of the sayd herytykes slayne at. ii. iourneyes 
 ouer. xxii.M. 
 
 Aiino Domini. Miiiii.C.xxix. Aano Domini. M.iiii.C.xxjC. 
 
 Wyllyam Russe'. 
 Wyllyam Estfelde, mercer. Anno. viii. 
 
 RafFe Holande. 
 
 THis. viii. yere, vpon the day of seynt Leonarde, the. vi. daye df Nouembre, kynge Coronacio, 
 Henry beynge vpon the age of ix. yeres, was solempnly crowned in Seynt Peters Churche 
 of Westmynster, at whose coronacion were ipade. xxxvi. knyghtes of the Bath. And after 
 that solempnyzacion in the sayd churche fynysshed, an honourable feest in the great halle 
 of Westmynster was kepte, where the kynge, syttynge in his astate, was seruyd with. iii. 
 Goursys, as herevnder ensuryth. 
 
 Frument with venyson. 
 
 Viand royall plantyd losynges of golde. 
 
 Bore hedes in castellys of golde and enarmed. 
 
 Beef with moton boylyd. 
 
 Capon stewyd. 
 
 Signet rosted. 
 
 Heyroii rostyd. 
 
 • that inhabited, edit. 1542. 1559. ' were wekyd. MS. * «onflyct. * xi. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 » Cronica Cronicarum. * one mayster. edit. J5»3. 1542.1559. ^Ruflte. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Great 
 
600 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 Great pyke or luce. 
 A rede leche with lyons coruyn therin. 
 Custarde royall, with a lyoparde of golde syttynge therein, and holdynge a floure delyce. 
 Frytour of sunne facion, with a floure delyce therin. 
 
 Asotyltie (rfseynt Edwarde and seynt Lowys armyd, and vpon eyther his cote armoure, 
 holdynge atwene them a fygure lyke vnto kynge Henry, standynge also in his cote armour, 
 and a scripture passynge from them both, sayinge : " behojde. ii. parfyght kynges vnder 
 one cote armour," and vnder the fete of the sayd seyntes, was wryten this balade : 
 
 Holy seyntes, Edwarde and seynt Lowyce, • 
 Concerue this braunche, borne of your blessyd blode, 
 I^yueamonge Cristen, moste soueraygne of pryce. 
 Inherytour of the flour delyce so gode : 
 This sixte Henry to reygne and to be wyse, 
 God graunte he may, to be your mode. 
 And that he may resemble your knyghthode and vertue, 
 Praye ye hertely vnto our Lorde Ihesu. 
 
 Viand blank barryd with gold. 
 
 Gely party wryten and notyd with Te Deum laudaraus. 
 Pygge endoryd. 
 Crane rostyd. 
 Byttore. 
 Conyes. 
 Chekyns'. 
 M. CJxxxix. Partryche. 
 
 Pecok enhakyll. ' ' 
 
 Great breme. 
 
 A whyte leche plantyd with a rede antelop j a crowne aboute his necke, with a 
 
 chayne of golde ; flampayne powderyd with leopardes, and flower lielyce of 
 
 golde. 
 
 A frytour, garnysshed with a leopardes hede, and. ii. estryche feders. 
 
 A sotyltie : an eraperoure and a kynge, arayed in mantellys of garters, whiche fygured 
 Sygysmunde the emperoure, and Henry the. v. ; and a fygure lyke vnto kynge Henry 
 the vi. knelynge to fore theym, with this balade takkyd by hym. 
 
 Agayne myscreauntes, the emperour Sygysmunde, 
 Hath shewyd his myght, whiche is imperyall. 
 And Henry the. v. a noble knyghte was founde, 
 For Cristes cause in actes marcyall, 
 Cherysshed the churche, to LoUers gaue a fall, 
 Gyuynge example to kynges that succede, ' 
 And to theyr braunche here in especyall, 
 While he doth reygne to loue good and drede. 
 
 Quynces in compost. 
 
 Blaiid sure, powderyd with quarter foyles gylt. 
 
 ' Chekyns endorid. MS. 
 
 VenysoB. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 60i 
 
 Venyson'. 
 
 Egrettes. 
 
 Curlew. 
 
 Cok and partryche. 
 
 Plouer. 
 
 Quayles. 
 
 Snytes. 
 
 Great byrdes. 
 
 Larkys. 
 
 Carpe. 
 
 Crabbe. 
 
 Leche of. iii. coloures. 
 
 A bake mete lyke shylde, quarteryd red and whyte, sette with losynges gylt, and 
 
 £oures of borage. 
 A frytour crispid. 
 
 A sotyltie of our Lady, syttynge with her childe io her lappe, and she holdyng a crowne 
 in lier hande. Seynt George and seynt Denys knelynge on eyther Syde, presentyd to her 
 kynge HenKyes fygure, berynge in hande this balade, as foloweth : 
 
 O blessyd Lady, Cristes moder dere. 
 And thou seynt George, that called art her knyght; 
 Holy seynt Denys, O marter most entere, 
 The sixt Henry here present in your syght, 
 Shedyth, of your grace, on hym your heuenly lyght : 
 His tender youth with vertue doth auaunce, 
 Borne by discent, and by tytle of ryght, 
 lustly in* reygne in Englande and in Fraunce. 
 
 THis solempne coronacyon, with all honoure & ioye fynysshed, prouycyon was made 
 for the kynges iournaye into Fraunce, in whiche passetyme, that is to meane vpon the 
 xxiii. daye of January, an herylyke was brent in Smythfelde. 
 
 And vpon the morowe next folowynge was in that felde foughten astrdge fyght, atwene Dueiium. 
 lohn Vpton appellant, & lohn Downe defendant ; but for they quyt theym bothe so 
 manfully, the kynge at length releasyd theyr quarell, and pardoned theym of their 
 trespas. 
 
 Than vpon seynt Georges daye folowynge, or the. xxiii. daye of Apryll, the kynge toke R«g>»wnrf«- 
 shyppynge at Douer, and landyd the same daye at Calays, hauynge in his company, ii. 
 dukes, of Yorke and of Norfolke; thre bysshoppes, of Bathe, Ely, & Rochester, viii. erlys, 
 that is to meane of Huntyngdoii, Stafforde, Warwyke, Oxenforde, Deuynshyre, Mor- 
 teyn, of Ewe, and of Vrmunde, and. xi. barons, that is to saye, lorde Bowchier, Beaw- 
 mounde, Typtost, Fitzwater, Roos, Arundell, Awdeley, Fawcunbridge, Gray Codnoor, 
 the lorde Scroope, and the lorde Wellys. In this tyme and season that the kynge lay thus 
 at Calays, many skyrmisshes were foughten atwene the Englisshmen & ^ Frenshmen in 
 dyuers parties of France; and greatly the Frenshemen preuayled by the helpe of a woman, 
 whiche they, as before is touched, named the Mayden of God. So that lastly she with her La pucde it 
 company came to a towne called Compeyne, to the entent to remoue the siege layde ^""' 
 therunto by the duke of Burgoyn, and other of the Englysshe capitaynes. And therupon 
 the. xxiii. daye of May, she gaue batayll vnto the Englisshmen and Burgonyons, and faught 
 with theym longe tyme ; but in the ende, by the manhode of aBurgonion knyght, named sir 
 lohB Luxemburghe, she was taken on lyue, & her company distressyd, and she caryed to 
 
 ' venyson rested. MS. ^ to. edit. 1533. 1542. 
 
 4 H the 
 
602 
 
 Fel. C-lxxxK. 
 
 Heretykes. 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS PIENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 the cytie of Roan, and there kept a season, for sqmoche as she feyned her w childe; but 
 whan the contrary of it was knowen, she was therefor iuged and brent. 
 
 Of this woman Gaguinus maketh a great processe of her parenty, and of her firstf 
 takynge vpon her, whereof a part I entende to shewe after in the. vi. yere of Charlys nex. 
 folowynge kynge of France. - _ 
 
 And in this'tyme and season, one Richarde Hounden, woUe pakker of Lodon, was co- 
 uict of herysy, and brent at Tower Hylle. Thenne kyng Henry, thus lodgynge atX^alays, 
 was asserteyned of the takynge of f foresayd woman, by the letters of the duke of Bur- 
 goyn ; and after he toke his small iournayes tyll he came into Fraiice, & so vnto Parys, of 
 whose cytezeyns.he was honourably receyued, and taken for the soueraygne & kynge, and 
 there so taryed all this mayresf yere : in whiche season, as wytnessytb Gaguynus, the 
 Frenshmen wan dyuers holdes of the Englysshmen and Burgonyons in the counlrey of 
 Brye ; and a capitayne named Ba'rbasan scomfyted. viii.M. Englisshmen and Bargonyon&, 
 at a place called in Latyne Cathalanencis, as aflfermyth the foresayd auctour. 
 
 Auuo Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxi. 
 Anno. ix. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxx. 
 
 Nicholas Wottoii. 
 
 Water Chertsey. 
 Robert Large. 
 
 THis. ix. yere, abbute Mydlent, a preest named sir Thomas Bagley, and vicar of a vyll- 
 age in Essex, called Manueden', a lytell from Walden, was detect of heresy, vpon the 
 whiche he was degrated, & than b,rent in the place of Smythfelde. , And soone vpon 
 Eester folowynge, the lorde, protectour was warnyd of an assemble of heretykes at 
 Abyndon ; wherfore he sent thyder certayne persones, or rode thyder hymseilf, as some 
 wryters afFerme, and the^ arrestyd the baylly of that lowne, named Wyllyam Maundeuyle, 
 a weuer, the whiche vyas appoynted for a capitayne of the sayd heretykes : & for to drawe 
 
 lakSbarpe. y people vnto hym, he chauged his name, and called hymselfe lak Sharpe of Wygmoris, 
 lande in Walys. Bu-t after he was examyned, he confessyd to haue wrought moch sordwe. 
 agayne preestes, so that h© wolde haue made they'r heddes as chepe as shepe heddes, so 
 J he wolde haue solde. iii. fora peny, or. x. after some wryters. And y same season 
 were taken many of his complicis, whiche were sent vnto dyuers prysons. And the sayd 
 lak Sharpe was for his offence, drawen, hanged, and hedyd, at y forenamed towne of 
 Abyndon, vpon y' Tuysday, in VVhytson weke, and his hede was sent to London, and 
 there pyght vpon f bridge ; and the other of his fawtours were put in execucion in dyuers 
 
 ExwufflQ. . 7 places &,cp,untrees, to the terrour of other. And vpon the. xiiii. day of luly that yere, 
 was one natned Richard Russell, a woUe ma, drawen, hanged,, and quarteryd at Tyborne 
 for treason. ; , ' 
 
 And this yere, the kynge beyng styll in Fraunce, the erle of Arundell, accompanyed 
 with. ii. M. of .Englysshe sowdyours, sent a certayne of his companye vnto a towne 
 
 Scale Mount, called Beale Mount, ,to prouoke -the [Frenslieraen to issue out of the]' towne. Whiche 
 svnall copany, whan Bossicant & Seyntrales, than capitaynes, "behelde, anone they with 
 their sowdyours of y towne sped them forth to take y sayd Englysshmen ; the whiche 
 lytell & lytell gaue bak, tyll they had tolled y' Frenshmen a good space from the towne, 
 and then set vpo them with a sterne courage, & helde them on hande tyll the sayd^rle 
 with his company rescowyd theym. , Thenne atwene them was a cruell fyght; but in the 
 ende the Frenshmen were chased, and the sayd Seyntrayle, with many footmen of y sayd 
 towne,. were slayne at y iournay. And shortly after the duke of Burgoyne, with ayde of 
 the Englysshmen, at a place called Barre, scomfited a great company. of Frenshmen, & 
 toke. ii. capitaynes belongynge to the duke of Barre, the whiche were named Renat 
 
 Mavynden. 
 
 there. 
 
 2 
 
 ^ Omitted in the edit. 15^42. 1559. 
 
 & Barbazan, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 603 
 
 & Barbazan, for whose rausom j^ duke had yeldid to hym y vale of Cassile in 
 Flaudres. 
 
 Anno Domini. M .iiii.C.xxxi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxii' 
 
 lohn Adyrlee. 
 lohn Wellys', grocer. Anno. x. 
 
 Stephyn Browne. * 
 
 IN this. X. yere, and. vii. daye of Decembre, kynge Henry the. vi. was crowned in Coronacio. 
 Parys, of the cardynall of Wynchester; at the whiche coronacion was present the lorde 
 regent, the duke of Burgoyne, and dyuerse other nobles of France, whose names Ga- 
 guynus putteth nat in his bo-oke, for repioche of the Frenshemen. And after y solemp- 
 nytie of this feest was endyd, wherof the circumstaunce to shewe in ordre wolde aske a 
 longe leysour, the kynge depaityd from Parys, and so came to Roan, where he helde his 
 Cristemas, & that done he sped hym to Caiays. 
 
 And whan he had soiourned- there a season, he toke shyppynge & retourned into obuiaciomai». 
 Englande, and landed at Doner the. ix. daye of February. Than lie was mette \ pon ""' 
 Baram Doune or Barham Howth, that is betwene Doner & Cauterbury, with a gieat 
 company of gentyls and comoners of Kent, all cladde wiih rede hodts ; the whiche ac- 
 componyed hym tyll became to Biak Heth, where he was mette v- ith the mayer and the 
 cytezeyns of London vpon a Thursdaye, beynge the. xxi. daye of February, the cyte- 
 zeyns beyng cladde in whvte, with dyueis uei kes or conysaiices browdeiyd v[ion tiieir 
 sleuys, after the fucultie of tlieyr mysteiys or crafies ; and y maycr and his brether were 
 all clothed in scarlet. And after due obeysaunce and salutynge of y kynge, they rude on 
 before hym towarde the cytie. Whan the l^ng v\as counn to the bridge, there was 
 deuysyd a myghtly' gyaiit standynge with a swerde drawyn, huu^nge this speche wry ten 
 by hym. 
 
 AH tho that. been enemyes to the kynge, 
 
 I shall theym clothe with confucion, 
 
 Make liym niyghty by vertuous lyuynge, ' 
 
 liib mortall foon to oiiprcssc and here liym downe'. < 
 
 And hym to encreace as Cristes champyon. 
 
 All myscheuys from hym to abridge, 
 
 With grace of God, at the entry of this bridge. 
 
 ANd whann? the kynge was passid the firste gate, & was comyn vnto f drawe bridge, 
 there was ordeyned a goodly tower, hanged and apparayled with sylke & clothes of aras 
 in moost ryche wyse ; out of whiche sodaynly apperyd. iii. ladyes rychely clad in golde & 
 sylke, with coronettes vpon theyr heddes : wherof the firste was named dame Nature, the 
 seconde dame Grace, and the thirde dame Fortune ; the whiche vnto the kynge had this 
 speche. 
 
 We ladyes thre, all by one consent, 
 Thre goostly gyftes, heuynly and dyuyne, 
 Vnto the sir kynge, as nowe we do present, 
 ■'{ And to thyne hyghnes, here we do this tyme 
 Vtterly shewe, and theym determyne. 
 As I Grace, firste at thy comynge, 
 Endowe the with scyence and connynge. ' »^ * 
 
 And I Nature, with strength and fayrenesse, 
 For to be loued, and drade of euery wyght. 
 
 ' Welly, edit. 15S3. 1542. 1559.. * myghty. edit. 1533. 15*2. 1559- ' ^ bere adovnne. MS. 
 
 4 II 2 And 
 
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 * * - 
 
 ' '.'['-^ 
 
 ■..7 .( 
 
 ,f).!-' 
 
 :.)il;;yt 
 
60* SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 And I Fortune, prosperyte and rychesse 
 The to defende, and to gyue the myght, 
 Longe to enioye and holde thy trewe ryght ; 
 In vertuous lyfe, with honour to precede, 
 That thy. ii, ceptours' thou may well possede. 
 
 Pll. CJxKKHt. 
 
 There was also in th,e sayd tower, xiiii. virgyns, all clothyd in whyte, wherof. vii. stode 
 vpon the right hande of f sayd thre ladyes, and. vii. vpon the left hande. The. vii. vpon 
 the ryght hande had bawderykes of saphir colour or blewe ; and f other, vii. had their 
 garmentes powdred with sterres of golde. Than the first, vii. presentyd the kyng with 
 the. vii. gyftes of f Holy Goost, as sapyence, intellygence, good coiisayll, strength, cun- 
 nynge, pytie, & drede of God ; and the other, vii. gaue vnto hym the. vii. gyftes of 
 grace in raan&r as foloweth. 
 
 God the endowe with crowne* of glorye, 
 And with the ceptre of clennesse and pytie, 
 And with a swerde of myght and Victorye, 
 And with a mantell of prudence clad thou be, 
 A shylde of fayth for to defende the, 
 An helme of helth wrought to thyne encreace, 
 Gyrte with a gyrdyll of loue and pariyte peace. 
 
 And after they had thus saluted the kynge, anone they began this roundell with, an 
 heuynly melbdye, and songe as foloweth. 
 
 Soueraygne Icrde, welcome to your cytie, 
 , Welcome our ioye, and our hertes pleasaunce^ 
 Welcome our gladnesse, welcome our sufifysaunce, 
 Welcome, welcome, right welcome mut ye be. 
 Syngynge before thy royall mageste. 
 We saye with herte withouten varyaunce, 
 Soueraygne lorde, nowe welcome out of Fraunce. 
 
 The mayer and cytezyns with all the comynaltie, 
 Reioyse your comynge newly out of Fraunce, 
 Wherby this cytie and-they releuyd be 
 Of all theyr sorowe and former greuaunce. 
 Wherfore they say, and synge without greue' v 
 
 Welcome, welcome, welcome our hertes ioye. 
 Welcome you be, vnto your owne newe Troye. 
 
 Than the kynge rode forthe a softe pase tyll he came at the entre of Cornhylle, wher- 
 upon the hylle was ordeyned a tabernacle of curyous werke, in the whiche stode dame 
 Sapyence, and aboute^her the. vii. artes or scyences lyberall. As first, gramer, logj^ke, 
 rethoryke, musyke, arsmetyke* geraetry, and astronomye, eueryche of theym exer- 
 cisynge theyr connynge and facultie, and the lady herself hadde this speche to the 
 kynge. « 
 
 Lo I, chief pryncesse, dame Sapience, 
 Shewe vnto you this sentence of scripture : 
 Kynges that been moost of excellence, 
 
 ^ ' Sceptres. * acrowne. MS. ' cessaunce. MS. greuaunce. edit. 1533. J542. 1550, ^ arsme« 
 
 tryke. MS. arithmetyke. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 By 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. ^05 
 
 By me they reygne, and moost ioye endure. 
 For trouth' my helpe and my besy cure, 
 To encrease theyr glory and their hygh renowne, 
 They shall of wysdome haue full possession. 
 
 Thanne the kynge passed on tyll he came to the conduyt in Cornehylle, where was sette 
 a pagent made cercle wyse, and in the summet or toppe therof was sette a childe of 
 wonderful! beaute, apparaylled lyke a kynge: vpon whose right hande satte lady Mercy, 
 and vpon the lefte hande lady Trouth, and ouer them stode dame Clennesse enbrasynge 
 ^ kynges trone. Then before the kynge stode, ii. iuges &. viii. sergeauntes of the coyfe ;. 
 and dame Clennesse had this spedhe"^ to the. vi. Henry the kynge. 
 
 Loo by the sentence of prudent Salamon, 
 Mercy and right preseruyn euery kynge, 
 And I Clennesse obserued by reason, 
 Kepe his trone from myschief and fallynge, 
 And maketh it stronge with longe abydynge. 
 So I conclude, that "'<> lodjco tt»rc 
 A iiyngc preserue in longe prosperyte. 
 
 And Dauid sayd, the pselalme beryth wytnesse, 
 Lorde God thy dome thou to' the kynge. 
 And gyue to hym thy trouth and rightwysnesse. 
 The kynges sone here on erth lyuynge. 
 And thus declaryd he by his wrytynge, 
 That kynges and prynces shuld aboute them drawe 
 Folke that ben trewe and well lernyd in lawe. 
 
 After this speche thus declaryd, the kynge rode forthe a quycker pase tyll he came vnto 
 the conduyte in Chepe, where w«re ordeyned dyuers wellys, as the welle of mercy, the 
 welle of grace, & the welle of pyte : and at euery welle a lady standynge, that mynystered 
 the water qf euery welle to suche as wolde aske it, and that water was turnyd into good 
 wyne. 
 
 Aboute thyse welles were also sette dyuerse tryes with florysshynge leuys and fruytes, 
 as orenges, almandes, poraegarnardes, olyues, lymonys, dates, pepys', quynces, blaun- •'*'• '^•'***'"''' 
 derellys, peches, and other more comon fruytes : as costardes, wardens, pomewardons, 
 richardons, damysyns, and plummes, with other fruytes longe to reherse ; the whiche 
 were so cunnyngly wrought, that to many they apperyd naturail trees growyrtge. 
 
 In the bordour of this dilicious place, which was named Paradyse, stode. ii. forgrowen 
 faders, reasemblyng Ennok and Hely, the whiche had this sayinge to the kynge. 
 
 Ennok firste with a benygne chere, 
 Prayed God to vpholde his prosperytie, 
 And that noone enemyes haue of the power. 
 Nor that no childe of false inyquytie 
 Haue power to perturbe thy felycitie. 
 This olde Ennok to* processe can well telle, 
 Prayed for the kynge as he rode by the welle. 
 
 After Helias with his lokkys hoore, 
 
 Sayd well deuoutly, lokynge on the kynge, 
 
 • thorwth. MS. through. * guyve to. MS. ' pypynys* MS. * the. MS. 
 
 • God 
 
606 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 " God concerue the and kepe euermore, 
 And make the biyssed here on erth lyuynge, 
 And preserufe the in all maner thynge ; 
 And specyall amonge kynges all, 
 In enemyes handes that thou neuer fall." 
 
 And that speche fynysshed, the kynge rode forthe a lytell ferther, and there ordeyned' 
 a tower garnysshed with the arrays of Englande and of Fraunce. This tower was wonder- 
 full to beholde, for there was sliewyd in ordre the tytle wliich the kynge had vnto the 
 crowne of Fraiice. And vpryght by this tower stode. ii. grene trees artificially w grene 
 leuys garnysshed & wrought, that one beryng y genelogy of seynt EdwardCj and that other 
 of seynt Lovvys, and garnysshed with leopardes & flourdelyces. And ouer thyse. ii. fore- 
 sayd trees, was ordeyned the thirde, whiche was made for the sprynge of lesse, wherin 
 was shewyd the genelogy of our blessyd Lady, set out in moste curyous wyse^ and vpoa 
 the front of this tower were wryten thyse versys folowynge. 
 
 By thyse. ii. trees whiche here growe vpryght, 
 ^ Prom seynt P./duarde^aud also seynt Lowys, 
 The rote I take, palpable to ecneT,jgKt, 
 Conueyed by lyne from kynges of great pryce^ 
 Whiche some bare leopardes, and some flourdelyce ; 
 Arniys excellent of honour haue no lacke, 
 "Whiche tiie sixt Henry may nowe here on his backe. 
 
 As in degre of iust successiowne, 
 
 As olde cronycles truely determyne, 
 
 Vnto this kynge is nowe discendyd downe, 
 
 From eyther partye right as any lyne. 
 
 Vpon whose hede now fresshely doth shyne, 
 
 Two ryche crownes mooh^ soueraygne and pleasauncf. 
 
 To brynge in peas atwene Englande and Fraunce. 
 
 Thanne from this, the kynge passyd on tyll he came at the conduyt at .Paulys gate, 
 where was pyght a celestyall trone, and therin was sette a personage of the Trinite, with 
 a multytude of aungellys playinge and syngynge vpon all instrumentes of musyk'; and 
 vpon y front of the sayd crowne' was wryten thyse verses or balades folowynge, the whiche 
 were spoken by the fader vnto the kynge. 
 
 To you my aungellys this pfecept ye assure. 
 
 This prynce that is so yonge and tender of age, ■( ,, 
 
 That ye entende and do your besy cure. 
 
 To kepe and saue hym from all maner damage 
 
 In his lyfe here, durynge all his age. 
 
 That his renowne may sprede and shyne ferre. 
 
 And of his two realmes to cease the mortall warre. 
 
 And I wyll ferther, as I shewe to hym here, 
 Fiilfyll hym with ioye and worldly habundaunce, 
 And with length of many and* holsomeyere, 
 I shall conjfort and helpe with all pleasaunce, 
 And of hislieges to haue faythfull obeysaunce. 
 
 • was ordeynyd. » moost. MS. moche. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ^ trone. ♦ an. 
 
 ' And 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 60' 
 
 And also multyply and encrease his lyne. 
 
 And cause his nobles thorugh the worlde to shyne^ 
 
 ANd this done he entred the churchyarde, wher he was mette with procession of the 
 deane and the chanons of Paulys : with whom also in pontificalibus came the archebys- 
 shop of Caunterbury and chauncfller of Engiande, wnth y bysshop of Lyncolne, of Bathe, 
 of Salysbury, of Norwiche, of Ely, & of Rochester, the whiche so conueyed hym into 
 the churche, and there made his oblygacions'. And that done, he toke agayne his stede at 
 the west dore of Paulys, and so rode forth vnto Westmynster, uliere agayne he was of 
 the abbot and couent receyued with procession, and by theym conueyed vnto seynt Ed- 
 wardes shryne, and there taryed whyle Te Deum was songe in the quyer. And that fy- fni. cjxxxxin. 
 nysshed, he was of his lordes conueyed vnto his palays, and thanne the mayre with his 
 cytezeyns retourned ioyously to London. 
 
 Than vpon the Saterdaye folowynge, beynge the. xxiii. daye of Februarii, the mayer 
 and aldermen yode vnto the kynge, and- presented hym with an hamper of golde, and J^""*""''"^*- 
 therin a thousande pounde of fayre nobles, for the which the kyng yeldyd vnto them 
 louynge thankes. 
 
 This yere also, hy reason of the sowdyours of Calays, a restraynt was made there of 
 y wollys, for they were nat cotent of theyr wages. Wherfore the regent of Fraunce be- 
 yng than capytayiie of Calays, came downe tbyder in the Ester weke, atuhichtyme, 
 beynge the Wednysdaye in the sayd wekc, many sowdyoures were arrestyd & put in warde. 
 And whan he had so done, he rode to T} rewyn, & there by the meane of the bysshop of 
 Tyrewyn, he maryed the erle of Seynt Paulis doughter, and shordy after retourned to, 
 Calays, and caused the sayde sowdyours to be enquyred of, and tynally. iiii, of them 
 were demyd to dye; whiche. iiii. that is to say, lohn Maddely, lohil Lundaye, Thomas Execuci*. 
 Palmer% & Thomas Talbot, were behedyd at Calaysthe. xi. daye of luny. And a hun- 
 dreth and. x. of the sayd sowdyours were banysshed the towne, ouer sixscore banysshed 
 before that tyme. And vpon JNIydsomer euyn iolowynge, the sayd lorde regent with 
 his new spotise came vnto London, and soo taryed in Engiande tyll the latter ende of 
 August. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxit. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxiii. 
 
 John Olney. 
 lohii Parneys, fysshemonger. Anno. xi. 
 
 lohii Paddysley. 
 
 IN this. xi. yere, after some wryters, was, by the auctorylie of pope' Martyn the. v. 
 of that name, the connsayll of Basyle gaderyd. Durynge y whiche, the herytykes of Prage, 
 otherwyse called of Bohemy or Berne, were somonyd thider; the whiche, vnder a suertye or a 
 saufe conduyte, sent thyder for them with other an Englysshe clerke, named maister Peter a 
 renegat ; the whiclie defendyd so styfly theyr heronyous oppinyons, that they retourned without 
 reconcylyacion. Thus hangynge this counsayll, pope' Martyn dyed, and for hym was chosen 
 Eugeny the fourth; the whiche beyng admytted, demeaned hym so nycely in the begynnynge, 
 y he was put out of Rome, and dyuerse prynces toke partie agayne hym in such wyse,. that he 
 was lykely to be dejDosyd. But after he bare hym so sadly, that he recoueryd suche as he had 
 loste, & contynued f see by the space of. xvi. yeres, and ruled so» that of some wryters he is 
 called Eugenitis gloriosus, and y is of religious me, for vnto them he had a speciall zele 
 and fduour. And vpon y^. viii. day of luly, kynge Henry this yere began his parlyament 
 at Westmynster, and so contynued it tyll, Lammas, and then it was aiounied vnto seynt 
 Edwardes daye. 
 
 And this yere in the South West apperyd a sterre, which was lyke to a blasynge gterre, steiucometa. 
 
 ' Oblacjons. edit.. 1533. 15i'2. * Omitted in the edit. 1559.' ' tlie byshop of Rome. edit. 1542. 
 
 and 
 
608 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTt. 
 
 and of some it is so named. The erle of Huntyngdoii also this yere was sent into Fraunce 
 with a warly company, and dyd there great feates, as sayth f Englysshe Cronyde; but of 
 that is nothynge towched in the Frenshe booke. 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxiii. Anno Dqmini. M.iiii.C.xxxiiii. 
 
 Thomas Chaltoii. 
 lohii Brokley, draper. ' Anno. xii. 
 
 lohii Lynge. 
 
 THis. xii. yere, and. ix. daye of Nouembre, the terment of the erle of saynt Pawle, 
 fader vnto f duchesse of Bedforde, was solempnely holden in Pawlys Churche of Lon- 
 don, where the more partie of the astates of this realme were present. And f. ix. day of 
 Marche folowyng, the lorde Talbot with a goodly company passed thorugh f cytie of Lon- 
 don towarde the see [syde, and so passyd f see]' into Fraunce, where he wrought mocbe 
 woo vnto the Frenshme, wherof the partycnlers be nat touched. Cotynuynge the fore- 
 
 Patys. sayd warre in Fraunce, the towne of Seynt Denys, whiche is within, ii. Englysshe myles 
 
 of Parys, was goten by treason or practyse of one named lohn Notice, a knygbt of 
 Orleauce, from Mathew Gougth and Thomas Kyriell capitaynes, & slewe therin many 
 Englisshe men, & many they tooke prysoners. Buk soone after the sayd capitaynes w" 
 strengthe taken to them of the Parysiens and other, layd&suche a stronge siege roude 
 aboute the sayd, towne of Seynt Denys, f fynally they agreed to redelyuer the towne, if 
 they were nat rescowyd of the Frenshe kynge within, xv. dayes, so f the sayd dayes ex- 
 pyred, it was retourned vnto the Englysshraen. But this natwithstandynge, the Frenshmen 
 wan dayly vpon the Epglysshmen, both in those parties and also in Normady. Amonge 
 
 Natracio. whiche gayoys, the Frenshe Gaguyne bryngeth in a matier of game, as he rehersith, to 
 
 the mockage of finglisshmen, & sayth that in this yere & feest of Myghelmas, at a place 
 called Fewgery in Guyan, a stronge fyght was foughten atwene the Englysshmen & the 
 Frenshmen, durynge the which, one named Boosaprest a Ijenshe knyght, for fere fledde 
 from y fyght & hyd hym in a couert of busshes,'& there stode styll tyll the fyght was endyd, 
 & the Englisshmen scomfyted & scaryd. Of the which, ii. of auenture to sauegarde them- 
 self, fled to the sayd thycke busshe, where the cowarde Frenshe knyght stode. The whiche 
 whan he had esspyed & lerned of theym that the Frenshe partie had wonne y felde, he 
 became soo corageous, that he forsyd f sayd. ii. Englysshmen to become his prysoners, 
 and so with theym entred the boost of f Frenshmen, & bare a coutenaunce as though he 
 had wonne theym in the forsayd fyght. But at length whan all his demeanure was knowen, 
 he was for his feat had in great dirision, and by his chief capitayne named Guillam de 
 seynt Albyne, pryuyd of his prysoners. 
 
 And in this season also f erle of Arundell, whiche Normady* had knyghtly borne hym, 
 ' herynge that one Hyrus a Frenshe capitayne hadde [newely]' fortyfyed a stronge castell 
 named Gerborym, before distroyed of Englysshmen, toke w hym a certayne of sow- 
 dyoures, & gyrde tiie castell with a stronge siege, & assawtyd it by sondry tymes mafully, 
 as sayth the Frenshe Cronycle. But Gaguyne in his Cronycle saith, y' the siege were, fully 
 layde or y castel were fully repayred, the sayd Hyrus with his company issued out of the 
 castell, and gaue vnto the said erle a cruell skyrmysshe, in f whiche the sayd erle re- 
 ceyued a deedly woude, and dyed shortly after. And that victory so by the Frenshmen 
 opteyned, that castell was to the hurte of Englisshmen reedyfyed, and a place called 
 Dyeppe w;iih other also wonne from theym. 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxiiii. Anuo Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxv. 
 
 Thomas Bernwell. 
 Robert Odey, grocer. , Anno. xiii. 
 
 ' Symonde Eyre; 
 
 A^'hu'^frostf ■ ^^ ^^^^' '""' ^^^^' ^^^ ^"^" °^ ^^y" Katheryfi, began a froste that enduryd tyll the 
 * Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. * in Normandy. ' that or the siege, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 7 feest 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 609 
 
 feest of seynt Scolastica, or the. x, day of February, the which frase f Thatnys so fer- 
 uently, y shyp nor bote myght come with vytayll to Lodon ; wherfore such shyppes as 
 came this yere to Thamys mouth from Burdeux, were discharged there, & the wyne & 
 other marcbaudyse by them brought caryed by lande to f cytie. Aud in f latter eude of 
 Decembre this yere, endyd the parliament holden at Westmynster, begone at Myghel- 
 masse ternie before passyd. 
 
 This yere also, by meanes of the pope' than Eugeny the. iiii. at Aras in Picardy was ^^^^'^ 
 holden a great counsayll, for to conclude an vnyon and peas atwene y^ two realmes of 
 Englande and Fraunce ; to the whiche counsayll, by the sayd popes* comaiidemet came 
 as a persone indifferent, Nicholas cardynall of the Holy Crosse, with. vi. Romayne bys- 
 shoppes to hym assygned. And for the kynges of Englades partie was there assygned 
 the cardynal of Wynchester, the archebysshop of Yorke, the erlys of Huntyngdon & of 
 Suffolk with dyuerse other. And for the Frenshe kyng was there the duke of Burboii, the 
 erle of Richemout, the archebysshop of Raynys chaunceller than of Fraiice, the deane 
 of Paris, with many other which I passe ouer. There were also as fortherers of the 
 matyer, the cardynall of Cypris, And for f duke of Burgoyn was there the bisshop of 
 Cambray, and Nicholas Rawlyn the sayd dukes chaunceller, w dyuers erlys & barons of 
 that duchy. And for the duke of Brytayne were there the erlys of Alenson & of Barre, 
 >v other, ouer & aboue dyuers oratours appoynted for the countie of Flaundres. At 
 whiche assemble & counsayl thus holden, as testyfyeth dyuers wryters, many great offers 
 by meane of f abouenamed cardynall of Holy Crosse or seynt Crosse, to the Englysshe 
 lordes wer offeryd ; but as sayth Gaguinus, f Englysshmen were so obstynatly sette and 
 purposed vpon warre, that there myght no reason content theym ; by reason of whiche 
 oijstynacy, the counsayll was deferryd tyll an other day : at whiche day the Englysshemen 
 entendyng f contynuauce of warre, absented themself. Wherwith f sayd cardynall beyng 
 discotentyd, made meanes of an entreaty of peas atwene Charlys, that toke vpon hym as 
 Frensshe kyng, & Philip duke of Burgoyn; wherof f said Charlys was so fayne, that for 
 stablysshyng of y peas, & to satisfye hym for the murder of his fader, he gaue vnto hym 
 all the vtter boudes of Champeyii marchayng vpon Burgoyn, with dyuers cyties, asSeyn Theiukeof 
 Quyntyne, Corbye, Peron, Abbeuyle & other, vr the countie of Poytyaw and lordshyp Burgoynne. 
 of Macon ; and, as wytnessyth the foresayd Gagwyne, many moo thynges were vnto the 
 duke by ^ sayd Charlys promysed, which after their bothe dethes were broken and stode 
 for nought. After whiche peas thus atwene theym confermyd and proclaymed, the sayde 
 duke became vtter enemye to the kyng of Englande, as after shall appere. And soone 
 after the sayd duke began his ordre of the Lyle and f Golden Flese, and ordeyned cer- 
 tayne knyghtes of that ordre, & made therunto many statutes and ordenauces, wherof 
 dyuers were lyke vnto the statutes of the Garter. And in the ende of this yere, &. xiiii. 
 daye of Septembre, at Roaii in Normandye dyed f noble prynce John duke of Bedforde 
 and regent of Fraunce, and was after with great solempnytie buryed within the Churche 
 of Notir Dame of f same cytie, where for hym are foundyd wonderful! thynges, after 
 some niennes reporte ; but for I fynde therof in wrytynge no thynge, I passe it ouer. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.^rxxv. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxvi. 
 
 Thomas Catworth. 
 Henry Frowyk, mercer. Anno, xiiii, 
 
 Robert Clopton. 
 
 THis. xiiii. yere, & begjnyng of f same, the duke of Barre accompanyed with Bur- Perdido. 
 gonyos and Frenshemen, wan the towne of Harflew with dyuers other vyllages. And in 
 Apryll folowynge, the sayde duke accompanyed with the lorde Teruan and the malster 
 of the [Frenshe]' kynges chyualry, toke the towne of Seynt Denys, and slewe therin aboue. 
 
 • Bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. * bishop of Romes. edit. 1542. ' Omitted in the edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 4 I iiii. 
 
610 SEPTIMA PARS HE^RICI SEXTL 
 
 iiii. hondred Englysshemen, and toke prysoner Thomas Belearaounde their capitayne, 
 knyght, with many other. And that' the Frenshmen assawtid a tower thereby called Veuen, 
 and toke it by appoyntement. , . 
 
 Thecytie of Then onc named Notyce a knyght of Orleaunce, with a strengthe of knyghtes, drewe 
 orkauceioste, ^^^ ^g^g jj,g gyjjg q£ Parys, and there at a house of relygyon of the Charterhous ordre, 
 lodgyd hym beyonde Seynl Denys, ouer the water of Sayn, and confederyd with certayne 
 cytezeyns of the cytie named Mychaell Laylery, lohn Frountayne, Thomas Pygacen, lohn 
 de Seynt Benoit, Nicholas Loueryn and laques Bergery, for to betraye thecytie, and 
 to brynge it out of f Englysshe possessyon ; the whiche persones beynge hedes of the 
 cytie, conueyed theyr purposfe in suche wyse, j they turnyd y^ comons of f cytie vpon 
 the Englysshemen, and sodaynly arose agayne theym, and slewe of theym many, and many 
 toke prysoners*. And as f Englysshemen fledde or faught by the stretes, the wome & other 
 feble persones cast vpon theym stones and bote lycours to theyr great confucion, so that 
 the Englysshemen were in passynge mysery desolacion'. In this tyme of persgcucion, 
 the bisshop of Moref, which than was named Chaiicieler of Englysshmen in those parties, 
 ^ other, hardly escapyd, & toke the tower of Seynt Denys, whiche as yet reslid in the 
 Englysshe possession. 
 
 Thenne the other boost of Frenshmen, heryng of this stronge* and rumour in the cytie, 
 anon drewe nere, and entred by seynt lamys gate, without moche resistence, & so en- 
 ioyed the cytie at theyr pleasure. 
 Tiiecy^of Thane the Englysshmen beynge in the tower of Seynt Denys, ferynge that they myght 
 *^'' nat longe holde f said place agayne their enemyes, fyll to a treaty, sttSd condiscendyd to 
 
 . passe free with theyr lyues; the whiche, when they shuld passe vpon their iournay, were 
 diryded and scorned of f Frensbe nacion out of all measure. And whan y^ cytie of 
 Parys was thus subdued to the Frensbe doraynyon, anone the Englisshe people that there 
 abode vnder fyne ai^d raunsom, were sworne to Charlys the Seuynth, thanns takynge. 
 vpon hym as Frensbe kyng. And anone after were wonne from the Englisshe power, f 
 holdes nanied CreoU and Seynt Germayne, [in laye passe tyme]' and season, for 
 
 to strength and haue y gydynge of Normandy, the duke of Yorke, encompanyed with^- - 
 the erle of Salysbury^ and the lorde Fawcoubridge sayled into Fraunce ; and the erle of 
 Morteyn beynge than at Calays, made a vyage into Flaundres, & skyrmysshyd with 
 theym that borderyd vpon Pycardy, and slewe of theym ouer. CCCC. and gate a great 
 droue of bestes, and brought theim vn to Calais. And for that certaynte was hadde that 
 Phylyp duke of Burgoyn entendyd to taye his siege aboute Calays, therfore London and 
 a^l f good townes of Englande were charged to sende thyder certayne men, well and suffy- ^ 
 ^j. CJxxxxv. cyently for y^ warre apparaylled, wherof London sent at theyr charge men*.- 
 
 Than vpon the. ix. daye of luyll, the duke of Burgoyn, with a great multytude of Bur- 
 ThesiegeofCa- gojnyons and Flemynges, apperyd before Calays, and there pight his pauylions and tentas, 
 '"y*" so that euery towne of Flaunders had their tentes by theraselfe. At whiche season was 
 
 lieutenaunte of Calays sir lohn Ratclyf knight, and of the castell was lieutenaunt the ba- 
 ron of Dudley; and soo f siege enduryd vpon. iii. wekes, in whiche season many knyghtly 
 actes were done and excercysed vpon both parties, whiche for lengthynge of y tyme I 
 passe. Than vpon the seconde daye of August, the duke of Glouceter and proiectour Qf 
 Englade, with a company of. v. C. sayles, as some wryters haue, landyd at Calays, and en- 
 tendyd vpoh the thirde day folowynge to haue issued out of the towne, and to haue gyuen 
 batayll to f Flemynges; but, as testyfyeth all Englyssh wryters, so soone as the duke p£ 
 .jBurgoyn was ware of the great power of the lorde protectour, he toke with hym of his 
 ordenaunce that 4ie myght lyghtly cary, and the other that were heuy & cumbrusse, helefte 
 behynde hym ; amonge the whiche one was left before Guynes, a greate gunne of brasse 
 
 • and after that. MS. then. edit. 1553. 1543. ISSQ. * and hy force slew of them a great noumber, and 
 
 they dyd take raaiiw prysoners. edit. 1542. 1559. ' and desolacion. ♦ styrryng. MS. , * in whych 
 
 passetyme. • CC. men. MS. ^ j j o 
 
 7 named 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 5ll 
 
 named Dygon, ouer dyuerse serpenlynes and other great gunnes. And the Flemynges left 
 behynde theym great quantyte of bare, besyde wyne and floure and other vytaylle. 
 
 But of this vyage wryteth otherwyse Gaguyne,and sayth that the duke well & manfully' 
 cotynued his siege before Caiays ouer two monetbes, and there dyd many notable actes 
 in assaylynge of his enemyes. And after the Flemynges, by reason of theyr mourmour and 
 rebellyon, badde refusyd hym, and in maner lafte hyra alnioste withoute company, yet nat- 
 withstandynge he dayly assayled his enemyes ; and after with suche small company as 
 was lafte hym, whan he sawe he myght not preuayll, he retourned into his coiitre. And so 
 thus alwaye in all the sayd Gagwynus boke, he wypeth from the Englysshmen in all that 
 he maye the honoure, and excusyth theyr enemyes to his power. Whan the duke with 
 his boost was thus fledde, the lorde protectoure with his people folowed hyra into the 
 countre of Fiaundres, and wastyd that countre by the space of a. xi. dayes ; in whiche sea- 
 son he brent but two townes, whiche were named and yet be, Poperynge and Bell ; and re- 
 tourned to Caiays, and after into Englade. 
 
 And this yere was the castell or towne of Rokkysboruth in Scotlande besieged of ^ kynge Rokkyiboru* 
 of Scottes ; but so soone as he hadde wyttynge that sir Rauffe Gray knyght, was cdmynge 
 with a competent nombre for to remoue that siege, anone he departed, leuytige some^parte 
 of his ordenaunce behynde hym, to his great dishonoure. 
 
 Anno Domiai. M.iiii.C.xxxvi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.xxxvii. 
 
 Thomas Morsted. 
 lohn Micheir. Anno. xv. 
 
 Wyllyam Gregory. 
 
 IN this. XV. yere, and thirde daye of lanuarii, quene Katheryne moder vnto Henry the owius regimi 
 Bixte, wyfe of Henry the. v. dyed at Barmudissey in Southwarke, and after with due so- '^''"""'" 
 lempnyte brought thorugh the cytie, and so conueyed to Westmynster, & there buryed in 
 the myddes of our lady chapell, vnder a tombe of marbyll. But whane our soueraygne 
 lorde Henry the. vii. than beyng kyng, caused f chapell to be taken downe, & buylded 
 a newe, without the lyke there vnto, at nowe to men doth appere, than the corps of f 
 excellent pryncesse was taken vp, & sette by the tombe of her lorde and husbande, durynge 
 the tyme of the buyldyng of the sayd newe chapell, and after buryed by her sayd lorde 
 within f sayd chapell. And the. xiiii. day of the sayd moaeth fyll downe sodaynly the fur- 
 thest gate towardc Southwarke with the tower thereupon, and. ii. of the furthest arches of 
 the sayd brydge ; but, as God wolde, no creature was therwith perysshed, to' meane of hu- CiiucUe. 
 mayne persones. 
 
 And the. xxi. daye of this sayde moneth of lanuarii, the kynge beganne his parlyamiBtit Piriyamct. 
 at Westmynster, which before was purposyd to haue been holden at Cambrydge. To 
 this parlyament came the bysshop of Turuyn, and the counsayl of the erle of Armynac, 
 wherof I fynde nat the cause exjpressyd. And after Easter was a daye of diot holden by- 
 twene Grauenynge & Caiays, for the matyers touchynge the kynge and the duke of Bur- 
 goyne, where, for the kynge apperyd the cardynall of Englande, the duke of Nqr^olke, 
 and f erle of StafForde, with dyuers other ; and for the dukes party, apperyd there the 
 duchessc his wyfe, with dyuers other of the sayd dukes counsayl : where, by mcanes of the 
 sayd persones, an abstynence of warre was taken for a certayne tyme in the ducbesse 
 name, for the kynge wolde take none appoyntment with f duke, for so moche as he had 
 gone from his trouth and allegeaunce, that before tyme he had made with the kynge. And 
 vpon the seconde daye of luly this yere dyed quene lane, the whiche sotqtyme bad ben 
 the wyfe of kynge Henry the. iiii., and before that the wyfe of the duke of Brytayne, and 
 was caryed from Barmundessey to Caunterbury, and there buryed by her husbande 
 
 • The edit, of 1542. and 1 559. *«''« <idd as a valyaunte knyghte in hys actcs. " The MS. adds fisUinonger, 
 > that is to. edit. 1543. 1559. 
 
 4 I 2 Henry 
 
murdred. 
 
 612 SEPTIMA PARS HENRIGI SEXTI. 
 
 Henry the. iiii. And this yere fell a chauce that had nat ben seen many yeres before, 
 for all lyons* dyed in the tower, the whiche had cotynued there a longe season, 
 KyngeofScottes In thjs yere also f kyng of Scottes was trayterously murderyd by seruauntes of his 
 owne, of the whiche traytours the capitayne of them was named Robert Grame, the which 
 after was, with other of his company, taken & put vnto moost paynfull deth. This sayd 
 kynge of Scoltes hadde been prysoner. xv. yeres in Englande. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxvii. Anno Domini. M.iili.C.xxviii. 
 
 Willyam Chapman. 
 Wyllyam Estfeylde, mercer. Anno. xvi. 
 
 Willyam Haiys. 
 
 THis, xvi. yere, and moneth of Nouebre, kynge Henry caused to be kepte a solempne 
 obyt or terment within f churche of Paulys, for Sysgysmonde the emperour and knight of 
 the Garter. This was a man of meruaylous great & worthy fame, as by the auctour of 
 Cronica Cronicarum is shortly expressyd; after whose deth the gydynge.of the empyre 
 fyir to Albert, that had maryed the oonly doughter of the sayd Sygysmunde. 
 
 In this yere also, &c. 
 
 Ftl. CJxxxttvi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxviii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xxxix. 
 
 Hughe Dyke. 
 Stephen Browne, grocer. Anno. xvii. 
 
 Nicholas Yoo. 
 
 chauncci THis. xvii. yere vpon new yeres day in y after noon, a stake of wood fyll downe so-* 
 
 daynly at Bayriardes Castell vpo Thamys syde, and slewe. iii. men, & hurt dyuers other. 
 And at Bedforde this yere, at the kepynge of a shyre day, by the fallynge of a steyer, 
 were, xviii. murdred & slayne, besyde niany other sore harte and maymyd. And the 
 last daye of Apryll dyed in Roan sir Richarde Beauchampe, called of comon fame the 
 god erle of Warwyke. This was lyeutenaunt of ^ kynge in Normandy, & demaned hyta 
 there full well and manfully, whose body was after brought vnto Warwyke, and there in a 
 newe chapell buylded vpony southe syde of the quyer, buryed full honourably. 
 
 This yere also was great derth of corne in Englande, and also in Ffaiice, inso- 
 moche that a busshell was solde at London for. iii.s. and. iii.s. m\.d. ; and in Fraunce in 
 Parys, it was at lyke value; and there also they dyed sore of f sykenesse of ipydymye. 
 For this scarcyte of whete in Englande, in many places the people made them brede of 
 fetches, pesyn, andbenys: and after some wryters, for lacke of thyse foresayd graynes, 
 some poore people made theym brede of feme rotys. But yet by y prouydehce of Stephen 
 Browne, this yere mayre, many shyppes were freyght w rye out of Pruce, and dischargyd 
 at London, that easyd the people nere to the cytie greatly. This of many wryters is 
 named ^ seconde dere yere. v . 
 
 In this yere ended y^ counsayll or synode holden at Basyle, begbn as before is sayde in 
 the. xi. yere of this kynge. By auctorite of whiche coiisayll Eygeny y. iiii. was deposyd, 
 & Amedeus a duke & ]^rynce of Sauoy, [whiche]' was chosen for pope' in ^ place' of ^ 
 forenamed Eugeny ; but yet he had suche ayde, that he contynued in Rome as pope* all 
 ))is lyues tyme. And that other, whiche was named of his ayders Felix the. v., cotyniied'his 
 •tlygoytj^ '" '^''^^r places, so that thenne arose a great scysme in the churche whether of 
 Ihyse. ii. was indubytat pope*; for some coutres vphelde that one, and some that other, 
 so that there were allowyd none of them both, and that was called the newtralytie. This 
 scisme contynued vpon. ix. yeres, ihe terme whyle Eugeny lyued ; after whose dethe was 
 
 ' the Jyons. MS. "bishop of Rome. 1542. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 chosen 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 613 
 
 chosen a cardynall named Thomas Sarazan, and after was named Nicholas the. v., to 
 whom the sayd Felix, after he was admytted for [Peters successour]' of his owne good 
 mynde renouncyd his dygnytie of papacy, and submytted hym to the rule and obedyence 
 of the sayd, v. Nicholas than beyng indubitat pope'; and thus seasyd f scysme- in the 
 Churche, which had contynued by 5' terms aboue specifyd. This Felix was a deuoute 
 prynce, & sawe y sones of his sones, and after lyued a deuout and holy lyfe; and lastly 
 was chosen pope' as beforeis shewyd.for thewhiche he is of dyuerse wryters accompted fo,r^-^ 
 happy. But and he had nat medelyd with the tytle of the Churche, and therwith blottyd his 
 olde age, he had after the oppynyon of other wryters, be named or allowed moche more 
 blessyd and happy. 
 
 And this yere, in the moneth of August, in London where two bawdes punysshed with 
 werynge of raye hoodes, and after, xl. dayes eni)rysonement, they were banysshed the 
 towne, & dryuen out with moste shame. 
 
 In this yere also f conduyte in Flete strete was begonne by sir Wyllyam Estfelde Theconduyt. 
 knygiit, and late mayer, and so fynysshed of his good disposicion without coste or charge 
 to the cytie. And he was with sir Lowys, lohn' of Essex, made knyghtes of the Bath the 
 same yere. 
 
 And in this yere dyed Robert Chycheley, grocer, and twyes mayer of London, the which Now tesumen- 
 wylled in his testamet, that vpon his mynde day a good & competent dyner shuld ^g '""'• ™ """"*' 
 ordeyned for. xxiiii, C. poore men, and that of housholders of the cytie, if they myght be 
 foude. And ouer that was. xx./i. destrybuted amonge theym, which was to euery 
 man, i'ud. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii,C.xxxix, Anno Domini. M.iiii.CxI. 
 
 Robert Marchall. 
 Robert Large, mercer. Anno, xviii. 
 
 Philyp Malpas, 
 
 THis. xviii, yere, vpon the day of seynt Botolph, or. xvii. daye of luny, a preest after 
 he was degradyd of his prestelye dygnyte, named sir Richarde, [whichej' was brent for 
 herysye at the Tower hylle, howe well in his latter daye he toke great repentauce, & dyed 
 Goddes man, and in the fayth of y Churche. This, for wordes spoken by his lyfe, that 
 the posterne of the tower shulde synke, as after it dyd, & other fatastical dedys or wordes, 
 he of many lewde folkes was accoptyd for an holy man. Wherefore after his deth they 
 came to his place of execucion, and there made theyroblacyons and prayers, and areryd a 
 great hepe of stonys, and pyght there a crosse by nyght, so y by thys meanes a great dis- 
 claunder ran vpon the churche, & specyally vpon suche as had put hym to deth. But 
 to cease that rumour, comaudement was sent from the kynge to punysshe all suche as 
 thyder wente on pylgrymage ; by vertue whereof the mayre and shyrefFes dyd such dyly- 
 gence, that shortly after all that sekynge and offerynge was fordone & layde appart. 
 
 This yere also the shyreffes of London sette out of Seynt Martyns le Graunt, v, per- 
 sones beynge there in seyntwary, and ladde theym to the countoure in Bred strete, where 
 they remayned certayn dayes, but those dayes expyred, they were by the kynges iustyces 
 restoryd vnto seyntwary. In this passetyme the warre atwene Englande and Fraunce 
 endurynge, in a wynter season whenne the grounde was coueryd with a myghty snowe, 
 and therwith all a stronge froste hadde hardonyd the pondes and dytches, the Eng- 
 lysshemen, whiche laye in a stronge holdes nygh vnto a towne called Poutlarge, arayed 
 theym in whyte clothes ouer theyr barneys, and so in great nombre approchyd the dykes, 
 & passed vpon the ise to the. wallys and theym scalyd, and the watche of the towne sle- 
 pynge, toke f towne and distressyd therin moche people ; from the which daunger escapyd 
 ryght hardly, ii, capitaynes of that towne named lohri de Vyllers, and NaraboQ a knyght 
 
 ' bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. * and lohnne. ' Omitted in edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 Burgonyon. 
 
614 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 Burgonyon. The countre aboute Parys was also sore veryd wr the rauyne of wolues, 
 that proclamacyon was wade that euery grene or new flayne skyn of a wolfe that was 
 brought vnto Parys, the proilost shulde gyue to the brynger. xx. shelynges, or. xx. Sous of 
 y countree money, whiche amounteth to. ii.*. \\.d. sterlynge. It was nat loiige after or 
 FoLCUxxSvU. Charlys the Frenshe kynge layde vnto the foresayd towne a strong siege ; but it by the 
 dake of Yorke & the lorde Talbot was well and knyghtly defendyd, insomoch that one 
 tyme they put f Frensshmen to rebuke, and were iykely to haue taken theyr kyng, ne 
 had be f soner rescous. Lastly, f duke of Yorke & the sayd lorde Talbot, for vrgent 
 causes, departed thens to Roan, and betoke y towne to y rule of sir Gerueys of Clyfton 
 knyght, & other, hauynge with theym to the nombre of a thousande sowdyours. But the 
 thirde daye after the dukes departynge, the Frensshe kyng so fyersly assayled the towne, 
 that in the ende he wanne it by strength, and slewe therein many an Englyssheman, & 
 toke many prysoners. And soone after was the townes of Meleon, of Corbeyll, & of 
 Ebreouse' lost from the Englysshmen. For ye shall ve* I that sondry and many tymes, 
 the townes and holdes in Fraunce were lost and efte wonne; but euer the more losse 
 turned to the E-nglysshe party, tyil all Normandy were loste, and all other landes of 
 Fraunce apparteynynge to the kynge of Englande. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xI. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xli. 
 
 lohfi Sutton. 
 lohii Paddysley, goldsmyth. Anno. xix. 
 
 Wyllyam Wetynhale. 
 
 THis. xix. yere began murder' and grudge to breke at large, that before hadde ben. 
 
 , kept in mewe, atwene parsones nere aboute the kynge, and his vncle the famous Humfrey 
 
 duke of Glouceter and protectour of the lande ; agayne whom dyuers coniecturis were 
 
 attempted a farre, whiche after were sette nere to hym, so that they left nat tyll they 
 
 hadde brought hym vnto his confucion. 
 
 And firste this yere dame Eleanoure Cobham, whom he was to famylyer with, or she 
 were to hym maryed, was arrestid of certayne poyntes of treason, and therupon by exa- 
 myndcion conuict, and lastly demyd to dwell as an outlawe in the Isle of Man, vnder the 
 warde of sir Thomas Stanley knyght. And soone after were arrestyd as ayders and 
 counsayllours of the foresayd duchesse, maister Thomas Southwell, a chanon of seynt 
 Stephyns chapell at Westmynster, maister lohfl Ham, a chapelayne of ^ sayd duchesse, 
 and maister Roger Bolyngbroke, a man expert in nygromancy, and a woma called Mar- 
 gery lourdemayne, surnamed the wytche of Eye besyde Wynche^ter*. To whose charge if 
 was layde that thyse. iiii. pftrsones shuld, at the request of the sayd duchesse, deuise an 
 image of waxe lyke vnto the kyng, the whiche image they delte soo.with, that by theyr 
 deuyllysshe incantacyons and sorcery, they entedyd to brynge out of lyf& lytell and lytell 
 the kynges persone, as they lytell and lytell consumyd jr image. For the whiche treason 
 and other, .fynally they were conuict aud adiuged to dye ; but maister Thomas Southe- 
 well dyed in the Tower of London y^ nyght before he shulde haue been iuged on ^ morne, 
 as in the next yere folowyng shal be declaryd. 
 Asotyitieof Ye hauc in precedyng yere harde howe the towne of Poiitlarge was wonne by Ch&flys, 
 Engiysshemen. ^ ^q^g vpon hym as kynge ; where as many Englysshemen were takyn prysoners and sent 
 to a castell named Coruyle, where they so beynge in pryson, laboured vnto ^ ruler of that 
 holde, that one of theym myght be sette at large to laboure to theyr frendes for theyr 
 rannsom. The whiche persone, whan he was at his lybertye, wfnl vnto a strength there by, 
 wherol" an Aragon knyght was capitayne vnder ^ duke of Ytjrke, and shewyd to hym that 
 the castell of Coruyle was but sklenderly manned, and that it myght be wonne by polycy 
 and lytell strengthe. Wherupon the sayd capitayne named Fraunceys, in the nyghte fol- 
 
 • Eoroyn. MS. * vndirstand. ' murmur. ♦ Westmynsttr. MS. 
 
 owynge, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 615 
 
 owynge, sette a busshement nere vnto f sayd castell, and in the dawnynge of the tnorn- 
 ynge arayed. iiii, of his sowdyours in husbandemenes aray, aijd sent theym with sakkes^ 
 iylled with dyuers frutes to offer to sell to the occupyers of the castell j the whiche, whan 
 they were comyn to the gate, and by the langage taken for Frenshmen, anone withoute 
 susspicion were taken in, and seynge that few folkes were stirrynge, helde the porter muet 
 whyle one gaue the foresayd busshment knowledge, so that shortly theyentyed and toke 
 the capitayne in his bedde, and after spoyled the castell, & deliuered y Englysshe pryson- 
 ei:s, and conueyed the Frenshmen, with all the goodes that they noyght carry of the cas- 
 tell, vnto Roan. , 
 
 Vpon the daye of the-Translacion of seynt Edwarde, or. xii. daye of Octobre, vpon 
 whiche daye the mayer is named by the mayer and his brother for the yere folowynge, 
 that daye w):**! the comons of the cytie, after theyr auncyent custome, had chosen, ii. 
 aldertn*^>-«r ache as, before had ben shyrefFes of London & of Middlesex, that is to wete, 
 Robert. Clopton, draper, and Rauffe Halande, fayllpur, and theym presented by name 
 vnto the mayep and his brother than syttynge in the vtter cVw«n^r« whfi*> th» 'nmyerA.. 
 courtes ben kepte, to the'entent that the sayde mayer & his brother myghte chose one of "" » 
 f sayde two, such as they thought most necessary and worshypful for the rome. The sayd 
 mayer and his brether cbase there Robert Clopton, & brought hym after downe vpon bis 
 right hande towarde f halie : whereof, whan certayne tayllours there beynge were ware, 
 and sawe that Rauffe Holande was nat chosen, anone they cryed " naye, naye, nat this, 
 but Rauffe Plolande ;" wherwith f olde mayer beynge aslonyed, stode stylle vpon the stayer, 
 and comaundyd theym to kepe sylence, and after helde on his way to the East ende of the 
 halle, and there sette hym downe, & his brether aboute hym. In whiche meane tyme the 
 sayde tayllours hadde contynued theyr crye, and encensyd other of lowe felysshypes of the 
 cytie, as symple persones, to take theyr parte, and to crye as faste as they, & wold nat 
 cease for speche of the mayre nor oyes made by the mayres sergiaunt of armes. Wherfore 
 the mayer, Xo appease the rumour, sent downe the sheryffes, and cdmaundyd theym to 
 take the mysdoers, and to sende theym vnto pryson ; the whiche precepte obiseruyd, and 
 a. xii. or. xvi. of the chief of them sent vnto Nevygate, the sayd rumour was anone 
 ceasyd ; of the whiche prysoners some were after fyned, and some punysshed by longe im- 
 prysonmet. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xIi. Anne Domini. M,iiiiiC,xlii« 
 
 Wyllyam Cumbys. 
 Robert Cloptofi'. Anno. xx. 
 
 Richai;de Ryche. 
 
 THis. XX. yere, and in the moneth of folowynge, the parties before in f other A^- <?•*»»««*»/. 
 
 yere arrestyd for treason, were brought vnto f Guyldhalle of London, and there arreygned 
 of suche poyntes as before ben reherced, and for the same fynally maister lohfi Hum, & 
 maister Roger Bolyngbroke were iuged to be drawen, haged, & quarterd, & f wytche to 
 be brent; but maister Thomas Sothwell dyed in the tower the nyght before that he shuld 
 haue be iuged. Then accordynge to the sentence of the court before passed, maister Execuda. 
 Roger was drawen to Tyborne, and there hanged, and quarteryd ; the whiche at that sea- 
 son toke vpon his deth, f he was nat gylte of y treason f he was put to & iuged for, 8c 
 the next daye folowynge was the wytch brent in Smythfelde, and maister lohfi Hum was 
 pardoned & suyd out his charter. 
 
 This yere also the lorde Talbot layde sige before an hauen towne in Normandy named DominusTaiboc, 
 Depe, and set his ordynaunce vpon an hylle called Poleet, where, amonge other engynes 
 and instrumentes of warre, he hadde deuysyd a inyghty tower of tymbre, out of the whiche 
 he shotte his gunnes and other ordynaunce, and tberwith brosyd and crasyd the wallys, & 
 wrought therby great displeasure vnto the tower* of Depe. In this towne was capytayne 
 
 ' The MS. addt draper. ^ towne. edit. 1533. 1 542. 1559. 
 
 Charlys 
 
616 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTL 
 
 Qiarlys Mareys a Frenshe knyght, the whiche manfully defendyd the towne, tyll vnto hytn 
 with rescous came lohn Notice of Orleaunce, knyght, with a company of. M; sowdyours. 
 And there after came to f rescous of the sayd towne. ii. other knyghtes named Artttur 
 Deiongeuyle, and sir Thomas Droynon, with. vi.C. men. And after this Charlys, whiche 
 named hymselfe Frenshe kynge, sent thyder the thirde rescous of. v.C. men of armys, and 
 a. M. of other sowdiours vnder. ii. leders, called Theodalde, and Guillam Richauyll 
 knyghtes; the which rescous notwithstandyrige, the sayd lorde Talbot well & manfully 
 contynued [his siege, & assawtyd the towne]' in right cruell maner, so that they were 
 fayne to call for more ayde ; wherof the lord Talbot beynge ware, thyn kynge that shortly 
 the Frenshmen shulde be constrayned to gyue oner the towne, left the gydynge of the 
 siege vnto sir Wyllyam Pontoii & sir lohn Rippelande, or Trippelande, knyght, and after 
 departyd. After whose departynge, within shorte whyle, the dowlphyn of^^^^ne, Lowys 
 by name, and sonevnto the forenamed Charlys, Wemhe kynge, aceailnpattfe& wkil the 
 erle of Seynt Paule, and othei>*^tiKrm?rut?re'oDLvi.C. knightes, came vnto the rescous of 
 
 ;_ - iriie^isayde lowne' ; awa after he had a daye restyd hym and his sowdyours, he sent the 
 forenamed Theodalde, with a strength of. CCCC. men, for to assayle the foresayd tower 
 of tynibre, but lytell Kurte dyd therunto*. Thenne the sayd dowlphyn sent another 
 strengthe of. vi.C. men to assayle it; but f Englisshmen quyt theym so manfully, y they 
 slewe. viii. score Frenshmen, and woiidyd ouer. iii.C. 
 
 Wherwith y dowlphyn beynge greuously amoued, assembled the vttermost 
 strengthe he myght mak6, as well of the towne and other, and set vpbn the Englisshmen, 
 whiche were sore brosyd w dayly fight, and few in nombre, & fynaily scomfyted them, & 
 slewe of thfem vpon. CCC. and toke the rest prysoners ; among the whiche the foresayd 
 two Englysshe capitaynes were taken, & a kynnysma of the lord Talbottes, or more verily 
 one of his bast sones. And thus was Depe rescowyd, & f Englysshme discomfyted, after 
 they had manfully maynteyned that sige by the space of. ix. wekes and odde dayes. ' 
 
 Affray. Als6 this yere, in the moneth of August, was a great affray in Fleteatrete, atwene f 
 
 getters of the innys of court, and the inhabytauntes of the same strete; whiche affray 
 began in the nyght, and so contynued with assawtes and small bykerynges tyll the next 
 dttye,' in whiche season moche people of the cylie thyder was gaderyd, and dyuerse men 
 of bothe partyes were slayne & many hurte. But lastly, by the presence and discression 
 of ^ mayerand shyrefFes, this affray was appeasyd ; of the whiche was chief occacioner i 
 man of Cl3rfForde Inne named Herbotell. 
 
 Assuraunce of In this yere also, by certayne ambassadoures that were sent out of Englade into Guyon, 
 
 manage. ^ maryage was concludyd in the begynnynge of the yere folowynge, atwene the kyng and 
 
 the erlys doughter of Armenak, whiche conclucion was after disalowyd & put' by the 
 meanes of the erle of SufFolke, whiche kyndelyd a newe brande of burnyng enuy atwene 
 the lorde protectour & hym, and toke fyre in suche wyse, that it left nat tyll both parties, 
 with many other, were consumyd and slayne, whereof ensued moche myschief within the 
 realme, and losse of all Normady, as after to you shal appere. 
 
 Anno Donjini. M.iiii.C.xJii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xliii. 
 
 Thornas Beaumoiit. 
 John Athirley, irenmonger. Anno. xxi. 
 
 Richarde Nordoii. 
 
 IN this. xxi. yere, the foresaid erle of Suffolk, whiche, as before is towched, had fordon 
 y coclusyon of y maryage taken by f ambassadours, atwene the kyng and the erle of 
 Armenakes doughter, went ouer hymself, with other vnto hym assygned, and there in 
 Fraunce concluded a maryage atwene f kynge and dame Margarete the kynges doughter 
 
 ' Omitted in edit. 1542.1559. ' they therunto. ' put apart. MS. 
 
 of 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 6l7 
 
 of Cecyle and of Iherusalem, as sayth f Englysshe Cronycle. And for that maryage to 
 brynge aboute, to the sayd kynge of Cecyle was delyuered the ducbye of Angeou & 
 erledonie of Mayne, whiche are called the keyes of Normandy. 
 
 But the Frensh wryter Gaguyne sayth I his Latyne Cronycle, that abowte this tyme 
 the erle of Suffolke came vnlo Charlys y Frenshe kyng, to a towne in Lorayn, namyd 
 Nauce or Naut, & axed of hym his doughter to be quene of Englande, but he gyueth 
 to her no name ; the whiche request of the sayd Charlys to the sayde erle was graunted. 
 Also he affermeth, lytell tofore that season a peas atwene bothe realmes was concludyd 
 for the terme of. xxii. monethes, whiche peas end uryd buta whyle after. 
 
 And thisyere, vpon Candelmas euyn, y steple of seynt Paulys churche in London, was^"*- 
 sette on fyre by tempest of lyghtnynge, and lastly quenchyd by great dylygence and la- 
 boure of many persohes; but of all that there laboured, tlie morowe masse preest of 
 Bowe Churche-in Chepe was moste comendyd and notyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xliii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xIiiii. 
 
 Nicholas Wyfforde. 
 Thomas Catworthe, grocer. Anno, xxii, 
 
 lohii Norman. 
 
 THis. xxii.yere, the erle of Stafforde was made or created duke of Bukkyngham, the Dux SufFoikei 
 erle of Warwyke duke of Warwyke, the erle of Dorset marquis of Dorset, and the erle of 
 Suffolke marquys of Suffolke ; the whiche marquys of Suffolke soon after, with his wyfe and 
 other honourable personages, aswell of men as of women, w great apparayll of chayrisand;?,/. &/«««*«. 
 other costious ordenauuce for to conueye the forenamed lady Margarete into Englande, 
 sayled into Frauce, where they were honourrably receyued, and so taryed there all this 
 mayres yere. 
 
 1 n this yere was also an act made, by auctorytie of the comon cousayll of Lodon, that vpon An »ct for the 
 f Sondaye sliuld no maner of thynge within the fraunchise ofy cytie be bought or solde, S'""'»y«' 
 notlier vylayl nor other thyng; nor none artificer shuld brynge his ware to any man to be 
 worne or occupyed that day, as tayllours garmentes, orcordwayners shoys; and so in lyke- 
 wyse of all other occupacions: the whiche ordenaunce helde but a whyle. 
 
 Anno Domini. Rl.iiii.C.xliiii. ' Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xIv. 
 
 Stephyn Foster. * 
 
 Henry Frowyke, mercer. Anno, xxiii. 
 
 Hugh Wyche. 
 
 THis. xxiii. yere, and moneth of the foresayd lady Margaret came ouer into Qi'"=¥"s»" 
 
 Englande, and in the moneth of folowyng she was maryed vnto king Henry, at 
 
 a towne called Sowlhwyke, in the countre of Hamshyre. And from thens she was honour- 
 ably conueyed by the lordes and estates of this lande, whiche mette with her in sondry 
 [places, wiiti great relyne^e of men in sondry]' lyuerycs, with theyrsleuysbrowderyd, and 
 somebctyn with goldsmythes werkes in moste costly uianer; and specyally of the duke of 
 Ciloi'ceter, mettc^ with her with. v.C. men in one rlyuerey. And so was' conueyed vnto 
 Blacke lleth, where vpon the. xviii. daye of Maye she was mette w the mayer, aldermen, 
 and shcryfl'c'S of the citie, and the craftes of the same, in browne blew, with brawderyd 
 sleuys. That is to meane, ouery maisler* or crafte with the conysaunce of his maister* & 
 red hoodes vpon eyther of theyr heddes; and so.the same daye brought her vnto London, 
 where for her were ordeyned sumptuous and costly pagentes, and resemblaunce of dyuerse 
 olde hystoryes, to the great comfort of her and suclie as came with her, the maner wherof 
 I pa^so ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. And so w great tryumphe she was brought vnto 
 M'^estmynsier, wherupon f. xxx. day of the moneth of May, y this' was ^ Sodaye after 
 
 ' Omiltedin tliecd\t. 1559. • wbich mett, MS. 'she was. ♦mystery, edit. Ii33. 1542, 
 
 3539. ' that this yere. MS. 
 
 4 K Trinite 
 
618 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 Trinlte Sotiday, she was solemply crowned. After whiche feest, iustes [of pease]'' were 
 there holden by. iii. ddyes c5^nuell, vr'm the seyntwary before the abbey. Of this mariage, 
 ar of diuers wryters left diuers remebrauces, saying, y this mariage was vnprofitable for 
 f realme dyuers* wayes. For first, was gyue vp for her out of f kynges possession, f duchy 
 of Angeoii, & f erledome of Mayne ; & for ^ costes of her c5ueying into this lande, was 
 axyd in playne parlyamet, a fyftene & an halfe by the marquys of SufFolke ; by reason 
 wherof he grewe in such haleryd of ^ people, that fynalJy it coste hyra his lyf. And ouer 
 that, it such appered' f God was nat pleasyd with that mariage. For after this day the' 
 fortune of f worlde began to fall from the kynge, so y he loste his frendes in Englande, 
 DiuiciocKtsic. gchis Tcuenewes in Fraunce : for shortly after, all was ruled by the quene & her counsayll, 
 to the great disprofite of the kynge & his realme, & to the great maugre & oblyquy of 
 the quene. The whiche, as syn that tyme hath ben well prouyd, had many a wronge 
 & false reporte made of her, which were to longe to reherse. All whiche mysery fyll, for 
 brekynge of the promyse made by the kyng vnto the erle of Armenakkys doughter, as 
 before in the. xx. yere of the kynge is towchyd, as agreyth most wryters; whiche mysery 
 in this story shall somdeale appere. As firste, by the losynge of Normandy, the deuycion 
 of the lordes within this realme, the rebellion of tlie comynaltie agayne theyr pry nee and 
 soueraygne, and fynally the kynge deposyd, and the quene with the prynce fayne to fle 
 the lande, "and loste the rule therof for euer. 
 
 [Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlv. 
 
 Synioride Eyer, draper. 
 
 lohn Derby. 
 Godfray Fyeldynge. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlvi. 
 Anno, xxiiii. 
 
 Appele of trea- 
 son. 
 
 Bucllum. 
 
 IN this, xxiiii. yere, the pryoure of Kylmayn appechid the erle of Vrmode of treason ; ' 
 for tryall wherof, the place of batayll was assygned in Sinythfelde, and the barryers for 
 the same there redy pyght. In which meane tyme, a doctour of diuinitie, named maister 
 Gylbert Worthyngton, parsone of seint Andrewes in Holborne, & other gosdy men, made 
 suche labour to the kynges counsayll, that when the day of batayll approchyd, the quarell 
 was taken into the kynges hande and there endyd. 
 
 This yere also came a great ambassade into this land out of Fraiice, for to coclude a 
 generall peas, a perpetuall peas^ as the comoo brute than went ; but fynally it turnyd to 
 a peas for a yere, of whiche ambassade spekyth nothynge the Frenshe Cronycle. And in 
 this yere, an armurer named was appechyd of treason by a seruaunt of his 
 
 owne ; for tryall wherof, a daye to them was gyuen to fyght in Smythfelde ; at whiche 
 day of batayll the sayd armurer was ouercomyn and slayne, and that by mysgydynge of 
 bymself : for vpon y morowe, whan he shuld come to the felde, his neyghboures came to 
 bym, and gaue vnto hym so moch wyne and good ale, that he was therwith distemperyd, 
 that he relyd as he went, and so was slayne without gylt. But that false seruaunt lyued 
 nat longe vnpunysshed, for he was after haged for felony at Tyborne.]* 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlvii, 
 Anno. XXV. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlvi. 
 
 Robert Home, 
 loha Olney, mercer. 
 
 Godfrey Boloyne. 
 
 THis. XXV. yere, was a parlyamentholden at Seynt Edmodes Bury in Suffolke, to f 
 which towne, all the comons of that coutre were warnyd to come in theyr moost defency- 
 blearay, to gyue attendaunce vpon the kynge^ And so soone as this parlyament was 
 begon, and the lordes assembled, sir Humfrey duke of Glouceter, and vncle vnto the 
 
 ' Omittedin edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * diuers and sundry, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 * The whole of this year omitted in the edit, of 1533 and 1542. 
 
 ' it sliuld appere. MS. 
 kynge, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTL 619 
 
 kynge, shortly after was arrestyd hy the vicout Beawmonde, thanne hygh constable of 
 Englande, whom accompanyed the duke of Bukkyngham & other. And after this arest 
 was executed, all his owne seruauntes were put, from hym, &. xxxii. of f pryncipall of 
 them were also put vnder arest, & sent vnto dyuers prysons, wherof arose a great raurraour 
 amonge the people. 
 
 Than thuis contynuynge this parliament, within, vi. dayes after ^ duke was arrestid, Thedukeof 
 he was foude deed in his bedde, beynge the. xxiiii'. daye of February; of whose murdre GJ<>«t« »"est- 
 dyuerse reportes ar made, which I passe ouer. Than his corps, [whiche]* was layde opyn 
 y all men myght se hy, but no woude was foude on hym. Of that' honourable fame of 
 this man, a longe style I myght make, of the good rule y he kept this lade in, duringe f FdI.cc. 
 none age of the kynge,- a;3d of his honourable housholde & lybertie*, whiche passyd all 
 other before his tyme, and trewe of his allegeaunce, that no man cowde with ryght accuse, 
 but malycious persones, whiche* his glorious honour & fame, lafte nat maligne' agayne 
 hym, tyll he were put frome all worldly rule, and specially for it was thought that 
 durynge his lyfe, he wolde withstande the delyuery of Angeou and Mayne, before 
 promysed. This for his honourable & lyberall demeanure was surnamed f good duke of 
 Glouceter. Then after he had lyen opyn a season, that all men myght be assuryd of his 
 dethe, the corps was honourably prouydyd for, and so conueyed vnto Seynt Albonys, 
 and there buryed nere vnto the shryne of seynt Albone, to whose soule God be mercy- 
 full. Amen. 
 
 And whan this noble prynce was thus enteryd, fyue persones of his housholde, that is Apmdon. 
 to saye, sir Roger Chamberlayne, knyght, Myddeltoii, Herbarde and Arthur, esquyers, 
 & one Richarde Nedam, yeman, were sent vnto London, and there argued' and iugyd 
 to be drawen, hangyd, and quarterid ; of the whiche sentence drawynge and hangynge 
 were put in execucion. But when they were cut downe to be quarteryd, the marquys of 
 SufFolke there beypge present, shewyd the kypges chartour for them, and so were de- 
 lyueryd, to the great reioysynge of the multytude of the people there beynge present. 
 But for this the grudge and murmour of ^ people ceasid nat agayne the marquys of 
 Suffolke, for the deth of the good duke of Glouceter, of whose murdre he was specially 
 susspected. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlvii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlviii. 
 
 William Abraham, 
 lohfi Gedney, draper. Anno. xxvi. 
 
 Thomas Scot. 
 
 IN this. xxvi. yere, after concordaunce of raooste wryters, or nere there aboote, the. Scume. 
 xxiii. scisme of Churche ceasyd, that before had contynued atwene Eugeny the. iiii. and 
 Felix J', v. vpon. xvi. yeres. 
 
 This scisme, as before is towchyd, began by reason of the deposicion of f sayd 
 Eugeny at the counsayll of Basile, for that that he wolde nat obserue the decrees before 
 made in the cousayll of Costaunce, and other causes to hym layde. But yet that deposyng 
 natwithstiidyng, perforse he cotynued pope* by }■ terme of. xiiii. yeres after. And the sayd 
 Felix, at ^ sayd cousayll admytted in lyke maner, cdtynued as pope* by all ^ sayd 
 season, lyke as before to you I haue shewyd in the. xvii. yere of this kynge. And as 
 powe by exortaci6n of Cristen prynces, as the kyng of Englande, whose messangers in 
 that behalfe was the bysshoppe of Norwyche, and the lorde of Seynt lohis, and other 
 prynces, the sayd [pope]* Felix, to set a parfyte vnyon in the churche, in this yere of his 
 owne voluDte resygned [his auctoritie of papacy,]* & submytted hym vnto the obedyence 
 
 ' xxiii. MS. * OmiUedin the edit. 1542. 1559. ^ the. "* lyberalite. MS. ' which 
 
 envyed. MS. * to nialigne. ' ariayned. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * byshop of Rome, 
 
 edit. 1542. 
 
 4K2 of 
 
620 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 of Nicholas the. v. of f name, natwithstandynge that the sayde Felix was a man of great 
 byrthe, and allied to the more partye of all Cristen prynces, and this Nicholas a man of 
 lowe byrth, and of vnknowen kynred within the cytie of leane. 
 
 Thanne was Felix made legat of Fraunce, and cardynall of Sauoye, and lyued after a 
 blessyd & holy lyfe and so endyd. And as some wryters testyfye,- God for hym hath 
 shewyd dyuerse miracles syne he dyed. And for this scisme thus graciously was endyd, 
 a vercifier made this verse folowynge. 
 
 Lux fulsit mudo, cessit Felix Nicholao. 
 
 The whiche verse is thus to meane in our moder tunge. 
 
 Light into the worlde now doth sprynge and shyne, 
 For Felix vnto Nicholas all frely doth resyne. 
 
 Also, as testyfieth Gagwyne, & also some Englysshe wryters, y trewys atwene Englande 
 and Fraunce contynuynge, a knyght of the Englysshe partie, named sir Frauceys Ar- 
 rogonoyse, toke a towne vpon the borders of Normady, belongynge vnto the duke of 
 Brytayne ; for f whiche he complayned hym vnto Charlys the Frenshe kyng, and he, at 
 the sayd dukes request, sent vnto the kyng of Englande lohii Hanart, and Guilliam Con- 
 synbt, knightes, to axe restitucion of that harme ; the whiche were answeryd of y kynges 
 counsayll, that the dede was ryght displeasaunt vnto the kynge, and that the sayd sir 
 FraunceyS^ had enterprysyd that fayt of his owne presumpcion, and nothinge with the 
 "kynges mynde or pleasure. Thau after this answere thus made, it was agreed by the 
 duke of Somerset, than lieutenaunt vnder y kynge of Normandy, that a comynycacion 
 for this matier shulde be hadde at a towne named Louers. To the whiche place, at the 
 daye assygned, apperyd and came certayne persones for both parties, where they so 
 beyng occupied, a trayne which was compassyd by the Frenshmen to take from f 
 Englysshmen a stronge towne or hold named Fount all Arche, wherof the maner was 
 this. A Frenshman or Norman, beynge a carter, whiche dayly vsed to entre this towne 
 with vytayll & other lodynge of his carte, seyng the necligence of the Englysshmen, 
 howe lytell hede they toke vnto f watche of y towne, warnyd a Frenshe capitayne, 
 named Floquet, and sayd, that with lytell helpe y towne welde be goten. For expedycyon 
 wherof, this Floquet, with other, couenautyd with the sayd carter to brynge aboute their 
 purpose, and ordeyned vnto hym. ii. hardy sowdyours of Frenshmen, whiche bare in 
 theyr neckes. ii. carpenters axes, to shewe that they were carpenters. And after agremet 
 made amonge them, how they shuld entre into y towne, & where they shuld mete, y 
 carter, which' after his olde custome, entre* the gates wout susspicion, and soon after, w 
 his axe i his necke, came y one sowdyour, and in a whyle after that other ;' and so 
 with lytell questyonynge to them made, passed the gates, and so lastly vnto the house of 
 f carter before appoynted, & there kept theym secrete tyll nyght [was comyn thyder,]' 
 knowynge well that the host of the hous was enemy to Englysshemen, for an iniury to 
 hym of an Englysshman before done, shewyd to hym all theyr counsayll, the whiche 
 promysed to them all the assistence and ayde that he myght make. In this nyghtes passe 
 tyme, for the fortheraunce of this purpose, the lorde of Bressy, with a chosen company 
 of knyghtes, lodgyd hym in busshement nere vnto the towne, towarde the gate of seynt 
 Andrewe ; & the forenamed Floquet lodgid hym with an other chosen company vnder 
 the parte of the towne which is towarde Louers, beynge with hym sir lamys de Clere- 
 mont and other men of name. These ordenaunces & prouycions'thus ordeyned for, the 
 forenamed carter, w his. ii. sowdyours forenamed, h\j sprytig of y mornynge, as in 
 the moneth of Octobre, came erely vnto f gate with his carte, and called the -porter by 
 
 ' Omitted in MS. , * entred. ^ aud when the carter at nyght was comyn thidir. MS." 
 
 name, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 621 
 
 name, in fayre maner, to opyn the gate, and promysed to hym a rewarde for his laboure. 
 The porter knowynge well the carter, and takynge lytell regarde to the other, ii. whiche 
 came with hym, openyd f gate, & sent an other felowe of his to opyn the former gate. 
 When the firste was openyd, the carter sette his carte in the self gate, and drewe to his 
 purs to gyue to the porter bis rewarde before promysed. As he tolde the money into bis 
 hande, of a falshode he let part of the money fall vpon the gronnde ;^ the whiche, whyle 
 f porter stowpyd to take vp, f carter, w his dagger or other wepyn, gaue suche a stroke /■•/. ca. 
 vnto the porter, that be ne dpake nor cryed after. And so soon as this myschief was don, 
 so soon was the other porter slayne of f. ii. sowdyours : and that done, one of theym 
 ran forth of the gates, and gaue assygne vnto the lorde of Bressy, whiche forthwith entred 
 the towne, and toke and slewe al suche as to theym made resystence, and wanne, in shorte 
 wbyle, the castell as' the towne, and slewe therin moche people & toke many prysoners, 
 amonge the which, as sayth Gagwyne, the lorde Facounbrydge, as capitayne of y towne, 
 was there taken prysoner. Whan this towne was thus won by the cautele of the Frenshe- 
 men, and the terme of the trewys was nat yet expyred, than was labour made vnto the 
 Frenshe kynge for restytucyon of this towne, and other wronges done in wynnynge of the 
 same. To f whiche it was answeryd, that if the Englysshemen wolde restore the towne 
 of Fogyers, with other harmys there done, that than the Frenshmen shulde restore this 
 towne, with the other harmys. For treaty wherof, a daye of metyng was appoynted at a 
 place called Bon Port, where the tyme was spent in vayne of bothe parties, so that of that 
 metynge came none effecte. 
 
 Of the takynge of this sayde towne of Fogyers, ensuyd moche harme to the En^yssh- 
 men, for this was the occacion by the whiche the Frenshmen after gatte all Nor- 
 mandy. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xlviii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xIix. 
 
 Wylliam Cantlow. 
 Stephyn Browne, grocer. Anno.xxvii. 
 
 Wyllyam Marowe. 
 
 THis. xxvii. yere, as wytnessyth the Englysshe Cronycle, a knyght of Fraunce, called DueUum. 
 sir Lowys de Bueyll, chalengyd an esquyer of Englande, named Rauffe Chalons, of 
 certayne feetes of warre ; the whiche to approue, a daye to them was gyuen to mete at 
 a towne in Fraiice named Maunt or Maunce, where the Frenshe kynge, at that daye, was 
 present. But fortune to Chalon^ was so frendly, that he ranne f Frenshe knyght thorugh 
 with his spere, wherof the sayde sir Lowys shortly after dyed. Than this Chalons, lyke 
 a cherytable Cristen man, mournyd for his enemy, and kept for hym his obsequy as be 
 had ben bis carnall brother; for the whiche dede, of the Frenshe kynge he was greatly 
 allowed, albe it, he was boude so to do by f lawe of armys. 
 
 Anno Domiui. M.iiii.C.xIix. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.L 
 
 Wyllyam Hulyn. 
 Thomas Chaltoii. Anno, xxviii. 
 
 Thomas Canynge. 
 
 IN this, xxviii. yere, the kynge, callyng a parlyamet at Westmynster, the whiche was PuiUmaum. 
 eniourned to the Blacke Friers at London, and after Cristemas to London agayne. In 
 whiche passetyme, a shypman of the West coutre, named Robert of Cane, with a fewe 
 shyppes of warre, toke an hole flete of marchauntes commynge from the Baye, beynge 
 ladynge with salt ; the which were of Pruce, Holande, & Selande, & of other partis of 
 Flanders, and so brought them to Hampton, & there made his porte sale. For the 
 whiche pryce, the marchauntes gbodes of Englande were arestyd in dyuers places of 
 
 ' and. edit. 1559. 
 
 Flaundres, 
 
622 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 Ilaundres, as Bruges, Ipre, and other good townes, & myght nat haue f sayd gpo^s de- 
 lyuered, tyll they had taken appoyntmept for to paye for the S3yd pryce,&; theyrhartes 
 and damages. 
 s^ffoiu'«Lt. -^"^ cotynuynge the foresaid parlyament, the duke of Suffolke was areatyd & sent as 
 yd. " " prysoner, to content somie myndes, vnto f Tower, where he was kept at his pleasure a 
 
 moneth, and after dely-uered at large ; the whiche discontentyd many mennes myndes, 
 for to hym was layde the charge of the delyuery of Angeon and Mayne, & the deth of 
 that noble prynce Huinfrey, dufce of GlocetV- Than of this grudge ensued rebellyon 
 of the comons ; in somoehe y they a,sseniibled them in sondry places, & made.of themself 
 Biewberde. capitayues, & named them Blewe herde and other counter fayte names, and so entendyd 
 to haue gaderyd more company ; hut anone as the kynges coiisayl was therof warnyd, 
 they were ,layde for &-t.aken, U put to det^i. Than the foresayd parlyament was adiourned 
 vnto Leyceter, whPither came y^ kyng, and with hym the duke of Suffolke. Then tte 
 comons of y comon bous made request to the kyng, that all suche persones as were 
 consentyog <$£ laboured for the gyuynge ouer pf y duchye of Angeou & erldome of Mayn, 
 jnyght jbe punysshed. Of whiche; oflfence to be gyltie, they accusyd the foresayd duke of 
 Suffolke, the lorde S»ye, the bysshop of Salisbury, and one Danyell a gentylman, >sr 
 Treuyly?iB and othei;. Thkn to appease the comon hous, the duke was exiled for. v. yeres, 
 and tb? Jwde Saye, a,s tresorer of Englaod, and the other were put apart for a wbyle, & 
 were .pr^insiysefjl to be seat vimtp f he kyoges gayoJl or warde. 
 
 Than the duke, in obeying the sentence foresayd, sped hyjji towarde y' sees syde in f 
 
 moneth of ApryU. ^od toke bis sjiyppynge in Norifolfce, entendyng to haue sayled into 
 
 F,raunce. In kepyoge of wjjiphe cpujsse, he was melte with a shyp of warre, named 
 
 Nicholas of the Tower, the whiche toke his shyp. And whan f capitayne was ware of the 
 
 duke, anone he toke hym into his owne shyp, and so kept his course towarde Doner : 
 
 and when he was comyn vnto y Roode, anone he caused hym to be confessyd of his owne 
 
 The duke of chapelayne, ^ that done, shypmen put hym in a shyp boote, and there, vpon the syde 
 
 Suffolke siayne.Q|- ^^^ [)oie, one strake of his hede, whiche hede with the body was soon after conueyed 
 
 to the lainde of Douer, & there left vpon the sandes, and the sayd shypmen retourned 
 
 vptp the see agayne : a,nd (thus one misphifif ensued vpon an other, to the distruccyou of 
 
 t|ie nphles pf ^is lande. And so vpon the firste daj^e of May was this deed corps founde 
 
 v^.OiO Ppuer sia^ides, and after conujeyed to bis restyn^ge place to 
 
 Annus iubeUus. Thi§ y^r.e a,lso, b.?yng the yereof our Lordes Jncarnacion. xiiii.G.' and. 1. was the iu- 
 
 hyle l<or t,he plenary pardoq at Rome,]' whiche of Engiysshmen is called the yere x>f 
 
 And this yerg, a towne jn Nprroady, named Vernoyll, was taken by the treason of a 
 Ji'rgnsb t>aker, tl^p ^^ner wherof were longe to wryte ; but fynally it came to the posses- 
 sion of Floquet, before reher^d, to the grejat distruccion of Eaglysshnien : for nowe was 
 the trewes endyd, & mortall warre "was executed vpon bothe parties, and the Engiysshmen 
 vnto Frenshe woaght moch myschief diuers wayes, which were longe to wryte. But as 
 tofore I haue shewyd to you sondry tymes, the most losse turned euer latewarde vpon f 
 Englyssh partie : for this season also were f townes of Nogeut & Pout Andenere won by 
 y erle of Seyt Paule & other. 
 
 And in the moneth of luny this*, the comons of Kent assemblyd them in grete mujty- 
 lak Cade. tude, and chase to -theym a capitayne, and named hym Morllymer, and cosyn to the 
 F.i. ecu. duke of Yorke ; but of moste he was named lak Cade. This kepte the people wonder- 
 oubly togyder, and made suche ordenaunces amonge theym, that he brought a great 
 nomhre of people of theym vnto the Bl^ik Heth, where he deuysed a bylle of petycions 
 to the kynge & his courisayll, and shewyd therin what iniuryes and oppressions the poore 
 comons suffred by suche as were aboyte f kynge, a fewe persones in nombre, and all 
 
 ' Omitted in the e4it. 15*2. * this yere. 
 
 6 vnder 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTl. 523 
 
 vnder coloure to come to his aboue. The kynges counsayll seynge this byll, disalowyd 
 it, and counsayled the kynge,. whiche by the. vii. daye of luny had gaderid to hym a 
 stronge boost of people, to go agayne his rebellys, and to gyue yiito theyin bataylJ. Than 
 thcr kynge, after the sayd rebellys had holden theyr felde vpon Blak Helh. vii. dayes, 
 made towarde theyin. Wherof herynge, the capitayne drewe backe w his people to a 
 vyllage called Seuenok, and there enbataylled. 
 
 Then it was agreed by the kynges counsayl, that sir Hunfrey Stafford©, knyght, with sir Hafiy Staf. 
 Wyllyam his brother, and other certayne gentylmen, shulde folbwe the chase, and the 
 kynge with his lordes shulde retourne vnto Grenewyche, wenynge to theym that the re- 
 bellys were fledde and gone. But as before I haue shewyd, whene sir Humfrey with 
 his connpany drewe nere vnto Seuenok, he was warnyd of the capitayne y there abode 
 with his people. And when he had counsayled with the other gentylmen, he, lyke a man- 
 full knyght, sette vpon the rebellys and fought with theym longe ; but in f ende, the 
 capitayne slewe hym and his brother, with many other, & caused the rest to gyue backe. 
 All whiche season the kynges boost lay styll vpon Blak Heth, beyng amonge theym 
 sondry oppynyons; so that some and many fauouryd the capitayne. But fynally, whan 
 worde came of the ouerthrowe of the Staffordes, they sayd playnly boldly', that except 
 the lorde Saye and other before reherced were comytted to warde, they wolde take the 
 capitayries partye. For the appeasynge of whiche rumour, the lorde Saye was put into 
 y Tower ; but that other as then were nat at hande. Then f kynge hauynge knowlege of 
 the scomfyture of his men, and also of y rumour pf his osteyng people, remouyd frome 
 Grenewyche to London, and there with his boost restyd hym a whyle. 
 
 And so soon as lak Cade had thus ouer comyn the Staffordes, he anone apparaylled hy 
 with the knyghtes apparayll, and dyd on hym his bryganders set with gylt nayle, and his 
 salet and gylt sporis ; and after he had refiresshid his people, he retourned agayne to Blak 
 Heth, & there pyght agayne his felde, as here tofore he had done, & laye there from 
 the. xxix. daye of luny, beynge seynt Peters day, tyll the firste day of luly. In whiche 
 season came vnto hy the archebysshop of Caunterbury, and the duke of Bukkyngham, 
 with whom they had longe comunycacion, and fande hym right discrete in his answerys : 
 bow be it they coude nat cause hym to lay downe his people, and to submyt hym vnto ^ 
 kynges grace. 
 
 In this whyle, the kynge and the quene "herynge of the encreasynge of his rebellys, 
 and also the lordes ferynge theyr owne seruauntes, lest they wolde take the capitaynes 
 partye, remoued from Lodon to Kyllyngworth, leuynge the cytie ivithout ayde, except 
 oonly the lorde Scalys, whiche was left to kepe the Tower, and with hym a manly and 
 warlyman named Mathewe Gowth\ Thane the capitayne of Kent thus houynge at 
 Blakheth, to y ende to blynde the more the people', and to bryng hym in fame that he 
 kept good iustyce, behedyd there a pety capitayne of his named Parys, for somoche as 
 he had offendyd agayne such ordnauce as he had stablisshed in his hoste. And heryng y the 
 kyng & all his lordes were this* departyd, drewe hym nere vnto f cytie, so y vpon ^ firgt 
 day of luly he entred the burgh of Southwark, beyng than Wednysday, and lodged hym 
 there that nyght, for lie myghtnat be suffred to entre that cytie. 
 
 And vpon the same day the comons of Essex, in great nombre, pyght theym a felde 
 vpon the playne at Myles Ende. Vpon the seconde day of the sayd moneth tlie mayer 
 called a comon counsayll at^ Guyldball, for to puruey y witlistandynge of thyse rebellys 
 and other matyers, in whicli assemble were dyuers opynyons, so that some thought good 
 that the sayd rebellys shuld be reeeyued into f cytie, & some olherwyse ; amonge f 
 which, Robert Home, stokfysshmonger, than beyng an aldermii, spake sore agayne 
 theym that wold haue hym entre. > For the whiche sayinges, the comons were so amouyd 
 agayne hym, that they ceasyd nat tyll tliey hadde hym comytted to warde. 
 
 ' plainly and boldly. *fowth. edit, J553. 1542. *rr<»j«w/y. ' the comon people. MS. ♦thus. 
 
 And 
 
624 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 lakCadeen- 'And the samc afternoonfe, aboute. v. ofy'clok, the capitayne with his people entred 
 tryth the cyue. j^^^ ^^^ jarydge ; and whan he came vpoh the drawe brydge, he hewe the ropys that drewe 
 the bridge, in sender with his. sworde, and so passed into the cytie, and made in spndry 
 places therof proclamaciqnsin the kynges name, that no man, payne' of dethe, shulde 
 robbe. or take any thynge parforce without payinge therfore. By reason wherof he wanne 
 many bertes of the comons of the cytie ; but all was done to begyle w the people, as after 
 ';•-. xAf'"^ ' shall euydehtly appere., He rode thorough dyuers stretes of the cytie, and as he came 
 by London stone, hestrake it with his sworde, and sayd, " Nowe is Mortymer lorde of 
 this cytie." And whan he had thus shevvyd hymselfe in dyuerse places of y cytie, and 
 shewydihis nayode to the mayre for the orderynge of his people, he retourned ito Sonth- 
 warke, and there abode as he before had done> his people comynge and goynge at lawfull 
 houres whan they wolde. Than vpon the morne, beyng the thirde daye of luly and 
 Frydaye, the sayd capitayii entred agayne the cytie, and causyd the lorde Saye to be 
 fette from the Tower and ladde vnto the Guyldhall, where he was areygnyd before the 
 mayre and other of the kyiiges iustyces. In whiche passe tyme he entendyd to haue 
 brought . before the sayd iustyces t^e forsayd Robert Home; but his wyfe and frendes 
 made to hym suche instaunt labour, that fynally, for. v.C. marke, he was sette at his 
 lybertye. Than the lorde Saye, beyng, as before' is sayde, at Guyldhalle, desyred that 
 he:myghte be iuged by his pyers. Wherof herynge, tiie capitayne sent a copany of his 
 vnto tiiehalle, the whiche parforce tokehym from his offycers, and so brought hym vnto 
 The lord Saye ygtandarde ia.Chepe, where, or he M'ere halfe shryuen, they strake of his hede ; and 
 behedyd& other, jj^gj. (JQi^g, pyght it vpou a longe polc, and so bare it aboute with theym. 
 
 In this tyme and season hadde the capytayne caused a gentylman to be taken, named 
 , Croumer', whiche before had been shryue of Kent, and vsed as they sayd 
 some extorcyons. For which cause, or for he hadde fauouryd the lorde Saye, by reason ^ 
 he hadde maryed his doughter, he was haryed to Myles Ende, and there, in the capitaynes 
 presence, byhedyd. And the same tyme was there also behedyd an other man, called 
 Baylly, the cause of whose dethe was this, as I haue herde some men reporte. Tiien* 
 Bayliy was of the famylyer & olde acquayntaunce of lak Cade, wherfore so soon as he 
 espyed hym jcomynge to hyfti warde, he caste in his mynde that he wolde dyscouer his 
 lyuynge & olde maners and shewe of his vyle kynne and lynage. Wherfore, knowynge that 
 f sayd Bayliy vsed to here scrowys and prophecye kboute hy, shewyng to' his copany that 
 he was an enchaiiter and of ylle disposicon, and that they shuld well knowe by such 
 bokea as he bare vpon hym, and badde theym serche, and if they foude nat as he sayd, 
 that then they shulde put hym to dethe, whiche all was doone accordynge to his coni- 
 maundement. 
 jp,i.cc.i!!. Whan they hadde thus behedyd thyse. ii. men, they toke the hede of Croumer and 
 
 pyght it vpon a pole, iand sob entred agayne the cytie wit y iieddes of the lordes Saye and 
 of Croumer; and as they passed the stretes, ioyned the poles togyder, 'Sc caused eyther 
 deed mouth to kysse. other dyuerse and many tymes. 
 Caderobbyth, And the Capitayne, the selfe same daye, went vnto the hous of Philip Malpas, draper 
 and alderman, and robbyd and spoyled his house, and tooke thens a great substauce ; 
 but he was before warnyd, & therby conue^-ed moche of his money & plate, or ellys he 
 hadde ben vndone. At whiche spoylyng were present many poore men of the cytie, 
 whjche at .suche tymes been euer redy in all places to do harme, where suche riottes been 
 done. 
 
 Then towarde nyght he retourned into Southwarke, and vpon the morne reentred the 
 cytie, and dyned y daye at a place in seynt Margarete Patyn parysshe, called Gherstis 
 hous; and whan he hadde dyned, lyke an vncurteysegest, robbyd hym, as the day before- 
 he hadde Malpas. For whiche. ii. robberyes, albe it, that the porayil and nedy people 
 drewe vnto hym, & were parteners of y ille, f honest and thryfty comoners caste in their 
 
 ' upon payn. * Wylliam Crowmer. MS., ' Tlirs. 
 
 myndes 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 625 
 
 myndes ^ sequele of this matyer, and feryd leste they shuld be delt with in lyke maner> 
 by meane wherof he loste ^ peoples fauoure and hertes. For it was to be thought, if he 
 had nat executyd that robory, he myght haue gone ferre and brought his purpose to good 
 effect, if he badde entendyd wel ; but it is to demeane' and presuppose that the entent of 
 hym was nat good, wherfore it myght nal come to any good conclucyon. Than the inayer 
 and aldermen, with assystence of the worshypfull comeners, seynge this mysse demenanour 
 of f capitayne, in sauegardynge of themself and of the cytie, toke theyr counsaylles how 
 they myght dryue the capitayne & his adherentes frome the cytie, wherin theyr fere was 
 the more, for so moche as the kynge and his lordes with their powers were farre from 
 theym. But yet, in aduoydynge of apparent peryll, they codiscendyd that they wolde 
 withstande his any more entre into the cytie. For the perfourmaunce wherof, the mayre 
 sent vnto the lorde Scalys and Mathewe Gowgh, than hauynge the Tower in gydynge, & 
 had of iheym assent to parfourmethe same. 
 
 Than vpon the. v. daye of luly, f capitayne beynge in Southwarke, caused a ma to be 
 behedyd, for cause of displeasure to hym done, as the fame went : and so kept hym in 
 Southwarke al that day ; how be it he myghte haue entred the cytie if he had wolde. 
 
 And whan nyght was coinyng, the mayre and cytezeins, with Mathewe Gowth, lyke to^?''y"°""" 
 their former appoyntment, kept the passage of the brydge, beynge Sonday, and defended " ^'' 
 the Kentysshmen, whiche made great force to reentre the cytie. Thenne the capitayne 
 seynge this bekerynge begon, yode to barneys, & called his people aboute hym, and sette 
 so i'yersly vpon the cytezeyns, that he draue theym backe from f stillpis in Southwarke or 
 brydge fote, vnto the drawe brydge. [Then the Kentysshmen sette fyre vpon f drawe 
 brydge.]* In defendynge wherof many a man was drowned and slayne, amonge f whiche, 
 of men of name was lohn Sutton, alderman, Mathewe Gowgh, gentylman, and Roger 
 Heysande, cytezeyn. And thus contynued this skyrmysshe all nyghte tyll. ix. of the 
 clok vpon the morne ; so that somtyrae the cytezeyns had the better, and thus soone the 
 Kentysshmen were vpon the better syde ; but euer they kept them vpon the brydge, so y 
 the cytezins passed neuer moche f bulwerke at the brydgefote, nor y' Kentysshme moch 
 ferther than f drawebridge. Thus cotynuynge this cruell fyght, to y distruccion of 
 moche people oh both sydes, lastly, after the Kentysshme put' to f worse, a trewe was 
 agreed for certayne houres ; durynge f which trew, f archebysshop of Cauterbury, 
 than chauceller of Engladc, sent a generall pardon to f capitayn for hymselfe, and an 
 other for his people : by reason wherof he and his company departyd the same nyght out 
 of Southwarke, and so retourned euery ma to his owne. 
 
 But it was nat longe after that f capitayne -vr his company was thus departed, that 
 proclamacons were made in dyuers places of Kent, of Southsex, & Sowtherey, that who 
 myght take y' foresayd lak Cade, other on lyue or dede, shuld haue a. M. marke for his 
 trauayl. After whiche proclamacon thus publisshed, a gentylman of Kent, named 
 Alexander Iden, awayted so his tyme, that he toke hym in a gardyn in Sussex, where in 
 the takynge of hym the sayd lak was slayne : and so beyng deed was brought into South- lak Cade » 
 warke the. daye of the moneth of* - and there lefte in the Kynges Benche '''y"*' 
 
 for that nyght. And vpon morowe f deed corps was drawen thorugb the hyghe stretes of 
 the cytie vnto Newgate, & there hedyd and quarteryd, whose hede was than sent to 
 London brydge, & his. iiii. quarters were sent to. iiii. sodry townes of Kent. 
 
 And this done, the kynge sent his comyssions into Kent, and rode after hymselfe, and 
 caused enquery to be made of this riot in Cauterbury; where for the same. vrii. men 
 were iuged & put to dethe ; and in other good townes of Kent and Southsex, dyuers. 
 other were put in execucion for f same riot. 
 
 In this yere also, in the west countree was slayne the bysshop of Salisbury, by the Episcopus tm- 
 
 cidatur. 
 
 ' deme. edit. 1533. *OmUtedin the edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ' were put. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559> 
 
 ♦ of September. MS. 
 
 4 L comons 
 
626 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 
 
 comons of that coutre. Wherfore, after the kynge had sped his besynesse in Kent & 
 Sussex, he rode thyther to se also those malefactours punysshed. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.li. 
 Anno. xxix. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.l. 
 
 , Nicholas WyffordeV grocer. 
 
 ParliamenCum. 
 
 The duke of 
 Somerset. 
 
 ^0/. CC>i7//> 
 
 HarSevre. 
 
 The duke of 
 Torke. 
 
 lohfi Myddylton, 
 Wyllyam Dere. 
 
 THis. xxix. yere, vpon seynt Leonardes daye, or the. vi. daye of Nouembre, began 
 the parlyament at Westmynster. And tiie firste daye of Decern bre folowynge, the duke 
 of Somerset, whiche newly was comyn out of Normandy, was put vnder arest, and his 
 goodes by f comons were fowly dispoyled and borne awaye out of the Blak Fryers ; for 
 at this> season was moche people in f cytie by reason of the parlyament, and specially of 
 lordes seruauntes,- whiche were awaytyng vpon their lordes and maisters in great multy- 
 tude. For ye shal vnderstande that temporall lordes, in those dayes, kept other maner of 
 housholdes and other maner of reteyndour of housholde seruaiites, and other nombre, 
 ferre • excedyng f the lordes at these dayes done. Wherfore at parliament tymes & other 
 great coiisaylles, f cyties or townes where they assemblyd, were, hugely stuffed with peo- 
 ple. Than after this riot this* comytted, vpon the morowe folowynge, proclamacion was 
 made thorugh the cytie that no man shuld spoyle or robbe, vpon payne of dethe ; and 
 the same daye, at the standarde in Chepe, was a man behedyd for brekynge of the sayd 
 proclamacion. And thus began rumour' & malyce to spryng atwene the lordes of the 
 lande : and specyally the'duke of Somerset and other of the queues counsayll were hadde 
 in great hateryd for the losynge of Normady, wherof y' chief cytie* Roan was lost or 
 gyuen vp by appoyntement the yere precedynge, as wytnessyth Gagwynus, vpon con- 
 dycion that y duke of Somerset, with his wyfe and Englysshe sowdyours, shulde, with 
 suche goodes as they myght cary, departe frely from the cytie, for which fre passage he 
 shuld paye vnto f Frenshe kyng. Ivi. M. scutes, whiche amount to. xiiii. M. marke 
 sterlynge. And also he was bounde to delyuer into the Frenshe kynges possessyon all 
 townes and castellys that at that day were in y possessyon of Englysshemen within the 
 duchy of Normady ; for perfourmaiice of which couenautys the lorde Talbot was set 
 for one of the pledgys. And so by one Floquet, before named, all the sayde townes and 
 castellys were by hym to the Frenshe kynges vse receyuyd, Harflewe* onely exceptyd ; 
 wherof the capytayn, named Corson or Curson, denyed the delyuery, with assystece of ^ 
 one named syr Thomas Auryngham. The which, in despyte of all the Frenshe kynges 
 power layde both by see &, by lade, helde it from the begynnynge of December tyll the 
 moneth of January, "and than, for lacke of rescouse, gaue it vp by appoyntment in the 
 begynnynge of this mayers yere. For this yeldynge vp of Normandy, moche dyspleasure 
 grewe vnto the quene and hyr counceyll ; in somoche that the duke of Yorke, father 
 vnto kynge Edwarde the. iiii. with many lordes -^ hym allyed, toke party agayn hyr 
 and hyr counceyll, so that mortall warre therof ensuyd, as here after i this story sball 
 appere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCCli. Anno Domini. M.CCCG.lii. 
 
 Mathew Phylyp. , 
 Wyllyam Gregory, skynner. Anno. xxx. 
 
 Christofer Warton. 
 
 IN this. XXX. yere &. xvi, day of February, the kyng beinge accompanyed with ^ 
 duke of Somerset & many other lordis, toke theyr iourney towardethe Marchys ofWalys, 
 for bO moche as he was credybly assertaynyd y the dukeof Yorke^ assysted with dyuerse 
 other lordes and men of nsfme, hadde in those partyes gatheryd great stregth of people. 
 
 ■ Nicholas Wyffold. MS, 
 ' Harflete. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559i 
 
 thui. 
 
 newe rumours. MS. 
 
 * cytie of. edti. 1542. 
 and 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. . 627 
 
 and with theym was entrynge the lande, and so helde on his iourney towarde hym. But 
 whe the duke had wyttynge of the feynges great power, he swaruyd the way from the 
 kynges hoost and toke the way towarde Lodon. And for he had receyued knowlege from 
 the cytie, that he myght not there be receyuyd to refresshe hym & his people, he therfore 
 went ouer Kyngstone Brydge and so into Kent, & there Vp6 an heth callyd Brentheth, 
 he pyghte his feelde. Whereof the kynge iiauynge knowlege, sped hym aftee, & lastly 
 came vnto Blackeheth, & there pyght his felde. Where both hoostys beynge thus en- 
 bataylyd, medyacyon ^was made of peace atwene both hoostys ; for furtheraunce whereof, 
 to the duke were sent the bysshoppis of Wynchester and of Ely, with the erlys of Sales- 
 bury & of Warwyke. To whom it was answerydby the sayde duke, that he nor none of 
 the company entendyd none hurt vnto y kynges persone, nor to any of his counceyll, 
 beyng louers of the comon weale and of hym and of bis lande ; but his entent & pur- 
 pose was to remoue from hym a fewe euyll dysposyd persones, by whose meanys the 
 comon people was greuouslye oppressyd, and the comynaltye greadye enpouerysshed ; of 
 the whiche he narayd for pryncypall the duke of Somerset. Of whom it was fynallye 
 agreed by the kynge, y he shuld be comytted to warde, there to abyde and answere 
 vnto suche artycles as y' duke of Yorke wolde lay agaynebym. Vpon whiche promesse 
 so made by ^ kyng, ^ fyrste day of Marche, beyng Thursday, the duke brake vp his Proray3em»t 
 felde, and so came vnto ^ kynges tent, where, colraryy former promyse made, he fande •"!"*• 
 the duke of Somerset as chefe awayter, and next vnto the kynge. And then was 
 the duke of Yorke sent before to London, and was holden somedeale in maner as a pry- 
 soner ; & more streygthter shulde haue ben kepte, ne had ben tydynges which dayly 
 sprange, ^ syr Edwarde his sone, than erle of the; March, was c5mynge towarde London 
 with a stroge power of Welshemen & Marchmen, which feryd so the quene and hyr 
 counceyll, that the duke vvas lybertyd to go where he wolde. And so after he de- 
 parted vnto hys owne coutrey, and peace was dyssymuled with feynyd loue for % 
 whyle. 
 
 Auno Domini. M.CCCC.lii. Anqo Domini. M.CCCC.lii>. 
 
 Kicharde Lee. 
 Godfrey Feyldynge'. Anno. xxxL 
 
 Richarde Alley. 
 
 IN this. xxxi. yere, the kyng helde a solempne feast at Westmynster vpon the. xiL 
 day of Cristmas, where he creatyd. ii. erlys, ^ whiche were his bretherne vpo ^ mothers 
 syde, quene Katheryne, ^ after the delhe of kynge Henry the. v. was maryed vnto a 
 knyght of Walys, named Owayne, the which begatte vpon hyr theyse foresayde. ii. sonnys. 
 Whereof that one this sayd daye was creatyd erle of Rychemount, which was named syr 
 Edmonde, and the yonger callyd syr lasper, was creat the erle of Penbrooke ; the whiche 
 lastly was creatid duke of Bedforde by our souerayne lorde kynge Henry the. vii. and 
 so dyed. And in Marche fplowynge, as wytnessyth Gagwyne, was ^ towne of Herflewe 
 wonne by the Frenshemen, & soone after the cytie of Bayons was geuen vp by appoynt- 
 ment, so that the souldyours shuld leue theyr armour behynde them. And for euery woman 
 there beynge, was grauntcd an horse to ryde vpon, & to euery horseman, x. scutis to 
 pay for theyr costys ; and to euery fote man. v. without more by them to be take. And 
 this yere the kyng laye longe syke at Claryngdowne, & was in great ieepardye of his 
 \y{t. And in y ende of this mayers yere, and begynnynge of the. xxxii. yere of the Natiuitw win. 
 kyng, that is to meane, vpon the daye of Translancion of seynt Edwarde, or the. xiii. cipit. 
 day of Octobre^ the quene, at Westmynster, was delyuered of a fayre prynce, for the 
 
 * Tkt MS. aiit Mercfer. 
 
 4 L S TrUcbe 
 
628 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 
 
 whiche great reioysynge and gladnesse was made in sundry placys of Englonde, and spe- 
 ciallye within the cytie of London, wherof the expressement of the cyrcumstaQce vfroldff 
 axe longe leysoure to vtter. This prynce beynge with all honour and reuerence sacryd 
 & crystened, was named Edwarde, and grewe after to perfyght and goodlye personage; 
 andlastlye of Edwarde the. iiii. was slayen at Tewkysburye felde, as after to you shall be 
 shewyd, whose noble mother susteynyd not a litde dysclaunder and obsequye' of the c6- 
 mon people, sayinge that he was not the naturall sone of kynge Henrye, but chaugyd in 
 Consuntyne y' the cfadcU, to hyr great dyshonour and heuynesse, which I ouer passe. The yere also, 
 nobieiost. vvhich was f yere of grace. M.CCCC. and. Iiii. Mahumet then prynce of Turkys, in the 
 raoneth of luny, and. iiii. day of f sayd moneth, beyng the thyrde yere of his empyre or 
 reygne, after. 1. dayes of cotynuell assaute by his innumerable multytude of Turkys to the 
 cytie of Constantyne f noble, w excedynge force & cruelty made & exercysed, wan & 
 opteynyd f domynyon & rule of the same, to the great hynderaunce & shame of all Crys- 
 tendome, & euhauncynge of the power & myght of the sayde Turkes. Of the excedynge 
 ^>!. ccv. noiiber of men, women, & chyldren that in jr cytie at y daye were slayen, I wyll not speke 
 of, for the great dyuersyte y I haue seen of wryters. Amonge the whiche the emperoure 
 named Paleologus, vf many other nobles of the cytie, beynge t£^ken on lyue, were then be- 
 hedyd, & many a preest* relygyous man put vnto deth by sundry cruell turmeutys. Afte^r 
 whiche great crueltye, with many other long to rehcrce, put in execucion, a commaunde- 
 ment passyd from the sayd emperoure of Turkys, y all chyldren beinge aboue the age af. 
 vi. yeres, as well men as wome kynde, shulde be streyght put vnto deth, the which, after 
 some wryters, excedyd the noubre of.iiii.M. , Here, for tydeousnesse & lamentable processe, 
 whiche I myght [ not]' shewe in the rehersall of the abomynacyon of theyr* moost damp^ 
 nable & accursyd Turkis, by them done vnto the [crucyfyxe and other images of the]' 
 churchys and templys within the cytie, I cease. For paynfull it were to rede, and more 
 peynfull & sorowfuU to here, that the feythe. of Cryste shulde in so vyle maner be 
 dyspysed. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.liii. Anno Domini. R^L.eeCC.Iiiii, 
 
 lohii Walden. 
 lohii Norman, draper. Anno, xxxii. 
 
 Thomas Cooke. 
 
 THis. xxxii. yere, lohii Norman fbresayd, vpon the morowe of Symode and ludis daye, 
 the accustomyd daye wha. y newe mayer vsyd yerelye to ryde with great pompe vnto 
 Westmynster tp take hi^ charge, this mayer fyrste of all mayers brake that auncient and 
 olde contynued custome, apd was rowed thyther by water; for f vvhich f watermen made 
 of hym a ro^dell or songe to his great prayse, the whiche began, 
 
 Rowe the bote Norman, rowe to thy lemman. 
 
 And so fprth, ^ a loge processe. Ye haue in your remembrauce how I before in f. xx£ 
 yere of this kyng, shewyd to you of the apoyntmente take atwene the sayd kyng & duke of 
 Yorke at Brent Heth, whiche apoyntment, as before is sayd, was soone broken and set at 
 nought, by reason wherof great enuye and discencion grewe atwene the kynge and 
 dyuerse of his lordys, and moost specyally atwene the quenys coiiceyll and f duke of 
 1 orke & ins blode. For all contrary the kynges promyse, by meanys of the quene, which tha 
 bare y cure & charge of the lade, the duke of Superset was set at large, & made catfytayne 
 Ot Lalays, and had as^reat rule about the kyng as he before dayes hadde; wheruith fall 
 onelye "ot onlye some of the nobles of the lande grudgyd, but also f comons. whiche by his 
 couceyll & other tha rulers, as the fame went, sustenyd many greuouse imposycions and 
 
 chargys. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 629 
 
 charts. This fyre, rancour', & enuy, by the space of. xvii. or. xviii. monethes, 
 smokynge & brennynge vnder couert dyssymulacion, now at this daye brake out in great 
 & bote flamys of open warre and wrath, in so moche that y duke of Yorke beynge in the 
 marchys of Walys, callyd to hym the erlys of Warwyke & of Salisbury, ^ other many 
 honorable knyghtys and esquyers, & gathered a stronge boost of people, and than in 
 the moneth of Apryll toke his iourney towards Lodon, the kynge there than beynge with 
 a great retynewe of lordys. Whereof vihen the quene & the lordys were aduertyzed f the 
 duke was comyng w so great power, anon they caste in theyr myndes y it was to none 
 of theyr profetysj and for y, in all possyble haste as they myght, they gathered by f aucto- 
 ryte of the kynges c5myssyons such strengthe as tbey cowde haue, & entendid to haue 
 conueyed the kynge westwarde, & not to haue encountryd the duke of Yorke. And for 
 the e.xecucion of this purpose, f kynge, accompanyed with hym the dukys of Somerset* of 
 Buckyngeham, the erlys of Stafforde and of Northumberlande, with the lorde ClyiForde & 
 other many noble men of the realme, departyd vpo the. xx. day of May from Westmyn- 
 ster, and so helde his iourney towarde seynt Albonys. Then the duke of Yorke hauynge The Srste fceids 
 knowledge of f kynges departynge from London, coostyd the countreys, and came vnto ofSeyatAibons. 
 the ende of Seynt Albons vpon the. xxiii. day of May foresayde, then beyng the Thurs- 
 day before Whytsondaye, where, whyle nieanys of treaty and peace were comonyd vpo 
 that one party, the erie of Warwyke with his Marche men entryd the towne vpon that 
 other ende, & fought egerly agayne the kynges people, & so contynued the fyght a longe 
 season. But in conclusyon the vyctory fell to the duke of Yorke and his party, in so raoche 
 f there was slayen the duke of Somerset, the erle of Northumberlande and the lorde 
 ClyfForde, with many other honorable men of knyghtis & esquyers, whose namys were 
 tedyous to wryte. After which vyctory thus opteynyd by the duke, he with honoure & 
 reuerence, vpon the morne folowynge conueyed the kynge agayn to London, and there 
 lodgyd hym in the bysshop of Lodons palays. And soone thereupon was callyd a parlya- a pariyament. 
 ment, & holden at Westmynster, by auctoryte whereof tlie duke of Yorke was made pro- 
 tectoure of Englonde, the erle of Saletbury cliaunceler, and ^erle of Warwyke capytayne 
 of Calays ; & all such persones as before were i auctoryte & nere about the kyng, were 
 clerelye amoued & put by; and the (|uene and hyr counceyll that before dayes rulyd, all 
 vtterlye set a parte concernynge the rule of the kynge and of ^ lande, whiche contynued 
 for a whyle as after shall appere. In this yere also, as aft'ermyth the Freshe Cronycle, pominu»TaH>ot 
 this mysery & vnkyndnesse thus reygnynge in Englonde, the lorde Talbot than beyng in '"'" '""' 
 Normady, & in defendynge of ^ kynges garysons, was beset with Frenshe men at a place 
 named Castyllyon, and there strongelye assaylyd, where, after longe and cruell fyght, he 
 with his sone, and to the noumber of. xl. men of name, and viii.C. of other Englysshe 
 soudyours, were myserably slayen, and many moo taken prysoners. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.liiii. Anno Domini- M.CCCC.Iv. 
 
 lohn Felde. 
 Stephan Forster'. Anno, xxxiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Tayllour. 
 
 THis yere. xxxiii. of Hery y'. vi. certeyn euyll disposyd persones, beynge seyntwarye AfrayatSejmt 
 Kien ^in Seynt Martens the Graunde, issuyd out of the sayde place, & frayed with some ^^""»- 
 cytezyns, and of them hurte and maymyd, & that done reentrid f seyntwary ; wherewith 
 the comons beyng amoued, with certeyue rulers of the cytie, entryd y^ sayd sentwary by 
 force, & puUyd out the occasyoners of the sayd fraye, and commytted them to prysone. 
 Of this mater, by the deane of Seynt Martens, and sucbe as fauuured hym, was a 
 grieuous complaynt made vnto f kyng and his counceyll, of the mayer and f cytezens ; 
 for dyscharge whereof the recorder of the cytie, with certeyne aldermen to hym assygned, 
 
 • fyre of rancour. MS. * and of. edit. 1542. 1559- ' The MS. adds fysbmonger. 
 
 were 
 
630 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI VI. 
 
 F,i. cc-a. were sent vnto the kynge, then lying at the castell of Egle in Herefordeshyre, where after 
 ^ mater duly debatyd before the kynges coQceyll, they were with lettyr of comenedacyon 
 retournyd vnto the mayer, wyllynge hyin to kepe the sayd persones safeiy tyll the kynges 
 commynge to London, at whiche season he entendyd to haue the mater more clerely ex- 
 amyned. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lv. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lvi. 
 
 lohn Yonge. 
 Wyllyatn Marowe, grocer. Anno, xxxiiii. 
 
 Thomas Dulgraue. 
 
 THis yere& moneth ofMaye, anitalyes seruant walked throughe Chepe with a dagger 
 hangynge at his gyrdell, wherof a mercers seruaiit that before tyme had ben in Italy, and 
 there chalengyd or punysshed for weryng of a lyke wepen, chalengyd the straunger, and 
 questenyd w hym how he was so bolde to here such a warely wepyn, consyderynge he was 
 a straunger and out of his natyfe coutrey, and also knowynge that in bis countrey no 
 straunger shulde be sufferyd to bere any lyke wepyn. To which questyon such answere 
 was made by the Italyen, that the mercer toke his dagger from hym, & brake it vpon fais 
 Distutbauce of hede. The straunger^thus beynge delte-with, coplaynyd hym vnto the mayer, the whiche, 
 aiyaumu. ^^^^ ^ morowe folowynge kepyng a court at the Guyldhall, sent for f yonge man,-& after 
 his answere made vnto this complaynt, by agrement of a full courte of aldermen, sent f 
 sayd mercer vnto prysone. And after this court was fynysshyd, for rumour y he harde of to 
 be amonge the seruauntis of the mercery, he with f. ii. sheryflfes toke his way homewarde 
 thoroughe Chepe; but wha he was nere vnto ^ ende of Seynt Lawrence lane towarde 
 Chepe, he was met with suche a multitude of mercers seruautys and other, that he coulde 
 not passe for ought that he myght do or speke, tyll he had, cotrarye his wylle & mynde, 
 delyueryd the yonge man, that before was commytted by hym and his bretberne to warde, 
 2» so was' forthwyth delyuered. This thus done, rumour sprange thereof lyghtely about 
 f towne, in so moche f amdge many cytezyns it was construed, that this was done by 
 thassent of the masters & housholders of the mercerye, to the entente to' haue the straun- 
 gers punysshed, for so moch as they toke from them great lyuynge, by reason of theyr 
 vtteraunce of clothe of golde and sylkys to the estatis and lordes of the realme. But how 
 so it was vnto men of honeste, to vacabondys and other that lokyd for pylfry & ryfflynge, 
 it was a great occasyon & styrynge; & ^ apperyd well, for f same afternone, sodeynlye- 
 was assebled a multytude of rascall & poore people of y' cytie, which, ^out hede or guyde, 
 Krtbery. ranne vnto certeyn Italyens placis, & specially vnto f Floretynes, Lukessys, & Venycies, 
 & toke & spoyled what they i theyr placys myght fynde, ^ dyd great hurte in sundry 
 placys, but moost in. iiii. houses standynge in Bredstrete warde, wherof. iii. stode I Seynt 
 Bartholmewys parysshe ^ lytle, & one in Seynt Benettys parysshe, & mocii more wolde 
 haue don, had not ben y spedy ayde of f mayer & aldermen & worshypfuU comoners 
 of ^ cytie, whiche ^ alldylygence resysted them, & of them toke dyuerse y robbyd, & 
 sent them to Newegate. Andfynally not i^out shedynge of blode, & maymynge of dyuerse 
 cytezyns, ^ rumoure & people were appeasyd. Wha the yonge man begynner of all this 
 busynesse sawe this inconuenyece ensue of his wantonesse, were it by couceyll or other- 
 •wyse, feryng y sequell of ^ mater, yode streyght vnto Westmynster, and there taryed as a 
 seyntwary man, tyll all ^ mater were endid. It was not longe after or the duke of Buck- 
 yngha, iw iustycys & other noble men, was sent downe from the kynge into the cytie, & 
 chargyd the mayre, by vertue of a corayssyon, that an enquery shuld be made of this ryot, 
 & so by vertu of y- sayd comyssyon, callyd an oyer determyner, and a day was kept at 
 Guyldhall vpo f day of y moneth of* where ^ sayd day sat for iugys ^ mayre 
 
 as y kynges lyeuteaaut, f duke of Buckyugha vpo his right hade, ^ chefe iustyce vpo the 
 
 * washe. edit. 1542. 1559. ' the viiitU daye of the monyth of Maii. MS. 
 
 "^ kfte 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 631 
 
 lefte hande, with many other men of name, which I passe ouer. Whyle y mayer, the' 
 sayd lordes were callynge of the panellys of the enquestys at Guyldehail, the other corn- 
 oners of the cytie, not beynge cotent with the order, many of them secretly armyd the in 
 theyr housys, & entedyd, as the comon fame after went, to haue riige Bowe bell, & so inprysohemtuh 
 to haue reysyd & gatheryd the comynaltye of the cytie, & by force to haue delyuerid 
 such persones as before for robery were comytted to warde. But this mater was so dys- 
 cretely handelyd, iTy f coiiceyll and labour of some dyscrete comoners, which appeasyd 
 theyr neyghbours i such wyse, f all this fyry haste was quechyd & came to none effecte, 
 sauynge that worde was brought vnto the duke of Buckyngham f the comynaltye of the 
 cytie were in harnesse, and if he taryed longe there, he w the other lordys shuld be in 
 great ieopardy. With which vntrewe tydynges he beynge feryd,' hastelye toke leue of the 
 mayer, & so departyd vnto his lodgyng, & so ceasyd y enquery for that daye. Vpo the 
 morowe, for so moch as f mayer had vnderstadynge of f secrete murmure, he comaiidyd 
 the comon coiiceyll, with all wardeynsof felysshyppys, to apere vpo the morowe at Guyld- 
 hall, where by the recorder in the kynges name, & the mayers as his lyeutenaunte, was co- 
 maudyd to euerych wardeyns, f, in y afternoone folowyng, eyther of the shuld asseblehis 
 hoole felysshyp at theyr propre hallys, & there to geue euery cytezyn streyght comaunde- 
 ment f euery man see & entende to see f kynges peace within f cytie ; & if they iynde 
 any person y makyth any reasonyng, wherby they myght coceyue or espye f he fauoured 
 any gatherynge of copanyes, or the delyuerey of such persones as were i warde, y the 
 sayd wardeyns shulde with fayer wordys exorte hym to f beste, & without sygne or 
 token therof shewynge, secretly to brynge the name or namys of hym or them vnto„5^ 
 mayer. By meane of which polycy & good order, the cytezyns were brought in suche a 
 quyetnesse, ^ after f dey f foresayde enquery was duely pursued, &. iii, persones for f 
 sayd ryot put in execucio & haged at Tybourne ; wherof. ii. after some wryters, were 
 seyntwarye men of Seynt Martens, and f. iii. was a shypma or botemji. The quene, •sV 
 certeyn lordis which fauoured his* partye, dysdayned sore the rule which the duke of 
 Yorke bare and other, and speciallye for that that the sayde duke bare the name of womanspoiycy. 
 protectour, whiche arguyd that the kynge was insuflFycient to gouerne the realme, whiche, 
 as she thoughte, was a great dyshonoure to the kynge and to all the realme. Wherfore - 
 she made suche meanys, and wanne by hyr polycy such frendshyp of dyuerse of the 
 lordis, both spyrytuell and teporall, that shecausyd the duke of Yorke to be dyschargyd 
 of his protectourshyp, and the erle of Salesbury of his chaucellershyp, which was cause 
 of newe warre, as after shall appere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lvi. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lvii. -Ft'-CCvti. 
 
 - lohn Stewarde. 
 Thomas Canynges, grocer. Anno. xxxv. 
 
 Raufe Verney. 
 
 THis yere, and begynnynge of the same, the quene suspectynge the cytie of London, 
 and demyd' it to be more fauourable vnto the duke of Yorkys partye than hyrs, causyd 
 the king to remoue from London vnto Couentre, and there helde bym a longe season. 
 In whiche tyme the duke of Yorke was sent for thyther by pryuey seale, with also the 
 erle of Salesbury, & the erle of Warwyke, where, by couyne of the quene, they were 
 all. iii. in great daunger. Howe be it by monysshement of theyr frendys they es(apyd ; 
 and soone after the sayd duke or erle went into the Northe, and the erle of Warwyke, 
 with a goodly company, saylyd vnto Calays. And shortlye after were taken at Erytb, 
 within, xii. myles of London, iiii. wonderfuU fysshis, wherof one was called Mors 'PyssW* taken. 
 Maryoe, the seconde a Sworde fysshe, and the other, ii. were Whalys, which, after 
 some exposytours, were pronostycacions of warre & trowble to ensue soone after. In this 
 
 ' with the. * hjr. ^ dem^og. WS. 
 
 yere 
 
632 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 
 
 Ars impressure. 
 
 Theiorde yefc also was a great fray in the north country, atwene the lorde Egremonde and the 
 Egremond, gonnes of the erle of Salesjbury, & dyuerse men maymed & slayen atwene theym. But in 
 the ende the lorde Egremonde was taken, and howe it was, by the dome of the kynges 
 counceyll or otherwyse, the sayd lord Egremonde was founden in such defaute, that 
 fynallye he was conderapnyd in great summes of money to be payed vnto the sayd erle of 
 Salesbury : for lacke of payment wherof, or of putty ng suretie for the same, the sayd 
 lorde Egremonde was commytted to Newgate, where after he had contynued a certayne 
 oftyme, he brake the prysone & escapyd with. iii. other prysoners, to the great charge 
 of the sheryfFys. It was not longe after that dyscencyon and vnkyndenesse fell atwene 
 the yonge duke of Somerset and syr lohn Neuyll, sone vnto the erle of Salysbury, beyng 
 than both lodgyd within the cytie. Wherof the mayer beyng warnyd, ordeynyd suche 
 watchys and prouysyons, that if they had any thynge styrred, he was able to haue [sub- 
 dued bothe partyes, and to haue]' put them in warde tyll he hadde knowen the kynges 
 farther pleasure. , Whereof the frendys of both partyes beinge ware, laboured such 
 meanys that they agreed the;m for that tyme*. In this yere also, as testifye the Englysshe 
 Cronycle, and also the Frenshe, a nauye or flote of Frenshemen landyd at Sandwyche, 
 & spoylyd & robbed the towne, and exercysed there great crueltie ; of whiche flote was 
 capytayne a Frenshe knyght, named after the Frenshe boke, syr Guyllyam de Pomyers. 
 And this yere, after the opynyon of dyuerse wryters, began in a cytie of Almayne namyd 
 Magounce, the crafte* of enpryntynge of bokys, which sen that tyme hath had wonderfull 
 encreace, as experyence at this daj prouyth. In this yere also the prysoners of Newgate, 
 by neclygence of theyr kepers, brake out of theyr wardys, and toke the ledys of the 
 Towre, & it defendyd a longe wbyle agayn the sheryfFys & all theyr oflycers, in so moche, 
 that they were forcyd to call more ayde of the cytezyns of the cytie ; by whose ayde they 
 lastly subdued them, and put the sayd prysoners in more strayter kepynge. Cronica 
 A«erUiqua«e. Cronicarum sayth, that about this tyme was such an erthequaue in the prouynce of 
 Naplys, that by force therof there were perysshed ouer. xl.M. cristen soulys. Of the aboue- 
 sayd spoylynge of Sandwyche spekyth Polycronycon, and sayeth, that syr Piers de Bresy, 
 seneshall of Normandy, with the capytayne of Depe, and many other capytaynys of 
 Fraunce, came with a great and stronge nauy into the Dowr^ys by nyght, and vpon the 
 Sand«7ch morrowe came certeyne of them vnto Sandewyche, & there spolyd and robbyd the towne, 
 spoylyd. ^jjjj jpjjg ^jjl^ jjjgjjj great prayes and many ryche prysoners, whereby or by which 
 
 sayinge apperyth some dyuersyte atwene the Englysshe wryters and the Frenshe. 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lvii. 
 
 Wyllyam Edwarde. 
 Godfrey Boleyn, mercer. . Anno. 
 
 Thomas Reyner. 
 
 THisyere, and the thyrde day of December, Reynolde Pecoke, than beynge bisshop, 
 of Chichester, at Lambith, by the archebysshop, and by a cot' of dyuyns, was abiourvd! 
 for an herityke, and his bokys after brent at Paulys crosse, and hymselfe kept in mewe 
 euer whyle he lyued after. And soone after, so to appease this rancour and malyce 
 atwene the.quene and the other lordys, a day of metynge was appoyntyd by the kynge at 
 London, whyther the duke of Yorke with the other lordes were commaundyd to come by 
 a c€rteyne day. In obeyinge of which commaundement the duke of Yorke came vntp. 
 London the. xxvi. daye of lanuary, and was lodged at Baynardys Castell, & before hym 
 the. XV. daye of lanuary, came the erle of Salesbury to London, and was lodgyd at his 
 place callyd the Erber : and soone after came vnto London the dukys of Somerset 
 and of Exeter, and were lodgyd bothe without Temple Barre ; and in lykwyse the erle 
 of Northumberlande, the lord Egremonde, and the yonge lorde Clyffofde, came vnto 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lviii. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 Epfscopus 
 Fccoke. 
 
 Omitted in edit, 1542. 1559. 
 
 * science, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 court. 
 
 the 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 633 
 
 the cytie, and were lod^d in the subarbys of the same. And the. xiiii. day of February 
 
 carae the erle of Warwyke from Calays, with a great bande of men, all arayed in rede 
 
 iakettys with whyte raggyd staues vpon them, and was lodgyd at the Gray Freris : and 
 
 lastly, that is to say, the. xvii. day of Marche, the kynge and the quene, with a gi eat 
 
 retynewe came vnto London, and were lodgyd in the bysshop of Londons palays. And 
 
 ye shall vnderstande, that with theyse foresayde lordes came great companyes of men, in 
 
 somoche that sooie had. vi.C. some. v. and theleest. iiii.C. Wherfore the mayer, for so Awitche. 
 
 longe as the kynge and the lordys lay thus in. the cytie, had dayly- in harnesse. v.M. cyte- 
 
 zyoa, and rode dayly about the cytie and subburbys of the same, to see that the kynges 
 
 peace were kepte, & 'nyghtlye he prouyde'd for. iii'. M. men in harnesse, to geue attend- 
 
 aunce vpon. iii. aldermen : and they to kepe the nyght watche tyll. vii. of the clpcke vpon 
 
 the morowe, tyll the day watche were asseinblyd. By reason whereof, good ordre and 
 
 rule was kepte, and no man so hardy ones to attempte the breakynge of the kynges 
 
 peace. Durynge this watche, a great counceyll was holden by the kynge and hrs lordys ; Concordi* diss- 
 
 by reason wherof, a dyssymulyd vnyte and concorde atwene them was concluded. In ''^"'**»' 
 
 token and for ioy wherof, the kynge, the quene, and all the sayd lordys, vpon our 
 
 Lady day annunciacion in Lent, at Paulys went soiempnly in processyon, & soone after 
 
 euery lorde departyd where his pleasure was. And in themoneth of* folowyng, Afnje. 
 
 was a great fray in Flete strete, atwene the inhabytauntys' of the sayde strete ; in which 
 
 fray a gentylman, beynge the quenys attourney, was slayen. Vpon the Thursday in PcucCvUr. 
 
 Whitson weke, the duke of Somerset, with Antony Ryuers, & other, iiii. kepte iustisof 
 
 peace before the quene ^in f Towre of London, agayne thre esquyers of the quenys, & 
 
 in lyke maner at Grenewych the Sonday folowynge. And vpo Trynyte Soday or the 
 
 Monday folowynge, certeyne shyppys, apperteynynge vnto the erle of Warwyke, mette 
 
 with a flote of Spanyardys, & after longe & cruell fyght, toke. vi. of them laden with Nauiic prcUum. 
 
 iron and other marchaudyse, and drowned and chasyd to the noumber oil xxvi. not 
 
 without shedynge of blode on both partyes ; for of y' Englyssheme were slayen an hundreth, 
 
 and many moo woundyd and sore hurte. 
 
 In this yere, after some auctours, a hiarchaunt of Brystowe, named Sturmyn, whiche Sturmyn. 
 ^ his shyp had trauaylyd in dyuerse partyes of Leuaunt and other partyes of the Fest, 
 for so moche as the fame ranne vpon hym that he hadde gotten grene pepyr and other 
 spycys, to liaue sette and sowen in Englonde, as the fame went, therefore the I^nuays 
 ^vayted hym vpo the see, and spoylyd his shyp and other. But this is full lyke to be 
 vntrewe thatf^ lajiuays shulde spoyle hym for any suche cause : for there is no nacion in 
 Englonde that delyth so lytle with spicis. But were it for this cause or other, troutb it 
 is, that by that nacion an offence was done, for the which all the^marcb^tys lanuays 
 in London were arestyd and cdmyttyd to the Flete, tyll they had founden SiU%cyent 
 suretye to answere to the premysses. And fynally, for the harmys which theyr nacion had 
 done to the sayde Sturmyn and to this realme. vi.M. marke was sette to theyr payne to 
 paye; but howe it was payed no mencion I fynde. 
 
 In this yere also, was made an ordynauce, by auctoryte of the kynge and his coiiceyll, 
 for the orderynge of the seyntwary men within seynt Martens the Graiide ; whereof the SeymMatya 
 artycles are at length sette out in the boke of. K. within the chaumbre of Guytde ball, i ^ °"""'''' 
 the leefe. CCXlxxxxix. wherof f execucion of obseruynge were necessary to be vsyd, 
 but more pyteit is, fewe poyntys of it ben exercysed. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lviii. Anno Dbmini. M.CCCC.lix. 
 
 Rafe losselyn. 
 Thomas Scotte, draper. Anno, xxxvii. 
 
 Rycbarde Nedeham. 
 
 THisyere, aboute the feest of Candelmasse, the foresayd dissymulyd loueday hagyng 
 
 * ii. edit. 15S3. 1542. 1559. * of M&ich. MS. ^ th« men ef court and the inhabytauntys. 
 
 4 M by 
 
634 SEPTIMA PARS HENRIGI. VI. 
 
 by a smalle threde, atwene [5^ quene and]' the fore named lordiSj expressyd in J'preced-^ 
 yneie yere, the .kynge and many lordes than beynge at Westmynster, a fray happenyd to 
 falle atwene a seruauht of the kynges and a seruaunt of the erlis of Warwyke, the whiche 
 hurte the kynges seruaunt and after escaped. Wherefore the kynges other meynyall 
 seruautis seynge they myght not be auengyd vpo the partye that thus had hurt theyr 
 
 The erie frayed, felowc, as the sayde erle of Warwyke was comynge from the counceyll, and was goynge 
 towarde his barge, the kynges s'e'ruautys came vnwarely vpo hyrti so rabWysshely, that the 
 cookys w^ theyr spyttys, and other ofFycers with other wepyns came riinynge as madde 
 men, entfendynge to haue slayen hym, so that he escaped with great daunger and toke 
 his barge, and soo in all haste rowed to London, not without great maymys and hurtis 
 receyuyd by many of his seruaiitis. For this y' olde racour and malyce, which neuyr 
 was clerely curyd, anon began to breke out; in somoch that the queriys counceyll wolde 
 haue had the sayde erle iarestyd and coraiJiytted vnto the Towre. Wherefore he shortly 
 . after, ji&partyd towarde Warwyke, and by polycy purchased, soone after, a comyssyon 
 of the kynge, and so yodfe or saylyd vnto Calays. Than encreacyd this olde malyce 
 more and more, in somoche y where the quene and hir couceyll sawe that they myght 
 not be auengyd vpon the erle,. that so vnto Galays was departyd, then they malygned agayne 
 his father, the erle of Salysbury, &'.imagenyd how be myght' be brought out of 
 lyfe. And in processeof tyme after, as he was rydynge towarde Salysbury, or, after 
 some, frome hisJodgyijge towarde Lodon, the lorde Audeley, with a stronge copapy, 
 was assygned to mete with hym, and as a prysoner to brynge tiym vnto Lodon. Wherof 
 the sayd erle beynge warned, gatheryd vnto hym the moo men, & kepyng his ibiirney, 
 
 fceUe*''* mette with the sayd lorde Awdeley at a. place callyd Blpre Heth, where both companyes 
 ran together & had there a stronge bykerynge ; whereof in the-ende the erle was vyctour^ 
 and slewe there the lorde Awddey and many of his retynew. At this skyrmysshe were 
 the. ii. soiiys of the sayd erle sore woudyd, namyd syr Thomas and syr lohii ; Jhe which 
 shortly aiter, as they were goynge homewarde, were by some of the quenys party taken,' 
 and as prysoners sent vnto Chestyr. Wha this was knowen vnto the duke of Yorke and 
 to the other lordysof thrs party, they knewe and vnderstode, that if they prouydyd not 
 shortlye for remedy for themselfe, they shulde all be destroyed. And for that, they by one 
 assent igatheryd to thepi a stroge boost of men,, as of Marchemen and other, and in the 
 moneth of Octobre, that was in the begyiiynge of the. xxxviii. yere of ^ reygne of 
 kynge Hen'rye, and the later ende of this mayers yere, they drewe them towarde the 
 kynge, to the entent to remoue from hym suche persones as they thought were enemyes 
 vnto the comon weale of Englonde. But the quene and hyr couceyll herynge of the en- 
 tent and strength of -theyse lordys, causyd the kyng in all haste to sende foVthe comys- 
 syons to gather the people, so that in short whyle the kynge was stfongely accompanyed, 
 & so spedde hym vpo his iourney; toward the duke of Yorke and his companye. Whereof 
 herynge the ^ayde: duke, then bey ngfe with his people nere vnto the towne of Ludlowe, 
 
 LudiowefecMe. pyght there a sure and stronge feelde, that none of his foes myght vpon any parte entre. 
 Where he so lyinge, came to hym from Calays, the erle of Warwyke with a stronge 
 bade of men, amonge the whiche was Andre we Trollop, and many other of the bes'te 
 souldyours of Calays. The duke thus, kepynge^bis felde vpon that one party, and the 
 Icynge with his people vpon that other, vpon the nyght precedinge the day that both 
 hoo£tes shuld haue met, the fornamed Andrewe Trollope, w all the chefe so;ydiours of 
 ^laies, secretly departed from the dukes boost and went vnto the kynges, wh^re, tfeey 
 were ioyously receyued. Whan this thynge to the duke & the other tordeswas asserteyn- 
 ed, they were therewith sore dysmayed, and specyallye, for the sayde lordes hadde. to the 
 sayd Andrewe shewyd ^ hoole of theyr enletys, which than they knewe well shuld- be 
 clerelye dyscoueryd vnto theyr enemyes : wherefore,' after coiiceyU for a remedye taken, 
 ••''■■-'■/■ ■ ■■ •». ! ■ '; -:■ 
 
 f 0«H««d m edit. 1559. . ; > . is. R ' 
 
 they 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. Vf. €S5 
 
 they concludyd to flee, and to le^e ,tbe feelde stai\dyng as they had ben present & styll 
 abydyng. And so incontynetlye th^ sayde duke with his. ii. sones, , & a fewe other 
 parsonys,fled toward^Walys, & from thens passyd sauely into Irelande. And f erlys of aacc*». 
 Salesbury, of Marche, and of Warwyke, & other, with a secrete company also departyd 
 & toke the waye into De^ooshyrf, wher& a squyer named lohii Dynham, which after 
 was a lorde and hygbe tresourer of Englade, and so lastlye in Henry the. vii. dayes &. 
 xvi. yere of his reygne dyed, [whiche lohfi Dynhaforegayd]' bought a shyp for a. C. &. 
 x\ markys, or a leuen score nobles ; & in the same shyppe the sayd jordys went, & so 
 saylyd into Gernesey. And wha they had a season there soiournyd & refressyd themselfe, 
 they departid thens, as in the begynnyng of y nexte raayers yere shall be clerely shewyd. 
 Vp5 the morowe, wha all this couyne was knowen to the kynge and the lordes vpon his 
 party, there was sendynge and riinyng with all spede towarde euery cooste to take theyse 
 lordys, but none myght be founde. And forthwith the kynge rode vnto Ludlowe &dys- 
 poylyd f towne and casteil, & sent the duchesse of Yorke, with hyr chyldren, vnto the 
 ducb«sse of fiuckyngham hir syster, where she restyd longe after. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lix. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lx. 
 
 lohii Plummer. 
 Wyllyam Hulyn, fysshemonger. Anno, xxxviii. 
 
 lohii Stocker. 
 
 THis yere, y is to mean, vpo the Fryday next ensuyng Alhalowen day, after f sayde 
 erlys of Salesbury, of Marche, and of Warwyke, had, as before is sayd, refresshid the 
 in f ile of Gernesey, they, vpo the Fryday foresayde, landyd at Calays, & there were at a 
 posterne by theyr fredys ioyouslye receyuyd. Than anon vpon this, theyse foresayde 
 lordes were prociaymed rebellys and traytours, & the yonge duke of Somerset was made Prochmaew. 
 capytayne of Calays. Wherefore, in all haste, he made purueyauce and saylyd thyther 
 to take possessyon of the tOwne ; but he faylyd of his purpose : for the foresayde erlys 
 there beynge, kepte so f towne, f there he myght haue no rule, not^standyiTge that he 
 shewyd the kynges letter patentys, with many other strayglit comaudementys of the 
 kynge. For whiche cause the sayd duke yode vnto Guynys, and there helde hym for a 
 season : & anon as the sayde duke was landyd, some of f shypmen which had brought 
 hym thyther, for good wyll that they owed vnto the erle of Warwyke, cdnueyed theyr 
 shyppis streyght into Calays hauen, and brought with them certeyne parsones namyd 
 Genyn Fenbyll', lohR Felowe, Kaylis, and Purser, whiche were enemyesvnto the sayd E«cuc<oib 
 erle of Warwyk, the whiche were presentyd vnto the lordys, & scone after, within f sayd 
 towne oj Calays they were behedyd. This rumoure thus cotynuynge, dayly came vnto theyse 
 lordysgreat socoureout of Englade. And vpoy other party ^ duke, as before is sayd, lying in 
 f casteil of Guynys, gate vnto hym ayde and strengthe of souldiours, made out and skyrmys- 
 shed with them of Calays many & sundrye tymes. In whiche assautys many men were slayen 
 & hurte vpon both partyes, but moost wekyd the dukys partye : for albe It that the lOrdys 
 lostmanymen, yet they daylye came so thycke to them out of dyuerse partyes of Englande, 
 that theyr losse was not espyed ; so that they watyd no men, but money to meynteyne Athyfte. 
 theyr dayly charge with. For remedy whereof they shyfled with the staple of Calays fori 
 xviii.M./i. whiche summes of money wha they had receyued, y sayd lordys of one assent 
 made ouer f forenamyd maister lohn Dynham ^V a stronge companye, and sent hym 
 vnto Sandwyche, to wynne there the kynges nauye, then there lyinge, and other thynges 
 for theyr nedis necessary ; the which sped hym in such wyse, that he toke the lorde • 
 Jlyuers in his bedde, & wanne the towne, and toke the lorde Scalys, sone vnto the The Wde 
 sayde lorde Ryuers, with other ryche prayes, and after tooke of the kynges nauy what ^y""* 
 shyppys them lykyd, & after retournyd viito Calays, not without consent & agremet of 
 
 • Omitted in edit. 1542.1559. *CC.x.MS. ' Fenkyll. MS. 
 
 4 M S ' many 
 
^36 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 
 
 many of the maryners, which owyd theyr synguler faaours vnto the erle of Warwyke. 
 In this iourney was f sayd lohii Dynham sore hurt, y be was maymed vpon the legge, 
 .& haltyd whyle be lyaed after. Tba after this ioarney thus acbeuyd, the sayde lordys 
 vytaylyd & mannyd the sayde shyppes, & sent ^ them a' chefe capytayne the erle of 
 Warwyke, into Irelande, to speke w the duke of Yorke, and to haue bis couceyll for 
 maters cocernyng theyr charge, as reentre into this lande & other : where, when he had 
 happelyesped hisnedys, he retournyd towarde Calays, bryngynge with hym his mother 
 the countesse of Salesbory, and also kepte his course tyll he came into f West countrey, 
 where aty tyme was ^ duke of Exetyr, as admyrall of the see, with a copetent nouber 
 of shyppes well mannyd ; in so moche f the erle of Warwyke prouyded to haue geuen 
 batayll vnto f sayde duke, if be had made any countenaunce towarde hym. But f duke 
 harde suche murmure and speche amonge his owne company, which souded ^nto f erle 
 of Warwykes fauoure, f he thought it was more vnto his profyte to suffre hym to passe 
 -then to f^bte with hym. But were it for this cause, or for qther whiche f comon fame 
 runneth vpo, which were longe to wryte, certeyne and trouthe it is, that the sayde erle 
 passyd without fyght, and came in sauete to Cali^. In this passe tyme, a paarlyamit 
 Ap»i;ament. or great coiiceyll was holden at Couentre, by aoctoryte whereof, the duke of Yorke, and 
 all the other foresayde lordes, with many other, were atteyntyd, & theyr ladys and goodys 
 seasyd to the kynges vse. And for the more surer defence f they shuld not efte lande in 
 Kent, prouysyon was made to defende the hauens and portys vpon the sees syde ; & at 
 Sandwycbe was ordeyned a newe strengtbe, vr a newe capytayne namyd syr Symonde 
 Mouforde : and ouer this prouysyon was ordeynyd, that no marchaiit passynge into the 
 costys of Flaunders, shulde passe or goo by Calays, for fere that any shuld come to the 
 ayde of the sayde lordys. But this prouysyon not withstandynge, comfort to them was 
 sent daylye out of Englonde. Than theyse lordes herynge of all this prouysyon, made 
 ypo the sees syde to withstande tlieyr landynge, sent out another company vnto Sande-* 
 wyche, the whiche there skyrmysshed with the sayd syr Symonde Mountforde, and in 
 the ende toke hym and brought hym vnto Ryse Banke, & there smote of his hede. 
 The foresayde lordys tha cosyderyng the strengtbe which they bad with them, and the 
 *" manyfolde freendys and hartys whiche they hadde in sundry placys of Englonde, condy- 
 
 scendyd for to sayle into Englonde, and so to brynge about theyr entent and purpose; 
 which was, as f comon fame went, to put aparte from thie kyng all such persones as 
 were ienemyes to the common weale of the lade. And this to brynge about, after they 
 had set the towne of Calays in an order & sure kepyng6, they tooke shyppynge, and so 
 ^aylyd into Englade, and landyd at Doner, & from thens helde on theyr iourney thoroughe 
 Kent, SCO that they came to Lodon the secdde daye of Inly. And after they hadde there 
 refresshyd theym and theyr people, they departyd thense, and spedde theym towarde the 
 kynge, which at the same tyme of theyr landynge was at Couentry, and there gatberyd 
 his people, and so came vnto Nortbapton, where he pyght his felde. Whereof the sayde 
 lordes beynge enfourmyd, sped them thytherwarde, so f vpon the. ix. daye of lulet 
 bothe hostys there mette & fought there a cruell batayll ; but after longe fyght, the 
 vyctory fell vnto the erle of Salesbury, and the other lordys vpon his partye, and the 
 kynges boost was sparbled and chasyd, and many of his noble men slayne ; amonge the 
 which was ^ duke of Buckyngham, the erle of Shroysbury, the vycount Beaumofide, f 
 lorde Egremonde, with maoy other knyghtis and esquyers, & the kyng taken in the 
 felde. After which vyctory thus by theyse lordes opteynyd, they in goodly haste after 
 retournyd vnto London, and broughte with them j kynge, kepynge his" estate, and 
 lodgyd hym in the byssbop of Londons palays. And after spedye knowlege sent of all 
 f premysses vnto the duke of Yorke, yet beynge in Irelande, a parlyament, in the 
 name of the kyng, was then callyd, and holden at Westmynster. Durynge which par- 
 
 fd, CC.X. 
 
 Nortl^ton 
 feddel 
 
 as. 
 
 lyament. 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI VI, 637 
 
 lyatnent, the duke of Yorke came vnto Westmynster, vpon the Fryday before seynt a piriymiwt. 
 Edwardys day, or the. x. day of October, and lodgyd hym in the kynges paiays. Where- 
 of anon arose a noyse thorough f cytie, y kynge Henry shulde be deposyd, and the 
 duke of Yorke shulde be kyng. Vpo this, this parlyaraent thus contynuing, the duke 
 came one daye into the parlyament chaumber, 'and there boldelye, beynge the lordys P* ^^^ p'** 
 present, sette hym downe in the kynges sete ; and soo there syttynge, made a pretence **'*" 
 & clayme vnto f crowne, affermynge it . to be his rightfull enherytaace, and had tliere 
 certeyn bolde wordys in iustyfying of y^ same. 'Wherewith all the lordys present were 
 greatly dysmayed. For this great and many opynyons were moued among the lordys : 
 how be it, aswell dyuerse of his frendys as other, were of the mynde that he shulde not 
 be admytted for kynge durynge the lyfe of kynge Hery. For appeasynge whereof, 
 many great counceylys were kepte, aswell at the Blacke Frerys as at Westmynster. In 
 all which tyme & season, the quene with such lordys aS" were of hyr affynyte, helde 
 theym in the North countrey, & assemblyd to them great strenght in the kynges name, 
 to f ende to subdue, as she sayd, the kynges rebellys and enemyes. Thus contynuinge 
 this vnkyndenesse atwene f kyng and the duke, albe it that at that season bothe the 
 kynge and he were both lodgyd within the paiays of Westmynster, yet wolde he not, for 
 prayer nor instauce, ones vysyte the kynge, nor see hym, tyll the counceyll were c6- 
 cludyd vpo some fynall ende concernynge this great mater, the which so cotynued the 
 full terme of this mayers yere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lx. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.Ixi. 
 
 Rycharde Flemynge. 
 Rycharde Lee, grocer. Anna xxxix. 
 
 lohfi Lambarde. 
 
 THis-yere, whiche was in the begynnynge of the. xx}£ix. yere of kyng Henryes reygne, 
 that is to meane, vpo the euyn of All Seyntys, or the last daye of October, it was con- 
 dyscendid by the lordes spirituell & teporall, & by ^ hole auctpryte of f sayd parliamet^ 
 f kyng Hery shuld contynue & reygne as kynge durynge his naturall lyfe, and after his Accordern. 
 deti), his sone prynce Edwarde to be sette aparte, & the duke of Yorke and his heyres ""^ "^' 
 ,to be kynges, and incoritynentlye the duke to be admytted as protectour & regent of the 
 lande. And if at any tyine after, the kyng, of his owne free wyll and mynde, were 
 dysposyd to resygne and gyue vp the rule of f lande, that than be shuld resygne vnto 
 the duke if he than lyued, and to none other, and to his heyers after his dayes, with 
 many other maters and conuencions whiche were tedyous to wryte. All whiche coo- 
 clusyons, as tlien by mannys wytte myght be assuryd, for the parfourmauce of them, whe 
 tyme requyred parfyghted, the kynge, with the duke, & many other lordis tha there 
 present, came tiiat nyght to Pawlys, and there harde euynsong, and vpon the morowe 
 came thyther agayn to masse, wh'ere^ kynge yode in processyon crowned with great 
 royalte, and so lay styll in the bysshoppys paiays a season after. And vpon ^ Saterdaye ProcUmacioii. 
 foluwynge, beynge the. ix. daye of Nouember, the duke was proclaymed, through the 
 cytie, beyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englonde, & all his progeny after hym. -Then 
 for asmoctie as quene Margarete, accompanyed with prynce Edwarde hyr sone, the 
 dukes of Somerset and of Exetyr, and dyuerse other lordys, helde hyr in the North, as 
 aboue is sayd, & wolde not come at the kynges sendynge for. Therefore it was agreed 
 by the lordys tlia at London present, that the duke of Yorke shulde take ^ hym the erle 
 of Salesbury, with a certeyn people, to fetche in the sayde quene and lordys abouesayde ; 
 the whiche duke & erle departyd from Lddon vr theyr people vpon the seconde daye of 
 Deceber, & so sped them northwarde. Wherof the quene with hyr lordys beynge ware, 
 k bauynge with them a great stiepgth of northerne', mette ^ the duke of Yorke vpon 
 
 ' northerne men. 
 
 the. 
 
^38 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI SEXTI. 
 
 Wakefelde 
 skyrmynhe. 
 
 Fel. CCxi, 
 
 Comons fole 
 bar(fynessei 
 
 Phylyp Malpas 
 raunsome was. 
 iiii.M. niarke> 
 
 ExecucioiU 
 
 the. XXX. daye of December nere a towneifl the northe callyd Wakefelde, were atwene 
 them was foughten a sharpe fyght, in ^ whiche the duke of Yorke was slayen, w his sone 
 callyd erle of Rutlande, & syr Thomas Neuyll, sone vnto the erle, of Salfesbufy, with 
 many other, & f erle of Salesbury was there taken on lyue with dyuerse other. Whan 
 the lordys vpon the quenys partye hadde gotten this vyctory, anon they sent theyr pry- 
 soners vnto Pountfreyt, the whiche were after there behedyd, that is to meane, the erle 
 of Salesbury, a man of Lodon, namyd lohn Harowe, and an other capytayne namyd 
 Hanson, whose heddys were sent vnto Yorke, aiid there set vpo the gatys. And whan 
 the quene hadde opteynyd this vyctory, she wyth hir retynewe drewe towarde London, 
 where at that tyme, durynge this trowbelous season, great watchys were kepte daylye & 
 nyghtlye, and dyuerse opynyons were araonge the cytezyns j for the mayer & many of 
 the clrefe comoners helde vpon the quenys partye, but y comynaltye was with the duke 
 of Yorke & his affynyte. Whan tydynges were brought vnto the cytie of y comynge of 
 the quene with so great an boost of Northernmen, anon such as were of the cotrary 
 partye, brought vp a noyse thoroughe the cytie, that she brought those Northernmen to 
 the entent to ryfFle and spoyle the cytie, where thoroughe she was encreacyd of enemyes. 
 But what so hyr entent was, she with hyr people helde on hyr way tyll she came to Seynt 
 Albons. , In the which meane tyme, the erle of Warwyke and the duke of Norfolke> 
 whiche by the duke of Yorke were agsygned to geue attendaunce vpon the kynge, by 
 consent of the kynge, gatheryd vnto theym strengthe of knyghtys, and mette with the 
 quenys boost at Seynt Albons foresayd, where atwene them a stronge fyghte was foughten 
 vpon Shroue Tuysdaye in the morn^nge, at y which the duke of Norfdlke, & the sayde 
 erle in the ende were chasyd, and kynge Henry taken efte vpon the felde and broughte 
 vnto the quene. And the same afternoone, after some wryters, he made his sone prynce 
 Edwarde knyght, whiche than was of the age of. viii. yeres, with other to the noumbre 
 of. XXX. parsones. Whan quene TVIargaret was thus comen agayne to hyr aboue, anon 
 she sent vnto the mayer of London, wyllynge & comaundynge hym in y^ kynges name, 
 that he shulde, ia all spedy wyse, sende to Seynt Albonys certeyne cartys with letyn 
 stufFe for f vytaylynge of hyr boost. Which comaundement the mayer obeyed, and 
 with great dylygence made prouysyon for ^ sayd vytayll, and sent it in cartys towatde 
 Crepylgate, for to haue passyd to the quene ; where, whan it was cumyn^ the comons 
 many there beinge, whiche had harde other tydynges of the erle of Marche, as after 
 shallbe shewyd, of one mynde withstode the passage of the sayde cartys, & sayd it was 
 not behouefuU to fede theyr enemyes, which entendyd the robbyng of the cytie. And not- 
 withstandyng that the mayer with his bretherne exorlyd the people in theyr best maner, 
 shewynge to them many great daUngers whiche was lyke to ensue to ;^ cytie if the sayd 
 vytayll went not forth, yet myght 'he not tourne them from theyr obstynat errour, but 
 for a coclusyon was fayne to apoynt the recoder, and with hym a certeyne of aldermen, 
 to ryde vnto the kynges coitceyll to Barnet, and to make requeste vnto them that the 
 northern men myght be retournyd home for fere of robbyng of the cytie; & ouer this, 
 other secrete frendys were made vnto the quenys grace, to be good and gracyouse vnto 
 the cytie. Duryng which treaty, dyuerse cytezyns auoydyd the cytie and lande, amon^e 
 the whiche, Phylyp Malpas, whiche," as before is shewyd in the. xx. and. viii. yere of this 
 kynge, was robbyd of lacke Cade, whiche Malpas and other was mette vpon the see 
 with a Frensheman namyd Golumpne, & of hym taken prysoner, and after payed, iiii. 
 thousande marke for his raunsome. Thus passyng the tyme, the tydynges whiche before 
 were secrete, nowe were blowen abrode, and openly was tolde that the eriys of 
 Marche and of Warwyke were mette at Cottyswolde, and had gatheryd vnto them great 
 strength of Marchemen, and were well spedde vpon theyr waye towarde London. For 
 knowlege wher-eof, the kynge and the quene with theyr hoste, were retournyd northwarde. 
 But or they departyd from Seynt Albonys, there was behedyd the lorde Bonuyle, & syr 
 
 6 Thomas 
 
SEPTIMA PARS HENRICI. VI. 629 
 
 Thomas Teryell', knyght, whiclie were taken in the forenamed felde. Then the duchesse 
 of Yorke beynge at Lodon, heryng the losse of this felde, sent hyr. ii. yonger son nys, f 
 is to meane George, whiche after was duke of Clarance, & Rycharde, that after was 
 duke of Gloucetyr, into Vtrych i Almayn, where they remaynyd a whyle. Than the 
 foresayde erlys of Marche & of Warwyke sped theym towarde London, in such wyse ^ 
 they came thyder vpon the Thursdaye in the fyrst weke of Lent, to whom resortyd all the 
 gentylmen for f more party of the South and Eest'partye of Englonde. And in this 
 whyle that they thus restyd at Lodon, a great coiiceyU was callyd of all lordys spyrytuell 
 and temporell that then were there about ; by the whiche fynally, after many arcuroentis 
 made, for so moche as kynge Henry, cdtraiy his honour and promesse at f last parlya- 
 ment made and assured, and also for that that he was reputyd vnableand insuftycyent to 
 rule f realme, was then by theyr assentys deposyd and dyschargyd of all kyngeiye 
 honour and regally. And incontyneiUlye by auctoryte of the sayde counceyll, and agre- 
 ment of the conions there present, Edwarde the eld3'st sone vnto the duke of Yorke, than 
 was there electyd, & the chosen for kyng of Englode. After which eleccion and ad- 
 myssyon, the sayde erle of Marche, geuynge lawde and preyse vnto God, vpon the. iiii. 
 day of Marche, accompanyed with all the foresayd lordys & great multytude of comons, 
 was cohueyed vnto Westmynster, and tiiere toke possessyon of the realme of Englonde. 
 And syttynge in his astate royall, in the great halle of the same, with his ceptre in hande, 
 a question was axyd of the people then present, if they wolde admytte hym for theyr 
 kyng & soueraygne lord ; f which ^ one voyce cryed "ye, ye." And the after the ac- 
 custumyd vse to kynges to swere, & after f othe takyn, he went into p abbay, where he 
 was of the abbot & munkys mette with processyon, and coueyed vnto seynt Edwardys 
 shryne, and there ofFeryd as kyng; & that done, receuyd homage and feaute of all such 
 lofdes as there than were present. And vpon the morowe folowynge were proclamacions 
 made in accustumat placys of the cytie, in the name of Edwarde the. iiii. then kynge 
 of Englode. Vpo which daye the kynge came vnto the palays at Paulys, and there 
 dyned, and there restyd hym a season, in makynge prouysyon to goo northwarde for to 
 subdue his enemyes. Then vpo the Saterday folowynge, beynge the day of 
 
 Marche, the erle of Warwyke with a great puyssaiice of people, departydout of London 
 northwarde; and vpon Wednysdaye folowynge 5' kynges fotemen went towarde the same 
 iourney ; & vpo Fryday next folowynge, the kynge toke his voyage throughe the cytie 
 with a great bande of men, and so rode forth at Bysshoppysgate. In whiche selfe same 
 daye, which was the. xii. day of Marche, a grocer of Lodon, namyd Walter Walker, 
 for offence by hym done agayne the kynge, was behedyd in Smythfelde ; but his wyfe, 
 which after was maryed to John Norlande, grocer, and lastlye alderman, had suche 
 frendys about the kynge, that hir goodys were not forfeyted to the kynges vse. The kynge 
 than so holdynge his iourney, mette with his enemyes at a vyllage. ix. myles on-this halfe 
 Yorke callyd Towton or Shyreborne, and vpon !l^lme Sonday gaue vnto them batayll, f 
 whiche was so cruell, that in the felde and chace were slayen vpon. xxx. M. men ouer 
 f men of name, of the whiche hereafter some ensue. That is to say, the erle of Northum- 
 berlande, the erle of Westmerlade, ^iorde ClyfForde, the lorde Egromonde, syr lohn 
 syr Andrewe Trollop, and other to the noumber of. xi. or of moo*. 
 
 And amonge other at the same felde was taken y erle of Deuonshyre, and after the ei'le 
 of Wyltshyre ; which sayde erle of Deuonshyre was sent vnto Yorke, & there after 
 behedyd. Henry than, which lately was kyng, with the queue & theyr sone syr Ed- 
 warde, the duke of Somerset, the lorde Rose, and other beyng iha at Yorke, herynge 
 of the ouerthrowe of theyr people, & great losse of theyr men, in all haste fled towarde 
 Scotlande. And vpon the morowe folowynge, the kyng w moch of his people entryd into 
 Yorke, and there helde his Ester tyde. And vpo Ester euyn, tydynges were brought 
 
 ' Keryeil. MS. Teryll.ed.t 1533. * or moo. edit. 1243> 1559- 
 
 vnto 
 
SAO SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. VIII. 
 
 vnto Lodon of the wynnynge of this felde ; wherefore at Paulys Te Deutn was soogen w 
 great solepnyte, & so through the cytie in all parysshe churchis. And thus this goostly 
 man kynge Hery lost all, whan he had reygned full, xxxviii. ycres. vi. monethes and 
 odde day^s, and that noble and moost bounteuous pryncesse quene Margarete, of whom 
 many and vntrewe surmyse was imagened and tolde, was fayne to flye conifortlesse, and 
 lost all that she had in Englonde foreuer. Whan that kynge Edwarde with great solempnyte 
 had holden the feest of Ester at»Yorke, he then remoued to Durham ; and after his 
 busynesse there fynysshed, he retournyd agayn southwarde, & lefte in those partyes J' erle 
 iff/. cCmi. of Warwyk, to see the rule and guydynge of that cofitrey. Than the kynge coostyd and 
 vysyted: the coutreys southwarde and estwarde, that about the begynuyng of f moneth 
 of Iwny he came vnto his manour of Shene now callyd Rycheraout. AH' which pastyme 
 purueyauce was made for the kynges coron^cyon ; in accoplysshynge wherof, -the kynge 
 vpon the. xxvii. daye of lune, beynge Fryday, departyd from his sayd manour and rode 
 vnto the Towre of Lodon, vpon whom gaue attendauce the mayer and his bretherne, all 
 cladde in scarlet, and to the noiihre of. CCCC. comoners well horsyd and cladde all in 
 grene. And vpon ^niome, beyng Saterday, he made there, xxviii. knyghtys of the Bath, 
 and after that. iiii. moo ; and the same afternoone, he* with all honour coueyed to West- 
 mynster, the sayde. xxxii. knyghtys rydynge before hym, in blewe gownes, & hoodys vpon 
 theyr shulders, lyke to prestys, vr many other goodlye and honorable ceremonyes, the 
 whiche were longe to reherse in due order. And vpon the morne, beynge Sunday & 
 seynt Peters daye, he was with great tryumphe, of the archebysshop of Caiitorbury, ' 
 crowned and enoyntyd before f hygh autter of seynt Peters churche of Westmynster. 
 And after this solera pnyzacion of the crownynge of the kynge, with also the sumptuous 
 & honorable feest holden in Westmynster all' was fynysshed, the kynge spone after 
 creatyd George his brother duke of Clarence. And in the moneth of July folowynge, at 
 ^ stadarde in Cbepe, the hand^ of a seruaunt of the kynges, callyd lohii Dauy, wais 
 stryken of, for that he hadde stryken a man within the palays of Westmynster. 
 
 Caroli. viii. 
 
 CArolus or Charlis the. viii. of f name, after the accopte of this booke, or f. vii. 
 after the Frenshe bystory, sone of Charlys f. vii. or. vi. began his reygne ouer the 
 Frenshemen in the moneth of October, if. yere of our Lorde. M.CCCC. and. xxii. and 
 in the begynnynge of Henry the. vi. the kyng of Englonde. Of this Cbarlys sundrye 
 ^yryters sunderly wryte, in so moche as some afferme hym to be y naturall sone of 
 Charlys the. vii. some afferme hym to be the sone of the duke of Orleauce, & borne of 
 the quene, & some there ben f name hym the sone of Charlys fore named, gotten in 
 baast vp5 his moost beauteuous paramoure named Agnes, the whiche, as testyfytith 
 Gagwynus, excellyd all other women in feture and beaute, and for the same to be sur- 
 naraed f fayer Agnes. This in hyr myddell age dyed, & was so ryche, that hir testament 
 amountyd to. Ix. M. scutis of golde, the which in sterlyng money amountyth to the sume 
 of. X. MM. Thato retourne to this Charlys, lykdy it is y he was not the naturall sone 
 of the forenamed Charlys, for asmoche as his sayd father ordeynyd and wyllyd the 
 realme of Fraiice vnto Katheryu his doughter, & wyfe vnto kyng Henry the. v. & agreed, . 
 with the concent of the more parte of the lordys of hjs realme, both spyrytuell & temporal), 
 that durynge his lyfe the sayde kynge Henry shuld be regent of Fraunce, and after his 
 deth to be kyng of the sayd region, as more at lengthe before 1 haue shewyd vnto you 
 in f. vii. yere of the sayd Hery the. v. But whether* he his legyttymat sone or not, 
 wherupon I purpose no lenger to staqde, trouthe it is, that he was by his father ad- 
 
 ' In all. edit. 1542. 1559. ' be was. edit. 1542. 1559. ' Westmynster ball. edit. 1542. 1559t 
 
 * were. MS. he be iiis. edit^ 1543. 1559. 
 
 7 mytted 
 
*'SEPTIMA PARS CAROLl. VIII. ^64rl 
 
 mytted and made Dolphyne of Vyeii ; by reiason whereof he was in great auctoryte, and 
 wan to hym faudiire of some lordys of Frauce, which strongly maytiteynyd his partye 
 duryflg the lyfe of kyng Hcrnry the. v. and after all that season winch' the duke of 
 Bedforde occupyed there as feget of that regyo&i and was of some partyes cf Fraunce 
 reputyd for kyngfe': how be it he was nebyr crowned, solonge as^sayd duke of Bedforde 
 lyued. ■ Netierthelesse, he by meane of "polycy & his frettdys so defendyd hymselfe, that 
 lyde by the Englysshmcn was wonne vpo hym of suche landys as he fyrste was in pos- 
 sessyon of, but polytykcjy he defendyd them, & lytle & lytle so prewaylyd agayne 
 them, that in f ende he all onlye'wanne not to hym the possessyon of y pvoiiynce, the 
 ■which is named Fraiice, but also he wan to hym, in f ende, the kynge of Englandys 
 clde enherytaunce, that is Normandy, with all domynyons of the same apperteynynge. 
 The maner of wynnyng of them I woll not in this story speke of, for so moche as in the 
 former yeres of kynge Hery tlie. vi. I baue there expressyd the maner of some parte 
 therof ; but f i shall speke of them* shall be of thynges done atwene hym and other 
 prynces. An^ for that I before in the. viii. yere of Henry the. vi. promysed in the. vi. 
 yei-e of this Charlys, tb shewe vnto you somewhat of ^ mayden or puceli, which ^- Fresh- 
 men nam^ La pQcele de Dieu, and hir for a messynger frome God to be sent reputyd, 
 I shall here folowe the sayinge of G'agwyne, whiche sayeth as foloweth. In the. vi. 
 yere or there about, to rekyn from the deth of this Charlys father, a wenche or mayden, 
 beynge bred in a strcte or vyllage callyd in Latyne Valii Color, end in this tyme beyng 
 spronge to the age of. xx. yeres or there about, hauynge to father a poore man named 
 lakes Delarch, & hyr mother Isabell, she also berynge the name of lane or lohan, re- 
 quyred by dyuerse & sundry tymes an vncle of hirs, beynge prefecte of the foresayde 
 Vyllage, that he wolde present hyr vnto f Prensh kyng, for thyrtges concernynge greatiye 
 the weale of hym and of his realme. Which sayd prpfecte after many dtlayes, for so 
 nioch as in hir wordis he had lytle trust, yet at lengthe hir sayd vncle, beynge' named 
 Robert Baadryncourt, sent hyr \V a conuenyent company vnto the kynge, with letters 
 certyfyinge hym of all the maner of this mayde. Whereof the sayde Chariis beyng 
 asserteynyd, thougth he wolde vse some meane to knowe the verlue of this wenche ; & 
 for he had perfyght experyence f before tymes this woman had neuer seen his persone, 
 he thought he wolde chaunge his rome & habyte, to see whether she l-y hyr vertue coulde 
 knowe hym from other. And that done, he standynge amonge other of hir' famylyers as 
 one of them, she was callyd into the chaumbcr, and demaundyd if eiier before tyme she 
 had seen the kyng, and after she hadde answeryd nay, she was bydden to espye out the 
 Kynge, whiche there stode amonge that companye ; the whiche anon without dyffyeulie 
 hym fande, and salutyd as kynge. And albe it that he refusj-d hyr feuerence, & Sayde 
 that she erryd in hyr chnyse, yet she parseucryd knelynge at his feete, and sayde, that 
 by Goddys parueyaunce she was taught that he was hir very soueraygne prynce & none p-j. cc.,:;:;. 
 other. Wherfore y kynge and all his lordes had in hyr y more anyaunce, that by hyr 
 tiie lande shulde be releuyd, which at that daye was in passynge mj'sery. The after 
 dyuerse questyons to hyr made, what was the cause of hyr thyther comynge, she answer- 
 id and sayd, that she was sent from God to stablysshe the kynge in his realme ; & that 
 by hyr, she beynge leder and cap)^ayne of his people, by dyuyne grace onely, the kynge 
 ISlAilde shortly sabdue his enemyes. By reason of wWche wordes, y kyng with his lOrdes 
 vere somedeale comfortyd. Vpo this, armour and SAvorde was sought for this mayden, the 
 ivhiche, as sayeth my sayd auctour, was foude myracalously ; Vvherof the processe to me 
 appereth so darke and faotastycall, ^ therewj'th me lyst not to blot ray booke, but 
 suffre it to passe by. Tlien this wenche belnge purueyed of all tliynges necessary to the 
 ■warre, a company of knj^htes & soudj'ours to hyr by the kynge was assygned ; and so 
 she rydyntr as a man, and in mannys habyte, contynued by y space of. ii. yeres and more, 
 
 ■ while, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * liere. MS. » his. 
 
 4 N and 
 
64t SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI. Vllf 
 
 and dyd iriany wonderful I featys, and gat frora the Englysshemen maoy stroge' towncs 
 and holdys; wherefore amonge Frensstemen she was worshypped tor an augell or a 
 messynger sent ffpm God, to releue theyr great myserye. And as affermylb the say4 
 auctOur, she by hyr prouydence causyd Hhe sayde Charlys, as kyc^of FraUnce, to be 
 ciownyd at Raynys, in theyere of our.;tbrdf. M.CCGC. and xxix."?Albe it nou^her the ' 
 Frensb Cronycle, nor other whiche I haue them' tes^fyeth that, but affermyn^t^at he 
 
 lajucde de ^^g jj^j crowned durynge the lyfe of the duke of Bedforde. Biit Almyghty God^'Shich 
 
 for a season sufferyth suche. sorcery and deuelysshe wayes toprospere% j^ygne, to the 
 
 coreccion of synners, ha'SJply^ to shewe bis power, & that good inen shuld not -fall into 
 
 , any errour, he shiewyth the clerenesse of suche mystycall thyng«s, & so |)e dyd i this t 
 
 /or lastly she by a knyght Burgonyon was taken, and after sent to RoaiV & there brent 
 
 . « for hir demerites, as in the. vfii. yere of Henry ^. vi. is more at lengthe shewyd. ■ Theiir 
 
 y tyme forth passynge, and cotynuell warre a,twene Engloaideaad Fraunce cotynuynge, 
 amgnge many trybuiacios by this Charlys susteynyd, i0ne was, y bis owne sone namyd 
 Lewys, comfortyd & assysted by the dukys of Burbdn and Alehsone/ i.V other men of 
 name, rehellyd agdyn his father, and warryd vpon hym, and by strengthe wan from hym 
 certeyn townes & stronge holdys. For rpmedy wherof, . the sayde Charlys made warre 
 vpon the fore named duke of Burbon, & wasted with iron and fyre y^ countreys of the 
 sayd duke of Bu^-bon. By meane whereof, after this vnkyndly warre had duryd by the 
 space of. vi. raonetheg or more, a peace and vriyte atwene the father and sone was 
 treatid, & by raeanys of the erle of Ewe a concorde and vnyte atwene them was fynally 
 concludyd, & he the sayd Lewys, and all such as with hym were reteynyd or allyed, 
 were for this offence, by the sayd Charlys clerely« pardoned, one persone all orilye ex- 
 ceptyd, namyd laket or lakys, by whose treason the castell of Maxent was loste and 
 taken; for whiche offence he was after drawen, hanged, & also quarterid. Tha in 
 fi'rocesse of tyme folowynge, the Flemynges of Gaunt rehellyd agayn theyr duke or erle 
 namyd Phylyp, cause of which rebellyon was, for that he areryd a greuouse taske vpon 
 salte, and put the people therby to greuouse charge. Wherupon dedely warre atwene y" 
 duke & his suBiectys arose, to the dystruccion of moche people vpon bothe partyes» 
 wherof the cyrcumstauce were longe to wryte : how ^e it, in the ende the duke or erle, 
 by ayde of the Frenshe kyng, was vy'ctour, and helde theym of Gaunt so streyghte, y' 
 they were copellyd by force to by thei^r peace w great sumes of money, & to theyr other 
 manyfolde domages. About the. xxxi. yere of this sayde Charlis, came vnto hym frona 
 pope' Nycholas the. v. of y name, an ambassade for to requyre ayde agayn the Turkys, 
 for the defence of Costantynethe noble, which ^ Turkys purposyd shortely after to assayle. 
 To which ambassade by y- sayd Charlys it was answeryd, that to hym it was right greu- 
 ouse to here of y' intoUerable perfeccyon* which y cristen dayly susteynyd of the Turkys; 
 but he was of y' Englysshe nacion so vexyd & warryd, ^ he myght not leue his lande 
 wout an hedde, to ^ coforte of other, & to4x)se his owne. But to ^ entet y he before^ 
 tymes myght haue warryd vpo y sayd Turkys, he for y cause onely had offeryd vnto ^ 
 W kynge of Englande many reasonable offers; & if i)f the Englysshe party any lyke offers 
 
 jpiyght be to hym proferyd, he wolde gladly them accepte, & turne his spere inicptynently 
 agayn y' forenamed Turkis. And ouer y he wold, for y- furtherance of y^ mater, se(j^ 
 with the vnto y kyng of Englad certeyn ambassadours, to see if ^ as yet any reasonable 
 peace myght be atwene the cocludid. For accoplysshemet wherof, as testyfyeth myne 
 auctoure Gaguynus, he sent the archbysshop of Raynes, w other honorable persoiies>; 
 the which, whe they to kyng Hery & his couceyll had shewyi theyr legacion, it was 
 to them shortly answeryd, ;y at such season as ^ Englysshemen had wonne agayne so 
 inoche lade as the Frenshemen by cawtelis hadde wone from them, the were it jdo4 
 
 .'f 
 
 • seen. " lastly, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ Viou^e. edit. 1542 * per- 
 
 '^cucion. 'heforthetifmes. edit. 1542. 1559. erroaeoiw/y. 
 
 » tyme 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. XI. ^43 
 
 lyme & season to treate of accorde, & not before. By reason of why^he answere, the 
 popys' ambassade retournyd to Rome wout ay'de or cofort, & thus y Freshe wryters lay 
 euer f charge from theyr prynces, & putit vnto other; but of this ambassade or answere 
 fynde I no mpmory of any Englyssh wryters. Aboute f. xxxiiii. yere of y reygne of this 
 I Charlis, Lewis his sone before named, beynge a man of great lyberalyte & largenesse*, 
 * ^oughte his father departyd not vr hym of his mouables & possessions as he bad cause to 
 do : for f which, by comforte of yonge persones as he had about hym, rebellyd this secode 
 tyme agayn his sayd father, & by reason of his largesse & liberalyte, drewe vnto hym 
 moche waton & wylde people ; &, w theyr aSsystece, warryd vpo his fathers frendys, 
 and entedyd to depryue his father of all gouernaunce of y^ realme. Whereof heryng, his 
 father in all possible haste gatherid to hym great stregth, & spedde hym towarde his sayd 
 sone. But whe Lewys was warned of y^ comyng of his father w so great an hoste, & 
 cocideryd his quarell and wekenesse, he w a fewe persones fled towarde Burgoyne. 
 Wherof herynge, f father sent in all hast people to kepe y^ passages, & dyd y he myght to 
 ham stoppyd hym of his way ; but y prouysyon notwithsliidynge, jr sayd Lewys escapyd, &r 
 came safely vnto f presence of Phylyp the duke of Burgoyne, the which hym receyuyd vr 
 glad chere, & entreatid hym accordyng to his estate, and so kepte hym durynge his fathers 
 lyfe. Howe be it, he made for hym great sute & labour, to wynne hym to his fathers 
 grace, but all was in vayne ; for what by obstynacy of f same', y he wold not submytt^ 
 hym to his father, & c5me vnto his presence whe he was sent fore, & for f great stomake 
 of the father, f he wolde not be codycioned with of y sone, this varyauce contynued 
 atwene them as aboue is sayde terme* of his fathers lyfe. In the which passetyme this 
 Charlys 'concludyd a maryage atwene his doughter callyd Magdaleyne, & Ladislaus kyng 
 of Beme, Hungary, & of Polayne. But whyleithe bryde, with great apparayll & pope, 
 was coueyed towarde his' maryte* to be maryed, hyr sayde husbade was taken sodenly with 
 sykenesse, & dyed within, xxiiii. houres after that lie fyrste complaynyd hym, whiche was 
 by force of poysone, as moste writers agree. Of whiche tydynges, whe Charlys was asser- ftt-CCi^ai. 
 teynyd, he therwith toke such a pensyfFenesse, y he dyed shortly after, whan he had 
 rulyd a parte^, & f hole realme, to rekyn from the deth of his father, xxxvi. yeres. How be 
 it ofFrenshe wryters no certeyne terme of his reygne to hym is assygned, for so moche as 
 kyng Henry the, vi. longe after the deth of his fatlier, was alowyd in Parys & many other 
 cyties of Fraunce, for soueraygne & kynge of that regyon. Tliis Charlys thus beinge 
 dede, iefte after hym. ii. sonys, that is to say, Lewys y after hym ,was kyng, and a yonger 
 namyd Charlys, with the fore nameil doughter named Magdaleyne, or after some Marga- 
 rete. And after with great pompe his corps was conueyed vnto Seynt Denys, &; there bu- 
 ried. 
 
 Ludouici. xi. 
 
 LEwvs the. xi. of y name after the accopte of this boke, &. x. after the Freshe ac- 
 copte, whereof tli€ cause is before shewyd, sone to Charlys last dede, began his domynyon 
 ouer f realme of Frauce in the moneth of October, in the yere of grace. M.CCCC. & W 
 
 Iviii. & the. xxxvi. yere of Hery the. vi. tha kynge of Englade. This of Gaguinus is callyd 
 the sturdy or fell Lewys ; the whiche, at the tyme of his fathers dethe, beynge, as aboue is 
 eayd, vnrecousyled in the prouynce of Burgoyne, &; herynge of the deth of his father, with 
 ayde of the foresayd duke Phylyp shortly entryd y realme of Fraunce, & toke vpon hym 
 frule in euery good cytie & towne as he passyd as kyng of the same, so ^ many lordes and 
 hede offycers drewe vnto hym ; by meane wherof he was stroge, & put suche vnto sylence, 
 as after f wyll & purpose of his father wolde haue preferryd his yOnger sone named 
 Charlys. Than this Lewys, by strengthe of his freendys, was shortlye after at Rayny* 
 
 • Bishop of Domes, edit. 1542. * largess, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ' sone. MS. ' the terme. 
 
 » kir. MS. her busbande. edit. 1542. 1559- * husbande. edit. 1542. 1559- ' pane of the. edit. 1542. 1 d59. 
 
 4 I<^ £ crowned 
 
644 SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICr. XF 
 
 crowned kyng of Frauce; after which solempnyte fynysshed, he repayryd vnto Parys, & 
 there, by cocent of his couceyll, made a Jawe y no man of what degre y he were, shuld 
 vse hutyng or hawkyng without specyaH lycence, & specyally for chasyiig^or hutyng of 
 woluys, nor to kepe with hym any houndys or other ihstrumetys wberby the ^^amemyght 
 be destroyed. And y done, Phylyp foresayd duke of Burgoj'ne, after couceyll to hym 
 geuen, y he shuld forgette & forgeue all dyspleasurys to hym to fore done by any of hb 
 lordys, & them to honour & cherysshe, & specially his yonge brother Charles to noryssbe, 
 & to departe w hym louyngely of his fathers possessios, toke leue of hym & departyd. 
 After whose departure, he cotrary y^ foresayd couceyll, refusyd the copany of his lordys, 
 & also theyr couceyll, and drewe vnto hym as his chefe couceylours vylaynes & men of 
 - lowe byrth, of the which, the. iiii. pryncipall were named as foloweth : loiin de Lude, 
 lohii Balna, Olyuer Deuyll, whom, for the odiousnesse of the name, y kynge causyd it 
 to be chaungyd, & to be named Daman ; & the. iiii. was named Stephen, & vssher of ^ 
 kynges chaubre dore, y^ which he promotid to great honour & dygnytees ; amonge whom 
 Balna beinge a preest, was by his meanis at legth made a cardynall of Rome. Thus he 
 vsynge the couceyll of theyse personys, murmure & grudge began to sprynge atwene hym 
 & his lordys, in so moche y firste the duke of Brytayne began to estrauge hym from the 
 kyng, & refusyd to come vnto his presence whan he was sent fore. Wherof herynge, y^ erle 
 of Ewe \V other drewe them vnto the sayd duke ; to |^ whiche partye soone after, the kynges 
 brother Charlys, w also y duke of Burbon, which had maryed y kynges syster, with many 
 other noble men of the realme, resortyd. Wha the kynge was ware that his lordys c6- 
 spyred agayne hym, feryng ^ rebellyon of his comons, sent in spedy maner vnto Parys 
 the forenamed lohii Balna w other certeyn persones, to kepe y cytie in due obeysaunce 
 towarde hym, thynkynge that y other cyties &good townes of his region, wolde take ex- 
 aumple therof, & demeane them as y cytie dyd. After whose comynge, the rulers of Parys> 
 by the amonystement of the sayde ^ohn, ordeynyd good & sure watch, & so by y mean 
 kepte y cytie in good order. And in y' meane season, f kynge gatheryd to hym great foysorv 
 of knyghtys & soudyours, f his hoste was noubred at. xxx.M. men. And in lykewyse the 
 other partye had asseblyd as many or moo. And notwstadyng^assyduat laboure & meany» 
 macj^ by y duke of Burgoyn, & Carlota, wyfe to f duke of Burbon, & syster to the kynge, 
 as is aboue sayde, to make an vnyte & peace atwene Lewys & his lordys, yet fynally the 
 kyng & they mette in playn batayll at a place called Chartris, where atwene them was a 
 longe & cruell batayll, to the losse of moche people on both partyes. And albeit y the kyng 
 in y begynnyng had the better of his enemyes, yet in y^ ende he was ouercomen, his men 
 chacid, & he forcyd to flye, & to take for his sauegarde a castell named Mountclere, 
 from the whiche he shortlye departyd, & yode to another castell callyd Corboyll, and 
 from thens lastly vnto Parys, where he entendyd to haue gatheryd newe people, & to haue 
 reuegyd hym of his enemyes. But byy wyse &good exortacion of the bysshop of Parys, 
 the kynge chaugyd his purpose, & all was set in a quyetnesse for f tyme ; but howe, or 
 in what maner, or what y codycions of that accorde were, myne auctour doth not ex- 
 presse. The which accorde thus concluded, y' kynge contynued his olde maners, and 
 delytyd hym more to copany w symple & inreuerent persones, & to ete & drynk©^ 
 theym, to f endey he myghte talke ofrybaudry & vayne & vysyous fables, tha to acco- 
 pany hym w his lordis, where he myght haue wonne hym moche honour. This Lewis also 
 was of so dyuerse & wanton condycion, y he wolde goo more lyker a yoman or a seruynge 
 man, than lyke a prynce : y which was for no regardshyp nor sparynge of good, for as 
 before I haue shewyd, & also after shall appere, he was a prynce of moost lyberalite, & 
 therwith an oppressour of his subiectys. 
 
 LEwis thus passynge his tyme, was dryuen of necessyte for lacke of money to a preest' 
 
 ' aske a prest. 
 
 a of 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LITDOUICI. XL €U 
 
 of ^ cytezyns of Parys, the whiche, after many excusys by theym layed to put it by, and 
 myght not be ak)wed, they lastly denayed y kynges pleasure. Wherwall he being greuously 
 dlijcdt^yd, reaiouyd dyuerse from tbeyr otfyds ; & other which were of the rycheste & 
 bed rn^ of^ citie, he sought agayn them sunnysyd causis, & wout prouys or iustyce, 
 put many or them to deth. For theyse foresayd causys, & many other which tedyou's 
 were to expresse, f foresayd lordis agayn assebled theyr people, entendynge to subdue the 
 kyng, & to set his brother i his place, or to cause hym otherwyse to rule the coraon 
 wcale. And to strength the baronys party, lohfi sone vnto the duke of Calabre, approcbyd J'oi-CCjtt, 
 to thena with a good bandeof men. And to them came also f sone of y duke of Burgoyne, 
 namyd Charlys, all which baronys of one assent mette-et a towne callyd Stampis, where 
 they cotynued theyr counceyll by the space of. xv. dayes; & after y counceyll fynysshed, 
 toke theyr iourney towarde Parys. In which passelyme a spye of the duke of Brytayn, 
 callyd P&ter Gerolde, was taken in Paris, & drawen, hanged, & quarteryd, & diuerse 
 men & women y were suspectyd to owe fauoure vnto y lordea, were sackid & caste into f 
 water of Seyn. The for to strength & guyde the cytie of Parys, the kynge sent thyther f erle 
 of Donoyse, by whose prouysyon all warly ordenaunce fory" defence of theyr enemyes was 
 there preparyd. In y which tyme & season, y lordys in. iii. partyes enbataylyd, approcbyd 
 ^ cytie : whereof f^ firste hooste ladde Charlys, brother vnto the kynge, the seconde ^ duke 
 of Brytayne, & the thyrde Charlys, the sone to the duke of Burgoyne ; prouyded that 
 Charlys/firste narayd ladde f myddle warde. Wha the sayd erleof Donoyze bad well con- 
 syderyd y strengthe of the lordys, he sent vnto them a raessanger, saying, y in his mynde he 
 maruaylyd to see so great a muitytude of people assemblyd agayne y cytie & comon weale 
 of the lande, cosyderynge that he was sette there by ^ kynge as a medyatour, and a meane 
 rather to make peace than warre, if they were conteniyd y by hym any noedyacion myght 
 be laboured &' had. But this came to none effecte, so y small assautys & skyrmysshes en- 
 sued to ^ lytle domage of bothe partyes. In whiche passetyme the kynge sent by secret 
 nieanys vnto theforenamed lohn, sone vnto the duke of Calabre, & hym by many meanys 
 instausyd to leue the copany of tlie lordys ; but ail his offers auaylyd right nought. Then 
 the foresayd lordys thus lying before the cytie of Parys, in the playne where stadith the 
 monastery of seynt Antony, Charlys, brother to the kynge, causyd. iiii. letters to b&,de- 
 uysyd ; whereof one he sent to the bysshoppys & spyrytuell men within ^ cytie, ^ seedde to 
 ^ cosullys or bed men, the. iii. to ^ scolers of the vnyuersyte, & the. iiii. vnto the comyn- 
 altyei Of which letters the ententensuyth, that he nor none of his copany was comen thy- 
 ther as an enemye to^the cytie, or to make warre agayn it or the como weale of ^ lande, 
 but for the encrece & augmdntacion thereof, to the vttermoost of theyr powers. After 
 receyte of which letters, & the mater in them conteyned well vnderstade & debatid, cer- 
 teyne oratours for y sayde. iiii. partyes were assygned, as. iii. for y' spyrytuell men. iii. for 
 the cosuis. iii. for ^ vnyuersyte, &. iii. for y comynaltie, whose names I ouer passe ; the 
 whiche, vi the bysshop of Parys, were sent vnto the baronys, & after longe comunycacion 
 with them hadde, returned to the cytie with suche reporte as foloweth. 
 
 First, ^ lordes wolde y the inhabytauntis of the cytie shuld cosyder ^ codycions of the 
 kyng, ^ which yerely oppressytb his subiectys with taskys & other greuouse seruagys. 
 
 Secondaryly, howe he despysyth the noble blode of his realme, & drawith to hyna 
 vylaynes, & men of no reputacyon, by whose counceylys onelye all the comon weale of 
 the lande is rulyd and guydid. 
 
 Thyrdely, howe he rulyth his subiectis by force & wyll, wout mynystracio of iustyce, & 
 hymselfe i all coiiceyiya & parlyamentis is luge i all causys, & callyth his selfe' coucelys 
 and parlyamentys, moife for his synguler weale thii for y comon weale of his realme. 
 
 Fourthely, how he enhausith men of lowe byrth vnto great honours, & causyth noble 
 men to be obedient vnto them, entendyng to brynge the same ignoble men for to be egall 
 
 ' said. MS. 
 
 nV the 
 
€46 SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. XI. 
 
 4/ tbe pryncys of the lande. Fyftely, how the lawes be delayed & bolstred by suche as 
 stande in his fauoure, where thorughat this daye lawe is wyll, and wyll is lawe, and no 
 man almoste in any suertye of lyfe or goodes, in somoche y dayly many^een b^nysshed 
 & put to deth for vrilefuii causes : and also to any noble man at this day%tfy' p^wer or 
 roine of honour belongeth, soo that the* wylde beestes in the forestes apperteyneth more 
 lybertie and suertie, than f more partie of the kynges subgettes. 
 
 Sixtly, the great taskes & sumes of money whiche dayly be leuyed of the comons, ben 
 nat spent in the kynges honourable nedys, & for the comon weale of f realme, but are 
 spent nysely & ryottously, & brybyd out of y^ kynges cofers. For whiche enormytiees and 
 mysgoueYnaunce with many other, the sayd lordes were thyder comyn in defensyble araye, 
 for-^y sauegarde of theyr owne persones, as to the hedde and pryncipal cytie of the 
 realme for to haue ayde and cousayle to refourme the foresayd euylles, natwithstandynge* 
 any harnie' vnto tbe kynges persone, or yet to remoue hym from his regally or kyngly 
 mageste, but to enduce bym & aduertice hym to y, that shuld be his bonpur and the 
 weale of his realme, and' to lyue in welth & honoure as his noble progenytoures haue 
 lyued before hym. For the whiche causes & consyderacions; with many other, whiche I 
 passe ouer, the said lordes, as the kynges trewe subgettes and frendes vnto the c5mon 
 weale of the lande, & of that cytie, desyred to entre there to refresshe them & their 
 people, and to pay truely for al thinge that they shuld'take, & without doynge harme or 
 violence to any persone. All whiche requestes and matyers of the lordes shewyd vnto the 
 inhabytauntes of the cytie, by fauour of some frendes y they there had, it was with the 
 more partie well acceptyd, & thought conuenyent y the sayd nobles shuld be receyued 
 into y^ cytie. How be it, that after longe debatyng of this matier, by meane of the fore- 
 named erle of Donoyze, a sparynge of this receyt of ^ lordes shuld be, lyl they had fer- 
 ther knowlege of the kynges pleasure; whiche prouycion the sayd erle fande, for somoche 
 as he was secretely warnyd ^f the kyrtges thyder comynge. 
 
 And vpon this agrement the cytie restyd. For suertie wherof suche as were within the 
 pytie of the kynges seruauntes and frendes, rode dayly & nyghtly aboute the cytie with a' 
 stronge company in barneys, to se y people kept in due ordre. 
 
 %han vpon the daye folowynge came vnto Parys a capitayne of the kynges named 
 Mountalbone, & with hyni a good bende of men, the whiche shewyd vnto the cytezeyns 
 that the kynge was comynge out of Normandy with a great boost of* The lordes 
 
 beynge warnyd, enbatayled theym in the foresayd playne of Seynt Antoyne, to shewe the 
 strength of theyr boost vnto the cytie, or suche as were th^rin as theyr enemyes ; where 
 they so lyingfe, certayne knyghtes of the kynges partye, dyuerse and sondry tymes brake 
 out by sodeyne resys, and skyrmyssbed with the lordes people, to the lytell hurte of both 
 partyes. In the whiche passe tyme kynge Lowys comynge out of Normandye, was re- 
 ceyued into the cytie, where, after his comynge, he put in execucion. v. persones named 
 John Worter, Eustace and Arnolde Worter, lohii Coart, and Fraunceys Hasle; the 
 which persones were accusyd to* hym to be chief occacioners of f legacion made vnto the 
 lordes. Of whiche sayd. v. persones, thre, as lohfi Coartj Fraunceys Hasle, & Arnolde 
 Worter, were messangers assygned in the said legacion for the consuls of Parya, and the 
 forenamed Eustace Worter was one of y thre assygned for the clergye. 
 
 The kynge thus beynge in possession of the cytie, many and dyuers assawtes and skyr-^ 
 mysshes atwene his knyghtes & the lordes were made, but no notary batayll, for the kyng 
 was ferre weker. And ouer that in this tyme & season, the sayd lordes gat vnto them sondry 
 /«/, ccxw. rasteUys and stronge holdes. Than at length meanes of a peas was otFeryd by the kynge ; 
 for codudynge wherof, for the kyng was admytted, f erle of Mans, with certayne other 
 persones; and for the baronys was assygned lohii sone vnto the duke of Calabre, 
 Lowys erle of Seynt Paule, & other ; the whiche assembled and comonyd togyder by 
 
 'no. edit, i542. 1559. ■' edit 1542. 155^. ' not erteridyng. MS, * of people. MS. 
 
 ^ , sondry 
 
9EPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. XI. 647 
 
 sopdry lymeSr ix. dayes; in which season came vnto the kynge a newe strength of sow- 
 dyours out of Normandye, the whiche the kyng appoynted to kepe the subarbys of Seynt 
 Marcell. afc 
 
 This treatyjfcthushangynge without conclusion or endetakynge, vpon the. xiiii. daye of 
 Octobr^ in the. vii. yere of the reygne of this Lowys, was preclaymed thorughe the cytie 
 and also the boost* a- daye of lenger trewe, so thatthanne the lord^ withdrewe them vnto 
 theyr stronge holdes & castellys, holdynge \v them many sowdyours, whiche fyll to rob- 
 byng & other vnlefull actes, to the; great daunger and hurte of the lande. And at suche 
 seasons as ibe arbitrours mette to fynyssb)^ this great matyer, amonge other thynges oflFeryd 
 by thelcynge, he graunted to gyue vnfo his brother Cbarlys for his porcion, all Cham- 
 payne, lyith the lordshyppe of Brye, the cyties of Melde, of Monstruell, and Meldune 
 therof to be exceptyd. And vnto Charlys, sone of the duke of Burgoyne, he was contentyd 
 to gyue somoche money as he had spent in that iournay, but all was refusyd. And 
 fyninlly, for obatynacy of both parties, the daye of expyracion of the trewe approchyd, 
 ^ife.put hope of accorde concludynge, wherfore prouycion for warre vpon both parties was 
 Qeuysed. Than began grudge & murmur atwene the cytezeyns & the kynges sowdyours, 
 wher thorugh many of y comos hertes' towarde to the lordes ; so that ibr fere, y surer & 
 stroger watches were kept to the kynges great charge. Shortly after tydynges were 
 brought vnto the kynge, that (lie castell of Gysons^ was of y lordes besiegyd ; and that also 
 the prefect of the kynges paleys in Robb, was taken of the cytezeins & liolden in pryson. 
 And y day folowyng came another messanger, shewynge to the kynge, f the duke of Bur- 
 bone was by the posterne receyued into the castel of Roan, & was lykely to haue shortly 
 the rule of the cytie, which came to effect in short vvhyle after. W'lian the lordes had 
 goten y castell & cytie of Roan, whiche is bed cytie of Normandy, as Parys i« bed of 
 Fraunce, than in maner of derysion they sent vnto the kynge, sayinge, f nother with 
 Champayne, nor with Bry his brother Charlys wolde be contented, but scantly with the' 
 hole duchy of Normandy. Than kyng Lowys, cosydering the great auautage whiche the 
 lordes had of hym both by strength & fauoure of his comons, whiche dayly drewe vnto 
 them by sondry companyes, in auoydynge of more dauger, concludyd a peas. For per- 
 fourmaunce wherof, he graunted vnto Charlys his broder the hole duchye of Normandy, 
 takynge to hym in exchaunge the county of Berry. And to Charlis, sone to the duke of 
 Burgoyn, Peron, Roya, and a cytie or lowne called in Latyne Mondiderium, & ther^ he 
 ioyned Gwynary & the erledome of Boloyne, which lordshyppes the sayd kyng Lowys 
 had before tymes bought of duke Philip his fader. To lohn of Calabre he graiited all 
 such sumes of money as he demaudyd, to wage w sowdyours, to ayde his fader agayne 
 Fardynande, thefie kynge of Aragon. And to lohii duke of Burbon, the whiche, as before is 
 sayd, had maryed his suster, he granted al suche dowar as to hym was promysed at f 
 tyme of her maryage, & all such pencion as he was wont yerely to take -of ^ graute of 
 Charlys, last kyng ^in the realme of Fraunce. To y duke of Brytayne was restoryd 
 the erledome of Mountferarde, with great sumes of money whiche the kynge had receyued 
 of the sayde countie. And to the erle of Dampmartyne was restoryd all such landes as 
 before by act of parliamet were forfaytyd to y kynge. To y erle of Seyn Paule was re- 
 storid f offyce of the costablery of Fraunce, & to other men of name other notable 
 thynges whiche I passe ouer. All which grauntys fermely & fasdy assuryd, proclamacios 
 were made of this pease through f realme of Frauce : & after this peace was thus 
 coduded, ^f kynge & his lordys mette, to whom he shewyd great seblaut of kyndenesse, 
 & specially vnto his brother, wherein appered great dissymulacion, as here after shall 
 appere. For this Lewys was of such j^codycio, f what he myght not ouer come vf 
 Etregth, he wolde wynne aV dissymulacion & trechery. After which peace thus cocludyd, 
 & the lordys departyd, f kynge festyd y^ rulers & cosuls of f cytie of Parys, & gaue 
 
 ' berta lurnyd. * Gysours. MS. 
 
 vnto 
 
64S SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. Xt 
 
 ;vpto them due thakys for f great trouth & fydelyte which they bare towarde hym, duryng 
 ;^'lroubelous season, &c graUtid vnto them such thynges as then they wolde ask|;fov the 
 vveale of that cytie. .:i^ 
 
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 'fl .■ .'- 
 
 IT was notlonge after y dissymulaci'on fell atAvene Charlys duke of Normady & lohii 
 foresayde sone vnto y duke of Calabre & the erle of Dampmartyne, whereof a parte of 
 'f cause was, y the sayd Charlys after theyr thynkyng, had not so bounteously;reivardid 
 them as they had deseruyd.' Of whiche discorde kynge Lewys was fayne, & in spedy 
 maner rode vnto a towne' callyd Argentyne, & there w the sayde lohri the beynge duke 
 of Calabre, by reason of his father^ d^th^ helde with hym lotlge & great couceyllj to y^ 
 entet to dyspossesse his brother of the duchye of Normady • by reason" of which dys-^ 
 corde atwene y sayd. ii. dukys, kynge Lewys as ayder of the duke of Calabre, made 
 warre in- the partyes of Normandy, & in processe wane thenn dyuerse caslellys & othet" 
 stronge holdys, & copellyd his brother to holde y^ cytie of Roan for his refuge. Where he 
 so beynge, f kynge wane dayiy vpon hym, in so moche y dyuerse townys & stfongfe 
 holdys submyttyd them to his grace ; whereof herynge, th^ cytezyns of Roan made an 
 ambassade vnto y kynge, for purchace of grace for theyr duke &for themselfe: the whiche 
 whe f duke vnderstode, feryng lest his owne cytezyns wolde betraye hym, fled thens, & 
 so yode to Humflewe, and from thense to Cadomy. In which passe tyme the kynge was 
 iV due honour receyued into the cytie of Roan, where he remouyd many from theyr of- 
 fyeys, & of his seruaiitis or suche as lykyd hym put in ther placis, & nioch of y ordy- 
 nauce & of abylymetis of warre belongynge to f towne he sent vnto Parys, & the pro- 
 uost of Roan named Gauyne Manuell he put to deth, & after his body was cast into f 
 ryuer, & his bed sette vpo a pole, & dyuerse of y coiege w the deane«jf the same place 
 were put vnto deth. And all which tyranny by the kyng executyd, & the towne put in 
 suretye by stregthe of soudyours, he after sped hym vnto Orleauce, where, as sayth myne 
 auctour, he purueyed an honorable ambassade, & sent it vnto Edwarde y-. iiii. the kyng 
 of Englpde. In y^. ix. yere ofy' reygne of this Lewis, was so great a mortalyte of men 
 in France, y in Parys dyed y yere ouer. xl.M. people. And in this yere began a grudge 
 to growe atwene this Lewys & Phylyp duke of Burgoyn, but it was keept vnkyndely' dur- 
 yng f lyfe of f duke, whiche dyed shortlye after : to whom succedyd Charlys his sone 
 "before named, which in processe of tyme maryed dame Margarete, syster vnto kyng Ed- 
 warde y. iiii. as after shalbe shewyd. It was notlonge after y this Lewys asseblyd a great 
 hoste of people to make warre vpo Charlys duke of Burgoyne, of whiche people he had 
 comytted y- rule & charge vnto lohii Balna, which at~that day was preest & cardynall ; 
 & he as a teporall capitayn, toke of them y mustirs & other orders. Whereat the teporall 
 iT./. ccksiV. lordys dysdaynynge, y erle of Dampmartyne sayd in the namys of them vnto the kynge': 
 ," Moost redowtyd soueraygne lorde, it hath pleasyd youre hyghnesse to comytte vnto a 
 spyrytuell man f charge of your puyssaunt hoste, & he, not ferynge God, bath taken vpo 
 y^ hym y" cure & charge of them, to ^ efFusyon of Criste mennys blode; wherefore it maye 
 lyke your moste noble grace, to sende me a te'poMl man to vysyte his diocese, & to take 
 y^ charge of his flocke, which is as syttynge for me as y other dede is for hym." At this 
 saying y kyng had good game, but for all y he dyd as to hym semyd best. Of this warre 
 atwene y' kynge & duke Charlys of Burgoyne, I entende not to speke, for y- mater of it 
 is somedeale loge & tedyous to wryte. But in this whyle f Lewys was occupyed i this 
 warre, the Brytons w an excedyhge power assaylyd the partyes of Nome* , hauyngfe 
 
 Charlys brother vnto Lewys to theyr leder, which to y duke of Bfytayn was fled for aydfe 
 & socoure. Wherof herynge kynge Lewys, all such hoste of sowdyours as be had pur- 
 posed other wayes, he than ladde agayne his brother. In which hoste, as aflfermyth 
 myne auctour, were an. CM. men, ouer suche as had f guydyng of y- ordenauce; Wba 
 
 ' vnkyndelyd. MS. * Normandy. MS. 
 
 Charlys 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. XI. 649 
 
 Charlys was suffycietly instructyd, hegaue fpr an answere, y if a parfyght Concorde shulde 
 be stablysshed atwene his brother & hym, f it shulde be auctoryzed by f hoole cocent & 
 couceyll of ^ barony of 5' realme : With which answere the kynge beynge cotentyd, at 
 Turon in the moneth of Aprell &. x. yere of his reygne, assemblyd a great couceyll of 
 his lordes spyrituell & teporall, in f which f demaudis of f sayde Charlys and offers of 
 the kynge were shewyd. And after f sayd coiiceyll had at lengthe reasoned y sayde de- 
 maudys & offers, it was fynallye determyned y the duChy of Normady was so approuyd 
 vnto the kynge of Fraiice .& to hislieyres kynge^s, y in no wyse it'myght be dysseueryd 
 frono f crowne. Bat to f entet y a parfyght vnyte myght be had atwene y kynge & his 
 brother, f kyng shalbe instaiitid to geue yerely vnto, his sayd brother, I recopencemet of 
 f sayde duchy. xii.MM. of Turon money, w also a certeyn of lande to hym to be as- 
 sygned with the name of a duke, & ouer y the kynge to be [ass to gyue vnto]' 
 
 •hym durynge his naturall lyfe, for suche porcion as he claymyd to be his right win f 
 realme. Ix.M.//.* of annuell rent, , yerely to hym to be payed of the foresayde Turou 
 ^oney', [whiche ye shall vnderstande is* in value tha f money of Parys, by 
 
 in euery. /i,]* To all whiche graiitys f kynge was agreed, &ouer y to pardon vnto f duke 
 of Brytayne all offends nowe newely done agayne his mageste, & cotrary the dukys 
 faythe & allegeavice, & all such lordis* as f kyng had wonne win Brytayne, to restore vnto 
 ^ duke & his assygneys: all f whiche offers myght not satysfye f couceyll of sayd Chaj'lys, 
 but clerelye was sette aparte and refusyd. ' 
 
 AFter f foresayd offers were by Charlys refusyd, the kyng in spedy wyse, vpo f 
 refusayll, sent a stroge hoste into Brytayn, vnder f guydyng of a knyght callyd Ar- 
 nolde : & in 5' meane season f kyng vysytynge f bordours of his realme, put in exe- 
 cucio dyuerse parsones, such as were accusyd to offende agayne hya). Passynge whiche 
 season, were it for f greuys which f foresayd boost wrought win ihe' coutrey of Bry- 
 tayne, [or for other skyll, the foresayd Charlys & the duke of Brytayn]^ made newo 
 meanys for a peace vnto f kynge, & offeryd to be contentyd with that they myght 
 stande in his fauoure and grace, and with suche proffers as the counceyll of f reahne 
 was before tyme agreed and condyssendyd vpon : whereunto a sophystycall answere was 
 made by the kyng, so y the sayd Charlys at y tyme myght not be asserteynyd of peace or 
 «f warre. Howe be it in the yere folowyng, by instaunt laboure of the fore named lohn 
 Balna cardynall, f kyng agreed to gyue vnto his brother Charlys^ duchye of Guyan 
 onely, wherwith he helde hym contentyd, & so ceasyd of his warre in Normandy. It 
 was not loge after f this sayde lohn Balna, forgetynge the manyfolde great benefytys 
 shewyd to hym by the kyng, cospyryd agayn hym, & deuysed certeyne letters, the which 
 he sent vnto Charlys duke of Burgoyne : wherein was conteynyd y he shulde be ware & 
 haue hym selfe in good gayte, for the vnyte & peace whiche lately was stablysshed atwene 
 the kynge & Charlys his brother, was pryncypallye to dere & warre vpo hym, & to brynge 
 hym in subieccyon. Wherfore in auoydyng y daunger, he aduysed hym in all possyble 
 haate to assemble his knyghtys, that he were not take vnpurueyed ; the whiche letters, 
 were it by treason' of ^ the berer or otherwyse, came to y kynges presence. After receyt 
 of whiche letters & knowlege of y^ contente of them, anon the kyng causyd the sayd lohR 
 Balna to be taken & to be caste in stronge prysone: & that done he rode vnto Thuron, why- 
 tber to hym came his brother Charlys, & to hym dyd homage, & sware vnto hym feauty for f 
 duchye of Guyan. And for to knytte f duke of Burgoyne' more fastlye to hym, he sente to 
 hym a ceptre with a chavne of golde, the which f duke refusyd to take, wherwith Lewys was 
 greuously dyscotented ;* cause'" of which refusall was, for y the sayd duke of Brytayn had 
 
 ' moved to gyue. MS, " fourtye thousand, edit. 1542. 1559. ' In tie margin of the Museum MS. 
 
 i», Nota that a pond of Turon money excedeth not ij.rf. iij.f. * is lasse. MS. ' Omitted in edit. 
 
 1S33. 1542. 1559. * holdis. MS. Lordships, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ' Omitted in. edit. 1559. 
 
 •reason. ediU 1542. 1559. 'Brytayn. '° the cause. 
 
 4 O lately 
 
650 SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. XI. 
 
 lately before y allyed hym with Gharlys duke of Burgoyne, & had receyuyd his lyuerey 
 of Golden Flees. And soone after, which was the. xi. yere of this Lewys, Carlota his 
 wyfe was lyghted of a sone, & after named Gharlys, by Charlys his brother, which after 
 his father was kyngi of Fraunce. And shortly after by meanys of Gharlys duke of Guyan, 
 & of the duke of Burbon & other, y' duke of Brytayn was recouncyled vnto the kynges 
 fauoure : & in the. xii. yere of the reygne of this Lewys, dyed by force of venymgthe 
 aboue named Gharlys duke of Guyan, but by whose meanys myne auctoure myndyth 
 not. Than contynuynge the warre atwene this Lewys & this duke of Burgoyne, a mar- 
 chaunt of Guyan named Itery^ which after the deth of y^ sayde duke of Guyan was fledde 
 vnto the duke of Burgoyn, & with hym a season remaynyd, shewyd vnto hyni many 
 o'dyous' talys of the kynge ; wherfore the duke apperceyuynge y he owyd to the Frenshe 
 kynge no fauoure, exortyd hym to poyson the sayde kynge, & if he myght brynge to ef-' 
 fecte his purpose, he shulde therefore haue. l.M. florynes of golde : a floryne is in value 
 of sterlyng money to. iii.*. After whiche promyse & assuraiice thus made by the duke, 
 this Itery to brynge his euyll purpose about, made his seruaunt named lohn de Boldy of 
 couceyll, & promysed to hym great thynges if he wolde take vpo hym tbatacte: & after 
 graunt had of y^ sayd lohn, the sayde Ilery prouyded the poyson & delyueryd it vntCK 
 his sayd seruaunt, the which incotyaently sped hym vnto Ambasye, where the Freshe 
 kynge tha laye, where this lohn de Boldy beynge of falnylyer acqueyntaQce w one named, 
 Popyn, to the entent to brynge his entent'y better to effecte, after assurauce of othe ta 
 hym made to kepe his counceyll, shewyd vnto hym all his mynde, & promysed to hym, 
 Foi. ccxvii. xx.M. florynes if he wold helpe to bryng to coclusio his purpose. The which Popyn 
 made vnto hym assurid promyse, & sayde y to brynge this mater about, it was very 
 expedyet ito haue of couceyll the kynges master cooke named Golynet, whom he 
 knewe well to wynne, for the great fauoure y eyther of them owid vnto other. And after 
 comunycacyon had with y^ sayd Golynet y^~ sayd poyson to hym was delyueryd, where- 
 with y sayd Golynet & Pepyn his felowe went at couenyent tyrne after vnto the kyng, 
 & shewyd to hym the compasse of all the mater : where after anon y sayd lohn dej 
 Boldy was taken, & cofessyd y cyrcnstaunce of all y' hoole treason, for the which 
 at Tarys he was after drawen, hanged & quarteryd. 'Soone vpon this, Frederyke the 
 thyrde of y name tha emperoure of Almayn, sent vnto this Lewis, wyllyng& requyrynge 
 hym that he wolde not endeuer hym to any peace or accorde with the duke of Burgoyne, for 
 he entendyd in suche wyse to ayde his partye, that he trusted in God to brynge the sayd 
 duke to his due & couenyent obeysauce & subieccion. But y kyng regardyd nothyng the 
 emperours request, but cocludyd a trewys withy duke for a yere folowyng, by auctoryte; 
 of a great couceyll or parlyament, at the whiche y^ duke of Alensone was iuged to lose 
 his hede, & his heredytamentys to be forfaytyd vnto y kynge. Tha it foloweth in the? 
 Story, or this foresayd trewys atwene the kynge & Charlys the duke were fully expyred, 
 the sayde Gharlys made warre vpon the sayd Lewys, & procuryd kyng Edwarde of En- 
 glande, whose syster he had maryed, to' make also warre vpon hym ; for expedycion 
 whereof, the sayde kynge Edwarde landyd at Galays shortlye after, with a competent 
 noumber of soudyours, as after in f. xiiii. yere of y reygne of the sayde Edwarde the. 
 iiii. it shall be to you more clerely shewyd, with conclusion of a peace and other-thynges. 
 After the which peace atwene the sayd. ii. kynges agreed, a vnyte and concorde was also 
 An auowtry was stablysshyd atwene this Lewys & y duke of Burgoyn for. ix. yeres. About the. xvii. yere 
 ysshyd.*" ^"°' of this Lewys, y stewarde of Normandy named Lewis Brysey, f which had maryed the 
 neuewe^ of kyng Lewys, beyng warned of y waton rule of his wyfe, & of hir auoutry with 
 one namyd lohn Louyr, vpon a day to proue his sayd wyfe; went*on huntyng, and at his 
 retourne feynyd hym wery & feynt for labour, & went vnto his bedde. And she anon dem- 
 ynge hir husbade to be at his naturall rest, jode streyght vnto y' chaiiber of the sayde 
 
 ' tedyous. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 'nice. edit. 1542. 155^. 
 
 2 loha 
 
SEPTIMA PARS LUDOUICI. XI. 651 
 
 lohii Louyr ; whereof the husbande beynge warned, with his swerde in hade, sped hym 
 vnto the sayd chauber, & after the dore broken vp by vyolence, & fyndynge them in bedde 
 or other suspeciouse maner, with his sayde swerde slewe first y sayde lohn, & after, not- 
 wstadyng her miserable & tametable cryinge & askynge forgyuenesse vpo hir knees, he 
 also slew hyr, & after fledde tyll he had made bis peace with the kynge. Longe it were 
 and also tedyouse to folowe myne auctour, in declaryng of euery paityculer dede done by 
 this Lewys, wherefore to shorten this story, trouth it is that after this Lewys had by longe 
 tyme exercysyd hym in warrys, he lastly fell in a greuouse sykenesse, the which coty- 
 nued and so encreasyd vpon', that he knewe well he shulde not longe endure. Wherefore 
 he disposyd' there after, & causyd many dedys of almesse to be done for hym ; amonge y 
 whiche within seynt lohns church the Baptyst within Parys, he founde certeyn preestjs 
 to synge for hym in parpetuyte, for sustentacyon of whom he gaue of yerelye rent a thou- 
 sande pounde of Parys money, and so laguysshynge by the space of thre yeres more be- 
 fore he dyed, passed his tyme with great trybulacion. In the whiche passe tyme oratours 
 were sent from the Flemynges, for to conclude a maryage atwene Charlys his eldest sone 
 & Margarete the dougliler of Maxymylyan sone of Frederyke f emperour, which Maxy- 
 mylyan before daye;3' had maryed Mary f doughter of C'harlys duke of Burgoyne. Af- 
 ter which coclusyon endyd and fynysshed, the kynge gaue vnto the sayde oratours. xxx.M. 
 scutys of golde, which amountyth to. v.M li. sterlynge money, and ouer that he gaue to 
 them in plate purposely made to y^ value of. v.C./i. sterlynge. And in the. xxv. yere of 
 the reygne of the sayd Lewys, the forenamyd Margarete, a chylde of tender age, with 
 great and somptuouse porope was brought vnto Parys, and from thens siie was conueyed 
 vnto Ambasye, and there in the moneth of lulye cowpelyd by maryage vnto the fore- 
 nam.ed Charlys, sone vnto the kynge. After whiche solepnyte fynysshyd, y sayde Lewys 
 felynge his sykenesse more and more encreasyng, vpon a season callyd his sayde sone 
 Charlys before hym, and exortyd hym in this wyse as after foloweth: " My moost deryst 
 chylde, I feele & ktiowe well that I shall not tary longe in this countrey*, for I am more 
 nerer myne eude tha thou knowest; for I am so contynuelly greuyd with sykenesse, y no 
 medecyne may or can releue me, and thou arte he that must rule this lande after me: 
 wherefore to the it is specially behouefull and necessary to haue trewe scruaiitys. Amonge 
 many y I haue proued in my dayes, ii. there ben the whiche I specyally comende vnto 
 the, that is to nieane Olyuer Daman, & lohn Doyacon, whose seruyce§ I haue in such 
 wyse vsed, y by theyr meanys & counceyll I thynke my lyfe hath ben longe preseruyd. And 
 therefore specyally these, ii. kepe nere about y^, nothyng mynysshyng to theym of theyr 
 offycesorpossessyons that I before tymes to them haue gyuen. And after theyse. ii. take to 
 the for the' counceyllours, Guyot & Bochage, & for to guyde the' warris, Phylyp Des- 
 quyer, f which infeatys of warre, as I haue well prouyd, hath passyngc experyece. And 
 other which I haue auaucyd to ofFycys with in this realme, lette them so rcmayne : & the 
 comons of the lande, the whiche, by occasyon of my warris, I hauegreuously taxyd, & 
 greatlye wekyd & enpouerysshed, socoure & fauoure to thy power. To f Burgonyons me 
 thought eucr good to shewe fauoure, or ellys me thought it shuld haue soundyd to my 
 dyslionoure ; so I thynke it shall be good that thou so doo." After that kynge Lewys had 
 thus exortid & counceylyd his sone, he then retournyd vnto Turon, where for the myti- 
 gacion of his peynfuU sykenesse, which of myne auctoure is callyd in Latyne Morbus 
 Elcphacie, he comaiidyd to be brought before hym all y cunnynge masters of musyke 
 within this* realme, y by f melodyous sounde of theyr instrumentys, he myght be easyd 
 of his peyne. But when he had assemblyd of the best an. C. &. xx, in noumber, a fewe 
 shepardys pypes wer^to hym more solace tha all y other, or any parte of the, y whiche 
 he helde styll in his court, & comaudyd that euery day f sayd shepherdis shuld play a 
 certeyn dystaiice from the place where he laye. And ouer this he sent for all ankers & other 
 
 ' vpon liym. * dyspoBid hym. MS. ' those dayes. * world. MS. ' thy. MS. " his 
 
 4 0a relygyous 
 
Jfth CCuviHt 
 
 6SS! SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. IIII. 
 
 Tclygyous men, f were famyd for holy & parfyght men, and for them ordeyned placis ^i» 
 Turon, ^by^meane of theyr prayere he myght be releasyd of his cotynuell paynes. And 
 to haue leger cotynuauce of lyfe, myne auctor sayeth y' this Lewys had so great a de- 
 syre to haue legth of lyfe, for somocb as he knewe well f the realme of France shuld be 
 in great trouble & vexacio shortly after. But notwstadyng all theyse prouysyons & orde- 
 naiicis, with many moo which longe were to wryte, fynally this Lewys dyed, when he 
 had ben kyug of Fraiice by f terrae of. xxvi. yeres, or thervpo, & after was buryed in ^ 
 church of our Lady of Raynes, where before tyme he prouyded his sepulture^ & in tyme of 
 his sykenesse laye in it a certeyn season, whyle that certeyne orysons were ouer hym sayde» 
 
 Edwarde the iv. 
 
 EDwarde the. iiii. of that name, sone of Rycharde duke of Yorke, as before is towchyd; 
 bega his reygne ouer the realme of Englande the. iiii. day of Marche, in the ende of the 
 yere of Grace, to reken after the Church of Englode. M. iiii.C. and. Ix. and the secode 
 yere of Lewis f. xii. tha kyng of Frauce. The which Edyvarde, after his possessyof^ 
 takynge at Westmynster, and gettynge of the feelde at Towton by Yorke, was crowned 
 and anoyntyd for kynge at Westmynster foresayde, the. xxix. daye of luny, as before is 
 shewyd in the ende of the last yere of Henry the. yi. After which solempnytie fynysshed, 
 the kyng in August after rode to Cauntorbury, & from thens he rode to Sandewyche, & 
 from thens alonge by the sees syde to Southampton, and so into y' Marche of Walys, and 
 retournyd by Brystowe, where he was with all honoure receyuyd, and after >vysyted 
 sundry parties of his realme. In whiche season or soone after, the tyme of Rycharde 
 Lee, mayer of London, expyred, and Hughe Wyche, mercer, was admytted for the 
 yere folowynge. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.lxi. Anuo Domini.M.CCCC.lxii. 
 
 lohn Looke. 
 Hughe Wyche. Anno. i. 
 
 , George Irelande. 
 
 THis yere, beynge the later ende of the first yere of Edwarde the. iiii» & the begyn- 
 
 nyng of this mayers yere, y is to say, y^. iiii. daye of Septebre, a parlyamet was begunna 
 
 at Westmynster. And vpo f morow folowinge dyed lohii duke of Norfolke, the 
 
 which hadde ben a specyall ayder of the kyng. And vpo Alhaloen daye before passyd,^ 
 
 TheerieofOx- f kynge crcatyd Richarde his yonger brother, duke of Glowcetyr, ^ lorde Bowchyer, 
 
 enfordew' other erle of Esscx, & the lord Fawcumbrydge, erle of Kent. And vpon the. xii. day of 
 
 putto et . Pebruary was the erle of Oxenforde, w the lorde Aubry his elder sone, syr Thomas 
 
 Todenhame, Wyllya Tyrell, & other, brought vnto the Towre of London : & vpo the. 
 
 xx.day of f sayd moneth, y sayd Lorde Awbry was (drawen from Westmynster vnto ^ 
 
 Towre Hyll, and there behedyd. And vpo the. xxiii. daye of the same moneth, syr 
 
 Thomas Todenham, Wyllyam Tyrell, & lohn Mogomory were also there behedid. And vpo 
 
 ^llJI* the Fryday next ensuynge, or the. xxvi. daye off sayd moneth, the erle of Oxenforde was- 
 
 ladde from Westmynster vpon his feete,tothe sayde place, [of Inesse,]'& there also behedyd,. 
 
 whose corps was after borne vntoy FrereAugustynes, & there buryed winy-quyer fory tyme. 
 
 ' And in y seconde and later ende of the moneth of luly, was the castell of Awnewyke yeldea 
 
 vnto the lorde Hastynges, by appoyntment. [And before tyme 
 
 ofHeyfos holdcn the same were sufFeryd to goo at theyr lyberte.l' Whan kyng Edwarde was thua 
 
 staolyssned m this realme, great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of 
 
 the 'foresayd. xviii.M./i, to hym and other delyueryd by the stapelers, as before in the. 
 
 xxxviii. yere of Hery the. vi. to you I haue before shewyd*. Were it by y agrement of 
 
 y^ sayde stapelers, or other wyse, one named Rycharde Heyron, a marchaiit, of pregnaunt 
 
 • OmUttd in the edit, 1533. 1542.1559. » Here the MS. and latter editions add whereof was 
 
 Ikborer. 
 
 * wytte, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. IIII. 65$ 
 
 rrytte, and of good maner & specbe, for them shewyd. To whom at lengthe was answeiyd 
 by f kyngea counceyli, that the sayd. xviii. MM. with moche more, y^ which was couertly 
 kept from * kynges knowlege, belonged of ryght vnto the erle of Wylshyre, which at y 
 tyme of delyuery of f sayd goodys, was hyghe tresourer of Eoglonde, and after for 
 treason by hym done agayne f kynge, the sayd erlys ladis & goodys were forfayted vnto 
 f kynge; wherfore the kyng reteynyd y sayd. xviii. M./i. as parceyll of his forfayture, 
 wolde' reteyne as his owne. Vpon whiche answere, this Heyron seynge ;y of the kyng he 
 royght haue no remedy, & for somoch, as moch of the sayd good belongyd to his charge, 
 he then resortyd vnto y^ stapelers, for cotentacion of the sayd money. But how it was that 
 there he fande no comfort, he fynallye suyd the mayer of the staple & his company, and 
 put them vnto great vexacion & trowble ; & in y ende fande suche fauoure in the courte •■ 
 
 of Rome, y he denouncyd all the marchautys stapelers accursyd : howe be it, that soone 
 after they purchasyd an absolucyon, and he in conclusyon, after longe beynge in West- 
 mynster as a seyntwary man, i^out recouery of his costys or dutie> dyed tliere, beynge 
 greatly endettyd vnto many parsonys. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.Ixiu Anna Domini. M.CCCC.lxiii. 
 
 Wyllyam Hamptoi>. 
 Thomas Cooke*. Anno. ii. 
 
 Earth. lamys. 
 
 THis yere, & begynnynge of the moneth of Nouember, Margaret, late quene of 
 Engl5de, came out of Frauce into Scotlande, & from thens into Englande, with a strenth 
 of Frenshemen & Scottis. Wherfore the kynge sped hym into the Northe with a strong© 
 boost. Whereof herynge, the qucne brake hyr araye and fledde, and toke a caruyle, & 
 therein entedyd to haue saylyd inio Fraunce ; but suche tempest fell vpon the see, that 
 she was constraynyd to take a fysshers bote, & by meane therof landyd at Barkewyke'» 
 & so drewe hyr vnto the Scottisshe kyng. And shortlye after hyr landynge, tydynges 
 came to hyr that hyr sayde caruyJl was drowned, within the whiche she hadde great 
 treasoure and other rychesse. And the same daye, vpon. CCCC. of Frenshemen were 
 dryuen vpon lande nere vnto Bambourth, where they, for somoch as they myght not 
 haue a way theyr shyppes, they fyred them, & after for theyr sauegarde toke an ilande 
 T^in North umberlande, where they were assaylyd of one called Maners, with other in his 
 company, and of them slayen and take prysoners, as many as there were. Whan the 
 kynge was ware of the quenys thus auoydynge, he entendyd to haue folowed, & to haue 
 made warre vpon the Scottys; but he was then vysyted with the sykenesse of pockys, tiiat 
 he was forcyd to leue that iournaye. In y weke of Crystemas folowyng, f Scottys w a 
 stronge power percyd the lade, entendynge to haue rescowyd certeyne castellys i p North, 
 but they retourned shortly without harme doynge. rti,ccM», 
 
 And shortly after the duke of Somerset and sir Rauffe Percy submytted theym to the 
 kynges grace. ,gl 
 
 Whanne the kynge was curyd and retourned soutbwarde, the Scottes aboute the tyme 
 of Lent, entryd agayne into Englande, and layde a siege vnto Banbourth castell & wane 
 it. Wherfore the kynge in the moneth of August folowynge, rode agayne northwarde 
 with his power; and ouer that, vytayled certayne shyppes in the West countre, and 
 manned theym, & sent them thyder to make warre vpon the sea coost. 
 
 And in the latter ende of this maiers yere, the duke of Somerset, herynge y kynge 
 Henry was comynge into the lande with a newe strength, departed secretly, and went 
 agayne to hyra. 
 
 ' and \rould. 'Draper. MS, 'Barwyke. 
 
 Anno 
 
654 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI. Till. 
 
 The lorde 
 lohnne of 
 Mouutagu. 
 
 The duke of 
 Somerset. ' 
 
 The kynge 
 ra^ried. 
 
 Anno Demini. M.iiii.C.lxiii. 
 
 Mathewe Philip, goldsmyth. 
 
 Robert Basset. 
 
 Thomas Muscharape. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxiiiii 
 
 A'lnio. iii. 
 
 THis yere, and moneth of May, whiche was in the begynnyng of the. iiii. yere of 
 kinge Edwarde, the lorde Idhii of Mountagu, hauynge then the rule in j North parties, , 
 beynge warnyd of the comynge of Henry, late kynge, with a great power out of Scot- 
 lade, assembled y Northynraen, and mette with hym aboute Exham, and there skyr- 
 mysshed with Scottes, & at lengthe wanne the victory of his enemyes, and chasyd Henry 
 so nere, that he wan from hym certayne of his folowers, trapped with blewe veiuet, 
 and his bycoket, garnysshed with. ii. crownes of golde, and fret with perle and ryche 
 stone. 
 
 He also toke at the sayde iourney the duke of Somerset, the lorde Hungerforde, and 
 the lorde Roos ; which sayd duke was shortly after put to deth at y sayd towne of 
 Exham, and the other, ii. lordes were soon after behedyd at New Castell. And'bther 
 whiche. were after that fyght taken in a wood faste by, as sir Philip Wentworth, sir Ed- 
 monde Fiz, knyghtes, Blacke laquys, lohii Bryce, and Thomas Hunt, were also put 
 to deth at Exham foresayd, or Myddylham after some wryters ; and sir Thomas Husey, 
 knight, was behedid at Yorke. And in the moneth of luly nexte folowynge, the sayd 
 lorde Mountagu, witii ayde of his brother erle of Warwyke, wan by strengthe the fore- 
 named castell of Bamburgthe, wherin as one of the sayd capitaynes was taken, w other, 
 sir RaufFe Gray, which shortly after at Yorke, was drawen, hagyd, and quarteryd. 
 
 In suche passe tyme, in moste secrete maner, vpon the firste daye of May, kynge 
 Edwarde spousyd Elizabeth, late the wyfe of sir lolin Graye, knyght, whiche before 
 tyme was slayne at Towetoii or Yorke felde, whiche spowsayles were solempnyzed erely 
 in y mornynge at a towne named Graston', nere vnto Stonyngstratforde ; at whiche 
 manage was no* persones present but the spowse, the spowsesse, the duches of Bedforde 
 her moder, y" preest, two gentylwomen, and a yong man to helpe the preest syncre. 
 After which spowsayles endyd, be went to bedde, and so taried there vpon. iii. or. iiii, 
 houres, and after departed & rode agayne to Stonyngstratforde, arid came i maner as 
 though he had ben on huntinge, and there went to bedde agayne. And within a daye or. 
 ii. after, he sent to Graston', to the lorde Ryuers, fader vnto. bis wyfe, shewynge to hym y 
 he wolde come & lodge with hym a certeyne season, where he was receyued with all 
 honoure, and so taryed there by the space of. iiii. dayes. In whiche season, she nyghljy 
 to his bedde was brought, in so secrete maner, that almooste none but her moder was of 
 counsayll. And so this maryage was a season kept secret after, tyll nedely it muste be 
 discoueryd & disclosed, by meane of other whiche were oflferyd vnto the kynge, as the 
 quene of Scottes and other. What oblyquy ran after of this maryage, howe the kynwe 
 was enchaiited by the duchesse of Bedforde, and howe after he wolde haue refusyd her, 
 with many other thynges concernyng this matier, I here passe it ouer. 
 
 And this yere was king Henry takyn in a wood in the North countre, by one named 
 Cantlowe, and presentyd to the kyng, and after sent to the Tower, where he remayned 
 ionge after*. 
 
 Graffton.MS. and edit. 1542.1559. * no moo. MS. ^ In the margin of the Museum MS. 
 
 we have this note in the contemporary hand already mentioned. In this seson was the erle of Warwyk vft other 
 coble mei;, sent into Spayai, to treat of a maryage atwene kyng Edward & the kyng's syster of Spayn ; 
 wliych was first occacion of dyspleasur atwene kyng Edward & the said erle of Warwyk, for that the erle 
 Jiad entnd soo ferr m comynycacion and was deludyd. 
 
 Anno 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. €5i 
 
 Anuo Domini. M.iiii.C.lxiiii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxv. 
 
 ,i lohfi Tate. 
 
 RaufFe losselyn, draper. Anno. iiii. 
 
 lohii Stone. 
 
 THis yere, was a newe coyne ordeyned by the kynge, the whiche was namyd the 
 royair, & was [& yet is]* in value of. x. shillynges, the halfe royall'. v.s. and the fer^ 
 thynge. ii.*. \i.d. And ouer that be ordeyned the seconde coyne of golde, & nadiyd it 
 the angell, whiche was- [and yet is]* in value of. vi.s. viii.rf. and the halfe angell. iii.*. iu'i.d. 
 He ordeyned also a newe coyne of grotes, halfe grotes, & penyes, whiche were of lasse 
 weyght thanne the* olde grote was by. \ni.d, in an vunce. And thane was fyne golde 
 auansyd from IP. to. xl.s. an vunce, and other baser goldes after the* rate ; and 
 
 syluer that before was at. viii. grotes and. xxx.d. an vunce, was hyghed to. xl.d. an vunce, 
 and. iii.s. W.d. 
 
 And in this mayres yere, and begynnynge of the', v. yere, that is to saye, f. xxvi. daye 
 of May, that yere Whytsonday, quene Elizabeth was crowned at Westmynster with 
 grat solempnytie. At the whighe season at the Tower, the nyght before the coronacion, Cormacioie- 
 amonge many knyghtes of the Bathe there made, was as of y company sir Thomas^""" 
 Cook, sir Mathewe Philip, sir RaufFe losselyne, and sir Henry Wauyr, cytezeins of 
 London, than and there made knyghtes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxv. Anno Domini. M.iiii.Clxvi. 
 
 Sir Henry Wauyr. 
 RaufFe Verney, riiercer. Anno. v. 
 
 William Coustantyne. 
 
 THis yere, that is to saye, the. xi. daye of the raoneth of February, was Elizabeth 
 pryncesse, and firste childe of kyng Edwarde, borne at Westmynster, whose cristenynge Byrth ofy* 
 was doone in the abbaye with most solempnyte ; and f more, bycause y kynge was as- pt"""^" 
 suryd of his phisycions that the quene was conceyued \V a prynce ; & specially of one 
 named maister Domynyk, by whose counsayll great prouycion was ordeyned for cristen- 
 ynge of the sayde prynce. Wherfore it was after tolde, that this maister Domynyk, to 
 y entent to haue great thanke & rewarde of y kynge, he stode in the seconde chamber 
 where f quene trauayled, that he myght be the firste that shulde brynge tydynges to the 
 kynge of the byrth of the prynce : and lastly when he harde f childe crye, he knockyd 
 or called secretly at f chamber dore, and frayned what the quene had. To whom it was I'oi. ccpm, 
 answeryd by one of the ladyes, what so euer the quenes grace hath here wythin, suer it 
 is that a fole standithe there withoute. And so confused with thys answere, he deperted 
 wythoute seynge of the kynge for that tyme. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.Clxvi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxvii. 
 
 lohn Browne. 
 Sir lohn Yonge, grocer. Henry Bryce. Anno. vi. 
 
 V lohn Stokton. 
 
 THis yere, & moneth of dyed the forenamed Henry Bryce, and for hym lustes in Smyth , 
 
 was chosyn immedyatly, a sheryfFe for tiiis yere, lohn Stokton. And in the moneth of ^'^^ 
 Tuny followynge, were certayne actes and featys of warre doone in Smythfelde, atwene 
 sir Antony Wydeuyle, called lord Scalys, vpon that one partye, and the bastarde of 
 Burgoyne, chalengour on that one' partye ; of whiche the lorde Scalys wanne the honour : 
 for the sayde bastarde was at the firste course rennynge, with sharpe^sperys ouerthrowea 
 
 • ryall. * Omittei in the edit. 1542. 1559. ^ xxx.*. MS. ♦ that. ' the kynges. MS. * other. 
 
 hor&e 
 
6SS SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 
 
 horse and man, which was by the rage of the horse of the sayd bastarde, and nat by 
 yyolence of the stroke of his enentiy, and by a pyke of iron, standynge vpon the fore 
 parte of the sadyll of the lorde Scalys, wherwith the horse beynge blynde of the 
 bastarde, was stryken into the nose thrylles, and for payne therof mounted so hyghe vpon 
 the hinder feet, that he fyl bakwarde. Vpon the seconde day they met there agayne vpon 
 fote, and fawght with theyr axes a fewe strokes. But whan the kyrige sawe that the 
 lorde Scalys hadde auauntage of the bastarde, as the poynt of his axe in the vysoure of 
 his encmyes helmet, & by force therof was lykely to haue borne hym ouer, ,the kyng in 
 hast, cryed to suche as hadde the rule of the felde, that they shuld departe theym ; and 
 for more spedeof the same, caste downe a warderer whiche he then helde in his hande: 
 and so were they departed to the honour of the lorde Scalys for both dayes. Vpon the 
 morowe folowynge and the other dayes, were certayne actes of warre done atwene dyuers® 
 gentylmen of this lande, & certayne of the sayd bastardes seruauntes ; of the whiche also 
 the Englysshmen wan the honoure. In this yere also one named lohii Derby, alderman, 
 for gomoche as he refusyd to cary or to paye for the caryage away of a deed dogge lying 
 at his dore, and for vnfyttynge langage whiche he gaue vnto the mayre, he was by a 
 court of aldermen demyd to a fyne of. 1 li. whiche he payde euery peny. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxvii. Anno Dotnini. M.iiii.C.lxviii. 
 
 Humfrey Heyford. 
 Thomas Owlegraue'. Anno. vii. 
 
 Thomas Stalbroke. 
 
 IN this yere of the mayer, and in the beginning of the. viii. yere of this kynge Ed- 
 "warde, that is to meane vpon Saterdaye next ensuynge the feest of Corpus Cristi, dame 
 Margaret, suster vnto the kynge, rode thorough the cytie of London towarde the sees 
 syde, to passe into Flaunders, there to be maryed to Charlys duke of Burgoyne, before 
 named in the story of the. xi, Lowys kyng of Fraunce. After whose departure, sir 
 sirThomaj ThomaB Cook, late maier, which before was pechyd of treason by a seruaunt of the 
 lorde Wenlokkis, called Hawkyns, and at the request of the sayd lady Margarete, vpon 
 suertie sufferyd to go at large, then was arrestyd and sent vnto the Tower, and his 
 goodes seasyd by the lorde Riuerse then tresourer of Englande, and his wyfe put out of 
 his house, and commytted to the charge of the mayer, . in v/hose place she laye a season 
 after. Aad after the sayd sir Thomas hadde lyen a tyme in the Tower, he was brought 
 vnto the Guyldhalle, and there areygned of the sayd treason, and quyt by sondry en- 
 <]|uestes; and after that commytted vnto the Countour io Bradstrete, and from thens to 
 •the Kynges Benche in Southwerke, where he laye within the sayd pryson tyll his frendes 
 agreed to sir lohn Brandon, then keper of the sayd pryson, to take hym home to his 
 place, where to his great charge he remaj-ned as prysoner longe after. In which tyme 
 and season heloste moche good ; for bothe his places in the countre and also in London 
 were vnder the gydynge of,the sayd lord Ryuers seruauntes, and of the seruanntes of sir 
 lohn Fogge thaa vnder tresourer ; tlie whiche spoyled and distroyed moche thynge. 
 And ouer that moche of his iewellys and plate, with great substaunce of the* marchaun- 
 ■dyse, as cloth of sylkes, & clothes of aras, were discouerid by suche persones as he 
 had betaken the said goodes to keepe, and came to the treasourers handes, which to the 
 «ayd sir Thomas was a great enemye. And fynally, after many persecucions and losses, 
 was compelled as for a fyne sette vpon hym for offence of mysprysion, to paye vnto the 
 iynge. viii. M.IL And after he had thus agreed, and was at' large for the kynges 
 interest, he was than ne in newe trowble agayne the quene ; the whiche demaundyd^ of 
 :iym as her right, for euery MM. payde vnto the kynge by waye oi fyne, an hondreth 
 
 • The MS, adds Skynner. * other^ MS. ' set at. M.S. 
 
 marke ; 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 6S7 
 
 inarke. For the which he had after longe sute and great charge, and in conclusion was 
 lEiyne to agre, and to gyue to her a great pleasure, besyde many good gyftes that he 
 gaue vnto his' counsayll. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxviii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lux. 
 
 Symonde Smyth. 
 Wyllyam Taylour, grocer. Anno. vili. 
 
 William Haryot. 
 
 THis yere, &. xxi. day of Nouembre, a seruaunte of the duks of Exceter, named EmcucJod. 
 Richarde Sterys, after his iugement, was drawen thorughe the cytie vnto the Tower 
 Hylle, and there parted in. ii. pesys, that is, the hede frome the body. And vpon the 
 daye followynge, two persones beyng named* Poynys & that other Alforde, were drawen 
 westwarde to Tyborne, and there whan they shulde haue been hanged, there chartours 
 were shewyd, and so preseruyd. 
 
 And about this season or soon after, was the erle of Oxenforde, which before tyme was Theerfcof 
 taken by a surmyse in ielosy of treason, awaytyd for and arrestid^ and after delyuered. Oxenfonie- 
 In the latter ende of this mayers yere, &. ix. yere of the kynge, the marchauntes Ester- 
 lynges were condempned vnto the marchauntes auentures' Englysshe, after longe and 
 sumptuous exspences in the lawe and before the kynges counsayll, in. xiii.M. v.C. and. 
 xx./i. whereof the payment was kept secret fi-om wryters. 
 
 In this yere the dissymuled fauoure, whiche atwene the kyng and the erle of War- /■,/. cc,,;. 
 wyke hadde this* cotynued syne the maryage of the queue, beganne to appere ; in somoch 
 that the erle withdrewe hym from the kynge, and confederyd vnto hym the duke of 
 Clarence, that before hadde maryed his doughter. 
 
 Wherupon the comons of the North begaQe to rebell, and chase theym a capitayne, 
 whom they had named Robyn of Ryddysdale ; the whiche dyd many feates, and lastly 
 bare hym so wysely, f he and his company were pardonyd of the kynge. In the whiche 
 rumoure and stirrynge, the lord Ryuers, and sir lohn his sone, that before hadde 
 maried the olde duchesse of NorfFolke, lyinge at a place by Charynge Crosse called ^ 
 Muys, were taken by Lyncolnshyreme & brought vnto Northamptoii, and there behedyd. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiit.C.lxix. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxx. 
 
 Richarde Gardyner. 
 Richarde Lee, grocer. Anno. ix. 
 
 Robert Drope. 
 
 THis yere, soone after Alhalowen tyde, proclamacyons were made thorugh the cytie 
 of London, that the kynge had pardoned the Northyrn men of theyr riot, and aswell for 
 f deth of the lorde Ryuers, as all displeasures by theym before f tyme done. And soon 
 vpon this a new styrrynge began in Lyncolnshyre, wherof y' occaconer was the lorde 
 Wellys, as f fame then went; for whom the kynge sent by fayre meanes, promysyng 
 hym to go safe and come safe as it was sayd. But trouth it is, after his comynge to the 
 kynge, had he before suche promyse or nat, he was shortly after behedyd. 
 
 Than in February folowynge, by medyacion of lordes, a treatye of vnytie & concorde 
 was labouryd atwene the kynge and his broder, and the erle of Warwyke ; for whiche 
 cause the sayd erle came thenne vnto London ; & shortly after came the sayde duke, as 
 vpon Shrouesondaye folowynge. And vpon the Tuysdaye folowynge, the kyng and the 
 sayd duke mette at Baynardes Castell, where the duchesse of Yorke theyr moder thenne 
 laye. In the whiche passe tyme, the erle of Warwyke was retourned to Warwyk, & there 
 gaderyd to hym suche strengthe as be myght make, as it was reported. 
 
 I her. * the one. ' aueaturers. * itylUedit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 4P And 
 
65% 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTL 
 
 Sir Robert 
 Wellys. 
 
 Execucion. 
 
 Ftedamacio* 
 
 And in Lyncolnsfayre sir Robert Weliys, sone vnto the lorde Wellys before put to 
 deth, in this whyle had also assembled a great bende of men, purposyd' to gyue the 
 kynge a felde. Of all whiche tydynges whenne the kynge was assertayned, he with his 
 sayde broder the duke spedde hym nortliwarde, and in that whyle sent to the sayde sir 
 Robert Wellys, wyllyng hyrti to sende home his people and come to hym, and he shuld 
 haue his grace. But that other answerid, that by lyke promysse his fader was disceyued;^ 
 and that shulde be his example. But in conclusion, whan the kynge with his power 
 drewe nere vnto hym, he toke suche fere that he fledde, and soone after was taken, 
 and with hyffl sir Thomas Dymmok, knyght, and other, the whiche were shortly after 
 put to deth. 
 
 In this season was the duke of Clarence departyd from the kynge, and was gone vnto 
 the erle of Warwyke to take his parte. To whom the kynge in lykewyse sent, y they 
 shuld come to his presence withoute fere, where vnto they made a fayned ansvvere. 
 The duice aedde. And that* consyderyug their lacke of power agayne the kyng, departyd and went to the 
 see syde, and so sayled into Fraunce, & requyred the. xi. Lowys, than kynge of that 
 region, that he wolde ayde and assyste theym to restore kynge Henry to Jiis ryghtfull 
 enheritaunce. Wherof the sayd Lowys beynge gladde, graunted vnto theym their re- 
 quest, and helde theym there, whyle they with the counsayll of quene Margarete prouyded 
 for theyr retourne into Englande. 
 
 ■ Whan the sayd lordes were thus departyd the lande, the kyng c5maiidyd them to be 
 proclaym^d as rebellys & tray tours thorugh out his realme. And in the Easter weke 
 folowynge, sir GefFery Gate, and one named Clapham, whiche entendyd at Southampton to 
 haue taken shyppynge and to haue sayled to the sayd lordes, were there taken by the lorde 
 Howarde, and sent vnto warde, whiche sayd Clapham was behedyd soon after, and the 
 sayd sir Geffrey Gate fande such frendshyp, that lastly he escapyd op was delyueryd, so 
 that he yode after to seyntwary. Than was the lorde of Seynt lohis arrestyd j but at' 
 instauni^e of the archebysshop of Caunterbury, he went a season at large, vnder suertie, 
 and was finally comytted to the Tower. In whiche passe tyme the erle of Oxenforde gat 
 ouer vnto the foresayd lordes. Thus endurynge this trouble, a stirryng \vas made in f North 
 parties by the lordes Fitz Hugh, wherfore the kynge spedde hym thyderwarde. But so 
 soon as the sayd lorde knewe of ^ kynges comynge, anone he lefte his people and fledde 
 into Scotlande. And the kynge whiche then was comyn to Yorke, restyd hym there a 
 season and there aboute. 
 
 In the moneth of Septembre, &. x. yere of the kyng, the foresayd duke of Clarence, 
 acc5panyed with y erlys of Warwyke, of Penbroke, & of Oxenforde, & other many 
 gentylmen, ladyd at Dartmouth in Deuynshyre, & there made theyr proclamacions in 
 the name of kynge Henry the. vi. and so drewe-ferther into the lande. Wherof herynge, 
 y^^ comons of that coiitre and other drewe vnto theim by great companyes. 
 
 Thenne the Kentyssheraen beganne to wexe wylde, and assembled theym in great 
 companyes, and so came vnto the out parties of the cytie of London,' as RadclyfFe, Seynt 
 Katherynes, and other places, and robbyd & spoyled the Flemynges, & all the berebowses 
 there as they came. 
 
 Then the foresayd lordes holdynge on theyr iournaye drewe towarde the kyng, beyng 
 in y^ North, as aboue is sayd. Wherof he beynge warnyd, and hauynge with hym as then 
 but small strength, wherof some to hym were nat very trusty, he with a secrete company 
 toke the next waye .towarde the Wash in Lyncolneshyre, and there passed ouer with great 
 daunger, nat without losse of dyuerse of his company, and so passyd the countres into 
 Fiaundres, and styntyd nat tyll he came to Charlys his broder, than duke of Burgoyne, 
 with whom he restyd a season. Whanne the quene, whiche thenne was in the Tower, 
 harde of the kynges auoydynge, anone she departyd frome thens, and yode vnto West- 
 
 Duke of Cla- 
 rence is Undyd. 
 
 The kyng 
 auoydctfa. 
 
 and purpoced. edit. 1542t 1559. 
 
 ■ that uyght foluyng. MS, then edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 7 
 
 ^ at the. 
 
 mynster, 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUART!. 659 
 
 mynster, and there regystred herself for a seyntwary woman, and in lyke wyse dyd many 
 of kynge Edwardes frendes. 
 
 And therine aboute the begynnynge of Octobre, sir Geffrey Gate, that tyll that tyme sirOeffiey 
 hadde holden the sayd seyntwary, & other with hym, went vnto the prysons aboute *"* 
 London, & al suche as they had fauour vnto, toke them out & sette theym at lybertie. 
 And then shypmen and other euyll disposid persones as then drewe to f said Geffrey 
 Gate, robbyd agayne the berehowses, and sette some of theym on fyre, and after re- 
 sorted vnto f gates of the cytie, & there wolde haue entred by force ; but ^ cytezeins 
 withstode theym with suche force, y they were compelled to departe thens. Vpon the. 
 xii. daye of Octobre the Tower was gyuen vp by appoyntment, and kynge Henry was 
 taken from f lodgynge where before he laye, & was than lodgyd in y kynges lodgynge 
 within the said Tower. In whiche passe tyme the duke and the foresayd lordes drewe aacc**.*. 
 nere vnto the cytie. 
 
 And vpon Saterdaye than nexte folowynge, the sayde duke accompanyed with the 
 erlys of Warwyke, of Shrowysbury, and the lord Stanley, rode vnto the Tower, and 
 there with all honour and reuerence fet out kynge Henry, and conueyed hym to Paulys, 
 and there lodgyd hym in the bysshoppes palays, & so was than admytted and taken for 
 kynge thorugh all the lande. 
 
 Readepcio Henrici sextl. 
 
 HEnry f. vi. of that name, before by Edwarde the. iiii. put downe, was agayne re- Theerieof 
 storyd to the crowne of Engiande the'. daye of Octobre, in f yere of Grace. '^<"'^**- 
 
 M. CCCC.lxix. and the. x. Jere of Edwarde f. iiii. and the. xii. yere of the. xii. Lowys 
 than kynge of Fraunce. 
 
 In whose begynnyng of raedepcion, the erle of Worceter, whiche for his cruelnesse was 
 called the bochier of Englade, was taken and put in streyght pryson. And vpon the. 
 XV. daye of Octobre was the sayde erle aregned at Westmynster in the Whytp Halle, and 
 there endyted of treason ; and vpon the Mondaye folowyng adiugyd that he shuld go 
 from f same place vnto the Tower Hyll, & there to haue his hede.smytten of. But as 
 he was comynge from the sayd place of iugement towarde his execucion, the people 
 presid so inportunally vpon hym for to se and beholde hym, that the sheryffes were 
 fayne to tourne into the Flete, & there to borowe gayoU for hym for that nyght. And 
 vpon tlie morowe after at after noone, beynge seynt Lukys daye, and. xviii. daye of 
 Octobre, he was ladde to the Tower Hylle, where he toke his deth full pacyently, whose 
 corps was after borne with the hede vnto the Blacke Friers, and there honourably buryed 
 in a chapel stadynge in the body of the churche, which he before tyme had foundyd. 
 Andthenne was dayly awaytynge vpon the see syde for the landynge of quene Margarete 
 and prynce Edwarde her sone ; and also prouycyon made for the defence of landynge of 
 kynge Edwarde and his company. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxx. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxi. 
 
 , , , , „ ^°^" ^'°^^y- 5Anno Henrici. vi. primo. 
 
 lohn Stokton, mercer. MnrioEdwardi. iiii«. x". 
 
 loan, VVarde. 
 
 IN this yere, whiche was in the ende of the. x. yere of kynge Edward, and begymiynge 
 of the raedepcion of kynge Henry, that is to meane, the ihirde daye of Nouembre, 
 quene Elizabeth, beynge, as before is sayd, in Westmynster seyntwary, was lyghted of a Edward* y.r. 
 fayre prynce. And within the sayd place the sayd childe, without pompe, was after "'~""* 
 cristenyd, whose godfaders were f abbot and priour of the sayd place, and the lady 
 
 » thexvitB. MS. * 
 
 4 P 2 Scrope 
 
660 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 
 
 Scrope godmoder. And the. xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth folowyng, beganne a par- 
 Apariyament. lyamcnt', and froni thens prorogyd to Paulis, where it contynued tyll Cristemas. In 
 the* parlyament sir Thomas Cooke, before trowbelyd as I haue shewyd in the. vii. yere 
 of kynge Edwarde, put in a byll into the comon house, to be restoryd of the lorde Ryuers 
 iandes and other occacioners of his trowble, to the siime of. xxii. M. marke; ofthe 
 whiche he had good comfort to haue ben allowed of kyng Henry if he had prosperyd. 
 And the rather, for that f he was of the comon house, and therwith a man of great bold- 
 nesse in speche and well spoken, and syngulerly wytted and well reasoned. 
 Prociamacion. Thanne durynge this parlyament kyngp Edwarde was proclaymed vsurper ofthe crowne, 
 and the duke of Glouceter his yonger broder traytour, and both attayntedrbiy auctorytie of 
 the sayd parlyament. 
 
 And vpon the. xiiii'. daye of February came the duke of Exceter to London. And 
 the. xxvii*. daye of f sayd moneth, rode the erle of Warwyke thorugh the cytie towarde 
 Doner, for to haue receyued quene Margarete ; but he was despoynted, for y wynde 
 was to her so contrary, that she laye at the see syde taryinge for a conuenyent wynde 
 frome Nouembre tyll Apryll. And soo the' sayde erle, after he hadde longe taryed for 
 her at the see syde, was fayne to retourne without spede of his purpose. 
 
 Thus durynge this queysj season, the mayer ferynge the retourne of kynge Edwarde, 
 fayned hym syke, and so kept his house a great season. All which tyme sir Thomas 
 Cooke, whiche thenne was admytted to his former rome, was sette in his place, and al- 
 lowyd for his deputie, whiche tourned after to his great trowble & sorowe. - 
 Kynge Edwarde Thanne fynally in the begynnynge of the moneth of 'Apryll, kynge Edwarde landyd in 
 «ladyd. ^yjg North, at a place called Rauynspore, with a small company of Flemynges and other ; 
 
 so that all his company excedyd nat the nombre of. M. persones. And so drewe hym 
 towarde Yorke, makyng his proclamacions as he went in the name of kyng Henry, and 
 shewyd to the people, that he came for none entent, but oonly to clayme his enherytaunce, 
 f dukedome of Yorke ; [and soo passyd the countres tyll he came to y cytie of Yorke,]* 
 where the cytezeyns helde hym oute tyll they knewe his entent. And when he had shewyd 
 vnto theym, as he before had done vnto other, & cofermed it by an othe, he was there 
 receyued and refresshed for a certayne tyme, and so departed and helde his way towarde 
 London, and passyd by fauoure and fayer wordes the daunger of the lorde marquys 
 Mountagu, whiche in that coostes laye than awayte for hym purposely to stoppe his way, 
 and hadde people dowble the nombre that kynge Edwarde had of fyghtynge men. 
 Whanne kynge Edwarde was thus passyd the sayde marquys, and sawe that his strength 
 was greatly amendyd, and that also dayly y people drewe vnto hym, he thanne made 
 proclamacyons in his owne name as kynge of Englande ; and so helde on his ioTTrnay tyll 
 he came vnto London. In whiche passe tyme, that is to' mcane vpon Sherethursdaye, 
 f archebysshop of Yorke, beynge then at London with kynge Henry, to the entent to 
 moue the peoples hertes towarde y' kynge, rode aboute the towne with hym, and shewyd 
 hym to the people ; the whiche rather withdrewe menes hettes than otherwyse. And in 
 this season also sir Thomas Cook,^ befornamed, auoydyd the lade, entendynge to haue 
 sayled into Frauce. But he was taken of a shyp of Flaunders, and his sone and heyre 
 with hym; and soo sette there in pryson many dayes, and lastly was delyueryd vnto 
 kynge Edwarde. 
 
 Thenne vpon Sherethursdaye at afternoone, kynge Edwarde '^as receyued into the 
 
 F.i. cgjcKiil. cytie, and soo rode to Paulys, and there ofFeryd at the roode ofthe North dore. And 
 
 that done, yode incontynendy into the bisshoppes palays, where he fande kynge Henry 
 
 almoste alone : for all suche lordes and other as i the mornynge were about hym, whenne 
 
 they harde of kynge Edwardes comynge, anone theyfledde, & euery man was fayne and 
 
 • The MS. adds at Westmenster. » which. MS. ' xxiiij. edit. 1 542. xxiii. edit. U59. * xxiii. 
 
 edit. 1559. ' Omitiedin edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 gladde 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 661 
 
 gladde to saue hymselfe. Thenne kynge Edwarde lodgyd hytn where kyng Henry laye, 
 and put hym vnder saffe kepynge, and so restyd hym there tyll Easter euyn. Vpon the 
 whiche euyn, herynge of his broders comynge, and y other lordes with hym, with a 
 stronge hoost vnto Seynt Albonys, spedde hym thederwarde^ and lay that nyght at 
 Barnet. In whiche season the duke of Clarence, cotrary his otbe and protnyse made 
 vnto the Frenshe kynge, refusyd the title of kyng Henry, & sodaynly with y strength as 
 he hadde, rode streyght vnto his broder, kynge Edwarde, wherwith the other lordes 
 were somdeale abasshed ; the-whiche natwitnstandynge, the sayd lordes by the specyall 
 comforte and exortacion of y^ erle of Oxenforde, as it was sayde, helde on theyr iournay 
 towarde Bernet, the sayde erle of Oxenforde beinge in the vawarde, and so cam vnto f 
 playhe without Barnet, and there pyght theyr fylde. Then vpon the morowe beinge Barnet ftUe. 
 Ester day, and the. xiiii. day of Aprill, very erly both hoostes met, where vpon that one 
 partye were. ii. kynges present, as Henry the. vi* whiche kynge Edwarde hadde brought 
 thyder with hym, and kynge Edwarde the. liii : and vpon that other partye was the duke 
 of Exceter, the lorde marquys Mountagu, and the. ii. erlys of Warwyke and of Oxen- 
 forde, with many other men of name. 
 
 There the sayde erle of Oxenforde & his company quytte theym so manfully, that he 
 bare ouer that parte of the feldde whiche he sette vpon, so ferforthly, that tydynges came 
 to London that kynge Edwarde hadde loste the felude. And if his men hadde kept theyr 
 araye and nat fallen to ryfBynge, lykely it hadde ben as it was after tolde, that the victory 
 hadde fallen to that partye. But after longe and cruell fyght, in conclusyon kynge Ed- 
 warde opteyned the vpper hande, and slewe of his enemyes the marquys Mountagu and 
 the erle of Warwyk his broder, with many other : and vpon the kynges partye was slayne 
 the lorde Barnes. And of the comons vpon bothe parties were slayne vpon. xv.C. men 
 and mo. 
 
 Of the mystes and other impedymetes whiche fyll vpon the lordes partye, by reason of 
 the incantacyons wrought by fryer Bungey, as the fame went, melyst nat to wryte. But 
 trouth it is, y after this victory thus wonne by kynge Edwarde, he sent the deed corps of 
 the sayd marquys & erle of Warwyke vnto Paulys Churche, where they laye. ii. dayes 
 after nakyd in. ii. cofFyns, y euery man might beholde and se theym. And the same after 
 noone came kyng Edwarde agayne vnto London, and ofFeryd at the roode of the North 
 dore in Paulys, and after rode vnto Westmynster and there lodgyd hym. And soone 
 after that the kynge was thus passyd thorugh the cytie, was kynge Henry brought rydyng 
 I a longe gowne of blewe veluet, and so conueyed thoroughe Chepe vnto Westmynster, 
 and from thens vnto the Tower, where he remayned as prysoner all his lyues tyme 
 after. 
 
 Repossessio Edwardi Quarti. 
 
 EDwarde the. iiii. before named, began agayne his domynyon ouer the realme of En- 
 glande the. xiiii. daye of AprylJ, in the begynnynge of the yere of our Lorde. M.CCCC. 
 Ixxi. and the. xii. yere of Lowys the Frenshe kynge, and repossedyd all thynges as he be- 
 fore had done. And when the said. ii. corps hadde lyen in Paulys openly from the Son- 
 daye tyll the Tuysdaye, they were hadde from thens and buryed where the kynge wolde 
 assygne them. 
 
 The kynge thanne beynge in auctorytie, made prouycion for the defence of landynge 
 of quene Margarete and his' sone, the whiche all this whyle laye at the see syde taryinge 
 the wynde, and soo lastly landyd at , and came with a strength of Frenshmen 
 
 and other, as far within f lande as to a vyllage in called Tewkysbury, where the TewkyAury 
 
 kynge mette with her and his' distressyd, and chasyd her company- and slewe many of *^''_'''* 
 
 ' her. 
 
 theym. 
 
662 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 
 
 Bastarde Faw- 
 conbiydge. 
 
 theym. In the whiche batayll she was taken, and sir Edwarde her sone, and so brought 
 vnto the kynge. But after the kynge hadde questyoned with the sayd sir Edwarde, and 
 he had answeryd vnto hym contrarye his pleasure, he thenne strake hym with his gaunte- 
 let vpon the face : after whiche stroke so by hym receyued, h^ was by the kynges ser- 
 uauntes incontynently slayne vpon the. iiii. day of the moneth of May. 
 
 Whan kynge Edwarde hadde thus subduyd his enemyes, ^none he sent quene Marga- 
 rete vnto Londcfn, where she restyd a season, and fynally she was sent home into her 
 countre. And the goodes of sir Thomas Cook agayne ceasyd, and his wyfe put forth, and 
 comaundyd to be kepte at the mayers. 
 
 Vpon the. xiiii. daye of May folowyng, the bastarde of Fawconbrydge, that vnto hym 
 had gaderyd a riottous and euyll disposyd company of shypmen and other, with also the 
 assystence of the comons bothe of Essex and Kent, came in great multytude vnto the 
 cytie of London, and after that the sayd company was denyed passage thorugh the cytie, 
 sette vpon dyuerse parties therof, as Bysshoppes gate, Al^ate, London brydge, and a 
 longe the waters syde, and shot gonnes and arowes, and fyred the gates with cruell ma- 
 lyce, as Bysshoppes gate and Algate, and faught so fyersly that they wanne the bul- 
 werkys at Algatei- and entred a certayne within the" gate. 
 
 But the cytezeyns with comfort and ayde of Robert Basset alderman assygned to that 
 gate, withstode the sayde rebellys soo manfully, that they slewe all suche as entred the 
 'gate, and comp^Uyd the other to drawe abacke and forsake the gate; vpon whom the cy- 
 tezeyns pursuyd, and chasyd them vnto the ferther Stratforde, and slewe and toke many 
 of them prysoners. 
 
 Wherof, herynge, the other whiche asseyled the other parties of the cytie, fledde in 
 Jykewyse, whom the other cytezeyns pursuyd as ferre as Depforde, in sleynge and tak- 
 ynge of theym prysoners in great nombre, and after them raunsomyd as they had been 
 Frenshmen. And the bastarde with his shypmen were chasyd vnto theyr shyppes lyinge at 
 Blackwall, and there in the chase many [of them]' slayne. And the sayd bastarde the 
 nyght folowynge stale out his shippes out of the ryuer, & so departyd and escaped for 
 the* tyme. 
 
 Thanne vpon Assencibn Euyn next ensuynge, y corps of Henry the. vi. late kynge 
 was brought vnreuerently from f Tower thorugh f hygh stretes of f cytie vnto Paulis 
 Foi. cCxHitti. Church, and there lefte for that nyght, and vpon y morowe conueyed with gleyuys & 
 other wepyns, as he before thyther was broughte vnto Chertyssey, where he was buryed. 
 
 Oif deth of this prynce dyuerse tales were tolde : but the moost comon fame wente, 
 that he was stykked with a dagger, by the handes of the duke of Glouceter, which, after 
 Edwarde the. iiii. vsurpyd the crowne, and was kynge as after shall appere. 
 
 Thanne kynge Edwarde, whiche after this victory thus had at Tewkesbury, retourned 
 vnto London, and vpon the Mondaye folowynge Ascencion Daye, he toke his iournaye 
 into Kent, hauynge with hym a. strength of people, and there sette his iustyces, & made 
 inquysycions of the riot before done by the bastarde and his accessaryes, for the which, 
 at Caunterbury & other good townesin Kent, dyuerse were put in execucion, of whom ^ 
 hedes were sent vnto London and sette vpon the bridge. And in lyke maner inquysycions 
 were made in Essex, and some also of theym put in execucion, of whiche a capitajme 
 named Spisynge was hangyd, and his hede sette vpon Aldgate : and many of the ryche 
 comons of Kent were sette at greuous fynes, botl;] for theymselfe and for theyr "^ser- 
 uauntes. And whenne the kyng had thus spedde his iournay, he retourned and came to 
 London vpon Whytson euyn; and y done, soone after was bysshop Neuyll, archcbysshop 
 of Yorke, sent vnto Guynys, and there kept as prisoner longe after. This was brodef 
 to f marquys Mountagu, and to the erle of Warwyke. 
 
 Also in the ende of this maiers yere, wasy- forenamed bastarde of Fawconbridge [was]' 
 
 Henrici sexti 
 mors. 
 
 Exicucon. 
 
 Fawconbridge. 
 
 * Omitted in edit. 15421 1559. 
 
 that. MS. 
 
 taken 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 663 
 
 taken slboute SoutbamptOD, & there put to execucioa, whose hede was sent to London, 
 and pyght vpon London bride amonge other. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.Clxxi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxii. 
 
 lohn Aleyn. 
 Wyllyatn Edwarde, grocer. Anno. xi. 
 
 lohii Chelley. 
 
 IN'this yere, the erle of Oxenforde, wbiche syne the season of Barnet felde hadde Thewieofo*. 
 holden Seynt Myghellis Mount, was by an appoyntment taken thens, and shortly after *'^'"^' 
 sent vnto the castell of Guynes, where he remayned prysoner tyll the laste yere of 
 Richarde the thirde, whiche was vpon. xiii'. yeres ; in all whiche season my lady his wyfe 
 myght neuer be suffred to come vnto hym, nor had any thyng to lyue vpon, but as the 
 people of their charites wold gyue to her, or what she myght get with her nedyll or other 
 suche conynge as she excercysed. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxiii. 
 
 lohn Browne. 
 Wylliara Hampton, fysshemonger. Anno. xii. 
 
 Thomas Bledlow. 
 
 IN this yere, vpon the. vi. daye of Octobre, beganne a parliament at Westmyrister; by Apwiysment. 
 auctorytie wherof an ayde was graunted to the kynge, towarde the great charge of his 
 warres, there was* leuyed of mennes landes, as well of lordes as other. 
 
 This mayer, aboue all other, corrected sore bawdes and strumpettes, and causyd theym MeKwices. 
 to be ladde aboute the towne w raye hoodes vpon theyr heddes dyuers and many, and 
 sparyd none for mede nor for fauour, that were by the lawe atteynled," nalwithstandyng 
 that he myght haue take. x\M. of redy money to hym offerid, for to haue spared one from 
 that iugement. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.Ixxiii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxiiii. 
 
 William Stokker. 
 lohn Tate, mercer. Anno, xiii, 
 
 ^ , Robert Byllysdon. 
 
 IN this yere, was;y duke of Exceter founden deed in the see atwene Douer and Calays, DukeofEuMter. 
 but howe he was drowned f certaynte is nat knowen. 
 
 In this mayers yere also was one Wylliam Oldhalle codempned vnto a draper of Lon- 
 don called Cristofer Colyns, for the whiche condempnacion he remayned as a prysoner in 
 Ludgate ; wherupon a seasen he went at large with a keper, he brake from hym, and so 
 escapyd, and after was taken and brought agayne to the sayde pryson. But that nat- 
 withstandynge, the sayd Cristofer suyd the sheryfles, and caused theym to spende great 
 money in defendynge of his accion ; and fynally were fayne, by waye of compremyse, to 
 gyue vnto hym an hondreth marke for his duytie of Ixxx./i. and odde. 
 
 And in this yere was one lohn Goos a Loller brent at the Tower Hylle for herysye ; the Hereticns tena*. 
 whiche before dyner was delyueryd vnto Hobert Byllydon, on' the sheryfFes, to put in 
 execucion f same afternoone ; wherefore he, lyke a charytable man, had hym home to 
 his house, and there exorted hym that he shuld dye a Cristen man, & renye his false 
 errours. But that other, after longe'exortacon harde, requyred f sheryffe that he myght 
 haue mete, for he sayd that he was sore hiigryd. Therie the sheryffe comaundyd by mete, 
 wherof he toke as he had eyled nothinge, & sayd to suclie as stode about hym, " I ete Hereticujawfai 
 nowe a good and competent dyner, for I shall passe a fytell sharpe shower or I go to recedat!'* " 
 
 ' xii. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * the whyche was. edit. 1542. 1559. ' oon of. MS. 
 
 souper. 
 
 j» 
 
664! 
 
 fthCCmiv, 
 
 St firste beiiy. 
 encc. 
 
 Kegiitransfreu- 
 cio. 
 
 Apeuconfeim- 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 
 
 souper." And whefie he had dyned, he requyred that he myght shortly be ladde tohis 
 execucyon. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxiiii. ^ 
 
 Robert Drope, draper. 
 
 Edmonde Shaa. 
 Thomas Hylic. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxv. 
 Anno, xiili. 
 
 THis yere, this kyng entending to make a voyage ouer see ito Frauce, called before hym 
 his lordes seuerally, both spirituall and temporall, to knowe theyr good myndes what of 
 their free wylles they wolde ayde and depart with hym fowarde the sayd vOyage. And 
 after he hadde so knowen their good disposicion to hym warde, he then sent for the mayor 
 of London and his brethren the aldermen, and them seuerally examyned and exortyd to 
 ayde & assyst hym towarde the sayd great iournaye ; of whiche the maier for his parte 
 granted, xxx.li. and of the aldermen some. xx. marke, & the leest. x.li. 
 
 And that done, he sent for all the trusty' commoners within the sayd cytie, and theyrai 
 exortyd in lyke maner, whiche for the more partye graunted to hym the wages of halfe a 
 man for a yere, the whiche amounted to. iiii./i. xi.*, m.d. And after that he rode about 
 the more parte of the lande, and vsed the people in suche fayre maner, that he reysed 
 therby notable summes of money, the whiche way of the leuyinge of this money was after 
 named a benyuolence. 
 
 Then the kynge thus hauynge'this great substaunce of goods, made puruyaunce for 
 the sayd iournaye. And vpon the. iiii. day of luly folowynge, in the. xv. yere of his 
 reygne, rode with a goodly company thorugh the cytie towarde the see syde, and so 
 spedd hym to Calays, and from thens into Fraunce. Wherof herynge, Lowys the Frenshe 
 kynge assembled his people in great nombre, and so spedde hym towarde the kynge; but 
 when both boosts were met within shortly space, such offers of a pease were proferid by 
 the Frenshe kynge, that fynally both prynces agreed vpon a pease to be hadde for the 
 terme of bothe their lyues, and a yere after, as some wryters haue. For the perfourm- 
 aunce of whiche sayd pease, both prynces after mette vpon the daye of the Decollation of 
 Seynt lohn the Baptyst, or the. xxix. day of August, at a place named in Frenshe Pynyak, 
 and the. iiii. daye of Nouembre, as affermyth Gaguinus. But that cannat stande with, 
 for kynge Edwarde was receyued agayne into London after his retourne out of Fraunce, 
 the. xxviij. daye of Septembre. At this place was a ryuer, vpon the whiche a bridge 
 ■was made suche wyse, that both prynces theron myght mete with suche company as 
 eyther for them had appoynted. There also was ordeyned a. place with a particon 
 atwene both prynces, that nother of them myght entre vnto other, but made with a lowpe, 
 that eyther myght se other, and take eyther other by the hande. 
 
 Where at the daye lymytted, eyther of theym mette with other hoostes' standynge a 
 certayne distaunce from the ryuers syde in conuenyentaraye. Then the sayd kynges there, 
 after salutacion due made, eyther to other had longe communycacion. In conclusion 
 wherof, as sayth Gagwyn, a peas was confirmyd atwehe both realmes for. vii. yeres, for 
 perfourmaynce wherof, as affermyth the sayd auctoure, the Frenshe kyng gaue vnto 
 kyng Edwarde incontynently.lxxv.M. crownys of golde, & yerely after durynge the sayde. 
 vii. yeres, l.M. .crownys: and so he receyued in hande, accomptynge euery' at iiii^s. 
 xv.M./i. and yerely after. x.M.li. whiche sayd. xv.M./i. the sayde Frenshe kynge borowed 
 of his cytezayns of Parys. After this trewes or peas thus concludyd atwene these, ij. 
 prynces, anone after theyr sonderynge, proclamacions were made therof thorugh both 
 hoostes, and commaundement gyuen to the capitaynes that they shuld prouyde for theyr 
 retourne homewarde. And soone vpon the Frenshe kynge sent vnto the dukys of Clarence 
 
 » thryffty. MS. 
 
 ' theyr hoostes. MS. 
 
 every crown. 
 
 and 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QITARTL ^6S 
 
 and of Glouceter with other lordes, suche as were in kynge Edwardes fauour, great & co3- 
 lious gyfts. s 
 
 Of the nyse & wanton disgysyd apparayll that the kynge Lowys ware vpon hym at the DeregeLodo- 
 tyme of this metynge I myght make a longe rehersayl ; but for it shulde sownde more to ""^°* 
 dishonour of suche a noble man, that was apparaylled more lyke a mynstrell than a prynce 
 royal, therfor I passe it ouer. For albeit that he was so new fangyll in his clothinge, yet 
 had he many vertues, wherof largesse was one, as it apperyd by sondry gyftes which he 
 gaue vnto sondry straungers, whiche in his storye somdeale I haue towchyd: and also 
 his bountie apperyd by a gyfte that he gaue vnto lorde Hastynges, than lorde chamberlayn, 
 as. xxiiii. dosen of bollys, wherof halfe were gylt and halfe white, which weyed vpon. xvii. 
 nobles euery cuppe or more. Then to retourne vnto kynge Edwarde; trowth it is, that, 
 after the conformacion of that forsayd peas, kyng Edward retourned to Calays, and there 
 shypped, and so spedde hym that vpon th£. xxviiith daye of Septembre folowynge, he was 
 with great tryumphe receyued of the mayer and cytezeyns of London at Blakhetb, &V 
 with alfhonoure by theym conueyed thorugh the cytie vnto Westmynster ; the mayer and 
 aldermen beynge clade in scarlet, and the commoners to the nombre of. v.C. in murrey. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxv. Auqo Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxvi, 
 
 Hugh Bryce. 
 Robert Basset, Salter. Anno. xv. 
 
 Robert Colwycb. 
 
 THis yere this mayer dyd sharpe correccion vpon bakers for makynge of lyght brede, 
 
 in so moche that he sette dyuerse vpon the pyllory, amonge the which, in the moneth of 
 
 lohn Mondue, baker, was there punyshed ; and in the moneth of one 
 
 named Willyain Hubbarde was also there shryued for lyke offence; and a woman named 
 
 Agnes Deyntie was^also there punysshed for sellyng of false myngyd butter. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxvi. Anno Domini, M.iiii.C.Ixxvii. 
 
 Richarde Rawson. 
 Rauffe Josseleyn> draper. Anno. xvi. 
 
 Willy^m Home. 
 
 IN this yere the mayer hauynge a great mynde to haue the wallys of the cytie repayred, 
 by a consent of the benche, and of the cotiiyn counsayll, caused the More Felde to be 
 s^erchyd, and there prouyded for bryke and lyme ; as firste causyd the erthe to be dyggyd 
 and tempred, and then sette men on worke to moolde, and thenne sent into the west 
 centre, and there purueyed uode for to bren it: and that done, sent into Kent, and there 
 purueyed chalke, that shortl}was brought into the sayd Moore Felde, & ryght there in a 
 kylle whiche he in that season had prouyded, was brent, & made lyme of a great further- 
 aunce of that werke. 
 
 The n^ayer then beynge purueyed of brycke and also of lyme, the whiche was brent j^'^""" "''" 
 within tiie sayd moore, caused, by consent of a comon counsayll, to begraunted, that in 
 euery parysshe churche euery Sondaye enery honest parysshon shuld paye towarde that 
 charge, v.d. And for an example to other fely^shyppes, he caused his owne company to 
 make as moch of the walle as strechyth from the churche of Alhalowen within the said 
 waile, vnto Bysshoppes gate. Whiche presydent caused other worshypfull felyshyppes to 
 make the other parts, as now apperyth newe made; and the more part thereof done in this ■?»/■ cc.xxvi. 
 yere by his procurynge & callynge upon of hym, whiche was wonderful that somoche 
 shnld be spedde in one yere, consyderynge the puruyaunce of the stuflFe whiche had ben 
 suftycient for some man to haue purueyed for in an hoole yere. 
 
 4 Q Anno 
 
M6 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUARTI. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.Cilxxvii, 
 
 Corrertio 
 Vicecomitis. 
 
 Zxecucio, 
 
 Humfrey Heyforde, goldsmyth. 
 
 Henry Calot'. 
 lohn Stokker. 
 
 Anno Domini. ^.iiii.CJxxviiJ, 
 Anno. xvii. 
 
 THis yere, that is to meaney'. xviii. daye of February, the duke of Clarence and . . 
 . . . ^brother to the kynge, thanne beyng prysoner in y Tower, was secretely put to 
 deth & drowned in a barell of maluesye within the sayd Tower. And this niayer this 
 yere pursued also the reparacyon of the wallys, but nat so dylygently as his predecessour 
 dyd, wherfore it was nat spedde as it myght haue been, and also he was a syke and a 
 feble man, and hadde not so sharpe and quycke mynde as that other hadde. And one 
 other cause was, whiche ensuythe of a generaltie, that for the more partie one mayer wyll 
 nat fynessbe that thynge whiche that other begynneth, for then they thynke, be the dede 
 neuer so good and profytable, that the honoure therof shalbe ascribed to f begynner, and 
 nat to the fynyssher, whiche lacke of charytie and desyre of veiynglory causeth many 
 good actes and dedys to dye and growe out of minde, to the great decaye of the comon 
 weale of the cytie. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxviii. 
 
 Kicharde Gardyner^ mercer. 
 
 Robert Hardynge, 
 Robert Byfelde. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxix, 
 
 Anno, xviii. 
 
 THis yere was great mortalytie and dethe in London and many other partyes of thi» 
 realme, the whiche beganne in the latter ende of Senii' in the presedynge yere, and con- 
 tynued in this yere tylle the begynnynge of Nouembre, in the whiche passetyme dyed 
 innumerable people in the sayd cytie and many places ellys where. 
 
 In this yere also, the mayer beynge at Paulys, kpelynge in his deuocions atseynt Erken- 
 wald shryne, Robert Byfelde, one of the shyrefFs, vnauysidly knelyd downe nyg'h vnto the 
 sayd mayer, wherof the mayer after reasonyd-hym and layd it to his charge ; but that 
 other .beyng some deale rude for lacke of conynge, answeryd the mayer stubbornly, and 
 wold natbeaknowe of his offence ; wherfore the mayer shewyd his behauer both of worde; 
 & dede vnto the benche, by auctorytie wherof, after the matyer hadde ben there at lengthe 
 debated, the sayd Robert was fyned at. iJi. to be payd towarde the reparacion of the 
 conduytes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxixI 
 
 Bartylmewe lamys, draper. 
 
 Thomas Ham. 
 lohn Warde. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.Ixxx. 
 
 Anno. xix. 
 
 THis yere, one called Robert Deynys, for that that he presumyd to mary an orphan 
 without lycense of J^ mayer and aldermen, was for that offense demyd to paye to the 
 chamber as a fyne, demyd by the sayd auctoryte, xk.U. And in the yere and moneth of 
 were. iiii. felowes hanged at the Tower hylle, and incontyently theyr bodyes, with 
 the gybet, brent vnto asshes, whiche execucion was for that they robbyd a churclie, and 
 entreatyd the sacrament of the aulter irreuerentiy. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.Clxxxi* 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.Ixxx. 
 
 William Danyell. 
 
 lohn Browne*. Anno. xx. 
 
 Wyllyam Bacon. 
 THis yere kynge Edwarde requyred great siiraes of money to hym to be lent of the 
 
 ' Cokt; •second brother, edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 ' September. * The MS. adds mercer. 
 
 cytezeyns 
 
SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUINTI. 667 
 
 fytezeyns of London, to whom, after dyuerse assembles, they graunted to lende vnto 
 hym. v.M. marke, for theleuyinge wherof a man was chosen of euery warde, that is to 
 meane. xxv. men; the whiche. jcxv. persones assembled in the Guyldhalle, sessyd all the 
 cytie ouer with. ii. persones of euery parysshe to them assygned, whiche sayd. v.M. a pre* 
 marke was repayed in the yere folowynge. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxi. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.Ixxxii. 
 
 Robert Gate'. 
 William Marryat*, draper. William Wykyng. Anno. xxi. 
 
 Richarde Chawry. 
 
 THis yere in the ,moneth of February, or ende of January, dyed Wylliam. Wykyng, 
 one of the sheryffs, for whom was immedyatly chosen Richarde Chawry. 
 
 And in the moneth of lulet folowynge, the king rode on huntynge into the forest of 
 Walthani, whether he comaunded the mayer with a certayne of his brethren to come, and 
 to gyue attendaunce vpon hym with certayne comoners of the cytie ; where, when they 
 were comyn, the kynge caused the game to be brought before them, so that they sawe 
 course after course, & many a dere both rede and falowe lo be slayoe before them. And 
 after that goodly disport was passyd, the kynge c5maundyd his offycers to brynge the Lawaiituregii. 
 mayer and his company vnto a pleasaunt lodge made all of grene bowys, and garnisshed 
 with tables and other thinges necessary, where they were set at dyner, and seruyd with 
 many deyntie dysshes, and of dyuerse wynes good plentie, as whyte, rede and claret, and 
 caused them to be sette to dyner or he were seruyd of his owne ; & ouer that caused the 
 lord chamberlayne ^ other iordes to hym assygned, to chere the sayd mayre and his 
 company sondry tymes whyle they were at dyner, and at theyr departynge gaue vnto 
 theym of venyson great plentie. And in the moneth of August folowynge, the kynge of 
 his greate bounte sent vnto the mayresse and her susters, aldermennes wyfes. ii. hertes P'I- cCjexvSk 
 and. vi. bukkys, with a tonne of wyne to drynke with the sayde venyson j the whiche 
 venyson & wyne was had vnto the Drapers halie, to whiche place, at daye assigned, the 
 mayer desyred the aldermen and theyr wyfes with sondry comoners, and there the veny- 
 son with many other good dysshes were etyn, and the sayd wyne merely dronken. The 
 cause of whiche bountie thus shewyd by the kynge was, as moost men toke it, for that 
 that the mayer wasamarchaunte of wonderous auentures, into many & sondry countres, 
 by reason whereof the kynge had yerety of hym notable summes of money for his cus- 
 tomes, besyde other pleasures that he had shewyd to the kynge before tymes. 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.Ixxxii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxiii. 
 
 William Whyte. 
 Edmonde Shaa, goldsmyth. Anno. xxii. 
 
 lohn Mathewe. 
 
 THis yere, that is to meane of the mayer, and begynnyng of the. xxiii. yere of the 
 kynge, at Westmynster, vpon the. ix. day of Apryll, dyed that noble prynce Edwarde 
 the. iiii. late kynge of Englande, whose corps was after conueyed with due solempnitye 
 vnto Wyndesore, and there honourably buryed, when he had reygned, to rekyn his be- 
 ynge' out of the lande, with all other tyme, full. xxii. yeres, and asmoche as from the. 
 iiii. daye of Marche vnto the. ix. day of Apryll, leuynge after hym. ii. sonnes, that is 
 to say prynce Edwarde his eldest sone and Richarde duke of Yorke, and. iii. doughters, 
 as Elizabeth that after was queue, Cecyle, and Katheryne. 
 
 % Edwarde the. v. 
 
 EDwarde the. v. of that name, and sone vnto Edwarde the. iiii , beganne his reygne 
 
 ' Tate. MS. " Haryat. MS. ' The later editiont have beginninge. 
 
 4 Q S on 
 
* JO 
 
 Dissimulatio 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS EDWARDl QUINTt. 
 
 on the realme of Englande the. ix. daye of Apryllr in the befiynnyoge of the yere of- ou-r 
 LordeGod. M.CCCC.lxxxiii, and the. xxiiii.yerc of the. xi. Lowys than kyngof Fraunce. 
 Anone as kyng Edwarde the. iiii. was deed, grudge and.vnkyndiiesse beganue to take 
 place atwene the kynges and the quenes allye, for the lorde inarquys of Dprset broder 
 vnto the quene, & other of his affynytie, had then the rule and kepynge of this yongCj 
 kynge, whiche at the tyme of his faders dethe was of the age of. xi. yere or there about^ 
 and so beynge in this gydynge in the Marche of Walys, conueyed hym towarde London, 
 and there to make prpuycion for his coronacion, and for other necessary thynges for his 
 weale. But the duke of (iiouceter, brother vnto Edwarde the. iiii., entendyiige otherwyse,. 
 as after shal appere, with a competent nombre of geutyhiien of the North, all clad in 
 blacke, mette with the kynge at Stonyng Stratford, & there after dissymuled coiinte- 
 naunce made atwene hym and the foresayd marquys, dischargyd hym of the rule of the 
 kynge, & toke vpon hym the rule, & so from thens beynge accompanyed with the duke 
 of IBukkyngham, brought the kynge with all honour towarde London. Wherof herynge 
 quene Elizabeth, moder vnto the kynge, ferynge the sequele of this Wesynesse, went or 
 tooke seyntwary within Westmynster, with heryonger sone Richarde the duke of Yorke. 
 And the kyng drawynge nere vnto the cytie vpon the. iiii. daye of May, was of the mayer 
 and his cytezeyns mette at Harnesey parke, the m'ayer and his bretherne beynge clothed 
 in scarlet and the cytezeyns in vyolet, to the nombre of. v. hondred horses, and thanne 
 from thens conueyed vnto the cytie, the kynge beyng in blewe veluet, and all his l-ordes" 
 and seruauntes in blacke clothe, and so after conueyed vnto the bysshoppes palays of 
 London, & there lodgyd. And shortly after the sayd duke of Glouceter inuegelyd so- 
 the arbysshop of Caunterbury namyd Bowchier, that he went with hym to the quene 
 Elizabeth, and there made suche assured promyse to the sayd quene, that she vpon the 
 sayd archebisshoppes promyse, delyuered vnto theym her yonger sone duke of Yarke. And 
 than the sayd duke caused the kyng to be remoued vnto the Tower and his broder with 
 hym ; but the quene, for all fayef promyses to her made, kept her and lier doughters- 
 within the foresaid seintwary, and the duke lodgid hymselfe in Crosbyes place in Bys- 
 shoppis gate strete. 
 
 Than prouycion was made for the kynges coronacion, in whiche passe tyme the duke 
 beyng admytted.for lord protectour, caused sir Antony Wydyuyle, called lorde Scalys, and' 
 broder vnto the quene, a vertuous knyghte, vvith the lorde Richard' the quenes sone,' sir 
 Richarde Hawte and sir Thomas Vaghaii, knyghtes, to be behedyd at Pountfreyt, more 
 of wyll thanne of iustyce. Than the lord protectour, in furtherynge of his purpose & 
 euyll entent, sent for tiie more partie of the nobles of the lande, and behauyd hym- so 
 couertly in al hisi matyers, that fewe vnderstode his wykked purpose. And so dayly kep- 
 ynge & holdynge the lordes-in counsayll and felyng theyr myndes, sodaynly vpon the., 
 xiii. daye of luny, beyng within the Tower in the counsayll chambre, with dyuerse lordes 
 with hym, as the duke of Bukkyngham, erle of Derby, the lorde Hastynges, than lorde 
 chamberlayne, with dyuerse other, an owte crye by his assent of treason was made in 
 the vtter chambre, wherwith the- sayd lorde protectour beynge warnyd, roose vp & yode 
 hymselffe to the chamber dore, and there receyued in suche persones as he before had 
 appoyntedto execute his malycious purpose,, the whiche incontynently set hande vpon 
 the fOrenamyd lord' chamberlayne arid other: in the whiche styrrynge the erle of. Derby 
 was hurte "in the face, and kepte a whyle v-nderholde. Thanne by commaundement of 
 the sayd Ibrde protectour, tlie sayd lorde chamberlayne in all hast was ladde in the court 
 or playne where the chapell of the Tower standeth, and there without iugement, or longe 
 tyme of confession or i-epentaunce,-vpon an ende of a longe and. great tymbef logge,. 
 fcUCxxvUi. whiche there laye with other for the repayrynge of the sayd Tower, - caused his hedde to- 
 be smyttenofj and allfor he knewe well that he wolde nat assent vnto. his wycked:,en- 
 tent^ whose body with the hed was after caried vnto Wyndesore, &. there buried by the- 
 tombe of kynge Edwarde.- 
 
 After 
 
 SKCUcioi 
 
 iorde Has- 
 tinges,murderid. 
 
gEPTIMA PARS EDWARDI QUINTI. 669 
 
 After whiche cruelte thus done, he shortly after sette in suer kepynge suche persones as 
 he suspeciyd to be agayne hym; wherof the bysshoppes of Yorke and of Ely, were. ii. 
 as it was sayd, and tne ei If o> Derby, for fere of his sone the lord Strange, lest he sbuld 
 haue arreryd Chesbyre & Ld:iCi:stcrshyre agayne hyro, v.as sette at large. 
 
 Thantie began the longe couert dissymulacion, wliiche of the lorde protectour had been 
 so craftly shadowyd, to breke out at large, insomoche that vpon the Sonday folowyngat ^^^"*^ 
 Pauh'scrosse, hymsell', with the duke of Eukkyngham, and other lordes beynge present, 
 by the mouth of doctour Rafe Sbaa, in the tyme of his sermon, was there shewyd openly 
 that the childerne of kynge Edwarde the. iiij, were nat legitimat, nor ryghtfull enhery- 
 tours of the crowne, Mith many dislaunderous wordes, in preferrynge of the tytle of the 
 sayd lorde protectour, and in disanuiiyng of the other, to the great abusion of all the 
 audyence, (?xcept such as fauoured the matyer, which were fewe in nombre, if the trouthe 
 or playnesse myght haue ben shewyd. Ofthe whiche declaracion, as the fame went after, 
 the sayd doctour Shaa toke such repentaunce, that he lyued in lytell prospente after. 
 And the more he was wonderyd of that he wold take vpon hym suche a besynesse, con- 
 syderynge that he was so famous a m^n, both of his lernynge and also of naturall wytte. 
 Than vpon the Tuysdaye folowynge, an assemble of the commons of the cytie was ap- 
 poynted at the Guyldhalle, where beynge present the duke of Bukkvngham, with other 
 lordes, sent downe from the sayd lorde protectour, and there, in the presence of the 
 mayer and comynallie, rehersyd the ryght and title that the lorde protectour had to be 
 preferred before his' of his broder kynge Edwarde to the ryght of the 
 
 crowne of Englande ; the which processe was in so eloquent wyse shewyd & vttred,. 
 without any impedyment of spyttynge or other countenaunce, and that of a longe whyle 
 with so good sugred wordes of exortacion and accordynge sentence, that many a wyse 
 man that "daye meruaylcd and commendyd hym for the good ordryng of this' vvordes ; 
 but nat for the entent and purpose the whiche that thervponensuyd. 
 
 Vpon the Thursdaye than next ensuynge, beynge the. xx. daye of luny, the sayd lorde Vsurpaci», 
 'protectour takyng then- vpon hym as kyng and gouernour of the realme, went with great 
 pompe vnto Westmynster, and there toke possessyon of the same. Where he beynge sette 
 in thegreat halle in the see royall, with the duke of Nortblke, before called the lorde 
 Hawarde, vpon the I'yght hande, & the duke of SufFolke vpon the left hande, after the 
 royall othe there taken, called befoie hym the iuges of the lawe, gyuynge vnto them a 
 longe exortacion and streyght commaundement for the mynystiynge of his lawys, and to 
 execute iustyce^ and that without delaye. After nhiche possessyon takynge, and other - 
 ceremonys there done, he coiiueycd' vnto the- kynges palays within Westmynster, and 
 there lodgyd- 
 
 In which- pa^se tyme the prynce, or of ryght kynge Edwarde the. v., with his broder the 
 duke of Yorke, were put vnder suer kepynge within the Tower, in suche wyse that they 
 neuer came abrode after. 
 
 And thus endyd the reygne of Edward the; v. when he had borne the name of a kyng 
 by the space of (two monethes and. xi. dayes). And vpon the Frydaye, beyng the. xxi*. 
 daye of luny, was the sayde lorde protectour proclaymed thorughe the cytie kynge of 
 En'dande, by the name of Richarde the thirde. ' 
 
 Thenne, soone after, for fere of the qtienes blode and other, whiche he had in iolovisy, 
 he sent for a strength of men out of the North ; the whiche came shortly to London, a 
 lytell before his coronacion, and musteryd in the Moore Feldes wele vpon. iiii. M. men, 
 in theyr beste iakkis and rusty salettes, with a fewe in whyle harnys^ nor' burnysshed to 
 the sale ; and shortly after his coronacyon, were countermaundyd home with sufFycyent 
 rewardesfor their trauayll. 
 
 ' Lis neuesthe sonnes. edit. 1559. * l^is- ' was conveyed. * xxii^ edit. 1533. 15-12. 
 
 1:559. ' not. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559- 
 
 2- In 
 
erq 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI TERTIT: 
 
 The lord* In whichc forcsayd passe tyme, the marquys of Dorset, broder vnto quene EHzabefli, 
 
 warquyt. ^j^^j. before was fled; escapyd many wonderfull daungers, both aboute Lonoon, Ely, and 
 
 other places, whereof to wryje the maner and circumstaunce wolde aske a longe and 
 
 great leysour. 
 
 RIcharde the thirde of that name, sone to Richarde late duke of Yorke, and yongest 
 broder vnto Edw'arde the. iiii. late kynge, beganne his domynyon ouer the realme of 
 Englande the. xx. daye of Mydsomer moneth, in the yere of our Lorde God. M. CCCC 
 Ixxxiii. and the, xxv. yere of xi. Lowys, than kynge of Fraunce : of whom tedyous it is 
 ~ to me to wryte the tragedyous hystory, except that I remembre that good it is to wryte and 
 put in remembraunce the punysshment of synners, to the ende that other may exchewe 
 to fall in lyke daunger. 
 
 Than it foloweth anone as this man had taken vpon hym, he fyll in great hatrede of 
 the more partye of the nobles of his realme, insomuche that suche as before louyd and 
 praysed hym, and wolde haue iuparted' lyfe and good with hym if he had remayned styll 
 as protectoure, now- murmury^ and grudgyd agayne hym in suche wyse, that fewe or 
 none fauouryd his partye, except it were for drede or for the great gyftes that they re- 
 ceyuyd of hym. By meane wherof he wanne dyuers to folowe his mynde, the whiche 
 after deceyued hym. 
 
 And after his coronacion solempnyzed, whiche was holden at Westmynster the. vi. daye 
 of luly, where also the same daye was crowned dame Anne his wyfe, he thenne, in 
 shorte processe folowynge, rode northwarde to pacyfie that countre, and to redresse 
 certayne riottes there lately done. In the passe tyme of whiche iournay, he beynge at 
 Yorke, creatyd his legittimat sone prynce of Walys, and ouer that made his bastarde 
 sone capitayn of Calays, whiche encreasyd more grudge to hym warde, as after slrnll 
 appere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxUi. Anno Donjini. M.iiii.C.lx3Hiii» 
 
 Thomas Norlande. 
 Robert Byllysdon, haberdasher. Anno. ii. 
 
 Wyllyam Martyn. 
 
 IN this yere the foresayd grudge encreasinge, and the more for asmoche as the common 
 fame went that kynge Richarde hadde within the Tower put vnto secrete deth the. ii. 
 sonnes of his broder Edwarde the. iiii. for the whiche, and other causes hadde within the 
 brest of the duke of Bukkyngham, the sayd duke, in secrete maner, conspyred agayne 
 hym, and allyed hym with dyuerse gentylmen, to the ende to bryng his purpose aboute. 
 But howe it was, his entent was espyed and shewyd vnto the kynge, and the kynge in 
 jFol.cc.xxix. all haste sent for to take hym, he then beynge smally accdmpanyed at his manour of 
 Brekenok, in the marche of Walys. Wherof the sayd duke beyng ware, in all hast he 
 flcdde from his sayd manour of Brekenok, vnto the house of a seruaunt of his owne, callvd 
 Banaster, and that in so secrete maner, that fewe or none of his housholde seruaunts 
 knewe where he was become. 
 
 In the whiche passe tyme fcyng Richarde thynkynge that the duke wolde haue assem- 
 bled his people, and so to haue gyuen to hym batayll, gaderyd to hym great strei^the, 
 and after tooke his ioiirnaye westwarde to haue mette with the said duke. But whanne 
 the kynge was infourmed that he was fledde, anone he made proclamaeyons tha;t who 
 thatmyght take the sayd duke shulde haue for a rewarde. M,li. of money, and the value 
 of an hondreth pobnde land by yere to hym, & to his heyres for euer more. Wherof 
 herynge the foresayd Banaster, were it for mede of the sayd rewarde, or for the fere of 
 
 ' [jSopardied ?] 
 
 losynge" 
 
SEPTIMA PARS RICHARDI TERTII. 671 
 
 ' losynge of his lyfe and good, discoueryd the duke vnto the sheryfFe of the shyre, and 
 caused hym to be taken & soo brought vnto Salysbury, where the kynge than laye. 
 
 And all be it that the sayde duke made importune laboure to haue comyn to the 
 kynges presence, yet nat that natwithstandynge he was there behedyd vpon the The duke of 
 
 daye of the moneth of without speche or syght of the kvnge. Than all suche ^"'^''yngeham 
 
 , 111 1 '11 1 J I- put lu exccuciop. 
 
 gentylmen as hadde appoynted to mete with the sayd duke, were so dismayed, that they 
 knewc nat what for to doo, but they that myght fled the lande, and some toke seyntwary 
 places as they myght wyne vnto theym. But the kynge, to the ende to lette theym of 
 their purpose, sent to the see coostes and stoppyd theyr waye in that that he myght, & 
 he with a certayne strengthe rode vnto Exceter, where aboute that season was taken sir seiengerw"^ 
 Thomas Selenger, knyght, and. ii. gentylmen, that one beyng named Thomas Ramme, and ''^"• 
 that other ' the whiche. iii. persones were there shortly after behedyd. 
 
 And soon after in Kent were taken sir George Browne, knyght, & Robert ClifForde, 
 esquyer, & brought vnto the Tower of London. And vpon the daye of Octobre 
 
 the sayd sir George & Robert were drawen from Westmynster vnto the Tower f lyll, and 
 there behedyd. 
 
 And the same daye were. iiii. persones, lately yomen of the crowne, with kynge Ed- 
 ward the. iiii. drawen out of Southwerke thorugh the cytie vnto Tyborne, and there 
 hangyd. And when the kynge had spedde his iournay in the West countree, he hastyd Execudon, 
 hym towarde London ; wherof the mayer and the cytezeyns hauynge knowlege, made 
 prouyssyon to receyue hym, and vpon that made puruyaunce for his horse with violet 
 clotbynge and other necessaryes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxx.iiii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.CIxxxjr. 
 
 Richarde Chester. 
 Thomas Hylle*. Thomas Bretayne. Anno. iii. 
 
 RafFe Astry. 
 
 IN the begynnynge of this mayers yere, and seconde yere of kynge Richarde, that is to Th' king re. 
 meane vpon the. ix. day of the moneth of Nouembre, the mayer and his bredern beynge "^""'' 
 tladde in scarlet, and the cytezeyns to the nombre of. CCCC or moo in vyolet, met 
 the kyng beyonde Kenyngton in Sotherey, and soo brought hym thorugh the cytie to the 
 Warderobe besyde the Blacke Friers, where for that tyme he was iodgyd. And in short 
 tyme after was sir Roger Clyfforde*, knight, taken aboute Southampton, and from thens sir Roger ciyf. 
 sent to the Tower of London, and after areygned and iuged at Westmynster; and from ''""*"^'^- 
 thens vpon the daye of drawen vnto the Tower Hylle. But whenna 
 
 he came fore agayne Seint Martynes the Graunt, by the helpe of a fryer whiche was his 
 confessour, and one of theym that was nexte aboute hym, his cordes were so lowsyd or 
 cut that he put -hym in deuoyr to haue entred the seyntwary. And lykely it had beene 
 that he shuldhaue so done, hadde nat been the quycke helpe and rescous of the sheryfFes 
 & theyr offycers, the whiche constrayned hym to lye downe vpon the hardyll, and 
 newly [landyd hym]' & so haryed hym to the sayd place of execucion, where he was 
 deuyded in two pecys, and after his body with the head was conueyed to the Fryers 
 Austynes, and there buryed before seynt Katherynes aulter. 
 
 And in the moneth of February folowyng dyed Richarde Chester, one of the sheriiFes, obitusviceto. 
 for whome was immedyatly chosen Raffe Astry, to contynue fpr that yere folowynge. """'' 
 Kynge Richarde than ledynge his lyfe in great agony and doubte, trustynge fewe of such 
 as were about hym, sparydnat to spende the great treasour, \vhich before kynge Edwarde 
 the. iiii. hadde gaderyd, in gyuynge of great and large gyftes ; by meane wherof he aloonly 
 wastyd nat the great treasour of his sayd broder, but also he was in suche daunger, that 
 
 • A later hand in the MS. has here added ThotnaB Hahb. * Tht MS. adds grocer._ * v.C. edit. 
 
 1533. 1542. 1559. ♦ sir Robert Clifibrde. edit. 1542. 1559. 'bandJiini. 
 
 h« 
 
572 
 
 SEPTIMA PARS RICHARD! TERTII. 
 
 C^olyngbourne. 
 
 heborowyd many notable summes of moiley of ryche men of this realme, and specia,lly of 
 the cytezeyns of London, wherof the leest summe was. xl./i. For suertie wherof he der 
 lyueryd to theym good and sufficyent pledges. 
 
 ~ In the whiche passe tyrne many and sondry gentilmen, and dyuerse sheryfFcs, departyd 
 ouer the see into Fraiince, & therealiyed theim with that vertuous prynce Henry, sone vnto 
 the erle of Richmonde, discendyd lyneaily from Henry the. iiii. lately kyng of this realme^ 
 and couenauntyd witfh hym, thatit he wolde mary Elizabeth, the eldest doughter'of Ed* 
 wardethe. iiii. they-wolde, with Goddes helpe, strength hym to be kynge of Englande, and 
 ayde hym in suche maner, that he & also she were or myght be possessyd of theyr ryght- 
 jjj full enherytaunce. Amonge the whiche gentylmen, sir iamys- Blount', then kepar of the 
 
 foriie dciyuered. castcU of Guyuys, was oue, whiche with hym conueyed the erle of Oxenforde, that longe 
 tofore hadde ben prysoner within the ^ayd castell. 
 
 Vpon which agrement thus cnncludyd, prouycion ■ by' th'eym and theyr frends was 
 made to sayle into Englande. And after all tliynges prepayred, the said pryrice, witJi a 
 small companye of Englysshe, Frenshe, & Brytont, toke shyppynge in Frannce or Bry- 
 tayne, & so landyd lastly in the porte of Mylbourne' in the moneth of August. For 
 whose defence of landynge, kynge Richarde, for somoche as he/eryd hym lytell, made 
 but small prouycion. 
 
 Whyle thyse foresayde- gentylmen of dyuerse coostes of Englande escapyd as is aboup*- 
 sayd ouer the see, of that atiynyte was one named Wyilyam Colyngbourne taken, and 
 after he had been holden, a season in pryson, he, with another gentylnian, named Turby- 
 ruyle, were brought vnto Guyldehalle, and there afeyg^ned ; but the sayd Tm-byruyl.e 
 was repryed to pryson, and that other was caste for sondry treasons : & for a ryme which 
 was layde to his charge, that he shulde make in derysion of th^ kjnge and his counsayll,as 
 folpwith. 
 
 Thq catte, the ratte, and Louell our dogge, 
 Ilulytfi all Englande vnder a hogge. 
 
 The whiche was ment, that Catisby, RatclyfFe, and the lorde Louell, ruled the lan,de 
 vnder the kynge, which bare the whyte bore for his conysaunce. For the whiche and other 
 vpon the daye of he was put to the moost cruell deth at the Tower 
 
 Hylle, wiiere for hym were made a newe payer of galowes, Vpon the whiche, after he 
 hadde hangyd a shorte season, he was cutte downe, beynge alyye, & his bowellys rvpped 
 out of his bely, and cast into the fyre there by hym, and iyued tyll the bowcher put his 
 hande into the bulke of his body ; insomuch that lie sayd in the same instant, " O Lorde 
 Ihesu, yet more trowble," & so dyed to the great compassion of moche people. 
 
 Thanne to retourne vnto the noble prynce & his company ; when he was commvn 
 vnto the lande, he incontyently knelyd downe vpon the erth, and with nieke countenauncc 
 and pure deuocion began this psalme : " ludica me Deus, et decerne causam rnean),"&c. 
 The whiche whenne he hadde .fynysshid to the ende, and kyssed the groiihde mekely and 
 reuerently, made the signe of the crosse vpon hym, he commaundyd sudhe as were aboute 
 hym boldly in the name of God and seint George to sette forewarde. 
 
 Whenne the landynge of this prynce was blowen aboute the lande, many was the, man 
 that drewe vnto hym; as well suche as were in sondry seyntwaryes, as other that were 
 abrode, so that his strength encreasid shordy. Than the kynge gaderyd his power ia ail 
 haste that spedde hym in suche wyse, that vpon the. xxii. daye of August, and begynnyng 
 of the thit^d yere of his reygne, he mette with the sayd prynce nere' vnto a vvllage in 
 Leycetershyre, named Bosworth, nere vnto Leyceter, where atwene theym w'asjbughteti 
 asharpe batayll, and sharper shulde haue been if the kynges pai-tye had ben fast to hym ; 
 
 Pm(,.CC.kx», 
 
 tfellum de Bos- 
 
 Tyrrell, MS. 
 
 OjnitledintfieMS. 
 
 but 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI NONI. 673 
 
 but many towarde the felde refucyd bym, and yode vnto that other partie, and some stode 
 houynge a ferre of, tyll they sawe to whicbe partye the victory fyll. 
 
 In conclucon kynge Richarde was there slayne, and vpon bis partye the duke of 
 Norfolke, before tyme named lorde Howarde, with Brekyngbury lieutenaunt of the 
 Tower, & many other. And amonge other was there taken on lyue the erle of Surrey, 
 sone to the foresayd duke of Norffolke, and sent vnto the Tower of London, where he 
 remayned as prysoner longe tyme after. 
 
 Thanne was the corps of Richarde, late kynge, spoyled, &, naked, as he was borne, 
 cast behynde a man, and so caryed unreuerently overthwarte the horse backe vnto the 
 fryers at Leyceter ; where after a season that he had lyen, that all men myght beholde 
 hym, he was there with lytel reuerence buryed. And thus with mysery endyd this prynce, 
 which rulyd mostwhat by rygour and tyrannye, when he in great trowble and agonye 
 had reygned or vsurpyd by the space of. ii. yeres. ii, monethes &. ii. dayes. 
 
 And then was the noble prynce Henry admytted for kynge, and so proclaymed kyng 
 by the name of Henry the. vii. The which sped bym shortly to London, so that vpon 
 the. xxviii. daye of the sayde moneth of August, he was by the mayer and the cytezeyns 
 met in good araye, as the mayer and aldermen in scarlet, and tbe cytezeyns in vyolet, at 
 Harnesey Parke, and from thens conueyed thorughe the cytie vnto the bysshop of London 
 palays, and there for that tyme lodgyd. 
 
 And vpon the. xi. day of Ociobre next foiowynge, than bevnge the swetynge sykenesse swetynge 4jrke. 
 of newe begon, dyed the sayd Thomas Hylle than of Lon^n mayer, & for bym was ""*'' 
 chosen as mayer sir Wyllyam Stokker knyght and draper, which dyed also of the sayd 
 syjcenesse shortly after; & then lohn Warde, grocer, was chosen mayer, which so 
 contynued tyll the Feeste of Symonde and lude foiowynge. 
 
 Charlys the. ix. 
 
 KArolus or Charlys the. ix. or. viii. of that name, sone vnto the. xi. Lowys, beganne 
 his reigne ouer the realme of Fraunce the. iiii. day of Septembre, in the yere of our 
 Lorde God. M.CCCC.lxxxiiii. and the seconde yere of Richarde the thirde, at that tyme 
 kynge of Englande. 
 
 This Charlys was noble of wytte and meke of condicion, the whiche his fader wolde 
 nat sette to lernynge of letters in his yougth, lest that by suche study he shuld at his 
 lawfull age haue therby the more refrayned hym from knyghtly and marcyall actes. But 
 whenhe he came to mannes astate he than was ryght sory, and wolde saye full often, to 
 his famyliers, a prynce is greatly blemysshed whenne he lakketh conynge of lecture. He 
 was also in his youth so weke and impotent, that he lakked naturall strength as was ac- 
 cordynge to his age, insomoche that he myght nat goo ; and whan he shulde ryde, he had 
 alwaye on eyther syde of the hors. ii. men to staye hym, and to gyue on hym lyke attend- 
 aunce. Than after the solempnytie of his corOnacion endyd in the cytie of Raynys, 
 whiche there was solempnyzed \V great pompe vpon the Sondaye next ensuynge theFeest 
 of seynt Denys, commyssions were sent oute into all coostes of his domynyon, for to en- 
 quere of all superfluous gyfts gyuen before tyme by his fader, the whiche shortly after 
 were resumed into the kynges hande. And in that season Olyuer Damman, (whom Lowys 
 had in many great romes and offyces set, and by his dayes bad hym in synguler loue and 
 fauoure, insomoche, as before I haueshewyd in the ende of the story of the sayd Lowys, 
 he made a specyall request vnto this Charlys his sone, that he shuld specially cherysshe 
 this sayd Damman,) now was appechyd of treason, with one Danyell a Flemynge ; the 
 whiche after inquisicion of theym made, both after the lawe of that lande were iugyd to 
 deth and soo put in execucion of hangynge, whose deth of the nobles and astats of the 
 realme vyas Irteli ruyd, consyderynge the rome that he bare by kynge Lowys dayes, and 
 
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674 SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI NONI. 
 
 the ignobylitie of his byrth, as an handcrafty man & Ibarbour. After whose deth p. ihetri- 
 cian compyled these versis folowynge. 
 
 Sunt tua criminibus ridencia tempera tonsor, 
 
 Currere que, subito, prouida parca vetat, 
 Hocpoteras olim lange prenoscere Damma, 
 
 Ut saltern horrores tollere cede pios. 
 Te natura humilem, cum mater Flandra tulissetj. 
 
 Arte vna noras radere cesariem, 
 Foi. cc.xxxiK Hunc talem et seruum te sepelucetia' vidit, 
 
 Tutus ab hac poteras ducere sorte dies. 
 Raptus ad excelsam Lodowici prlncipis aulara 
 
 Mox herebi fur furias moribus, ante venis, 
 Et caput huic tendens*, dum suffers lingere. ficos 
 
 Pre ducibus regi, i*egul us alter eras. 
 Quid tibi non licuit, soboles tarn dira Neronis> 
 
 Nemo non vixit te reserente reus, 
 Nemo Dei sacra, censuram, nemo gerebat 
 
 Gaudia, qui renuit premere dona tibi, 
 Protenus exilium vel mors vel mulita^ Negantenv 
 
 Pressit : eras index, lictor et exicium. 
 Regnasti satis est, surgunt nova sedera* mundo, 
 
 Turba celestorum* territa luce fugit, 
 Agnosce, o tonsor, quo te scelus extulit atrox, 
 
 Et te precipitem depulit in laqxieos. 
 Te Daniel, te dira cohors, te Menimius* odit, 
 
 Et scelerum auctorem dampnat et insequitur. 
 NiBscio quid de te superi vel fata deponunt, 
 
 Seu lictore cades, sen cruce liber eas : 
 Unatamen vulgi constans sentencia, furcas 
 
 Expedil^, vt faciet, te periunte, odium. 
 Interea vinctus culpas absterge gemendo, 
 
 Peccasti, morti* est nunc redimenda salus. 
 
 The whiche metyr or versis to theym that haue none vnderstandynge in Laten, maye be 
 expowned in maner as foloweth. 
 
 The laughynge tymes with theyr crymes spent, 
 Thou barboure are ronne, the which by sodayne fate 
 Are nowe fdrboden, wherof the clere entent 
 Thou myght haue knowen, Damman, right well the state ; 
 When thou, by meanes which were inordinat, 
 Put vntp deth many an innocent man 
 By cruell raalyce, and well rehaiembryd than 
 
 That, of lowe byrth, Flaundres thy moder the fedde*, 
 And taught the a crafte thy heer well to shaue, 
 Lucecia*, that cytie where thou thy lyfe ledde, 
 
 ' Lutetia. edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. ^ tondens. edit. 1559. ^ mulctai edit. 1533. 1542. J559» 
 
 ♦[adera] ' scselestorum. edit. 1559. * Memmiiis. edit. 1559. ' expetit. ' morte. 
 
 * fledde. edit. 1533. 
 
 * Wytnessyth 
 
SEPTIMA PARS CAROLI NONI. 675 
 
 Wytnessyth the a seruaunt therin thy lyuynge to craue, 
 
 And for thy dayes an honest lyfe to baue. 
 
 But whan thou were in Lowys court vp brought, 
 
 Than had thou no mynde that thou were come of nought. 
 
 But lyke the helle hounde thou waxed full furyous, 
 Expressynge thy malyce when thou to honoure styed, 
 Thynkynge for somoche as that prynce bounteous 
 His hade and berde to be he nought denyed. 
 And with all worldly pleasure he also the allyed. 
 The before his prynces makynge his gouernour ; 
 Thy selfe thou blyndest with worldly vayne honour : 
 
 Whiche made the so proude, thou sone of harde Neroun, 
 That none myght lyue that thou accusyd of ci^me. 
 No man was cursyd, nor none bad punyssion, 
 That wolde thy hande with golde of gyftes lyme ; 
 And who that nat his gyfte ofFred in tyme, 
 Outher dcth or exyle to hym h as soone applyed, 
 For as luge and hangman thou all thynge excercised. 
 
 Thou reygned longe ynough, but now are sprongen newe 
 Sterrys to the worlde, and fledde is. now clerely 
 The scelerat flokke ; wherfore thou harbour yet rewe 
 Thyne odyousactes, whiche baue the sodaynly 
 Cast downe from welth in snarj's bytterly ; 
 For also Danyell the moste odyous fere 
 Dampnyth the ofcryme whiche with the deth'here. 
 
 I knowe nat what of the the vpper bodyes aboue 
 Haue defyned, whether by svvorde or by gybet 
 Thou shuld ende the lyfe; but one thynge I approue : 
 The sentence hooly of the people is sette, 
 That on a galowe thou shulde paye deth his dette. 
 Inwardly therfore bewayll so thyne offence, 
 That by this deth to God thou mayst make recompence. 
 
 Thus execucion of this Dammah & his felowe endyd and fynysshed, to the lytell 
 compassion of the people, within fewe dayes after another of the aflFeccionat seruauntes 
 of kyhg Lowys, named lohn Doyacon, for trespasse & hatered by his occacion & deserte 
 vnto the common people, was with all shame brought to the market place of Parys, and 
 there beraft of both his erys. After which felony to hym done, he was there ryght banys- 
 shed the court for euer. 
 
 And thus two of the moste specyall and derest beloued seruauntes and counsayllours of 
 kyng Lowys, wliere shortly after his deth brought vnto confeccion* : by reason wherof, 
 as affermyth myne auctour Gagwyne, arose a prouerbe amonge the Frenshemen, sayinge 
 (Principibus obsequi hereditarium non esse :) the whiche is to meane, the seruyce of 
 prynces is nat beredytable. This tyai'ei thus passyd, with many other matyers ^vhiche I 
 ouer passe, the season approchyd that varyaunce and enuy began to moue amonge some 
 
 - — ' <iyeth.edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. * confusion, edit. 1533. 1542. 1559. 
 
 4 Rg nobles 
 
676 SEPTIMA PARS LODOMTICI. . 
 
 nobles of the landej in sompche that the duke of Orleaance disdaynedthat Anne, suster 
 vnto the kynge, with suche as she wolde call to counsayll, had all tlie rule aboute the 
 kynge : wherfore he entendyng to haue the sayd rule, for somoche as he had maryed 
 that other doughter of Lowys, gaderyd ynto hyra strength of knyghtes, purposely to re- 
 moue from the kynge suche as he lyked and to sette aboute hym suche parsones as he 
 thought conuenyent. 
 Pel. ccKxniii. But how it was for lacke of wysely orderynge of his people or other neclygence, at a 
 place called Seynt Albynys he was taken of his aduersaries, and so by the kynge com- 
 maundyd to pryson to the castell of Byturicence, where he remayned longe tyme after., 
 It was nat longe after that Maximylian, the whiche had maryed duke Charlys doughter of 
 Burgoyne,' gaderyd bis sowdyours, to haue releued the foresayd duke of Orleaunce out 
 of pryson ; but he preuayled nat. Durynge whiche warre, Fraunceys, duke of Brytayne, 
 dyed, whose doughter named Anne, and enherytour of that duchye, Maximylian had 
 before trouth plyted for his lawfuU wyfe j wherfore he heryng of the deth of the sayd 
 Fraunceys, shortly entred the terrytory of Britayne, and seasyd it for his owne : but 
 Charlys, with his Frenshmen, withstode hym by suche force, that he was constrayned to 
 axe helpe of our soueraygne dom kynge' the. vii., the whiche in most bounteuous maner 
 ayded & assysted hym both with men & money, to the kynges excedynge great charge and 
 coste. , Howe be in the ende the Frenshe kyng had his entent, and than maryed the sayd 
 Anne duchesse of Brytayne, and refusyd Margarete the doughter of Maximylian, whiche 
 before had maryed at Ambase, as before 1 haue shewyd to you in the ende of the story of' 
 his fader Lowys. After which victory thus opteyned by this Chai-lys in Brytayne, he 
 made clayme and pretence vnto the l§nde of Scicilia or Scicile; and by the exortacion and 
 stirrynge of the pope*, Alexander the sixte, he with a stronge boost entred the same both 
 by lande and by water. To whom was a great ayde the duke of Mylayne, by whose 
 meanes he shortly wanne a stronge cytie or towne named Campania, and dyuers other 
 townes, and in processe Naples the chief cytie, that belonged vnto the kynge of Naplys ; 
 in somoche that he constrayned Alphounce, that thanne was kynge of Naplys and of 
 Scicile, to forsake that countree, and so had the domynyon of the more parte of both 
 the sayde countrees ; the whiche whenne he hadde set in suche ordre as be .thought con- 
 uenyent, he toke his iournaye homewarde into Fraunce thorugh Italy. In whiche pas- 
 sage this Charlys was bese,t of the Venycyans & other Italyens, the whiche entendyd to 
 haue stoppyd his waye, and metynge with hym at a place called in Laten Fornouyences, 
 gaue vnto hym batayll ; wherof, as sayth myne auctour, he wanne the victory to his great 
 honour consideryng his few sowdiours agayne their multytude and strength. 
 
 But to this sayinge repugne the Italyens dwellynge in London, and say, that if the 
 said Charlys had nat sped hym fastly into Fraunce, he had nat comyn there that yere ; but 
 howe so it was he retourned home in sauete. 
 
 And soone after, [pope Alexander^' foresayd toke such pleasure agayne the sayd 
 Charlys, that he stirred almost all Cristen prynces of the worlde aga}|rne hym ; he had 
 suehe hatred to the great honoure of the Frenshe kynge, as sayth myn auctour Gagwyne, 
 the which in all his werkys extollyth the dedes of Frenshemen ferther than may be very- 
 fyed in moche of his wrytyng. [But whatso he wryte of the pope, it is to be demyd, that 
 he wolde nat take so great party agayne this Chadys, and excite other prynces to do the 
 same, except it had ben for great & vrgent causes, aod nat for malyce, as he affermeth 
 only.]* 
 
 ' Lord kyng Hewy. » the bishop of Rome. edit. 1542. ' Alexander bishop of Rome, edit, 
 
 1542. * Qm%Ued in the edii^. 1542. 1555. 
 
 And 
 
SEPTIMA PARS^ODOWICI. 677 
 
 And thus the sayd Gagwyoe endeth the story of the sayd Cbarlys, in the yere of our 
 Lorde God. M.CCCC.lxxxxv. and the. xi. yere of the reygne of the same Charlys, thanne 
 presently reygnynge and gydyng the realrae of Fraunce, whiche was the. ?Cr yere of pur 
 raoost redoubtyd prynce kynge Henry the. vii. 
 
 -:. ... ,■. t 
 
 .... ,^I , j< : 
 
 EXPLICIT. 
 
 Thus endeth the newe Gronycles of Englande 
 
 and of Fraunce, emprynted by Richarde 
 
 Pynson, pryntervnto the Kyngs noble 
 
 grace. The yere of our Lord God 
 
 a. M.CCCCC.xvi. The. vii. 
 
 daye of the moneth of 
 
 February. 
 
(678) 
 
 Of kynge Henry the. vii. 
 
 HEnry the. vii. of that name, sone vnto the erle of Rychemounte, began his domynyon 
 ouer ^ realnie of Englande the. xxii. daye of August, in the yere of our Lorde God. 
 M.CCCC.lxxxv. and the seconde yere of the. viii. Charlys then kynge of Fraunce, and 
 the. XXX. daye of Octobre folowynge, with great solempnytie, y^ said Henry was crowned 
 at Westmynster. This magnyficent & excellent prynce Henry the. vii. thus payinge to 
 deth his dette of nature, the Saterday next before seynt Georges daye, in the nyght, dyed, 
 (whiche Saterdaye was the. xxi. daye of Apryll,) at his manour of Hychemout, as before is 
 sayd, of whom sufFycient lawde and prayse can nat be put in wrytynge, consyderynge f 
 contynuell peace and tranqullyti,e whiche he kept this his lande & comons in, with also 
 this subduynge of his outwarde enemyes of the realmes of Fraunce and Scotlande, by 
 his great polycy and wysdome, more than by shedynge of Cristen blode or cruell warre : 
 and ouer ruled soo myghtely his subgectes, and mynystred to them suche iustyce, that 
 nataloonly they louyd & dradehym, but all Cristen prynces heryng of his glorious fame, 
 were desyrous to haue with hym amyte and allyaunce. And for that he, in all temporail 
 polycies and prouycions, excedyd al prynces by his tyme reygnynge, dyuerse popes, as 
 Alexander the. vi., Pius the thirde, and lulius the seconde, (nowe beynge pope,) by theyr 
 tymes eyther of theym sonderly, with auctorytie and consent of theyr spirituell and deuyne 
 counsaylles, elected & chase this excellent prynce, and admytted hym for chief defensoure 
 of Cristes churche, before all other Cristen prynces. And, for a conformacyon of the same, 
 sente vnto this inuyncible prynce, by, iii, sundry famous ambassades. iii. swerdes, with. iii. 
 cappes of mayntenauce. What myght I. wryte of the stedfast contynency, great iustyce, 
 and mercyfull dealynge of this prynce.; 
 
 What myght I reporte of his excellent wysdome &'moost sugryd eloquence, or of his 
 inmouable pacyence & wonderfull discresslon, or what shulde I tell of his moost beaute- 
 fuU buyldynges, or excedynge charges of manyfest reparacyons ; and ouer all this of his 
 excedynge treasoure and rychesse innumerable. But as who wolde say, to consyder in 
 ordre all his notable actes, which wolde aske a longe tract of tyme, with also the lyberall 
 andsuptuous endowement of the monastery of Westmynster, and other to wryte, I myght 
 conclude that his actes passed all the noblefactes of his noble progenytours syne the Con- 
 quest, and may most congruly aboue all erthly prynces be lykenyd vnto Saiamon kynge 
 of Israelytes, and be called the seconde Saiamon, for his great sapyence and actes by 
 hym doone his lyues tyme executed. Vpon whose soule, and all Cristen, Ihesu haue 
 mercy. AMEN. 
 
 And so foresayd this noble prynce reygned. xxiii. yeres and. vii. monethes, &one daye 
 therof lackynge. 
 
 Hereafter ensueth the day of the raygne of our mooste redoughted soueraygne lorde 
 kynge Henry the. viii. 
 
 THis excellent kinge Henry the. viii. of y name, &. ii. sone of y forenamed excellent 
 prynce Henry the seuynth, began his most gracious reygne ouer the realme of Englande 
 the. xxii. daye of Apryll, in the yere of our Lorde God. M. v.C. and. ix. to whom be all 
 honour, reuerence, and ioyfull contynuaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure 
 of God, and weale of this his realme. Amen. 
 
 [In the original this page stands detached ; the last leaf of thefrst volume.] 
 
CONTINUATION 
 
 OF 
 
 FABYAN'S CHRONICLE 
 
 FROM THE EDITION 
 
 OF 
 
 1533. 
 

 •iO 
 
HENRY THE SEUENTH. 
 
 HEnry the. vii. of the name, sonne vnto the erle of Richemofit, began his domynyon 
 ouer the realme of Englande the. xxii. daye of Auguste, in the yere of oure Lorde God. 
 M.iiii.C.lxxxv. and the seconde yere of the. viii. Charlys then kynge of Fraunce ; and 
 the. XXX. daye of October folowynge, with great solempnyte the sayd Henry was crowned 
 at Westmynster. 
 
 And here, accordynge to my fyrste sayenge in the begynnynge of thys rude worke, I 
 make an ende of the. vii. parte and hole worke, the. vii. day of Nouember, in the yere of 
 our Lorde lesu Christes Incarnacyon. M. v.C. and. iiii. and the. xx. yere of our moste 
 Crysten and drad soueraygne lorde kyng Henry, after the conquest, of y- name the. vii. 
 For whyche expedycyon and good exployt that I liaue hadde in the accomplysshyng of 
 thys work, wherin is included to rekyn from the landynge of Brute in thys ile of Albyon, 
 vnto the fyrste yere or begynnyng of the reygneof our most drad sayd souerayne lorde. 
 ii. M. vi.C. and. xx. yeres. {I here agayne salute and gyue thankes vnto that moste ex- 
 cellent vyrgyn our lady saynt Mary, with the last and. vii. ioye of the foresayd. vii. ioyes, 
 begynnynge. 
 
 Gaude virgo mater pura, &c. 
 
 he ioyfull and g^ad, virgyn and moder pure, 
 
 For ferme and stedfast thy ioye shall abyde, 
 
 And these, vii. ioyes shall euermore endure, 
 
 And neuer here after minishe by tyme nor by tyde, 
 
 But euer shall encreace, florysshe, and abyde, 
 
 By worldes all, euer in one tolaste, 
 
 Tyme to come, tyme present, & tyme that is paste.]' 
 
 And thus than endyth thys seuenth part, the which, from the fyrst yere of Wyllyam 
 Conquefour to the laste yere of Rycharde the thyrde, indudeth. iai.C xvii*. yeres. 
 
 Lenuoy. 
 
 ' Limas adest, praecessit opus,, ne liuidus assis. 
 
 Lector babent mendas, denia prela suas. 
 Quoduis ingenium, quadam vel parte redundat, 
 
 Vel rudu', vel mancti est, vel grave vel 6uidu. 
 Concio crebra tibi, culpatur furta Maronis, 
 
 Est Cicero elumbis, pes tibi Nasoceler. 
 Non satis historic, Crispi prsefatio quadrat, 
 
 Niladeo cultum, liuor iniquus* habet. 
 
 ' T/fe edit, of 1542 and 1559 merely s(ty I give thanks vnto almighty Godt * CCCC. yeres. 'edit. iS4«. 
 
 1*59. ' ' rude. 1542. 1559. * iniquis. edit. 1542. 1559. 
 
 4 S Nt)n 
 
682 THE SEVENTH PARTE 
 
 Non minus hoc poterit tantillum capere morsor, 
 
 Laeserit illustres cum fera lingua viros. 
 Sed quid agas residem, taxabit inertia mutum 
 
 Scriptorem risor, extenuabit inners ; 
 Audendura tamen est, spernendi mille latratus, 
 
 Occidet a busto murmur & inuidia. 
 
 The w hyche verses to them that ben vnlettered may be Englys&hed in maner and foorme 
 as folowyth. 
 
 An ende of thys boke, or of th^s rude warke 
 Here is now fyned, wherof tiie sence' precedyth. 
 Thou that shall it rede, be thou laye or Gierke, 
 Be not enuyous, consyder how it ledyth 
 The reygne of prynces. And where as metidement nedytb. 
 If thou experte be, the fawtes therof amende. 
 And hym ascryve no sclaunderj that dyd but well entendew 
 
 Consyder euery scyence, in parte that it is suche. 
 To rude or to curyous, to breef or to longe. 
 Some blamyn Liuius for that he wrote so mocbe, 
 Some other Vyrgj'le, and Cicero amonge. 
 For he was to scarse. Salust that dytyes songe 
 So excelentlyj yet is he not vnblamed : 
 So that to all men nothynge is dueiy framed. 
 
 Than syn the olde wryters whyche were so excellent, 
 Mygbte not all men please wyth theyr famous wrytynge. 
 No maruayll though I, whyche neuer connynge hent, 
 Mygbte order thys mater to eueiy mannys lykynge, 
 And specyally to suche as haue theyr delyghtynge, 
 Euer wyth dysclaunder moste wryters to lacke. 
 And barke wbyle they maye to sette good wryters* a baeke. 
 
 But though that ignoraunce and derysyon ben mette, 
 And reproue the maker in all that they can, 
 Why shalde any good worke for theyr malyce be lette ? 
 For though they grudge & scorne, yet euery [wyse]' good man 
 Wyll take the entent, and pra^rse the maker than, 
 And hym allow for his laborous* dede, 
 And requyre of God that he maye haue his mede^ 
 
 Anno 
 
 * sentence, edit. 1559. * Ti^e Museum MS. which contains this Lenv«iy on the last leaf, reads werke. 
 
 ' Omiti^in edit. 1559. * labours, edit. 1542. 1559. ' Jfter this, on thevery last page (^ the 
 
 Museum MS. which is impetfeet, we have 
 
 TRAGEDIA. 
 
 That mannys lyffe is full vnstable. 
 Full short & full of wrecchidnesse, 
 Theforsaid storyes been manyfestable. 
 That kyng nor prynce nor.othir to expresse, 
 i Noulhir yong nor olcle may dethis force oppress©. 
 
 Wherfor all keyndis beholde thys tragedy, 
 ■And wyth compassionne axe from vs mercy. , 
 
 And 
 
OP FABYANS CRONICLE. 6S3 
 
 Anno Domiui. M.iiii£.lxxxr. Auno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxvi. 
 
 lobii Tate. 
 Hugh Bryce, goldsmyth. Anno. i. 
 
 lohn Swan. 
 
 ^N thvs yere a prest was made to the kynge of. ii. MM. of the whyche the mercers, 
 grocers, & drapers lent ix. C. xxxvii./i. and. vi.*. The coronacyon was holden at West^ 
 mynster the. xxx. day of October. And this yere whete was at. iii.s. f bushell, & baye 
 salt at the same pryce. 
 
 Aano Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxvi. Anno Domini:. M.iiii.C.lxxxvii. 
 
 lohfi Percyuall. 
 
 Syr Henry Colet. Anno. ii. 
 
 Hugh Clopton. 
 
 IN this yere the kynge maryed kyng Edwardes eldest dougbter, named Elizabeth. 
 This yere was slayn, at Stookfelde, the erle of Lyncolne. And in the moneth of Sep- 
 teber was borne prynce Arthur. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxx'xvii. Auno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxviii. 
 
 lohii Fenkyll. 
 
 Wyllyam Home. Anno. iii. 
 
 Wyllyam Rcmyngton. 
 
 THys yere was the quene crowned at Westmynster vpon saynt Katberyns daye. And 
 this yere was a prest of. iiii. M./e. wherof mercers, grocers, and drapers lent. xvi.C. &. 
 xvi./i. And thys yere was an other prest of two thousad. And thys yere lobfl Ashley 
 with other two were putte in execution at the Towre Hylle. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxviii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.lxxxix. 
 
 Wyllyam Isaak. 
 
 Robert Tate, mercer. Anno. iiii. 
 
 Rafe Tynley. 
 
 IN thvs yere the comons of the North slewe the erle of Northuiiiberlande, and Cham- 
 berlayne' theyr capytayne wyth dyuerse other were after at Yorke hanged. Thys yere 
 was the taske of the tenth peny of mennes landes and goodes. This yere was the felde 
 of Dykysmew in Flaunders foughten by the lorde Dawbeney. 
 
 And specially such as soom tyme vs knewe, 
 Migthty and strong, that now lye full lowe ; 
 Wlioom detli soo stern wyth his wannyd. hewe 
 Hath now pursuyd, wherby ze may well knowe 
 That gold nor sylvyr, nor landls on a rowe, 
 Nor all kyngly powar maye man from deth wry ; 
 WherfFor with compassionne for vs axe ye mercy. 
 
 For now to stoon & erth ar we putt in servage, 
 That whilom rulyd the erth wytli grete honour, 
 And warrid alle men of higth & lowe parage, 
 Whoom now doth warre the worm wt fowle hvraour. 
 The addir and snake, and gnawe wt grete horrour 
 Owir flesh whilom fedd wyth all delycacy ; 
 Therfor, wyth compassionne, axe for vs mercy. 
 
 And for vs lament, foreyn and cytyzyne, 
 And behold this case generrally all men, 
 
 Kich, pore, yobg & old, that descendtfa 
 
 Naturally, and myend well. ..«•..•. 
 
 4 S 2 Anno 
 
6U THE SEVENTH PARTE 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.CJxxx.ix. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xc.' 
 
 Wyllyam CapelK- 
 Wyllyam Whyte. Anna. v. 
 
 lohii BVoak. 
 
 IN this yere, one named Roger Shauelok slew hym selfe, for whose goodes was besy- 
 nesse bytwen the kynges amner and the sheryfte, but the amneroptayned. 
 
 Anno' Domini. M.liii.Cxc. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xci^ 
 
 Henry Coot. 
 Robert Reuell. •, 
 
 lohn Matthew, mercer'. Anno, vi, 
 
 Hugh Pemberton. 
 
 ■■to" 
 
 IN this yere dyed Robert Reuel, sheryfFe, & in his stede was chosen Hugh Pebertore. 
 And in March syr Robert Chaberlayne, knyght, was behedyd. And thys yere was s^^ 
 great benyuolence graunted vnto the kynge for bis iournay into Frauce, where unto the 
 felysshyp of the drapers graunted more than any other felyisshyp of the cytye ; and euerjr 
 alderma of London that tyme beynge, pa.yed •colente S{ nolente JLwo hundrelh pound. 
 Ouer whyche somme the comoners somme extedyd to. ix. M. vi, C. ixxxii./i. xvii.*. iiii.tf. 
 And this yere was a busshell of whete at. x%ii.d. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xci. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcii, 
 
 Thomas Wood. 
 Hugh Clopton, mercer. Anno. vii. 
 
 Wyllyam Browne. 
 
 IN thys yere, a yoman of the erowne, named , was put to deth at Tyb6urn«r, 
 
 for treason. And in thys yere was the cyte of Garnad gotte by f kyng of Spayn. And \ 
 this yere was syr lamys Parker, knyght, slayne in iustynge at Rychemont, with a gen- 
 tylman named Hugh Vaghan. Also in the moneth of September, the kynge take hys 
 vyage towarde Praunce. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xciii. 
 
 Wyllyatn Purchase. ; 
 
 Wyllyam Martyn, skynner. Anno. viii. 
 
 Wyllyam Welbek. 
 
 IN thys yere, vpon the. ix*. daye of Nouember, was red a letter in the Guyldhall, y 
 shewed of a peas cocluded bytwen the kynges of England & of Fraunce. And the. 
 xvii. day of December folowynge, the kynge landed at Doner. And the Saterdaye be- 
 fore Cristmas, he came' to Westmynster. Vppon the. xvii. daye of Maye were. iiii. mei> 
 put to deth at Tyborn, for treason. And thys yere, in the moneth of October and ende 
 of thys mayres yere, was the fray made vppon the Eeaterlynges, by the coiinons of the 
 cytye, and specyally mercers seruauntes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xciii, Anno Domini. M.iiii.G.xciiii* 
 
 Robert Fabyan. 
 Rafe Astry, fishmonger. Anno. ix. 
 
 lohii Wyngar. 
 IN this yere, in f beginnyng, an enquery was made for f ryot fpreriamed ; for the 
 
 ^ Thomas Uylle. ?dit. 1542. 1559 ? xi. edit. 1542. 1559, 
 
 whicl^ 
 
OF FABYANS CRONICLE. 68* 
 
 which many yong men were punysshed by long imprysonment. Also vpo the. xxii. day 
 of February, were regnyd at f Guyldhall. iiii. persons named Thomas Bagnall, lohff 
 Scotte, lohii Heth, and lohn Kenyngton, which were taken out of Saynte Martyns seyntr 
 wary, wherof. iii. were put to deth at Tyborne, & Thomas Bagnall was had vnto the 
 Towre of London. And the. xxvi. day of the sayd monetb, with y foresayd. iii. persons, 
 was put in execucyon Willyam Bulkley, ayoman of the kynges chamber, and a Duche 
 man. 
 
 Thys yere, whete was at. v'l.d. a busshel, and bay salt at. u\.d. ob. And thys yere 
 doctor Hylle, bysshop of Lodon, pursued greuously Persy, than pryour of Crystes- 
 chyrch in London. And in thys yere was the royall feste kepte in Westmynster Halle by 
 
 This yere, in the ende ofApryll, was brent in Smithfelde an olde woman for heresyej. 
 whych was called moder to the lady Yonge. And thys yere, the. xv. day of August, were 
 reyned at the Guyldhalle one named lohii Norfolk, & an other named lohii White, & 
 conuict for baudry, & set vpon y^ pillory. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xciiii. Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcv^ 
 
 Nycholas Alwyn. 
 Rycharde Chawry, Salter. Anno, x. 
 
 lohii Warner. 
 
 THisyere, the daye that ^ mayre toke hys charge, in 5' afternone came thorugh the 
 cytye Henry duke of Yorke, a chylde about, iiii. yeres of age, towarde Westmynster, 
 rydynge uppon a courser, with many goodly gentylmen to conuey hym. And vpou the. 
 ix. daye of N/Ouember folowyng was holden a goodly iustyse within the paleys of West- 
 mynster, wherof were chalengeours syrWyllya de la Pool then duke of Suffolk, therle of 
 Essex, syr Robert Curson, & lohn Pechy, esquyre. Also this yere, about Cristinas, sir 
 Robert Clifford, whych before was fled the land, came agayne, & appechyd syr WyllyS. 
 Stanley, than chamberlayne to the kynge, of treason ; whych syr Wyllyam, vpon the. 
 xvi. day of February folowynge, for the sayd treason was behedyd at the Tower Hylle.. 
 And ^ same season was adiudged to deth at the Guyldhall the deane of Poulys (a famous 
 doctour & precher,) the prouyncyall of the Blak Freres, and ^ pryour of Langley, the 
 person of saynt Stephyns in Walbrooke, named Doctour Sutton, syr Tbomas Thwatys, 
 knyght, Robert Ratclyffe, Wyllyam Dawbeney, Willya Cressener, esquire, with sir 
 Simond Mounforde, knight, & mo other; wherof^ more part was pardoned. And this 
 yere was whyte heryng at. xl.tf. a barel. And this yere began the first trouble of syr 
 Wyllyam Capell, alderman. And in luly, Perkyn with his rebelles ariued in Kent, 
 which named hym selfe Rychard, seconde sonne of Edwarde the. iiii. And in the same 
 moneth was doctour Draper perforce borne out of Poulys, & so ladde to Labehylb, for 
 varyaunce that than was bytwene the bysshoppes of Caunterbury and London. And 
 soone after was hanged in sundry costes of Englande, an. C. and odde persons of the 
 forenaraed rebellys. And thys yere was a perlyamente holden at Westmynsten Also io 
 the moneth of October was an excedynge thunder; 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C. xcv. Anno Domini. M.iiH.C.xcvi. 
 
 Thomas Kneysworth. 
 Syr Henry Colette, mercer. Anno. xi. 
 
 Henry Somyr. 
 
 IN thys yere, in the. xvi. daye of Noueber, was holden the sergeaiites feste within the 
 bysshop of Elyes place. This yere was the body of Rychard Hakendyes wyfe takyn vp in 
 Saynt Mary hyll churche hole, j had lyen in the ground ouer. C. &. xx. yeres. And thys 
 yere was great bysynesse for the entercourse bytwene England and Flaunders. And this 
 
^35 THE SEVENTH PARTE 
 
 yere the kynge of Scottes made sharp warre vppon the marches, And this yere many* 
 Jt.ollers stode wyth fagottes at Poulys Crosse. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcvi. Anno Dominn M.iiii.C.xcvii, 
 
 lohn Shaa. 
 lohn Tate, mercer. ' Anno. xii. 
 
 Rycharde Haddon. 
 
 THe latter ende of October, by great oousayll holden at Westmynster, was granted to 
 the kynge for the defence of the Scottes. C. xx.M./j. The. xviii'. daye of Nouember 
 was Poulys church suspendyd by a fraye of two yonge men. And in the same moneth 
 was graunted to the kyng a prest of the cytye of. iiii. M.li. And the same moneth, at- 
 Calays, was behedyd the lord Fitzwater. The. xvi. day of lanuary a parlyament beganne, 
 wherby was graunted two dymes and a halfe, two aydes and two fyftenys, to leuy the fore- 
 sayd. C. xx. M.li. And in the moneth of luny, and. xvii. day were the Cornyshmen 
 dyscomfyted at Blakheth. And vpon the. xxviii. daye of luny, the smyth & a gentylman 
 named Flamok, two capytaynes of ^^ sayd rebeiles, were put in execucyon at Tybourne. 
 And shortely after the lorde Audeley, which was bed capytayne of the sayd rebeiles, was 
 put to deth at y Towre Hylle. And this yere was concluded a maryage bytwene my lorde 
 prynce & the kynges doughter of Spayne. Thys yere also the kyng sent into Scotland 
 an army, vnder the guydyng of the erle of Surrey and the lord Neuyle, the whyche 
 made sharpe warre vpon the Scottes. And in the moneth of October Perkyn 
 landed in Cornwayle, and assayled the towne of Exceter and other townes j but fynally 
 he toke the seyntwary of Beawdely, and after was pardoned of hys lyfe, 
 
 TVnno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcvii. Auno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcviii. 
 
 Bartholomewe Rede. 
 Wyllyam Purchace, mercer. Anno. xiii. 
 
 Thomas Wyndowght. 
 
 IN this yere vpon the. xxviii. day of Noueber, the sayd Parkyn was brought thorugh 
 the cyty vnto the Towre, and there left as prysoner. And with hym a tall yoma, somtyme 
 sergeaiit ferrour to the kyng, whych ferrour, and one named Edwarde, were shortely after 
 put to deth at Tibourn. Vpon saynte Nycholas daye was a proclamacyon made thorugh 
 the cytye, of a peas bytwene the realmes of England & Scotland, for terme of both 
 kynges lyues. And in December a carpenter called Godfrey , toke downe the 
 
 wedercok of Poulys styple & set it vp agayne. And this yere in Crystmas weke was a 
 part of the kinges palayes of Rychemount brent. And this yere, vppon the. ix. daye qf 
 luny, the itorenamed Parkin beyhg at large in the kynges court, went secretlye awaye, 
 and lastly went to the fader of Syon. And after the second pardon to hym by the kyn^e 
 graunted, he was shewed at Westmynster & in Chepyssyde, with moch wonderment, at°d 
 fynally had to the Towre and there keped. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.CCCC.xcviii. Anno Domini. M.CCCC.xcix. 
 
 Thomas Bradbery. 
 Syr lohfi Percyuale. Anno. xiv. 
 
 Stephen lenyns, 
 
 IN thys yere, vpon the. xxx. daye of Octobre, came my lord prince through the cytye 
 wyth an honorabell company toward Westmynster. And vppon Shroue Tuysdaye was put 
 in execucion, at Saynt Thomas Watrynge, a strepelyng of xx. yeres of age, which had 
 lauaunced hym selfe to be the sonii or heyre.to the erle- of Warwykes landes, & was the 
 Sonne of a cordyner of London. And thys yere mayster lohii Tate, alderman, began 
 
 ' xxviij. edit. 154>2. 1559. 
 
 tb€ 
 
OF FABYANS CRONICLE. 68? 
 
 the new edefyinge of saynt Anthonies church. And this yere, vpon the. xvi. day of luly, 
 beynge Sonday, & vpon the Sonday folovvyng, stode. xii. heretykes at Poules crosse shryned 
 with fagottes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.iiii.C.xcix. ' Anno Domini. M.v.C. 
 
 lames Wylforde. 
 Nycholas Alwyn. Anno. xv. 
 
 Rychard Brond. 
 
 IN thys yere, the. xvi. day of Nouember, was areyned in the Whyte Halle at West- 
 mynster, the forenamed Parkyn, &. iii. other; the whych Parkyn and one lohii Awatyr, 
 were put shortly after in execucion at Tyborne. And soone after was the erle of War- 
 wyke put to deth at the Towre Hylle, & one Blewet & Astwood at Tyborne. And thys 
 yere, in May, the kyng & the quene sayled to Calays. And thys yere was Babra, in 
 Nortbfolke, brent. And in luly was an old heretyke brent in Smythfelde. And thys 
 yere was a great deth in London, wherof died ouer. xx. M. of all ages. And this j'ere 
 dyed doctour Morton, cardynall and chaunceler of Englande, in the moneth of October. 
 
 ^nno Domini. M.v.C. Anno Dom ni. M.v.Ci. 
 
 lohii Hawys. 
 Wyllyam Remyngton. Anno. xvi. 
 
 Wyllyam Stede. 
 
 IN this yere, the. xxi. daye of December, in the nygbt, was an hydyous thuder. And 
 this yere was the name of the kyngs palays of Shene chaunged, & called after that day 
 Rychemount. And this yere, in August, departed secretly out of this lande, the duke of 
 SufFolke. And the. iiii. daye of October landed at Plymmowth, Kateryn doughter of 
 tbe kyng of Spayn. And thys yere was fynysshed by mayster Tate, the church of saynt 
 Anthony. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.v.Ci. Anno Domini. M.y.C.ii. 
 
 Syr Laurence Aylemer. 
 Syr lohn Shaa. Anno. xvii. 
 
 Henry Hede. 
 
 IN this yere began the mayre & hys bretherne to ryde to the barge & other places. 
 "Vpo salt Erkenwaideis day, was my lord prince maryed to the kyng of Spaynes doughter. 
 And this season the duke of Bukkyngbam, wyth other, was chief chalegeour, at a royall 
 iustyce & turney holden in the palays of Westmynster. And thys yere came a greate 
 ambassade out of Scotland, by reason wherof conclusion of maryage was made betwene 
 the king of Scottes & dame Margarete, eldest doughter to oure soueraygne lord. Also 
 thys yere was an excedyng great fysshe taken nere vnto Quynbourgh. And in Marche 
 syr Wyllyam of Deuynshyre, syr lamys Tyrell, & his eldest son, & one named Wel- 
 borne, were arested for treason. And in Apryll folowyng dyed the noble prynce Arthur, 
 in the towne of Ludlow. And vpon the last day of April were set vpon the pyllory. ii. 
 yongmen, for defamyng of the kynges counsayli, and there erys cut of. Also aboute 
 thys tyme the Gray Fryers were compelled to take theyr old habit russet, as the shepe 
 doth dye it. And the. vi. day of Maye. lamys Tyrell, & syr lohii Wyndham, knyght, 
 Were beheded at the Towre Hyl, and a shypman for the same treason, was the same day 
 drawen to Tyborne, & there hanged & quartered. And soone after a purseuaunt named 
 Curson, & a yoraan called Mathew lonys, were put in execucion at Guynys, & all waa 
 for aydyng of syr Edraond de la Pool. Also thys yere, about Mydsomer, was taken a 
 felowe whych hadde renewed many of Robin Hodes pagentes, which named him selfe 
 Greneleef, And this yere began the new werke of the houses oiFyce within the Guyldball 
 
 2 of 
 
6&8 THE SEVENTH PARTE 
 
 Gff London. And in the ende of October was proclaymed a peas betwene the king & the 
 ■archeduke of Burgoyne. And the Sonday before saint Symond & lude, was shewed a 
 bull, by vertue wherof were denounced at Poules crosse as accursed, syr Edmond de la 
 Pool, late duke of SufFolke, syr Robert Curson, kny^t, &. v. other persones, and all 
 isuch as ayded any of them again the king. 
 
 -Anno Pomini. M.v.C.ii. - . Anno Domini. M.v.C.iii. 
 
 Henry Kcbyll. 
 Bartholmew Rede, goldsniyth. Anno, xviii. 
 
 Nycbolas Nynys. ; 
 
 IN this yere began the new werk of the kynges chapell at Westmynster. And vpon the. 
 :xi. daye of February dyed queue Elizabeth, within the Towre, lieng in chyldhed. And 
 vpon the fyrst Sonday of Lent was solemply accursed at Poules crosse wyth bel & candell, 
 syr Edmond de la Pool, syr Robert Curson, & other, & all that then ayded agayn the 
 Icyng. And in thende of the moneth of Marche, was the pryour of the Charterhoas at 
 Shene sinfully murdered, wyth an other raunk of the same place, by synyster meanes of 
 a munk of the same place, named Goodwyne, & other mischeuous persones. And this 
 yere the felisshyp of tayllours of London, purchased a graunt of the king to be called 
 Marchaunt Tayllours. And the. viii. day of August was the kynge of Scottes marled vnto 
 the eldest doughter of the kyng. Also in luly were areyned at the Guyldhall, Olyuer 
 saynte lolin, Robert Simpson, Wellysborn before named, Pool, bayly of Thorok, &. 
 iiii. other, all beyng cast for treason, whereof the sayde Olyuer & Pool, wyth twoo 
 -shyppemen, were putte in execucion at Tyborne, and the other were pardoned. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.v.C.iii. Anno Domini. M.v.C.iiii'. 
 
 Chrystoffer Hawys. ■ 
 
 -Syr Wyllyam Capell, draper. Robert Wattes. 
 
 Thomas G ranger. 
 
 IN-thys yerejthe. xiii. day of Nouember, in the palays of the archebysshop of Caunter- 
 bury at Lambehyth, was holden the sergeauntes feest. And the. xxi. day of Nouember 
 in the begynnyng of thenyght, was a dredeful fyre vpo the North ende of London brydge. 
 And vpon the. vii. daye of January were certeyne houses ccsumed wyth fyre, agayn saynt 
 Botulphis churche in Thamys strete. Vpon the. xxv. daye of January began a parliament 
 at Wesmynster. And the. xx vii. day of March was an house brent agayn saynt Martvns 
 ]e Graunt. And the same <lay was hurt done wyth fyre in the paryshe of saynt Peters 
 the pore. And in the forenamed parlyament was G/duyned a new coyne of syluer, as 
 grotes, & shyllynges with half faces. And in the forsayde parlyamente was graunted to 
 the kynge an ayde of. xxxvi. thousand li. and a correccyon was dyuysed for clipped 
 grotes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M,v.C.iiii. Anuo Domini. M.v.C.v. 
 
 Tloger Achylley. 
 lohii Wyngar, grocer. Anno. xx. 
 
 Wyllyam Browne. 
 
 > IN thys yere the cytezyns of London graunted to the kyng. v. M. marke, for conferma- 
 cion of theyr lyberties ; whereof a. M. marke was payde in hande, and. iiii. M. mark in. 
 iiii. yeres next ensuyng. Vpon saynt Georges day the kyng went in' procession in Poules 
 church, where was shewed a legge of saynt George, closed in syluer, whych was newly 
 «ent to the kyng. And vppon the. xxv. day of Apryll was a money maker, one of the 
 ! coyners 
 
OF FABYANS €^€>NieLE. 689 
 
 coyners of the Towre, drawen to Tyborne, and there hanged. And in the later end of 
 thys yere came the tliyrde cappe of mayntenauDce from the pope. 
 
 Anno Domini. JVf.v.C.v. Anno Domini. M.v.C.vi. 
 
 Rycharde Shore. 
 Thomas Kneysworth, fysshemonger. Anno. xxi. 
 
 Roger Groue. 
 
 THys yere, vppon. xii. etiyn, the kinges chamber at Rychemount was brent. And 
 vpon tne eUyi* of seynt Maury, began an hidious wind, which endured vppon. xi. dayes 
 folowynge, more or lasse, in contynuali blowyn^ by meane whereof the wedercok of 
 Poules was blowen downe, & moche other harme^one. And by force of thys tempest 
 thte archeduke of Biirgoyne was dryuen to lande.in the West countre. And vpon rile 
 second Sonday of Lent, stood at Poules crosse the pryOur of saynt €)syes, &. v. other 
 heretykes. And in the ende of the moneth of March, syr Edmond de la Pool was con- 
 veyed through the citie vnto the Towre, and there left as prysoner. And in Maye* " 
 moneth was the lord of Bun^eueny commytteth to the Towre, for a certayn displeasure 
 whych concerned no treason. Thys yere a new bylded galerey fyU in the nyght at 
 Rychemount. And thys yere, in the ende of lulyj was a gracyous myracle shewed' 
 by oure Lady image of Barky ng, by a mayden cbylde that a carte laden wyth stone 
 yode ouer. 
 
 AflQO Bominu M.v.Cvi. Anno Domini. M.vtC.viif 
 
 Wyllyam Gopynger. 
 Syr Rycbard H^doQ> mercer. Anno^ zxij. 
 
 Thomas lohnson. 
 Wyllyam Fytz Wyllyam. 
 
 IN thys yere, aboute Crystmas, was the bakers house in Warwyke lane brent And 
 thys yere was a wonderfull easy and softe wynter, without stormys or frostes. And thi&. 
 yere the kyng of hys goodnesse delyuered, oute of all prysons in London, as many 
 prysoners as laye for. xl*. & vnder. And this yere was Thomas Kneysworth, late mayer,, 
 & hys. ii. shyreffes condempned to the kyng in great sommes of money, ouer payofull 
 prysonement by theym in the Marshalsy susteyned. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.v.Cvii. Anno Domini. M.v.C.viii; 
 
 Wyllyam Butler. 
 Wyllyam Browne^ mercer. Anno, xxiij. 
 
 lohn Kyrkby. 
 
 THys yere, in the ende of Aprilv dyed the sayd Wyllyam Browne, and for hym was 
 iojmedyatly chosen syr Laurence Ayleraer, for the resydue of that yere. 
 
 Anno supradicto. Anno supradicto., 
 
 Wyllyam Butler. 
 Syr Laurence Aylemer, draper. Anno predicto. 
 
 lohn Kyrkby. 
 
 IN thys yere vpon the last daye of luny, was an house in Southwarke, nere vnto the 
 brydge, consumed wyth ■fyre> And thys yere was syr Wyllyam Capdl agayne put in 
 vexacyon, by sote ofrtie kynge> for thynges done by hym in the tyme of bye meyralte. 
 
 4 T Anno 
 
690 THE SEVENTH PARTJE O^ 
 
 XnnO'Domifti.M.v.C.viii. Anno Domini. M.v.Cixv 
 
 Thomas Exmew. 
 Stephyn teuyns, tayllour. Anno, xxilij.' 
 
 Rychard Smyth. 
 
 IN the begynnyng of the mayres tyme, syr Wyllyatn tapell, after his prysonement in 
 tiie Countour & ShyrefFes house, was by the kynges counsayll commaunded to the Towre, 
 where he remayned tyll the kynge dyed, & shortly after was delyuered wytb many other.. 
 And in lykewyse was syr Laurence Aylemer daU with, & commytted to the warde or house 
 pf Rychard Smyth,' shryfe, & there remaynied. as, a prisoner by the space aboue sayd, 
 Thysjere, vppon the S'aterdaye next before s^ynt Georges day, in the nyght, whych 
 Saterdaye was the. xxi. daye of Apryll, dyed the kynge oure soueraygne lorde, at hys 
 manour of Rychemount, -vpon whose soule and alliCbfysten, lesu haue mercy. Amen. 
 And so thys foresayd noble prince reygned. xxiii. yeres, and. vii. monethes, and one daye 
 theroflak kynge. . 
 
 Thys magnyfycent & excellent prynce Henry the. vii. thus payed to deth his detLe of 
 i^atiire as before is sayd, of whome sufFycient laude and prayse can nat be put in wrytyng, 
 Qonsyderyng the contynuall peace & tranquylete whyche.he kept thys his lande &comons in, 
 wyth also "the subduynge of hys outwarde enymyes, of the reaimes of Fraunce & Scotland, 
 by hys greate polycy & wysedome, more than by shedyng of Cristen bloode or cruell 
 warre. And euer ruled so myghtly hys subgectes, & mynystred to them suche iustyce, 
 that nat allonely they loued and drad hym, but all Crysten prynces, heryng of hys 
 gloryots fame, were desyrous to haue wyih hym amyte and ailyaunce. And for that he 
 in all temporall polycies & prouisions exceded all prynces by hys tyme reygnynge, dyuers 
 popes, as Alexander the syxte, Pius the. iii., & lulius the. ii. no we beynge pope, by theyr 
 tymes, eyther of them sunderly, wyth auctorytie & consent of theyr spyrytuall & deuyne 
 counsayll, elected & chase thys excellente prynce, and aclmytled hym for ciiyefe deferisour 
 of Chrystes cburcb, before ^ll other Crysten prynces : and for a cohfermacion of thg same,' 
 sente vnto thys inuyncibyll' prince by. iii. sundiy famous ambassaid^s, thre swerdes, with, 
 iii. cappes of mayntenaunce. 
 
 What myght I wryte of the stedfaste contynency, great iustyce, & mercyfull dealyngof 
 thys prynce ? What myght I report of hys excellente wysedome Sc moste siigred eloquence, 
 or of hys inmouable pacience & wonderfuU dyscressyon ? Or what shield I tell of his 
 most beautyfull byldynges, or excedyng charges of manifest reperacions; and ouer all 
 thys, of hys excedynge treasoure & rychesse innumerabyll ? But as who wolde say,e, to 
 consider in order all his notabyll actes, which woldc aske a longe tract of tyme, with 
 also the lyberall & somptuous endowement of the monastery of Westraynster & other, to 
 wryte, I myghte conclude that hys actes passed all the noble actes of hys noble progeny- 
 tours syne the conquest, and may moste congruly, aboue all erlhly prynces, be Ivken- 
 ed vnto Salamofl kyng of the Israelytes, and be called the seconde Salomop for 
 hys great sapience & actes by him "done, hys lyuys tyme executed. All whyche" 
 premysses tenderly considered, euery naturall Engtyssliman now lyuyng, hath cause & 
 , ought deuoutly to pray for the soule of this moste excellent prynce Henry the. vii. that 
 be maye atteyne that celestyall mansion, whych he and all trew Crysten soules are en- 
 heritours vnto, the which God hym graunt. Amen, 
 
 And the rather because of the excellent vertuous bryngyng and leuynge vnto vs by 
 Goddes ayde and proiiysyon, of our moste gracyous and moste drad soueraygne lord 
 Henry the. viii. of that name, as ryghtfuH enherytour vnto the. ii, crownes of Englande 
 and of Fraunce, the whyche began hys moste gracyous reygne the. xxii. day of Apryll, 
 in thejere of our Lord God. M. v.C. and. ix. * 
 
 HEnry 
 2 
 
OF FABYANS CRONICLE. «I>1 
 
 HEnry the. viii, of that name and second sonne of the forenamed excellente prynce 
 Henry the seuinth, began his moste gracyous reygn ouer the realme of Englande the. 
 xxij. daye of Apryll, in the yere of our Lord God. M. v.C. and. ix. to whorae be all 
 honour, reuerence, & ioyfull contynaunce of prosperous reygn, to the pleasure of God 
 & weale of thys bys realme. Amen. 
 
 0, 
 
 Thus endeth Fabyans Gronycle. 
 
 Printed by W. RasteH, & fynysshed 
 
 the laste day of December, in 
 
 the yere of our Lorde 
 
 M. v.C. and. xxxiii. 
 
 CUM PRIVILEGIO, 
 
 4T S 
 
CONTINUATION 
 
 OF 
 
 FABYAN'S CHRONICLE 
 
 FROM THE EDITION 
 
 OF 
 
 1542. 
 
HENRY THE. VIII. 
 
 OVr moste gracious souerayne lorde kyoge Henry the. viii. beganne his reygne the. 
 xxii. daye of April, in the yere of our Lorde. M. ccccc ix. and was crowned at West- 
 minster, in the feaste of the Natiuite of saynt lohn Baptist, in the mayres tyme after 
 named. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.ix. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.x. 
 
 George Monox» 
 Thomas Bradbury, mercer. Anno. i. 
 
 John Dolset. 
 
 IN this yeare, in Auguste, was beheded Empson and Dudley. And in the seeonde 
 yere of the kynge, but in f sayd mayrs tyme, sir Wylliam Fitzwilliam disfrauuchysed, 
 because he wolde not be shyryfe. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.x. Anno Domini. M.cccccxi. 
 
 lohn Mylborne, 
 Henry Keybell. Anno. ii. 
 
 lohn Rest. 
 
 PRince Henry borne at Richemonde on-Newyeres day, and iustes kept at Westmynster. 
 And on saynte Mathewfis daye the prynce dyed, in the thyrde yere of the kynge, and in 
 
 the tyme Keybell'. 
 
 Aaao Domini. M.cccccxi. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xii. 
 
 Nicholas Shelton. 
 Roger Acbyley, draper. Anno. iii. 
 
 Thomas Myifyn. 
 
 THis yere was the lord Darcy sent into Spaine, to aide the kynge of Spayne, agaynst 
 f Mores ; but peace was made before hys aryuynge, and so returned. 
 
 This same seaso was sir Edward Pownynges sent into Geiderlande, to ayde f prince of 
 Castell. The same tyme lorde Hawarde toke Andrew Barton, and an hundred Scottes, 
 & twoo fayre shyppes. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xii. Anno Domini. Mlccccc.xiii. 
 
 Robert Holdernes. 
 Willia Copinger, Richarde Haddon, kn. Anno. iiii. 
 
 Robert Fenrother. 
 
 THis yere was Edmonde de la Poole beheded. And the lord marquis Dorset was 
 
 • OfKeibelI.edit. 1559- 
 
 sente 
 
696 HENRY THE. VIII. 
 
 sente into Spain with. x. thousand menne, & did muche hurt in Guyan, & returned in 
 winter by. reason of the flix, & on S. Laures daye, f. v. yere, f Regent & the Carick 
 were bret, which were. ii. great shippis. 
 
 Sir Edwarde Haward, lorde admirali of Englande, was slaine on saint Marine hisdaye, 
 in Brytaine, by to muche haifdines. The same yere in June, the kyng besieged Turwin, 
 & discomfited y- power of Frauce at Boomye, & toke the citees of Turwin and Turney, 
 and returned without any mor^^ hq,ttaiil i^wi. DurypgA^^hiche tym6 the kyng of Scotes 
 enoyed Englade with an. CM. menne, and was slayn hymself, &. xi. eries, by the erle 
 of Surrey, f kyng his leufe^natit, wher^ore f kyng created hym afterwarde duke of 
 Northfolke, & his soonne erle of Surrey. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xiii. Anno Domini. M.cccccxiai. 
 
 lohn Dawes. 
 Wyllyam Browne, mercer. • Anno. v. 
 
 ' The said Dawes died ^Vin f yere, & i his place was qjiose^ Roger Basford,. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xiiii. Anno Domini. M.CGC<:p.;(,v. 
 
 lames Yarforde. 
 George Monox, draper. . Anno. vi. 
 
 lohn Mundye. ^ 
 
 THis yere was a peace cdcluded betwene Englande and Fraunce. On saint Denyes 
 d^ye, in tl^e nv)neth of Iuujb, the. vii. yere, of the; kjng, the Frencbe kyng raape4- the 
 t^ay "Mary, tbye kyng his sister, ^^n^he. dyed pn Newyjeres daye after, and therefore the. 
 kyng-seht for hir B.^aihe by the dulfe of Suffolke and other. Tl^is yere also was §.y;cha.rd(% 
 Hunne hanged in Lowlars towre. ' 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xV. Aim'o Doncii«ii.M.ccccc.xvi. 
 
 Henry Worley: 
 Sir Wyllyam Butler, grocer. Anno. viL 
 
 Rycharde Grey. 
 
 T^He said Grey dyed witbiti ^ y^re,^ apd for hym was chose Wyllyam Baily. In Feb-, 
 ruary was borne at Grenwiche, f la^y M-ary, the kyng his doughter. In Aprylj the 
 Frenche queue came into Englande, and was maryed to lorde Charles, di^e of Suffolke. 
 This yere Margarete queue of Scottes, syster to the kyng, fled into Engiade> and laye 
 at Harbottell, and she was deliuered- of a doughter called Margrete, and came vnto 
 London in Maye, in eyght yere of the kyng, and taryed there a whole yere before she 
 returned. ' , 
 
 Anno Qoniini. Mwqcccc.xvi. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.x-vii. ^ 
 
 Thomas. Seymer. 
 lohi^ Re&t^, grojcer. Anno. viii. 
 
 Rychardi Thurston. 
 
 THis yere was suche a frost, that all menne with cartes might passe bytwene West- 
 minster & Lambeth. One Maye euin, this mayre hi^ yere, the begynnyng of the. ix. 
 yere of f kyn^, was an insurreccion of yong persones against alienes, of the.wj^iche 
 diuerse- were putte to execucion, and the resydewe came to Westminster with halters 
 about their neckes, & were pardoned^. And the eyghtene daye of Maye folowyng, the 
 <yien^ of Scotesreturned, tp^ hir, copntrg^ .e^gajiie. 
 
 ., ^ Anno 
 
THE SEVENTH PARTE. 69r 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xvii. ^nno Domini. M.cccccxvSi. 
 
 Thomas Baldry, 
 Sir Thomas Exmewe, goldsmith. Anno. ix. 
 
 Rychard Symond. 
 
 IN this yere the terme adiourned to Oxenforde and again to London. In October, 
 in f tenth yere of f kyng, the admirall of Frauce came into Englade, & Tournei was 
 deliuered to f Freche kyng. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xviii. Anno Domini. M ccccc.xix. 
 
 lohn Aleyne. 
 Thomas Myrfyn, skynner. Anno. x. 
 
 lames Spencer. 
 
 IN this yere, at Frakford, Charles the fifth was elected emperour. The erle of Surrey 
 sente into Irelande. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.cccccxix. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xSi 
 
 lohn Wylkynson. 
 Sir lames Yarforde, mercer. Anno. xi. 
 
 Nvcholas Partrich. 
 
 THe kyng & the Frenche kyng mette at the campe betwene Arde & Guysnes, where 
 were great tryumphes. After that f kyng & the emperour mette, and the kyng went to 
 Grauelin with hym, & he came to Calais with the kyng, and had greate chere, and the 
 kyng returned. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xx. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxii 
 
 lohn Skeuinton. 
 Sir lohn Bruge, draper. Anno. xii. 
 
 lohn Kembe. 
 
 ANd this mayre his yere, & the. xiii. of f kyng, f duke of Buckyngha was beheded f. 
 xvii. daye of Maye. In lune folowyng ^ cardinall wet to Calais to entrete a peace 
 betwene theperour & the Freche kyng, & taried there till December, without any thyng 
 concluded. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxi. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxii. 
 
 lohn Breteynei 
 Sir lohn Mylborn, draper. Anno. xiii. 
 
 Thomas Pergetoure. 
 
 IN this maires yere, & the. xiiii. of f kyng, y Frydaie before Pethecost, y is to saie, 
 f. vi. day of June, Charles y. v., emperour, was honourably receiued into the citee of 
 Lodo, of the mayre, aldermenne, & comunaltie, our soueraigne lorde accompaigniyng 
 hym. And fro Londo he wet to Windsore, & sat in y^ stall of ^ garter, & frome thence 
 wet to Hampton, & sayled ouer f sea into Spaine. Dueryng whiche tyme y erle of 
 Surrey, lorde admirall, brent Morles in Biitaine, & after landed at Calais, & entred 
 Pycardy, & bret townes & castels, & beseged Hesdyng ; but bicause of wynter he raised 
 his siege & returned. This somer the duke of Albany was entryng Englande w a great 
 army ; but, when he herde j' the erle of Shrowisbury was comyng to fight w hym, he toke 
 A truce for. vi. mone. 
 
 4 U Anno 
 
ggs HENRY rm. vnt 
 
 lohn Rudaton€. 
 ,Sir lohn Mundy, goldsmith. Anno, xiiii. 
 
 lobn Gha'mpn'eis. 
 
 CHristlerne, ky<ng of Denmarke, came into Engtode in lane. In f. xv. of the kyng 
 the erie of « Surrey Went ledworth & many other townes-in Scotlade. In this niayre hi& 
 yere, the Turcke besieged the Rhodes, & vpon, Christmas daye he toke it, 
 
 .Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxiii. _ Anno Ootnini. M.ccccc.xxiia. 
 
 Migheli EnglHsbe. 
 Sir Thomas Baldry, raercer. ^ Anno. xv. 
 
 Nycbolas lenins. 
 
 ANd this yere f dake of Snffolke went into Fraiiee with. x. M. raenne, and passed 
 the water of Some wout bataill, and toke and destroyed many townes, & in Decembre 
 retourned. The same yere the duke of Albanye besieged y castell of Warke, & heryng 
 of therle of Surre his corayng with a greate army, he eowardlye fled. 
 
 Anno Doinini. M.ccccc.xxiiii. , Anno Bonaini. Sl;ccccc.xxv. 
 
 Raufe Dotkner. 
 Sir Wyllyana Baylay, draper. Anno. xvl. 
 
 Wyllyam Rochei. 
 
 ANd in this yere came frome the emperoure the lorde of Camphor and other lordes. 
 Also out of Scotlande came the bisshop of DiikeU & other, as ambassadours. On sainl 
 Mathias day was the Frenche kyng taken by themperour, A mutyng in Norfolke & 
 Suffolke for payment of money. A peace concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce. 
 The Frenche kyng deliuered in Marche. This roayres yere, & the. xvii. of f kyng, ii> 
 Septembre, was the eoyne enhaunced. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccc,cc.xsv. Anno Domini. Mxcccc^ivi. 
 
 lohn Cauton, 
 Sir lohn Aleyn, mercer. Anno. xvii. 
 
 "Christopher Ascue. 
 
 Aeno Domim. M.ccccc.xxvi, Anno f>omini, M.cccGc.xxviii 
 
 Stephan Piecoke. 
 Sir Thomas Seymer, mercer. Anno, sviii. 
 
 Nicholas Lambart. 
 
 IN this yere the eitee of Rome, by the viceroye of Naples & the duke of Barbone, f 
 .«ame duke beyng first slaine, was^taken & almost destroyed, and Clement the. vii. theo 
 bisshop of Rome, and diuerse of the cardinales there faude, were taken and brought 
 into captiuiiee, and vnder the rule of Charies the emperoure. This yere come beganne 
 to faile. The cardinal went into Fraunce with greate pope, where he concluded a leage 
 ' bytwene the kyng and the Frenche kyng, whiche both defyed th^ emperoure, and sent 
 an army into Italy ; and in Septembre, in thQ nientene of the kyng, he retourned. la 
 October the nientene, the greate maister of Fraunce^ came vnto Londo with grea'ie 
 tryumphe, for cpnclucion of the same leage. 
 
 .^ AnDiE» 
 
THE SEVENTH PARTE. $^ 
 
 kktto Domini. M.ccccc.xxvii. Aruo Domini. M.cccccK>iiu 
 
 lohn Hardye. 
 Sir lames Spencer, Viiitener. Anno. xi^. 
 
 Wyllyam Hollers. 
 
 THis yere corn was verie dere, & had be dearer if marchutes of f slyiiarde had not 
 been, & Dutche shippes restrined, & an abstinauce of warre betwene Englade & Flaii- 
 ders. This mayres yere, &. xx. of f icyng, was f sweatyng sikenes ; for y- whiche cause 
 there was no watche at Midsomer. On S. Denis day in f. xx. of f kyng, a legate ca 
 fro Rome. j c o 
 
 Ahuo Domink M.ccccc.xxviiU / Aano Domini, M.ccccc.xxix. 
 
 Raufe Warren. 
 Sir lohn Rudstone, draper. Anno. xx. 
 
 lohn Long. 
 
 IN lune, in the. xxi. yere of f kyng, the legates satte at the Blacke Freres for f kyng 
 liis mariage. And in October the cardinall was deposed of the chauncellership. This 
 twonty and one yere was a peace concluded betwene theemperoure and the kyng. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxix. Anno. Domini. M.ccccc.xxx* 
 
 Mighdl Dormer, 
 Sir Raufe Dormer, mercer. Anno. xxi. 
 
 Water Champion. 
 
 A Parliament for ennormities of the cleargye. The emperoure was crowned at Bonony 
 this yere in Februarie. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxx, Aono Domini. M.ccccc.xzxi. 
 
 Wyllyam Dauncy. 
 Sir Thomas Pargetour, salter. Anno. xxii. 
 
 lohn Cloppyng. 
 
 THis yere was f Freeh kiges childre deliuered. One boiled in Smithfeld for poysonyng. 
 The cardinall died on saint Aiidrewes euin, 
 
 Aano Domini. M.ccccc.xxxi. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxij» 
 
 Rychard Gresham, 
 Sir Nycolas Lamberd, grocer. Anno, xxiii. 
 
 EdwaTde Altam. 
 
 ANd in this yere the kyng beganue to bulde his palace at Westminster. Gryffeth Rise 
 beheded for treaso. In October, and the. xxiiii. yere, the kyng went ouer f sea and met 
 with f Frenche kyng. 
 
 Anno Domini M.ccccc.xxxii. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxiii^ 
 
 Rychard Raynolde. 
 Sir Steuen Pecoke, habardasher. Anno, xxiiii. 
 
 Rychard Pynchon. lohn Mertine-. 
 
 ANd in this yere f kyng was, by due proces of the lawe, diuorced frome lady Katherin, 
 liis brothers wife, & then he maryed lady Aiie Bollein, whiche was crowned quene on 
 Witsondaye, in % xxv. yere of ^ kyng, in this maireis tyme. On Mids5mer daye folow- 
 vn^dved \ Freche quene, wifevnto f duke of Suffolke. And on f euin off Natiuitie of 
 -our Lady folo wing, was borne f lady Elizabeth at Grenewiche. This said. xxv. yerff 
 M-as it enacted, that no ina should sue any appeale to Rome. 
 
 4 U 2! Aono 
 
70O HENRY THE. VHI. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.occcc.xxxili. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxiiu. 
 
 Wyllyam Forman. 
 Sir Christopher Ascue, draper. Anno. xxv. 
 
 Thomas Kitson. 
 
 ANd in this yere one Wolfe and his wife were haged for killyng of twoo marchaiites 
 strauDgers on the Thamys. Alsain Aprill was a nunne, called the holy raayde of Kente, 
 twoo monkes, and twoo fperes, hanged and heeded, for treason, blasphemie, and hypo- 
 cresie. A peace concluded with Scotlande. This yere was the bishop of Rome, with 
 all his falste vsurpedjpower, ahholished quit out of this realme. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxiiii. ':'' Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxx.y. 
 
 Nycolas Leues5» 
 Sir lohn Chaneyes, skinner. ' Anno. xxvi. 
 
 Wyllyam Denhara. 
 
 ANd in this yere the erle of Kildare dyed in f Towre, and his soonne rebelled, and 
 slew the bisshop of Deuelyng ; wherfore f kyng sent sir Wyllyam Skeuinton thither. 
 This yere was graunted to the kyng y first frutes, & the tenthes of all spirituall posses- 
 sions. In lune, in f. xxvii. y^W,. f bisshop of Rochestre and sir Thomas Moore , be- 
 heded, for deniyng y- kyng to bee supreme hede of y Churche of Englande. And this 
 said yere were. iii. monkes of f Charter Hous executed for y same offence. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxv, Anno Domini, M.ccccc.xxxvi. 
 
 Humfrey Monmoth. 
 Sir lohn Aleine, mercer. Anno, xxvii. 
 
 lohn Cotes. 
 
 ANd in January dyed lady Katherine princes dowayer, & is buryed at Peterborow. 
 This mayres yere, and the. xxviii. of the kyng, was quene Anne, the lorde Rotcheforde, 
 Noris, Weston, Breerton, and Markes attainted of treaso and beheded, & the kyng 
 maried lady lane Seymer. And in October folowyng begane afolishe comocio in Lincoln- 
 shire, and an other in Yorkeshire, by y meanes of ^ lorde Darcye, y lorde Husei, ,sir 
 Robart Constable, & Robert Aske, whiche, only by y^ kyng his wisdo & his prudet 
 coiisaill, were appeaced without bloodde shedyng. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxvi. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxvii. 
 
 Rychard Paget. 
 Sir Raufe Warren, mercer. Anno, xxviii. 
 
 Wyllyam Bowyer. 
 
 ANd in Deceber y^ Thamys was buer frosen ; wherfore y kyng & f quene rode thorow 
 Lodon w a goudly compaigne. In February was Thomas Fitz Garet, &. v. of his vncles 
 hanged, drawen, & quartred. The lord Darcy, sir Frauces Bygot, sir Robert Constable, 
 and other, beganne a newe conspiracy in the. xxix. yere, whiche were attainted and put 
 to death in lune. And on saint Edwarde his euin folowyng was prince Edwarde borne 
 at Hapten court. The twenty and thre daye of October folowyng dyed quene lane, and 
 is buried at Wyndsore. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.cccccxxxvii.. Anno. Domini. M.ccccc.xxxviii^ 
 
 John Gresham. 
 Sif Rychard Gresham. Anno. xxix. 
 
 Thomas Lewen. ^ 
 
 ANd in this yere beganne f calleccion for the poore, and a great nobre cured of many 
 greuous disceases, through the charite therof. In Maye, in y. xxx. yere of the kyng, 
 
 was 
 
THE SEVENTH PARTE. :4)1 
 
 was frere Forest hanged & brent in Smirhfilde, for treason and herysy, with the image of 
 Daruell Gathern, in Walles. Tl)is yere all idolatry was forbidde, & diners images y had 
 inginnes to make their eies open & shut, and other limis to stirre, & many other false 
 iiiglyoges, were espied out & destroied. Al freres, monkes, chanons, & nons chaungcd 
 their new-founde garraentes, forsoke their cloisters, & so'came home again to their mother 
 churchethis. xxx. yere. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxyiii. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxix» 
 
 Wyllyam Wylkynson. 
 Sir Wyllyam Forman. Anno. xxx. 
 
 Nyeolas Gybson. 
 
 ANd in this yere, in Decebre, was y marques of Exceter, y lorde Moutacute, and sir 
 Edward Neuell beheded, for high treason duly proued. And in Maye, in y. xxx. yer& 
 of y kyng, y citezes of Lodo mustered all in bright harnes, & cotes of white silke, with 
 white clothe, and chaynes of golde, in. iii. great battailes, to y^ great wonder of straugers* 
 
 Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xxxix. Anno Domini. M.cccccxl, 
 
 lohn Fayry. 
 Sir Wyllyam Holeis. , Anno. xxxi. 
 
 Thomas Huntlow. 
 
 ANd in Nouembre were the abbottes of Redyng, Glastebury, and Colchestre attainted 
 of high treaso, and like traitours putte to death. The. xxviii. day of luiy folowyng 
 Thomas Crowell, late erle of Essex, and Water lorde Hungerforde, were beheded at the 
 Towre Hill for treason. And the. xxx. daye folowyng were Barnes, Caret, and Hierom 
 bret, Abell Powell and Fetherstone were drawen, banged, & quartred in Smiihfelde, 
 In this somer was a great heate and drought, so that in many places the people woulde 
 haue giue one bushel for the grindyng of another. Tliis said. xxx. and two yere dyuers and 
 many honeste persones died of |^ hote agues, and of a greate laske, throught the realme. 
 This, xxxii. yere was the bisslioppe of Chechester and doctour Wylson deliuered out 
 of the Towre, vpon the kyng his pardon. 
 
 Anno Domini* M.ccccc.xl. Anno Domini. M.ccccc.xli- 
 
 Wyllyam Laxton. 
 , Sir Wyllyam Roche. Anno, xxxii. 
 
 Sir Martin Bowes. 
 
 ANd in this yere f colleccio for the poore people ceased. Tn^ Deeembre were Egerto- 
 and Harman putte to execucion, for counterfaityng the kyng his greate seale. This 
 winter was very colde, muche froste and snowe, & a great many of besles dyed therof. 
 This yere the kynges grace begane great buildynges at Calais and Guynes. 
 
 In Aprill An. M.D.xli. in y. xxxii. yere of y kyng, certain preestes and laie 
 menne beganne a newe comocio in Yorkeshire, whiche were shortly taken & putte to- 
 execucio in diuers places ; of whiche Leigh &. ii. other were putte to death at London 
 the. xxviii. daye of Maye, in y^. xxxiii. yere of the kyng.. And for \' ofEsce was sir lohn 
 Neuell, knight, drawen, hanged, and quartred, at Yorke,.on Corpus Christi euin folow- 
 yng, &. xxx. banged for robery. This, xxxiii. yere, y. vi, daye of Maye, there was a 
 proclamacio, whiche now is a lawe, y the bible should bee had in euery parrshe churche 
 win this realme redy for all sortes of people to rede, & here God his wourde at con- 
 uenient tymes. In the. xxxiii. yere, & the. xxvii. daye of May, y countes o^f Salisbury 
 beheded. The. ix. day of lune folowyng were twoyomen of y kyng his garde haged at 
 Grenwiche, for robery, in example of all other. And the. x. daye of y same lune 
 was sir Edmonde Kuiuet, knight, arrained in the kyng his hall there, for giuyng a blow 
 within the kyng his hous, & should haue lost his hande if y kyng his maiesly had not 
 
 esfcteadid 
 
70i HENRY THE. VUr. 
 
 extendid his mercy towardes hym. The. xxii. daye of luly fofowyng there was a nother 
 proclamacio, whiche is a lawe likewise, y no holy daye shal bee kept exCept our Ladyes 
 dayes, the apostle Euagelistes, S. George, &. S. Mary Magdalin, & that. S. Marke shall 
 not bee taken, ne kepte as a fastyng daye, nor. S. Laurens euin ) neither f children 
 should bee decked, ne goo about vpori. S. Nycolas, S. Katherin, S. Clement, the holy 
 Innocens, and suche like dayes. Also y. xxviii. daye of the same luly was the lords 
 Leonard Grey beheded- at Towre Hill, for diuers treasons dooen in Irelad, while hei 
 was the kyng his deputee ther. The same daye were. iii. geutilmenncj called Mantell, 
 Roydon, and Frowdes, hanged at saint Thomas Watrynges, for comittyng a shamefull 
 murdre, & makyng an vnlawful asseble, cofirmed by a sedicious othe, in Sussex, in Maye 
 laste, in the compaignie of the lorde Dacres of the South, whiche lord Dacres was on S. 
 Peter his daye folowyng ladde frome the Towre through London, by the sheriffes on 
 fote, to Tyborne, and there haged. The kyng his progres to Yorke with pcouicion for 
 the receiuyng of f Scottishe kyng. And the firste daye of lulye was a Welshe manne 
 drawen, hanged, & quarterid, for prophesiyng of the kyng his maiesties death. Whose 
 highnes lesu long preserue, with his noble ympe prince Edward, and his noble cou<a» 
 «aill, in honor, wclth, and prosperitee, long to endure, AMEN. 
 
 THE ENDE OF CRONICLE. 
 
CONTINUATION 
 
 OP 
 
 FABYAN'S CHRONICLE 
 
 FROM THE EDITION 
 
 OF 
 
 1559. 
 
.J>.i 
 
 '^■tf 
 
HENRY THE. VHI. 
 
 CONTINUEP. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D,xli. A«ao iPl^mni. M.D.^ii. 
 
 Sir RouUnd Hill. 
 
 Sir Mighel Dormer. ^t^ao. xxxiii. 
 
 Henry Suckely. 
 
 IN this yere, the teth daie of Marche, there was a tnaide boiled in Smithfielde, for 
 poisonyng diuers honest persons that she had dwelled with in the citee of London. 
 
 This yere came in the erle of Desmonde and the great Oneil out of Irelande, and did 
 submit tbeitn to the kynges maiestie, and after their submission the greate Oneill was 
 created erle of Tyron, and his soonne baron of Doncannon. 
 
 Anuo Dotnini. M.D-xlii. Anflo Bdtnini. M.D.xliii. 
 
 Henry Hobletborne. 
 Ihon Cotes, salter. Anno, xxxiiii. 
 
 Henry Hancotes. 
 
 THis yere the frost dured so longe, that many of the poore people cried out for lacke 
 of woode and coales, that the maior wente to the woode warfes, and solde to the poore 
 people billet and faggot, by the peniworthe. 
 
 Also this yere was an acte of parliament for wood and coal to kepe the fuUe sise, after 
 the Purification of our Ladie, that shall be in the yere of our Lorde. M.D.xliii. that no 
 man shall bargaine, sell, bryng, or conueigh of any other sise, to be vttred or solde, 
 vpon pain of forfaiture. 
 
 This jere, the eightene day of Inly, was brente at Windsore three persones, that is to 
 saie, one sir Anthonie Parson, priest, and twoo seculer men, and the third had the 
 kynges pardon. 
 
 Also this yere was proclaimed in the citee of London, the third daie of Augqst, open 
 war betwene our soueraigne lorde the kyng and the French kyng, so that the kings 
 highnesgaue licence and aucthoritee to euery of hissaied subiectes, to vse the said Frenche 
 Wng, and all f depende vpo hym, to their moste aduautage and commoditie, a$ his 
 maiesties enemies hath in soche Uke case heretofore been vsed and accustomed. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.xliii. Anno Domini. M.D.xlijii. 
 
 lohn Roules. 
 Sir William Bowyer, draper. Sir Raufe Warren, knight Anno. xxxv. 
 
 Richard Dobbes. 
 
 THis yere died sir Willya Bowyer, and after hym was chosen sir Raufe Warren for 
 
 the rest of 4be yere, 
 
 ^ 4 X THis 
 
706 KYNG HENRY THE. VHI. 
 
 THis yere was a great death in London, which continued so long that there was no 
 Terme kept at London at Mighelmas, but was remoued to Sainct Albones, and there 
 kept, 
 
 IN the yere of our Lord. M. D. xliii, and the. xxxvi. yere of, king Hery theight, in the 
 tyme of the maioraltie of sir Raufe Warre, the kynges maiestie sent an armie into 
 Scotlande the fourth daie of Maie, & landed at Lith, and so wente burnyng and de- 
 stroiyng the countrey aboufe, sparyng neither castell, toune, pile, ne village. 
 
 The borough and toune of Edejibrpugh, with^tbe abbaye called Holie Roode House, 
 and the kynges palaice adioynyng to the same, were destroied. 
 
 The toune of Lithe also, and the hauen & pire destroied. The castle and village of 
 Cragmiller, the abbaie of Newe Bottell, . and parte of Muskelborowe toune, the chapel 
 of our Ladie of Lauret, Prest5 toune; and the castle of Harington toune, with the freres, 
 and nuiirie, a castle of Oliuer Sanckeres, the toune of Dundebarre, Lauresto, with the 
 'graunge, Drilawe, Westercrag, Enderlaugh the pite & y toune, Broughton, Chester felles, 
 Crawned, Dudistone, Stahouse, the Fiker, Beuerton, Tranent, Shenstone, Marcle, Tarpren, 
 Kyrlande hille, Katherwik6, Belton, East Barnes, Howlad, Butterde,.Qui'ckwoe, Black- 
 bourne, Raunton, Bildi and the toure, and, many other tounes and villages brent by y 
 flete vppon the sea side, with a greate number of piles and villages, whic^he I cannot name 
 nor rehearse, -which wer destroyed & left desolate, Kincorne, S. Miiiers, f quenes' fery, 
 part^of Petinwaines, and other diuers thinges doeri by therle of Hartforde, lieutenauht to 
 this kyng,, . ' . , *" ',' T'! ' 
 
 At Lith, in Scotlande, were made fourtie and fine knights. 
 
 Also this yere the kyn» prepared an armie into Fraunce, and thither he went his owne 
 person, and besieged the strong toune of Bulleine in Fraunce, as here after ye shall 
 heare. , 
 
 The. xiiii. daie of lulie, the kynges maieste departed from Douer toward Caleis. 
 
 The. XV. day of luly, the king remoued to Jilorgisen, and ther camped one night. 
 
 The. xxvi. daie of luly, the armie remoued to high BuUen, and there camped on the 
 North east parte of the toune. 
 
 The. xxvii. daie of luly, the duke of; SufFolke laied siege vnto high Bullen, and there 
 camped on theast part of the toune. 
 
 The. xxviii. daie of luly, the watche toure, otherwise called the olde man, was won. 
 
 The. xxix. daie of Tuly, Base Bullein was won. 
 
 The. xi. daie of September, was made a greate larum, and the castell was so shaken 
 with gunpouder, y the stones, which weighed thirtie pound weight, did flee, xx. score 
 of, the whiche not a litle greued thenhabitors, to their daily paines & tormets. 
 
 The. xiii. daie of September, the toune was victoriously conquered by kyns Henry 
 theight, kyng of England, Fraunce, and Irelande, defender of the faith, and in yearth 
 supreme heade of the Churche of Englande and Irelande ; whiche, after the entreatie & 
 humble petition made of the Frenchemen, gaue them licence to take bagge & baggagi 
 with them, and so to depfrte. 
 
 The. xiii. daie of September, at three of the clocke at after noone, the toune gate was 
 opened, and the people bega to cum out, and thei helde on tiU seuen of the clocke at 
 night ; and there wer in number of men, women, and children, fower thous^nde, and of 
 theitn fiftetie hundred aible men of warre; and thei had with theim as mochq as thei could 
 cary, bothejnen, wometi, and children, that was able to beare any thyng, and their horses 
 and kine were loden with as moche stufFe as thei could beare awaie, and thei had. Ixxv. 
 wagons laden with the. What laude and praise ought thei to giue vnto ^God, what worthy 
 salutations ought thei to render, to sochie a merciful! & bountifulf kyng,'which shewed 
 them soche mercie and fauour, with the sauegarde'of their Hues. 
 
 The. XV. daie of September, the kyng entred into High Bulleine, with the nobilitie'of 
 his realme, and trumpettes blowyng, ;y It reioysed all the whole hoste to heare. i ' ; >. 
 
 . Anna 
 
KYNG HENRY THE. VIIL 70/ 
 
 Atino Domini. M.D.xliiiL Anno Domini. MJD.xW. 
 
 Ihon Wilford. 
 William Laxton. Anno, xxxvi. 
 
 Andrewe lud. ; 
 
 THe firste daie of October king Henry departed from Boleine toward Doner, and at 
 his going he dubbed, iiii. knightes at the water side. 
 
 The eighte daie of October the dolphin came with greate power out of high FraQce, 
 and camped at Morgisen, and sente his trumpet, with two hundred horsemen and men 
 of armes, toward, Boleine, and thei marched on f north east side, where the king camped; 
 and the trumpetter came to Boleine gate, and bltftve his trumpet to come to my lorde 
 deputie, and taried at the gate from. ix. of the clock before noone till two of the clock 
 at afternoone, and then he cam into Bolein to my lorde deputie, and saied the dolphine, 
 his master, had sent to somon the toune, and my lord deputie and the counsaill gaue 
 answere to the dolphine of defiaunce ; and then the trumpetter and the bushemente <rf 
 horsemen marched backe toward Morgisen. 
 
 The. ixi daie of October, about twbo or three" 6f the clocke in the mornyng, came 
 the dolphin and his armie from Morgisen toward^ feoleine, <in the north east side to the 
 old man, and from thens marched forth doun'e to Base Boleine, aboute fower or fiue of 
 the clock in the mornyng, and there beganne to spoile and kill our men in their beddes, 
 and made great slaughter, till the larum was heard in Base Boleine, and the Frenchemen 
 approched fast on them : yet by the might of God, our men, many beyng sicke, & but a 
 smal number to the Frenche, fonght with them fro fiue of the clocke till half an houre 
 past. vi. Then the larum wAs heard in heighe Boleine, through the menne of Base 
 Boleine, whiche were sore amased, and many skin & hurt for lacke of capitaines, and 
 the rest were driuen vp to Boleine gates. Arid then all the men in high Bolein wer 
 commaunded to the wailes, & then the greate ordinaance was shot out of Hye Bolein 
 into Base Bolein, emog the Frenchmen, and slue raatiy of them. Yet the Frenbhmea 
 recouered the toune of theim, till the lorde deputie commaunded sir Thomas Poininges 
 to take certain men with hym, for his menne warded in Base Boleine that night, and by 
 the might of God and good fortune, sir Thomas Poinynges spred a staderd with an 
 hundred me, and cried a newe Jarum, and sette on the Frenchmen, cummyng coura- 
 giously towardes the, & fought sore with them, the Frenchmen tourned their backes and 
 ran awaie, and our men folowed and slue many of them, and put the all to flight, thankes 
 be to God ; and there was many slaine on bothe parties, to the number of. ix. hundred, 
 besides those that wer hurte, of the whiche many died. And the same daie our soldiours 
 tooke fiftene standers, and slue the bearers of them. 
 
 Also there was slain of their capitaines to the nomber of. Ix. ; one was taken & no 
 more : and thei toke one of our capitaines, and diners other that were naked, to the 
 tiumber of. xii. or. xvi. and then thei marched toward Morgisen. 
 
 The tenth daie of October, f dolphin sent his trumpetter to the lorde deputie of Bo- 
 leine, to knowe what capitaines, men of armes, and other of his men the Englishe menne 
 had taken ; and the lord deputie made answere and saied he had but one. Then the 
 dolphins trompetter said, that thei lacked of their capitaines, men of armes, and other 
 of their foote men, to the number of seuen hundred and mo j and the^-lorde deputie 
 deliuered the French capitain, and the dolphin deliuered ours. * 
 
 The leuenth day of October came a greate nauie of Frenche shippes, right before 
 Bolein, and there remained in sight, ii. dales, and then sailed forth betwene Boleine and 
 Calais, to hear of their master f dolphin. 
 
 - This yere was taken by the kynges ships of the west countrey, and of the Englishe 
 coast, the number of three hundreth Frenche shippes and more. 
 
 The. XX vi. daie of January, in the yere of. xlv. there camped on the west side of 
 
 4 X S Boleine, 
 
7pt KYNG HENRT THE. VIII. 
 
 Bo'leme^ beyofide the hauen, an armye of Frenche men to the number of. xviii. thou- 
 sande, and laie there the space of ten dates j and the sixe daie of February, thei were 
 all put fligiit by the erle of Herforde, and the lorde admirall, then being lorde deputie of 
 Bolein, with a small companie of menne, aftd without bloud sheddyng on the Englisshe 
 side ; but diuers of the wer slain, and thei lefte all their ordinaunce, with bagge- & 
 biag^g6 behitid them. After whiche victorie, sir Thomas Poinings was made lord. , 
 
 This yere, in luly, about the twentie daie, the Frenche men, with a great nauie of 
 shippes, eituaded f Isle of tVight, where as thei were driuen backe,i and a greate number 
 slain. 
 
 This jr^i'fe, itt Septfembet, the cKurche of sainct Giles, without Cripelgate, was brent. 
 
 Anno' DQEhinS. M. ©.xlV'. Anno Domini. M.D.x]vi. 
 
 George Barnes. 
 Sir Martine Bqw«b, goldsirtith. Anno, xxxvii. 
 
 Kaufe Alein. 
 
 THis yere, in Februarie, should a wQma. haue been brent in Smitbfielde, for clippytig 
 of golds, but the iynges pardone qame, she beyng at the stake redy to be brente. 
 
 This yere the citezens of Lo^on leuied in the citee two fiftenes, for the conueigbaunce 
 of iiidre water to the cifee. 
 
 This yere, the thirtene day of Tune, being Whitsundaiej a cotinuall peace was pro- 
 claimed in the citee of London, betweoe the kyng of Englande, of the one partie, and 
 thg! Frehdh king, of the other partie, with a soleiiipne procession at the tyme of procla- 
 liiatidri, giuyng laude and praise to God» the aucthour of peace ; asud at night, through' 
 out the citqe, greate fifes, with mocl^e ipye and gladnes. . 
 
 This yere, the. xxvii. daie of lune, doctor Crome preached at Poules crosse, and there 
 o'pely confessed that he had been seduced with naughtie bookes, contrary to the true 
 doctrine bf Chrjste^ and in this dooyng he saied he was not compelled sc* to sale, neit^F 
 fbr feare nor by any other meanes, but onely of his free and voluntary will. 
 
 This yere was bret in Smithfield, Anne Ascue, and. iii. more, for heresie, and doctour 
 Shaxton fecanted the same tyme. 
 
 In the same yere, the twentie and one daie of August, came into Englande, to dooe 
 his duetife from th6 Frenche kyng, Mounsure Deneball, high admirall of Fraunce, with 
 ^reat triii^h, and brought with him the Sacre of Depe, and twelue galles well beseen in 
 diuers poinetes, and landed at the Toure, where he was honourably receiuedw many 
 ilobles and peeres of this realme, with greate shotyng of gunnes, and so brought to the 
 bisshoppe of Londons palais, and laie there twoo nightes, that is to saie, the. xxi. and. 
 xxii. daie of Auguste, in the yere of our Lorde a thousande fiue hundred fourtie and 
 sixe. 
 
 Oh IVfohtfaie, the. xxiii. daie of August, he rode to Hampton Courte, where the kyng 
 laie, and before he came there prince Edwarde receiued hym with a goodly compaigtiie, 
 for there was the number of fiue hundred and fourtie in veluet coates, and the, princes 
 liuerie were with sleues of cloth of golde, and halfe the coate embrodered also with golde ; 
 find there were to the number of. viii. hundred horses roially apparelled, whiche brought 
 him to the rtianoiir of Hampton Courte, to the prudente and redoubted prince his father^ 
 find queene Katherine. And pn the morowe, the kyng and the saied Mounsure Deneball 
 brake the hooste betwene theim, for a geperalle peace, and so continued in bankettyng 
 and pleasure triuhiphauntlyj^with noble ma'skes and mummeries, with diuers and sonderie 
 Chaunges ; in' so hioche that the torche bearers were clothed in clothe of golde. This 
 continued sixe dales, and so returned into Fraunce with many sunderie giftes, giue him 
 &ad his retinue. 
 
 Anno 
 
KYNG EDWARD THE. Vt f09 
 
 Anno Domioi. M.D.xlvi. Amo Domini. M.D.xlm. 
 
 Richard Greues. ^ 
 
 Henry Hobelthorne, tnarchaunt taillor. Artfto. ^3(iviii. 
 
 Thomas Curtes. 
 
 THis yere, the nintene dale of liniiarie, was thefle of Surrey beheded at the Toure 
 Hill, for treason. 
 
 This yere, the twentie and eight daie of lanuarie, departed out ot this ivOflde the 
 noble kyng Henry, theight of that name, (vfrhose soule God take to his in^iiitd meVcie, 
 ▼nder Who his people of Efiglaride liued lon^ a ioifull and peaceable life,) atid was fujn 
 royally buried at Windsore, the sixtene daie of Februari, in trie Same yere. 
 
 Kyng Edward the. vi. 
 
 EDward the sixth began his reigne the. xxxi. daie of January, in the yere of our 
 Lorde a thousande. v.C. fourtie and sixe, and was proclaimed kyng in all bis fathers 
 realmes and landes. 
 
 And the ninetene daie of February he rode solemprtly with his vnele sir Edward 
 Seimour, lorde gouernour, and protector duke of Somerset, with the nobilitie of the 
 reahne, from the Toure to Westminster, tbroughe the citee of Londo, whiche was richly 
 hanged with tioueflets and ca^petts of tapestrie and arras, Chepeside beyng richely hanged 
 with clothe of siluer and goldj euery conduict runnyng with wine, pagefites of childre 
 beyng richly apfmrelled, to receiue hym at euery place, with orations of his praise. 
 
 And oft f South side of Poules churche yarde, an argosie came {tarn the b&tilmdtlt of 
 the same churche, vpon a cable, beyng made faste to an anker at the deanes doofe, liydg 
 vppon his breaste, aidyng hymself neither with hande nor foote, and after ascended to 
 the middesof the same cable, and tumbled & plaied many pretie toies, wher&t the kyng, 
 with other 6f the peres and nobles of the realme, latighed right hartely. 
 
 The twentie daie of February prince Edward, at Westminster, was proclaimed, an- 
 noynted, and crouned king ; Thomas Lorde, archbisshop of Cauntorbufie, and toetropo- 
 litane of this reame, ministryng the deuine sacramentes and ceremonies. 
 
 The. xxi. &. xxii. daie, sir Thomas Seimour, lorde admiral, accompaignied with 
 Deuelox, sir Anthonie Kyngston, sir Peter Carewe, Knowles, & Shelley, were ebaleng- 
 ours againste all persones defendaunt, at tilt, barriers, and turney ; wherin thei behaued 
 theim selues like valiaunte men of armes. And this was finished on the Sundaie next 
 foUowyng, beyng the. xxvii. daie, hauing at euen bankettes, at the whiche were diuers 
 and sundrie plales. 
 
 In this moneth of Marche, sir Andrewe Dudley, vice admiralle, with the PaurtCe afid 
 the Harte, being but single maned, had a greate conflicte with three Stottishe shippes, 
 beeyng double manned and trimmed with ordinaunce, in the narrowe seas, and obtained 
 the victorie, and tooke many prisoners, and brought the shippes into Orwell hftuen, where 
 thei did remain. 
 
 This vere, in Auguste, the duke of Somerset and the erle of Warwicke, with a noble 
 armie, were sent into Scotlande ; and neare to Edenbrough, at a place called Mussel- 
 brougb, the Englishmen and Scottes met, where betwene the was foughten a cruell bat- 
 taill, the victory, by the onely prouision of God> fell to the Englishemen, and of the 
 Scottes were slain, (as writeth maister Patten, in hys boke called the Expedition into 
 Scotland,) aboue. xiiii. M. and taken prisoners of lordes^ fcnightesj and gentlemen, xv.c. 
 
 A,nno 
 
710 KYNG EDWARD THE. VI. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.xlvii. Anno Domini. M.D.Klviii. 
 
 ,f^^ Thomas White. 
 
 Sir Ihon Gi::eshanj. Anno. i. 
 
 Robert Curteyse. 
 
 THis yere was ordeyned the communion to be receiued in both kindes. 
 
 This yere, the last day of luly, Stephen Gardener, bishop of Winchester, was com- 
 maunded to the Tower. 
 
 This yere was a greate mortalitie in London ; then was a coramaundement geuen to 
 all curates, that thei shoulde burie none before sixe of the clock in the morning, nor 
 after sixe at nighte, and that the belle shoulde ring three quarters of an houre or more. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.xlviii. Anno Domini. M.D.xlix. 
 
 William Locke.. 
 Syr Henry Amcotes, fishmonger. Anno. ii._ 
 
 ; ., Ihon Ailofe. ^ •■ 
 
 THis yere, in February, sir Thomas Seymour, lord admirall, was put to deth for 
 diuers treasons, and w^ condempned by a parlyament. ^ , 
 
 In this yere was i-mages put dpwne in all churches through put Englande. \ . 
 
 This yere the ma,rriages of priestes was graunted lawful! by parlyament. 
 
 This yere "doctor Boner was deposed fro his bishqprike, the first day of October. 
 
 In this moneth the duke of Somerset was commaunded to the Tower. 
 
 This yere was a rising in Deuonshyre and Cornewal^ about the middes of the yere, 
 whiche was dammage to theim and other; wherefore their chief captains were taken and 
 brought to the Tower of Londo, and the. xxyi. day of January after was d raw e, hanged, 
 and quartred, and thre more at Tiburne. 
 
 Also this yere, about the same time^ was an insurrection in Norfolke and SufFolke, 
 and their captain, called Kite, & his brother, was shortly taken, and iudged to bee 
 hanged at Norwitche in cheynes. Durynge whiche insurrection, the gates of London 
 were warded by certaine of the auncient citezins in barneys. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.xlix. . Anno Domini. M.D*!* 
 
 Ihon Yorke. 
 Sir Rouland Hille. Anno. iii. 
 
 IhonTurke. 
 
 IN this yere,, the. xix. daie of lanuarie, capitaine Gambold, a capitain of the Spani- 
 ardes, and an other capitaine, was slaine without Newgate in the euening, by capitain 
 Degouarie, whiche was taken and hanged on the euen of sainct Poule, and three more 
 with hym, in Smithfield. 
 
 The sixte daie of Februarie the duke of Somerset was deliuered out of the Toure; 
 
 In the same moneth wente out of Englande certain lordes of ^ counsaill to Boiein, 
 where certain of the Frenche counsail met with theim, and after long consultatio had, 
 and diuers metings betwene the, there was a generall peace cocluded, whiche was pro- 
 claimed the. xxix. daie of Marche folowyng. 
 
 Also aboute the. xxv. daie of Aprill folowyng, the toune of Boiein, with the fortresses 
 therto belongyng, was deliuered by the Englishmen into the handes of Frenchmen. 
 
 This yere, the seconde daie of May, was brent in Smithfielde lone Boucher, other- 
 wise calld lone of Kente, for tha horrible heresie, that Christ toke no flesh of the Vir- 
 gine Mary; and at her death did preache Ihon Scorie, a preacher of Cantorburie, 
 shewyngto the people her abhomi|yable opinions^ warnyng al menne to beware of theim, 
 and soche like. 
 
 Aboute 
 
KYNG EDWARD THE. VI. 711 
 
 Aboute this tyme there was certain light persones pretended a commotion in Kent, 
 but thei were apprehended, and the thirtene daie of Maie was for that trespasse hanged, 
 at Asheforde, Richarde Lion and Goddarde Goran, and the nexte daie foUowyng was 
 banged, at Canterburie, Richard Ireland, for the same trespasse. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.I. Anno DominL M.DJi« 
 
 Augustine Hinde. 
 Sir Andrewe lud, skinner. Anno. iiii. ' , 
 
 Ihon Lion. 
 
 THis yere, on sainct Valetines daie, at Feuersham, in Kent, was committed an hor- 
 rible murder, for one Arden, a gentleman, was, by the c5set of his wife, murdered; 
 wherfore she was brente at Cantorburie, and there was one hanged in chaines for that 
 murder ; and at Feuersam was twoo haged in chaines, and a woman brent ; and in Smith- 
 fielde was hanged one Mosbie, and his sister, for the same murder also. 
 
 This yere doctoure Gardener, bisshop of Winchester, the sixtene daie of Februarie, 
 was deposed of his bisshoprike, and so put into the Toure, where he laie duryng the life 
 of king Edward ; al whiche tyme dbctour Ponet was ceased in that bisshoprike. 
 
 This yere was a Duchmah brehte in Smithfielde, for holdyng of the opinion of the 
 Arrians. 
 
 In the moneth of luly, there was a proclamation for the deminished of the coigne, so 
 that the piece of twelue penies was but nine penies, and the grote but three penies. 
 
 In the moneth of August folowyng, was an other proclamation for the like, so that the 
 piece of nine penies was but sixe penies, the piece of three pet^s was but twoo peni«s, 
 the piece of twoo penies was but a penie, and the piece of a penie but a haife penie. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.li. Anno Domini. M.D.lii. 
 
 Ihon Lambert. 
 Richard Dobbes, skinner. Anno. v. 
 
 Ihon Couper. 
 
 BEtwene Easter and Whitsontide was an yearthequake in diuers places, specially in 
 Southsex. 
 
 In this yere was the sweate in London, whereof there died in the first weke eight hun- 
 dred persones, and then it ceased, thankes be to God. 
 
 This yere, the seconde daie of Nou ember, the olde queue of Scottes came to Londo, 
 where she was honourably receiued, & lodged in the bisshops palace. 
 
 In this yere the sea brake in at Sadwitch, in so moche that it did ouerftow all the 
 marshes there about, and drouned moch cattaill, to the great losse bothe of the toune 
 and the countrey. 
 
 In this yere, the twentip and twoo daie of lanuary, the duke of Somerset was beheaded 
 at Toure Hiile, for feUnie. And on the twentie and fiue daie of February folowyng, 
 was hanged sir Raufe Auane, and sir Miles Parlriche ; and there were beheaded sir 
 Thomas Arundell, and siV Mighell Stanhope, for the like offence. 
 
 This yere, in the moneth of August, a cbilde was borne at Middleston, with twoo 
 bodies, twoo heades, fower armes and handes, one bellie and one nauill ; on the one 
 side twoo legges and twoo fete, on the other one legge made of twaine, and a foote with 
 nine toes ; the one part died before the other : it liued fower daies. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.lii. Anno Domini. M.D.liii. 
 
 Willyam Garret 
 George Barnes, mercer. Anno. vi. 
 
 Ihon Mainarde. ^ 
 
 IN the tyme of this roaior, the. vi. day of luly; departed out of this world kyng Ed- 
 . 7 ' '' warde 
 
712 <iUENE MARIE. 
 
 vrardf the axte of that naine, «nd died at Grenewiehe, in the sixteo yere of his age, the 
 seuenth yere pf his raigne, aad is buried at Westminster, whose soule God take to his iu- 
 fiqite luercie. Aooenr 
 
 The. X. dale of luly, the duke of Northumherlande, with his adherentes, did praclairae 
 lady lane (daughter to the duke of Suffolke, and wife to Giiforde Dudley) quene, the 
 whi«he duke incontinently made an armie a^jainst the lady Mary, right inberitour to the 
 crowne of this realme. But his attempt (for as muche as it was not of God, coulde 
 not come to a«y good successe.) For when he thought him selfe most strongest, part 
 of tlie nobiHtie, & ahiioste all the common peo'ple fel from him, so that at Cambridge, 
 he with his sonnes and a fewe more were left alone« and were averted and sent to the 
 Tpwer of London. 
 
 Queene Mary. 
 
 MAry, the elder doughter ofVmg Henry the eight, began her raign ouer the realme of 
 Jjngland, and was proclaimed queene the. xx, day of luly. in the yere of oure L,orde. 
 M.D.liii. her grace then beinge at Frimingham, in SufFolke. The third day of August she 
 came to London, and toke po^sessjion pf the Tower, And in tbe titiie of her there 
 abiding, she released Out of prison the duke of Norfork, doctor Gardiner, & the lord 
 Curteney. Shortly after, certain bishops, which were before depriued of their bishoprikes, . 
 ■were restored, that is to say, doctour Gardiner to the bishoprike of Winchester, and 
 Ihon Ponet putte out ; doctour Boner to the bishoprike of London, and Nicolas Ridley 
 put out ; doctour Day to the bishoprike pf Chichester, and Ihon Scorye put out; doctour 
 Tonstall t9 the bishoprike of Duresme ; and doctour Heath to the bishoprike of Wor- 
 chester, and Ihon Hoper expelled, and committed to theFlete; doctour Wesie to Exces- 
 ter, and Miles Couerdale put out. 
 
 The twelueth day of August was beheaded at the Tower Hil, Ihon Dudley, duke of 
 Northuberlande, sir John Gates, and sir Thomas Palmer, for treason ; wbicne duke at 
 the time of his death did recant his former life, and exhorted the people not to be ashamed 
 reitunie to the catho,like faith- 
 
 On the first day of October queene Mary was crowned at Westminster, by doctour 
 jQ(»rdiner, bishop of Winchester (Thotaas Craamer, bishop of Canterborye, then being 
 in -the Tower for treason); which coronation was done royally, and such a multitude of 
 people resorted out, of all paries of the Tealijae to se the same, that the like had not been 
 seen tofore. 
 
 The tenth day of October bqgan the parliament, and certaine actes made in kinge 
 Edward the sixe dales, which wer not thought necessary, were repealed ; among whiche 
 the acte for marriage of priestes was repealed, and the acte for establishing of English 
 seriiice was also repealed, and the former Latyn seruice set forth. 
 
 Also at this parliament was eouiieted and attainted of high treason, lolin duke pf Nor- 
 thumberlande, Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Cantorbury, Willia marques of Northam- 
 pton, Ihon earle ofWarwike, sir Ambrose Dudley, knighte, Giiforde Dudley, esquier, 
 and lane his wife, Henrye DudJiey, esqiuieor, syr Andrewe Dudley, knight, syr Ihon 
 Gates, and sir Thomas Palmer. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.liii. Anno Domini. M.D.liiii' 
 
 Thomas Ofteley. 
 Thomas White, marchaunt tailour. Anno. i. 
 
 William Hewet. 
 
 THis yere, on S. Katherins daye, after euen sotig, begon the quere of Paules to 
 goe about the steple singiiog, with ygluesj after the oMe custpme. 
 
 On 
 
Qir^NE MARIE. ri3 
 
 On sainct Andrewes day begahne the procession in Latyn, the bishop, curates, persones, 
 and the whole quier of Paules, with the maior and diuers aldermen, and the prebendes 
 in their grey ammes, and thus continued thre daies folowing. 
 
 The. xiiii. day of January began the procession on the Sundayes about the churche, 
 with the maior and the aldermen in their clokes, and the prechour takinge his benediction 
 in the middes of the churche, according vnto the olde custome. 
 
 This yere, the sixt day of lanuarye, came fi-om the emperour in the name of the bouse 
 of Burgoyne, noble ambassadours, as the countie Degmot, countie Delyne, and mounsier 
 Curlier, with other. 
 
 This yere, the fiftene daye of lanuaty, sir Thomas Wiat, George Harpfer, Hery 
 Isley, and Leonardo Digges, with other, began a rebellion at Maidston in Kent, and 
 made a proclamation, pretending to defende the realme from Spaniardes and other 
 straungers ; and after came to Rochester, where came vnto them diuers as wel borne out 
 of Kent as in Kent, as Robert Rudstone, Cuthberte Vaghan, Water and Water Mantels, 
 Kneueti Godfrey, with diuers other. At which commocion and stirre, althonghe there 
 came to them from diuers places of Kent, yet Canterbury c5tinued trew and faithful, in 
 so much as through the goodnes of God, and the circumspect prouision and diligent 
 attendance of Ihdn Twin, maier, and his brethren the aldermen, with the faithfull as^ 
 sistence/ of other, the citie was defended from the rebelles, and not so muche as one 
 knowen of the saied citie to haue fled to Wiat, or to anye of his adherentes. 
 
 The* XX. day 'of January was condempned at Guilde Hal, lord Robert Dudley, for 
 hie treason. 
 
 The sixe and twentie daye of the same moneth beganne the warding at al the gates 
 about the city of London by f aunciet citezins & their seruauntes, for the great rebellio 
 of Wiat and his companions. 
 
 The. .XXX. day of the same moneth, the duke of Norfolk came to Stroude, & bent his 
 artilery against Wiat in Rochester; but Brian Fitzwillia and captaine Bret, who came 
 with the duke against Wiat, with certaine other of their confederacie, made a shoute and 
 fled fro the duke to Wiat, and the duke hardly escaped. 
 
 And the next day Wiat went to Cooling, and toke the lorde Cobham. 
 
 The first day of February, at afternoone, the queene, accompanied with the lordes of 
 lier counsaiie, with a goodly train of ladies, came into London, with her scepter in her 
 hande, in token of peace, to Guild Hal, and there shewed her mind, concerninge marriage; 
 vnto the maire and to the whole citie, and went to the court again by water, and toke her 
 barge at the crane of the vintre. -^ 
 
 And that same day came Wiat into Southwarke, and or it was night he had made a 
 trech at the bridge foote of London, for the drawe bridge was drawen against him. i 
 
 And the lorde William Hawarde was ioyned in commission for that time, with the 
 maire, for the surer defence of the citie of London. ' ' 
 
 The sixte daye of Februarye was shroue Twesday, and then was hanged twoo men vpon 
 a gibbet in Paules church yarde. • 
 
 And the same day, at nine of the clock in the morning, went Wyat to Kyngston on 
 Thames, and passed ouer the water, where diuers of his menne fled from himtheuight 
 before when he went oute of Southwarke. And that same time the duke of Suffolke 
 with his brother, was taken by the erle of Huntingdon ; and that sameday the lorde Cob- 
 ham and Harper were committed to the Tower. 
 
 The seuenth day of Februarye was Ashwednesdaye, and then Wiat with his hoste 
 came vnto the parke pale, beside S. lames, and there would haue pitched his field; 
 and Kneuet with other, hadde most traiterously shotte at the court gate. 
 
 And when Wiat perceyued that all thinges was not as he woulde haue it, he passed 
 down by S. laaies, &. tbiere- his train was cut of by the comtnaundement of the erle 
 of Penbrokej and certaine of his men slaine, and then himself with diuers other came 
 
 4 Y in 
 
714 QUENE MARIE. . 
 
 in at Temple Barre, and so through Flete Strete to the Bell Sauage, and when he perdeyu- 
 ed Ludgate was shutte against hirii he departed, saying, " I haue kept louche," and so went 
 back again ; and by the Temple Barre he was taken, and brought by water vnto the Towte 
 of London. And all the queenes hooste came through London in goodly araye; and that 
 daye was songe Te DeUm, in the queues chapell, for ioye of the takinge of the duke of 
 SufFolke and his brother. 
 
 The eyghte day of February the duke of Suffblke and hys brother was brought 
 through London, with a goodly company of speare menne, and so vnto the Toure of 
 London. 
 
 The fourtene day of the same moneth wer haged for the same rebellion. Vicars, a 
 yoman of the garde, Bouthe, one of the quenes foote men, great Ihon Norton, and one 
 Kyng, and in seuerall places about London f number of fourtie. And that same dale on 
 Haie hill, was. iii. hanged in chaines for the same offence. 
 
 This rebellion in Kent was ioyned and confedered with the commotion moued and at- 
 tempted in Deuonshire, by Gawen and Peter Carowe, Gibbes, Champernham, & other, 
 which Peter fledde into Fraunce, the cause why will shortly appere ; but Gawen and 
 Gibbes, with other were there take, and was also confedered w Henry Gray, duke of 
 SufFolke, who was apprehended by the worthy erle of Huntington, and was condemned 
 of high treas5 at Westminster, the. xvii. daie ..of Februarie, and sufFred paines of death 
 for the same, at Toure Hil, the. xxiiii. daie of Februarie. 
 
 Henry Isley comyng to Wiat, was encountered by the lorde of Aburgainy, master 
 Warham, and Willyam Sentlegers, with the helpe of master Gierke of Worthamj and 
 there discomfited and fledde into Hampshire, where he was taken in the apparell of a 
 mariner, his faee disfigured with coales and dirt, and so broughte captiue into London. 
 
 And after that Robert Rudstone, Willyam Cromer, Bretle, Cuthbert V&ghan, Hei-y 
 Vane, Thomas Culpeper of Alesford, Kneuette, and Kneuette, Water and Water 
 Mantels, lorde Iho Graie, and Leonarde Digges, was condempned in Westminster Hall 
 of higfe treason, for the same rebellion. 
 
 The fiftene daie of Marche, was committed to the Toure againe, the erle of Deuon- 
 shire. And theightene day of the same moneth, whiche was Palmesundaie euen, was 
 irommitted to the Toure the lady Elizabeth, the quenes sister ; and after that the lorde 
 Tlioiiiaas Graie, and sir lames Craftes, confederated with the saied duke of SufFolke in 
 the same rebellion. 
 
 And shortly after that, the quene, of her aboundaunt and accustomed mercie, pardoned 
 fower hundred and moe of the common people, whiche eame to Westminster with halters 
 about their neckes, and wer pardoned, who had been misled by the euill disposed aboue 
 named. 
 
 And then immediatly summoned a parliament to be holden at Oxforde, and immediatly 
 after it was retourned to Westminster and there holden. 
 
 The. X. daie of April was the oppositions at Oxford, by Thomas Cranmer, archebis- 
 shop of Cantorburie, Nicholas Ridley, late bisshop of London, & Hugh Latimer^ 
 against diners doctours of bothe vniuersitees, and other learned menne, and were con- 
 dempned, and remained there in prison. 
 
 The, xi. daie of April, sir Thomas Wiat was beheaded at the Toure Hil, for high trea- 
 son, and after quartered, arid his quarters set vp in diuers places, and his head set vpdfl the 
 gallowes on Hay Hill, where he was ouer runne, and shortly after it was stoUen awaie. 
 
 The xiii daie of Maie, was Mondaie in Whitson weke, and then came the procession 
 of S. Peters in Cornhil, v*ith diuers other parishes, and the maior and aldermen, fisshe- 
 mongers, and goldsmithes, vnto Poules, aftfer the old custome, and other processions all 
 the three daies, as thei were wont to doe. 
 
 The eightene daie of Maie was William Thomas drawen, hanged, and quartered, at 
 Tyiiourne, for high treason. 
 
 The. 
 
QUENE MARIE. 7lS 
 
 The. xxiiii. daie of May was Corpus Christie date, and then was a ioyncr that dwelte 
 in Colnaastrete, called Iho Strete, would haue taken the sacrament out of the priestes 
 handes in Smithfield, in the tynae of the procession ; but he was resisted and taken, 
 and put in Newgate, and then hefeined himself mad. 
 
 The iiii. daie of lune was taken doune all the gallowes that were aboute London. 
 
 The. xxii. daie of lune was a proclamation made, concernyng shotyng in hande gunnes 
 and bearyng of weapons. 
 
 The twentie daie of luly Philip, prince of Spaine, arrived at South Hampton, where he 
 was, with all due honor and obeisaunce, receiued of the queues counsaill, and moste 
 partie of the»nobilitie of this realme. 
 
 At his firste settyng foote on land, the garter of tborder was set & made fast aboute 
 his legge, whiche was sent vnto hym by the quene, richly adorned with precious ieuelles. 
 Immediately vpon his receiuyng and mutuatl salutyng on bothe parties, or he would enter 
 into any house, he went first on foote to the churche of Holy Roodes in Hampton, stand- 
 yng directly against the toune hous, a good distaunce from the kaie, to render thankes 
 to almightie God, for his prosperous voiage. 
 
 When he had praied aboute half an houre or more, he roade to his lodgyng, whiche 
 was backe again towardes the water gate, vpon a goodly ienet, whiche the quene had sent 
 for that purpose, exceadyng richly trapped. 
 
 The Mondaie folowyng he roade from Southampton to Winchester, accompanied 
 with a notable compaignie Of lordes and gentlemen of Englande, euery of them hauyng a 
 notable company, and excellently well apparailed & also horsed ; but f daie was a rainie 
 daie, so that the iourney was sum what the lesse pleasaunt.- 
 
 The twentie and fower daie of luly he was honourably receiued into the toune of Win- 
 chester, betwene sixe and seuen a clocke at night, and went into the cathedrall churche 
 before he toke his lodging ; and at the west ende of the churche, at his lighting from his 
 horse, the quenes minstrels plaid vntil he came to the churche doore, and there the bisshop 
 of Winchester, and fower bisshops more, with the priestes, singyng men, and childre, 
 receiued hym with procession in copes, with. iii. crosses. 
 
 In the first entrie cf f church he kneeled doune and made his praiers, & then arose 
 and went vnder a canapie from the west doore vp into the quere, and as sone as his grace 
 perceiued the sacramente, he put of his cap and did reuerence, and so entred into a 
 goodly traueis richly haged, and there kneled, and then my lorde chauncelour began 
 Te Deum, and all the quere sang the rest. After all this finisshed his grace was brought 
 out vf torche light and wente a foote to his lodging, through the cloyster, where 
 the quenes garde did stande all the waie to his lodgyng, whiche was in a faire hous of 
 the deanes. 
 
 He was in a riche coate, embroudered richly with gold, and a hat moche like the same, 
 with a fether in it. He tourned hymself towardes the people al the waie on both sides, 
 and the people moche reioysed to se his noble personage, and cried God saue your grace. 
 The sam night after he had supped, whiche was aboute ten of the clocke, certain of the 
 counsail brought hym to the quene, by a secrete waie, where she receiued hym right 
 louingly, and there thei stoode talkyng togither in the Spanishe tongue aboute halfe an 
 houre, and then he tooke his leaue of her, and so departed to his lodgyng. 
 
 Vppon Tuesdaie, beeyng the. xxiiii. daie of luly, in the afternoone, about three of the 
 clock, he came fro his lodgyng on foot, and with hym the lorde Steward, the erle of 
 Darby, therle of Penbroke, and diuers other lordes and gentlemen, as well Englishe as 
 others, goyng before him ; he goyog alone, apparailed in a cloke of fine blacke clothe, 
 embioudred about with white sHuer. a paire of white hose, and the garter of the order 
 of Englande aboute his legge, and so went to the court, where euery body might see 
 hym. And after he had entred the court, & came jaigh to the hall doore, the instru- 
 mentes plaid at his graces entryng into the hal, where the quene receiued hym, and 
 
 4 Y 2 kissed 
 
rj^, atJENE' MARIE. 
 
 kis'setfibyrij in the preseflce of all the people ; and she beyng on the right hanrf,' t&i 
 went togither into the greate chamber of presericej and there in the presence ofall the^ 
 lordes and ladies,, thei stade a quarter of an houre vnder the clothe of estate, talking, 
 togither; and then he tooke his leaue of her grace, & came forth into the open courte, • 
 where."all the pentioners stoodef and the garde all along bothe the sides of the waie to 
 the court gate, & from thens the lordes brought hym to the cathedral! churchej to eueh- 
 song, and after euensong thei brought hym to his lodgyng with torche light, very honour- " 
 ably accordyng to his estate. 
 
 ; The same nighte the emperour sent a message to the queues maiestie, declaring that 
 his Sonne, whiche should mary her, was not a prince onely, but a kyng, and that he 
 was kyng of Naples and Hierusalem, and of the other dominions mencioned in bis 
 stile. - 
 
 And you shall vnderstande, that vpon saincte lames dale, beyng the. xxv. dale of 
 luly, aboute aleuen of the clocke, the kyng and queue came fro their lodgyng towardes 
 the churche, al on foote, richly apparelled in gounes of cloth of goldj set with stones, 
 he with his gentlemen and garde, and-she with hers, eche of theim hauyng a sworde borne- 
 before theim ; before her therle of Darby bare the sword, and before his grace the erie 
 of Penbroke bar« the sworde ; and beyng come into the churcbe, he went to one altar 
 and she to an other, hanged closely with curtaines of clothe of golde, where we thinke- 
 thei wer shriuen. After that thei came from their places and met together, eche of them 
 saluted other very humbly, his royall grace bare headed. And then the sixe bisshoppes- 
 went to- the places appoincted for the marriage, and the kyng came and stode on the 
 lefte side, and her grace on the right side, and the lorde chauncellour, beeyng there afore, 
 vsed alUthinges both in banes biddyng and otherwise, as hath been at marriages of old 
 tyme, and spake it bothe in .Latin and Englishe. Her marriage ryng was a rounde houpe 
 of golde, without any stone ; for her ^esire was to be married as maidens were married 
 in the olde timej and so she was. Many. noble men of straunge countceis were thece, 
 richely apparailed for golde and stone, and all the other gentlemen wer richly apparelled.' 
 After this marriage knot thus knitte, the kyng and the quene came hand in hande, a 
 canapie borne ouer them by sixe knightes, and twoo swordes before them, all the lordes 
 goyng before ; and when thei came before the altare thei kneled doune a while therCy and-, 
 eche of theim had a taper: and then thei arose, and she went into a traueis made on the 
 right side, and be into an other on the left side. After the gospell thei cam foorthe, and. 
 kneled before the altare all the masse tyme, and the care clothe was holden, and he 
 kissed the bisshoppe at the agnus. As sone as masse was doen the kyng of heroldes 
 opely in the churcbe, and in the presence of the kyng and quene, the lordes and ladies, 
 and all the people, solempnly proclaimed their maiesties kyng and quene, with their title; 
 and stile in maner & forme as foloweth, 
 
 "Philip & Mary, by the grace of God, king and quene of Englad, Fra'u nee, Naples/ 
 Jerusalem, & Ireland, defenders of the faithe, princes of Spaine and Scicely, archdukesi 
 of Austrige, dukes of Milaine, Burgundie, and Brabant, counties of Haspurge, Flaunders,. 
 and TiroU." Whiche ended, the trompettes blewe, and the kyng and quene came forthe- 
 hande in hande, with their lordes, ladies^ and gentlemen awaityng on them, and.twoo. 
 swordes borne before theim, and so went on foote to. the court, and there dined openly^ 
 in the hall, bothe together at one table. 
 
 Also the. xviii. dale of August, the kyng andf the queue came to Suftblke Place, irt- 
 Southewarke, and there dined, and after diner, with moste part of the nobilitie- of the 
 realmej roade right royally, ouev Londo Bridge, and so through, the citee, whicli was. 
 richely hanged with riche clothes of arres and tapistrie.;. and at euery conduite as thei 
 came, were gorgious pageauntes of diuerse stories, in praise and comendacions of th© 
 kyng and queene. Also their maiesties were ueceiued into thecathedrall church .ef sainct; 
 
 a. Pauley, 
 
<^UENE MARIE. 7i7 
 
 Paole, right reuerwitly by the bisshop of London, with processlo, and after thai had made 
 their deuoute praiers, roade foorth vnto Westminster. 
 
 In the time of this maiour, and in the yere of our Lorde a thousande fiue hundred 
 nftie and fower, was the Latine seruice restored, by the aucthoritie of a parliament holdeti 
 at Westminster. 
 
 And in this yere came diuerse ambassadours to the king and queue, fro all places and 
 countries of christendome, as from Polan, Hungarie, Naples, Ferrer, and other countries 
 & cities. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.liiii. Anno Domini. M.DJvw 
 
 Dauie Woodroffe. 
 Ihon Lion, grocer. Anno. i. & secundo. 
 
 Willyam Chester. 
 
 IN this yere a parliamet was holden at Westminster, where emong other thynges the 
 Englishe seruice and the communion boke was derogated and disanulled, and a generalle 
 submission of the realme of Englade made to the sea of Roome, the lorde Cardinall Poole 
 beyng restored, all lawes to the contrary dissolued. 
 
 This yere, in Lente, wente to Roome the bisshop of Elie, and the lorde Mountacute, 
 ambassadours from the king & quene. 
 
 In the tyme of this maior, and in the yere of our Lorde God a thousande fiue hundreth 
 fiftie and fiue, in diuers partes of this realme were appreh^ded diuers sacrametaries, 
 and many of them sufFred death by fire; as at London, Ihon Rogers; Ihon Hoper, at 
 Worcester, where he was bisshop ; Farrar, at Saincte Dauides, in Wales, where he was 
 bisshop ; doctor Tailer, at Hadley, in Suffolke ; and Ihon Bradforde, at Londo, and Bland> 
 a priest, at Cauntorburie, with diuers other. 
 
 This moneth was reported all the realme ouer, that the quene was deliuered of a prince, 
 for ioy whereof, in many places thei sang Te Deum, and made bonefires.' 
 ' This yere, in lune, the lorde chauncellour of Englande, the erle of Arundell lorde 
 Steward, and the lorde Paget, went ouer the sea to Caleys, and nere vnto Marke treated 
 with the emperours and Frenche kinges commissioners, for a peace to bee had betwene 
 the sayed princes, cardinall Poole beeing president there, and retourned without 
 cifecte. 
 
 In this yere, in the latter end of lune, was a certayne mutenyng traiterouslye 
 attempted aboute Wadharst in Southsex, but it was spedilj'e perceyued, and wittely 
 repressed. 
 
 In this yere, the eleuenth day of August, was a terrible fyght on the sea, betwene the 
 Duchemen and the Frenchmen, nere vnto Rumney Marshe, where as eleuen shippes 
 were brente and sonke, that is sixe Frenche shippes, and fiue greate hulkes, and certaine 
 hulkes taken by the Frenchmen- 
 
 In this yeare, in the begynnyng of September, the kynge went ouer sea to Caleys, and' 
 so forth to Brusselles in Brabant, to visite ^emperour his father. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.lv. Anno Domini. M.D.lvi.- 
 
 ThomaS'Lee. 
 
 Sir William Garret, haberdasher. Anno. ii. &. iii. 
 
 Ihon Macham. 
 
 A Proclamatio of truce in Fraunce & Flaunders, betwene Charles the emperour and 
 Henry the Frenche kyng. 
 In this vere, ia Noueinber, Nicholas Ridley and Hughe Latimer, were brent at Ux- 
 "^ ford. 
 
T18 QUENE MARIE. 
 
 ford. And fn f^^ I>Ht folpwing, TChomas Cranmer, arehbisshoppe of Cautorbury, after 
 that he had recanted his supposed recantation, uas also there brent. 
 
 This yere, in the, x. of March, apeared a notable comet or blasyng starre ; and many 
 children nionsterouslye borne in diners places of Englande, 
 
 This yere cardiiiall Poole, lord legate, was consecrated archbishop of Cauntorburye, 
 for who master Robert Colins, Comissarie and prebendarie of Christeschurchey was en- 
 stauUed on the day of the Auanunciaiion of our blessed Lady, with all solempne rites and 
 ceremonies thereto belongin'ge. 
 
 This yere was detected a hamous conspiracie bothe against the king and queenes persons, 
 And also of inuading f realiue ; and tor the same suffered Vdal, Frogmorton, Daniel, 
 Pechain, Stanton, & other, and diuers for the salme fled out of ^^ realme. 
 
 Anno'Domiui. M.D.Ivi. Anno Domini. M.D.Ivii. 
 
 William Harper. 
 
 Sir Thomas Offeley. Anno. iii. &. iiii, 
 
 Ihon White. 
 
 #■' 
 THis yere, in February, the lorde Sturton was arraigned at Westminster Halle, for 
 
 murderyng of twoo gentlemen, and the. ii. day of March he was conueyghed throughe 
 London to Salisbury, and the. vi. daye of Marche suffered the paines of death. 
 
 In the time of this maiour, and in the yere of our Lorde a thousande fiue hundreth 
 fiftie and seuen, and the twentie and seuen daye of Februarye, came to the kinge and the 
 4|ueene an arabassadourrfitom the emperour of Russe. 
 
 This yere, in Marche, the king returned into Englande, and the twentie and twoo 
 day of the same moneth, the kynge and the queue came fro Grenewicbe by water, and 
 landed at the Tower warffe, & so came throughe London to Westminster with a goodly 
 company. 
 
 This yere, in May, came Hery Stafforde, from Fraunce, & toke Scarborow castell, 
 which he enioyed twoodayes, & than was taken with his complices and brought to London, 
 where he suffered at the Tower Hil for his treason. 
 
 In this yere, vpon the Monday in the Whitson vveeke, beeyng the seuenth daye of lune, 
 was a proclamacion of warre betwene the queene and the Frenche king ; wherevpoh the 
 queene sent ouer an armie of men, ordeynynge the earle of Penbroke lorde general, 
 which mette the king with his armie at a towne in Fraunce, called S. Quintins. 
 
 The tenth daye of Auguste were taken of Fraunce, the chifest capitaines that the 
 French king had, as foloweth. 
 
 The constable of Fraunce, and his yongest sonne the duke of Mounpaunce, the duke 
 of Languila, the marshall of S. Andrewe, the ringraue coronall of Almaigne, Roeha 
 dewe Maine, Rocba Forca, vicount Tlniran, the baron of Courtd, the prince of Mautuj^, 
 Ireside many gentlemen & capitaines were taken. 
 
 The. xxviii. daye of Auguste was taken the towne of Sainct Quintins. 
 
 Anno Domini. M.D.Ivii. , j; Auno Doaiinii, ]VI.D,IyJiJ4 
 
 A lames Malarie. 
 
 Thomas Curtels, fishmonger. Anno. iiii. &. v. 
 
 Richarde Altam. 
 
 THe Frenchemen came to Caleis with a greate armie, and layed seyge thereunto; 
 and by treason, at length they wanne the towne, wyth all the other pieces on that side 
 the s*'a. ■ 
 
 Also the. xxix. day of lulye, certain of the queenes shippes laded in Britain, at a place 
 
 caikd BlaBchfe»aye> aad, caarclwd. to the towne of Conquet, and burned the said town, with 
 
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QUENE ELIZABETH. 719 
 
 the tower of S. Andrewes, and S. Mj^thewes, and diuers villages, and so retourned without 
 great losse of men. 
 
 Shortlye after the Frenchemen spoyled and burned Dunkirke in FlaQders ; but thei 
 were sone after met by the power of king Philip, and many taken and many slaine. 
 
 Against sommer great preparation was made on bothe parties, and eche fearing other ; 
 but bothe laye in campe with greate armies till winter, and then thei brake vp, & nothinge 
 dooen, nor peace concluded, althoughe there had been moche talke of peace that shoulde 
 bee concluded. 
 
 AnBO Domini. M.D.lviii. Anno Domini. M.D.lix. 
 
 Thomas Hawes. 
 Thomas Lee, mercer. Anno. v. &. vi. 
 
 Richarde Champney. 
 
 IN the beginnynge of this maiors yere died many of the wealthiest m5, al England 
 through, of a straunge feuer. 
 
 ' The. xvii. day of Nouember died queene Mary, at her mancion place called sainct 
 lames, where, she hadde lien sicke long before of a quarteine feuer and other diseases, 
 and y same day was lady Elizabeth her sister proclaymed queene. 
 
 Queene Elizabeth. 
 
 ELizabeth, the seconde doughter, and heyre of kyng Henry the. viii. (for her brother 
 and sister died issuelesse) beganne her raigne ouer this realme of Englande and iier 
 other dominions the. xvii. day of Nouember : her grace being then at Hatfielde in 
 Hartfordeshire ; who shortly after came to London, and was most ioyfully receiued of 
 all s'ortes of her subiectes: and passinge through the citie to the Tower, behaued herself 
 to like a louing soueraigne, that neuer princes could haue greater signes of loue shewed 
 by subiectes then she had. 
 
 Tlie. xviii. day of Nouember died cardinall Poole, at Lambeth, where he longe had 
 lyen sicke; and, shortly after, diuers other bisshoppes. 
 
 Shortly after was the corps of queue Mary, with greate solempnitie and funerall rites, 
 conueyed to Westminster, and there buried honourablye. 
 
 And while prouision was making for queue Elizabethes coronation, her high nes was 
 lodged in the Tower, accompanied with the whole nobilitie and clergy of the realme who 
 were abiding then at London, by the meanes of a parliamet, which queene Mary had 
 called not long before her death. 
 
 The portes Sc hauens were stopped, & none suffered to passe out of the realm \Voute 
 
 licence. , , ,, . , C 
 
 The queues highnes, by proclamation, forbadde all men to preache, saue such as she 
 shulde appoynt j°also to alter any rites or ceremonies vsed in f church, saue as it was in 
 her graces chappell, where the Englishe procession was songe, and the epistle and ghos- 
 pell at masse read in English, without anyeliftinge vp or shewinge of the sacrament. 
 
 The xiiii. day of lanoarye the queene, accompanied with the nobilitie and clergie, 
 and her whole familie, departed fro the Tower, and passed through London to West- 
 minster there to bee crowned ; in whichc passage she behaued herselfe moste humbly 
 towarde God and her people : for at her graces firste commmg out of the Tower, before 
 she entered into her chariote, she lifted vp her handes to heaucn and said, 
 
 " O Lorde Ahnighlie and euer liuing God, I giue thee moste heartie thankes that 
 
 thou hast been so n)e^rcifull vnto me, as to spare me to see this ioyfull daye. And I ac- 
 
 knowledee that thou hast delt as wonderfullye and as mercifully with me as thou didst 
 
 ° with 
 
720^ QUENE ELIZABETH. 
 
 •with thy true & faitlifuU seruaunt Danielthy prophet, who thou deliueredst out of the 
 deue from the crueltie of the gredy & raging lions : euen so was I oiierwhelmed, 
 & only by thee deliuered. To thee therfefore onely be thankes, honour, and praise for 
 euer. Amen." 
 
 This was her graces praier. Then her grace passed on forth vntill she came to Fan- 
 churche, the people on eche side ioyously beholding the viewe of so gracious a lady their 
 quehe, and her grace no lesse gladly noting and obseruing the same. Nere vnto Fanchurch 
 was erected a scaffolde, richelye furnished, whereon stoode a noyse of instrumentes, and 
 a childe in costly apparell, whiche was appointted to welcum the queues maiestie in the 
 whole cities behalf. Against which place, whe her grace came, of her own wil she 
 commaunded the chariot to be staied, & that the noise might be appeased, til the child 
 had vttered his welcomming oration ; at which words of the last line the whole people, 
 gaue a great shoute, wishing with one assent as the childe had saied, and the queues 
 maiestie thanked most heartly, bothe the citie for this her gentle receyuing at the first, 
 and also the people for confirming the same. 
 
 Then her grace marched forward toward Gracious strete, where was erected a goodly 
 pageant and a sumptuous, which was the vnitinge of the twoo houses of Yorke and Lan- 
 caster. This pageant was grounded vppon the queenes maiesties name ; but when her grade 
 had vnderstode the meaning thereof, she thanked the citie, and promised that she would 
 do her noble endeuour for the continual preseruatio of concorde, as the pageant did 
 emporte. 
 
 Then her grace went forward till she came to Cornehill, wher was another goodly 
 pageant, which was named the seate of worthy gouernemet, wher her grace staied, & 
 caused her chariot to be drawen nigh vnto it, y her grace might heare the childes oration, 
 whiche when she hadde hard, and vnderstode the meaning of the pageant at ful, gaue f 
 citie also thankes there ; and moste graciously promised her good endeuour for the main- 
 tenaunce of the saied vertues, and suppression of the vices, as the saied pageant did 
 emport. And so went forth till she came to the nexte pageant, whiche was against 
 Soper lane ende. Whiche pageante was of the eyght beatitudes, expressed in the. v.** 
 Chap, of the GhospeW of S. Mathew, wherof euery one, vppon iust considerations, was 
 applied vnto her highnes ; whiche when her grace had moste attentiuelye heard what 
 was pronounced vnto her by the child, al the people wished that God woulde strength her 
 grace against al her aduersaries, who the queenes maiestie moste heartelye thanked for 
 riiefr so louing wishe. 
 
 Then her grace passed forwarde throughe Cheapesyde, which was dressed faire, and 
 at the standerd was placed a nois of trumpets, and banners and other furniture. Soone 
 after her grace passed the crosse, she espied the pageant at the litle conduit at Cheape, 
 and it was tolde her grace that there was placed Time. " Time," quod she, " and time 
 hath broughte me hither." And as the whole matter was in declaring to her grace, and 
 that she vnderstode that the Bible in Englishe should be deliuered her, she thanked 
 the citie for that gift, and saied tliat she would often times reade ouer that booke, com- 
 maundingsyr lohn Parat, one of the knightes which helde vp the canapye, to go before 
 and receyue the booke ; but learning that it should be deliuered her grace downe by a 
 sylken lace, she caused him to stay, and so passed on till she came against the aldermen 
 in the high end of Cheape. And there by appointment, the right Worshipfull maister 
 Ranulph Cholmeley, recorder of the citie, presented to the quenes maiestie a purse of 
 crimosyn satin, richelye wroughte with golde, wherein the citie gaue vnto the queenes, 
 maiestie a thousande markes in golde, as maister recorder did declare brefely vnto the 
 queenes niaiestie, whose wordes tended to this ende ; that the lorde maior, his brethren, 
 and comminaltie of the citie, to declare their gladnes and good wil towardes the queenes 
 saaiestle, did present her ^race w that golde, desiring her grace to continue their good" 
 
 and 
 
QUENE ELIZABETH. 721 
 
 and gracious queene, and not to esteme the value of the gifte, but the minde of the 
 geuers. The queues maiestie w bothe her handes tooke the purse, and answered to him 
 merueylous pithily ; and so pithilye that the standers by, as they embraced entirely her 
 gracious answere, so thei merueyled at the couching therof, whiche was in wordes truely 
 reported these : " I thanke my lorde Maior, his brethren, and you all. And where as 
 your request is that I shoulde continue your good lady & queene, be ye sure that I wil be 
 as good vnto you aseuer was queene to her people. No wyll in me can lacke, neither dooe 
 I truste there shall lacke any power; and perswade your selues, that for the safetie and 
 quietnes of you all, I will not spare, if nede bee, to spende my bloud." Which an- 
 swere of so noble an hearted princpsse, if it moued a merueylous shoute and reioysing, it 
 is nothynge to bee feared, sence both the hartinesse therof was so wonderfuU, and the 
 wordes thereof so ioyntly knilte. When her grace had thus' answered the recorder, she 
 marched towarde the litle conduit, where she staied also to heare the child whiche stoode 
 to interprete the pageant ; whiche childe declared vnto her grace the whole meaning of 
 the saied pageant, as in a booke, which is set forth more plainlye, dboetb app6are. 
 When the childe had ended his speache, he reached a booke towardes f queues maiestie, 
 whiche by syr Ihon Parat was receined, & deliuered to the qjiene ; but she, as soone as 
 she had receyued the boke, kissed it, and w bothe her handes helde vp the same, & so 
 laied it vpon her brest, with great thankes to the citie therfore ; and so wet forwardes 
 towarde Paules church yarde. And whe she came ouer against Paules schole, a childe, 
 appointed by the scholemaister thereof, pronounced an oration and certaine verses in 
 Latyn ; vnto the whiche her grace moste attentiueiy barkened. And when the childe 
 had pronounced he did kisse the oration, whiche he had there faire written in paper, and 
 deliuered it vnto the queenes maiestie, which most gently receyued the same. 
 
 And when her grace had herd all that was there ofered to be spoken, she marched 
 towarde Ludf^ate, where she was receyued with a noise of instrumentes, the forfront of 
 the gate being finely trimmed against her maiesties comming. 
 
 Firom thence by the waye as she went downe toward Fletebridge, one about her grace 
 noted that there was no coste spared. Her grace answered that she did well consider the 
 same, and that it should be remebred. An honorable answere worthy a noble prince ; 
 which may comforte all subiectes, consideryng that there can bee no point ofgentjenes 
 or obeidient loue shewed towarde her grace, which she dooeth not most entierly accept, 
 and graciously waye. 
 
 In this maner, the people on either side reioysing, her grace went forward toward the 
 condite in Fletestrete, where was f fifte and last pageant. The historie was of Debora, 
 the iudge and restorer of the house of Israeli, lud, 4. When the queues maiestie drewe 
 nere vnto this pageant, and perceyued as in y other a child ready to speake, her grace 
 required silence, and commaunded her chariot to her remoued nigiier that she might 
 plainly heare the child speake. When the quenes msiestie had passed this pageant she 
 marched towarde Temple Barre; but at sainct Dunstons churche, where the children of 
 the hospitall were appointed to stand with their gouernours, her grace perceyuinge 
 a childe offered to make an oration vnto her, staied her chariot, & did cast vp 
 her eyes to heauen, as who woulde say, I here see this merciful worke towards the 
 pdore, whom I muste, in the mydest of my royaltie, needes remebre ; and so tourned 
 her face toward the childe, whiche in Latyn pronounced an oration to this eflfect, that 
 after the quenes highnes haSde passed thorough the citie, and had sene so suptuous,. 
 riche and notable spectacles of the citezins, whiche declared their moste heartie re- 
 ceiuing & ioyous welcoming of her grace into the same, this one spectacle yet rested and 
 remained, which was the euerlastinge spectacle of mercie, vnto the pore membres of 
 almightie'God, furthered by that famous and moste noble prince kynge Henrye the. vnt., 
 her eraces father, erected by the citie of London, aduauced by the most godly, ver- 
 e> ' 4Z tuous,. 
 
722 QUENE ELIZABETH. 
 
 tuoHS, & gracious prince king Edwarde the. vi., her graces dere. & louing brother, 
 doubting nothing of the mercie of f quenes most gracious clemecie, by the which thei 
 may not onely be releued and helped, but also staied & defended ; & thierefore inces- 
 sauntly thei would pray & crie to God foi- the long life and raigne of her hyghnes, \ir 
 most prosperous victorie against her enemies. The child, after he had, ended 1ms oration, 
 kissed the paper wherin the same was written, & reached it to the queenes maiestie, 
 whiche receyued it graciously, , both with w\ordes and countenaiice, declaring her gracious 
 mind toward their relief. 
 
 From thence her grace came to Temple Barre, whiche was dressed finely with the 
 twoo images of Gogmagpg the Albion, and Corius y Britton, two giauntes bigge in stature, 
 furnished accordingly, which held in their hands, euen aboue the gate, a table, wherin 
 was written in Latyn verses, the efFecte of all the pageauntes whiche the citie before had 
 erected. On the South side was'appointed by the citie a noyse of singinge children, 
 and one childe richely attyred as a poet, which gaue the queenes maiestie her farewell, 
 in the name of the whole citie ; wherin while he repealed certaine wishes, for mainte- 
 naunce of trueth, and rootinge out of erroure, she now& than helde vp her handes tp 
 ' 'heauenwarde, and willed the people to saye. Amen. 
 
 Whe the childe had ended, she saied, " Be ye well assured I wyll stande youre good 
 
 queene." At whiche saying her grace departed forthe through the Temple Bar towarde 
 
 "Westminster, with no lesse shouting and criyng of the people, then she entred the citie, 
 
 with a noyse of ordinance whiche the Tower shot of at her first entraiice into Tower 
 
 , strete. 
 
 Thus the queenes hyghnes passed through the citie, which, without any foraein person, 
 bf itself beautified itselfe, and recey,ued her grace at al places, as hath heeme before 
 mencioned, with moste tender obedience & loue, due to so gracious a quene and soue- 
 raigne lady ; and her grace likewise on her side, in'al her graces passage, shewed herselfe 
 generalise an image of a worthy lady and gouernour. 
 
 The next daj', which was the. xv. day of January, her grace was moste honorably 
 crowned at Westminster, where f seruice was in such sort celebrated as was vsed in her 
 graces cbappel. 
 
 Then for a while were feates of armes practised by the nobilitie, as running at- 
 the tilte, & fightinge at barriers, wherein the duke of Norfolk was much commended. 
 
 The. XX. day of lanuary, her highnes began a parliament, before the estates wherseo^ 
 in Westminster churche, doctour Coxe, late come fro beyonde the seas, made ^a learned • 
 and fruitefull sermon. 
 
 In this parliament the first fruites and tenthes were restored lo thecrowne; and also 
 the supremacie, which (juene Mary had alienated to the pope. 
 
 At the feast of Easter was the parliament respited for a season. During which time 
 was be,gon a conference at Westminster abbey, betwene theclergie, cocernynga mattei« 
 •disputable ; but tooke none effecte, because certaine bishoppes woulde notobeythe order, 
 which ihei themselues had desired & appointed. 
 
 At the time appoynted, the parliament began againe ; by the authoritie whereof, al re- 
 ligious houses, asofmonkes, freers, and nunnes, whiche wer reedified in quene Maiie? 
 *irae, were geuen to the quene, to be at her highnes dispositio. 
 
 Also the, vii. day of April, during yet the parliament, was proclaimed .peace betwene 
 England, Traunce, and Scotland, to y- great reioysing of the people, whiche -.with the 
 late warres had been sore impouerished. 
 
 In the foresaied parliament also, was the booke of seruice & ministration of sacra- 
 4nentes, vsed in king Edward the sixtes time, reestablished, and al other fourmes' and rites 
 forbidden. 
 
 . During this parliament, the lorde Wentwortb, lord deputie oif Caleys, whiche had 
 
 ^ lien 
 
QUENE ELIZABETH. 723 
 
 lien prisoner in Fraunce euer since the losse of ^ towne, came to Westminster, and before 
 the iudges so cleared him selfe of all suche treasons and crimes as were layed against 
 him, that he was restored to iiis fame and lining, which till that time had been kept from 
 him. 
 
 The. viii. daye of Maye, the queenes hyghnes rode to the parliament, and gaue her 
 roial assent to all such actes as there were made, with high thankes to al the estates, for 
 their greate trauaile and diligence therein. Whose highnes lesus preserue. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Aberconow Castle built by K. Edw. T. 389 
 Abingdon, the Abbey of, founded by Cissa, 120 
 ■ " a part of Edw. the Martyr's body sent 
 
 there, 202 
 ' an Assembly of Hereticks at, 602 
 
 Abreswitb, or Lambatre Vaure taken by the Welsh, 
 
 387 
 ■ repaired by K. Edw. I. 389 
 
 Abyderamus, K. of Spain, enters France with his 
 
 Army, 133 
 defeated by Charles, son of Pepyn, 
 
 ibid. 
 Acbilleus, 43 
 
 Acluidor Acliut, city of, 11, 28, 52 
 —— destroyed by the Danes, 162 
 Aeon or Acre, siege of, 284 
 
 assaulted by the Turks, 367, 408 
 
 destroyed, 409 
 
 Acton, Sir Roger, 578 
 
 Additamenta Gloucestriae, Statutes so called, 390 
 Adelbryght King of Britain, 82 
 Adeulphus, or Ethelwolphus, v. Ethelwolphus 
 Adrian I. pope, requires aid of Charles K. of France 
 
 against the Lombards, 141 
 Adrian IV. pope, born at St. Albans, 273 
 Adulfe bishop of Litchfield receives the Pall of Can- 
 terbury from OfTa, 39 
 Aeneas, 55 
 
 Aetius applied to by the Britons for relief, 53 
 Aganippus, or Agamp K. of France, marries Cor- 
 
 deilla daughter of K. Leyr, 15 
 Aganus, death of, 123 
 Agilbert made bishop of Winchester, 1 1 8 
 Agincourt, Victory of, obtained by Hen. V. 563, 
 
 579, 580 
 Agnes, paramour of Charles VIII. 640 
 Agon, or Adoaldus K. of the Longobardys joins Berth- 
 ricus, Clothaire, and Theodobert, against Theo- 
 dorich, 104 
 Agorne, Sir Robert de, slain by chance medley, 499 
 Agorne, Sir Thomas of, his death, 462 , 
 
 his defeat of Charles de Bloys, 497 
 
 Agulphus, abbot of St. Denys, 123 
 Agustald, the Church of, built by Oswald K. of North- 
 umberland, 113 
 Alaric slain by Clodoveus, 73 
 
 . difference of Wxiters in regard to his death, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Alban, St martyrdom of, 44, 46' 
 
 translation of his bod^, 138 
 
 Albanactus, or Albanakt, son of Brute, receives Al- 
 bion or Albania from his father, 1 1 
 
 — ^— — slain by Humbre, ibid. 
 
 Albania, or Scotland, Rodris leader of the Picts, lands 
 in, 37 
 
 in part given by Carausius to the Picts, 42 
 
 Albans, Sl Church at, destroyed by the early Saxon% 
 
 94 
 ■ 'first battle at between the Yorkists and Lan- 
 castrians, 629 
 
 < second battl#of, (. Hen. VL 638 
 
 the Term removed there, 706 
 
 Albany, Trnce with the D. of, 697 
 
 he besieges the Castle of Warke, 69S 
 
 Albert II. made Emperor of Germany, 612 
 Albia Silvius K. of Italy, 13 
 
 Albigenses subdued by order of St. Lewis, 371- 
 Albion first entred by Brute, 1, 2 
 
 why so named, 7 
 
 its geographical situation, ibid. 
 
 Albyne daughter of Diocletian K. of Syria, 7 
 Guillam de St. 608 
 
 Alcuinus, Alcinnus, or Albinus, arrives in France witb 
 Rabanus and lohannes, 144 
 
 • y— — flourishes in the reign of Ethelwolph, 155 
 
 Aldelme, bishop, death and virtues of, 129 
 
 - ■ clears Pope Sergius's character, ibid. 
 Aldroenus, King of Little Britain, 53 
 Alexander II. K. of Scotis marries lane or lohan sister 
 
 of K. Henry IIL 324 
 Alexander III. K. of Scotts marries Mary or Margaret 
 
 daughter of K. Henry III. 337 
 i his homage to K. Henry III. 397 
 
 ■ attends K. Edward's Parliament, 393 
 his death, 394 
 
 ■ question concerning the Inheritance of his 
 
 daughters, 396 
 Alexander VI. pope, opposes Charles IX. 676 
 Aleynys, reduction of the, 55 
 Alfred, Alurede, or Alphrede, King, translates the 
 
 Laws of Moliuncius Dunwallo, 20 
 
 . translates the Marcian Law, 25 
 
 goes to Rome with his father, ) 55 
 
 — assists his brother Etheldred against the Dane^ 
 
 164 
 
 »- defeats the Danes at Asbdown^ ibid. 
 
 Alfred 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Alfred succeeds Etheldred as King, 165 
 
 . ordains a Grammar School at Oxford, ibid. 
 
 has the Evil called Fycus, ibid. . 
 
 cured by St. Modwenna, 166 
 
 .- marries Ethelwyda, ibid. 
 
 receives pledges from the Danes of their de- 
 
 parture, ibid. 
 ■- seizes the Kingdom of Mercia on the death of 
 Colwolphus, 167 
 > retires to Somersetshire, ibid. 
 
 comforted by St Cuthbert, rbid. 
 
 relieves a pilgrim who a^ed alms, ibid. 
 
 I enters the Danish Camp disguised,- ibid. 
 
 ^— — builds a 'f ower and calls it Ethelinge, or 
 Ethelyngysseye, ibid. 
 
 ■ grants the Danes East Anglia, ibid; 
 
 ■ compels Guttrun or Govpthram the Danish 
 
 prince to receive Christianity, ibid, 
 
 . repairs Sbaftsbury, &c. 168 
 
 assails the Danes in different directions, 169 
 
 ^ his humility and patience, 170 
 
 his mode of dividing time, ibid. 
 
 . his death and burial at Wylton, ibid. 
 
 Alfrida v. Elfrida. 
 
 Alfrida, Alfritha," or Estrylde, the second wife of Ed- 
 gar, 197 
 
 Alfridus Kotus,. K. of Northumberland, 122 
 
 Algarus exiled by K. Edw. Confessor, 228 
 
 . twice reconciled by Harold, ibid. 229 
 
 Algina, daughter of Edward the Elder, marries Charles 
 the Simple, 176 
 
 ■ returns to England on the murder of her Hus- 
 
 band, 181 
 
 ■ goes back to France with her son Lewis, 185 
 Aliens beneficed in England put out of the King^ 
 
 protection, 400 
 AUeCtus sent by the Senate of Rome against Carau- 
 
 sius, 42, 43 
 
 . called Allec in the English Chronicle, ibid. 
 
 ' his tyrannies, ibid. 
 
 > slain by Asclepeodotus, 44 
 
 Almarcus, K. of Spain, subdued by Childebert, 76 
 
 Almaricus betrays Canterbury, 206 
 
 .. heresy of, 286 
 
 Alnwick Castle surrendered to Lord Hastings, 652 
 
 Alphegus-, or Elphegus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 
 
 martyred, 203, 20l 
 
 — his body translated to Canterbury, 217 
 
 Alpherus, Duke of Mercia, puts out the monks at 
 Winchester, 201 
 
 Alphon, K. of Spain, goes on a Crusade, 269 
 
 AlphOnsus K. of Naples driven from his Kiiigdbm by 
 Charles IX. 676 
 
 Alphredus and Edward, sons of Egelredus, visit En- 
 gland, 223 
 
 Alverne, the country of, lost by K. Henry II, 280 
 
 Alunda, or Almyda, daughter of Edward the Elder, 
 marries Ottho Emperor- of Germany, 176", 182, 
 194 
 
 Aluredus v. Alfred. 
 
 Alwyn bisshopof Winchester disgraced, 224 
 
 Ambry, now Salisbury, 66 
 
 Ambrysbury, abbey at, founded by Elfrida, 202 
 
 •^ Si-* ^ Nuns brought there by K. Henry \l, 
 
 276 
 Ampton, beside Oxford, fight at, 109 
 Amys and Amylyon, their history, 142 
 Ancerre, the town of, taken by the French, 468 
 Andragios, or Androgens, son of Lud, 30, 3 1 
 . receives the City of London from Cassi- 
 
 belan, with the Dukedom or Earldom of 
 
 Kent, 31 
 — rebels against Cassibelan, 32 
 
 invites Caesar to a second Expedition, ibid. 
 
 ^ — gives his son Scena to Cjesftr as a hostage, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 assists Csesar in defeating Cassibelan, 33 
 
 goes to Rome, ibid, 34 
 
 . why not advanced to the Crown of Bri- 
 
 tain by Caesar, ibid. 
 Angel Coin so denominated by K. Edw. IV. 655 
 Angeon, Dutchy of, made over to the French King, 
 618 
 
 the alienation offensive to the people, 622 
 
 Angles, 60 
 
 Anglesey," cruelties exercised at in the reign of Wil- 
 liam Rufus, 251 
 
 Anglesey, or the Isle of Man, won from the Welsh- 
 men by K. Edw. I. 395 
 
 Anglia named of Anglis by Egbert, 8 
 
 Angus, lohn E. of, marries the daughter of Lewellyii 
 prince of Wales, 326 
 
 Anlaff or AulafFe sent for by the Danes of Northum- 
 berland, 190 
 
 — — converted to Christianity, 203 
 
 Anna made K. of the E. Angles, 117 
 
 converted to Christianity by Felix, ibid. 
 
 Anne Queen of Richard II. lands in England, 531 
 
 her death, 539 
 
 Anne Queen of Richard III. crowned, 670 
 Anselm, or Ancelyne, abp. of York, 249, 
 
 ' — accounts of Writers concerning him, 250 
 
 made Archbishop of Canterbury, ibid. 
 
 offends K. William Rufus, 251 
 
 recalled from Exile, t. Hen. I. 253 
 
 - assembles a Council at London, 255 
 
 goes to Rome, ibid. 
 
 — calls another Co'uncil at London, ibid. 
 
 •— — — professes Gyrarde abp. of York to obedience, 
 256 
 his death, ibid, 
 his opposition to the marriage of K. Henry 
 
 I. with Matilda, 258 
 Sir lohn, 532 
 
 Ansley, 
 
 Anthenorus, 55 
 
 Antioch taken by the Crusaders, 270 
 
 Apollo Delphicus, temple of, 24 
 
 Aquysgrany, the city of^ rebuilt by Charles son oF 
 
 Pepyri, 145 
 Arbideramus, v, Abyderamus. 
 Archbishops, the Order of, instituted by Lucius, 38 
 
 their first Sees, ibid. 39 
 Archemall, or Archemayll, reigns in Britain, 30 
 Arcliflamynys, 38 
 
 Archigallo 
 
I N » E K. 
 
 Ardiigallo made K. of Brkaifi, 2*7 
 
 deposed, ibid. 
 
 found in a Wood^ by his brother, 28 
 
 restored tp his Kingdom, ibid. 
 
 buried at Caerbrank or York, ibid. 
 
 Arde, ceremonies at, during the espousal (^ Isabel 
 
 daughter of Charles VI. ^39 
 Arden of Feversham, murder of, 7 1 i 
 Argosie, exhibition of an, 709 
 Arian Heresy springs up in Britain, 6 1 
 Arit>ertus, or Cherebris, has the Country about Parb, 
 
 85 
 — — — — his vices, ibid. 
 Arlet, mother of William the Conqueior, her dream, 
 
 220 
 Armager v. Arviragus. 
 ■Armepia, qr Ermonye, the K. of, visits K. ^chard 
 
 II. 532 
 Armorica subdued by Maximias, aad given to Conan 
 
 Merydok, 50 
 Arms of France t. of Pharamond, 51 
 
 of Edward the Confessoo 224 
 
 of Harold II. 233 
 
 of France quartered by Edw. HI. 449 
 
 The Pleurs de Lis in the French Arms ex- 
 plained, 370 
 Arnolde of Normandy beheaded at Paris, 492 
 Arras, disturbance at quelled, 501 
 Arrogonoyse, Sir Francis, takes a Town belonging to 
 
 the D. of Brytayne, 620 
 Arthur, son of Vter Pendragon, begins his reign in 
 
 Britain, 79 
 > discordance of Writers concerning him, ibid. 
 fights twelve notable Battles with the Saxons, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 i slays C.xl. Saxons with his own hand, ibid. 
 
 names of Ws Shield, Sword, and Spear, ibid. 
 
 . accounted Chief Lord of Britain, 80 
 
 . gives Hampshire and Somersetshire to Cer- 
 
 dicus, ibid. 
 according to some Writers.*rent to France, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — — suppresses the rebellion of Mordi'ed, ibid. 
 
 wounded unto death, and buried in the Vale 
 
 • of Avalon, 81 
 
 fables and errors relating to him, ibid. 
 
 his bones found in the reign of Henry II. in 
 
 tha isle of Avalon, ibid. 278 
 Arthur Duke of Brytayne, 310 
 
 taken prisoner by K. lohn, 313 
 
 Arthur, esquire, beheaded, 619 
 
 Arthur son of K. Henry VII. born, 683 
 
 , a marriage concluded for him with Katherine 
 
 of Arragon, 686 
 . married, 687 
 
 . dies at Ludlow, ibid. 
 
 Artivele, laques de, murdered at Gaunt in Flanders, 
 
 495, 5'>3 
 Astogayll V. Archigallo. 
 Artoys, Sir lohn of". Earl of Ewe taken prisoner at 
 
 the battle of Poytiers, 467 
 
 Artoys, sir Rob. de, begins his Kea in Parliament 
 J against lohanne countess of Artoys, 490 
 
 — '■ sentence given against him, 49 1 
 
 proclaimed an Enemy to the Crown of France, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Artyvele, PhiUp, made captain of the Gaunteners, 
 553 
 
 ■ sacks Bruges, 554 
 
 gives a second defeat to the E. of Flanders, 
 
 555 
 
 writes to the K. of France, ibid. 
 
 killed in battle, 556 
 
 Arvhagus assumes the Arms and Cognizance of Guj'- 
 derius, 35 
 
 -— T -r- made K. of Britain, 36 
 
 in the English Book named Armager, ibid, 
 
 • slays Hamo, ibid. 
 
 marries Genuissa daughter of Claudius, ibid. 
 
 said by the English Chronicle to haue dis- 
 comfited Claudius, ibid. 
 
 I repairs the decayed Cities and towns of his 
 
 Kingdojii, ibid. 
 
 — — — refuses the Romans tribute, ibid. 
 
 agrees to pay Tribute, 37 
 
 buried at Caerglone, or Gloucester, ibid. 
 
 Arundell, lohn Earl of, accompanies K. Edw. 11. 
 
 429 
 
 ' put to death at Hereford, 430 
 
 Arundell, lohn Earl of, defeats the French at -Beale 
 
 Mount, 602 
 
 his death, 608 
 
 Arundell, Richard Earl of, sent into Guyan, 533 
 
 ■ seized, 542 
 
 executed, and buried in the Church of the,^ 
 
 Friars Augustines, 543 ' 
 Arundell, Sir Richard de, 574 
 Arundell, Thomas de, lands with Henry IV. at Ra- 
 
 vyns Spore, 545 
 n restored to his father's lands, 567 
 
 Arundell, Thomas of, Abp. of Canterbury, K. Rich- 
 ard II's promise to him of resig^tion, 547 
 
 .- -^ restored to his See, 567 
 
 Arundell, Sir Thomas, 7 1 1 
 
 Aryan, la Roche d', taken by the English, 456 
 
 .- held against Charles de Bloys, 457 
 
 Ascalon, the Castle of. repaired by K. Rich. I. 302 
 
 Ascanius the son of Eneas, 8 
 
 Asclavons, Sclavons, or Bulgaris, make war upon 
 
 Austracy, 1 1 5 
 Asclepeodotus opposes Allectus, 44 
 
 , . rules jn Britain, ibid. 
 
 slain by Coill or Coilus, ibid. 
 
 Ashbornham, Sir Bartholomew, beheaded, 426 
 
 Ashley, lohn, executed, 683 
 
 Aske, Robert, rebellion of, 700 
 
 Athelwolde v. Ethelwolde. 
 
 Attila, K. of the Huns, defeated, 63 
 
 Avalon, King Arthur's body discovered in the Isle ofi 
 
 81, 278 
 Avane, SirRaufe, Execution of, 7U 
 Aubevyle Castle besieged, 308 
 
 Aubry 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Aubry, Lorfl, beheaded, 65& 
 
 Auctovyle, Rafe, 560 
 
 Audeley Hugh de, made Earl of Gloucester, 445 
 
 Audeley, lames. Lord, slain at Blore Heath, 634 
 
 Audovera the second wife of Chilpericus, 85 
 
 Augustine, St. converts Elhelbert K. of Kent, 67 
 
 — sent into Britain by St. Gregory, 94, 95 
 
 ■ lands in the isle of Thanet, 95 
 
 ■ nieets Ethelbert, and goes in procession 
 
 to Canterbury, ibid. 
 
 ■ ' goes into France, and is made archbishop, 
 
 ibid. 
 , ■ ' makes twoi Archbishops, of London, and 
 York, 96 
 ' ■ his Charge to the Bishops of Britain, 
 ibid. 
 — — — — shews a Miracle by a blind Angle, ibid. 
 . gathers a Synod, ibtd. 
 
 — . — '—— his requests of the Clergy of Britain, 96 
 r baptizes ten thousand Saxons in one day, 
 . ibid'. 
 
 ■ appoints his. successor, ibid. 
 
 . dies and is buried at Canterbury,- 97 
 
 . big Well, at Cerne in Dorsetshire,- 163 
 
 Augustines, Friars, n. London 
 Avignon accursed by the pope, 369 
 
 I the citizens of, close their gates against 
 
 ' Lewis ix. ibid. 
 .. mortality at, 498 
 
 Aumarle, Edward, Duke of, his answer to sir lohn 
 
 Bagots confession, 566 
 . communicates the Conspiracy he had joined 
 
 to K. Henry IV. 568 
 . created Duke of York, 576 
 
 . slain at the Battle of Agincourt, 580 
 
 Aungeou, Fouques, Earl of, takes'part with Henry L 
 
 against the K. of France, 2^8 
 
 ■ goes to the Holy Land, ibid. 
 
 II quarrels with the King about his daughter's 
 
 dower, 259 
 Aungiens (Angiers ?) besieged, 131 
 Aurelius Ambrosius, son of Constantine K. of Britain, 
 
 58 
 -.. flies to Little Britain, 59. 
 
 . arrives with Vter Pendragon, 68. 
 
 .1. made K. of the Britons, ibid. 
 
 — — — takes Octa or Osca prisoner, ibid. 
 
 restores Christianity, '69 
 
 — ^^ besieges the Saxons at Badon, or Badowe, 
 ibid. 
 
 - ■ said by some writers to have slain Hengist, 
 
 ibid. 
 ' ' sends Vter against Pascencius, 70 
 
 ■ poisoned by Coppa, ibid. 
 Aurelius Conanus slays Constantinus, 82 
 — ; ■ cr6*ned K. of Britain, ibid. 
 
 .. • bis death, ibid. 
 
 Auriflambekept at St. Denys, 72 
 
 vsed by the Kings of France, 288, 467, 
 
 555 
 
 Auryngham, Sir Thomas, 626 
 
 Austin's Oak, 96. 
 
 Austracy, boundaries of the Lordship of, ~85 
 
 — ~ why called Lorraine, -152, 157 
 
 Avynyon (Avignon ?) won by the Goths, 134 
 
 Awatyr^ lohn, 687 
 
 Aystulphus, King of the Longobardys, defends his 
 
 country against Pepyn, 139 
 - I his death, 140 
 
 B 
 
 Babram in Norfolk burnt, 687 
 Babylon, death of the Soldan of, 373 
 Badby, lohn, burnt for heresy, 574 
 
 ' ■' verses on him, ibid. 
 Bagley, Sir Thomas, burnt in Smithfield for Heresy, 
 
 602 
 Bagnall, Thomas, 685 
 Bagot, Sir lohn, 545 
 
 - taken by Henry of Lancaster at Bristol, 
 
 but escapes, and flies to Ireland, 546 
 
 — his confession concerning Richard II, 565 
 
 Bailiffs of London, v. London 
 
 Bakers punished by tlie Tumberell, 345 
 
 by the Pillory, 665 
 
 Bakley, in Berkshire, Sorceries of a woman at, 
 229 
 
 Bakwell, Sir lohn, his death, 417 
 
 Baldewyn, Bp. of Worcester, made Abp, of Canter- 
 bury, 279 
 
 ■ ■ preaches a Crusade, ibid. 
 
 ■' his Quarrel with the monks of Canter- 
 
 bury. 304 
 
 — — ^— Trevisa's account of him, 305 
 
 Baldocke, Robert, Chancellor of England, accon*- 
 panies K. Edward II. 429 
 
 — — — — dies in Newgate, 430 
 
 Baldredus the last King of Kent, 67 
 
 Balna, lohn, 644 
 
 —. made Cardinal, 649 
 
 ' conspires against Lewis XI. ibid. 
 
 Bamborough Castle surrendered to K. Henry II. 
 274 
 
 ' besieged by the Scots, 653 
 
 Bame, Adam, his death, 542 
 
 Bangor, Monks of, slain by Ethelfrid, 83, 94,^ 
 97 
 ■ the Monastery of, enriched by Oswy, 83 
 
 the monks of, refuse to obey St. Austin, 96 
 
 Banner, consecrated, sent by Pope Alex. II. to 
 
 William duke of Normandy before his Invasiou, 
 
 234 
 Bannockbum, battle of, 420 
 
 Barbatte, Stephen, tumults against, at Paris, 414 • 
 i grants a subsidy to Philip IV. 4L6 
 
 Bardolfe, Sn Hugh, 396 
 
 Bargamum or Bergamum, built by Brennius, 23 
 Barkynge, Miracle performed by our Lady Itnage of^ 
 689 
 
 Barnarde 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Bamarde endeavours to seize Italy from Lodovicus L 
 149 
 
 beheaded at Aquysgrany, ibid. 
 
 Bamet, battle of, 661 
 
 Barons, their Letter to K. Henry III. 353, 354 
 
 Answers to it from the King, and Richard 
 
 K. of the Romans and Prince Edward, 
 
 354 
 " gain the battle of Lewes, 355 
 
 ■ revolt against Edw. II. 423 
 
 Barre, the French defeated at, by the Duke of Bur- 
 
 goyne, 602 
 Barre, the duke of, wins Harflew and St. Denys, 
 
 609 
 Bartholomew, captain of the Basclenses, 25 
 Barthran, Sir Robert, 494 
 Barton, Andrew, 695 
 Basclenses exiled from Spain, 25 
 ' have Ireland granted to them, ibid. 
 
 Basianus' the son of Severus, rules in Britain, 4 1 
 — ^— — slays his brother Geta, 42 
 m, succeeds his father as emperor, ibid. 
 
 ■ -called, also, Antonius, Mancus Anrelius, and 
 
 Caracalla, ibid. 
 
 ■ slain at Edissa, ibid. 
 
 Basil, assembly of the Council of, 607 
 
 ■ Synod at, 612 
 
 Basset, Sir Philip, made chief Justice by the Barons, 
 
 347 
 Basyle, Peter, named by some as the person who 
 
 killed Richard I. 309 
 Basyna, the wife of Besygne, marries Childerich, 64 
 
 explains C-hilderich's vision, ibid. 
 
 Basynge werk, abbey of, founded by K. Henry II. 
 
 273 
 Batayll Abbey founded by the Conqueror, 247 
 Bath, the hot Baths at, made, 1 4 
 
 ' Temple of Apollo at, ibid. 
 
 Bath, Knights of the, made by Henry V. at Caen, 
 
 582 
 
 made by K. Edward IV. 635 
 
 Batielde, wife of Clodoveus, becomes a Nun at 
 
 Corbye, 123 
 Bawds, punishment of, in London, 61-3, 663 
 Bawdum, Castle of, won by Lewis VI. 26.1 
 Baylet, lohn, slain, 509 
 
 Baylly, the friend of lack Cade, beheaded, 624 
 Bayloll, Edward, crowned K. of Scotland, -.41 
 
 ■ does homage to K. Edw. 1. ibid. 
 
 Bayloll, Sir lohn, marries the eldest daughter of 
 Alexander K. of ScotU, 396 
 
 ■ beginnmg of the quarrel between him and 
 
 Robert le Bruce, ibid. 
 
 ■ admitted as inheritor of the Crown of Scot- 
 
 land, 397 
 ' renounces his homage to K. Edward, 398 
 .. imprisoned in the Tower of London, 399 
 
 Bayon, or Baieux, in Normandy, won by Lotharius, 
 
 193 
 ■ given up to the French by appointmeDt, 
 
 637 
 
 Beauchamp, Richard, called the good Earl of War- 
 wick, his death at Roan, 6J2 
 Beaufort, Henry, Bp. of Winchester, 533, 609 
 
 - created Cardinal by Pope Martin V, 597 
 • quarreb with Humphrey D. of Gloucester, 
 
 596 
 
 his Letter to lohn D. of Bedford, ibid. 
 
 reconciled to Duke Humphrey, 597 
 
 — goes toward Prague to make war on the 
 
 Lollards, 599 
 
 crowns K. Henry VI. at Paris, 603 
 
 Beaufort, or Beawforde, lohn, afterwards D. of 
 
 Somerset, 533 
 Beaufort, Thomas, E. of Huntingdon, 533 
 Beaufort, Sir Thomas, created E. of Dorset, 576 
 
 made Captain of Harflew, 579 
 
 Beaulieu, or Belew, Abbey, founded by K. lohn, 
 
 322 
 Beau Marche, Eustace de, besieged in Paaapeluna, 
 
 379 
 Beau Maryse Castle built by K. Edw. I. 395 
 Beauvais, Sir Robert of, killed a^t Calais, 461 
 Beauvaysine, rebellion of the people of, 5 12 
 Beche, Edmund de la, tdcen prisoner at Walingford, 
 
 428 
 Becket, Thomas, made Chancellor of England, 2 73^ 
 
 274 
 — — — dissention begins between him and Heory 
 
 II. ibid. 
 
 goes to Rome, ibid. 
 
 is reconciled to Henry by -the- K. of France^ 
 
 275 
 
 accurses those who had received the good* of 
 
 the Church, ibid. 
 ■ martyred at Canterbury^ ibid. 
 
 his grave visited by K. Henry II. 277 
 
 his translation, 324 
 
 Beda, or Bede, compendious account of, 132, 135 
 — — writes his Historia Anglicana, 135 
 
 buried at Gyrvy, ibid. 
 
 " The comynyng that he restith nowe with 
 
 Saynt Cutbert," ibid. 
 Bedford, the Castle of, besieged by Thurston, 26it 
 
 by Henry III. 325 
 
 Bedford, lohn Duke of, 533, 576 
 
 ■ gains a naval victory, 581 
 
 made Protector of England in the absence of 
 
 Henry V. 582 
 ■ ■ ■ declared Regent of France, ibid. 
 
 wins many towns from the Dauphin, 594 
 
 ' gains the battle of Veraoyll, ibid. 
 
 brought to England by Cardinal Beaufort, 
 
 596 
 his death, 609 
 
 buried at Notre DaiBe« ibid. 
 
 Beleamounde, Thomas, 609 
 
 Belemont, Gawyn de, the treachery of, to the K. of 
 
 France discovered, 496 
 Belknap, Sir Robert, convicted of Treason, 534 
 Belton dertroyed t. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Belinus and Brennius reign jointly in Britain, 20 
 5 A Belinus 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Belinus holds Lotgria, Wales, and Cornwall, 
 
 ibid. 
 _— — is attacked by his brother, ibid. 
 
 — drives Brennius to Armorica, ibid. 
 
 I overcomes'his brother at Kalater, 21 
 
 -i assembles his Lords at Caerbrank, ibid. 
 
 confirms the Laws of Moliuncius, ibid. 
 
 ~ Belinus and Brennius reconciled by Ton- 
 
 wenna their mother, 23 
 I . . they subdue part of Gallia, Italy, and Ger- 
 
 mania, ibid. 
 
 Belinus builds Caeruske, ibid. 
 
 I . is buried at Belynus Gate within Troyno- 
 
 vant, 25 
 
 Bella Landa, or Beygblande, Abbey of, 427 
 
 Benedict XIL pope, sends two Cardinals into En- 
 gland, 454 
 
 Benedict XIII. Pope, 539 . 
 
 Benefeelde, Sir Roger, 423 
 
 II slain 9t the battle of Boroughbridge, 
 425, 
 
 3enet bishop of Wereraouth, his holy life and acts, 
 120 
 
 introduces the craft of glazing, ibid. 
 
 Benevolence grjinted to K. Edw. IV. '664 
 
 i '• — ■ — granted to K. Henry VII. 684 
 
 Beoruredus, K. of Mercia, slain by OfFa, 138 
 Bergery, lacques, 610 
 
 Berham Down, a Charter sealed there by K. lohn, 
 
 321 
 Berinus converts Kyngilsusto Christianity, 80, 116 
 
 ___ his body translated to Winchester, ibid. 
 
 Berkhamsted Castle held by Lewis sou of the K. of 
 
 France, 323 
 Berkeley, Thomas de. Lord Berkeley, 546,' 549 
 Berkshire suffers from the incursions of the Danes, 
 
 206 ■ 
 
 Bermondsey Abbey founded by William the Conq. 
 
 24T 
 Bemes, Sir lames, execution of, 534 
 Bemicia, the kingdom of, founded, 82 
 
 boundaries of, 83 
 
 « — '■ — ~ end of the Kingdom in the time of Edredus, 
 
 192, 771 
 Bernulphus K. of Mercia defeated by Egbert, 1 47 
 Bernys, lohn, his benefaction to the city of London, 
 
 482 
 Berthran, Sir William, bishop of Bayon, 494 
 Berthrand, the leader of the Saxons, who invaded 
 
 Neustria, slain, 189 
 Berthricus, K. of Spain, wars upon Theodorich, 
 
 104 
 Bertulphus, K. of Mercia, slays St. Wylston, 155 
 
 = his death, 156 , 
 
 Berwick and Roxborough Castles sold by Richard I. 
 forx. MM. 299 
 
 the English under K. Edw. I. defeated at, 
 
 398 
 
 — ^ ; yielded to Rob. le Bruce, 42 1 
 
 Besonne, or Beson, made Deputy of the Empire by 
 Charles the Bs>ld, 159 
 
 Bestone Castle built by Ranulph Earl of ChesteP, 
 325 
 
 Bethayr, or Barthayr, chosen master of the Palace 
 to Theodorich, 125 
 
 -- — ' — slain by Pepyn, ibid. 
 
 fieverlay v. Burley 
 
 Beverley land of St. lohn of, exempted from the ra- 
 vages of Will, the Conqueror, 241 
 
 Beverley, Sir lohn, 578 
 
 Beverton destroyed t. Henry VIII. 706 
 
 Bezant, value of the, 374 
 
 Bible ordered to be placed in every parish church, 
 701 
 
 Bigot, Sir Hugh, keeps the Pleas called Itinerarii at 
 St. Saviours Southwark, 344 
 
 Bildi destroyed t. Hen. VIII. 706 
 
 Bishopricks, division of, in Mercia, 122 
 
 Bishops, the order of, instituted by Lucius, 38 
 
 • subject to the See of Canterbury^ 39 
 
 two ordained for the Province of West Sax- 
 on, 118 
 T» - Sees of several altered in the time of K. 
 Will. Conq. 245 
 
 Bizantium, now callfed"" Constantyne Noble," aug- 
 mented by Constantine the Great, 47 
 
 Blackbourne destroyed t. Hen. VIII. 706 
 
 Black-Friars v. London 
 
 Black-Heath, a great Wrestling at, 483 
 
 — — assembly of the rebels at *. Ric. IL 
 
 530 
 
 " Bill of Petitions devised at, by lack 
 
 Cade's followers, 622 
 
 Bladud made governor of Britain, 14 
 
 ■ makes the hot baths at Caerbadon, ibid. 
 
 — — — — teaches Necromancy, ibid. ' 
 
 endeavours to fly, ibid. 
 
 Bladysmore, Sir Bartholmew, loses his Castle of 
 Leeds in Kent, 424 
 
 taken prisoner at Burgh-bridge, 425 
 
 — beheaded, 426 
 
 Blackpool, fight of, 571 
 
 Blackwelhall, 20 
 
 Blanch, wife of lohn of Gaunt, D. of Lancaster, her 
 
 death, 480 ' 
 
 Blanch, eldest daughter of K. Henry IV. married 
 
 to the Duke's son of Bavaria, 570 
 Bledgaret, or Blegabridus, K. of Britain, 29^ 30 
 Bledius, Bleduus, or Bladunus, K. of Britain, 30 
 Blegabridus p. Bledgaret 
 Blont, Sr. Thomas, executed, 568 
 Blood rained in Britain, 17 
 Blore Heath, battle of, 634 
 Blount, Sir lames, 672 
 Blount, Peter, 516 
 Bloys, Charles de, lays claim to the Dulchy of 
 
 Brytayne, 454, 455, 493 
 possesses the more part of Brytayne, 456, 
 
 493 
 — — prisoner in England, 460, 497 
 ~ slain by Sir lohn de Mountforte the younger, 
 
 476, 521 
 
 Bloy^ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Bloys, his widow receives the Earldom of Penyture, 
 and the visrounty of Lymoges, 476 
 
 ■ his assault upon the Rock of Aryan, 497 
 Blue-beard, rebellion under a captain so called, 622 
 Bocier, Sir Guy de, 583 
 
 Bohun, Humphrey, Earl of Hereford, 323 
 
 ■ ' founds the house of the Friars Augustines in 
 
 London, 464 
 Bohun, or Bohum, William de, made Earl of 
 
 Northampton, 445 
 Bokerell, Walter, discloses the Conspiracy of Con- 
 
 stantine the son of Arnulpb, 326 
 Boldy, lohn de, 650 
 
 Bolesyn, Robert de, rebels again "it K. Hen. I. 255 
 Boleyn, Anne, married to K. Hen. VHI. 699 
 
 . her execution, 700 
 
 Boleyne, Reynolde earl of, made prisoner by Philip 
 
 H. 288 
 Bolyngbrooke, Roger, 6 1 4 
 
 . executed at Tyburn, 6 1 5 
 
 Boner, Edmund, B p. of London, deposed, 710 
 
 . restored by Q.. Mary, 712 
 
 Boniface Abp. of Canterbury, sings mass /. Hen. IL 
 
 in the Cathedral of Walys, 39 
 Boniface of Savoy, made Archbishop of Canterbury, 
 
 332 
 
 accompanies the K. to Normandy, 338 
 
 Boniface VHI. pope, his treachery, 412 
 
 . .. dies in prison; 413 
 
 Boniface IX. pope, 539 
 
 Bonvyle, the Lord, beheaded, 638 
 
 Boosaprest, a French knight, 608 
 
 Boston, town of, burnt, 386 
 
 Botulphus builds an Abbey beside Lincoln, 1 1 8 
 
 BoTlcher, lone, burnt in Smithfield, 710 
 
 Bowchyer, the Lord, created E. of Essex, 652 
 
 Bowe, St. Mary, v. London 
 
 Boys, Sir Henry de, killed at Calais, 461 
 
 Bradborne, Sir Henry of, executed, 426 
 
 Bradford, l6hn, burnt, 717 
 
 Brake, Sir Nicholas, 502. 504 
 
 Brandon, Sir lohn, 656 
 
 Braybrooke, Roger, bishop of London, favours the 
 
 city, 545 
 Bread made of Vetches, Peas, Beans, and Fern- 
 roots, 61 i 
 Brekyngbury, Robert, slain at Boswortb, 673 
 Brembre, Nicholas, knighted by K. Rich. H. 531 
 
 . his execution, 534 
 
 Brenne v. Brennius , . t, . . „„ 
 
 Brennius and Belynus reign jointly m Britain, 20 
 
 . Brennius holds the land beyond Humber, 
 
 ibid 
 
 ,. driven by his brother to Armorica, ibid. 
 
 '. marries Elsynge or Elfyng, ibid. 
 . is beaten at Sea by Cutlakus K. of Den- 
 mark, 21 
 
 ^ lands in Albania, ibid. 
 
 . . beaxn by his brother, he flies to Gallia, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 received by Signius duke of Allebrog, 22 
 
 . besieges Rome, ibid. 
 
 Brennius reconciled to Belynus by Tonwenna, 2S 
 
 joins Belynus in subduing a great part of 
 
 Gallia, Italy, and Germania, ibid. 
 — builds different Cities and Towns in Italy and 
 other parts of Gallia, ibid. 
 
 beaten by Furius Camillus, 24 
 
 overcomes the Macedoynes, ibid. 
 
 slays himself with his own sword, ibid. 
 
 Brent, Fowkys de, sent for from Normandy by K. 
 lohn, 321 
 
 keeps the Castle ef Bedford, 325 
 
 exiled, ibid. 
 
 Brentford, Edmund Ironside encounters the Danes at, 
 
 214 
 Bresse surrendered to Philip IV. 415 
 Brest delivered up by K. Rich. II, to the Duke of 
 
 Brytayne, 541 
 Bresy, Sir Piers de, 632 
 Bret, Sir Bernard de, sent into Flanders, 492 
 Brightricus marries one of the Daughters of Ofiv 
 
 138 
 
 ■ begins his reign over the West Saxons, 146 
 — — ^— — repels the Invasion of the Danes, ibid. 
 
 !■ poisoned by his queen Ethelburga, ibid. 
 Britain, named after Brute, 8, 1 1 
 
 ■ when first inhabited, 35 
 
 seven contemporary Kings of, enumerated 
 
 from a Register at St. Paul's, 111 
 — ^— confusion in, after the departure of Cadwal- 
 
 ader, 127 
 Britons converted to Christianity by Faganius and 
 
 Dimianus, 38 
 
 exhorted by the Romans to withstand their 
 
 enemies, 52. 
 ' harassed by the Picts, ibid. 
 
 their misery after the departure of the Ro- 
 
 mans, 53 
 . their address to Aetius, ibid. 
 
 send an Embassy to Gwitellinns, ibid. 
 
 Hengist's treachery against them, 66 
 
 retire toward Cambria, 82 
 
 still hold them against the Saxons, 98 
 
 ■ - chuse Cadwanus for their leader, ibid. 
 — — » — defeated by Kenwalcus, 118 
 Brixia built by Brennius, 23 
 Broke,, I^wrence de, 364 
 Brokeys, Sir Barnarde, 568 
 Broshe, Peter de, his treachery to the K. of Trance, 
 
 380 
 Brotherton, Thomas of, 40 1 
 Broughton burnt t. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Browne, Sir lohn, 578 
 Bruce, or Bruze, David, K. of Scotland, marries lane 
 
 sisterofEdw. 111.439 
 
 flies to France, 442 
 
 the French king endeavours to procure bis 
 
 restoration, 443 
 
 taken prisoner at Nevill's Cross, 459 
 
 . again taken prisoner, 465 
 
 delivered upon ransom, 468 
 
 Bruce, Edward le, slain in Ireland, 426 
 
 5 A 2 Bruce 
 
IN D EX. 
 
 Brace, Rob. le, marries the second daughter of the 
 K. of Scots, 396 
 ■~ sends for a dispensation of his Oath to K. Ed- 
 ward, 40S 
 his accession to the Throne of Scotland, ibid. 
 
 ■ opposed by Sir Ipho Comyn, 404 
 
 — — crowned King at St. John's town, ibid. 
 
 flies to Norway, ibid. 
 
 — returns to Scotlaiid t. Edw. II. 419 
 
 — — again made King, 420 ^ 
 
 Bruce, or Brunze, William le, hanged, 328 
 Bruges, rebellion at, 435, 436 
 - : ^ ' _ ■■' surrendered to Philip de Valois, 490 
 
 ■ pillaged by the Gaunteners, 354 
 Brunechieldis, or Brunechilde, the wife of Sigebert, 
 exiled, 88, 
 p. ' ■ '- marries, after her husli^and's death, Me- 
 roneus, ibid. 
 -,———— persecuted by Chilperich, ibid- 
 
 — - in favour, with the nobles of Orleance, 99 
 
 ^-.~- the murder of intended by Fredegunda, 
 
 ibid. 
 I banished with her paramour Protha- 
 
 dyus by Theodobert, 103 
 . . u I . . occasions Theodorich to desert his wife, 
 
 104 
 —r- causes the sons of Theodobert to be 
 
 slain, 105 
 — I - ■ ■ ^ prevents Theodoricb's marriage with 
 
 the daughter of Theodobert, and 
 
 procures his murder, 106 
 
 plots against Clothayre, ibid. 
 
 — named also Brunehenste, 107 
 
 is at last put to a cruel death, ibid. 
 
 Brunulphe caused to be slain by Dagobert, 114 
 Brute, arrival of, 1, 2, 7, 10 
 
 . his descent, 8 
 
 slays his father, ibid. 
 
 lands in Greece, ibid. 
 
 ■ in Africa, ibid. 
 
 — — Address of, to Diana, ibid. 
 
 his Vision preyioHSto-his arrival in Albion, 10 
 
 ■ divides his Territories among his sons, 1 1 
 
 dies and is buried at LondoB, ibid. 
 
 — — — end of his Line or Offipring, 1 8 
 
 Brute Greneshielde made Governor -of Britain, 1 3 
 
 buried at York, ibid. 
 
 Bruys, Robert de, 495 
 
 Bruys, Sir William de, 494 
 
 ^ruyz, William le. Earl of Ferrys, 323 
 
 Bruze, Guyllam de, 495 
 
 Bryce, lohn, 654 
 
 Brydlyngton, prophecies of Robert of, 417 
 
 Brye, rebelUon in the Country o(, 474 
 
 Bryglynus, bishop of Winchester, succeeds Oddo in 
 
 the See of Canterbury, but returns to his former 
 
 diocese, 198 
 BryghtwalduS restored to Ufe, 128 
 Bryghtwold, bishop of Wylton, his .vision, 218 
 Brysey, Lewis, 650 
 
 Brystan, made Bishop of Winchester, 182, 183 
 Brytayn, Sir lohn de, 396 
 
 Brytayne, Agreement between K. Edw. III. and 
 lohn K. of France concerning the Earldom of, 
 472 
 
 Brytayne, lohn I. Duke of, marries the daughter of 
 K. Henry III. 345 
 
 Brytayne, lohn III. Duke of, his death, 454 
 
 Brytayne, lohn IV. Duke of, his death, 493 
 
 Brytayne, lohn de. Earl of Richmond, taken pri- 
 soner by the Scqts, 487 
 
 Bubulus, Lucius, sent, with Julius Caesar, as Consul 
 into Gallia, 3 1 
 
 Buchet, Sir Nicholas, 450 
 
 Buckingham, a second Castle built at by Edward the 
 elder, 177 
 
 Buckingham, Edward Duke of, beheadjed, 697 
 
 Buckingham, Henry Duke of, conspires against K. 
 Rich. IIL 670 
 
 ; betrayed by his servant Banaster, ibid. 
 
 his execution, 67 1 
 
 Bucy, Sir Simop de, 502, 504 
 
 BuefFe, le Captall de, taken prisoner, 483 
 
 Bueyll, Sir Lewis de, killed in a Duel, 621 
 
 Bulgaris v. Asclavons. 
 
 Bulion, Godfrey de, goes to the Holy Land, 2S2 
 
 '■ crowned King of lerusalem, ibid. 
 
 Bulkeley, William, executed, 685 
 
 Bulleine, Account of the Siege of, by K. Henry VIII. 
 706 
 
 a Peace concluded at, in 1549, 710 
 
 Burbage, lohn, 546 
 
 Burbon, Charles de, Earl of Longevile, taken pri- 
 soner at the battle of Poytiers, 467 
 Burbon, the Duke of, slain at the battle of Poytiers, 
 
 467 
 Burbon, Sir lacqaes de. Earl of Poyteau, takenipri- 
 
 soner, 467 
 Burdeaux destroyed by Abyderamus, 133 
 Burdredus made King of Merpia, 1 56 
 
 assists Etheldrede against the Danes, 165 
 
 ————— slain by the Danes, 166 
 
 Burgeveney, Lord, committed to the Tower, t. Hen. 
 
 VIL 689 
 Burgonyons refuse obedience to Robert King of France, 
 
 213 
 ' ■ ' .- ■ those toward Basaynes revolt from France, 
 
 221 
 Burgoyne, or Burgundia, 56 
 Burgoyne, the Bastard of, justs with Lord Scales, 
 
 655, 656 
 Burgoyne, Charles Duke of, succeeds his father Philip, 
 
 648 
 Burgoyne, Henry Duke of, dies, 213 
 Burgoyne, Hugh Duke of, his submission to Philip 
 
 II. of France, 283 
 Burgoyne, lohn Duke of, his variance with the Duke9 
 of Orleans and Berry about the regency of France, 
 
 559, 560 
 suspected of the murder of the Duke of ^ 
 
 Orleans, 560 
 
 flies to Artois and Flanders, jbid. 561 
 
 i restored to the governance of the realm of 
 France, 56l 
 
 Burgoyne, 
 
INDEX 
 
 Burgoyne, lohn Duke of, his death, 564, 584 
 Burgoyne, Philip Duke of, his death, 520 
 Burgoyne, Philip the Good Duke of, becomes an 
 
 enemy to the English, 609 
 ■ " ■ besieges Calais, 610 
 
 his counsel to Lewis XI, 644 
 
 Burgth, Hubert at, defeats the French King's Navy, 
 
 324 
 ' imprisoned and afterwards exiled, 328 
 
 Burgth, William, 534 
 Burley, Sir Simon, execution of, 534 
 Burnell, Sir Hugh, 546 
 Busshey, Sir lohn, 545, 566 
 ' executed at Bristol, 546 
 
 Butterden destroyed t. Hen. "VIII. 706 
 Byfelde, Robert, his fine, 666 
 Bygot, Sir Francis, his conspiracy and execution, 
 
 Bygot, Hugh, his declaration of Henry the first's 
 
 Will, 264 
 Byllydon, Robert, his Charity, 663 
 
 Cablat, Sir lohn de, 494 
 Cabylon, Sir lohn, 562 
 Cade, Jack, rebellion of, 622, 623 
 ■ enters Southwark, 623 
 
 • lays his Sword on London Stone, 624 
 
 ^^ plunders the Citizens, ibid. 
 
 • retires from Southwark, 625 
 
 killed in a Garden in Sussex, ibid. 
 
 Cadwalader, Cadwaladrus, or Cedwalla rules the Bri- 
 tons and the West Saxons, 125 
 
 his descent, ibid. 
 
 destroys Kent, and wins the Isle of 
 
 Wight, ibid. 
 
 . .. — . makes War upon Athelwold K. of the 
 
 South Saxons, ibid. 
 - goes on a pilgrimage to Rome, and con- 
 
 tinues there as a Monk, 126 
 
 , the cause of his leaving Britain, ibid. 
 
 Merlyn's Prophecy concerning his relics, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his Epitaph, ibid. 
 
 Cadwall, or Cadwalyne, the son of Cadwan bom, 
 110 
 
 , begins his reign in Britain, 116 
 
 . in amity with Penda, ibid. 
 
 dies, 1^:2 
 
 Galfrydt's account of him, ibid. 
 
 Cadwan, or Cadwanus, Duke of North Wales, made 
 
 Ki.ig of the Britons, 109 
 stated in Polycronyca to have slain Ethel- 
 
 fride and Osncus, Kings of Bernicia and 
 
 Deyra, ibid. 
 _. accordmg to other writers makes peace with 
 
 Ethnfride, ibid. 
 , unites with Pen<!a against Edwin K. of 
 
 Northumberland, 112 
 
 Cadwan, slain by Oswald at Denysborne, 1 13 
 
 Caedmon the Saxon Poet, 121 
 
 Caen taken by K. Edw. III. 457 
 
 Caerbadon v. Bath. 
 
 Caerbranke, now York, built, 13, 38 
 
 Caercoll, a Castle at, built by K, Wilham Rufus, 
 
 240 
 Caerglone, Caerleone, Gloucester, 37 
 Caerleyll, 37 
 
 Caerleyr, now Leicester, built, 14 
 Caer Lud, or Luddys town, 3 1 
 Caerurst, 38 
 
 Caeruske built by Belinus, 23 
 Csesar, Julius, sent with Lucius Bubulus, as Consul, 
 
 into Gallia, 31 
 
 his Enquiries concerning Britain, ibid. 
 
 exhorts the Britons, by writing, to give tribute 
 
 to Rome, ibid. 
 " prosecutes his enterprize against Britain, ibid. 
 enters on a second Enterprize, but is repulsed, 
 
 32 
 — invited again by Androgius, ibid. 
 
 makes Britain tributary, 33, 34 
 
 Calais besieged by K. Edw. III. 459, 460, 498 
 cereiponies at, between K. Edw. III. and lohn 
 
 K. of France, 472 
 restraint of the Wools at, 607 
 
 — besieged by the D. of Bui^oyne, 610 
 
 — — great buildings at, begun by K. Hen. VIII. 701 
 
 taken by the French t. Mary, 718 
 
 Calarl, Sir Piers, 518 
 Calbis, Wonder at the Town of, 218 
 Caliboure, King Arthur's Sword, 79 
 Calley, Guyllyam, his rebellion, 512 
 Cambria, boundaries of, 1 1 
 
 Cambrius, Carabre, or Chainbre, son of Brute re- 
 ceives Wales of his Father, 1 1 
 Cambyses K. of Syria, his Sentence upon an unjust 
 
 Judge, 200 
 Camyan, Sir Reynolde, taken prisoner at the battle of 
 
 Poytiers, 467 
 Cane, Robert of, takes a whole Fleet of Merchants, 
 
 621 
 Canterbury built by Lud Rudibrass, 14 
 
 the Archbishoprick of London removed 
 
 to, 39 
 , the See removed to Litchfield by Offa, 
 
 ibid. 
 restored again in the time of Kenulphus, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 . the Welsh Bishops sacred at, ibid. 
 
 . - St. Augustine takes up his residence there, 
 
 95 
 Abbey of St Peter and St. Paul at, 
 
 founded by K. Ethelbert, ibid. 
 
 besieged by Swanus, 206 
 
 _^ cruelty of the Danes to the Monks of, 
 
 ibid. 
 primacy of the Archbishops of, 243, 244, 
 
 257 
 
 burnt *. Hen. II. 274 
 
 Canterbury, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Canterbury, Parliament held at, 402 
 
 Canute or Canutus commands the navy of Swanus, 207 
 
 leaves England on his father's death, 208 
 
 — — — returns and enters the Country of the West 
 Saxons, ibid. 
 
 defeated at Gyllyngham by Edmund Ironside, 
 
 214 
 — — — driven to the Isle of Shepey, 215 
 — — . fights personally with Edmund Ironside at 
 Olney or Olnege, and makes a partition of 
 ^ the land, ibid. 
 ■ " ■ " begins his dominion over the whole of En- 
 glafid, 216 
 
 . r suspicious of the English nobles, ibid. ■ 
 
 ■■ sends the son of Swanus to his brother Swanus, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ calls a Parliament at Oxford, 2 IT 
 sails to Denmark, ibid. 
 
 ■ . — marries Emma the wife of Egelredus, ibid. 
 — overcomes Malcolyne K. of Scotland, ibid. 
 
 -- goes again to Denmark, and thence to Rome, 
 
 217 
 
 buys the Arm of Sti Augustine at Papya, 218 
 
 ■ his pride, 219 
 
 — — marries his daughter to Henry son of Con- 
 
 radus ,the Emperor, ibid. 
 — — endows the Monastery of St. Edmund, ibid. 
 — — — dies at Shaftesbury, ibid. 
 Caours, Sir Raufe de, 462, 499 
 Cap of Maintenance, the third, sent to K. Hen. VII. 
 
 by the Pope, 689 
 Capell, Sir William, imprisoned in the Tower, 690 
 Capet, Hugh, usurps the Crown of France, 170,212 
 - married to one of the daughters of Edward the 
 
 elder, ibid. 
 
 why named Capet, ibid. 
 
 ' crowned at Raynys, 212 
 
 wars with Amulph E. of Flanders, ibid. 
 
 buried at St. Denys, ibid. 
 
 Capoir K. of Britain, 30 
 Caracalla, v. Basianus. 
 
 Carancius, or Carausius, has the keeping of the Coasts 
 of Britain, 42 
 
 ■ — slays Basianus, ibid. 
 
 ■ rules in Britain, ibid. 
 
 gives the Picts the Southern part of Al- 
 bania, ibid. 
 
 slain by Allectiis, ibid. 
 
 ————— according to more erroneous Accounts over- 
 comes Maximian, 43 
 
 ■ his general history, ibid. 
 
 Cardiff, Robert D. of Normandy detained a prisoner 
 
 at, 254 
 Carengon, or Carengyon, [ohn, combat of, with lac- 
 
 quetGryse, 557 
 Careticus, or Lareticus, begins to rule in Britain, 
 
 93 
 his character, ibid. 
 
 besieged in Sichestre, 94 
 
 -^ — ■ flies to Cambria, ibid. 
 
 Carewe, Sir Peter, 709 
 
 Carlisle, the Bishop of. Suffragan to the Primate of 
 , York, 39 
 
 surrendered to K. Henry II. 274 
 
 Carnarvon Castle built by K Edw. I. 389 i 
 
 Carolomanus, or Charlemayne, and Charlys reign 
 
 jointly over France, 141 
 ' Charlemayne dies, vrhen he had reigned 
 little over two yearsj ibid. 
 Caron, or Craon, lohn de, abp. of Raynes, 5Q1, 502 
 Carowe, Gawan, 714 
 Carowe, Peter, ibid. 
 Cassibulan, or Cassibulaniis, 30 
 '■ made Protector of Britain, 3 1 
 
 apswers Caesar's overtute to the Britons, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 encounters the Romans at their landing, 
 
 32 
 
 holds a solemn feast at Caer Lud or Lon- 
 
 ■^ don after his Victory obtained over the 
 Romans, ibid. 
 
 — — — attacks Caasar and Androgius, but is de- 
 feated, ibid. 33 
 
 -^— — — becomes tributary to the Romans, ibid. 34 
 
 dies, and is buried at Caerbranke or Yoilc, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Cassyle besieged by Philip IT. 286 
 
 ■ siege of, by Philip de Va.loys, 489 
 
 Castles built by Will. Conq. 241 
 
 Catell K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Catenesey or Cathenesia, granted to the Scytis or 
 Picls, 37 
 
 Catrignus^ brother of Vortimer, slain, 65 
 
 Caundyshe, lolm, slain at Bury, 531 
 
 Ceawlmus defeats Ethelbertus K. of Kent, 84 
 
 takes Bath, Gloucester, and Surcetyr (Wor- 
 cester) ibid. ' ' 
 
 fights with the Britons at Fechanlege, ibid. 
 
 Cecilius V. Sicillius. 
 
 Cecilius, or Siluius, made ruler of Britain, 17 
 
 '— — — buried at Caerbadon, or Bath, ibid. 
 
 Cedda bp. of Winchester builds Lastingay abbey, 
 118 
 
 made abp. of York, 1 20 
 
 — deprived by Theodorus, ibid. 
 
 ~ made bp. of the West Saxons, ibid. 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 Celestine V. resigns the Papacy, 412 
 
 his death, 413 
 
 Cena, the city of, built, 22 
 
 Cenomana, or Ceneraonya, relieved by K. William 
 Rufus, 251 
 
 burnt by K. Henry II. 280 
 
 Cenonenses Galli, 22 
 
 Cerdicus, with Kenricus his son, founds the Kingdom 
 of the W. Saxons,^ 80 
 
 called Credicus and Childricusby some au- 
 thors, ibid. 
 
 lands at Cardysshor, now Yarmouth, ibid^ 
 
 — — ~ crowned at Winchester, 81 
 
 Cerne, St. Augustine's well at, 168 
 
 riches of the Abbey of, 164 
 
 Chalon, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Chalon, Guyllam de, robs the Church of St. Peter 
 
 Cluny, 211 
 Chalon, Sir Guillyam de, taken prisoner, 468 
 Chalon, Sir lohji de, his variance with the Duke of 
 
 Burgoyne, 491 
 Chalons, RauflFe, 621 
 Chamberlayne, Sir Robert, beheaded, 684 
 Chamberlayne, Sir Roger, executed, 619 
 Chamblye, Sir Lewis de, 512 
 Champayne, Eudo E. of, slain, 2f20 
 ' ' the E. of, receives the guiding of the 
 
 Christian Host at Jerusalem, 303 
 Channeau, lohn, deChartres, 502 
 Charlemayne and Pepyn, sons of Carolus Martellus, 
 
 135 
 ' reduce Gryffon, ibid. 
 
 • subdue Hanualde D. of Guyan, 136 
 
 ■ divide Hilderic's Kingdom between them, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — Charlemayne is shorn a Monk at Rome, 
 
 ibid. 
 ■■ dies at Mount Cassyne, ibid. 
 
 Charles Martellus son of Pepyn and of Alpayde, made 
 
 a prisoner at Coleyn, 131 
 
 ■ endeavours to obtain his father's office, ibid. 
 defeated by Ragafrede, but is at last victor, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ becomes Master of the Palace, 1 32 
 
 ■ his Victories over the Swevys and Alemanys, 
 ibid. 
 
 defeats Abyderamus, 133 
 
 . obtains the name of Carolus Martellus, ibid. 
 
 . ■ drives out the Saracens, ibid. 
 
 — — reduces the Burgonyons, ibid. 
 
 . levies " dymys" of spiritual people, ibid. 
 
 seen by Ethereus bishop of Orleans in tor- 
 ment, ibid, 
 defeats the Sesues (Swiss.') and Hunys, or 
 Golhis, ibid. 
 
 his death, 135 
 
 Charles son of Pepyn, Charles the Great, or CHAR- 
 LEMAGNE, reigns jointly over France, 141 
 
 .1 succeeds to the whole realm, ibid. 
 
 assists Pope Adrian against Desiderius K. of 
 
 the Longobiirdys, ibid. 142 
 
 . Desiderius's Kingdom given to him by the 
 
 Pope, ibid. 
 
 _ ■ his great privileges, ibid. 
 
 wars against the Huns in Spain, ibid. 
 
 his xii. peers, ibid. 
 
 — ^— — h;ri pilgrimage to St. Denys, ibid. 
 
 . tl;e nrogress of his Conquests in Spain, ibid. 
 
 promotes Christianity. 143 
 
 build' Churches, ibid. 
 
 , . dtc:Hved by the treachery of Gauelon, 144 
 
 . subdues other countries in his return from 
 
 Spain, ibid. 
 
 ——— restores Pope Leo IIL who anoints him Em- 
 peror of Kome, ibid. 
 
 . Description ff his person, ibid. 
 
 builds the bridge of Magunce, and as many 
 
 abbeys " as there ben letters in the cross 
 roweof theA, B, C," 144 
 
 rebuilds Aquisgrany, ibid. 
 
 his learning, 145 
 
 makes his testament, ibid. 
 
 ■ description of iii. particular Tables in his trea- 
 
 sury, ibid. 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 ■ Inscription on his tomb, ibid. 146 
 Charles the Bald, son of Lewis I. by his second wife, 
 
 149 
 receives Neustria, or Normandy, from his 
 
 father, ibid. 152 
 
 has a part of Austracy toward Hungary, ibid. 
 
 — ' placed under the tuition of his half-brother 
 
 Lolhayre, ibid. 
 according to Polycronica has Burgoyne, 153 
 
 ■ begins his reign over France, 156 
 
 fights with Lothayre and Lewis, 1 57 
 
 enters the province of Austracy, ibid. 
 
 marries Rychent or Ricent, 158 
 
 . his cruelty to his son, ibid. 
 
 welcomed by Pope lohn VIII. as Augustus 
 
 or Emperor, 1 59 
 
 defeated by his nephew Lewis, 1 60 
 
 poisoned by a Jew physician, ibid. 
 
 ' buried first at Vercyle and afterwards removed 
 
 to St Denys, l6l 
 
 — duration of his reign, 209 
 
 Charles son of Charles the Bald, removed by his fa- 
 ther from the rule of Beige, 158 
 
 deprived of sight, ibid. 
 
 escapes and flies to his uncle Lewis, ibid. 
 
 Charles the Simple succeeds to the Crown of France 
 
 on the death of Eudo, 115, 118 
 
 his territories invaded by Rollo, 179 
 
 murdered by Hebert E. of Vermendoys, 181 
 
 duration of his reign, 209 * 
 
 Charles, uncle to Lewis Vl. delivered by the bishop of 
 
 Laon to Hugh Capet, 212 
 Charles, brother of St. Lewis, marries the daughtec 
 
 of the E. of Provence, 37 1 
 
 has the Earldom of Aymon, ibid. 
 
 sent into Cilicia against Manfred son of Fred, 
 
 n. 316 
 
 made K. of Cilicia, ibid. 
 
 endeavours to recover Sicily, 381 
 
 his Navy defeated, 382 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 Charles V. begins his reign in France, 434 
 
 divorced from his queen Blanche, 435 
 
 marries Mary sister to the king of Bohemia, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ ■ after her death marries lane his cousin ger- 
 
 man, 436 
 
 dies at Boys in Vincent, 438 
 
 Charles, son of lohn K. of France, afterwards Charle« 
 
 VI. made Dauphin of Vienne, 498 
 
 — takes the rule of Normandy, 464, 500 
 
 — . reconciles the K. of Navarre, 500 
 
 settles the Inheritance of Brytayne, 476 
 
 Cbarlei 
 
INDEX 
 
 Charles VI. breaks the, Peace with England, 479 
 
 — consults his Clergy, on the subject of Peace, 
 
 485 
 
 escapes frcfmthe battle of Poy tiers, 501 
 
 assembles the iii. Estates it Paris, , ibid. 
 
 opposed by the Commonalty of Paris, 503 
 
 his Agreement with the K. of Navarre, 507, 
 
 ■518 
 
 his Address tothePebple'of :f*aris, 508 
 
 recompenses ihe K. of Navarre, 510 
 
 his alarm in the palace of Louvre, 'ibid. 
 
 — proclaimed Regent, .511 
 
 again assembles the Estates, ibid. 
 
 " his Address to the Parisians, ibid. 
 
 — ^ — ^-^— begins his reign as King, 521 
 " ■ ■ concludes another accord with th6 K. of Na- 
 varre, ibid. 
 ' enacts a Law that Kings of France may be 
 
 crowned at the age" of xiv. 522 
 
 meetsthe Emperor Charles IV. 523 
 
 — — his death at Playsance sur' Marne, 528 
 Charles VII. begins his reten in France, 552 
 
 aids the Earl of "Flanders, 555 
 
 defeats Philip de Artyvde, 556 
 
 ■ — marries Isabel daughter of the D. of Bavaria, 
 
 ibid. 
 ' exhorted'liy an aiiker, 557 
 
 makes war upon the Cenomanni, ibid. 
 
 ■■ receives a monition, with its sequel, 558 
 
 — — Interludes and Games devised to amuse him 
 in his sickness, ibid. 
 
 sends assistance to the K. of Hungary against 
 
 the Turks, ibid. 
 
 nearly liilled by the Eriars'who-administered 
 
 "Medicines to him, ibid. 
 
 demands the return of his daughter Isabel with 
 
 her dower, after the deposition of K. Rich. 
 n. 559 
 
 ■ dissentions between the Dukes of Orleans, 
 
 Bui'goyne, and Beirry, on account of the 
 weakness of his reign, 559, 560 
 
 the rule of his person obtained treacherously, 
 
 563 
 his death, 564, 589, 592 
 
 Charles VIII. birih of, 559 
 
 seeks aid of K. Hen. IV. against the D. of 
 
 Burgoyne, 562 
 
 holds out against K. Henry V. 585 
 
 drives the English from Paris, 614 
 
 — — — begins his reign in France, 640 
 
 accounts of different Writers concerning him, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ his policy and, prowess, 641 
 
 " his interview with the Maid of Orleans, ibid, 
 
 his death, (>43 
 
 Charles IX. birth of, 650 
 
 ——marries the daughter of Maximilian, 651 
 
 refuses Margaret, and marries Anne dutchess 
 
 of Brylayne, 676 
 I — clsiiriis Sicily, ibid. 
 ' takes possession ofCampania and Naples, 676 
 
 Charles IX. defeats the VenetianSj ibid. 
 
 Charles K. of Navarne, or Navarre, imprisoned by 
 
 lohn K. of France, 501 
 
 delivered, 506 ' , 
 
 pardoned of all offences against the Crown of 
 
 France, 507 
 
 leaves Paris, ibid. 
 
 1 demands the Castles of Enroux, i&c. ibid. 
 
 enters Roan, 508 
 
 • the. iii. Estates aid his cause, 510 
 
 — ■ lands granted to him in recompencemenl of 
 
 his wrongs, 511 
 
 ■ his advice to the Citizens of Paris, 512 
 
 defeats the Party under Guylliam Calley,513 
 
 ' goes to St. Germayne in Pree and Gonnesse, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 returns to Paris, 513; 514 
 
 '■ — wars upon the Country toward Gastenoys» 
 
 517 
 
 ■ his Address to the People of Pountoyse, 519 
 
 sworn to be faithful tS K. lohn, 520 
 
 perfects an Accord with Charles, VI. 522 
 
 his treachery developed by lacquet de Rue, 
 
 523 
 ' his singular death, 556 
 Charles IV. Emperor of Germany, goes in pilgrimage 
 
 to St. Denys, 523 
 Charles V. elected Emperor at Fratickfort, 697 
 — — — comes to England, ibid. 
 - crowned at Bononia, 699 
 
 Charlon, son of Lewis, sent by -his father against 
 
 Charles the Bald, 159 
 
 has the rule of Bayon, ibid. 
 
 Pope lohn Vl II. refuses to anoint him, 170 
 
 admitted Emperor afler the death of Lewis, 
 
 ibid. 
 ' solicited to drive the Danes out of France, 
 
 174, 175 
 Chamey, Sir Godfrey de, wounded at Calais, 461, 
 
 498 
 Charteley Castie built by Ranulph E. of Chester, 
 
 525 
 Charter House, three Monks of the, executed, 700, 
 Chartris, Thebaude, or Theobald, Earl of, assists Lo? 
 
 tharius against Richard D. of Normandy, 
 
 192, 193 
 
 ■ solicits aid of Henry I. 257 
 Chasteleyn sur Louvayn won by Sir Robert Knolle% 
 
 469 
 
 Chastelon, Castle of, won by Philip IL 283 
 
 Chausy, the Castle of, besieged by the D. of Bur- 
 goyne, 491 
 
 Chayny, lames de, 526 
 
 Chepe, Conduit in, made, 389 
 
 Cross in, a Letter of K. Edw. IPs queen fest* 
 
 ened to the, 129 
 
 Chepynham occupied by the Danes, 167 
 
 Cherimus K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Chertsey Monastery founded by Erkenwald, 121 
 
 re-edified by Edgar, ibid. 
 
 Chester won by Egbert' from the Welsh, 147 
 
 7 Chester 
 
INDEX, 
 
 Chester taken by the Danes, 169 
 
 — ' repaired by Edward the elder, 116 
 
 the earldom of taken by K. Henry III. into 
 
 his own hands, 330 
 Chester, lohn. E. of, called lohn Scotte, 328 
 
 his death, 330 
 
 Chester, Ranulph, E. of, takes part with the em- 
 press Mawde, 265 
 
 his death, 26T 
 
 Chester, Ranulph, E. of, follows K. John's example 
 in divorcing his wife, 312 
 
 ■ goes to the Holy Land, 324 
 
 his return, 325 
 
 — — - makes peace with Lewellyn prince of Wales, 
 
 his death, 328 
 
 Chesterby, or Lindsey, sir William, admonishes K. 
 Henry II. for the reformation of his king- 
 dom, 218 
 Chesterfelles burnt t. Henry VIII. 706 
 Cheyny, sir lohn, 542, 543, 565, 514 
 Cheyny, sir William, executed, 426 
 Childebert, son of Clodoveus, has middle France, 
 
 75 
 
 ■ subdues Almarcus king of Spain, 16 
 
 kills two of the children of his brother 
 
 Clodomyrus, ibid. 
 
 obtains the lordship of Orleans, ibid. 
 
 . quarrels with his brother Lothaire, ibid. 11 
 
 i dies, and is interred in the monastery of 
 
 St. Germain de Pree, ibid. 
 Childebert the son of Sygebertus, delivered from the 
 
 danger of Chylperiche, 88, 99 
 
 - rules in Austracy, 90 
 
 solicits Chylperiche to aid him against 
 
 Gunlhranus, ibid. 
 
 joins Gunthranus against Chylperiche, 
 
 91 
 
 Iiis forces defeated by Fredegunda, 102 
 
 his deatli, ibid. 
 
 Childebert, second son of Theodorich, begins bis 
 
 reign in France, 130 
 
 ■ his death, ibid. 
 
 Childebert, brother of Charles Martell, sent against 
 
 the Gothes, 134 
 Childerich, or Hildericus made K. of France, 63 
 
 avoids his land secretly, ibid. 
 
 _ — restored to his kingdom, 64 
 
 subdues Orleans and Angeo, ibid. 
 
 marries Basina, ibid. 
 
 _— — — his vision explained by Basina, ibid. 
 
 his death, 65 
 
 , duration of his reign, 131 
 
 Childeriche, Childericus, or Hildericus, third son of 
 
 Clodoveus, has the rule of Austracy, 123 
 
 made K. of France, 124 
 
 1 oppresses his subjects, ibid. 
 
 ■■ is murdered, ibid. 
 
 duration of his reign, 131 
 
 Children, monstrous. 111 
 
 Chilperiche, or Chilpericus, reigns over Soissons, 
 
 &6 
 
 Chilperiche, or Chilpericus, not content with the 
 dominion left him by his father, ibid. 
 
 ^- seizes his father's treasure, ibid. 
 
 — driven from Paris by his brothers, ibid. 
 
 ————— takes to wife Golsanda, ibid. 
 
 ■ marries to his second wife Audovera, 
 
 85 
 ■- his sons, ibid. 
 ' — '— occupied in war, with his brother, 
 
 against the Switzers, or men of Swevy, 
 86 
 
 divorced from Andovera. ibid. 
 
 makes war on his brother Sigebert. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 spoils the country of Champeyn, 81 
 
 ■ - joins Sigebert in making war upon Gun- 
 thranus, ibid. 
 
 ~ the people of Turon rebel against him, 
 
 88 
 
 — — — repents his hfe but returns to his y'lCCB,. 
 
 89 
 — excited by Mauricius to make war upon 
 the Longobards, but deceives faim, 
 ibid. 
 
 — — falls into the Arian heresy, 90 
 
 ~ joins Childebert against Gunthranus, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — — — — his sorrow for the death of Theodorus, 
 91 
 
 — — — joy of, at the birth of his son Lotharius, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 — flies from Childebert and Gunthranus 
 
 ibid. 
 ————— murdered by the direction of Fredegpmr 
 
 da, 92 
 — — — - his epitaph, 93 
 
 duration of his reign, 1 31 
 
 Chilperich, first named Danyell, made K. of France, 
 131 
 
 dies, and is buried at Noen, or Noyen, 
 
 132 
 Chorea Gigantum. Stonehenge, 15 
 Christ, birth of, 34, 35 
 Christian II. K. of Denmark comes to England, 
 
 698 
 Christianity received in Britain earlier than in France, 
 14 
 
 almost extinct in Britain, 94 
 
 Church, Holy, what, 218, n. 
 
 Chycheley, Robert, his bequests to the city, 613 ' 
 Cinque Ports, barons of the, spoil the merchants, as. 
 
 well English as other, 358 
 pardoned, and their privileges con- 
 firmed, 361 
 Cistercian Order, origin of the, 252 
 Clare, Gilbert de, earl of Gloucester, charged by 
 
 his father to maintain the Articles made at 
 
 Oxford, 348 
 — — seals the Letter from the Barons to K. Hen. 
 
 in. 353 
 
 renews his rebellion, 362 
 
 5 B Clare, 
 
1 N D E X. 
 
 CTare, Gilbert cte, proposal for his going as the king's 
 Proxy to the Holy Land, 366 
 
 sworn by K. Hert; III. on his dea^i bed, to 
 
 keep the peace, 369 
 
 marries lohane daughter of K. Hen. HI. 
 
 killed at Bannockburn, 420 
 
 Glare,. Richard, E. of Gloucester, his death, 348 
 Clarence, George duke of, created by K. Edw. IV. 
 
 640 
 I his visit to Almayne, 639 
 
 • joins the E. of Warwick, 657, 658 
 
 — goes to France, ibid. 
 
 lands iti England and proclaims K. Hen. 
 
 VI. ibid. 
 
 joins K. Edw. IV. at Barnet-field, 661 
 
 ri drowned in a butt of Malmesey wine, 666 
 
 Clarence, Leonell, son of K. Edw. III. created]duke 
 
 of, 415 
 
 X his reception at Paris, 478 
 
 Clarence, Thomas, son of K. Henry IV. created 
 
 duke of, 576 
 
 sent to- aid the duke of Orleans, 563, 576 
 
 , — takes three Carykes of lean, 571 
 
 Claryngtoii, sir*Rog&r, hanged at Tybljrn, 569 
 Claudio or' Clodio Crinitus made K. of France, 57 
 
 makes war upon the Turynges, ibid. 
 
 . besieges Cambray and Tournay, ibid. 
 
 his death, 58 
 
 Ciaudiocestria, 3^6, 37, 40 
 
 Claudius Cffisar gains the tribute from the Britons, 
 
 35 
 subdues the Orch^des or Orkeis, ibid. 
 
 sends certain legions to Ireland, 36 
 
 Claycon, or Glaycon, sir Bartbram de, talten pri- 
 soner, 477 
 
 defeats the Enghsh at Vas,;.,4,81 
 
 . wins divers holds in Poytowe, 483 
 
 . enters Brytayne, 484 
 
 ■ makes war upon the K. of Navarne, 520, 
 
 521 
 
 Claydon, lohn, 578 
 
 Clement IV. pope, requires St. Lewis to aid the 
 Christians in tlie Holy Land, 376 
 
 GlenientVI. pope, takes upon him to bestow T)ishopricks 
 and benefices in England, 455 
 
 — — - account of hini, ibid. 
 
 — -: sends two Cardinals into England to es- 
 tablish a peace, 462 
 
 Clement VH- elected pope, 487, 525 
 
 interferes with the D. of AngeOB for the in- 
 habitants of Mbuntpyller, 527 
 
 C'leremont, sit lames,. 620 
 
 Cleremount, sir lohn de„ killed at the battle of 
 Poytiers, 467 
 
 Cleremount, sir Robert 'le, 5 10^ 511 
 
 -r- fights with Philip brother to the K. of 
 
 Navarne a id sir Godfrey de Harecourt, 
 503 
 
 Clergy, a parliament held on account, of'^their enor- 
 mities, 699 
 
 Clerke, Peter, 599 
 
 Clerks, their luxury t. K. William Rufus, 251 
 Clito Ethelwaldus rebels against Edward the el'deij. 
 176 , 
 
 slain in battle, ibid. 
 
 Clodoaldus, son of Clodomyrus, escapes the danger 
 
 of his uncles, 76 
 Clodomerus, or Clodomyrus, son of Clodoveus, born, 
 
 71 
 — — appointed to the locdslup of Orleans, 
 
 75 
 ————— slain in battle, ibid. 
 Clodoveus, (Clovis) I. made king of France, 70 
 
 ■ marries Clotild, or Crotild, 71 
 
 blames the religion of his wife, but is afe 
 
 last converted to Christianity, ibid. 
 
 baptized by Reraigius, ibid. 
 
 adopts the Fleurs-de-Lis as the Frencli 
 
 arms, 72 
 
 makes Gundebalde, ibid. 
 
 ———~ — reconciled to Alaric by Theodoricus K. 
 of Lombardy, ibid. 
 
 slays Alaric with his own hand, 73 
 
 admitted for a consul of Rome, ibidl. 
 
 — his offering to St. Martin, ibid. 
 
 his death and burial at Paris, jjjid. 
 
 • his epitaph, 74 
 
 ■ — duration of bis reign, 1 37 
 Clodoveus, son of Cbilperich, makes war on Sigebert^ 
 
 but is defeated, 86 
 
 sent against the people of Turon, 89 
 
 ' — defeated by Momoleus, ibid. 
 
 '■ slain by order of Fredegunda, 90 ■ i^ 
 
 Clodoveus II. Lodovicus, or Lewis, son of Dago- 
 bert, has Burgoyne and Neustria as- 
 signed to him, 115 
 
 •< begins his reign in France, 122 
 
 : guided by Aganus, ibid. 
 
 ' ■■ loses his reason in consequence of a visit to- 
 the shrine of St, Denys, 123 
 
 — — — — his death, ibid. 
 
 — duration of his reign, 137 
 
 Clodoveus III. son of the second Theodoricns, begins- 
 his reign in France, 1 30 
 ' duration of his reign, 1 37 
 
 Clotenus K. of Cornwall, 1 3 n. 
 
 Clotenus, or Cloteus, K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Clotharius assists Childebert in obtaining the lordship* 
 ofOrleance, 76 
 
 - ' duration of his reign, 137 
 
 Clotharius II. or Lotharius, son of Cbilperiche andi 
 
 >K. of France, 98 
 ' " fights with the sons of Childebert, 102 
 divides his territory with Theodobert and! 
 
 Theodorich, ibid.. 103 
 
 wars in Neustria, ibid. 
 
 joins Berthrjcus- K. of S{jhain in warring' 
 
 on Theodorich, 104 
 
 - ' succeeds on Theodorichs death to the- 
 
 whole prineipate of France, 106 
 ' ■ • release* to the Longobardys their tribute,, 
 107 
 
 5 Clotbajrius 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Cloftiarius II. makes war upon the Gothis or Saxons, 
 108 
 
 -— assembles his bishops for the better order- 
 ing the Church, 109 
 
 ■ interred in tlie abbey of St. Vincent, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Clotharlus III. son of Clodoveus made K. of France, 
 123 
 
 Clotild exhorU her children, after Clodoveus's death, 
 to revenge the death of her parents, TS 
 
 her grief for the loss of her children, 76 
 
 devotion of, at the shrine of Su Martin, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ~ her death, 77 
 
 Cloton duke of Cornwall, 19 
 
 Clycon, sir Oliver de, 494, 529 
 
 Clyllbrd, John lord» slain in the battle of St. Albans, 
 629 
 
 ClyflFord, lohn lord, slain at Towton, 639 
 
 Clyfford, sir Richard, 564 
 
 ClyflFord, sir Robert, killed at Bannockbum, 420 
 
 ClyfTorde, sir Roger, letter sent to K. Henry III. 
 uiider his seal, 349 
 
 ■ — drowned at Stjowdon, 388 
 ClyflTorde, sir Roger, 423 
 
 " — ' taken prisoner at Burghbridge, 425 
 
 ■ — beheaded, 426 
 Clyffbrde, sir Roger, beheaded, 67" 1 
 Clyfton, su-Gervase of, 614 
 
 Clynton, William de, made E. of Huntingdon, 
 445 
 
 Clyntstone, 1 1 
 
 Cllytoj or Clyton, slays Kenulphus, K. of the West 
 Saxons, 139 
 
 -— — in his turn, slain by OfTricus, ibid. 
 
 Coart, John, 646 
 
 Cobham, dame Eleanor, afterwards dutchess of Glou- 
 cester, exiled, 6 1 4 
 
 Cobham, sir John, 542, 543 
 
 Cobham, lord, taken prisoner in sir Thomas Wiat's 
 rebelhon, 713 
 
 Coggeshale, the abbey of, founded by K. Stephen, 
 - 269 
 
 Coelus begins his dominion over the Britons, 44 
 
 his death, 45 
 
 Coill, Coyll, or Coylus, made K. of Britain, HI 
 
 . brought up in Italy, 38 
 
 pays tribute- to the Romans, ibid. 
 
 — — the building of Colchester ascribed to him by 
 some writers, ibid. 
 
 -. — buried at Caerbranke, or Yoik, ibid.. 
 
 Coin, reformation of, t. K. Edw. I. 386 
 new, t. K. Hen. VII. 688 
 
 the diminution of, t. K. Edw. VI. 7H 
 
 Coke, Robert, bp- of Laon, his speech before the 
 
 three estates, 505 
 Colbronde fights with Guy of Warwick, 18* 
 Colchester, the building of, to whom ascribed, 
 33 
 I ■ battle fought near, by Vortimer, 65 
 
 — _ the abbot of, executeii t, K. Hen. VIII. 
 
 701 
 
 Coleyne (Cologne) submits to Theodoricb, 104 
 
 Colins, Robert, 718 
 
 Colredus becomes K. of Mercia» 139 
 
 wars with lue, ibid. 
 
 Colwolphus reigns in Northumberland, 132, 135 
 ' — " resigns his kingdom to E^rtus, and U 
 
 shorn a monk, ibid. 
 Colwolphusreignsin Mercia, 147, 166 
 Colyngboume, William, executed for his rhime ia 
 
 derision of K. Rich. III. 672 
 Colyns, Christopher, 663 
 Combranus, earl, slain by Sigebert, 138 
 Combremer, foundation of the abbey of, 260 
 Commons, their complaints against the ministers of 
 
 K. Edw. III. 486 
 
 • — complaints oi^ against K. Rich. II. 543 
 
 — — — introduce a bill for taking temporal lands 
 
 out of the hands of spiritual persons, 575 
 the bill put by, 578 
 
 Communion ordained to be received in both kinds, 
 
 710 
 Comum built by Brennius, 23 
 Comyn, sir lohn, his opposition to Robert le Bruze, 
 403, 404 
 
 ■ murdered, ibid. 
 Conan Merydock, 49 
 
 receives Armorica from Maximius, 50 
 
 sends to Diuotus for St Ursula, and the 1 1,000 
 
 virgins, 5 1 
 Conflans, sir lohn de, 502 
 Conflans, sir Nicholas de, 510 
 Conquet burnt by the English, fl8, 719 
 Conradus III. emperor of Almayne, goes on a Croi* 
 
 sade, 269 
 Constable, sir Robert, his rebellions, 700 
 Constance wife of Robert K. of France, 214 
 Constant, or Constantius, son of Constantine, be> 
 comes a monk, 58 
 
 made K. of Britain by Vortigem, ibid. 
 
 murdered by his guards, ibid. 59 
 
 Constantine the Great, son of Constantius, 45 
 
 ■ made K. of Britain, 46 
 
 at first, a Pagan, ibid. 
 
 makes war upon Maxentius, ibid. 
 
 — ; ■ his vision, ibid. 
 
 puts the sign of the cross upon his ban- 
 
 ners, 47 
 
 ■ defeats Maxentius's army, ibid. 
 
 converted to Christianity, ibid. 
 
 — gives the Church of Rome her first pos- 
 sessions, ibid. 
 
 builds the church of Santa Sophia at Con- 
 
 stantinople, ibid. 
 
 - removes the imperial seat to Constantino- 
 
 ple, 48 
 . his notable acts for the weal of Christ's 
 
 faith, ibid. 
 
 - ' ' assists in laying the foundation of St. 
 
 Peter's church, ibid. 
 - falls into the Arian heresy, ibid. 
 ' forbids the children to be klain to cuie 
 his Leprosy, ibid. 
 5 B 2 Constantine 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Conit&ntine tends Traherne to reduce Octavius, Tfho 
 
 had usurped the rule of Britain, 49 
 I I his sword given to Ethelstan by Ottho 
 
 the emperor, 182 
 Constantine, a Roman knight, sent into Britain oo 
 
 the death of Gracian, 52 
 Constantine, brother of Aldroenus, received for king 
 
 in Britain, 58 
 ■ crowned at Caercegent, now " Cicestre," 
 
 ibid. , 
 
 slain by a Pict, ibid. 
 
 Constantine K. of Scotts, submits to Edward the 
 
 elder, 182 
 '•———— breaks covenant with Ethelstan, 183 
 
 ' slain at Brymforde, ibid. 
 
 Constantine the son of Amulpfa, conspiracy of in 
 
 Lond(Hi, 326 
 Constantinople v. Byzantium 
 
 - taken by the Turks, 628 
 
 Constantinus, the son of Cador, made K. of Britain, 8 1 
 I slays the sons of Mordred, ibid. 
 
 — is killed by Aurelius Con'aiilis, ibid. 
 
 -< buried at Stonehenge, ibid. 
 
 Constantius sent by the senate into Britain, 45 
 ' — marries Helena daughter of Coill, ibid. 
 
 — — — admitted Csesar with Galeriusj ibid. 
 ■ subdues the Almaynes, ibid. 
 
 made emperor, ibid. 46 
 
 subdues Spain and a part of Gallia, 45 
 
 Constantius, a Roman knight, sent into Britain by 
 
 Honorius, 52 
 Consynot, Guilliam, 620 
 Cook, sir Thomas, 655 
 
 his persecution, 656 
 
 applies for the restoration of his propeHy, 660 
 
 — — again persecuted by K. Edw. IV. 662 
 Copharius, or Groffarius, 10 
 
 Coppa, or Eopa poisons Aurelius Ambrosius, 70 
 Corbel, William, archbishop of Canterbury, his death, 
 
 264 
 Corbueyll, Eudo, earl of, imprisoned in the castle of 
 
 Bawdum, 261 
 Corby, Rob.de, 511 
 Cordeilla, daughter of K. Leyre, 14 
 
 ■ marries Aganippus K. of France, 15 
 . made lady of Britain, 16 
 
 deprived of her government by her nephews, 
 
 ibid. 
 - slays herself in prison, ibid. 
 Corfe Castle, murder of K. Edw. the martyr at, 201 
 Corineus, or Corneus, 10 
 
 ■ fights with the giant Gogmagog, ibid. 
 Com, prices of, in London, 421, 612, 699 
 Cornewall, sir lohn, 574 
 
 Cornhill, tower in the ward of, 400 
 
 the conduit in, made, 570 
 
 Cornish men discomfited at Black-Heath, 686 
 Cornwall given to Corneus, 1 1 
 
 ■ ■ ■ - insurrection in, 710 
 Cornwall, Edmund, earl of, his death, 402 
 'Cornwall, Karadok, duke of, 49 
 
 Cornwall opposes the arrival of Maximus, or Maxi- 
 
 mius, 50 
 Cornwall, Richard earl of, sent to Guyan, 327 
 
 lays siege to St. Machayr and Rocliell, 
 
 ibid. 
 Corpwaldus K. of the East Angles, 70 
 Cortif p. Careticus 
 
 Cortyf mentioned as a king of Britain, 8t 
 Corvyle, castle of, taken by the English, 614,615 
 Corynbatus, or Corynbratus, 25 
 Cotcheforde, Guy E. of, wars upon " Lewis K. of 
 
 France, 233 
 Coventry, the church of, b»ilt by Leofricus E. of 
 
 Mercia, 229 
 — — — freedom of the town of, procured by Go- 
 
 diua, ibid. 
 — — — — the monks of, dismissed by the bishop of 
 
 Ely, 302 
 Coverdale, Miles, deprived of the bishoprick of Exe- 
 ter, 712 
 Courtnay, Master, chancellor of Oxford, 574 
 Courtnaye, sir Peter, 538 
 
 Courtray, the town of, injured by the French, 556 
 Coyl or CoyleX. of Britain, 30 
 Coy II or Coelus, v. Coill 
 Crafles, sir lames, 714 
 Cragmiller burnt, 706 
 Cramyris receives the rule of Guyan, 77 
 — — ~ rebels against his father, 78 
 
 ~ is defeated and taken prisoner, ibid. 
 
 burnt by order of Lothaire, with bis wife 
 
 and children, ibid. 
 Cranmer, Thomas, abp. of Canterbury, 709 
 - attainted of treason, 712 
 
 - disputes at Oxford, 7 1 4 
 — — — burnt, 718 
 
 Crawned burnt, t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Crecy, Walter de, constable of France, 488 
 Cremona built by Brennius, 24 
 
 taken by Philip IV. 415 
 
 CreoU taken from the English, 610 
 Cressener, William, 685 
 
 Cressy, accouutof the battle of, 458, 495 
 
 Cressy, Guy de, with his father Guy le Rous seizes 
 
 Eudo E. of Corbueyll, 261 
 Cressyngham, sir Hugh, sent by K. Edw. I. against 
 the Scotts, 399 - 
 
 ' slain, 400 
 
 Cretynge, sir Adam, 396 
 Criniti, the early kings of France so called, 57 
 Crism, or Oyl, at Rheims, miracle relating to the, 
 
 71 
 Crocardes v. PoUardes 
 Croise, sir lohn de la, 588 
 Crome, Dr. his confession at Pauls Cross, 708 
 Cromer, William, 714 
 Cromwell, sirlohn, joins K. Edw. IPs queen in France, 
 
 423 
 Cross, Holy, found at lerusalem by St. Helena, 47 
 ■ a part of it ornamented and conveyed to Rome 
 by Cdristantine, 48 
 
 Crotild 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Crotild the daughter of Cundebald marries Clodoreus 
 
 I. 71 
 " converts Clodoveus to Christianity, ibid. 
 
 Crougthon Abbey, king lohn embowelled at, 322 
 Crowcbed Friars come to England, 418 
 Crowland Abbey, why so named, 128 
 Crowmer, William, beheaded, 624 
 Culdoe, lohn, 517 
 
 Cunedagus, nephew of Cordeilla, divides Britain with 
 his brother Morganus, 16 
 - made war upon by his brother, but over- 
 comes him, ibid. 
 ■ - made ruler of all Britain, ibid. 
 Cuneueshore, 69 
 Curson, sir Robert, 685 
 — — — accursed at Paul's Cross, 688 
 Cusake, Charles, 502, 506, 516 
 
 his speech to the people of Roan, 503 
 
 Cutbertus begins his reign over the West Saxons, 
 
 134 
 Cutha slain by the Britons, 84 
 Cuthbert, St. becomes an anker in the isle of Fam, 
 
 125 
 
 his body translated to Durham, 204 
 
 Cutlake leads an ankers life at Crowland, 128 
 Cutlakus K. of Denmark makes war on Btennius, 
 
 21 
 — — — lands in Britain, ibid. 
 
 agrees to pay tribute for his kingdom to 
 
 Belinus, ibid. 
 Cutwolfus or Cut,volphus, defeats the Britons, 84 
 "———-- takes Liganbrogth, Eglesborgth, Besyng- 
 ton, and Euysham, . ibid. 
 ~ his death, ibid. 
 Cyprus, the king of, escapes from Aeon, 408 
 
 D 
 
 Dabygnysur le Metre taken by the English, 469 
 
 Dacres, Lord, his execution, 702 
 
 Dacy, Re3?nolde, slain, 510 
 
 Dacy, Robert, 511 
 
 Dagobert I. son of Clothaire, born, 107 
 
 — — ^— given to hunting, ibid. 
 
 — — - his treatment of his tutor Sadragesyle, 
 
 ibid. 
 his vision of the martyrs, Denys, Rusticus, 
 
 and Eleutherius, 108 
 made ruler of the signiory of Austracy, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 — rebels against his father, ibid. 
 
 «. begins his reign over the whole monarchy of 
 
 France, 1 1 3 
 -- the Gascoynes rebel against him, ibid. - 
 -- translates the b(- dies of St. Denys, Rusticus, 
 
 and Eleutherius, ibid. 
 
 — divorced from his first wife Gertrude, 114 
 •. marries Ranetrude, and has a son named 
 
 Sigeb^rt, ibid. 
 
 Dagobert I. ruled by Amulpfa, and Pepyn matter of 
 
 the palace, ibid. 
 — — — shews favour to St Denys, ibid. 
 
 robs the church of St Hilary in Foytien^ 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his vices, ibid. 115 
 
 — — — ^ the lordship and country of Tholouse fall to 
 him by the death of Heybart, 1 15 
 
 ■ reduces the Aselavons or Sclavons, ibid. 
 
 dedicates the monastery of St Deny«, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 makes his testament, 116 
 
 dies, and is buried at St Den3rs, ibid. 
 
 vision of a hermit concerning hit soul, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 duration of his reign, 137 
 
 Dagobert II. son of Childebert, begins his reign over 
 France, 1 30 
 ■ ■ under the rule of Plectrude the wife of Pe- 
 pyn, ibid. 
 
 his death, 1 3 1 
 
 duration of his reign, 1 37 
 
 Dalemere, sir Piers, addresses K. Edw. III. as speaker 
 of the house of commons, on the abuses of 
 his government, 486 
 
 thrown into prison, 487 
 
 Damas taken from the Turks, 325 
 won by St Lewis, 333 
 
 Damianus, Dimianus, or Dumianus assists in con- 
 verting the Britons to Christianity, 38 
 Damman, Oliver, 644, 651 
 impeached of treason and executed, 673 
 
 verses on his birth, 674, 675 
 
 Damyens, lohn, 517 
 
 Dandell, sir Hugh, received in favour by K. Edw. 
 
 II. 426 
 Daneg^t introduced, 204 
 — — levied by Hardyknute, 222 
 
 remitted by K. Edw. Confessor, 224 
 
 again remitted by K. Hen. I. 260 
 
 Danes, the tokens preceding their invasion, 146 
 
 their first arrival, ibid. 
 
 their second invasion, 147 
 
 join in confederacy with the West Britons, 
 
 148 
 
 make incursions into Lindesey and Kent, 
 
 156 
 
 land in Norfolk and Suffolk, 162 
 
 ■ their progress in Northumberland, ibid. 
 
 gain great advantages of K. Etheldredui, 
 
 165 
 
 land again in England, 169 
 
 in North Wales, ibid. 
 
 continue their incursions, 174, 176, 202, 203, 
 
 205, 206 
 — — of Northumberland send for Anlaff or Aulafie, 
 190 
 
 disturb Edred, 191 
 
 slain throughout England by Egelredus or 
 
 Etbelred, 204 
 
 their pride and abusion, 205 
 
 7 Danes, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 i!)an«, w ""Normanys" invade the lands of -Gharjes 
 
 the Bald, 158,160, 112, 179, 180 
 Dannoy, Philip and Waller, executed at Pontoyse, 
 
 416 
 Dariyell, allerwards named Chilperibii, made K. of 
 
 France, 131 
 Danyell, one, impeached of treasoH and exeeutedy 
 
 673 
 Danyefl, sir Gogselyne, 4-23, 426 
 Bareye, lord, his refbellion t. K. Hen. VIII. TOO- 
 Darell. sir William, 538 
 Darwent, battle upon the river of, -65 
 David, brother of Lewelyn, has the lordship -©f 
 Frodesham, 386 
 
 - ' . . excites a war between his brother and K. Ed- 
 
 ward, 387 
 . adjudged^ to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, 
 
 389 '-''^^ 
 ©avid I. K. of^Scotts renews his incursions, 265 
 
 his homage to K. Stephen, 396 
 
 David II. K. of Scotts, v. Brutie i 
 
 Davids St. the archbishepricik of Gloucester in the 
 
 Bfitish'times removed to, 39 
 >- hishops at, without the pall, ibid. 
 
 the bishops of Wales saci?ed of the bishops of 
 
 Menenia or St. Davids, ibid. 
 Davius made K. of Britain, 26 
 
 ■« said by one writer to be tlte same person 
 
 with KimeKchus, ibid. 
 ;Savy, Tohn, 640 
 Dawbeney, William, 685 
 Day, George, restored to the %idhoprick of Chichester, 
 
 712 
 Dedacus K. of Britain, 30 
 Dee, Rize ap, executed, 576 
 Degovarie, captain, execution of, 710 
 Delacress abbey built by Ranulph earl of Chester, 
 
 325 
 Delarch, laeques, 641 
 Delongevyle, Arthur, 616 
 
 Dene, the lord -of, controversy concerning, as a pri- 
 soner, 329 . ' 
 Deneball, Mens, comes to England, 708 
 
 •-' received at Hampton Court, ibid. 
 
 Denham, sir Arnold de, quells the disturbances at 
 
 Arras, 501 
 Denys, St. the occasion of finding his -body with 
 
 those of Rusticus and Heuiierius, 107 
 • ■■ - the bodies translated by Dagobert, 113, 114 
 
 a fair gi'anled to the house «f, IIS 
 
 ■■ miraculous dedication of the monastery of, 
 
 ibid. 
 - ■ - the monastery of, in part raised by ClodoTeus 
 
 to relieve the necessities of the people, 122 
 
 Clodoveus's visitto the shrine of, 123 
 
 — — the church of endowed by Rob. K. of France, 
 
 213 
 the great crucifix at, demanded by Philip de 
 
 Valois, 496 
 j=— — the town of, taken by a knight of Orleans, 
 
 i508 
 
 Denys, St. retaken by the Eflglisl^ ibid, 
 Derby taken from the Danes by Elfleda, 177 
 Derby, Henry earl of, created Duke of 11,ancaster„ 
 
 463 
 wages battle in the French King's Court with 
 
 the Duke of Bryswyke, ibid. 
 
 goes to Avynyon, ibid. 
 
 ■ his death, 474 
 
 Desmonde, the Earl of submits to K.' Hen. VIII. 
 
 705 
 Desquyer, Philip, 651 
 Dessesyfce, Sir Guy, 526 
 Desyderiusi King of the Longobardys, robs the-Cfaurdt 
 
 of some of its possessions, 141 
 '■ — is defeated by Charles K. of France, 
 
 142 
 
 his Kingdom given to Charles, by the 
 
 pope, ibid. 
 
 Devonshire, insurrections in, 710, 714 » 
 
 Devonshire, Edward Earl of, committed to the Tower, 
 
 714 
 Devonshire, Thomas Earl of, taken at Towton field, 
 
 639 
 
 beheaded at York, ibid. 
 
 Devorwhire, Sir William ofj arrested for treason, 687 
 
 Devyl* 01iver> 644 
 
 Deynys, Robert, fined for marrying an Orphan with^ 
 
 out licence, 666 
 Deyntie, Agnes, 665 
 Deyra, origin of the Kingdom of, 82 
 
 its boundaries, 83 
 
 Dieppe besieged by the Lord Talbot, 615 
 
 Diggs, Leonard, in rebellion with Sir Thomas Wyat, 
 
 713 
 
 — condemned, 714 
 
 Diocletian and Maximian rule the Empire of Rome, 
 
 43 
 
 begins his Empire alone, 45 
 
 Diuotus, or Dionotus, Duke of Cornwall, 51 
 Dodenham, Sir Arnold, taken prisoner, 477 
 Domesday, a register of Records belonging to the 
 
 City of' London so called, 293 • 
 Domesday Survey, formation of the, 246 
 Domynyk, phisician to Elizabeth queen of K. Edw. 
 
 IV. 656 
 Dorchester made a Bishops See by Berinus, 80 - - 
 Kyngylsus K. of the W. Saxons christ- 
 ened there, 116 
 
 \ the See of removed to Lincoln, 117, 245 
 
 Dorciat, Sir Foukes, 520 
 
 Dorset, Edmund Earl of, created Marquis of Dorset, 
 
 617 
 Dorset, Thomas Marquis of, his escape, 670 
 Dorset, Thomas Marquis of, sent into Spain, 696 
 Doubliet, Colinet, 501 
 Dover, K. Edw. the Confessors displeasure with the 
 
 men of, 226 
 
 spoiled by the French^ 395 
 
 Dowglas, Sir James, defeats K. Edw. IL 427 
 Downe lohn, duel of, with lohn Uptonj 601 
 Doyacon, lohn, 651 
 
 Doyacraj 
 
I N D 1 X. 
 
 Doyacon bereft of his ears and banishedj 675 
 
 Dress, laws concerning, 445 
 
 Drilawe burnt t. K. Hen. VIII. 106 
 
 Droynon, Thomas, 616 
 
 " Drynke-hayll," 61 
 
 Dudistone burnt t. K. Hen VIII. 706 
 
 Dudley, Sir Ambrose, 712 
 
 Dudley, Sip Andrew, gains a naval victory over the 
 Scots, 709 
 -• attainted of Treason, 712 
 
 Dudley, Gilforde, atlainted of treason, ibid, 
 
 Dudley, Henry, attainted of treason, ibid. 
 
 Dudley, Lord Robert, condemned, ibid. 
 
 Duket, Laurence, hanged within the Church of St, 
 Mary Bow, 389 
 
 Dunbar, victory of the English at, 398 
 
 Dunbartas bishop of Winchester dies, 169 
 
 Dundebarre burnt, 706 
 
 Dunkirk burHt by the French, 7 1 9 
 
 Dunstable, a crucifix seen in.the air at, 280" 
 
 Justs and Tournaments held at, 454 
 
 Dunstanj St. bom at Glastonbury, 181 
 
 — — — exiled by Edredus or Edwyn, 195 
 
 ' revelation to him concerning the soul of Ed- 
 wyn, ibid. 
 
 ■ recalled from exile l^ K. Edg^r, 1 96 
 
 made bishop of Worcester, ibid. 
 
 • made archbishop of Canterbury, 198- 
 
 . • his character,, ibid. 
 
 . '- inflicts penance on K. Edgar, ibid. 199' 
 
 ' escapes unhurt from the council at Win- 
 chester, 201 
 
 ■■ his prophecy to Egelredus or Etheldred, 
 
 202 
 
 — reproves Egelredus at Rochester, 203 
 his death,, ibid. 
 
 Dunwalde made K. of Scotland, 250 
 
 — — — — - deposed,- but restored again on the death of 
 
 Edgar, ibid. 
 Dunwallo V. Moliuncius. 
 DunwolRis made bishop of Winchester, 169 
 Durham, the bishop of, suffragan to the Primate of 
 
 York, 39 
 Durwarde, William, made Speaker of the House of 
 
 Commons, 565 
 Dygon, a great gun so named, 6 1 1 
 Dykysmew, battle of,, in Flanders-, 683 
 Dylet, Peter, 5^4 
 Dymmok, Sir Thomas, champion at K. Hen. IV.^s 
 
 coronation, 565 
 Dymmok, Sir Thomas, executed,. 653 
 Dynham, lohn, afterwards Lord Dynham, assists the 
 Earls of Salisbury, March, and Warwick, 
 in their escape to Guernsey, 635 
 _i sent to Sandwich against the King's navy by 
 
 the Yorkists at Calais, ibid. 
 . — takes the earl Rivers and lord Scales, 
 
 ibid. 
 , wounded, 636 
 
 E 
 
 Earthquakes, 5SI, 714 
 
 one felt at Shrewsbury, 256- 
 
 at Huntington, 329 
 
 • at Naples, 632 
 
 East Angles, Kingdom of, founded by Uffa, 70 
 Easter, the keeping of recommended by St. AugosC' 
 
 ine, 96 
 East Saxon Kingdom begins, 95, 97 
 
 its boundaries and duration, ibidl 
 
 the Kings of the, named Under-Kings> 
 
 98 
 Eaufricus, son of Ethelfryd, becomes King of Ber-- 
 
 nicia, 112 
 
 — slain by Cadwan, 113 
 
 Eba, Ebbe, or Obbo, abp. of Senons or Sens, de«- 
 
 feats the " Wandalis,"^ 134 
 Eboryn made master of the palace to Clotliarius, IZS- 
 
 continued in his office by Theodorich, ibid!.^ 
 
 imprisons Leodegayr, ibid. 
 
 brings Theodorich into disgrace, ibid. 
 
 exiled to Luxon, 124 
 
 restored by Theodorich, ibid. 
 
 slays Lyndesile master of the palace, ibid. 
 
 his tyranny again- withstood by the noUes of 
 
 Theedorich's court, ibid. 
 
 is slain by Harmefreditus, 125- 
 
 Ebrank made ruler of Britain, 1 3 
 
 has xxi. wives, xx. sons, and xxx. daughteF9>. 
 
 ibid. 
 — — — invades Germania, ibid. 
 — — — builds the Castle of Maydens, ibid^ 
 — subdues the Gauls, ibid. 
 
 — buried at York, ibid. 
 
 Eclipse of the Sun, 289 
 
 Edburga daughter of K. Edw. the Elder, shrined at 
 
 Winchester, l7l5 
 Edfrydus, or Egfridus, succeeds to the Kingdom of 
 
 Noithumberland, 120 
 — — — — marries -Ethelfryd, ibid, 
 •— — — claims the land of Etheldred K. of Mercia^ 
 
 121 
 - gains a victory over him, ibid. 
 
 makes war upon the Picts and Scots,, 122-' 
 
 — slain, ibid. 
 
 Edgar begins his reign in England, 1S5> 
 
 crowned at Bath, ibid. 
 
 ■ his reformation in matters of religion, 196' 
 
 demands an annual tribute of ccc. wolves fromi 
 
 the Welsh, ibid. 
 
 rebukes Kynadus the Scottish King, ibid.- 
 
 has a regular navy, ibid. 
 
 enacts a law against excessive drinking, 196 
 
 rowed upon the river Dee by eight Kings, 197 
 
 deceived by Ethelwolde, 197 
 
 - the reason why he was not crowned till be hadi 
 
 reigned xii. years,. 198 
 —- his lioentioiisness, ibid. 
 
 ► buried, at Glastonbury, Id^ 
 
 Edgarj, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Edgar, verse* ooncerning him, made by Henry the 
 Historiographer, ibid. 
 
 his body found whole A. D. 1052, ibid. 
 
 his victory over Alphanius K. of Scots, 395 
 
 Edgar Adelynge, son of Edward the Outlaw, 233 
 
 his cause adopted by the Londoners after the 
 
 battle of Hastings, 236 
 - goes with the Conqueror to Normandy, 240 
 
 - flies to Scotland, ibid. 
 
 sails into Apulia, 246 
 
 Edgar, eldest son of Malcolyne, made King of Scot- 
 land, 250 
 ■- slain, ibid, 
 
 Edgina, or Edwyna, wife of Edward the Elder, 176 
 
 Edgina, daughter of Edward the Elder, 176 
 
 Edill or Ella, K. of the South Saxons, 82 
 
 V. Ella. 
 
 Edinburgh, taken from the Scots, 398 
 
 destroyed t. K. Hen. VHI. 706 
 
 Editha, or Edyth, St. daughter of Edgar, 197 
 
 Editha, or Goditha, daughter of Earl Goodwin, mar- 
 ried to K. Edw. Conf. 223, 224 
 
 Edmondsbury, parliament at /. K. Hen. VI. 6 1 8 
 
 Edmund, St. and King, reigns over the East Angles, 
 161 
 ■' - defeated by the Danes, 163 
 
 his martyrdom, 70, 163 
 
 buried at Eglisdon, now St. Edmondsbury, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 — — — the Monastery and Shrine of reverenced by 
 K. Canute, 207 
 
 Edmund I.-begins his reign over England, 1 90 
 
 — — — defeats the Danes, ibid, 
 
 gives Cumberland to Malcolyne K. of Scot- 
 land, ibid. 
 
 — — — — different accounts of his death, 191 
 
 Edmund, son of Edward the Elder, 176 
 
 Edmund II. eurname'd Ironside, bom, 203 
 
 — — — begins his reign- in England, 214 
 
 crowned at London, ibid. 
 
 overcomes Canute, near Gyllyngham, ibid. 
 
 " encounters the Danes at Brentford, ibid. 
 
 . fights in single combat with Canute, 215 
 
 — — — slain by the son of Edricus, ibid. 
 
 . descent of the children of, 216 
 
 Edmund, St. made bishop of Lyndesser, or Durham, 
 217 
 
 Edmund, sumamed Crowch-back, spoken of as the 
 eldest son of Henry III. 330 
 
 — — — marries the daughter of the Earl of Au- 
 merle, 366 
 
 dies at Bayon (Baieux?) 399 
 
 Edmund, son of K. Edw. III. created Earl of Cam- 
 bridge, 475 
 
 marries Isabel daughter of Peter K. of Cas- 
 tile. 483 
 
 Edolf, Earl of Caerlegion, escapes from the treachery 
 of Hengist, 66 
 
 Edred> or Edredus, son of Edward the Elder, 176 
 
 begins his reign in England, 191 
 
 Edred anointed by Oddo archbishop of Canterbury, 
 
 ibid. 
 ■ — ■■ — .- reduces the Danes and Scotts to obedience, 
 
 ibid. 396 
 buried at Winchester, 192 
 
 Edredus, or Edwyn, son of Edmund, begins his reign 
 in England, 194 
 
 crowned at Kingston, ibid. 
 
 irregularity of his life, 195 
 
 ■ his deposition and death,, ibid. 
 
 Edricus, or Edric, favours the Danes, 205, 206, 
 
 208 
 
 created Duke of Mercia, 206 
 
 — joins Edmund Ironside against Canute, 214 
 
 — — — again returns to the Danes, ibid. 
 
 his son slays Edmund Ironside, 215 
 
 punished for his treachery, according to some 
 
 writers, by Canute, 216, 217 
 ' according to other writers still retained ia 
 
 favour, 2 1 6 
 Edward the Elder begins his reign in England, 175 
 
 his numerous family, ibid. 
 
 — — — makes vii. bishops in England, ibid. 
 causes his father's body to be removed to the 
 
 new Abbey at Winchester, ibid. 
 ' gives a great defeat to the Danes, 17.7 
 
 builds several Castles, 177 
 
 ^— — receives the submission of the Kings of Scotts 
 
 and Wales, 178, 396 
 
 ■ dies at Faringdon, 178 
 
 Edward the Martyr begins his reign in England, 200 
 
 opposed in his accession to the throne by El- 
 
 frida, ibid. 
 
 crowned by Dunstan at Kingston, ibid. 
 
 ' slain by the treachery of Elfrida, 201 
 ' ■ buried, first at Wareham, afterwards at Shafts- 
 bury, 202 
 Edward the Confessor, Bryghtwold's vision relating ta 
 him, 218 
 
 visits England with his brother Alfred, 223 
 
 sent for from Normandy after the death of 
 
 Hardykynytus, 224 
 
 ■ crowned at Westminster, ibid. 
 his chastity, ibid. 
 
 ^^— — relieves the English from the payment of 
 Danegelt, ibid. 
 
 ' his vision concernitig the Danes, 225 
 
 ' gathers a navy to withstand them, ibid. 
 
 — — his speech to Earl Goodwin concerning his 
 brother Alfred, 228 
 
 sends for Edward the son of Edmund Iron- 
 side, ibid. 
 
 — his vision of the Sleepers, 231 
 
 liis warning vision of the future state of En- 
 gland, ibid. 
 
 his death, and burial at Westminster, 232 : 
 
 translation of his body, ibid. 366 
 
 said by Marianus Scotus to have ordained 
 
 Harold his successor, 233 
 
 Edward 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Edward Conf. hia relationship to K. William the Con- 
 queror, 237 
 
 Edward, son of Edmund Ironside, sent for by K. Ed' 
 ward ihe Confessor, 228 
 ■ — dies at London, ibid. 
 
 Edward I. surnamed Longsbanks, bom at Westmin- 
 ster, 330 
 " marries Eleanor of Castile, 338 
 
 " goes against the Welsh, 339 
 
 -■ " his variance with Richard Earl of Gloucester, 
 346 
 
 taken prisoner by the Barons, 355 
 
 leaves the court, and goes to Chester, 356 
 
 gains the battle of Evesham, 357 
 
 goes to the Holy Land, 367 
 
 arrived at Acris, or Aeon, ibid. 
 
 returns from the Holy Land on his father's 
 
 death, 384 
 
 crowned at Westminster, ibid. 385 
 
 wars upon Lewelyn Prince of Wales, ibid. 
 
 387 
 
 pursues David the brother of Lewelyn, 389 
 
 divides Wales into shires, ibid. 
 
 goes to France, 391 
 
 makes his homage for Guyan, ibid. 
 
 returns to England, 392 
 
 ■ — subdues the rebellion of the Welsh, 395 
 
 asks a subsidy for the war in France, ibid. 
 
 • claims the supremacy over Scotland, 396 
 
 — — — wins Berwick, &c. 398 
 
 sails to Flanders, 399 
 
 — — — renews the war in Scotland, 400 
 
 marries Margaret sister of the K. of France, 
 
 401 
 
 makes his third voyage into Scotland, ibid. 
 
 takes the Castle of Sterling, ibid. 
 
 defeats the Scots under Robert Bruce, 404 
 
 swears his lords to fidelity, 405 
 
 forbids the return of Piers Gaveston, ibid, 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 verses concerning him, ibid. 406 
 
 ^ his policy in saving Flanders from Philip IV. 
 
 412 
 
 Edward II. born at Carnarvon, 389, 416 
 
 . imprisoned for his conduct with Piers Gaves- 
 ton, 402 
 
 made Prince of Wales and Earl of Cornwall, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 , crowned at Westminster, 416 
 
 his character, ibid. 
 
 sends for Piers Gaveston, ibid. 
 
 — — — marries Isabel daughter of Philip le Beawe, 
 417 
 
 , the Lords in Council remonstrate with him, 
 
 418 
 
 . defeated at Bannockbum, 420 
 
 _ continues his vicious courses, 422 
 
 . the Barons revolt against him, 423, 425 
 
 . purchases a curse of pope lohn xxii. against 
 
 Robert Bruce, 423 
 
 — near being taken prisoner by the Scots, 427 
 
 Edward IL seizes the lands belonging to his queen, 42» 
 
 — ■ taken prisoner in Wales, 430 
 
 conveyed to Kendworth, ibid* 
 
 deposed, ibid. 
 
 his " Complaynt" made in time of hisimpri« 
 
 sonment, 151, 431 
 
 conveyed to Berkeley Castle, 438 
 
 put to death by means of sir Roger Mortymer, 
 
 ibid. 441 
 Edward IIL born at Windsor, 419 
 sent by his father to do homage in France, 
 
 428 
 his stay in France displeasmg to his father, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ conclusion of a marriage for him, ibid. 
 
 succeeds to the crown of England, 438 
 
 — unsuccessful in bis first march against the 
 
 Scots, 439 
 marries Philippa daughter of the earl of Hain- 
 
 ault, 439 
 
 his dishonourable peace with the Scots, ibid. 
 
 does homage for Guyan, 440, 490 
 
 fixes Edward BaUol on the throne of Scot. 
 
 land, 441 
 
 gains the victory of Halydown hill, 442i 
 
 makes alliances in Almayne, 447 
 
 quarters the Arms of France, 449 
 
 goes to Brabant, ibid. 
 
 gains a naval victory at Scluse, 450, 492 
 
 " his letter to the French King, claiming the in- 
 
 heritance of the crown of France, ibid. 
 452 
 
 devises the Order of the Garter, 456 
 
 -^— — sails ag^ain to Scluse, ibid. 
 
 lands at la Hougfue, 457, 492, 493 
 
 — takes Karentene, or Karenton, ibid. 
 
 takes the town of Caen, ibid. 
 
 ■ sets fire to St Clowe, ibid. 
 
 burns Poyzy, ibid. 
 
 ' enters Picardy, ibid. 
 
 gains the battle of Cressy, 458 
 
 goes secretly to Calais to resist the treachery 
 
 of Sir Godfi'ey de Charney, 461, 498 
 —— defeats the Spanish Fleet on the coast of Win- 
 
 chelsea, 462 
 
 subdues the K, of Scots, 465 
 
 — '■ his agreement with the Burgonyons, 469 
 
 cessions made to him in France, 47 1 
 
 renounces his interest in the Crown of France, 
 
 ibid. 
 begins the foundation of St Stephen's Chapel, 
 
 476 
 . displeased with the Clergy for thefr unwilling- . 
 
 ness to aid his wars, 483 
 the ransom demanded by him for the K. of 
 
 France, 518 
 
 dies at his palace of Shene, 4^7 
 
 his epitaph at Westminster, ibid. 488 
 
 the nature of his claim to the Crown of France, 
 
 ibid. 
 Edward the Black Prince, birth of, 440 
 
 5 C Edward 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Edward the Black Prince made Duke of Cornwall, 446 
 
 created Prince of Wales, 455 
 
 enters Gascoyne^ 4^4, 501 
 
 enters the Province of Berry, 465 
 
 gains ihe battle of Poytieris, 456, 501 
 
 — his entry into London, 467 
 
 . wins the hold of Tournellys, 469 
 
 sworn to keep the peace with France, 412, 
 
 473 
 
 weds the Countess of Kent, 474 
 
 — — — receives possjession of Guyan, 475 
 
 takes the part of Peter K. of Castile, 476, 
 
 521 : 
 
 defeats Henry the usurper of the Crown of 
 
 Castik, 477 
 ' ' returns to Bourdeaux, ibid. 
 
 appealed in the French King's Court by the 
 
 Earls of Armenak, of Bret, and of Peri- 
 gort, 478, 479, 521 ^ 
 
 his death, and burial at Canterbury, 486 
 
 Edward, first son of Edward the Black Prince, 486 
 Edward IV. his descent, as Earl of March, 582 
 .■ raises forces to support his father, 627 
 
 gathers his force at Cotswold, 638 
 
 ■ proceeds with the Earl of Warwick to Lon- 
 
 don, 639 
 
 elected King of England, ibid. 
 
 his coronation, 640 
 
 < lands at Calais, 650 
 
 — : begins his reign in England, 652 
 
 J- visits different parts of his realm, ibid. 
 
 has " the sykenesse of pockys," 653 
 
 marries the lady Elizabeth Gray, 654 
 
 ^ escapes to Flanders, 658 
 
 ■ proclaimed an usurper, 660 
 
 lands again at Ravynspore, lijid. 
 
 gains the battle of Barnet, 66 1 
 
 begins the second part of his reign in En- 
 gland, ibid. 
 
 ^ orders Inquisitions to be made concerning the 
 
 rebellion of the Bastard of Fauconbridge, 
 662 
 
 — . asks a Benevolence for his journey into France,* 
 
 664 
 
 his interview with Lewis XI. ibid. 
 
 his return, 665 
 
 borrows money of the Londoners, 667 
 
 ^ — • rides hunting with the citizens in Waltham 
 
 Forest, ibid. 
 
 • his liberality, ibid. 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 Edward, son of Henry VI. birth of, 628 
 
 set apart from the succession to the throne, 
 
 637 
 
 struck by Edw. IV. and slain, 628, 662 
 
 Edward V. born, 659 
 
 begins his reign in England, 667 
 
 in his way to town seized by the Duke of Glou- 
 cester, 668 
 committed to the Tower, 669 
 
 Edward VL birth of, 700 
 
 begins his reign in England, 709 
 
 — his precision to Westminster, ibid. 
 
 his death, 712 
 
 Edwarde and Cristofer, two ships of K. Edw. III., 
 
 taken by the French, 447 
 Edwoldus, brother of St. Edmund, becomes a monk 
 
 at Cerne, 163 
 Edwy, or Edwyn, v. Edredus. 
 Edwyn, the first christian prince of Northumberland, 
 
 83 
 
 represepted as the son of Ethelfride, 110 
 
 — — — more properly the son of EUe or Ella K. of 
 Deyra, ibid. 
 
 persecuted by Ethelfride, ibid. 
 
 flies to Redwald K. of the East Angles, ibid. 
 
 « token given to him in a vision, ibid- 
 
 slays Etbglfride in battle, ibid. 
 
 becomes K. of Northumberland, ibid. 
 
 his life attempted by Order of Quichellinus, 
 
 111 
 overcomes the West Saicons, ibid. 
 
 exhorted by pope Boniface V. to receive 
 
 Christianity, 112 
 — Paulinus repeats the token, ibid. 
 
 his good administration of Justice, 112 
 
 wins Eubonia, now the Isle of Man, ibid. 
 
 . ■ Penda and Cadwan unite against him, ibid. 
 
 slain at Hatfeld, ibid. 
 
 Edwyn, son of Edward the Elder, 176 
 
 Edwyn and Malcharus, or Morcar, defeat Tosti, 234 
 
 they submit to William the Conqueror, 236 
 
 the Conqueror takes them with him to Nor- 
 
 mandy, 240 
 : — Moreharus sails into Scotland, 240 
 
 they rebel against the Conqueror, 242 
 
 ■ — Edwin is slain, ibid. 
 
 — — Moreharus, with the Bishop of Durham, • 
 takes possession of the Isle of Ely, ibid. 
 
 he is kept in prison till the Conqueror^s death, 
 
 ^ 247 
 Egbert, King of Kent, begins his reign, 119 
 
 made prisoner by Offa, 138 
 
 Egbert, King of Northumberland, 132, 135 
 ■ becomes a monk, 139 
 
 Egbert, King of the West Saxons, put out of his 
 kingdom by Brigthricus, 146 
 
 retires to the Court of Charlemagne, ibid. 
 
 returns to his Kingdom on the death of 
 
 Brigthricus, 147 
 
 defeats fiernulph K. of Mercia, ibid. 
 
 makes war upon the Kentish Saxons and 
 
 Northumbers, ibid. 
 ■ wins Chester from the Welsh, ibid. 
 
 crowned chief Lord of England, ibid. 
 
 defeated by the Danes at Carrum, 1 48 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 — murdered,, with hi3,bi;other, 670 
 
 Egbertus made Archbishop of York, 137 
 
 ■ brings the pall which had been foregone 
 
 since the time of Paulinus, 138 
 ■ ' ■ collects a library at York, ibid. 
 
 Egelfleda,. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Egelfleda, the first wife of Edgar, 191 
 
 Egelredus, Etheldredus, or Eldied, (Etheldred II.) 
 
 the son of Edgar, begins his reign in 
 
 England, 202 
 ' ' crowned at Kingston, ibid. 
 
 marries Etlielgina, or Elgina, 203 
 
 ~ besieges Rochester, ibid. 
 
 his hcentiousness and vices, 204 
 
 marries Emma daughter of Richard duke 
 
 of Normandy, 204 
 
 orders the Danes to be slain throughout 
 
 his territories, ibid. 
 
 sends his wife and sons to Normandy, 207 
 
 flies to Normandy himself, ibid. 
 
 returns on the death of Swanus, ibid. 
 
 ' ——'dies at London, 208 
 
 Egfertus succeeds OfFa in the Kingdom of Mercia, 
 
 Eglidon, or Eglisdon, now callea St. Edmondsbury, 
 
 163 
 Egremont, Thomas Lord, quarrel of with the sons of 
 
 the E. of Salisbury, 632 
 
 — — slain at Towton, 639 
 
 Egp'itus receives the Kingdom of • East Anglia from 
 
 Sigebert, in 
 Elanius, or Davius, made K. of Britain, 26 
 Eldad K. of Britain, 30 
 Eldegarde wife of Charlemagne, 145 
 Eldon or Eldoll K. of Britain, 30 
 Eleanor queen of Henry II. liberated from prison by 
 
 her son Richard, 299 
 
 homage of, for the Country of Poytiers, 310 
 
 Eleanor of Provence, married to K. Henry III. 329 
 — — — — crowned queen at Westminster,^ ibid. 
 
 her death, 393 
 
 Eleanor of Castile, married to K. Edw. I. 338 
 
 received by the citizens of London, ibid. 
 
 her death, 393 
 
 Elfleda, or Enfleda, daughter of -Oswy, becomes ab- 
 bess of Streamshalte in the Vale of Whitby, 
 • 119 
 Elfleda, daughter of K. Alfred, receives the rule of 
 
 Mercia from her husband, 166, 177 
 . builds numerous towns and castles, Vll 
 
 defeats the Welsh, ibid. 
 
 takes Derby from the Danes, ibid. 
 
 her death, ibid . 
 
 Elfricus, admiral of Etheldred's navy, joins the Danes, 
 
 203 
 Elfrida daughter of K. Alfred, 166 
 Elfrida, Alfrida, Alfritha, or Estrylde, married to a 
 
 knight of Edgar's Court named Ethel- 
 
 wolde, 197 
 
 afterwards becomes the wife of Edgar, 198 
 
 • builds a house of nuns at Warwell, ibid. 201 
 
 — opposes Edward the Martyr's accession to the 
 
 Throne, 200 
 
 her repentance after Edward the Martyr's 
 
 murder, 201 
 ■ founds the Monastery of Ambrysbury, 202 
 Elidurus a Hetioderus 
 
 Elidurus K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Eliud or Eldred K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Elizabeth daughter of the K. of Hungary, her fame, 
 
 327 
 Elizabeth queen of Edw. IV. v. Gray.- 
 Elizabeth of York, daughter of K. Edw. IV. after- 
 wards queen of Hen. VIL birth of, 6SS 
 
 crowned at Westminster, 683 
 
 her death, 688 
 
 Elizabeth, queen of England, born, 699 
 
 ■ committed by her sister Mary to the Tower, 
 
 714 
 
 begins her reign, 719 
 
 her prayer ou leavmg the Tower, ibid. 
 
 procession to Westminster, ibid. 720 
 
 her coronation, 722 
 
 Ella arrives in Britain, 69 
 
 — ~ founds the Kingdom of the South Saxons, ibid. 
 
 — ~ reigns in Deyra, 83 
 
 — ~ chosen K. of the Northumbers, 162 
 
 Elman, or Thetford, the principal town of the East 
 
 Angles, 70 
 Elmynbrydge, Sir William, 423 
 
 '■ beheaded, 426 
 
 Elphegus V. Alphegus. 
 
 Elphleda v. Elfleda. 
 
 Elswyna holds the lordship of Mercia, 173 
 
 Elsynge or Elfynge, married to Brennius, 20 
 
 taken prisoner by the K. of. Denmark, 21 
 
 Eltham, lohn of, made Duke of Cornwall, 440 
 
 his death, 445 
 
 Eltutus, the bell of St, seized by K. Edgar, 199 
 Ely, the Isle of, seized by Morcharus and the Bishop 
 
 of Durham, 242 
 — - taken by the adherents of the Barons, 361, 362, 
 
 365 
 Ely, the bishoprick of, ordained by K. Henry I. 
 
 256 
 Ely Palace v. London. 
 — - lohn of Gaunt dies there, 544 
 — - the Duke of Holande lodged there, 581 
 Emanuel, Emperor of Constantinople, deceives the 
 
 Crusaders, 270 
 Emerian, or Eminicianus, K. of Britain, 29, 30 
 Emma, mother of K. Edward the Confessor, 237 
 
 her penance, 224, 225 
 
 benefactions of, to St. Swithin's Monastery at 
 
 Winchester, ibid. 
 
 . her death, 227 
 
 Empson and Dudley beheaded, 695 
 Enderlaugh burnt /. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Eneas exiled from Troy, 8 
 ■ ■ lands in Italy, ibid. 
 Enfleda, daughter of Edwyn K. of Northumberland, 
 
 christened by Paulinus, 1 1 1 
 — ^ becomes abbess of Streanshall in the vale of 
 
 Whitby, 112 
 English, the, mixed with other nations, 127 
 
 many put to death at Paris, 515 
 
 Enguerram, the favourite of Philip IV. 414, 41 G 
 
 called to account, 432' 
 
 5 C 2 Enguerram, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Enguerram, death of, 4S3 
 
 Enguerram Lord of Coney, cruelty of, and penance, 
 
 375 
 Eoppa V. Coppa. 
 
 Epifoorde, or Agliflfhorp, battle at, 65 
 Epidemye rages in France, 558 
 
 — in England, 612 
 
 Eraclius v. Heracliua. 
 
 Ercombertus reigns in Kent, 117 / 
 
 revives Christianity, ibid. 
 
 marries Se8.burga daughter of Anna, 
 
 ibid, 
 
 deat^of, 119 
 
 Erkenwald, bishop of London, founds the Monasteries 
 
 of Chertsey and Berking, 121 
 Eraienilda daughter of Wolpherus, ibid. 
 Ermjmgstrete Way described, 22 
 Erpyngham, Sir Thomas, 549 
 Eryth, fishes taken at, 631 
 
 Esodir the name of Heliodorus in the English Chroni- 
 cle, 27 
 Essars, Pepyn de, 516 
 Essayer, or Sayer, Peter, 561 
 Essex, rebellion of the Commons of, t. K. Hen. YL 
 
 C23 
 Esterlings ally themselves with K. Edw. IIL 460 
 Esterlings, Merchairi:s, fined, 657 
 — — — affray upon them by the Commons of the 
 
 City. 684 
 Istfelde, Sir William, 613 
 Esthandune, Castle of, besieged, 492 
 Estryvelyn, the Castle of, besieged by K. Edw. I. 
 
 401 
 Ethelardus or Etheldredus begins his reign over the 
 West Saxons, 132 
 
 ■ bis death, ibid. 
 
 Ethelbalde, or Ethelwalde, reigns in Northumberland, 
 
 132 
 Ethelbert, the first Christian King of Kent, 67 
 
 -^ edifies the Monastery of St. Peter and St. 
 
 Paul at Canterbury, ibid. 95 
 
 ~ founds the Archbishop's See at Canterbury, 
 
 67 
 
 gives battle to Ceawlmus, 84 
 
 — — ^~ enlarges his dominions, 95 
 
 ————— receives St. Augustine and his company, 
 
 ibid. 
 - remains of his Palace, ibid. n. 
 
 . his conversion, ibid. 
 
 — — -- gives St. Augustine a residence at Canter- 
 bury, ibid. 
 
 begins the foundation of St. Paul's, 97 
 
 founds the Church of St. Andrew at Ro- 
 chester, ibid. 
 — — — excites a dweller of London to build the 
 Church of St. Peter Westminster, ibid. 
 ■ slain in fight with Ethelfryde K. of North- 
 umberland, ibid. 
 Elhelbertus, son of Adeulphus or Ethelwolphus, be- 
 gins his reign over the West Saxons, 
 162 
 
 Ethelbertus, defeats the Danes, ibid. 
 
 — buried at Sherborne, ibid. 
 
 Ethelburga, wife of Edwyn, goes into a Monastery 
 
 in France, 112, 117 
 Ethelburga, wife of lue, perswades her husband to 
 resign his crown, 129, 130 
 
 . becomes abbess of Berking, 130 
 
 Ethelburga, queen of Brigthricus, poisons her hus- 
 band, 146 
 
 flies to France, ibid. 
 
 • the choice offered her by Charlemagne, 
 
 ibid. 
 Etheldreda v. Ethelfiyd^ 
 Etheldredus made K. of Mercia, 121 
 
 has three holy daughters and a son, ibid, 
 
 . defeated by Egfiyd K. of Northumber- 
 land, ibid. 
 
 becomes a monk at Bardney, 128 
 
 his dSth, 132 
 
 Etheldredus, or Etheldred L begins his reign over the 
 
 greater part of England, 162 
 ————— wars with the Danes, ibid. 
 — — — — lays siege to Nottingham, 165 
 
 defeated by the Danes near Basingstoke, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 .- founds the College of Canons at Exeter, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 buried at Winbourne, or Wobume, ibid. 
 
 Etheldredus IL v. Egelredus. 
 
 Etheldredus, Duke of Mercia, builds a> Monastery at 
 
 Gloucester, 177 
 Etheleswyda wife of Edward the Elder, 176 
 Ethelfridus, or Elfryde, rules the North Saxons, 94 
 
 slays the monks of Bangor, ibid. 
 
 fights with the Britons at Chester, 97, 
 
 109 
 -' wrongly stated to have been slain by Cad- 
 wan, ibid. 
 
 puts fi-om him his wife, ibid. 
 
 slain in battle by Edwin, 110 
 
 Ethelfryd, or Etheldreda, becomes a nun at Colud, 
 120 J 
 
 afterwards abbess of Ely, ibid. 
 
 ■ her death, 121 
 
 Ethelgina, or Elgina, the wife of Egelredus or Ethel- 
 dred, 203 
 Ethelgota, daughter of K. Alfred, becomes a nun, 166 
 Ethelstan, son of Edward the Elder, 176 
 
 '— begins his reign over England, 181 
 — — — on the death of Sythrycus seizes Northum- 
 berland, 182 
 — — — — reduces Constantine King of Scots, ibid, 
 
 183, 396 
 — — — receives jewels and relics firom Otlho the 
 Emperor, 182 
 
 crowned at Kingston, ibid. 
 
 . offers his knife at St. lohn of Bevertey, 
 
 183 
 — — — a stone riven by him remaining in the time 
 of K. Edward III. ibid. 
 ■ subdues the North Britons, 183 
 
 Ethelstan, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ethelstan, his vision, 184 
 — — — buried at Malmesbury, 185 
 Ethelwaldus, or Ethelwoldus, son of Ethelwolph, be- 
 gins his reign over the West Saxoas, 161 
 
 ~ ' discordances of writers concerning him, 
 
 ibid. ■ 
 
 Ethel wold, St. builds an abbey at Peterborough, 121 
 
 Ethelwold, or Athelwold, K. of the South Saxons, 
 
 stated by some writers to have been slain 
 
 by Cadwalader, 125 
 
 Ethelwold, Duke of Berkshire, slain by the Danes, 
 
 164 
 Ethelwolphus begins his reign over the West Saxons, 
 154 
 
 takes his son Alurede or Alfred to 
 
 Rome, 155 
 " repairs the Saxon school which was 
 
 founded there by OfTa, ibid. 
 the foundation of tfie University of Ox- 
 ford attributed to him, ibid. 
 
 received in France by Charles the Bald, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 — — returns to England, ibid. 
 
 forces the Danes to take their ships, 
 
 li)6 
 
 dies, and is buried at Winchester, ibid. 
 
 Ethel wyda wife of K. Alfred, 166 
 
 Ethelyngesey, a monastery built there by K. Alfred, 
 
 168 
 Ethereus, bishop of Orleans, 134 
 Ethilwalde, bishop of Winchester, account o^ 203 
 Eubonia, now the Isle of Man, 1 12 
 Eudo begins his reign in France, 175 
 — his death, ibid. 
 Evelinus vrrestles with Hirreglass nephew of Cassibe- 
 
 Isn,' and kills him, 32 
 — — — departs Cassibelan's Court with Androgius, 
 
 ibid. 
 Evesham, battle of, 3 57 
 — — — — riot against the monks of, by the Earl of 
 
 Warwick's servants, 487 
 Eugeberge wife of Lewis V. 189 
 Eugenius IV. elected pope, 607 
 
 his character, ibid. 
 
 ■ — holds a council to agree the realms of En- 
 gland and France, 609 
 
 deposed, 6 12 
 
 Eukengoda, daughter of Ercombertus, 11 7 
 Eustace earl of Boulogne visits Edward the Confessor, 
 
 226 
 Eustace, son of K. Stephen, marries Constance the 
 
 daughter of Lewis VI. 265 
 ^, . ~ makes war upon Henry duke of Normandy, 
 268 
 
 drowned, and buried at Feversham, ibid. 
 
 Eustace, or Estate, abbot of Flay, blesses a well at 
 
 Wye in Kent, 312 
 Ew, Sir Rauf earl of, beheaded, 499 
 Exeter repaired by K. Ethelstan, 183 
 
 . taken by Swanus K. of Denmark, 205 
 
 . . besieged by William the Conqueror, 240 
 
 6 
 
 Exeter rebels against K. Stephen, 264 
 
 Exeter, Henry duke of, suffers the earl of Warwick's 
 
 fleet to escape him, 636 
 ■ found drowned, 66 S 
 
 Exeter, Henry marquis of, beheaded, t. K. Hen. VHI. 
 
 701 
 Exton, sir Piers of, the murderer of Richard IL 
 
 568 
 Eyvyle, sirlohn, 364 
 
 Faganus and Dimianus convert the Britons to Christi- 
 anity, 38 
 Famefaam v. Fernham 
 
 Farrar, Nicholas, bisbop of St Davids, burnt, 717 
 Farthings of silver coined, 887 
 Fauconbridge, William lord, taken prisoner, 621 
 
 ■ created earl of Kent, 652 
 
 Fauconbrydge, rebellion of tlie bastard of, 662 
 
 — — his death, 663 
 
 Feaste, coronation, 586, 587, 599 
 Felix V. made pope, 612 
 
 resigns the papal dignity, 619 
 
 —^ made legate of France, and cardinal of Savoy?, 
 
 620 
 Felowe, lohn, 635 
 Fenbyll, Genyn, 635 • 
 
 Ferdinandus K. of Castile, dies, 379 
 
 disposes of the crown of Castile contrary 
 
 to the covenant of his marriage, ibid. 
 Fereby, sir lohn, executed, 568 
 Fembam Castle taken by Lewis son of the French 
 
 king, 321 
 Ferrers, Rafe, 529 
 Ferrers, Robert, earl of Derby, 353 
 
 fined, 362 
 
 Ferrex and Porrex made governors of Britain, 
 13 
 
 Ferrex reported by some writers to have been 
 
 slain by Porrex, ibid. 
 Feryby, Thomas, 546 
 
 Feversham Abboy founded by K. Stephen, 269 
 Fiker the, destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Fire, Greek, 373 
 First fruits and tenths restored to the crown by queen 
 
 Elizabeth, 722 
 Fisher, lohn, bishop of Rochester, beheaded, 700 
 Fishes taken at Erith, 631 
 Fitz-G'aret, Thomas, executed, 700 
 Fitz-Hugh, lord, raises forces against K. Edw. IV. 
 
 658 
 Fitz-Iohn, sir lohn, 353, 364 
 Fitz- William, Bryan, joins sir Thomas Wyat, 
 
 713 
 Fitz- William, sir William, executed, 426 
 Fitz- William, sir William, disfranchised, 695 
 Fiz, Sir Edmund, beheaded, 654 
 Flamyns, 38 
 
 Flamyns 
 
r N D . E *. 
 
 Flamyna or bishops sabject to the archbishops, 
 
 39 
 .11 Arcbflamyna' and Flaiityns' sees endowed by 
 
 Lucius, 40 
 Flanders, the beginning of the earMom of, 161 
 
 ■ broken iu upon by the sea, 255 / 
 
 ■ intercourse of the merchants of, 368 
 
 - invaded by Robert earl of Artoys, 399 
 
 the war of Philip IV. in, 410 
 
 '- a new rebellion in, 415 
 
 the earldom of, given to the earl of Nevers, 
 
 435 
 the towns of, loose the wool-staples, 464 
 
 Flanders, Arnold or Arnulph, earl of, slays Wilham 
 
 duke of Nonnandy, 187 
 -' refuses obedience to Hugh Capet, 212 
 
 — — — — is reconciled to him, ibid. 
 Flanders, Bawdewyne, or Baldwin, earl of, 161 
 Flanders, Charles earl of, his death, 263 
 Flanders, Guy earl of, after a long resistance drives the 
 
 French from his country, 410, 411 
 Flanders, the earl of, escapes from the treachery of 
 
 Philip de Artyvele, 554 
 — — — ._ defeated by Philip de Artyvele in a pitched 
 
 battle, 555 
 Flaundres, sir Robert de, 489 
 Flemings settle in Wales, 255 ^ 
 defend Cassyle against Philip de Valois, 
 
 ,489 
 I their treaty with the duke of Burgoyne, 
 
 526 
 — robbed by the Kentish men, 658 
 
 Flemynge, sir William, beheaded, 42^ 
 
 Fleurs de Lis, why borne in the arms of France, 
 
 370 
 Fliiit Castle built by K. Edw. L 385 
 Floce, or Floze, Peter, death Of, 437 
 Floquet receives the towns of Normandy for the French 
 
 king, 620, 626 
 Florins first coined by K. Edw. IH. 455 
 Flory, abbey of, 179 
 Fogyers, the taking of the town of, 621 
 Folkmote held at Paul's Cross, 342 
 Foloa3n3fes sends a Roman Legion against the Picts, 
 
 52 
 Forest, statutes of the, confirmed, 356 
 Forest,, friar, execution of, in Smithfield, 701 
 Forest, Peter de la, archbishop of Roan, 502, 504 
 declares to the great council of France the im- 
 prisonment of K. lohn, 501 
 Fosse- Way described, 2 1 
 Fountaynys, sir Reynold de, 514 
 France ». <Jallia 
 
 beginning of the reign of the kings of, 54 
 
 the first arms of, 57 
 
 kings of, for a long time called Criniti, 
 
 ibid. 
 ' .- the monasteries of, preferred in the Saxon 
 
 times, 117 
 table of the kings of, from Meroveus to Hil- 
 
 dericus, 137 
 
 France, table of the kings of, from Pepyii to Lewis 
 
 VL 209,211 
 — i — — the three estates of, hold their council after 
 
 the taking of K. lohn by the English, 
 
 501 
 .- the demands of the three estates to the duke 
 
 of Normandy, 502 
 — — the council dissolved, 503 
 
 ~ reassembly of the estates of, 506 
 
 — j K. Henry V. admitted regent of France, 
 
 584 
 France, the great master of, cOmes to England, 
 
 698 
 Franci, or French, origin of the, 55, 56 
 Franco, or Francio, the reputed son of Hector, 55 
 lands with Turchus in Thrace, ibid. 
 
 removes to Pannoma, or Pannonia, ibid. 
 
 builds Sicambria, ibid. 
 
 his people named Sicambri and Fransci, 
 
 ibid. 
 Franke, value of a, 527 
 Fredegunda the mistress of Chilpericus, 85 
 ■ endeavours to separate Chilperich and 
 
 Audouera, ibid. 
 
 ■ married to Chilperiche, 86 
 
 ' — procures the murder of Sygebertus, 87 
 
 ■- procures the death of Clodoveus,. 90 
 
 revenges the death of her son Theodorus, 
 
 91' 
 ————— her adultery, ibid. 
 •-■ contrives the murder of Chilperiche, 
 
 92 
 ' takes refuge in a monastery at Paris, 
 
 98 
 her death demanded of Gunthranus, 
 
 99 
 
 sent to Neustria or Normandy, ibid. 
 
 • ■ — intends the assassination of Brunechieldis, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 defeats the forces of Childeberl, 102 
 
 falls sick and dies, ibid. 
 
 Frederick IL emperor of Almayne, accursed by 
 
 pope Gregory IX. 326 
 ————— marries Isabel the sister of K. Hen. 
 
 ^111.329 
 
 his death, 335 
 
 ' epitaph for him at Ferenciolaj ibid. 
 
 ' his supposed treachery toward St. Lewis, 
 
 370, 371 
 Frederick III. emperor of Almayne, sends to Lewis 
 
 XI. 650 
 Fredeswyd, St. death of, 135 
 Free Warren granted to the citizens of LoHdon> 
 
 327 
 Fria, one of the Saxon deities, 60 < 
 Friars, Monks, Canons, and Nuns, leave their cloisters, 
 
 701 
 Friars, Grey, come to England, 259 
 
 compelled to take their old habit, 
 
 687 
 Friars- Augustines settle in Wales 
 
 Friars- 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Friars-Minors brought to England, 325 
 
 '■ — first settled at Canterbury, ibid. 
 
 Friday, origin of the name of, 60 
 
 Friquant, sir Friquet de, kept a prisoner by lohn K. 
 
 of France, 501 
 Frosts, great, 573, 608, 105 
 Frountayne, lohn, 610 
 Frystanne, bishop of Winchester, dies, 1 82 
 Fugacius and Dimianus convert the Britons under 
 
 Lucius, 38 ' 
 Fulgen, or Fulgenius K. of Britain, SO" 
 Fulgencius, or Fulgenius slays Severus, 41 
 Fulle, sir Silvester de la, 498 
 Fulthorpe, Robert, 534 
 Furius Camillus made dictator of Rome, 24 
 Furneys Abbey founded by K. Stephen, 269 
 Fynchanster, wonderful well at, 251 
 
 Galerius and Constantius admitted Caesars, 43, 45 
 
 I Galerius made emperor of Illyricum, ibid. 
 Galli, or Gauls, distinctions among the, 22 
 
 overcome the Romans, 24 
 
 tributary to Rome, 55 
 
 ——— covenanted with by Valentinian for tiie reduc- 
 tion of the Aleynys, ibid. 
 ■ driven from Sicambria, ibid. 
 
 defeat the army of Theodosius, 56 
 
 Galli Cenonenses, 22 
 
 Gallia, why so named, 56 
 I' its division, ibid. 
 
 — provinces and lordships of, ibid. 57 
 
 Gambold, captain, slain, 710 
 
 Ganders, the feast of, instituted at Rome, 24 
 
 Gardener, Stephen, bishop of Winchester, imprisoned 
 
 in the Tower, 710 
 — — ^ — deposed, 711 
 releafed by Q. Mary and restored, 
 
 712 
 Garnad (Grenada?) taken by the king of Spain, 
 
 684 
 Garnery and Albone, sent by Brunechielde against 
 Lothaire, 106 
 
 betray Sigebert's army, ibid. 
 
 Garnery is made prefect of the palace by 
 
 Lothaire, 107 
 Gamy, friar, aids the war of Philip IL in Flanders, 
 
 287 
 Garolus, or Gorleis, slain by Uter Pendragon at Tyn- 
 
 taggel, 75 
 Garter, order of the, devised by K. Edw. IIL 456 
 Garton, 532 
 Gascoyne, or Vasconia, 56 
 
 . . — Gascoyne, Guyan, and Poytiers granted 
 
 to the children ofK. Edw. IIL 453 
 
 the Gascoynys war with France, 497 
 
 Gascoyne, Endo or Guydo duke of, rebels against the 
 K. of France, 132 
 7 
 
 Gascoyne, Endo duke of, allies him vnth Abyder&mHs 
 X. of Spain, 133 
 
 - ■ is pardoned and restored to his country of 
 
 Gascoyne, ibid. 
 
 dies, 134 
 
 Gasymerans, rebellion of, in Navarre, 379 
 Gate, sir GeflTrey, taken prisoner at Southampton, 
 658 
 
 liberated, 659 
 
 Gates, sir lohn, attamted of treason, 712 
 Gathem, image of Darnell, burnt, 701 
 Gauelon deceives Charles the son of Pepyn, 143 
 
 ■ put to death at Aquysgrany, 144 
 Graveston, Piers, banished by K. Edw. I. 402 
 
 ■ recalled by K. Edw. II. 417 
 
 ' made duke of Cornwall, ibid. 
 
 banished to Ireland, 418 
 
 — recalled, ibid. 
 
 exiled to Flanders, 419 
 
 — — — recalled by K. Edward, ibid. 
 
 beheaded at Gaversede near Warwick, 
 
 ibid. 
 Gaufride, variation of, from other writers, 23 
 Gaunt, rebellion of the inhabitants of, 528 
 
 the'inhabitants of, still obstinate, 556 
 
 Gaunt, John of, his birth, 450 
 
 created duke of Lancaster, 474 
 
 — carries on the war in France, 480, 484, SOS, 
 
 521 
 
 marries Constance daughter of Peter K. of 
 
 Castile, 483 
 
 — becomes regent of England, 487 
 
 — breaks up the siege of Roan, 505 
 
 goes to Spain to claim certain lands in the 
 
 right of Constance his wife, 535 
 
 makes a treaty of peace with the K. of Spain, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his death at the bishop of Ely's palace, 544 
 
 chantries and anniversary founded for him, 
 
 480, 544 
 Gaunt, sir Soyerof, 528 
 
 Gayton, Robert, knighted byK. Richard II. 531 
 Geffrey, archbishop of York, deprived by the bishop 
 
 of Ely, 302 
 Genebaux, 55 
 Generon, or Gwayneren, the castle of, built by Vor- 
 
 tiger, 65, 68 
 Genuissa or Gennen the daughter ofClaudius marries 
 Aroviragus, 36 
 '- tribute to the Romans paid by Arviragus at 
 her entreaty, 37 
 Germains, St de Pree, monastery of, 77 
 Germanus, or St. Germayne, and Lupus arrive in 
 Britain, 61 
 
 ■ St. Germayne performs a miracle, ibid. 
 
 62 
 
 • is said in the Legend to have deposed 
 
 Vortiger, ibid. 
 performs a miracle for the Britons, 65 
 
 Germaynes, St. taken from the English, 610 
 
 Gerolde, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Grerolde, Peter, executed, 645 
 
 Geron, or Geronde, in Arragon surrendered to the K. 
 
 of France, 38S 
 Geruntius K. of Britain, 30 
 Geta, son of Severus, 41 
 ■ allowed by the Romany in Britain for their 
 
 kingr, 42 
 Giants in Britain, 7 
 
 destroyed by Brute, 10 
 
 Gifikrde, sir lohn, beheaded, 426 
 
 Gildas translates the laws of Moliuncius Dunwallo, 
 
 20, 22 
 Gille, or Gillion, chosen for their governor by the 
 
 Frenshmen, 63 
 ' I ■ advised by Guynemeus to oppress his subjects, 
 
 ibid. 
 ' leaves his kingdom, and flies to Soissons, 64 
 
 Glaycon v. Claycon 
 
 Glazing, the craft of, introduced into England, 1 20 
 Glastonbury Abbey founded by lue (Ina) king of the 
 
 West Saxons, 129 
 ■ r ■ repaired in the times of Edmond and 
 
 Edgar, ibid. 
 ' ? the bones of Colfridus and the abbess 
 
 Hilda brought there, 190 
 — — strife between the abbot Thurstan and his 
 
 monks, 246 
 — — the abbot of, executed t. K. Hen. VIII. 
 
 701 
 Glaumorgan explained, 16 
 Gloucester anciently the see of an archbishop, 39 
 '■■ all Wales subject to the see of, ibid. 
 
 the archbishoprick removed to St. Mene- 
 
 nia, since called St. David's, ibid. 
 
 an abbey built at, 122 
 
 . r monastery of St. Peter at, built by Ethel- 
 
 dredus earl of Mercia, 177 
 
 I — — destroyed by the Danes, but re- 
 newed by Aldredus arch- 
 bishop of York, 178 
 
 Gloucester, Eleanor dutchess of, exiled, 614 
 
 Gloucester, Humphrey duke of, 533, 576 
 
 ' made protector of England during the 
 
 minority of K. Hen. VI. 592 
 
 — — visits Holland, 595 
 
 his quarrel with cardinal Beaufort, ibid. 
 
 the bill of complaint preferred by him in 
 
 parliament, 596 
 
 — — — — his reconciliation with the cardinal, 597 
 
 . relieves Calais, 610 
 
 follows the duke of Burgoyne into Flan- 
 ders, 611 
 
 - takes Poperynge and Bell, ibid. ; 
 
 his enemies prevail against him, 614 
 
 arrested by the viscount Beawmonde, 619 
 
 his murder, ibid. 
 
 — — character of him, ibid. 
 
 i buried at Saint Albans, ibid. 
 
 Gloucester, Robert earl of, withdraws his allegiance 
 
 from K. Stephen, 265 
 »i exchanged for him when prisoner, 267 
 
 Glyguell, or Glygwell, K. of Britain, 30, 31 
 
 Godarde, lohn, 517 
 
 Godfray, a Danish chieftain, receives Fryse from the 
 king of France, 173 
 
 Godina, wife of Leofric earl of Mercia, procures the 
 freedom of Coventry, 229 
 
 Gogmagog, the giant, 10 
 
 Golden Fleece, order of the, instituted by the dukfr 
 of Burgundy, 609 
 
 Goldsmiths and Taylors, variance between the fellow- 
 ships of, 364 
 
 Goldyngton, sir lohn, execution of, 428 s- 
 
 Golsanda, daughter of Anahildus, marries Chilperi- 
 cus, 85 
 
 Gondigisillus, 75 
 
 Gonorilla, daughter of K. Leyr, 14 
 
 Goodwin, earl, opposes the accession of Harold Hare- 
 foot to the throne, 22 1 
 
 takes the rule of the kingdom under Har- 
 
 dykynytus, 223 
 
 his children, ibid. 
 
 — — compasses the death of Alfred, brother of 
 
 Edward the Confessor, ibid. 
 ■ ■ withdraws froni Edward the Confessor's 
 
 court, 226 
 
 sails to Flanders, ibid. 
 
 is outlawed, ^ ibid. 
 
 his return and reconciliation, 227 
 
 his death, 228 
 
 Goos,, lohn, burnt as a Lollard, 663 
 Goran, Goddarde, 711 
 Gorbodiam, 1 7 
 
 Gorbodio made ruler of Britain, 1 8 
 I buried at New Troy or London, ibid. 
 
 Gorbomannus, or Gorbonianus, made K. of Britain, 
 27, 29 
 
 repairs the temples through his realm, 27 
 
 Gosseleyne intrigues against Lowys and Charles, the 
 
 sons of Lewis Balbus, 172, 173 
 Goths, or Gothis, win Avynyon, 134 
 - driven from their country, 180 
 Gough, Matthew, 608 
 killed in the defence of London bridge 
 
 against Cade, 625 
 Gowthram, or Gutteron, the Danish prince, arrives, 
 
 167 
 
 — accepts Christianity after his defeat by 
 
 Alfred, 168 
 Graccon chosen master of the palace to Theodoricb, 
 
 125 
 Gracian, or Gracianus, a captain of Maximius, holds 
 
 the land of Britain to his behalf, 51 
 seizes the government of Britain on Maxi- 
 
 mius's death, ibid. 
 
 — called of " Gaufride" Municeps, ibid. 
 
 is slain by the Britons for his tyranny, ibid. 
 
 the last of the Roman kings, 54 
 
 Graie, the lord lohn, condemned for treason, 714 
 Graie, the lord Thomas, committed to the Tower, 
 
 714 
 Grame, Robert, 612 
 
 Granbodian 
 
INDEX. 
 
 youths at Rome, 
 into Britain, ibid. 
 
 and PaulinuB, with 
 to St. Augustine, 
 
 Granbodian the name of Gorbomannus in the EngUsh 
 
 Chronicle, 27 
 Gratianus, emperor of Rome, slain by Maximius at 
 
 Lyons, 50 
 Gravesend burnt by the Frensh, 529 
 Gravysende, Stephen, bishop of London, 537 
 ■ respect shewn by the citizens of London 
 
 to his memory, 538 
 Gray, the lady Elizabeth, secretly married to K, Edw. 
 IV. 654 
 
 crowned at Westminster, 655 
 
 ■ takes sanctuary, 668 
 
 Gray, lady lane, proclaimed queen, 712 
 Gray, sir Ralph, 6 1 1 
 
 beheaded, 654 
 
 Gray, Richard, 534 
 
 Gray, sir Richard, 353, 364 
 Gray, sir Thomas, 549 
 
 beheaded, 579 
 
 Grayll, sir lacques de la, 595 
 Greek Fire, 373 
 
 Green, sir Henry, 566 
 Gregory, St. sees the English 
 
 94 
 lIsendB St. Augustine 
 
 95 
 
 made pope, ibid. 
 
 sends Melitus, Justus, 
 
 books and relics, 
 
 96 
 Gregory IV. pope, endeavours to reconcile Lewis I. 
 
 with his sons, 1 50 
 Gregory X. elected pope, 378 
 Gregory XL pope, endeavours to settle a peace 
 
 between England and France, 482, 484, 
 
 522 
 XJrene, sir Henry, 545 
 
 executed at Bristol, 546 
 
 Grenelee e, the rebel sc- named, 687 
 
 Grey, the lord Leonard, beheaded on Tower Hill, 
 
 702 
 Grey Friars v. Friars. 
 Griffin K. of Wales, invades the county of Hereford, 
 
 228 
 Groats and half-groats of a light weight coined by K. 
 
 Edw. III. 461 
 Groats coined by K. Edw. IV. 655 
 Grolle or Grollo, the chieftain of the Danes, invades 
 
 Normandy, 188, 189 
 Grosthead, Robert, bishop of Lincoln, his complamt 
 of aliens being admitted to English be- 
 nefices, 33 !■ 
 his death, 336 
 
 his letter to pope Innocent IV. ibid. 
 Gryffon son of Carolus Martellus, 135 
 
 makes war upon his two brethren, ibid. 
 
 . is taken by them and imprisoned, ibid. 
 
 _ liberated, but allies himself with the Saxons, 
 
 136 
 annoys Tassylon duke, of the Bavarys, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Gryffi>n again taken prisoner by Pepyn, ibid. 
 
 has xii. earldoms of France assigned to him, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his death, 139 
 
 Gryffyth ap Lewelyn, killed in escaping from the 
 
 Tower of London, 332 
 Gryse, laquet, treachery of to lohn Carongyon, 
 
 556 
 Gualo, or Swalo, sent as Leg^ate into England, 
 
 322 
 — — excommunicates Lewis sou of the French 
 
 king, 323 
 Guedon, Bertrand, the person who killed Richard 
 
 I. 309 
 Guiderius begins his reign in Britain, 35 
 
 denies the British tribute to the Romans, 
 
 ibid. 
 ■ slain in baltl^, ibid. 
 
 Guildford Castle taken by Lewis son of the French 
 
 king, 321 
 Guildhall rebuilt t. K. Hen. IV. 576 
 Guillamour slain by Uter, 70 
 Guilthdak, or Guilthdakua v. Cutlakus 
 Guitelinus, or Guytellius made K. of Britain, 25 
 Gundebalde taken prisoner by Clodoveus, but re- 
 leased, 72 
 i shares Burgoyne with Hilpericus, 75 
 
 slays Hilpericus, and exiles his children, 
 
 ibid. 
 assists in delivering Childebert, Sigebert'a 
 
 son, 88 
 Gundefelf makes war on Gundebalde, 72 
 Gundenchus grandfather of Clotild, 75 
 Gundoatdus slays Theodobert son of Chilperich, 
 
 87 
 Gundoaldus, a young man of the name of, claims to 
 
 be the son of the first Lothaire, 99 
 
 sends ambassadors to Gunthranus, ibid. 
 
 — .— — — makes war upon Gunthranus, 100 
 
 — — is deceived, and killed, 101 
 
 Gunhardus (Gaufride) or Sunardus duke of Gallii^ 
 
 18 
 
 Gunthranus, or Guntranus, has the province of Or- 
 leans, 85 
 
 his brothers Chilperich and Sigebert 
 
 make war upon him, 87 
 
 I claims certain territories about Turon, 
 
 89 
 
 reconciled to Childebcft and Chilperiche, 
 
 90 
 . ~ — ~ Gunthranus and Childebert unite against 
 
 Chilperiche, 91 
 takes upon him the protection of Clotha- 
 
 rius, son of Chilperiche, 98 
 
 . holds a council with Childebert, 99, 100 
 
 . admits Childebert for his heir, ibid. 
 
 defeats Gundoaldus, ibid. 
 
 (lies and is buried at Cabilon, 101 
 
 Gunylda, wife of the emperor Hen. 111. accused of 
 
 " spousebreach," 222 
 5 D Gunylda 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Gunylda clean herself by her chainpion> ibid. 
 
 223 , 
 Gurgineus of Gurginetes K. of Britain, 30 
 Gurgustius made ruler of Britain, 17 
 ■ i f i 1 . ' ' buried at Yorfej ibid. 
 Gurg[uncius, GurgoyfltuSi or Gurguyt, made K. of 
 
 Britain> 35 
 ————— sails into Denmark, and wastes the coun- 
 try, ibid. 
 ' grants Ireland to the Basclenses> ibid. 
 
 - biaried at London^ or at Gaer Leon» 
 ibid. 
 GurmvSidus agists EtfaeUridus iti his War£ upon the 
 
 Britons, 94 
 — — — is slaitj in France, ibid. 
 Gurmufldus Africantis sent for from Ireland, ibid. 
 
 — wars with Careticus in Britain, ibid. 
 
 Gurth, or Surth, gives sfd vice to Harold, 235 
 Guthl'afe, St. 2>. Cutlake 
 Guy V. Warwick 
 Guyan, 1 
 
 ■ ■ war in continued, 42^ 
 ■— — skirmishes in, between the English and 
 
 Frenthi 432 
 GuyaBi Charles duke of, poisoned, 650 
 Guyan, Gayfer, duke of, sets a tribute upon spiritual 
 lands, 140 
 I admonished by Pepyui ibid. 
 
 the territories of, laid waste, ibid, 141 
 
 Guya'B, Hanitalde dUke o^ rebels against the crown 
 
 of France, 136 
 Guyffarde, lohti, 517 
 Guyllyam, steward or constable of France, restores 
 
 Lewis I. 1 5 1 
 Guynomadus, or Guynemeus, counsels Childerich to 
 avoid his kingdom, 63 
 
 ' ' '^ advises Gille, the successor of Childe- 
 
 ric?h, to increase the burthens of his 
 subjects, ibid. 
 
 assists in restoring Childerich, 64 
 
 Guynthelinus *. Guitelinus 
 Guynys surrendered to the English, 462 
 Gwanus and Melga defeated and chafed to Ireland by 
 Gracian, 5 1 
 
 return to Britain on Gracian's death, 52 
 
 Gwentolena, or Gtventoleyn queen of Britain, 12 
 
 Gwentrilyne v. Guitelinus 
 
 Gwitellinus, or Gosselyne, applied to by the Britons, 
 
 53 
 Gyfford, sirlohn, 423 
 GyfForde, sir Gilbert, 353 
 
 Gylbert, or Gerbres, made bishop of Orleans, 
 212 
 
 ' preferred to the bhurcfh of Ravienne, ibid. 
 
 Gylte, Peter. 512,516 
 
 Gyllomai:us made master of the palace to Theodorich, 
 
 125 
 Gysors, the castle of, taken by the lords in rebellion 
 
 against Lewis XI, 647 
 Gyuyle, sir lohn, 353 
 
 H 
 
 Hagustald v. Agtistald 
 
 Hakendye, Richard, body of the wife of taken up at 
 
 St, Mary Hill, 685 
 Halfpenny, the, coined in silver, 387 
 Hall, sir Robert, death of, 529 
 Halys, sir Robert, prior ^of St. lohn's, murdered by 
 
 the rebels under lack Straw, 530 
 Hame, or Hamon, slays Guyderius, 35 
 Hanart, lohn, 620 
 Harding, Stephen, founder of the order of Cistercian 
 
 monks, 252 
 Hardykynytus, or Hardyknough, son of Canute, 
 217 
 
 begins his reign in England, 222 
 
 crowned at London, ibid. 
 
 ' orders his brother's corpse to be 
 
 thrown into the Thames, ibid. 
 ————— levies the tribute called Dane gelt, 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ betakes the rule of the land to his 
 
 mother and earl Goodwin, 223 
 
 — — — dies at Lambeth at a feast, ibid. 
 
 Harecourt, sir Godfrey, de, 494, 499 
 ■ • ' • banished as a traitor, 494 
 
 slain, 503 
 
 Harecourt, sir Guilliam de, 501 
 Harecourt, sir lohn de, 395, 494 
 Harecourte, sir lohn earl ofi beheaded, 501 
 
 his body delivered to his friends, 507- 
 
 — ■ his obsequy, 508 
 
 Harecourte, sir Lewis de, 501 
 Harflewe won by the duke of Barre, 609 
 -^^— — remains to the English after the giving up of 
 Normandy, 626 
 
 won by the French, 627 
 
 Harington, the town of, in part destroyed t. K. Hen. 
 
 VIIl. 706 
 Harkeley, sir Andrew, 425 
 — — — — made earl of Carlisle, 426 
 
 —. in disgrace, 427 
 
 his execution, ibid. 
 
 Harmavyle, the castle o^ besieged, 193 
 Harmefreditus slays Eboryn, 125 
 Harold, son of Canutus, begins his reign in England, 
 221 
 
 surnamed Harefobt, ibid. 
 
 banishes his stepmother Emma, 222 
 
 his death and burial at Westminster, ibid. 
 
 his body taken from Westminster and after- 
 
 wards buried at St. Clements, ibid. 
 Harold Harfager invades England, but is defeated, 
 
 234 
 Harold II. sop of earl Goodwin, joins his fether against 
 
 K. Edw. Confessor, 226 
 ■ his earldom restored to him, 227 
 
 — —— has his ftither's lordships, 228 
 
 Harold 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Harold II. sent by Edw. Confessor against Gri£n K. 
 of Wales, ibid. 229 
 ■ visits Normandy and is made a prisoner, 
 230 
 ' his oath to William duke of Normandy, 
 
 ibid. 
 Ji ■'- - aaasries WiUiaia's daughter, ibid. 
 * sent by Edw. Confessor against the North- 
 umbers, 231 
 
 begins. his reign in England, 233 
 
 ■ establishes goad laws, ibid. 
 
 ■ defeats Harold Harfager and Tosti, 234 
 -' — loses the favour of his soldiers, ibid. 
 
 his answer to duke WiUiam. concerning the 
 
 covenant said to have been made, ibid. 
 236 
 
 ■ his answer to the temis proposed by the 
 
 duke of Normandy, ibid. 
 
 wounded in the .eye by an arrow, and then 
 
 slain, ibid. 
 , . ..■.;- — different accounts of his death, ibid. 
 
 buried at Waltham Abbey, 237 
 
 Harold and Canutus, sons of Swanus, land in the N. 
 of Humber, 241 
 
 Harowe, John, executed at Pountfreyt, 638 
 
 Harper, George, joins sir Thomas Wyat m rebellion, 
 713 
 
 committed to the Tower, ibid. 
 
 Harvey, sir Walter, accused of harms done to the 
 city, 385 
 
 Hasle, Francis, 646 
 
 Hastings, battle of, 236 
 
 Hastings, one, marries the third daughter of Alexander 
 K.of Scots, 396 
 
 Hastings, sir Henry, 353, 357 
 
 defends the castle of Kenilworth, 357, 
 
 360 
 
 Hastings, William lord, beheaded in the Tower, 
 668 
 
 .. . his present, received from Lewis XL 665 
 
 Haward, sir Edmond, slain, 696 
 
 Hawarde, lord William, joined in the defence of 
 London against sir Thomas Wyat, 713 
 
 Hawberke, sir Nicholas, 538 
 
 Heath, Nicholas, restored to the bishoprick of Wor- 
 ' cester, 712 
 
 Helena, the daughter of Colli, marries Constantius, 
 45 
 
 — — converted to Christianity by her son Con- 
 stantino the Great, 47 
 
 goes to Jerusalem and finds the holy cross, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Helenus, 55 
 
 Heliodir v. Elidurus 
 
 Heliodorus made K. of Britain, 27 
 
 . finds his brother Archigallo who had been 
 
 deposed, 28 
 
 resigns his crown to him, ibid. 
 
 again made king upon Archigallo's death, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 imprisoned by his younger brethren, ibid. 
 
 Helipdorus made K. of Britain the third time, 29 
 
 buried at Caerleyl, or Karleie, ibid. 
 
 Hely begins to rule the IsraeUtes, I 
 
 Hely K. of Britain, 30,31 
 
 Henault, the seneschall of, comes to England, 
 
 573 
 Hengjst ^nd Horsa arrive in) Britain, ,60 
 
 they are taken into favour by Vortiger, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — — Hengist obtains a grant of as much ground 
 as the hide of a bull wiU compass, ibid. 
 
 builds Thong Castle, ibid. 
 
 his treachery toward Vorljger and the Bri- 
 
 tons, .66 
 I slays the British nobles at a feast, ibid. 
 
 receives iii. provinces of. Vortiger, ibid. 
 
 ^— — ,be^s ^s lordship over the province of Kent, 
 
 67 
 ' - overcomes Ae Britons with Octa, 68 
 
 his .death, j69 
 
 Henry I. surnamed Beauc^lerke, begins his reign in 
 
 England, 253 
 — ^— — his reformation in the state, ibid. 
 -^— — marries Mawde or Molde, daughter of Mal- 
 
 colyne K. of Scots, 254 
 
 wars with his brother Robert in Normandy, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — s^bdues Robert de Bolesyn, 255 
 
 returns ag^ain to Normandy, ibid. 
 
 — — keeps the see of Canterbury vacant five years, 
 256 
 
 founds.the abbey of Hyde, ibid. 
 
 renews the war with Lewis of France, 257 
 
 defeats him, 258 
 
 returns to England, ibid. 
 
 ■■ endeavours to entail the succession to the 
 
 throne on his daughter Matilda, 259 
 ■ bis dreams and monitions, ibid. 260 
 
 inherits the earldom of Flanders, ibid. 
 
 his death, embalmment, and burial at Reading 
 
 Abbey, ibid. 
 
 - verses relating to him, ibid. 
 Henry XL descent of, 240, 259 
 his birth, 260 
 
 . made duke of Angeou and Normandy, 267 
 
 I marries Eleanor daughter of the earl of 
 
 Peytowe, ibid. 
 
 enters England, 268 
 
 wins the Tower of London, ibid. 
 
 by him the Saxon blood returned to the 
 
 crown of England, 269 
 ■ claims Peytowe, Gascoyne, and Guyan, 
 
 271 
 
 . begins his reign in England, 273 
 
 . description of his person, ibid. 273 
 
 ■ wins Ireland, ibid. 275 
 
 — throws down many of the castles which were 
 
 built in Stephen's time, 27S 
 — — — goes into Wales, ibid. 
 — ^— invades Scotland, 274 
 
 5 D 2 Henry 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Henry II. seizes the manors and temporal lands of 
 
 Becket, ibid. - 
 
 — — fall of his fortunes after Becket's murder, 
 275 
 '■■ a wonder shewn to him after his return from 
 Ireland, 276 
 ' ' ■ purchases a dispensation for a visit to the Holy 
 Land, ibid. 
 — — — his sons rebel against himj ibid. 
 
 • receives a second monition, 211 
 ' his licentiousness, 278 
 
 " ■ admonished of the reformation of seven arti- 
 
 cles, ibid. 
 
 ■ cause of the war between him and Philip II. 
 
 K. of France, 279 
 
 ■ unsuccessful in a voyage to Ireland, 280 
 
 ■ defeated in Normandy by his son Richard, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 - ■ ' dies at the castle of Conomeus, 281 
 1 1 his epitaph at Fount Evrard, ibid. 
 
 ■ " the character given of him by- Girardus 
 
 Cambrensis, ibid. 
 Henry, son of K. Henry II. marries the daughter of 
 Lewis VIII. of France, 273 
 " crowned king of England by his father at 
 
 Westminster, ibid. 
 
 ■ his death, 278 
 
 I - by many writers named Henry III. 396, 
 
 397 
 Henry III. birth of, at Winchester, 316 
 — — begins his reign in England, 323 
 — — crowned at Gloucester, ibid. 
 
 ' begins the jaew work of St. Peter's West- 
 minster, 324 
 ' crowned a second time at Westminster, 
 
 325 
 
 - ' ' holds a general council at Oxford, ibid. 
 — — — ward and marriage granted to him, 326 
 
 ' ■ has a fifteenth granted to him for the recovery 
 of his lands in Normandy, Guyan, and 
 Poyteau, 328 
 
 marries Eleanor of Provence, 329 
 
 — — — a clerk of Oxford attempts to assassinate him, 
 330 
 
 • ■■ ■ his displeasure with the citizens of London, 
 
 331, 332 
 '-■ makes a progress into Wales, ibid. 
 
 ■ sails into Normandy, ibid. 
 
 ■ goes to Normandy with his queen and son 
 Edward, 338 
 
 ■ ■ the barons revolt against him, 343, 344 
 
 ■ a>ks licence of the commonalty of London to 
 
 pass the sea, 345 
 received at Paris by St. Lewis, ibid. 
 
 renounces his claim to Normandy, Angeou, 
 
 Poyteau, and Mayne, 346 
 — . absolved by ihe pope frora maintaining the 
 
 articles made at Oxford, 347 
 
 — falls sick at Bourdeaux, 343 
 
 -^— — his rupture 'with the baron i, 349 
 
 ■ ' attends the French king's parliament, 351 
 
 Henry III. agree* to refer his differences with his 
 barons to the decision of the French kine. 
 352 * 
 
 " ■' ' the rupture with the barons renewed, ibid. 
 
 his answer to the barons, 355 
 
 ■ taken prisoner at Lewes, ibid; 
 
 '■ grants a pardon to the barons, knights, &c. 
 
 356 
 
 reconciled to the earl of Gloucester, 363 
 
 ■ his death at Westminster, 369 
 
 verses on a tablet near his tomb, ibid. 
 
 Henry IV. created earlof Derby, 533 
 
 ■ marries the daughter of the countess of 
 
 Hereford, ibid. 
 
 made duke of Hereford, 543 
 
 accuses the duke of Norfolk, 544 
 
 sails into France, 545 
 
 lands at Ravynspore, ibid. 
 
 his interview with K. Richard IL in the 
 
 Tower, 547 
 
 claims the crown of England in parliament, 
 
 549 
 
 ■ his speech on taking ppssession of the throne, 
 
 551 
 
 ■ marries the widow of the duke of Brytayne, 
 
 559, 570 
 ■"^-^— his coronation, 565 
 
 conspiracy against him, 568 
 
 sends an expedition to France, 563 
 
 ■ preparations for his visiting the Holv Land, 
 
 576 
 
 seized with sickness at St Edward's shrine, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his death in the lerusalem chamber, 563, 577 
 
 ' buried at Canterbury, ibid. 
 
 Henry V. knighted by K. Rich. II. 545 
 
 made prince of Wales, 565 
 
 begins his reign .in England, 577 
 
 • ■ • his conduct in his youth, ibid. 
 
 ■■ removes the corps of K. Rich. II. from 
 
 Langley to Westminster,- ibid. 
 ' his provision to make war on France, 578 
 
 takes Harflew, 579 
 
 ■ gains the victory of Agincourt, 562, 579, 
 
 580 
 
 ■ returns to England, 581 
 
 " ' - goes a second time to France, 582 
 
 wins Caen, Phaleys, Roan, and other towns 
 
 of Mormandy, 564, 582, 583 
 
 niarries Catharine daughter of the K. of 
 
 France, ibid. 
 
 — goes a third time to France, 588 
 
 ■ his death at Boys in Vincent, 589 
 
 buried at Westminster, ibid. 592 
 
 his character, 589 
 
 ^— — verses on him, 590, 591 
 Henry VI. born at Windsor, 588 
 
 begins his reign in England, 591 
 
 —— — — his fextraordinary piety, 593 
 
 ■ ' crowned at Westminster in his eighth year, 
 
 599 
 
 7 Henry 
 
INDEX. 
 
 "Henry VL goes to France, 601 
 received at Paris, 602 
 
 crowned at Paris, 603 
 
 returns to England, ibid. 
 
 — — — ceremonies attending his entry into London, 
 ibid. 604, 605, 606, 607 
 
 ■ supposed treason against, by the dutchess of 
 
 Gloucester and others, 614 
 
 ■ his marriage, 617 
 
 the fortune of the world falls from him, 
 
 618 
 
 removes with his queen to Kenilworth, 623 
 
 ' falls ill at Clarendon, 627 
 
 meeU the duke of York and the lords of his 
 
 party at London, 633 
 
 isdeijosed, 6'i9 
 
 — — — flies to Scotland, ibid. 
 <-,j3efeated at Hexham, 654 
 
 ■ taken prisoner by one Cantlowe, ibid. 
 
 ■ I proclaimed king by tbednkeof Clarence and 
 
 others at Dartmouth, 658 
 
 liberated from the Tower and restored, 
 
 659 
 ' found forsaken of his lords, by K. Edw. IV. 
 
 661 
 
 ■ conveyed a prisoner to the Tower again, 
 
 ibid. 
 • his death, and burial at Chertsey, 652 
 
 Henry VH proposal to, to marry Elizabeth daughter 
 
 of K Edw. IV. 672 
 
 .. lands at Myibourne Port, ibid. 
 
 ■ his piety, ibid. 
 
 ■ proclaimed king, 673 
 
 gains the battle of Bo-worth, 672, 673 
 
 ■ — begins his reign in England, 68 1 
 
 marries Elizabeth of York, 683 
 
 assists Charles IX. of France, 676 
 
 prest made to him by the citizens of London, 
 
 683 
 . has a benevolence from the city of London, 
 
 684 
 ■ ■ goes to France, ibid. 
 
 his return, ibid. 
 
 has another prest from the citizens, 686 
 
 . • his chapel at Westminster began, 611,688 
 
 « his death and character, 678, 690 
 
 Henry VIH. visits the city of London when duke of 
 
 York, 685 
 
 . , — begins his reign, 678, 691. 695 
 
 aids the K. of Spain against the Moors, 
 
 695 
 
 _ besieges Turwen, 696 ' 
 
 , - meets the French king near Guisnes, 697 
 
 the legates sit a( Black Friers on his mar> 
 
 riage, 699 
 
 ■ ■ divorced from Q. Katherine of Arragon^ 
 
 ibid. 
 
 - marries Anne Boleyn, ibid. 
 
 meets the French king over sea, ibid. 
 
 begins great buildings at Calais and Guisnes, 
 
 701 
 
 Henry Vin. his progress toward York, 702 
 
 sends an army against Scotland, 706 
 
 at the siege of Bulleine. ibid. 707 
 
 his death, 709 
 
 Henry, son of Henry the VIIL birth and death of, 
 
 695 
 Henry, son of Robert, begins his reign in France, 
 
 219 
 — — — makes war upon Eudo earl ofChampeynand 
 
 Baldwin earl of Flanders, 220 
 
 builds the monastery of St. Martin, called 
 
 des Champs, by Paris, ibid. 
 
 his unkindness to Robert duke of Normandy, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 admits his son Philip to the rule of France, 
 
 221 
 —^^— his death, ibid. 
 Henry IV. emperor of Almayne, imprisons pope 
 
 Pascal, 255 
 
 ■ resigns his dignity to Calixtus II. ibid. 
 
 ■ comes to- England and lives at Chester, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ' said by some writers to have died at Spyre, 
 
 256 
 
 Henry the bastard usnrper of Castile, defeated by Ed- 
 ward the Black Prince, 417 
 
 takes the city of Calahore, ibid. 
 
 recovers Castile, ibid. 
 
 Herbard^beheaded, 619 
 
 Heraclius, patriarch of lesusalem, come* to England^ 
 
 278 
 I ' offers the keys of the city and of our Lord'i 
 
 grave to Henry II. ibid. 
 .. his discontent with Henry II. ibid. 
 
 ■ '■ goes into France, 282 
 
 ■ in returning to lerusalem is driven into the 
 
 port of Damas, ibid. 
 Hercules' pillars, 10 
 
 Hereford castle built by Edward the elder, 176 
 
 the minster of, burnt by Griffin king of 
 
 Wales, 228 
 Hereford, Humphrey earl of, slain at Burghbrydge 
 
 by Edw. II. 425 
 Hereforjl, Roger earl of, his conspiracy against Wil- 
 liam the Conqueror, 245 
 Hermyngarde, wife of Lewys I. 1 53 
 Heirings, white, price of t. K. Hen. VII. 685 
 Hertford Castle held by Lewis son of the King of 
 
 France, 323 
 Hesbertns slays Samt Kenelm, 147 
 Heth, lohn, 685 
 Heybert, son of Clothayre, has certain Cities assigned 
 
 to him, 113 
 Heyron, Richard, 652 
 
 his opposition to King Edw, IV. 653 
 
 - dies in sanctuary, ibid. 
 Hide of land^ what, 246 
 
 Higanius and Petitur, the names of Vigenius and Pe- 
 
 ridurus in the Knglish Chronicle, 28 
 Highways of Britain, iiiL begun by Moliuncius Dun> 
 * wallo, 20 
 
 Highways 
 
I N D E X 
 
 Highways completed by Belynus, 21 
 
 Hildericus, or Childericus the second, begins his teign 
 in Trance, 135 
 
 . his kingdom seized, by Charlemayne and 
 
 Pepyn, 136 
 
 — — — is formally deposed and becomes a monk, 
 137 
 
 , with him the race of Meroneus ends, ibid. 
 
 ■ duration of his reign, ibid. 
 
 Hilpericus, son of Gundenchns, T5 
 
 ^— ^ shares Burgoyne with Gundebaldus, ibid, 
 
 is slain with his wife, by Gundebaldus, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Hirelda v. Hirreglas. 
 
 Mirieglas or Hirelda nephew to Cassibelan, 32 
 
 slain in wrestling, ibid. 
 
 Hisider the name of Heliodorus <in the English Chroni- 
 cle, 27 
 
 Holand, Sir Edmund, Earl of Kent, marries the Duke 
 fof Milan's sister, 572 
 
 »- made Admiral, 573 
 
 — killed in besieging Bryak, ' ibid. 
 
 Holande, Six lohn, his variance with the Earl of Staf- 
 ford's son, 532 
 — — ^ — created. Earl of Huntingdon, 533 
 Holande, lohn, Duke of Exeter, .his account of his 
 interview with Richard II. at Woodstock, 
 566 
 
 beheaded, 568 
 
 Holande, Sir O than of, ,468 
 Holande, Rauffe, 6lS 
 
 Holande, Sir Robert, joins the party of K. JEdw. J. 
 
 425 
 Holidays forbidden to be kept, 702 
 Holie Rood House, destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 70.6 
 Holte, lohn, 534 
 Homer, the Recuyll of the siege of Troy ascribed to 
 
 him, 36 
 Hoper, lohn, b'shop of Worcester, deposed, 712 
 
 burnt, 717 
 
 Home, Robert, 623, 624 
 
 Horologe or Clock, sent by the King of Percy to 
 
 Charlemagne, 145 
 Horsa or Horsus, the brother of Hepgist, slain, 65 
 Hounden, Richard, burnt on Tower Hill for heresy, 
 
 602 
 Howland destroyed i. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Hubbard, William, 665 
 
 Hubert, bishop of Salisbury, with Richard I. at Jeru- 
 salem, 303 
 sent to England by Richard on the subject of 
 
 his ransom, 304 
 Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, death of, 313 
 Hugh bishop of Lincoln dies, 311 
 Hugh le Graunde, earl of Parys, takes Richard duke 
 
 of Normandy under his protection, 188 
 
 ■ ' ■ ' — sides with the King, ■ ibid. 
 
 Hugtb, or Hue le Grande, defeats the Danes, 174 
 
 Hum, lohn, 614, 615 
 
 Humber or Humbre, K.of. Hunys, 12 
 
 H umber, river of, 12 
 
 -Hungary invaded by the Chaan of Tartary, 331 
 
 Hungary, Belas Ki^gxrf, marries Margaret (he daugh- 
 ter of Henry II. 283 
 Hungerforde, Lord, taken, prisoner at H«xham and 
 
 beheaded, 654 
 Huone, Richard, hanged, in XoUard's Tawer, 69S 
 Huns invade Franofii 1G2 
 Hunt, Thomas, 654 
 Hunting, laws c®ncer»iJ^g, enacted by Lewis XI. 
 
 644 
 Hfintii^on, lolmearl of, created Duke of , Exeter, 
 
 543 
 Huntingdon, lohn earliOi^ <.;K. Hen. V. taleen piismer 
 
 in France, 5)8,8 
 Himtipgdon, lohn earl o^ .sent into France, £08 
 Hunyldys, or Hunyldus, cider of Guyan, rebels 
 
 against Charles, 141 
 ■ is surrendered by I.<MpMS;d«ke.ofGascoyne, 
 
 ibid. 
 Hurlyng time, season so .called, 531- 
 Husaclohn .Lord, -his rebellions ^K. Hen. VIIL700 
 Husey, Sir Thomas, beheaded, 654 
 Hyldaor Helda, abbess of Whitby, 119, 121 
 Hynguoarand Hubba, said to have slain Kthelwaldus, 
 
 161 
 
 land in Norfolk, 163 
 
 -^— — — they are slain at a place called JEnglefelde, 
 
 164 
 Hyrus, a French Captain, slays the Earl of Arundel. 
 
 608 
 
 lacques, or lames, admitted K. of Aragon, 407 
 lago or.Lsgo, made governor of Britain, 17 
 
 buried, at Caerbrank or York, ibid. 
 
 lames I. K. of Scots marries loan .daughter of the 
 
 dutchess of Clarence, 593 
 ■ " •' ■ - his murder, 612 
 lames IV. of Scotland, marries Mary daughter of 
 
 Henry VII. 687 
 
 his death, 696 ' 
 
 lane or lohanne queen of Philip de Valois, death of, 
 
 498 
 lane queen of Charles VI. K. of France, death of, 
 
 523 
 lanuay Merchants arrested through London, 633 
 lanuays, or soldiers of thecityiof leane, 497 
 lapheth the town of, won by Saladme, 302 
 laquys, Blacke, beheaded, 654 
 Iaundyes,ithe yellow evil so called, prevalent in Wales, 
 
 39 
 Ida reigns in Bernicia, 83 
 Iden, wife of Gorbodio, slays iher. son, 18 
 Iden, Alexander, 625 
 Idolatry forbidden t. K. Hen. VIII. 701 
 Jerusalem, Godfrey de Bulleine made K. of, 279 
 
 ^ continues under the rule of ix. Christian 
 
 Kings, ibid. 
 
 Knights of St. lohn of; take the -Isle of 
 
 Rhodes, 418 
 lew, or lue, succeeds Cadwalader as King of the 
 West Saxons, 128 
 
 lew, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 lew. or lue, wars with the Kentish Saxons, ibid. 
 
 begins the building of Glastonbury Abbey, 129 
 
 his grant of Rome scot or Peter pence, 130 
 
 lewell or ludl, K. of Britain, 30 
 
 lews crucify a Child at Norwich, 267, 329 
 
 punished for their usuries in France, 212 
 
 crucify a Child at Bury, 280 
 
 exiled from France, 282 
 
 again driven from France for their cruelties, 283 
 
 persecuted in England at the time of Richard the 
 
 First's Coronation, 299, 300 
 — • extraordinary conversion of a Jew, 334 
 
 of Lincoln cfucify a Child, 339 
 
 — ~ story of the lew of Tewksbury, 347 
 
 slain in London, 348 
 
 robbed and spoiled in London, 353, 386 
 
 slain at Winchester, 357 
 
 of England assessed at great sums, 391 
 
 exiled the country, ibid. 
 
 persecutions of in Languedoc, 434 
 
 — — robbed and spoiled at Paris, 552 
 
 Ikenild Street Way described, 22 
 
 He, lohn de la, 506, 5t6 
 
 Images put down in Churches, 710 
 
 Ina t; lew. 
 
 Incarnation of Christ, 34, 35 
 
 Indith, orludith, thewifeof Lewys I., divorced from 
 
 her husband by the pope, 150, 154 
 
 .- is recovered by Lewis, 150 
 
 closed in a place of religion, ibid, 
 
 — — restored to Lewys, 151 
 
 her intrigues for the promotion of her son, 
 
 152 
 Indith, wife of Ethelwolphus King of West Saxons, 
 
 after her husband's death returns toward 
 
 France, J 6' 1 
 detained by Bawdewyn, afterwards Earl of 
 
 Flanders, ibid. 
 Ingebrida, or Ingeberta, 85 
 
 Innocent III. pope threatens England with an Inter- 
 dict, 315 
 the Interdict of, denounced by the bishops 
 
 of London, Ely, and Hereford, ibid. 
 denounces a new Interdict absolving the En- 
 glish from their allegiance, 318, 317 
 Innocent VI. pope, account of, 464 
 sends two Cai'dinals into England to treat of 
 
 a peace, 468 
 Interdiction denounced t. K. lohn, 315, 318, 317 
 
 released, 320 
 
 Interludes and Games devised to amuse Charles VII. 
 
 of France in his sickness, 558 
 loan widow of the Duke of Brytaync. married to K. 
 
 Hen. IV. of England, 570 
 
 , . crowned at Westminster, ibid. 
 
 . her death at Bermondsey, 611 
 
 , buried at Canterbury, ibid. 
 
 lohannes p. Alcinnus. ,,,,,. 
 
 lohn, K. son of Henry II. sent to Ireland by his fa- 
 
 ther, 280 
 .defeats Philip II. in Normandy, 284 
 
 lohn, created Earl of Lancaster, 299 
 
 marries the Earl of Gloucester's daughter, ibid. 
 
 takes the Castles of Windsor and Nottingham, 
 
 304 
 
 deprived of his dignities by Richard, 305 
 
 is reconciled, 306 
 
 in Normandy at the time of Richard's death, 310 
 
 crowned at Westminster, 285, 310 
 
 summoned to appear as the French King's liege 
 
 man, 285, 312 
 
 goes again to Normandy, 311 
 
 divorced from his wife, ibid. 
 
 marries Isabel daughter of the Earl of Engo- 
 
 lesym, ibid. 
 
 received with great honour at St. Denys, ibid. 
 
 takes his nephew Arthur prisoner, 312, 313 
 
 wars upon the borders of France, 314 
 
 marries his bastard daughter to Llewelyn prince 
 
 of Wales, ibid. 
 accursed by the Interdict of Pope Innocent III. 
 
 315 
 
 holds out against archbishop Langton, 316 
 
 recovers a great part of Normandy, 317 
 
 resigns his Crown to the Pope's Legate, 319 
 
 receives Langton as archbishop, 320 
 
 falls in dissention with his lords, ibid. 
 
 seals a Charter on Berham Down, 321 
 
 breaks the peace with his barons, ibid. 
 
 sends for succour from Normandy, ibid. 
 
 dies of the flux at Newark, 322 
 
 according to other accounts, at Swynyshede, or 
 
 Sebynyshede Abbey, ibid. 
 — — buried at Worcester, ibid, 
 lohn K. of France begins his reign, 499 
 
 makes war on the K. of Navame, ibid. 
 
 seizes the lands of the K. of Navame in Nor- 
 mandy, ibid. 
 sends his son Charles to ask aid of the Normans, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 raises an army against the K. of England, 500 
 
 ■ his expedition to the Castle of Rouen, ibid. 501 
 
 taken prisoner at the battle of Poytiers, 467, 
 
 501 
 
 brought to London, 467, 505 
 
 his ransom agreed upon by Treaty, 471, 518 
 
 goes to Calais, 472, 520 
 
 the sureties put in for his ransom, 473 
 
 returns to England, 475, 5S0 
 
 his death in the Palace of the Savoy, 475, 
 
 520 
 lohn King of lerusalem comes to England, 326 
 lohn, St. of Beverley, 129 
 lonys, Matthew, beheaded, 687 
 losquyne, Philip, 564 
 losselyne. Sir Ralph, 655 
 lourdan ot the He executed, 435 
 lourdemayne, Margery, 614 
 Joys, seven, of the Blessed Virgin, 19, 33, 40, 54, 
 
 _ 127,238, 681 
 
 Ireland granted to the Basclenses, 25 
 
 Ireland' 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ireland, Clafldiu* sendi certain Legions to, 36 
 
 subdued by Henry II. 275 
 
 ■^ the Irish rebel against K. lohn, 316 
 
 Ireland, Richard, 711 
 
 Irreglas v, Hirreglas. 
 
 Jsabella queen of Edw. II. her stay in France, 428 
 
 goes to the Earl of Henawde's Court, ibid. 
 
 lands with her son at Orwell, 429 
 
 ■ - her Letter published in the City, ibid. 
 Isabell queen of Richard II. lands at Dover, 540 
 
 her coronation, 541 
 
 sent back to France by K. Henry IV. 559, 
 
 568 
 
 marries Charles eldest son of the duke of Or- 
 leans, 559 
 
 Iselde, or Isell, Sir Waren of, executed, 426 
 
 Isley, Henry, joins Sir Thomas Wiat in rebellion, 
 713, 714 
 
 —— apprehended in Hampshire, 714 
 
 Itinerarii, the Pleas so called, held at St. Saviour's 
 South wark, 344 
 
 lubilee, year of, 462 
 
 at Rome, C22 
 
 lugebert and Amabert slay Childeriche, 124 
 
 lulius Caesar supposed by William of Malmesbury to 
 have made the hot baths at Batli, 1 4 
 
 lustus sent by Gregory to St. Augustine, 96 
 
 lutes, or lewetes, 60 
 
 K. 
 
 Kaerglone, Gloucester, 38 
 
 Kaerguent, or Winchester, built, 1 4 
 
 Kaerkyn, or Canterbury, built by Lud Rudibrass, 
 
 14 
 Kalater, or Kalaterium, 2 1 
 Katherine queen of Henry V. her dower, 584 
 
 crowned at Westminster, 586 
 
 — ceremonies &c. of the Coronation dinner, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 follows the K. to France, 588 
 
 Katherine queen of Henry VI. her death at Bermund- 
 sey, 6 1 1 
 
 buried at Westminster, ibid. 
 
 Katherine of Arragon, lands in England, 687 
 
 divorced from K. Hen. VIII. 699 
 
 her death, 700 
 
 Katherine, St. custom .on the day of, 712 
 Katherwike destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Kenelme, or Kenelmus, King of Mercia, and Mar- 
 tyr, 147 
 
 miraculous discovery, of his body, ibid. 
 
 Kenelpbus, son of Offa, becomes K. of Mercia, 139 
 
 Kenelworth, fight at, between Edw. Prince of Wales 
 
 and the Barons, 357 
 
 the Castle of, besieged by K. Henry IIL 
 
 3 0, 361 
 Kenewinus becomes King of the West Saxons, 120 
 
 chases th" Britons, 122 
 
 Kenredus becomes King of Mercia, 129 
 goes in pilgrimage to Rome, ibid. 
 
 Kent, beginning of the Kingdom of, 67 
 
 called Hengistus land, ibid. 
 
 ■ its boundaries, ibid. 
 
 a commotion in, pretended ^ K. Edw. VI. 
 
 711 
 Kent, execution of the Holy Maid of, 700 
 Kent, lone of, otherwise called lone Boucher, burnt 
 
 in Smilhfield for heresy, 710 
 Kent, Thomas earl of, created Duke of Surrey, 54S 
 Kenulphus begins his reign over the West Saxons, 
 
 138 
 
 his wars with OfFa, ibid. 
 
 slain by a relation of Sigebert, whom he 
 
 had deposed, 139 
 
 buried at Winchester, ibid. 
 
 Kenulphus, Kenwolfus, or Keiiwolphus K. of Mercia, 
 
 147 
 Kenwalcus or Kynwalcus, succeeds to the Kingdom 
 of the West Saxons, 1 1 7 
 
 —— puts away his wife, the daughter of Pehda, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 " ordains a Bishop's See at Winchester, 118 
 
 his benefactions to the See of Winchester, 
 
 119 
 — — makes war upon Wolpherus King of Mer- 
 cia, ibid. 
 
 dies, 120 
 
 Kenyngton, lolin, 685 
 Kikenildis Street v. Ikcnild Street 
 
 Kildare, the earl of, dies in the Tower of London, 
 700 
 
 Kimarchus or Kymor made K. of Britain, 26 
 
 - Kimarchus and Davius said to be one per- 
 son, ibid. 
 
 Kincorne destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 
 Kingston, Saxon Kings crowned at, 182, 194,200, 
 202 
 
 Kinimachus v. Kymarchus 
 
 Kite, or Kett, heads the insurrection in Norfolk, 
 710 
 
 Kneysworth, Thomas, condemned in great sums of 
 money, 689 
 
 Knivet, Sir Edmund, arraigned for giving a blow in* 
 the King's House, 701 
 
 Knolles or Knoleys, Sir Robert, 468 
 
 Lwins many Holds in Brytayne, 469, 517, 
 
 518 
 
 invades France, 480, 48 1 
 
 at variance with a part of his host, 481 
 
 his foundations, 573 
 
 Kylbrydge Castle besieged, 442 
 
 Kylmayn, the Prior of, impeaches the Earl of Ur- 
 monde, 618 
 
 Kylwardby, Robert, archbishop of Canterbury, made 
 a Cardinal of Rome, 386 
 
 Kymarchus made ruler of Britain, 1 3 
 
 buried at York, ibid. 
 
 Kymbalinus or Kymbalyne, made King of Britain, 34- 
 
 had liberty from the Romans to pay tri- 
 bute or not, ibid. ' 
 
 Kynadus, K. of Scotland, rebuked by Edgar, 196 
 
 Kyng, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Kyng, William, 595 
 
 Kyngilsus, the first Christian K. of thfe West Saxons, 
 80 
 
 • rules jointly with Quichellinus, 109 
 
 converted by Birinus, 116 
 
 — his death, 117 
 
 Kyngston, Sir Anihony, 709 
 
 Kyrieil, Thomas, 603 
 
 Kyrlande Hille, village of, destroyed /. K. Hen. VIII. 
 
 706 
 Kyrton, the Bishoprick of, translated to Exeter, 245 
 
 L. 
 
 Lacy, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, his request upon his 
 death bed, 419 
 
 Ladislaus K. of Beme, his sudden death, 643 
 
 Lago V. lago. 
 
 Lambert, bishop of Treet, murdered, 130 
 
 Lambeth, Serjeants feast at, 688 
 
 Lamfranke, or Lanfrank, an Italian, made archbishop 
 of Canterbury, 242 
 
 - — - takes profession of the bishops of En- 
 
 gland, ibid. 
 
 . receives the Pall, 243 
 
 • his dispute with the archbishop of York, 
 
 ibid, 
 by some admitted for a Saint, 245 
 
 ~ his death and character, 248 
 
 Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of, 423 
 
 beheaded, 425 
 
 Langley, Edmond of, born, 454 
 
 created Duke of York, 533 
 
 made Lieutenant in England, when K. 
 
 llichard II. went to Ireland, 545 
 Langley, Richard of. Earl of Cambridge beheaded, 
 
 Langton, Stephen, chosen archbishop of Canterbury, 
 313 
 
 . opposed by King lohn, ibid. 
 
 Pope Innocent III. interferes in his behalf, 
 
 314 
 
 . supported by the Pope, 318, 319 
 
 — ^- received by K. lohn, at Winchester, 320 
 
 , his death, 327 
 
 Langton, Walter, bishop of Chester, his complaint 
 against Edward the second and Piers of 
 Gaveston, 402 
 
 _ committed by Edw. II. to the Tower, 418 
 
 Languedockc, Lazars of, burnt, 434 
 
 , the iii. Estates of the province of, make 
 
 an aid for the deliverance of K. lohn, 
 503 
 
 Lastyngay Abbey, built by Cedda, 118 
 
 Latimer, Hugh, bisliop of Worcester, disputes at Ox- 
 ford, 714 
 
 .. i> burnt, 717 
 
 Laundre, Robert, knightedbyK.Kich.il. 531 
 
 Laureston, destroyed /. K. Hen. VII!. 706 
 
 Laiiret, C hapel of our Lady of, ir. Scotland, destroy- 
 ed, ibid. 
 
 Law Pleadings prdered to beheld in English, 476 
 Laylery, Michael, 610 
 
 Leeds Castle in Kent taken by K. Edw. II. 424 
 Legion of Knights, what, 36 
 Leicester built by Leyr, 14 
 Lenvoy, 681, 682, 
 
 Lessyngnan, Guy de, the last Christian King of le- 
 rusaleni, 283 
 
 : his death, 3.03 
 
 Letter firom the Barons to K. Henry III. 353, 354 
 
 answer to it fi-om tse King-, ibid. 
 
 — answer from Richard K. of the Romans and 
 
 Prince Edward, ibid. 
 Leutherius bishop of Winchester, 118 
 Lewelyn prince of Wales accursed by the Pope's 
 
 Legate, 324 
 — refuses to attend K. Edw. I. coronation, 
 
 385 
 
 — slain by Sir Edmund Mortimer, 388 
 
 — verses concerning liim, ibid. 
 
 the 
 
 Lewes, the Danes build a Castle near, 1 69 
 battle at, between K. Plenry III. and 
 
 Barons, 355 
 Lewis I. son of Charlemagne, begins his reign in 
 
 France, 148 
 
 called Lewys the mild, ibid. 
 
 confirms the alliances of his father, ibid. 
 
 ' ' restores to the Saxons the lands which had 
 
 been taken from them by his father, ibid. 
 
 makes his son Lothayre partner in the Em- 
 
 pire, 1 49 
 — — — his sons rebell against him and divide his 
 possessions, 1 50 
 - bis compositions during his imprisonment, 
 ibid. 151 
 
 discharged of his authority by a general 
 
 Council or Parliament, 151 
 
 becomes a Monk, ibid. 
 
 ' restored to his Empire, ibid. 
 
 pacdons Lothayre, ibid. 
 
 . enquires into the administration of his Laws, 
 
 152 
 
 ■ gives his youngest son Charles a portion of 
 
 the Empire, and the whole Country of 
 N'eustria, ibid. 
 
 ■ places him under the protection of Lothayre, 
 
 ibid. 153 
 
 ■ his sickness, 153, 154 
 
 . his donations to the Church of Rome, and 
 
 his son Lotharius, 154 
 
 • his death, ibid. 
 
 duration of his reign, 209 
 
 Lewis son of Lewis I. has the rule of Bayon, 149, 
 
 150 
 • becomes jealous of -his half-l-rotbtr Charles, 
 
 152 
 
 rebels against his father, 153 
 
 . is pardoned by him in his last sickness, 154 
 
 . joins with Lothayre against Charles tlie Bald, 
 
 156 
 
 • his adraonitioatohis brother Charles, 157 
 
 , agrees to the division of Austracy, 158 
 
 5 E LewL-t 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Lewis son of Levt'is I. dies, and is buried at St. Nazer, 
 
 159 
 Lewis, son of Lewis, has the rule of Germany, ibid. 
 .-—^. defeats Charles the Bald, 160 
 Lewis, son of Lothayre, anointed Emperor, 151 
 Lewis son of Charles the Bald, rules Austracy or Lo- 
 
 rayne, 158, 160 
 Lewis King of Germany, at variance with Lewis 
 
 Balbus, no, 171 
 solicited by the Nobles to take the rule of 
 
 Middle France, 171 
 - receives instead of it a part of Lorayn, 172 
 Lewis IL begins his reign in France, 170 
 — — — named Lodowycus Balbus, the Stammerer, 
 • ibid. 
 ■■ admitted Emperor by pop^ lohn VIIL 
 
 ibid. 
 
 accursed by pope Nicholas I. ibid. 
 
 — his death, IJl 
 
 duration of his reign, 209 
 
 Lewis in. and Charles, sons of Lewis Balbus, begin 
 
 their reign in France together, 171 
 — — — — placed under the tuition of Barnarde earl 
 
 of Aunergii, ibid. 
 
 the Nobles plot against them, ibid. 
 
 they divide the Kingdom of France between 
 
 them, 172 
 — — — Lewis dies at Turonne, 173 
 Charles has great difficulty in subduing the 
 
 Danes, ibid. 
 • grants the Province of Fryse to the Danes, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ~ the time of his death unknown, ibid. 
 
 duration of their reign, 209 
 
 Lewis IV. begins Ms reign in France, 174 
 
 . has the name of Rienfezant, ibid. 
 
 — '■ his death, 17^ 
 
 duration of his reign, 209 
 
 Lewis V. begins his reign over France, 185 
 fetched from England where he had been 
 
 brought by his mother, ibid. 
 
 revenges the death of his father, 186 
 
 carries Richard duke of Normandy with him 
 
 into France, 187 
 
 is taken prisoner by the Danes, 189 
 
 set at large by the interest of Hugh le 
 
 Graunde, ibid. 
 induces Ottho the Emperor to join him in 
 
 the invasion of Normandy, ibid. 1 90 
 —— — - buried at Raynys, 1 90 
 
 -^ duration of his reign, 210 
 
 Lewis VL the last King of the blood of Pepyn, 208 
 takes upon him the rule of France in his 
 
 father's life time, 232 
 • requires homage of K. Hen. I. of England 
 
 for Normandy, 256 
 begins his reign irj France as King, 208, 
 
 260 
 
 crowned at Orleans, ibid. 
 
 • wars with K. Hen. I. 262 
 
 makes war on Hfen. IV. emperor, ibid. 
 
 Lewis VJ. besieges Brudgis, 263 
 
 — — — restores the bishop of Clermondej ibid. 
 
 dies at St. Denys, ibid. 
 
 his Epitaph, 264 
 
 Lewis VII. (according to Fabyan the VIII.) 
 
 — — crowned King of France in his father's 
 
 life time, 263 
 
 — — marries Elynour daughter of the Duke of 
 
 Guyon, ibid. 
 
 begins his reign in France, 269 
 
 ■ takes upon him the cross, ibid. 
 
 besieges Damas, 270 
 
 — — his piety, ibid. 
 
 returns and is divorced from Eleanor his 
 
 queen, ibid. 
 maiTies Constance daughter of the K. of 
 
 Spain to his second wife, 27 1 
 
 on her death, marries Alys the daughter of 
 
 the Earl of Blois, ibid. 
 — his children, ibid. 
 
 punishes the lews, 272 
 
 — his death, ibid. 278 
 
 subdues the Earls of Clermont, Puyll, and 
 
 Polmet, 274 
 
 Lewis VIII. (according to Fabyan the IX.) son of 
 Philip II. invited into England by the 
 Barons, 321 
 
 ~ forsaken by the English Lords on the 
 
 death of lohn, 323 
 
 accursed by Gwalo, the Pope's Legale, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 returns to France, 324 
 
 begins his reign in France, 369 
 
 r— by his wife Isabel, daughter of the Earl 
 
 of -Hainault, the blood of Pepyn re- 
 turns to the Crown of France, ibid. 
 
 '■ — wins certain Castles in Pdytiers, 326, 
 
 369 
 
 ~ takes the Cross, ibid. 
 
 besieges Avignon, ibid. 370 
 
 dies at Mount Pauncer, ibid. 
 
 Lewis IX. surnamed St. Lewis (according to Fabyan 
 the X.) 
 
 begins his reign in France, 370 
 
 opposed on account of his youth by the 
 
 Duke of Brytayne, ibid. 
 
 ■ crowned at Raynes, ibid. 
 
 marries ,Margaret daughter of the E. of 
 
 Provence, 'MO 
 wars upon the lands of the Earl of March, 
 
 makes avow to go to the Holy Land, 371 
 
 visit* Innocent IV. at Cluny, ibid. 
 
 departs upon his journey, ibid. 333 
 
 — passes the winter in Cyprus, 372 
 
 lands near Damas, or Damiette, 372 
 
 — obtains possession of the City, ibid. 
 
 intrenches his troops, 373 
 
 taken prisoner by the Soldan, 336, 373 
 
 ————— his liberation and ransom, ibid. 
 ■ ■ his meekness and charity, 374, 376 
 
 Lewis 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Lewis IX. rq>airs loppa, T14 
 
 visits I|fazareth and Mt Tabor, ibid. 
 
 —— — — his ordinances for the government of Paris, 
 
 receives Henry III. of England at Paris, 
 
 S16 
 
 resigns certain lordships .to the K. of Arra- 
 
 gon, 377 
 
 his grants of the lordships of Guyan, An- 
 
 geou, and Mayne to K. Henry III. 
 346 
 
 goes again to the Holy Land, 376 
 
 ■ arrives at, and' takes Tunis, ibid. 377 
 
 his death, 367, 377 
 
 — —'—— canonized by Boniface VII. ibid. 
 
 — - his body translated to St. Denys, 409 
 
 Lewis X. (according to Fabyan the XI.) son of Philip 
 IV. bom 408 
 
 begins his reign in France, 432 
 
 ■ invades Flanders, 433 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 Lewis XI. rescues Depe or Dieppe from the English, 
 616 
 
 -~ makes war upon his father, 642, 643 
 
 begins his reign in France, ibid. 
 
 — i his counsellors, 644 
 
 — ■ defeated by the D. of Burgoyne, ibid. 
 
 makes peace with bis barons, 648 
 
 his dissimulation, ibid. 
 
 — — — deprives his brother of the dutchy of Nor- 
 mandy, ibid. 
 
 sends a strong host to Brytayne, 649 
 
 sends presents to the duke of Burgoyne 
 
 which are refused, 649 
 
 his almsdeeds at Paris, 651 
 
 his exhortation to his son, ibid. 
 
 dies of the morbus elephancie, 652 
 
 bis interview with Edw. IV. 664 
 
 . the niceness of his apparel, 665 
 
 Lewis of Bavaria, emperor, ordains Edw. III. vicar 
 
 of the empire, 446 
 Lewis, son of lohn K. of France, made earl of Alen- 
 
 son. 499 
 Leyhorne, sir Roger, 358, 359, 361 
 Leyllusor Leill made ruler of Britain, 13 
 Leyr made ruler over the Britons, 14 
 
 founds Leicester, ibid. 
 
 has iii. daughters, Gonorilla, Ragan, and 
 
 Cordeilla, ibid. 
 . bis questions to his daughters, and their answers, 
 
 ibid. 
 divides his land between his ii. elder daughters, 
 
 15 
 
 the dukes of Coraewall and Albania rise agamst 
 
 him, ibid. 
 
 flies to Cordeilla to be comforted, ibid. 
 
 , is restored to his government by Aganippus, 
 
 16 
 
 dies and is inteired at Leicester, ibid. 
 
 Library collected at York by Egbert, 138 
 
 Lilla saves the life of Edwin K. of NorthumberIand> 
 
 111 
 Lily, order of the, instituted by the duke of Burgundy, 
 
 609 
 Lincoln, castle at, built by William Conqueror, 
 241 
 
 taken by K. Stephen, 265 
 
 won by the barons from Lewis the French 
 
 king's son, 323 
 
 taken by the adherents of the barons, 361 
 
 Lincoln, Alexander bishop of, imprisoned by king 
 
 Stephen, 265 
 Lincoln, lohn earl of, slain at Stookfdde, 683 
 Lincolnshire, insurrection int. K. Edw. IV. 657 
 
 insurrection in t. K. Hen. VIII. 700 
 
 Lion, Richard, 711 
 
 Litchfield, the see of, translated to Chester, 245 
 
 Lith, knights made at, 706 
 
 Lithe, or Leith, destroyed t. Hen. VIII. ibid. 
 
 Liveries, an act against giving them to other than 
 
 household servanu, 567 
 Livius Gallus defends himself in London,. 44 
 
 gives name to Gallus or Wallus brook, now 
 
 Wall-brook, ibid. 
 Locrinus, or Locryne, son of Brute, receives Britain 
 of his father, 1 1 
 
 Locrinus and Camber subdues the Huns, 12 
 
 is slam and interred at Troynovant, ibid. 
 
 Locton, lohn, 534 
 
 Loegria or Logiers, 1 1 
 
 Lollards stand with faggots at Paul's Cross, 686 
 London, anciently called Caer Lud, or Luddyi 
 Town, 3 1 
 
 building of, 35 n. 
 
 anciently the see of an archbishop, 38 
 
 — — Cornwall and middle England, to Humber, 
 subject to the see of, 39 
 
 had the privilege of an archbishop's see from 
 
 St. Gregory, ibid. 96 
 
 the see of, removed by St. Austin to Canter- 
 
 bury, 39, 97 
 — — — the care of, entrusted by Alfred to Etheldredus 
 earl of Mercia, 169 
 
 burnt, or injured by fire, 202, 247, 320, 
 
 328 
 
 its extent in the time of Etheldred, 202 
 
 the Londoners take the part of Edgar Athe- 
 
 ling, 236 
 ■ Charter granted to, by William the Con- 
 queror, in the Saxon tongue, 247 
 greatly injured by a storm of wind, 249 
 
 buildings of William Rufus at, 251 
 
 church of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield 
 
 built, 254 
 
 Council at, 259 
 
 adheres to the party of K. Stephen, 266 
 
 • officers, laws, and customs of, 293 
 
 wards of, and parishes within them, 295, 296 
 
 churches, houses of religion, colleges, &c. of, 
 
 297 
 
 • 5 E 2 London, 
 
1 ISf D E X. 
 
 LcmdoTi, cinurdhes, monastei ies, &c. without the walls 
 of, 298 
 
 ruled by ii. bailiffs, 299 
 
 William Longbeard flies to St. Miry Bowe 
 
 Church, 301 
 
 — alteration in the tnode of choosing the bai- 
 liffs of, 3 1 3 
 
 K. lohn imprisons the rulers of the city, 
 
 317 
 
 London Bridge first built of stone, 3 1 8 
 
 — — — the Tower of, surrendered to the barons, 
 
 322 
 ' ' the shirewick of London and Middlesex let 
 
 to ferme, 32T 
 — privileges granted to, by K. Henry IIL ibid. 
 
 ■ the sheriffs of, ordained tO continue no longer 
 
 than a year in office, 328 
 
 aldermen of, first chosen, 332 
 
 I the pleas of the crown kept at the Tower of, 
 
 333 
 the franchises of, seized by K. Henry III. 
 
 336, 338 
 
 allowance made by K. "Henry HL to the 
 
 sheriffs, 33T 
 
 the mayor of, to be presented to the barons 
 
 of the exchequer, ibid. 
 
 ■ — the oppressionsof the commonalty of, punish- 
 
 ed, 339 , 
 
 dearth in, 343 
 
 • the citizens of, summoned by sir Hugh By- 
 got concerning certain tolls, 344 
 
 — — — strife between the Londoriers and the Con- 
 stable of the Tower, 348 
 
 " conduct of the citizens in the quarrel between 
 
 K. Henry III. and his barons, 350 
 ordinances framed by the citizens, but re- 
 jected, ibid. 
 
 — privileges claimed by the citizens in West- 
 minster, ibid. 
 
 threatened by K. Henry IIL 357 
 
 • the citizens put then! in the king's mercy, 
 
 358 
 ' their charter of pardon, 360 
 
 franchises of, confirmed, 361 
 
 ■ the citizens oppose the earl of Gloucester's 
 
 entrance, 362 
 
 the city interdicted, 363, 364 
 
 ■ the rule of, given to sir Edward the king's 
 
 son, 365 
 
 a new toll paid by the citizens, 366 
 
 '■ — confirmation of the charter of, ibid, 
 
 the steeple of St. Mary Bowe thrown down, 
 
 367 
 
 liberties of, confirmed by K. Edw. I. 385 
 
 the Black Friars by Ludgate founded, 
 
 386 
 ■■ franchises of, again seized, 389 
 
 frauds of the merchants-strangers of, 390 
 
 — — — the citizens of, obtains the return of their fran- 
 chises at Winchester, 400 
 
 « constrained by K. Edw. ,11. to find CC. 
 
 fighiing men/ 422 
 
 London, liberties of, confirmed and enlarged by K". 
 
 Edw. 41. 439 
 — ^— a mace allowed to the mayors of, 445 
 
 ■ assessment of the wards of, anno 1339, 447, 
 
 448, 449 
 ■ the house of the Friars Augustines in, found- 
 ed, 464 
 
 the liberties of, seized on account of a riot at 
 
 the bishop of Salisbury's palace, 537 
 •^— — the citizens meet Richard II. on their sub- 
 mission, ibid. 
 
 ■ renewal of the charter, 538 
 
 act concerning the sale of fish in, 567 
 
 the citizens obtain privileges on the Thames, 
 
 573 
 — —— the body of the White Frier's church in, re- 
 edified, ibid. 
 
 the guildhall of, rebuilt, 576 
 
 pageants at, in honour of K. Hen. VI's. re- 
 
 turn from Frances 603, 607 
 
 people slain at Baynard's Castle, 612 
 
 . the Lions in the Tower of, die, ibid. 
 
 the Conduit in Fleet Street begun, 613 
 
 affray in Fleet Street, 616, 633 
 
 the steeple of St. Paul's church in, fired by 
 
 lightning, 617 
 — : London Stone struck by Cade with his sword, 
 
 624 
 
 a battle fought on London Bridge in Cade's 
 
 rebellion, 625 
 affray in Chepe, 630 
 
 K. Edw. IVths. entry into, 662 
 
 — — — Aldgate defended against the bastard of Faw* 
 
 conbridge, ibid. 
 « — the walls of, repaired, 665, 666 
 
 mortality in, 666, 706, 710 
 
 the citizens meet K. Richard III. 671 
 
 — sweating sickness in, 673, 7 1 1 
 
 the citizens grant a benevolence to K. Heiiry 
 
 VIL 684 
 
 enquiry made into the affray against the Es- 
 
 terlings, 685 
 
 Serjeants feast at Ely Place, 685 
 
 ■ St. Paul's church in, suspended for a fi:ay, 
 
 686 
 
 St. Anthonie's church re-edified, 687 
 
 . the mayor of, begins to ride to the barge, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 new buildings at the Guildhall, 688 
 
 fires at, ibid. 689 
 
 ■ church of St. Peter the Poor in, burnt^ 
 
 -688 
 
 ■ the liberties of, confirmed by K. Henry VII. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ muster of the citizens of, t. K. Henry VIII. 
 
 701 
 ■ the gates of, watched during Ketf s rebellion, 
 
 710 
 
 — — <— — again during the rebellion of sir 
 
 Thomas Wiat, 713 
 
 London, 
 
INDEX 
 
 London. 
 
 Ballwi or Bailiffs of London, from A. D, 
 HmtoA.D. 1209. 
 
 Aldermanbury, Simon ofj 312 
 Aleyn, Richard fiz, 303 
 Alyze, William fiz, 312 
 Anliloche, Gerarde de, 305 
 Arnold, Arnold fiz, 311 
 Arnold, William fiz, 303 
 x\rnolde, Constantine fiz, 308 
 Barth, lames fiz, 3 1 1 
 Beawe, Robert le, 308 
 Besaunt, Robert, 304 
 Blondell, Norman, 313 
 Blount, llo^er, 307 
 Bronde, Hamonde, 315 
 Browne, Walter, 314 
 Buknolte, lohn, 301 
 Cbaumberleyn, William, 314 
 Cornhyll, Henry of, 299 
 Darty, Richard fiz, 311 
 Desert, Roger, ibid. 
 Duke, Nicholas, 302, SOT 
 Duke, Ropier, 299, 303 
 Duraunt, Robert, 305 
 Ely, lohn of, 313 
 Gerard, Edmund fiz, 316 
 Harden, Edmund, 311 
 Hauershall, William, 301 
 Haveryll, Thomas, 315 
 Herlion, lohn, 299 
 Holyland, lohn, 316 
 Iosne,.Iokell le, 303 
 Isabel), William fiz, 333 
 Nowlay, Peter, 302 
 . Ryver, Richard fiz, 299 
 Herle the mercer, 317 
 Seynt Albon, Hugh of, ibid. 
 Walgrave, lohn, 31.-) 
 Wynchestyr, Richard of, ibid. 
 Wynchestyr, Roger, 317 
 
 Mayors qfUndonfrom A. D. 1209 to A. D. ISM. 
 
 Abyndon, Stephen, 421 
 
 Achyley, Roger, 695 
 
 Ariryan, lobn, 366, 368 
 
 Aleine, or Aleyn, John, 698, 700 
 
 Aleyn, Roger Filz, 321 
 
 Aleyne, Piers, 335 
 
 Alwyn. Henry Fitz, 318, 319, 320 
 
 Alwyn, Nicholas, 687 
 
 Amcotes, bir Henry, 710 
 
 Andrewe, lames, 478 
 
 Ascue, sir Christopher, 700 
 
 Ashewey, Rafe, 333 
 
 Askam, William, 571 
 
 Astry, Rafe, 6i54 
 
 Athirley, lohn, 616 
 
 Awbry, Andrew, 447, 450, 462 
 
 Aylemer, eir Lawrence, 689 > 
 
 London. 
 
 Baldry, sir Thomas," 698 
 
 Bamme, or Banie, Adam, 535, 541 
 
 Barentyne, Drewe. 545, 573 
 
 Barnes, George, 711 
 
 Barton, Henry, 581,599 
 
 Basset, Robert C65 
 
 Basynge, Adam, 337 
 
 Batte, Gerard, 331 
 
 Batle, Nicholas, 337 
 
 Baylay, sir William, 698 
 
 Bengley, Remonde, 331, 332 
 
 Bemes, lohn, 481, 482 
 
 Bernes, Walter, 479 
 
 Betayne, Richard, 430, 439 
 
 Blount, sir John, 402, 403, 404,417 
 
 Boleyn, Godfrey, 633 
 
 Bowes, sir Martin, 708 
 
 Bowyer, sir William, 705 
 
 Bradbury, sir Thomas, 695 
 
 Brembre, Nicholas, 487, 529, 532 
 
 Brokley, John, 608 
 
 Browne, lohn, 666 
 
 Browne, Stephen, 612, 621 
 
 Browne, William, 689, 696 
 
 Bruge, sir lohn, 697 
 
 Bryce, Hugh, 683 
 
 Bryton, sir lohn, 391, 394, 395, 397, 39'9 
 
 Bukerell, Andrew, 328, 329, '330 
 
 Bungay, Reyner de, 331 n. 332 n. 
 
 Bury, Adam of, 476, 484 
 
 Butler, sir William, 696 
 
 Byllysdon, Robert, 670 
 
 Cambryge, William, 588 
 
 Canynges, Thomas, 63 1 
 
 Capell, sir William, 688 
 
 Catworthe, Thomas, 6 1 7 
 
 Caundissb, Stephen, 4' 5 
 
 Chalton, Thomas, 621 
 
 Channyes, sir lohn, 700 
 
 Chawry, Richard, 685 
 
 Chycheley, or Chicheley, Robert, 576, 588 
 
 Chychester, lohn, 480 
 Chvkwell, Hamonde, 424, 425, 426, 428, 
 439 
 
 Clopton, Hugh, 684 
 
 Clopton, Robert, 615 
 
 Colet, sir Henry. 683, 685 
 
 Cooke, Thomas, 653 
 
 Copinger, William, 695 
 
 Cotes, lohn, 705 
 
 Coventre, lohn, 595 
 
 Crowmer, William, 578, 592 
 
 Culworth, sir Richard de, 363 
 
 Cunduytte, Reynolde at, 443, 441 
 
 Curteis, Thomas, 718 
 
 Darcy, Henry, 445, 446 
 
 Dobbes, Richard, 711 
 
 Doffeldi, Simon, 469 
 
 Dormer, sir Mighell, 705 
 
 Dormer, sir Raufe, 699 
 
 London, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 London. 
 
 Drope, Robert, 664 
 
 Duke, Roger, 327, 328 
 
 Edwardc Williaqa, 663 
 
 Estfelde, or Estfeylde, William, 599, 612 
 
 Exmewe, sir Thomas, 697 
 
 Exton, Nicholas, 533, 534 
 
 Eyer, Simon, 618 
 
 Faryngdon, Nicholas, 418, 420 
 
 Fawconer, Thomas, 528 
 
 Feyldynge, Godfrey, 627 
 
 Forman, sir William, 701' 
 
 Forster, Stephen, 629 
 
 Franceys, or Praunces, Simoti, 427, 454, 
 
 464 
 Fraunces, lohn, 569 
 Fraunceys, Adam, 463 
 Frenshe, lohn, 539 
 Frowyk, Henry, 385, 609, 617 
 Gardyner, Richard, 666 
 Garret, sir William, 717 
 Gedney, lohn, 598, 619 
 Grauntham, lohn, 440 
 Gregory, William, 626 
 Gresham, sir lohn , 710 
 Gresham, sir Richard, 700 
 Gysors, or Gysotirs,^ lohn, 334, 345, 419, 
 
 420 
 Haddoji, sir Richard, 689, 695 
 Hadley, lohn, 529, 538 
 Hamonde, lohn, 455 
 Hampton, Wilham, 663 
 Harden, Richard, 338, 339, 344 
 Harden, William, 332 
 Heende, lohn, 536 
 Henry, sir Walter, 368 
 Hervy, sir Walter, ibid. tj. 384 
 Heyforde, Hqmphrey, 666 
 Hille, sir Rowland, 710 
 Hobelthorne, H-gnry, 709 
 Holeis, sir William, 701 
 Home, William, 683 
 Hulyn, William, 635 
 Hyende, lohn, 572 
 Hylle. Thomas, 671 
 lamys, Bartholomew, 666 
 lenyns, Stephen, 690 
 Ipsselyn, Ralph, 655, 665 
 loynour, William, 331 
 lud, sir Andrew, 711 
 Keybell, Henry, 695 
 Killyngbury, Richard, 462 
 Kneysworth, Thomas; 689 
 KnoUys, Thomas, 567, 576 
 Lacer, Richard, 456 
 Lamberd, sir Nicholas, 699 
 Large, Robert, 6 1 3 
 Laxton, William, 707 
 Lee, Richard, 637, 657 
 Lee, Thomas, 719 
 Legge, Thomas, 459, 464 
 
 London, 
 
 Lion, lohn, 7 17 
 
 Luffyn, Luffkyn, Lovekyn, or Lusliryn, lohn, 
 
 460, 468, 468 re. 476, 476 n. 477 
 Marlowe, or Merlowe, Richard, 574, 583 
 Marowe, William, 630 
 Marryat, William, 667 
 Martyn, William, 684 
 Matthew, lohn, ibid. 
 Monox, George, 696 
 Mordon, Simon, 479- 
 More, William, 539 
 Mundy, sir lohn 698 
 Mychell, lohn, 594, 611 
 Mylborn, sir lohn, 697 
 Myrfyn, Thomas, 697 
 Norman, lohn, 337, 628, 
 Northampton, lohn, 531 
 Notte, lohn, 475 
 Offeley, sir Thomas, 718 
 Olney, lohn, 618 
 Otley, Robert, 608 
 Owlegrave, Thomas, 656 
 Oxynforde, lohn, 454 
 Paddysley, lohn, 614 
 Pargetour, sir Thomas, 699 
 Parneys, lohn, 607 
 Pecche, lohn, 474 
 Pecoke, sir Stephen, 699 
 Percyvale, sir lohn, 686 
 Philip, Matthew, 654 
 Phylpot, lohn, 529 
 Pontenay, Pontnay, or Pountnay, lohn, 419, 
 
 441, 443, 444 
 Preston, lohn, 442 
 Purchase, William, 686 
 Pycharde, Henry, 467 
 Pyell, lohn, 483 
 Raynell, John, 597 
 Rede, Bartholomew, 688 
 Kemyngtojv, Wilham, 687' 
 Renger, Richard, 3;6, 330 
 Reste, Ichn, 696 
 
 Richarde, William Fitz, 347, 360,36} 
 Roche, sir William, 701 
 RofFham, Richard, 418 
 Roger, Roger Fitz, 336 
 Rokkisle, Gregory, 385. 386, 387, 389 
 Romayn, Thomas, 418 
 Rudstone, sir lohn, 699 
 Russell, Ellys, 401,402 
 Sandewych, Stephen, 389 
 Sandewyche, R^uffe, 390, 392, 393 
 Scotte, Thomas, 633 
 Serle, Robert, 324, 325, 326 
 Sevenok, William, 583 
 Seymer, sir Thomas, 698 
 Shaa, Edmond, 667 
 Shaa, sir lohn, 687 
 Shadworlh, lohn, 570 
 
 London, 
 7 
 
INDEX. 
 
 London. 
 
 Sowch, Alaiii, 361,363,364 
 Spencer, Sir lames, 699 
 Staple, Adam, 486 
 Stody, lohn, 467 
 Slokton, lohn, 659 
 ^ Stondon, William, 537, 573 
 Swaylond, Simon, 441 
 Tate, lohn. 663, 686 
 Tate, Rob«rt, 683 
 Taylour, Philip le, 384 
 Taylour. WiUiam, 657 
 Thomas, Thomas Fitz, 348, SSJ, 355, 359, 
 
 , 360, 363 
 Toleson, lohn, 337 
 Tony, Michael, 334, 336 
 Turke, William, 461 
 TwyfForde, Sir Nicholas, 524 
 Venour, William, 535 
 Verney, Rauffe, 655 
 Walcot, lohn, 570 
 
 Waldeme, or Waldren, William, 577, 592 
 Waleys, Henry, 384, 387, 388, 400 
 .Walworth, William, 485, 530 
 Warde, lohn, 485 
 Warren, Sir Ralph, 700, 70S 
 Wellys, lohn, 603 
 Wengrave, lohn, 422 
 Wengrave, Stephen, 421 
 White, Sir Thomas, 712 
 Whittyngton, or Whytyngton, Richard, 543, 
 
 573, 585 
 Wbyte, William, 684 
 Wichyngham, Geffrey, 456 
 Woodcok, lohn, 572 
 Wotton, Nicholas, 580, 602 
 Wroth, lohn. 474 
 Wyche, Hugh, 652 
 Wyfforde, Nicholas, 626 
 Wyngar, lohn, 688 
 Yarforde, Sir lames, 697 
 Yonge, Sir lohn, 655 
 
 Sheriffs of London from A. D. 1209 io A. D. 1559. 
 
 Abbot, lohn, 599 
 
 Abraham, William, 619 
 
 Abyngdon, Simon, 424 
 
 Abyngdone, Stephen of, 420 
 
 Achylley, Roger, 688 
 
 Adryan, lohn, 345, 359, 361, 385 
 
 Adyrli e, lohn, 603 
 
 Ailoffe, lohn, 710 
 
 Akin, Raiife, -(08 
 
 Aleyne, lohn, 663, 697 
 
 Aleyn, Thomas, 578 
 
 Alis, Martin fiz, 321 
 
 Alley. Rirljard, 627 
 
 A 1 tarn, Edward, 699 
 
 Altam, Richard, 718 
 
 Alverne, or Alverun, Anketyll de, 365, 366 
 
 London. 
 
 Alwyn, Nicholas, 685 
 
 Andrewe, lames, 475 
 
 Ardell, Robert, 329 
 
 Armenter, lohn, 401 
 
 Arnolde, lohn, 597 
 
 Aschewy, or Asshewye, Ralph, 329, 331, 332, 
 
 338 
 Ascue, Christopher, 698 
 Ashewy, William, 339 
 Askham, William, 543 
 Astry, Rafe, 671 
 Aunger, Peter, 361 
 Ansteyne, Thomas, 534 
 Awbrey, Andrew, 441 
 Awbry, lohn, 484 
 Awbry, Martin, 393 
 Aylemer, Sir Lawrence, 687 
 Aylesbam, John, 455 
 Bacon, William, 666 
 Badecot, Luke, 361 
 Baldry, Thomas, 697 
 Bale, Henry, 393 
 Bame, Adam, 53 1 
 Barentjme, Drew, 538 
 Baret, William, 529 
 Barnes, George, 708 
 
 Barney, Walter, 474 
 Barton, Henry, 572 
 Barton, Rauffe. 583 
 Basse, Humphrey, 337 
 
 Basset, Robert, 654 
 
 Basynge, Adam, 333 
 
 Basyage, Hugh, 321 
 
 Basynge, Robert, 385 
 ' Basynge, Solomon, 321 
 
 Basynge, TTiomas, 362 
 
 Basynge, William, 418 
 
 Basyngstoke, Richard, 459 
 
 Batte, Gerarde, 328, 329 
 
 Batte, Nicholas, 334, 335, 337 
 
 Batte, Peter, 321 
 
 Bayton, Robert, 481 «. 
 
 Beaumont, Thomas, 616 
 
 Bedingham, William, 420 n. 
 
 Bedyll, lohn, 368 
 
 Bedyngton, Simon, 469 «. 
 
 Bedyngton, William, 421 n. 
 
 Belyngton, Robert, 338 
 
 Benet, Simon, 404 n. 
 
 Benet, William, 392 
 
 Bengley, Remonde, 331 
 
 Bentley, Adam, 334 n. 
 
 Berkynge, Richard, 454 
 
 Bernes, lohn, 468 
 
 Bernwell, Thomas, 608 
 
 Berton, Rauffe, 583 
 
 Betayn, William, 392 
 
 Betencourt, Luke, 361 n. 
 
 Betnell, Hawkyn, 388. 
 
 Bewly, Adam, 334 
 
 London. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 London, 
 
 London. 
 
 Blacnay, Peter, 318 
 Bledlow, Thomas, 663 
 Blont, Edward, 361 
 Blounde, William, 323, 323 ». 3/24 
 Blount, Hugh, 333 
 Blounte, Rauffe, 385, 393 
 Blounte, Roger, 339 
 Blounte, Walter, 390 
 Blunte, Rauffe, 388 
 Bokereli, Andrew, 326, 328 
 Bokerell, Matthew, 339 
 Bokereli, Stephen, 327 
 Bokerell, Thomas, 324 
 Bolet, Simon, 404 
 Boloyne, Godfrey, 618 
 Borney, Walter, 474 
 Boseham, lohn, 529 
 Bosham/Peter, 402 
 Boteler, lohn, 588 
 Botyller, lohn, 585 
 Bowes, Sir Martin, 701 
 Bowyer, William, 700 
 Box, Thomas, 387 
 Boxe, Hamonde, 393 
 Boxe, Henry, 394 
 Bradbery, Thomas, 686 
 'Brampton, William, 539 
 Bramson, Adam, 459 
 Brandon, Thomas, 464 
 Brassey, Robert, 386, 387 n. 
 jferecy, Robert de, 385 
 Brember, Nicholas, 483 
 Bretayne, Thomas, 671 
 Breteyne, lohn, 697 
 Brikylsworth, lohn, 476 
 Brokle, lohn, 595 
 Brond, Richard, 687 
 Brook, Godfrey, 573 
 Brook, lohn, 684 
 Browne, lohn, 655, 663 
 Browne, Stephen, 603 
 Browne, William, 684, 688 
 Brownynge, Adam, 347 
 Bruge, lohn, 696 
 Bryan, lohn, 583 
 Bryce, Henry, 655 
 Bryce, Hugh, 655 
 Brykelsworthe, William, 444 
 Bulmer, Raufe, 421 
 Burden, Adam, 420 
 Burfforde, lohn de, 403 
 Buris, lohn, 468 
 Bury, Adam, 461 
 Butler, lohn, 418 
 Butler, William, 689 
 Byfelde, Robert, 666 
 Byllysdon, Robert, 663 
 Byllon, Robert, 338 n. 
 Bywater, lohn, 594 
 -Callei^ Robert; 402 
 
 Calot, Henry, 666 
 Cambridge, William, 580 
 Canstoi), lohn, 428 
 Cansyn, William, 403 
 Cantlow, William, 62 L 
 Canynge, Thomas, ibid. 
 Capell, William, 684 
 Caston, lohn, 428 ». 
 Caston, William, 421 
 Cate, Robert, 667 
 Cateleiger, Robert, 344 n. 
 •Catelyon, Robert, 344 
 Cafhyll, Adam, 534 
 Catworth, Thomas, 609 
 Caundysshe, Stephen, 467 
 Caunterbury, lohn of, 392 
 Cauton, lohn, 698 
 Caxton, Hugh, 420 n. 
 Ceynture, Benetle, 323 «. 
 "Ceytur, Benet le, 324 
 Chadworth, lohn, 536 
 Chalton, Thomas, 608 
 Champeis, Richard, 402 
 Champion, Walter, 699 
 Champneis, lohn, 698 
 Champney, Richard, 719 
 Chapman, William, 612 
 Chawntclere, Roger, 438 
 Chawry, Richard, 667 
 Chelley, lohn, 663 
 Chertsey, Walter, 602 
 Chester, Richard, 671 
 Chester, William, 717 
 Chichele, Robert, 570 
 Chycheley, William, 574 
 Chychester, lohn, 469 
 Chykwell, Hamonde, 420 
 Chyrchman, lohn, 532 
 Cloppyng, lohn, 699 
 Clopton, Hugh, 683 
 Clopton, Robert, 609 
 Clopton, Wilham, 456 
 Cobham, Henry, 327, 330 
 Colesan, lohn, 330 n. 
 Colet, Henry, 666 n^ 
 Colwych, Robert, 665 
 Colynson, lohn, 330 n. 
 Combmartyn, Henry, 439 
 Combmartyn, William, 403 
 Conduyl, Godfrey de la, 404 
 Constantyne, Richard, 426 
 Constantyne, William, 654 
 Consyn, William, 403 n. 
 Conton, lohn, 430 
 Cooke, Thomas, 628 
 Coot, Henry, 684 
 Copynger, William, 689 
 Cordewaner, Gerarde, 330 
 Cordwaynerstrete, Gervaysof, 330 fl. 
 Cornehyll, Robert, 345 
 
 London, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 London. 
 
 Comhyll, Robert, 334 
 Comhylle, Robert de, 362 
 Cornhylle, Stephen, 389 
 Corn waleys, Thomas, 529 
 Cotes, lohn, 700 
 Cotton, lohn, 430 
 Cotton, Walter, 576 n. 
 Cotton, William, 576 
 Coventre, Henry, 384 
 Coventre, lohn, 581 
 Coventre, lurden, 330 
 Coventre, Richard, 347 
 Couper, lohn, 711 
 Crane, Nicholas, 445 
 Croppe, Simon, 418 
 Crosby, lohn, 659 
 Crosse, Thomas, 391 
 Crowmer, William, 572 
 Croydon, lohn, 456 
 Croydon, Rioh'ard, 475 
 Cumbys, William, 615 
 Cunduyt, Reynold at, 425 
 Curtes, Thomas, 709 
 Curteyse, Robert, 710 
 Dallynge, lohn, 422 
 Danyell, William, 666 
 Darcy, Henry, 439 
 Dauncy, William, 699 
 Dawes, lohn^^ 696 
 Denfelde, Walter, 328 
 Denham, William, 700 
 Denys, lohn, 474 
 Derby, lohn, 618 
 Dere, William, 626 
 Dikman, William, 478 
 Doket, William, 530 
 Dobbes, Richard, 705 
 Doderell, Raynold, 403 
 Doderley, Raynold, 403 n. 
 Dodmer, Raufe, 698 
 Doket, lohn, 695 
 Dolsell, Simon, 460 n. 
 Dolsely, Simon, 460 
 Dolzell, Thomas, 467 n. 
 Dormer, Michael, 679 
 Dosell, Thomas, 467 
 Drelande, lohn, 476 
 Drope, Robert, 657 
 Drury, Myghell, 417 
 DufFeel, Walter de, 328 n. 
 Duke, Peter, 318 
 Duke, Roger, 326 
 Duke, Thomas, 573 
 Dulgrave, Thomas, 630 
 Dunstable, lohn, 395 
 Duremson, William de, 364 n. 
 Duresyne, Thomas, 331 
 Durham, Thomas, 33 1 n. 
 Durham, William, 337 
 
 London. 
 
 Durham, William de, 364, 365 
 
 Dushous, Thomas, 599 
 
 Dyke, Hughe, 612 
 
 Dykman, WiUiam, 477 
 
 Ebot, WiUiam, 569 
 
 Edmonton, Henry de, 328 n. 
 
 Edwarde, William, 632 
 
 Elande, William, 318 
 ' Eldementon, Henry, 328 
 
 Ely, Richard of, 426 
 
 Ely, Robert of, 441 
 
 Elys, Roger, 539 
 
 Endelmart3rr, Henry de, 328 n. 
 
 Englissbe, Michael, 698 
 
 Estfeylde, WUliam, 592 
 
 Everarde, Aleyn, 580 
 
 Ewell, Richard, 339 
 
 Exmew, Thomas, 690 
 
 Exton, Nicholas, 532 
 
 Eylande, Raufe, 320 
 
 Eyre, Symonde, 608 
 
 Fabyan, Robert, 684 
 
 Faryngdon, William, 387 
 
 Fawconer, Thomas, 571 
 
 Fayry, lohn, 701 
 
 Felde, lohn, 629 
 
 Fenkyll, lohn, 683 
 
 Fenour, Rauffe, 385 
 
 Fenrother, Robert, 695 
 
 Flemynge, Richard, 637 
 
 Forman, William, 700 
 
 Forsham, Roger, 447 
 
 Forster, Thomas, 464 
 
 Fostalfe, Hugh, 534 
 
 Foster, Stephen, 617 
 
 Fourde, Thomas de la, 359 n. 360 
 
 Fourdeous, Thomas de la, 359 
 
 Fraunces, lohn, 535 
 
 Fraunces, Simon, 439 
 
 Fremyngham, lohn, 570 
 
 Frenshe, lohn, 532 
 
 Frostelynge, Bartylmewe, 467 
 
 Frowyke, Henry, 385, 598 
 
 Frowyke, Lawrence, 334, 337 
 
 Fryngryth, Henry, 401 
 
 Fulham, Benet of, 428 
 
 Fullam, Adam de, 397 
 
 Fumeux, William, 422 
 
 Fumeys, William, 417 n. 
 .Fyeldynge, Godfrey, 618 
 
 FyfeeldC^Iohn, 484 
 
 Fysshyde, lohn, 484 
 
 Gard3mer, Richard, 657 
 
 Garlonde, lohn, 320 
 
 Garret, William, 711 
 
 Gayton, Hugh, 420 
 
 Gay ton, Robert, 481, 482 
 
 Gedney, lohn, 583 
 
 5 F London. 
 
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 London. 
 
 London. 
 
 Gloucester, lohn, 456 
 Glouceter, Richard, 394 
 Godechepe, Hamonde, 42 1 
 Goundresse, lohn, 330 
 Graas, Stephen le, 319 
 Granger, Thoquas, 688 
 Grantham, lohn, 426 
 Gregory, William, 611 
 Gresham, lohn, 700 
 ■ Gresham, Richard, 699 
 Greves, Richard, 709 
 Grey, Richard, 696 
 Grove, Roger, 689 
 Gybson, Nicholas, 701 
 Gylande, Raufe, 324 
 Gyrdeler, Robert, 419 
 Gysors, lohn, 331 
 Gysours, Henry, 440 
 Haddistok, William, 365 
 Haddon, Richard, 686 
 Hadestock, William de, 366 
 Hadley, lohn, 485 
 Hakeney, Richard, 426 
 Halton, Henry, 513 
 Halyngbery, Adam, 395 
 Halys, William, 612 
 Hamonde, lohn, 442 n. 443 
 Hampton, William, 653 
 Hancotes, Henry, 705 
 Hansarde, William, 442, 443 
 Harden, Robert, 329 n. 
 Hardye,lohn, 699 
 Hardynge, Robert, 666 
 Harper, Wilham, 718 
 Harworde, Thomas, 441 
 Haryot, William, 657 
 Hatfelde, Robert, 482 
 Haverynge, Luke, 402 
 Hawes, Thomas, 719 
 Hawteyn, William, 391 
 Hawteyne, lohn, 439 
 Hawys, Christopher, €88 
 Hawys, lohn, 687 
 Hede, Henry, 687 
 Hempnale, Edmund, 456 
 Henry, Walter, 364, 365 
 Herfforde, William, 392 
 Hervie or Harvy, Walter, 359, 364 n. 
 Hewet, William, 712 
 Heyford, Humfrey, 656 
 Heylysdone, lohn, 529 
 Hill, Sir Rowland, 705 
 Hinde, AugustinCj 711 
 Hoblethorne, Henry, 705 
 Holande, Raffe, 599 
 Holbacch, Hugh, 480 «, 
 Holbech, William, 474 
 Holdernes, Robert, 695 
 Holdiche, Hugh, 480 
 HoUeyg, William, 699 
 
 Home, lohn. 3B4, 385 
 Home, Robert, 618 
 Home, William, 665 
 Hulyn, William, 621 
 Huntlow, Thomas, 701 
 Husbande, lohn, 442 
 Hyde, William, 567 
 Hygtham, lohn, 597 
 Hylle, Thomas, 664 
 Hyltofte, lohn, 475 «. 
 Hyltoste, lohn, 475 
 Hynde,Iohn, 531 
 Hynkstone, lohn, 443 
 lamys, Barth. 653 
 lamys, Nicholas, 592 
 lenins, Nicholas, 698 
 lenyns, Stephen, 686 
 Ham, Thomas, 666 
 locii, Nicholas fiz, 336 n. 
 lohn, lohn fiz, 332 
 John, Robert fiz, 327 
 lohnson, Thomas, 689 
 losne, Constantine le, 320 
 losne, loseus le, 325 
 losselyne, Rafe, 633 
 loy, Nicholas, 336 
 loyner, Richard, 326 
 loynour, Wilham, 326 
 Irelande, George, 652, 
 Ireland, lohri, 476 
 Isaak, William, 683 
 lud, Andrew, 707 
 Kebyl), Henry, 688 
 Kelsyngbury, Richard, 454 «. 
 Kembe, lohn, 697 
 Kitson, Thomas, 700 
 Kneysworth, Thomas, 685 
 Knollys, Thomas, 539 
 Knyghthode, William, 530 
 Kyrkby, lohn, 689 
 Kylsyngbury, Richard, 454 
 Lambarde, lohn, 637 
 Lambart, Nicholas, 698 
 Lamberde, Thomas, 326 
 Lambert, lohn, 711 
 Lambyn, lohn, 419 
 Lane, lohn, 574 n. 
 Langforde, Salamon, 392 
 Langley, Walter, 385 
 Large,- Robert, 602 
 Launde, Robert, 486 
 Lawe, John, 574 
 Laxton, William, 701 
 Lazar, Richard, 440 
 Lee, Richard, 627 
 Lee, Thomas, 717 
 Legge, Thomas, 455 
 Levenham, Rauffe, 576 
 Leveson, Nicholas, 700 
 Levyngham, Rauffe, 577 
 
 London. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 London. 
 
 Lewen, Thoma«, 700 
 Lion, lohn, 711 
 Lock, William, 710 
 Long, lohn, 699 
 Looke, lohn, 652 
 Loveney, lohn, 535 
 Lowfthe, William, 572 
 Lucas, Adam, 450 
 Luskyn, lohn, 454 
 Lutekyn, Adain, 419 
 Lutekyn, Richard, 419 w. 
 Lyncoln, lohn, 403 
 Lynge, lohn, 608 
 Lynne, Raufe, 46 1 
 Lyntson, Robert de, 363 
 Lyons, Richard, 485 
 Lyre, William de, 393 
 Lytell, lohn, 463 
 Macham, lohn, 717 
 Mainarde, lohn, 7 1 1 
 Malarie, lames, 7 1 8 
 Blalpas, Philip, 613 
 Manfeylde, Gilbert, 537 
 Marbre, Hugo, 446 
 Marchall, Robert, 613 
 Marowe, William, 621 
 Marre, Symond fiz, 329 
 Marres, Bartholomew, 450 
 Marshall, Roger, 363 
 Martyn, William, 670 
 Mary, Simon fiz, 329 n, 334 
 Mathewe, lohn, 667 
 Mazerer, WiUiam, 385,387 
 Merlewe, Richard, 570 
 Mertine, lohn, 699 
 Merwode, Simon, 419 
 Meyre, William le, 386, 387 n. 
 Milrede, William, 595 
 Mockynge, lohn, 441 
 Monmoth, Henry, 700 
 Monox, George, 695 
 Moordon, Gilbert, 430 
 Moore, William, 533 
 Mordon, Symonde, 476 
 Mordon, Walter, 444 
 More, lohn, 532 
 More, Rauffe, 387 
 Morsted, Thomas, 611 
 Mounplere, Robert, 351 
 Mundye, lohn, 696 
 Munpilers, Robert, 345 ». 
 Muschampe, Thomas, 654: 
 Mychell, lohn, 578 
 Mycoll, John, ibid. 
 Myddyllon, lohn, 626 
 Mylbome, John, 695 
 Mynoure, lohn, 339 
 Myrfyn, Thomas, 695 
 IMeale, Walter, 445 
 Nedeharo, Richard, 633 
 
 London. 
 
 Neel, Thomas, 318 
 
 Newlande, Andrew, 322, 323 
 
 Newporte, William, 485 
 
 Newyngton, Thomas, 537 
 
 Nordon, Richard, 616 
 
 Norlande, Thomas, 670 
 
 Norman, lohn, 329, 617 
 
 Northall, lohn, 444 
 
 Northampton, lohn, 337, 347, 486 
 
 Norton. William, 573 
 
 Notte, lohn, 462 
 
 Notyngham, Richard, 467 
 
 Nynys, Nicholas, 688 
 
 Offeley, Thomas, 712 
 
 Oiney, lohn, 603 
 
 Oran, lohn, 532 n. 
 
 Organ, lohn, 532 
 
 Otle, Thomas, 477 «. 
 
 Otley, Robert, 598 
 
 Oxynforde, John of, 427 
 
 Oystyrgate, Stephen, 338 
 
 Paddysley, lohn, 607 
 
 Paget, Richard, 700 
 
 Palmer, Raufe, 421 
 
 Palmer, Roger, 418 
 
 Paris, Richard, 368 
 
 Parker, William, 541 
 
 Pamesse, lohn, 583 
 
 Partrich, Nicholas, 697 
 
 Parys, Rogier, 403 
 
 Parys, Simon, 402 
 
 Patencourt, Lucas, 335 
 
 Pecchy, lohn, 463 n. 
 
 Peche, lohn, 463 
 
 Pecoke, Stephen, 698 
 
 Pemberton, Hugh, 684 
 
 Penne, John, 576 
 
 Percyvall, lohn, 683 
 
 Pergetoure, Thomas, 697 
 
 Pet, losnefitz, 320 
 
 Peter, losne fitz, ibidS 
 
 Phylpotte, lohn, 483' 
 
 Phylyp, Matthew, 626 
 
 Pikman, Andrew, 529 
 
 Plummer, lohn, 635 
 
 Ponfreyt, Henry, 573 
 
 Pontenay, John, 422 
 
 Pooll, Thomas, 571 
 
 Porter, Walter, 366 
 
 Potter, Walter, 366,384 
 
 Pountfreyt, William of, 446 
 
 Pourt, Hugh, 402 
 
 Preston, lohn, 424 
 
 Prodhara, William, 425 
 
 Pryoure, lohn, 422 
 
 Purchase, William, 684 
 
 Pycarde, Henry, 460 
 
 Pycarde, Richard, 337, 347 
 
 PyeU, lohn, 480 
 
 Pygotte, Nicholas, 417 
 
 5 F 2 London. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 London. 
 
 Pyke, Nicholas, 442 
 
 Pyke, Thomas, 576 
 
 Pykman, Andrew, 487 
 
 Pynchon, Richard, 699 
 
 Rawson, Richard, 665 
 
 Raynewell, lohn, 576 
 
 Raynolde, Richard, 699 
 
 Rede, Bartholomew, 686 
 
 Redynge, William, 42 1 
 
 Reffham, Richard, 400 
 
 Remyngton, William, 683 
 
 Renger, Richard, 325 
 
 Rest, lohn, 695 
 
 Revell, Robert, 684 
 
 Reyner, Thomas, 632 
 
 Richarde, Thomas fiz, 344 
 
 Roche, William, 698 
 
 Rode, Henry, 583 
 
 Rokesby, Robert, 389 
 
 Rokkisley, Robert, 393 
 
 Rokkysle, Gregory, 359 n. 360, 368 
 
 Rokyslee, lohn, 454 
 
 Romayn, Thomas, 392 
 
 Rote, lohn, 531 
 
 Rothyng, Richard, 438 
 
 Roules, lohn, 705 
 Rudstone, lohn, 698 
 Russe, William, 599 
 Russell, Elys, 393 
 Rychard, William fiz, 337 n. 
 Ryche, Richard, 615 
 
 Salesbury, Adam, 427 
 Scot, Thomas, 620 
 
 Seint Albones, lohn of, 475 
 
 Sely, lohn, 531 
 
 Sely, Thomas, 400 
 
 Seman, Simon de, 594 
 
 Sevenok, William, 576, 577 
 
 Seymer, Thomas, 696 
 
 Seynt Edmunde, Fulke of, 392 
 
 Seynt Edmunde, lamys of, 418 
 
 Seynt Elene, Michael oft 328 
 
 Shaa, Edmond, 664 
 
 Shaa, lohn, 686 
 
 Shelton, Nicholas. 695 
 
 Sheryngham, William, 539 
 
 Shore,^Richard, 689 
 
 Skevinton, lohn, 697 
 
 Smerl, Richard, 464 
 
 Smyth, Sitnond, 657 
 
 Smythe, Richard, 690 
 
 Somyr, Henry, 685 
 
 Spencer, lames, 697 
 . Spicer, losne le, 324 
 
 Spilman, Stephen, 572 
 
 Spycer, Rafe, 334 
 
 Stalbroke, Thomas, 656 
 
 Stanys, Thomas, 392 
 
 Staple, Adam, 482 n. 
 
 Stayndrope, Gybhpn, or Gilbert, 462 
 
 Stede, William, 687 
 
 London. '• 
 
 Stewarde, lahn, 455, 631 
 Stocker, lohn, 635 \ 
 
 Stodeney, lohn, 463 
 Stokker, lohn, 666 
 Stokker, William, 663 
 Stokton, lohn, 656 
 * Stondon, William, 533 
 Stone, lohn, 655 
 Stortford, lohn de, 399 
 Stortforde, William de, ibid. 
 Suckeley, Henry, 70S 
 Suffolke, Robert de, 351 
 Suffolke, Thomas de, 397 
 Sutton, lohn, 578, 614 
 Swan, lohn, 683 
 Symond, Richard, 697 
 Syward, lohn, 455 n. 
 Tame, lames, 474 
 T<ate, lohn, 655, 683 
 Tate, Robert, 667 n. 
 Tatersale, Robert, 592 
 Tayler, Richard, 351 ». 
 Tayller, lohn, 366 
 Tayllour, William, 629 
 Taylour, Philip, 355 
 Tayloure, Richard, 348 
 Teylour, lohn, 366 
 Thesalan, lohn, 330 
 Thorney, William, 447 
 Thurston, Richard, 696 
 Toleson, lobn, 336 
 Tontyngham, William, 464 ». 
 Tony, Michael, 331 
 Torgblde, lohn, 478 
 Tosalane, lohn, 336 
 Totyngham, William, 464 
 Travers, lohn, 322, 323, 326 
 Turke, lohn, 710 
 Turke, Walter, 443 
 Twyfforde, Nicholas, 529 
 Twyforde, Nicholas, 487 
 Tynley, Rafe, 683 
 Vamere, Henry, 536 
 Venour, William, 534, 570 
 Verney, Raufe, 631 
 Viell, lohn, 335 ». 
 Voyle, lohn, 335 
 Upton, Richard, 444 
 Vyoll, lohn, 331 
 Vyvent, Thomas, 535 
 Wade, lohn, 390, 545 
 Wadeforde, Thomas, ,592 
 Wakele, lohn, 569 
 . Walbrokc, Philip, 348, 351 ». 
 Walcot, lohn, 535 
 Walden, John, 628 
 Walderne, William, 567 
 Waleys, Henry, 368 
 Walmoode, Henry, 338 
 Walworth, William, 481 
 Warde, lohn, 477; 659, 666 
 
 London. 
 
London. 
 
 Warner, lohn, 545, 685 
 Warren, Raufe, 699 
 Warren, sir Raufe, 705 
 Warton, Christopher, 626 
 Wattes, Robert, 688 
 Wavyr, sir Henry, 655 
 Wayell, lohn, 325 
 Wayle, lohn, 324 
 Waylle, lohn, 335 n. 
 Welbek, William, 684 
 Welde, lobn, 463 
 Wellys, lobn, 588 
 Weston, William, ibid. 
 Wetynhale, William, 614 
 Whetley, Adam, 319 
 White, lohn, 718 
 White, Thomas, 710 
 Whyte. William, 667 
 Whytyngham, Robert, 585 
 Wilford, lohn, 707 
 Willyam, Martin fiz, 326 
 Wodbome, lohn, 328 
 Wodecok, lohn, 543 
 Wodhowce, William, 485 
 Wodtyngton, Robert, 581 
 Wonborne, lobn, 328 
 Wood, Thomas, 684 
 WoodrofFe,. Davie, 717 
 Worcestre, William, 462 
 Worley, Henry, 696 
 Wottoii, Nicholas, 573 
 Wrothe, lohn, 462 
 Wyrhe, Hugh, 617 
 Wychyngham, Geffrey, 455 
 Wyfforde, Nicholas, 617 
 Wykyng, William, 667 
 Wylford, lames, 687 
 Wylforde, Richard, 419 
 Wylforde, Thomas, 541 
 Wylhale, lohn, 330 
 Wylkynsoti, lohn, 697^ 
 Wylkynson, William, 701 
 Wyllyam, Richard fiz, 328 
 Wyllyam, William fiz, 689 
 Wymbeday, Richard, 325 
 Wymborne, Thomas, 337 
 Wymbyngham, Adam, 479 
 Wymondham, Simon, 469 
 Wynchecombe, Simon, 532 
 Wynchester, Godfrey, 336 n. 
 Wynchester, Nicholas. 384, 387 
 Wynchester, Walter, 327 
 Wyndowght, Thomas, 686 
 Wyngar, lohn, 684 
 Wynter, Geffrey, 336 
 Wynter, Osbert, 355 
 Wytyngeton, Richard, 538 
 Yarforde, lames, 696 
 Yonge, lohn, 630 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 London, 
 
 Yonge, Peter, 318 
 Yoo, Nicholas,- 662 
 Yorke, lohn, 710 
 
 Londricus, 37 
 
 Longbeard, William, excites tumults in London, 306 
 
 Longcbampe, William de, bishop of Ely, made regent 
 
 during Richard Ts. absence in the 
 
 Holy Land, 300 
 ■ his oppressions, 302 
 
 deposed by the English lords, 304 
 
 Longevile, earl of, v. Burbon 
 
 Longobards, or Lombards, why so called, 89 m. 
 
 . — make war on Childebert, 102 
 
 r— — their tribute released by Clothayre II. 
 
 107 
 join the Huns against Charles Martell, 
 
 134 
 Lopham, Denys, 546 
 Lorayne v. Austracy 
 
 Lorize, sir Robert, joins the K. of Navame, 499, 502- 
 Losaunge, Robert, bishop of Thetford, removes his see 
 
 to Norwich, 252 
 Lothaire v. Clotharius 
 
 Lotharingia, or Lorayne, why so called, 1 52, 1 57 
 Lotharius, or Clotharius made king of part of France, 
 
 75 
 — — — — wars in Spain, 77 
 
 gives his son Cratnyris the rule of Guyan, 
 
 77 
 
 on the death of Childebert seizes middle 
 
 France, ibid. 
 
 defeats Conobalde or Gonobalde, 78 
 
 ■ suppresses the rebellion of Cramiris, ibid. 
 
 " makes his offerings at the shrine of St. 
 
 Martin, ibid. 
 ■ ' dies of a surfeit, 79 
 
 Lotharius K. of Kent, death of, 125 
 Lotharius, or Lothayre, son of Lewys I. made partner 
 
 in the empire with his fether, 149 
 
 takes party against him, ibid. 150 
 
 seizes the empire, ibid. 151 
 
 reconciled to his father, ibid. 
 
 '■ rebels against the Church of Rome, 1 52 
 
 receives Austracy from his father, ibid. 
 
 takes charge of Charles, his half-brother, 
 
 ibid. 153 
 
 has the empire on his father's death, 1 56 
 
 joins Lewis in making war on Charles, 
 
 157 
 . gives name to Lotbary^gia or Lorayne, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ — - becomes a monk at Prany, ibid. 
 
 Lotharius, son of Lowys V. begins his reign over 
 
 France, 192 
 
 takes part against Richard duke of Nor- 
 
 mandy, ibid. 
 I. . invades the territory of Ottho K. of Ger- 
 
 many, 194 
 
 Lotharius^ 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 Lolharius, death of, 194 
 
 duration of his reign, 2 10 
 
 Lotrinus or Lotryne, v. Locrina'' 
 Loveryn, Nicholas, 610 
 Lovyr, lohn, 650, 651 
 Lo%ves, V. Clodoveus. Lewis. 
 Lucenbourgh, sir Waiayne de, 502 
 Lucius, or Lucy, made king of Britain, 38 
 
 ■ sends letters to pope Eleutherius concerning 
 
 the conversion of the Britons, ibid. 
 
 ■ at what period he received the Christian faith, 
 
 38 
 
 institutes the orders of archbishops and bi- 
 
 shops , ibid. 
 ■ endows the archflamyns and flamyns with 
 
 the lands which before upheld the Pagan 
 
 rites and law, 40 
 buried at Claudiocestria or Gloucester, ibid. 
 
 tablet to his memory at St. Paul's, ibid. 
 
 • stated to have subdued thr nemies of (he 
 
 Christian faith abroad, ibid. 
 • ' ' ■ the line of the Britonsends witbJiini, ibid. 
 Lucy, sir Gilbert de, 364 
 Lucy, sir Godfrey de, 353 
 Lud, 30 
 
 made king of Britain, 3 1 
 
 - — — edifies Troynovant, ibid. 
 — — his character, ibid. 
 
 buried at Port Lud, the gate he had built, ibid. 
 
 Lud or Lud Rudibras made ruler of Britain, 14 
 
 builds Kaerkyn or Canterbury, ibid. 
 
 Kaerguentor Winchester, ibid. 
 
 • '■ Mount Paladour.iKW Septon, or Shaftes- 
 bury, ibid. 
 Luddys Towne, now London, 11 
 Lude, lohn de, 644 
 Lud-gate, or Luddys Gate, first built, 3 1 
 
 — Geflfrey of Monmouth's notice of, 122 
 
 Ludlow, the town and castle of, spoiled by K. Hen. 
 
 VI. 635 
 Ludwallus, Prince of Wales, pays an annual tribute of 
 
 CCC. wolves to K. Edgar, 196 
 Lupus V. Germanus 
 Lurdayn, meaning of the tern), 205 
 Lutetia, the name given to Paris by the Sicambri, 56 
 
 changed to Parisj 283 
 
 Luxemburghe, sir lohn, takes the Maid of Orleans 
 
 prisoner, 601 
 Luytprandus,,kingof the Longobardis, stated by some 
 writers to have joined the Gothis 
 against Charles Martell, by others to 
 have been in amity with him, 134 
 Lymoges taken hy the French, 482 
 Lymosyne given up by Lewis IX. 327 . 
 
 — ^:;: the rule of obtained by the K. of France, 
 
 482 
 Lynde, sir lohn, made one of the stewards of the city 
 
 of London by K. Hen. 111. 359 
 Lyndesay, sir William, 387 
 
 Lyndesile, master of the palace to Childeriche, slain 
 by Eboryn, 124 
 
 Lyngues Incayse, the town of, tJ&en by Lewis (son of 
 Philip,) 2'57 
 
 .M 
 
 117 
 
 th« 
 
 Machomet, rise and increase of the sect of, 
 
 Madan; son of Locrinus, 12 
 
 Madol^ or Meredok, excites a rebellion among 
 
 Welsh, 395 
 ' executed at London, 397 
 
 Msesurian, 49 
 Magny, (or Manny,) sir Walter de, sent by K. Edw. 
 
 III. to Flanders, 446 
 Magunce, bridge at, built by Charles son of Pepyn, 
 
 144 
 Mahomet IL takes Constatitinople, 628 
 Maidstone, the rebellion of sir Thomas Wiat begins 
 
 at, 713 
 Malcotyne K. of Scots, children o^ 240 
 I swears fealty to the Conqueror, 241 
 
 — — — — makes incursions, but renevre his obedience 
 
 to William Rufus, 249 
 revives the war between England and 
 
 Scotland, 250 
 
 is slain, ibid. 
 
 Malestrete, sir Godfrey de, executed, 494 
 Malestrete, Henry de, put to death, 455, 495 
 Malestrete, sirloltn, executed,, 494 
 Malgo begins his reign in Britain, 84 
 
 subdues Iceland, the Orcades, and Norway, 
 
 ibid. 
 ^ his vices, ibid. 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 Mallius, or Manlius Torquatus pi)ts off the Gallis who 
 
 invade the capitol, 24 
 Malraesbury Abbey enriched by Ethelstaij, 1 82 
 Malpas, Philip, plundered by the rebels under Jack 
 
 Cade, 624 
 
 pays iiii.M. marks for his ransom, 638 
 
 Maine, or Malea, the river, 10 
 
 .Man, Isle of, 251 
 
 — — — won by Edwyn K. of Northumberland, 112 
 
 ■ invaded by the K. of Norwaj"-, 252 
 
 Mans surrendered to the earl of Sahsbury, S95 
 
 Mantels, Walter, 713, 714 
 
 Mantua built by Brennius, 24 
 
 Marcell, Giles, 516 
 
 March, the earl of, warred with by Lewis X. 333 
 
 Marches, the lords of the, waste the lands of the earls 
 
 of Leicester and Gloucester, 356 
 Marcianus emperor of Britain, 5 1 
 Marcien lawe translated by K. Alfred, 25 
 Marcle destroyed t. K. Hen, VIII. 706 
 Marcomyrus, 55 
 
 changes the name of Lutetia to Paris, 
 
 56 
 Mareys, Charles, 61G 
 Margan, Morgan, or Morganus, nephew of Cordeilla^ 
 
 16 
 
 divides Britain with his brother, ibid. 
 
 Margan, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Margan, Morgan, or Morganus, driven into Wales, 
 16 
 
 slain in battle by Ciinedagus, ibid, 
 
 Margaret queen of K. Edw. I. received at JLondon, 
 
 402 
 Margaret queen of K. Henry VI. arrives in England, 
 
 en 
 
 married at Sowtbwyke, ibid. 
 
 ■ ~ her entry into London, ibid. 6 IS 
 
 rules the king, ibid. 
 
 ■ unpopular with the English, 626 
 
 her fatal policy for K. Hen. VI. 631, 634 
 
 defeats the Yorkists at Wakefield, 638 
 
 is defeated in turn at St. Albans, ibid. 
 
 lands in England, 653 
 
 seeks refuge with the K. of Scots, ibid. 
 
 - lands in England with her son, 661 
 
 ■ defeated at Tewksbury by K. Edw. IV. ibid, 
 sent home, 662 
 
 Margaret sister of K. Edw. IV. marries the D. of 
 
 Burgundy, 656 
 Margaret daughter of K. Hen. VII. flies to England, 
 and is delivered of a daughter, 696 
 
 returns, ibid. 
 
 Marianus the Scot, account of, 228 
 Marins or Marius made king of Britain, 37 
 
 gains a victory over Rodris, ibid. 
 
 ■ — buried at Caerleyll, ibid. 
 
 Marke, Peryn, executed, 509 
 
 Markiiam, lohn, 546 
 
 Marie, Henry de, 563 
 
 Marmyon, sir William, 353, 364 
 
 Marsh, William of the, executed at London, 332 
 
 Marshall, William, earl of Pembroke, 323 
 
 Marsyle, lohn, 552, 554 
 
 Martell, Stephen, 502 
 
 Martell, sir William, ransomed by K. Stephen, 267 
 
 Martin, St. bishop of Turon, reproves Maximius, 
 
 50 
 Martin V. chosen pope, 578 
 
 — summons the council of Basil, 607 
 — — — his death, il)id. 
 Martin's le Grand, St. treasure at, sought for, 400 
 
 . the sanctuary at, 6 1 3 
 
 an affray at, 629 
 
 _ ordinances made for the sanctuary of, 633 
 
 Marty n and Pepyn oppose Eboryn, 124 
 
 — Martyn is slain, 125 
 
 Mary, Virgin, ioys of the, 19, 33, 40, 54, 127, 
 
 238, 681 
 Mary sister of Hen. VIII. married to the French king, 
 
 696 
 
 . married afterward to the D. of Suffolk, ibid. 
 
 Mary I. Q.. of England, born at Greenwich, 696 
 
 . begins her reign, 712 
 
 . crowned at Westminster by bishop Gardener, 
 
 ibid. 
 . visits the city on occasion of sir Thomas Wiat's 
 
 rebellion, 713 
 . ceremonials of her marriage with Philip prince 
 
 of Spain, 716 
 
 Mary I. her delivery of a prince reported, 717 
 
 dies at St. lames's, 719 
 
 Mary Q. of Scots, birth of, 696 
 Maston, Geffrey de, 516 
 
 Mategryffons and other ordinances of war made by 
 
 K. Richard L 300 
 Matilda, Molde, or Mawde, wife of the Conqueror 
 
 crowned queen, 241 
 Matilda, or Molde, daughter of Malcolyne K. of 
 
 Scots, marries K. Henry I. 240 
 — — — her death in Normandy, and character, 
 
 258 
 Matilda, or Mawde, wife of K. Stephen, descent ol^ 
 
 241 
 Matilda, Mawde, or Molde, daughter qf K. Henry L 
 
 marries Henry IV. emperor of Germany, 
 
 259 
 
 on the death of the emperor marries Geflfrey 
 
 Plantagenet, ibid. 
 
 lands at Portsmouth, 265 
 
 defeats the forces of Stephen, 266 
 
 lays siege to 'Winchester, 267 
 
 • escapes from Oxford to Wallyngeford, ibid 
 
 Maule, sir Edmond of, killed at Bannockbum, 420 ^ 
 Mauhus, or Manlius, slain by his brother Mempriciui, 
 
 12 
 Maundeley, sir lohn, executed, 5C8 
 Maundevyle, William, heads the hereticks at Abyn- 
 
 don, 602 
 Maunt Gomoryk, Roger, earl of Shrewsbury; rebel- 
 lion of, 248 
 Maurice, son of Karadok, sent by Octavins to invite 
 
 Maximus into Britain, 49, 50 
 Maurit'e, or Morgan, mMe bishop of London, 246 
 Mauricius, emperor uf Constantinople, excites Chil- 
 
 periche to war upon the Longobards, 
 
 89 
 
 his promises to Childebert, 102 
 
 Mauritania, 27 n. 
 Mawbert, sir IVIaugot, 520 
 Maxent, castle of, taken, 642 
 Maxentius declared emperor, 46 
 
 persecutes the Christians, ibid. 
 
 expels his father Maximianus, ibid. 
 
 is defeated by Constantine, 47 
 
 Maximianus staled to have overcome Carausius, 43 
 
 rules the empire with Diocletian, ibid. 
 
 Maximus, or Maximius, receives the rule of Britain 
 
 from Octavius, 50 
 
 is opposed by Conan Merydok, ibid. 
 
 subdues Armorica, and gives it to Conan, 
 
 ibid. 
 proclaimed emperor, ibid. 
 
 breakshis oath to Gratian and Valentinian, 
 
 50 
 
 subdues Gallia and Germania, ibid. 
 
 subdues Gratian, ibid. 
 
 joins his son, Victour, in the empire with 
 
 him, 51 
 — i is beheaded by Theodosius the Elder at 
 
 Aquinum, 51 
 
 1 Mayiart, 
 
INDEX 
 
 Maylart, lohn, 516 
 
 Maynchester repaired by Edward the Elder, 178 
 
 Mayne, earldom of, made over to the French King, 
 
 618 
 
 the alienation of, offensive to the English, 
 
 622 
 
 Mayors of London v. London. 
 
 Mediolana or Milieyn, in Lumbardyj built by Bren- 
 nius, 23 
 
 Megrave, (Segrave) Sir Nicholas de, 353 
 
 Meldune, or Meleon, besieged by K. Hen. V. 585 
 
 Meleon^ the castle of, delivered to Eudo earl of Car- 
 nolense, 213 
 
 Meleon, Sir Simon, taken prisoner at the battle of 
 Poytiers, 467 
 
 Meleoun, Sir lohn de. Earl of Cancarvile, taken pri- 
 soner at the battle of Poytiers, 467 
 
 Melitus, sent by Gregory to St. Augustine, 96 
 
 i made bishop of London, ibid. 
 
 converts Sebert, 98 
 
 Meippricius made ruler of Britain, 12 
 
 . slays his brother Manlius, ibid. 
 
 is destroyed by wild beasts, 1 3 
 
 Menenia v. St. David's. 
 
 Menlene, Sir Almary, 507 
 
 Merchenelagth, 26 
 
 Mercia or Marcia, wife of Guitelinus, 25 
 
 enacts the Marcien lawe, ibid. 
 
 — — — dies, and is buried at New Troy, 26 
 Mercia, the Kingdom of, founded by Penda, 110 
 its boundaries, shires, and duration. 111 
 
 Kings of, allowed for Saints, ibid. 
 
 . divided into five Bishopricks, 122 
 
 ^— — the Lordship of united by Edward the Elder 
 to the Crown, 178 
 
 Merpia, Leofricus earl of, his death, 229 
 
 Meredok, Sir Ries ap, his quarrel with Sir Payne Tip- 
 toft, 392 
 
 — — — — brought to York and executed, ibid. 
 
 Merianus K. of Britain, 30 
 
 "Merlin, birth of, 68 
 
 Meroneus made K. of France, 62 
 
 defeats the Hunns, 63 
 
 Meroneus, the son of Chilperiche, sent to appease cer- 
 tain rebellions in Buturynges, 8S 
 
 marries Brunechielde, the widow of Sige- 
 
 bei;t, at Roan, ibid. 
 ■ in fear of his father, he flies, with his wife, 
 
 to the Church of St. Martin, ibid. 
 ■ — pardoned and deceived by Chilperich, 
 
 ibid. 
 - ■ — causes himself to be slain, ibid. 
 
 Meroneus, the race of, ends with Hilderiche, 137 
 Meroneus, the son of Clothayre, taken prisoner, 103 
 Merlon, Statute of, enacted, 329 
 Michael's Mount, St. held by the Earl of, Oxford t. 
 
 K. Edw. IV. 663 
 Middleston, monstrous child born at, 711 
 Modwenna, St. comes to England, 166 
 ■ — - the sites of two Abbeys granted to her by 
 
 Adulfus or Elhelwolph, ibid. 
 
 Moliuncius, or Mulmutius Dunwallo, 19 
 
 begins his reign over Britain, 20 
 
 named in the English Chronicle Done- 
 
 bant, ibid. 
 builds the Temple of Peace in Troy-no- 
 
 vant, ibid. 
 
 his Laws, 20 \ 
 
 ' ■ translated into Latin by Gildas, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ ' into English by K. 
 
 Alfred, ibid. 
 
 begins the four Highways of Britain, 
 
 ibid. 
 makes the towns of Malmsbury and Vyes, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ' — ordains a Crown or Diadem of Gold, 20 
 
 buried in the Temple of Peace, ibid. 
 
 Momeleus defeats Clodoveus the .son of -Chilperich, 
 
 89 
 Momolus betrays Gundoalde to Gunthranus, 101 
 
 slain by order of Lyndegilsus, ibid. 
 
 Mondue, lohn, 665 
 
 Monforde, Sir Henry, beheaded, 426 
 
 Mongomery, lohn, beheaded, 632 
 
 Monks, estimation of the, in the Saxon times, 120 
 
 • Fabyan's character of them, 164 
 
 Montague, lohn de, made. Earl of Salisbury, 543 
 Montague, William de, made Earl of Salisbury, 441 
 
 V. Salisbury. 
 Montefort, Simon de, o. Mountforde. 
 Moons, three, seen at once, 273 
 
 five, seen at once, 312 
 
 Moravia, 27 
 
 Morcarus, earl of Northumberland, v. Edwyn. 
 Mordred, nephew of King Arthur, left in charge of 
 ' the Government of Britain, 80 
 crowned King at London, 81 
 
 — slaiti, after three battles, by his uncle, ibid, 
 his sons slain by Constantinus, 8 1 
 
 More, Sir Thomas, beheaded, 700 
 
 Morgan, King of Britain, v. Margan. 
 
 Morindus v. Morvidus. 
 
 Moris, Master, metres of, 314 
 
 Morley,. Thomas Lord, challenges thj6 Earl of Salis^ 
 
 bury, 567 
 Mors Maryne taken at Erith, 631 
 Mortality in England, 461, 486 
 Mortmayn, Statute of, 385 
 Morton, Cardinal, death of, 687 
 Mortymer, Sir Edmund, 387 
 Mortymer, Sir lohn, accused of treason, 593 
 Mortymer, Roger, the lands of, destroyed, 352 
 
 made Earl of March, 440 
 
 taken prisoner in Nottingham Castle, 441 
 
 articles exhibited in Parliament against 
 
 him, ibid. 
 
 his execution, ibid. 
 
 Mortymer, Roger, earl oS March, proclaimed heir 
 
 apparent to the crown of England, 533 
 
 goes to Ireland, ibid, 
 
 Mortymer, 
 7 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Mortymer, his issue, ibid. 
 Mortymer, Roger, earl of March, 519 
 Morlymer, Sir Roger, of Werke, 423, 424 
 Mortymer, Sir Roger, of Wygmoore, 424 
 
 escapes from the Tower of London, 428 
 
 Morvidus made K. of Britain, 26 
 
 — overcomes a Prince of Moravia, 27 
 
 is devoured by a Monster, ibid. 
 
 Morwith v. Morvidus. 
 Motons, what, 468 
 Moubray, Sir lohn, 423 
 
 taken prisoner at Burghbridge, 425 
 
 '■ beheaded, 426 
 
 Moubray, or Monbray, Sir Thomas, created earl of 
 Nottingham and Marshall of England, 
 333 
 
 challenged by the Loi-d Moryf, 538 
 
 Mounforde, Sir Simon, made Captain of Sandwich, 
 
 636 
 
 beheaded by the Yorkists, ibid. 
 
 Mounforde, Sir Simon, 685 
 
 Mountacute, or Mounlague, Heni-y Lord, beheaded t. 
 
 K. Hen. VHl. 701 
 Mountagu, lohn Lord, defeats K. Henry VI. 654 
 
 " wins the Castle of Bamborough, ibid. 
 
 Mountagu, lohn marquis of, slain at Barnet Field, 
 
 661 
 Mountague, Sir Philip de, 443 
 Mountalbone, Sir lohn de, 494 
 Mount-Canise, William de, taken prisoner at Kenil- 
 
 worth, 357 
 Mountforde, Sir Henry, 353 
 
 • slain at Evesham, 357 
 
 Mountforde, Sir Peter de, slain at Evesham, 357 
 Mountforde, Simon de. Earl of Leycester, seals the 
 
 Letter from the Barons to K. Hen. III. 
 
 353 
 his dissention with the Earl of Glouces- 
 ter. 356 
 
 — takes Winchester, ibid. 
 
 defeated at Ken i I worth by Edward son of 
 
 Hen. III. 357 
 slain at Evesham, ibid. 
 
 Mountforde, Sir Simon de, the younger, has Kenil- 
 worth Castle restored to him, 367 
 
 — joins the rovers of the Sea, 360 
 
 Mountfort, the Castle of, built, 213 
 Mountfort, lohn de, claim."! the Dutchy qf Brytayne, 
 454, 455, 493 
 
 holds him in a strong town of Brytayne, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 imprisoned in the Castle of Louvre, ibid. 
 
 his death, 456 
 
 ]\Iountfort, Sir lohn de, the younger. Earl of Mount- 
 fort, slays Charles de Blois, 476, 521 
 
 maintains himself in Brytaj^ne, 525 
 
 aided by the English, 530 
 
 Mountfychet, William de, founds Stratford Langthome 
 
 Abbey, 266 
 Mounthedesy, Sir William de, 353 
 Mountmerency, birth of Charles afterward Earl of, 
 521 
 
 Mount Morency, Sir Matthew de, 395 
 
 Mount Paladour, now Septon, or Shaiisbury, built, 
 
 14 
 Monntpyller, insurrection of the Citizens of, 526 
 
 Arnold gdvernorof, slain, ibid, 
 
 submission and sentence of the inhabi- 
 
 tants olj j'i t, 5-28 
 Mount Royall, Castle ot besieged, 371 
 Mulkyn, brother of Cadwaladir, besieged and burnt in 
 
 Kent, 125 
 Muskeborowe Town, in part destroyed t. K. Hen. 
 
 VIII. 706 
 Musselbrough, victory over the Scots at, 709 
 Myddelton beheaded, 619 
 
 Myddelton, Sir Robert, or Gilbert, execution of, 42 1 
 Mynsterworth, Sir lohn, execution of at Tyburn, 487 
 
 N. 
 / 
 
 Nails of our Saviour's Cross found by St. Helena, 47 
 
 miracle performed by one of them in the Adriatic 
 
 Sea, 48 
 
 Narsetus, 42 
 
 Nauntes wasted by the Danes, 179 . 
 
 Guyment bishop of, slain, ibid. 
 
 Nautylde, wife of Dagobert, 122 
 
 Neale, Sir Guy de, taken prisoner, 463 
 
 Nedam, Richard, 619 
 
 Nele, Sir Ralph, 395 
 
 Neotus, St. buried at Crowlande, 128 
 
 the adviser of Alfred, 165 
 
 Nevell, Sir Edward, executed, 701 
 
 Nevell, Sir lohn, executed for rebellion, t. K. Hen. 
 VIII. 701 
 
 Nevers, Lawdry, earl of, 213 
 
 disobedience of the Earl of, 272 
 
 Nevill, George, archbishop of York, endeavours to ex- 
 cite the Londoners in favour of K. Hen. 
 VI. 660 
 
 sent prisoner to Guisnes, 665 
 
 Nevill, Rafe, earl of Westmoreland, 546 
 
 made Marshall of England, 564 
 
 Nevils-Cross, battle of, 459 
 
 Nevius, 30 
 
 Neustria oi Normandy, 56 
 
 invaded by the Saxons, 108 
 
 ' wasted by the Danes under RoUo, 179 
 
 given to Rollo, by Charles the Simple, as his 
 
 wife's dower, 180 
 
 created Duke of Neustria, ibid. 
 
 the name of, changed to Normandy, ibid. 
 
 Nevyle, Alexander, archbishop of York, flies from En 
 
 gland, 534 
 Nevyle, Hugh, taken prisoner at Kenilworth, 357 
 Nevyll, Dan Raby, made Earl of Westmoreland, 
 
 543 
 Nevyll, Sir Thomas, slain at the battle of Wakefield, 
 
 638 
 Newcastle upon Tyne surrendered to K. Henry II. 274 
 New Company, the name assumed by the rebels of 
 
 Brye, 474, 477 
 Newebery, lohn, 564 
 
 5 G Newe 
 
I N I> E X. 
 
 Newe Bottell,. abbey of, destroyed; 706 
 
 New Forest made by William the Conqueror, 24T 
 
 Newgate rebuilt by the executors of J^ichard Whyt- 
 
 ~* ■ ~ /tywgton, 552 ^ ;•■■.,■!***- f *'.';•-■ 
 
 New Mad^^t, ^^am de, t^n prisoner atKenilworth, 
 
 Nicholas V: made. Pope, 613,, §^^0 ■ 
 
 • • — reqiiires, aid,<3^ Gharles Ylfl, against the 
 
 ^";Nigenius ».?^igenius, 
 N^i|j(e>, coin^of the, first K^ade, 576 
 "^ogiB>lfe£he tctw'n of, won by tbp Earl of St. Paule, 
 
 '^... 622 
 Nogladiene,\73 
 
 Nqrfo(}?, insurreption in, t. If, Edw. VI. 710 
 Norfo%,, rohn,_6'§:5 
 
 Norfolt, ifehn Duke of, his death, 652 i 
 
 Norfolk, John Duke of, slain at Bosworth, 673 
 Norfolki, Thomas Duke of, drowned in his way to 
 : ' Qreajwach, 593 
 
 Norfolk, Tbomas Duke of, defeated by Sir Thomas 
 
 Wiat, 713 
 Norham, meeting at, t. K. Edw. I. 397 
 
 ■ — the Castle of, taken by the Scots,, 437 
 
 Noris, Lord, attainted of treason and beheaded,. 700 
 Norlande, John, 639 
 
 Norman, lohn, the first Mayor of London, who went 
 in procession to Westminster by water, 
 628 
 Normandy ». Neustrias 
 
 • genealogy of the Dukes of, 238 
 
 won from, lobn by Philip II. 3 1 6 
 
 , • , ^'-' " the rule of, taken by Charles Dauphin of 
 Vienne, 464 
 
 lost to the English, 614, 616, 618, 626 
 
 — — thie Dutchy of, granted by Lewis Xl, to his 
 
 brother Charles, 647 
 I", i • ■ — > — - annexed finally to the Crown of France, 
 
 849 
 Normandy, John' Duke of, sent by h's brother Philip 
 de. Valois, against the Earls of Derby 
 and Nottingham, 456 
 
 ^r besieges the Castle,of Aguyllon, 458 
 
 ^- his death, 490 
 
 Normandy, Richard, third, duke of, particulars con- 
 cerniingf 20,8', 2Q9, 237 
 
 left a minor, 187 
 
 ■ . ■ — : — carried, by Lowys V. in France, ibid. 
 
 '■ — escapes by the hejp of Osmund his teacher, 
 
 188, 
 ' '- T — rJ- t^kes upon hiiM the rule of his signory, 
 189 
 
 requires aid of Erarde K. of Denmark, 
 
 193 
 
 is reconciled to LtAh^rius,, ibid. 
 
 surnamed the hardy, 204 
 
 Normandy, Richard the Good, fourth Duke of, ,237 
 Normandy, Robert, sixth Duke of, his character, 219 
 
 — , goes to Ihgrusakm, 220 
 
 ' , . , — - dies in. returning at Bethenia, ibid. 
 Normandy, Robert D. of Normandy, called Robert 
 Curthose, rebels against his father, 245 
 
 Normandy, Robert duke of, has Normandy bequeathed 
 to him, 246 
 
 pledges his Dukedom to his brother Wil- 
 liam, 249 
 
 — prepares to invade England on the death 
 
 of William Rufiis> 253 
 
 ■ lands at Portsmouth, ibid. 
 
 is reconciled to K. Henry I. ibid. 
 
 his bravery at Aeon, 254 
 
 refijses the Kingdom of lerussdem, 254 
 
 marries the daughter of the Lord of Apu- 
 lia, ibid. 
 
 the Lords of Normandy rebel against him, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 '■ visits England, 254 
 
 : taken prisoner and brought lo Cardiff in 
 
 Wales, ibid, 
 his death, and burial at Gloucester, 260 
 
 Normandy, William Longa Spata, second Duke ofj- 
 slain by Arnolde, earl of Flanders, 1 87, 
 237 
 Normandy, William duke of, v. William Conq, 
 Normans, origin of the, 180 
 
 NorthamptoUj variance between the Londoners and 
 men of the town of, 347 
 
 taken by K. Henry III. 353 
 
 battle at t. K. Hen. VI. 636 
 
 Northampton, William marquis of, attainted of trea- 
 son, 712 
 Northern men rebel, 657 
 Northumberland, Kingdom of, founded, 82 
 
 its boundaries, ibid. 83 
 
 ■ shires included in it, ibid. 
 
 possessed by the Danes, 162, 163 
 
 -' the Inhabitants of, subdued by Swa- 
 
 nus, 206 
 
 the Northumbers rebel against K. 
 
 W. the Conq. 246 
 
 Northumberland, Henry, earl of, slain at St. Alban's, 
 629 
 
 Northumberland, Henry, earl of, slain at Towton, 
 640 
 
 Northumberland, Henry, earl of, slain by the Com- 
 mons of the North, 683 
 
 Northumberland, lohn, duke of, proclaims the Lady 
 lane Gray, queen, 711 
 
 ■- attainted of treason, 7 1 2 
 
 Norton, foundation of the priory of, in Cheshire, 260 
 
 Norton, great lohn, 714 
 
 Norwich pillaged by the Danes, 205 
 
 a Monastery at, founded by Robert Losaunge, 
 
 252 
 
 the lews at, crucify a child, 329 
 
 Monastery of the Trinity in, burnt, 368 
 
 Noryncourt Castle taken, 308 
 
 Notha, Countessi of Perche, lost at Sea in returning 
 from Normandy, 258 
 
 Notice, lohn, of Orleans, 608, 610, 616 
 
 Nottingham, or Snotyngham, won by the Danes, 1 62 
 
 ' besieged by .Etheldred, 163 
 
 Edward the Elder builds a new town at, 
 
 178 
 
 Nottingham, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Nottingham, a castle at, built by William tlie Conqueror, 
 241 
 
 ■ — the town of, burnt in the time of Ste- 
 
 phen, 268 
 
 the castle seized by K. Idfan, 304 
 
 ~ recovered by K. Richard I. 
 
 805 
 
 Nottingham, Thomas Moubray, earl of, created duke 
 of Norfolk, 543 
 
 No vaunt, Hugh, bishop of Chester, death of, 302 
 
 o. 
 
 Obbo V. Ebe 
 
 Octa (the son of Hengist) or Osca, overcomes the 
 Britons with his father, 68 
 
 taken prisoner by Aurelius Ambrosiiis, ibid. 
 
 escapes and fights the battle of Crekynford, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 succeeds to the kingdom of Kent, 69 
 
 Octabonus or Octoboon, comes as leg^ate from pope 
 
 Gregory IX. 330 
 
 — — ill treated by the students of Oxford, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 interdicts the city of London, 365 
 
 Octavius, or Octavian, deputed by Constantine to 
 
 govern Britain, 46 
 
 usurps the rule of Britain, 49 
 
 sends for Maximus, or Mastimius, and 
 
 resigns to him the rule of Britain, 50 
 Oddo, archbishop of Canterbury, deatJi of, 1 98 
 Odo bishop of Bayon, kft in care of the realm of 
 England by William Conqueror, 240 
 
 released by the Conqueror from prison, during 
 
 his last sickness, 247 
 . made earl of Kent, 248 
 
 rebels against William Rufus, ibid._ 
 
 compelled to forsake England, ibid. 
 
 Odylwaldus joined by Oswy in the kingdom of North- 
 umberland, 118 
 
 Offa, nephew to Ethelwakie, 111, 138 
 
 slays Beoruredus, ibid. 
 
 . becomes king of Mercia, ibid. 
 
 — — his wars with the Northumbers, Etheldrede king 
 
 of East Angles, and Egbert king of Kent, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 builds the church of Wyndicomb, ihid. 
 
 removes the sec of Canterbury to Litchfield, 
 
 138 
 chases the Britons into Wales, and makes the 
 
 dike which retains his name, ibid. 
 
 translates the body of St. Alban, ibid. 
 
 sends Anaelmus to Charles the great, 138 
 
 his wars with Kemdphus king of the West Sax- 
 
 ons, ibid. 
 
 leaves his kingdom to his son Ketielphus, 1 39 
 
 Offekyrke built by Offa, 138 
 
 OfTricus revenges the death of Kenulphe king of the 
 West Saxons, 139 
 
 C^efiForde, or Otfbrd, battle at, between Edmund 
 
 Ironside and the Danes, 214 
 Oldcastle, sir lohn, lord Cobham, impeached ias a 
 
 heretick, 511 
 ■ assembly of his adherents, 578 
 
 — executed at Tyburn, 583 
 
 Oldhalle, Wmiam, 663 
 
 Olney or Olen^, the isle where Edmund Ironside 
 
 and Canute fought in single combat, 215 
 Omers, St. entered by sir Robert of Artoys, 409 
 
 besieged, 451 
 
 the king 
 
 of Norway, 
 
 &c. 
 
 Oneil created earl of Tyron, 705 
 Orcades or Orkeys taken by 
 
 252 
 Orleans, the city of, taken by Lothaire, 103 
 
 insurrection of the students, burgesses, 
 
 of, 494 
 Orleans, dissentions of the duke of, with the dukes of 
 Bargoyne and Bdrify, 559, 560 
 
 he is slain at Paris, 560 
 
 Orleans, the Maid of, called la Pucelle de Dieu,. 
 599 
 
 raises the siege of Compeyne, 601 
 
 is taken by sir John Luxemburghe, ibid. 
 
 judged and burnt, 602 
 
 account of her, 641 
 
 Orpewaldus or Corpewaldus, son of Redwald, con- 
 verted to Christianity, 112 
 Orpheuer, Prter. 560 
 Oryflambe v. Auriflambe 
 Osbrutus K. of NorthumbeHand, 162 
 Osithes, the prior of, stands at Paul's Cross, 689 
 Osmond, bishop of Sa:lisbury, builds a new church 
 there, 245 
 
 compiles the Ordinary or Consuetudinary now 
 
 .» named " Salisbury Use," MA. 
 
 Osricus becomes king of Deyra, 112 
 
 slain by Cadwan, 1 1 3 
 
 Osryke, or Oswy, defeated, 1 65 
 
 Oswalde rules both Brenicia and Deyra, 113 
 
 his piety, ibid. 
 
 gains a victory over Cadwan, ibid. 
 
 ■ stands godfather to Kyngykus at his baptism, 
 
 116 
 
 slain by Penda, 118 
 
 his relics preserved by the monks, ibid. 
 
 his bones translated from Bradony to Glouces* 
 
 ter, 117 
 Oswalde, St. archbishop of Canterbury, dies, 204 
 Oswolph reigns in Northumberland, 132 
 Oswy becomes king of Northumberland, 118 
 
 slays Oswyn king of Deyra, ibid. 
 
 joins Odylwaldus with him in his kingdom, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his vow to God when Penda comes against him. 
 
 119 
 
 defeats and kills Penda near Leeds, ibid. 
 
 — — his gifls to the church, ibid. 
 
 • his death, 120 
 
 Oswyn, K. of Deyra, slain by Oswy, 118 
 
 5 G 2 Ottho, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ottho, the emperor, joins Lewis V. in invading Nor- 
 mandy, 190 
 
 Ottho II. emperor and king of Germany, wars with 
 Lotharius, 194 
 
 Ottho IV. makes war on PhihpII. 287 
 
 is defeated, 288 
 
 excommunicated by pope Innocent III. ,322 
 
 Overey, monastery of St. Mary, founded, 318 
 Owen, K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Owen of Glendower, irruption of, in Wales, 569 
 
 pursued by K. Henry IV. 570 
 
 Oxford respected in honour of St. Frideswide, 135 
 
 : — ■— taken by Swanus, 206 
 
 — — — general council at, 325 
 
 — — — hospital of St. lohn at, founded by K. Henry 
 
 III. 329 
 .11 acts made in the parliament of, 843, 345, 
 
 349 
 I ■ " statutes of, made Anno 41 Hen. III. repealed, 
 
 357 
 ■ the term adjourned to, 697 
 
 Oxford, university of, said by one writer to have been 
 
 founded by Ethelwolphus, 155 
 ■". accursed by Octoboilus the pope's legate, 
 
 330 
 Oxford,. lohn earl of, with the lord Aubrey his eldest 
 
 son, beheaded' by order of K. Edw. IV. 
 
 652 
 Oxford, lohn earl of, arrested for treason, but deliver- 
 ed, 657 
 
 his bravery at Barnet Field, 661 
 
 sent prisoner to Guisnes, 663 
 
 the mijSery endured by his countess, ibid. 
 
 — delivered from the castle of Guisnes, 672 
 
 Oxenford, Robert earl of, taken prisoner at Kenil- 
 
 worth t. K. Henry HI, 357 
 Oyens, sir Fernande; de, 524 
 'Oyngne, St. castle of, 437 
 Oysell, Hugh, executed, 315 
 
 P. 
 
 Page, lohn, executed, 426 
 Paleologus, the emperor, beheaded, 628 
 „Pal], the "indument" so called, expl3ined, 243 
 Palmer, Denysot, 519 
 
 Palmer, sir Thomas, attainted of treason, 712 » 
 Pampilona, or Papilonia, besieged by Charles son of — — ■ 
 
 Pepyn, 143 , 
 
 Pandarus or Pandrasius, 9 
 
 Pandulphus comes as legate to England, 318 
 
 admonishes king lohn a second time, Paul, 
 
 319 
 takes possession of the crown, ibid. 
 
 Paret, lohn, 512, 516 
 Paris, when founded, 56 
 
 the monastery of St. Vincent at, built by Childe- 
 
 bert, 77 
 
 defended against the Danes, l'*?4 
 
 improved by Philip II. 283 
 
 pound of Paris money, what, 258 
 
 variance between the students and citizens of, 
 
 370 
 
 the provost of, appointed by St. Lewis, 375 
 
 -^ — dissentions between the govemours and com- 
 monalty of, 4I4« 
 
 the occasioners of the riot punished, ibid- 
 
 ■ mortality at> 460 
 
 troubles in, 502, 503, 513 
 
 ■ the citizens submit to the regent, 514 
 
 commotions are renewed in, 515 
 
 the Ps^risians are defeated by the English, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — coins and values of money newly ordained at, 
 
 503, 505 ' 
 ' the citizens of, make an offering to St. Remyge^ 
 
 506 
 
 • a more feeble money ordained at, 509 
 
 ■ the citizens of, murmur against Charles VII. 
 
 552, 554 , 
 
 tumults at, 563 
 
 taken from the English, 610 
 
 ■ distressed by wolves, 614 
 
 mortality in, 648 
 
 alms deeds of Lewis XI. at, 651 
 
 Parker, sir lames, slain in lusting, 684 
 
 Parliament held at Oxford, called Insane Parliamen- 
 
 tum, 343 
 — the . acts of confirmed by a parliament at 
 Winchester, 345 
 
 of White Bands, 423 
 
 Parnassus, mount, falls upon Brennius's liost, 24 
 
 Parson, Anthonie, 705 
 
 Partriche, sir Miles, executed, 711 
 
 Pascal I. elected pope, 149 
 
 Pascal II. pope, imprisoned by Hen. IV. emperor of 
 
 Almayne, 255 
 Pascencius, the youngest son of Vortiger, invades 
 Britain, 70 
 ; ■ — is defeated by Uter, ibid. 
 Paul, St. tablet in the church of, to the memory of 
 Lucius, 40 , , 
 
 Papya or Papye, built by Brennius, 23 
 
 besieged by Pepyn, 139, 140 
 
 strengthened and defended by Desiderius K. 
 
 of the Longobardys, 142 
 Pepyn, besieged by Charles son of Pepyn, ibid. 
 
 when founded, 97 
 newly hallowed, 331 
 steeple of, fired by lightning, 617 
 suspended for a fray, 686 
 earl of St. buried at St. Paul's, 608 
 Paulinus sent by Gregory to St. Augustine, 96 
 
 . converts Edw.yn K. of Northumberland to 
 
 Christianity, 112 
 
 baptizes the inhabitants of Deyra and Bernt- 
 
 cia, ibid. 
 
 — ; flies with Edwyn's queen and daughter into 
 
 * Kent, 112 
 
 Paulinus 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Paulinus forsakes the archbishoprick of York» and be- 
 comes bishop of Rochester, ibid. 
 Pechy, lohn, 685 
 Pecoke, Reynold, Bp. of Chichester, abjured as a 
 
 heretick, 632 
 Peers, xii. chosen for the reformation of the state of 
 
 the land, 343 
 Pekhain, lohn, made archbishop of Canterbury, 
 386 
 
 his death, 394 
 
 Pembroke, the earl of, taken by the Spaniards, 
 
 483 
 Pembroke, lasper, earl of, so created by K. Henry 
 
 VI. 627 
 ' made duke of Bedford by K. Hen. VII. 
 
 ibid. 
 Pembroke, William, tarl of, lands with the other 
 
 lords in England, 658 
 Penda founds the kingdom of Mercia, 110 
 
 envies Edwin king of Northumberland, 112 
 
 avenges his daughter, 1 17 
 
 — slays Oswald K. of Northumberland, 1 18 
 '- goes against Anna, ibid, 
 is slain by Oswy, 119 
 
 Pepyn I. dies, 123 
 
 Pepyn II. opposes Eboryn, 124 
 
 retires to Austracy, or Lorayne, 125 
 
 defeats Theodoriche, and is appointed master 
 
 of the palace, ibid. 
 
 ; returns to Austracy, ibid. 
 
 continued as master of the palace by Childeber- 
 
 tus, 130 
 
 irregularity of his life, ibid. 
 
 — — — has a son named Charles Marcellus, ibid. 
 Pepyn son of Carolus IVIartellus, 135 
 
 joins his brother Charlemayne, 136 
 
 they divide Hilderic's kingdom, ibid. 
 
 -■ Pepyn, on the death of Charlemayne, becomes 
 
 sole ruler of France, ibid. 
 
 reduces Gryffon, ibid. 
 
 after application to the pope, formally deposes 
 
 Hilderiche, 137 
 
 chosen sovereign of France, ibid. 139 , 
 
 overcomes the Saxons, otherwise called Danes 
 
 or Normans, ibid. 
 ■ amends the state of the church, 139 
 the kingdom of France confirmed to him and 
 
 his heirs, ibid. 
 assists pope Stephen II. against Aystulphus, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 besieges Papye, ibid. 
 
 is dreaded by neighbouring princes, 140 
 
 establishes the parliament of France, ibid. 
 
 .^ admonishes Gayfer duke of Guyan, ibid. 
 
 — — punishes his rebellion, ibid. 141 
 
 offers a great part of the treasure and jewels 
 
 taken from Gayl'er to St. Denys, ibid, 
 — — — dies at Paris, ibid. 
 
 Pepyn, son of Lewis I. made duke of Guyan, 149, 
 150 
 
 his death, 153 
 
 Pepyns, three, distinction of the, 115 
 
 their descent, ibid. 
 
 Perche, Notha, Countess of, lost at sea in returning 
 from Normandy, 258 
 
 Percy, (Persia.?) the king of, sends presents to Charle- 
 mayne, 145 
 
 Percy, Henry, created earl of Northumberland, ^43, 
 546 
 
 made constable of England, 564 
 
 slain in rebellion, 573 
 
 Percy, sir Henry, slain at the battle of Shrewsbury, 
 
 570 
 Percy, sir Ralph, submits to K. Edw.IV. 653 
 Percy, Thomas, earl of Worcester, dissolves Richard 
 II.'s household at Flint Castle, 546 
 
 beheadfed after the battle of Shrewsbury, 570 
 
 Peridurus made king of Britain jointly with Vigenius, 
 28 
 
 authors differ on his character, 29 
 
 Persecution under Diocletian and Maximian, 46 - 
 Peter king of Aragon, cruelty of, in Sicily, 381 
 — r — excommunicated by the pope, ibid. 
 
 goes to the relief of Geron, but is defeated and 
 
 dies of his wounds, 382, 383 
 Peter K. of Castile, driven from his country, 476, 
 
 477 
 aided by Edward the Black Prince, 476, 
 
 521 
 
 seeks aid of the Sarazens, 479 
 
 beheaded by Henry his bastard brother, 
 
 ibid. 
 Peter Pence, 218, 320 
 
 granted to Rome by Ethelwolphus, 155 ' 
 
 ordered by K. Edw. III. to be no longer ga- 
 
 thered in England, 477 
 Petitur V. Higanius 
 Petwarden, Thomas, 583 
 Pharamond, first king of France, 57 
 Philip I. begins his reign in France, 232 
 — — — marries Berta, daughter of the earl of 
 Flanders, ibid. 
 
 his adultery, ibid. 
 
 . commits the rule of France to his son Lowys, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his death, and burial at St. Benet sur Loyre, 
 
 233 
 Philip II. surnamed Dieu done, begins his reign in 
 
 France, 282 
 — — ^ excites the sons of K. Henry II. to war 
 
 against their father, ibid. 
 receives homage of Richard for the Dutchy 
 
 of Guyon, ibid. 
 
 wars with K. Henry II. 278 
 
 besieges Vergy, 282 
 
 with the nobles of France, takes upon him 
 
 the cross, ii83 
 
 maiTies lugebert daughter of the king of 
 
 Denmark, '2)i4! 
 
 marries a third time, the daughter of Philip 
 
 duke of Swevy, ibid, 
 
 wars upon the Normans, ibid. 
 
 Philip 
 
I N D ^E X. 
 
 Philip, II. accursed 'by his prelates ■lor refusing to 
 receive lugebert again, 285 
 
 admonished -to appear before the council of 
 
 Sorsore, ibid. 
 
 punishes the earl of Rossell and Roger de 
 
 Rose, ibid. 
 
 — ' niakes war again on Normandy, 286 
 
 ■ intends the invasion of England, ibid. 
 
 loses his navy at Sluse, ibid. 287 
 
 i ■ reconciled to lugebert, ibid. 
 
 • wars in Flanders, ibid. 
 
 his variance in the Holy Land with K. 
 
 Richard I. 309 
 
 departs from Aeon or Acre, 301 
 
 '— enters Normandy and receives homage from 
 
 Arthur D. of 'Bryta,yne, 3 1 
 — — — concludes a truce With l!ofan 'K. of England, 
 
 289 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 his testamentary bequests, ibid. 290 
 
 — ^— — gives different castles in Normandy to Arthur 
 D. ofBrytayne, 312 
 
 wins the castle of Gaillarde, 314, 315 
 
 seizes the whole of Norrtiandy, ibid. 
 
 <• enters "Guyon, 3 IS 
 
 ■ excommunicated by the pope, 322 
 the HI. m'arries Isabel daughter of the K. of 
 Arragon, 377 
 
 - succeeds to the crown of 'France, 272, 
 377 
 
 - subdues the king of Tunis, ibid. 
 
 - buries the bowels of Jiis father at Mount 
 Royall, ibid. 
 
 - death of his wife, 37« 
 
 - detail of his journey from 'Vitefbe to Paris, 
 ibid. 
 
 - crowned at Raynes, 378 
 
 - visits ArtoySj ibid. 
 
 - enters the province of the earl of Foyz, 
 ibid. 
 
 - marries Mary dai(ghter of the earl of Bur- 
 boun, 379 
 
 - goes to Sainterre, ibid. 
 
 - meets Sanxion K. of Spain, 380 
 
 - invades Arragon, 381 
 
 - besieges Geron, 382 
 
 - a part of his navy destroyed by the Arrago- 
 nians, 383 • 
 
 - dies at Parpynyatt, ibid, 
 his wives and children, 384 
 
 IV. surnamed le Beawe, begins his reign in 
 
 France, 407 
 wars in Flanders, 394, 409, 411 
 defeats the Flemings, 413 
 elected emperor, 415 
 wars successfully in Italy, ibid. 
 levies a new tax through his dominions, 
 
 416 
 the wives of his iii. sons accused of " spouse 
 
 breaking," ibid, 
 his death at Fountayne Beliaunt, ibid. 
 
 Philip 
 
 Philip V. (de Valoys) admitted for protector of the 
 realm of France, 433, 488 
 
 his claim to the crown of France, ibid. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 his coronation opposed by the I>. of Bur- 
 
 goyne, 433 
 — ' crowned at Raynys, 437, 483 
 
 receives homage for the earldom of Tlanders, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ rhime made upon him by the Flemings in 
 
 Cassyle, 489 
 
 — ^ wins the town, 490 
 
 ' — visits different parts of his realm, 491 
 
 sends reinforcements to the Scots, 441 
 
 invites K. Edw. III. to a crusade, 442 
 
 prepares to resist K. Edw. Ill's, claims oh 
 
 France, 445 
 
 his answer to K. Edward Ill's, letter claiming 
 
 the crown of France, 452 
 
 goes to the relief of Tournay, 453 
 
 flies to Broy after the battle of Cressy, 
 
 458 
 levies the tax called a gabell, 493 
 
 ■ ' demands a subsidy of the monks of St. 
 
 Denys, 495 
 — — — marries to his second wife Blanch daughter of 
 
 the queen o'fNavarne, 498 
 
 ■ his death, 434, 462,499 
 
 Philip, prince of Spain, afterward Philip II, arrives 
 
 at Southampton, 715 
 — — — receives the order of the garter, ibid. 
 — — ^ received at Winchester, ibid. 
 
 made K. of Naples and Hierusalem, 716 
 
 ' ceremonial of his marriage with Mary, 
 716 
 
 visits his father the emperor, 717 
 
 ■ returns to England, 718 
 
 Philip, son of the duke of Burgoyne, takes part 
 with the English against the Dauphin, 
 -564 
 
 Philip, sir Matthew, 6«5 
 
 Philippa, queen of K. Edw. III. sails to Brabant, 446 
 
 her death, 480 
 
 Philippa, youngest daughter of K. Hen. IV. married 
 to the K. of Denmark, 572 
 
 Phylpot, lohn, knighted by K. Rich. II. 531 
 
 Picts descended from the Scytis or Scythisj 37 
 
 called also Gothis or Hunys, ibid. 
 
 Catenesey, or Cathenesia, gi-anted to them, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ally themselves with the Irish, ibid. 
 
 their country called Irelande, Pictavia, and. 
 
 lastly Scotland, ibid. 
 — — receive the southern part of Albania from Ca- 
 
 rausius, 42 
 Picts and Scots break out on the departure of the 
 
 Romans, 52 
 
 their history, ibid. 
 
 Pinnor K. of Loegria, 20 n'. 
 
 Plantagenet, Geffrey, husband of the empress Maude, 
 death of, 267 
 
 Pleas 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Pleas of the Cfown pleaded in London, 326 
 
 PJectrude wife of Pepyn, rules Dagobert 11^ 130 
 
 Plessis, Sir lohn de, 494 
 
 Plymouth spoiled by the French, 571 
 
 Poinynges, Sir Thomas, his conduct at the siege of 
 
 Bullein, 707 
 Pole, Michael de la, created Earl of Suffolk, 533 
 
 escapes from England, 534 
 
 Pollardes, Crocardes^ and Rosaries, coins so named 
 
 called in, 401 
 PomfretiiPiers, or Peter of, put to death by K. lohn, 
 
 321 
 Pomyers, Sir Guyllyam de, 632 
 Poncell, Sir Guyllyam, 526 
 
 Ponet, lohn, deposed from the bishoprick of Winches- 
 ter, 712 
 Ponton, Sir William, 616 
 Poole, Cardinal, 717 
 
 ■ made archbishop of Canterbury, 718 
 
 dies at Lambelh, 719 
 
 Poor, collections for the,^ K, Hen. VHl. 700, 701 
 Popes, two, chosen on the death of Gregory XI. 487, 
 
 525 
 Porchester, 49 
 Poret, Nicholas, 517 
 
 Porrex, made governor of Britain with Ferrex, 1 8 
 ■ slam by FerreXj ibid. 
 
 Porter, William, 574 
 Porth lands in Britain, 69 
 Pontismotith, origin of, 69 
 Portlud or Ludgate, when built, 3 1 
 Pound of Paris Money, what, 289 
 Pount, the Castle de la, given up, 503 
 Fount at Arche, the town or hold of, taken by the 
 
 French, 620 
 Pountalu, John de, 501 
 
 Pount Andenere, won by the Earl of St. Paule, 622 
 Pountenay, Edmond of, intercedes for Hubert of 
 
 Burgth, 328 
 ■ made archbishop of Canterbury, 329 
 
 named also Edmond of Abyndon, ibid. 
 
 his death, 332 
 
 Pountlarge taken by the English, 613 
 
 Pount Melane delivered to the regent of France, 592 
 
 Powell, Abel, 701 
 
 Pownings, Sir Edward, 695 
 
 Poylet, Symonde, put to death at Paris, 495 
 
 Poyteau, earl of, v. Burbon 
 
 Poytiers, the City of, ruined by Dagobert I. 114 
 
 ■- destroyed again by Abyderamus, 133 
 
 won by Philip II. 316 
 
 I the battle of, 466, 501 
 
 Prague, the hereticks of, summoned to the Council of 
 
 Basil, 607 
 Pren v. Egbert. 
 Pretest, archbishop of Roan, persecuted by Chilperiche, 
 
 89 
 Prevost, lohn, 516 
 Preston Town destroyed, 706 
 Pridwenne, the name of K. Arthur's slileld, 79 
 Priests, the marriage of, forbidden, 710 
 
 7 
 
 Priests, act allowing the marriage of repealed, 712 
 
 Printing, discovery of the art ofi 632 
 
 Processions renewed in Churches by queen Mary, 713, 
 
 714 
 Prodigies seen in England, 251, 252, 273, 289, 313, 
 
 3£8, 3 90, '474 
 Prothadyus, the paramour of Brunechielde, 103 -,^. 
 
 - banished by Theodobert, ibid. 
 murdered by the nobles of Theodorich's 
 
 Court, ,104 
 Provinces, Ecclesiastical, reduced to two^nly in En-^ 
 
 - gland and Wales, . 39 
 Prylle, lohn, 502, 504 
 
 Puyssake, the Castle of, destroyed, 262 
 
 Puyssake, Hugh, rebels against Lewis VI. 262 
 
 Puyssour, Peter, 516 
 
 Pwylesdon, Thomas, rebellion ofj 390 
 
 Pyers, Alice, a cause of popular clamour, 486 
 
 Pygacen, Thomas, 610 
 
 Pykeryng, the Town of, founded by Peridurus, 29 
 
 Pype, Sir lames, 468 
 
 Pyquegny, Sir Robert, 517 
 
 Pyquygny, Sir lohn, 506, 509 
 
 makes war on Turnay, 517 
 
 besieges Amyas, ibid. 
 
 Pyr, orPyrrhus, K. of Britain, 30, 31 
 Pysdo, Marten of, executed, 519 
 
 a 
 
 Queen, title of, after the murder of Brigthricus, denied 
 to the wives of the West Saxon Kings, 146 
 -- restored by Ethelwolphus, 155 
 Queen Hythe, the wharf of, let to ferm, 336 
 Quendreda, treachery of, 147 
 Queret, Sir Hugh, 450 
 Quicbellinus gives the City of Dorchester to Berinus, 
 
 to make there his See, 80 
 Quichellinus and Kyngylsus, rule the West Saxon 
 
 Kingdom jointly, 109 
 Quichellinus sends a swordman to kill Ed- 
 
 wyn King of Northumberland, 111 
 Quickwoe destroyed t. K. Henry VIII. 706 
 Quyntyne, St. won by the Fleming^, 562 
 battle of, 718 
 
 R. 
 
 Rabanus v. Alcinnus. 
 
 Radcot Bridge, meeting of a Council at, *. K. Rich. 
 II. 534 
 
 Radegunda, St wife of Lotharius K. of France, 79 
 
 Radulphus, the son of Richard duke of Burgoyne, be- 
 gins his reign in France, 181 
 
 ———- buried at St. Cohimb, ibid. 
 
 duration of his reign, 210 
 
 Ragan, daughter of K. Leyr, 14 
 
 Ragman, the Charter or Indenture so called, 441 
 
 Ramme, Thomas, executed, 67 1 
 
 Ramston, Sir Thomas, drowned, 572 
 
 Rangasredus, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Bangasredus, or 'Rangafredus, made master of the Pa- 
 lace to Dagobert II. 131 
 
 "'Ls I defeats Charles, son of Pepyn and Al- 
 
 payda, ibid. 
 Ranulpb, bishop of London, imprisoned by K. Henry 
 I. 2S3 
 
 — ^— escapes to Normandy, ibid. 
 
 Ratclyf, Sirlohn. 610 
 Ratclyffe, Robert, 685 
 
 Raufe bishop of Rochester, chosen archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, 257 
 
 © his death, 259 
 
 Raunton destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Rawlyn, Nicholas, 609 
 
 Rayns, Arnolde, bishop of, deprived by Hugh Capet, 
 212 
 
 restored by order of pope John xvi. ibid. 
 
 -Reading Abbey founded by K. Henry !• 259 
 
 ■ ' the abbot of executed for treason, t. K. 
 
 Hen. VIII. '(01 
 Record, Robert, an addition of, to Fabyan's History, 
 
 19 n. 
 " Recuyll of the siege of Troy" ascribed to Homer, 36 
 Redian, or Rodian, K. of Britain, 30 
 Redwaldus, the first Christian King of the East An- 
 gles, 70 
 Rees, the last King of Wales, defeated by K. William 
 
 Rufus, 250 
 Regent, the ship so called, burnt, t. K. Hen. VIII. 696 
 Reguli, the seven principates of Britain so called, 67 
 Reigate Castle, taken by Lewis son of the French 
 
 King, 321 
 Relics, of St. Vincent, 77 
 — ■ — sent by pope Gregory to St. Augustine, 96 
 
 given by K. Hen. III. to the Abbey of West- 
 
 mihster, 97 
 
 of St. Oswald, 118 
 
 brought by Benet into England, 120 
 
 the Smock of our Lady, 179 
 
 ■ the spear that opened our Saviour's side, 182 
 
 the banner of Seynl Morys, ibid. 
 
 part of the Holy Gross, ibid. 
 
 a part of the Crown of Thorns, ibid. 
 
 of St. Martin at Towres, 179 
 
 of St. Benet at the Monastery of Flory, ibid. 
 
 r the sword of Constantine the Great, 1 82 
 
 ■. the head of St. Apolynare, 199 
 
 of SL Vincent, ibid. 
 
 the arm of St. Augustine, 218 * 
 
 a neume of blood sent by the Patriarch of le-" 
 
 rusalem, 334 
 
 ■> the leg of -St. George, exhibited at St. Paul's, 
 
 688 
 Remigius, bishop of Raynes, baptizes Clodoveus, 7 1 
 Remy, Peter, execution of, 4 88 
 Restable, lohn, 517 
 Reygny, son of Gorboninian, 30 
 Rheifns, miraculous Crism at, 7 1 
 Rhodes taken from the Turks, 418 i - 
 
 . taken by the Turks, 698 
 
 Rhymes, Scottish, in derision of the English, 398, 440 
 
 Rhymes, English, in reproach of the Scots at Dunbar, 
 398 
 
 made by the Scots after the battle of Ban- 
 
 nockburn, 420 
 
 Richard, son of Henry I. lost at Sea, 258 
 
 Richard I. when Earl of Peytowe, makes war upon his 
 father, 280 
 
 his saying of his father's family, 28l 
 
 ■ does homage for Guyan, 282 
 
 begins his reign in England, 298 
 
 prepares for hiA journey to the Holy Land, 
 
 ' -♦ 299 
 
 leaves the bishop of Ely regent, 300 
 
 passes the winter at Turon, ibid. 
 
 meets Philip the second in Sicily, 284, 
 
 300 
 
 — ' takes Aeon or Acris, 300 
 
 variance between him and the King of 
 
 France, 284,300 
 
 puts a great number of the Turks to death, 
 
 .301 
 
 — — — returns from the neighbourhood of leni- 
 salem to Acre, 302 
 
 — — — — gains a victory at lapheth, 302 
 
 returns to the Isle of Cyprus, 303 
 
 taken prisoner by the soldiers of the Duke 
 
 of Ostriche, ibid. 304 
 
 sent to Henry VI. emperor of Almayn, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 fabulous stories related of him during his 
 
 imprisonment, 304 
 
 — — ^ — his ransom, 305 
 
 lands at Sandwich, ibid. 
 
 again crowned at Winchester, ibid. 
 
 besieges the Castle of Arques in France, 
 
 305 ' 
 
 ' his pledges return on the death of the Duke 
 
 of Ostriche, 307 
 
 goes to Normandy, 308 
 
 assaults Gysours, 308 
 
 ■ wounded at the siege of Chalons, or Gail- 
 
 larde, 309 
 
 his death, and burial at Font Eborard, 285, 
 
 309 
 
 Richard II. born at Burdeaux, 477, 529 
 
 created Prince of Wales, 487 
 
 begins his reign in England, 529 
 
 — - goes to Ireland, 539 
 
 espouses, to his second wife, Isabel daugh- 
 ter of Charles VI. ibid. 
 
 gifts presented and received at the espou- 
 sals, 540 
 
 holds a Council in the Earl of Nottingham's 
 
 Palace, 542 
 
 complaints of the Commons against him, 
 
 544 
 
 account of his luxuries, 544 ra. 
 
 report that he had let the realm to ferm, 
 
 545 ^ 
 goes again to Ireland, ibid. 
 
 — lands at Milford Haven, ibid. 
 
 Richard 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Richard II. goes fo Flint Castle, 546 
 
 deserted even by his household, ibid. 
 
 ■ sent prisoner to the Tower of London, 
 
 ibid. 
 the Instrument of his resignation of the 
 
 Crown, ibid. 547 
 receives the sentence of his deposition, 
 
 549 
 ' — - Sir lohn Bagot's confession concerning 
 
 him, 566 
 
 removed to Leeds Castle, 561 
 
 murdered at Pountfreyt Castle, 568 
 
 his corpse publicly exposed, 569 
 
 ■ his epitaph, ibid. 
 
 money and jewels found by Hen. IV. in 
 
 his treasury, ibid. 
 
 his corpse removed from Langley to West- 
 minster by K. Henry V. 511 
 
 Richard, son of the Duke of York, afterwards K. 
 Richard III. sent into Almayne, 639 
 
 created Duke of Gloucester, 652 
 
 charged with the murder of K. Henry VI. 
 
 662 
 • seizes K. Edw. V. and his brother, 668 
 
 admitted for Lord I'rotector, ibid. 
 
 his measures to secure the Crown, 669 
 
 his right and title rehearsed by Dr. Shaa, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 . proclaimed King, 669 
 
 hated by his Nobles, 670 
 
 creates his legitimate son Prince of Wales, 
 
 and makes his bastard son Captain of 
 Calais, ibid. 
 
 . loses his popularity, 671, 672 
 
 slain at Bosworth Field, 673 
 
 — — — his body found and conveyed to Leicester, 
 ibid. 
 
 Richard, earl of Cornwall, elected King of the Ro- 
 mans, 339 
 
 crowned at Aquysgranum, ibid. 
 
 returns from taking possession of his King- 
 dom, 345 
 
 reconciles the King and his Barons, 347 
 
 . his Palace at Thystylworth destroyed, 352 
 
 taken prisoner by the Barons, 355 
 
 .. his death, 368 
 
 Richavyll, Guillam, 616 
 
 Richemond, earl of, v. Brytayne. 
 
 Richmond, the name of, given to the Palace of Shene, 
 687 
 
 , a part of the Palace at, burnt, 686 
 
 the King's Chamber at, burnt, 689 
 
 Richmond, Edmond earl of, created by K. Henry VI. 
 627 
 
 Ridley, Nicholas, bishop of London, deposed, 712 
 
 disputes at Oxford, 714 
 
 . burnt as a heretick, 717 
 
 Rise, Griffith, beheaded for Treason, 699 
 
 Rieval Abbey, the first house of Cistercian Monks in 
 England, 252 
 
 Rimo, King of Britain, 30 
 
 Rinallus, or Rivallus, made governor of the Britons, 17 
 ' buried at York, ibid. 
 
 Rippeland, or Trippeland, Sir lohn, 616 
 Roan, besieged by Philip II. 284 
 
 insurrection at, under Chailes VII. 554 
 
 taken by the English, 584 
 
 — surrendered to the Duke of Burgoyne, 647 
 regained by Lewis XI. 648 
 
 Robert, brother to Eudo King of France, rebels against 
 
 Charles the Simple, 181 
 Robert, son of Hugh Capet, begins his reign in France, 
 
 212 
 
 his learning and virtues, 213 
 
 buried at St. Denis, ibid. 
 
 Robert Curthose o. Normandy. 
 
 Robert, archbishop of Canterbury, persecutes Emma 
 
 the muther of Edward the Confessoi', 225 
 
 flies to Normandy, ibid. 
 
 exiled by Earl Groodwin and his friends, 227 
 
 ■ dies at Gemeticum, in Normandy, ibid. 
 Robert, made bishop of Chester by K. Will. Conq. 
 
 246 
 Rochelle yielded to the French, 483 
 Rochester besieged by the Danes, 168 
 
 besieged by K. Will. Rufus, 248 
 
 Church of St. Andrew at, when founded, 
 
 97 
 the Castle of, taken by K. lohn, 321 
 
 ■ retaken by Lewis son of the French King, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Rochester Bridge, and Chapel at the Bridge-foot, 
 built by Sir Robert Knollys, 573 
 
 Rodefredus, the Danish prince, baptized, 175 
 
 Rodreck, King of Britain, 30 
 
 Rodris, or Rodricus, leader of the Picts, lands in Al- 
 bania, 37 
 
 Roger, bishop of Salisbury, K. Stephen's treatment of 
 him, 265 
 
 Roger, lohn, burnt, 717 
 
 Rokkysboruth besieged by the Scots, 6 1 1 
 
 Rollo invades France, 179 
 
 draws toward Paris, ibid. 
 
 is defeated by Ebalde earl of Peytowe, 1 80 
 
 receives Gilda, the daughter of Charles the Sim- 
 ple for his wife, with Neustria or Normandy 
 for her dowar, ibid. 
 
 is baptized and receives the name of Robert, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 receive? Normandy, 237 
 
 Romans depart from Britain, 52 
 
 Romayne, Walter, 536 
 
 Rome built, 1, 17 
 
 the Church of, first receives possessions from 
 
 Constantine the Great, 47 
 
 the Saxon school at, 155 
 
 schisms in the Church of, 487, 539, 619 
 
 taken by the Viceroy of Naples and the Duke 
 
 of Bourbon, 698 
 
 appeals to, forbidden, 699 
 
 submission of England to the See of, t. Q. Mary, 
 
 717 
 5 II Rome, 
 
I N D EX. 
 
 Kome, embassy to, ibid. 
 
 Rome-scot granted unto Rome by Adeulphus, or 
 
 Ethelwolphus, 155 
 Rone, the name of King Arthur's Spear, 79 
 Rood, or Cross, speaks miraculously, 201 
 Roos, Sir Robert, 353 
 Roos, Thomas Lord, taken prisoner at Hexham, and 
 
 beheaded, 654 
 Rosamond, kept by Henry U. as his mistyess, 276 
 
 her bower, 277 
 
 her epitaph at Godstow, ibid. 
 
 ■■■ a coffer of hers shewn there by the nuns, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Rosaries v, Pollardes. 
 
 Rotcheford, the Lord, attainted of treason and be- 
 headed, 700 
 
 Rouncevale, battle of, 144 
 
 Rous, Guy le, wars upon Lewis K. of France, 261 
 
 Rowena, or Ronowen, arrives in Britain, 61 
 
 presents a cup of wine to Vortiger, ibid. 
 
 I is received by him in marriage, ibid. 
 
 contrives the death of Vortimer, 65 
 
 Rowlande and Olyuer,' the knights of Chs^rles son of 
 Pepyn, 143 
 
 — — — slain at the battle of Rouncevale, 144 
 
 Rowland's Song, 156 
 
 Roxborougb, the Castle o^ repaired, 443 
 
 Royalls of France, what, 47 1 
 
 Royan Mount, house of religion at, built by St. Lewis, 
 370 
 
 Rudaucus, K. of Wales, 19 ». 
 
 Rudhidijjrass v. Lud, or Lud Rudibras. 
 
 Rudstone, Robert, 713,714 
 
 Rue, lacquet de, accuses the K. of Navarne of treach- 
 ery, 523 
 
 Runcornn, or Runcofanna, built by Elfleda, 177 
 , Rupertus, emperor of Rome, comes to England, 570 
 
 Russell, Richard, execution of, 602 
 
 Russia, embassy from, to Q. Mary, 718 
 
 Rutland, Castle at, built by K. Henry II. 273 
 
 strengthened by K. Edw. I. 385 
 
 Rutland, Richard earl of, slain at the battle of Wake- 
 field, 638 
 
 Ryall or Royall, coined by K. Edw. IV. 655 
 
 Ryddysdale, Robin of, his rebellion, 657 
 
 RyoU or Ryall, taken by the French, 427 
 
 ■ won by the Earls of Derby and Nottingham, 
 
 456 
 
 Ryon or Ryons, Castle of, won by the Frenchmen, 
 396 
 
 Rypon Abbey burnt by the Danes, 191 
 
 Ryvers, Richard Lord, 633 
 
 taken at Sandwich by John Dynham, 635 
 
 beheaded with his son, 657 
 
 Ryv3'er, Sir Berian de, 525 
 
 S. why given by Henry IV. in his collars, 533 
 St. Benoit, lohn de, 610 
 St. John, Sir lohn, 396 
 
 St. lohn, lohn, challenged to certain courses by ife 
 
 Earl of Pembroke, 536 
 St. lohn, the Lord, arrested, 658 
 St. lohn, Oliver, arraigned, 688 
 Saladynes dymesj 283 
 Saleme, liberation of Charles prince of, 407 
 
 — ^ made King of Sicily, ibid. 
 
 Salic Law, effect of the, in the exclusion of females 
 
 from the Crown of France, 488 
 Salisbury, Hengist's treachery in the plain of, 66 
 " Salisbury Use," the Ordinal or Consuetudinary so 
 
 named, 245 
 Salisbury Alley, Fleet Street, riot at the bishop's 
 
 palace in, 536 
 Salisbury, lohn earl of, beheaded, 568 
 Salisbury, Richard earl of, made Chancellor, 629 
 — — — - escapes the treachery of the queen, 634 
 — gains the battle of Northampton, 636 
 
 taken prisoner at Wakefield, 638 
 
 :^ beheaded at Poumfreyt, ibid. 
 
 .Salisbury, Thomas earl of, killed at Orleance, 593 
 Salisbury, William earl of, taken prisoner, 450 
 Salisbury, the Countess of, beheaded t. K. Hen. VIII. 
 
 701 
 Salysbury, Sir lohn, execution of, 534 
 Sampson, archbishop of Menenia, 39 
 
 becomes bishop of Dolence or Dolences in 
 
 Armorica, ibid. 
 Sampson, Richard, bishop of Chichester, released from 
 
 the Tower, 701 
 Saraulpenisil, King of Britain, 30 
 Sancer, Lewis de, 525 
 Sanckere, Oliver, 706 
 Sandwich, Wool Staple held at, 393 
 
 ^the French land at^ K. Hen. VI. 632 
 
 : influx of the sea at, 711 
 
 Sanxio, or Sanxion, made K. of Spain, 379 
 Saracens, driven out of France by Charles Martell, 
 
 133 
 
 ~ enter Burgoyne, 181 
 
 Saragounce, or Saragossa, besieged by Lothaire, 77 
 
 ■ sepulchre of St. Vincent at, ibid. 
 
 Sarrazan, Thomas, made Pope, 613' 
 Savoy, the palace of the, 467 
 
 ■■ — burnt by the rebels t. K. Rich. 11. 530 
 
 Sawtry, Sir William (priest) burnt in Smithfield for 
 
 heresy, 569 
 Saxons arrive in Britain, 59 
 
 their account' of themselves to Vortiger, ibid. 
 
 division of, into Saxons, Angles, and lutes, 
 
 60 
 — — — assist Vortiger, and reduce his enemies, ibid. 
 
 -'- take the Isle of Wight for their security, 65 
 
 enumeration of the Countries which they held 
 
 against King Arthur, 79 
 — ■ — - high descent of the, 127 
 
 original Country of the, 181 
 
 the school of, at Rome, redeemed from tribute 
 
 by Canute, 2 1 8 
 Saxons, otherwise called Danes, or Normans, war on 
 
 Pepyn King of France, 139, 140 
 
 Saxons 
 
INDEX 
 
 Saxons yield ccc. horses by way of tribute, 140 
 
 ■ caused by Charles, son of Pepyn, to renounce 
 
 idolatry, 143 
 
 rebel against Lewis 1. 148 
 
 Saye, lord, beheaded by the rebels under Cade, 
 624 
 
 Sayntlys, monastery at, founded by Philip 11. 289 
 
 Scales, Anthony lord, justs with the bastard of Bur- 
 gundy, 655 
 
 • beheaded, 668 
 
 Scales, or Scalys, Thomas lord, opposes the rebellion 
 of lack Cade, 625 
 
 taken prisoner at Sandwich, 635 
 
 Scayse, Guyllyam, 509 
 
 Scena given by his father Andragius to Caesar as a 
 hostage, 32 
 
 Sclavons v. Asclavons 
 
 Scorie, lohn, preaches at the death of lone of Kent, 
 710 
 
 — — put out of the bishoprick of Chichester, 
 712 
 
 Scot, sir Robert, 593 
 
 Scotland given to Albanakl by Brute, 1 1 
 
 ■ boundaries of, ibid. 
 
 • beginning of the quarrel between Baliol and 
 
 Bruce, 396 
 
 supremacy of England over Scotland, 396 
 
 papal bulls enforcing the obedience of Scot- 
 
 land, 397 
 
 — ^— the Scotch excuse themselves at Norhara, 
 ibid. • 
 
 ■ regalia of, taken by the English, 399 
 
 ill the black cross of, a relic of great "precio- 
 
 sity", 439 
 
 peace with, 700 
 
 V. Bayloll, Bruce 
 
 Scotte, lohn, 685 
 
 Scots" enter Northumberland, 241, 421 
 
 chuse William Wallace for their leader, 
 
 399 
 
 yield them to K. Edw. I. 400 
 
 make incursions in Yorkshire, 422 
 
 — .-- tiie old queen of, comes to London, t. K. Edw. 
 
 VL7U 
 Scroop, sir Richard, beheaded, 579 
 Scroope, Richard, archbishop of York, 546 
 . reports K. Richard IL's resignation of the 
 
 crown in parliament, 548 
 . beheaded for rebellion against K. Henry IV. 
 
 572 
 Scrope, sir Geffrey, 443 
 Scrope, sir William, made earl of Wiltshire, 543, 
 
 545 
 
 executed at Bristol, 546 
 
 Scurry, sir Richard, 486 
 
 Scute of gold, value of the, 533 
 
 Sea, sudden rising of the, t. K. Henry IIL 337 
 
 Sebertus K. of the East Angles, 70, 97 
 
 . , builds St Paul's church in London, ibid. 
 
 . . converted by Mellitus bishop of London, 98 
 
 Segrave, Sir Nicholas, 364 
 
 Seine, sudden rise of the, 381 
 Selenger, Sir Thomas, executed, 671 
 Selley, Sir lohn, executed, 568 
 Selwey, the see of, translated to Chicheater, 245 
 Sely, Sir Benet, executed, 568 
 Sena built by Brennius, 23 
 
 Senlys, Barnarde earl of, protects Richard duke of 
 Normandy, 188 
 
 invites the Danes to make war upon 
 
 Normandy, ibid. 
 Senne, Davy de, 495 
 Senne, lohn de, ibid. 
 Senons overcome the Romans, 24 
 Senes, Arnolde earl of, his tyranny, 213 
 
 besieged in his casQe by the K. of 
 
 France, ibid. 
 Sens, Leophricus bishop of, delivers the city to the 
 
 king of France, 213 
 Sentlegers, William, 714 
 Septon, or Shaftsbury built, 14 
 Sergeants and Apprentices of the law ordered to 
 
 plead in their mother tongue, 476 
 Sergeants' feast at Ely Place, 685 
 
 at Lambeth, 688 
 
 Sergius, pope, false accusation against, 129 
 
 ■ ■ sends for Beda, 135 
 Serle, Sir lohn, 564 
 
 Serle, William, 571 
 
 Service, act for establishing the English, in churchei, 
 repealed, 712 
 
 . in Latin restored, 717 
 
 . the book of, established by K. Edw. VL re- 
 stored by Q^ Eliz. 722 
 
 Severus begins his dominion over Britain, 40, 41 
 
 named Parthicus, ibid. 
 
 . builds the celebrated wall of turf, ibid. 
 
 -— slain, and buried at York, ibid. 
 
 Sewarde, earl of Northumberland, enters Scotland, 
 220 
 
 __ — his death, 229 
 
 Sexburga rules the West Saxon kingdom, 120 
 
 —^—— succeeds Etheldrede as abbess of Ely, 
 121 
 
 Seymer, lane, married to K. Henry VIH. 701 
 ■ her death, and burial at Windsor, ibid. 
 
 Seymour, Sir Thomas, 709 
 
 put to death for treason, 710 
 
 Seynpoule, the earl ot lands in different parts of 
 Kent and Sussex, 473 
 
 Seyzill, v. Cecilius 
 
 Shaa, Dr. Rafe, sermon of, at Paul's Cross, 669 
 
 Shaftsbury built by Lud Rudibras, 14 
 
 ■ repaired by Alfred, 168 
 
 ' Edward the Martyr's body removed to, 
 202 
 Shalons, Sir lohn, de, 509 
 Shavelock, Roger, 684 
 Shene, name of the palace at, changed to Richmond, 
 
 687 
 Shenstone destroyed t. K. Hen. VIIL 706 
 
 5 H 2 Sheri& 
 
IN D E X. 
 
 Sheriffs of counties admitted by the baroiw in the 
 
 time of Henry 111. 34T - 
 — — — ordered to be changed yearly, 561 
 
 •■ - of London,©. London 
 Shrewsbury, the courts of law removed to, 386 
 
 — battle of, 570 
 
 Shrewsbury, Waringe earl of, builds ii. a,bbeys, 246 
 Shyreborne, the see of, removed to Salisbury, 118, 
 
 245. 
 Sicambri or Gauls, 65 
 . defeated by ValentiHian, ibid. 
 
 ' being driven from Sicambria they settle 
 
 near the Rhine, ibid. 
 — — — — make war, under iii leaders> upon the em- 
 pire, ibid. 
 . defeat the army of Theodosius, 56 
 
 , obtain Treueris, ibid. 
 
 __— . — extend their territory to the Seine, ibid. 
 SicilHus or Secilius made king of Britain, 26 
 Sicily, all the Frenchmen in, slain in one night, 
 i 381 
 
 claimed by Charles IX. 676 
 
 Sigebert, or Sigebertus, has the country of Mees or 
 Austracy, 85 
 
 wars in Suevy, ibid, 
 
 wars upon his brother Chilperich, ibid. 
 
 • makes peace with Chilperich, 87 
 
 unites with him in making war upon Gun- 
 
 thranus, ibid. 
 
 , . renews his war upon Chilperich, ibid. 
 
 is slain by the treachery of Fredegunda, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 buried at the monastery of St. Medard, 88 
 
 Sigebert, the cosyn of Cuthbert, begins his reign 
 over the West Saxons, 137 
 
 his cruelty, ibid. 
 
 deposed, and at last slain, 138 
 
 Sigebert, son of -Dagobert, born, 114 
 
 his miraculous answer to bishop Amandus, 
 
 ibid. 
 — ^— . has Austracy assigned to him by his father, 
 
 115, 122 
 ■ dies without an heir, 123 
 
 Sigebert, the son of Theodorich, set up by Brune- 
 
 chielde as heir to the kingdom of Austracy, 
 
 106 
 
 defeated by Clothayre, ibid. 107 
 
 Sigebertus, king of East Anglia, erects schools of 
 
 learning, 1 17 
 
 converted by Felix, afterwards bishop of 
 
 Dunwich, ibid. 
 ' - ■ — resigns his kingdom to his nephew, and 
 becomes a monk, ibid. 
 
 — — • is slain by Penda, ibid. 
 
 Sigismund emperor of Almayne, comes to England, 
 581 
 
 . — buried at St. Paul'sj 612 
 
 Signius, duke of Allebrog, receives Brennius into his 
 
 court, 22 
 Silvester converts Constaqtine the Great to Christianity 
 47 
 
 •^ exiled from Rome, 48 
 
 6 
 
 Silvius V. Cecilius 
 
 Silvius Eneas-, 8 
 
 Silvius Postumus, son of Eneas, ibid. 
 
 Simpson, Robert, 68-8 
 
 Singulpbus overcomes Clodoveus, 86 
 
 Sisillus, Cisillius, or Silius, K. of Britain, 30 
 
 Skevinton, sir William, sent to Dublin, 700 
 
 Slake, lohn, 546 
 
 Sleepers, vii. Edward the Confessor's Vision of .the, 
 
 231 
 Smert, Roger, execution of, 566 
 Sraithfield, in old times a place of execution, 254 
 ■ justs and tournaments held in, 467, 534, 
 
 538, 572, 574, 575, 655 
 the priory of St. John's in, burnt by the 
 
 rebels t. K. Richard IL 530 
 persons burnt in, for heresy, 569, 574, 
 
 578, 592, 601, 602, 685, 687, 701, 
 
 705, 708, 710, 711, 717 
 — r— — duels in, 601, 618 ' 
 
 ' one boiled in, for poisoning, 699 
 
 Somerset, Edmund duke of, arrested on his return 
 
 from Normandy, 626 
 ■ his delivery of Normandy to the French 
 
 king", jbid. 
 
 obnoxious to the Yorkists, 627 
 
 made captain of Calais, 628 
 
 ■ ■ — slain in the first battle of St. Alban's, 
 
 629 
 Somerset, Edward duke of, gains a victory over the 
 
 Scots at Musselbrough, 705 
 
 — — delivered out of the Tower, 710 
 
 —^- beheaded, 711 
 
 Somerset, Henry duke of, quarrel of, with sir lohn 
 
 Nevyll, 632 
 — ^-^— ^ made captain of Calais, 635 
 
 defeated by the earl of Warwick, ibid. 
 
 ■ submits to K. Edw. IV. ibid. 
 
 beheaded after the battle of Hexham, 654 
 
 Somerset, lohn earl of, created marquis of Dorset, 
 
 543 
 ' wins certain feats of arms in Smithfield 
 
 against the seneschal of Heinault, 574 ! 
 Somerset, lohn earl of, taken prisoner anno 1421, 
 
 588 
 Sotelties, devices^al great feasts, 587; 600, 601 
 Somomus or Syrnon, 55 
 Sophia, Santa, cb^rch of, built by Constantine the 
 
 Great, 47 
 Sorsore, council at, 285 
 Soulas, lohn, ^12 
 Sous, value of^a, 272 
 Southampton spoded by the French, 447 
 South-Saxons, kingdom of the, founded by Ella, 69 
 
 ' its boundaries, ibid. 
 
 continuance of the kingdom, 125 
 
 Southwark in great part burnt, 320 
 
 admitted to be under the rule of the mayor 
 
 of London, 438 
 Southwell, Thomas, 614 
 
 Sowdan; sir Perceval, impeached of treason, 573 
 Spain subdued by Constantius, 45 
 
 Spaldyng 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Spaldyng given to the bishoprick of Lincoln, 256 
 Spayne, sir Charles de, murdered by order of the K, 
 
 of Nauarne, 499 
 Spencer, Henry, bishop of Norwich, goe^ on a cru- 
 sade in Flanders, 531 
 
 compelled to return to England, 532 
 
 Spencer, Thomas lord, created earl of Gloucester, 
 
 543 • 
 Spenser, sir Hugh le, 347, 353 
 ■ made chief justice, 350 
 
 slain at Evesham, 351 
 
 Spenser, sir Hugh, father and son, held in hatred by 
 tlie people, 422 
 
 their lands spoiled by the barons, 423 
 
 ■ the son made high chamberlain, ibid. 
 
 both banished, 424 
 
 the son hovers on the coast of England to 
 
 spoil the merchants, ibid, 
 
 both recalled, ibid. 
 
 their lands in Wales spoiled by the barons, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ——— their fortunes increase, 425 
 
 • the father made earl of Winchester, 426 
 
 — ^— — they accompany K. Edward through his 
 misfortunes, 428, 429 
 
 — — — taicen prisoners, and put to death, 430 
 
 -^— — verses on the death of Hugh the son, ibid. 
 
 StafForde, Edmund earl of, slain at the battle of 
 Shrewsbury, 570 
 
 Staffbrde, Henry, executed for Treason, 718 
 
 Stafforde, Humphrey earl of, created duke of Buck- 
 ingham, 617 
 
 Stafforde, sir Humfrey, defeated by the rebels under 
 Cade, at Sevenok, 623 , 
 
 Stafforde, sir Raufe, created earl of Stafford, 463 
 
 Standysshe, lohn, 574 
 
 Stanhope, sir Michael, 7 1 1 
 
 Stanhouse burnt /. K. Hen. VHI. 706 
 
 Stanley, sir Thomas, 614 
 
 Stanley, Sir William, beheaded, 685 
 
 Stanysmore, battle of Marius at, 37 
 
 Stapylton, Walter, bishop of Exeter, lias the rule of 
 London, 429 
 
 — ; beheaded by the populace, ibid. 
 
 Star of singular appearance t. K. Hen. L 255 
 
 Stars, blazing, seen in England, 121, 135, 200,202, 
 256, 289, 445, 478, 491, 607, 718 
 
 an extraordinary one seen in France, 553 
 
 Staterius K. of Scotland, 20 n. 
 
 Stemysford Bridge, battle at, 234 
 
 Stephen, K. begins his reign in England, 264 
 
 • oatli of, to the lords at Oxford, ibid. 
 
 licences the erection of castle's by the barons, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 receives homage from David K. of Scots, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 deprives different prelates of their castles, 
 
 265 
 
 taken prisoner by the empress Maud, 206 
 
 Stephen delivered in exchange for earl Robert, 267 
 
 besieges Oxford castle,- ibid. 
 
 ——■ — again crowned at Lincoln, ibid. 
 
 ' intended to have crowned Eustace his son 
 
 king, in hishfe time, 268 
 
 takes the castles of Newbury, Walingfbrd, 
 
 Warwick, and Warwell, ibid. 
 
 -- his death, 269 
 genealogy of, ibid. 
 
 Stephen 11. pope, asks aid of Pepyn against Aystulphus 
 K. of the Longobardys, 139 
 
 his death, 148 
 
 Sterys, Richard, execution of, 657 
 Stewarde, lohn, 574 
 
 Stigandus made archbishop of Canterbury, 227 
 his character and history, ibid. 
 
 with Edw. the Confessor in bis last illness, 
 
 232 
 absent from the coronation of William the 
 
 Conquerour, 240 
 taken by the Conquerour to Normandy, 
 
 ibid. 
 deprived and imprisoned at Winchester, 
 
 ibid. 24 1 
 — — — the causes of his deprivation, ibid. 242 
 Stirling r. Estry^'elyn 
 
 Stokkys, the market-house so called, edified, 575 
 Stonehenge erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory 
 of the Britons slain by Hengist, 69 
 
 ■ ascribed by Policronio» to Uter Pendragon, 
 
 ibid. 75 
 
 said to have been brought from Ireland, 
 
 ibid. 
 Stowe, Thomas, 546 
 Stratford Langthorne Abbey founded, 266 
 
 K. Henry III. lodges there, 363 
 
 Stratton, sir William de, 498 
 
 Straw, lack, rebellion of, 530 
 
 conveys K. Rich. II. to Smithfield, ibid. 
 
 Sturmyn, a merchant of Bristowe, spoiled by the 
 
 lanuays, 633 
 Strete, lohn, 7 1 5 
 
 Sturton, lord, executed for murder, 718 
 Sudbury, Simon, bishop of London, made archbishop 
 
 of Canterbury, 485 
 — — — murdered by the rebels under lack Straw, 
 
 530 
 Suffolk, Charles Brandon, duke of, his expedition 
 
 into France, 698 
 Suffolk, Edmond de la Pole, D. of, 687 
 
 accursed at Paul's Cross, 638 
 
 committed to the Tower, 689 
 
 beheaded, 695 
 
 Suffolk, Henry Grey, duke of, taken by the E. of 
 ,, Huntingdon, 713 
 
 brought to the Tower and executed, 7 1 4 
 
 Suffolk, William de la Pole, earl of, prevents K. 
 Hen. VI.'s marriage with tlie daughter of 
 the earl of Armenak, 616 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Suffolk, William earl of, created marquis and after- 
 
 , wards D. of Suffolk, 617 
 .. hated by the people, 618 
 
 • suspected of the murder of Humfrey duke 
 
 of Gloucester, 619 
 
 arrested, 622 
 
 ■' exiled for five years, ibid. 
 
 I beheaded at sea, ibid. 
 
 Suffolk, William de la Pole, duke of, 685 
 
 Sullande, sir William, 423 
 
 r^ slain at Burghbridge, 425 
 
 Sumptuary laws enacted, 445 
 
 Sun, singular appearance of the, 426 
 
 two Suns seen at once, 273 
 
 Sunday, act of the common council of London for the 
 observance of, 617 
 
 Supremacy restored to the crown by Q,. Elizabeth, 
 722 
 
 Surrey, Henry earl of, beheaded, 709 
 
 Surrey, lohn, duke of, beheaded, 568 
 
 Surrey, Thomas earl of, sent into Ireland, 697 
 
 ~ burns Morles in Britaine, ibid. 
 
 burns many towns in Scotland, 698 
 
 Swanus, kiiig of Denmark, makes a temporary incur- 
 sion into England, 205 
 
 returns again with a larger force, ibid. 206 
 
 is slain at Thetford, 207 
 
 Swanus, king of Denmark, brother to Canute, 217 
 ' makes war on Harold Harfager, 225 
 
 Swanus, son of earl Godwin, joins his father against 
 Edward the Confessor, 226 
 
 dies on his journey toward lerusalem, 227 
 
 Sweating sickness, 673, 699, 711 
 
 Sword-fish taken at Erith, 631 
 Swynford, dame Katharine, 533 
 
 made countess of Hereford, ibid. 
 
 Synod at St. Paul's, 245 
 
 at Basil, 612 
 
 Sythricus, K. of Northumberland, marries the sister 
 of Ethelstan, 1 82 
 
 Tailer, Dr. burnt at Hadley in Suffolk, 717 
 Talbot, the lord, besieges Dieppe, 6 1 5 
 
 slain at Castyllyon, 629 
 
 Talents, three kinds of, 2 18 
 Tangustela, the concubine of Davius, 26 
 Tanner, John, assumes to be the son of Edw. I. 
 420 
 
 executed at Northampton, 421. 
 
 Tanny, sir Richard, 387 
 
 Tany, sir Ralph, 396 
 
 Tarpren destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 
 Tartars begin their dominion, 312 
 
 Tartary, the great Chaan of, enters Hungary, 331 
 
 Tassylon, duke of the Bavarys, annoyed by Gryffon, 
 
 son of Carolus Martellus, 136 
 is restored by Pepyn, ibid. 
 
 Tayllon, William, burnt in SmithfieW, 592 
 Taylors, the fellowship of, called Merchant 'Riylors, 
 
 688 
 Temancius, or Tenancius, son oftud, 31 
 
 receives the dukedom of Cornwall from 
 
 Cassibelan, ibid. 
 7- made king of Britain, 34 
 
 called in the English Chronicle Tormace, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 ■ buried at Caer Lud or London, ibid. 
 Temesford, the Danish castle at, destroyed by Ed- 
 ward the Elder, 177 
 
 Templars purchase the Isle of Cyprus of K. Richard, I. 
 301 
 
 suppressed in France for their heresie^ 
 
 414 
 
 many of them burnt, 415 
 
 lacob. the master of the Templars, burnt, 
 
 416 
 
 the lands of the, given to the knights of St. 
 
 lohn, 418 
 Temporal possessions of the religious in England t. 
 
 K. Hen. IV. enumerated, 575 
 Temporibus, lohannes de, account of, 269 
 Tertre, Peter de, executed, 524 
 Teryell, Keryell, or Teryll, sir Thomas, beheaded. 
 
 639 
 Tewksbury, battle of, 661 
 
 Thames, the river of, frozen, 267, 348, 365, 609, 
 700 
 ■ the weirs in, ordered to be destroyed, 327, 
 
 572 
 
 sudden rise of the, 338, 576 
 
 Thanet, the Isle of, given to the Saxons by Vortiger, 
 
 60 
 Thebaude, or Thebalde, abbot of Becc, made arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, 265 
 
 ■ mediates a peace between Stephen, and 
 
 Henry duke of Normandy, 268 
 
 his death, 274 
 
 Theodalde, 616 
 
 Theodobert, or Theodoberlus, succeeds Theodoricus 
 
 as king of Austracy, 76 
 
 wins the favour of Childebert, ibid. 
 
 again reconciled to his uncles, 77 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 Theodobert, son of Chilperich, taken prisoner by Si- 
 
 gebertus, 86 , 
 
 ' invades Neustria, ibid. 
 
 slain by Gundoaldus, 87 
 
 Theodobert, son of Childebert, rules in Neustria, 
 
 103 
 
 defeats Lothaire, ibid. 
 
 joins Berthricus and Clothaire against 
 
 Theodorich, 104 
 comes to an agreement with Theodorich, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 — — his territory subdued, ibid. 
 
 slain by treachery, ibid. 
 
 Theodora, the wife of Constantius, 45 
 
 Theodoric, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Theodoric, king of Lombardy, reconciles Clodoveus 
 
 and Alaric, 12 
 Theodorich, son of Childebert, deceived by Brune- 
 
 chielde and Prothadius, 103 
 — — — — marries Memberge, daughter of the K. 
 
 of Spain, 104 
 deserts her at the instigation of Brune- 
 
 chielde, ibid. 
 reduces the country of Theodobert to 
 
 subjection, ibid. 
 
 — duration of bis reign, 137 
 
 Theodorich, son of Clodoveus, receives Austracy, 
 
 75 
 
 his death, 76 
 
 Theodorich, son of Clodoveus (Clovis II) made king 
 
 of France, 123 
 
 deprived of his dignity, 124 
 
 ■ restored, ibid. 
 
 defeated by Pepyn, 125 
 
 ■ dies, ibid. 
 
 duration of his reign, 1 37 
 
 Theodoricus, son of Dagobert II, begins his reign in 
 France, 132 
 
 '■ nourislied in a house of nuns, ibid. 
 
 his death, 134 
 
 — duration of his reign, 137 
 
 Theodorus, brother of Childebert, takes Mountclere, 
 
 76 
 Theodorus, archbishop of Canterbury, has the rule of 
 
 the churches in Britain, 1 20 
 
 holds a synod at Hatfield, 121 
 
 Theoldowald, master of the palace under Dagobert 
 II, 130 
 
 deprived of his office, 131 
 
 Thetford, battle at, 65 
 
 ii the principal town of the East Angles, 70 
 
 pillaged by the Danes, 205 
 
 Thilfer, the Norman champion, slain, 236 
 Thomas, canon of Bayon, made archbishop of York, 
 242 
 
 refuses obedience to Lanfranke, ibid. 
 
 — . appeals to the court of Rome, 243 
 
 Thomas, St. of Dover, slain, 395 
 Thomas, St. of Herforde, translated, 392 
 Thomas, William, execution of, 714 
 Thong Castle built by Hengist, 61 
 
 massacre of the British nobles at, 66 
 
 Thorney, Westminster so called, 97 
 
 Thorney, Venyt, execution of, 562 
 
 Thune, the castle of, besieged by Philip de Valois, 
 
 492 
 Thunys taken from the Turks, 535 
 Thurning, sir William, 546 
 . — renounces his homage to K. Richard II, 
 
 552 
 Thurston chosen archbishop of York, 257 
 Thwatys, sir Thomas, 685 
 Thylwall, the town of, built by K. Edward the elder, 
 
 178 
 Tbyrnyng, William, 549 
 
 Thystilwortb, palace of the King of the Romans at, 
 destroyed, 352 
 
 r amends made for its destruction, 364 
 
 Tiers, or Tryers, sir lohn, 423, 426 
 
 Tiptoft, sir Payne, quarrel of> with sir Ries ap Mere- 
 
 dok, 392 
 Tiptoft, sir Robert, 396 
 Todenham, sir Thomas, beheaded, 652 
 Toket, or Tuckettys, sir Roger, 423 
 
 taken prisoner at Burghbridge, 425 
 
 - his execution, 426 
 Tolongn, lohn de, 564 
 Tonwenna, Conwenna, or Comewey, reconciles Bely- 
 
 nus and Brennius, 23 
 Tostius, Tosty, or Costy, cruelty of, toward the ser- 
 vants of bis brother Harold, 230 
 makes incursions in England, 233 
 
 slain in battle by Harold, 234 
 
 Totnesse, Brute lands at, 10 
 
 Tournaments v. Dunstable, Smithfield, Windsor, 
 Toumay, the Romans in, give battle to Claudio Cri» 
 nitus, 57 
 
 relieved by Philip de Valois, 453 
 
 • delivered to the French king, 697 
 
 Touy, or Tony, Michael, execution of, 385. 
 Towcester reedified by Edward the Elder, 177 
 Towers destroyed by Abyderamus, 133 
 
 the abbey and city of, destroyed by the Danes, 
 
 179 
 Towton, battle of, 639 
 
 Traherne is sent by Constantine to reduce Octavius 
 to subjection, 49 
 
 succeeds at first, but is afterwards defeated, 
 
 ibid. 
 Tranent destroyed t. K. Hen. VIII. 706 
 Trevaur, lohn, bishop of St. Asaph, 549 
 Treveris, when founded, 56 
 
 obtained by the Sicambri, ibid. 
 
 Tribute to the Romans ceases, 63 
 
 Trojans, after the siege of their city, land in dive^ 
 
 countries, 55 
 Trollop, Andrew, joins the Yorkists, 634 
 — — — goes over to the royal party, ibid. 
 
 ■ slain at Towton, 639 
 Trona daughter of Hilpericus, 75 
 Troy taken by the Greeks, 1, 2 
 Troyl baston. Inquisition of^ 402 
 Troynovant built by Brute, 11, 13 
 
 • afterwards called Luddys Towne, now 
 
 London, 1 1 
 — — — Temple of Peace in, built by Dunwallo 
 
 Moliuncius, 20 
 
 repaired by Lud, 3 1 
 
 Trussel, sir lobn, 582 
 
 Trussel, sir William, joins K. Edw. II.'s queen in 
 France, 425 
 
 ■ his speech to K. Edw. II. on his deposition, 
 
 431 
 Tumberell, bakers punished by the, 345, 385 
 Turbevyle, sir Thomas, executed, 395 
 
 Turchus, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Turchus, the son of Troylus, 55 
 
 m lands with Franco, or Francis, in Thrace, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 sails to Fazo the less in Scythia, ibid. 
 
 — — — descendants of, ibid. 
 
 Turks war on the lanueys or men of lean, 535 
 
 Turkyllus lands in Kent, 206 
 
 Turmyn, Richard, 5T8 
 
 Turnus, or Turonus, 10 
 
 Turon, the people of, rebel against Chilperich, 88 
 
 Turwin and Tournay taken by K. Henry VIII. 
 
 696 
 Twyfford, Nicholas, knighted by K. Rich. II. 531 
 Tuyller, Robert, 563' 
 Tykhyll castle taken by Richard I. 305 
 Tyrell, lames, beheaded, 687 
 Tyrell, sir lames, ibid. 
 Tyrou or Turon Sea, 10 
 
 Vaghan, Cuthbert, 713, 714 
 Vaghan, sir Thomas, beheaded at Pountfieyt, 668 
 Valence, sir Gautier de, killed at Calais, 46 1 
 Valentinian flies to CoHstantinople, 5 1 
 
 — — wars upon the " Aleynys," 55 
 
 covenants with the Gauls for the reduc- 
 tion of the " Aleynys," ibid. 
 Valery, St. William duke of Normandy sets sail from, 
 
 235 
 Vandals, or Wandalis, defeated by Eba archbishop 
 
 of Sens, 134 
 Vane, Henry, 714 
 Vayllant, lohn, 512 
 Venpount, sir Robert de, 353 
 Verdeley, the people of, rebel against the abbot, 
 
 271 
 Vere, Lyonell, created marquis of Dublin, 533 
 
 flies from England, 534 
 
 Vergy besieged by Philip II. K. of France, 282 
 Vermendoys, Hebert, earl of, executed, 1 86 
 Vernyel Castle besieged by K. Philip II. 284 
 Vernoyll, the town of, taken by the treason of a 
 
 Frensh baker, 622 
 Verona built by Brennius, 24 
 Verulam, or Verolamium, v. St. Alban's. 
 Vespasian sent to Britain to subdue Arviragus, 36 
 
 reduces the Isle of Wight, 37 
 
 Veysy, sir John de, 353 
 
 Uffa founds the kingdom of the East Angles, 70 
 Ufforde, Robert of, made earl of Suffolk, 445 
 Victor, abbey of St. founded by K. Philip.II. 289 
 Vincent, St. sepulchre of, 77 
 Vincentia, built by Brennius, 24 
 Vigenius and Peridurus depose their brother Heliodo- 
 rus, 28 
 
 ai'e jointly made kings of Britain, ibid. 
 
 Virgin, joys of the, 19,33, 40, 54, 127, 238,681 
 Vortiger, or Vortigernus, raises Constantius to the 
 throne of Britain, 58 
 
 Vortiger after the murder of Constantius becomes 
 king himself, 59 
 
 bis noble^ rebel against him, ibid. 
 
 • sends for the Saxons to defend his land, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 takes Hengist into favour, 6 1 
 
 marries Ronowen, or Rowena, ibid. 
 
 deprived of his crown by the Britons, 62 
 
 restored upon the death of Vortimer, £S 
 
 - builds a castle called Generon or Gwayne- 
 
 ren in Wales, ibid. 
 
 Hengist's treachery toward him, 66 
 
 flies to Wales, 68 
 
 commits incest, and is accursed by St. Ger- 
 
 mayne, ibid. 
 I his death, ibid. 
 
 Vortimerus crowned king of Britain, 62, 6£ 
 
 fights numerous battles with the Saxons, 
 
 65 
 
 poisoned by Rowena, ibid. 
 
 Vortiporius K. of Britain, 82 
 
 his death, 83 
 
 Upton, lohn, battle of, with lohn Downe, 601 
 Urban VI. elected pope, 487, 525 
 Ursula and the 11,000 virgins sent for by Conan 
 Merydok, 51 
 
 — martyred in the time of Marcianus, ibid. 
 
 Uskafell defeats the Danes in Norfolk, 205 
 Uske, lohn, convicted of treason, 534 
 Uter Pendragon, son of Constantinus, 58 
 • flies to Little Britain, 59 
 
 made K. of Britain, 74 
 
 ■ why named Pendragon, ibid. 
 
 enamoured of Igwarne, whose husband he kills 
 
 in battle, 75 
 
 poisoned and afterwards interred at Stonehenge, 
 
 ibid. 
 Utrike, Frederyke bishop of, slain, 150 
 ■ his advice to Lewys I, 154 . 
 
 Vyell, Margaret, judgment of the City of London 
 
 against her, 336 
 Vyenne, Sir Inhn de, 525 
 Vyllers, lohn, 563 
 Vyllers, lohn de, 613 
 Vyttry, the town of, burnt, 514 
 
 W. 
 
 "Wadhurst, insurrection at, attempted f. Q. Mary, 717 
 Wake, Sir Baldewin, 353 
 
 taken prisoner at Kenilwprth, 357 
 
 Wakefield, battle of, 638 
 
 Walden, Roger, made archbishop of Canterbury, 
 
 545 
 his oration on Henry IV. taking possession 
 
 of the throne, 550, 551 
 
 removed back to the see of London, 567 
 
 Waldenham, Sir Francis, beheaded, 426 
 Waldren, lohn, made one of the stewards of the city 
 
 of London by K. Henry III, 359 
 
 Wales, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Wales, subject in the early British times to the arch- 
 bishop of Gloucester, 39 
 — — — had anciently seven bishops' sees, ibid. 
 
 parted from Britain by the Severn, ibid. 
 
 ■ archbishop Boniface sings mass in the Cathe- 
 drals of, ibid. 
 "Wallace, or Waleys, lohn, brother to William 
 
 Wallace, executed, 404 
 Waleys, Sir Robert, 358 
 Wallace, or Waleys, William, made captain of the 
 
 Scots, 399 
 — withd raws with hfs adherents to the Mareyses, 
 
 401 
 
 taken prisoner at St. Domynyk, 403 
 
 his execution, ibid. 
 
 Walingford Castle besieged by Stephen, 265 
 
 Walker, Walter, beheaded, 639 # 
 
 Walkerus bishop of Durham, slain by the Northum- 
 
 bers, 246 
 Wall, Severus's, of turf, when built, 41 
 
 rebuilt of stone, 52 
 
 Wallbrook, the name of, derived from Livius Gallus, 
 
 44 
 Walrefe, earl of the East Angles, joins in a con- 
 spiracy against the Conqueror, 245 
 imprisoned at Winchester, and beheaded, 
 
 ibid. 
 Waltham Abbey founded by K. Harold II, 237 
 
 refounded by K. Henry II, 276 
 
 ■ — agreement of peace made between the Abbot 
 
 of, and the Londoners, 339 
 Walworth, Sir William, kills Jack Straw in Smith- 
 field, 531 
 War, Sir lohn de la, 362 
 Warbeek, Perkin, lands in Cornwall,' 686 
 
 ' takes sanctuary at Bewley, ibid. 
 
 imprisoned in the Tower, ibid. 
 
 II pardoned and afterwards recommitted, ibid. 
 
 executed, 687 
 
 Ward and Marriage granted to K. Henry III, 326 
 Wareham, Edward the Martyr first interred at, 202 
 Warke, Castle of, besieged, 698 
 War well, a house of Nuns at, built by Elfrida, 198, 
 
 202 
 ~ Emma mother of K. Edward Confessor 
 
 confined at, 224 
 Warwick, Guy Earl of, fights with Colbronde, 184 
 
 dies in a hermitage near Warwick, 185 
 
 Warwick, Henry earl of, created duke, 617 
 Warwick, lohn earl of, attainted of treason, 712 
 Warwick, Richard earl of, fights against King Henry 
 VI. at St. Alban's, 629 
 
 — — made captain of Calais, ibid. 
 
 comes from Calais, 633 
 
 — — some of his ships defeat the Spaniards, 
 
 ibid. 
 — — — — driven from the court by the king's ser- 
 vants, 634 
 
 goes to Calais, ibid, 
 
 ___^— — returns, and joins the duke of York, ibid. 
 ■ ■■ , ■ keeps possession of Calais against the 
 young duke of Somerset, 635 
 
 Warwick, Richard earl of, confers with the duke of 
 York in Ireland, 636 
 
 withdraws fiom K. Edward IV. 657 
 
 is again reconciled, ibid. 
 
 asks aid of Lewis XI. 658 
 
 — — — — la:ids, with other lords, in England, 
 ioid. 
 
 killed at the batUe of Bamet, 661 
 
 Warwick, Thomas earl of, his death at Calais, 480 
 Warwick, Thomas earl of, confined in the Isle of 
 
 Man, 542 
 ^ Wassayll, explanation of, 6 1 
 Watching of Corpses, a Norman custom, 208 
 WatUng-street way described, 22 
 Wavyr, Sir Henry, 655 
 Weda made king of South Mercia, 119 
 
 ■ slain by the treason of his Wife, ibid. 
 Wednesday, why so called, 60 
 
 Wells, the bishoprick of, translated to Bath, 245 
 Wellys, Richard lord, put to death, 657 
 Wellys, sir Robert, rebellion of, 658 
 Welshe, lohn, 535 
 
 Welshmen, derivation of the name of, 126 
 •^— — — their descent, ibid. 127 
 ————— reduced by K. William Rufus, 250 
 
 z — rebel against K. Edward I. 395 
 
 Welw3m, co. Herts, origin of the name of, 204 
 Wenlok Abbey, foundation of, 246 
 Wentworth, Sir Philip, execution of, 654 
 Wereburga, St. 119 
 
 becomes a nun atTrikyngham, 121 
 
 • her body conveyed to Chester, ibid. 166 
 
 Wesie, John, restored to the bishoprick of Exeter, 712 
 Westercrag, burnt t. K. Hen. VIIL 706 
 Westmer, 37 
 
 Westmerlande, Ralph earl of, slain at Towton, 639 
 Westminster, Abbey of St. Peter, founded by the 
 
 excitement of K. Ethelbert, 97 
 ——————— enlarged by K. Edward the 
 
 Confessor, ibid. 232 , 
 
 I again re-edified by K. Henry 
 
 IIL 97, 324 
 
 . -—— the new work of the Church 
 
 finished, 389 
 ' — — successive history of its foun- 
 dations, 390 
 
 ——m justes of peace within the Sanctuary at, 
 
 618 
 I afiOray at between a servant of the King's 
 
 and a servant of the Earl of War- 
 wick, 634 
 ■ justs at, 687 
 
 Westminster Hall built by K. Will. IL 
 
 261 
 
 ■ a lai^r hall at, intended, 252 
 
 . royal feast held there t. K. Henry VII. 
 
 685 
 . Palace of, in part burnt, 348 
 
 ___...._ robbed by the earl of Derby's 
 
 soldiers, 363 
 jn-*' there t. K. Henry VIL 
 685 
 
 Westminstei^ 
 
 51 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Westminster, St. Stephen's Chapel at, founded by K. 
 Edw. III. 476 
 
 K. Henry VIL's Chapel at, begun, 688 
 
 K. Henry VHI. begins to build his 
 
 palace at, 699 
 Westmoreland, or West Meria, why sc^amed, 3T 
 West Saxons, Kingdom of the, found«Jrby Cerdicus 
 
 and Kenricus his son, 80 
 
 — -.-^.^ its boundaries, ibid. 
 
 — — — — — ^— ^— duration of the Kingdom, ibid. 
 
 subdue the other Kingdoms of the 
 
 Heptarchy, 83 
 i after the murder of Briglhricus do not 
 
 suffer the wives of their kings to be 
 called Queens, 146 
 ; Ethclwulph restores the honour to 
 
 his wife Indith, 155 
 Wethyrshed, Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, his 
 
 death, 329 
 Whales taken at Erith, 631 
 Wheat, prices of, in London, 391, 422, 570, 583, 
 
 592,683,684,685 
 White, lohn, 685 
 
 White Monks, oppressed by K. lohn, 316 
 Whyte Companj', the name assumedin 1360 by the 
 
 rebels of Italy, 474 
 Wiat, Sir Thomas, begins his rebellion, 713 
 . comes to Southwark, ibid. 
 
 — : — is taken prisoner and committed to the Tower, 
 714 
 beheaded, ibid. 
 
 Wight, Isle of, 206 
 
 — : subdued by Vespasian, 37 
 
 — — — men of, originally lutes, 60 
 
 invaded by the French, 708 
 
 Wilbaldowne, fight at, between Elhelbert K. of Kent 
 
 and the West Saxons, 84 
 Wilibaldus disturbs the peace of Clodoveus, 1 22 
 William the Conqueror, as Duke <Jf Normandy, re- 
 ceives the allegiance of the Norman Lords 
 when his father goes to lerusalem, 220 
 
 [ his mother's dream, ibid. 
 
 I rebellion of some of his Lords, 220 
 
 — — — defeats the army of Henry king of France, 
 .221 
 
 visits the Court ©f Edward the Confessor, 
 
 227 
 — — — his Covenant with Harold, in Normandy, 
 230 
 . prepares for the invasion of England, 234 
 — — ^- sets sail from St. Valery, 235 
 — — — the different objects of his voyage, ibid. 
 ■ — ■ lands at Pevenessey, ibid. 
 ■■II offers terms to Harold, ibid. 
 '- ■ ' his relationship to Edward the Confessor, 
 
 237 
 ' begins his reign in England, 240 
 
 — — — crowned by Aldred archbishop of York, 
 ibid. 
 
 ,, goes into Normandy^ ibid. 
 
 . — levies a tribute, ibid. 
 
 William the Conqueror, destroys the land lying be- 
 tween York and Durham, 241 
 
 I I '- searches the abbeys of England for treasure, 
 ibid. 
 
 — — — subdues Malcolyne K. of Scots, 396 
 
 ' • prefers Normans to the rule of the church, 
 242 
 
 ' defeated by his son Robert, 246 
 
 — orders the general survey of his kingdom, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 — — seized with sickness in Normandy, 247 
 
 makes his testament, ibid. 
 
 his death, ibid. 
 
 William II. surnamed Rtffus, wounded in the battle 
 between Robert Curthose and the Coii- 
 queror, 246 
 
 his agreement with his brother Robert, 248> 
 
 crownedkingof England, ibid. 
 
 repairs his castles in the North, 249 
 
 reduces the Welsh to obedience, 250 
 
 subdues Malcolyne K. of Scots, 396 
 
 — — — goes suddenly to the relief of Cenemonya 
 in Normandy, 251 
 
 ■ killed while hunting in the New. Forest, 
 
 252 
 
 buried at Winchester, ibid. 
 
 his character, 253 
 
 William king of Scots, kept a prisoner in England, 
 
 277 
 does homage for his kingdom to Henry II. 
 
 ibid. 
 — — — offers his hat and saddle on the altar of St. 
 
 Peter's York, ibid. 
 
 his homage to K> Henry III. 396 
 
 William, son of Henry I. does homage for Normandy, 
 
 258 
 
 lost at sea in his return to England, ibid.- 
 
 William, made bishop of Tbetford by the Conqueror, 
 
 246 ./i^ 
 
 Wills, ordinances relative to the making of, 276 
 Wilson, Dr. pardoned by K. Henry VIII. 701 ' 
 Wiltshire, lames, earl of, taken prisoner at Towton, 
 
 639 
 Winchcombe, the church of, built by Offa, 138 
 
 tempest at, 249 
 
 Winchester, built by Lud Rudibrass, 1 4 
 
 St. Swithin's Monastery at, 58 
 
 origin of the name of, 118 
 
 ■ bishops of, ibid. 
 
 ' ~ the New Monastery at, built by Alfred, 
 
 168 ■ ■ 
 
 ■ " St. Svrithin's Monastery at, enriched by 
 
 K. Ethelstan. 182 
 
 ■ taken by Swanus, 206 
 
 yielded to Lewis, son of the French King, 
 
 312 
 
 ■ — ~ the citizens of, close their gates against 
 
 Sir Simon de Mounteford, 356 
 Winchester, Serlo, earl of, 323 
 Windsor, K. Henry II.'s picture of the eagle& at, 
 282 
 
 Windsor, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 ■^ I 
 
 Windsor, Bill or Roll, closed in green wax, found at, 339 
 
 — justs and tournaments held at, 455, 456 
 
 the Castle "of, taken by Edward Prince of 
 
 Wales, 351 
 
 persons burnt at for heresy, 705 
 
 Wine, Rochelle, price of t. K. Rich. II. 533 
 Witham, Charter House at, renewed by K. Hen. II. 276 
 Woden, one of the Gods of the Saxons, 60 
 
 high descent of, 1 27 
 
 Wodynsburgth, fight at, 129 
 
 Wolferus becomes King of South Mercia, 1 1 9 
 Wolpherus, the first Christian King of Mercia, 111 
 Wolphranus sent to assist Childeriche in the govern- 
 ment of Austracy, 123, 124 
 Wolsey, Cardinal, goes to Calais to treat of Peace, 697 
 
 concludes a league with the French King, 698 
 
 ■ deposed from the Chancellorship, 699 
 
 ■ his death, ibid. 
 
 Wolstan, bishop of Worcester, solicits the Conqueror 
 
 for the restoration of Lands belonging to 
 
 his see, 242 
 ~ his death, 250 
 
 why suffered to remain in his see by William 
 
 Rufus, 251 
 Wolves, K. Edgar demands an annual tribute of CCC. 
 from the Welshmen, 196 
 
 the city of Paris distressed by, 614 
 
 Womyngton, Sir Henry, beheaded, 426 
 Wood and Coal, Act of Parliament concerning, 705 
 I Wood, Peter, 555 
 Woodstock Park, made by K. Henry I. 259 
 Woodstock, Edmund of, 401 
 
 makes a truce in Gascoyne, 
 
 428 
 
 made Earl of Lancaster, 440 
 
 II beheaded, ibid. 
 
 Woodstock, Thomas of, earl of Cambridge, leads an 
 army into Brytayne, 530 
 
 created Duke of Gloucester, 
 
 533 
 exerts himself for a reforma- 
 tion in the government, 534 
 
 _____^_— — remonstrates with K. Richard 
 
 on the delivery up of Brest, 
 541 
 
 ^ assembles the Lords at Arundel, 
 
 .542 
 - . arrested and conveyed to Ca- 
 lais, ibid. 
 
 his death, ibid. 566, 571 
 
 Wool, the staple of, held at Sandveich, 393 
 
 .. vfithdrawn from Flanders by K. 
 
 Edw. IIL 464 
 Worcester, lohn Tiptoft, earl of, beheaded, 659 
 Worter, Amolde, 646 
 Worter, Eustace, ibid. 
 Worter, lohn, 646 
 Wortbyngton, Gilbert, 618 
 Wycclyffe, lohn, springing of the heresy of, 539 
 
 the opinions of, condemned /. K. Hen. V. 
 
 578 
 
 Wye, well at, blessed, 312 
 
 Wyersoune, Castle o{, besieged, 308 
 
 Wygmore reedified by K. Edward the Elder, 
 
 177 
 Wylfiyd deprived of the archbishoprick of York, 
 
 120 
 
 complains to Agathon the Pope, 121 
 
 returns to the South Saxons, and builds an 
 
 abbey at Silesey, ibid. 
 ■ , a miracle performed by him, ibid. 
 
 Wylfryth, St. 197 
 Wylston, St. slain by Bertulphus K. of Mercia, 
 
 155 
 Wyn, succeeds Agilbert as bishop of Winchester, 
 
 118 
 Wyna, bishop of London, dies, 120 
 Wynchester, Robert of, made archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, 394 
 W3nidham, Sir lohn, beheaded, 687 
 Wyntercell, Thomas, execution of, 568 
 Wyttylsey, William, archbishop of Canterbury, death 
 of, 485 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yauntes, the Castle of, demanded by Philip de Va- 
 
 lois, 491 
 Ydwallo reigns in Britain, 30 
 Yevan K. of Northumberland, 20 n. 
 Ymbert, Sir, Dolphin of Vienne, sells his Dolphinage 
 
 and becomes a friar, 498 
 York, built by Ebrank, 13 
 
 anciently the See of an archbishop, 38 
 
 Northumberland from the bowe of Humber, 
 
 with all Scotland, subject to the See, 
 3y 
 
 Scotland withdrawn from its subjection, ibid. 
 
 Severus buried there, 41 
 
 the bishops of Carlisle and Durham suffragan s 
 
 to York, 39 
 
 an archbishop's See founded at, by St. Augus- 
 
 tine, 96 
 — — won by the Danes, 162 
 
 ii. Castles built there by the Conqueror, 241 
 
 set on fire by the Normans, ibid. 
 
 descent of the House of, 582 
 
 York, Edward Duke of, v. Aumarle. 
 
 York, Richard Duke of, father to King Edw. IV. takes 
 party against Hen. Vl.'s queen, 626 
 
 raises forces in Wales, 627 
 
 his peace with K. Hen. VI. ibid. 628 
 
 reassembles his forces, and meets the K. at St. 
 
 Alban's, 629 
 
 made Protector of England, ibid. 
 
 discharged of his Protectorship, 631 
 
 escapes from the Court at Coventry, ibid. 
 
 meets the King at London, 632 
 
 takes the field at Ludlow, 634 
 
 flies to Ireland, 635 
 
 I., attainted by act of Parliament, 636 
 
 York, 
 
^ I ^f D E X. 
 
 York, Richardf Duke of. father to K. Ed w. IV. comes York, Richard Duke of, deUvered to his uncle the 
 
 to.Westminster,and clkims the Crown, 637 Duke of Gloucester, ibid. 
 
 - ;%' made Projector and Regent for K. Henr/s life, Yorkshire, febellioti in, 700 
 
 ibid. ' '*x ■ — a new commotion in, 701 
 
 proclaimed heir apparent to the Crowh, 637 
 
 killed in the battle of Wakefield, 638 
 
 York, Richard Duke of, brother to K. Edw. V. takes * Z. 
 sanctuary at Westminster with his mother, 
 
 663 - ZaunquD, the Flemish Captain, slain, 490 i 
 
 FINIS 
 
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