reporte of the coÌ„myn people in this kynges tyme dyuers great wonders were sene as y e deuyll apperyng in mannes lykenesse great wyndes tempest swellynge rysynge of waters And therfore the kynge was tolde by dyuers of his famylyers y t god was nat content w t his lyuynge but he was so wylfull proude of mynde y t he regardyd lyttell theyr sayeng This kynge wyllyam as is sayd wrytten of hym had great pleasure in huÌ„tynge in so moche y t he pulled downe distroyed dyuers houses of religyon to inlarge the newe forest of wyndesore for wylde dere but a knyght of his named water Tyrell by y e glaunsyng of his arowe vpon a braunche whan he shot at an harte in the sayd forest smote the kyng wouÌ„ded hym to dethe wherof shortely he dyed The fyrst day of August the yere of Chryst M.C. without any yssue of his body And he rayned .xii. yere .xi. monethes and .xii. dayes and is buryed at westmyster Dedyre son to y e doughter of Robert erle of FlauÌ„ders was next erle of FlauÌ„ders Henricus .j. Pascall Gelase ¶ Pascall was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C. he hylde the see .xviii. yere and more ¶ Gelase was nexte pope he hylde the see one yere ¶ Henry ¶ Henry the .v. son to henry the fourthe was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.vii he hylde the see .xx. yere Henry HEnry Beuclerke the fyrst of that name and the thyrde son of wyllyam Conquerour was crowned kynge of Englande the .v. day of August the yere of Chryst M.C. This Henry was called Beuclerke because he was so well lerned in the .vii. lyberall scyence he restored the holy churche to theyr lybertes and vsed the lawes of saynt Edwarde with the amendement of them he put out of his court all nyce and wanton people This henry reformed the olde vntrewe mesures and made a mesure of a yarde of the lengthe of his arme reformed dyuers thynges that were mys vsed before his tyme and abborred excesse of mete and drynke and vsed to venquysshe more with counsell than with swyrde Sone after that he was kynge he maryed Maude the doughter of Malcolyn kynge of Scotlande Margaret his wyfe doughter of Edwarde the outlawe of whome he receyued .ii. sonnes wyllyam Rycharde and .ii. doughters Maude Mary whiche Maude afterwarde was maryed to henry the .iiii. Emperour of Almayne ¶ In the seconde yere of his reygne Robert Courteyse his brother duke of Normandye whiche had ben longe tyme occupyed in warre agaynst Chrystes enemyes hauynge worde of the dethe of his brother wyllyam Rufus and that his brother henry had takyn vpon hym to be kynge of Englande made preparacyon in Normandye and came ouer into Englande with a great hoost to chalenge the crowne But by mediacyon of the lordes it was agreed that Robert shulde haue euery yere durynge his lyfe .iii. M. markes as was promysed hym before by kynge â—â—â—lyam his brother And who so euer lyued longest to be others heyre And sone after that thi◠〈◊〉 departed agayne into Normandye This Robert by his manhode dyd many notable 〈◊〉 and specially at the wynnynge of the citye of Acon vpon the myscreantes and Turkes waâ— chosyn kynge of Ierusalem whiche he refused to take vpon hym In this tyme began great warre in Normandye betwene kyng Henry kynge Philyp of FrauÌ„ce but kyng Philyp sone after dyed ¶ About the .iiii. yere of this kyng Robert Curteyse came into EnglaÌ„de agayne to his brother henry whiche made hym great there that before that Robert departed he released to his brother the forenamed trybute of .iii. M. markes and departed agayne into Normandye After this a great varyaunce fell betwene this Robert his lordes in Normandye that they sent vnto kyng henry his brother wyllynge for to come into NormaÌ„dye they wolde delyuer hym the contrey And also by the intyssement of yll tale tellers a great varyaunce fell betwene kynge henry and his brother Robert that the kynge with a great armye sayled into Normandye with the helpe of the lordes there chased his brother Robert from place to place and wanne from hym Roan Cane Faloys and all the good townes many castels But at the last this Robert gaue battell to kynge Henry in the whiche battelll this Robert was takyn and sent ouer into Englande and kept in prison in the castell of Cardyffe in walys by the space 〈◊〉 viii yere where he after dyed without yssue of his body and was buryed at Gloucester And when this Robert was takyn the kynge Henry seasyd all Normandye into his owne handes ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the great was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.C.ix. In his tyme Philyppe his eldyst son rydynge in Parys kylde a chylde in the strete with his horse wherfore the kynge beynge sore displeased caused his yonger son Lewys to be crownde kyng in his lyfe ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe sonne to Dedyre was nexte erle of Flaunders and dyed without yssue Calyste Honâ—â—e ¶ Calyste was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. yere and more ¶ Honore was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. yere Lothary ¶ Lothary was nexte Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xi. yere ¶ Henry ¶ whan this kynge Henry came into EnglaÌ„de about y e .vii. yere of his reyne he maryed Maude his doughter to Henry the Emperour of Almayne whiche henry themperour prisoned pope Pascall and dyuers of his Cardynals but after he resygned his dignyte to pope Calystus and lyued after a strayte lyfe Sone after this the erle of Shroysbury and the erle of Cornewall rebellyd and rose agaynst the kynge with helpe of the welchemen But the kynge gate the fauour of the welchemen and caused those lordes for feare to flee into Normandye wherfore the kynge sayled thyder and made sharpe warre vpon them and toke them bothe prisoners and than returned into Englande About this tyme the contrey of Flaunders was sore surroundyd and hurt with the see that the flemynges requyred the kynge to inhabyte in the Eest partes of the ryuer of twede whiche was to them graunted but after a certayne of yeres they were remouyd into west wales whiche after spredde all Englande ouer ¶ In the .xiii. yere of this kynge there were sene dyuers straunge thynges in the fyrmament as blasynge sterres and .ii. mones one in the Eest another in the west and a great erthe quake at Notyngham durynge from morne to euenynge and the ryuer of Trent drye in the somer that men went ouer a fote drye Sone after there folowed a harde wynter moreyn of cattell scarcyte of vyttell and great dethe of people ¶ About the .xv. yere of this kynge great warre began betwene Lewys kynge of Fraunce and kynge henry and Lewys with a great hoost enteryd into Normandy wanne many townes castels droue kyng henry from place to place But after that fortune turned y e many noble captaynes of the Frenche kynges dyed
prisoner then by medacion of fryndes they agreed vpon eschaunge of prisoners So that the kynge was delyuered for the erle Robert and sone after that the kynge waxed more stronge of people and besegyd the Empresse at Oxforde That the Empresse was fayne to clothe her and her people in whytte apparell and in a nyght whan the grounde was couered with Snowe she by that meanes escaped and fledde to walyngforde and sone after that with a small companye departed into Normandye to her husbande Geffrey Plantagenet but yet after this Robert erle of Gloucester and the erle of Chester were so stronge of people that the kynge was nat abyll to venquysshe them dyuers and many conflyctes was bytwene them yet at a batell at wylton bytwene them the kynge lost the fylde and was lyke to haue ben takyn but yet he escaped In this pastyme dyed Geffrey Plantagenet and Henry his eldyst sonne was made duke of Angeo and Normandye ¶ It was nat longe after but that Eustase sonne to kynge Steuyn with helpe of the Frenche kynge made warre vpon this duke henry in Normandye but he preuayled nat Sone after this duke Henry came from Normandye and with a great armye entred into Englande and wanne the castell of Maluysburye and dyd moche harme to the kynge and at the last came into London and wanne the Towre more by polecye and fayre promyse than by strength and after wanne walyngforde and many other stronge holdes that the kynge had so moche warre that he wyst nat whether to go But the kynge caused Theobalde Archebysshop of Caunterburye to make meanes to the duke for a peace whiche at the last was concluded about the feest of Epyphanye some say it was agreed that Steuyn shulde be kynge terme of his lyfe and the duke heyre Apparant to be kyng after his dethe And some storyes say that the lande was deuyded bytwene them but howe so euer the peace was concluded trewth it is that kynge Steuyn dyed as men sayde for thought and care in the .xxv. day of Octobre nexte folowynge The yere of Chryst M.C.liiii For he was in warre and trouble and in great vexacyon all the terme of his lyfe and he is buryed at Feuersham ¶ Margaret Baldewyn ¶ Margaret syster to Philyppe was maryed to Baldewyn erle of Henaude whiche was nexte erle of Flaunders ¶ Baldewyn sonne to Baldewyn was nexte erle of Flaunders and Emperour of Constantynople Henricus .ij. Adryan Alexander Lucius Vrban Gregory ¶ Adryan an Englysshe man was next pope y e yere of chryst M.C.liiii he hylde y e see .iiii. yere ¶ Alexander was nexte pope he hylde the see .xxi. yere but parte of the eleccyon dyd chose one Victor whiche was called the Antepape and was mayntayned by the Emperour Fredrycke but yet peace was made betwene them ¶ Lucius was nexte pope he hylde the see .iiii. yeres ¶ Vrban was next pope in his tyme IerusaleÌ„ was won by y e Sarazyns he hylde the see .ii. yere ¶ Gregory was nexte pope he hylde the see .viii. wekes Fredrycke ¶ Fredrycke Barbe was next Emê‘our y e yere of chryst M.C.lii he hylde y e empyre .xxxvii. yere Henry HEnry the seconde and son to Geffrey Plantagenet erle of Angeo Maude the Empresse was crowned kyng the .xx. day of December the yere of Chryst M.C.liiii This henry was fortunate in his begynnynge and vnfortunate in his ende for fyrst he put downe all the newe castelles that were longynge to the crowne whiche kynge Steuyn before tyme had geuyn to dyuers men fortefyed them agaynst Maude the Empresse He put vnder his owne dominyon the kyngdome of wales and there let fall downe many great woddê and made hye wayes he wanne Irelande by strength He subdued wyllyam kynge of Scotlande whiche at that tyme hylde a great a parte of NorthumberlaÌ„de vnto Newe castell vpon Tyne and ioyned Scotlande to his owne kyngdome from the southe Occean to the Northe yles of Orkeys and made all these landes as vnder one pryncipate he had in his rule NormaÌ„dye Gascoyn Guyon Angeo and Chynon and made subiecte to hym Aluerne and by the tytle of his wyfe Elynor doughter to the erle of Petowe he optayned y e MouÌ„tes Pyranye in Spayne that we rede of none of his progenytours that had so many contreyâ— vnder his dominyon About the .vi. yere of his reyne he wanne the citye of Tolowys ¶ Also for dyuersacies that the kynge procured to be made agayne the lybertes of the churche There fell a great debate betwene hym and Thomas then Archebysshop of Caunterbury that the bysshoppe fled vnto Rome But after whan Thomas came agayne to Caunterbury .iiii. of y e kyngê knyghtes because the kyng beyng in NormaÌ„dye they harde y e kyng say these wordes if he had any men about hym he had ben a venged vpon y t traytour longe or that tyme. Therfore these knyghtes came fro the kynge beynge in Normandye and slewe this Thomas in the cathederall churche in Caunterbury at saynt Benettes auter whiche Thomas is nowe by the churche canonysed for a holy saynt dyuers myracles auctorysed by the churche that god hathe shewed for hym This kynge henry let crowne henry his eldyst sonne kynge of Englande and went hym selfe into Normandye but his son henry dyed before his father and therfore he is nat accounted in the noÌ„bre of kynges of Englande This Henry his son and his .ii. bretherne IohnÌ„ Rycharde made warre agaynst theyr father Some say the cause of the warre was because the kynge imprisoned Elynor his wyfe whiche was kept in prison tyll the kynge dyed and he kept the wenche Rosamonde ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of his reyne wyllyam the kynge of Scottê by the assent of all the lordes of ScotlaÌ„de dyd homage to kynge henry at yorke where y e kynge willyam grauÌ„ted by his letters patentes that he and his heyres and successours for euer shulde do homage vnto the kyngê of Englande ¶ This kynge henry in the later ende of his dayes was neclygent to do his duetye to god holy churche and also declygent in executynge of his lawes and was warned oft tymes to amende these thynges but he forced no suche monicyon nor regarded no counsell And therfore in his later dayes all thyngê went agaynst hym For fyrst about the .xxx. yere of his reyne he sent his son IohnÌ„ into Irelande whiche there dyd preuayle but lyttell And in the nexte yere the kynge went thyder hym selfe but fortune was to hym contrary y t he lost his trauayle And about the .xxxii. yere of his reyne he lost Aluerne agaynst the kynge of Fraunce And the next yere after he lost Butyrecan and the nexte after he lost Cenomenea Turyne with many holdes to them belongynge And in the next yere after in the .vi. day of Iuly the yere Chryst M.C.lxxxix he dyed and is buryed at Founteuerarde ¶ Ferrande son to the kyng of Portyngale maryed â—o Iohan eldyst
Englande toke dyuers castels of the kinges as wyndesore Notyngham dyuers other And the frenche kynge made warre in NormaÌ„dye but the barons of Englande resysted so this IohnÌ„ the kynges brother that he was fayne to deê‘te to the kynge of Fraunce After whan kynge Rycharde came home into Englande he called a parlyment and set the realme in order exyâ—ed all the Iewes out of Englande saue onely a fewe whiche remayned in Norwyche but after that the Iewes were suffred to inhabyte agayne in dyuers places in Englande And than after he sayled into Normandye where his brother IohnÌ„ than was and made sharpe warre agaynst the Frenche kyng but after a truce peace was taken betwene them for a certayne tyme. And his brother IohnÌ„ was then reconsyled to the kyng whiche bothe to gyther returned into EnglaÌ„de But after when the day of truce was expyred kyng Rycharde sayled agayne into Normandye made newe warre agayne vpon the Frenche kyng In the whiche warre they sped dyuersly for the Frenche kynge toke dyuers of his holdes in Normandye kynge Rycharde toke dyuers of his holdes in Fraunce many great conflyctes was betwene them But at the last kynge Rycharde went to besege a castell called castyll Gayllarde and as he rode about the castell to aduyse it one marked hym with a quarell smote hym in the hede wherof anone after he dyed without yssue of his body the .vi. day of Apryll the yere of Chryst M. C·xCix and is buryed at Founteuerarde Iohannes Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.xCviii in his tyme lyued saynt Fraunces and saynt Dominycke fyrst begynners of those orders he hylde the see .xviii. yere ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe was nexte Emperour the yere of Christ M.C.xCix he hylde the Empyre .x â–ª yeres he had great warre with Otton whiche was also chosyn Emperour this Philyppe was slayne in his chambre IohnÌ„ IOhan brother to the forenamed Richarde was crowned kynge the .xxvi. day of Iulij the yere of Chryst M.C.xCix Philyppe the kynge of Fraunce hylde a counsell in Cenomenia in Maturyn and made one Artur sonne to Geffrey Plantagenet neuewe to kynge Iohan duke of Bretayne whiche incontynent enteryd the contrey of Angeo kynge Philyppe entryd into Normandye and toke many holdes there Kynge Iohan herynge therof came into Normandye to resyste kynge Philyppe but by mediacyon of fryndes a peace was made betwene the two kynges And after that kynge Iohan was deuorced from his wyfe which was doughter to the erle of Glocester for nerenesse of blode and maryed in Fraunce to Isabell doughter to the erle of Engolesym ¶ About the .iii. yere of kynge Iohan his reyne there were sene in the fyrmament .v. mones also about the same tyme at a parlyment holdyn at Verdon it was concluded y t kynge IohnÌ„ shulde appere at Parys within .xv. dayes after Ester next folowynge to answere to suche questyons as then shulde be layde agaynst hym for the Duchye of Normandye and the contrey of Angeo And because he appered nat nor none for hym kynge Philyppe enteryd into Normandye toke there dyuers holdes gaue the countye of Angeo to the forsayd Artur And whan kynge IohnÌ„ harde therof he came from Englande to Normandye and there made warre and toke the sayd Artur prisoner and dyuers other and returned shortely into Englande but yet he wanne nat y e contrey as it was sayd In the same yere folowynge was great stormes of wynde and rayne and hayle as bygge as hennes egges sperytes sene in the eyre lyke foules berynge fyre in theyr bylles whiche set dyuers houses a fyre This kyng IohnÌ„ than asked an eyde of the clergye of Englande for the optaynynge of Normandye whiche was lost whiche they denyed to gyue And also the pryour and couent of Caunterbury had chosyn one Steuyn Langton bysshop agaynst the kyngê wyll whome the pope confyrmed wherfore kynge Iohan was nat content and droue the pryour and dyuers of the couent out of the realme and commaunded that no letter nor commaundement of the pope shulde be receyued in Englande nor wolde nat at the popes request receyue that bysshoppe so chosyn wherfore suche varyaunce fell betwene the pope and the kynge that the pope interdyted the lande whiche stode so interdyted .vii. yeres tyll that kynge Iohan was reconsyled But as it is sayd this interdytynge was nat so strayte but that chylderne were chrystened in euery place and deuyne seruyce sayd in many houses of religyon and other places by lycence purchased than and before and people houselyd anayled except suche ê‘sons as were except by name in the bull About this tyme in Sussex was taken a fysshe lyke a man whiche was kept a lyue .vi. monthes after vpon lande with rawe flesshe but by cause they coude haue no speche of it they cast it into the see agayne ¶ About the .vii. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the sayd Frenche kynge Philyppe wanne all the hole contrey of Normandye Some auctours say that the frenche kynge made all this warre agaynst kyng IohnÌ„ by excytynge of the pope for his contumacye agaynst the churche ¶ About this tyme the Irysshemen rebellyd and than kynge Iohan with a pusant armye went into Irelande and shortely subdued them set the contrey in a rule and there bylde many great townes castels ordayned his lawes there to be kept and returned agayne into Englande ¶ Sone after this kynge Iohan prepared a great hoost and sayled into Rochyll and when the Frenche kynge harde therof he prepared another stronge hoost so that bothe the hoostes were within lytell dystannce to haue mette but by mediacyon of fryndes the two kynges there toke a peace for .ii. yeres folowynge Also about the .x. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the pope sent .ii. legates Pandulfe and Durrant to kynge Iohan that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his Archebysshopryke and sent a newe commyssion wherby the curse of interdytynge if the kynge wolde nat agree therto was newely denounced ¶ Otton ¶ Otton was nexte Eyperour he was crowned by pope Innocent after accursed of the same pope and deposyd of his Empyre at a counsell holdyn at Rome he hylde the Empyre .iii. yeres ¶ Also he assoyled and acquyted all the lordes of Englande spirituall and temporall of all homage and fealte that they owed to the kyng to the intent that they shulde aryse agaynst hym but the kynge wolde nat be reconsyled wherfore the pope sent to the kynge of Fraunce in remyssion of his synnes that he shulde take with hym all the power that he myght and go into Englande to distroy kynge Iohan. ¶ Also about this tyme the Citezyns of London made suche sute to the kynge that they optayned that the kynge graunted them to chose of them selfe yerely a Mayre ii Sheryffes and the names of Baylyffes clerely to be voyded whose names of the Meyre and Sherystes were The fyrst Mayre Henry
many hurtes in Gascoyn and Guyan for the erle of Artoys skyrmysshed ofte tymes with the englysshemen and at the last toke syr IohnÌ„ saynt IohnÌ„ syr willyam Mortymer and dyuers other prisoners whiche were conueyed to Fraunce to dyuers prisons ¶ Also about this tyme the cyâ—ezens of London were restored to theyr lybertes whiche in some parte had ben kept from them by the space of .xii. yeres so that in stede of Mayres there were custodyes or gardayns whiche was because they mysordered the Iustyce of the citye But for this restorynge they payde .iii. M. markes ¶ In the .xxvi. yere kynge Edwarde went ouer into Flaunders to ayde Guy erle of Flaunders agaynst the Frenche kynge and the frenche kynge drewe towarde the kynge but by mediacyon of fryndes at y e last a peace was made betwene them all But in this whyle the Scottes herynge of the warre in Flaunders because theyr kynge was fled into FrauÌ„ce made them a newe kynge called walys and rose agayne and entred into NorthumberlaÌ„de but the kynge sent his letters to the lordes of Englande whiche by his coÌ„maundement gathered a great power and went into Scotlande where betwene them was skyrmysshes and many englysshemen slayne for the Scottes kept theyr holdes wolde nat come to no playne fylde But the nexte yere after kyng Edwarde gathered a great power and went hym selfe into ScotlaÌ„de where the Scottes with a great hoost met him at a place called Fankyrke where betwene them was fought a cruell battell but in the ende the Englysshemen had the victorye and slewe of the Scottes to y e nombre of .xxxii. M. and but fewe of the Englysshemen But yet the nexte yere after the kynge layde sege to the castell of Estreuelyn where at the last the Scottes that were therin yelded the castell and sware them selfes to the kynges â—legeaunce and walys herynge therof fledde into the mareyses for his suerte for feare of the kynges hoost kept hym so longe tyme that all the coÌ„mons of Scotlande presented them selfe to the kynge by great companyes put them into the kyngê grace and the rulers offycers of cityes townes boroughes were sworne to kynge Edwarde Celestyne Bonyface ¶ Celestyne hylde the see nexte .vi. monethes ¶ Bonyface hylde the see nexte .viii. yere he caused Celestyne to resygne his company to hym by fraude and after lyued lyke a lyon and dyed lyke a dodge ¶ Sone after this kynge Edwarde returned into Englande where many complayntes were made to hym of his offycers as of Mayres Sheryffes baylyffes exchetours and dyuers other wherfore he ordayned his Iustyce to make inquisicyons therof whiche after was called Trolbaston where by forfeytours fynes the kynge recouered innumerable treasour agaynst suche offenders and fylled his cofers agayne Neuertheâ—â—â—â—â— this kynge dyd great good within the realme of Englande for those offenders were well chastyced and were moche more meker and better and the pore coÌ„mons lyued in moche more rest and peace ¶ Also about this tyme syr Edwarde the kynges eldest sonne by the wanton counsell of Piers Ganeston brake the bysshop of Chesters parke and ryottuously distroyed his game wherfore the kynge imprysoned his sonne and other that were with hym and after banysshed the sayde Piers out of Englande ¶ Also about the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwarde walys the Scotte was taken and brought to London drawne hanged quartred and anone after that the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes Robert le Bruse syr Symon Frysell erle of Dumber syr IohnÌ„ Cambres erle of Atlas and syr IohnÌ„ Comyn with many other came to westmyster by theyr voluntarye wylles were sworne to be trewe to kynge Edwarde and to kepe Scotlande to his vse But sone after that Robert le Bruse contrarye to his othe gate a dispensacyon for his othe of pope Clement the .v. and toke vpon hym to be kynge of Scotlande slewe syr IohnÌ„ Comyn and his brother that counselled hym to the contrarye And sone after kynge Edwarde came into Scotlande agayne with a stronge power and Robert le Bruse met hym with a great nombre at a playne nyghe saynt Iohans towne where there was fought a cruell battell but the Scottê were discomfyt and .vii. thousande Scottes there slayne there were dyuers bysshoppes and abbottes taken dyuers other temporall lordes And Robert le Bruse fled vnto the kynge of Norwey and kynge Edwarde sent the bysshoppes and Abbottes that were taken in the fylde to the pope and sent the temperall lordes and other of the Scottes that were takyn vnto London where they were put to dethe ¶ Also in the .xxxv. yere of kyng Edwarde as he returned towarde EnglaÌ„de he fell sycke wherfore he sware his lordes to be trewe to Edwarde his eldyst son And also charded his sayd son vpon his blessynge that he shulde neuer suffer Piers of Ganeston to returne into Englande sware his lordes to stycke to the same and the kynges son and they all graunted therto and in y e vii day of Iulii in the yere of Chryst M.CCC.vii he dyed and is buryed at westmyster Edwardus .ij. ¶ Benedicte ¶ Benedicte was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.CCC.iii he hylde the see .ix. monethes Henry ¶ Henry was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.CCC.viii he hylde the Empyre .vi. yere Edwarde the seconde EDwarde the seconde of that name and son to Edwarde the fyrst borne at Carnaruan was crowned kynge the .xxiiii. day of February the yere of Chryst M.CCC.vii after the countynge of Englande This kynge was fayre stronge of body but vnstydfast of condicyons for he refused the company of his lordes and wyse men and haunted the company of vyle persons and gaue hym to great drynkyng and lyghtly wolde discouer thynges of great counsell whiche turned hym after to great hurte and the realme to great vnquietnesse This kynge as sone as his father was buryed sent for Piers of Ganeston his olde compyre and aduaunced hym to great honour contrary to the promyse that he made to his father This kynge in the seconde yere of his reyne went ouer into Fraunce and maryed Isabell doughter to Philyppe le Belle kynge of Fraunce and after with her returned into Englande This kynge for the displeasure done before to hym by y e bysshop of Chester put the sayd bysshop in the Towre in strayte prison but the lordes whiche y e kynges father in his dethbede sware to be trewe to his son came to the kynge and spake so to the kynge that contrary to the kynges mynde this Piers was banysshed into Irelande but the kynge secretely comforted hym with great gyftes and made hym chefe ruler of the contrey but after that for the auoydynge of grudge betwene y e kynge and the lordes the sayd Piers was suffered to come into Englande agayne and had the rule of all the kynges iewels and spende wasted moche of the kynges treasure that shortely after by y e labour of the lordes he
was exyled agayne into Flaunders to the kynges displeasure ¶ About this tyme the knightes of saynt Iohans wanne the citye of the Rodes from y e Turkes Also the Templers landes for that they vsed thyngê contrary to the faythe of Christ were gyuen to them of saynt Iohans and the Templers were distroyed thorowe out all Chrystendome and about this tyme the order of the Crossyd freres came fyrst into Englande This Piers of Ganeston was suffered to come agayne into Englande whiche than demeaned hym selfe moche wors than euer he dyd before and waxed proude and reuyled so the iordes that they were sore moued agaynst hym that sodaynly they rose and beseged hym in the Castell of Scarbrugh and at the last wanne it and toke it and brought hym to a place besyde warwyke and there stroke of his hede wherwith the kynge was greatly displeasyd ¶ About the .vi. yere of this kynge Robert le Bruse herynge of the dyuisyon betwene the kynge his lordes came agayne into Scotlande there was admytted as kynge wherfore kyng Edwarde prepared a great armye and went into ScotlaÌ„de agaynst whome came Robert le Bruse with a great power of Scottes they met at a place nyghe a ryuer called Bannokisborne where was fought a great batell but the Englysshemen lost the fylde and many of the lordes and great men of Englande were slayne and taken and the kynge with a fewe of his hoost fled and escaped with great daunger into Berwyke wherfore the Scottê were so inflamed with suche pryde that they made this eyme ye maydens of Englande nowe may ye morne For ye haue lost your â—emans at Bannokes borne with heue a lowe what weanes the kynge of Englande So sone to wonne Scotlande with rumbelowe ¶ In the .ix. yere of kynge Edwarde Robert le Bruse kynge of Scottes gatte Berwyke which was by treason as the fame went And the nexte yere after the Scottes entred NorthuÌ„berlande and brent and slewe man woman and chylde and the contrey therby greatly hurte And yet to ¶ Lewys Huten ¶ Lewys Huten son of Philyppe le belle was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xiiii he made the court of parlyament of Fraunce to be holden contynually in Parys he reyned .ii. yere and lafte his wyfe the quene with chylde ¶ IohnÌ„ son to Lewys was borne after his fathers dethe and reyned but .viii. dayes ¶ Robert ¶ Robert son to Guy countie of Flaunders was nexte erle of Flaunders Clement ¶ Clement was nexte pope he hylde the see in Auinyon .viii. yere and more â—his myschefe was ioyned another that vytell and corne was so scant that the people were fayne to eate hors flesshe dogges flesshe and some stale chylderne and ete them many for defaute of vytell dyed after insued great pestylence 〈◊〉 that the people of EnglaÌ„de wondersly decayde yet these monicyons mended nat the kynge of his yuell lyuynge ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of his reyne he assembled a great hoost of the Southe Eest partes of Englande came and beseged Berwyke wherfore the Scottes gathered a great company and came into Englande another way into the marches of yorke shyre there slewe moche people wherfore the Archebysshop of yorke and other Abbottes pryours clerkes withe husbandemen assembled a great companye gaue them battell at a place called Mytton where the Englysshemen were discomfyte and many of them slayne but the Archebysshop and the Abbot of Selby dyuers other there escaped But because there were so many spirituall men there slayne it was called therfore the whyte battell And whan kynge Edwarde harde therof because it was nyghe wynter he brake vp his sege and returned into yorke Also about this tyme there was nothynge done but by the aduyse of Hughe Spencer the father and Hughe Spencer the son the coÌ„mons had them in as great hateryd as they had Piers of Ganeston before ¶ Also in the .xii. yere of this kynge two Legates whiche came from Rome made great labour to conclude a peace betwene the kynge of EnglaÌ„de the Scottes but that auayled nat wherfore kynge Edwarde gatte a curse of pope IohnÌ„ to accurse Robert le Bruse all other that toke his parte that had hurte the reame of Englande that to stande in strength tyll they had recoÌ„pensed for all harmes done to Englande but it auayled nothynge but put Englande to great cost for the optaynynge therof Also when the barons of EnglaÌ„de sawe this mysterye that y e Spencers mysgouerned all the realme they assembled them to gether made a reâ—uest to the kyng that he shulde remoue the Spencers from his person wherfore there was a parlyment called at LoÌ„don the barons came thyder with a great company in iakettes of yelowe and grene and a bande of whyte cast ouerthwarte and therfore it was called the parlyment of whyte bandes At whiche parlyment bothe the Spencers were banysshed the lande for terme of theyr lyues and they toke shyppynge at Douer â—o voyded the lande But it was nat longe after but the kynge contrarye to that ordynance made in the parlyment sent for these Spencers agayne set them in hyghe auctorite ruled all thynge after theyr sensuall appetytes nothynge regardynge Iustyce nor the coÌ„men welthe wherfore the barons intendyng agayne to reforme these myschefe assembled their powers but the kyng made so hasty spede gathered his people so sone was stroÌ„ger than they and pursued them so in dyuers places that the barons euer fled that in the ende Thomas erle of LaÌ„caster was taken by one Andrewe of Harkeley whome the kynge sent w t a great power at y e battell of Borough brygge where many other of the barons were sâ—ayne and taken And after that the sayd erle of Lancaster and dyuers other of the barons and knyghtes were put to dethe after that the kynges power and the Spencers powers greatly increasyd the barons powers decayde by the space of .v. yere contenuynge In whiche tyme one Robert Baldocke whiche was a man of euyll fame was Chaunceler of Englande by whose meanes the kynge gatheryd many forfettes and fynes of his people contrary to good order of Iustyce ¶ In the .xv. yere of this kynge one Edwarde le Bruse brother to the kynge of Scottes with a great power entred into Irelande intendynge to haue wonne that lande but the people of Irelande quytte them so well that they venquysshed the Scottes and slewe Edwarde le Bruse many of the nobles of Scotlande and many other and droue the resydewe out of the contrey ¶ Also the .xvi. yere the kynge prepared a meruaylous great armye as some wryters reporte to the nombre of C.M. and inuaded Scotlande But the Scottes for fere of the great multytude drewe them to mouÌ„taynes other places y t the Englysshe hoost preuayled lyttell agaynst them wherfore the kynge returned agayne into Englande because many
out of the kingê fauour whervpon by the kynges mynde this syr Roger Mortymer was by a trayne taken in the castell of Notyngham where the kynge the quene and the olde quene that tyme lay And yet syr Roger kept the keys hym selfe and after at a parlyament at London he was condempned as a traytour after drawne and hanged for dyuers artycles that were layde vnto hym one was that by his meanes and treason the Scottes scaped at Stanhope And another was that he caused the forsayde indenture of Ragman to be delyuered to the Scottes wherby they were relessed of theyr homage and caused Dauyd kynge of Scottes son to Robert le Bruse to mary Ione syster to kynge Edwarde Another was that he had gotten the kynges treasure in his owne handes and wasted it Another was that he had broken the ordynance made at the coronacyon that .xii. lordes shulde haue had the rule of the kynge and that without them there shulde no thynge be done and that nat withstandynge he with the olde quene ruled all hym selfe to the great hurte of the realme Another that he had caused Edwarde the kynges father to be conueyed from Kyllyngworth to the castell of Barkeley and after by a letter deuysed by hym selfe in the kyngê name sent to the keper caused hym to be murdred As touchynge the dethe of this Edwarde of Carnaruan late before kyng it is sayd y t after that syr Roger Mortymer had sent the sayd letter to the kepers they caused a great table to be layde vpon his bellye beynge a slepe in his bedde pressed it downe with great weyghtes And afterwarde they toke an horne and put it into his foundament and toke a spytte hote brennynge and put it thorowe the horne into his body and so cruelly murdred hym ¶ About the .iiii. yere one Edwarde Baylolle son to syr Iohan Baylolle somtyme kynge of Scottes with the eyde of .ii. M. englysshemen by kynge Edwardes consent entred into Scotlande and claymed the crowne agaynst whome a great hoost of Scottes came and gaue hym a fyers battell but Edwarde baylolle had the victorye and after was shortely crowned kynge ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe de Valoys son of Charles was next kynge of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xxvii he eyded Lewys the erle of Flaunders agaynst the flemynges that wolde nat obey hym slewe .vi. M. of them at Casell restored y e erle agayne to his coÌ„trey from whens he was dryuen ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys son of Lewys son of Robert after his grandefathers dethe was nexte erle of Flaunders he was slayne by the englysshemen at the battell of Cressy Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope he hylde the see in Autnyon .x. yere Charles ¶ Charles was nexte Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xxii. yere of Scotlande And after that kynge Baylolle come to kynge Edwarde at Newe castell vpon tyne and dyd to hym homage for the lande of Scotlande returned agayne into Scotlande but sone after the Scottes rebelled agaynst Baylolle wherfore kynge Edwarde Baylolle sent vnto kynge Edwarde of Englande requyrynge hym of helpe And the kynge of Englande promysed to helpe hym and gathered a great hoost and came towarde the towne of Berwyke and thyder came kynge Edwarde Baylolle with his companye whiche .ii. kynges beseged the towne a longe tyme but at last a great hoost of Scottes came to the rescuynge of the towne aboue the noÌ„bre of .lvi. M. and at a place called Hallydone hyll besydes Berwyke there was betwene these two hoostes fought a marueylous cruell battell where the kynge of Englande had the victorye and there were slayne of the Scottes .viii. erles and .ix. C. knyghtes barons and baronettes and .iiii. C. esquyers and aboue .xxx. M. of the coÌ„mon people and of the Englysshemen were slayne but fewe persons And on the morowe the towne and castell of Berwyke was yelded to kynge Edwarde kynge of Englande Than the kynge of Englande be toke the guydynge of Scotlande to Edwarde Baylolle kynge of Scottes Than Dauyd sonne of Robert le Bruse beynge before kynge of Scottes fled with his wyfe into Fraunce to Philyppe de Valoys there beynge kynge whiche receyued them ¶ About the .vii. yere of kynge Edwarde Philyppe kynge of Fraunce sent a crewe of Frenchemen to ayde the kynges enemyes in Scotlande but kynge Edwarde of Englande went thyder and subdued them ¶ About the .xii. yere of kynge Edwarde because he intended to make tytle to the crowne of Fraunce by the tytle of Isabell his mother he went into Flaunders into Almayne and there ioyned him selfe in Amyte with dyuers of the lordes and with many other townes in Flaunders wherfore Philyppe the kynge of FrauÌ„ce supposynge that kynge Edwarde wolde haue inuaded Fraunce that yere gathered a great strengthe of people and lay at Amyas but kyng Edwarde entred nat that yere This Philyppe also the same tyme had a great Nauey vpon the see and xiii sayle of them met with .v. englysshe shyppes betwene whome there was a great fyght but the Frenchemen had the victorye and toke two great shyppes of Englande with great ryches and caryed them with them into the Frenche stremys and cast the men ouer the borde ¶ In the .xiiii. yere of kynge Edwarde he returned into englande and called his parlyament at westmyster and there by the aduyse of the hole realme toke vpon hym the tytle to be kynge of Fraunce and ioyned the armes of englande to the armes of Fraunce and bare them quarterly and asked an ayde towarde his charge that is to say the .v. parte of euery mannes goodes and the custome of wolles for .ii. yere to be payde before hande the .ix. shefe of euery mannes corne whiche thynges were there graunted but or it was gathered the people grudged sore therfore the kynge borowed before hande of dyuers ryche men great sommes of money to be repayde of the money of the forsayde graunt wherof the citye of London payde .xx. M. markes ¶ In the .xv. yere of his reyne as the kynge sayled towarde Flaunders with a Nauey of CCC sayle The Frenche kynges Nauey met them in the see nyghe a place called Sleuse with .iiii. C. sayle betwene whiche there was a cruell fyght that the lyke was neuer sene vpon the see But in the ende kynge Edwarde had the victorye in that fyght there were slayne as wryters testefye xxx M. frenchemen but the frenche cronycle sayth there were .xxx. M. slayne vpon bothe ê‘tes Sone after this kynge Edwarde sent an armye whiche entred into the borders of Fraunce layde sege to the towne of Torney lay hym selfe with a nother great hoost nygh to the same And Philyppe the kynge of Fraunce came with a nother great hoost lodged hym selfe within iii. myles of kynge Edwarde but sone after by the treatyse of the Countes of Henaude mother to the quene of englande and syster to the Frenche kynge a meane was made betwene the two ¶ Vrban ¶
warwyke banysshed into the I le of man for euer and dyuers other persons coÌ„mytted to perpetuall prison And in this same parlyament all the actes made in the parlyament before the .xi. yere of kynge Rycharde were adnulled and in the same yere IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster dyed ¶ Also in the .xxi. yere the people of the lande greatly murmured and grudged at the mysorder of the kynge for dyuers causes one was for that he had leuyed many exaccyons and charges of the people and wasted it gyuen it to lyght persons And also for because that the duke of Glocester was secretly murdred without proces of the lawe And also for that he wolde chose Sheryffes and other offycers at his owne wyll and pleasure without aduyse of any discrete couÌ„sell Also another cause was that he wolde rebuke the Iudges yf they gaue any iugement contraâ—ye to his mynde wherfore they gaue many iugementes contrary to the order of the lawe And also that before his parlyament he wolde sende his letters to Sheryffes cityes and borowes commaundynge them to chose suche knyghtes of the shyre and suche citezyns and burgeses as he hym selfe wolde apoynt and name And also for that he coÌ„maunded the Sheriffes of his shyres and other offycers to cause the people to make certayne generall othes and to wrytte to seale certayne bondes and wrytynges for the performance of the same othes And also for y t he caused and compelled many men of great substaunce to seale certayne blanke charters and after put iÌ„ the soÌ„mes and wrote in them certayne clauses to the vtter vndoynge of them that sealed them And also an other rumour ranne vpon the kynge y t he had set Englande to ferme to .iii. ê‘sons that was syr IohnÌ„ Busshe syr IohnÌ„ Bagot and syr Henry Grene. ¶ Also sone after the forsayd parlyament a great discorde fell betwene the duke of Northfolke whiche before was erle of Notyngham and Henry Bolingbrake sonne to IohnÌ„ of Gaunt than duke of Herforde and the duke of Herforde accuseâ— the other that he had taken .iiii. M. markes of the kynges wherwith he shulde haue waged certayne Soudyers conuerted it to his owne vse vpon whiche tryall they shulde haue waged battell but at the last bothe these dukes were banysshed the lande And than the duke of Herforde sayled into Fraunce and there taryed and the duke of Northfolke went into Venyce and there dyed ¶ Also in the .xxii. yere of this kynge the kynge with a great armye sayled into Irelande and there conquered the lande and prospered marueylously and set the contrey in good order But than anone tythynges there came to the kynge that Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde was landed in Englande at a place called Rauyns Sporre in the Northe contrey and proclaymed hym selfe duke of Lancaster and with that moche people resorted vnto hym wherfore the kyng in all hast came ouer into Englande with a small companye and lâ—fte moche of his ordynance behynde hym and came to the castell of Flynt and there rested hym to the intent to gather more strength But in the meane whyle the duke was coÌ„myn vnto Brystowe with a great companye and there toke syr willyam Scrope erle of wylshyre syr Iohan Busshy and syr IohnÌ„ Grene whiche .iii. anone had theyr hedes smytten of syr IohnÌ„ Bagot was taken there the same tyme but he escaped agayne and â—led into Irelande but after that he was taken agayne and brought vnto London and put into Newgate whan the kynge harde of the strength of the duke the kynge and all that euer were about hym feared sore wherfore one Thomas Percye erle of worcester stewarde of the kynges house contrary to his alegeaunce brake his whyte rodde openly in the kynges hall bad euery man shyfte for hymselfe wherby the kynges seruantes went away and there the kynge was lafte comfortles So that he was shortely after taken and brought to y e duke whiche in contynently brought hym to London and whan he was nyghe the citye he sent kynge Rycharde secretely to the Towre And dyuers wylde persons of the citye herynge therof assembled a great nombre to the intent to haue taken kynge Rycharde and to haue slayne hym or that he had coÌ„myn to the Towre for y e great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed to the citye But the Mayre and other discrete coÌ„myners herynge of theyr purpose gathered another companye and by good polecye but nat without great difficulte put those wylde felowes from theyr purpose Than anone after there was a parlyament called at westmyster where many of the artycles before rehersed were layde to the kynges charge that he had mysgouerned the realme and that he was nat worthy therfore to be the prince or gouernour of a realme whiche thynges he confessed hym selfe by his mouthe and renounced and resygned vp all his kyngly maieste all the tytle and ryght that he had to the crowne and further released to all lordes spirituall and temporall and to all other of euery degree all homage and fealte that euer they made or auowed to hym And than the kynge by the hole consent of all the lordes the coÌ„mons in the sayd parlyament was deposed of his kyngly dignyte all they by one assent chase the sayd Henry duke of Harforde for the great manhode and wysdome that they sawe in hym aboue all other to be kynge of Englande And thus this kynge Rycharde was deposed the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xCix the last day of SepteÌ„bre And he was fyrst buryed at Langley but he lyeth nowe at westmyster Henricus .iiij. Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.iiii he hylde the see .ii. yere Robert ¶ Robert was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.i he hylde the empyre .x. yere Henry the .iiii. HEnry the .iiii. son to Iohan of Gaunt the thyrde son of Edwarde the .iii. was crowned kynge of EnglaÌ„de the .xiii. day of October the yere of Chryst M. CCC.xC.ix and immedyatly after the sayd parlyament contynuynge all the actes made in the .xxi. yere of Rycharde the .ii. were adnulled And all the actes made in y e parlyament the .xi. yere of king Rycharde were agayne confyrmed ¶ Also in the fyrst yere of this kyng the duke of Awemarle came shewed the kynge than beynge at wyndesore that he and the duke of Surrey the duke of Excester and the erle of Salysburye and the erle of Glocester and other moo were accorded to make a mummynge on Twelfte day at nyght and that they purposed to sle the kyng wherfore the kynge sodaynly departed and came to London for socour and counsell wherfore these lordes when they knewe they were bewrayed they fledde shortely after they were taken all and beheded theyr hedes set vpon London brydge And in this whyle Rycharde late kyng was remoued from the castell of Ledys in Kent sent vnto Pomefret castell where sone after
buryed agayne at westmyster and ordayned there .ii. tapers to brenne perpetually vpon his graue and euery weke a solempne Deryge and masse to be songe for hym and certayne money to be gyuen in almesse ¶ Also in the .ii. yere of his reyne one syr IohnÌ„ olde castell knyght was appeched of Heresye and taken and he escaped and fledde into wales But after that the adherentes of the sayd syr IohnÌ„ gathered a great nombre of people assembled them in a fylde nyghe saynt Gylles nyhhe London But the kynge herynge therof sodaynly gathered his people and entryd the fylde vpon them or they were fully assembled and vanquesshed them and toke them prisoners and after caused .xxx. and mo of them to be iudged whiche were hanged vpon galouse in the same fylde and there brent ¶ Also in the .iii. yere of this kyng Henry he was put in mynde by his lordes spirituall and temporall to make warre vpon the frenche kynge for the tytle and ryght that he had to NormaÌ„dye Gascoyne Guyan whervpon he sent his imbassadours to the frenche kynge Charles the .vi. also desyred to haue Katheryn his doughter in maryage whervnto it was answered by the couÌ„sell of Fraunce that they had no leyser to answere suche tryfelinge busynesse And some wryters affyrme that the frenche kynge sent kynge Henry worde that he was to yonge to enterpryse any warre and in derisyon sent vnto hym a tonne full of tennes balles whiche was more mete for hym and his lordes to play with than to meddyll with any warres wherfore the kynge by the aduyse of his counsell made quycke prouisyon for to warre as after shal be shewed ¶ Also in the same yere there was a generall counsell of all the clargye of Christendome holdyn in y e citye of Constaunce in hyghe Almayne where the opinyons of wykelyffe were condempned for Heresyes whiche counsell contynued by the space of .iiii. yeres and than the olde Cisme of the two popes was determyned and one newe pope chosen called the .v. Martyn ¶ Also whan the kynge had made prouisyon for his warre in the .iiii. yere of his reyne he with his lordes rodde thorowe London and so to Southampton where his armye went with hym but whyle he was shyppynge his people Rycharde erle of Chambrydge sonne to Edwarde of Langley the .iiii. son to kynge Edwarde the .iii. whiche Rycharde maryed Anne doughter to Roger Mortymer son to Philyp onely doughter of Leonell .ii. son to kyng Edwarde y e thyrde ¶ IohnÌ„ ¶ IohnÌ„ son to Philyppe was nexte duke of Burgon and erle of Flaunders he caused one of his seruantes to slee the duke of Orlyaunce but after that the sayd duke Ioâ—nÌ„ was slayne Martyn ¶ Martyn was nexte pope he hylde the see .xiiii. yere And syr Rycharde Skrope tresourer of Englande and syr Thomas Gray knyght conspyred treason agaynst the kynge intended to haue slayne the kynge wherfore these .iii. were taken and therof areyned of treason and therfore there beheded And some wryters affyrme that the frenche kynge hyered them therto for the accomplysshement of this sayd purpose â—aue vnto them a millyon of golde After whiche execucyon thus done the kynge toke shyppynge with his armye and landed in Normandye leyde sege to the castell of Harflere whiche anone was delyuered vnto the kynge And than the kynge put out the frenchemen stuffed it with englysshemen and made his vncle the erle of Dorset captayne therof and sent a proclamacyon into Englande that what crafty man wolde come thyther to dwell he shulde haue house housholde to hym and to his heyres and his assygnes whervpon many came thyther so the towne was stuffed with englysshemen Than the Dolphyn and other lordes that had the gouernaunce of FrauÌ„ce because the frenche kynge was y e tyme sycke and dyseased And as some wryters affyrme of a Frensye brake vp all the brydges that the kynge coude nat passe ouer the water of Some wherfore the kynge drewe towarde Pycardye wherfore the frenchemen assembled a great hoost and came towarde the kynge to a certayne towne called Egyncourt redy to gyue battell and whan kynge Henry sawe the great multytude he comforted his people whiche were nat of good fyghtyngmen passynge the nombre of .vii. M. but the frenche cronycles seythe there were almost xx M. the frenchemen were nombred at .xl. M. And therfore kynge henry coÌ„maunded euery man ouer nyght to gette hym a stake sharpe ar bothe endes and to pytche it into the grounde before them and to retrete backe in the begynnynge whan the frenchemen shulde with theyr speres renne vpon them and accordynge as they were coÌ„maunded they dyd And in the mornynge in the .xxv. day of October the frenchemen with a great nombre of men of armes with speres came fersly rennyng vpon the englysshe hoost to the intent to haue ouer ryden them but the horses were goryd with the stakes and wouÌ„ded and beten so with Arowes that one stuÌ„bled vpon another that euery frencheman combryd other than the englysshemen with theyr bylles and axes so fersly smote them slewe them as fast as they might slee a flocke of shepe in a folde that the victorye that day fell to the englysshemen At whiche battell there was slayne of the englysshe parte the duke of yorke that had the vawewarde and the duke of Suffolke of other persons nat passynge the nombre of .xxx. persons but of frenchemen there were slayne the duke of Alaunson the duke of Braban and .viii. erles and .lxxx. barons and of gentylmen of name to the nombre of .xv. C. and aboue and of other aboue .viii. or .ix. M. and there was taken the duke of Orlyaunce the duke of Burbon the erles of Vandosme of Ewe of Rychemount Bursygaunt marshall of Fraunce and many other gentylmen to the nombre of .xxiiii. C. and aboue And after this battell and victorye tydynges came to kynge Henry that the frenchemen were redy with a great hoost agayne to gyue a newe battell wherfore he sette his hoost agayne in array and commaunded and made proclamacyons that euery man shulde slee his prisoner by reason of whiche proclamacyon the dukes and lordes of Fraunce that so were prisoners by the lyâ—ence of the kynge sent worde to the hoost of Fraunce y t they shulde withdrawe them so they dyd Than on the morowe the kynge with his prisoners toke his way to Caleys and anone after came ouer into Englande with all his prisoners and great rychesse that he and his hoost had wonne at the sayd fylde of Egyncourt was honorably receyued in LoÌ„don with great tryumphe Also in the same yere Sigysmounde emperour of Almayne came into London whome the kynge honorably receyued made to hym great chere he laboured to haue had a peace betwene the frenche kynge and kynge Henry but that toke none effecte and than he returned into Almayne and the kyng accompanyed hym to
Caleys where echone departed from other with great gyftes and thankes ¶ Also in the .iiii. yere of kynge Henry the duke of Bedforde the erle of Marche had a great battell vpon the see with a fâ—ote of Ianuays and the englysshemen had the victorye toke .iii. of the greatiest of theyr Caryckes ¶ Also in the .v. yere the kynge hylde his parlyament at westmyster where there was grauÌ„ted to hym towarde his warres a fyftene of the temperalte a disme of the spiritualte shortely after the kynge made prouisyon for his voyage with a great hoost landed in NormaÌ„dye and than tythynges came to y e kynge that a great Nauey of frenchemen intended to lande in Englande wherfore the kynge sent the erle of Marche the erle of Huntyngton with other with his shyppes to incounter with them whiche shortely met them in the see â— betwene whome was a great fyght but the englysshemen had the victorye the vycont of Narbon which was captayne of y e frenche flete was taken Also in this whyle the kyng leyde sege to the towne of Touke whiche was delyuered vnto hym after he went forwarde to Cane wan it the castell And than he seuered his armye into dyuers ê‘tes whiche euer as they went wan dyuers stronge holdê townes Also in this yere there was a derthe in Englande that a busshell of whete was worthe .ii. s ¶ Also in the .v. yere of kynge henry the kyng coÌ„tynuynge his warres he layde sege vnto y e citye of Roan whiche citye because they had no rescue by y e Dolphyn was gyuen vp to kyng HeÌ„ry but the frenchemen sayd the losse of that citye was because there was diuisyon amonge the citezyns ¶ Also sone after that the kynge went forth on his iourney towarde FrauÌ„ce and subdued many townes holdes as he went somwhat by the ayde helpe of Philyppe duke of Burgon whiche toke parte w t kynge Henry because IohnÌ„ his father was slayne by the Dolphyns seruantes in y e presens of the said Dolphyn Than after this the frenchemen made meanes for a peace treatye to be made betwene bothe y e realmes wherfore by y e meanes of y e sayd duke of Burgon at Troys in ChaÌ„payne y e kynge maryed Katheryn doughter to Charles the Frenche kynge a peace was coÌ„cluded w t certayne artycles that is to say because the frenche kynge was visyted with a contynuall syckenesse as is before sayd Kynge Henry as regent of FrauÌ„ce shulde haue the hole gouernaunce of the realme of Fraunce defence of the same specyally to withstande defende the Dolphyn whiche agreed nat to the same peace And also y t kynge Charles shulde haue the name to be called kynge of Fraunce durynge his lyfe naturall after his dethe kynge Henry of Englande to be his heyre and kynge bothe of FrauÌ„ce and of Englande that bothe these realmes shulde be vnder one monarchy with dyuers other artycles for the suraunce of the same peace After whiche artycles concluded kynge Henry w t his newe wyfe dame Katheryn sped hym vnto Parys where he was honorably receyued After this kynge Henry with dyuers of the lordes of Fraunce layde sege to dyuers townes whiche toke the Dolphyns parte and wanne them And when kyng Henry had thus done moche of his purpose in FrauÌ„ce he toke his leaue of his father the frenche kynge with the quene his wyfe sayled into Englande brought her to westmyster where she was crowned quene of Englande and left his brother the duke of Clarence his depute in Fraunce ¶ Also in the .viii. yere of this kyng Henry after this feest of the quenes coronacyon fenysshed the kynge made prouisyon for his warre in Fraunce agaynst the Dolphyn and the kynge thus beynge occupyed the duke of Clarence beynge in FrauÌ„ce was ouercome in battell slayne by a frenche captayne called IohnÌ„ de la Rose the erle of Huntyngton and Somerset with many mo gentylmen of Englande in Gascoyne taken prisoners ¶ Also in the .x. yere of his reyne the kyng toke shyppynge at Douer and landed at Caleys so went into FrauÌ„ce makyng warre styll agaynst the Dolphyn And after his departynge y e quene was brought to bedde in wyndesore the .vi. day of Decembre of a sonne called Henry and after that the quene went ouer the see to the kynge and was honorably receyued of her father and of her mother And kynge Henry the quene sat bothe at a great feest in Parys crowned whiche had nat be sene before the kynge Charles than kept no estate nor great rule And anone after that kynge Henry fell sycke at Boys de vincent ordayned there many thynges for his soule and than there after that dyed the .xxxi. day of August the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.xxii and after was brought ouer into Englande and buryed at westmyster ¶ Also in the monethe of October nexte folowynge dyed Charles the frenche kynge Henricus .vj. Eugeny ¶ Eugenye was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.iiii C.xxxi he hylde the seâ— .xvi. yere there was a varyaunce betwene hym and the duke of Sauoy who shulde be pope whiche duke at the last was admytted at the counsell at Bassel and called Felyx Albert. ¶ Albert was nexte Emperour the yere of chryst M.iiii C.xxxviii he hylde the empyre .ii. yere· Henry the syxte HEnry the syxte of that name and son to Henry the fyfte beynge of the age of .ix. monethes was proclaymed kyng of Englande the fyrst day of SepteÌ„bre the yere of Chryste M.iiii C.xxii. Also in the monethe of October nexte Charles the Frenche kynge dyed And sone after that the corps of his father kynge Henry the .v. was brought ouer into Englande and in the .vi. day of Nouembre with great solempnyte buryed at westmyster And than anone after a parlyament was holden at westmyster where aswell the gouernynge of this yonge kynge as of bothe the realmes was prouyded for And than the duke of Glocester the kynges vncle was made protector of Englande and the duke of Bedforde the kynges other vncle was made regent of Fraunce ¶ Also in the seconde yere of kynge Henry the .vi. the kynge with the quene his mother remoued vnto westmyster where than was holden a parlyament and the yonge kynge was set in his sete in the parlyament chambre amonge his lordes and in the same yere the duke of Bedforde as regent of Fraunce made stronge warre vpon charles the Dolphyn whiche of his fauourers was accompted kynge of Fraunce and gatte many stronge holdes of hym But at the last the sayde Charles sent the duke of AtauÌ„son w t dyuers other great lordes of Fraunce with a great armye whiche mette with the duke of Bedforde the regent and his hoost at Vernoyll betwene whome there was fought a great battell but the victorye fell to the Englysshemen for in that fyght was slayne the erles of Turon and BoucamÌ„
of his people there perysshed for â—â—â—ke of â—yrell wherfore syr Iames Dudglas with a great nombre of Scottes folowed and 〈◊〉 with the kynge at a place called Leylande in Northumberlande where was betwene them ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe le longe seconde son of Philypâ—e lâ—bell was nexte kynge of Fraunce he ordayned but one weyght and mesure to be thorowe all Fraunce IohnÌ„ ¶ IohnÌ„ was nexte pope he hylde the see in Auynyon .xix. yere a great battell but the Englysshemen lost the fylde the kynge fled escaped with great daunger In whiche battell the erle of Rychemonde was taken prisoner many men slayne dyuers other men taken â—nd the kynges treasure his ordynauÌ„ce was takyn and conueyed into Scotlande But this fylde was loste by the treason of the sayd Andrewe of Harkeley whome y e kynge had made erle of Carlyll whiche had a great nombre of people coÌ„mynge to the ayde of y e kynge toke secretely a great soÌ„me of money of the sayd Dudglas so betrayed the kynge came nat at the fylde whiche was cause y t the kynge lost the fylde for the whiche dede the sayd Andrewe was after drawne hanged quartered About this tyme warre began agayne betwene the Frenchemen the Englysshemen Gascons in Guyan For the pacifyenge of whiche warre kyng Edwarde sent ouer the quene his wyfe to her brother the Frenche kynge and whyle she was there Edwarde y e kyngê eldyst son beynge .xiiii. yere of age asked leaue of his father to go into FrauÌ„ce to his mother to se his vncle Philyppe le Belle kyng of Fraunce and had leaue and departed And because kynge Edwarde had denyed to do homage to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce for the Duchye of Guyan the sayd kynge Philyppe there made Edwarde the kynge of Englande his eldyst son duke of Guyan wherwith kynge Edwarde was nat content dyd exyle bothe the quene his sayd son out of Englande by the counsell of the Spencers of syr Robert Baldocke his ChauÌ„cellour wherfore the kynge made opyn Proclamacyons that yf the Quene her son came nat into Englande by a certayne day that they shulde be take as ennemyes to the kynge before the whiche day they came nat wherfore the kynge seased all the quenes landes his sons landes toke the hole profyte therof And after the kynge sent suche worde thretenynges to the kynge of Fraunce that he was compelled to auoyde the quene out of Fraunce wherfore she and her son went to the erle of Heynaude where Edwarde her son was shortly after contracte to Philyppe y e sayd erles doughter And whan this was knowen dyuers men of name of EnglaÌ„de came ouer to the quene and sone after the erle of Henaude prepared .v. C. men of armes of the whiche one syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude the erles brother was captayne and sent them ouer with the quene and her son into Englande whiche landed besyde Harwiche in Suffolke to whome a great nombre of people anone resorted to her ayde and than she came with great spede towarde London where the kynge at that tyme was whiche herynge therof for fere â—led towarde walys with a small companye and lefte the bysshop of Excester behynde hym to gouerne London And than the quene sent a letter to the Mayre and coÌ„mynalte of London whiche letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe and dyuers copyes therof set vp in dyuers other places wherfore this bysshop of Excester sent to the Mayre to haue the keys of the citye spake to hym so sharpe wordes that they fell at suche a varyance that the coÌ„mons of the citye in a rage toke the sayd bysshoppe brought hym to the standarde in Chepe and smote of his hede and two of his seruantes hedes a cyteners hede called Marshall that was syr Hughe Spencers spye Than the kynge went to Brystowe and ordayned syr Hughe Spencer the father there to kepe castell and the towne and the kynge with Hughe Spencer the son and syr Robert Baldocke his Chauncelour and the erle of Arondell went into walys And the quene sent the erle of Kent and syr IohnÌ„ of Heynaude after them with a great companye whiche so pursued them that fyrst they toke Hughe Spencer the father at Brystowe and after pursued the kynge into walys and there toke the kynge and sent hym to the castell of Kenelworthe and toke Hughe Spencer the son and syr Robert Baldocke and the erle of Arondell and brought them all to the towne of Herforde anone after syr Hugh Spencer the father and Hughe Spencer the sonne were drawne hanged and quartered and syr IohnÌ„ of Arnudell was beheded and syr Robert Baldocke put in Newgate in London and there shortly after dyed amonge the theues anone after at a parlement holden at westmyster the .xxv. day of Ianuarii the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xxvi The kynge was deposyd of his kyngly dignyte and he is buryed at Gloucester ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the thyrde sonne of Philyppe le belle was nexte kynge of Fraunce Edwardus .iij. Benedicte Clement ¶ Benedicte was next pope y e yere of christ M.CCC.xxxiiii he hylde y e see in Auinyon .vii. yere ¶ Clement hylde the see nexte .xi. yere he ordaynde that the Iubely shulde be euery .l. yere Lewys ¶ Lewys was nexte Emperour he hylde y e empyre .xxiiii. yere he was deposed by pope Clement he had great warre with Fredrycke duke of Austryche whiche was also chosyn Emperour Edwarde the thyrde EDwarde the thyrde of that name son to Edwarde the .ii. of Isabell onely doughter of Philyppe le belle was crowned kynge the .ii. day of Februarii the yere of christ M.CCC.xxvi whan he was but .xv. yere of age In the fyrst yere of his reyne the Scottes entred into Englande the kynge with a great power came to them at the parke of Stanhope and set them rounde about yet the Scottes escaped that the kynge lost that iourney and returned with lytell honour And in the ende of the fyrst yere he maryed Philyppe the forsayd erles doughter of Henaude at yorke Sone after that the kynge made with the Scottes a peace and released to them theyr homage and delyuered vnto them theyr charter or indenture called Ragman as it was sayd by the counsell of the olde quene and syr Roger Mortymer whiche anone after was made erle of Marche And the olde quene and he toke vpon them the rule of the hole realme wherby many thynges grewe out of order ¶ About the thyrde yere of this kynge the erle of Kent the olde kynges brother supposynge his brother had ben a lyue deuysed certayne letters secretely to be sent to his brother for his delyuerance wherfore he was accused and by auctoryte of parlyament condempned and therfore was beheded This Roger Mortymer was so cruell couetous and so proude that the lordes and the people disdayned hym by secrete meanes brought him