Brytaines is written with y. that is the Gréekes little u. whyche Oracles althoughe they were not the Sibils owne worke as some suspecte Oracula Sibili yet are they very antient indéede and that they might séeme more auntient vse the moste auntient name of Countreys and peoples And some Englishe writers aboue an hundred yeares since vsually doe name it Brutan and not otherwise â— Mandeuil through a large historie of thys lande translated oute of Frenche Brute builded the Citie of newe Troy now called London he stablished therein y e Troian laws gaue y e vttermoste Westerne parte of the Realme to his companion Corineus of whose name it was called Corinea and to thys Iohn Harding Iohn Hanuile Nichol. Vpton day Cornwal Iohn Harding sayth that Brute bare Gules two Lions rampant endorced Ore Also a Banner of a Uertdian of Golde fichule crowned and entronized that were Aeneas armes when he entred the land of Latins Iohn Hanuil in Archinis and Nicholas Vpton saith he bare Ore a Lioâ—â— passant Gules When hys death approched he diuided the whole Ilande among his thrée sonnes whiche he had by Innogen his wife Locrine Camber and Albanact Unto Locrine he gaue the middle parte betwéene Humber and Seuern whiche of him was called Loegria To Camber he gaue all the region beyonde Seuern which of him tooke the name of Cambria and is now called Wales To Albanact he gaue all the lands beyond Humber whyche of his name was called Albania after whiche partition he deceassed when he had raigned 24. yeares and was buryed at newe Troy LOcrine the eldest sonne of Brute raigned xx yeares hée 1084 Gaufride chased the Hunnes whiche inuaded this realme and pursued them so sharpely that many of them with their Kyng were drowned in a riuer whiche then parted Englande and Scotland And forsomuch as the king of Hunnes named HuÌ„ber was there drowned the riuer is til this daye named Hâ—mber This king Loctine had to wife Guendoline daughter Hovve Humber tooke that name of Corineus Duke of Cornwall by whome he had a son named Madan He also kept as Paramour the beautifull Lady Estrilde by whom he had a daughter named Sabrine And after the death of Corineus hée putte from hym the sayde Guendoline and wedded Estrilde but Guendoline repayred to Cornwall where shée gathered a greate power and foughte with King Locrine and slewe hym Hée was buried at newe Troy She drowned the Lady Estrilde with hir daughter Sabrine in a Ryuer that after the young Seuerne maydens name is called Seuerne GVendoline the daughter of Corineus and wife to Locrine 1064 Gvvendoline a Queene raigned Gaufride Flores Historiar forsomuch as Madan hir son was too yong to gouerne y e lande was by common assent of all the Brytaines made ruler of the whole Isle of Brytaine whiche she well and discretely ruled to the comforte of hir subiectes xv yeares and then left the same to hir sonne Madan MAdan the sonne of Locrine and Guendoline was made 1049 ruler of Brytain he vsed great tiranny among his Britons and being at his disport of hunting he was deuoured The King deuoured by VVolues by wild Wolues when he had raigned xl yeres He left him twoo sons named Mempricius and Manlius One olde pedigrée saith he builded the city of Madan now of the riuer Doncaster builded Don called Doncaster MEmpricius the son of Madan being King by treason slue 1009 A travtor to hys brother deuoured of vvilde beastes his brother Manlius after whose death he lyued in more tranquilitie where-through he fell in slouth so to lechery taking y e wiues daughters of his subiects lastly became so euil that he forsooke his wife and concubines and fell to the sinne of Sodomie with beasts whereby he became odible to God man And going on huÌ„ting he lost his company was destroyed of wilde Wolues wherof the land was then ful when he had raigned xx yeares EBranke y e son of Mempricius was made ruler of Brytaine 989 Gaufride he had xxâ— wiues of whom he receyued xx sons and. xxx daughters whyche were sente by their fathers to Alba Flores HistariaruÌ„ Siluius the fourth King of Albanois in Italy to be marryed to the Albanes This Ebranke firste after Brutus attempted to inuade Fraunce wyth an armye 〈…〉 s Iacobus Iacobus Bergomas Iacobus Lessabeus Bergomas sayeth in hys sixte of hys Chronicles and Iacobus Lessabeus in the description of Henault affyrmeth the same and that he was driuen backe by Brunchildis Lord of Henault with no small losse of his men Assaracus the second Germanie toke the name of Ebranke his sonnes vvho conquered the same sonne of Ebranke with the rest of his yonger brethren 18. at the least by the aide of Alba Siluius coÌ„quered all Germanie which was then no great matter for then Europe was very smally inhabited saue only about the Sea coasts as Dalmatia Italie and the coasts of France as in reading the histories may easily be séene how the East people at sundry Bergomaâ— Hector Boâ—nuâ— times came swarming into Europe Of these brethren had Germanie the name à Germanis fratribus that had subdued it Ebranke was a founder of many Cities sayth Bergomas as Alcluid in Albania now Scotland whiche is after Dunbretain Edenbrough Bamburgh and Yorke builded Hector Boetius Dunbretaine but other thinke the same to be cleane destroyed He made the Castell of Maidens now called Edenbrough He made also the Castel of Bamburgh in the. xxiij yeare of his raigne he builded Kayrbranke nowe called since by the Saxons Euorwike nowe corruptely Yorke wherein he builded a Temple to Diana set there an Archflame and was there buryed when he had raigned lx yeres Iohn Rouse sayeth he builded Caior Manour after it was called Bellositum at length Caior Bossa Rhydichen and Oxenford of a certaine Forde which Iohn Leiland calleth Isis in Englishe Ouse and saith it is namely called Oxforde for Ouseforde BRutus 2. the eldest son of Ebranke succéeded in the kingdome 929 and for that his father had receyued suche a repulse at the hands of Brunchildis Lord of Henault he in reueÌ„ge thereof inuaded Henault with a great army in the Fennes and Marshlande at the mouth of the Riuer Scaldis of olde time named Stadus and encamped him selfe vppon the Riuer Hania where betwéene Brutus and Brunchildis was foughten a strong battaile in that place which to this day is called Estam bruges of the station and campe of Brutus as Iacobus Lessabeus writeth in hys description of Henaulte This Brute of his lustie courage was surnamed Gréeneshielde he raigned xij yeares and was buried at Yorke LEill the sonne of Brute Greeneshielde béeyng a louer of 917 Iohn Bradshaw peace builded Carleile and repaired Carleon whych was since by the Romaines reedified when a legion of Souldiors was sent thither and by them named The City of Legions nowe called
looked for wherevpon the Kingdome was deuided the North part to Harold and the South to Hardycanute Edward and Alfred sonnes to King Ethelred with many Knightes came out of Normandy to sée their mother at Winchester whiche sore troubled the mindes of many greate men who bare more fauour to King Harold Especially Godwine Earle of Kent feigning to receiue Alfred as a friend came to méete him but in the end put him in prison parte of his companye he put in fetters and after put out their eyes Of some he caused their skinne to be plucked ouer their eares chopping off their hands and féete Some he commanded to be solde and diuers were murthered at Gilforde Quéene Emma hearing of this dealing she sent hir sonne Edward backe againe into Normandy After this Alfride was conueyed to the I le of Eely where his eyes being firste plucked out he was deliuered to the Monckes to be kept prisoner there where shortly after hée departed this life and was buryed in the South I le of the West part of the Church Bycause Hardycanutus delayed to come ouer being sent for he was vtterly reiected and Harold who before was King of the Mercies and Northumbers was chosen King of all England who shortly after expelled his mother in law Emma out of the Realme He raigned thrée yeares dyed at Oxford and was buryed at Westminster and after at Saint Clements without Templebarre at London HArdycanutus the lawfull begotten sonne of Canutus and 1041 Emma as soone as he had gotten his fathers Kingdome fetched home his mother out of exile and in reuenge of displeasure that was done to hir and of the murther of his brother Alured he commanded the carkas of Harold to be digged out of the earth and to be throwen into the Riuer of Thamis where by a Fisher it was taken vp and brought to the Danes who buryed it in a Church yard which they had This is supposed to be S. Clements Church vvithout Temple barre at London Which done the King appoynted eyght markes to be payde to euery Sayler in his name twelue markes to euery Pilote or Maister which tribute was to be payd of al England so gréeuous that scarce any was able to beare it Shortly after he sent for Edward the sonne of Etheldred his brother of the mothers side to come into England and embraced him with all loue and fauour Being at a mariage feast pleasantly drincking with the Bride other persons in the middest of his cups he fell suddaynely downe to the ground so remaining dumbe departed this life the third yeare of his raigne was buried by his father at Winchester EDward borne at Islip besides Oxford the sonne of Etheldred 104â— Alfridus Beuerla Io. Rouse whom Hardycanutus had sent for into England was Crowned at Winchester This Edward for his excelleÌ„t holynesse is vntill this day called Saint Edward who so soone as he had gotten his fathers kingdome of his owne frée will released the tribute of 40000. pound called Dane gelt which Dane gelt the English people euen from the very beginning of the reigne of the Danes was compelled to pay to their Kings euery The first comâ—â—ing vp of the common Lavv. yeare He was also the chiefe author and cause that the law which we call the common Law was first brought vp being gathered togither out of the lawes and ordinaÌ„ces of four nations which were receiued when the Island was subiect to diuers regiments gouernances to witte of the Mercies of the West Saxons of the Danes of the Northumbers Mercies vvest Saxons Danes and Northumbers He was hard to his mother bycause she was hard to him in his minoritie and also suspected with Alwine Bishop of Winchester whome he put in prison by counsell of Roberte Archbishop of Canturbury but after his mother had purged hirselfe Alwine was deliuered and Robert the Archbishop conueyed himselfe out of England He tooke to wife Edgitha Sea Cron. the daughter of Earle Godwine who bycause she brought Edgitha vvas barreyne him forth no children neyther was there any hope that she should beare any wheÌ„ he did sée that many did gaye after y â— kingdome he began to be carefull for one that should iustly succéede him and therfore following the reason of y â— commoÌ„ law he sent for home into England his Nephew Edward the sonne of king Edmond his brother who by reason of his loÌ„g absence out of the Countrey was coÌ„monly called y e outlaw This is that Edward the sonne of King Edmond surnamed Ironside which remained aliue whome Canutus when he had gotten England had sent into Swethen with his brother He knowing the aduise of his Uncle came againe into England and brought with him Agatha his wife Edgar Margaret and Christian his children borne in Panonia in hope of the kingdome where he liued but a while Thus S. Edward being disappoynted both of his Nephew and his heire for that Edward the outlaw was both by néerenesse of bloud and by lawfull succession right heire vnto the Kingdome withoute delaye pronounced Edgar the outlawes sonne and his greate Nephew to bée heire of the Kingdome and gaue him to surname Adeling which name in those dayes was peculiar onely to Kings Children which were borne in hope and possibilitie of the Kingdome for thys worde Adeling in the English tong is as much to say as Prince or Lorde the contrary of which word is Vnderling that is The signification of the vvord Adeling to say a seruanâ—â—or or bondman or according to the Walche spéech Adeling signifieth heire but bycause this Edgar was but yong of yeares and within age by his testamente he made Harold the sonne of Godwine a stoute man both in warre and peace Regent vntill the yong Edgar should be of age to receyue the Kingdome and that then he should be made King which thing Harold with a solemne oth promised to sée so performed and done Notwithstanding he like a Traytour by force of armes immediately after y â— death of Edward refused the name of Regent and pronounced himselfe Alfridus Beuerl Speculum histo Râ— Cirecest Flores histo King whiche thing shortly after brought destruction both to himselfe and to all England Anno 1051. Eustace Earle of Bullogne which had to wife Floriacen Goda sister to King Edward arriued at Douer where one of his men quarelling aboute his lodging slewe one of the Townesmen in reuenge whereof not only the quareller but other of his company and many of the Towne were slayne whiche doing so muche offended Godwine Earle of Kent that he assembled a great power wherewith he marched toward Glocester where the king then lay vnto whome he sent messengers to denounce warre except he would deliuer Eustace and his fellow Normans and Bolognians which held a Castell in the dominions of Kent After this Godwins armie entered into Glocester but it was there agréed that at a day
Walling ford there to bée shut vppe in prison and his goods confiscate bycause in hys fathers life time he had reproued him of his insolent life c. He also called out of exile Pierce of Gauaston a straunger borne whiche lately in his Fathers dayes had for certaine causes bene banished this land He gaue to the sayde Pierce the Earledome of Cornewal the Isle of Man and the Lordeshippe Cro. Hâ—ntenpries W. Paking Sherifes Maior of Wallingforde otherwise assigned to Quéene Isabel Nicholas Pigot Nigellus Druâ—y the 28. of September Sir Iohn Blunt the. 28. of October A Parliamente was holden at Northampton wherein it was ordayned that his Fathers coyne which was counted bace should not be refused vpoÌ„ paine of life and lim and that a fiftéenth of the Cleargie twentith part of the goods of the Layetie should be giuen to the king The. 27. of October King Edward the first was buryed at Westminster at the heade of Henrie the third his Father vnto the which Church he had giuen lands to the value of one hundred pound by yeare twentie pounde thereof yearely to be distributed to the poore Anthony Becke Patriarke of Ierusalem and Byshoppe of Durham doing the exequies After the Ephiphanie of our Lorde all the Templers Adam Merimo Knightes of the temple apprehended Tho. de la More in Englande were apprehended and committed to prison in diuerse places The King went ouer into France and married Isabel the French kings daughter at Bolloigne y â— xxij of Januarie There were present at that marriage Phillip king of Fraunce hys sonne King of Nauar the King of Almaine and the King of Cicile with many other And on the xxiiij day of Februarye King Edward with his Quéene were crowned at Westminster by Henrie Bishop of Winchester being admitted so to do by Robert Archbishop of Canterburie The King offered firste a pounde of Golde made like a King holding a ring in his hande and after he offered a marke of Golde whiche is eight ounces made like a Pilgrime putting forth his hande to receyue the ring Sir Iohn Bachauell Knyghte was thruste to deathe at hys Coronation The King gaue vnto Pierce of Guaston all such giftes and Ghro Dâ—n Jewels as had bin giuen to him with the Crownes of hys Father his ancestours treasure and many other things affirming that if he could he should succéede him in the Kyngdome calling him brother not granting any thing without his consent The Lords therfore enuying him told the king that the Father of this Pierce was a Traytour to the King of Fraunce and was for the same executed that his mother was burned for a Witch and that the said Pierce was banished for consenting to his mothers witchcraft and that hée had now bewitched the King himselfe They besought the Kyng to heare therefore their petitions whiche shoulde be both for his owne Honoure and for the wealth of his people First that he woulde confirme and vse suche auntiente 1 Lawes and customes as are contayned in the Charters of the Kyngs hys predecessonrs and for that they woulde graunt him the twentith part of their goods and be his true subiectes Secondly that he woulde take nothyng of any man but 2 at the price of the owner the same to be payde for to the vttermost Thyrdlye that what soeuer was alyenated from the 3 Crowne since hys Fathers death might be restoared therevnto again Fourthly that he would obserue the oth he made before 4 his Father as of the reuoking of Peter Gauaston the prosecuting of the Scottish Warre and that all that was amisse shoulde be amended leaste hys enymies reioyce at it c. That iustice and iudgemente mighte be done in the 5 Lande as well to the ryche as to the poore accordyng to the auntiente and olde approued Lawes and Customes of Englande and that no man shoulde bée restrayned by the Kyngs writte from prosecuting hys ryghte or to defend himselfe by Law Then the king taking counsell of Pierce Hugh Spencer the Treasurer y â— Chancellour and others he appointed to answere the Barons at the ParliameÌ„t on Hocday The Barons being departed out of London the Citie gates were shut vp and chayned great watch kept and Hugh Spencer made Conestable of London The king with Peter of Gauaston weÌ„t towarde Wallingford Castel wyth a great company of souldiours as well straungers as English and Hugh Spencer taried still at London The Parliament on Hocday was kepte the Kyng Barons being there when they decréed the same Pierce shoulde be banished the lande to departe on the morrowe after Midsommer day neuer to returne agayne The King gaue him two and thirtie townes and so manye Pierce of Gauastone banished Castels in Gascotgne and great summes of money out of his Earledome of Cornwall during his life the king accompanyed him to Bristow seÌ„t him into Ireland assigning him y â— who le gouernment and reuenewes of that Countrey The king sente William Lorde Latimer with a hundred horssemen to fetch Henrie Lacy Erle of Lincoln but he being forewarned kept himselfe in his Castell and so preuented theyr purpose onely the Lord Latimer and he talked and so departed The king entended to giue Gascoigne to the French King Scotland to Robert Bruis Ireland and Wales to others hoping thereby to haue ayde against his Barons Robert Archbishoppe of Canturburie returned from Rome and was restored to all his goods Anno reg 2. Sherifes Maior 1309 Tho. de la More Iohn Troklowe Anno reg 3. William Basing Iames Botener the. 28. of September Nicholas Faringdon Goldsmith the. 28. of October The king sent for Pierce of Gauaston out of Ireland he laÌ„ded at Kerneruan on the euen of Saint Iohn Baptist he Kyng mette him at the Castel of Flint with great ioy and gaue to him the Earle of Glocesters sister in marriage they were maried at Barkamsteed which caused him again to rise in pride scorning the Nobles of the Realme and to abuse the Kyng as before he had done in conuaying the treasure of the Anno reg 3. Realme into forraine countreys amongst the which treasure he conuayed the table and trestles of golde from the treasurie of Westminster and deliuered them to one Armery of Frisconband to be coÌ„uayed into Gascoigne The Barons Cro. pet Coledge therefore declared to the King that except he would expell the sayd Pierce from his company they would rise agaynst him as against a periured Prince wherevpon by the aduice Chro. Dun. of Pierce of Gauaston the King sent for ayde into Gascoigne to the Earle of Foys and y â— Uicount of Henoy and they came with thrée hundred horsemen through France but Phillip the French King emprisoned the chiefe and slew and hanged the other Also the King of England had word from Robert Bruse of Scotland from Robert Fitz Thomas of Ireland that they woulde not take part with the King against his Barons wherevpon
Chester of the auntient buyldyng wyth vaultes and towers eche house like a Castell whych sometyme hadde béene of greate pleasaunce A legion of the Romaines as Vigetius reporteth contained 6000. warriours or moe Vigetius whiche legion was diuided into 10. bands but the first passed all the rest both in number of souldioures and also in estimation for this band bare the Eagle whyche was the chiefest Standarde of the Romaines This first bande contayned 1105. footemen heauy armed horsemen 132. and was named Cohors miliaria that is to saye a companye of a thousand and moe souldiours This band is the head of all the legion whensoeuer they muste fight these beginne the battaile are first set in order in the front of the battell The seconde band containeth 555. footmen and 66. horsemen of heauy armour and this bande is called Cohors quingentaria that is to say a company of 500. and moe souldiours The thirde bande likewise hath 555. footmen and 66. horsemen The fourth bande hath 555. footemen and 66. horsemen The fifth bande hathe as many These fiue bandes are set in araye in the firste battaile The sixte bande hath 555. footemen and 66. horsemen The seauenth bande hath 555. footemen 66. horsemen The eighte bande hath 555. footemen 66. horsemen The ninth bande hath 555. footemen 66. horsemen The tenth hath 555. footemen 66. horsemen These ten bands make a ful and perfect legion contayning 6100. footemen and 726. horsemen King Leill in the ende of his raigne fel to slouth and lust of the body by mean wherof ciuill strife was raysed and not in hys dayes ended He raigned xxv yeares and was buried at Carleile alias Chester RVdhudibras alias Cicuber the sonne of Leil builded Caergant Canterburie VVinchester Shaftisbury builtâ— of the Englishemenne called Canterbury that is to saye the Courte of the Kentishemen Caierguent nowe Winchester and Caersepton nowe called Shaftisburie wherein hée builded thrée Temples and placed in the same Flamines Flores HistoriaruÌ„ He raigned xxix yeares BLadud the sonne of Rudhudibras who had long studied at 863 Stamford an Vninersitie Athens broughte with him foure Philosophers to kéepe Schoole in Brytaine for the whiche he builded Stamforde and made it an Uniuersitie wherein hée had greate number of Scholers studying in all the seauen liberall Sciences whiche Uniuersitie dured to the comming of Saint Augustine At whiche time the Bishoppe of Rome interdited it for heresies Iohn Harding I. Rouse Iohn Baâ—e in â—ys Votaries Bathe vvyth the hote Bathes built The King attempteth to flie that fel among the Saxons and Brytons togither mixt so sayth Harding He builded Caier Badon or Bathe and made there a Temple to Apollo and placed there a Flamine he made also the hote Bathes and practised hys Necromancie he decked himselfe in feathers and presumed to flie but by falling on his Temple he brake his necke when he had raigned xx yeres LEire sonne of Bladud succeded his father He builded Caier 844 Leycester built Flores HistoriaruÌ„ Lair vpon the Riuer Sore now called Leycéster and made there a Temple of Ianus placing a Flamine to gouerne the same He had thrée daughters Gonorel Ragan Cordeile whyche Cordeile for hir vertue and wisedome towardes hir father succeded him in the kingdome When he had raigned xl yeares he deceassed and was buryed vnder the channell of the Riuer Sore wythin Leicester Thys vault vnder the â— Rouse earth was builte in honour of Ianus Bifrons There all the Workemen of that Citie when the solemnitie of the daye came begun al things that they had to do the yere folowing COrdila y e yongest daughter of Leire succéeding hir father 805 was sore vexed by hir two nephues Morgan of Albanie Conedagius of Camber and Cornwal who at the length toke cast hir in prison where she being in dispayre of recouering hir estate slewe hir selfe when she had raigned v. yeres and was buryed at Leicester in Ianus Temple by hir father MOrgan the eldest sonne of Dame Gonorell claymed 800 Brytaine and warred on hys nephewe Conedagius that was King of Camber that nowe is Wales and of Cornwall but Conedagius mette with Morgan in Wales and there slewe hym whyche place is called Glamorgan till Hovv Glamorganshire tooke that name this daye And then Conedagius was Kyng of al Brytaine He builded a Temple of Mars at Perche that now is Saint Saint Iohns tovvn builded Johns Towne in Scotlande and placed there a Flamine He builded another of Minerua in Wales whyche now is named Bangor The thirde he made of Mercurie in Cornwall Bangor built where he was borne He raigned xxxiij yeares and was buryed at newe Troy RIuallo sonne of Conedagius succéeded his father in whose 766 Bloude rayned Flores HistoriaruÌ„ tyme it rained bloude thrée dayes after whyche tempest ensued a greate multitude of venemous Flies whych slewe muche people and then a greate mortalitie throughout this land which caused almost desolation of the same This Riuallo raigned ouer this whole Iland xlvj yeares and then deceassed and was buryed at Caierbranke that nowe is Yorke Rome was builded in Italy by Remus and Romulus Rome builded 356. yeares after Brute arriued in this lande GVigustus sonne of Riuallo succéeded in the Kingdome of 721 Brytaine who raigned quietly but was a common drunkard wherof followed all other vices When hée had raigned xxxviij yeares hée deceassed and was buried at Yorke SCicilius brother of Gurgustus succéeded in the Kingdome 684 of whome is lefte but little memorie hée raigned xlix yeares and was buryed at Bathe IAgo or Lago Cousin of Curgustus raigned xxv yeares 636 for his euil gouernement he dyed of a Litargie and was buryed at Yorke Iohn de Vigney in his Booke named The Moralization Iohannes de Vigney Game of Chesse deuised of the Chesse sayeth that the same game of the Chesse was deuised by Xerxes the Philosopher otherwise named Philometre to reproue and correcte the cruell minde of a filmous Tyrant called Eâ—â—lmerodach Kyng of Babilon as is supposed about the yeare before Chrystes byrth 614. ¶ Kimâ—acus raigned liiij yeres and was buried at Yorke 612 GOrbodug raigned thrée score and thrée yeares and was 559 Flores HistoriaruÌ„ 496 The brother slue the brother and the mother murthered hir ovvne sonne buryed at newe Troy FErrex with his brother Porrex ruled Brytaine fiue yeres but it was not long ere they fell at ciuill discorde for the soueraigne dominion in whyche Ferrex was slaine and Porrex afterwardes by hys mother whose name was Idoine was killed in his bed Thus cruelly was the bloude and house of Brute destroyed when this realme by the space Brutes line extinguished of 616. yeares had béene gouerned by that lynage After this the realme was diuided with ciuil warres for lacke of one soueraigne gouernor vntil Dunwallo reduced the same into one Monarchie MVlmutius Dunwallo the son of Cloten Duke of
the verye yeare that he conquered Kent subdued also this Suthred and annexed Essex to hys Kingdome yet London with the Countrey confining about it came not in subiection to the Weast-Saxons but obeyed the King of Mercia as long as that Kingdome continued Sigehricke and Sigehard afterwarde aspired to the Kingdome of East Saxon but with no good successe Mercians MErcia the fifth Kingdome and greatest of the other contayned Gloucester Hereford Chester Stafforde Wircester Oxforde Warwicke Darby Leicester Buckingham Northampton Notingham Lincolne Bedforde Huntington and parte of Hartforde shires It had on the Weast side the riuer Dee fast by Chester and Seuerne fast by Shrewsburie vnto Bristow in the East the East sea in the South Thamis vnto London in the North y ◠riuer Humber so Westward down to the riuer Merce vnto the corner of Wyrhall This kingdome of Merce in the beginning was departed into thrée parts into West Mercia middle Mercia and East Mercia it cōtayneth the diocesses of Lincolne Wircester Hereforde Couentrie and Lichfielde CReda the eleuenth from Woden firste King of the Mercies 586 raigned ten yeares ¶ Wibba his sonne raigned xx yeares 596 616 626 W. Malme ¶ Ceorlus his sonne raigned x. yeares PEnda the sonne of Wibba a manne actiue in warres but franticke and most wicked toke on him the kingdome of the Mercies when he was fiftie yeres old he shooke the Cities and disturbed the borders of the kings that were hys owne Countreymenne borne he slewe Edwin and Oswald kings of Northumberlande where Oswald was slaine is nowe scituate the town of Oswalstre which of him toke that name he also slew Sigebert Egfride and Anna kings of the East Angles which all were of holy life and conuersation hée banished Kenewallus king of West Saxons but in the ende himselfe was slaine by Oswyn which succéeded Oswald hys brother when he had raigned xxx yeares PEda the sonne of Penda succéeded in part of the Kingdome 656 W. Malme being preferred by the gift of Oswin whose daughter hée had taken to wife on condition he shoulde embrace Christianitie and forsake Idolatry This Peda was the first foūder of Medeshamsted now called Petarborow Through y t treason Peterborow founded of his wife he dyed sodainly when he had raigned after hys Father iij. yeares OSwine toke the Kingdome but he raigned there onely 659 thrée yeares VLferus brother to Peda earnestlye preferred Christianitie 662 whych hys brother had begonne but he was the first sayeth W of Malmesbery that throughe the sinne of Simony sold the Byshoprick of London vnto Wyna He raigned xvij yeares EThelred brother to Vlferus succéeded in the kingdome of 676 Bishops sea ◠VVorcester the Mercians hée obtayned a Byshoppes Sea to be in the Citie of Worcester Bosellus was firste Bishoppe there Egwinus was the second This Egwinus by the helpe of Kenredus King of Mercies founded the Monasterie of Euesham in a Ex Carta place then called Eouesham of the shepherdes fielde and Euesham house purchased by the saide Bishop The towne in the Saxons time was called Hotheholme Aboute the same time two Liber Tewks noble men named Odo and Dodo founded the Priorie of Tewkesbury Monastery of Gloucester Inscriptiones Gloucestriae Tewkesburie Also Osricke duke of Gloucester founded the Monasterie of Gloucester then since the same is a Bishops Sea Etheldred became a Monke at Bardoney when he had raigned xxx yeares KInredus sonne to Wolferus in the fifth yere of his raigne 706 went to Rome and became a Monke CElred the sonne of Ethelred who as he was maruellous 710 in prowes against Ina of the West Saxons so was he miserable by vntimely death for he rained not past viij yeres and was buried at Lichfielde EThelbalde raigned in continuall peace many yeares and 718 Chronicle of Holande Ro. Mai. Epistle of Boniface to Ethelbald then by the procurement of Beruredus was slaine of hys own subiects Unto this Ethelbald Boniface y e secōd Bishop of Verche in Holland after Archbishop of Mens vpon the Rijne an English māborn who was afterward martyred sent an Epistle of the whiche I will here sette downe a péece to be séene for that it sheweth partlye the state of that time and serueth for example in time to come TO his most deare Lorde and to be preferred in the loue of Christ aboue all other kings of England Edbaldus Boniface Archbishoppe the Germaine legate perpetual helth of charitie loue in Christ We acknowledge before God that we did reioyce to heare of your prosperitie your Faith and good workes and we be sory when we heare any thing that goeth against you eyther in successe of warre or in danger of your soule for we haue heard that you forbid thefte and robbery that you loue peace defende the widowe and the poore for the which we giue God thanks but in that you refuse lawfull marriage which if it were to the preferring of chastitie it were cōmendable and sith you wallow in leacherie and adultery with Uirgins consecrate to God it is both shamefull and damnable for it doth confounde your renowme bothe before God and man placing you among Idolators bicause you violate the temple of God Wherfore my deare sonne repent and remember how filthy a thing it is that thou who by the gifte of GOD raygnest ouer so many nations shouldest to the great displeasure of GOD make thy selfe a bonde slaue to thyne owne fleshly lust Wée haue hearde also that the more parte of noble men and people of the Mercians by thyne euill example haue left theyr lawfull wiues and haue defiled the wiues of other and also Uirgins whiche howe farre it differeth from all good order and honestie let the lawes of straunge nations touche you for in the auntient Countrey of the Saxons where was no knowledge of God if eyther a mayde in hyr fathers house or being married to an husband were become an aduoutresse she shoulde be strangled by hir own hande closed to hyr mouth and the corrupter shoulde be hanged Aduoutry amōg the Infidels pushed by death vpon the pitte where the aduoutresse was buryed If shée were not so vsed hyr garmentes being cutte awaye downe to the gyrdle-stéede the chaste matrones dyd scourge and whip hyr and pricke hyr wyth kniues and so was sent from Towne to Towne where other freshe and newe scourgers or whippers did méete and whippe hir vntyll they hadde killed hyr Likewise the Womedeans who are the moste vncleane kinde of people hadde thys manner of vsage wyth them that the husbande beyng deade the woman togyther wyth the deade bodye shoulde caste hyr selfe headlong into the fiered stacke or pile of woodde prepared for the burning of theyr bodyes If therefore the Gentiles not knowing GOD hadde so greate zeale to chastitie howe muche the more my deare sonne it is to be required at thy handes who arte a Christian and a King Haue therefore
so He shall heare him aske it and he will Howbeit this is a gaâ— matter suppose he coulde not aske it suppose he woulde not aske it suppose he woulde aske to goe out if I say he shall not if I aske the priuiledge but for my selfe I say he that against my will taketh him out breaketh y e Sanctuarie Serueth this libertie for my person only or for my goods to Ye may not hence take my horse from me may you take my child fro me He is also my ward for as my learned counsell sheweth mée sithe he hath nothing by discent holden by knightes seruice the law maketh his mother his gardaine Then may no man I suppose take my warde from me out of Sanctuarie without the breache of Sanctuarie And if my priuiledge coulde not serue him nor he aske it for himselfe yet sith the law committeth to me the custodie of him I may require it for him except the law giue a childe a gardaine onely for his goods and landes discharging him of the â—â—e safekéeping of hys bodie for which onely both landes and goods serue ¶ And if examples be sufficient to obtaine priuiledge for This that is here betvveene this marke ¶ and this marke * vvas not vvritten by him in englith but is translated out of this Historie vvhich he vvrot in Latten my child I néede not far to séeke For in this place in which now be which is now in questioÌ„ whether my childe may take benefit of it mine other sonne now king was borne kept in his cradle preserued to a more prosperous fortune which I pray God long to continue And as all you know this is not the first time that I haue taken Sanctuarie For when my Lorde my husbande was banished and thrust out of hys Kingdome I fled hither being great with childe and here I bare the Prince And when my Lorde my husband returned safe agayne and had the victorie then went I hence to welcome him home and from hence I brought my babe the Prince vnto his father when he first tooke him in his armes And I pray God that my sonnes palace may be as great sauegarde vnto him nowe raigning as this place was somtime to y e kings enimie In which place I inteÌ„d to kéepe his brother sith c. * Wherfore here intend I to kéepe him since mans law serueth y e gardaine to kéepe the infant The law of nature will y e mother kéepe hir child Gods law priuiledgeth y â— Sanctuarie the Sanctuarie my son sith I I feare to put him in y e Protectors hands y t hath his brother alreadie were if both fayled inheritor to y e Crowne The cause of my feare hath no man to doe to examine And yet feare I no farther than y e lawe feareth which as learned meÌ„ tell me forbyddeth euery maÌ„ the custodie of them by whose death he may inherite lesse land than a kingdome I can no more but whosoeuer he be y e breaketh this holy Sactuarie I pray God shortly send him néede of Sanctuarie when he may not come to it For taken out of Sanctuarie woulde I not my mortall enimie were The Lord Cardinall perceyuing that the Quéene wared euer the longer the further off and also that she began to kindle and chafe and speake more byting words against the Protector and such as he neither beléeued was also loath to heare he said to hir for a finall conclusion that he woulde no longer dispute the matter but if she were content to deliuer the Duke to him and to the other Lordes present he durst lay his owne body and soule both in pledge not onely for his suertie but also for his estate And if she woulde giue them a resolute answere to the contrarie he woulde forthwith depart there with all and shift who so would with this businesse afterwardes for he neuer intended more to moue hir in that matter in which she thought that he and al other also saue hirself lacked either wit or truth Wit if they were so dull that they could nothing perceiue what the Protector intended truth if they should procure hir sonne to be delyuered into his handes in whom they shoulde perceyue toward the childe any euill intended The Quéene with these wordes stoode a good while in a greate studie And forasmuch as hir séemed the Cardinall ready to departe than some of the remnant and the Protector himselfe readie at hand so that she verily thought shée coulde not kéepe him there but that he shoulde incontinent be taken thence and to conuey him else-where neither had she time to serue hir nor place determined nor persons appointed all things vnreadie this message came on hir sâ— sodainely nothing lesse looking for than to haue him fetcht out of Sanctuarie which she thoughte to be nowe beset iâ— such places about y â— he could not be conueyed out vntaken and partly as she thoughte it might fortune hir feare to be false so wel she wiste it was eyther néedelesse or bootlesseâ— wherfore if she should néedes goe froÌ„ him she déemed it best to deliuer him And ouer that of the Cardinals faith she nothing doubted nor of some other Lordes neither whom she there sawe Which as she feared least they might be deceiued so was she wel assured they would not be corrupted theÌ„ thought she it should yet make them y e more warely to looke to him the more circumspectly to sée to his suertie if she w e hir owne hands betooke him to theÌ„ of trust And at y e last she tooke y e yong Duke by the hand said vnto the Lords My Lords quoth she al my Lords I neither am so vnwise to mistrust your wittes nor so suspicious to mistrust your truthes Of which thing I purpose to make you such a proofe as if either of both lacked in you mighte turne both me to great sorow the Realme to much harme you to great reproch For loe here is quoth she this GentlemaÌ„ whom I dout not but I could here kéepe safe if I would whatsoeuer any maÌ„ say I doubt not also but there be some abrode so deadly enimies vnto my bloud y â— if they wist where any of it lay in their own body they would let it out We haue also experience y e the desire of a kingdom knoweth no kinred The brother hath bene y e brothers bane may y â— nephewes be sure of their vncle Eche of these childreÌ„ is the others defence while they be a sunder eche of their liues lieth in the others body Kéepe one safe both be sure nothing for theÌ„ both more perillous thaÌ„ to be both in one place For what wise Marchant adueÌ„tureth all his goods in one ship Al this notwithstaÌ„ding here I deliuer him his brother in him to kéepe into your hands of whoÌ„ I shal ask theÌ„ both afore god the world Faithful ye be y e wote I
they vse the ciuill lawe as almost other Countryes doe The English haue theyr own laws and edicts In certain other conditions they be not farre vnlike but their language is one their habite complexion like one corage in battel and in the Nobilitie one desire and pregnancie in hunting The countrey houses be narrow couered with straw réede wherein the people and beasts do lodge togither Theyr towns besides S. Iohns towne are vnwalled which is to be ascribed to their animositie hardinesse fixing all their succor helpe alway in the valiancie of their body The Scots are verye wise as their learning declareth For to whatsoeuer Art they do apply themselues they easily profite in the same But the ydle â—louthful and such chiefly as shun and auoyde labour liue in great pouertie yet wil not sticke to boast of their nobilitie and gentrie as though it were more séemely for the honest to lacke than comely by exercise of some honest Arte to get their liuing But the Scots generally be deuoute obseruers of Religion And thus muche of Scotlande Wales the third parte of Brytaine lyeth vppon the lefte VVales hande whiche like a Promontorie or foreland or an Isle as it were on euery side is compassed with the maine Sea except it be on y e Southeast part with the riuer of Sabrine commonly called Seuern which diuideth Wales from England although some late writers affyrme Hereford to be a bound betwéene Wales and England and say that Wales beginneth at Chepstow where the riuer Wey augmented with an This arme of the Sea as I â—udge is novve called Aust vvhere is a passage betvveene the village of Aust and Chepstoâ—â— other riuer called Lugge passing by Hereforde doth runne into the Sea whiche riuer ryseth in the middle of Wales out of that hil but vncertayne whether oute of that Spring that Sabrine doth for euen to that place there goeth a great arme of the Sea which passing through the land westward on the right hand leaueth Cornwal and on the left Wales whiche Topographie or description althoughe it be newe yet I thought good to follow Therefore Wales is extended from the town of Chepstow where it beginneth almost by a straight line a little aboue Shrowsburie euen to Westchester Northward Into that part so many of the Brytaines as remayned aliue after the slaughter and losse of their countrey at the length being driuen to their shiftes did repayre as auntient writings report where partly through refuge of the mountaines and partly of the wooddes and marishes they remained in safetie which part they enioy euen to this day That land afterwards the English men did cal Wales Giraldus Cambrensis and the Brytaines the inhabitants of the same Walshmen for amongs the Germaines Walshman signifieth a stranger an alien an outborne or strange man that is suche a one as hath a coÌ„trarie laÌ„guage from theirs for Wal in their tongue is called a stranger borne as an Italian or Frenchman which differ in spéech from the Germaine Man signifieth Homo which is a Man in Englishe Therefore Englishmen a people of Germanie after they had wonne Brytaine called the Brytaines whiche escaped after the destruction of theyr Country after their Country maner Walshmen bicause they had an other tongue or speach besides theirs and the laÌ„d which they inhabited Wales which name afterward both to the people and country did remaine By this meane the Brytaines with their kingdome loste their name But they which affirme that name to be deriued of their Kyng or Quéene without doubt be deceyued The countrey soyle towardes the Sea coast in other places in the valleys and playnes is moste fertile whiche yéeldeth bothe to man and beast great plenty of fruite and grasse but in other places for the most part it is barraine lesse fruitful bicause it lacketh tillage for whych cause husbandmen doe liue hardly eating Oten cakes drinking Milke mixt with water There bée many towns strong Castels foure Bishoprickes if the Foure Bishope in VVales Bishopricke of Hereford be counted in England as the late wryters declare The firste Bishopricke is Meneue so called of Meneua which at this day they call Saint Dauids a Citie very auntient scituated vppon the Sea coast and boundeth Westwarde towarde Irelande An other is Landaffe the thirde Bangor and the fourth Saint Asaph which be vnder y e Archbishop of Canterbury The WelshmeÌ„ haue a language froÌ„ the Englishmen which as they say y t fetch their pedigrée froÌ„ y e Troians doth partly sounde of the Troian antiquitie and partly of the Gréeke But hewsoeuer it is the Walshemen doe not pronounce their speache so pleasauntlye and gently as the Englishmen doe bicause they speake more in the throate and contrariwise the Englishmen rightly following the Latines do expresse their voice somewhat within the lips whiche to the hearers séemeth pleasaunt and swéete And thus much of Wales the thirde part of Brytaine Nowe followeth the fourth and last part of Brytaine named Cornwal This part beginneth on that side which standeth towarde Spaine Westward Toward the Easte it is of bredth foure score and ten miles extending a little beyond S. Germains which is a very famous village situate on y e right hand vppon the Sea coaste where the greatest bredth of that Countrey is but. xx miles for this parcel of land on the right hande is compassed with the coast of the maine Sea and on the left hand with that arme of the sea which as before is declared parteth the land and runneth vp to Chepstow wher the CouÌ„try is in forme of a horne For at y e first it is narrow and then groweth broder a little beyonde the sayd town of S. Germain Eastward it bordreth vpoÌ„ EnglaÌ„d West South North y e main sea is rouÌ„d about it it is a very barren soile yéelding fruite more through trauel of y e tillers husbaÌ„dmeÌ„ than through the goodnesse of the ground but there is greate plentie of Lead Tin in the mining digging wherof doth specially consist the liuing and sustentation of the inhabitaÌ„ts Their tong is far dissonant from English but it is much like to the Walsh tong bicause they haue many words coÌ„mon to both tongs yet this difference there is betwéen them when a Walsh man speaketh the Cornish maÌ„ rather vnderstandeth manie words spoken by the Walshman than the whole tale he telleth whereby it is manifest that those thrée people doe vnderstand one another in like maner as y e Southern Scots doe perceiue and vnderstand the Northern But it is a thing very rare and maruellous that in one Iland there should be such varietie of spéeches Cornwal is in the Diocesse of Exceter whiche was once worthy to be counted the fourthe parte of the Iland for the contrariety of the language Afterwards the NormaÌ„s which constituted a kingdome of al those thrée parts reckened Cornwal to be one of the Counties or
y e Empire gouerned 139 Capitelinus this prouince by Lollius Vrbicus who ouercame the Brytaines and raysed another wall of turffes to kéepe oute the inroades the Northern Brytaines ANtonius Philosophus now ruled the Romaine Empire 162 and Calphurnius Agricola was sent hyther with authoritie against the Britaines then repining at the Romaines but with what successe it is not specified LVcius y e son of Coilus was ordained King who in all hys 179 Florent Vigâ—râ—â— acts déeds followed the steps of hys forefathers in such wise as he was of al men loued dread He seÌ„t his two Ambassadors Eluanus Meduuinus twoo learned meÌ„ in y t scriptures with his louing letters to Elutherius Bishop of Rome England receyued the faith â—eda Asser Flores HistoriaruÌ„ Record of Saint Asaphs Church Iohn Capgraue Marianus Scotus desiring him to sende some deuout learned men by whose instruction both he his people might be taught y e faith religioÌ„ of Christ wherof Elutherius being very glad baptized these two messeÌ„gers making Eluanus a Bishop Meduuinus a teacher sent also with theÌ„ into Brytaine two famous Clarks Faganus Deruuianus by whose diligence Lucius his people of Brytaine were baptized instructed in y e faith of Christ 28. Temples were made Cathedral churches Byshops placed where Flamins before had bin at LoÌ„don Yorke Carlein which is now S. Dauids in Wales were placed Archbishops London Yorke and Carlein Archbishops The Epistle of Eleutherius to Lucius King of Brytaine Lib. constitut Lon. now foloweth an Epistle of Elutherius sente to Lucius K. of Brytain as I find y e same recorded in a Booke of y e Constitutions of London pertaining to y e Guild Hall of London The yeare after Christs birth 202. Pope Elutherius did write to Lucius king of Brytaine for y e amendment of y e kings the nobilitie of Brytaine as foloweth You required that we should send you the Romain Imperial laws y e you might vse theÌ„ in your kingdom of Brytaine but those laws we may disproue not the lawes of God You haue receiued lately through Gods goodnes in your kingdom y e faith and law of Christ you haue there in your kingdom both Testaments out of theÌ„ by Gods grace the aduice of your realme take a law thereby patiently gouern y e kingdom You are y e Uicar of God in your kingdom according to y e kingly prophet The earth is y e Lords his fulnesse is y e whole world al y t Psalm 45. dwel therin again Thou hast loued righteousnes hated iniquitie wherfore God eueÌ„ thy God hath annoynted thée with y â— â—ile of gladnes aboue thy fellows They are y e kings children christian nations people of your kingdome that liue consist vnder your protection peace kingdom according to the Scripture as an Hen gathereth chickens vnder hir wings the people nations of the kingdome of Brytaine is youres suche as are diuided you shoulde gather them togither to the lawe of Christe his holy Churche to peace concorde and cherishe maintaine protect gouerne and defend them from the iniurious malicious and their enimies Woe be to that kingdome the King whereof is a childe and the Princes eate earely in the morning I doe not call a King a child for his youth or minoritie but for his follie iniquitie Psalm 55. and madnesse according to the Kingly Prophet The bloud-thirsty and deceitfull menne shall not out-liue halfe their dayes By eating we shall vnderstande Gluttonie by Gluttonie Luxurie by Luxurie all filth wickednesse and mischiefe according to King Salomon Wisedome will not Sapience â— enter into a spitefull soule nor inhabite in a body subiecte to sinne A King hathe his name of gouerning and not of hys Kingdome so long you shall be a King as you rule well otherwise you shall not be so named and lose that name which God forbid God graunt that you maye so rule your Realme of Brytaine that you may raigne wyth hym euerlastingly whose Uicar you are in the saide Kingdome To whome with the father c. There remayneth in the Churche of Saint Peter vpon Cornhil at London a Table wherein is written that Lucius fouÌ„ded the same Church to be an Archbishops sea and made it the Metropolitane and chiefe Churche of hys Kingdome whych so endured the space of 400. yeres vnto the comming of Saint Augustine Ioseline of Fornes in his booke that he wrote of the Brytish Ioseline of Furneys Bishops saith that Thean who was first Archbishop of LoÌ„don in the time of Lucius builded the said Church of S. Peter Archbishops of London 13. in a place called Cornhil in London by the aide and help of Ciran chief Butler to King Lucius also that Clauus the secoÌ„d Archbishop there builded a Librarie to the same church adioyning conuerted many of the Erwydes learned men in the Pagan Law to the Christian faith The third Archbyshop was named Cadar the fourth Obinus the fift Conan y â— sixt Paladius the seuenth Stephan the eighte Iltut the ninth Dedwin the tenth Thedred the eleuenth Hillary y â— twelfth Guidilinus the thirtenth Vodinus who was slain of the Sarons that came first into this lande Lucius raigned 12. yere and was buryed at Gloucester COmodus after his father Antonius Philosophus succeded 181 Dion in the Empire with most cruel tyranny In his time the Northerne Britains burst in through the wall forrayed the Countrey and slew the Romaine Generall with his souldiours wherfore Vlpius Marcellus was appointed here a careful vigilant Captaine he sore annoyed the Brytains which were enemies to the Romain state and purchasing enuie by his vertue was shortly dismissed Then Ceronnis who ruled all vnder Comodus appointed Lampidiâ—â— Dion certaine men of base estate to gouerne the Romain enemies here wherewith the souldiours being gréeued sent 1500. chosen men out of theyr number to Rome who accusing hym before Comodus to compasse the Empire for his sonne was deliuered vnto them who immediatelye mangled hym and slew his wife with his two sonnes Comodus theÌ„ sent Holnius Pertinax into Brytain and surnamed Lampridiâ—â— himselfe Brytanicus thervnto perswaded by flatterers when the Brytaines were so euill affected toward him that they woulde haue nominated some other Emperour against Capitolinus him and namely Pertinax but these tumults were appeased by the Wisdome of Pertinax to his great danger for he was wel-nere slaine in tumulte and left among the dead whiche iniurie he after seuerallye reuenged sued for his discharge being afterwarde preferred to the Empire Clodius Albinus was then sente hyther by Comodus who Capitolinus at the first so greatlye estéemed of him that he honored hym with y â— title of a Caesar which Clodius refused but afterwards when a false rumor was dispersed y t Comodus was slain he made an OratioÌ„ to the legions of
they might haue vines and make wine After he had raigned fine yeares he was slaine by the souldiours CAius then succéeded him with his two sonnes Numerianus 282 Vopisens and Carinus to whiche Carinus he assigned Brytaine Gaule called Fraunce Illiricum Italie and Spaine but all thrée within thrée yeares space lost their liues VAlerius Dioclesianus was then chosen Emperour 284 who adioyned Maximianus vnto hym in lyke gouernement Aboute thys tyme holy Alban for professing Christ being Vita Albani ledde from the Cittie of Verolamium vnto Holmehurst where nowe the towne of Saint Albans is builded suffered martyrdome who is specified to be the first Martyre of Brytaine and shortly after to the number of one thousande Christiās were martyred at Lichfielde where Amphabole instructer Liber Lichfielde of Alban was taken broughte to Verolamium and there tormented to death Carausius was appointed to be admirall of the Brytaine Seas whyche were sore troubled by the Pyracies of the Franckes and Saxons but when he had oftentimes apprehended the Pirates and neyther reserued the prizes or was Reserued accountable for it neyther to the Emperours nor his deputies it was suspected that of set purpose he permitted these Rouers to haue recourse through those Seas to the ende hée mighte rifle them and inrich himself Maximianus therfore sent part of his armye to suppresse him in which were manye of the Thebane legion who in thys iourney were slayne by his commaundemente and made martyres bycause they professed Christ Carausius vnderstanding of the preparatiō made against him passed out of Gaule into Brytaine where bringing the Countrey to hys obeysaunce he vsurped the Roabe of an Emperour wherevppon they whiche were sente to surprise him retourned to Maximianus who then was encombered with newe warre in Gaule agaynste the Peasantes In the meane time Carausius built shippes in Brytayn intercepted certayn cōpanyes of souldiours assembled a gret number of barbarous people with spoyle with hope of whō he purposed to trouble the sea coastes of Gallia Spaine Holland also then holden by certayne Frankes reuolted to Carausius THen purposed Maximianus the seconde tyme to make 288 warre agaynste Carausius but by stormye weather and wante of Pilotes hée was enforced to deferre hys purpose leauyng the gouernement of thys I le to Carausius Shortlye after the two Emperours elected two Caesars 291 Valerius Maximus and Constantius Chlorus to which Constantius they committed the recouerie of Brytaine Hée immediatelye passing through Gaule hytherwarde sodaynely surprised Gesseriacum nowe called Bullen whiche Carausius had manned and so stopped the Hauen that it could stande Carausius in no stéede Then building shippes to passe ouer Paneg. Constantius dictus hither he first assayled luckily the Hollanders whiche had reuolted to Carausius and then staying for conuenient winde he houered a while on the sea coaste and in the meane tyme Carausius was traytorously slayne by Alectus his familiar friende ALbertus then vsurped the Empire here in Brytayne 292 agaynste whome Constantine wyth hys former preparation made readye for warre and launched out in haste thoughe the winde was contrarie Whyche when hys souldiours vnderstoode they sette out also wyth side windes out of the Seyne and other Ports in suche foggie and mystie Seyne weather that they passed by Alectus Nauie then honering for them aboute the I le of Wighte not séeing one the other The Romaines as soone as they landed burnte theyr shippes determining either to winne or lose their liues which when Allectus vnderstoode he left the shore and prepared himselfe for battaile with his Mercenarie barbarous souldiours in which he was slaine by Asclepiodatus Lorde greate maister of the Emperours house In thys fight none of the Romaynes perished but here al the fielde was ouer-spred with deade bodyes of the enimies among whom lay Alectus himselfe without any Imperiall ornamentes and scantly knowen Other Romaine souldiours also whiche had loste theyr companye in the myste arriued at London slewe in the Citie greate number of barbarous people whyche escaped from the battaile and purposed to haue sacked London Then when Constantius came a lande the Brytains with their wiues and children flocked vnto him and submitted themselues ioyfully being nowe deliuered out of a long thraldome Thys expedition of Constantius into Brytain is ascribed by some to Maximianus into which error a false inscription of the Panegirike hath led them ASclepiodatus as is before touched recouered Brytaine 290 Galfridu◠he belayde the Citie of London with a strong siege wherein was Liuius Gallus the Romaine Captaine and ere it wer◠long by Knightly force and violence entred the Citie and slew the forenamed Gallus neare vnto a brooke there at that daye running into whiche brooke he threwe him by reason wherof it was called in Brytish Nant Gallon since in the Saxon tongue Gallus or Wallus brooke and thys daye the stréete where some-time the brooke ranne is called Walbrooke COill after Asclepiodatus toke on him the Kingdome of 301 Brytaine COnstantius begā his Empire with Gallerius the Empire 305 was deuided betwéen them so that Constantius shoulde possesse Affrica Italie Fraunce and Brytaine Gallerius shoulde haue Illirica Asia and the East partes whiche done they substituted vnder them two Caesars Cōstantius holding himselfe content with the dignitie of Augustus refused to sustaine the trouble whiche he shoulde haue endured through the administration of the affaires of Italie and Affricke hée sought by all meanes howe he mighte enriche the people of the Empire He abolished the superstition of the Gentiles in his dominions so that afterwarde Brytaine felt no persecutions The yeare following he passed out of Fraunce hyther against the Pictes at whiche time his sonne Constantine who then serued Galerius perceyuing his destructien to be compassed posted to his Father in al haste howghing killing the post horsses whych way so euer he passed that he mighte not be pursued and came to his Father the verye houre that he wente aboorde to come into Brytaine but Constantius as Panegiricus soone as he came to Yorke sodainely sickned and perceyuing his daye to drawe neare when he was asked to whome hée woulde leaue the Empire aunswered to Constantine and shortly after departed COnstantine surnamed the great sonne of Constantius by 306 Helena first consecrated hys Father being nowe deade and with so great sorrowe and sheading of teares solempnized his burial that the souldiours hoping he would resemble hys Father saluted him Emperour at Yorke against his wil but when the Romaine Senate had confirmed hys election with theyr consent he willingly accepted it And the yere folowing setting the affayres of Brytaine in order he passed hence wyth manye Brytaines firste agaynste the Frankes whome he vanquished then agaynste Maxentius an Usurper whome he slewe and afterwarde agaynste Licinus who named hymselfe Emperour whome also he subdued Many barbarous nations also were by hym discomfited He establyshed the Gospell in hys Empyre and after hym
that is to say y e Fleete of Wepped where they slew xij Dukes or Captaynes of the Britaines with many other where as on the part of y â— Saxons there was one only man slaine whose name was Wepped The fourth battell was fought by Hengest Eske against the Britaines who obtaining the victory gote an innumerable spoile in whiche battell the Britaines fledde from the Angles VOrtiger obteined againe the Kingdome and shortly after 460 Hengest which was chased into the I le of Thanet entred the land with a number of Saxons but when he hearde of the great assembly the Britaines had made against him he treated W. Malme for peace which in fine was coÌ„cluded Shortly after Hengest by a guile which before he had deuised bid his son in law iij. C. of his Nobles vnto a feast or banquet where when he The Barons of the Britaine 's slaine at a banquet had ouerlaid his guests with ouermuch Wine he fel to quarelling with taunting talke pinched euery one of theÌ„ and straight fel to fighting wherthrough the Britaines were slaine euery one The King was taken prisoner and forced to giue The King taken prisoner for his ransome Kent Sussex Suffolke Northfolke This murther of the Britans was on y t plaine of Salesbury Then Hengest began his dominion ouer Kent Vortiger fled into Wales Hengest King of Kent builded there a Castel of which building loÌ„g let of y e same and of his Prophet Merlin Geffrey Monmouth and others speake many things Great coÌ„panies of y e SaxoÌ„s dayly flocked Beade into this Iland grew so strong y â— the people of y â— Countrey which sent for theÌ„ stoode in great feare of their puissance for those Saxons had taken league with the Picts began to turne their force vpoÌ„ the Britaines and to be short the fire once kindled A miserable state of the Britaynes in y t lands of the Paganes there tooke iust reuenge of y â— wickednes of the people raging first vpoÌ„ the Cities Countrey next adioyning after from the East sea to the Weast ouerwhelming all the whole Iland without resistance both publike priuate houses were ouerthrowne to y e grouÌ„d the Priests were slaine standing at the altare the Bishops with their flocke were murthered without respect of their dignity nor there was any that woulde bury the slaine some of the miserable leauings being takeÌ„ in the hilles were there killed other being sterued with hunger were faine to créepe out of their caues buy their victuall at their enimies haÌ„ds with sale of their libertie for euer if yet they were not killed out of hand other fled ouer the Seas with an heauie hearte other tarying stil in their couÌ„trey in feare of death lacke of foode liued ful miserably in y e Mountaines woods Cliffes Aurelius Ambrose and Vther bréethren of Constantine y t was before slaine in France landed with a Nauie of Ships at Totnes made war vpon Vortigerne and buried him in his Castell in Wales when he had secondly raigned vj. yeares AVrelius-Ambrose was ordeined king of Britaine in whose time the Britaines by little little began to take strength 466 Beade Wil. Malme and courage vnto theÌ„ comming out of their caues in whiche they lucked before and with one consent calling for heaueÌ„ly help that they might not for euer be vtterly destroyed they had then for their Captaine a Romane called Ambrosius Aurelius a gentle natured man which only of all the bloud of the Romanes remayned then aliue his parents being slayne whiche bare the name of King of the Countrey This man being their Captayne they assembled themselues togither and prouoking the victors to the fighte through Gods assistance atchieued the victorie and from that day forward now the men of the Countrey now the enimie had the victorie vntill the yeare that Bathe was beséeged where they gaue their enimies a greate ouerthrowe which was about the xliiij yeare of their comming into the land but of this we shall speake more héereafter This Ambrosius caused the Churches to be repaired Brute Booke whiche had bin spoyled by the Saxons He caused the greate Stonehenge besides Salesburie Gadeasins Tilberiensis stones to be sette on the playne of Salesburie whiche is called Stonehinge in remembrance of the Britaines that were slaine and buryed there in the time of Vortiger at the banquet and communication of Hengist with the Saxons A Saxon named Cella with his thrée sonnes and a company Kingdome of the South Saxons Agarâ—a Scot. Brute Booke of Saxons landed in the South part of Britaine A Saxon named Porth landed with his two sonnes Byda and Meagla at an Hauen in South-hamptonshire after whome the Hauen is named Portesmouth The third Kingdome of the East Saxons began in Britain Kingdome of the East Angles vnder Duke Vffa Aurelius Ambrosius being poysoned dyed when he had raigned 32. yeares and was buryed at Stonehinge called Chorea Gigantum VTher Pendragon so called for that he caused alwayes a 498 Gafrid Arbor Succes Dragon to be borne before him in his battels was crowned King of Britaine he vanquished Otta and Oza at Windgate by Coquet Riuer He was enamored vppon Igren the Dukes Wife of Cornewall and to obtayne his vnlawfull lust made warre vpoÌ„ hir husband Goilen and slew him in battell at Duvilioc On hir he begat Arthure He raigned eyghtéene yeare and was buryed at Stonhinge ARthure the sonne of Vther borne in Cornewall at the age 516 of fiftéene yeares was crowned King of Britaine as some say at Caerleon other at Winchester one old namelesse pamflet saith at Cilicester by Dubritius Archbishop of Legions Neneâ—iuâ— This Citie of Cilicester in British is called Caier segent and was scituate néere Reading It was so called for that Constantius the sonne of Constantine the great dyed Sea Crâ— there his Sepulture might once haue bin séene there besides the Citie as the Letters engranen on it in stone did declare He tooke to Wife Guinouer Cousin to Cador Duke of Cornewall and Daughter to the King of Biscay Of this King there be many fabulous reportes but certayne Wil. Malmesbery he was a Prince as Malmesberie saith more worthy to haue aduancement by true Histories than false Fables being the only proppe and vpholder of this his Countrey In the beginning of his raigne Lotho and Conradus his Aurea Histor allies enuying his prosperitie made Warre against him but he valiantlye vanquished them with their Pictes and Scottes at his pleasure and appoynted them a Gouernoure Sea Crâ— Neniâ—â— named Anguisell He fought twelue fieldes against the Saxons and alwayes bare away the victorie of whiche the last was fought at Bath where by his owne prowesse and manhoode he vanquished nine hundred Afterward he raysed the Malmesberie séege which the Saxons had planted about Lincolne and slewe them in great numbers Thus hauing abated the
giuen them by the Englishmen or Saxons who vsed to call all men Walshmen that be straungers vnto them NOw are we come to y e time wherin God who for y e sins of the people translateth kingdomes dispossessed the Brytaines of theyr auntient habitation rule of this land who by the victorie of Saxons were enforced eyther to miserable seruitude or driuen into the Westerne partes of the I le now called Wales Cornewall where they now inhabite or else to their countrymen the Brytains in France But the Saxons enioying the fertile soyle of this Realme parted it in processe of time into seuen kingdomes Kent Southsex East-angles East-saxons Mercia NorthumberlaÌ„d and West-saxons whych the learned call the Heptarchie of the Saxons of which kingdomes I purpose for auoiding of confusioÌ„ to treat seuerally setting down the limits of these Countries with the succession actes and ciuil battayles of their pettie Kinges vntil the time that this Heptarchie or gouernement of seauen was reduced to a Monarchie or regiment of one Kentish Saxons KEnt the first Kingdome possessed by y e Saxons contained 456 that countrey that stretcheth fro the East Ocean to the riuer of Thamis hauing on the Southwest side Southrey on the West London vpon the Northeast the said riuer of Thamis It hath the Archbishoprick of Canterbury Metropolitane and primate of all Englande and the Bishoppricke of Rochester and had Kings as followeth HEngest the sonne of Widgils the sonne of Victa the son of Wecta the first son of WodeÌ„ and Frâ—a was the first of the Saxons that made himself king of Kent as before yée haue hearde â—yght yeares after his firste entring into thys Ilande in the yeare from Christes byrth 456. He raygned xxxiiij yeres dyed honorably sayth Marianus Scotus but Peter de â—kham and others say that by the counsel of Eâ—dad Bishoppe of Gloucester Edel Duke of Glocester caused hys Marianus Petre de lâ—kâ— Floria Wigor 490 514 536 562 heade to be cut of at Conesâ—orow ESke or Vske succéeding his father HeÌ„gest raigned peaceably xxiiij yeares ¶ Otta sonne of Eske raigned xxij yeares ¶ Ermericus the sonne of Otta raigned xxv yeres EThelbert the son of Ermericus had the gouernemente of that Kingdome by the space of liij or after Beade lvj yeares This Ethelbert in the beginning of his raigne W. â—alme being but a child was troubled with warres on euery side so that he coulde hardly defende his own coastes In hys first battaile against Ceauline king of the Weste Saxons and Cuthe his son he was forced to make his flighte into Kent hauing two of his Dukes Oslaue and Câ—ebâ— ano slayne in a place called Vuibbadune but when he came to more age and was more cunning in warre in short space he ouercame all the Kingdomes of the Saxons rounde aboute him saue the Northumbers And to the end he would haue acquaintance with forraine Princes he made affinitie and alliance with the King of Fraunce by marrying of his daughter Berta a Christian woman to whom he permitted to vse the lawes and rytes of hir Countrey and to haue a Bishoppe whose name was Letardus to remaine with hir for hir better instruction in the lawes of GOD. By thys meanes the barbarous and Heathen Saxons kéeping company with y â— FreÌ„ch and agrée to haue all one lawe and like customes besides this the chast and vertuous life of Letardus the Bishop and the other French whiche came with the Quéene chaunged the Kings minde vnto the knowledge of Christ whereby it came to passe that afterwards he did so sone giue place to y e preaching of Augustine At thys time saith Beade the Brytaines Beade being at quiet little regarding the stormes paste in theyr fathers dayes and hauing respect onely to the present prosperous éstate in the which they then liued were so set to breake all good orders of truth and iustice that scante anye token or remembraunce thereof remayned but onelye in a fewe among many other of their doings which their own Gildas Historigrapher Gildas doth lameÌ„tably set forth in writing he sayth of them thus that they neuer toke care to preache the Gospel of Christe vnto the Angles and Saxons which inhabited the land among them But yet the goodnesse of God prouided for the sayde nation of the Angles muche more worthy preachers by whome they might be brought to the faith POpe Gregorie moued of godly instinction in the hundred 596 Marianus Floriacen Beade fortie and seuen yeare after the arriuall of the Angles in Brytaine sent Augustine Melitus Iustus Iohn with sundry other Monkes that liued in the feare of God to preach the Gospell to the nation of the Angles in Brytaine whiche AusteÌ„ came into Brytaine Ethelbert vvas the first ChristiaÌ„ King of the Saxons landed in the I le of Thanet and were first receyued by Ethelbert king of Kent whom they conuerted to the Christian Faith with diuerse of his people in the. xxxiiij yere of his raigne and king Ethelbert delaying no time gaue vnto Augustine the Cittie of Canterbury who furthered thus by the King receiued at his handes an old Church sometyme founded there by the faythfull Romaines and dedicated y â— same to our sauiour Jesus Christ whiche since was called Saint Austins Augustine consecrated Melitus and Iustus Bishops and Saint Augustins at Canterbury builded appointed Melitus to preach vnto y â— East Saxons who wyth theyr King Sebert the nephew of Kyng Ethelberte at the preaching of Melitus receyued the worde of lyfe King Ethelbert founded the Church of Saint Paule in London Saint Paules in London S. Andrevves at Rochester builded Iustus was made Bishoppe of Rochester wher Ethelbert builded for him and his successours the church of S. Andrew Augustine ordayned Laurence to succéede him in the Archebishopricke and shortely after departed this life Ethelbert raigned lvj yeares and was buried with Berta his wife at Saint Austens by Canterbury AThelboldus the sonne of Ethelbert not onely refused the 616 â—ayth of Christ but also toke to wife his mother in lawe He was oftentimes grieâ—ed with woodnesse and distraught but by Laurence the Archbishop of Canterbury he was conuerted to leaue his Idolatrie and vnlawful sinne and was turned again to the Faith He founded the Priory of Fulkestone in Kent and raigned xxv yeres ERcombert the sonne of Adbold by Emma his wife hée 640 first suppressed the temples of the Idols and bycause his people were giuen to excesse commaunded a solempne fast of xl dayes long to be obserued throughout all his Kingdome and raigned xxv yeares About this time Henorius Archbishop of Canterbury deuided his prouince into Parishes EGbert his sonne succéeded whose quiet gouernement for 667 a long season was after defaced by the cruell murder of Ealbert and Egelbright his cousin 's GermaÌ„s whom eyther W. Malme he slewe himselfe or procured to be slaine he raigned nine yeares LOtharius succéeded his brother
Egbert who being assaulted oftentimes by Edrike the sonne of Egbert in a cruel 674 fight was shot through with a dart whereof he dyed vnder his Surgeons handes when he hadde raygned thirtéene yeares EDricke the sonne of Egbert within the space of two yeres 686 lost both life and Kingdome After his death y â— kingdome being sometime gouerned by vsurpers and sometime by forreners beganne to decay The Kentishmen by casting of fire did cruelly burne Moll the brother of Cedwal King of the West Saxons and twelue of his Knights with him wherewith Cedwal being moued to fury did miserably harry and spoyle all Kent so that by the space of sixe yeares there was no King in that Country VVIthredus the sonne of Egbert purchasing peace wyth 698 money was then established king in which state he behaued himselfe very honorably both in peace and warre He founded the Priory of Saint Martin at Douer and raigned xxxiâ—j yeres with whoÌ„ king Swebhearde raigned ioyntly in one part of his kingdome EDbert the sonne of Withred walked in his fathers ordinaunces 731 and had like successe and raigned thrée twentie yeare EDelbert his brother succéeded in whose time the Citie of 754 Canterbury as is to be thought was burned by chance he raigned xj yeares ALricke the thirde sonne of Withred ruled Kent after hys 765 brethren and was vanquished in a fought field againste the Mertians he raigned xxxiiij yeares EDelbert or Egbert otherwise called Pren theÌ„ vsurped the kingdome and leauyed warre against the Mertians by 799 whom he was taken prisoner and not long after resisted but the Kentishmen woulde not receiue him Cuthred then vsurped bare a title of a Kentish king for the space of viij yeares BAlbrede then toke on him Princely dignity but Egberte 807 Kyng of West Saxon so discomfited him in battayle that hée fled and forsoke hys Kingdome when he had raigned xx yeare whereby thys kingdome of Kent was vnited to the Kingdome of the West Saxons South Saxons SOuthsex the second Kingdome coÌ„tained the Counties of Southsex and Surrey which had on the Easte side Kent on the South side the Sea on the Weste side Hampshire and on the North the riuer of Thamys it con aineth the diocesses of Chichester and part of Winchester AEle the eight from Woden with his thrée sonnes CimeÌ„ 478 Plencing Cissa came into Brytaine with itj. ships landed in a place called Kimenesore there slew many of the Brytaines and forced the rest to make their flighte into a woodde whiche is called Andredsleage Afterwarde fighting wyth the Brytaines in a place néere vnto Marerodes burne slew many of them and put the reste to flight Then he and Cissa his sonne after long siege brake into the Citie of Andreds Cester and slewe the inhabitantes from the greatest to the smallest and so beganne the Kingdome of Southsex hée raigned xxxvj yeares CIssa hys sonne succéeded he builte the Citie of Chichester 514 and named it after hys owne name he raygned lxxvj yeares EThelwulfus whom Bede nameth Edelwach was christened 590 Eeade First Christened King in Southsex in the prouince of the Mercies in the presence and at the exhortation of King Wulfhere who also at the font was his godfather and in signe of that adoption gaue him two prouinces that is to saye the I le of Wight and the prouince of Manures in the West part of England Wilfride the Bishop came to the prouince of the South-Saxons vnto them did he minister the worde of Faith by the permission and gret reioysing of the King This Bishop Christened the chiefe Lordes and Knightes of the Countrey and the rest of the people at the same time or sone after were Christened by other Priestes The Quéene Ebba was christened in hir I le which was in the prouince of the Vicctans for she was the daughter of Eanfride who was Eanheres brother whiche were both Christian men and all their people But al the prouince of South Saxons had neuer before that time hearde of the name of God nor the faith This Wilfride preached the Gospell and not onelye deliuered the people from the perill of damnation but also from an horrible moraine of temporall death For in thrée yeares before it had not rayned in all those quarters whereby a famine destroyed the people by heapes in somuch that diuerse tymes fortye or fiftie in a companye béeing famished for hunger woulde goe togyther to some rocke or Sea bancke and caste themselues all downe eyther to be killed with the fal or drowned in the Sea but on the same day they receyued Baptisme and Faith there fell a plentifull shoure of rayne wherewith the Earth flourished againe Thys Bishop also taught the people there to get their sustenance by fishing Edilwach gaue vnto Byshoppe Wilfride the lande of fourscoure and seauen tenements where he might place his companye the name of the place was Seolesey In thys Selsee Monestarie in Southsex place he founded a Monasterye to be hys Episcopall Sea CEadwall a valiaunt yong manne of the Weaste Saxons being banished from hys Countrey came wyth an hoste of men and slewe King Edilwach wasted that prouince cruelly murdered and spoyled euery where Edilwach raigned xxv yeares And soone after Ceadwall was driuen out by two Captaines of the Kings Bertham and Anthun which from that tyme dyd holde and kéepe the Dominion of that prouince the chiefe of whyche two was afterwarde slayne of the same Ceadwall being then King of the Weast-Saxons and the prouince subdued and the latter was slaine by Ina. East Angles EAstangles the thirde Kingdome contayned the Countryes of Norffolk and Suffolk Cambridge and the I le of Ely which had on the East and North sids the sea on the West Saint Edmondes Dike with a part of Hertfordshyre and on the South side Essex It contayneth the diocesses of Norwich and Ely VFfa the eight froÌ„ Woden first king of East Angles raigned 492 vij yeares ¶ Titulus raigned xx yeares 499 REdwaldus the tenth from Woden as men write this is he that for the fauour of Edwin killed Edelfride king of 519 W. Malme NorthuÌ„berland The same Redwalde was by y â— perswasion of Edwyne baptised but after by his wiues couÌ„sel he fell froÌ„ the fayth agayn but his sonne Dorwaldus in pure and vncorrupted Christianitie was slaine by the heathen Rochbert Redwaldus raigned xxv yeares ¶ Gerpenwalde raigned xij yeares 554 566 East Angles baptised SIgebertus being broughte vp in Fraunce when he fled the enmitie of Redwald was there baptised wherevpon after his retourne comming to the Crowne of the East Angles and desiring to followe the godly order whiche he had séene in Fraunce set vp a Schole to bring vp children by the helpe and ayde of Byshop Felix whom he toke out of Kent for that purpose appointed them maisters and teachers after the manner of Kentishmen This Felix â—orne in Burgonia was made
Bishop of Dunmock Falix Bishoppe of Donwich now called Donwich an auntiente Citie sometime of great fame gouerned by a Maior and thrée Baylifes nowe soare decayed and wasted by the Sea he satte Byshop xvij yeares and was buryed at Ramsey Sigebert renounced the world and became a Monck and left his Kingdome to his kinseman Egricke with whom hée being assaulted of Penda King of the Mercies ioyned himselfe in battayle and was slaine ANna the sonne of Guido succéeded Egrieks and was lykewise slaine by the furie of Penda Etheldred daughter to Anna founded the Churche of Saincte Peter in the Isle of Ely Minster founded Ely Anno. 674. Athelhere brother to Anna succéeded and bothe he and Penda were slaine by Oswinus Kyng of the Northumbers and that deseruedly bycause he hadde ayded Penda against his owne brother and his kinsman Adelwaldus hys brother succéeded hym with like fortune and left the Kingdom to Aldulfus Elohwoldus and Hisberna sonnes of the same Athelhore Etheredus succéeded him EThelbertus his sonne whome Offa Kyng of Mercies deceitfully 790 slewe he was buryed at Hereforde Uery few men of might did raigne after him in East-Angle by reason of the violence done by the Mercians vntill S. Edmond EDmonde raigned xv yeares in whose time Hinguar and 870 Hubba began Danes entring the Prouince of the Northumbers raged ouer all the same and made great spoiles Hinguar hauyng gotten a great pray left Hubba and wyth Asserius his nauy sayled into East-Angle arriued at a certaine Citie thereof vnawares to the Citizens sette it on fire and slue Albo Florica censis both man woman and childe This wicked Hinguar tooke Edmonde King of that Prouince in a Uillage then called Heglisdune neare to a Wood bearing the same name where this holy Edmond being constant in the Christian Faith was first by the Pagans beaten wyth battes then scourged King Bdmund cruelly martyred by the Danes with whips he still calling on the name of Iesus hys aduersaries in a rage shotte him ful of Shaftes and then smote off his heade after whiche time the Angles ceased to raigne in the East-Angle but the same was possessed by Danes til a fiftie yeares after that Edward the sonne of Etheldred did expulse the Danes and ioyned that Prouince and also the East-Saxons to hys Kingdome of the Weast-Saxons East-Saxons ESsex the fourth kingdome contayned Essex Midlesex and Hartfordshire being bouÌ„ded on the East with the Germaine Ocean on the South with the riuer Thamis on the Weast with Colme and on the North with Stowre which at this day parteth Suffolke from Essex it contayneth the diocesse of LoÌ„don ERchenwine the eighte from Woden from whome all the Saxons deriued their genealogies first erected this Countrey 527 to a Kingdome which neuerthelesse he held as Feodarieto the kings of Kent who were as yet the very soueraines of the whole country froÌ„ Thamis to Humber And as we haue specified Vortiger yéelded season to HeÌ„gest for his deliuery â—eade when y â— Péeres of the Brytains were slain on Salisburie playn and he taken prisoner SLedda the sonne of Erchenwine succéeded his father in the 587 gouernement and to establishe the state more sure married Ricula the daughter of Ermenrich King of Kent and enioyed hys gouernemente so quietly that he ministred small matter to Historiographers SEbert the sonne of Sledda by Ricula ruled this kingdome 602 after his father The seconde yeare of hys raigne by the perswasion of Ethelbert hys vncle and preaching of Miletus first Byshoppe of London he embraced Christianitie and was baptised by Miletus and immediately to shewe himselfe a Christian builte a Churche to the honour of Saint Peter on the West side of London in a place whiche bycause it was ouergrowen with Thornes and enuironed wyth Waters the Saxons at that time called it Thorney and VVestminster built nowe of the Monasterie and West scituation is called Westminster In this place long before was a Temple of Apollo as Sulcardus writeth whyche being ouerthrowne wyth an Earthquake Eucius builte a Churche for the Christians â—ulcardâ—â— Sebert when he had raigned thirtéene yeres dyed and was entombed in the Church which he builte with his wife Acthelgod whose bodies many yeares after in the the time T. Walsingham of Richarde the seconde were translated from the olde Churche to the newe at Westminster and there enterred SErred Sewarde and Sigbert sonnes of Sebarte ioyntly as it séemeth then ruled Eastsex men wickedly giuen irreligious 616 and deadely enemies to the Christian profession who presumed contemptuouslye to the Table of the Lords Supper beyng not Baptised and bycause Miletus woulde not permitte them to be partakers of the Christian Sacramente they expelled hym from his Sea at London but shortly after Serred encountring with the West Saxons was slaine with both his brethren by king Kinegls SIgebert surnamed the little sonne of Sewarde succéeded in this kingdome and lefte the same to Sigebert his kinsman SIgebert sonne to Sigebalde brother to Sebert then ruled in Eastsex he by the perswasion of Oswy King of Northumbers â—eade abandoned all superstition and became a Christian and toke an holye manne Ced wyth hym who did mightily beate down errours wan many by preaching the Christian religion in his Dominions wherevpon Ced was by Finan consecrated Bishoppe of the East Saxons and then procéeded with more authoritie in hys functioÌ„ ordering Priests and Deacons in all places of Essex but especially at Ithancester and Tilberie Thys Cittie of Ithancester stoode on the bancke of the riuer Pante that runneth by Maldune in the hundered of Dansey but now that Citie is drowned in Pante so y t nothing remaineth but the ruines of the Citie in the sayde riuer Tilbery standeth on the Thamis side Ralph Cogshal In y â— good procéedings of King SIGEBERT he was slain by a kinsman of his owne vpon none other occasion but for that he vsed too muche clemencie towardes his enimies as the murtherers themselues confessed Swidhelin sonne of Sexbald succéeded then in this regimeÌ„t who was baptized by Ced in Rendlesham in East-Englande Sigher then ruled with Sebba whyche Sebba became a Monke and is buried at Saint Paules in London Sigehard then raigned Erkenwald Bishop of Eastangle founded the Monasteries of Chartesey in Surrey and Barking in Essex Anno. 677. Seofride nexte successiuely of whome I finde nothyng recorded Offa the sonne of Sigher then ruled this Prouince he enlarged with building and enriched with landes the Church Rich Cicesâ—â— of Westminster and then forsaking hys wife landes kinne and Countrey he went to Rome with Kenrede King of Mercia and there in a Monkes coule ended this life leauing Selred to rule his Countrey SElred whom other call Colred peaceably after Offa raigned 718 Ri. Grincastri 748 in Essex thirty yeares and at length was slaine SVthred after Selred was slayne raigned in Eastsex but Egbert King of the Weast-Saxons
Dorchester a Bishops Sea 6â—8 GVichiline the sonne of Kinegilsus was baptised by Berinus the Bishop in the Citie of Dorchester and deceased the same yeare CVthredus the sonne of King Guicheline was baptised 639 at Dorchester by Berinus the Bishop who was his Godfather at the Font. He raigned foure yeares KEnnewalcus the sonne of King Kinegilsus tooke on him 64â— VVinchester a Bishops Sea Malmesbery buylded Vita Aldelmâ— the Kingdome of the West Saxons He founded the Cathedral Church in Winchester placing there a Bishops sea He gaue Meydulfus burgh to Aldelmus the Abbot there to builde a Monasterie Afterwarde béeing infested with warres by Penda King of the Mercians bycause he had forsaken his wife sister of the sayd Penda was by him driuen out of his Kingdome and fledde to Anna King of East Angles where he was baptised of Bishop Foelix and after was restored to his kingdome by the help of the forenamed Anna. He raigned xxx yeares After whom Quéene Sexburgeo his wife gouerned a while She fouÌ„ded a Monastery of Nunnes in the I le of Shepey and became hir selfe a Nunne and after Abbesse of Eely EAsâ—winus Nephew to Kinegilsus succéeded he fought a 67â— battell against Wulfere King of Mercia in a place called Bidanheafod He raigned two yeares KEnewinus sonne to Kinnegilsus chased the Britaine 's euen 676 to the Sea shore and raigned nine yeares CAdwalla Nephew to Ceauline succéeded in the Kingdome 685 He slew Berthune Duke of the South Saxons and brought Marianus that prouince vnder gréeuous bondage After that he his brother Mull wasted Kent subdued the I le of Wight which till that time was giueÌ„ to Idolatrie wherof he purged them giuing the fourth part therof to Bishop Wilfride who appoynted Preachers to conuerte the people of that I le to Christianitie Ceadwalla once agayne spoyling the Countrey of Kent his brother Moll and xij of his Knightes were slaine by fire cast vpon them after which tune euen before he was baptised he gaue for tithe or tenth to God all the pray and spoyles he had gotten to his Wil. Malme owne vse in whome saith Malmesburie although we prayse his affection we allow not the example for it is written that who so offereth the sacrifice of poore folkes good doth as it were sacrifice the sonne in the sight of his Father This being done he went to Rome to be baptised when he had raigned two yeares ouer the West Saxons INe raigned among the West Saxons a noble man of great 687 Asser power and wisedome and therewith valiant and hardie in feates of armes very expert he mainteined such warre against the Kentish Saxons that he constrayned them to séeke and intreate meanes of peace giuing to him for the same great giftes 30000. Mancas péeces of Gold so named This Ine was the sonne of Kenred the sonne of Ceadwolde brother to Keadwold and sonne to Chenling sonne Marian. of Kenri sonne of Cerdic the first King of the Weast Saxons This man builded first the Colledge of Welles Colledge of VVelles and Abbey of Glastenbury builded He also builded the Abbey of Glastenburie and payde the Peter Pence first to Rome When he had gouerned the Weast Saxons by the space of seauen and thirtie yeares by the earnest laboure of hys wife Etheldreda which was Abbesse of Barking in Essex he gaue vp his royall dignitie and went to Rome EThelard kinsman on the fathers side to Ine succéeded in 726 the Kingdome notwithstanding Oswald a yong man of the Kings bloud did disturbe the beginning of his raigne Wil. Malme for he stirred vp Rebellion among the inhabitants but not long after he died and then Ethelard raigned quietly fouretéene yeares ENthrede his kinsman made warre on Ethelwald King of Mercia and against the Britaines and had of them the victorie In hys tyme there appeared two Blasing Starres rasting as it were burning brands towards the North. He Blasing Starres raigned sixtéene yeares The Englishmen buryed not the bodyes of their dead Antiqui Britan. Ecclesi Buriall in Church-yardes in Cities vntill the time of Cuthbert Archbishop of Canterburie who procured of the Pope that in Cities there should be poynted Church-yardes SIgebert was made King of the Weast Saxons He was cruell 757 W. Malme Scal. Croâ—â— and tirannous towards his subiects and chaÌ„ged antient Lawes and customes after his owne lust and pleasure and bycause a certayne noble man some deale sharply aduertised him to change his manners he put him to cruell death and for so muche as he continued in his malice and would not amend he was depriued of al kingly authoritie A Tirant came to a miserable end and shamefull death and lastly as a person forlorne wandring in woods and hiding himselfe in caues of wilde Beastes he was slayne in Andreds Walde by a Swineheard whose Lorde and mayster called Cumbra he had wrongfully put to death wheÌ„ he had not raigned one yeare KEnulphus of the bloud of Cerdicus appeased certayne 757 murmours and grudges that were amongst the people for the deposing of his predecessor Sigebert He founded the Bishops sea at VVelles founded Cathedrall Churche of Welles As he haunted a woman which he kept at Merton he was slayne by treason of one Olio the kinsman of Sigebert late King when he had raigned nine and twentie yeares and was buryed at Winchester BRithricus of the bloud of Cerdicus was made King of 786 Weast Saxons He maryed Eadburga the Daughter of Offa King of Mercia by whose power he expelled Egbert that was an vnder King in the Lordship of the Weast Saxons In his tyme it rayned blond whiche falling on mens Bloud rayned clothes appeared like Crosses In Anno 800. the Danes arriued in the I le called Portland The Danes first ariued in this land but by the puissance of Brithricus and other Kings of the Saxons they were ouercome at Donmouth driuen backe and compelled to auoyde the land Marianus The King poyfoned by his vvife Brithricus was poysoned by his wife Ethelburga when he had raigned seaueÌ„téene yeares was buryed at Warham For this déede the Nobles ordeyned that from thenceforth the Kings wiues should not be called Quéenes nor suffered to sitte with them in place of estate Eadburge with infinite treasure fled into France where offering a greate portion of hir Golde to King Charles of France he sayd vnto hir choose Eadburge whome thou wilte haue to thy Husband me or my sonne and she answered if choyse be granted me I choose your sonne bycause he is younger than you then quoth Charles if thou hadst chosen After a vvicked life follovved a miserable end to Queene Eadburge me thou shouldest haue had my sonne but bycause thou hast chosen my sonne thou shalt haue neyther him nor me and then gaue to hir a Monasterie wherein she professed hirselfe a Nunne and became their Abbesse a few yeares but afterwards
North from Berwike cutte off hir nose and vpperlippe and perswaded all hir sisters to doe the like that they being odible to the Danes might the better kéepe their Uirginitie in despite wherof the Danes burned the Abbey the Nunnes therein AElfrede borne in Barkshire at a village called Wantinge 872 Marians Scotus Florentij Croniea cronicarum Asser Alfridus Beuerlacensâ—â— Speculum Hist VVilshire vvhy so named Ricardus Cirecestrensiâ— Hap of vvarre doubtful the fourth sonne of Athelwolfe receyued the gouernement of the whole realme and within one month after with a very small number fought a sharpe battayle againste the whole armie of the Pagans in a place called Wilion whiche lyeth on the Southside of the Riuer Wily of whiche riuer the whole shyre taketh hys name and after they had foughte a greate parte of the daye the Pagans fled but séeing the fewnesse of them that pursued they sette themselues in battayle againe and got the fielde The Weast Saxons made league with the Pagans vppon condition they shoulde departe out of theyr Countrey The next yeare they wintred at London and made league with the Mercies The nexte yeare they wintered at Lindesey which was in the Kingdome of Northumberlande The next yere at Ripindune they constrayned Burgoredus king of Mercies to flée beyond the Seas who went to Rome where he dyed and was buryed in the Schole of the Saxons Burgoredus death The Pagans subduing y e whole kingdome of the Mercies whiche they committed to Ceonulfus The next yeare one part of the Pagans wintered in Northumberlande neare to the riuer Tyne subdued the whole Countrey the other parte went with Guthram Oskecellus and Amandus thrée kings of the Pagans to Grantbridge and wintered there The yeare following the Pagans going from Cambridge in the night entred the Castel of Warham where there was a Monasterie of Nunnes scituate betwéene two riuers Fraw and Trent in the Country called in the Saxon Thornseta a most sure seat except in the West only where it ioyneth to the lande with whome king Aelfrede made a league that they shoulde departe his kingdome but contrarie to theyr othe they rode into Deuonshire to Exancester and there wintered Excesteâ— The next yeare 120. of the Pagans shippes were drowned at Sâ—anauing And kyng Aelfrede pursuing an armie that went by lande to Excester toke of them pledges and also an othe to depart with all spéede In the yeare following the Danes â—ame to Chipingham a manner of the kings scituate on the left side of Wiltshire and there wintred compelling many of the Weast Saxons to leaue their Countrey and to goe beyonde the seas the rest that remayned they subdued King Aelfrede himselfe was oft-times brought into such miserie y t none of his people knew where he was become On a time being forced to hide hymwith Asser Spe. Histo. Ri. Ciren a Cowhearde in Somersetshire as he satte by the fire preparing his bowes and shaftes the Cowherdes wife baking breade on the coales threw the kings bowes shaftes aside and said thou fellow why dost thou not turn the bread which thou séest burne thou art glad to eate it ere it be halfe baked This woman thought not that it had bin K. Aelfred who had made so many battels against the Danes and gotteÌ„ so manye victories For God did not onely vouchsafe to giue him victorie ouer his enemies but also to be wearied of theÌ„ in the sight of his owne people to the ende he should knowe there is one God of all to whom all knées shall bow and in whose hands the hearts of kings consisteth The brother Hinguar slayne in Deuonshire of Hinguar and of Healfden who had wintered in Mercia had made great slaughter of the Christians sayled with 23. shippes into Deuonshire where doing great mischief he the The Ensigne of the Danes vvas a Rauen. Alredus Riual most part of his people were slain the rest escaped by fléeing to theyr shippes In this battayle among many rich spoyles was taken a banner or ensigne called Reafan which among the Danes was had in greate estimation for that it was imbrodered by the thrée sisters of Hinguar and Hubba y e daughters of Lodbroke King Aelfrede made a Castel in Aethelingei Ethelyngey the noble Ilande Egbrights store from thence he went to Petram Egebrichti which is on the Eastside of the chace called Sal nudum in Latine Silua magna y â— great wood there met with him al the inhabitants of HaÌ„pshire whiche when they sawe the king reioyced as though he had bene risen from death to life The king with his army wente to Ethandune and fought against the Pagans where he made great slaughter and pursued the reste to their Castell who after xiiij dayes desired peace gaue pledges and toke othe to depart his realme and Gythram their King receiued baptisme harde by Ethelingsey in a place called Alre whome Aelfrede receyued to bée hys Gythram king of Danes christened Chichester God-sonne In the yeare 879. the Pagans went from Chipnan to Cirenceaster and there remayned one yeare after The same yeare a great armye of Pagans came from beyonde the Sea and Fulham wintered at Fullanham harde by the riuer of Thamis The nexte yeare the Pagans wente from Circestre to the Marianus Scotus East English deuiding that Countrey among them there inhabited The Pagans that wintered at Fullanham went into East Fraunce In the yeare 885. an armie of Pagans came into Kent and besieged the Cittie of Rhofeceaster which lyeth on the Easte Rochester besieged side of the riuer Medowege and before the gate of the same Citie they made a strong Castell but Aelfrede with a greate Midvvay Armie chased them to their ships The next yeare Aelfrede restored and honorably repayred Asserius Floriacens London builded made inhabitable the Cittie of London after it had bene amongst other Cities destroyed with fire and the people killed vp he made it habitable againe and committed it vnto the custodie of his sonne in lawe Adhered Earle of the Mercies Kentishemen South and West Saxons whiche before were in Captiuitie Marianus Scotus vnder the Pagans willingly came and submitted theÌ„selues In the yeare 890. Gythram the king of the Pagans whose name in his Baptisme was changed to Athelstane Hadley dyed he was buried in the kings towne called Headleaga among the East English In the yeare 892. the great armie of the Pagans came froÌ„ the East kingdome of Fraunce vnto Adbon and from thence with 250. shippes into Kent arriuing in the mouth of the Riuer Limene whiche riuer runneth from the great woodde whiche is called Andreads Weald from whose mouth foure Andreads vveald in Sussex and Hampshire myles into the same woodde they drewe theyr ships where they destroyed a Castel and fortified another more strong in a place called Apultrens now Apulder This wood was from the Easte to the Weaste 120. myles in length and more
hys Dominion He granted the Priuiledge vnto Saint Edmund in which the limits of the Towne of Edmundes Burie are conteyned On Saint Austins day in the kings town named Puckelchurch W. Malme the King whilest he woulde haue saued his Sewar from the handes of a wicked théefe called Leofe was slayne when he had raigned fiue yeares and. vij monthes and was buried at Glastenburie ELdrede succéeded Edmunde his brother for hys sonnes 946 Spâ— Histo Rich. Ciren Edwyne and Edgar were thoughte too yong to take on them so great a charge He tooke on him but as protector but afterwardes he was crowned at Kingstone This Eldred had the earnest fauour of the commons bycause he was a great maintayner of honestie and also most abhorred naughty and vnruely persons for his expertnesse in feates of armes he was much commended whereby he quieted and kepte in due obeysaunce the Northumbers and Scottes and exiled the Danes He placed the Bishoppe of Cornewal at Saint Germaines where it continued tyll the time of Edward nexte before the conquest in whose time it was translated to Excester In the yere 951. he committed to prison Wolstan Archbyshoppe Maâ—â—â—nus Canturb recordes of Yorke in Luthaberie bycause he often had bene accused to haue commaunded manye Citizens of Thetforde to be slaine in reuenge of the Abbot Adelme vniustly by them slaine he was a yeare after released and restoared to hys sea King Eldred builded Mich at Abindone gaue gret laÌ„ds Asses and confirmed them Charters with seales of golde He raigned ix yeares and was buried in the Cathedrall Church at Winchester in the old Monasterie EDwyn succéeded his vncle Eldred in the kingdome He 955 was crowned at Kingstone of whom is left no honest memorie for one heynous acte by him committed in the beginning of his raigne In the selfe daye of hys coronation he sodainely wythdrewe A vicious king W. Malme Speculum Hist â—i Cirecest himselfe from his Lordes and in the sight of certaine persons rauished his owne kinswoman the wife of a noble man of his realme and afterwarde slewe hir husband that he might haue the vnlawfull vse of hir beautie For whyche acte and for bannishing Dunstane he became odible to hys subiectes and of the Northumbers and people of middle Englande that rose against him was depriued when he had raigned The king depriued four yeres He dyed and was buried in the new Abbey of Winchester EDgar the peaceable brother to Edwyne was crowned at 959 King Crovvned at Bathe Bathe He was so excellent in iustice and sharpe in correction of vices as wel in his magistrates as other subiects that neuer before his dayes was vsed lesse fellonie by robbers or extortion or briberie by false officers He chastised y e Alfridus Beuerla great negligence couetousnesse and vicious liuing of the clergie and broughte them to a better order Of stature hée was but little yet of minde valiaunt and hardie and verye Marinus Alredus Riual expert in martial pollicie He prepared a gret nauie of 3600. ships which he deposed in thrée parts of his realme and had souldiours alway prest and readie against the incursions of forrain and strange enimies King Edgar hauing restored new founded xlvij Monasteries which before his time had bin destroyed and intending to continue that his intent tyll the number of 50. were accomplished he confirmed the Monasterie of Worcester whiche Oswalde then Bishop of Worcester VVorcester nuâ—ster restored Ex charta regia by the kings consente and leaue had enlarged and augmented and made it the Cathedrall Churche of that shire The Princes of Wales payde to him yearely in name of Tribute VVolues destroyed 300. Wolues by meanes whereof within thrée yeres in England and Wales might scarcely be found one Wolef The Danes and all other people in England vsed the vice Against quaâ—â—ing of great drincking The king therefore put downe many alehouses and would suffer but one in a village or Towne except it were a great borough he ordayned certaine Cuppes Lavvs against dronkardes with pinnes or nayles and made a lawe that who soeuer dranke paste that marke at one draughte shoulde forfayte a certaine payne Alwynus Alderman earle of East-angle kinsman to king Edgar founded the Abbey of Ramsey King Edgar confirming Ramsey fonÌ„ded Ex charta regia the same on Christmasse daye 974. in the presence of all the Nobilitie The same yere was an Earthquake through al England Edgar being at Chester entred the riuer of Dee hée tooke Eight kings rovved K. Edgar Horiacensis Iohn Pike Eulogium W. Malme Alfridus Beuerla Speculum histo the rule of the Helme and caused eyght kings to rowe hym vnto Saint Iohns Church and from thence vnto hys Palaice in token that he was Lord and King of so many Prouinces The names of the eight Kings were Rinoch king of Scottes Malcoline of Cumberland Macone king of Man and of many Ilands Dufnal King of Demecia or South Wales Siferth and Huwall kings of Wales Iames king of Galaway and â—i Cirâ—â—â—st Rog Hâ—â—ed Flores HistoriaruÌ„ Râ—yâ—â—lf Hygden HeÌ„rie Bradshaw Edmerus 〈…〉 Osbernus Autonius Archi. Marianus Scotus Iukil of Westmerlande King Edgar raigned sixetéene yere was buried at Glastenburie By his first wife Egelslede as some doe write or by a religious votarie as some other doe write he hadde issue Edward surnamed the martyr who succéeded after his Father Of his wife Elfrith daughter to Ordgarus Duke of Deuonshire he receyued another son named Ethelrede a daughter named Wolfrith EDward the sonne of Edgar was crowned at Kingstone by y â— 975 The king crovvned at Kingstone Iohn Pike Wâ—l Malme Alfridus Peuerl Speculum histo Ri. Ciren Flores HistoriaruÌ„ The king murthered by his step mother handes of Dunstan Archbishoppe of Canturburie and Oswalde Archbishoppe of Yorke This man might well be compared to his Father for his modestâ—e and gentlenesse so that he was worthyly fauoured of all men except onely of hys stepmother and other of hir aliaunce whyche euer bare a grudge against him for so muche as she desired to haue y â— gouernaunce of the realme for hir owne sonne Ethelred This Edward while he was huÌ„ting in a forest by chaÌ„ce lost his companie and rode alone to refresh himselfe at the Castell of Corffe where by Counsayle of his stepmother Elfrede he was traytorouslye murthered as he satte on hys horsse when he had raigned thrée yeares He was buried at Warham and after at Shaftesburie Elphred did after take great penaunce and builded two VVarvvel and Almesbury built monasteries of Nuns Almesburie Warwel in which Warwel the after liued a solitarie life till she dyed ETheldrede commonly called Unready the sonne of King 978 W. Malme Speculum Hist Ricâ— Ciren Edgar by his seconde wife Elphrede was crowned at Kingstone But bycause he came to the Kingdome by wicked meanes and by killing his brother he coulde neuer
wéete Radulphus fitz Algede Winiard le Douershe c. gaue the foresayde Lands called Knighten Gild to the same Church but Othowerus Accolinillus Otto and Gefferey Earle of Estsex Constables of the Tower of London by succession with-helde by force a portion of the same lande that is to say East Smithfield néere to the Tower to make a Uineyard and would not depart from it by any meanes till the seconde yeare of King Stephen when the same was adiudged and restored to the Church of the holy Trinitie King Henry hauing greate warres with Lewes King 1116 Anno. reg 17 Cro. Peter of France the Realme of England was sore oppressed with exactions The Towne of Peterborow with the stately Churche there was burned downe to the ground In March was excéeding lightning and in December 1117 Anno. reg 18. Tempest and Earthquake thunder and hayle and the Moone at both times séemed to be turned into bloud This yeare in Lumbardy was an Earthquake continued fortie dayes whiche ouerthrewe many houses and that Floriacen whiche was maruellous to be séene a Towne was moued from his seate and set a good way off Mathild the Quéene wife to King Henry of Englande 1118 Anno reg 19. Mathew Paris deceassed at Westminster and was there buryed in the Reuostrie She founded the Priorie of Christes Church within the East gate of London called Aldgate and an Hospitall of Mathilds Hospitall Saint Giles in the fielde without the Weast part of the same Citie The order of the Templers began Knightes of the Temple Many sore battayles were fought in France and Normandy betwéene the King of England and of France 1119 Anno reg 20 1120 Anno reg 21. The Kings children drovvned W. Malme Mathew Paris King Henry hauing tamed the Frenchmen and pacifyed Normandy returned into Engalnde in whiche voyage William Duke of Normandy and Richard his sonnes and Marye his daughter Richard Earle of Chester and his wife with many noble men and to the number of one hundred and sixtie persons were miserably drowned the Sea being calme King Henry marryed Adelizia the Duke of Louans 1121 Anno reg 22. daughter at London from thence the King with a great armie wente towarde Wales but the Welchmen met him humbly and agréed with him at his pleasure The Citie of Glocester with the principall Monasterie was brent againe as before and Lincolne was burned 1122 Anno reg 23 Glocester brent Lib. Glocest Mathew Paris 1123 Anno reg 24. VVarvvike vvith the Colledge King Henry sayled into Normandy where he remayned long trauelling to quiet that Countrey Henry Earle of Warwike and Margaret his wife founded the Colledge of Saint Mary in y â— towne of Warwike And Roger de Belemound his sonne Earle of Warwike and Aeline his wife translated the same Colledge into the Castell of Warwike in Anno 1123. At that time were nine parishes in Warwike Saint Sepulcre Saint Hellens of these twayne were made one Priorie of Saint Sepulchre Alhalowes Saint Michaell Saint Iohn Saint Peter Saint LawreÌ„ce Saint Iames these fiue last Liber Warwicâ—â— Io. Rouse were ioyned to Saint Maryes in Anno 1367. Saint Nicholas Waleran Earle of Mellent is takeÌ„ in Normandy by King 1124 Anno reg 25 1125 Anno reg 26 Mathew Paris Taxtor Coyners punished Henry and he with many other are imprisoned at Roane Iohn Thremensis Cardinall came into England who inueying sore against Priestes Concubines was himselfe detected of whoredome The King caused all the Coyners of England to haue their priuie members cut off and also their right hand bycause they had corrupted the Coyne Henry the fourth Emperour being dead as it was said 1126 Anno reg 27. The Empresse returned into England Giraldus Cambr. and Mawde the Empresse returning into England dwelte with the Quéene in hir Chamber bycause she was suspect of hir husbands death but some affirmed him to be long after in England lyuing as an Hermite and in the end to be buryed at Chester King Henry held his Courte with great magnificence Floriacen in his Castell of Winsore and there assembled all the nobilitie of his Realme where when the Archbishop of Yorke woulde haue Crowned the King equally with the Archshop of Canturbury by the iudgement of all menne he Archbishop of Yorke vvith his Crosse cast out of the Kings Chappell was repulsed the bearer of his Crosse togither with the Crosse was throwne out of the Kings Chappell for it was affirmed that no Metropolitane out of his owne Prouince might haue any Crosse borne before him The feast being ended the King with all the States of the Realme togither came to London and there at the Kings commandement William the Archbishop and the Legate of the Romish Churche and all other Bishops of the English Nation with the Nobilitie tooke an othe to defend against all men the Kingdome to his daughter if she suruiued hir father except that before his deceasse he begate some sonne to succéede him The King also granted to the Churche of Canturburie and to William and his successors the custodie and Constableship of the Castell of Rochester for euer The Archbishop of Canturbury assembled a counsell of Bishops 1127 Anno reg 28. Abbots and other Prelates at Westminster where they determined many causes concerning Ecclesiastical businesse and the King with his counsell confirmed them King Henry went with a warlike army into Fraunce bycause 1128 Anno reg 29 Lodowike the French King defeÌ„ded the Erle of Flaunders the Kings Nephew and enimy At this time men had such a pride in their haire that they Men vveare haire like vvomen W. Malme 1129 Anno reg 30 Mathew Paris contended with women in length of haire King Henry helde a Counsell at London wherein it was graunted him to haue the correction of the Cleargie whiche came to an euill purpose for the King tooke infinite summes of mony of Priests and suffred them to do what they would Robert Deolley Knight great Conestable of England was the first founder of Osney King Henry gaue his daughter the Empresse to Geffrey 1130 Anno reg 31 1131 Anno reg 32 Rochester brent Richard Diuiensis 1132 Anno reg 33 Carleil a Byshopricke Geruasius Gualter Couen London brent Geruasius Doro. Thomas Wikes Plantagenet Earle of Angiou In the Moneth of May the King beyng present the Citie of Rochester was sore defaced wyth fire The King made a Bishopricke at Carleil Mawde the Empresse did beare to Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Angiou a sonne and named him Henry which when the King knewe hée called hys nobles togyther and ordayned that his daughter and the heires of hir body should succéede him in hys Kingdome In Whitsonwéeke a great fire beginning at Gilbert Beckets house in Weast Cheape consumed a greate parte of London from thence to Algate with the Priorie of Channons of the holy Trinitie and many houses of Office thereto
them with garrisons and weÌ„t from thence but by Counsel of Roberte Earle of Leicester the kings Castels were ouerthrowen the Castel besieged deliuered from daunger A diuorcement was made betwéen Lewes king of France 1152 Mathew Paris Geruasius Doro. and Elianor hys Quéene bycause they were a kinne in the fourth degrée moreouer she was defamed of adulterie with an infidel c. Henrie Duke of Normandie maried Elianor whoÌ„ Lewes king of Fraunce had deuorced from him and had by hir a son named William Kyng Stephen called a Parliamente at London declaryng to Theobalde Archebyshoppe of Canturburie and the other Byshoppes howe he woulde vtterly disherite Henrie duke of Normandie and confirme his owne sonne Eustace to be his successour by crowning him king but the Pope had sent a commaundement to the Archbishoppe prohibiting him to crowne king Stephens sonne bycause his father had vsurped the kingdome contrarie to his othe Whiche thing as was thought was brought to passe by the subtile policie of Thomas Becket a Chaplaine borne in London King Stephen and his sonne being not a little offended therewith caused the Bishops with their Primate to be closed vp in an house threatning with terrors to extort of them that which with prayers or price they could not obtain The Archbishop stiffely standing in his purpose some of the Bishops through fear went from him at length the Archbishop by a maruellous hap escaping got ouer the Thamis and so to Douer and thence transporting ouer the seas escaped the threates of the King and his sonne and depriued his son of his coueted honour Quéene Mawde deceased and was buried at Feuersham Anno reg 18 Norvvich increased Chronicle of Brom holma The people of Norwich obtained of the king to haue Coroners baylifes for before y t time they had no other Officer but a sergeant for the king that kept Courts and after this that is to say in the 37. yeare of Hemie the third they had licence to inclose that towne with ditches got of sundry hundreds c. Henrie Duke of Normandie furnished with an army came 1153 into Englande and at his first comming wan the Castell and towne of Malmesburie from thenceforth Roberte the noble Earle of Leicester began to take the Dukes part and to furnish him with things necessarie a thirtie Castels or moe through his counsel with them that kept them submitted themselues to the Duke at length it was decréed y â— the King should talke with the Duke touching peace to be had and so they met in a place wher y â— Thamis was most narrow the one standing on the one side the other on the other After long talke they returned the Duke to his men the king to his and so laying down weapon euery man departed in peace Eustace the kings sonne was angry with hys father for agréeing to this peace and therefore in a rage departed from Policraticon Iohn Sarisburien Iohn Taxtor Mathew Paris the Court towards Cambridge to destroy that Country CoÌ„ming to S. Edmunds Burie he was there honorablye receyued and feasted but when he coulde not haue such money as hée demanded to bestow among his men of war he went away in a rage spoyling the corne in the fields belonging to y e Abbay and caryed it into his castels thereby but as he sat him down to dinner he fel madde vpoÌ„ receiuing the first morsel and miserably died and was buried at Feuersham The Duke besieged Stamfort Castel and wanne it and Stamforde Notingham and Ipsvvich besieged then he went to Notingham and wan that The King in the meane time besieged Ipswich and wan it At length thorough the great labour of the Archbishop of Canturburie and the other Bishops the king commanded the nobles to méet Ex charta regia Anno reg 19 King Stephen adopted Henry Ypodigma 1154 at Winchester where the duke being receiued with gret ioy the King in sighte of all men adopted him his son and confirmed to him the principalitie of all Englande The duke receiued him in place of a father graunting to him al the dayes of his life to enioy the name and seate of the kings preheminence Duke Henrie in the Octaues of the Ephiphanye came togither with the king to Oxforde where the Erles and Barons by the kings commaundement sweare fealtie to Duke Henrie sauing the kings honor so long as he liued This assurance being made they departed asunder but shortly after they met againe at Dunstable there to entreate of the state and peace of the kingdome Shortlye after Duke Henrie with king Stephen and certaine Lords of England came to Canturburie and from thence to Douer where they had communication with Theodrike Erle of Flaunders the Countesse the Dukes aunte When the King and the Duke had dismissed the Earle of Flaunders and were turning towards Canturburie the slaughter of the Duke was prepared by a conspiracie of the Flemmings which enuied both y â— duke peace but behold sodainly y â— kings yoÌ„ger son WilliaÌ„ priuie with the conspirators on BarhaÌ„ down fel of his horsse breaking his leg he gathered all y â— company about him in sorrow The duke in the mean time vnderstanding the appointed treason got him to Canturburie and so escaped hys enimies hands from thence by Rochester and London he came to the sea and passed ouer into Normandie William Archbishop of Yorke going to Yorke in the feaste of Pentercost was poysoned at Masse and dyed within fewe dayes after In October the king met the Earle of Flaunders again at Douer and talked with him After the Earle was dismissed the king was taken with a sodaine paine of the Iliake passion K. Stephen died Gerâ—a Doro. Ralph Cogshal and with an olde disease or running of the Emerodes and there in y â— house of the Monkes dyed the xxv of October when he had raigned xviij yeres x. monthes and odde days He fouÌ„ded the Abbays of Cogshal in Essex of Furnes in Lancashire of Hurguilers and Feuersham in Kent where hys body was buried He founded an house for Nunnes at Carewe ¶ King Henrie the seconde HEnrie the seconde son of Geffrey Plantagenet and Mawde the Empresse began his raigne ouer this realme Anno reg 1. of England the xxv day of October in the yere of our Lord 1154. he was Crowned at Westminster the. xvij daye of December by Theobalde Archbishop of Canturburie he was somewhat red of face short of body and therwith fatte of speach reasonable wel learned noble in chiualry and fortunate in battayle wise in counsel one that loued peace lyberall to straungers but hard to his familiars vnstedfast of promise giuen to pleasure and a wedlocke breaker by his manhoode and policie the crowne of England was much augmented with the annexing of Scotland Ireland the Iles of Orcades Boytaine Peyters Guyen and other prouinces of Fraunce Thomas Becket Archdeacon of Canturbury was made the Kings Chancellour He held
manfully stroke was more stoutely striken agayne and endeuoring to conquer was conquered himselfe he being ouercome fell downe for dead and when he was thought to Henry of Essex ouercome haue bin slayne at the instance of suche of the nobilitie as were of kinne to him it was granted vnto the Monks there Flores HistoriaruÌ„ that his body should be buryed but afterward he reuiued and hauing recouered his health became a Monke in that place London Bridge was new made of timber by Peter of Colechurch Anno reg 10 London bridge made of Timber 1164 Geruasius Do. a Priest Chapleyne Malcoline the Scottish King and Resus Prince of Southwales and other did homage to King Henry and his sonne Henry at Westminster A Counsayle was holden at Claringdon in presence of the King and the Archbishops Bishops Lordes Barons c. wherein was recognised and by their othes confirmed many ordinances too long héere to recite Thomas Archbishop of Canturburie being sworne to the same shortly after sore repented and â—â—ed the Realme went to the Court of Rome The six and twentith day of January was a great Earthquake Anno reg 11 1165 An Earthquake Mathew Pariâ— Gerua Doro. Anno reg 12. in Eely Norffolke and Suffolke so that it ouerthrewe them that stoode vpon their féete and made the Belles to ring in the Stéeples The King seased into his handes all the Archbishops goodes and rents and banished all his kindred The King led an innumerable army against the Welchmen Radul Cogshal of Flemings Scottes Pictes Aniowans and other but with so great a multitude he could not ouercome them The Welchmen tooke the Castell of Cardigan In a certayne asséege at Bridgenorth againste Hugh de Mortimere when the King was shotte at by one of the enimies a valiant man Hubert de Saint Clere Constable of Colchester did thrust himselfe betwixte the King and the danger of the stroke and so receyued death for him whose only daughter the King taking into his custodie he gaue hir in mariage to William de Languale with hir fathers inheritance who begate on hir a sonne bearing the name and surname of his Grandfather Quéene Elianor brought forth a sonne named Iohn The King passed ouer into Normandy and there holding 1166 a counsell appoynted a collection to be made through all his Countreys two pence of the pound of mouable goodes A Taxe for the first yeare and one penny the pound for foure yeares after Robert sonne to William Earle of Glocester deceassed Anno reg 13 1167 The warre was renued betwixt the King of Englande and the French King for the Citie of Tholose and Mathewe Earle of Bulloigne brother to Philip Earle of Flanders manned sixe hundred Shippes to haue come into Englande but by such preparation as Richard Lucy gouernour of England made he was stopped well ynough Mawde King Henries daughter was maryed to Henry Anno reg 14 1168 Iohn Taxtor Gerua Doro. Ypodigma Duke of Saxon. Conan Earle of little Britaine dyed and left for his heire a daughter named Constance which he had by the King of Scottes sister which Constance King Henry marryed to his sonne Geffrey Robert de Boscue Earle of Leycester dyed He foundeâ— Anno reg 15 1169 Sca. Cron. Gerendon Leycester and Eaton Sca. Cro. the Monasteries of Gerendon of Monkes of Leycester called Saint Mary de Prate of Channons regular and Eaton of Nunnes was founded by Amicia his wife daughter of Ralph Montforde King Henry caused the Castell of Warwike to be builded Deruntius the sonne of Morcardus called Mack Murgh Giraldus Cambr. King of Leynster being expelled out of his kingdome came into Guyen to King Henry hnmbly requiring 〈…〉 â—â—r his restitution who vnderstanding fully the cause â—â—ereof gaue frée licence to all Englishmen that woulde to â—â—â—â—e the sayde Deruntius wherevpon he returning into Englande couenanted with Richard Earle of Chepstow to gâ—â—e him his daughter in marriage and with hir the succession of his Kingdome so that he would help him in the recouery of it and shortly after he promised to Robert Fitâ— Stephen and Mawrice Fitz Gerald large reuenues in Ireland for the like helpe King Henry helde his Court at Naunts where the Bishops Anno reg 15. 1170 and Barons of Britayne being present sware their fidelitie to the King and to his sonne Geffrey and then the King sayled into England but many of his company were Giral Cambr. drowned by the way Robert Fitz Stephen first of all Englishmen after the Conquest Englismnen transported into Ireland entred Ireland the first day of May with 390. men and there tooke Wexford in the behalfe of Deruntius King Henry caused his sonne Henry borne at London Henry the kings sonne Crovvned to be Crowned by the handes of Roger Archbishop of Yorke as he thought to the great quietnesse of himselfe and hys Realme but it proued farre otherwise Thomas Archbishop of Canturbury by the mediation of Pope Alexander and Lewes the King of France was restored to his Sea of Caunturbury In September Richard Earle of Chepstow surnamed Gualteruâ— Couen Strongbow sayled into Ireland with a thousand two hundred men of warre and by force tooke Waterford and Dubâ—â—â— and marryed Eue Deruntius daughter Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canturbury the xxviij of Anno reg 17 1171 December was slayne by William Tracy Baron of Braynes Reignolde Fitz Vrse Hugh Moruilt and Richarde Briton Knightes There was séene at S. Osythes in Estsex a Dragon of a Chro. Colchester maruellous bignesse whyche by mouing burned houses Ex Record King Henry returned from beyond the Seas and landed at Portesmouth in the moneth of August Nicholas Break espeare an Englishman borne at Langley in the County of Hartford sonne to Robert a yonger brother Pope Adrian an Englishman of the house of Breakespeares whiche Roberte after the death of his wife professed himselfe a Monke of Saint Albons leauing his sonne to prouide for his owne preferment this yong man passed into France was shorne a Monke and after chosen Abbot went to Rome was consecrated Bishop of Alba made Cardinall sente Legate to the Norwayes where he reduced that nation from Paganisme to Christianitie and after returned to Rome When Anastasius was dead he was chosen Pope by y â— name of Adrian the 4. During his Popedome he granted the regimente of Ireland King Henry Lord of Ireland Gesta Abbat Sancâ—â— Albani Regiâ—truÌ„ mâ—n Sancti Albani Iohn Bale Cimphriuâ— Anno reg 18. Giralduâ— Cambr. Radul Cogshal Geruasius Dâ—â—â— to the King of England wherevpon King Henry hauing caused Richard Earle of Chepstow to giue into his handes all the land which he had conquered in that Realme toke Shippe at Penbroke and sayled thither where the King of Conach Deruntius King of Corke Morice King of Methe the King of Vriell Duvenald King of Ossery Duvenald King of Limerike Machachelin Ophelon Machaleny Othneâ—hely
also after the death of Simond Mountfort and Robert Ferrers the Erledomes of Leicester and Darbie and two daughters Beatrice and Margaret ¶ King Edward surnamed Longshanks EDvvarde the firste after the Conquest son to Henrie the third Anno reg 1 surnamed Longshanke beganne hys raigne the sixtéenth day of Nouember in the yeare 1272. being then in y â— parts beyond the sea towarde 1273 Ierusalem Of stature he was tall and mighty of bodye nothing grosse his eyes soméwhat blacke and in time of anger fierce of suche noble and valiaunt courage that he neuer fainted in most dangerous enterprices of excellent witte and greate towardnesse he was borne at Westminster Iohn Horne Walter Potter the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 2. 1274 Sir Walter Haruy Knight the. 28. of October This yeare fell a great variaunce at Oxforde betwéene the Northren and Irishmen wherein manye Irishmen were slaine The second day of August King Edward came into England from the Holy Lande and on the fiftéenth of Auguste hée with Elianor his wife were Crowned at Westminster by Robert Kilwarby Archbishop of Canturburie At this Coronation fiue hundred great Horsses were turned loase catch them who could Alexander King of Scottes did homage to King Edward The King caused Leolin Prince of Wales to be sommoned to his Parliament at Westminster but he would not come saying he remembred the death of his father Griffen Nicholas Winchester Henry Couentry the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 3. Henry Welles the 28. of October On Saint Nicholas euen was great Earthquakes lightnings and thunder with a huge Dragon and a blasing Starre which made many men sore afrayde In a Parliament at Westminster Usury was forbidden Vsury forbidden Io. Rouse to the Iewes and that they might be knowne the King commanded them to weare a Tablet the breadth of a palme vpon their outmost garments He also ordeyned that Bakers making bread lacking weight assigned after the price of Corne should first be punished by losse of their bread the second time by emprisonment and thirdly by the Pillory millers for stealing of corne to be chastised by y e Tumberel A rich man of France brought into Northumberland a Spanish Ewe as bigge as a Calfe of two yeares which Ewe being 1275 First rotte of Sheepe Hen. of Leycester Tho. Walsing rotten infected so the Countrey that it spread ouer all the Realme This plague of moren coÌ„tinued xxviij yeares eare it ended and was the first rot that euer was in England Lucas Batecourt Henry Frowike the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Gregory Rokesley Goldsmith chiefe mayster of y e Kings Mintes the 28. of October King Edward builded the Castell of Flint strengthned Io. Rouse Castell of Flint Anno reg 4. Bocland the Castell of Rutland and other against the Welchmen Amicia Countesse of Deuonshire and Lady of the Isle founded the Abbey of Bocland for Gilbert of Clare Earle of Glocester and Hereford hir Father Isabell hir mother and Baldwine Earle of Deuonshire The eleuenth day of September there was a generall 1276 Earthquake by force whereof the Church of Saint Michael of the Mount without Glastonburie fell to the ground and péeces of many famous Churches in England fell by force of the same Earthquake Gregory Rokesley and the Barons of London granted Canter Record Ex Carta Preaching Friers Church founded by Bainards Castell before vvhiche time their Church vvas in Holborne and gaue to the Archbishop of Canturburie Robert Kilwarby two lanes or wayes next the Stréete of Baynards Castell and the Tower of Mountfichet to be destroyed in the which place the sayd Robert builded the late newe Churche of the Blacke Friers with the rest of the stones that then were left of the sayde Tower for the best and choyse stones the Bishop of London had obteyned of King William Conquerour to reedifie the vpper part of Saint Paules Church that was then by chance of fire decayed Iohn Horne Ralph Blunt the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 5. 1277 Iohn Euersden Sherifes Maior Anno reg 6. 1278 Gregory Rokesley Goldsmith the 28. of October The Statute of Mortmaine was enacted Michaell Tony was hanged drawne and quartered for Treason Robert de Arar Ralph Feuto the 28. of September Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October King Edward gaue vnto Dauid brother to Leolin Prince of Wales the Lordship of Fredisham which Dauid attended in the Kings Court and did him pleasant seruice c. Michaelmas tearme was kept at Shrewsburie Iohn Adrian Walter Langley the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 7. 1279 Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October The King builded a strong Castell in Weast Wales at Llhampaterne vaier Reformation was made for clipping of the Kings coyne Ievves executed for which offence 267. Iewes were put to execution The worthie Souldiour Roger Mortimer at Killingworth Round Table at Killingvvorth Io. Rouse appoynted a Knightly game which was called the Round Table of an hundred Knightes and so many Ladyes to the which for the exercise of armes there came many warlike Knightes from diuers Kingdomes Robert Basing William Mazaliuer the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 8. First halfe pence and farthings round 1280 Piâ—rce Longtofe Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October Where as before this time the peny was wont to haue a double crosse with a creast in suche sorte that the same might be easily broken in the midst or into four quarters and so to be made into halfe pence or farthings it was now ordeyned that pence halfepence and farthings shoulde be made rounde wherevpon was made these Uerses following Edward did smite round peny halfepeny farthing Robert Brune The crosse passes the bond of all throughout the ring The Kings side was his head and his name written The crosse side what Citie it was in coyned and smitten To poore man ne to priest the peny frayses nothing Men giue God aye the least they feast him with a farthing A thousand two hundred fourescore yeares and mo On this money men wondred when it first began to go At this time twentie pence wayed an ounce of Troy Regist of Eâ—â—ry weight whereby the peny halfepeny and farthing were of good quantitie Thomas Boxe Ralph de Lamere the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 9. Wilhel Rishanger Gregory Rokesley the 28 of October Dauid the brother of Lewlin Prince of Wales rose against the King and in the night season brake into the house of Roger Clifford when he was in his bed a sléepe on Easter day at night and sent him fettered in yrons as a théefe vnto Snowdon to his brother Lewlin He also rased and laid flatte on the grounde the Castell of Flint belonging to the King 1281 Sherifes Maior Anno reg 10 Great Frost and Snovv Liber Roffensis Rochester Bridge and fiue arches of London bridge borne dovvne William
one of them that made the shoute for ioy towards London where he was committed to the Tower and afterward condemned at Westminster in presence of the whole Parliament on Saint Andrewes euen next following and then drawne to the Elmes and there hanged on the common gallowes whereon he hung two dayes and two nightes by the Kings commandement and then was buryed in the Grey Friers Church He was condemned by his Péeres and yet neuer was brought to answere before them for it was not then the custome after the death of the Earles of Lancaster Winchester Glocester and Kent wherefore this Earle had that law him selfe which he appoynted for other The causes of his death laid against him were these First that he was consenting to the murthering of the Kings father Secondly for that he had receiued a great summe of money whereby the Kings honor was greatly abated at Stanhope Parke where he gaue a signe vnto the Scottes that they should flie Thirdly for that he caused certayne auntient déedes and Charters to be brent wherein the King of Scots stood bound vnto the King of Englande and especially for that he had caused a contraâ—t to be made betwixt the Kings sister and Dauid the sonne of Robert le Bruis Fourthly that he had vnprofitably consumed a greate deale of treasure which he found in the kings treasurie and in the treasurie of the Earles of Winchester and Glocester Fiftly for appropriating vnto himselfe the wardes and mariages of all England Sixtly for being an euill counseller to the King and to the Quéene mother and for being ouermuch familiar No Iustice with hir There died with him his friends Simon de Burford Knight brother to Sir William Burford that was Justice Anno reg 4. Iohn Deuerell Esquier who was desirous to haue made open confession of the Kings fathers cruell death but he could not be suffered King Edward the Bishop of Winchester Wil. Mountacute and very few others passed ouer 1â—â—0 Sea like as they had bin Merchants hauing with hym scarse xv horsemen He left Iohn of Eltham his brother Protector of the Realme He returned againe about the beginning of April and then helde a great Turniament at Dertford in Kent The xv of June was borne vnto king Edward Turniament aâ— Dertford Edvvard the blacke Prince borne his first sonne at Wodstoke who was after named Edwarde the blacke Prince The K. tooke into his hands all y e lands assigned to his mother and only left hir a 1000. pound the yeare About Michaelmas there was very solemne iusting of all the stoute Earles Barons and Nobles at London in Cheape betwixt the great Crosse and the great Conduit Turniament in Cheape at London Adam Meri Ro. Auesbery nigh Soper Lane which lasted thrée dayes where the Quéene Phillip with many Ladyes fell from a Stage notwithstanding they were not hurt at all wherefore the Quéene tooke greate care to saue the Carpenters from punishmente and through hir prayer whiche she made an hir knées she pacifyed the King and Counsell whereby shée purchased greate loue of the people Robert of Ely Thomas Whorwode the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Saint Lavvrence Pultney Sir Iohn Pultney Draper the 28. of October This Sir Iohn Pultney builded the Colledge in London called Saint Laurence Pultney and little Alhallowes a Parish Churche in Thamis streete and also the Carmelite Regist Carmil Friers Church in Couentrie Such a wet Sommer with excéeding rayne was this Late Haruest yeare that the Corne in the field could not ripe so that in many places they began not Haruest till Michaelmas The house of Croxton got not in their Wheate till Hallontide W. Sheepeshed and their Pease not before S. Andrewes tide The Monkes on Alhallowen day and Martelmas day were serued with Pease gréene in the coddes in stead of Peares and Apples King Edward held a solemne Christmas at Welles which Anno reg 5. he continued till the feast of the Epiphany where was manye strange and sumptuous shewes made 1331 In the beginning of August Edward Bailioll sonne and heire to Iohn King of Scottes came into England which Edward had bin before that time banished out of Scotland At his comming he declared what right he had in the Kingdome Henry Beawmont Earle of Bohune Gilbert Vmfreuill Earle of Angus Dauid Earle of Athels Richard Talbot Ralph Baron of Stafford Fulx Fitz Williams with many other noble men affirming they had right of inheritance in Scotland desired licence and ayde of the King of Englande to recouer the sayd Kingdome and landes due to them but the King hauing regard of the peace lately made and also for his sisters sake Quéene of Scottes woulde not suffer them to leade an armie through his lande wherefore the sayde Lordes getting a Fléete of Shippes entred the Sea and sayling toward Scotland landed at Kinkehorne where the Earle of Fife and Robert Bruse Bastard sonne to Robert Bruse with tenne thousand Scottes resisted them néere vnto Dunfermeling but the Englishmen put them to flight and slew many Afterward to wéete on Saint Lawrence day they had a sore conflict at Gledesmore where two thousand Englishmen ouercame fortie thousand Scottes By reason of the great throng of the multitude amongst themselues fiue Earles and many other were thronged to death On the morrow the Englishmen tooke the Towne of Saint Iohns well furnished with victualles The seauen and twentith of September Edward Baylioll Edvvard Baylioll resigned the Crovvne of Scotland to King Edvvarde of England Sherifes Maior Hospitall at Leycester was Crowned King of Scottes but afterward he resigned it to King Edward of England and remayned vnder his protection many yeares after Iohn Mocking Andrew Aubury the 28. of September Sir Iohn Poultney Draper the 28. of October Henry Earle of Lancaster and of Leycester high Steward of England founded the new Hospitall by the Castell of Leycester wherein were one hundred poore impotent people prouided for with all things necessarie Edward Baylioll and the foresayde Lords and Nobles Anno reg 6. Iohn Maundeuill continued the warres in Scotland vnto whome came many other noblemen of the Realme of England voluntarily seruing of their owne charges and beséeged Berwike The King of England gathered a great power and beséeged 1â—â—2 Berwike which at length was yéelded for want of victualles During this séege the Scottes sought many wayes to remoue the same leuying a great army ouer all Scotland but comming to the séege they could not bring their purpose to effect yet still prouoking the Kings army to battell wherevpon at length the two armies appoynted to fight and setting out vpon Halidowne hill there commeth forth of the Scottes Campe a certayne stout Champion of greate stature who for a facte by him done was called Turnebull he standing in the midst betwixte the two armies Callenge of Combate challenged all the Englishmen any one of them to fight with him a Combate at
Base court in the parish of Saint Giles without Cripplegate of Baâ—bican at London London commonly called to this day the Barbicane bycause in old time y e same had bin a Burgekening or watchtower for the Citie The same day the King made twentie Knightes to Wil. Shepeshead wéete Sir Edward Mountacute Thomas Somarton Sir Isle Sir Darcy Richard Sir Damuory Sir Iohn Poultney Sir de Mere Roger Banant Roger Hilary Sir Bolingbroke Sir Butterell Sir Simon Swanland William Scotte William Basset Robert Sodington William Zoustes Sir Cogshall Roger Sangrauile Thomas de la More mine Authoure Tho. de la More and Iohn Strache In the same Parliament it was enacted that no wooll growing within the Realme of England should be transposed VVooll forbidden to be conuayed ouer the Seas out of the same but that it should be made into cloth in England and that all Fullers Weauers and Clothworkers of euery degrée being sufficiently instructed and cunning Priuiledges giuen to Clothvvorkers in their arte from what Countrey so euer they came into England should receyue and enioy certayne priuiledges yea and moreouer should liue at the Kings charges out of the Exchequer vntill they had prouided commodiouslie to liue by their art Although this Statute séemed at the beginning to be nothing profitable yet in short time the arte of clothing increased so much thereby that it was twentie times more vsed than before Also it was enacted that no man should after that time buy any cloth that was made beyond the Sea and that none should weare any Furres but such as might dispend one hundred pound by yeare Iohn Clarke William Curteis the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Poultney Draper the 28 of October After the feast of Saint Michaell a Parliament was holden Tho. de la More Anno reg 11 1337 at London and a Connocation was assembled by the Archbishop wherein the Cleargie graunted a tenth for thrée yeares and the commons a fiftenth in consideration of the Kings warres which was hote in Scotlande and also to resist the French King who made great bragges and shewed great crueltie for he outlawed slew and emprisoned all Englishmen and confiscated the goodes and Cattayles of all that were found in his Kingdome of France threatning that he would be reuenged for his friendes the Scottes Moreouer he left not so muche as one Towne or Castell in the Counties of Aquitayne or of Poyters that was not seized into his handes wherevpon King Edward sente into Brabant to take vp all the woolles whiche Merchants had brought thither and made sale thereof for readie money He also wrote Letters to the French King exhorting him that he woulde continue his olde amitie Sir Walter Many béeing the Embassadour for the King of Englande and desirous to reuenge the bloud of two Englishmen that were slayne comming a lande for freshe water in a certayne Islande called the I le of Agnes nigh vnto Flanders he caused all that hée founde in the sayde Island to be put to the sworde and tooke prisoner the Earle of Flanders brother who was Captayne of the I le Certayne of the Island men béeing fled into a Church Tho. Walsâ—â—g were brent to the number of thrée thousande with the Church and all by the Welchmen The warres bâ—eing thus as aforesayde begonne betwixte the two Kingdomes the rumour thereof came vnto the Court of Rome wherevpon the Pope sent two Cardinalles for the reformation and ordering of the peace betwixte the two Kingdomes who comming to Westminster declared before the King the cause of their comming wherevnto the King answered that although without all reason they dyd séeme to restreyne hym of right and equitie for that hée ought to succéede into the Kingdome of hys forefathers the whyche hys aduersarie Phillip de Valoys dyd denye hym expelling murthering and emprisoning hys people and taking away the Dukedome of Aquitayne and Earledome of Poyters without cause maynteyning the Scottes and other Rebelles agaynste hym yet these iniuries notwithstanding hée was contented if they coulde take order for the quiet enioying of Aquitayne and other fées belonging vnto hym whiche hys predecessoures did enioy Moreouer for the dismissing of all ayde that the French King shoulde gyue vnto the Scottes at any tyme of Rebellion for the which he offered his money and also the mariage of his eldest sonne and also to resigne all suche rites and interest that he hadde to the Kyngdome of France The Cardinalles béeyng greately comforted with this aunswere departed hoping that all warres were nowe ended They tooke with them Iohn the Archbishoppe of Canterburie Richarde Bishoppe of Durham and Geffrey Lorde Scrope who altogyther wente on message with the Kynges aunswere to the Frenche Kyng hauing full authoritie to treate and conclude à peace These béeing so reasonable offers coulde not pacifye the furious minde of the Frenche King who reposed greate trust in the Scottes hopyng by them and through theyr meanes quite to dispossesse and to disherite the King of England of all the title he had Walter Neale Nicholas Crane the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Henry Darcy the 28. of October The King caused to confiscate all the goodes of the Lonibards and also of the Monkes of the order of Cluny and Cisteaux through the whole Realme The King tooke wooll to a certaine number of Sackes Anno reg 12 at a low price in euery Countrey the number that was set vpon Staffordshire was sixe hundred sackes price nine markes the sacke of good wooll but nothing was payde First the wooll was vniuersally taken Secondly for the halfe in whose hands soeuer it were founde as well MerchaÌ„ts as other And the third time the King tooke a fiftenth of the comminalty to be payde in wooll price of euery stone contayning fourtéene pound two shillings The King appointed also all the Corne and glebe lands 1338 to serue for his warres About Saint Margarets day King Edward with Quéene Ro. Auesbery Philip his wife and a great army passed the Seas with a Nauie of 500. sayle of Shippes into Flanders and â—â— to Cullen The fourth of October fiftie Galleys well manned and South-hampton sacked and breÌ„t by the French â—irats furnished came to Southampton about nine of the clocke and sacked the Towne the Townesmen running away for feare by the breake of the next day they which fledde by helpe of the Countrey there about came againste the Pirats and fought with them in the whiche skirmish were slayne to the number of thrée hundred Pirates togither with their Captayne a yong Souldioure the King of Sicils sonne To this yong man the French King had giuen whatsoeuer he got in the Kingdome of England but he béeing beaten downe by a certayne man of the Countrey cried Rancon notwithstanding the husbandman layde him on with his clubbe till he had slayne hym speaking these words yea quoth he I know well ynough thou art a Franâ—on
and therefore shalt thon dye for he vnderstoode not his spéech neyther had he anye skill to take gentlemen prisoners to kéepe them for their raunsome wherfore the residue of those Gennowayes after they had set the towne a fire and brent it vp quite fledde to their Galleyes and in theyr fléeing certaine of them were drowned After this the inhabitantes of the towne compassed it about with a strong and great Wal. The King still mayntayning his warres in Fraunce on the euen of the Annuntiation of our Lady â—j galleyes approching to the towne of Harwich they cast fire therein the force whereof by a contrarie winde was stayd so that no gret harme was done thereby Furthermore in the same yeare about the feaste of Pentecost certaine Pirates of Normandie and Genoâ— shipped in Gallenes and Pinaces made a shew on the sea about Southampton as they woulde haue come alande and threatned sore to spoyle the towne againe but perceyuing the townesmen ready to resist them they returned to the I le of Wight but entred not being put backe by the inhabitauntes wherevppon they sayled about the sea coastes séeking to lande in places lesse defended and after came to Hastings where they brente fishers cotages with theyr boates and slewe many men Also they made greate shewes many times against the I le of Thanet Douer and Fulkestone but in those places they did little harme excepte to poore fishermen thence they sayled about to the hauens of Cornewall and Deuonshire doing in all places much harme to the fisher men and suche shippes as they founde vnmaÌ„ned they fiered At length they entred Plimouth Hauen where they brent certain great shippes and a great parte of the towne these were met by Hugh Curtney Earle of Dâ—â—onshire a knight of foure scoure yeares olde being accompanyed with manye souldiours of his Countrey who hauing lost at the firste fronte a fewe of his men whiche were slaine by the quarrels of the French ioyned to fighte wyth them hande to hande and slaying many of the Pyrates vpon drye lande chased the residue which fled to take their Galleys and being not able to come nigh them by wading they â—â—ere drowned in the â—ea to the nuÌ„ber of fiue hundred Newâ—s being brought to the King lying in Brabant that diuers Parts of Englande were spoyled with the Pirates hée declared to his friends to wit the Marques of Iultâ—cence and a cerâ—â—â—â—e Cardinall what great causes he had to reuenge himself vpon them and in the end was aunswered by the Cardinal as followeth The kingdome of Frâ—â—â—â— sayde he is compassed about with â— thrâ—ed of â—â—lke whiche can not be broken by all the strength of the kingdome of Englande wherefore my Lorde king you must stay for the comming of the Dutchmen and other your friendes and confederates the greater part wherof you now â—aâ—lâ—â— The King raking great disdaine hereat staying nothing at alâ— said that he woulde ride into the land of Fraunce with Banner displayed and y â— ther he wold lâ—ke for that mightie power of the French men and that hée woulde eyther winne the same against any man that should with 〈…〉 〈…〉 or else â—â—nestly dye in the fielde 〈…〉 Poâ—â—â—â—et Hugh Mâ—betel the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Hence Darâ—â— the â—8 of October King Edward wintereâ— at Antwerp where Quéene Philip was deliuered of hir thirde son Lionel after Erle of Vlâ—â—er The king toke vppon him to be lieuetenauute of the King Edvvarde made vicegereÌ„â— of the Empire Empire from the Dâ—â—â— of Bauare who helde himselfe as Emperour A sodaine inundation of Water at Newcastle vpon Tine Richard South Nevvcastel drovvned 1339 bare downe a péece of the Towne Wall a sixe pearches in length neare to a place called Walkenew where â—20 men women were drowned In the Uâ—gâ—â—â—â— Saint Matthy king Edwarde beganne to ryde with Banner displayed and twelue thousand men of armes against the Frenche King burnyng Townes and Castels wheresoeuer he came In the first night being verye darke Geffrey Lord Scrope one of the Kings Justices led one of the Cardinals to wit Bertrand de Mount Faâ—â—ntyne of the title of our Ladie vp into an high Tower shewing hym the whole lande about towarde Fraunce for the compasse of fiftéene leagues to be in euery place on â—re saying these wordes sir doth not this siâ—â—en threed wherwith Fraunce is compassed seme to you to be broken the Cardinall aunswering nothing fel downe as deade for sorowe and feare In thys sort king Edward made â—ourneyes into France dayly continuing the space of fiue wéekes and caused â—yâ— armye to trauell in such sort that they destroyed the whole Countrey of Cambray Tourney Vermodeâ— and Landenewe excepting those Cities which wer sword to him w t churches and Castels The inhabitauntes of the Countrey fledde neyther was there anye man that durst resist his enterpryses althoughe the Frenche King had gathered greate armies within the Walled Cities himself lying in the stroÌ„g Towne of Saint Quintines what time the Brabanders had determined to returne home againe and were entred into theyr iourney being forced there vnto partlye by wante of victuals and partlye by the coldnesse of Winter whyche grew on fast The French king vnderstanding thereof beganne to moue himselfe with hys armye towarde the campe of the king of England who gladly loking for his comming called back again the Brabanders hauing receyued letters froÌ„ the Frenche King that he woulde ioyne battayle against hym he sent him worde back againe that he woulde stay for him thrée dayes wherefore on the fourth daye the Kyng loking for the Frenche Kings comming whiche woulde come no nearer them than two miles off breaking bridges and felling of trées that the King of Englande mighte not followe hym he fled to Paris wherevpon king Edwarde returned by Hanonia in Brabrant where he continued almost the whole Winter William Thorney Roger Frosham the. 28. of Septeâ— Sherifes Maior Andrewe Awbery Grocer the. 28. of October In this Winter time king Edwarde grewe into greate friendshippe with the Flemmings who prepared themselues at all times to shewe their selues as good subiectes vnto him swearing to doe homage and fealtie vppon condition that he would call himselfe King of Fraunce and in token thereof would from thence forth giue armes with Flouredeluces for otherwise they durste not obey him for feare of the Popes curse which was to be layde vppon them if at any time they rebelled against the King of Fraunce Wherefore by the coâ—â—â—â—ll of his friends the Flemmings and consent of his noble men he agréed there vnto and tooke vppon him both the name and armes of the King of France He also toke Flaunders vnder his gouernement the people wherof long after in all matters were to him obedient as vnto the King of Fraunce Conquerer As touching the title and and armes aforesayde the Frenche king sayde to certayne Englishmen sent vnto him our cousin quoth he doth wrongfully beare quartered armes of England
to the I le of Wight and sodainly entred it but sir Peter Russel Knight méeting them with the people of that I le put them backe again and made them to flée staying manye of them in the which skirmish the sayde knight was wounded wherof he dyed These Pirates sayled theÌ„ce toward the coast of Deuonshire and comming to Teygnemouth they sette fire on the Towne and brent it from thence they sayled towardes Plimouth which towne was so defended that they coulde not hurte it but burnt the farmes and fayre places nigh adioyning and toke a knight prisoner whom they caried with them The same yeare king Edward besieged Turney but vpon entreatie made by the Frenche a truce was taken from Michaelmasse til midsommer wherfore the king comming to Gaunt in Flaunders stayed there looking for money out of England which came not Adam Lucas Bartholmew Maris the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Andrew Auburie Grocer the. 28 of October King Edwarde with eight of his men fayning that hée woulde ride abrode for his pleasure secretly came into â—elande where taking shippe after he had sayled thrée dayes and thrée nightes on Saint Andrewes day at night aboute the Cock crowing he entred the Tower of LondoÌ„ by water being wayted on by the Earle of Northampton Nicholas CaÌ„tilopo Reignalde Cobham Giles de Bello Campo Iohn de Bello Campo Knightes William Killesby and Phillippe Weston Priestes earely in the morning he sent for his chaÌ„cellour treasurer and Justices then being at London and the Bishop of Chichester being his Chauncellour and the Bishop of Couentrie his Treasurer he put out of office minding also to haue sent them into Flaunders to haue ben pledges for money he owed there but the Bishoppe of Chichester declared vnto him what daunger might insue to hym by the Canons of the Churche whervpon the King dismissed them out of the Tower but as concerning the high Justices to witte Iohn Lorde Stoner Robert Lord Willowby William Lorde Scharshel and especially Nicholas Lord Bech who before that time was Lieutenant of the Tower of London and sir Iohn Molens Knight with certaine marchaunt men as Iohn Poultney William Pole and Richard his brother and the Chauncellours chiefe Clearkes to witte Maister Iohn de Saint Paule Michael Wathe Henrie Stafforde and certaine of the Exchequer as Maister Iohn Thorpe with many other moe the king commaunded to be imprisoned some in one place some in another neyther woulde he suffer them to be discharged thence til hée were throughlye pacified of his anger conceyued for not sendyng the money whiche shoulde haue serued at the siege of Torney This yeare about Christmas Henrie Bishoppe of Lincolne and Geffrey Lord Scrope chiefe Justiciar to the kyng and his chiefe Counseller dyed at Gaunt Anno reg 15 King Edwarde kept his Christmasse at Gildforde and after that a great Justing at Reading Also at Candlemasse hée kept a greate iusting at Langley for the honor of the noble men of Vasconâ—a which he trayned vp there in feates of war He made Robert de Boursier Knight Lord Chancellour of Englande and Robert Parnike Knighte Treasurer the one to succéede the other Also he sent out Justiciars that Iustice of Tralâ— baston shoulde set in euerye shire to enquyre concerning the collectours of the tenthes and fiftéenthes and of wools and to ouersée al officers And bicause the Citie of London would not suffer that any such officers should set as Justices within theyr Citie as inquisitours of suche matters contrarie to theyr liberties the King prouided that those Justices shoulde holde theyr Sessions in the Tower of London to make inquisition of the domages of the Londoners but bycause the Londoners woulde not aunswere there vntill theyr liberties were fully confirmed neyther anye suche confirmation coulde be had eyther of the King or his Chauncellour touching Writs and Charters in the Towre there rose thereof suche a greate tumulte that the Justicies appointed there to sit fayned that they woulde holde no session there till after Easter Wherevpon the king being highly offended for the sayde tumult and desirous to know the names of them that had raysed it coulde not vnderstande but that they were certaine meane persons who claymed theyr liberties wherevpon the King being pacified of his troubled minde forgaue all the offences committed by the Londoners the Justices breaking vp all theyr sitting touching the sayde place 1â—41 Parliament at London This yeare within the quindene of Easter a Parliamente was holden at London wherein the Earles and nobles of the Realme with the commons and others amongst other things requested that the Charter called Magna Carta and Carta Foresta with all other liberties béelonging to the Churche and kingdome should be obserued and that the officers and chiefe Rulers of the Kings house shoulde be chosen by the Péeres of the Realme in the Parliament but these peticions the king would not confirme nor could not abide to heare talked off About the beginning of the moneth of Julye Kyng Edwarde receyued letters from Lodowike Duke of Bauarie vsurper of the Romaine Empyre in the whyche pretendyng friendshippe betwixt him and Phillip the French King hée signifyed that those warres whyche the King of England had begonne in Fraunce did greately mislike him and therefore desired that there shoulde be concorde and amitie betwixte the Kings of both Realmes the whyche to bée performed he offered to bestowe some labour requestyng Kyng Edwardes letters of aucthoritie thereof to treate and to conclude a truce for one yeare or twaine towarde the ende of whiche letter he addeth these wordes The deputation and Lieutenauntship whiche we gaue vnto you we do for diuersâ— and sundry causes reuoke again Dated at Frankeford the fourtéenth of June in the seauen and twentith of â—ure raign and of our Empire the fourtéenth To the which letters king Edwarde wrote an inscription in sorte as followeth To the renoumed Prince Lodowicke by the grace of God Romaine Emperour alwayes Augustus Edwarde by the same grace king of Fraunce and Englande and Lorde of Ireland c. Richard de Barking Iohn de Rokesley the. 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Iohn of Oxford Vintener the. 28. of October This yeare Iohn Maluerne fellowe of Oriall Colledge in Oxford made and finished his booke entituled The Visions of Pierce Plowman Tho. de la More King Edwarde gaue the Earledome of Cambridge to Iohn Lord Henault vncle to Quéene Phillip and after kept Anno reg 16 his feast of Saint Katherine at Newcastel and his Christmas also Untill this time Dauid king of Scottes threatned to leuie an armie and to enter the lande wherevpon king Edwarde entred Scotland and followed after Dauid who fled before him beyonde the Scottish sea wasting and spoyling al as he went except Castels and Marishes in the which the Scottes togither with Dauid theyr king hyd themselues And William Mountacute Earle of Salisburie hauing gotten 1342 a greate fléete entred an Iland belonging to
familie of Franciscane Friers which are called conuentuals at Canterbury Newcastell and Southhampton This noble Prince King Henry dyed at Richmond the Smart Henry the vij deceassed â—â—ij of Aprill when he had reigned thrée and twenty yeares and eyght monethes and was buryed at Westminster in the 〈◊〉 Chappell which he had caused to be builded on the eleuenth of May. He left issue Henry Prince of Wales which succéeded in the Kingdome Lady Margaret Quéene of Scottes and Lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile The Altare and Sepulture of the same King Henry the Sepulture of Henry the seauenth seuenth wherein he now resteth in his new Chappell at Westminster was made and finished in the yeare of ours Lorde 1519. by one Peter T. a Paynter of the Citie of Florence for the which he receyued one thousande pounde sterling for the whole stuâ—â—e and workemaÌ„ship at the hands of the Kings exequetors Richard Bishop of Winchester Richard Exequetors to Henry the seauenth Fitz Iames Bishop of London Thomas Bishop of Duresme Iohn Bishop of Rochester Thomas Duke of Norffolke Treasurer of Englande Edwarde Earle of Worcester the Kings Chamberlayne Iohn F. Knighte chiefe Justice of the Kings Benche Robert R. Knight chiefe Justice of the Common Place c. King Henry the eyght HEnry the eyght at the age Anno. reg 1. of eyghtéene yeares begaÌ„ his raigne the xxij of Aprill Anno. 15â—9 Of personage he was tall and mighty in witte and memorie excellent of suche maiestie with humanitie as was comely in such a Prince The The King married The King and Queene crovvned third of June he marryed Lady Katherine his first wife who had bin late the wife of Prince Arthur deceassed The sixth of June Iohn Darby â—owyer Iohn Smith Carpenter Iohn Sâ—mpson â—ulleâ—â—â—ingleaders of false â—nesâ—es in London râ—de about the Citie with their faces to the Horsse taytes and papers on their heads and were set â—â— the Pillorie in Corâ—ehill and after brought agayne to â—awgate where they dyed all within seauen dayes after for very shame On Midsomer day the King and Quéene were crowned â—â— Westminster The nine and twentith of June the most noble and verrtuous Princesse Margaret Countesse of Richmond â— Darbye mother to King Henry the seauenth and Grandmother to King Henry the eyght dyed at Westminster whose noble Actes and most charitable déedes all hir life executed can not be expressed in a small volume The seuentéenth of July Edmond Dudley was arraigned at the Guild Hall of London and after Michaelmas Sir Richard Empson was arraigned and condemned at Northhampton and sent agayne to the Tower of London George Monex Iohn Doget Mer Taylor the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Thomas Bradbury Mercer the 28. of October Sir William Capell Draper the 12 of Ianuary Maiors The one and twentith of January began a Parliament at Westminster In February was a great fire in Thames streete néere vnto Wooll Key which began in a Flaxe wiues house and did much harine The xx of Aprill a peace was proclaymed betwixte England and France during the â—â—ues of Henry the eyght King of England and Lewes the French King but it lasted not loâ—â— Doctor Colet Deane of Paules erected a frée Schoole in 1510 Paules Church yard in London and committed the ouersight thereof to the Mayster and Wardens of the Mercers Paules Schoole Anno. reg 2. bycause himselfe was â—oâ—â—e in London and was sonne to Henry Colet Mercer sometime Maior of London On Midsomer â—ighâ— the King came peâ—â—â—ly into Cheape in one of the â—oates of his 〈◊〉 and on Saint Peters night the King and Quéene came riding royally to the Kings head in Cheape there to behold the watch of the Citie oâ— Sir Richard Empson Knight and Edmond Dudley â—â—â—uier Empson and Dudley beheaded Edward Hall who had bin grâ—â—â—â— Câ—â—â—â—ay 〈◊〉 â—â— the late Kyng Henry the seauenth were beheaded at the Tower hill the seauenth of August Richarde Empson was buryed at the White Friers and Edmonde Dudley at the Blacke whose attachemeâ—â—â—â— was thoughte â—◠〈◊〉 procured by the malice of the 〈◊〉 â—hâ—â—wytâ— they 〈◊〉 â—â—â—e were offended or else to shift the noyse of the streight execution of penall Statutes in the late Kings dayes This Edmond Dudley in the tyme of his emprisonmeÌ„t in the Tower of London compiled one notable Booke whiche he entituled The Tree of common wealth a coppye whereof The tree of common vvelth a Booke I haue giuen to the right honourable Earle of Leycester now liuing The xxâ— of September William Fitz Williams MerchaÌ„t Election of a Sheriffe Taylor was agayne the seconde time chosen Sheriffe for the yeare following whereof the sayde William hauyng knowledge absented himselfe and woulde not be founde wherevpon the time drawing néere that presentation must be made of the newe Sheriffes they in a full Court of the Maior and Aldermen with assent of the common Counsayle being present in solemne and due forme caused him to be thrice called and commanded to appeare vpon payne that should fall thereof but he would in no wise appeare nor any other for him wherefore in auoyding the ieoperdie of forfeyture of their liberties if they should not prepare an hable man of themselues to be Sheriffe with that other which the Maior yéerely chooseth they called a new assemble of the commons and then chose Iohn Rest Alderman Nevv election of a Sheriffe and Grocer for the other Sheriffe the whiche with Iohn Milborne his fellow before chosen by the Maior was presented before the Barons of the Kings Exchequer and there admitted and shortly after for so much as the sayde William Fitz William would not submit himselfe to the authoritie of the Citie he was disfranchised and dismissed of VVilliam Fitz VVilliams disfranchised his Aldermanship and â—ined at a thousand Markes to bée leâ—yed of hys goodes and Cattayles within the Citie Iohn Milborne Iohn Rest the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Henry Kebell Grocer the 28. of October The eyghtenth of Nouember was holden the Seriants feast at the Bishop of Elyes in Oldborne the new Seriants Seriâ—ants Feast were Mayster Newport Newdigate Fitzherbert Iohn Brooke Pigote Cariell Brooke of Bristow Palme Senior and Mayster Roo Henry the Kings first sonne was borne on New yeares Prince borne day but dyed on Saint Mathies day next following In the monethes of June and July the Scottes made sundrye 1511 Anno reg 3. entryes vpon the borderes of England with Shippes well manned and victualled who kept the narrow Seas against the Portingales as they sayd wherevpon Sir Edward Haward Lord Admirall of England and Lord Thomas Haward sonne and heyre to the Earle of Surrey wente to Andrevv Barton a Scottish Pirate the Seas by the King of Englands commaundement wyth certayne Shippes who about the end of July mette with the sayde Scottes and gaue vnto them a sharpe battayle wounded theyr Captayne Andrew Barton
rage of the Saxons and reduced his Countrey to quietnesse he constituted the order of the Round Table round Table into which order he only receyued such of his nobilitie as were most renowmed for vertue and chiualrie This round Table he kept in diuers places but especially at Cairleon Winchester and Camalet in Somerset-shire There is yet to be séene in Denbigh shire in the parish of Leyland Llansanan in the side of a stonie hill a place compasse wherein be foure and twentie seates for men to sit in some lesse and some bigger cut out of the maine Rocke by mans hand where children and yong men comming to séeke their Cattell vse to sitte and play they commonly call it Arthures round Table So hauing established all things well at home he with his nobilitie made an expedition into Norway where he atchieued Norway subdued sundry notable and maruellous exploytes and subdued the same with all the Regions thereabout to Russia Leges S. Edwardi placing the limite of his Empire in Lapland He caused the people of those Countreys to be Baptised and receyne the Christian Religion He also obtayned of the Pope to haue Norway confirmed to the Crowne of this Realme calling it the Chamber of Britaine Norway the Chamber of Britaine Then sayling into France he forced Frolo Gouernoure there for the Romaynes to flighte and afterward in Combate manfully slew him Shortly after he addressed deadlye Warre againste Gaufridus Lucius Hiberus who claymed a Tribute of Arthure for Britaine and had assembled greate powers to ouercome Arthure but Arthure encountring with him after a long and bloudye fighte discomfited his Armie killed him and sente his body to the Senate of Rome for the Tribute While Arthure was thus valiantly occupyed in his warres beyond the Seas and had conquered thirtie Kingdomes Flores Historiar such as they were in those days Mordred to whome he had committed the gouernement of Britaine confederating himselfe with Cerdicus first King of the Weast Saxons trayterously vsurped the Kingdome of which treason when Battayle at Douer relation came to Arthure he spéedily returned into Britaine and at Richborow néere to Sandwich gaue battell to him and wanne the fielde Anguisell of Scotland Gawin and Cador were there slayne then pursuing him into Cornewall gaue him battell there agayne by the Riuer of Alaune of some histories called Cablan where Mordred was slayne Wal. Conuâ—â— Mordred slayne Ann. Glasco And Arthure béeing deadly wounded was conueyed to Glastenburie where he dyed and is buryed after he had most victoriously gouerned this Realme sixe and twentie yeares COnstantine kinsman to Arthure and sonne to Cador Duke of Cornewall was ordeyned King of Britayne and 542 Bâ—â—te Booke raigned thrée yeares Thys man was by the two sonnes of Mordred gréenouslye vexed for they claymed the Lande by the righte of theyr Father but after many Battayles they fledde the one to London the other to Winchester whyche Cities they obteyned and tooke them but Constantine Mordreds children slayne followed and subdued and tooke the foresayde Cities and one of the yong men hée founde in an Abbey at London and slewe hym néere the Aulter cruelly and buried hym nigh Vter Pendragon at Stonehinge The other Gildas Arbor successio young manne hée founde at Winchester and slewe hym flying into the Churche of Saincte Amphibalus Aurelius Conanus a Britayne raysed mortall warre against Constantine the King and after sore fight slew him in the field when he had raigned thrée yeares and was buryed at Stonehinge A Vrelius Conanus Nephew to Arthure was Crowned 545 King of Britaine He cherished such as loued strife and dissention within his Realme â— and gaue light credence to them which accused other were it right or wrong He emprisoned by strength his Uncle whiche was right heyre to the Crowne He raigned thrée and thirtie Flores HistoriaruÌ„ yeares The Kingdome of Northumberland began first in Britaine The fifth Kingdome of the Saxons 578 Gildas Gaufrid vnder a Saxon named Ida. VOrtiporus the sonne of Conanus was ordeyned King of Britayne a vicious King and cruell tyrant who put from him his Wife and kept hir daughter for his Concâ—bine In diuers battels he discomfited the Saxons He raigned foure yeares MAlgo pulcher Canonus of Northwales beganne his 581 raigne ouer the Britaynes and gouerned them fiue yeares This Malgo was in proportion of body greater than all the Dukes of Brytaine but he delighted in the soule sinne of Sodomie He slewe his first wife and then tooke to wife his Gildas owne brothers daughter CAreticuâ— began to rule the Brytaines This man loued ciuill 586 Warre and was odible both to God and to his subiects They moued the Saxons being accompanied with Gurmunduâ— King of Ireland to make warre vpon Careticus in such wise that he was sayne to take the Towne of Cicester where they assaulted him so sore and fired the Corne by tying fire to the wings of Sparrowes that he with his men fledde from thence into Wales by whiche meanes he lefte a great part of his dominion and ended his life when he had raigned thrée yeares Sea Cro. This Gurmund burned vp the land of Britaine from Sea to Sea and the more part of that I le called Leogrea he gaue to y e Saxons The Britaines gaue place and fled into the Weast parts of Cornewall and Wales Theanus Archbishop of LoÌ„don Thadeocus Archbishop of Yorke wheÌ„ their Churches were al destroyed to the ground they with their Cleargie fledde into Wales many of them into little Britaine This plague came on the Britaines for their couetousnesse cauine and â—echerie Gurmund builded Gurmondchester Gurmunchester buylded 61â— Paulus Diaconus CAdwane Duke of Northwales was made soueraigne of the Britaines who gaue strong battell to Ethelfride King of Northumberland and forced him to intreate for peace After which concord being made they continued al their life time louing friends He raigned xxij yeares The Kingdome of the East Saxons beganne vnder Erchenuinâ—s Sixt Kingdome of Saxons about the yeare of Christ 614. The Kingdome of Mercia or middle England began vnder Seauenth Kingdome of Saxons 635 Penda 626. CAdwalin the sonne of Cadwane raigned ouer y e Britaines he warred strongly vppon the Saxons and made Penda King of Mercia tributarie to him He raigned xlviij yeares and was buryed at London in a Church of S. Martine néere vnto Ludgate whiche Churche was then new founded and buylded by the Britaynes in Anno. 677. CAdwalladar was ordayned king of the Brytaines and 685 ruled only thrée yeares he vanquished and slew Lothier king of Kent and Athelwold king of south Saxons and theÌ„ forsaking his kingly authoritie he went to Rome there to be christened who after became a Monke and was buried in S. Peters Church at Rome He was laste king of Brytain After which time the Brytaines were called Walshmen whiche name was