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CHARLYS THE .IIII.

2
3    Henry the .iiii. of that name
4and sone of Iohn~ of
5Gaunt late duke of Lancaster
6tooke possessyon
7of the domynyon of the
8Realme of Englonde /
9as before in the ende of the Story of the
10seconde Rycharde is shewyd / Vpon the
11laste daye of Septembre in the yere of
12our Lorde a thousande .CCC.lxxx.xix.
13and in y^e .xix. yere of Charlys the .vii. tha~
14Kynge of Fraunce / After whiche possessyon
15soo by hym taken anon he made
16newe Offycers / as the Erle of Northumberlande /
17he made Constable of
18Englonde / the Erle of Westmerlande
19was made Marshall / syr Iohn~ Serle

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20Chaunceler / Iohn~ Newebery esquyer
21Tresorer / and syr Rycharde Clyfforde
22Knyght keper of the pryuey Sygnet
23and that done prouysyon was made for
24his Coronacyon agayne the Daye of
25the Translacyon of Seynt Edwarde
26the confessour next than co~mynge / and
27the Parlyament was prolongyd tyll y^e
28tuysday folowynge the sayd day of Coronacyon /
29Than vpon the Euyn of the
30sayde daye of Coronacyon the Kyng w^t
31in the Towre of Lo~don made .xli knyghtys
32of the Bathe / whereof .iii. were his
33owne Sonnys / and .iii. Erlys / &. v. Lordys /
34and vpon monday beynge the sayd
35day of seynt Edwarde / and the .xiii. day
36of october he was crowned at Westmynster
37of the Archebysshop of Cau~torbury
38after which Solempnyte fynysshed an
39honorable feest was holden within the
40great Halle of Westmynster / where the
41Kynge beynge set in the mydde See of
42the Table / the Archebysshop of Cauntorbury
43with .iii. other prelatys were set
44at the same Table vpon the right hande
45of the Kynge / and the Archebysshop of
46yorke with other .iiii. prelatys was sette
47vpon that other hande of the Kynge / &
48He~ry y^e Kynges eldest sone stoode vpo~
49the right hande w^t a poyntlesse swerde
50holdynge vp right / & the Erle of Northumberlande
51newely made Constable
52stode vpo~ the lefte hande with a sharpe
53swerde holde~ vp right and by eyther of
54those swerdys stode .ii. other Lordys holde
55 .ii. Cepters / & before the Kynge stode
56all y^e dyner whyle the dukys of Amnarle
57of Surrey / and of Exetyr with other .ii.
58Lordys / and the Erle of Westmerlande
59tha~ newely made Marshall rode about
60the Halle w^t many typped staues about
61hym to see the roume of the Halle kepte
62that Offycers myght with ease serue y^e
63Tables / of the whiche Tables the chefe
64vpon the ryght syde of the Halle was begunne
65with the Barons of the .v. portys
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67the lefte hande sate the Mayer and his
68bretherne the Aldermen of Lo~do~ / which
69Mayer that tyme beynge Drewe Barentyne
70Goldsmyth / for seruyce there by
71hym that daye done / as other Mayers
72at euery Kynges and Quenys coronacion
73vse for to do had there a standynge
74cuppe of Golde / Than after the seconde
75course was seruyd syr Thomas Dymmoke
76Knyght beynge armyd at all peacis /
77and syttynge vpon a good Stede /
78rode to the hygher parte of the Halle / &
79there before y^e Kyng caused an herowde
80to make Proclamacyon that what man
81wolde saye that Kynge Henry was not
82rightfull enherytoure of the Crowne of
83Englonde / and rightfully Crownyd he
84was there redy to wage with hym Batayll /
85tha~ or suche tyme as it shuld please
86the Kynge to assygne / whiche proclamacion
87he causyd to be made after in .iii. su~dry
88placys of y^e Halle in Englysshe and
89in Frenshe with many moo obseruauncis
90at his solempnytie exercysyd & done
91whiche were longe to reherse / Than
92this feest with all honoure endyd / vpon
93the morne beynge tuysday the Parlyament
94was agayne begunne / and vpon
95wednysdaye syr Iohn~ Cheyny y^t before
96that tyme hadde occupyed as speker of
97that Parlyament by his owne laboure
98for cause of such Infyrmyties as he tha~
99had was dischargyd / and a Squyer namyd
100wyllyam Durwarde was electe to
101that roume for hym / And then was the
102Parlyament and the Actys therof laste
103callyd by Kynge Rycharde adnullyd &
104set at nought / and the parlyame~t holden
105in the .xi. yere of his Reygne holden for
106ferme and stable / and the same day Henrye
107the Kynges eldest sone was chosen &
108admytted Prynce of Walys and Duke
109of Cornewall / and Erle of Chester / and
110Heyre apparaunt to the Crowne / vpon
111the Thursdaye folowynge was put in
112to the comon House a byll deuysed by
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114Towre / whereof the effecte was that y^e
115sayde syr Iohn~ confessyd that he harde
116Kynge Rycharde saye dyuerse tymes /
117and at sundry Parlyamentys in his tyme
118holde~ / that he wolde haue his entent
119and pleasure concernynge his owne matiers /
120what so euer betyde of the resydue
121and if any withstode his wyll or mynde
122he wolde by one meane or other brynge
123hym out of lyfe. Also he shewyd farther
124that Kynge Rycharde shuld shewe
125and saye to hym at Lichefelde in the .xxi.
126yere of his Reygne that he desyred no le~ger
127to lyue / than to see his Lordes & commons
128to haue hym in as great awe and
129drede as euer they hadde any of his progenytours /
130so that it myght be Cronycled
131of hym that none passyd hym of honour
132and dygnyte / with condycion that
133he were deposyd and put from his sayd
134dygnyte the morowe after / and if euer it
135came soo to / that he shulde resygne his
136Kyngelye mageste / he sayde his mynde
137was to resygne to the Duke of Herforde
138as to hym that was moost abeleste to occupye
139that honour / But one thynge he
140feryd lest he wolde do tyrannyse agayne
141y^e Churche More ouer he shewyd by y^e
142sayd byll / y^t as y^e sayde syr Iohn~ Bagot
143rode behynde the Duke of Norfolke towarde
144Westmynster / y^e sayd duke layed
145to his charge y^t he with other of the Kynges
146Counceyll hadde murdred the Duke
147of Gloucetyr / the whiche at that tyme
148to the sayde Duke he denyed / and sayde
149at that Daye he was on lyue / But within
150 .iii. wekys after / the sayd syr Iohn~ by
151the Kynges commaundement was sent
152with other p~sones vnto Calays / where
153for fere of his owne lyfe he sawe the sayd
154murder put in execucion / And farthermore
155he shewyd / that there was no man
156of honour at that dayes more in fauoure
157with Kynge Rycharde tha~ was the Duke
158of Amnarle / and that by his cou~ceyll
159he toke the Lordes and wrought many
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161Also he shewyd that he harde
162the Kynge beynge tha~ at Chyltrynlangley
163swere manye great Othes that the
164Duke of Herforde nowe Kynge / shulde
165neuer retourne into Englonde / and rather
166then he shulde agayne enheryte his
167fathers Landys / he wolde gyue theym
168vnto the heyres of the Duke of Gloucetyr /
169and of the Erlys of Arundell / and of
170Warwyke at the laste Parlyament adiuged /
171And farther he shewyd that of all
172theyse matiers he sent the sayde Duke
173knowlege into Fraunce by one named
174Roger Smert admonastynge hym to
175prouyde by his wysedome to withsta~de
176the Kynges malyce / which shewyd hym
177to be his mortall enemye / And lastlye he
178shewyd in the sayde Byll that he harde
179the duke of Amnarle say vnto syr Iohn~
180Busshey / and to syr Henrye Grene / I
181hadde leuer than .xx. thousande pounde
182that this man were dede / and wha~ they
183hadde axyd of hym which man / he sayde
184the duke of Herforde / not for drede that
185I haue of his persone / But for sorowe
186and rumours that he is lykelye to make
187within this Realme / Whiche byll was
188tha~ borne vnto the Kynges Parlyame~t
189Chaumbre & there radde / after redynge
190whereof the sayde Duke of Amnarle
191stoode vp and sayde as touchynge such
192Artycles as in that byll were put agayn
193hym they were false and vntrewe / & that
194he wolde proue vpon his body / or otherwyse
195as the Kynge wolde commaunde
196hym / Vpon Fryday the sayde syr Iohn~
197Bagot was brought into the sayde Parlyament
198Chambre / and examyned vpo~
199euerye Artycle of his byll / all the whiche
200he there affermyd / Then it was axyd of
201hym what he coulde saye of the Duke of
202Excetyr / whereunto he answeryd and
203sayed that he coulde laye nothyng to his
204charge / But there is he sayd a yoman in
205Newgate callyd Halle y^t can say somewhat
206of you / than sayde the Duke what
207soeuer he or ye can or lyste to saye of me /

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208this is trouthe that I shall here expresse
209trouthe it is that the laste tyme that the
210Kyng was at woodestoke / the Duke of
211Norfolke and ye had me with you into
212the Chapell / and closyd the dore vpo~ vs
213and there ye made me to swere vpon the
214Sacrament there present to kepe suche
215counceyll as there ye shulde then shewe
216vnto me / where after ye shewyd to me y^t
217ye coulde neuer brynge youre purpose about
218whyle syr Iohn~ of Gaunt late Duke
219of Lancaster lyued / wherfore ye were
220aduysed for to haue shortly after a counceyll
221at Lychefelde / by the whyche ye co~dyscendyd
222that the sayd syr Iohn~ shuld
223be arestyd in suche maner that he shuld
224haue occasyon to disobey that areste / by
225reason whereof by chaunce medley he
226shuld be there slayen / wherunto my cou~ceyll
227than was / that the Kynge shulde
228calle his secrete Counceyll / and if they agreed
229thereunto / I for my parte wolde
230agree vnto the same / to whiche sayinge
231syr Iohn~ Bagot gaue none answere / &
232vpo~ Saterday the sayd Bagot & Halle
233were bothe brought into the Parlyame~t
234Chaumbre / and there examyned / ond after
235countyrmau~dyd to Prysone / and as
236soone as they were departyd the Lorde
237Fits Water stoode vp and sayde / moost
238redoughtyd souerayne Lord where as
239the duke of Amnarle hath before tymes
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241of the Duke of Gloucetyr / I saye & wyll
242Iustyfye it that he was cause of his deth
243and that I shall proue opon his body if
244your grace be so contentyd / to the co~trary
245whereof the Duke with sharpe wordys
246answerid so that gaugys of batayll
247were offerid of both parties / and sealyd
248and delyueryd vnto the Lorde marshall
249Tha~ partyes began to be taken amo~ge
250the Lordes / In so moche that the Duke
251of Surrey toke partye with the Duke
252of Amnarle / & sayde that all that by hym
253was done / was done by constraynt of
254Rycharde than beynge Kynge / and he
255hym selfe and other consentyd parforce
256to the same / where agayn y^e said Lorde
257fyts Water and other replyed / wherfore
258sylence was commaundyd / and forthwith
259the forenamed Halle for y^t he had
260co~fessyd before the Lordes that he was
261one of them that put to deth the Duke of
262Gloucetyr at Calays / he therefore was
263Iuged to be drawen from the Towre
264of London vnto Tybourne / and there
265to be hanged and quarteryd / the whiche
266execucion was done vpon the mondaye
267folowynge Thus with theyse causes &
268many other this Parlyament contynued
269tyll a newe Mayer namyd Thomas
270Knollis grocer was admytted & sworne
271vpon the day folowyng the feast of Symonde
272and Iude.
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ANNO DN~I. M.CCC.LXXX.XIX.
275ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.
276GROCER THOMAS KNOLLYS.
277WYLLYAM WALDERNE.
278ANNO .I.
279WYLLYAM HYDE.

280
281    In this firste yere of Kyng
282Henry the .iiii. yet lastyng
283the foresayd Parlyament
284vpon the Wednysday next
285folowynge the feest of Symonde
286and Iude / the Lorde Morley appealyd
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288And caste his hoode for a gauge to
289trye with hym by Bataylle / the whiche
290sayinge he replyed / and caste from hym
291his Gloues for a gauge to proue his sayinge
292false / and vntrewe / whiche were
293there Sealyd / and delyueryd vnto the
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295passyd an Acte that no Lorde nor other
296persone of no degre shuld after that day
297lay for his excuse any constraynt or coartynge
298of his Prynce in executynge of
299any wronge Iugement / or other Crymynous /
300and vnlefull dedys / sayinge
301that for fere they durste none otherwyse
302doo / For suche execuse after that Daye
303shall stande hym in none effecte / And
304also that all Sheryffys maye yelde accompte
305in the Exchekyr vpon theyr Othys /
306And that they be chaungyd in all
307Shyres yerely / And also that no Lorde
308nor other man of myght gyue any Gownys
309or lyuereys to any of theyr Tenau~tys
310or other persones excepte onely theyr
311housholde and meynyall Seruauntys
312AnsAnd also than was enactyd that all Repiers
313and other Fisshers co~mynge with
314Fysshe from Rye / and Wynchylsee / and
315other Coostys of the Sees syde shulde
316sell it themselfe in Cornhyll / and Chepe /
317and other stretys of London to all men
318that wolde of them by it / excepte Fysshe
319mongers and other that wolde bye the
320sayde Fysshe to make Sale of it agayn
321And vpon the Wednysdaye folowynge
322was enactyd that Rycharde late Kynge
323of Englonde shulde for his myssegouernaunce
324of the Realme be holdyn in such
325Prysone as the Kynge wolde assygne
326durynge his naturall Lyfe / And than y^e
327Kynge graunted to all persones generall
328pardons / so that they were sette out
329of the Chauncerye by Alhalowentyde
330nexte folowynge / excepte such persones
331as were present at the murder of the Duke
332of Gloucetyr / And in this whyle was
333the Archbysshop of Cauntorbury / and
334Doctour Roger whiche there was sette
335by Kynge Rycharde / was remoued &
336sette in the See of London / w^t the which
337he was right well contentyd / And than
338was the Erle of Arundellys sone restoryd
339to all his Fathers Landys with dyuerse
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341dysheryted / And shortlye after was the
342sayd Parlyament dyssoluyd / and euery
343man had lycence to departe to his owne
344And than was Rycharde late Kyng had
345vnto the Castell of Ledys in Kent and
346there kepte / and prouysyon was made
347at Wyndesore for the Kyng to kepe there
348his Cristemasse / In whiche passe tyme
349the Dukys of Amnarle / of Surrey / and
350of Exetyr with the Erlys of Salesbury
351and of Gloucetyr with other of theyr affynyte /
352made prouysyon for a Dysguysynge
353or a mummynge to be shewyd to
354the Kynge vpon Twelfethe nyght / and
355the tyme was nere at hande & all thynge
356redy for the same / vpon the sayd .xii. day
357came secretlye vnto the Kynge the duke
358of Amnarle / and shewyd to hym that he
359with y^e other Lordys aforenamyd were
360appoyntyd to sle hym in the tyme of the
361fore sayd dysguysynge shewynge / wherfore
362he aduysyd hym to prouyde for his
363owne suretye / At whose warnynge the
364Kynge secretlye departyd from wyndesore /
365and came the same nyght to London /
366whereof the sayde Lordys beynge
367ware / and that theyr Counceyll was bewrayed /
368fledde in all haste Westwarde
369But the Kynge causyd hasty pursute to
370be made after them / So that shortly after
371the Duke of Surrey / and the Erle of
372Salysburye were taken at Syrcetyr /
373where they were streyght behedyd / and
374theyr Heddys sent to London and sette
375vpon the Brygde / & at Oxenforde were
376taken syr Thomas Blont / and syr Benetsely
377Knyghtys / and Thomas Wyntercell
378Esquyer / the whiche were there
379Hedyd and Quarteryd / and theyr Heddys
380sent to Lo~don Brydge / and at Prytwell
381in Essex was takyn syr Iohn~ Holande
382Duke of Exetyr / & after brought
383to Plassby a place fast by where he was
384behedyd / and after his hede was sent to
385Lo~don & sette there with the other vpo~ y^e
386Brydge pyght vpo~ a stake / & nere about
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388Lorde Spencer than Erle of Gloucetyr
389and there behedyd / and his Hede sent
390vnto London Brydge / and in the same
391yere syr Barnarde Brokeys / syr Iohn~
392Selley / syr Iohn~ maundeley / and syr
393Iohn~ Fereby Knyghtys and Clerkys
394were takyn as Prysoners in the Towre
395of London / and soone after foriugyd ha~ged
396and hedyd / and theyr Heddys also
397sette vpon London Brydge / In whiche
398passe tyme / Rycharde late Kynge was
399remoued frome the Castell of Ledys in
400Kent and sent vnto Pounfreyt Castell
401In this yere also as before is towchyd
402in the .xix. yere of the .vii. Carlys / Kynge
403Henrye sent vnto Calays Isabell late
404Quene of Englonde / and wyfe vnto Richarde
405lately Kyng / and with hyr great
406Treasoure and many ryce Iewyllys as
407testyfyeth the Englysshe Cronycle / and
408there receyued by Frenshmen vnder safe
409cunduyt passynge / and by them conueyed
410vnto hyr father into Fraunce / and after
411maryed vnto Charlys sone and heyer
412to the Duke of Orleaunce / as before
413I haue shewyd in y^e .xxii. yere of hyr sayd
414Fathers Reygne / Than it foloweth in
415the story of Kynge Henry / whan he had
416fermelye consyderyd the great conspyracy
417agayne hym by the forenamyd Lordys
418and other persones entendyd and
419Imagenyd to his dystruccyon / & agayn
420releuynge Rycharde late Kynge / he in avoydynge
421of lyke daunger / prouydyd
422to put the sayd Rycharde out of this present
423Lyfe / and shortlye after / the Opynyon
424of moost wryters he sent a Knyght
425named syr Piers of Exton vnto Pounfreyt
426Castell / where he with .viii. other in
427his companye / fell vpon the sayde Rycharde
428late Kynge / and hym myserably
429in his Chaumbre slewe / but not without
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431fellyd to the grou~de he slewe of the sayd
432viii.iiii. men with an Axe of theyr owne /
433But lastely he was woundyd to deth by
434the hande of the sayde syr Piers of Exton
435& so dyed / After execucyon of which
436dedely dede y^e sayd syr Piers toke great
437repentaunce / Inso moche that lamentably
438he sayd alas what haue we done / we
439haue now put to deth hym that hath ben
440our Soueraygne and drad lorde by the
441space of .xxii. yeres / by reason whereof I
442shall be reprochyd of all honoure where
443so I after this daye become / and all men
444shall redounde this dede to my dyshonour
445and shame / other opynyons of the
446dethe of this noble Prynce are lefte by
447wryters as by waye of Famyne & other
448But this of moost Wryters is testyfyed
449& alleged / Whan the deth of this Prynce
450was publysshed a brode / he was after
451opyn vysaged layed in the Mynster of
452Pounfrayt / so y^t all men myght knowe
453an see that he was dede / and the .xii. daye
454of Marche folowynge he was w^t great
455solempnyte brought thoroughe the Cytie
456of London to Paulys / & there layed
457open visaged agayn to the ende that his
458Dethe myght be manyfestlye knowen /
459whiche was doutfull to many one / and
460speciallye to suche as oughte to hym fauoure /
461And then after a fewe dayes the
462sayd Corps was caryed vnto the Freris
463of Langley and there enterryd / But after
464he was remouyd by Kynge Henry y^e
465v. In the firste yere of his Reygne / and
466with great Honoure and Solempnyte
467conueyed vnto the Monastery of Westmynster /
468and there within the Chapell
469of Seynt Edwarde honourably buryed
470vpon the south syde of seynt Edwardys
471Shryne with this Epytaphy vpon
472his Toumbe as foloweth.
473
474VERSE OMITTED

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475    Whan this mortall Prynce was thus
476dede and grauen Kynge Henry was in
477quyet possessyon of the Realme & fande
478great Rychesse y^t before tyme to Kynge
479Rycharde belonged / for as wytnessyth
480Polycronycon he fande in kyng Richardys
481Tresoury thre hundreth thousande
482pounde of redy coyne besyde Iuellys &
483other Ryche vessellys whiche were as
484moche in value or more / And ouer that
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486handys an hundreth & l. thousande
487nobles & Iewellys & other stuffe y^t cou~tyruayled
488the sayd value / and so it shuld
489seme y^t Kyng Rycharde was ryche wha~
490his money & Iewellys amountyd to .vii.
491C.M.li. And in the moneth of octobre &
492ende of this mayers yere was brent in
493Smythfelde of London a preest named
494syr Wyllyam Sawtry for certeyn poyntys
495of Heresy.
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ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.
498ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.I.
499GOLDSMYTH IOHN~ FRAUNCES.
500IOHN~ WAKELE.
501ANNO .II.
502WYLLYAM EBOT.

503
504    In this seco~de yere of kyng
505Henry and moneth of February were drawen & ha~ged
506for treason a Knyght
507named syr roger Claryngton
508at Tybourne w^t .ii. of his seruau~tis / y^e
509pryour of Lande / & .viii. freris mynours
510or Gray frerys / of y^e which some were bachelers
511of dyuynyte / And in this yere began
512a great discencion in Walys atwene

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513the Lorde Gray Ryffyn / & a Welsheman
514named Howen of Glendore / which Howen
515gatheryd to hym great strength of
516Welshemen / and dyd moche harme to
517that Countrey / not sparynge the Kynges
518Lordshyppes / nor his people / and
519lastlye toke the sayde Lorde Gray prysoner /
520and helde hym prysoner tyll contrarye
521his wyll he hadde Maryed the
522sayde Howens doughter / After whiche

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523Matrymony fynysshed he helde the said
524Lorde stylle in Walys tyll he dyed / to the
525kynges great displeasure. Wherfore
526the kynge with a stronge Army spedde
527hym into Walys for to subdue the sayde
528Howan~ and his Adherentes / But whan
529the kynge with his power was entred y^e
530Countre he with his Fawtours fledde into
531the Mountaynes and helde hym there /
532So that the kynge myght nat wynne
533to hym without distruccyon of his hoost
534Wherfore fynally by y^e aduyce of his lordes

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535he retournyd into Englande for that
536season. In this yere also whete and other
537Greynes beganne to fayle / so that a
538Quarter of whete was solde at London
539for .xvi.s. and derer shuld haue been had
540nat ben the prouycyon of Marchauntes
541that brought Rye ansand Rye floure out of
542Spruce wherwith this La~de was greatly
543susteyned and easyd.

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544

ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.V.
545ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.VI.
546HENRY BARTON~.
547IOHN~ WOODCOK MERCER.
548ANNO VII.
549WYLLIAM CROWMER.

550
551    In this yere / Dame Lucye y^e
552Duke of Myllanys Suster
553came into Englande / & was
554maryed vnto sir Edmu~d Holande
555Erle of Kent in y^e Churche of seynt
556Mary Ouerey in Southwarke / vpon
557the .xxiiii. day of Ianuary / where y^e kyng
558was present & gaue her that day vnto the
559preest / And after the Solempnysacion
560of the Maryage was fynysshed she was
561with great honour conueyed vnto y^e Bysshop
562of Wynchesters palays there fast by
563where y^t day for her was holden a Sumptuous
564and pompous Feast. And in y^e same
565yere & moneth of May Dame Phylip
566the yongest Doughter of kynge Henry
567accompanyed w^t dyuers lordes Spirituell
568and Temporal was shypped in y^e
569Northe / and so conueyed into Denmark
570where in a Towne or Cytie called London
571she was maryed vnto the kynge of y^e
572sayd Countre. In this yere also Sir
573Thomas Ramston than Constable of y^e
574Towre by ouersyght of his Botemen /
575as he wold haue passed y^e brydge towarde
576the sayd Tower was drowned. And
577in the same yere for y^e greuous complayntes
578that before tyme had ben shewyd and
579euydently prouyd before the kyngs counsayll /
580And also before the Mayre and his
581Brethern~ / of the great distrucco~n of fyre
582& yonge fysshe / By reason of werys standynge
583in dyuers places of the Ryuer of

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584Thamys / wherby the fysshe of the sayd
585Ryuer was greatly mynysshed and wastyd /
586And that also if the sayd werys soo
587contynued the sayd Ryuer shuld in short
588processe be distroyed. Wherfore y^e Mayre
589and his bretherne the Aldermen as co~seruatours
590of that Ryuer made suche laboure
591vnto the kynge and his Counsayll
592that they opteyned Co~myssion to pull vp
593all the werys that stode at wene London
594and .vii. myles beyone Kyngston~ / and in
595lyke wyse for such other as stode atwene
596London and Grauysende as wel Crekes
597or seuerall groundes & other. The which
598Co~myssion by the sayd Mayre & his Officers
599was this yere put i execuco~n. And
600in this yere sir Robert Knollys knyght /
601the which in Fraunce and Brytayne had
602before tyme don so many victoryous acts
603As in the .xxxiii. yere of Edwarde the thirde
604and other yeres of his Reygne is somdele
605towched made an ende of his werke
606at Rochester Bridge and Chapell at the
607sayd brydge fote / And dyed shortly after
608whan he had newe reedyfied the body of
609the Whyte Fryers Churche standyng in
610Fletestrete / and don to that house many
611Notable Benefytes where after he was
612buryed in the body of the sayd Churche /
613whiche Churche & place was first Founded
614by the Auncetours of the lorde Gray
615Cotner~.
616

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617

ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VI.
618ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VII.
619NICHOLAS WOTTON.
620RICHARDE WHYTYNGTON~ MERCER.
621ANNO.VIII.
622GODFEY BROOK.

623
624    In this yere and moneth of Noue~bre
625one named the Walshe Clerke
626apeched a knyght called Sir Percyuall

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627Sowdan of Treason for tryall wherof
628daye was gyuen to theym to fyghte in
629Smythfelde the day abouesayd / at whiche

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630daye eyther apperyd / & there Faught
631a season / But in the ende the Clerke was
632Recreau~t / wherfore immedyatly he was
633spoyled of his Armour & layde vpon an
634hardyll so drawen to Tyborne and there
635hanged. And in this yere also / sir Henry
636Erle of Northumberlande and the lorde
637Bardolf co~mynge out of Scotlande

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638with a stronge company to y^e displeasur
639& hurt of the kynge as they entendyd were
640met and encountred with the Gentylmen
641and Comons of the North & foughten
642with and distressyd / And after strake
643of their heddes and sent them to London
644whiche than were pyght vpon the brydge
645amonge many other.
646

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647

ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VII.
648ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VIII.
649HENRY PONFREYT.
650WYLLYAM STONDON~ GROCER.
651ANNO .IX.
652HENRY HALTON.

653
654    In this yere & moneth of Decembre
655began a Frost / y^e whiche
656contynued by the space of
657xv. wekes after or therupon /
658So that byrdes were wonderly famysshed
659and distressed by vyolence of the same.
660And in the same yere sir Edmonde
661of Holande Erle of Kent was by the
662kynge made Admyrall of the See / The
663whiche storyd and skymmyd y^e see ryght
664well and manfully / And lastly landed in
665the Coost of Brytayne / and besieged there

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666a Castell named Briak and wan it by
667strength / But in the wynnynge therof he
668was so deedly wounded with an arowe
669in y^e heed that he dyed shortly after / And
670than his Corps was brought agayne into
671Englande / & buryed omonge his Auncetours.
672And in the begynnynge of this
673yere was slayne and murderyd the Duke
674of Orleau~ce in Parys lyke as before it
675is more at length shewyd in the .xxvii. yere
676of Charlys the .vii. kynge of Fraunce.
677

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678

ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.VIII.
679ANNO DN~I. M.CCCC.IX.
680THOMAS DUKE.
681DREWE BARENTYNE GOLDSMYTH.
682ANNO.X.
683WILLYAM NORTON~.

684
685    In this yere the Seneshall of
686Henaude came into this Lande
687with a goodly Companye
688of Henauders & other straungers /
689for to do and parfourme certayne
690Faytes of Armys agayn dyuers nobles
691and Gentylmen of this lande. And firste
692the sayd Seneshall chalenged the Erle
693of Somerset / and other of his Company
694other Gentylmen of this la~de as after
695shall appere. For Executynge of whiche
696disporte the place of Smythfelde by the
697kynge was appoynted / And barryd and
698fensyd for the same entent and daye sette
699for euery man to be Redy by the .xi. daye
700of A BLANK IN THE SOURCE TEXT At whiche day the Seneshall

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701as chalenger entred the Felde pompously
702And after with a goodly Company of
703men of honour / was the Erle of Somerset
704brought into y^e same / where they ra~ne
705togyder certayne Courses and executed
706other Fayts of Armys / wherof the pryse
707and honour was gyuen by y^e Herawdes
708vnto the Erle / so that he wanne that day
709great honour. Than the seconde day
710came in a knyght Henauder as Chalengoure /
711To whome as defendaunt came
712sir Richard of Arundell kynght / the whiche
713ranne certayne Courses on horse bak
714And after went togyder w^t axes on foote
715where sir Richarde was put to the worse
716For y^e Henauder brought hym vpon his

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717kne. Then the thirde daye came in an
718other knyght of Henaude Chalenger / to
719whom as defendau~t came in Sir Iohn~
720Cornewayll knyght / and so well bare hy~
721that he put the Straunger to the worse.
722Vpon the .iiii. daye came into the felde an
723Esquyre Henauder agayn whom ranne
724the sone of sir Iohn Cheyny / The which
725at the seconde course sette his Stroke so
726egerly that he ouerthrewe the Henauder
727horse and man / for whiche dede the kyng
728dubbyd hym forth with knyght. Vpon y^e
729v. day played togyder an Henauder and
730a Squyre called Iohn~ Stewarde / whiche
731daye also the Englysshe man wan y^e
732worshyp. Vpon the .vi. daye Skyrmysshed
733there togyder an Henauder / and an
734Englysshe Equyer named Wyllm~ Porter. /
735The whiche gatte suche worshyp of
736the same Henauder / that the kynge for
737his guerdon made hym streyght knyght

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738Vpon the .vii. daye in lyke wyse played
739Insamble an Henauder and one Iohn~
740Standysshe Esquyer / The whiche semblably
741for his prowesse & manly dealyng
742was also of the kynge dubbyd knyght.
743And a Gascoygn~ that the same day wan
744the pryce of an other straunger was Immedyatly
745made knyght of the kynge.
746And vpon the .viii. day or last day of this
747Chalenger came into the felde .ii. Henauders
748vnto whom came .ii. Bretherne beynge
749Sowdyours of Calays / The whiche
750Bekeryd togyder a longe season / soo
751that eyther p~tie receyued plentie of good
752strokes tyll peas by y^e kynge was co~mau~dyd /
753& so this Chalenge was fynysshed /
754to the great honour of the kyng / the whiche
755after Feasted thyse Strau~gers / and
756with Ryche gyfts sent & retourned them
757agayne to theyr Countrees.

758

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759

ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.X.
760ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.XI.
761IOHN~ RAYNEWELL.
762ROBERT CHYCHELEY GROCER.
763ANNO.XIII.
764WYLLYAM COTTON~.

765
766    In this yere / and vpon the .xii.
767day of Octobre were thre Flodes
768in Thamys / whiche thynge
769no man than lyuynge cowde
770remembre y^e lyke to be seen. And in
771this yere was the lorde Thomas sone to
772the kyng created duke of Clarence. And
773in this yere / the kynge at the Request of
774the duke of Orleaunce sent ouer the foresayd
775duke his sone to ayde the sayd duke
776of Orleaunce agayne the Duke of Burgoyne /
777Of whose actes and his company

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778I haue before made report in y^e Story
779of Charlys the .vii. kynge of Fraunce.
780And in this yere y^e kyng caused a new
781Coyne of Nobles to be made / which were
782of lesse value thanne the olde noble by.
783iiii.d. in a noble. In this yere also the
784kynge Created Iohn~ his sone Duke of
785Bedfordde and his other sone Humfrey
786duke of Glouceter he made also sir Thomas
787Beauforde Erle of Dorset / & the duke
788of Anmarle he created duke of yorke.
789

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790

ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.XI.
791ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.XII.
792RAUFFE LEUENHM~.
793WYLLYAM WALDREN~. MERCER.
794ANNO.XIIII.
795WYLLYAM SEUENOK.

796
797    In this yere / and .xx. daye of
798the Moneth of Nouembre
799was a great Counsayll holden
800at the Whyte Freres of
801London / By the whiche it
802was amonge other thynges concluded /
803that for the kynges great Iournaye that
804he entendyd to take in vysytynge of the
805holy Sepulcre of our Lord certayne Galeys
806of warre shuld be made / & other purueaunce
807concernynge the same Iournay
808Wherupon all hasty and possyble spede
809was made / But after the feest of Cristenmasse /
810whyle he was makynge his
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812take there his leue / and so to spede hym
813vpon his Iournaye he became so syke y^t
814suche as were aboute hym feryd that he
815wolde haue dyed Right there / wherfore
816they for his comforte bare hym into the
817Abbotts place & lodgyd hym in a Chambre /
818& there vpon a paylet layde hym before
819the fyre where he laye in great Agony
820a certayne of tyme. At length whan he
821was co~myn to hymselfe nat knowynge
822where he was / freyned of suche as then
823were aboute hym what place that was /
824The which shewyd to hym that it belongyd
825vnto y^e Abbot of Westmynster / And
826for he felte hymself so syke he co~maunded

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827to aske if that Chambre had any specyall
828name wherunto it was answeryd that it
829was named Iherusalem / Than sayd the
830kynge louynge be to the Fader of Heuen
831For nowe I knowe I shall dye in this
832Chambre accordyng to y^e Prophecye of
833me beforesayd / that I shulde dye i Irl~m
834And so after he made hymself Redy & dyed
835shortly after vpon y^e day of seynt Cuthbert
836or y^e .xx. day of Marche when he had
837reygned .xiii. yeres .v. monthes / & .xxi. dayes.
838Leuynge after hym .iiii. So~nes / that
839is to meane Henry that was kyng / Thomas
840that was duke of Orleaunce / Iohn~
841duke of Bedforde and Humfrey duke of
842Glouceter / And the .v. was named Henry
843Ryche Cardynall of Wynchester and
844ii. Doughters that one beynge Quene of
845Denmarke / And that other Duchesse of
846Barre / as before is shewyd. Whanne
847kynge Henry was deed he was conueyed
848by water vnto Feuersham / and from
849thens by lande vnto Caunterbury / and
850there enteryd by the Shryne of Seynt
851Thomas. To the foresayd Henry the Riche
852Cardynall / kynge Henry had or begat
853 .ii. other So~nes vpon dame Katheryne
854Swynford / as before is shewyd in
855the .viii. yere of Richarde y^e seconde /
856whiche were named as there is expressyd.