s. 6. d. The Royall 11. s. 3. d. c. Stephen Pecocke Shriue Nicholas Lambert Shriue Sir Thomas Seymer Mercer Maior In Nouember December Ianuary fell such raine that thereof ensued great floods which destroied corne fields pasture beasts Then was it dry till the 12. of April from that nime it rained euery day and night till the 3. of Iune Such scarsitie of bread was at London and all England that many died for default thereof The bread carts comming from Stratford towards London were met at the Miles end by the citizens so that the Maior Shriues were forced to goe rescue the same to sée them brought to the markets appointed Wheate was then at xv s. the quarter Shortly after the Marchants of the Stilyard brought from Danske such store of wheate rye that it was better cheape at London then in any other part of the Realme Iohn Hardie Shriue William Hollis Shriue Sir Iames Spencer Vintner Maior A French Craer of 30. tun being manned with 38. Frenchmen and a Flemish Craer of 27. tun and 24. Flemings méeting at Margate the one chased the other along the Riuer of Thames to the Tower-wharfe of London where Sir Edmond Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower staied them and tooke their Captaines and men The xvii of Iune the terme was adiourned till Michaelmas because of the sweating sicknes that then reigned there was no such watch in London at Midsomer as before had béen accustomed Ralph Warren Shriue Iohn Long. Shriue Sir Iohn Rudstone Draper Maior In April May Iune Iuly Cardinal Campaius with Cardinal Woolsey sate at the Blacke friars in London where before them was brought in question the kings mariage with Quéene Katherine as to be vnlawfull but they long time protracted the conclusion of the matter which delay King Henry tooke very displeasantly Cardinal Campaius departed towards Rome and shortly after Cardinall Woolsey was discharged of the Chancellorship and the king seised all his goods with his palace at Westminster called Yorke palace into his hands Sir Thomas Moore was made Chancellor of England Michael Dormer Shriues Walter Champion Shriue Sir Ralph Dodmer Mercer Maior William Tindall translated the new Testament into English printed the same beyond the seas A peace was agreed betwéene King Henry of England the Emperour the Frence King the King of Boheme and Hungary In the moneth of October the King came to the blacke Friars and began there a Parliament King Henry commanded the Bishops to call in Tindals translation of the new Testament and to sée another truly translated to be set forth King Henry vpon occasion of delay made by the Pope in his controuersie of diuorsment caused proclamatioÌ„ to be made forbidding all his subiects to purchase any thing from the Court of Rome The plague of pest being hot in the Cittie of London blew crosses called Per signum Tau were commanded to bee set ouer the doores of houses infected It was proclaimed that no Gascoine wine should be retailed aboue 8. d. the Galon Also that taules calued betwixt the first of Ianury and the first of May should not be killed but reared vp William Dancy Shriue Richard Choping Shriue Sir Thomas Pargetor Salter Maior The Cardinall being conuict of a premunire was arested by the Earle of Northumberland deliuered to the Earle of Shrewsbury and brought to Leicester Abbey where he deceased the 29. of Nouember and was there buried The whole Cleargy of England being iudged to be in the premunire in their conuocation concluded a submission wherein they called the King supreame head of the Church of England and were contented to giue the King 100000. pound to pardon their offence Richard Rise a Cooke was boiled in Smithfield for poysoning diuers persons at the Bishop of Rochesters place The xi of Aprill vii men with their horses and a Ferriman were all drowned at Lambeth Thomas Bilney was burned at Norwich Richard Gressam Shriue Edward Altam Shriue Sir Nicholas Lambert Grocer Maior In the moneth of Nouember a Serieants feast was held at Ely house in Holborne Looke more in the Suruey of London The 25. of May was taken betwéene London and Gréenewich two great Fishes called Hurlâ—pooles The oath which the Clergy had vsed to make to the Bishop of Rome was made voide by statute and a new oath confirmed wherein they confessed the King to be supreame head Sir Thomas Moore after suite made was discharged of the Chancellorship Thomas Audley Knight made Lord Chancellor Fiue men were hanged and quartered at Tower hill for coyning and clipping This yeare 1532. Alexander sonne of Lawrence of Medicis Duke of Vrban was by the speciall sauour of his vncle Pope Clement the 7. made the first Duke of Florence By the aduice of his vncle he gouerned his countrey and exercised great iustice vpon his people sate personally in the seate of iudgement and gaue sentence whereby he gained high estimation hee married the Emperours daughter and had no issue but in the end hee inclined to lust offered violence vnto modest Ladies And for his reward his kinsman Lawrence slew him by treason Anno. 1537. After him succéeded Gosmo de Medicis who tooke waâ—ning by the others folly and gouerned his people very peaceably and did many acts worthy of memory he builded a colledge in Pisa for the aduancement of poore mens children The King suppressed the Priory of Christchurch in London and gaue their Church place lands to Sir Thomas Audley The xix of August William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury deceased The King repaired the Tower of London Lady Anne Bullein was made Marchiones of Pembroke King Henry went to Calice and so to Bulletin where hee met with the French King R. Rainold N. Pichon Shriue Iohn Martin Shriue Sir Stephen Pecocke Haberdasher Maior The 12. of Aprill being Easter euen the Lady Anne Bolein who had béene priuily married to K. Henry was proclaimed Quéene of England and on Whitsonday with solemnitie crowned at westminster The 5. of Iuly Quéene Katherine was proclaimed Prince Arthurs widow It was enacted that Butchers should sell their béefe and mutton by waight béefe for an halfe peny the pound and mutton thrée farthings at that time fat oxen were sold for 26. s. 8. d. the péece fat weathers for 3 s. 4. d. the péece fat Calues the like price a fat lambe for twelue pence The Butchers of London sold peny péeces of béefe for the reliefe of the poore euery péece two pound and a halfe sometime thrée pound for a peny and 13. sometime 14. of those péeces for twelue pence mutton 8. d. the quarter and an hundred weight of béefe for 4. s. 8. d. The 7. of September betwéene the houres of 3. 4. of the clocke in the afternoone was the Lady Elizabeth daughter to K. Henry borne at Gréenwich and there christened in the Fryars Church
William Forman shriue Thomas Kitson shriue Sir Christopher Asken Draper Maior A great fish was taken at Blacke wall which was brought to Westminster to the King The 20. of Aprill Elizabeth Barton a Nunne professed at S. Sepulchres in Canterbury Edward Bocking and Iohn Deering two Monkes of Christs Church in Canterbury Hugh-Rich Warden of the Friars obseruants in Canterbury and Richard Risby of the same house Richard Maister Parson of Aldington in Kent and Henry Gold Priest were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne and there hanged and headed c. for sundry conspiracies in the matter of diuorse betwéene the Kings Maiestie and Quéene Katherine All the Priests through England called to bée sworne to the King and Quéene Anne and their heires before the Archbishop of Canterbury and all men through England were sworne in their shires and townes where they dwelled for refusall thereof Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester Sir Thomas Moore late Lord Chancellour were sent to the tower of London diuers other Priests religious and lay men were sent to other prisons The xv of May was a great fire at Salters hall in Bredstreet The xi of Iuly Lord Dacres of the North was arraigned at Westminster of high treason where hee so wittily confuted his accusers that to their great shame he was not found guiltie The second of August was all the places of the obseruant Fryars as Greenewich Canterbury Richmount Newarke and Newcastle put downe The fouretéenth of August was a great fire at Temple barre the sixteenth of August was burned the Kings stable at Charing Crosse wherein were burned many great horses and great store of hay Nicholas Luesâ—â— Shriue William Denham Shriue Sir Iohn Champneis Shinner Maior In a Parliament at Westminster the Pope with all his authoritie was banished this realme the King to be reputed and taken as supreme head of the Church of England hauing full authoritie to reforme all errours heresies and abuses in the same Also the first fruits and tenths of all spirituall dignities and promotions were granted the King with a subsidie of the laity of twelue pence in the pound The Prior of the Charterhouse at London the Prior of Beuall the Prior of Exham Reinolds a brother of Simon and Iohn haile Vicar of Thisleworth were all condemned drawne hanged and quartered at Tiborne the fourth of May. The K. coÌ„manded all about his Court to poll their heads and caused his owne head to be polled The 25. of May was in Saint Pauls Church at London examined 19. men and 6. women borne in Holland 14. of them were condemned a man and a woman of thâ—m were burnt in Smithfield the other twelue sent to other townes there to bee burnt This yeare 1537. died Francis Sforce the second of that name this Francis Sforce was the ninth and last Tuke of Millaine he was the son of Lewis Sforce called the Moâ—re hee obteined his Dukedome by meanes of Prospero Colonno generall of the Campe of the league betwéene the Emperour Carolus Quintus and Pope Leo the tenth but with great difficulty he married Christierna daughter to the King of Denmark he was crowned Duke Ann 1523. he raigned with great troubles and vexations by reason the Emperour had the greater hold and stronger faction in his country and was forced to flie for griefe whereof to sée his subiects and friends become vassals to the Emperour and his treasure giuen to strangers he fell into a great sicknesse with extreame paine in one of his eyes and thereof died being opened his heart was found all drie and yet notwithstanding his heart was swolne In his time the Mylaneses expelled quite all the French garisons with their chiefe captaine Monsieur Lawtrec out of their territories because of sundrie vile practises and misdemeanours wherewith the French grieued them Presently vpon the death of the Duke his countrey became a pray to many gouernors and his wife Christians returned into Denmarke and was afterward married vnto Anthony Duke of Lorraine Shée was highly honoured of all Princes for her accomplished vertues especiall for her singular patience in her vnfortunate marriage with her first husband and her incessant paines and kindenesse which shee performed in his extreame miseries and long sicknesse The 18. of Iune 3. Monkes of the Charter-house of London Exmew Middlemore and Niâ—igate were drawn to Tiborne and there hanged 〈◊〉 quartered The 22. of Iune Doctor Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester was beheaded on the tower hill The 6. of Iuly Sir Thomas Moore was beheaded on the tower hill The King sent Doctor Lee to visite the Abbeyes Priories and Nunneries in England who put foorth all Religious persons that would goe and all that were vnder the age of 24. yeares Humphrey Monmouth Shriue Iohn Cotes Shriue Iir Iohn Allen Mercer Maior This Sir Iohn Allen gaue to the Citty of London a rich collar of Gold to bee worne by the Maior The eight of Ianuary dyed Lady Katherine Dowager at Kimbalton and was buried at Peterborow In a Parliament was granted to the King and his heires all religious houses of the value of 200 pound and vnder with all lands goods to them belonging On May day King Henry being at a Iuâ— at Gréenewich sodainely departed to Weâ—minster The next day Lady Anne Quéene was had tâ— the Tower there for things laide to her charâ—â— shortly after beheaded The 19. of May the Lord Rochford brother to the said Quéene Henry Nâ—ris Marke Smeton William Brierton and Franciâ— Weston all of the Kings priuy chamber aâ—bout matters touching the Quéene were put tâ— death The 20. of May the King married Lady Iane daughter to Sir Iohn Seimer which at Whitsontide was openly shewed as Quéene and on the Tuesday in the Whitson wéeke Sir Edward Seimer was created Vicount Beuchampe The eight of Iune beganne a Parliament and the Cleargy held a conuocation in Pauls Church where they published a Booke intituled Articles deuised by the Kings highnesse The nine and twentieth of Iune the King held a great iusting at Westminster Thomas Cromwell Secretary to the King and master of the Rolles was made L. Kéeper of the priuy seale and Vicar generall ouer the spiritualitie vnder the King and sate diuers times in the conuocation among Bishops as head ouer them The 22. of Iuly Henry Duke of Richmond and Somerset Earle of Northampton a bastard sonne of king Henry died and was buried at Thetford L. Cromwell Lord priuie Seale and vicegerent sent out vnder the Kings spirituall seale certaine iniunctions to the Prelates and Cleargy of the Realme charging Curates to teach their Parishioners the Pater Noster Aue Creede and commandements in English In the beginning of October at an assize for the Kings subsidie kept in Lincolnshire the people made an insurrection and gathered nine twentie thousand persons Against those the King did send the Duke of
thâ— for the space of more then thirty miles good proâ—fitable corne ground was turned into a chase 〈◊〉 wilde beastes Remingus Bishop of Dorchesteâ— remoued his sea to Lincolne where hee builded new Church There was a great water flood so that hils weâ—â— made soft and consumed and with their fall ouerâ—whelmed many villages King William builded Battell Abbey in Sâ—sex another at Selby in Yorkeshire the thâ—â— at Caen in Normandy in which hee was buriâ—ed He gaue great priuiledges to Saint Marthâ—â—le graund in London Pauls Church in London burnt In a prouince of Wales called Rose 〈◊〉 found the Sepulchre of Gawen vpon the Seâ—â—shore who was sisters sonne of Arthur the great King of Britaine being in length fourtéene so King William being at Roan in Normandâ— went with a great Army into France spoyliâ— all things as he passed Last of all hée burned 〈◊〉 Citty of Meaur with our Lady Church aâ— two Anchorits that was inclosed there The Kiâ—â— cheared his men to féede the fire and came hiâ— selfe so neare that with the heate of his harneâ— he got a disease Also the Kings horse leaping oâ—uer a ditch did burst the inner parts of the King with the paine whereof hee was sore afflictâ—â— and returned to Roan where shortly after 〈◊〉 ended his life the ninth day of September 〈◊〉 the yeare of our Lord 1087. When hee had raigâ—ned twenty yeares eight moneths and sixtéene dayes Hee was buried at Caen in Normandy and had issue by Matild his wife daughter to Baldwin Earle of Flanders Robert Curthose vnto whom hee gaue Normandy Richard that died young William Rufus to whom he gaue England and Henry to whom hee gaue his wiues inheritance and treasure Daughters Cicely Abbesse of Caen Constance wife to Stephen Earle of Bloys Margaret promised to Harold King of England and Elienor betrothed to Alfonso King of Galicia WILLIAM Rufus WIlliam Rufus the third sonne of William Conquerour beganne his raigne the ninth day of September in the yeare of our Lord 1087. He was variable inconstant couetous and cruell he burdened his people with vnreasonable taxes and what he thus got he prodigally spent in great banquetting and sumptuous apparrell Otho Bishop of Bayon and Earle of Kent with his brother Robert Earle of Mortaine and Hereford and almost all the Nobles of England raised warre against King William would haue had Robert his eldest brother to be King but William by faire wordes pacifying some of the principall conspirators besieged the residue in the Caâ—stell of Rochester And lastly ouercame them Lanfranke Archbishop of Canterbury deceaâ—sed hee renewed the great Church of Canterbury hee repaired the walles of that Citty buiâ—â—ded two Hospitals the one of Saint Iohn thâ— other at Harbaldowne He restored the Churcâ— of Rochester King William Making warre against his broâ—ther Robert Duke of Normandy at length agréâ—â—ment was made betwéene them that if one 〈◊〉 them died without issue the other should succeâ—â— in the inheritance Malcolme King of Scots did homage to King William A great tempest fell on Saint Lukes day specially in Winchcombe where a great part of the Stéeple was ouerthrowne And in London the winde ouerturned 606. houses and the roofeâ— Bow Church in Cheape wherwith some persons were slaine King William builded the new Castle vpon Tine Osmond Bishop of Sarisbury founded the Cathedrall Church of Sarisbury In England fell a wonderfull aboundance 〈◊〉 raine and after insued so great frost that Horses and Carts passed commonly ouer great Riuers which when it thawed the Ice brake downe many great bridges Malcolme the King of Scots coÌ„ming into England was sodainely slaine with his sonne and heire by Robert Mowbrey Earle of Northumberland Iohn Bishop of Welles by nointing the Kings hands transposed the Bishops sea to Bath King William builded againe the cittie of Carlile which was destroyed by the Danes 200. yeares before he also builded a castle there and out of the South parts of England sent men to inhabite there This yeare was a great famine and so great a mortality that the quick were scant able to bury the dead The Welshmen spoiled the citty of Glocester with a part of Shrewesbury and won the Isle of Anglesey The Bishopricke of Thetford was translated to Norwich King William with a great power entred Wales not being able to follow the Welchmen amongst the hils hee builded two Castles in the borders and returned Great preparation was made by the Christians to goe against the infidels at Ierusalem Peter the Hermite being their first leader and after Godfrey of Bullen Robert Duke of Normandy tooke his iourney towards Ierusalem and laide Normandy to gage to his brother King William for 6666. pound of siluer All the land that sometime belonged to Earle Goodwin by breaking in of the sea was couered with sandes and there is yet called Goodwin sands King William in Normandy gaue himselfe to warres so that with exactions and tributes he did not onely shaue but flea the people of England The Christians tooke the Cittie of Ierusalem placing there a King and a Patriarch THe fiftéenth of Iuly 1098. after thirty sixe dayes siege the Cittie of Ierusalem was yéelded vnto Godfrey of Bollen Duke of Lorane chiefe leader of the Christian Army against the Sarazens to recouer the Holy land hee was accompanied with thrée Kings and diuers other Christian Princes namely Robert Duke of Normandy eldest sonne vnto William the Conquerour hee had an hundred thousand Souldiers all of them marked with the signe of the Crosse This renowned and victorious Prince before hee entred into Armes morgaged his Dukedome vnto the Bishop of Liege for great summes of money wherewith hee furnished himselfe in this expedition he was chosen King of Ierusalem but would not bee crowned with a Crowne of gold because our Sauiour Christ was crowned with a crowne of thornes This Christian Conquest was performed about fiue hundreth yeares after the Persians had got possession of Ierusalem and the Holy land Peter the Hermite who had seene and felt the Turkish outrages tooke great paines in going to all Christian Princes to contract them vnto this seruice Pope Vrban the second in the Councell of Cleremount was also very forward in this businesse King Godfrey dyed of a feuer hauing raigned one yeare and was buried neare vnto the holy Sepulchre after him succéeded his brother Baldwine and raigned eighteene yeares hee made great wars vpon the enemies of our faith After the death of King Godfrey Ierusalem continued fourescore and eight yeares vnder Christian obedience and then became subiect vnto Turkish tyranny After King William was come out of Normandy he kept his Court at Westminster in the new Hall and hearing men say it was too bigge he answered This Hall is not bigge enough by one halfe King William being a hunting word was brought him that his people were besieged in Maine
he forthwith tooke shipping though hee were vehemently petâ—waded to the contrary for that there was at that time a great tempest to whom hee answered hee neuer heard that any King was drowned At this time hee got more honour then euer hee did in all his life for hee chased his enemies and returned with victory In the Summer blood sprang out of the earth at â—inchamsteed in Barkeshire King William on the morrowe after Lammas day-hunting in the new forrest Sir Walter Tirel shooting at a Deare vnawares hit the King in the breast that hee fell downe dead and neuer spake word his men and especially that Knight gat them away but some came backe againe laide his body vpon a Colyars cart which one silly lâ—â—ne beast did draw to the Citty of Winchester where he was buried He raigned twelue yeares 11. monethes lacking eight dayes Hee gaue vnto the Monkes called de Caritate in Southwarke the great new Church of Saint Sauiour of Barmondes eye and also Barmondes eye it selfe He also founded a good Hospitall in the city of Yorke called Saint Leonards for the sustentation of the poore Henry Bewclarke HEnry brother to William Rufus and the first of that name for his learning called Bewclarke borne at Salby beganne his raigne the 5. of August the yeare of our Lord 1100. He restored the state of the Cleargy asswaged the grieuous paiments reduced againe S. Edwards lawes reformed the olde vntrue measures made a measure by the length of his arme which was called Vlna Iordan Brise Baron founded the house of St Iohn of Ierusalem neare vnto London in Smithfield The same Iordan gaue 14. acres of ground lying in the field next adioyning to Clarkenwell to build thereon a house for Nunnes Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother which was now returned from Ierusalem made warre for the crowne of England but by meditation peace was made on condition that Henry should pay 3000. markes yearely to Duke Robert and if the one died without issue the longer liuer should inherit Winchester and Glocester was burnt The Cathedrall Church of Norwich was founded by Robert Bishop of Norwich The priory and Hospitall of Saint Bartholomew in Smithfield was founded by a Minstrell named Reior Robert Duke of Normandy comming into England through the subtilty of King Henry his yonger brother released to him the tribute of 3000. markes of siluer Great malice was kindled betwéene the two brethren Robert and Henry whereupon deadly warre in sued There appeared about the Sunne foure circles and a blazing starre Endo sewer to King Henry founded the Monastery of S. Iohn in Colchester Robert Duke of Normandy came to his brother and friendly desired him to beare brotherly loue towards him But King Henry feeling his conscience accusing him for obtaining the kingdome by defrauding of his eldest brother and fearing men more then God first he reconciled the Nobles of the Realme with faire promises and then pursued his brother into Normandy where betweene them were many sore battailes fought but at the last the valiant man Robert was taken The first Canons entred into the Church of our Lady in Southwarke called Saint Mary Ouery founded by William Pountlarge Knight and William Dancis Normans King Henry returning into England brought with him his brother Robert and William of Morion and put them in perpetuall prison from whence shortly after Duke Robert deceiuing his kéepers sought to escape but he was taken and by his brothers commandement hée had his eyes put out and then kept straighter till his dying day The Church of the holy Trinitie without Algate in London was founded by Mathild the Quéene A great part of Flaunders was drowned by breaking in of the sea which caused many Flemings to come into EnglaÌ„d at length by the kings appointment they tooke vpon them the possession of Rosse a prouince in Wales Henry Emperour of Rome required to haue Maude the Kings daughter in marriage which was graunted and the King tooke thrée shillings of euery hide of land through England This King translated the Abbey of Ely into a Bishopricke King Henry made Robert his bastard sonne the first Earle of Glocester who after builded the Castles of Bristow and Cardife with the Priory of S. Iames in Bristow King Henry went into Normandy to make warre against the Earle of Angion and spoyled the whole countrey This yeare was a great mortalitie of men and murren of beasts The citty of Worcester was burnt The tenth of October the riuer of Medway by no smal number of miles did so faile of water that in the middest of the channell the smallest vessels and boats could not passe The selfe same day the Thames did suffer the like lacke of water for betwéene the Tower of London and the bridge not onely with horse but also a great number of men and children did wade ouer on foote Chichester was burnt many stormes and a blazing starre In March was excéeding lightning and in December thunder and haile and the Moone at both times séemed to be turned into blood Maude the Quéene of England dyed and was buried at Westminster shee builded an Hospitall neare vnto London without Holborn which now is the parrish Church of Saint Giles in the field The order of the Templars Knights began Many sore battailes were fought in France and Normandy betwéene Henry King of England and Lodowicke the French King King Henry hauing tamed the Frenchmen and pacified Normandy returned into England in which voyage William Duke of Normandy and Richard his sonne and Mary his daughter Richard Earle of Chester and his wife with many noble men and to the number of 160. persons were drowned Lybussa daughter of Cracus the second King of Bohemia for a certaine space raigned as Queene ouer them and albeit shee ministred iustice indifferently yet there grewe a great disdaine male-contentment amongst all sortes of people that men should bee gouerned and directed by women and thereupon was spread a generall voyce that foorthwith they would haue a King And to appease the peoples discontent or as some thinke for her owne pleasure shee married a Peasant called Primislaus who gouerned the Bohemians and was the first that builded walles and rampiers about the Citty of Prague in the yeare 995. After the death of the said Lybussa there presently start vp one of her handmaids called Valasque a lusty Lady of wondrous Amazonian boldnesse who very cunningly caused an assembly of all the chiefe Ladies and others of note vnto whom shee made an eloquent Oration and amongst other things shee spake as followeth My most noble and worthy Ladies wee haue lost our Quéene and Mistresse whose high spirit could neuer admit that either wée or our Sexe should in any sort be subiect vnto men if therefore for the euer fréeing of our selues
and our heires you now please to lend me your strong hand I héere promise and assure you that we will haue the supremacy and gouerntment This speach preuailed so farre that instantly the women tooke oath and ioyned their hearts and hands to effect their willes against men and in that fury flew all the men they met then they entred into Armes and for seauen yeares space maintained warres very stoutly and like valiant Amazones all which notwithstanding in the end they were suppressed by Prymâ—slaus partly by force partly by policy gifts and faire wordes Reade Naucler King Henry married Adelisia the Duke of Louans daughter The Citty of Glocester was burnt Henry Earle of Warwicke and Margaret his wife founded the Colledge of Saint Mary in the towne of warwicke Waleran Earle of Mellent was taken in Normandy by King Henry and hee with many others were imprisoned at Roan The King caused all the Coiners of England to haue their priuy members cut off and also their right hand because they had corrupted the Coine Henry the Emperour being dead Maude the Empresse returned into England Richard Bishop of London founded the Monastery of S. Oseth in Essex At this time men had such a pride in their haire that they contended with women in length of haire King Henry held a Councell at London wherein it was granted him correction of the Cleargie so the King tooke infinite sums of money of Priests and suffered them to doe what they would King Henry gaue his daughter the Empresit vnto Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Angiou The Citty of Rochester was sore defaced with fire The King made a Bishopricke at Carlile Maude the Empresse did beare vnto Ieffery Plantagenet Earle of Angiou a sonne and named him Henry A great fire beginning at Gilbert Beckets house in west Cheape consumed a great part of London from thence to Algate Henry Bloys Bishop of Winchester builded the Hospitall of S. Crosse neare vnto Winchester Worcester was sore defaced with fire Maude the Empresse brought forth a sonne named Ieffery Robert Cortoise or Short-thigh King Henries brother died in the Castle of Cardife and was buried at Glocester King Henry remaining in Normandy deceased the first day of December Anno 1135. when he had raigned 35. yeares 4. moneths his bowels braines and dies were buried at Roan the rest of his body being powdred with salt and wrapped in Buls hides was buried at Reading an Abbey of his owne foundation Hee founded a Priory at Dunstable and builded the Castle of Windsort with a Colledge there KING STEPHEN STephen Earle of Beloine sonne of the Earle of Blois and Adala William Conquerours daughter Nephew to King Henry the first claimed the kingdome the second day of December Anno 1135. and was consecrated at Westminster on the 26. of December This was a noble man and hardy of passing comely of fauour personage he excelled in martiall policy gentlenes liberality towards all men although he had continuall warre yet he did neuer burden his commons with exactions Fire which began at London Stone consumed eastward to Algate and westward to S. Paules Church King Stephen besieged the castle of Exceter a long time which Balwine de Riuers held against him but at length when they within the Castle wanted necessary things to liue by they compounded King Stephen passed the sea to subdue Normandy where hee tooke many citties and strong Castles Rochester was burnt with all the citty The Archbishops sea in Yorke S. Martins without the walles the Hospitall with 39. Churches were burnt Saint Peters Church at Bath and all the citty was burnt The Nobles sent for Maude the Empresse promising her the possession of the Realme according to their oath made to her Dauid King of Scots purposing to recouer the Crowne of England for the Empresse inuaded Northumberland when by Thurstane Archbishop of Yorke the Scots had an ouerthrowe and were slaine aboue ten thoâ—â—sand Robert Earle of Glocester returned into England with his sister the Empresse and a great Aâ—my which arriued at Portsmouth Robert Earle of Glocester with a great power inuaded the towne of Nottingham and spoiled it the Townsmen were taken slaine or burnt in thâ— Churches whereunto they fled This yeare 1140. died Iohannes de temporibus he was Page to Charlemaigne King Stephen besieged Lincolne against Rainulph Earle of Chester but Rainulph Eare of Gâ—â—â—cester came with a great power and rescued the same chased the Kings Army and tooke him prisoner hée was had to Glocester and after to Bristow The Empresse reioycing at this heâ— good hap departed from Glocester and came to Cicester from thence to Winchester where the Crowne of the Realme was deliuered into her hands Earle Robert being pursued was taken a Sobbrige with Earle Warren and many other at length through meditation peace was concluded that the King should be deliuered to his kingdome and the Earle to his liberty Gaufride de Mandeuil Earle of Essex founded the Abbey of Walden and Sir William de Mountfitchet founded the Abbey of Stratford Langthorne King Stephen hearing the Empresse to lye at Oxford with a great power came and besieged her a two moneths space Earle Robert with Henry Sonne to the Empresse landed at Warham where hee besieged the Castle which was defended by Hubert de Lucie who at length yeelded the same In the meane time the Empresse séeing that shee was voyde of helpe cloathing her selfe and her companie all in white vpon a night went ouer the Thames a foote which was then hard frozen she went to Wallingford and the Castle of Oxford was yéelded to the King William of Ypre founded Boxley Abbey in Kent King Stephen tooke Ieffery Maundeuile Earle of Essex at Saint Albones which Ieffery could not be at libertie till he had deliuered the Tower of London with the Earles of Waldon and Plecy When the Earle was thus spoiled of his holds hee tooke the Church of Ramsey and fortified it King Stephen besieged Wallingford but could not preuaile The Earle of Chester was reconciled to the King and was at the siege with him but shortly after when he came to the Court the King being at Northampton hee was taken and kept prisoner till he had rendred the Castle of Lincolne and other fortresses Earle Robert deceased and was buried at Bristow The Empresse being wearied with the discord of the English nation went ouer into Normandy Quéene Matild builded the hospitall of S. Katherine by the Tower of London for poore brethreâ— and sisters Henry the Empresse sonne went to Dauid King of Scots of whom he was ioyfully receiued and made Knight England was full of trouble and warre set foorth to fire and rapine through the discord betwixt Stephen and certaine Earles that tooke part with Henry Ieffery Plantagenet Earle of
Angiou and Duke of Normandy deceased and left his sonne Henâ—â— his heire About this time died Gratianus hee composâ—â— the great Decretals Henry Duke of Normandy married Elionâ—â— whom Lewis King of France had diuorced from him and had by her a sonne named William Quéene Maude deceased and was buriedâ— Feuersham The King commanded the Nobles to méete aâ— Winchester where the Duke being receiueâ— with great ioy the King in sight of all men adopted him his sonne and confirmed to him the principalitie of England The Duke receiued him in place of a father granting to him all the dayes of his life to enioy the name and seate of the King Duke Henry came with the King to Oxford where the Earles and Barons by the Kings commandement sware fealty to Duke Henry sauing the Kings honour so long as he liued King Stephen died the 25. of October when he had raigned eighteene yeares ten moneths and odde daies He founded the Abbeies of Cogshall in Essex of Furnes in Lancastershire and Feuersham in Kent where his body was buried Henry the second HEnry the sonne of Ieffery Plantagenet and Maude the Empresse began his raigne ouer this Realme of England the 17. day of December and was crowned the the same day in the yeare of our Lord 1154. he was somewhat red of face short of body and therewith fat well learned noble in chiualry wise in counsell stedfast of promise and a wedlocke breaker William of Ipres and all the Flemings that had flocked into England fearing the indignation of the new king departed the land and the castles that had béene builded to pill the rich and spoile the poore were by the Kings Commandement throwne downe Quéene Elianor did beare a sonne called Henry after his father King Henry went into Normandy where with long siege he tooke diuers Castles King Henry with an Army went against the Welshmen where he felled their woods fortified the Castle of Rutland and reedified the Castle 〈◊〉 Basingwirke Quéene Elianor brought foorth a sonne named Ieffery A new coine was made in England King Henry tooke escuage of the Englishmen the sum whereof grewe to 124. thousand pounds of siluer Henry the Kings sonne not seuen yeares olde married Margarâ—t the French Kings daughter not two yeares old Thomas the Kings Chancellour was electâ— Archbishop of Canterbury There came into England thirty Germanes as well men as women who called themseluâ—â— Publicanes they denied Matrimony Baptism and the Lords Supper Being apprehended thâ— King caused they should bee marked with an hoâ—â— Iron in the forehead and whipped them anâ— that no man should succour them Thus being whipped and thrust out in the winter they diâ— for cold London bridge was new made of timber 〈◊〉 Peter a Priest of Colchurch Malcolme the Scottish King and Kefus Prince of Southwales did homage to King Henry and his sonne Henry A Councell was holden at Claringdon in presence of the King and the Archbishops Bishops Lords Barons c. wherein was by their oathes confirmed many ordinances Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury being sworne to the same shortly after sore repented and fled the Realme A great earthquake in Ely Norfolke and Suffolke so that it ouerthrew them that stood vpon their féete and caused the bels to ring Quéene Elianor brought foorth a sonne named Iohn The warre was receiued betwixt the King of England and the French King for the Citty of Tholouse Conan Earle of little Britaine died and left his heire a daughter named Constance which hee had by the King of Scots sister which Constance King Henry married to his sonne Geffery Robert de Boscue Earle of Leicester founded the Monasteries of Gerendon of Monkes of Leiceister of Canons regular and Eaton of Nunnes was founded by Amicia his wife King Henry caused his sonne Henry to be crowned as hee thought to the quietnesse of himselfe and his realme but it proued otherwise Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury the eightéenth day of December was slaine by William Tracie Reignold Fitzs Vrse Hugh Moruil and Richard Briton Knights Nicholas Breeâ—espeare an Englishman who was chosen Pope by the name of Adrian the 4. He graunted the Regiment of Ireland to the King of England whereupon King Henry tooke ship at Pembroke and sailed thither King Henry the son with his wife the French Kings daughter were both together crowned at Winchester King Henry the elder was assoiled of the death of Thomas the Archbishop vpon his oath made that he was not priuy to it King Henry married the eldest daughter of Heâ—bert Earle Morton vnto his sonne Iohn King Henry the elder returning into England in short time subdued his rebels The citie of Leicester by his commandement was burnt the wals and castle rased and the inhabitants dispersed into other cities The King of Scots was taken by King Henry led into Normandy where he compounded for his ransome Christs Church in Canterbury was burned King Henry the sonne with his brethren and others were reconciled to King Henry the Father The Kings of England both father and sonne went together to visite the tombe of Thomas late Archbishop of Canterbury The stone bridge ouer the Thames at London was began to be fouÌ„ded A Cardinall and the Archbishop of Canterbury gaue 1000. Marks towards the same foundation There chanced some discord betwixt the Kings of England and France about the marriage of Richard Earle of Poitow with the French Kings daughter Richard Lucie the Kings Iusticiar layed the foundation of the conuentuall Church in a place which is called Lesnes in the Territorie of Rochester The Citie of Yorke was burned The Church of St. Andrew in Rochester was consumed with fire The Vsurers of England grieuously punished Geffery the Kings bastard sonne resigned the Bishopricke of Lincolne was made the Kings Chancellour Robert Harding a Burges of Bristow to whom king Henry gaue the Barony of Barkeley builded the Monasterie of Saint Augustines in Bristow They of Aquitane hated their Duke Richard for his crueltie and were minded to driue him out of his Earledome of Poitow and Dukedome of Aquitane and transpose those estates to his brother King Henry the younger but all men looking for victory to the young King hee fell miserably sicke and died and was buried at Roan King Henry sent many men of warre into Wales for the Welshmen emboldened by the Kings absence had slaine Many Englishmen The Abbey of Glastenbury burnt Heraclius Patriarch of Ierusalem came to king Henry desiring him of aide against the Turke but the King because of the cruelty of his sonnes was counselled not to leaue his dominion in hazard and to goe farre off This Patriarch dedicated the new Temple then builded in the west part of London This yeare 1186. The citty of Paris was paued whose stréetes vntill this
time lay as rudely as London stréetes which were not all paued in foure hundred yeares after and the north Church-yard of Paules otherwise called the Close and diuers other stréetes in London were not paued vntill the raigne of Quéene Elizabeth In the yeare 1246. the Citty of Luberke was quite consumed with fire whose misfortune made Paris London and other Citties to couer their houses with tile or slate especially if they stood close together and not to vse any thatch which vntill then was vsuall Maude the Empresse mother to King Henry the second deceased shee founded the Abbey of Bordesley Geffery Earle of Britaine the Kings son died and was buried at Paris he left issue two daughters which he had by Constance daughter of Conan Earle of Britaine who also at this time of his death was great with child and after brought a sonne named Arthur A great earthquake threwe downe many buildings among the which the Cathedrall Church at Lincolne was rent in pieces Chichester Cittie was burnt Neare vnto Orford in Suffolke certaine Fishers tooke in their nets a fish hauing the shape of a man which fish was kept by Barthelmew de Glanuile Custos of the Castell of Orford in the same Castell by the space of sixe moneths and more for a wonder he spake not a word all maner of meats he gladly did eate but most greedily raw fish At length he stole away to the sea The towne of Beuerly with the Church of St. Iohn there was burnt Phillip the French King required that his sister which had ben kept in England 22. yeares might be restored vnto Earle Richard as his wife and Earle Richard desired the same but King Henry denied this request and so they got them to armour The French King and Earle Richard pursued the King of England so hard that he was forced to yéeld all the requests as well of the French King as of his sonne Richard This was done at Gisors and so departing came to Zafe where he fell sicke and departed this life the sixth day of Iuly in the yeare of our Lord 1189. when hee had raigned 24. yeares 7. moneths lacking 11. dayes and was buried at Fonteuerald in the Monastery of Nunnes by him founded Richard Coeurdelyon RIchard the first for his valiantnesse surnamed Coeurdelion second sonne to Henry the second began his raigne and was crowned the third of September 1186. He was bigge of stature with a merry countenance he commanded that no Iewes nor women should be at his Coronation for feare of inchantments For breaking of which commandement many were slaine Elianor the old who at the commandement of her husband had béene long kept close prisoner was now set at libertie King Richard gaue ouer the castles of Berwick and Rokesburgh to the Scottish King for the sum of ten thousand pound he also sold to the Bishop of Durham his owne Prouince for a great péece of money and created him Earle of the same He also faigned to haue lost his signet then caused to be proclaimed that whosoeuer would safely enioy those things which before time they had inrolled should come to the new seale He gaue his brother Iohn the Prouinces of Nottingham Deuonshire and Cornewall In this time were many Robbers and Outlawes among whom Robert Hood and little Iohn remained in the woods despoiling and robbing the goods of the rich The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good Archers with such spoiles as he got vpon whō foure hundred men were they neuer so strong durst not giue the onset Poore mens goods hée spared aboundantly relieuing them with that which hee got from Abbies and houses of rich Earles This yeare the Cittizens of London obtained to be gouerned by two Bayliffes or Shriues and a Maior Henry Cornhill Shriue Richard Reynery Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Fitz Leostane Maior King Richard betooke the guiding of this land to William Longshanke Bishop of Ely Chancellour of England and transported ouer into Normandy The two Kings of England and of France met at Towers and from thence set forward on their iourney towards Ierusalem The Iewes of Norwich Saint Edmonsbury Lincolne Stamford and Linne were robbed And at Yorke to the number of fiue hundred beside women and children entred a tower of the castle which the people assailing the Iewes cut the throats of their wiues and children and cast them ouer the walles on the Christians heads the residue they locked vp and burnt both the house and themselues William Bishop of Ely builded the outer wall about the Tower of London and caused a déepe ditch to be made Iohn Herlion Shriue Roger Duke Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Fitz Leostane Maior King Richard subdued the Isle of Cipres and then ioyned his power with Phillip y e French king in Asia conquered Acon where there grewe betwéene the two Kings a grieuous displeasure for which cause Phillip shortly departed thence and comming into France inuaded Normandy Iohn brother to king Richard tooke on him the kingdome of England King Richard restored to the Christians the citty of Ioppa The bones of king Arthur were found at Glastenbury William Hauerall Shirues Iohn Bucknot Shirues Henry Fitz Alwine fitz Leostane Maior William Bishop of Ely withstood the kings brother who said he wist not if his brother were aliue or not To whom the Bishop answered If King Richard be yet liuing it were vniust to take from him the crowne If he be dead Arthur the elder brothers sonne must enioy the same Nicholas Duke Shriue Peter Newlay Shriue Henry Fitz Alwine fitz Leostane Maior King Richard hauing knowledge that Phillip of France inuaded Normandy and that Iohn his brother had made himselfe King ouer England made peace with the Saladine for thrée yeares with a small company returning homeward he was taken by Leopold Duke of Austria who kept him in straight prison a yeare and fiue moneths Roger Duke Shriue Richard Fitz Alwine Shriue Henry Fitz Alwine fitz Leostane Maior The Kings friends intreating for his deliuerance his ransome was set at 100000. l. wherevpon cōmandement was directed from the Kings Iustices that all Bishops Prelates Earles Barons Abbots and Priors should bring in the 4. part of their reuenewes towards the Kings ransome and besides this the Cleargy brought in their golden and siluer Chalices and fléeced their Shriues all which was coined in mony Iohn the kings brother when he heard of the imprisonment of his brother made great war within the realme and tooke by strength the castles of Windsor Nottingham and others The king was deliuered landed at Sandwich on the 12. of March he was againe solemnly crowned After this hee called into his hands all such things as he had either giuen or sold by patents or otherwise by which meanes he got a great sum of mony and sailed into Normandy where shortly after peace was taken betwéene the two kings Also by
losse of 25000. of his men and of Christians there were slaine 5000. besides 240. Knights of the order Laurence Ducket Goldsmith grieuously wounded one Ralph Crepin in West Cheape and then sled into Bow Church after that certaine euill disposed persons friends to the said Ralph entred the Church in the night time and slewe the saide Laurence lying in the stéeple and then hanged him vp placing him as though he had hanged himselfe But shortly after by relation of a boy the truth of the matter was known for the which a woman and sixtéene men were put in prison and afterward more who all were drawn and hanged saue the woman who was burnt The great Conduit in Cheape was begun to be builded Stephen Cornehill shriue Robert Rokesley shriue Gregory Rokesley Maior A Iustes was proclaimed at Boston in the faire time whereof one part came in y e habit of Monks another in the sute of Canons who had couenanted after the Iusts to spoile the faire for the atchiuing of their purposes they fired the towne in 3. places Walter Blunt Shriue Iohn Wade Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior On New yeares day at night as well through vehemencie of the winde as violence of the seâ— many Churches were ouerthrowne and destroied not onely at Yarmouth Dunwich and Ipswich but also in diuers other places of England Thomas Crosh Shriue Walter Hautaine Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior The Summer was so excéeding hot that many men died through the extremitie thereof and yet wheate was sold at London for 3. s. 4. d. the quarter and such cheapnes of beanes and pease as the like had not béene heard of William Hereford Shriue Thomas Stanes Shriue Ralph Sandwich Custos Great haile fell in England after insued great raine that the yeare following wheate was raised from 5. d. the bushell to 16. d. so increased yearely till it was lastly sold for 20. s. the quarter William Betaine Shriue Iohn of Canterbury Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior Rice ap Meredith was by the Earle of Cornwall taken drawen hanged and quartered Falke of S. Edmond Shriue Salomon le Stotell Shriue Sir Iohn Briton Custes The transgressions of diuers Iustices was tried out punished accordingly some lost their goods and then were banished some as wel of the Bench as of the Assises were sent to the Tower The King banished all y e Iews out of England giuing them to beare their charges till they were out of the realme the number of Iewes then expulsed were 15. M. 9. persons Thomas Romain Shriue William de Lier Shriue Iohn de Breton Custos The wool staple was ordained to be at Sandwich Ralph Blunt Shriues Hamond Boxe Shriue Ralph Sandwich Custos King Edward adiudged Iohn Ballioll to bee true heire of Scotland Quéene Elianor died at Herdby a towne neare to Lincolne she was brought to Westminster and there buried The king made at euery place where she staied a costly crosse with the Queenes image vpon it Charing Crosse and the Crosse in West Cheape of London were two of them The Minoresse a Nunnery without Algate of London was founded by Edmond Earle of Leicester brother to King Edward Henry Bole Shriue Elias Russel Shriue Ralph Sandwich Custos Thrée men had their right hands cut off in west Cheape for rescuing a prisoner rested by an Officer in the Cittie of London Robert Rokesly Shriue Martin Aunsbresby Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior The water of Thames ouerflowed the bankes and made a breach at Rotherheth beside London the low ground about Bermondsey and Tothâ— was ouerflowed Henry Boxe Shriue Richard Glocester Shriue Sir Ralph Sandwich Maior The King passing with an armie against the Welshmen builded the Castle of Beawmarish in the Isle of Anglesey The Welshmen were consumed by famine their woods were felled and many castles fortified Rice ap Meredith was brought to London The Frenchmen arriued at Douer and spoiled the towne Iohn of Dunstable Shriue Adam de Halingbery Shriue Sir Iohn Breton Maior Iohn Baliol King of Scots contrary to his allegiance rebelled King Edward won the Castles 〈◊〉 Barwicke and Dunbarre hee slew of Scots 25. thousand he conquered Edenborough where he found the regall ensignes of Scotland Thomas Suffolke Shriue Adam Fulham Shriue Sir Iohn Breton Maior The King increased the tribute of the woolles tasking for euery sacke 40. s. where before thâ— time they paid but halfe a marke The Scots by instigation of W. Waleâ—s â—ebelled and put the Englishmen to much trouble Iohn de Stortford shriue W. de Stortford shriue Sir Iohn Breton Maior Fire being kindled in the lesser hall of y e pallace at Westminster the flame therof being driuen with winde fired the building of the Monastery next adioyning which with the pallace were both consumed S. Martins Church in the Vintry at London was now builded by the Executors of Mathew de Calumbaris Richard Rotham Shriue Thomas Sâ—ly Shriue Henry Waleis Maior This realme was troubled with false money called Crockden and Pollard coined in parts beyond the seas and vttered for sterling K. Edward tooke to wife Margaret sister to Philliple Beaw then King of France Iohn de Aâ—mentiers Shriue Henry de Fingrie Shriue Henry Waleis Maior K Edward made his voiage against the Scots wherein he subdued a great part of the land tooke the castle of Estreueliue with other and made the Lords sweare to him fealty Lucas Hauering shriue Richard Campes shriue Elias Russell Maior The K. gaue to Edward his son the Princedome of Wales and ioyned there unto the Dukedome of Cornewall and the Earledome of Chester Robert Colleuer shriue Peter de Boscube shriue Elias Russel Maior The Scots rebelling made William Waleis their leader wherefore the king hauing his army ready passed ouer y e whole land none offring him battel Hugh Port Shriue Simon Paris Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior Richard Grauesend Bishop of London deceased who is reported to haue purchased the Charters liberties of the Cittie of London in the yeare of our Lord 1392. in the 16. of Richard the second The vntruth whereof I haue thought good thus much to note The K. returning out of Scotland coÌ„manded the courts of the Kings bench and the Exchequer which had now remained at Yorke seuen yeares to be remoued to their old places at London W. de Combematin Shriue I. de Bereford Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior K. Edw. ordained Iustices of TirelebastoÌ„ against intruders into other mens lands truce breakers extortioners murtherers and such like offenders W. Waleis which had oftentimes set Scotland in great trouble was taken brought to London where he was hanged headed and quartered Roger Paris Shriue Iohn Lincolne Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior Robert Bruce caused himselfe to bee crowned King of Scots wherof when King Edward heard he went with hast into Scotland where he chased the said Robert Bruce and
tooke many of the Noble men prisoners and brought Scotland into such obedience as he gaue of the lands therof to his subiects of England with Markets Faires Warrens Among other I haue séene vnder the broade seale of the said King Edward a Mannour called Retnes in the County of Forfaire in Scotland neare the furthest part of the same nation Northward giuen to Iohn Ewer and his heires auncestors to the Lord Ewer that now is for the seruice done in those parts with market euery munday Faire for 3. dayes euery yeare at Michaelmas and free warren for the same dated at Lauereost the xx day of October Anno Reg. 34. William Coser Shriue Reginald Thunderle Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior This yeare 1306. vpon sundry complaints of many of the Cleargy Nobilitie resorting to the city of London touching the great anoiance danger of contagion growing by reason of the french of burning sea-coale which diuers fire makers in Southwarke Wapping East Smithfield now vsed to make their common fires because of cheapnes hereof to forbeare the burning of bauin and fire coale the King expresly commanded the Maior and Shriues of London for with to make proclamation that all those fire-makers should cease their burning of sea-coale and make their fires of such fuell of wood and coale as had béene formerly vsed Reade the Record The great new Church of the gray Friers in London was begunne to bee builded by the Lady Margaret Quéene second wife to Edward the first Iohn of Briton Earle of Richmond builded the body of the church the residue was finished by the Lady Mary Countesse of Pembroke Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester Margaret Countesse of Glocester Elianor Spencer Elizabeth Bourgh sisters to Gilbert de Clare King Edward sent messengers into England commanded that all that ought him seruice should be ready at Carlile within 3. wéekes after the feast of S. Iohn Baptist But himselfe being vexed with a bloody flixe the 7. of Iuly departed this life at Burgh vpon the sands in the yeare of our Lord 1307. when he had raigned 34. yeares seuen moneths and odde daies his body was buried at Westminster vnto the which Church hee had giuen landes to the value of an hundred pound by yeare 20. pound thereof yearely to be distributed to the poore Edward of Carnaruan EDward the second sonne to the first Edward borne at Carnaruan began his raigne the 7. of Iuly in the yeare 1307. he was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners not regarding to gouerne his commonweale by discretion iustice which caused great variance betwéene him and the Lords Nicholas Pigot Shriue Nigellus Drurie Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior The King married Isabel the French Kings daughter The Lords enuying Pierce of Gauestone Earle of Cornwall a stranger borne banished him the land William Basing shriue Iames Borener shriue Nicholas Faringdon Goldsmith Maior The King sent for Pierce of Gaueston out of Ireland and gaue him the Earle of Glocesters sister in marriage which caused him againe to rise in pride scorning the Nobles of the realme The Barons therefore declared to the King that except he would expell the saide Pierce from his company they would rise against him as against a periured Prince whereupon once againe hee caused Pierce to abiure Iames of S. Edmond shriue Roger Palmer shriue Thomas Romane Maior Pierce of Gauestone returned into England and came to y e kings presence who forgetting al oaths and promises receiued him as a heauenly gift The Church of Middleton in Dorsetshire was consumed with lightning the Monkes being at mattens Simon de Corpe shriue Peter Blackney shriue Richard Reffam Mercer Maior Templars in England vpon heresie and other filthy Articles whereof they were accused were condemned to perpetuall penance in seuerall Monasteries The Barons of England being confederated against Pierce of Gauestone besieged him at the castle of Scarborough where they tooke him and brought him to Warwicke castle and caused his head to be stricken off Simon Mermood shriue Richard Gilford shriue Sir Iohn Gisors Pepperer Maior Quéene Isabel was deliuered of her first sonne named Edward at Windsor The Knights of the order of S. Iohn Baptist called S. Iohn of Ierusalem put the Turkes out of the Isle of Rhodes and after that wan vpon the saide Turkes daily for a long time Iohn Lambyn Shriue Richard Gilford Shriue Sir Iohn Gisors Pepperer Maior King Edward gathering a great power marched towards Scotland to breake the siege of the Castle of Streuelin where hee and his power encountred with Robert Bruce and the Scots in the end whereof the English men were discomfited and so eagerly pursued by the Scots that many of the Noble men were slaine This yeare 1313. according to the Chronicles of Germany Phillip king of France surnamed the Faire hauing his body full of venemous scabs manginesse caused all such of his subiects as well women as men both in France and Flaunders as had either the leaprosie or meazelrie to be burned The cause of this his tyrannous rigour was because he had beene informed that the saide lazar or pockey people had wilfully poysoned all the chiefe wels and standing waters Some say that this visitation was the diuine iustice of God vpon the King for suppressing the Knights Templars And in the yeare 1403. all the Iewes in Germany were burned because they had poisoned all the wels and standing waters It appeareth by forraine Chronicles that the Iewes had a generall purpose to poison the Christians for the Iewes in France did poyson the waters likewise and were seuerely punished Robert Gurdome Shriue Hugh Garton Shriue Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith Maior The King caused his writs to be published for victuals that no Oxe stalled or corne fed bee solde for more then 24. s. no grasse fed oxe for more then 16. s. a fat stalled cow at 12. s. another cow at 10. shillings A fat mutton corne fed or whose wooll is well growne at 20. pence another fat mutton shorne at 14. d. A fat hog of 2. yeares olde at 3. s. 4. d. A fat goose at 2. d. halfe peny in the city at 3 d. A fat Capon at 2. d. in the citty at 2. d. halfe peny A fat hen at one peny in the citty at one peny halfe peny Two chickins a peny in the citie on peny halfe peny Foure pigeons for one peny in the citty three pigeons for one peny 24. egges a peny in the citty 20. egges a peny c. Stephen Abingdon Shriue Hamond Chigwell Shriue Sir Iohn Gisors peppâ—rer Maior A Tanners son of Exceter named himselfe the sonne of Edward the first for the which hee was hanged at Northampton The deaâ—th increased through the abundance of raine that fell in haruest so y t a quarter of wheat or salt was sold for xl s. There followed this famine a grieuous mortalitie of people
other things appertaining to their mint c. The King confirmed the liberties of the Citty of London The 22. of September at night King Edward the second was cruelly murthered in the Castle oâ— Barkeley by the practise of the Quéene his wife the Lord Mortimer and the Bishop of Hereforâ— He was buried at Glocester Henry Darcy Shriue Iohn Hauten Shriue Hamond Chickwell Grocer Maior Peace was made betwixt the Englishmen and Scots so that Dauid the sonne of Robert Brce married Ioane of the Tower King Edwards sister By procurement of the old Quéene and Rogeâ— Mortimer Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Kent the Kings Vncle was beheaded at Winchester Richard Lazâ—r Shriue Henry Gisors Shriue Iohn Stanland Maior Roger Mortimer was taken by William Mâ—â—tacute and sent to London where he was condemâ—ned and hanged The 15. day of Iune was borne Edward 〈◊〉 blacke Prince Robert of Ely Shriue Thomas Whoorwood Shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior This Sir Iohn Pultney builded the Colledge 〈◊〉 London called Saint Laurence Pultney and â—â—tle Alhalowes a Parish Church in Thaâ—â— stréete and also the Carmelite Fryars Church 〈◊〉 Couentry Iohn Motking Shriue Andrew Aubury Shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior Henry Earle of Lancaster and of Leicester founded the new Hospitall by the Castle of Leicester wherein were an hundred poore impotent persons The King of England with force came before Berwicke where they that kept the Castle and Towne vsed many deceitfull treaties Nicholas Pike Shriue Iohn Husband Shriue Iohn Preston Draper Maior The Scots came with great multitudes minding to dissolue the siege of Berwicke whom the King couragiously met and slewe of them eight Earles 1300. horsemen and of the common souldiers 35000. neare vnto Halidon The townsemen of Berwicke yéelded to the King of England both the castle the towne who placing garisons there he sent Edward Baliol and other Nobles to kéepe the Realme of Scotland Iohn Haman Shriue William Hansard Shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior Edward Baliol king of Scots did homage to king Edward at â—ew Castle vpon Tyne and shortly after he receiued homage of the Duke of Britaine or his Earledome of Richmond Iohn Kingstone Shriue Walter Turke Shriue Reginald at Conduit Vintner Maior Part of the Vniuersitie of Oxford went tâ— Stamford because of a variance that fell be wéeâ— the Northerne and Southerne Schollers The Sea bankes brake in through all England but specially in the Thames so that all the casâ— and beasts neare thereunto were drowned Walter Morden Shriue Richard Vpton Shriue Richard Wotton Maior King Edward made his eldest sonne Edâ—â— Earle of Chester and Duke of Cornewall It was enacted that no wool should be conuaiâ— out of the Realme Iohn Clarke shriue William Curtis shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior The Towne of Southampton was burnt 〈◊〉 the French Kings Galleys It was enacted that whatsoeuer Clothworâ— of Flanders or of other countries would dâ—â— and inhabite in England should come quietly 〈◊〉 the most conuenient places should bee asigned 〈◊〉 them with great liberties and priuiledges This yeare 1338. as saith the French Chroâ—â—â—cle there happened in Auignon so strange teâ—ble mortalitie that brooks riuers were red 〈◊〉 bloud And that from the graues and sepulchâ—â— of the dead there issued streames of bloud 〈◊〉 vnheard of mortalitie was foretold the Frenâ— by father Robert a Iacobin Frier who hearâ— bewailed the sinnes and wickednesse of this Câ—â—ty and other places for the which hee often prâ—thed vnto them that God would surely visite them vnlesse they speedily repented but they obeyed not his doctrine This sickenesse continued a long time and dispersed into Germany and other nations many a yeare after Also it was enacted that none should weare any cloth made without the realme the K. the Quéen and their children onely excepted The king caused to confiscate all the goods of the Lumbards and also all the Monks of the order of Clume and Citiaux through the whole Realme Walter Beale shriue Nicholas Craine shriue Henry Darcy Maior King Edward with Quéene Phillip his wife and a great army passed the Seas into Flanders and so to Colleine where he made friendship with the Emperour and was made his vicegerent Hee quartered the armes of England and France William of Pomfret Shriue Hugh Marberell Shriue Henry Darcy Maior A sudden inundation of water at New Castle â—pon Tine bare downe a péece of the Towne â—all where an hundred and twenty men and woâ—en were drowned The King appointed himselfe to be called King of England and of France William Thorney Shriue Roger Fresham Shriue Andrew Aubery Grocer Maior The King gathered a Nauy of two hundred and sailed towards Flanders where hee fought with the enemies a most cruell battell by sea in the which the Frenchmen were ouercome and slaine of them 30000. men There was taâ—en 200 ships and the rest fled By the assistance of the Duke of Brabant and the Earle of Hainalt with them of Gaunt and Cypres he entred the North parts of France and besieged the Citty of Turney In the meane season the Earle of Henalt Sir Walter Manny and Reignold Cobham burnt 300. Townes great and small taking preyes Adam Lucas Shriue Bartholomew Maris Shriue Andrew Aubury Grocer Maior Two Cardinals were sent from the Pope who demanded a truce for thrée yeares betwixt the two Kings in which space the title that the King of England pretended might be discussed Richard of Barking shriue Iohn of Rokesley shriue Iohn of Oxford Vintener Maior King Edward sailed ouer into Britaine when he tooke diuers castles and other strong holds that resisted him After this he besieged Vannes and though Phillip de Valois came downe with a great multitude of people yet a truce was taken and Vannes remained to the King of England Iohn Loukin Shriue Richard Keslinbury Shriue Simon Frances Mercer Maior King Edward commanded florences of Gold to be made the penny of the value of vi s. viii pence the halpeny and farthing after the rate William Mountacute Earle of Salisbury conquered the Isle of Man from the Scots which Isle Edward the third gaue the same Earle and caused him to be crowned King of Man Iohn Steward shriue Iohn Alisham shriue Iohn Hamond Maior King Edward held a solemne feast at his Castle at Windsor where he established the most honourable order of the Garter to the number of 26. Knights which were chosen of the most noble and valiant persons of this Realme He also augmented the Cappell which his progenitors Kings of England had before erected with 8. Canons in the Castle of Windsor adding a Deane and 15. Canons more 24. poore knights with other Ministers Geffery Wickingham shriue Thomas Legge shriue Iohn Hamond Maior The Scots to the number of 30000. William Dowglas being their leader entred into Westmerland and burnt Carlile and
was at Church hauing raigned ten yeares Reade the supplement of Chronicles The Dukedome of Ferrara for want of heires male returned to the Church againe about the yeare 1596. and Pope Clement the 8. tooke possession thereof and conuerted it to a commonwealth retaining the regall power thereof vnto himselfe and his successors The Scots were ouerthrowne at Hallidon Hill Earle Dowglas was taken many other there were drowned in the riuer of Twéed about 500. Richard Marlew Shriue Robert Chicheley Shriue Iohn Walcot Draper Maior A great battell was fought neare vnto Shrewesbury betwéene King Henry and Henry Percy the yonger vnto whom was ioyned sir Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester vncle to the said Henry almost all the Gentlemen of Ches-shire Sir Henry Percy was slaine sir Thomas Percy taken and beheaded and of the commons on both sides about 5000. slaine The town of Plimouth was burnt by y e Britons Thomas Falconer shriue Thomas Poole shriue William Askam Fishmonger Maior The Frenchmen came to the Isle of Wight but those of the Isle rising against them they were glad to depart The Lord of Cassels in Britain arriued at Black poole 2. mile out of Dartmouth with a great Nauy Where of the rusticall people hee was slaine and xvii ships were taken fraught with wines William Louth Shriue Stephen Spilman Shriue Iohn Hinde Draper Maior The sonne of Owen Glendouerdew was taken and 150. with him were taken and slaine Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke and Thomas Monbray Earle Marshall imagined diuers articles against the King because he had put downe King Richard offering themselues for those articles to liue and die which caused great numbers of people to resort to them but they were taken and presented to the King at Yorke where they were both beheaded Henry Berton Shriue William Cromer Shriue Iohn Woodstocke Mercer Maior Iames the sonne of Robert King of Scots being nine yeares old sayling towards France was by tempest of weather driuen vpon the coast of England where being taken he was presented to the King and remained prisoner till the second yeare of Henry the sixth Nicholas Wotton shriue Geffery Brooke shriue Richard Whittington Maior A pestilence consumed in the Citty of London about 30000. Sir Robert Knowles Knight deceased he builded anew the bridge of Rochester hee reedified the Church of the white Friars at London where hée was buried he founded a colledge at Pomfret c. Henry Pomfret Shriue William Hallon Shriue William Stonden Grocer Maior A frost lasted 15. wéekes Henry Earle of Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph came into England with a great company pretending by proclaimation to deliuer the people from the great suppression that they well burdned with but by sir Thomas Rokeby Shriue of Yorkeshire he was encounted at Bramhaunnor there slaine the Lord Bardolph was wounded to death Thomas Dacke Shriue William Norton Shriue Drew Barentine Goldsmith Maior This yeare was a great play at Skinners well neare vnto Clarken well besides London was of matter from y e creation of the world there were to behold the same the most part of Nobles and Gentiles in England and forthwith after began a royall Iousting in Smithfield betwéene the Hâ—nowayes and our English Lords Iohn Law shriue William Chichely shriue Richard Marlow Irenmonger Maior Vpon the euen of S. Iohn Baptist Iohn the Kings son being in East Cheape after midnight a great debate happened betwéene his men men of the Court till the Maior with other Citizens ceased the same K. Henry founded a Colledge at Battlefield in Shropshire where he ouercame Sir Henry Percy and other Iohn Penne shriue Thomas Pike shriue Thomas Knowles Grocer Maior The guild Hall in London was began to be made newly by the foresaid Maior AldermeÌ„ A squier of Wales named Rice ap Dee which had long time rebelled against the King was brought to London and there drawne hanged and quartered Iohn Rainewill Shriue William Cotton Shriue Robert Chichely Grocer Maior The K. caused a new coine of nobles to be made which were of lesse value then the old by 4. d. in a Noble King Henry founded the Colledge of Fadringhey in Northamptonshire Ralph Leuenhinde shriue William Seuenoke shriue William Waldren Mercer Maiorâ— After the fortunate chances happened to K. Henry being deliuered of all ciuill diuision he was taken with sicknesse yéelded to God his spirit the 10. of March Anno 1412. when he had raigned 13 yeares 6. moneths and odde daies he was buried at Canterbury Hâ—â—ry the fifth began his raigne the 20. of March in the yeare 1412. This Prince excéeded the meane stature of men he was beautious of visage his neck long body slender and leane and his bones smal neuertheles he was of maruellous great strength and passing swift in running Sir Iohn Old Castle for diuers points touching the Sacrament before the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishop of London Winchester and other was conuict and committed to the Tower of London out of the which he brake Iohn Stotton Shriue Iohn Michael Shriue William Cromer Draper Maior Certaine adherents of Sir Iohn Olde Castle assembled them in Thickets field neare vnto the citie of London but the King being warned tooke the field afore them and so took of them such numbers that all the prisoners about London were â—â—â—led diuers of them were after executed Iohn Nâ—anset Esquire with 9. of his men slew Iohn Tibbey Clarke Chancellour to the Quéene for the which déed the said Esquier and foure of his men fled to S. Anns Church within Aldersgate and after for swore the land Iohn Michael Shriue Thomas Allin Shriue Thomas Fawconer Mercer Maior This Thomas Fawconer caused to breake the wall of London neare vnto Colman stréet and there to make a gate vpon the moore side where was none before He also caused the ditch to be cleansed The King rode to Southhampton where was discouered a great conspiracy against him by Richard Earle of Cambridge sir Thomas Gray and Henry Scrope with other who were executed at Southhampton The King entred the sea with 1000. saile and the third night after arriued in Normandy He laid siege to Hartflew which was yéelded to him Hee sought the battell at Agincourt where hee had a maruellous victory About this time Philip the French King began to set a custome or impost vpon Salt which was neuer before William Cambridge Shriue Allen Euerard Shriue Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior K. Henry arriued at Douer The Maior of London with the Aldermen and crafts riding in red with hoods red and white met with the King on blacke Richard Whittington Shriue Iohn Couentry Shriue Henry Barton Skinner Maior This yeare it was decréed by a court of common counsaile that a lantherne candle light should be hanged out at euery doore in the city in the winter On Easter day at a Sermon in S.
Haddon Mercer was also Mâ—â— by the Kings commandement Sir Richard Haddon Mercer Maior About Christmas was a Bakers house in wâ—â—wicke lane burnt with the mistresse of the hoâ—â— and two women seruants In Lent the King deliuered all prisoners London which lay for xl s. or vnder William Butler Shriue Iohn Kerkeby Shriue William Browne Mercer Maior Who deceased the 22. of March and forthwith Laurence Ailmer Draper was elected and â—orne he tooke his oath at the Tower and kept 〈◊〉 feast This yeare Sir William Caple was commaunâ—â—d to ward by Empson and Dudley and put in â—it by the King for things by him done in his maâ—altie for that he was charged that false moâ—y had come to his sight and had not done due â—unishment vpon the party that to him was acâ—used to be the coyner of it but were this true or not for that he would fall to no agréement he was by Darby and Sympson and other of their compaâ—â— whereof there was a Iury bound to the â—â—dles of Dudley and Empson indited and afâ—â—r by Dudley put in prison some while in the â—â—unter some time in the Shriues house while William Butler was Shriue and then deliuered vnto Thomas Exmew and forasmuch as he would not agrée to pay the King 2000. li. was commanded to the Tower where he lay till at length hee was let goe free Also Thomas Knesworth that had béene Maior and his Shriues Robert Shore and Roger Groue were sent to the Kings Bench vnder the custodie 〈◊〉 Sir Thomas Brandon where they were put to their fine of 2000. pound The Citty of Norwich was sore perished and neare consumed with fire for as some haue wriâ—â—ten there was more then 160. houses consumed with most part of their goods Stephen Genings Maior Marchant tailour by the Kings letters for his election Thomas Exmew Shriue Richard Smith Shriue This Stephen Genings founded a free Graâ—â—mer Schoole at Woluerhampton in Staâ—â—shire c. This yeare was finished the goodly Hospitall of the Sauoy néere vnto Charing Crosse whiâ—â— was a notable foundation for the poore done by King Henry the seuenth vnto the which bee purâ—chased lands for the relieuing of 100. poore people More by Indenture septipartite dated the 19. yeare of his raigne he established thrée Monkes Doctors or Batchelors of Diuinitie to sing and to preach in Westminster Church diuers feaâ—â— and euery Sonday for euer An anniuersary yearly of 20. li. to be distributed to the poore by 2. 〈◊〉 péece to 13. poore men and 3. poore women founded by him in an almes house for the same poore men women prouided in the saide Monastery 12. d. a yeare Also a wéekely obit and each of thâ—â— to giue to 140. poore people each one a peny Eigâ—â— brethren conuerses to bee found meate drinkâ— cloathing lodging for euer Thrée schollers 〈◊〉 kept at the Vniuersitie 10. li. the yeare to each 〈◊〉 euer The 13. poore men one to bee a Priest agâ—â— 45. yeares a good Gramarian the other 12. to 〈◊〉 aged 50. yeares euery Saturday the Priest 〈◊〉 receiue of the Abbot or Prior foure pence the day and each other two pence halfe peny the day for euer for their sustenance and euery yeare to each â—â—e a gowne and a hood ready made and to 3. women to dresse their meate and kéepe them in their 〈◊〉 each to haue euery Saturday 16. d. and â—uery yeare a gowne ready made more to the 13 â—â—re men yearely 80. quarters of coales 1000. 〈◊〉 good fagots to the vse of their hall and kitchin 〈◊〉 their mansion A discréete Monke to be ouerséer to them to haue 40. s. the yeare c. And to this 〈◊〉 Abbot and Prior to be sworne King Henry died at Richmond the 22. of Aprill â—hen he had raigned 23. yeares and 8. moneths â—nd was buried at Westminster in the new chappell which he caused to be builded Hee left issue Henry Prince of Wales which succéeded in the kingdome Lady Margaret Quéene of Scots and lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile Henry the eight HEnry the eight at the age of eightéene yeares began his raigne the two and twentieth of Aprill Anno 1509. Of personage hee was tall and mighty in wit memory excellent The 3. of Iune he married laâ—y Katherine his first wife who had béene late wife 〈◊〉 Prince Arthur deceased On midsomer day the â—ing Quéene were crowned at Westminster George Monex shriue Iohn Dogget shriue Thomas Bradbury Mercer the 18. of October Sir William Capell Draper the 12. of Ianuarie Maiors Sir Richard Emson Knight and Edmond Dudley Esquire who had bene great Counsellors to Henry the seuenth were beheaded on Tower hill thâ— 18. of August This Edmond Dudley in time of his imprisonment compiled a Booke intituled the 〈◊〉 of Common wealth Iohn Milborne shriue Iohn Rest shriue Henry Kebel Grocer Maior This Henry Kebel builded Aldermary Church in London and did many other workes of charitiâ— in his life Henry the Kings first sonne was borne on Neâ— yeares day but died on S. Matthewes day nâ— following Nicholas Shelton shriue Thomas Mirfyn shriue Roger Acheley Draper Maior The Nauies of England and France méeâ— at Britaine Bay fought a cruell battell in whâ—â—â— the Regent of England and a Caricke of Fraâ—â— being grappeled together were burned and the Captaines with their men all drowned the Engâ—lish Captaine was Sir Thomas Kneuet whoâ— with him 700. men In the French Carike 〈◊〉 Sir Piers Morgan with xi hundred men Iohn Collet Deane of Paules erected one 〈◊〉 Schoole in Pauls Churchyard in the yearâ— 1512 for poore mens children to be taught frée c. Robert Holdernes shriue Robert Fenrother shriue William Copinger Fishmonger Maior Sir Richard Haddon Mercer Maior The stéeple and the lanterne on Bow Church in Cheape was this yeare finished In Iune the King with a great army in person went into France and there conquered Turwin the 22. of August and tooke the Citie of Turney by appointment the 29. of of September In this time Iames king of Scots inuaded this land with a mighty army but by the diligence of the Quéene with the policy and manhood of the Earle of Surrey the Kings Lieuetenant he was himselfe slaine at Bramstone with 3. Bishops 3. Abbots 12. Earles 18. Lords besides Knights Gentlemen eightéene thousand Scots and all the ordinance stuffe taken the 9. of September Iohn Dawes Iohn Bridges Shriue Roger Basford Shriue William Browne Mercer Maior Sohn Tate Mercer Maior The seuenth of August peace was proclaimed betwéene the King of England France during their liues All the hedges within one mile of London euery way were pulled downe and the ditches filled vp in a morning by a number of yong men Citizens of London because those inclosers had béene hinderance to their shooting In October a marriage was made betwéene Lewis the 12. King of France and Lady
Mary the Kings sister of England Iames Yerford Shriue Iohn Mundaâ— Shriue George Monox Draper Maior This George Monox repaired the parish Church of Waltham-stowe in the County of Essex and founded there an almes house for the poore men and women and a frée schoole for children Richard Hunne a Marchant Tailor of S. Margarets parish in Brigestréete who had béene put in the Lollards Tower about the ende of October was now the 5. of December found hanged in the said Tower and after burned in Smithfield On New yeares Euen died the French K. Lewis the 12. And the 9. of Aprill a nâ—w peace was concluded betwéene the King of England and Frances the new King of France In the moneth of May Charles Duke of Suffolke â—â—dded the Lady Mary the kings sister late Quéene of France Henry Worley Shriue Richard Gray W. Baily Shriue William Butler Grocer Maior Lady Mary King Henries daughter was borne at Gréenewich on the xi of February Margaret Quéene of Scots King Henries eldest sister who had after the death of her first husband Iames King of Scots slaine at Bramston married Archibald Douglas Earle of Anguish fled into England and lay at Harbottle where shee was deliuered of a child called Margaret Thomas Seimer Shriue Iohn Thâ—â—ston Shriue Iohn Rost Grocer Maior The Thames was frozen that men with horse and carts might passe betwixt Westminster and Lambeth On May euen was an insurrection of young persons and apprentises of London against Aliens of the which diuers were hanged with their Captaine Iohn Lincolne a Broker the residue to the number of 400. men and 11. women tied in ropes all along one after another in their shirts came to Westminster hall with halters about their neckes and were pardoned Margaret Quéene of Scots returned into Scotland to the Earle of Anguish her husband Thomas Baldry Shriue Ralph Simon Shriue Sir Thomas Exmew Goldsmith Maior Many dyed in Eâ—gland of the sweating sicknesse especially about London wherefore Trinitie tearme was one day at Oxford and then adiourned to Westminster The Cittie of Turney was deliuered to the French King Iohn Allâ—n shriue Iames Spencer shriue Thomas Mirsine Skinner Maior The Earle of Surrey was sent into Ireland as 〈◊〉 there and the Earle of Kildare was 〈…〉 of that office In Iuly Cardinall Campaius came into England from the Pope to exhort King Henry to make warres on the Turkes Iohn Wilkinson Shriue Nicolas Partridge Shriue Sir Iames Yarfords Mercer Maior As K. Henry was at Canterbury with the Quéene in readinesse to haue passed the sea he heard of the Emperour Charles coÌ„ming with whom he met at Douer accompanied him to Canterbury where after the Emperour had saluted the Quéene his aunt hee tooke shipping into Flanders The last day of May King Henry passed ouer to Calice and met with Francis the French King at the Campe betwéene Arde and Guines where were many great triumphs and goodly sights Imediately after hee met with the Emperour with whom hee went to Grauelin and the Emperour returned with him to Calice where he had great cheare Iohn Skenington shriue Iohn Kyeme shriue Sir Iohn Burges Draper Maior The 27. of May was Edward Duke of Buckingham beheaded King Henry wrote a booke against Luther and therefore the Bishop of Rome named him defender of the Faith Iohn Britane Shriue Thomas Pergetter Shriue Sir Iohn Milborne Draper Maior This sir Iohn Milborne builded certaine almes houses adioyning to the Crotched friers church in London wherein he placed 14. aged poore people The 6. of March the French King attached all Englishmens goods And all Frenchmens bodies and goods were attached at London Charles the 5. Emperour came into England was honorably receiued into London by y e Maior Aldermen commons of the City the 6. of Iune the King accompanying him from thence he went to Windsor and sate in the Stall of the Garter After great feasts iustes and honourable entertainment hee departed to Hampton and sailed from thence into Spaine During this time the Earle of Surrey Lord Admirall burnt Morles in Britaine not long after entred Picardy burnt diuers towns castles Iohn Rudstone Shriue Iohn Champneis Shriue Sir Iohn Munday Goldsmith Maior The Lord Rosse the Lord Dacres of the North burned the towne of Kelsey in Scotland with 80. villages and ouerthrew 18. Towers of stone The Emperour Charles King Henry Ferdinando Duke of Austrich the Pope the Cittie of Venice and diuers others in Italy were confederate against the Frenchmen The Turks besieged the I le of Rhodes on Christmas day tooke it to the rebuke of Christendome for their dissention and negligence The Earle of Surrey burned 37. villages in Scotland dispoiled the Countrey from the East Marches to the West A Parliament at the Blacke Friars in London wherein was granted a great Subsidy Christâ—en King of Denmarke and his Quéenâ— arriued at Douer the 22. of Iune came to London and were lodged in the Bishop of Batheâ— place The Duke of Suffolke was sent into France with an army of 10000. men who passing the water of Some without battaile tooke diuer Townes and Castles Michael English shriue Nicholas Ienings shriue Sir Thomas Baldry Mercer Maior In December at the Citty of Couentry Fraâ—â—cis Philip Christopher Pickering and Anthonâ— Mainyle intended to haue taken the Kings treaâ—sure of his subsidie as the same came towardâ— London therwith to haue raised men and to haue taken the castle of Killingworth and then to hâ—â—â— made battell against the King for the which they were drawen hanged and quartered at Tiborne the other of their conspiracy were executed at Couentry Ralph Dodmer Shriue William Roch Shriue Sir William Baoly Draper Maior The 9. of March was great triumph made in England for the taking of the French King before the Citty oâ—â—auie Cardinall Wolsey obtained licence of the Pope to surprâ—sie certaine small Priories to the intent to erect two Colledges at Oxford and Ipswich The Tower of Greenwich was builded A truce betweene England and France Iohn Caunton shriue Christopher â—skew shriue Sir Iohn Allen Mercer Maior The xi of February foure Marchants of the Stilyard did penance at Paules Doctor Barnes bare a fagot This yeare 1526. Charles the sonne of Gilbâ—rt Earle of Mounâ—pensier who not long before had married the Lady Iane sole heire to the Dutchy of Burbon in whose right hee was Duke of Burbon vpon priuate discontent reuolted from his King Charles the 8. and then serued vnder the Emperour the King of England and after that the said Duke the yeare aforesaid besieged Rome sackt it did great spoiles extremities vnto the Cleargy forced the Pope to flie into Castle-Angelo but himselfe was there slaine by a Friar with the shot of a Caliuer The 6. of September was proclamation for gold the French Crowne 4. s. 6. d. The Angell 7.
Gallies and Brigantines 230 there were slaine of the Turkes more then thirty thousand beside a great number of prisoners taken and about 12000 Christians that had béene slaues with the Turkes were set at liberty The 13 of Ianuary deceased sir William Peter knight who had béene Secretary and of the priuy Councell to foure Kings and Quéens in this Realm and seuen times L. Ambassadour abroad in forraine lands he augmented Excester Colledge in Oxford with lands to the value of one hundred pounds by yeare The 16 of Ianuary Thomas Duke of Norffolke was arraigned in Westminster Hall and there by his Péeres found guilty of high Treason The 11 of February Kenelme Barne and Edmond Mather were drawne from the Tower of London and Henry Rolfe from the Marshalsée in Southwarke all thrée to Tiburne and there hanged bowelled and quartered Barncy and Mather for conspiracy and Rolfe for counterfeiting the Quéenes hand The 12 of February was proclamation made for the sharpe punishment of such as conuaied bels lead and other Church goods out of the Parish Churches or Chappels The tenth of March deceased sir William Pawlet knight Lord Saint Iohn Earle of Wilshire Marques of Winchester knight of the Garter one of the Quéenes Maiesties priuie Counsell and Lord high Treasurer of England He was borne in the yeare of our Lord 1483 he serued Henry the 7 Henry the 8 Edward the 6 Quéene Mary and Quéene Elizabeth Himselfe did sée the children of his childrens children growing to the number of 103. The 25 of March by the commandement of the Counsel the Citizens of London assembling at their seuerall halles the master collected the most actiue persons of euery their companies to the number of 3 thousand whom they appointed to be pikemen and shotte the pikemen were forthwith armed in faire corslets the gunners had euery of them his Callieuer with the furniture To these were appointed diuers captaines who to traine them vp in warlike feats mustered them thrice euery wéeke sometime in the artillery yard teaching the gunners to handle their péeces sometime at the miles end in Saint Georges field teaching them to skirmish On May day they mustred at Gréenewich before the Quéenes maiestie where they showed many warlike feats but were much hindred by the weather all day showring It was enacted that all persons aboue the age of fouretéene yeares being taken vagrant and wandring misorderly should be apprehended whipped and burnt through the right eare with a hot iron for the first time so taken the second time to be hanged This yeare 1572 was the Massacar in Paris The 2 of Iune Thomas Duke of Norffolk was beheaded on tower hill Francis Duke of Memorency and Betraude de Saligners Knights of the order of Saint Michaell Ambassadours for Charles king of France arriued at Douer The 15 of Iune they repaired to the White hall and there in her Graces chappell about one of the clocke in the after noone the Articles of treaty league or confederacy and sure friendship concluded at Bloys the ninetéenth of Aprill betwéen the Quéenes maiesty and the French King being read the same was by her maiesty and his Ambassadours confirmes to be obserued and kept The 22 of August Thomas Percie Earle of Northumberland now brought out of Scotland whither he had fled was beheaded at York In the moneth of August sir Thomas Smith one of the Quéens Maiesties priuie Counsell sent his sonne Thomas Smith Esquire into Ireland with a Colony or habitation of English men to inhabite the Ardes in Vlster Richard Pype Nicholas Woodroffe Sir Lionell Ducket mercer The 18 of Nouember was séene a star Northward very bright and cleare in the contestation of Cassiopeia which with thrée chiefe fixed stars of the said constellation made a Geometicall figure lozengewise of the learned men called Rombus this starre in bignesse at the flrst appearing séemed bigger then Iupiter and much lesse then Venus when she séemed greatest also the said star neuer changing his place was carried about with the daily motion of heauen as all fixed stars commonly are and so continued almost sixe moneths The same starre was found to be in place celestiall farre aboue the Moone otherwise than euer any comet hath béene séene or naturally can appeare therefore it is supposed that the signification thereof is directed purposely and specially to some matter not naturall but celestiall or rather supercelestiall so strange as from the beginning of the world neuer was the like The 14 of Nouember Edward Earle of Darby Lord Stanley and Strange L. and Gouernor of the Isle of Man knight of the noble Order of the Garter and one of the Quéenes Maiesties Priuie Counsell deceased His life and death deseruing commendation and crauing memory to be imitated was such as followeth His fidelity to two Kings and two Quéenes in dangerous times and great rebellions in which time alwaies as cause serued he was Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire His godly disposition to his tenants neuer forcing any seruice at their hands but due payment of their rent His liberality to strangers his famous houskéeping his féeding of aged persons twice a day forty and odde besides all commers thrice a wéeke appointed for his dealing daies and euery good Friday 35 yeares relieued one with another 2700 with meate drinke and mony worth His cunning in setting bones disioynted or brake his chirurgery desire to helpe the poore his deliuery of his George and seale of the Lord Strange with exhortation that he might kéepe it so vnspotted in fidelity to his Prince as he had and his hope that he died in the Quéenes fauour his ioyfull parting this world his taking leaue of all his seruants by shaking of hands and his remembrance to the last day The 18 of Ianuary William Lord Herbert Earle of Worcester began his iourney toward France to the christning of the Kings daughter there in stead of the Quéenes maiesty of England The said Earle with many of his company were robbed vpon the sea of much of their baggage and thrée or foure of their men slaine In the moneth of February through sundry hainous complaints brought to the Quéenes Maiesty and her Counsell of Pirats that kept the narrow Seas doing many robberies as also the robbing of the Earle of Worcester it pleased her Maiesty to send one of her Ships named the Swallow vnder the charge of William Holstocke Esquire controller of her highnesse shippes who had with him the Gillian the Barke Garet and the Barke of Yarmouth and 306 able Marriners Gunners and Souldiers in the said three shippes and one Barke which scoured the narrow Sea from the North forland as farre Westward as Falmouth in Cornwall and tooke twenty ships and Barkes of sundry nations viz. English French and Flemmings but all Pirats and in fashion of warre He apprehended in those ships and Barkes to the number of 900 men of
being opened there were found about him diuellish bookes of coniuration and abominable practices a picture of a man hauing thrée dice in his hand and this writing Chance dice fortunately and diuers papers of such like matters as hee had dealt in for men such as are mentioned in Leuiticus the 20 chapter the 6 verse If any soule turne himselfe after such as worke with spirits and after southsayers to go awhooring saith the Lord I will put my face against that soule and will cut him off from among my people The 3 of February Iohn Nelson for denying the Quéenes supremacy was drawen to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered The 10 of March deceased the Lady Margaret Countesse of Lineaux and was buried at Westminster The 31 of May Martine Frobisher with fiftéene saile of good ships well appointed departed from Harwich in Essex on his third voyage towards Cathay The 31 of Iuly after many attempts and sundry times being put backe by Ilands of Ice in his straites he came to anker in the Ilands now by her Maiesty named Meta incognita wheras in the yere before they fraght their shippes with the like Ore and then on the last of August returning thence arriued safely in England about the first of October George Bond Thomas Starky Sir Richard Pipe Draper The 22 of Ianuary about 7 of the clocke at night Iohn Cassimere Count Palatine of the Rhene and Duke of Bauaria landing at the Tower of London was there by diuers Noble men and others honorably receiued and conueyed by cresset-light and torch-light to Sir Thomas Gressams house in Bishops-gate stréet where hee was feasted and lodged till Sunday next and then by the Nobility brought to the court at Westminster and after lodged in Sommerset-house On the eight of February he was made Knight of the Garter and on the fourtéenth of February departed from London homewards with great rewards giuen by the Quéenes Maiesty the Nobility and men of honour The fourth of February and the night following fell such abundance of snow that on the fift in the morning the same was found at London to be two foot déepe in the shallowest and otherwise being driuen by the winde very boistrous in the Northeast on bankes an ell or yard and a halfe déepe in the which drifts of snow in the countries many cattell and some men and women were ouer-whelmed and lost it snowed till the eight day and fréezed till the tenth When following a thaw with continuall raine a long time after which caused such high floods that the Marshes and low grounds being drowned the water rose so high in Westminster hall that after the fall thereof some fishes were found there to remaine The 20 of February deceased sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Kéeper of the great Seale of England who was honourably buried vnder a sumptuous monument in Pauls Church of London the 9 of March. The 25 of Aprill sir Thomas Bromley knight was made Lord Chancellor of England The 14 of Aprill Matthew Hamont of Hithersey thrée miles from Norwich plough-wright for denying Christ to be our Sauiour and publishing diuers other horrible heresies was conuented before the Bishop of Norwich condemned in the consistorie and deliuered to the Shrieues of Norwich to bée executed but because he had spoken words of blasphemy against the Quéenes Maiesty and other of her Counsell he was by the Maior Sir Robert Wood and Sergeant Windam Recorder condemned to lose his eares which were cut off the thirtéenth of May in the Market place of Norwich and on the 20 of May he was burnt in the Castle ditch there This yeare Marke Scalior Blackesmith of London for triall of his workemanship made one hanging locke of Iron stéele and brasse of eleuen seuerall péeces and a pipe key all cleane wrought which waied but one graine of gold He also at the same time made a chaine of gold of forty thrée linkes to which chaine the locke and key being fastned and put about a fleas necke she drew the same with ease All which locke and key chaine and flea wayed but one graine and a halfe a thing most incredible but that I my selfe haue séene it The 17. of Iuly the Quéenes Maiesty being on the riuer of Thames betwixt her Mannor of Gréenwich and Depford in her priuy barge accompanied with the French Ambassadour the Earle of Lincolne and others it chanced that one Thomas Appletree seruingman in the company of others rowing vp and downe the Thames hauing a Calliuer charged with a bullet shooting at randon by misfortune shot one of the watermen the second next vnto the bales of the said barge which sate within sixe foote of her Highnesse cleane through both armes for the which fact the said Thomas was on the 21 of Iuly brought to the water side where was a Gibbet set vp and when the hangman had put the rope about his necke he was by the Quéenes pardon deliuered from execution This years Iohn Foxe of Woodbridge William Wicnor Robert Moore Englishmen hauing béene prisoners in Turkey about the space of thirtéene yeares with more than 260 other Christians of diuers nations by killing of their kéeper meruailously escaped and returned to their natiue countries In the month of September and October fell great winds and raging floods in sundry places of this Realme where through many men cattle houses were drowned In y e town of Newport the cottages were borne downe and the corne lost pasture ground ouerwhelmed cattell drowned In the towne of Bedford the water came vp into the Market place where cubbords chests and formes swam about the houses their fuell corne and hay was wract and borne away Also the towne of Saint Edes in Huntingtonshire was ouerflowed suddenly in the night when all men were at rest the waters brake in with such force that the towne was all defaced the Swannes swam downe the Market place and all the towne about the boates did floate Gormanchester was suddenly supprest their houses full of water and their cattell destroied Martin Calthorpe Iohn Hart. Sir Nicholas Woodroofe Haberdasher On the 21 of September Sir Thomas Gresham knight agent to the Quéene who had builded the Royall exchange in London deceased suddenly at his house in Bishops gate stéets of London and was buried in the parish Church of S. Elen there The 6 of Aprill being Wednesday in Easter weeke about sixe of the clocke towards the euening a sudden earthquake happened at London and generally throughout England by violence whereof the great clocke bell at Westminster strooke against the hammers as diuers clocks and bells against their hammers and clappers both in the City and country did the like In London a péece of the Temple Church fell downe In the late dissolued Church of the Gray Friars now called Christs Church in the Sermon time one falling from the top killed a
it séemâ— ringing of bells making of bonefires and â—ing of Psalmes The Quéenes Maiesty foreséeing the gâ—rall dearth of corne and other victuals grow partly through the vnseasonablenesse of 〈◊〉 yeares past partly through the vncharitaâ— gréedinesse of such as bee great corne masteâ— but especiallie through the vnlawfull and 〈◊〉 much transportation of graine into forâ— countries by the aduice of her honourâ— Councell published a proclamation and bâ— of orders to be taken by her Iustices for reliâ— of the poore notwithstanding all which the â—â—cessiue prices of graine still encreased so 〈◊〉 wheat and meale was sold at London for 〈◊〉 the bushell and in some other parts of tâ— Realme dearer The 8 of February being Wednesday accorâ—ding to sentence lately giuen by the nobiliâ— Mary Steward Quéene of Scots about tenne of the Clocke before noone was executed and suffered death by beheading vpon a scaffold set vp for that purpose at the great Hall of the Castle of Fodringay in the presence of George Talbet Earle of Shrewsburie Henry Grey Earle of Kent principall Commissioners and others the Gentlemen of the Country neare adioyning to the number of about 300 all her apparell was burned but her body with the head was royally buried at Peterborow on the first day of August next following The 15 of February the Parliament began at Westminster wherein was granted to her Maiesty towards her charges for the defence of this Realme a subsidy by the Clergy of 6 shillings the pound and of the temporalty two shillings eight pence goods and foure shillings lands with two fiftéenes c. Munday the twenty foure of Februarie a man hanged for felony at Saint Thomas of Waterings being begged by the Chirurgions of London to haue made of him an Anatomie after he was dead to all mens thinking cut down stripped laid naked in a Chest throwne in a Carre and so brought from the place of execution through the Borow of Southwarke and the city of London to the Chirurgions hall neare vnto Aldersgate the chest being there opened and the weather extreame cold he was found to be aliue and liued till thursday next following and then died The twentie thrée of February a gunpowder house at Radriffe was blowne vp with much harme Sir Thomas Bromley knight Lord Chancellour of England deceased on the 12 of Aprill and was buried at Westminster This yeare 1587 Master William Sanderson of London Fishmonger attained the perfection of making the great round globes viz. Celestiall and Terrestriall On the 16 of Aprill deceased the Dutchesse of Somerset at Hanworth and was buried at Westminster Edward Earle of Rutland Knight of the Garter departed this life at London on the 18 of Aprill and was very honourably conuaied from thence to his Castle of Beauoyre and buried in the Parish Church at Bettifford The 29 of Aprill Sir Christopher Hatton knight late Vicechamberlaine and one of her Maiesties priuy Counsell was made Lord Chancellor of England at Croidon on the 3 day of May being the first day of the tearme he rode from Ely place in Holborne to Westminster there to take his oath before whom went about the number of forty his gentlemen in one liuery and chaines of gold diuers Pentioners and other Gentlemen of the Court vpon foot-clothes the officers and Clarkes of the Chancery and then the Lord Chancellour hauing on his right hand the Lord Treasurer and on the left hand the Earle of Leicester after whom rode certaine of the Nobility the Iudges of the Realme and many knights The 22 of May was published by proclamation an order granted by the Quéene in fauour of her Subiects for the transporting of clothes out of the Realme to wit that the Merchants of the Stilyard resident in London and all other Merchants strangers or other of the realme may buy of the Clothiers any cloth vnwrought vnbarbed or vnshorne and shall haue full liberty to ship and carry away out of the port of London any such cloaths and further that all Merchants strangers and English that shall not haue liberty to buy cloathes at Blackwell-hall or within the liberties of the City of London may buy all manner of clothes in the Citie of Westminster The 18 of Iune Robert Earle of Leicester was made Lord Steward of the houshold Robert Deuorex Earle of Essex was made master of her Maiesties horse The fiftéene of Iune Robert Earle of Leicester tooke shipping at Margate in Kent toward the Low Countries where he remained not long but returned This yeares was a late spring and a cold Sommer so that at Midsomer Peason in the cods were sold at London for 8 pence the pecke yet after were plenty no cherries ripe till Saint Iames-tide or Lammas and then such plenty that they were sold for a penny the pound The 7 of September sir Thomas Henage was made Vicechamberlaine Thomas Skinnet Iohn Catcher Sir George Bond Haberdasher Richard May Merchant-tailor lately deceased gaue to the Chamber of London 300 pouÌ„ds toward the new building of the Blackwell Hal which at length tooke effect Vpon this gift the said Blackwell hall was taken downe a new foundation was laide and within the space of ten moneths after with the charges of 2500 l. the same was finished Great prouision was made this yeare both by Land and Sea to withstand the inuasion by the Spanish Armado against the Realme for besides the generall forces of the Realme appointed to be mustered trained and put in readinesse in the seuerall shires for the defence of the land there was also a leauy made of two seuerall armies the one to make the body of a campe to reside at Tilbury in Essex to encounter with the Enemy if he should attempt to land in any place of that country whereof the Earle of Leicester Lord Steward of her Maiesties houshold was Lieutenant Generall as also of the Armies leuied against forraine inuasion The other to be imploied for the guard of her highnesse person vnder the charge of the right Honourable the Lord Hunsden Lord Chamberlaine to her Maiestie The campe at Tilbury consisting both of horsemen and footemen raised out of all the shires were of Lancers 253 of light horsmen 769 of footmen 22000. the armie for the guard of her Maiesties person Lances 481 light horsemen 1431. footmen 34050. The Nauie set forth and armed to the seas consisted partly of her Maiesties shippes partly of the ships of her subiects which were furnished out of the Port townes whereunto they belonged of this Nauie the chiefest and greatest part was vnder the charge of the Lord Charles Howard of Effingham Lord Admirall of England and were addressed to encounter with the Spanish Fléet the rest of the ships were assigned vnto the Lord Henry Seimer Admirall of the Fléete to guard the narrow Seas and to impeach the issuing forth of the ships and vessels prepared by the Duke of Parma at Dunkirke The
23 of May the Lord Admirall came to Plimouth with the Fléet aforesaid finding there Sir Francis Drake in a readinesse with more then 50 ships and pinnaces The 24 of Iune the Lord Admirall issued out toward the Sea from Plimmouth he diuided her Maiesties Fléet into thrée parts viz. Sir Francis Drake Vice Admirall in the Reuenge with other towards the Islands of Sillie Iohn Hawkens Rere-Admirall in the Victory with other toward the Isles of Vshent And the Lord Admirall with the rest remayning in the sléeue appointed other there all to discerne if the Spanish forces did any way passe The 19 of Iuly intelligence was brought to the Lord Admirall by a pyrate Pinnis whose captaine was Thomas Fleming that the Spanish Fléete was séene in the sea The 20 of Iuly the Lord Admirall made toward the Sea and the same day had sight of the Spanish Fléete in number by estimation 158 sailes The Lord Admirall cast about toward the Land to interrupt them from approaching hauing got the wind of them prosecuted them all that night and so continually from place to place vntill the second of August in which space hauing by the power GOD wonderfully ouercome them he returned to Margate in Kent Now the Campe being kept at Tilbury in Essex vnder the charge of the Earle of Leicester the ninth of August her Maiesty repaired thither where all the whole Campe being set in order of Battaile she passed through euery rank of them to their great reioycing lodged that night and the night following in the house of Master Edward Rich a Iustice in the Parish of Hornedon On the next morrow her Maiestie returned to the Campe and on the twelfth returned to Saint Iames and shortly after the Campe was dissolued Sonday the 20 of August Master Nowell Deane of Pauls at Pauls Crosse in the presence of the Lord Maior the Aldermen in Scarlet the Companies in their liueries preached mouing them to giue land vnto God for the great victory giuen to our English Nation by the ouerthrow of the Spanish Fléete The 26 of August at the Sessions hall neare vnto Newgate were condemned 8 persons for being made Priests beyond the Seas and remayning in this Realme contrary to a Statute foure Temporall men for being reconciled to the Romish Church and foure other for relieuing the others The 28 W. Deane and H. Welby were hanged at the Miles end W. Hunter R. Morton and Hugh More at Lincolnes Inne fields T. Acton at Clarken well T. Fulton and Iames Clarkeson betwéene Brainford and Hounslow The 30 Richard Flower G. Shesley Richard Leigh Richard Martin Iohn Roch and Margaret Warde gentlewoman who had conueied a cord to a Priest in Bridewell whereby he escaped from thence were hanged at Tiborne This yeare 1588 the Patriarke of the Gréeke Church came from Chyo alias Syo in Gréece vnto the City Mosco in Russia and for a certaine summe of money resigned all his Ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction state stile and dignity vnto the Metropolitan of Mosco and his successors for euer which done the old Patriarke left Mosco and in his returne towards Grecia the Turkes robbed him of all his treasure and slue him A iust reward for his cowardise and couetousnesse The 2 of September at night a vehement fire brake foorth against the Dutch Church in London to the great terrour of the whole City but by the burning of one house and pulling downe of some other the fire was quenched The 4 of September deceased Robert Dudley Earle of Leicester Lord Steward of her Maiesties houshold lieutenant generall and Marshal of England at Cornebury in Orfordshire from whence hée was conuaied to his Castle of Kenelworth and from thence to Warwicke where hee was honourably interred He had in his towne of Warwicke founded one Hospitall of an old guilde giuen him by the townes for twelue poore men endowing the same with lands to the yearely value of 200. pound and fifty load of Wood out of Killingworth Parke and gaue to the same Hospitall by his Testament 200 pounds in money for a stocke hée was extreame tyrannous in authority Vhe 8 of September the Preacher of Pauls Crosse moued the people to giue God thankes for the ouerthrow of our enemies the Spaniards and there were shewed 11 ensignes or banners takn in the Spanish ships by our men and on the next morrow hanged on London bridge towards Southwarke where then the Faire was kept being our Lady day Hugh Offley Richard Saltonstall Sir Martin Calthorp Drapor The 5 of October Iohn Welden and William Hartley made Priests in France were hanged the one at Miles end the other at Holliwell Robert Sutton for being reconciled to the Church of Rome was hanged at Clarkenwell The 8 of October at night was burnt one stable with horses about the number of twenty at Drury house neare to the Strand The 19 of Nouember was this yeare kept holy day throughout the Realme with sermons singing of Psalmes Bone fires c. for ioy and thanksgiuing vnto God for the ouerthrow of the Spaniards our enemies on the sea and the Cittizens of London assembled in their Liueries that day at a Sermon at Pauls Crosse tending to that end The 24 of Nouember being Sunday the Quéenes Maiesty hauing attendants vpon her the Priuy-Counsel Nobility and other honorable persons aswell spirituall as temporall in great number all on horse backe did come in a chariot throne made with foure pillars behind to haue a Canopy on the top wherof was made a crowne imperiall and two lower pillars before whereon stood a Lion and a Dragon supporters of the Armes of England drawne by two white stéeds from Somerset house to the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul c. At the temple Barre the Lord Maior and his Brethren the Aldermen in Scarlet receiued and welcomed her Maiesty to her city deliuering to her hands the Scepter which her Highnesse deliuered to the Maior who bare the same before her The Companies in their Liueries stood along to Pauls Church where at the great west dore she dismounted about 12 of the clock and was receiued vnder a canopy by the Bishop of London the Deane others of the Clergy to the number of more then 50. all in rich Coapes and by them brought to a Closet towards the Pulpit Crosse where she heard a Sermon made by Doctor Pierce Bishop of Salisbury and then returned to the Bishops Pallace where she dined and returned to Somerset house by Torchlight The 5 of Ianuary at night a great wind in the Northeast ouerturned trées and otherwaies did great harme in very many places The 30 of Ianuary the Quéenes Maiesty came from Richmond to Chelrich and so to Westminster and was receiued by the Maior Aldermen and commoners of her city of London in coates of veluet and chaines of gold all on horse-backe with the Captaines of the citty betwixt 5. and 6. of
Earle of Essex and the Lord Thomas Howard the Earle of Southampton sir Water Rawleigh other braue Commanders with 18. of the Quéenes ships many English Marchants ships and 12. Hollanders shippes made a warlike voiage to the Isles of Terceres In the moneth of August the price of Wheate in the Markets of London fell from thirtéene shillings the bushell to ten shillings Rie from nine shillings to sixe shillings and so to thrée shillings but then rose againe to the old greatest price This yeare also Arnold Whitefield Chancellor of Denmarke Ambassador and Christian Barnkun his assistant from the King of Denmarke arriued héere these had audience at the Court then at Tibols on the seuenth of September and were answered by her Maiesty without pawse to euery point of their ambassage and feasted Henry Roe Iohn Moore 28 September Richard Saltonstall Skinner 28 October Monday the 3 of Octob. began the reading of the Diuinity lecture in Sir Tho. Greshams Colledge by him founded in Bishops-gate stréet The 23 of October the honourable Lord Charles Howard Lord high Admirall of England was created Earle of Notingham at Westminster A Parliament began at Westminster on the 24 of October on the which day diuers people were smuldered and crushed to death pressing betwéene White-hall and the Colledge Church to haue séene her Maiesty and Nobility ryding in their Robes to the said Parliament This yeare Pepper was sold for eight shillings the pound The 25 of Ianuary one named Ainger was hanged at Tiburne for wilfully and secretly murdering of his owne Father a Gentleman and a Counsellor at the Law at Graies Inne in his chamber there The ninth of February the Parliament hauing granted thrée Subsidies of foure shillings the pound lands and two shillings eight pence the pound goods and sixe fiftéenes was dissolued and brake vp On the third of Aprill Twiford Towne in Deuonshire was burnt by casuality of fire beginning in a poore cottage a woman there frying pancakes with straw the same fired the house and so to the Towne about one of the clocke in the afternoone the rage of which fire lasting one houre and a halfe consumed 400 houses burned downe one hundred and fifty thousand pounds consumed in money Plate Marchandise houshold stuffe and houses fifty persons men women and children consumed an Almes-house preserued with poore men therein in the midst of the flames two thousand pounds wéekely was bestowed there in the market on Mondaies in Deuonshire Carsies nine thousand people maintained by the cloathing of that town in Cornwall and Sommersetshire It was the Earle of Deuonshires chiefe seate where yet standeth his castle or court place Thus much certified to her Maiesty On the first of May Sir Robert Cicil and other Ambassadors returned out of France and came to the Court. The 12 of Iuly one Iohannes alias Buckley a Priest made beyond the Seas hauing béene arraigned in the King Bench on the third of Iuly and there condemned of Treason for comming into this Realme contrary to a Statute was drawne to Saint Thomas a Waterings and there hanged and quartered his head set on the pillory in Southwarke his quarters in the high-wayes towards Newinton Lambeth c. On the fourth of August Sir William Cicil Knight of the Order Lord Burleigh Master of the Wardes and Liueries Lord high Treasurer of England a famous Counseller to the Quéene Maiesty during all her raigne and likewise had béene to King Edward the sixt who for his singular wisedome was renowned throughout all Europe departed this mortall life at his house by the Strand his body was conuaied to Westminster with solemne funerall and from thence secretly to Stanford and there buried among his Ancesters The third of September died Philip the second of that name King of Spaine at Madrill at 72 yeares of age his sonne Philip succeeded him This yeere 1598 the 12 of the moneth of Nouember William Cotton Doctor of diuinity sometimes Cannon of Paules was consecrated Lord Bishop of Excester He strongly maintained the Rites and Gouernement of the Church And liued so long that hee saw the change of Bishops throughout all the Bishoprickes of England and Wales The first of September in the afternoone thunder and lightning at London two great cracks as it had béene the shooting of great Ordinance some men smitten at the Posterne by the Tower of London and one man slaine at the Bridge-house in Southwarke ouer against the Tower Edward Holmdon Robert Hampson the 28 of September Sir Stephen Some Grocer the 28 of October The second of October arriued the Earle of Comberland being returned from the seas and hauing made spoyle of the strong Towne and Castle of Saint Iohn de Portarico c. The 9 of Nouember Squire of Gréenwich was arraigned at Westminster condemned of high Treason and on the thirteenth drawn from the Tower to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered The 14 of Nouember the Quéenes Maiesty came to Westminster and was there most royally receiued by the Maior of London Aldermen and Shrieues in scarlet and a great number of wealthy Citizens in Veluet coates and chaines of gold all on horse backe in the euening by Torch-light In the moneth of December great frosts the Thames nigh ouer-frozen at London In the beginning of the moneth of Ianuary souldiers in diuers shires as also in the City of London were pressed and furnished of all things necessary for the warres and were sent into the Low countries there to serue in place of old souldiers from thence to bee transported into Ireland The subsidy men in the city were seased at eight pence the pound goods or lands toward this charge Also in this moneth great lones of money were demanded and granted by the citizens of London The moneth of February a fiftéene was granted and paid by the citizens of London for the setting forth of more souldiers into Ireland The 27 of March about two of the clocke in the afternoone Robert Deuereux Earle of Essex Lieutenant Generall Lord high Marshall c. departed from his house in Seding lane through Fenchurch stréet Grace-street Cornehill Cheape c. toward Iseldone High-gate and rode that night to Saint Albons towardes Ireland he had a great traine of Noblemen and Gentlemen on horsebacke before him to accompany him on his iourney his coaches followed him he had also by the pleasure of God a great showre or twaine of rain and haile with some great claps of thunder as he rode through Islington The moneths of March Aprill and May cold and dry but on Whitsonday great haile and high waters the like of long time had not béene séene the extreame violence of this Tempest made London stréetes more fresh and faire then euer was séene before In the Moneth of August by the Quéenes appointment politickly to preuent daungerous annoiance of her
26 of August Desmond and an other Knight brought out of Ireland were conueied to the Tower of London About the 5 of September certaine Noblemen and other of France to the number of 300 persons arriued at the Tower wharffe the chiefe of them were conueied in Coaches through the City into Bishopsgate streete and there the principall namely Marshall de Biron was lodged in Crosby place the other neere adioyning to Corne-hill Henrie Anderson William Glouer the 28 of September Sir Iohn Garrard Haberdasher the 28 of October About the 13 of October 400 souldiers were set out of the City of London In Nouember the Lady Mary Ramsey widdow to Sir Thomas Ramsey sometime Maior of London was buried in the Parish church or Hospitall of Christs church by Newgate market A charitable dole or almes was giuen for her on the same day in the afternoone at the Leaden hall 17 poore weake people were there among the sturdy beggars crushed and troden to death The 19 of December with the grant of Subsidies and Fifteenes the Parliament was dissolued Lightning and thunder often before Christmas and in the holy dayes and an Earthquake at London on Christmas euen at noone In the moneth of Ianuary newes came out of Ireland that on Christmas day the Spaniards and Irish were ouercome and slaine in great numbers and the Englishmen were victors The 18 of Ianuary at night bone-fires were made at London with ringing c. For ioy of newes out of Ireland the victory of our English there against Tyrone Windsor boate was cast away against the Blacke Fryers stayres at London by tempest The ninetéenth of Aprill Peter Bullocke Stationer and one named Ducket for printing of bookes offensiue were hanged at Tiborne The 20 of Aprill Stichborne William Kenson and Iames Page Seminarie Priests were drawne to Tiborne and there hanged bowelled and quartered for comming into this realme contrary to the statute of An. 27. c. In the moneth of May great pressing out of Souldiers about London to be sent into the Low Countries The 22 of Iune proclamation was published for the pulling downe of late builded houses and the auoiding of Inmates in the City of London Westminster and for the space of three miles distant of both these Cities but little hurt was done and small effect followed more then of an Act of Parliament made to that purpose those Cities are still increased and pestred with cottages and Inmates to the great infection of them both The last of Iune Atkenson a customer of Hull was set on the Pillory in Cheape and with him three other who had beene brought thither on horse backe with their faces towards the horse tailes and papers on their heads They were there whipped on the Pillory and lost their eares by iudgement of the Star-chamber for slanderous words by them spoken against the Counsell The same last of Iune in the afternoone fell great lightning and thunder with hale-stones in many places of nine inches compasse which at Sandwich in Kent lay a foot déepe on the ground brake the glasse windowes of their Churches and many tiles of their houses some barnes were fired by lightning About the first of August the citizens of London set out and furnished 200 souldiers towards Ireland Iames Pemberton Iohn Swinarton the 28 of September Sir Robert Lee Merchantailor the 28 of October In the moneth of Ianuary the citizens of London were charged with ships to sea to lie before Dunkerke two ships and a Pinnace furnished manned and maintained The 17 of February William Anderson alias Richardson a Seminary Priest was drawne to Tiborne and there hanged bowelled and quartered for being found in England contrary to the statute of Anno 27. c. In the moneth of March the Quéene lying at Richmont dangerously sicke straight watches were kept in London with warding at the gates lanthornes with lights hanged out all the night at which newes the people were sore perplexed Thursday the foure and twenty of March about two of the clocke in the morning deceased Quéene Elizabeth at her Mannor of Richmont in Surrey being then aged seuenty yeeres and had raigned forty foure yeares fiue moneths and odde daies Whose corps was priuily conueied to Whitehall and there remained till the 28 of Aprill and then buried at Westminster The same day aforesaid the Nobility and Priuie Counsellors of Estate with as great peace prudence and prouidence as the heart of man could imagine assembled themselues together and farre beyond the generall imagination of all men being a matter most remarkeable tooke speedy order aswell for the instant manifesting the Quéenes death as in publishing to the whole Realme for their lasting comfort the true and lawfull successor And about eleuen of the clocke the same Thursday in the forenoone which according to the computation of the Church of England is the last day of the yeare 1602 being accompanied with the Lord Maior Aldermen and Shrieues of London and very many others of most reuerend and honorable quality at the high Crosse in Cheapeside proclamed Iames the sixth of that name King of Scotland to bee the right King of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the Faith being lineally descended from Margaret the eldest daughter to King Henry the seuenth by Elizabeth his wife which was the eldest daughter of King Edward the fourth the said Margaret was married to King Iames the fourth of that name King of Scotland in the yeare of our redemption 1503 who had issue Iames the fifth who was Father to Mary Quéene of Scotland And the said Mary was mother to Iames the sixth now sole Monarch of the whole Island of great Brittaine and King of France and Ireland this forenamed Proclamation was most distinctly and audibly read by Sir Robert Cecill principall Secretary vnto Quéene Elizabeth Also the Lords and Priuie Councellors of Estate with great diligence sent spéedily condigne Messengers vnto his Maiesty into Scotland who manifested their whole procéeding with tender of their zealous loue and duety and the peoples vniuersall ioy and great desire to sée their King which his Maiesty most gratiously accepted approued all their procéedings and returned them all princely thankes authorizing the Lords and others late Priuie Counsellors of Estate to the Quéene to persist as they had begun vntill he came personally vnto them This change was very plausible and well pleasing to the Nobility and Gentry and generally to all the Commons of this Realme among whom the name of a King was then so strange as few could remember or had séene a King before except they were aged persons considering that the gouernment of the Realme had continued neere the space of 50. yeares vnder the raigne of two Quéenes which is the far greater part of an old mans age but tidings hereof being brought to the King in Scotland he called
of the Church of England and the Booke of Common prayer as it hath béene vsed in the time of Queene Elizabeth c. The 28 of March 1605 the Earle of Nottingham Lord high Admirall of England imbarked for Spaine to take the Kings oath for confirmation of the Articles of Peace lately agréed vpon returned the ninetéenth of Iune he left sir Charles Cornwallis Ambassador Lieger in Spaine The 19 of Aprill Edward Earle of Hertford was likewise sent Commissioner into Flanders to the Archduke and Dutchesse to take their oathes for confirmation of the said Peace and returned the 20 of May. At this time Ro. Doue of London Marchant-taylor gaue competent maintenance for euer for the tolling of a Bell in Saints Sepulchres Church to cause good people to pray for such prisoners as are to be executed out of Newgate and to cease when they are executed this Bell doth begin to toll at sixe of the clocke in the morning the same is made knowne vnto the prisoners that the said Bell is to put them in mind to prepare themselues for death c. The 29 of March was borne Philip Prince of Spaine son to Philip the 3 of that name At Gréenwich the 8 of Aprill was borne the Lady Mary Daughter to our Soueraigne Lord the King betwéene 11 and 12 a clocke at night The twenty one of February last died Clement the eight Pope of Rome after hee had raigned full thirtéene yéeres after him succéeded Leo the eleuenth who dyed within fourtéene dayes after his instalment and after him came Paul the fift The Feast of Saint George was kept at Gréenewich where the King elected the Duke Vlricke brother to our most gracious Quéene Anne and Henry Earle of North-hampton knights of the Garter At Gréenewich the fourth of May the King made Earles and Barons viz. Sir Robert Cecill Viscount Cranborne Baron of Essenden-was created Earle of Salisburie Thomas Cecil Lord Burghley elder brother to sir Robert Cecil was created Earle of Excester Sir Philip Harbert younger brother to the Earle of Pembrooke was created Baron of Shurland and Earle of Montgomery Rober Sidney Baron of Penhurst was created Viscount Lisie Sir Iohn Stanhope was created L. Stanhope of Harington Sir George Carew was created Lord Caâ—ew of Clopton M. Thomas Arondell was created Lord Arondell of Wardour and M. William Cauendish was created Lord Cauendish of Hardywicke The next day after being Sonday the Lady Mary was christned Vpon May day last Richard Haydocke a Physition asked forgiuenesse of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for deluding the King and many others vnder pretence of being inspired and to preach in his sléepe by night with which deceite he had so strongly possest the vulgar as it was hard to remoue them although he confessed the abuse The 19 of May the Quéene was churched and two dayes afterâ— the King made twelue Knights In this moneth Iohn Lepton of Kepwicke in the County of Yorke Esquire a Gentleman of an ancient Family there and of good reputation his Maiesties seruant and one of the Groomes of his most honourable Priuy Chamber performed so memorable a iourney as I may not omit to record the same to future ages the rather for that I did heare sundry Gentlemen who were good horsemen and likewise many good Physicions affirme it was impossible to bee done without daunger of his life Hee vndertooke to ride fiue seuerall times betwixt London and Yorke in sixe dayes to be taken in one wéeke betwixt Monday morning and Saturday following he began his iourney vpon Monday being the 20 day of May betwixt two and thrée of the clocke in the morning forth of S. Martins néere Aldersgate within the City of London and came into Yorke the same day betwixt the houres of 5 and 6 in the afternoone where he rested that night the next morning being Tuesday about 3 of the clock he tooke his iourny forth of York and came to his lodging in S. Martins aforesaid betwixt the houres of 6 7 in the afternoon where he rested that night the next morning being wednesday betwixt 2 and 3 of the clocke he tooke his iourney forth of London and came into Yorke about seuen of the clocke the same day where he rested that night the next morning being Thursday betwixt two and thrée of the clocke he took his iourney foorth of York and came to London the same day betwixt 7 and 8 of the clocke where he rested that night the next morning being Friday betwixt two and thrée of the clocke he took his iourney towards Yorke and came thither the same day betwixt the houres of 7 and 8 in the afternoone so as he finished his appointed iourney to the admiration of all men in fiue dayes according to his promise and vpon Monday the 27 of this moneth he went from Yorke and came to the Court at Gréenwich vpon Tuesday the 28 to his Maiesty in as fresh and chearefull maner as when he first began The first of Iune Prince Vlricke Duke of Holstaine c. embarked for Denmarke About this time the King caused a conuenient place to be made on the backe part of the Lyons Denne for the Lyons to bréed in which tooke good effect reade my large Booke concerning the Tryall and Conclusions with the Lyons touching their Instinct of Nature in not fearing the Cocke nor greedy deuouring the Lambe as also the vndaunted Courage of the English Masties against the fiercest Lyon in the Tower The 15 of Iune Thomas Dowglasse was committed to the Tower who arriued in England but thrée daies before being then sent prisoner by the County Palatine of the Rheine the 26 of Iune the said Thomas Dowglasse was brought to the Sessions house at Newgate and there condemned of high treason viz. for counterfeiting the Kings Priuie signet and for counterfeiting the Kings hand vnto Letters of his owne deuising vnto diuers Princes of Germany c. and the next day after his triall he was drawne hanged and quartered in Smithfield The second of Iuly 1605 seauentéene Scottish Ministers contrary to the Kings former expresse commandement held a solemne assembly at Aberdine in Scotland who being conuented for the same before the Councell of Scotland vtterly denied not onely their Lordships authority in that behalfe but the kings also saying that in matters Ecclesiasticall they neither owe nor ought to knowledge themselues in any subiection either to the King or to any temporall Counsell and that all spirituall differences should be tried and determined by the Church as competent Iudges c. Iustifying their voluntary méeting to be good and warrantable by the word of God alleadging the seuerall assemblies of the Apostles without knowledge or consent of any temporall estate c. for which riot and for denying the Kings supremacy in causes Ecclesiasticall sixe of the chiefe of them the tenth of Ianuary following at Blackenéese were
deuises at the West end of Cheapeside vpon the South side whereof sate the Lord Maior and Aldermen in Scarlet Robes where Sir Henry Mountegue Recorder of London after his solemne Oration in Latine presented the King of Denmarke with a faire Cuppe of gold and vpon the Fountaine in Fléetstréete was a pleasant pastorall deuise with musicke and pleasing songs and for their more State and easie passage the Stréetes were rayled in on the one side and the Companies sate in their Liueries on the other side in as great brauerie as is vsed at a Coronation And that night the Kings were lodged at White-hall the next day the King of Denmarke after he had séene and noted the rare Architecture and stately monuments in the Chappell royall at Westminster he suruaied Paules Church and on the toppe of the stéeple thereof he caused the Kéeper of the stéeple to take the iust length and breadth of his foot in the leade from thence the King went to the Royall Exchange and to the Tower where Sir William Wade banqueted him and all his attendants and within few daies after that the Earle of Rutland feasted all the King of Denmarkes Priuy Counsellors hauing made his prouision to haue feasted the King also Sonday the 10 of August the King of Denmarke with his Counsell and chiefe Gentlemen were royally feasted by the King of Great Brittaine in the Elizabeth Ionas at Chatham and the next day Christianus feasted King Iames Quéene Anne Prince Henrie and others of the Nobility in his owne shippe and about foure a clocke in the afternoone all princely complements being performed they tooke their leaue one of another and the Thursday following the King of Denmarke with all his ships and traine hauing a faire wind set saile of Denmark The King whilest he was in England heard two sermons in Latine and dealt bountifully and royally with all men The 24 of September the French King baptized his Sonne the Prince Dolphin being then full fiue yeares of age This yeare diuers churches in London were well repayred and somewhat beautified namely Christ-church Trinity Church Saint Brides church and Bow-church with others The city also very carefully clensed their ditches and common shewers and made floud gates in Holborne ditch and Fléet ditch and beyond all expectation they turned Moorefield into diuers pleasant and princely walkes and planted it round on all sides and quarters with good store of young trées and rayled it round in like manner to preserue the walkes and keepe the trees from violence and defended the out-sides therof with a new strong bricke wall there was also made diuers vauts vnder ground some to conuey away fowle water without offence and one to bring fresh water into the towne ditch to keepe it sweet This field was euer vntill this present a rude noysome place like a Lay-stall halfe enuironed with stincking ditches very offensiue to the City and all passengers Sir Leonard Hallyday Lord Maior was very forward and carefull to the furtherance of this worke and for contriuing to bring a riuer to the North part of London to serue the City and to clense their ditches and sewers and what he could not performe in his Maiorality his Successor Sir Iohn Wats did his full endeauour to accomplish and Master Nicholas Leate a graue wise and wealthy Citizen was wondrous painfull and industrious in the furtherance of this worke and of the rest thereunto adioyning also there were many thousands of worthy citizens wondrous earnest to expresse their bounty towards the bringing of the foresaid riuer to the city according to the Tenor of a statute lately made for them in that behalfe This yeare was concluded a truce for 15 yeares betweene Rodolphus the second of that name Emperour of Almaine and the Great Turke William Walthall Iohn Leman a batchelor Sir Iohn Wats knight Clothworker Maior The 18 of December the Lords Knights and Bâ—rgesses of the Parliament had leaue to go home vnto their houses and the tenth of February they all began to sit againe The sixt of Ianuary at Whitehall with very great solemnity the Lord Iames Hay was maried vnto Honora the daughter and heire of the Lord Edward Denny The twentith of Ianuary if pleased God to send a mighty west wind which continued sixtéene houres which brought in the sea by reason whereof and of high spring tides both which encountred the land waters after a great raine which caused the Riuer of Seuerne beginning as farre as the mount in Cornewall to ouerflow her bankes all along on both sides vp into Somersetshire and Glocestershire in some places the Waters ouerflowed their Bankes thrée foote in other places fiue foote and some places seuen foote by meanes of which sodaine inundation much people and cattell were drowned diuers Churches and villages borne downe and spoiled and some vtterly destroyed in Wales in diuers places it did most harme in manner as aforesaid the like whereof in England is not knowne to be mentioned in any Chronicle The 26 of February Robert Drewrie a Seminary was executed at Tiburne The 1 of March a peace and reconciliation was concluded and proclaimed betwéene the Graue of Emden and the City of Emden and the Graue entered and tooke possession of the City his Subiects assured him his royalties and profits and concerning all other differences betwéene the Graue and the Citizens it was agréed the same should be determined by the Emperour this was done after the people had wasted their wealth and were wearied with thrée yeares warre Tuesday the last of March the Lorde Knights and Burgesses of the Parliament came before the King at Whitehall vnto whom he made a solemne spéech And from that time the houses sate not vntill the 20 of Aprill following and the 2 of May the King made an other solemne spéech vnto the said Lords Knights and Burgesses concerning the vnion Maundy thursday the 2 of Aprill there happened great inundations of water in Kent Essex Suffolke and Norffolke And the 17 of Aprill there arose in the City of Couentry a most strange and dreadfull inundation The 8 of May ariued Prince Ienuille of the house of Lorraine second sonne to Henry late Duke of Guise which was slaine in the yeare 1589 he was very honourably feasted and entertained by the King And the 22 of May he accompanied the King Quéene and Prince vnto Theobalds where they were royally feasted and entertained with pleasant and ingenious deuises by the Earle of Salisbury being the appointed day in which his Maiesty came to take possession thereof Tuesday the 25 of May the said Prince Ienuille with others ran at Tilt at White-hall viz. The Prince Ienuille The Duke of Lenox The Earle of Arundel The Earle of Pembroke The Earle of Montgomerie The Viscount Haddington The L. Compton The L. Hay Sir Henry Cary. Sir Richard Bulkley Sir Richard Preston Sir Henry Guntrot And the 29 of
Lady Elizabeth daughter to our Soueraign the Lady Arabella the Countesse of Arondel the Countes of Darby the Countes of Essex the Countes of Dorset the Countes of Mountgomery the Viscounts of Haddington the Lady Elizabeth Gray the Lady Elizabeth Guilford the Lady Katherine Peter the Lady Winter and the Lady Winsor and vpon Wednesday in the afternoon in the Tilt-yard there were diuers Earles Barons and others being in rich and glorious armour and hauing most costly caparisons wondrous curiously imbrodered with pearle gold and siluer the like rich abiliments for horses were neuer séene before presented their seuerall ingenious Trophies before the King Quéene and Prince and then ran at Tilt where there was a world of people assembled to behold their trophies and that night there were other triumphes vpon the water with ships of warre and Gallies fighting one against an other and against a great Castle builded vpon the water and after these battailes then for an houres space there were many strange and variable fire workes in the castle and in all the ships and gallies The Knights of the Bath The Earle of Oxford The Lord Gourdon The Lord Clifford The Lord Fitzwalter The Lord Fitzwarren The Lord Hay The Lord Erskine The Lord Winsor The Lord Wentworth Sir Charles Somerset Sir Edward Somerset Sir Francis Stewart Sir Ferdinando Dudley Sir Henry Cary. Sir Oliuer Saint Iohn Sir Gilbert Gerrard Sir Charles Stanhope Sir Edward Bruce Sir William Stewart Sir Robert Sydney Sir Ferdinando Tuchet Sir Peregrine Bartye Sir Henry Rich. Sir Edward Sheffield Sir William Cauendish The 4 of Iune Proclamation was made commanding all Roman Priests Iesuits and Seminaries to depart this Kingdome by the 4 day of Iuly next and not to returne vpon paine of the seuerity of the law also by this proclamation the King straightly commaunds all Recusants to returne home to their dwellings and not to remaine in London nor to come within ten miles of the Court without especiall licence but to depart from London and the Court by the last day of this moneth and to remaine confined according to the tenor of the statute in that behalfe prouided Presently after that the oth of allegiance was ministred vnto all officers atturneyes Clerks belonging to any of the Courts of Westminster hall and the Exchequer and vnto all Aduocats and Proctors of the spirituall Courts This oth was also ministred vnto all Lawyers and Students in the Innes of Court and Chancerie and vnto all Studients and Schollers in both the Vniuersities The 25 of Iuly 1610. the Lord Henry Clifford sonne to Frances Earle of Cumberland maried the Lady Francis Cecill daughter to Robert Earle of Salisbury Lord high Treasurer of England This yeare the King builded a most stately ship for war the Kéele whereof was an hundred and 14 foot long and the crosse beame was forty and foure foot long she will beare 64 péeces of great Ordnance and is of the burthen of 1400 tunne This royall ship is double built and is most sumptuously adorned both within and without with all manner of curious caruing painting and rich gilding being in all respects the greatest and goodliest shippe that euer was builded in England and this glorious ship the King gaue vnto his sonne Henry Prince of Wales and the 24 of September the King the Quéene the Prince of Wales the Duke of Yorke and the Lady Elizabeth with many great Lords went to Wollwich to sée it lanched but because of the narrownesse of the Docke it could not then be launched whereupon the Prince came the next morning by thrée a clocke and then at the launching thereof the Prince named it after his owne dignity and called it the Prince Master Phynyes Pet. was Warden and chiefe worke master in building this ship The King sent the Lord Wotton Ambassador into France to take the oath of the young King and of the Quéene Regent his mother for performance of a league newly made betwéene the two Kingdomes he arriued at Callis the 28 of August and came to Paris the 7 of September and the King was sworne the 12 of the same moneth And the Ambassador returned into England the 7 of October And the French King viz. Lewis the 13. was crowned the sixth of October at Reynes in Champaigne Sunday the 21 of October by Commission from the King to the Lord Bishop of London the Lord Bishop of Elye the Lord Bishop of Worcester and to the Lord Bishop of Rochester they did consecrate in the Chappell of the Lord Bishop of London Master Iohn Spottyswod Archbishop of Glasco Master Gawen Hamelton Bishop of Galloway and M. Andrew Lambe Bishop of Breachyn which consecration was performed mutatis mutandis according to the forme of the Church of England Richard Pyot Francis Ihones Shreeues Sir William Crauen Merchantaylor Maior The Triumphes Trophies and pleasant deuices at this time in honour of the Lord Maior and Citie of London were extraordinarie great being in a manner twice so much as hath béene vsuall within the Citie and so likewise were the stately shewes and ingenious deuices vpon the water at the charges of the Company of Marchantaylors Notwithstanding the Citie of Londons former plentifull prouision of sundry Granaries and other Storehouses for the generall seruice thereof and for preuention of sudden famine yet such is the late vnspeakeable increase of people within and about the City as well of strangers as Natiues so as the Magistrates in their prouidence for preuention of famine and for prouision for the poore very carefully about two yeares past beganne to build a Bridewell twelue new faire Granaries being sufficient to kéepe sixe thousand quarters of Corne and two store houses for sea-coale for the poore which will keepe foure thousand loade of coales These necessary houses were not finished vntill this time Master Alderman Leman vsed great paines and diligence in the contriuing and accomplishing of this memorable worke This last Summer there were warres in Cleueland and the vnited protestant Princes with their seuerall forces aided the Marquesse of Brandenberg in his claime to that Dukedome and the Dukedome of Gulich in which wars and at the taking the Citie of Gulich Christianus Prince of Anhalt was chiefe Generall of all the vnited forces and sir Edward Cecyll otherwise called Colonell Cecyll was then Lord Generall of the English and Scottish Army This Prince Christanus arriued of late at Douer and came to sée the King who entertained and feasted him and all his traine very roially He tooke great pleasure to view the Citie of London he beheld the pleasant triumphs vpon the water and within the City which were then extraordinary in honor of the Lord Maior and Citizens and that day this Prince with all his German traine were feasted in the Guild hall where he manifested his princely former admiration touching the greatnesse scituation state and wealth of the City and then he also admired
Cardinall Poole came to Paules Prince of Peiemount Prince of Orenge Ioh. Rogers burnt The King of Spaines treasure 1555. Earle of Deuonshire deliuered Vse of Coaches first in England W. Flower burnt at Westminster A Millars sonne fained to be King Edward the sixth Bradford burnt An reg 3. Monstrous fish Great land waters Ridley and Latimer First fruits and tenths restored to the Clergy D. Gardiner deceased The miller sonne faining to be King Edward D. Cranmer burnt 1556 Newgate a fire Conspiracy Throgmorton and others executed Sands hanged Thirteene burnt at Stradford An reg 4. The Maiors sword put downe Conspirators executed A great burning feauer whereof 7. Aldermen died in London Rose pence supprest A false accuser well marked Note this example A warning for Gaolers Gun shot into the Court. The very like chanced in Qu. Elizâ—beâ—hs time Ambassadour from Moscouy A president of speciall Iustice A blazing starre K. Phillip returned into England 1557 A practise of rebellion T. Stafford beheaded Wars with France Englishmen sent to Saint Quintans Anne of Cleaue dead An. reg 5. S. Quintaines taken Dearth and plentie Calice lost by the Englishmen 1558 An reg 6. A wondrous strange tempest The last yeares violent feauers continued still Queene Mary dieth An. reg 1. Q. Elizabeth proclaimed The Clergy attend the Queene at highgate coronation A Parliament A disputatioÌ„ The masse suppressed and the seruice in English Supremacy Bishops deposed All Monkes and monasteries suppressed All roods images pulled downe Obsequies for the French King The Duke of Norffolk An reg 2. 1559 The Lord Gray besiegeth Leeth English Commissioners betweene the French and Scots All base mony suppressed An reg 3. 1561 Marchant-tailors schoole False Propheâ—s Paules steeple burned Shriues Maior Free schoole at Bedford An reg 4. Monstrons births 1562 A monstrous child birth Going to Newhauen An reg 5. Tempest at Leicester 1563 Pestilence in 108. Parishes in London besides 11. in the subburbs Tempest at London Earthquake The Maior taketh his oath at the Tower An reg 6. Lightning and thunder Tearme kept at Hertford 1564 The Qu progresse through Cambridg A good deuice Great floods in the thames Obsequio for Ferdinando Emperor Fiery impressions An reg 7. The thames frozen ouer Ows bridge born down H Stuart married the Queene of Scots 1565 Tempests at Chelsford Margraue Marques of Baden Muster of horsemen The Maior of London his sword seised An. reg 8. The 17. of Nouember Pauls gate blowen open 1596 The Marques of Baden returneth The â—urse in Cornehill The Queen progresse to Oxford An. reg 9. Shriues Maior King Iames borne King of Scots murdered 7. AldermeÌ„ deceased in London Ossestry burnt Milnall in Suffolke burnt Shan Onele discomfited Shan Onele slaine Watch at Midsomer Coronation in Scotland An reg 10 Hay sold by waight Ships sent to the sea against the subiects of K. Phillip 1568 Great windes Queene of Shots arriued in England Archbishop of Yorke deceased Monstrous fishes New Conduit at walbrooke An reg 11 The Burse for meeting of Marchants 1569 Muster of Pentioners A Lottery at London Embassador from Muscouy Terme adiourned No Maiors feast An reg 12. The Earles of NorthuÌ„berland Westmerland proclaimed traitors Earle of Sussex Lieutenant generall against the Earles Earle of Warwicke sent against the rebels The Earle of NorthuÌ„berland and Westmerland 1570 A caueat for Constables Rebels exâ—â—uted Traitors executed The Earle of Sussex made iourney into Scotland Sir I. Foster with a garison entred Scotland The Lord Scrope entred Scotland Rebels executed at Barwicke The Nortons executed Hamleton in Scotland yeelde Conspiracy in Norfolke Duke of Norffolke remoued Felton executed A iourney into Scotland High waters An reg 13. Royall Exchange A strange kinde of earth remoued 1571 Parliament Doctor story executed A combat appointed at Tuthill Tee quarrell of combat staied A woman burnt Duke of Norffolke sent to the Tower B. of Salisbury deceased Shrieues Maior The christiaÌ„ victory against the Turks The battel of LepaÌ„to Anno reg 14. S.W. Peters deceased Duke of Norffolke araigned A proclamation 1572. Souldiers trained A shew at Greenwich The massacre in France Duke of Norf. beheaded French Embassadour Earle of Northumberland beheaded EnlishmeÌ„ sent to Ireland Shriues Maior An. reg 15 A strange starre The Earle of Darby deceased An. reg 15 The narrow sea scoured Pirats on the West seas Pirats executed 1573. G. SaÌ„ders murdered G. Brown Anne SaÌ„ders Anne Drury trusty Roger hanged A. Browne hanged at Yorke Edenborough castle yeelded to the English Haile in NorthaÌ„ptonshire Thomas Woodhouse The Earle of Essex sailed into Ireland Earle of Essex Generall of Vlster Shrieues Maior An. reg 16 A monstrous fish Obsequie for the K. of France A Ladde drowned in a channell in London No Maiors feast Terme adiourned Two tides in one houre Fiery impressions maruailous An. reg 17 Flies in February the number straÌ„ge Earthquake 1575. Anabaptists at Pauls crosse Archbishop of Canterbury deceased Anabaptists banished Family of Loue. Anabaptists burnt Thunder and haile Four children at a burden Shrieues Maior An. reg 18 God punisheth periury Archbish elected Tiltboat drowned 1576. Frobishers first voyage for the discouery of Cathay Earle of Essex deceased Shrieues Maior An. reg 19 Patricke Brunton ouerturned 1577. Charitable acts of M. Lamb. Holborne conduite builded A Free schoole and almes houses at Sutton in Kent A Second voyage toward Cathay Worth the reading Strange sudden sicknes at Oxford Tempest in Norff. The tower vpon LondoÌ„ Bridge new builded with timber Shrieues Maior Sir Thom. Ramseyes gift is of 243 l. the yeare to Christs Hospitall A blazing Starre An. reg 20 Sergeants feast A warning to Coniurers Nelson executed 1578. Frobishersthird voyage Shrieues Maior An. reg 21 Cassimere receiued Deepe snow upon a sudden Greatland waters Lord Keeper deceased 1579 Lord chaÌ„cellor An heretick burnt at Norwich A locke key weighed but one wheat corne Great art and labor to very small purpose The traiterous fact of Thomas Apple-tree Iohn Fox deliuered 269 Christians out of the Turkes hands Great water floods Shrieues Maior An. reg 22 Sir Thomas Gresham deceased 1580 Earth quake generall Strange haile A monstrous child Souldiers transported into Ireland child moÌ„strous Shrieues Blasing Starre Sergeants feast Maior An. reg 23 Strange speeches of a child Against Iesuites massing priests ParliameÌ„t at Westminster Iusting at Westminster Mice deuoured grasse Francis Drake knighted· 1581 Banqueting house at Westminster Ambassadors out of France Iousting tourneying and barriars Crosse in Cheap defaced Two men of strange stature Prisoners arraigned for not coÌ„ming to Church Shriues Maior Monsieur Duke of Anioue came into EnglaÌ„d An. reg 24. Campion others executed Monsieur returneth and is honourably conuaied toward the sea Duke of Anioue receiued into Zeland Duke of Anioue created Duke of Brabant c. 1581. Paine executed at Chelmsford The Conduit in Fleetstreet newly built A blasing starre 7. Priests executed at Tiburn Lord Wilowby