reformation of disorders in the church but also for the receiuing of Peter pence to be leuied in England in the which point pope Paschall in his life time thought them in England verie slacke as by the same bulles more largelie dooth appéere The archbishop of Canturburie had alreadie staied foure or fiue yeares in the parties line 30 beyond the sées about the matter in controuersie betwixt him and Thurstane archbishop of Yorke who was likewise gone ouer to solicit his cause But where as at the first he could not find the king in anie wise agréeable to his mind yet when the councell should be holden at Rhemes by pope Calixt he sued at the leastwise for licence to go thither but he could neither haue any grant so to doo till he had promised vpon his allegiance which he ought to the king not to attempt anie thing there that might be preiudiciall line 40 to the church of Canturburie in anie maner of wise Neuerthelesse at his comming thither he so wrought with bribes and large gifts that the popes court a thing easilie doone in Rome fauoured his cause yea such was his successe that the pope consecrated him with his owne hands although king Henrie had giuen notice to him of the controuersie depending betwixt Thurstane and Rafe the archbishop of Canturburie requiring him in no wise either to consecrate Thurstane himselfe or grant licence line 50 to anie other person to consecrate him for if he did surelie for his part he would banish him quite out of his dominion which should not be long vndoone But now to the purpose In this meane time the warres were busilie pursued betwixt the two kings of England France and a battell was fought betweene them with great slaughter on both sides for the space of nine houres The forewards on both parties were beaten downe and ouerthrowne and king Henrie receiued line 60 sundrie stripes on his head at the hands of one William Crispine countie de Eureux so as though his helmet were verie strong and sure the bloud burst out of his mouth wherewith he was nothing afraid but like a fierce lion laid more lustilie about him and stroke downe diuerse of his enimies namelie the said Crispine who was there taken prisoner at the kings feet Now were the kings people incouraged at the valiancie and prowesse of their king and chieftaine so that at length they opened and ouercame the maine battell and setting vpon the rereward ouerthrew the whole armie of France which neuer recoiled but fought it out euen to the vttermost There died and were taken prisoners in this conflict manie thousands of men The French king leauing the field got him vnto a place called Andelie and the king of England recouering a towne by the waie called Nicasium which the French king had latelie woone returned vnto Rouen where he was with great triumph receiued and highlie commended for his noble victorie thus atchiued The earle of Flanders as some write was so wounded in this battell that he died thereof But others affirme that coÌ„ming into Normandie in the yeare last past to make warre against king Henrie in fauour of king Lewes he wan the towne of Andelie and an other which they name Aquae Nicasij But as he was come before the towne of Augen in the moneth of September and assailed the same he receiued his deaths wound in the head wherevpon returning home in the ninth moneth after when he could not be cured of his hurt he departed this life at Rosilare the 17. daie of Iune Shortlie after Foulke earle of Aniou who before had aided the French king against king Henrie became now kings Henries freend by aliance marieng his daughter to William king Henries eldest sonne But the French king as their histories make mention minding still to be reuenged of the earle Theobald inuaded his countrie againe with a puissant armie and had destroied the citie of Chartres which belonged vnto the same earle had not the citizens humbled themselues to his mercie and so likewise did the earle as may be thought For in the warres which immediatlie followed betwixt Lewes and the emperour Henrie the erle aided the French king against the same emperour to the vttermost of his power Soone after this the king came to an enteruiew with pope Calixtus at Gisors where manie matters were talked of betwixt them and amongst other the king required of the pope a grant of all such liberties as his father enioied within the limits of England and Normandie and chéefeliâ— that no legat should haue any thing to doo within England except he required to haue one sent him for some vrgent cause All which matters being determined as the state of the time present required the pope besought the king to be good vnto archbishop Thurstane and to restore him to his sée but the king protested that he had vowed neuer so to doo whilest he liued Where vnto the pope answered that he was pope and by his apostolike power he would discharge him of that vow if he would satisfie his request The king to shift the matter off promised the pope that he would take aduice of his councell and giue him further knowledge as the cause required wherevpon departing from thense he did afterwards vpon farther deliberation send him this message in effect as followeth Whereas he saith he is pope and will as he said assoile me of the vow which I haue made if contrarie thereto I will restore Thurstane to the sée of Yorke I thinke it not to stand with the honor of a king to consent in any wise vnto such an absolution For who shall beléeue an others promise hereafter if by mine example he sée the same so easilie by an absolution to be made void But sith he hath so great a desire to haue Thurstane restored I shall be contented at his request to receiue him to his sée with this condition that he shall acknowledge his church to be subiect vnto the sée of Canturburie as his predecessours haue doone before him although in 〈◊〉 this offer would not seruâ— the turue But now to returne againe to the two princes Not long after the departure of the pope from Gâ—isors year 1120 Foulke earle of Anioâ— found meanes to make an agréement betwixt king Henrie king Lewes so that William sonne to king Henrie did homage vnto king Lewes for the duchie of Normandie And further it was accorded betwéene them that all those that had borne aâ—mour either on the one side or the other should be pardoned whose subiects soeuer they were In like maner Rafe archbishop of Canturburie returned into England after he had remained long in Normandie bicause of the controuersie betwixt him and Thurstan archbishop of Yorke as is aforesaid Now shortlie after his returne to Canturburie line 10 messengers came with letters from Alexander king of Scotland vnto him signifieng that
high iustice of his forrests that he should award his precepts vnto all forresters within the realme to giue warning to all the white moonks that before the quindene of S. Michaell they should line 40 remooue out of his forrests all their horsses of Haraz and other cattell vnder the penaltie to forfeit so manie of them as after that day chanced to be found within the same forrests The cause that mooued the king to deale so hardlie with them was for that they refused to helpe him with monie when before his last going ouer into Normandie he demanded it of them towards the paiment of the thirtie thousand pounds which he had couenanted to pay the French king to liue in rest and peace which he coueted to line 50 haue doone for reliefe of his people and his owne suertie knowing what enimies he had that laie in wait to destroie him and againe what discommodities had chanced to his father and brethren by the often and continuall wars But now to procéed with other dooings Immediatlie after the solemnization of the quéens coronation ended he sent Philip bishop of Duresme Roger Bigot earle of Northfolke and Henrie de Bohun earle of Hereford nephue to William king line 60 of Scotland and Dauid earle of Huntington brother to the said king and Roger de Lacie conestable of Chester the lord William de Uescie and the lord Robert de Ros which had married two of the daughters of the said king Robert Fitz Roger shiriffe of Northumberland as ambassadours from him vnto the foresaid William king of Scotland with letters patents conteining a safe conduct for him to come into England and to méet with king Iohn at Lincolne on the morrow after the feast of S. Edmund who gladlie granted therevnto and so according to that appointment both the kings met at Lincolne the 21 day of Nouember And on the morrow after king Iohn went to the cathedrall church and offered vpon the high altar a chalice of gold On the same day vpon a hill without the citie the king of Scots did homage vnto king Iohn in the presence and fight of a great multitude of people swearing fealtie of life limme and worldlie honour vnto king Iohn which oth he made vpon the crosse of Hubert archbishop of Canturburie There were present at that time beside other Noblemen three archbishops Canturburie Yorke and Raguse with other bishops to the number of thirtéene as Duresme London Rochester Elie Bath Salisburie Winchester Hereford Norwich S. Andrews in Scotland Landaffe and Bangor in Wales and Meth in Ireland beside a great multitude of earles barons and other Noblemen When the king of Scots had thus doone his homage he required restitution of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerland which he claimed as his right and lawfull heritage Much talke was had touching this matter but they could not agrée and therefore king Iohn asked respit to consider of it till the feast of Pentecost next insuing which being granted the king of Scots the next morrow being the 23 of Nouember returned homewards and was conducted backe againe into his countrie by the same Noble men that brought him to Lincolne The same day that the king of Scots tooke his iournie homewards from Lincolne the corps of Hugh bishop of that citie latelie before departed this life at London after his returne from the parts of beyond the seas was brought thither to be buried the king and all the bishops earles and barons went to receiue it and honoured his buriall with their presence On the morrow after being fridaie he was interred within the new church which he had builded This Hugh was a Frenchman by nation borne at Granople a man of a pregnant wit and skilfull both in science of holie scripture and humane knowledge He was first a regular canon and after became a Carthusian moonke King Henrie the second mooued with the fame of his vertue and godlie life sent the bishop of Bath to bring him into England and after he was come made him first abbat of Whithing in the diocesse of Welles and after created him bishop of Lincolne He was noted to be of a verie perfect life namelie bicause he would not sticke to reprooue men of their faults plainelie and frankelie not regarding the fauour or disfauour of any man in somuch that he would not feare to pronounce them accurssed which being the kings officers would take vpon them the punishment of any person within orders of the church for hunting and killing of the kings game within his parkes forrests and chases yea and that which is more he would denie paiments of such subsidies and taxes as he was assessed to paie to the vses of king Richard and king Iohn towards the maintenance of their wars and did oftentimes accursse by his ecclesiasticall authoritie such shiriffes collectors or other officers as did distreine vpon his lands and goods for to satisfie these kings of their demands alledging openlie that he would not paie any monie towards the maintenance of wars which one christian prince vpon priuate displeasure and grudge made against another prince of the same religion This was his reason And when he came before the king to make answer to his disobedience shewed herein he would so handle the matter partlie with gentle admonishments partlie with sharpe reproofes and sometime mixing merrie and pleasant spéech amongst his serious arguments that often times he would so qualifie the kings mood that being driuen from anger he could not but laugh and smile at the bishops pleasant talke and merrie conceits so that it might well be said of him Omne tulit punctum quimiscuit vtile dulci. This maner he vsed not onelie with the king alone but with the father and the two sonnes that is to say Henrie the second Richard and Iohn in whose time he ruled and gouerned the sée of Lincolne He was after his decesse for the opinion which men conceiued of his holinesse and vertues admitted into the number of the saints Yee haue heard how king Iohn had conceiued no line 10 small displeasure against the moonks of the white order for that they would not part with any monie excusing themselues that they might not doo it without consent of a generall chapiter of their order Wherevpon the king had caused them diuerse waies to be molested but cheefelie in restreining them of libertie to haue any horsses or other cattell going to pasture within his forrests They therefore taking aduise togither chose foorth twelue abbats amongst them of that order the which in all â—heir names went line 20 to Lincolne there to make suit to the king comming thither at this time to méet the king of Scots that it would please him to remit his displeasure conceiued against them and to take them againe into his protection This suit was so followed although with some difficultie that at length to wit the sundaie after that the king of Scots had doone his homage through the
as the king shall send thither yeerelie shall from yéere to yéere he sworne vpon the euangelists in presence of the bailiffes of the said Leolin that whensoeuer the prince shall breake any of these articles and vpon admonition dooth not reforme himselfe they shall forsake him and in all things being vnto him open enimies shall beare him deadlie hostilitie line 20 Besides this the prince shall as farre as in him may lie pacifie his brethren of the which he had put two in prison Owen and Roderike â— the third named Dauid escaping his hands fled into England and remained many yéeres with king Edward who receiuing him into his seruice made him knight in this warre and gaue vnto him a castell at Denbigh in Wales with lands to the yéerelie value of a thousand marks in recompense of those possessions which he ought to haue had in Anglesey the which as before line 30 is said the king granted vnto Leolin for terme of his life and after his deceasse to reuert vnto the king and to his heires Moreouer he preferred Dauid to the marriage of a iollie widowe that was daughter to the earle of Darbie As concerning Owen through the kings fauour he was deliuered out of prison by force of the articles concluded at this present by the commissioners vnder this forme and maner that vpon his being set line 40 at libertie certeine persons appointed by the king should make offer to him to choose whether he would first compound with his brother and therevpon come to the king and beseech him to allow the composition or else to put himselfe vnder the safe kéeping of the king till according to the lawes and customes of Wales in the place where he did transgresse iudgement should be giuen of the matter and if he were acquit then might he demand his heritage if he thought it so expedient and which of these two waies he should choose the same should be made firme and line 50 stable in the kings presence All these articles with other additions were accorded by the said coÌ„missioners at Aberconweie on the tuesdaie before the feast of S. Martine in the yeare 1277 and letters of confirmation made thereof by the king dated at Rutland on the tenth daie of Nouember in the fift yéere of his reigne Also the said Leolin by the name of Leolin ap Griffin prince of Wales with letters vnder his seale confirmed the line 60 abouesaid articles on his behalfe for the releasing of his right to the foure cantreds and other things that should remaine to the king which letters bare date at Aberconweie on the foresaid tuesdaie in the said yeere 1277. Also the K. released to the said Leolin the said summe of fiftie thousand pounds and the said summe of a thousand marks yéerelie to be paid for the I le of Anglesâ—y as by his letters dated at Rutland on the said 10 daie of Nouember in the said fift yéere of his reigne more at large it appéereth Neuerthelesse by his letters dated at Rutland on the said eleuenth of the said month of Nouember it is euident that he receiued of the said Leolin the summe of two thousand marks sterling by the hands of Thomas Beke kéeper of his wardrobe Moreouer the king in the west part of Wales built at the same time a castle at Lamperdeuaur to kéepe vnder the rebellious attempts of the Welshmen King Edward gaue in mariage by waie of restitution to the fore-remembred Leolin prince of Wales the earle of Leicesters daughter which was taken as ye haue heard at the I le of Sillie He also bare all the charges of the feast at the daie of the marriage and honored the same with the presence of himselfe and the queene ¶ A subsidie of the twentieth part of euerie mans goods was granted to the king towards his charges susteined in the Welsh warres Moreouer in the sixt yéere of his reigne K. Edward held a parlement at Glocester in the which were certeine acts and statutes made for the wealth and good gouernment of the realme which vnto this daie are called the statutes of Glocester ¶ Alexander king of Scots came into England to common with K. Edward of matters touching his kingdome of Scotland ¶ Shortlie after king Edward went ouer into France and there receiued certeine townes that were restored to him but not the moitie of those that were promised to his father when he released his title vnto the dutchie of Normandie Robert Kilwarbie archbishop of Canturburie was by pope Nicholas aduanced to the dignitie of a cardinall and made bishop of Portua so that he went to Rome and gaue ouer the archbishoprike of Canturburie to the which through the popes grant frier Iohn Peckham was admitted archbishop This yéere there was inquirie made in London for such as had clipped washed counterfaited the kings coine wherevpon the Iewes of the citie and diuers goldsmiths that kept the exchange of siluer were indited and after to the number of two hundreth foure score and seuenteene persons were condemned and in diuers places put to execution There were but 3. Englishmen among them all the residue were Iewes but diuerse christians that were participants with them in their offenses were put to their fines and not without iust cause About the same time the king remooued all such shiriffes as were either préests or strangers and in their places appointed knights to be shiriffes that were of the same countrie where their offices laie Moreouer about this season king Edward builded the castell of Flint and fortified the castell of Rutland and others placing garrisons of Englishmen in the same to defend the countrie and to kéepe the Welshmen vnder obedience But Leolin so smallie regarded all couenants made year 1279 and benefits receiued that shortlie after vpon the death of his late married wife being summoned to come to a parlement holden by king Edward he disdained to obeie and vpon a verie spite began to make new warre to the Englishmen in wasting and destroieng the countrie notwithstanding king Edward had so manie waies doone him good and had giuen him iust cause of thankfulnesse which is the common reward of benefits and which little recompense whoso neglecteth to make being but a little lip-labour Non est laudari dignus nec dignus amari But being put in feare with the kings comming towards him with his power he laid armor aside and began eftsoones to require peace which the king now the second time did not denie to grant bicause he would not lose time to warre with the mounteins woods and marishes the places of refuge for Welshmen in those daies when they wanted power to abide battell and keepe the feelds About the same time the king gaue vnto Dauid the brother of Leolin the lordship of Frodesham in Cheshire and made him knight Moreouer in this yeare the king held a parlement in which
Amongst other that did their homage to the king himselfe was Marie quéene of Man and countesse of Stratherne vpon the 24 daie of Iulie the king being thus in S. Iohns towne otherwise called Perth To conclude he was put in full possession of the realme of Scotland receiued there homages and fealties as before ye haue heard as the direct and supreme lord of that land This doone and euerie thing ordered as séemed most expedient king Edward returned into the south parts of his realme to be at his mothers buriall that in this meane time was departed this life Hir hart was buried in the church of the Graifriers at London hir bodie at Ambresburie in the house of the nunnes ¶ After the funerals were ended king Edward returned into the north parts againe he staied a while at Yorke and during his abode there Rées ap Meridoc of whome ye haue heard before was by order of law condemned executed ¶ This yeare after Easter as the fléet laie before S. Matthewes in Britaine there rose certeine discord betwixt the Norman mariners and them of Baion and so farre the quarell increased that they fell to trie it by force the Englishmen assisting them of Baion and the French kings subiects taking part with the Normans and now they fraught not their ships so much with merchandize as with armour weapon At length the matter burst out from sparkes into open flame the sequele wherof hereafter shall appeare as we find it reported by writers But now touching the Scotish affaires At length the king comming into Scotland gaue summons to all those that claimed the crowne to appeare before him at the feast of the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next insuing that they might declare more at large by what right they claimed the kingdome Hervpon when the daie of their appearance was come and that king Edward was readie to heare the matter he chose out the number of 40 persons the one halfe Englishmen and the other Scotishmen which should discusse with aduised deliberation and great diligence the allegations of the competitors deferring the finall sentence vnto the feast of S. Michaell next insuing the which feast being come after due examination full triall and assured knowledge had of the right the kingdome by all their assents was adiudged vnto Iohn Balioll who descended of the eldest daughter of Dauid king of Scotland Robert le Bruce betwixt whom and the same Balioll at length the other being excluded the question and triall onlie rested was descended of the second daughter of king Dauid though otherwise by one degrée he was néerer to him in bloud Thus writeth Nicholas Triuet But others affirme that after long disputation in the matter by order of king Edward there were appointed 80 ancient and graue personages amongst the which were 30 Englishmen vnto whom being sworne and admonished to haue God before their eies authoritie was giuen to name him that should be king These 80 persons after they had well considered vnto whome the right apperteined declared with one voiâ—e that Iohn Balioll was rightful king king Edward allowed their sentence and by his authoritie confirmed vnto the same Iohn the possession of the kingdome of Scotland with condition that if he did not gouerne that realme with iustice then vpon complaint the king of England might put vnto his hand of reformation as he was bound to doo by his right of superioritie that in him was inuested Herevpon king Edward awarded foorth his writ of deliuerie of seizine at the suit of the said I. Balioll to William and Robert bishops of S. Andrewes and Glasco to Iohn lord Comin Iames lord Steward line 10 of Scotland and to the lord Brian Fitz Alane wardens of Scotland commanding them to deliuer vnto the said Iohn Balioll the seizine and possession of that realme sauing the releefes and debts due to him of the issues and profits of the same realme vnto the day of the date of the writ which was the ninetéenth day of Nouember in the twentie yere of his reigne Also there was another writ made and directed to such as had the kéeping of the castels in their hands line 20 in forme as followeth The copie of the writ for the deliuerie of the castels EDwardus Dei gratia rex Angliae dominus Hiberniae dux Aquitaniae superior dominus regni Scotiae dilecto fideli suo Petro Burdet line 30 constabulario castri de Berwike salutem Cùm Iohannes de Baliolo nuper in parlamento nostro apud Berwicum super Tuedam venisset coram nobis petiuisset praedictum regnum Scotiae sibi per nos adiudicari seisinam ipsius regni vt propinquiori haeredi Margaretae filiae regis Norwegiae dominae Scotiae iure successionis liberari ac nos auditis intellectis petitionibus rationibus diligentur examinatis inuenerimus praefatum Iohannem de Baliolo esse propinquiorem line 40 haeredem praedictae Margaretae quo ad praedictum regnum Scotiae obtinendum propter quod idem regnum Scotiae scisinam eiusdem saluo iure nostro heredum nostrorum cum voluerimus inde loqui praedicto Iohanni reddidimus tibi mandamus quòd seisinam praedicti castri de Beruico cum omnibus pertinentijs suis vnà cum alijs omnibus rebus tibi per chirographum traditis secundum quod in praedicti castritibi commissa custodia line 50 res huiusmodi recepisti sine dilatione praefato Iohanni de Baliolo vel attornatis suis has litteras deferentibus deliberari facias Teste meipso apud Beruicum super Tuedam 19 die Nouembris Anno regni nostri 20. In English thus EDward by the grace of God king of England lord of Ireland duke line 60 of Aquitaine and superiour lord of the realme of Scotland to his welbeloued and faithfull seruant Peter Burdet conestable of the castell of Berwike sendeth greeting Where Iohn de Balioll late in parlement holden at Berwike vpon Tweed came before vs and demanded the said realme of Scotland to be adiudged to him by vs and seizine of the same realme to be to him deliuered as next heire to Margaret daughter to the king of Norwaie ladie of Scotland by right of succession We hauing heard and vnderstood the same petitions and reasons being diligentlie weighed and examined we find the said Iohn Balioll to be next heire vnto the laid Margaret as to obteine the said kingdome of Scotland whervpon we haue deliuered to him the said kingdome of Scotland and the seizine therof sauing the right of vs our heires when it shall please vs to speake therof We therefore command you that you deliuer vp vnto the said Iohn Balioll or to his attornies that shall bring with them these our present letters the seizine of the said castell of Berwike with all the appurtenances togither with all other things to you by indenture deliuered accordinglie as you did receiue the same with the
a metamorphosis transformed from politike ciuilitie to detestable tyrannie I must needs saie iustlie affirme that he is neither méet to be a king of so noble a realme nor so famous a realme méet to be gouerned by such a tyrant whose kingdome if it were of more amplenesse than it is could not long continue neither would the Lord suffer him in his bloudthirstines to abuse the holie and diuine estate of a prince by the cruell title of tyrannie For such he will ouerthrow yea he will bring most horrible slaughter vpō them as it is prophesied Impius ad summos quamuis ascendat honores Aspice quas clades tempora saeua vehent Was not his first enterprise to obteine the crowne begun and incepted by the murther of diuerse noble valiant true and vertuous personages O holie beginning to come to a mischeeuous ending Did he not secondarilie procéed contrarie to all lawes of honestie shamefullie against his owne naturall mother being a woman of much honour and more vertue declaring hir openlie to be a woman giuen to carnall affection and dissolute liuing Which thing if it had béene true as it was not indéed euerie good line 10 naturall child would haue rather mummed at it than haue blasted it abroad and especiallie she being aliue Declaring furthermore his two brethren and his two nephues to be bastards and to be borne in adulterie yet was he not with all this content After that he had obteined the garland for the which he so long thirsted he caused the two poore innocents his nephues committed to him for especiall trust to be murthered and shamefullie to be killed The bloud of which séelie and litle babes dailie crie to God from the earth for vengeance Alas my hart sobbeth to remember line 20 this bloudie butcher and cruell monster What suertie shall be in this realme to anie person either for life or goods vnder such a cruell prince which regardeth not the destruction of his owne bloud and then lesse the losse of other And most especiallie as oftentimes it chanceth where a couetous or a cruell prince taketh suspicion the smallest swaruing that is possible if the thing be misconstrued may be the cause of the destruction of manie guiltlesse persons and in line 30 especiall of noble and wealthie personages hauing great possessions and riches such a lord is Lucifer when he is entered into the hart of a proud prince giuen to couetousnesse and crueltie But now my lord to conclude what I meane toward your noble person I saie and affirme if you loue God your linage or your natiue countrie you must your selfe take vpon you the crowne and imperiall diademe of this noble empire both for the maintenance of the honour of the same which so long hath line 40 flourished in fame and renowme as also for the deliuerance of your naturall countrimen from the bondage and thraldome woorse than the captiuitie of Aegypt of so cruell a tyrant and arrogant oppressor For thus I dare saie if anie forren prince or potentate yea the Turke himselfe would take vpon him the regiment here and the crowne the commons would rather admit and obeie him than to liue vnder such a bloudsucker and child-killer But how much more ioifull and glad would they be to liue vnder your line 50 grace whome they all know to be a ruler méet and conuenient for them and they to be louing and obedient subiects méet to liue vnder such a gouernour Despise not nor forsake not so manifest an occasion so louinglie offered And if you your selfe knowing the paine and trauell that apperteineth to the office of a king or for any other consideration will refuse to take vpon you the crowne and scepter of this realme then I adiure you by the faith that you owe to God by your honor and by your oth made to saint George patrone of the line 60 noble order of the garter whereof you be a companion and by the loue and affection that you beare to your natiue countrie and the people of the same to deuise some waie how this realme now being in miserie may by your high discretion and princelie policie be brought and reduced to some suertie and conuenient regiment vnder some good gouernour by you to be appointed for you are the verie patrone the onelie helpe refuge and comfort for the poore amazed and desolate commons of this realme For if you could either deuise to set vp againe the linage of Lancaster or aduance the eldest daughter of king Edward to some high and puissant prince not onelie the new crowned king shall small time inioy the glorie of his dignitie but also all ciuill war should ceasse all domesticall discord should sléepe and peace profit and quietnesse should be set foorth and imbraced When the bishop had thus ended his saieng the duke sighed and spake not of a great while Which sore abashed the bishop and made him change colour Which thing when the duke perceiued he said Be not afraid my lord all promises shall be kept to morrow we will common more let vs go to supper So that night they communed no more not a little to the disquieting of the bishop which now was euen as desirous to know the dukes mind and intent as the duke longed the daie before to know his opinion and meaning So the next daie the duke sent for the bishop and rehearsed to him in maner for he was both wittie and eloquent all the communication had betwéene them before and so paused a while and after a little season putting off his bonet he said O Lord God creator of all things how much is this relme of England and the people of the same bounden vnto thy goodnesse For where we now be in vexation and trouble with great stormes oppressed sailing and tossing in a desperate ship without good maister or gouernour yet by thy helpe good Lord I trust yer long time passe that we shall prouide for such a ruler as shall be both to thy pleasure and also to the securitie and safegard of this noble realme And then he put on his bonet saieng to the bishop My lord of Elie whose true hart and sincere affection toward me at all times I haue euidentlie perceiued and knowen and now most of all in our last priuie communication and secret deuising I must néeds in hart thinke and with mouth confesse and saie that you be a sure fréend a trustie councellor a vigilant foreséer a verie louer of your countrie and a naturall countrieman for which kindnes for my part I most louinglie render to you my hartie thanks now with words hereafter trusting to recompense and remunerate you with deeds if life and power shall serue And sith at our last communication you haue disclosed and opened the verie secrets and priuities of your stomach touching the duke of Glocester now vsurper of the crowne and also haue a little touched the aduancement of the two noble families of Yorke
preiudiciall to Iohn Catesbie knight Thomas Reuell and William Ashbie esquiers in of vpon the manour of Kirkebie vpon Wretheke in the countie of Leicester nor in of and vpon anie other lands and tenements in Kirkebie aforesaid Melton Somerbie Thropseghfield and Godebie which they had of the gift feoffement of Thomas Dauers Iohn Lie And further notwithstanding this atteindor diuerse of the said persons afterwards were not onelie by the king pardoned but also restored to their lands and liuings Moreouer in this present parlement he caused proclamation to be made that all men were pardoned and acquited of their offenses which would submit line 10 themselues to his mercie and receiue an oth to be true and faithfull vnto him wherevpon manie that came out of sanctuaries and other places were receiued to grace and admitted for his subiects After this he began to remember his speciall freends of whome some he aduanced to honour and dignitie and some he inriched with goods and possessions euerie man according to his deserts and merits And to begin his vncle Iasper earle of Penbroke he created duke of Bedford Thomas lord Stanleie was line 20 created earle of Derbie and the lord Chendew of Britaine his especiall fréend he made earle of Bath sir Giles Daubeneie was made lord Daubeneie sir Robert Willoughbie was made lord Brooke And Edward Stafford eldest sonne to Henrie late duke of Buckingham he restored to his name dignitie possessions which by king Richard were confiscat and atteinted Beside this in this parlement was this notable act assented to and concluded as followeth to the pleasure of almightie God wealth line 30 prosperitie and suertie of this realme of England and to the singular comfort of all the kings subiects of the same in auoiding all ambiguities and questions An act for the establishing of the crowne in the line of Henrie the seauenth BE it ordeined established and enacted by this present parlement that the inheritance of the crown of this realme of England also of France with all the preheminence and dignitie roiall to the same apperteining all other seigniories to the king belonging beyond the sea with the appurtenances thereto in anie wise due or apperteining shall rest remaine and abide in the most line 50 roiall person of our now souereigne lord king Henrie the seuenth and in the heires of his bodie lawfullie comming perpetuallie with the grace of God so to indure and in none other Beside this act all atteindors of this king enacted by king Edward and king Richard were adnihilated and the record of the same iudged to be defaced and all persons atteinted for his cause and occasion line 60 were restored to their goods lands and possessions Diuerse acts also made in the time of king Edward and king Richard were reuoked and other adiudged more expedient for the common wealth were put in their places and concluded After the dissolution of this parlement the king remembring his fréends left in hostage beyond the seas that is to wit the marquesse Dorset sir Iohn Bourchier he with all conuenient spéed redéemed them and sent also into Flanders for Iohn Morton bishop of Elie. These acts performed he chose to be of his councell a conuenient number of right graue and wise councellors ¶ This did he that he might the more roiallie gouerne his kingdome which he obteined and inioied as a thing by God elected and prouided and by his especiall fauour and gratious aspect compassed and atchiued Insomuch that men commonlie report that seauen hundred nintie seauen yéeres passed it was by a heauenlie voice reuealed to Cadwalader last king of Britains that his stocke progenie should reigne in this land beare dominion againe Wherevpon most men were persuaded in their owne opinion that by this heauenlie voice he was prouided ordeined long before to inioy obteine this kingdome Which thing K. Henrie the sixt did also shew before as it were by propheticall inspiration at such time as the earle of Penbroke presented the said Henrie at that time a proper child vnto Henrie the sixt whome after he had beheld and a good while viewed the comelinesse of his countenance and orderlie lineaments of his bodie he said to such peeres as stood about him Lo suerlie this is he to whome both we and our aduersaries leauing the possession of all things shall hereafter giue roome and place so it came to passe by the appointment of God to whose gouernement gift and disposing all realmes and all dominions are subiect as king Dauid confesseth saieng Omnia sunt regno subdita regna Dei Now although by this meanes all things séemed to be brought in good and perfect order yet there lacked a wrest to the harpe to set all the strings in a monocord and perfect tune which was the matrimonie to be finished betweene the king and the ladie Elizabeth daughter to king Edward Which like a good prince according to his oth promise he did both solemnize consummate shortlie after that is to saie on the eightéenth daie of Ianuarie By reason of which marriage peace was thought to descend out of heauen into England considering that the lines of Lancaster and Yorke were now brought into one knot and connexed togither of whose two bodies one heire might succeed to rule and inioie the whole monarchie and realme of England year 1486 which before was rent and diuided into factions partakings whereby manie a mans life was lost great spoiles made of peoples goods wast of wealth worship and honor all which ended in this blessed and gratious connexion authorised by God as our Anglorum praelia saith Hoc Deus omnipotens pacis confecerat author CiuilÃsque habuit tandem contentio finem Shortlie after for the better preseruation of his roiall person he constituted and ordeined a certeine number as well of archers as of diuerse other persons hardie strong and actiue to giue dailie attendance on his person whom he named yeomen of his gard which president men thought that he learned of the French king when he was in France For it is not remembred that anie king of England before that daie vsed anie such furniture of dailie souldiers ¶ In this same yéere a new kind of sickenes inuaded suddenlie the people of this land passing through the same from the one end to the other It began about the one and twentith of September and continued vntill the latter end of October being so sharpe and deadlie that the like was neuer heard of to anie mans remembrance before that time For suddenlie a deadlie burning sweat so assailed their bodies and distempered their bloud with a most ardent heat that scarse one amongst an hundred that sickened did escape with life for all in maner as soone as the sweat tooke them or within a short time after yéelded the ghost Beside the great number which deceassed within the citie of London two
well of the earledome as otherwise whereby he was in time following also constable of England and as it is most probable restored to that office by Henrie the second for that he was a great enimie to king Stephan He went amongest others with Henrie Fitz Empresse to Dauid king of Scots who knighted the said Henrie in the fouretéenth yeare of king Stephan he married Cicilie the daughter of Iohn Fitz Paine and died without issue Walter second sonne to Milo after the death of his brother Roger was earle of Hereford constable of England and lord ouer Gwenthie or Wenthie he builded in the time of Henrie the first the castels of Glocester Bristow and Rochester with the Tower of London he held the land of Wenthie by long time who hauing no heire of his bodie gaue the same land to Henrie of Hereford and for saking the world tooke monasticall habit on him at Lanthonie where he was buried dieng without issue Henrie of Hereford the sonne of Milo after the enterance of Walter his brother into religion was earle of Hereford constable of England and lord of Breckenocke and Deane who was in Wenthie at a conflict slaine by his owne men and buried at Lanthonie with Walter the constable after whose death Henrie the second deputed Iago ap Seisell to the custodie of the land of Wenthie William the sonne of Milo and brother to Henrie of Hereford was constable of England after the death of his brother and died without issue Mahaell the yoongest sonne of Milo after the death of William was constable of England who died without issue whome I feare not to place as constable since all histories agrée that all the sons of Milo did successiuelie inioie that office after whome the inheritance comming to their sister whereof the eldest called Margaret or Margerie was married to Humfrie Bohuno which line of the Bohunes became afterwards constables of England by inheritance Humfrie de Bohune steward to Henrie the first the sonne of Humfrie de Bohune steward in house to William Rufus sonne to Humfrie de Bohune that came in with the Conquerour was in the right of his wife Margerie one of the daughters and heire of the foresaid Milo constable of England he had issue Humfrie de Bohune Humfrie de Bohune constable of England married Margaret sister to William king of Scots and daughter to the earle of Huntington moother to line 10 Conon earle of Britaine he had issue Henrie This Margaret died the third of king Iohn being the yeare of Christ 1201. And this Humfrie also died in the time of king Iohn as some haue or rather as others haue in the time of king Richard the first Henrie de Bohune the sonne of the said Humfrie and Margaret was the first earle of Hereford of that name of the Bohunes contrarie to that receiued error which hitherto hath made the other Bohunes earle of Hereford and contrarie to the printed pedegrée of the deceassed father of the earle of line 20 Essex now liuing For this man being the first erle of the Bohunes was made earle of Hereford in the first yeare of king Iohn as the charter dooth witnesse He was also constable of England and married Mawd the daughter and heire of Geffrie lord Ludgarsall sometime earle of Essex in whose right hir husband was intituled to that honor of the earledome of Essex by whome he had issue Humfrie his heire He died about the fourth yeare of Henrie the line 30 third being the yeare of our redemption 1220 in his iournie as he went to Ierusalem with other noblemen Humfrie de Bohune sonne of Henrie being the second of that name that was erle of Hereford was also earle of Essex and constable of England being by all men termed La bone counte de Hereford He married Mawd the daughter of the earle of Oxie in Normandie he had issue Humfrie de Bohune that was taken in the yeare of Christ 1265 being the fortie line 40 ninth of king Henrie the third at the battell of Euesham and died in the life of his father leauing behind him a sonne called Humfrie heire to him and to his father which Humfrie the father died in the yeare of our redemption 1275 being the third yeare of king Edward the first Humfrie de Bohune the third earle of Hereford of that name the sonne of Humfrie Bohune slaine at the battell of Euesham was after the death of his grandfather erle of Hereford and Essex and constable of England he married Mawd de Ferens or line 50 Frenis and had issue Humfrie this earle died in the yeare of our redemption 1298 being the twentie sixt of Edward the first was buried at Walden with his wife Mawd. Humfrie de Bohune the fourth erle of Hereford of that name was earle of Hereford Essex and constable of England he married Elizabeth the daughter to king Edward the first and widow to Iohn earle of Holland he had issue Iohn erle of Hereford Humfrie earle of Hereford and William earle of line 60 Northhampton This Humfrie taking part with Thomas earle of Lancaster was slaine at Borrobridge by a Welshman standing vnder a bridge that thrust him thorough with a speare in the fouretéenth yeare of the reigne of king Edward the second being the yeare of our redemption 1321. Iohn de Bohune the eldest sonne of this Humfrie being the fiâ—t earle of Hereford was after the death of his father earle of Hereford Essex and constable of England he married the daughter of Edmund Fitz Alen earle of Arundell and died without issue in the yeare of Christ 1335 being the ninth yeare of king Edward the third He was buried in the abbeie of Stratford besides London Humfrie de Bohune sixt earle of Hereford being brother to Iohn de Bohune whome he succeeded was after the death of his brother earle of Hereford and Essex and constable of England he died without issue in the yeare of our Lord 1361 being the thirtie fift of king Edward the third and was buried at the Augustine friers in London William de Bohune seuenth erle of Hereford of that surname being the sonne of the other Humfrie and brother to the last Humfrie was at a parlement holden in the tenth yeare of the reigne of king Edward the third being in the yeare of our Lord 1336 created earle of Northhampton and after the death of his brother Humfrie he was earle of Hereford and Essex and constable of England He was in the eighteenth yeare of Edward the third being the yere of Christ 1344 sent into Britaine as generall ouer the English armie to restore Iohn de Montford to the dukedome of Britaine which he did putting Charles de Blois to flight He married Elizabeth some saie Eleanor one of the daughters and heires of Bartholomew Bladesmere baron of Bedes in Kent by whome he had issue Humfrie Humfrie de Bohune the eight last
The earle of Kent rescued and conueied into Wales Polydor. The king entreth into Wales with an armie Polydor. The king returneth out of Wales The earle of Penbroke in danger He is rescued The Poictouins discomfited Dearth Tempests An earthquake A death Matth. Paris Iohn Monmouth receiueth an ouerthrow Polydor. Matth. Paris A part of the towne of Shrewsburie burnt Polydor. Matth. Paris Matth. Paris The earle of Penbroke passeth ouer into Ireland He is taken prisoner Geffrey Maurish The death 〈◊〉 the earle of Penbroke Polydor. Matth. Pariâ— Gilbert Marshall earle of Penbroke Officers called to accounts The truce ended Welshmen sent ouer to the aid of the earle of Britaine The earle of Britaine submitteth himselfe to the French king Anno Reg. 19. 1235 Polydor. Fabian * Sée the like in pag. 56. col 1. Matth. Paris The emperor Frederike marieth the king of Englands sister A great and sumptuous feast Matth. Paris Usurers called Caorsini of whome sée more in pag. 211. col 1. The bishop of London his doctrine Anno Reg. 20. King Henrie marrieth the ladie Elianor daughter to the earle of Prouance Matth. Paris The earle of Chester The constable of Chester The earle of Penbroke The wardeÌ„s of the cinque ports The earle of Leicester Erle Warren The earle of Hereford Lord William Beauchampe The citizens of London The citizens of Winchester A parlement at London Polydor. Strange sights Matth. Paris Great raine Matth. Paris Matth. West A great thunder A drie summer Gilbert Norman founder of Merton abbeie Anno Reg. 21. High tides Matth. Paris Wisbech people perishing by rage of waters A subsidie Matth. Paris Iohn Scot earle of Chester departed this life Ran. Higd. His sisters Cardinall Otho or Othobon The lords grudge at the king for receiuing the cardinall without their knowledge The legat praised for his sober behauiour A tournie at Blie Earle Bigot Anno Reg. 22. The legat holdeth a synod at London The legat coâ—meth to Oxford A fraie betwixt the legats men and the scholers of Oxford A cookes almes The legats cooke slaine The legat complaineth to the king The earle Waren sent to apprehend the offendors The legat cursseth The regents of yâ— Uniuersitie absolued Polydor. Matth. Paris The emperor of Constantinople coÌ„meth into England The countesse of Peâ—broke sister to the king married to Simon de Montford Polydor. The archbishop of Canturburie displeased with the marriage He goeth to Rome to coÌ„plaine of the king The earle of Cornewall â—â— also offended for the same marriage Matth. Paris The earle of Leicester gathereth 〈◊〉 He goeth to Rome to get â— dispensation or rather confirmation of his marriage Aid sent forth of England â—â— the emperour Henrie Trubleuille Iohn Mansel Wil. Hardell The bishop of Winchester departeth this life Matth. Paris A naughtie wretch meant to haue destroied the K. * Sée his end in pag. 230. Seneca in Octa Hippol. Anno Reg. 23. 1239 Matth. Paris Uariance betwixt the king and the earle of Penbroke Simon earle of Leicester fled ouer into France The birth of king Edward the first Polydor. A strange star Matth. Paris Ranulfe Briton taken out of his house and led to the tower Great raine The legat beginneth to looke to his owne coÌ„moditie Sir Robert de Twing The Iewes punished by the pursse A synod holden at London Anno Reg. 24. 1240 Matth. Paris Matth. West Baldwin de Riuers earle of the I le of Wight The woods about Leicester féeld Leolin prince of Wales departeth this life Griffin ap Maddockeâ— King Henrie aided the pope with monie against the â—â—â—perour Complaint to the king of the collections made for the pope The answer of the king Polydor. The causes that mooued archbishop Edmund to depart the realme Matth. West Matth. Paris Polydor. The death of Edmund archbishop of Canturburie surnamed of Pontney A Charterhouse moonke apprehended Iustices itinerants William de Yorke Robert Lexinton iustices The earle of Cornewal goeth into the holy land The earle of Leiceâ—ster goeth thither also The earle of Albemarle The dedication of the church of S. Paule in London The death of Isabell the countesse of Cornewall The lord Iohn Fitz Robert A comet A battell betwixt fishes Matth. Paris The kings manour at Mortlake A great wind An oth receiued The seneshall of Aquitaine Peter Rosso Peter de Supino got a vintiesme that is the 20 part of préests benefices Anno Reg. 25. 1241 Boniface de Sauoie elected archb of Canturburie Matth. Paris The earle of Cornewall 〈◊〉 intercessor 〈◊〉 a peace to be had betwixt the pope and the emperour He returneth into England Warres betwéene the Welshmen King Henrie goeth into Wales with an armie Dauid driuen to his wits end Dauid deliuereth his brother to the K. Matth. Pariâ— page 765. Matth. Paris page 830. Iohn Maâ—â—sell Death of â—â—â—ble men Lacie lâ—ft 〈◊〉 issue maâ—e behind him so that his daughters inheritâ—â— his lands Cardinall Somercotean Englishman An eclipse Anno Reg. 26. The death of the empresse Isabell. Wars renued betwixt the kings of England France The earle of March Gaguinus Matth. West Sundrie opinions in the kings councellers Charugage a certeine dutie for euerie Plowland The bishops of Durham sent into Scotland The king of Scots warden of the English marshes The archbishop of Yorke gouernor of the realme Thirtie barrels of English coine The king passeth ouer into France The French king inuadeth the earle of Marches land The number of the English armie Tailborge Xainctes An encounter betwixt the English and French The valiancy of the earle of Leicester and others Iohn Mansell Sir Iohn Barris Wil. de Sey. Gilbert de Clare slaine The earle of March is reconciled to the French king Matth. Paris The countesse of Bierne The reuolting of other French lords Sée pag. 42 43 44. pag. 152. of the historie of England Death in the French camp Truce 〈◊〉 betwixt the two kings Polydor. The queen 〈◊〉 England deliuered of a daughter William Marisch executiâ— Sée pag. 223. The seas trâ—ebled with men of warre Escuage gathered 20 shillings of euerie knights fée Matth. West Death of noble men Anno. Reg. 27. The earle of Cornwal and other returne home Prouision of graine and victuals taken vp and sent to the king The king led by strangers He is euill spoken of A truce taken for fiue years Nicholas de Mueles his lieutenant in Gascoigne Death of Noble men Hugh Lacie Fabian Matth. Paris Stars fallen after a strange manner Anno Reg. 28. The countesse of Prouance mother to the quéene commeth ouer into England The earle of Cornewall maried to the ladie Sanctia William Ralegh bishop of Norwich He is consecrated bish of Winchester by the pope He steleth out of the realme He giueth to the pope 6000 marks Martine the popes collectour Antichasis de Christi papae facinorb sub authore anâ—nymo The nobles complain◠〈◊〉 the king 〈…〉 popes 〈◊〉 The king writeth to the pope Polydor. The king asâ—keth counsel how to procâ—â— in
get the vpper hand there should haue a ram for the price which the steward had prepared At the day appointed there was a great assemblie and the steward had got togither out of all parts the best wrestlers that might be heard of so that there was hard hold betwixt them and the Londoners But finallie the steward vpon desire of reuenge procured them to fall togither by the eares without any iust cause so that the Londoners were beaten and wounded and constreined to flée backe line 30 to the citie in great disorder The citizens sore offended to see their people so misused rose in tumult and rang the common bell to gather the more companie to them Robert Serle maior of the citie would haue pacified the matter persuading them to let the iniurie passe till by orderlie plaint they might get redresse as law and iustice should assigne But a certeine stout man of the citie namedConstantine Fitz Arnulfe of good authoritie amongst them aduised line 40 the multitude not to harken vnto peace but to seeke reuenge out of hand wherein he shewed himselfe so farre from true manhood that he bewraied himselfe rather to haue had a womans heart quod vindicta Nemomagis gaudet quà m foemina still prosecuting the strife with tooth and naile and blowing the coles of contention as it were with full bellowes that the houses belonging to the abbat of Westminster and namelie the house of his steward line 50 might be ouerthrowne and beaten downe flat with the ground This lewd counsell was soone receiued and executed by the outragious people Constantine himselfe being cheefe leader of them cried with a lowd voice Mount ioy mount ioy God be our aid and our souereigne Lewes This outragious part comming to the notice of Hubert de Burgh lord chéefe iustice he gat togither a power of armed men and came to the citie with the fame and taking inquisition of the cheéfe offendors found Constantine as constant in line 60 affirming the déed to be his as he had before constantlie put it in practise wherevpon he was apprehended and two other citizens with him On the next day in the morning Fouks de Brent was appointed to haue them to execution and so by the Thames he quietlie led them to the place where they should suffer Now when Constantine had the halter about his necke he offered fifteene thousand marks of siluer to haue béene pardoned but it would not be There was hanged with him his nephue named also Constantine and one Geffrey who made the proclamation deuised by the said Constantine The crie also which Constantine vsed to the setting forward of his vnlawfull enterprise in the name of Lewes most of all offended the kings fréends as the lord cheefe iustice and others who not satisfied with the death of the three before remembred persons but also entring the citie againe with their hands of armed men apprehended diuerse of those whome they tooke to be culpable not onelie putting manie of them into prison but also punishing other of them as some with losse of a foot some of an hand and other of their eie-sight The king furthermore to reuenge this matter deposed all the magistrats of the citie and ordeined new in their roomes Which caused great hartburning against diuerse of the Nobilitie but cheefelie the lord Hubert and Fouks de Brent on whome in time they hoped to haue reuenge As this broâ—le vexed the citie of London so in this yeare there chanced great tempest of thunder lightning and raine whereby much hurt was doone in diuerse parts of the realme and at sundrie times as by throwing downe of steeples churches and other buildings with the rootwalting of trées as well in woods as orchards verie strange to consider chéefelie on the eight day of Februarie at Grantham in Lincolneshire where there chanced beside the thunder such a stinke and filthie fauour to follow in the church that the people fled out for that they were not able to abide it Likewise in the day of the exaltation of the crosse a generall thunder happened throughout the realme and thervpon followed a continuall season of foule weather and wet till Candelmas next after which caused a dearth of corne so as wheat was sold at twelue shillings the quarter Likewise on the day of saint Andrew an other terrible tempest of thunder happened through the realme throwing downe and shaking buildings in manie places in so much that at Pillerdeston in Warwikeshire in a knights house the ladie thereof and six other persons were destroied by the same And a turbarie thereby compassed about with water and marresse was so dried vp that neither grasse nor mire remained after which insued an earthquake Moreouer on the euen of saint Lucie a mightie wind raged which did much hurt in sundrie places of the realme Furthermore about this time there appeared in England a wonderfull comet or blasing starre The sea also rose with higher tides and springs than it had beene accustomed to doo All which woonders were afterward iudged to betoken and signifie the losse which the christians susteined the same yeare in Aegypt when they were constreined to surrender the citie of Damieta into the Saracens hands which latelie before as yée haue heard they had woone with long and chargeable siege After the yéelding vp of Damieta William de Albenie earle of Arundell whome Ranulfe earle of Chester left behind him in the holie land with manie souldiers and men of warre when he returned from thence came now homewards towards England and died by the waie About the same time Iohn the sonne of Dauid earle of Anguish in Scotland sisters sonne vnto Ranulfe earle of Chester married the daughter of Leolin prince of Wales as it were to procure a finall accord betwéene the said Leolin and Ranulfe After which marriage king Henrie held his Christmasse at Oxenford and shortlie after the twelftide came to London where assembling a councell of his barons year 1223 he was earnestlie required by the bishop of Canturburie and other peeres to confirme the liberties fraâ—chises and frée customes of the realme for which the warres in his fathers time had béene mooued which to denie as the archbishop seemed to alledge shuld haue béene ashamed so to open his mouth to the disaduantage of his souereigne but that it is likelie he forgat the old posie namelie that Imago rex est animatae Dei he might not with anie reason sith he had couenanted and all the baronage with him to sée the same obserued by the articles of the peace concluded with Lewes when the same Lewes departed the realme Herevpon William Brewer one of the kings councell hearing the archbishop so earnest in these matters told him that sith these liberties were procured extorted rather by force than otherwise of line 10 the king being vnder age they were not to be obserued Wherevnto
the sixt of Henrie the fourth and the yeare of Christ 1405 againe rebelled and after fled into Scotland to Dauid lord Fleming who receiued him and in the seuenth yeare of Henrie the fourth being the yere of our redemption 1506 as saith Iohn Stow. This Dauid persuaded the erle to flie into Wales for which cause the Scots slue the said Dauid After this in the ninth yeare of Henrie the fourth he came into England raised the people and was slaine at Broomâ—ham neere to Hasewood in a conflict had with him by Thomas Rockleie shiriffe of Yorkshire He married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter to Rafe lord Neuill by whome he had issue Henrie Persie surnamed Hotspurre slaine at the battell of Shrewesburie in the fourth yeare of Henrie the fourth in his fathers life Thomas and Rafe His second wife was Mawd daughter to Thomas lord Lucie and sister and heire to Anthonie lord Lucie baron of Cockermouth being before the widow of Gilbert Humfreuill called the earle of Angus This ladie Mawd gaue to hir husband the lordship and castell of Cockermouth whereby the earles of Northumberland are bound still to beare the armes of Lucie Iohn duke of Bedford the sonne and brother of kings for so he calleth himselfe in the precept to summon Reginald lord Greie sir Edward Hastings knight to determine the controuersie for bearing of the armes of Hastings earle of Penbroke in the marshals court was earle of Richmond and Kendall and constable of England being aduanced to that office about the eight yeare of Henrie the fourth his father being the yeare of our redemption 1406 of whome there is more mention in the following discourse of the protectors of England Humfrie earle of Stafford Hereford and Northhampton lord of Breenocke Holdernesse and of Cambridge and constable of England and of Douer castell in the eight yeare of king Henrie the sixt being the yeare of Christ 1430 went into France with Henrie the sixt to attend his coronation at Paris He was created duke of Buckingham in the two and twentith yeare of Henrie the sixt being the yeare of Christ 1444. He was slaine at the battell of Northampton in the eight and thirtith yeare of king Henrie the sixt being the yeare of our Lord 1460 he maried Anne daughter to Rafe Neuil erle of Westmerland he had amongst manie other of his children Humfrie his eldest sonne earle Stafford hurt as hath Iohn Stow with an arrow in the right hand at the battell of saint Albons in the three and thirtith yeare of Henrie the sixt being the yeare of our Lord 1455 of which battell of saint Albons thus writeth Iohn Whethamsted a learned abbat of that hâ—use Dum Maius madidi flos floâ— uit imbribus austri Mollibus Zephyrus refouerat flatilus aruos Flora velut regnans herbis ditauerat hortâ—s Post glacies inopes hos fecerat locupleâ—es Sic râ—pidis stilbon praeâ—onibus vndÃque regnum Repleuerat nimis sic latè staâ—serat ipses Vt villam tandem tantus peruaserat isâ—am Illorum numerus quod vlx euaderet vnus Quin spolium lueret spoliantes vel trepidaret Aâ—cidit ex causa spoliatio tam grauis ista Mars coeli dominus fuerat tunc soror eius In terris domina belli Bellona vocata Vnde malum multis signanter partibus istis Contigit bellum fuit istic grande peractum Sanguis effusus multus dux est iugulatus Illius pugnae quae fertur causa fuisse Bello finito strepitu quóque pacificato line 10 Indultum est praedae praedones quippe fuere Victores omnes nulli quasi compatientes Tunc rex tunc proceres tunc villani quóque plures Ac alij varij fuerant rebus spoliati Attamen ecclesia simul ecclesiae bona cuncta Intra quae fuerant sub clausuráque iacebant Manserunt salua nec ei res defuit vlla Laus igitur domino laus in speciéque patrono Cuius per media stabant sua singula salua Saluis in cunctiâ— simul abbas frater omnis line 20 Spiritus ille bonus sine fallo spiritus almus Ad villam regem qui direxit venientem Illius ad medium nec tunc permiserat ipsum Ecclesiam petere conseruauit sua quaeque Sed patronus erat qui pro monachis mediarat A raptore locúmque suum seruauit omnem Ipsius ornatum fedari nec siuit ipsum Sâ—rex intrasset secúmque ducem sociasset Valuas ecclesiae paruissent cuncta rapinae Nec poterat furias quisquam compescere plebis line 30 Laus igitur domino rursus rursusque patrono Stat locusisâ—e suo saluus munimine soâ—o Saluaque supposita sua salua iocalia cuncta Iohn Tiptoth or Tiptost knight the son of Iohn lord Tiptost and of Ioice his wife second daughter to Edmund Charleton lord Powes was treasuror of the realme in Michaelmasse tearme in the tenth yere of Henrie the fourth after which he was againe admitted to that office in the one and thirtith and two and thirtith yeare of Henrie the sixt from which place line 40 being once more remooued he was the third time aduanced to the honor of lord treasuror of England in the second of Edward the fourth and continued the same in the third of the said king He was created earle of Worcester in the time of king Henrie the sixt This man in the yeare 1470 being the tenth of king Edward the fourth tooke his part against the duke of Clarence and Richard Neuill earle of Warwike at what time the said duke and earle being discomfited sled to the sea side and thence sailed line 50 to Southhampton where they thought to haue had the Trinitie a great ship of the earle of Warwikes but the lord Scales the queenes brother fought with them and inforced them to flie into France Wherevpon king Edward the fourth came to Southhampton and caused Tiptost earle of Worcester to sit in iudgement vpon certeine gentlemen as Clapham and others taken at the same skirmish of Southhampton where the earle caused the bodies of certeine condemned men after that they were hanged line 60 to be thrust thorough the fundament vp to the head with stakes for the which crueltie he and others fell into indignation of the common people Before which in the eight yeare of king Edward he was with Iohn Dudleie made constable of the Tower during their liues and the longer liuer of them two After this in the said yeare 1470 being the tenth of Edward the fourth in which Henrie the sixt readepted the crowne of England which yeare of Henrie the sixt is called in the law bookes the fourtie ninth yere of the reigne of K. Henrie the sixt This earle of Worcester was taken in the top of an high trée in the forest of Weibridge in Huntingtonshire brought to London and at a parlement arrested and condemned to death by sir Iohn Uere earle of
the yeare of our Lord one thousand fiue hundred fiftie and one Sir William Paulet knight marquesse of Winchester was made lord treasuror vpon the death of the duke of Summerset in the fift yeare of king Edward the sixt and the yeare of Christ one thousand fiue hundred fiftie and one which office he kept by the space of twentie yeares and more a longer time than euer anie other treasuror had done before except the two last dukes of Norffolke This man being a man of extreme age as atteining to the yeares of ninetie seuen died lord treasuror of England the tenth of March in the yeare of our saluation one thousand fiue hundred seuentie and one being the fourtéenth yeare of the reigne of the famous queene Elisabeth at his manor of Basing He in his life time did sée the children of his childrens children growne to the number of one hundred and thrée a rare blessing of God to men of his calling He married Elisabeth the daughter of sir William Capell knight by whome he had issue Iohn marquesse of Winchester Thomas Chidiocke and Giles Alice married to Richard Stowell Margaret married to sir William Berkeleie Margerie married to Richard Waller and Eleanor married to sir Richard Peckshall Sir William Cecill knight of the garter and lord Burghleie was aduanced to the honorable place of lord treasuror of England on the thirtéenth daie of Iulie in the yeare of our redemption one thousand fiue hundred seauentie and two being the fouretéenth yeare of the reigne of our gratious quéene Elisabeth This man was descended of the honorable familie of the Sitsylts of Wales sometime lords of Beauport in the daies of Henrie the first as appeareth by this pedegrée here inserted 1 In the yeare of Christ one thousand ninetie and one Robert Sitsylt came with Robert Fitzhamon to the conquest of the countrie of Glamorgan and after wedded a ladie by whom he had Halterennes and other lands in Hereford and Glocestershires he had a sonne called Iames Sitsylt 2 Iames Sitsylt tooke part with Mawd the empresse against king Stephan and was slaine at the siege of the castell of Wallingford Anno quarto Stephani hauing then vpon him a vesture whereon was wrought in néedle worke his armes or ensignes as they be made on the toome of Gerald Sitsylt in the abbeie of Dore which are afterward trulie blazed in a iudgement giuen by commission of king Edward the third for the ancient right of the same armes This Iames had a sonne called Iohn Sitsylt and foure daughters 3 Iohn Sitsylt the sonne of Iames was after the death of his father in the same warres with Roger earle of Hereford and constable of England and being taken prisoner at the siege of Lincolne Anno. 6. Stephani he paid for his ransome foure hundred marks and therefore sold his lordship of Beauport and all his lands in the countie of Glocester he tooke to wife a ladie called Mawd de Frenes and had issue Eustace 4 Eustace Sitsylt the son of Iohn was wedded to Elianor the daughter of sir Walter Pembridge knight and had by hir Baldwin and Iohn and foure daughters whereof one of them was the wife of sir Thomas Fitzneale knight 5 Baldwin Sitsylt the sonne of Eustace was made knight by king Henrie the second in the warres that the king had against the Welshmen he was also killed in the same warres at the siege of the castell of Cardiffe his father being aliue he tooke to wife the daughter of Maurice de Brompton and had by hir Gerald Sitsylt Eustace Sitsylt Henrie Sitsylt Iohn Sitsylt and Walter Sitsylt and two daughters Catharine and Elianor Catharine was the wife of Hugh Muredake and Elianor was the wife of Walter Wallis This Baldwin Sitsylt knight tooke to his second wife Margerie the daughter of Stephan Radnor knight and had by hir Stephan Sitsylt Roger Sitsylt Hugh Sitsylt and Dauid Sitsylt and thrée daughters the first was Mawd and she was a Nun the second was Ione and she was the wife of Iohn de line 10 Solers the third daughter Anne was the wife of Owen ap Meredith This man gaue certeine lands in the towneship of Kigestone vnto the moonks of Dore and granted vnto the same moonks fréedome of common and pasture and other liberties in his woods 6 Gerald Sitsylt the first sonne of Baldwin Sitsylt knight tooke to wife Mabill the daughter of Sir William Moigne knight and had by hir three sonnes Gerald Sitsylt that died a child Robert line 20 Sitsylt that married and had children and Owen Sitsylt a moonke of the abbeie of Dore. He had also three daughters Catharine that was wedded to sir Griffin ap Yoreford and after to Dauid ap Euan and the third time to Geffreie de Bret sonne of sir Walter Bret knight Anne the second daughter of Gerald Sitsylt was wedded to Robert the sonne of Richard Bromewich And Ellen the third daughter of Gerald Sitsylt was the wife of Iohn Abrahall father of sir Iohn Abrahall line 30 knight 7 Robert Sitsylt the sonne of Gerald tooke to wife Alicia daughter of sir Robert Tregois knight and had by hir Iames Sitsylt his first sonne Gerald the second sonne Thomas the third sonne and Baldwin the fourth sonne and Margaret the first daughter and Elisabeth the second daughter 8 Iames Sitsylt the sonne of Robert tooke to wife Isabell the daughter of sir Iohn Knell knight and had by hir Iames and Gerald twins Iames line 40 died yoong he had also Robert Sitsylt and Iohn Sitsylt and fiue daughters that is to saie Alicia wedded to Walter Monington Grace wedded to Roger sonne of William Blunt Elianor wedded to Thomas Paine Margerie wedded to Morgan ap Meredith and Sislie married to Howell ap Blethin and after to sir Hugh Bruge 9 Gerald Sitsylt sonne of Iames tooke to wife Margaret daughter of Stephan Dalaber and by hir had Iohn Sitsylt and after he wedded Bridget line 50 the widow of sir Simon Ward knight and had by hir Iames Sitsylt and the third time married the daughter of Martine Hopton and had by hir Martine Sitsylt Henrie Sitsylt and Dauid Sitsylt and Ione a daughter And the fourth time the same Gerald Sitsylt tooke to wife Iane the daughter of Robert Emerton and had by hir one sonne named Stigand Sitsylt that was slaine in the warres of Striuelin in the time of king Edward the second and had no issue as the register of the abbie of Dore maketh mention line 60 10 Iohn Sitsylt the sonne of Gerald tooke to wife Sibill the daughter of Robert of Ewyas and had by hir sir Iohn Sitsylt knight George Sitsylt and a daughter named Margaret that was the wife of sir Robert Baskeruile knight who had by hir sir Iohn Baskeruile knight and by his second wife he had sir Richard Baskeruile knight that tooke to wife Iane the daughter and heire of George Sitsylt second sonne of
this Iohn Sitsylt and had by hir sir Iohn Baskeruile knight 11 Sir Iohn Sitsylt knight tooke to wife Alicia the sister of the said sir Roger Baskeruile and sir Roger married his sister as is aforesaid This sir Iohn Sitsylt had Iohn Sitsylt and Roger Sitsylt In the time of the warres that king Edward the third made against Scotland at a place called Halidon hill néere Barwike anno 6. of Edward the third there arose a great variance and contention betweene sir William de Facknaham knight on the one side approuant this sir Iohn Sitsylt knight on the other side defendant for an ensigne of armes that is to saie The field of ten barrets siluer and azure supported of fiue scutcheons sable charged with so manie lions of the first rampants incensed geuls which ensigne both the parties did claime as their right But as both parties put themselues to their force to mainteine their quarrell and vaunted to mainteine the same by their bodies it pleased the king that iustice should be yéelded for triall of the quarrell without shedding of bloud and so the bearing of the ensigne was solemnelie adiudged to be the right of the said sir Iohn Sitsylt as heire of blood lineallie descended of the bodie of Iames Sitsylt lord of Beauport slaine at the siege of Wallingford as before is declared The finall order and determination of which controuersie is laid downe by Iohn Boswell gentleman in his booke intituled The concords of Armorie fol. 80. This sir Iohn Sitsylt had a charge of men at arms for the custodie of the marches to Scotland in the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third 12 Iohn Sitsylt the sonne of sir Iohn Sitsylt knight tooke to wife Ione daughter of sir Richard Monington knight and had by hir Iohn Sitsylt that died his father being aliue and Thomas Sitsylt 13 Thomas Sitsylt married Margaret the daughter and heire of Gilbert de Winston and had by hir Philip Sitsylt and Dauid Sitsylt This man was a great benefactor to the moonks of Dore and forgaue them great sums of monie which they did owe him 14 Philip Sitsylt married Margaret the daughter of Iohn Philips and had by hir Richard Iohn and Margaret 15 Richard Sitsylt or Cecill married Margaret the daughter of Philip Uaughan and had by hir Philip Cecill Margaret Cecill Iohn Cecill Dauid Cecill and Iames or Ienkin Cecill * These pedegrées descents I gathered faithfullie out of sundrie ancient records and euidences wherof the most part are confirmed with seales autentike therevnto appendent manifestlie declaring the antiquitie and truth therof which remaine at this present in the custodie of the right honourable sir William Cecill knight of the noble order of the garter lord Burghleie and lord high treasuror of England who is lineallie descended from the last recited Richard Sitsylt father to Dauid Cecill grandfather to the said sir William Cecill now lord Burghleie And at this daie William Sitsylt or Cecill esquier coosen german to the said lord Burghleie remooued by one degrée onelie is possessed of the foresaid house of Halterennes in Ewyas land as the heire male of the house of Sitsylts and is descended of Philip Cecill elder brother to the said Dauid This sir William Cecill lord Burghleie liuing at this instant in the yeare of Christ one thousand fiue hundred eightie and six to the great support of this commonwealth dooth worthilie inioy the place of the lord treasuror of England of whome for auoiding the note of flatterie I may not saie that good which we the subiects of England doo féele by his meanes and all the world dooth sée in his rare and wise gouernment And therefore leauing what may be said of him for his honorable deserts from his countrie his prince and his countriemen as well for rare gouernement at home as for graue managing of the matter of state abroad I beseech the almightie Lord to lengthen his yeares with perfect health and happie successe of all his good desires to answer the worth of those his honourable deserts Thus knitting vp this discourse of the treasurors with no lesse honorable person of the temporaltie in this our age than I began the same discourse with a rare person of the spiritualtie in that their age this being knowne as singular in policie as the other line 10 was supposed to be in prelacie I here set end to that which with much labour of bodie trauell of mind and charge of pursse I haue brought to this forme what so euer it be Thus this much by Francis Thin touching the treasurors of England The 22 of August Thomas Persie earle of Northumberland late of Topclife who had beene before attainted by parlement of high treason as one of the principall conspirators in the late rebellion and line 20 now brought out of Scotland whither he had fled was beheaded at Yorke about two of the clocke in the afternoone on a new scaffold set vp for that purpos◠in the market place In this moneth of August sir Thomas Smith one of the quéenes maiesties priuie councell carefullie tendering the reformation of Ireland sent his son Thomas Smith esquier thither with a certeine number of Englishmen to inhabit the Ards in Ulster after the maner of a colonie vsed by the Romans The eighteenth of Nouember in the morning was line 30 séene a star northward verie bright and cléere in the constellation of Cassiopeia at the backe of hir chaire which with thrée chéefe fixed stars of the said constellation made a geometricall figure losengwise of the learned men called Rhombus This starre in bignes at the first appeering séemed bigger than Iupiter not much lesse than Uenus when she seemeth greatest Also the said starre neuer changing his place was caried about with the dailie motion of heauen as all fixed starres commonlie are and so continued line 40 by little and little to the eie appearing lesse for the space of almost sixtéene moneths at what time it was so small that rather thought by exercises of off vewing might imagine the place than anie eie could iudge the presence of the same And one thing is herein cheefelie to be noted that by the skill and consent of the best and most expert mathematicians which obserued the state propertie and other circumstances belonging to the same starre it was found line 50 to haue beene in place celestiall far aboue the moone otherwise than euer anie comet hath béene séene or naturallie can appéere Therefore it is supposed that the signification therof is directed purposelie and speciallie to some matter not naturall but celestiall or rather supercelestiall so strange as from the beginning of the world neuer was the like The foure and twentith of Nouember Edward earle of Darbie lord Stanleie Strange of Knocking lord and gouernor of the Iles of Man knight line 60 of the noble order of the garter and one of the quéens maiesties priuie
mercie when thou hadst lost it by iustice desert Yet thou hir seruant sworne to defend hir mentest with thy bloudie hand to haue taken awaie hir life that mercifullie gaue thée thine when it was yéelded into hir hands This is the matter wherein thou hast offended The maner was most subtill and dangerous beyond all that before thée haue committed anie wickednesse against hir maiestie for thou making shew as if thou wouldest simplie haue vttered for hir safetie the euill that others had contriued diddest but seeke thereby credit accesse that thou mightest take the apter opportunitie for hir destruction And for the occasions and meanes that drew thée on they were most vngodlie and villanous as the persuasions of the pope of papists and popish bookes The pope pretendeth that he is a pastor when as in truth he is far from féeding of the flocke of Christ but rather as a woolfe séeketh but to féed on to sucke out the bloud of true christians and as it were thirsteth after the bloud of our most gratious and christian quéene And these papists and popish bookes while they pretend to set foorth diuinitie they doo indéed most vngodlie teach and persuade that which is quite contrarie both to God and his word For the word teacheth obedience of subiects toward princes forbiddeth anie priuat man to kill but they teach subiects to disobeie princes that a priuat wicked person may kill Yea whome a most godlie quéene their owne naturall and most gratious souereigne Let all men therfore take héed how they receiue any thing from him heare or read anie of their bookes and how they confer with anie papists God grant hir maiestie that she maie know by thée how euer she trust such like to come so néere hir person But see the end and why thou diddest it and it will appeare to be a most miserable fearefull and foolish thing for thou diddest imagine that it was to releeue those that thou callest catholikes who were most likelie amongst all others to haue felt the woorst of it if thy diuelish practise had taken effect But sith thou hast béene indicted of the treasons comprised in the indictment and therevpon arreigned and hast confessed thy selfe guiltie of them the court dooth award that thou shalt be had from hense to the place whense thou diddest come and so drawne through the open citie of London vpon an hurdle to the place of execution and there to be hanged and let downe aliue and thy priuie parts cut off and thy entrals taken out and burnt in thy sight then thy head to be cut off and thy bodie to be diuided in foure parts and to be disposed at hir maiesties pleasure and God haue mercie on thy soule Parrie neuerthelesse persisted still in his rage and fond speach and raginglie there said he there summoned quéene Elisabeth to answer for his bloud before God wherewith the lieutenant of the Tower was commanded to take him from the barre and line 10 so he did And vpon his departure the people striken as it were at heart with the horror of his intended enterprise ceased not but pursued him with outcries as Awaie with the traitor awaie with him such like wherevpon he was conueied to the barge to passe to the Tower againe by water the court was adiorned After which vpon the second daie of this instant March William Parrie was by vertue of processe in that behalfe awarded from the same commissioners of oier and terminer deliuered by the lieutenant of the Tower erlie in the morning line 20 vnto the shiriffes of London and Middlesex who receiued him at the Tower hill and therevpon according to the iudgement caused him there to be foorthwith set on the hurdle from whense he was drawne therevpon through the middest of the citie of London vnto the place for his execution in the pallace at Westminster where hauing long time of staie admitted vnto him before his execution he most maliciouslie and impudentlie after some other line 30 vaine discourses eftsoons often deliuered in speach that he was neuer guiltie of anie intention to kill quéene Elisabeth and so without anie request made by him to the people to pray to God for him or praier publikelie vsed by himselfe for ought that appeared but such as he vsed if he vsed anie was priuat to himselfe he was executed according to the iudgement And now for his intent how soeuer he pretended the contrarie in words yet by these his owne writings confessions letters manie other proofes line 40 afore here expressed it is most manifest to all persons how horrible his intentions and treasons were and how iustlie he suffered for the same and thereby greatlie to be doubted that as he had liued a long time vainelie and vngodlie and like an atheist and godlesse man so he continued the same course till his death to the outward sight of men ¶ Here endeth the true and plaine course and processe of the treasons arrest arreignement and execution of William Parrie the traitor line 50 An addition not vnnecessarie for this purpose FOrsomuch as Parrie in the aboundance of his proud and arrogant humour hath often both in his confession and letters pretended some great and grieuous causes of discontentment against hir maiestie and the present state it shall not be impertinent for better satisfaction of all persons to set foorth simplie and trulie the condition and qualitie of the man what he line 60 was by birth and education and in what course of life he had liued This vile and traitorous wretch was one of the yoonger sonnes of a poore man called Harrie ap Dauid he dwelled in Northwales in a little village called Northop in the countie of Flint there he kept a common alehouse which was the best and greatest staie of his liuing In that house was this traitor borne his mother was the reputed daughter of one Conwaie a priest parson of a poore parish called Halkin in the same countie of Flint his eldest brother dwelleth at this present in the same house and there kéepeth an alehouse as his father did before him This traitor in his childhood so soone as he had learned a litle to write and read was put to serue a poore man dwelling in Chester named Iohn Fisher who professed to haue some small skill and vnderstanding in the law With him he continued diuerse yeares and serued as a clerke to write such things as in that trade which his master vsed he was appointed During this time he learned the English toong and at such times of leasure as the poore man his master had no occasion otherwise to vse him he was suffered to go to the grammar schoole where he got some litle vnderstanding in the Latine toong In this his childhood he was noted by such as best knew him to be of a most villainous and dangerous nature disposition He did often run