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A00007 The Cronycles of Englonde with the dedes of popes and emperours, and also the descripcyon of Englonde; Saint Albans chronicle. Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. Polycronicon. 1528 (1528) STC 10002; ESTC S108645 466,261 386

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yelde you traytours yelde you And whan they were yolden they were robbed boūde as theues Alas the shame and despyte that the gentyll ordre of knyghthode had there at that batayle And the lond was than without lawe for holy chirche had than no more reuerence thā yf it had ben a brodell hous And in that batayle was the fader against the sone and the vncle agaynst the neuewe For so moche vnkyndnes there was neuer seen before in Englonde as was that tyme amonge folkes of one nacyon For one kynrede had no more ●yte on that other than an ho 〈…〉 gry wolfe hath of a shepe it was no wonder For the grete lordes of Englonde were not all borne of o●●●a●yon but were 〈…〉 edled with other na 〈…〉 s that is for to saye some were Brytons some Sa●o●s some ●●nes some Pehytes some Fren 〈…〉 some Normās Spanya●des Romayns Heno●ers 〈◊〉 F●em●●ges with m●●y other ●●oyons the whiche nacyons ac 〈…〉 ed not to the kynde blode of Englond And yf so gret● lordes ha● bē onely ●●dded ●o ●nglysshe people than sholde rest and pe●s haue ben a 〈…〉 ge them without o●y en●●y And at the batayle were taken prysoners syr Roger E 〈…〉 ord syr Iohn M 〈…〉 bray syr Wyllyam Tuchit syr Willyam ●itz Willyam many other worthy knygh tes there were takē at that batayle And syr Hugh Dandell the nexte daye after was taken put in to prison and sholde haue bē done to deth yf he had not spoused the kynges nece that was erle Gylbertes syster of Glocestre And anone after was syr Barth●●mew of Badelsmere taken at Stowe parke a manoyr of the bysshop of Lyncolnes that was his neuewe many other barons baronets wherfore was made moche sorowe ¶ How syr Thomas of Lancastre was byheded at Pountfret and .v. barons a knyght drawen hanged there NOw I shall tell you of the noble erle syr Thomas of Lancastre Whan he was taken brought to yorke many of the cyte were full glad vpon hym cryed with an hygh voyce O syr traytour ye be welcome blyssed be god for now ye shall haue the rewarde that longe tyme ye haue deserued And cast vpon hym many snowe balles many other reproues they dyd hym But the gentyll erle suffred all and sayd not one worde agayne And at the same tyme the kynge herde of this discōfyture was full glad and in haste came to Poūtfret and syr Hugh Spenser syr Hugh his sone syr Iohn erle of Arundel and syr Edmond of wodstok the kynges broder erle of Kent syr Aymer of Valaūce erle of Penbroke mayster Robert Baldok a fals pylled clerke that was preuy and dwelled in the kynges courte all came thyder with the kynge And the kynge entred in to the castell And syr Andrewe of Herkela a fals tyraūt through the kynges cōmaundement toke with hym the gentyll erle Thomas to Pountfret and there he was prysoned in his owne castell that he had newe made that stode agaynst the abbey of kynge Edwarde And syr Hugh Spenser the fader his sone cast in theyr thoughtes how and in what maner the good erle Thomas of Lancastre shold be put to deth without ony iudgemēt of his peres Wherfore it was ordeyned through the kynges Iustices that the kynge shold put vpon hym poyntes of treason And so it befell that he was ledde to barre before the kynges Iustices bare heded as a thefe in a fayre hall in his own castell where as he had made many a grete feest to riche poore And these were his Iustices syr Hugh Spenser the fader Aymer of ●a●a●●e erle of Penbroke syr Edmōd of wodstok erle of Kent syr Iohn of Brytayn erle of Rychmond syr Robert Mal●m 〈…〉 Iustice this syr Robert him acou●ped in this maner Thomas at the first our lorde the kyng this courte excludeth y●u of all maner answere Thomas our l●●d the kyng putteth vpon you that ye haue 〈◊〉 his lōd ryden with baner displayed against his peas as a traytour And with that worde that gentyll erle Thomas with an 〈◊〉 voyce sayd Nay lordes forsoth by ●a●● Thomas I was neuer traytour The Iustyce sayd agayn Thomas our lord the kyng putteth vpō you that ye haue robbed his folke murdred his people as a thefe Thomas also the kyng putteth 〈◊〉 you that he discōfyted you your people with his folke in his owne realme wherfore ye went ●●ed to the wode as an 〈◊〉 And Thomas as a traitour ye ought to be hanged by reason but the kyng hath forgyuen you that Iudgement for ●●ue of quene Isabell And Thomas reason wolde that ye sholde be hanged but the kynge hath forgyuen you yt●udgement for loue of your lygnage But Thomas for as moche as ye were taken fleynge as an ou●lawe the kyng wyll that your heed be smytten of as ye haue well deserued Anoue haue hym out of pr●es brynge hym to his iudgement Whan the gentyll knyght Thomas had herd al these wor des with an hye voyce he cryed sore wepyng sayd Alas saint Thomas fayre fader alas shall I be deed thus Graūt me now blissedfull god answere But all auayled hym ●o thynge For the cursed Gascoyns put hym hyder thyder on hym cryed with an hye voyce O kyng Arthur moost terryble and dredefull well knowen is now thyn open traytory an euyll deth shalt thou anone dye as thou hast well deserued it And than they set vpon his heed in scorne an olde chapelet that was all to rent that was not worth an halfpeny And after that they set hȳ vpon a l●ne whyte palfrey full vnsemely also all bare with an olde brydell and with an horryble noyse they droue hym out of the castell toward his deth and they cast vpon hym many balles of snowe in despyte And as the traytours ladde hym out of the castel he sayd these pyteous wordes holdynge vp his handes towarde heuen Now the kynge of heuen gyue vs mercy for the erthly kyng hath vs forsaken And a frere prechour went with hym out of the castell tyll he came to the place that he ended his lyfe vnto whom he shroue hȳ of all his lyfe And the gentyll erle helde the frere wonders fast by the clothes sayd to hym Fayre fader abyde with vs tyll that I be deed for my flesshe quaketh for drede of deth And the sothe to saye the gentyl erle set hym vpon his knees and turned hym towarde the eest But a rybaud that was called Higone of Moston set hande vpon the gentyl erle sayd in despyte of hym Syr traytour turne the toward the Scottes thy foule dethe to receyue and turned hym toward the north The noble erle Thomas answered than with a mylde voyce sayd Now fayre lordes I shall do your wyll And with the worde the frere went from hym sore wepynge And anone a rybaud wente to hym and
that were defectyue And after he sent to al the lordes of Wales by his lettres patentes that they sholde come all to his parlyamēt And whan they were comen the kynge sayd to them full curteysly Lordes ye be welcome me behoueth your coūseyle your helpe for to go in to Gascoyn for to amende the trespace that to me was done whan I was there for to entreate of peas bytwene the kynge of Aragon the prȳce of Morrey And all the kynges liege men erles barons consented graūted therto And than kynge Edwarde made hym redy went in to Gascoyn let amende all the trespaces that was done hȳ in Gascoyn And of the debate that was bytwene the kyng of Aragon the prynce of Morrey he cessed accorded them And whyle kynge Edward quene Elenore his wyfe were in Gascoyn the good erle of Cornewayle was made wardeyn of Englonde tyll that kyng Edward came agayn And thā enquyred he of his tray tours that coniected falsnes agaynst hym And eche of thē all receyued theyr dome after that they had deserued But in the meane tyme whyle that kyng Edward was beyonde that see to do them for to make amendes that had trespaced agaynst hȳ there was a fals traytour that was called ●isap Meridoc began to make warre agaynst kynge Edward that was for cause of syr Payne Tiptot the wrongfully greued diseased the foresayd Bisap Meridoc And whan kynge Edward herde all this he sente by his lettres to Bisap Meridoc that he sholde make no warre but that he sholde be in peas for his loue whan he came agayne in to Englonde he wolde vndertake the quarell amende all that was mysdone This foresayd Risap Meridoc despysed the kynges cōmaundement spared not to do all the sorowe that he myght to the kynges men of Englond But anone after he was taken ladde to yorke and there he was drawen hanged for his felony ¶ Of the redressyng that king Edward made of his Iustices and of his clerkes that they had done for theyr falsnes and how he droue the Iewes out of Englonde for theyr vsury and mysbyieue WHan kynge Edward had dwelled thre yere in Gascoyn a desyre came to hȳ for to go in to Englonde agayn And whan he was comen agayn there were so many cōplayntes made to hym of his Iustices of his clerkes that had done so many wronges falsnes that wonder it was to here For whiche falsnes syr Thomas weylonde the kynges Iustyce forswore Englonde at the Toure of Londō for falsnes that men put vpon hym wherof he was atteynt proued fals And anone after whan the kynge had done his wyll of the Iustices than let he enquyre espye how the Iewes deceyued begyled his people through theyr synne of falsnes of vsury and let ordeyn a preuy parliament amonge his lordes And they ordeyned amōge them that all the Iewes shold voyde out of Eng lōde for theyr misbyleue also for theyr false vsury that they dyd vnto chrysten men And for to spede make an ende of this thynge all the comynalte of Englonde gaue vnto the kynge the .xv. peny of al theyr goodes mouable And so were the iewes dryuen out of Englonde And than went the iewes in to Fraūce there they dwelled through leue of kyng Philyp that than was kynge of Fraūce ¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in all the londe of Scotlonde through cōsent and graūte of all the lordes of Scotlonde IT was not longe after the Alexander kyng of Scotlonde was deed and Dauid the erle of Huntingdon that was the kynges broder of Scotlond asked claymed the kingdom of Scotlonde after that his broder was deed bycause that he was rightfull heyre But many grete lordes sayd naye wherfore grete debate arose bytwene them theyr fren des for as moche as they wolde not con sent to his crownacyon And the meane tyme the foresayd Dauid dyed And so it befell that the sayd Dauid had thre dough ters that worthely were maryed The fyrst doughter was maryed to Bayloll the seconde to Brus the thyrde to Hastynges The foresayd Bayloll Brus chalenged the londe of Scotlonde grete debate stryfe arose bytwene them thre bycause eche of them wolde haue ben kyng And whan the lordes of Scotlonde sawe the debate bytwene them they came to kyng Edward of Englonde seased hym in all the londe of Scotlonde as chefe lord And whan the kyng was seased of the foresayd lordes of Scotlonde the foresayd Bayloll Brus Hastynges came to the kynges courte asked of the kynge whiche of them sholde be kyng of Scotlonde And kyng Edward that was full gentyll true let enquyre by the cronycles of Scotlonde of the gretest lordes of Scotlonde whiche of them was of the eldest blode And it was foūde that Bayloll was the eldest that the kyng of Scotlonde shold holde of the kyng of Englonde and do hym feaute homage And after this was done Bayloll went in to Scotlonde and there was crowned kynge of Scotlond And the same tyme was vpon the see grete warre bytwene the englyssh men the Normans But vpon a tyme the Normās arryued at Douer there they martyred an holy man that was called Thomas of Douer And afterward were the Normans slayne that there escaped not one of them ¶ And soone after kynge Edward sholde lese the duchy of Gascoyn through kyng Philip of Fraūce through his fals castyng of the Dou●e peres of the lond wherfore syr Edmond that was kyng Edwardes broder gaue vp his homage vnto the kyng of Fraūce ¶ And in that tyme the clerkes of Englonde graūted to kynge Edward halfe dele of holy chirche goodes in helpynge to recouer his londe agayn in Gascoyn And the kynge sent thyder a noble company of his bachelers And hymselfe wolde haue gone to Portesinouth but he was letted through one Maddok of Wales that had seased the castell of Swandon in to his handes for that cause the kyng turned to Wales at Chrystmasse And bycause that the noble lordes of Englond that were sent in to Gascoyn had no cōfort of theyr lorde the kyng they were taken of syr Charles of Fraūce that is to say syr Iohn of Brytayne syr Robert Typtot syr Raufe Tanny syr Hugh Bardulf syr Adam of Cretynge And yet at the Ascencyon was Maddok taken in Wales another whiche was called Morgan and they were sent to the toure of London and there they were byheded ¶ How syr Iohn Bailoll kyng of Scotlonde withsayd his homage ANd whā syr Iohn Bailoll kyng of Scotlonde vnderstode that kyng Edwarde was warred in Gascoyne to whome the realme of Scotlonde was delyuered falsly than agaynst his othe wtsayd his homage through procuryng of his folke sent vnto the courte of Rome through a fals suggestion to be assoyled of the othe that he swore vnto the kynge of Englonde And so
Pounfret in the North countre to be kepte in prison ryght soone after there he made his ende And than whan kyng Rychard was deposed had ●●sygued his crowne his kyngdom was kepte fast in holde Than al the lordes of the realme with the romyns assent by accorde chose this worthy lorde syr Henry of Bolyngbroke erle of Derby duke of Herford duke of Lancastre by ryght lyne herytage and for his ryghtfull manhode that the people foūde in him before all other they chose hym made hȳ kynge of Englonde amonge them INnocen●● the .vij. chosen pope at two yere And than Gr●gory the .xij. was after hȳ xij yere ●euet was debate Than was Alexander chosen in the coūsoyle of ●ysan he was called syr P●trus de Canadia so was put ryferd s●ryfe euery cho●e of those thre sayd he was pope Than was there a counseyle at ●ys●n where they began to make a cōcorde and there they deposed the two the thyrde stode so was worse diuisyon made than before For that they ordeyned preuayled not ¶ Robert was emperour after Wenselans .ix. yere This mā was duke of Bauary erle of Palatyn a iust man and a good was crowned of Bonifate the. ix This man entred ytaly with a grete hoost of Almayns agaynst Iohn the duke of Galias but he returned with a grete woūde was a thynge iust that he suffred by iustyce diuyne ¶ Iohn the .xxiij. succeded Alexander .iiij. yere fyrst he began well for an vnite he was in the coūsey●e ●● Constance offred hȳ to resigne the poperyche after secretly vntruly he fledde awaye but it ꝓfyted hym not for he was taken cōstrayned to peas was made a cardynall buryed at Florens ¶ Sigismundus was emperour after Robert .xxvij. yere he was sone to Ka●olus kynge of Vngary moost chrysten prynce and he was so deuoute to god that he deserued to be canonysed This man holpe the chirche through his meruaylous prudence and wytte for he spared no labour ne no thynge that he had tyll he had made a full peas amonge the clergy And he had ●x batayles agaynst the Turke euer he had ye●●●●ry And what more all thynge that euer was wryten in ●ouynge to Constantyne Theodosio Kat●lo ●tto may truly be wryten of hym And he was crowned in Vngary and decessed a blyssed man ¶ Circa annū dn̄i M CCCC ¶ Of syr Henry of Bolyng broke erle of Derby that regned after kyng Rycharde whiche was the fourth Henry after the conquest ANd after kynge Rychard the seconde was deposed out of his kingdom the lordes the comyns al●● one assent all other worthy men of the realme chose syr Henry of Bolyng broke erle of Derby sone heyre of Iohn ●uke of Lancastre for his worthy manhode that often tymes had ben founde in hym in dedes preued vpon saȳt Edwardes day the confessour he was crowned kynge of Englōde at Westmynster by assent of all the realme nexte after the depo●●nge of kyng Richard Thā he made Henry his eldest sone prȳce of Wales duke of Cornewayle erle of Chestre And he ma●● syr Thomas of Arūdell archbysshop of Caūterbury agayne as he was before And syr Roger Walden the kyng Rychard had made archebysshop of Caūterbury he made bysshop of London for ye●yme it stode voyde And he made the erles sone of Arundell that came with hym ouer the see frō Calays in to Englonde erle of Arundell as his fader had ben put hym in possessyon of all his londes And he made homage feaute vnto his lyege lorde the kynge as all other lordes had done And than anone dyed kynge Rychard in the castell of Pounfret in the north countree for there he was famysshed to deth by his keper for he was kept there .iiij. or .v. dayes from meet drynke so he made his ende in this world Yet moche people in Englonde and in other londes sayd that he was on lyue many a yere after his deth But whether he were alyue or deed the people helde theyr fals opinyon byleue that many had moche people came to grete myschefe foule dethe as ye shal here afterward And whan kyng Henry wyst knewe that he was deed he let ●ere hym in the best maner closed it in a fayre chest with dyuers spyceryes and ba●o●es closed hym in a lynnen cloth all saue his visage that was left open that all men myght se his persone from all other men And so he was brought to London with torche light brennynge to saint Paules chirche there he had his masse his Dirige with moche reuerēce solempnite of seruyce And whā all this was done he was brought from saynt Paules in to the abbey of Westmynster there he had al his hole seruyce agayn And from Westmȳster he was brought to Langley and there he was buryed on whose soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the fyrst yere of kynge Henryes regue he helde his Chrystmasse in the castell of Wyndsore And on .xij. euen came the duke of Awemarle vnto the kynge colde hym that he the duke of Surrey the duke of Excestre the erle of Salisbury the erle of Glocestre other moo of theyr affynite were accorded to make a mommynge vnto the kynge on .xij. daye at nyght there they purposed to slee the kyng in the reuelyng And thus the duke of Awemarle warned the kyng And than the kyng came to London pryuely in all the haste that he myght to gete hym helpe socour cōforte and coūseyle And anone these other that wolde haue put the kynge to deth fledde in all the haste that they myght for they knewe well that theyr coūseyle was bewrayed And than fledde the duke of Surrey the erle of Salysbury with all theyr meyny vnto the towne of Chichestre And there the people of the towne wold haue arested them and they tolde not stande to theyr arestyng but stode at defence fought manly But at the last they were ouercomen takē And there they smote of the dukes heed of Surrey the erles heed of Salysbury many other moo there they put theyr quarters in to sackes theyr heedes on poles borne on hye so they were brought through the cite of London to London brydge there these heedes were set vpon hygh theyr quarters were sent to other good townes and cytees of Englonde and set vp there ¶ At Oxford was takē Bloūt knyght Benet Cely knyght and Thomas Wyntersell squyer and there were byheded quartred and the knyghtes hedes were set vpon poles brought to London set vpon the brydge the quarters sent forth vnto other good townes ¶ And in the same yere at Prittelwell in a myll in Essex there syr Iohn Holand the duke of Excestre was taken with the comyns of
the countree and they brought hym from the myll vnto the Plasshe to the same place the kynge Rycharde had arested syr Thomas of Wodstok the duke of Glocestre and right there in the same place they smote of the dukes heed of Excestre and brought it to London vpon a pole it was set vpon London brydge ¶ And in the same yere at Brystowe was taken the lorde Spenser that kyng Rycharde had made erle of Glocestre the comyns of the towne of Brystowe toke hym and brought hym in to the market place of the towne and there they smote of his heed sente it to London there it was set vpon London brydge ¶ And in this same yere was syr Bernard Brokeys knight taken arested put in the cou●e of London and syr Iohn Shelley knyght syr Iohn Mawdelyn and syr Willyam Feribe persones of kynge Rychardes they were arested put in to the cou●e of London And thyder came the kynges Iustices and sa●e vpon them in the ●oure of London there they were dampned all .iiij. to deth the dome was gyuen to syr Bernard Brokeys that he sholde go on fote from the ●oure through the cite of Londō vnto Tyburne there to be hāged after his heed smytten of syr Iohn Shelley knyght syr Iohn Mawdelyn syr Willyam Feribe ꝑsons were drawen through out the cite of London to Tyburne there they were hanged theyr hedes smytten of and set on Londō brydge ¶ And in this same yere kyng Henry sent quene Isabell home agayn in to Fraūce that whiche was kyng Rychardes wyfe gaue her golde syluer many other Iewels so she was discharged of all her dowry sent out of Englōde ¶ And in the second yere of kyng Henry the fourth was syr Roger Claring ton knyght two of his men the pryour of Laūde .viij. freres mynours some maysters of dyuinite other for treason that they wrought agaynst the kynge were drawen hanged at Tyburne all xij persones ¶ And there began a grete discencion debate in the coūtre of Wales bytwene the lorde Grey Ri●hen Owen of Glender squyer of Wales this Owen arered a grete nombre of Walsshmen kepte all that coūtre about ryght strongly did moche harme and destroyed the kynges townes lordshyppes through out al Wales robbed slewe the kynges people bothe englisshe walsshe thus he endured a .xij. yere largely he toke the lorde Grey Ri●hen prysoner kepte hym fast in holde tyll he was raūsomed of prysoners of the marche kepte hym longe tyme in holde And at the last he made hȳ to wedde one of his doughters kepte hym there styll with his wyfe and soone after he dyed And than kyng Henry knowynge this mischefe destruc ciō treason that this Owen had wrought anone he ordeyned a strōge power of mē of armes and archers and moche other stuffe that longed to warre for to abate destroye the malyce of this fals Walssheman And than the kyng came in to Wales with his power for to destroye this Owen other rebelles fals Walsshmen And anone they fledde in to the moūtayns and there myght the kynge do them no harme i no maner wyse for the mo●●ayns And so the kyng came agayn in to Englonde for lesynge of moo of his people thus he spedde not there ¶ And in this same yere was grete scarsete of where in Englond for a quarter of where was at xvj shyllynges And there was marchaundyse of Englonde sent in to Prure for where anone they had laden and fraught shyppes ynough came home in safete thāked be god of all his gyftes ¶ And in the thyrde yere of kynge Henryes regne there was a sterre seen in the firmament that shewed hymselfe through all the worlde for dyuers tokens that sholde befall soone after the whiche sterre was named by clergy Stella cometa And on saynt Mary Mawdeleyns daye next folowyng in the same yere was the barayle of Shrowesbury thyder came sir Henry Percy the erles sone of Northumberlonde with a grete multitude of men of armes archers gaue a barayle to kyng Henry the fourth through the fals wycked ●oūseyle of syr Thomas Percy his vncle erle of Worcestre there was sir Henry Percy ●layne the moost parte of his people in the felde syr Thomas Percy takē and kepte fast in holde two days ●yll the kyng had set rest amonge his people on bothe sydes And thā syr Thomas Percy was iudged to be drawen hanged his heed smytten of for his false treason at Shrowesbury his heed brought to London set on the brydge And the other people that there were slayne on bothe partyes the kynge let bury And there was slayne on the kynges syde in the batayle the erle of Stafford syr Walter Bloūt in the kynges cote armure vnder the kynges baner many moo worthy men on whose soules god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the fourth yere of kynge Henryes regne came the emperour of Cōstantynople with many grete lordes knyghtes moche other people of his coūtre into Englonde to kynge Henry with hym to speke to disporte to se the good gouernaūce condicions of our people to knowe the cōmo dytees of Englonde And our kyng with all his lordes goodly worshypfully receyued welcomed hym all his meyny that came with hym dyd hym all the reuer●●e worshyp that they coude myght anone the kyng cōmaūded al maner offycers that he shold be serued as ryally as it longed to suche a worthy lord emperour vpon his owne cost as longe as he his men were in Englond ¶ In this same yere came dame Iane the duchesse of Brytayn into Englonde and londed at Falmouth in Cornewayle and from thens she was brought to the cite of Wynchestre there she was wedded vnto kynge Henry the fourth in the abbey of saȳt Swythyus with all the solempnite that myght be done made And soone after she was brought from thens to Londō And the Mayre the aldermen with the comyns of the cite of Londō rode agaynst her welcomed her brought her through the cite of London to Westmynster there she was crowned quene of Englonde there the kynge made a ryall a solempne feest for her for all maner men that thyder wolde come ¶ And in this same yere dame Blaūche the eldest doughter of kyng Henry was sent ouer see with the erle of Somerset her vncle with mayster Rychard Clyfford than bysshop of worcestre with many other worthy lordes ladyes worthy squyers as longed to suche a noble kynges doughter came vnto Coleyn And thyder came the dukes sone of Barre with a fayre cōpany receyued this worthy lady the bysshop of Worcestre wedded sacred them togyder as holy