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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
A CITIZEN OF LONDON
IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
containing:
I. JOHN PAGE’S POEM ON THE SIEGE OE ROUEN.
IL LYDGATE’S VERSES ON THE KINGS OP ENGLAND.
III. WILLIAM GREGORY’S CHRONICLE OP LONDON.
EDITED BY
JAMES GAIRDNER.
PRINTED FOR THE OAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.LXXVI.
0WESTMINSTER :
PRINTED BY NICHOLS AND éONS,
25, PARLIAMENT STREET.
[NEW S15RI 15S XVII.]COUNCIL OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR 1876-77.
President y
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF VERULAM, F.R.G.S.
WILLIAM CHAPPELL, ESQ. F.S.A., Treasnrer.
HENRY CHARLES COOTE, ESQ. F.S.A.
JAMES GAIRDNER, ESQ.
SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, ESQ., Director.
WILLIAM OXENHAM HEWLETT, ESQ.
ALFRED KINGSTON, ESQ., Secretary.
SIR JOHN MACLEAN, F.S.A.
FREDERIC OUVRY, ESQ. Y.P. S A.
THE EARL OF POWIS, LL.D.
JAMES ORCHARD PHILLIPPS, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A.
EYELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ., M.A.
REV. W. SP ARROW SIMPSON, D.D. F.S.A.
JAMES SPEDDING, ESQ.
WILLIAM JOHN THOMS, ESQ. F.S.A.
J. R- DANIEL-TYSSEN, ESQ. F.S.A.The Council of the Camden Society desire it to be understood
that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations tbat
may appear in the Society’s publications ; the Editors of the several
Works being alone responsible for the same.INTRODUCTION.
Among the MS S. now in the Egerton Collection in the British
Muséum is a small folio volume, numbered 1995 in that collection,
which was purchased in 1865 at the sale of the books of the late
Earl of Charlemont. The contents are varied, consisting of poems,
statistics, scraps of various kinds, a rhyming chronicle and a prose
chronicle ; but, with the exception of a very few idle scribblings of
more modem date in the margins and fly-leaves, the handwriting
throughout is of the fifteenth century, and the whole appears to be
the work of one scribe only. The volume consists altogether of
223 leaves of paper; but the prose chronicle at the end is imperfect,
and one or two leaves hâve probably been lost.
Originally the MS. seems to hâve formed two volumes, which
are now bound together in one. The sheets in each separate quire
of paper are distinguished by signatures at the bottom, “ a 1,”
“ a 2” &c., and a new set of signatures begin at folio 110 with
Lydgate’s verses on the Kings of England. Not a single leaf
appears to be missing to make up a quire except at the very end.
The matters contained in the book are as foliows:—
1. An English version of the poem called “ The Seven Sages of
Rome,” beginning—
Herkenyth lordynges, curteys and hende,
Howe thys gentylle geste shall ende.
Sum tyme there was an Emperoure
That ladde hys lyfe with moche honowre.
Hys name was Dioclician.
This extends over 104 pages, beginning at fol. 3.
CAMD. SOC.	b11
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2.	A short poem on the words : u Memento, homo, quod cinis
es et in cinerem reverteris.” It is a rather expanded version of the
well-known Unes, “ Earth upon Earth,” fol. 55.
3.	Notes of the “ properties ” of a young gentleman, the condi-
tions of a good greyhound, a vocabulary of the terms of venery, &c.,
fols. 55b—58.
4.	A poem on courtesy, beginning—
Litylle chyldrynne here may ye lere
Moche curtesy that ys wretyn here.
5.	A few scraps, among which are rules how to interpret the
weather at Christmas, &c., as presaging future events, fols. 60—62.
6.	A classification of beasts of venery and of the chace &c. ; also
of the different kinds of .hawks; fols. 63, 64.
7.	“A nobylle tretys of medysyns for mannys body,” fols.
65—77.
8.	“ Sapiencia phisicorum,” a poem on the préservation of health,
fols. 775—78.
9.	u For bloode latynge,” another poem, fols. 79, 80.
10.	The assize of bread and ale, as in Statutes of the Realm, i.
199, fols. 805, 81.
11.	The names of the churches in the City of London, fols.
82—86.
12.	A poem on “ The Siégé of Rouen/’ fols. 87—109.
13.	Lydgate’s verses on the Kings of England, fols. 110—112.
14.	A Chronicle of London, fols. 113—222.
It is clear from this table of contents that the MS. is a common-
place book, into which the writer has transcribed a number of
things that interested him. But with regard to the Chronicle at
the end the appearance of the MS. seems to favour the supposition
that the latter part at least is an original composition, not tran-
scribed from any other MS.; so that if we could only détermineINTRODUCTION.
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the author we should probably be justified in assuming that the
whole bock was in his handwriting ; for the heaviness of the
hand, the irregularity of the spelling, and the gross transcriber’s
errors that abound in some parts, indicate a writer who was not
well trained in regular clérical labour. Yet in this latter part of
the work, from the middle, or at least from the close, of Henry the
Sixth's reign onwards, though clérical and grammatical errors are
abundant enough, there is no evidence of that spécial kind of
blundering which marks the work of a copyist, and which is very
frequent in the earlier pages—nonsense made by the omission of lines
or the misreading of words, confusion of the original punctuation,
and misapprehension of the author’s meaning. In this part the
errors are rather like those of a hasty careless writer, who composed
with pen in hand, omitting sometimes a word or part of a word in
his haste, but leaving the sense of what he meant to Write sufficiently
obvious.
The different treatises and scraps contained in the book seern
to hâve been entered in the order in which they stand, the hand-
writing exhibiting just such a graduai change from the beginning
to the end of the volume as naturaliy takes place in the character
of any man’s writing in the course of several years; and it is
probable that the first treatise, “ The Seven Sages of Rome,” was
transcribed when the penman was rather a young man. It is
certainly far more carefully written than the latter contents of the
volume.
But who was this penman and chronicler? In a modem note
written on a fly-leaf at the end of the book it is said that the
author of the Chronicle was one Gregory Skinner (meaning William
Gregory of the Skinners’ Company) who was Mayor of London in
1451, the thirtieth year of Henry VI. And when we turn to the
Chronicle itself the fact seems to be pretty well borne out by whatIV
INTRODUCTION.
the author himself says in the record of that year. For the words
he uses are as follows :
And that year came a legate from the Pope of Borne with great
pardon, for that pardon was the greatest pardon that ever corne to
England from the Conquest unto this time of my year being mayor of
London.
When it is considered that “ Gregory Skinner, Mayor of London
Anno xxx ” stands at the end of this paragraph, the inference
appears to be sufficiently obvious that he was the author of the
Chronicle, and, therefore, that the whole contents of the volume are
in his handwriting. This opinion, indeed, seemed to me to rest upon
so sure a basis that I had no hésitation in callino: the narrative
“ Gregory’s Chronicle,” with which title I hâve printed it in this
volume. But at the last moment, while seeking for materials for
Gregory’s life, I was fortunate, or unfortunate, enough to discover
evidence the most conclusive that he died a year or two before our
Chronicle cornes to an end ; for his will, which I hâve printed at
the end of this Introduction, was proved on the 23rd January,
1466 (or, according to the modem computation, 1467), while the
Chronicle is continued in the same hand to the ninth year of
Edward IV. (1469). It is quite elear, therefore, that, if William
Gregory wrote the part relating to his own mayoralty, he could
not hâve been the author of the whole Chronicle or the writer of
the MS.
I must own that the effect of this discovery was at first to make
me doubt whether the name of “ Gregory’s Chronicle ” was not al-
togetlier a misnomer; for it was not, after ail, quite elear that even
the passage in which his authorship seems to be asserted was really
his composition. It was open to dispute that the expression,
“ this time of my year being mayor,” did not necessarily mean the
time of which the passage in question treated, but the time at whichINTRODUCTION.
V
it was written. And it was even conceivable that the real writer
and the year of his mayoralty were originally disclosed at the end
of the work, which is now lost. But on the whole it seemed to me
more probable that this was really Gregory’s Chronicle, transcribed
and continued by another hand ; and on careful examination of the
text I found various évidences that tended to confirai me in this
opinion.
In the first place—though the fact might suggest an opposite in-
ference—it was a little remarkable that in this thirtieth year not
only the name of Gregory himself as mayor but also those of the two
sheriffs are entered in a manner quite unusual in this narrative. Only
the surnames without the Christian name of any one of the civic
officers at first stood at the head of this mayor’s year, although in the
case of Gregory himself the omission has been supplied in a later hand.
Not a single other instance occurs in the whole Chronicle in which
the Christian names of ail three civic officers hâve been omitted;
for, though there are cases in which the sheriffs are mentioned only
by their surnames, it is never so with the mayor.
Now it is true the omission of a man’s own Christian name does
not look much like a sign of authorship, for it is a thing that could
hardly hâve been occasioned by modesty, and if owing to ignorance
the argument, of course, tells conclusively the other way. But
there is a third cause, slovenliness, to which it may more reason-
ably be attributed ; and the fact that in this instance surnames only
werejotted down both of the mayor and his two sheriffs agréés
very well with the supposition that the labours of office had inter-
fered with the work of continuing the Chronicle, and that the
writer had left it off just at that point, with a very brief mémo-
randum of what was done in the year of his own mayoralty.
Gregory’s Chronicle may then hâve been transcribed by another
hand, which continued the work to the year 1469 or later.VI
INTRODUCTION.
And this hypothesis seems rather to be confirmed by another fact,
viz., that whereas the record of the years immediately preceding is
remarkably full and accurate, especially for the twenty-eighth year,
the year of Cadets rébellion, it is quite otherwise just after the
thirtieth year is passed. The record of the five or six years
immediately following, though it was a time of great political
excitement and witnessed the beginning of the Wars of the Roses,
is singularly jejune, especially as regards great public events, and
the chronology is vitiated by the entire omission of one year from
the annals. So remarkable a change in the character of the
narrative—from fulness to emptiness and from accuracy to in-
accuracy—is perhaps the best reason for supposing that the Chronicle
as far as the thirtieth year was really the work of Gregory. For it
seems as if just after that year the work must hâve been laid aside,
and that it was taken up—presumably by a different’ hand—several
years later.
Moreover, in the part which we suppose to be Gregory’s, viz.
from the nineteenth to the thirtieth year of Henry VI., a minute
examination reveals some errors which may hâve been very well
due to the transcriber. In the twenty-third year it is stated that
the King made forty-six Knights of the Bath on Thursday the
26th day of May. This is wrong according to the calendar of
the year, and the error is evidently due to a misreading of the
numéral “ xxvij.” as “xxvj.” Again, the twenty-sixth year of
the reign is altogether omitted—not even the names of the mayor
and sheriffs for that year are given. Yet the chronology is not
vitiated by this omission as in the case of a similar blunder in the
later part. It is an omission pure and simple, and the general
account of the events is such as could only hâve been written by
a well-informed contemporary. There is however a piece of erro-
neous information in the twenty-seventh year, which I think mayINTRODUCTION.
VU
be best accounted for by supposing a sentence or two to hâve been
omitted by a careless transcriber. lt is as foliows :—
That same year was a treaty of truce taken with the Scots by Master
Adam Moleyns for four years, that time he being ambassador into
Scotland, and after Privy Seal, and then y-made bisbop of Chicbester,
and within short time after put to death.
The 27th year of Henry VI. extended from the lst September
1448 to the 3lst August 1449. Adam de Moleyns, Bishop of
Chichester, was put to death in January 1450, so that the above
paragraph might very well hâve been written not many months
after the conclusion of the truce referred to. But unfortunately
the truce was not made for any thing like a period of four years ; it
was in fact only for six weeks, from the lOth August to the 20th
September 1449.a Adam de Moleyns does not seem to hâve been
ambassador in Scotland, for the négociations took place at Win-
chester; and most certainly it was not “ after that” that he was
made Privy Seal and Bishop of Winchester, for he had enjoyed the
latter dignity since the year 1445, and the former from the year
1444. I do not see any perfect explanatiori of this maze of errors;
but, if (as is quite possible) Adam de Moleyns was ambassador
to Scotland on a former occasion, we may suppose that a line or
two may hâve been omitted by the transcriber just before the
words “ for four years.” If the errors be not due to some such
cause as this, the passage must be an ignorant interpolation of later
date written from a confused recollection of the facts. There are
no other inaccuracies comparable to these in the part we attribute
to Gregory.
With these remarks we must leave the Chronicle for the présent,
a Rymer, xi. 232.Vlll	INTRODUCTION.
as there is other matter in the volume which ought first to claim
our attention.
Of the fourteen separate articles contained in the MS., almost every
one except the C-hronicle is to be met with elsewhere, and, the three
last alone being of a historical character, they only are printed in this
volume. Of the others there is little need to say anything except as
to No. 11, which is a list of the parish churches and monasteries in
the City of London. A similar list is printed in Fabyan’s Chronicle
(pp. 295-8, Ellis’s édition), and another in Arnold’s Chronicle,
(pp. 75-77). But these lists do not correspond, the churches being
named in each in a different order, and even with different totals
as to number. Thus the whole number of parish churches in
London (within the city) is according to Fabyan 113, according to
Arnold 118, and according to our MS. 115. But the total number
of churches and monasteries in and about London, including the
suburbs and also Southwark and Westminster, is given in our
MS. as 153. Besides the mere names and number of the churches,
however, spécial descriptions are given of the character of one or
two of the monastic foundations, which are so curious that we
transcribe them here :
Pappy Chyrche in the Walle be twyne Al gâte and Bevysse Markes.
And hyt ys a grete fraternyte of prestys and of othyr seqular men. And
there ben founde of almys certayne prestys, bothe blynde and lame, that
be empotent ; and they hâve day masse and xiiij d. a weke, barber and
launder, and one to dresse and provyde for hyr mete and drynke.
Bartholomewe ys Spetylle. Hyt ys a place of grete comforte to pore
men as for hyr loggyng, and yn specyalle unto yong wymmen that hâve
mysse done that ben whythe chylde. There they ben delyveryde, and
unto the tyme of puryfycaeyon they hâve mete and drynke of the
placys coste, and fulle honestely gydyd and kepte. And in ys moche
as the place maye they kepe hyr conselle and hyr worschyppe. GodINTRODUCTION.
IX
graunte that they doo so hyr owne worschippe that hâve a-fendyde.
Amen.
A chyrche of Owre Lady that y s namyde Bedlem.a And yn that
place ben founde many men that ben fallyn owte of hyr wytte. And
fulle honestely they ben kepte in that place ; and sum ben restoryde
unto hyr wytte and helthe a-gayne. And sum ben a-bydyng there yn
for evyr, for they ben falle soo moche owte of hem selfe that hyt ys
uncurerabylle unto man. And unto that place ys grauntyde moche
pardon, more thenne they of the place knowe.
Seynt Marye Spetylle. A poore pryery, and a parysche chyrche in
the same. And that pryory kepythe ospytalyte for pore men. And
sum susters yn the same place to kepe the beddys for pore men that
corne to that place.
In Southwark :
Mary Overaye. Hyt ys a pryory of Mary Magdalene; in the same
----b Chanyns.
Thomas Spetylle.0 And that same place ys and (sic) ospytalyte for pore
men and wymmen. And that nobyl marchaunt, By char de Whytyngdon,
made a newe chamby[r] with viij beddys for yong weme[n] that hadde
done a-mysse in truste of a good mendement. And he commaundyd
that aile the thyngys that ben don in that chambyr shulde be kepte
secrete with owte forthe, yn payne of lesynge of hyr levynge; for he
wolde not shame no yonge women in noo wyse, for hyt myght be cause
of hyr lettyng of hyr maryage, &c.
The Abbay of Barmondesay, Mary Magdalene ther by. That Abbay
ys of Blacke Monkys, and there ys grete offeryng unto the Crosse that
y s namyd Syn Savyoure.
Some of the facts contained in these extracts seem to be quite
unknown; and they go far to correct certain popular misappre-
a It was fchen near Bishopsgate.
b There was a blank here in the MS. which has been improperly filled up by the
rubricator with a mark ^[, indicating a new paragrâph.
c St. Thomas’s Hospital.
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hensions touching the useless unpractical character of monastic
institutions before tbe Keformation swept them ail away. The
charities of the middle âges were perhaps not more redundant or
more misapplied than those of our own day, and many of them
were eminently bénéficiai. There were hospitals for the sick and
infirm, lying-in hospitals, asylums for the aged, the impotent, and
the insane. Bedlam existed then, and was devoted to the same
purposes as at présent. And, whatever may hâve been the System
of treatment adopted for the patients, it appears that some were
cured ; and the charity of the âge extendea a large indulgence to
ail who were so afflicted.
The poem on the Siégé of Rouen has already been printed from
other MS S., but not in a complété form. It was first brought to
light by the Rev. J. J. Conybeare, who in the twenty-first volume
of The Archceologia printed it from an imperfect copy in the
Bodleian MS. No. 124. The conclusion of the poem, which was
wanting in this MS., was afterwards supplied by Sir Frédéric
Madden from two MS S. in the Harleian Collection (Nos. 2256 and
753), and was printed by him in the twenty-second volume of the
same publication. But never till now has the poem been published
as a whole, so as to be easily read through or consulted in one
volume. Moreover the text contained in the Egerton MS., from
which we now print it, differs a good deal here and there in
phraseology from that of the other MSS.; and though, perhaps, on
the whole, a trifle less polished, being, it appears, taken from a
first draft of the poem, it is on this very account ail the more
interesting, as the relation of an eye-witness written while the im-
pression on his mind was sjill recent and vivid. At the end, too,
the author gives his name, which is suppressed in other copies ofINTRODUCTION.
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the poem, with an excuse for the ruggedness of his rhymes, which.
apparently he afterwards improved, as he says he intended to do :
With owtyn fabylle or fage,
Thys procesce made John Page
Aile in raffe and not in ryme,
By cause of space he hadde no tyme.
But whenne thys werre ys at an ende,
And he hâve lyffe and space he wyll hit amende.
It thus appears that the poem was written during the continuance
of the war, very shortly after the events which it relates. As an
account of the siégé of Rouen by Henry the Fifth it certainly stands
unrivalled. No other contemporary writer States the facts with so
much clearness, précision, minuteness, and graphie power. Yet the
language is simple and unpretentious, the author only seeking to
impart his own knowledge of the facts in the plainest possible
form:
Lystenythe unto me a lytylle space,
And I shalle telle you howe hyt was.
And the better telle I may,
For at that sege with the Kyng I lay,
And thereto I toke a vyse
Lyke as my wytt wolde suffyce.
That his information was not only minute, but on the whole
exceedingly accurate, we hâve little reason to doubt. Yet it
abounds in details which are met with nowhere else; for although,
as remarked by Sir Frédéric Madden, the chronicler Hall appears
to hâve been acquainted with this poem, even he made but slender
use of it, and scarcely any modem historian has hitherto made use
of it at ail. Hereafter we may présumé it will not be so neglected.
The siégé and capture of Rouen were the crowning events of
Henry the Fifth’s second invasion of France. His first expéditionXll
INTRODUCTION.
against that country was signalised by the splendid victory of
Agincourt; but no territorial advantage accrued from it. The
English only saved themselves from being eut to pièces or crushed
by overwhelming numbers. In his second invasion the case was
different. Town after town in Normandy opened its gates or was
taken by assault in the summer of 1417; and in the course of the
following year almost the whole duchy was in the hands of the
English. Rouen, the capital, however, still held out; for here the
enemy had gathered ail their strength, and were prepared to make
the most obstinate résistance.
The following is a brief outline of the narrative contained in the
poem. After the capture of Pont de P Arche, which opened to the
invaders a passage over the Seine (for hitherto their conquests had
been ail on the western side of that river), the King despatched his
uncle, the Duke of Exeter, to Rouen to summon the city to
surrender, which it scornfully refused to do (p. 2). The Duke then
returned to the King at Pont de PArche, and those in command of
the city preparing for an attack destroyed the suburbsa (p. 3). The
fortifications of the city are then described, with the further pré-
parations for defence (pp. 4-6). The king came before it on Friday
before Lammas day, the 29th July, 1418 (p. 6). The positions
taken up by his lords and captains are related (pp. 6-10). The
Earl of Warwick after taking Domfront was sent to Caudebec,
which surrendered conditionally, agreeing to do as Rouen did, and
allowing the English meanwhile free passage up the Seine (p. 10).
Warwick then joins the besiegers, as also does the King’s brother
a M. Puiseux points out that this “ cursed deed,” as the poet calls it (involving
as it did the destruction of a number of churches), was dictated by considérations of
prudence, the importance of which had been recently illustrated in the case of Caen.
The réluctance of the inhabitants to destroy the abbeys of St. Etienne and Ste.
Trinité had been the chief cause of the loss of that city.—Siège et Prise de
Rouen, 50.INTRODUCTION.
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Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, coming from the siégé of Cherbourg
(p. 11). It is then reported that the French King and the Bur-
gundians are coming to relieve the city, and Henry préparés for
them (pp. 12, 13). The captains within are named and described
(pp. 13, 14). The King orders a ditch to be made round the town
(p. 15). Benewed tidings of the coming of the Burgundians cause
the citizens to ring the bells with delight, but it turns out to be a
false rumour (p. 16). The King, however, endeavours to profit by
it, and adopts a stratagem to induce the citizens to corne out and
attack him (p. 17).
The writer goes on to tell of the failure of provisions within the
city, the extraordinary prices given for horseflesh, dogs, cats, rats,
and mice, besides more ordinary food, such as eggs and apples
(p. 18) ; and he draws a fearful picture of the sufferings of the
inhabitants :
They dyde faster every day
Thenn men myght them in erthe lay.
There as was pryde in ray before
Thenn was hyt put in sorowe fulle soore.
Thereas was mete, drynke, and .songe,
Then was sorowe and hunger stronge.
Yf the chylde schulde be dede,
The modyr wolde not gyf hyt bredde,
Ne nought wolde parte hyt a scheve
Thoughe sche wyste to save hys lyve ;
Ne the chylde the modyr gyffe ;
Every on caste hym for to leve
As longe as they myght laste.
Love and kyndenys bothe were paste.
Aile kyndenys love was besyde,
That the chylde schulde fro the modyr hyde,
To ete mete that shulde hyt not see,
And ete hyt aile in prevytè.
But hungyr passyd kynde and love, &c.	(p. 19.)XIV
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In the end it was found necessary to drive the poorer inhabitants
outside the city, where they remained in the ditches dépendent for
food on the charity of the besiegers, and some died of cold (p. 20).
On Christmas day the King as an act of charity sent heralds to the
city, offering food to ail who were in want of it, either within the
city or without, and safe-conduct to corne and receive it. Those
within affected to despise the offer, and would scarcely allow two
priests and three men to corne and relieve those outside (p. 21).
But on New Year’s eve, as “hunger breaketh the stone wall,,, the
citizens proposed to treat (p. 22); for which purpose they conferred
with Sir Gilbert Umfraville (pp. 23-25). Umfraville carried their
message on New Year’s day morning to the King, who consented
that twelve of the citizens should wait on him next day (pp. 26, 27);
and on the next day accordingly twelve delegates from the city
waited on Henry at St. Hilary’s Gâte (p. 28). Their interview
with the King is then described (pp. 29-32), and the King’s lofty
and unmoved demeanour is particularly reported (p. 30). Next
day tents are pitched for a conférence (p. 33), and the author is led
to contrast the splendour of heralds and pursuivants with the misery
of the poor people who had been put out of the city and had
scarcely clothes on their backs to protect them from the weather,
which was at that time very rainy. Still more dreadful was the
case of others :
There men myght se grete pyttè,
A chylde of ij yere or iij.
Go aboute to begge hyt brede.
Fadyr and modyr bothe were dede.
Undyr sum the watyr stode ;
Yet lay they cryyng aftyr foode.
And sum storvyn unto the dethe,
And sum stoppyde of ther brethe,
Sum crokyd in the kneys,INTRODUCTION.
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And sum aile so lene as any treys ;
And wemmen holdyn in hyr armys
Dede chyldryn in hyr barmys,
And the chyldryn sokyng in ther pappe
With yn a dede woman lappe. (p. 35.)
The conférence was unsatisfactory, as the demands of the English
greatly exceeded what was offered on behalf of the city ; and at
the end of a fortnight négociations were about to be broken off
(p. 36). The city delegates, however, prayed that the truce might
be continued for one night ; and the clamour of the citizens com-
pelled them again to treat (pp. 36-39). In four days more they
came to terms, and it was agreed that the city should be surrendered
in eight days if no rescue came in the interval (p. 40). On
Thursday the 19th January the keys of the city were delivered up
(p. 41), and the poem concludes with an account of the King’s
entry into the city and the process of taking possession (pp. 42-45).
Ofthethree other MS S. of this poem above referred to not one
supplies a complété and satisfactory text. In the Bodleian MS. the
latter part is wanting; while, on the other hand, in the two
Harleian MS S. it is the latter part alone that h as been preserved to
us in its original form. Both these MS S. are copies of the well-
known English chronicle called The Brute, which used to be
attributed to Caxton, because printed by him in 1480, with a con-
tinuation to the accession of Edward IV. Neither the printed
copy noralmost any other MS. of the Chronicle contains this poem,
but in these two Harleian MSS., and also in a MS. mentioned by
Sir F. Madden as being then in the library of T. W. Coke, Esq. at
Holkham, the poem is incorporated in the narrative, the earlier
part of it being translated into prose, sometimes with very little
verbal alteration, while the latter part is preserved in its original
form as métré.XVI
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As the text of the Bodleian and the two Harleian MS S. has
already been printed, I hâve not thought it necessary to note the
varieties of reading, except where the variations are material or
where the reading of another MS. seemed préférable to that of the
Egerton. In the footnotes I refer to the Bodleian MS. as B., the
Egerton as E., the Harleian MS. 2256 as H., and the Harleian
MS. 753 as H 2.
The Verses on the Kings of England which foliow occur in
several MS S. They are commonly, I doubt not justly, attributed
to Lydgate. A copy in Ashmole MS. 59 is in the handwriting of
Shirley, the transcriber of Chaucer, and must hâve been written as
I am informed about 1456. The poem, however, was added to by
other hands after it was composed. A further stanza relating to
Edward IV. (which I hâve printed in a footnote at p. 54) is con-
tained in MS. Harl. 2251, a volume full of Lydgate’s poetry. The
poem was printed in 1530 by Wynkyn de Worde with additions
continuing it to the reign of Henry VIII., but this tract is ex-
ceedingty rare. A copy occurs in the Public Library at Cambridge,
bound up along with Stephen Hawes’s “ Joyful Méditation on the
Coronation of Henry VIII.”
As to the Chronicle, we hâve already seen that it was in ail
probability partly written by William Gregory, who was May or of
London in 1451-52, the 30th year of Henry VI; but that his
authorship does not extend to the conclusion of the work, and
probably does not go beyond the year of his mayoralty. It seems
hardly necessary to add that the earlier part of the work is not
more his composition than the last part; for ail who hâve the leastINTRODUCTION.
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familiarity with mediæval chronicles know quite well how one
writer transcribed the works of others, only adding to them at the
end some original information of the facts of his own day. But
William Gregory, though not the only author of this Chronicle, is
the only one whose name is known to us; and the very little that
is known even about him may here be briefly stated.
He was the son of Roger Gregory of Mildenhall in Suffolk, and
though I find nothing else about his family it appears that he was
entitled to bear arms, which are described as: tf Party per pale, argent
and azuré, two lions rampant guardant endorsed, counterchanged.”
Of the date of his birth there is no précisé evidence ; but as he was
a widower, who had been three times married and had at least
eleven grandchildren when he made his will in 1465, fourteen
months before his death, it could hardly hâve been later than about
the year 1410. Indeed we may with great probability carry it still
further back and suppose him to hâve been born before the close of
the fourteenth century. He was, as we hâve already mentioned, a
member of the Skinners’ Company; but at what date he became so
we hâve no means of knowing, as the records of that Company do
not extend so far back. He served the office of sheriff in 1436 and
was elected may or in 1451. At the time he made his will he was
living in the parish of St. Mary Aldermary, where he directs that
he should be buried; but if Stowe be correct he was actually
buried in the church of St. Anne Aldersgate. In that church,
too, according to Stowe, he founded a chantry, and there are MSS.
at the Guildhall which say that he endowed this chantry with
19/. 17s. 4d. per annum out of ail his lands. No monument of
him, however, existed in the church even in Stowe’s day,a and
among the many benefactions in his will the name of St. Anne’s
church Aldersgate is not even once mentioned. To the church of
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St. Mary Aldermary there is a bequest of 161. 13s. 4c?. in aid of
the “ church work,” that the parishioners might pray for his soûl;
and there is another to Master Duffeld, “ one of the chauntry priests
of Aldermary church aforesaid,” for the like purpose.
At the time he made his will he had two married daughters, of
whom one named Margaret was the wife of John Croke, and had
a family of five sons and two daughters. The second, Cecily, was
the wife of Robert Mildenhall, and had two daughters. The will
also mentions a William Gregory, who is perhaps a son of the
testator, but is not so designated, who has a wife Mary and a son
and daughter.
For other points of interest we must refer the reader to the will
itself, which is very curious in many ways. The very large
bequests for the good of the testator’s soûl, the charitable legacies
to the poor in hospital and elsewhere, the sums left for the relief of
prisoners and for the repair “ of the foulest ways about London,”
may create some little surprise that greater provision is not made
for the testator’s own relations. But they were probably in good
circumstances and did not need his generosity; for he makes his
son-in-law John Croke his executor, which certainly implies that
there was no coolness between them, and the way in which he
provides for servants and dépendent s forbids us to suppose that he
was insensible to any natural claim upon him.
The Chronicle is one of those city chronicles of which we hâve
several examples, the best known being that of Robert Fabyan.
Events, sometimes only of ci vie importance, and sometimes such as
affected the whole kingdom, are in these compositions recorded in
the form of annals, the names of the mayor and sheriffs of London
in each year being prefixed to the record of that year. The
Chronicle of London, printed by Sir Harris Nicolas in 1827,
bears a considérable resemblance to that of Gregory. Both beginINTRODUCTION.
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at the same date, the first year of Richard I., and are evidently
derived from a common source down to the time of Richard IL
There are, however, considérable variations, our Chronicle being
less full in some places and more in others ; but the Chronicle
printed by Nicolas is itself derived from two different MS S., which
exhibit some variations among themselves; and in the account of
the last years of Richard II. one of these (the Cottonian MS. Julius
B i. which I hâve referred to in footnotes as J.) corresponds much
more closely with our Chronicle than the other (Harleian, No. 565,
which I hâve referred to as H.) Another city chronicle which
corresponds still more closely with ours is contained in the Cottonian
MS. Vitellius A. xvi., which I hâve cited in footnotes occasionally
as V. It is evidently derived from a common source until the
19th year of Henry VL, after which the text is a good deal like
that of Fabyan.
The variations between these different MS S. are occasionally
instructive. We can see in some cases how facts were exaggerated,
not only in the telling but even in the transcription, as time went
on. Thus in the fifth year of Edward III. our Chronicle mentions
the defeat of 40,000 Scots by a handful of 2,000 Englishmen ; but
in the Chronicle of London printed by Nicolas from MS S. H. and
J. the number of the Scots is given at 12,000 only.
In the présent Chronicle, as also in J. and V., a number of
capitulations for the surrender of places in France during the wars
of Henry Y. and at the beginning of Henry YI.’s reign hâve been
inserted in the narrative. In these the transcriber’s errors are so
numerous and so gross in our MS., that it would hâve been utterly
impossible in very many places even to conjecture the true reading
of the text if there had been no better transcript. But as the
original treaties are enrolled in the Norman Rolls, and hâve for the
most part been printed by Rymer from that source, I hâve been ableXX
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to give the right readings in the text, pointing out tlie extraordinary
blunders of the MS. in footnotes. As examples of unintelligent and
inaccurate copying they would certainly be very hard to match.
It is in ail probability from the nineteenth year of Henry VI.
that William Gregory’s part in the Chronicle begins. At that date,
as we hâve already said, the similar chronicle in the Vitellius MS.
begins to differ from ours, and to follow a source to which Fabyan
is largely indebted. It is probable, I think, that the whole of the
preceding part in which the Vitellius MS. and ours correspond, was
derived from an older chronicle, which terminated in the eighteenth
year, and that from the nineteenth year to the thirtieth William
Gregory took up the pen and made a continuation. We cannot
say much for it as an example of literary art or style in composition ;
nor is there much that he records that is even of great importance
from its novelty until we reach the twenty-eighth year. But his
account of Cade’s rébellion in that year is certainly of no small
value.
Our author agréés with Fabyan in saying that the leader in this
rising was originally chosen by the people; but, being so chosen,
he adds that this captain “compassed ail the gentles to arise with
him.,, The people in some part of Kent had found a leader for
themselves; and he proved to be a man of such remarkable energy
and tact that he soon got ail the country gentlemen of Kent to go
along with him. They formed a regular encampment on Black-
heath, or, in the words of our authority, “ made a field dyked and
staked well about, as it had been in the land of war.” This showed
real military capacity, “ save only they kept [no?] order amongst
them (for as good was Jack Kobyn as John at the Noke, for ail
were as high as pig’s feet) unto the time that they should commun
and speak with such States and messengers that were sent unto
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captain of ail their host.” This remark seems to make the move-
ment a degree more intelligible. The man chosen as leader—
whatever may hâve been then known about him—possessed little
or no influence with the squires and yeomen, who only wished to
combine with their fellow countrymen in setting forth their
grievances to the King. But when the time for joint action came
his power and skill as a military leader was so manifest that ail
readily submitted to him. Yet even this submission might only
hâve been momentary, for the multitude seems to hâve had no
intention of taking the offensive. When the King, after sending to
know the cause of the rising, was answered by the captain that it
was “ to destroy traitors being about him, with other divers points,”
another message was immediately sent by the King and his lords,
and proclamation was everywhere made, that loyal men should
immediately quit the field. “ And upon the night after,” says our
chronicler, u they were ail voided and a-go,”
The insurrection, seemingly, was almost at an end. The King
rode armed through London at the head of his lords, who mustered
their followers at Clerkenwell to the number of 10,000 men. Un-
happily a small body, detached from this force, went in pursuit of
the captain under Sir Humphrey and William Stafford. They
were defeated at Sevenoaks, and their leaders slain. The King and
nis lords were seized with a panic. They separated and withdrew
into the country, leaving London open to the insurgents, who
entered the city on the 3rd July. Here, according to our chronicler,
and also two days before at Blackheath, although they professed to
be under the same captain as before, they really had a new one who
went by the same name. This is quite a novel piece of information,
and whether true or not is exceedingly curious as bearing upon the
history of the movement. Evidently, the original leader was not
well-known, and the facts were not well-known. Apparently itXXII
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was conceived by some that the first captain had been killed at
Sevenoaks, and that the fact had been concealed, another man being
artfully put in his place. If so, then, a further question arises
whether the name Mortimer assumed by Cade was not the real
name of the first leader in the movement. It is quite clear that
Cade’s assumption of that name passed unchallenged till after the
rébellion was over, for under the name of Mortimer he actually
received a pardon, which was invalidated when it was found he had
no right to it.a The only circumstance which renders improbable
this substitution of one captain for another is the total absence of
corroborative testimony to the fact. But this, it must be owned,
throws serious doubt upon it.b
There is little else deserving of spécial comment in the portion of
the chronicle which we believe to hâve been written by Gregory.
But as being, to ail appearance, a strictly contemporary record of
the times, it will undoubtedly merit the careful attention of future
historians in other matters besides those we hâve pointed out.
Immediately after the year of Gregory’s mayoralty appear those
évidences to which we hâve already alluded of a later hand having
continued the record of events some years after the events were
passed. The mayor and sheriffs for the thirty-second year of
Henry VI. are omitted, and the later years of the reign are each
made a year too early.c The first battle of St. Albans, the battle
of Bloreheath, and the encampment of the Yorkists at Ludlow in
a I hâve already pointed this out in another publication (Paston Letters, vol. i.
Introduction, p. lv.), quoting as my authority a MS. in the Lambeth Library, which
I hope shortly to edit for the Camden Society.
b The story of Jack Cade, however, is attended with difficultés from any point of
view, and it is remarkable that when Cade’s body was brought to London it was
takentothe White Hartat Southwark, where he had lodged before his entry into the
City, and identifiedby the woman who kept the house (p. 191). We hear nothing of
its being identified by anyone who had seen the leader before the battle of Sevenoaks.
c See page 198, note a.INTRODUCTION.
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1459, are ail, owing to this cause, misdated. Moreover, a matter of
no less conséquence than the first illness of Henry VI. at Clarendon
in 1453 is only mentioned retrospectively after the battle of St.
Albans in 1455. It is clear that during the remainder of Henry
VI/s reign, or at least till the last year of it, the continuator does
not chronicle the facts so immediately after their occurrence as
Gregory did before he was mayor.
The great events of the period, too, are but slightly mentioned
for the most part, and a good deal of space is devoted to occurrences
of no great political interest. In the thirty-third (which ought to
be the thirty-fourth) year the principal subject of the narrative is
an extraordinary and very barbarous case of single combat between
two men, one of whom had accused the other falsely, the conditions
of the fight—degrading as they were—being apparently prescribed
by some old law or custom applicable to such cases.
In the thirty• fifth (thirty-sixth) year an incident is recorded
showing the high importance attached to the pulpit in those days.
During Lent, the Court being then at Coventry, an order was made
that no preacher, however highly qualified, should preach before
the King without first showing his sermon to an official, whom the
author does not name, but indicates by the letters A. B. C. Political
allusions in sermons seem to hâve been much more common than
agreeable to royalty, and A. B. C. instructed each preacher what
passages he should leave out on pain of going as he came, without
méat, drink, or reward. But a certain Master William Ive, bachelor
of Divinity, came up from Wykeham’s College at Winchester to
preach before the King, and, after showing his sermon to the official,
not only disobeyed the instruction to omit certain passages, but
declared from the pulpit before the King that it was A. B. C. who
had made the sermons previously preached before him, and not the
preachers themselves ; for they, he said, had allowed their purpose
to be turned upside down, and “ had made lovedays as Judas madeXXIV
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with a kiss with Christ.” Ive’s reward for this boldness was simply
a thankless ride of 160 miles—to Court and back again.a
The account of the battle of Bloreheath,b besides being out of
place, is a little confused, so that it would be hard to understand
from the writer’s slipshod grammar, if we had no other authority
to go by, that it was a Yorkist victory at ail. Nor is the story
quite consistent with that contained in other sources, for it is said
the battle lasted from one till five in the afternoon, whereas
according to Hall it began early in the morning. The disparity
in numbers between the two parties was, moreover, extreme; for
Salisbury had but 500 men against 5,000 on the Queen’s side, “ a
great wonder,” says our author, “ that ever they (Salisbury’s force)
might stand the great multitude not fearing, the King being within
ten miles and the Queen within five miles at the Castle of Eccles-
hall ” It is not safe of course to rely on the strict accuracy of these
numbers, which differ considerably from those in other authorities,
but it is hard to say what authority is more trustworthy. According
to the Act of Attainder against the Yorkists (which, however, in
ail probability magnified their numbers to mitigate the disgrâce of
a Lancastrian defeat) the Earl had 5,000 men with him. This
estimate is even exceeded in the English Chronicle edited by Mr.
Davies for the Camden Society in 1856, where it is said that he had
7,000 well arrayed men. On the other hand Lord Audeley’s force
is stated by Hall to hâve amounted to 10,000, and the number of
the slain to 2,400. Under any cireumstances it seems clear that
Salisbury fought obstinately against great odds, and though victorious
just saved himself from being surrounded. Indeed, our author
a Page 203. The Continuator was probably a personal friend of tbis William
Ive, wbom he mentions again shortly afterwards with praise for the part he took in
a controversy with the Friars. As Ive belonged to Wykeham’s College at Winchester,
and other matters of local interest are mentioned in this part of the Chronicle, I am
inclined to think the Continuator must hâve been a Hampshire man.
b Page 204.INTRODUCTION.
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says that he would hâve been taken if after the day was over an
Austin friar had not kept firing guns ail night to cover his retreat.
Again wehavea totally new piece of information on page 207, as
to the intoxication and want of discipline that prevailed among
the King’s forces after the Yorkists had dispersed at Ludlow.
At pp. 208-210 likewise is a hitherto unknown account of Queen
Margaret’s adventures after the battle of Northampton; how she was
robbed by a servant of her own in whom she had placed confidence,—
how she at last reached Harlech Castle in Wales with no more than
four attendants,—how, after being relieved and comforted there, she
removed privily for fear of capture and joined the Earl of Pem-
broke,—and how she was in continuai danger of being betrayed by
counterfeit tokens sent to her as if they had corne from the King
her husband. But the messengers who brought those tokens, being
of the King’s or the Prince’s household, and sometimes of her own,
gave her warning not to trust to any but a spécial token agreed to
privately between herself and the King just before the battle of
Northampton. Margaret accordingly stood on her guard, and,
sending messages to the Duke of Somerset and others, arranged to
meet with her supporters at Hull, which was planned with so great
secrecy that 15,000 men were assembled before the Yorkists had
taken the alarm. When the news came to London the Duke of York
himself set out to meet them. The resuit was the battle of Wake-
field. Ail this has been hitherto quite unknown.
Our author also mentions a battle or skirmish that took place at
Dunstablea the day before the second battle of St. Albans, re-
garding which other authorities are silent, except that there is a
slight allusion to it in William Worcester, who says that Edward
Poynings (he probably means Kobert) and 200 foot were slain
there. But, according to the Chronicle before us, the action seems
a Page 212.
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to hâve been of an insignificant character. A few raw levies
raised in the King’s narae to oppose Queen Margaret and her
northern army were commanded by a butcher of Dunstable, and
were, as might be expected, easily discomfited; on which, as our
chronicler wasinformed, the butcher hung himself, either for sharne
at the loss of his men or for the loss of his goods. The incident,
however, is curious as an illustration of what other writers tell us
about the general fear of outrage and plunder that prevailed in the
south on the approach of Margaret and her northern forcès.a
Of the second battle of St. Albans itself we hâve also some new
particulars. The King’s army, or in other words the Yorkists,
who at this time had the King in their keeping, had already pitched
their camp and fortified it, awaiting the Queen^s corning, when,
hearing that she was still nine miles off, they unfortunately gave up
their position and occupied a new one. They were well prepared
with artillery and apparatus—engines that would discharge both
pellets of lead and arrows an ell long, with six feathers, u with a
great mighty head of iron on the other end,’’ or cast wildfire among
the enemy. They had also nets, and pavyses or large shields with
apertures to shoot through, and other curious contrivances interesting
to the military antiquary. But before guns and engines could be
got into working order the Queen’s army had corne to close quarters
and they were busy fighting. They thus laboured under disadvan-
tages from the very beginning; although Whethamstede intimâtes
that they would hâve won the battle had their endurance equalled
their valour at the outset.b
There is comparatively little new information about the battle of
Towton and the beginning of Edward IWs reign. But in the
third year there is a very striking account of the easy confidence
* Hall’s Chronicle. Whethamstede. Rolls of Parliament, y. 476.
b Pages 212—214. Whethamstede, i. 391. (Rolls ed.)INTRODUCTION.
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with winch Edward received the Duke of Somerset into favour after
he had surrendered and sworn allegiance to him at Durham. “ The
King,” we are told, “ made full much ofhim ; insomuch that he lodged
with the King in his own bed many nights, and sometimes rode
a-hunting behind the King, the King having about him not passing
six horse at the most, and yet three were the Duke’s men of
Somerset. The King loved him well, but the Duke thought treason
under fair cheer and words, as it appeared. And for a great love
the King made a great justs at Westminster, that he should see
some manner sport of chivalry after his great labour and heaviness.
And with great instance the King made him to take harness upon
him, and rode in the place, but he would never cope with no man,
and no man might not cope with him, till the King prayed him to
be merry and sent him a token, and then he ran full justly and
merrily, and his helm was a sorry hat of straw. And then every
man marked him well^’ a
The King afterwards going into the north, uto understand the
disposition of the people,” took the Duke of Somerset with him
and 200 of his men, “ well horsed and harnessed,” as a royal body
guard. It was like putting a lamb into the guard of wolves, our
author thinks, u but Almighty God was the shepherd.” The
people of Northampton were indignant at the favour shown to a
traitor, and would hâve slain him, but that the King sent him away
secretly to a castle of his own for surety, and sent his men to New-
castle to keep the town, their wages fully paid.b Somerset repaid
his benefactor next year by coming secretly out of Wales and
endeavouring to betray Newcastle into the hands of Henry VI.
The King, however, appointed Lord Scrope of Bolton to keep the
town, and the Duke did not succeed. He was taken and beheaded,
as is well known, after the battle of Hexham ; but it has not been
a Tagc 210,	b Page 221.XXV111
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known till now how deep was the perfidy thus deservedly punished.
The Scots who had been the chief occasion of trouble (especially as
France had made a truce with England some months previously a)
had made overtures for peace about Easter 1464, and Commissioners
had been appointed on the part of both kingdoms, who were to
meet at York. Warwick’s brother, Lord Montague, as Warden of
the Marches, was commissioned to conduct the Scotch Commissioners
from the Borders. But while riding northwards for this purpose
the Duke of Somerset lay in wait for him near Newcastle, accom-
panied by the equally treacherous Sir Balph Percy b and Sir Hum-
phrey Nevill. Montague, however, who had fortunately received
timely warning, took another way to Newcastle, and proceeded
to Norham, when Somerset again endeavoured to intercept him
accompanied by Lord Hungerford and ail the principal Lancastrians.
They were however thoroughly defeated at Hedgley Moor, and
Montague accomplished his mission. The Scottish and English
Commissioners met and a fifteen years’ peace was concluded. “ An
the Scots be true,” adds our Chronicler, showing by the remark
a Proclamation was made on the 27th Oct. 1463, of a truce with France till
lst Oct. 1464. (Close Rolls).
b Sir Ralph Percy swore allegiance to Edward at the same time as Somerset, and
they agreed to deliver up Bamborough and Dunstanborough Castles on condition
that Percy should hâve the keeping of them. He abused his trust, and let the
French gain possession of Bamborough (pp. 219, 220.) Sir Ralph Grey, also, who
was made Constable of Alnwick, under the gallant Sir John Ashley, betrayed his
Captain to the enemy (p. 220), a deed for which he was afterwards condemned to
death and beheaded, his spurs being first struck ofî by the hand of the Master Cook.
(MS. in Heralds’ College, quoted in Noces to Warkworth’s Chronicle, p. 39). Yet
through ail this treachery there seems to hâve been, with some at least, a strange
perverted notion of honour. Percy was slain at Hedgley Moor, where he refused to
fly as others did, exclaiming as it is said, “I hâve saved the bird in my bosom.”
By this he meant that he had preserved his loyalty to Henry VI., forgetting that he
had actually sworn allegiance to Edward IV. The place where he fell is called
Percy’s Cross to this day, and is marked by an octagonal pillar. (Holinshed, iii.
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that he writes while the treaty was still a subject of conversation—
“ An the Scots be true it must needs continue so long; but it is
hard for to trust unto them, for they be ever found full of guile and
decelt.” a
Then foliows a notice of the battle of Hexham, and a list of the
Lancastrians who were beheaded by Montague’s orders after the
battle, both at Hexham and at Newcastle, Middleham, and York.
Immediately afterwards occurred the capture of Sir William Tail-
boys in a coalpit near Newcastle b with 3,000 marks in money which
he was endeavouring to convey to Henry VI.c This also is quite
a new piece of information. Tailboys, from ail that we know of
his former life, seems to hâve been a very unscrupulous partizan of
the Duke of Suffolk in the times before Jack Cadets rébellion. On
one occasion he had attempted to murder Lord Cromwell, one of
the King’s councillors, even at the door of the Star Chamber, and
Suffolk was accused of protecting him unfairly against certain writs
of appeal brought by various widows for the death of their hus-
bands.d
The romantic marriage of Edward IV. is next related; but here
our author adds little to what we already know except as to the
circumstances of its avowal. He is ill-informed indeed as to the
exact time when it was first made known, which he says was on
Ail Hallows’ day (1 November), whereas William Worcester says
it was on Michaelmas day (29 September); and there is evidence
to show that William Worcester is right.e There can be no doubt,
however, that the circumstances of the disclosure were as stated in
our Chronicle. The marriage^ in fact, could no longer be con-
a Pages 223-4.
b The Year Book in Easter, 4 Edw. IV. says that Tailboys (there called the Earl
of Kyme) was taken in Riddesdale.
c Page 226.	d Rolls of Parliament, y. 181, 200.
c See Lord Wenlock’s letter on the subject, dated Reading, 3rd Oct. 1464, in
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cealed, for the council was assembled with the King at Eeading,
where “ the lords moved him in God’s name to be wedded and to
live under the law of God and Church, and they would send into
some strange land to inquire a Queen of good birth according to
his dignity. And then our sovereign might no longer hide his
marriage.” In fact, as we know very well from other sources,
Edward’s marriage with Bona of Savoy had been mooted for some
time before, and the Earl, although he did not actually go, had
been expected in France, where he was to hâve been sent to
negociate it.a
Edward’s marriage took place secretly at Grafton in Northamp-
tonshire on the lst May, 1464. He had left London not long
before, and it may be presumed with a retinue capable of doing
him some service in war; for it had been his intention soon after
Easter to go and besiege Bamborough, which was again in Henry
VI.’s possession along with Dunstanborough and Alnwick by the
treachery of Sir Ealph Percy and Sir Ealph Grey.b He reached
Stony Stratford on the 30th April, and meanwhile, on the 25th,
in the furthest corner of Northumberland, Montague had over-
thrown his enemies for him at Hedgley Moor. The work had still
to be completed by the battle of Hexham on the 14th May; but
Edward had probably heard that the Lancastrians had received
a décisive overthrow by the time that he stole off from Stony
Stratford early in the morning of May day. got married, and
returned. Surely never before or since did a King get married
under similar circumstances !
Meanwhile Warwick and his brother Montague, ail unconscious
of what Edward was about (else tlieir zeal in his service would hâve
cooled, as it did some time afterwards), were busy completing the
a See two valuable notes in Kirk’s “ Charles the Bold,” i. 415, and ii. 15.)
b See a paper printed in Wavrin, iii, 183.INTRODUCTION.
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overthrow of the Lancastrians. After the battle of Hexham they
besieged successfully the three Northern castles. Alnwick fîrst
surrendered and then Dunstanborough.a But Bamborough held
ont till July, and was only won by assault with artillery.b It was
kept by the traitor Sir Ralph Grey, who doubtless knew that he had
no mercy to expect. He was taken and brought prisoner to the
King at Pomfret, from which place he was conveyed to Doncaster,
“ and there his head was smit off and sent to London, and it was
set upon London Bridge.” c
It was just after this that, to meet his heavy expenses, Edward
enhanced the value of the old coinage and issued new coins of
inferior gold containing more alloy. New groats of silver were
also issued and ordered to pass current at fourpence; but they, too,
were of inferior métal to the old groats. The resuit was what
must inevitably hâve taken place according to the ill-understood
laws of political economy. People did not like to receive the new
coinage. The new angels and nobles of gold were difficult to pass,
and a man might go through a whole Street or parish before he
could get them changed. Silver too rose in price to three shillings
an ounce or more. Moreover at the beginning of the change
“ men grudged passing sore, for they could not reckon that gold so
quickly as they did the old gold.”d
a Alnwick surrendered at once on the 23rd June as soon as Warwick came before
it. Dunstanborough probably surrendered also the same day, as Warwick “kept
the feast of St. John the Baptist ” (24th June) there. See MS. in Heralds’ College,
quoted in Notes to Warkworth’s Chronicle, p. 37.
b Fabyan.
c Page 227. Grey’s dégradation from knighthood, mentioned in a previous
note, took place, according to the Year Book, “ devant mults del people le Roy
s. ses gilt spores hewes de ses pees, et son espee et tout son armour sur luy debruse
et pris de luy en le champe, et puis il decoll.” This punishment was inflicted on
him about {enter) St. Benet’s day (llth July) on account of “son perjury et
doubleness que il avoit fait al Roy Henry le Size jadis Roy, &c., et auxy al Roy
Edward le Quart que ore est.” ,	d Page 227.XXXI1
INTRODUCTION.
Then came the coronation of Edward’s Queen ; on which occasion
among a number of other gentlemen five aldermen of London were
made knights, whose names are given. “It is a great worship
unto ail the city99 remarks our chronicler.a
What is said of the capture of Henry VI. in Lancashire is
interesting, and helps, perhaps, to supply a missing link in the
story of the unhappy King’s adventures. Many historians hâve
written as if he had been taken soon after the battle of Hexham ;
but it is now well known that the date of his capture was about a
year later, and it has been supposed that he lay concealed in the
North of England. If, however, our author was well informed he
had a gain found a refuge in Scotland, for it was in coming out of
Scotland that he was discovered at Furness Fells in Lancashire.b
The security given to Edward’s throne by the capture of
Henry VI. was reflected in the honour paid him by foreign princes.
In the seventh year of his reign he received embassies from France,
Spain, Scotland, Burgundy, Brittany, the King of Naples, and the
court of Ferrara; while there also came from the Pope a legate,
and from the Emperor the patriarch of Antioch. The papal legate
is not mentioned either in Baronius or in Fabyan’s Chronicle, and
who he was we are not told, though his coming must hâve excited
no small interest at the time. It seems that he was a good scholar
—“ the best Latin man that came into England many years; ” that
a Page 228.
b Warkworth says he was taken “ bysyde a howse of religione in Lancashire .	.
.	.	. in a wode called Cletherwode beside Bungerly Hyppyngstones/’ This last-
named locality is explained by the late Mr. Nichols to hâve been a ford with step-
ping-stones across the River Ribble. Henry, however, eluded his captors (at least
so I understand Warkworth to imply) and was afterwards retaken, being surprised
at dinner at Waddington Hall, in Yorkshire, not many miles off. Ail this is quite
consistent with his having been first recognised in Furness Fells, from which district
he might hâve been pursued to the neighbourhood of Clitheroe. If it be true that
he took refuge at Bracewell and Bolton as well as at Waddington (see Mr. Nichols’s
note to Warkworth, pp. 42-3) it wasprobably after his flight from Clitheroe.INTRODUCTION.
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he was lodged “ at a great place of a Lombarde ” at St. Bartholo-
mew’s the Less, where he kept a good household, his men being
very orderly; but that he declined to accept the hospitality of any
of the English nobility, except that on one occasion after great
entreaty he became the guest of the Archbishop of York at the
More in Hertfordshire. The cause of his coming no man could
learn with any certainty. It may hâve been due simply to the
Pope’s anxiety to understand the State of parties in England.a
In the eighth year, our author writes, “ were many men appeached
of treason both of the city and of other towns. Of the city, Thomas
Coke, knight and alderman, and John Plummer, knight and alder-
man, but the King gave them both pardon. And a man of the
Lord Wenlock’s, John Hawkins was his name, was hanged at
Tyburn and beheaded for treason.” The circumstances here so
slightly alluded to are more perfectly known from other sources,
but hâve never yet been fully recounted. Lancastrian plots were
certainly thickening against King Edward, who though easily
lulled into false security became fitfully cruel and tyrannical when
impressed with a sense of danger. More than one messenger was
intercepted with letters to or from Queen Margaret,b and many
whose loyalty had been hitherto unsuspected were implicated in
charges of treason. Among these was Lord Wenlock’s servant,
Hawkins, who accused not only Sir Thomas Coke but also his own
master; and as we know that Lord Wenlock afterwards joined the
Earl of Warwick against Edward there was probably more founda
tion for the latter accusation than the former. As to Sir Thomas
Coke, Hawkins had but asked him for a loan of 1,000 marks, which
he refused to give, finding that the money was intended for the use
of Margaret of Anjou. He was, however, arrested on the accusa-
tion of Hawkins ; but at the request of the Lady Margaret, the King’s
» Pages 235-6.	b W. Wyrc., 511, 514.
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INTRODUCTION.
sister, he was admitted to bail. After that Princess’s departure
beyond sea he was again arrested and sent to the Tower, his goods
were seized by Lord Hivers, Treasurer of England, and his wife
placed in the custody of the Mayor of London. After lying some
time in the Tower he was tried at Guildhall and acquitted, his
offence being found to be mere misprision in the concealment of an
application made to him by Edward’s enemies.a Nevertheless he
was transferred to the Bread Street Counter and afterwards to the
King’s Bench Prison, in Southwark, from which he was only released
on payment of a fine to the King of 8,000/. But even so he was
not quite out of his trouble, for a new demand was made upon him
by virtue of an old abuse, called Aurum Reginœ, that for every
1,000/. he had paid the King he should give the Queen 1,000
marks besides. With this, too, he was obliged to comply, and he
suffered no further inconvenience ; but he found on going back to
his country house in Essex that both house and park had been
plundered of everything valuable by the servants of Lord Hivers
and the under treasurer Sir John Fogge, for which it was in vain
to expect any compensation.b
The cruelty and injustice of these proceedings require no com-
ment. But when it is considered that they were directed against
an innocent man, whom the law officers of the Crown had used
every effort to convict, even by means the most unjustifiable,—when
it is considered also that Chief Justice Markham for having
directed Coke’s acquittai was actually deprived of his office,0 we
hâve a picture of tyranny and injustice rarely equalled in the
history of this country. It is difficult even to imagine the poor
excuse that the court seriously suspected that there had been a mis-
carriage of justice, for Sir Thomas was exonerated from the charge
a W. Wyrc., 515.
b Fabyan. Orridge’s Illustrations of Jack Cacle's Rébellion, pp. 12, 13.
0 Foss.INTRODUCTION.
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by his accuser himself in a manner that should hâve left no doubt
of his innocence. The case was alluded to a few years afterwards
by Fortescue in his treatise on the Laws of England, addressed to
the son of Henry VI. in the following manner :
Do you not remember, my Prince, a criminal, who, when upon the
rack, impeached of treason a certain noble knight, a man of wortli and
loyalty, and declared that they were both concerned together in the same
conspiracy; and being taken down from the rack he still persisted in
the accusation, lest he shonld again be put to the question ? Neverthe-
less, being so much hurt and reduced by the severity of the punishment
that he was brought almost to the point of death, after he had the
viaticum and sacraments administered to him, he then confessed, and
took a very solemn oath upon it by the body of Christ, and as he was
now, as he imagined, just going to expire, he affirmed that the said
worthy knight was innocent and clear of everything he had laid to his
charge. He added that the tortures he was put to were so intolérable,
that, rather than suffer them over again, he would accuse the same
person of the same crimes,—nay, his own father,—though when he said
this he was in the bitterness of death, when ail hopes of recovery were
over. Neither did he at last escape that ignominious death, for he was
hanged; and at the time and place of his execution he acquitted the
said knight of the crimes wherewith he had, not long before, charged him.a
a Fortescue de Laudibus Legum Angliæ, ed. Amos, p. 71. Although Fortescue
does not mention the name either of the knight or of the crimift^l there can hardly
be much doubt that this was the case referred to. In fa et, as an acùte critic pointed
out in the last century (see Biog. Brit., art. “Fortescue,” p. 1992, footnote), a
case so alluded to must hâve been notorious, and the circumstances as related in
Fabyan’s Chronicle exactly correspond with the way in which Fortescue speaks of
them. The notoriety of the case is further shown by the reference made to it in the
speech of the Duke of Buckingham before the accession of Richard III. :	“ What
need I to speak of Sir Thomas Cooke, alderman and mayor of this noble citv ?
Who is of you, either of négligence that wotteth not, or so forgetful that he remem-
breth not, or so hardhearted that he pitieth not, that worshipful man’s loss,—what
speak I of loss?—his wonderful spoil and undeserved destruction,—only because it
happened him to favour them, whom the prince favoured not? ” (Hall’s Chronicle,
p. 369.) Mr. Orridge has quoted this passage from Holinshed in his notices of
Malpas and Cooke in connection with Cade’s Rébellion.XXXVI
INTRODUCTION.
It is scarcely necessary to point out every touch of new light in
matters which are already well known, such as the Princess
Margaret’s marriage to Charles of Burgundy, and the hiding of
Jasper Earl of Pembroke in Wales. But the misconduct of some
gentlemen in the Princess’s suite in Flanders, and a disturbance
which they created at Southwark after their return, from the ill
will they bore to the Flemings, are facts which hâve been hitherto
unknown. The luxury of the court of Charles the Bold seems to
hâve destroyed the discipline of the English, while at the same the
Burgundian court found it necessary to put some limit to its
expensive hospitality. After a certain day the English were told
that every man should live at the expense of his own master.
Prices rose and accommodation was scanty, from the great con-
coure of people. The Chronicler himself seems to hâve been
among those who went over with the Princess, for he writes as if
from personal expérience:	“ Méat and drink‘was dcar enough, as
though it had been in the land of war, for a shoulder of mutton was
sold for 12d. ; and as for bedding, Lyard my horse had more ease
than had some good yeomen; for my horse stood in the house and
the yeomen sometimes lay without in the Street, for less than Ad. a
man shoùld not hâve a bed a night. Lo, how soon they could play
the niggards ! ” a
A pretty considérable amount of feeling seems to be embodied
in that last remark.
The narrative cornes to a close (or perhaps is abruptly terminated
by the loss of a leaf or two) in the middle of the ninth year of
Edward IV., so that there is nothing more of political interest to
claim the reader’s attention. But it is right to say a few words on
some subjects of minor interest which we thought it right to pass
by at the time in order to avoid interruption. Every one interested
a Page 238.INTRODUCTION.
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in ci vie history will be grateful to our chronicler for the account of
the blunder committed at the serjeants’ feast in 1464, where the
Earl of Worcester was given precedence over the Mayor of London,
and of the way in which the mayor vindicated his own dignity and
the honour of the city by at once retiring with “ the substance of his
brethern the aldermen ” to his own place, where he had a banquet
“ set and served ail so soon as any man could devise, both of cygnet
and of other délicates enow, that ail the house marvelled how well
ail thing was done in so short a time.’, The officers of the feast,
deeply ashamed of the mishap, tried to make amends in a fashion
not uncommon in those days, by sending to the mayor a présent of
“ méat, bread, wine, and many divers subtleties,” intended to form
a banquet in itself. But when the messengers arrived they found
quite as sumptuous a banquet actually laid upon the table, and the
person who was to hâve made the présentation felt ashamed of the
task imposed upon him. He, however, acquitted himself gracefully,
and was dismissed with a reward. So {< the worship of the city,”
as our chronicler proudly remarks, “ was kept and not lost for him.
And I trust that never it shall, by the grâce of God.” a
To the religious history of the times we hâve some interesting
contributions. The first is an incident referred to by Foxe the
Martyrologist, in his “ Acts and Monuments,” who seems to hâve
derived his information from this Chronicle. In 1465 the chronic
rivalry between the religious orders and the priesthood broke out
into violent disputations and schism. A Carmélite friar of London,
by name Sir Harry Parker, son of a skinner in Fleet Street, preached
at Paul’s Cross on the old, well-worn theme of an endowed clergy.
It was an old well-worn theme even then, theugh it has lasted so
long that it does not seem to be exhausted even in our own days ;
but Parker, whatever may be said of his taste and judgment, con-
a Pages 222-S.xxxvm
INTRODUCTION.
trived to invest it with some novelty of treatment. He attacked a
beneficed clergy as a great abuse, and declared it was wrong for
priests to hâve any temporal livelihood at ail, implying that
ministers of religion ought to live, like friars, entirely on the alms
of the psople. In confirmation of this view, he maintained that
not one of the Twelve Apostles nor Christ himself had any private
property whatever, but ail things in common ; and he further went
so far as to say that our Lord was a beggar, and had nothing but
what was given him in alms.
Such a reflection delivered from the most famous of London
pulpits shocked and staggered people not a little. But on the
following Sunday Dr. William Ive, the Master of Whittington’s
College, replied to the friar, “ and proved that Christ was poor and
kept no great treasure, but as for begging he utterly denied it, and
by Holy Scripture proved it so that men understood the friar erred
sore against Holy Church.’, The friars, on the other hand, were
eager to defend the doctrine, and set up Dr. Thomas Halden to
answer Dr. Ive. He again was replied to on the following Sunday
by Dr. Storey, parson of Ail Hallows the More, who three years
later was made Bishop of Carlisle. Storey seems to hâve been
moderate in his tone, as one who was anxious to pacify the contro-
versy ; but the friars set up bills on every church door impugning what
he said, and their provincial, Dr. John Milverton, attacked the
beneficed clergy more bitterly than his subordinates had done
before. The dispute caused also divisions among the laity, some of
whom were offended at the friars and withdrew their alms from
them, while others refused the customary offerings to their curâtes,
saying that they had no right to anything except mere alms.
The question was discussed in many places. Dr. Ive lectured
upon it at the Cathédral School of St. Paul’s, of which he was
master, as well as of Whittington College. Among the friars them-INTRODUCTION.
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selves, a great disputation was held between Dr. Halden and a grey
friar at the White Friars in Fleet Street. But the grey friar went
so far that he was cited by Dr. Alcock, Commissary to the Dean of
St. Martin’s-le-Grand, to appear before the Archbishop of Canterbury
at Lambeth. The friar refused to obey the citation, as his order
were exempt from épiscopal jurisdiction except in cases of heresy.
But the commissary cited him for heresy, and the whole order in vain
endeavoured to assert their privilèges. Dr. Halden and the provincial
were cited but refused to appear, and were excommunicated for contu-
macy, and the young friar, Harry Parker, who began the controversy,
was then committed to prison, but revoked what he had said and
abjured the heresy. Yet even his recantation did not prevent others
from doing as he had done ; for a black friar soon after preached nearly
the same doctrine over again, and was compelled to recant in the same
manner. Meanvvhile the excommunicated provincial had gone to
Rome, and some expected still that he would corne back in triumph;
for he had got a friar at Rome to write a treatise on the Begging of
Christ, copies of which were multiplied and sold in many places.
But when the matter was brought under the Pope’s cognisance, the
whole process being sent to him from England, he altogether con-
firmed what was done, found the provincial guilty in nine more
points of heresy, and locked him fast in the Castle of St. Angelo.a
In the seventh year we hâve an account of the burning of a
relapsed heretic named William Barlow, who with his wife had
before abjured his errors. It is singular that this man’s case has
quite escaped the notice of Foxe, although, as we hâve already
remarked, the Martyrologist seems to hâve been indebted to our
Chronicle for information on another subject. Barlow denied
Transubstantiation and the authority of priests to hear confession.
For his reply to Master Hugh Damelet, parson of St. Peter’s, Corn-
a Pages 228-232.xl
INTRODUCTION.
hill, who attempted to reconvert him at the stake, we must be
content to refer the reader to the Chronicle itself.a
About the same time we are told that many of the London
churches were robbed of the boxes containing the Sacrament ; but
this was not, as was at first supposed, the doing of a company of
heretics. It was simply a set of men who had turned thieves from
extrerae poverty, and who mistook copper boxes for silver gilt.
They made a full confession before execution and died penitent.
But the most remarkable point is the statement attributed to one of
them, a locksmith, who made the instruments with which they
picked the locks, that being at church on several occasions after his
crime to hear mass he had been quite unable to see the host at its
élévation ; but after his confession in Newgate he saw it quite
plainly. If this was the genuine statement of the cul prit himself,
it is a very remarkable instance of the effect of a burdened conscience
on the imagination and the senses.b
Finally, we hâve a curious ordinance, partly directed against one
form of Sunday labour, but chiefly against the absurd fashion of
wearing shoes with long pikes at the toes, a piece of vanity which
the highest authority in the Church thought it necessary to visit
with ecclesiastical censure. The Pope issued a bull that no cord-
wainer should make any pikes more than two inches long or sell
shoes on Sunday, or even fit a shoe upon a man’s foot on Sunday,
on pain of excommunication. Neither was the cordwainer to attend
fairs on a Sunday under the same penalty; for not only were fairs
held on that day, but the cordwainePs services, it must be supposed,
were required at the fairs to adjust the dandy’s chaussure, just as
much as, in a la ter âge, the barber’s aid was necessary to dress his
wig. The papal bull was approved by the King’s council and con-
firmed by Act of Parliament ; and proclamation was consequently
a Pages 233-4.	b Pages 234-5.INTRODUCTION.
xli
made at PauPs Cross that it sliould be put in execution. Yet, with
ail this weiglit of authority against a silly fasliion, the dandy world
bad its own ideas upon the subject, and some raen ventured to say
they would wear long pikes in spite of the Pope, for the Pope’s
curse would not kill a fly. The cordwainers, too, had a vested
interest in the extravagance, though some of their own body had
been instrumental in getting the Pope’s interférence. They obtained
privy seals and protections from the King to exempt them from the
operation of the law, which soon became a dead letter ; and those
who had applied to the Pope to restrain their practices were sub-
jected to much trouble and persécution.3
In editing this volume it has been my general aim to preserve
the text as nearly as possible as it stands in the MS., with merely
such amendments in the matter of punctuation and division into
paragraphs as might serve to make it more easily intelligible. The
spelling of the original scribe has been strictly adhered to, except
that the contractions hâve been extended, and where the letter i
has been used for j, v for w, or vice versa, the modem usage has
been followed. Also to prevent the reader being perplexed by
the frequent instances of a word which is now invariably treated
as one word being divided into its two component parts, as 44 be
syde ” for 4 4 beside,” or the positive séparation by the scribe of
one word into two, as in 44 Arche Byschop,” a hyphen has been
generally substituted for the blank space between the syllables in
the original MS.
The only other liberty which has been taken with the text is
where unintelligible readings hâve been corrected by comparison
with other MS S.; and in these cases the fact has been always
stated in the footnotes.
a Page 238.
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WILLIAM GREGORY’S WILL.
[From Register Godyn, f. 16.]
In the name of God, Amen. The vjth day of the moneth of Novembre,
in the yere of our Lord God m1 iiijc lxv, and in the vth yere of the
reigne of Kyng Edward the iiijth, I, William Gregory, Citezein and
Skynner of the Citee of London, and late Maire and Aldreman of the
same, beyng hoole of mynde and in my goode memorye, thanke be it
to God, make and ordeyne this my présent testament or last will in
this maner: In the first, I biquethe and commende my soûle to Ail
myghty God my Créature and Savyour, and to the blissed Yirgyn
Mary his modir, and to aile Saintez, and my body to be buried where
it please God to dispose it. And I will and ordeigne that, first and
principally afore ail thinges, aile the dettes which of right I owe to
eny persone or persones be paied. After payment of which dettes I
biqueth to the high Awter of the chirch of Saint Mary Aldermary of
London, where as I am parisshen, for my dymes and offringes forgoten
or withdrawen, and for my buriyng there to be had, xl s. Also I wille
that immediatly after my deces there be celebrate for my soûle and for
the soûles of Johane, Julian, and Johane, late my wifes, and for ail
Cristen soûles, ij ml masses. And I biqueth to be disposed for the same
ij m1 masses viij li. xiij s. iiij d. Also I will that myn executours the
day of myn decesse dele among pouere people after their goode dis-
crecions xls. Also I wille that the preestes and parissh clerkes that
shulbe of the saide chirch of Aldermary the day of my decesse, doo and
syng every day byfore noon, from that day unto that day a moneth than
nexte suyng, a masse of Requiem by note, and every day after noon
Placebo and Dirige by note for my soûl, and the soûles of my said wifes,
and ail Cristen soûles. And I biqueth to everych of the saide preestes
and parissh clerkes that shalbe présent dailly at the saide masse, Placebo,
and dirige, by ail the said moneth, viij s. iiij d. Also I wille that myn
executouris undrewriten by v yeres next suyng after my decesse fyndegregory’s will.	xliii
an honest preest to syng for my soûle, and for the soûles of my said wyfes,
and ail Cristen soûles in the chirch aforsaide. And that the same preest
sey every Wednesday and Friday for my soûle and the soûles afor-
saide, Placebo, dirige, commendacion, and the sawlter of our Lady Saint
Mary. And I biqueth and wole that the same preest hâve yerely for
his salary xj marc sterlinges. Also I wol J>at myn executours ayenst the
moneth day after my decesse ordeyne xij yerdes of blak clothe, price
the yerde iij s. iiij d., to cover therwith my bere. And after my
terment fullfilled I woll that the same xij yerdes of clothe be gyfen and
departed among iiij pore men or wommen moost needefull to pray for my
soûle. Also I wille that myn executours, the day of my moneth mynde,
dele, and gif to pouere men and women es. Also I biqueth to the
chirch werk of J?e said chirch of ôur Lady Aldermary, xvj li. xiij s. iiij d.
to thentent that the parisshens there pray for my soûle and the soûles
aforsaide. Also I biqueth towarde the amendyng and reparacion of the
fowlest weyes aboute London, after the discrecions of myn executours,
x li. Also I biqueth to the wiyfe of John Elys, dwelling in Saint
Antonynes parissh, xxxiijs. iiij d. Also I biqueth to Johan Johnson,
a pouere woman, dwelling by the same John Elys wife, vj s. viij d.
Also I biqueth to gyf among pouer folk liyng sike in the hospitall called
Saint Mary Spitell without Bishoppesgate, xxs. And to the pouere people
liyng sike in Saint Bartholomewe Spitell, xxs. And to the pouere
seke people of the hospitall of Saint Mary of Bethelem, xl s. Also I
biquethe to pe pouere people of Elsyng Spitell, to pray for my soûle,
xiij s. iiijd. Also to Richard Warners cosyn, beyng suster in the same
Elsyng Spitell, vj s. viij d. Also I biqueth to the pouere people liyng
in the hospitall of Saint Thomas the Martir in Southwerk, xxs. Also
I biqueth vj li, sterlinges equally to be devided and departed among the
prisons of Ludgate, Newgate, and the ij Counteres in London, that is to
wite, to euerych of the same iiij prisons, xxx s. Also I biqueth to
acquite prisoners out of Ludgate and Newgate moost needefull, xli.
after the discrecion of myn executours. Also I biqueth to parte and gif
amonge pouere folk moost needefull, liggyng bedred in London and the
subarbes therof, xl s. Also I biqueth to the fraternité of Corpus
Christi of Skynners of London to be put in their comen box to the
sustentacion of pouere people of the same fraternitee to pray for myxliv
gregory’s will.
sonie and the sonies aforsaid, x li. Also I biqueth to tbe fraternité of
our Lady of the Skynners of London to be put in the comen box therof
toward the sustentacion of the pouere people of the same fraternité, c s.
Also I biqueth to the preest of the said fraternité of Corpus Christi to
pray for my soûle and the soûles aforsaid, vj s. viij d. Also I biqueth to
the fraternité of Saint John Baptist of Taillours of London, xx s. Also I
biqueth to the hous of freres minours in London, to pray specialy for my
soûle and the soûles aforsaid, lxvj s. viij d. Also I biqueth to the frere
Kiry, frere *nynour, to pray for my soûle, xx s. Also to maister Godard
thelder, a nother frere minour, xx s. And to maister Godard the yonger,
his brothir, a nother frere minour, xiij s. iiij d. to pray specialy for my
soûle and the soûles aforsaide. Also I biqueth to the hous of frere
prechours in London to pray specialy for my soûle and the soûles aforsaide,
xl s. Also I biqueth to the ho as of frere Augustines in London to pray
for my soûle and the soûles aforesaid, xl s. Also to J>e hous of Frere
Carmes in Flete Strete in the subarbes of London, to pray for my soûle
and the soûles aforsaide, xxvj s. yiij d. Also to the hous of Crouched
Freres in London to pray specialy for my soûle and the soûles aforsaid,
xiij s. iiij d. Also I biqueth to every prisoner convict in the prison
of thabbot and Covent of Westmynster, to pray for my soûle and the
saules aforsaid, xxd. Also I wille that oon tyme after my decesse
myne executours after their discrecions shull kepe an obite in the parissh
chirch of Mildenhale for my soûle and for the soûles afore rehersed.
And I will that they spend aboute that obite among preestes, clerkes,
wex ringyng of belles, brede, chese, and ale, and in distributing to pouor
people moost nedy, xl s. Also I biqueth to Maister Thomas Sygo, my
cosyn, to pray for my soûle, xiij s. iiij d. Also I biqueth to the fraternité
of Jesu founded in the Crowdes undir the Cathedrall chirch of Saint
Paule of London, to pray for my soûle and the soûles abovesaid, vj s. viij d.
Also I biqueth to the Priour and Couent of J>e Chartirhous next London
to pray for my soûle and J>e soûles aforsaide, xxvj s. viij d. Also I
biqueth to the priour and covent of the Chartirhouse of Shene, to pray for
my soûle and the soûles aforsaid, xx s. Also I biqueth to the hous
of nonnes at Syon, xls. and to my goddoughter, the doughter of
Bauf Skynner, nonne in the same hous, xx s. to pray for my soûle
and the soûles aforsaide. Also I biqueth to Margarete Toon, my god-gregory’s wilt.,.
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doughter, servaunt in the same hous at Syon, xiij s. iiij d. Also I biqueth
to the Prioresse and Covent of Clerkenwell, xiij s. iiij d. Item to the
Prioresse and Covent of the Meneresse heside London, xls. And to
pe Prioresse and Covent ©f Halywell beside London, xxxiij s. iiij d. to
pray for my soûle and the soûles afore rehersed. Also I biqueth to
the doughter late of Henry Thurstone, xiij s. iiij d. Also to Allelya
taillour, vj s. viijd. Also I biqueth lxvjs. viijd. to be departed among
pouer housholders, bothe men and women, dwelling in the warde of
Cordewanerstrete of London, after the discrecion of myne executours.
Also I will that myn executouris of my goodes aftre their discrecions
pay for pouere people dwelling in the same ward, pe next xvth that shalbe
assessed ther after my deces, xls. Also I biqueth to Thomas Curson,
bedell of the same warde, vj s. viij d., and to his wif vj s. viij d., and to his
son vj s. viij d., to pray for my soûle. Also I wille that myn executours
of my goodes after their discrecions pay for pouer people dwelling in
the parish of Saint Johnnes in Walbrok, the next xvth J?at shalbe
assessed ther after my decesse, xiij s. iiijd. Also I biqueth to everiche
of the prisons of Kyngesbenche, the Marchalsie, and the Flete, xiij s. iiij d.
Also I biqueth xx marc sterlinges to by frise to make gownes and cotes,
and lynnen cloth to make shertes and smokkes, and for c paire of shone
for pouer men and women hauyng moost neede, after the discrecion of
myn executours. Also I biqueth ls. for to by c quarters coles to be
gyven to pouere men and women in the parissh of Aldermary forsaid,
and in other parisshes where moost nede is after the discrecion of myn
executours. Also I biquethe to Margarete Croke, my doughter, xli.
wherof I will that she haue to hir owne use es. to pray for my soûle.
And the othir c s. residue of the same x li to be gyven to pouere men
and women after hir discrecion to pray for my soûle. Also I biqueth to
everych of the children unmaried of the same Margarete, pat is to say, v
sonnes and ij doughters, euerych of hem v marc. And if so be that any
of hem decesse, as God defende, than I will that pe parte of him, hir, or
theim so de[ce]ssing shall remayne to that othir of theim than beyng on
lyve egally to be departed by myn executours. And if it fortune ail
the same v sonnes and ij doughters to decesse befor the day of my
buriyng, than I wille that the xxxv marc by me to theym biquethed
be disposid by the discrecions of myn executours in masses to be songen,xlvi
gregory’s wlll.
fînding of clerkes to scole, amending of foule weyes and feble briggys,
in mariages of pouere maydens of goode name and famé, and in other
warkes of charitee for my soûle and the soûles afore rehersed. Also
I biqueth to Kateryn, doughter of Thomas Ryche, my goddoughter,
xxs. Also I biqueth to Cecile Mildenhale, my doughter, lxvj s. viij d.
Also to either of the ij doughters of pe same Cecile, xls. And if
either of the same ij doughters dye, than I will that the othir doughter
hâve the parte of hir so decessing ; and if bothe ij doughters dye
before that I decesse than I will pat pe iiij pounde to the same ij
doughters by me afore biquethed be disposed in goode uses and waies of
charitee after the discrecions of myn executours. Also I biqueth to
Robert Mildenhale, husband of the said Cecile, xiij s. iiij d. Also I
biqueth to my cosyn and godson, William Essex, the sone of William
Essex, to pray for my soûle, lx s. Also I biqueth to Maister Duffeld,
one of the Chauntery Preestes of Aldermary chirch aforsaide, to pray
for my soûle, xiij s. iiij d. Also to either of William Fissher and his wife,
vj s. viij d. Also to the wife of John Snype, Skynner, xiij s. iiij d. Also
I biqueth to Walter, late my servaunt, his wife, and to their son and
doughter my godchildren, xl s. Item I biqueth to Richard Tritrap, late
my servaunt, xxvj s. viij d. Item I biqueth to Thomas Lansell, late my
servaunt, xx s. Also to Slapton, late my servaunt, xl s. Also I biqueth
to William Martyn, nowe my servaunt, iiij li. and a borde clothe, vj
napkyns, and a towaill. Also to Baron, nowe my servaunt, lx s. and
vj napkyns, and a towaill. Also to Alice Wylcok, my seruaunt, iiij li.
and vj napkyns, and a towaill. Also to William Stanley, my godson,
lx s. Also to William Lussher, myn apprentice, xx s. Also to John,
tlie childe in my kechyn, xxxiij s. iiij d. Also I biqueth to Mary, the
wife of William Gregory, xx s., and to the son and doughter of the same
William and Mary, xx s. Also to Johanne, dwelling at frere Augustines,
to pray for my soûle, xiij s. iiij d. Also to William More, Skynner, xiij s.
iiij d. Also to the wife of pe same William vj s. viij d. Also to John
Aunger vj s. viij d. ; and to Johane his wife, vj s. viij d. And to the
preest of the fraternitee of the Trinitee in the chirch of our Lady of the
Bowe founded, to pray specialy for my soûle, vj s. viijd. Also I biqueth
to John Cok, Skynner, xx s. and to his wife xx s. Also to John
Laurence vj s. viij d. ; and to his wife vj s. viij d. Also I biqueth toGREGORY S WILL.
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Anne Wheler vj s. viij d. And to Julian Arthure xxvj s. viij d. Also I
biqueth to Baron the elder vs., and to his wife y s., to pray for my soûle.
Also I biqueth to the Kecluse at Alhalowes in London Wall vjs. viij d.
Also to the Ankeresse without Bisshopesgate vjs. viij d.; also to the
Ankeresse without Temple Barre vj s. viij d.; and to the Ankeresse at
Westmynstre vjs. viijd., to thentent that they and everyche of them
pray specialy for my soûle and ail the soûles above saide. Also I biqueth
to Margarete Caryngton, my god doughter, vjs. viijd., to pray for my
soûle. Also I biqueth to the reparacion of London Brigge es. sterlinges.
The residue of ail my goodes, joialx, and dettes above not byquethed,
after my dettes paied, my enterrement doon, and this my last will in
maner and forme above saide in ail thinges fulfilled, I gif to myn
executours undre writen, to thentent that they dispose it for my soûle
and the soûles of my said wifes, and of my fadir and modir, and ail Cristen
soûles, in masses to be songen, and in making, repairing, and a-mending
of pore chirches and of feble waies and brigges, in finding of scolers to
scole, in mariages of pouere maydens and wydowes of good name and
famé, in acquiting and redemyng of prisoners oute of the prisons in
London, in distributing to pouere people moost nedy, and in such other
werkys and usees of pitee and charitee as they by theyre goode conscience
and discrecions shull thinke mooste expédient to the pleasure of God
and the helthe of my soûle. And of this my testament I make myn
executouris John Croke, gentilman, my son in lawe, and John Snype,
Citezein and Skynner of London. And I ordeyne Maister Thomas
Eborall, clerke, overseer of the same my testament, to oversee that my
willes and ordenaunces in this my testament conteyned in ail thinges be
trieuly accomplissed and fulfilled in maner and forme as is aforsaid.
And I pray, require, and desire the said Maister Thomas Eborall, and I
will that he be consaillyng, aiding, and assisting my saide executours
in distributing, gifing, disposing, and doing tho saide almesdedes and
werkes of pitee and charitee as he wolde I counsailled and did for hym if
he stode in case like. Also I biqueth and gif to. the saide John Croke,
so }>at he take upon hym the charge of execucion of this my testament,
xli. sterlinges for his labour in that behalf to be had. And I biqueth to
the saide John Snype, so that he with j>e saide John Croke take upon
hym the charge of execucion of this my présent testament for his labourxlviii
gregory’s w^l,
to be had in that partie xli. sterlinges. And I biqueth to the said
Maister Thomas Eborall for his diligence and attendaunce in the
premissez iiijli. sterlinges. In witnesse wherof to this my présent
testament I haye sette my seale. Yoven at London the day and yere
aforsaid.
In Dei nomine Amen. Ego, Willelmus Gregory, civis et pelliparius
ac nuper Aldermannus Civitatis London, compos mentis et sane memorie
mee existens, volensque certis de causis menti mee post scripcionem
testamenti mei cui presens codicellus annectitur, et post sigillacionem
ejusdem testamenti noyiter concurrentibus, quedam necessaria eidem
testamento prius per me facto addere et augmentare, facio et ordino
presentem codicellum in hune modum:—Inprimis, cum ego prefatus
Willelmus per dictum testamentum meum inter alia dederim et legaverim
fraternitati Corporis Cristi artis pellipariorum dicte Civitatis ad susten-
tacionempauperum ejusdem fraternitatis decem libras sterlingorum, ego idem
Willelmus donacionem et legacionem illas per presentem codicellum casso.
revoco et penitus adnullo, nolens illas ullo modo executioni demandai!
in parte aut in toto. Sed ob sinceram affecetionem dileccionem quas ad
eandem fraternitatem Corporis Christi gero et babeo, ac ad intencionem
quod fratres et sorores ejusdem fraternitatis animam meam in suis
oracionibus Deo specialius habeant recommendatam, ad perpetuam rei
memoriam do et lego supradicte fraternitati Corporis Christi sex ollas
meas optimas argenti deauratas. Item ego, prefatus Willelmus, legata
mea de sexaginta solidis, sex napkyns et uno towaill Willelmo Martyn
nuper apprenticio meo, neenon de sexaginta solidis sex napkyns et uno
towayll Alicie Wylcok, servienti mee, in dicto testamento meo facta, casso
et adnullo per présentes, yolens jam, concedens, et legans, quod idem
Willelmus Martyn habeat de bonis meis x marcas sterlingorum ac sex
napkyns et unum towayll, ac quod dicta Alicia habeat eciam de bonis
meis centum solidos et sex napkyns cum uno towaill. Yolo itaque, lego et
ordino per présentes quod omnia et singula alia legata et ordinaciones
in dicto testamento meo contenta et in presenti codicello minime reyocata
fideliter perimpleantur, exequantur et perficiantur juxta formam, ténorem
et effectum ejusdem testamenti mei; Salyo semper et excepto quod
cum ego, prefatus Willelmus Gregory, per dictum testamentum meumgregouy’s will.
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fecerim et constituerem Johannem Snype, Civem et Pelliparium London, in
eodem testamento nominatum, unum executorum meorum,idem Johannes
jam mortuus est ; qua de causa facio, ordino et constituo Margaretam Croke,
filiam meam, uxorem Johannis Croke, alterius executorum in dicto testa-
mento meo nominatorum coexecutricem cum eodem Johanne, viro suo, tam
ejusdem testamenti quam presentis codicelli, ad perficiendum et exequendum
omnia et singula in dictis testamento et codicello specificata juxta formam
et effectum eorundem. Item, licet ego, prefatus Willelmus Gregory,
ordinavi per dictum testamentum meum quod unus capellanus idoneus per
executores meos eligendus celibret pro anima mea et alijs animabus in
eodem testamento expressatis per quinque annos in ecclesia beate Marie
Aldermary London tantum; Yolo tamen, lego, et per présentés jam
finaliter ordino quod capellanus per dictos executores meos elegendus
celebret pro anima mea et alijs animabus predictis ubicumque eisdem
executoribus meis melius videbitur Deo placere et saluti anime mee pro-
ficere. In cujus rei testimonium sigillum meum huic codicello apposui.
Hijs testibus, Magistro Johanne Palmer clerico, Johanne Cok, Waltero
Smert, pellipario, Thoma Hardyng scriptore, et alijs. Datum London
secundo die Januarii, anno Domini millesimo ccccm sexagesimo sexto.
Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum una cum codicello xxiij die
Januarij Anno Domini M.cccc lxvjt0 ac approbatum et insinuatum, &c.
Et commissa fuit administracio omnium et singulorum bonorum ac
debitorum dicti defuncti, &c., citra primam Dominicam quadragesime
proximo future &c., ac de piano compoto, &c. jurato, &c. reservata pro-
testate, &c.
* ' AMP. SOP.
hHISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF
A CITIZEN OF LONDON
IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
God, that dyde a pon a tre
And bought us with Hys blode soo fre,
To Hys blys tham brynge
That lystenythe unto my talkynge.
Oftyn tymys we talke of travayle,
Of saute, sege* and of grete batayle,
Bothe in romans and in ryme,
What hathe ben done be fore thys tyme.
But y wylle telle you nowe présent,
Unto my taie yf ye wylle tent,
Howe the V. Harry oure lege,
With hys ryalte he sette a sege
By fore Bone, that ryche cytte,
And endyd hyt at hys owne volunte.a
A more solempne sege was nevyr sette
Syn Jérusalem and Troy was gotte.
So moche folke was nevyr sene.
One kynge with soo many undyr hevyne.b
Lystenythe unto me a lytylle space,
And I shalle telle you howe hyt was.
And the better telle I may
For at that sege with the kyng I lay,
a Fore that he lovyde as hys own volante. B.
b Nother syche another sege sette, as I wene. B.
CA MD. SOC.	BTHE SIEGE OF ROUEN,
And tliere to I toke a vyse,
Lyke as my wyt wolde suffyce.
Whenne Pountlargea with sege was wonne,
And ovyr Sayne then enter was be gunne,
The Duke of Exceterb that [lord so]c hende,
To Eone, yn sothe, oure kynge hym sende,
Herrowdys with hym unto that cytte,
To loke yf that they yoldyn wolde be,
And aile soo for to se that grounde
That was a boute the cytte rounde ;
Howe our kyng myght lay J?er at a sege,
If they wolde not obey to oure lege.
When j?e Duke of Exceter with grete renowne
Was corne by fore the ryalle towne,
He splayyd hys baners on a bent,
And herrowdys unto |?e cytte were sent,
To meke hem to oure kyngys methe,
Chargyd them uppon payne of dethe,
Not withstondyng hym of hys ryght,
But delyvyr the cytte to hys syght.
For he dyd them to wytte with owtyn bade,'*
He wolde not goo er he hyt hadde,
But or he paste farre in space,
Wynne hys ryght thoroughe Goddys grâce,
To that the cytte gaf non answere,
But prayde oure herrowdys furthe to fare,
They made a maner skorne with hyr honde
That they there shulde not longer stonde.
Gonnys they schott with grete envye,
Pont de l’Arche.
Thomas Beaufort, the King’s uncle, a son of John of Gaunt by Cathe-
Swynford.
Omitted in E. Supplied from B.
Delay.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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And many were smytte pyttyfully.
And they yssuyde owte many fulle kene
On horsbackys with hyr harneys fulle schene.
The Duke of Exceter droffe hym yn agayne,
Of them were takyn and sum slayne.a
Whenne that was done with owtyn bode,
To Pountlarge agayne the Duke rode
And tolde the kyng of that proude cytte,
Howe hyt stode and in what degre.
Nowe to my taie, and ye wylle hede,
I wylle y ou telle a cursyde deede,
How evylle they wrought there,
Tob oure kynge com hem by fore.
Subbarbys with owte the towne,
Chyrchys and howse they drewe downe,
And the Porte Synt Hyllary they schende,
A parysche chyrche downe ther rente.
Of Synt Hyllary was that same,
And aftyr hyt pe Porte bare hys name.
At Porte Causses a downe they drowe
A chyrche of Synt An drowe,
And an abbay of Synt Gervays ;c
There pe Duke of Clarans loggyd was.
And the Porte de Pounte doune they bete,
A chyrche of oure Lady swete,
And othyr of Synt Kateryn, that maydyn meke,
And of Synt Savyoure a nothyr eke ;
And of Seynt Mathewe they drewne downe one,
And lefte there of stondyng nevyr a stone ;
At Martyrvyled a doune they mynde.
And there mowstryde the dewhe agayne,
And meny of his men were tahe and yslayne. B.
Until.
Synt Jamys. E., which is clearly an error. B. reads Synt Gervays.
Mar chyle. B.
Nota de
mal icia eorum.4
THE SIEGE OF KfOUEN.
Of Synt Mychelle a chyrche fynde ;a
And of Synt Poule a nothyr tlioo
And mynde douneb a nothyr a lytylle fro.
Hyr lieggys, gardons and streys,c
They drewe hem into the cytte every pece.
Buschys and brerys and boughys they brende.
And made hyt as bare as my honde.
Nowe was there a prowde araye
That a boute the cytte gaye.
Welle hyt was ordaynyd for the warre
With aile the fence that myght darre.
The wallys was fulle varyabled
And the dychys depe and fensabylle.
The dyche that was the walle aboute
The londe syde whythe oute,
Hyt was depe and also wyde,
A trenche sewynge in every syde.
A trenche hyt was with a depe dyssende
That was made the diche to defende
That noo man shulde corne to nere
In hyr dongere but they were.f
Whoo went that trenche withyn,
With owtyn harme he myght not wynne.
The diche was brode and depe,
And fewe myght fro many man hyt kepe.
The bottom of the diche with yn
Was pyttefallyd ij fote evyr bytwyn,
And every pyttefalle a spere hyghthe
a Fullfyne. B.
b And onynde Dame. E., which is evidently a transcriber’s error. B.
reads, They mynede donne.
c lier treys. B.
d warryable. B.
e donge. E. B. reads donger.
f lest they dede were. B.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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That there schulde stonde noo man to fyght.
And soo, to make hem clere
That noo man a boute them were,
Fro the pyttefalle unto the walle
Hit was hyghe and stowte with aile.
As thycke of caltrappys hit fulle was sette
As meyschys be yn a nette.
With yn the cytte aftyr a the walle
Welle eountyrmuryde hyt was welle with aile,
With erthe soo thyke and so brode
That a carte myght goo )?er uppon Iode.
That poynt they made in there werre
That noo gunne shulde not hym derre.b
Hoo soo wylle hem count soo
There ben a hundryd or too.c
And also mote I thryffe
There ben portys fyve.
Of tourys aboute that cytte
Many a schore d there yn be ;
And every towre from othyr ys
But of vj. rode in space I wysse ;
Ande in every toure iij gonnys lay,
For to schete dyvers waye.
In the myddys of )>e walle every towre be twyne
Aile that cytte by-dene,
A grete fouler e was layde lowe
Evyn by the erthe that hit myght throwe.
Every towre by twyne ]?er lay on lofte
viij gounnys smalle )?at myght schute ofte,
a a fore. B.
b Injure.
c But trewly zytte hade they with them also
Of other sotelvys meny other mo. B.
d Score.
e A species of cannon.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
And also launcetys layde on hyght
To schute farre at nyght.a
And at every warde was there set
A engyne or a trebget,b
And on sum warde sete were ij.
Synt Hyllerys warde was one of tho.
Thys they made hyr ordynaunce
With fence of grete substaunce.
And of thys fence leve we talkynge
And talke we more of oure kynge.
The Fryday be fore Lammasse daye
The kynge remevyde in ryche a raye
To the cytte of grete pryde,
And loggyd hym a lytylle J?er be syde.
The Satyrday he sygnyde the grounde
To hys chyftaynys by-fore that cytte rounde,
A cry on Monday he dyd make
That every man schulde hys grounde take.
At the este ende of that cytte
With [inné] c a howse of Chartere
There loggyd hym oure kynge a non,
And with hym loggyd many one.
Of aile worschyppe he ys a welle ;
Hys honoure noo tonge may telle.
Of ail pryncys for to a counte,
Sette hym pryncepalle in the frounte.
And at the ende towarde the weste,
Clarence the Duke he toke hys reste.
At an abbay he hym lende,d
That was mynyd doune and aile for-schende,
Ferre an ney. B.
Trebuchet, an engine for throwing stones.
Om. E. Supplied from B.
Abode.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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At Porte Gausse that gâte be-fore,
And kepte the Fraynysche men yn fulle sore,
And wan worschippe and grete honoure.
Of Pryncehode he may bere a floure.
Thoughe aile pryncys were i-mette,
Nexte the beste he myght be sette.
At the northe syde by twyne
There was loggyd Excetyr ]?e kene.
And at the Porte Denys he lay,
Where Freynysche men yssuyde owte every day.
He bet hem yn at every brounte,
And wanne worschyppe as he was wounte.
Of aile pryncys manhode to reporte
Set hym for on of the sorte.a
By twyne hym and Clarenceb thanne,
Erle Marchalle0 a man-fulle man,
Loggyd hym nexte the castelle gâte
And kepythe hyt bothe erly and late.
And forthe in the same way
The Lorde Haryngton he lay.
Talbot from Dennifrountd when he corne,
He loggyd hym next that gome.e
Then Haryngton Syr Wyllam
When he dyde hys retenewe he nam.1
The Erle of Urmoundeg then lay he
Next Clarence with a grete may ne;
And Cornewale that comely knyght
a Set Exset er as for one of the best sur cote. B.
b Thomas Plantagenet, the King’s brother.
c John Mowbray, son of Thomas, first Duke of Norfolk. He was restored
to his father’s title in 1424.
d Domfront.
e Man.
f Took.
e James Butler, fourth Earl of Ormond.8
THE SIEGE OF KfOUEN.
He lay with Clarence bothe day and nyght;
And many knyghtys in a frounte
That nowe corne not to my mynde to counte.
From Exceter towarde the kynge
Eoos a and Wylby b were loggynge ;
And thenne the Lorde Fe Iîewe,c
That ys a goode knyght and a trewe ;
Syr Wylham Porter thenne lay he
By fore the Porte Synt Hyllare.
Fulle spytefulle werre there was
And ought the cytte yssuyd owte in pat place.d
And ofte he droffe hem yn a gayne
Manfully with myght and mayne,
And wanne worschyppe aile wayes.
Moche ys that knyght to prayse.
And whylys Synt Kateryns was yolde,e
Of Mortayne the Erlef soo bolde,
That abbay and that towne by-twyne,
There he lay and wrought hem tene.
Moche worschyppe there he wanne ;
Whyle he levyd he was the man.
The Erle of Saulysbury & in that tyde?
He loggyde in that othyr syde.
Syn thys vyage was thus begunne
Moche worschippe he wonne.
a John Lord Roos.
b Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresby.
c Henry Lord FitzHugh.
d For ever they came owte at that same place. 8.
c Was un zolde. B.
f Edward Holland, Earl of Mortayne, who died at this siégé. See
Williams’s “Gesta Henrici Quinti,” p. 128, note. It mnst hâve been after
his death that the title was conferred on Edmund Beanfort, afterwards Duke
of Somerset.
8 Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, who was slain at the siégé of
Orléans in 1428.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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A comely knyght, Syr John the Gray,
On the Mounte Synte Mychelle he lay,a
That abbay and that towne by twyne,
And wan worschippe witli war kene.
Syr Phylyppe Leche b tlienne he lay
By twyne Sayn water and the abbay,
cAnd kepyd a warde undyr the hylle.
Worschyppe and honoure to hym fylle.
And Carowe,d that baron bolde,
Above he lay, and soo he wolde,
And kepte the watyr by the see syde.c
There fore hys worschyppe walkys wyde.
And Janygof lay hym a-bove
A grete Squyer for to prove.
And in that othyr syde of Sayne
Lay Huntyngdone,g that cytte a gayne,
And helde them yn with manfulle warre
And gâte hym worschyppe for evyr more.
Also Nevylle h that nobylle knyght,
And Umfravyle* that lorde soo lyght,
And Arundelle Syr Rycharde,
With Huntyngdon they lay inwarde.
a “ And J>an Sir John Grey, knyght, with ail hys retenue and ordenaunce
atte chapell J?at is called Mount Seynt Mighell.” H.
b The prose chronicle in H. calls him “ Sir Philip Leche, knyght, the
Kyngis tresorere.”
c The preceding four lines are omitted in B., which thus makes Sir John
Gray, and not Sir Philip Leche, keep ward under the hill.
d Thomas Baron Carew.
e He liepte a warde as be that syde. B.
f Jenico d’Artas, a Gascon gentleman. For some account of him, see
Archæologia, xx. 92; and Williams’s Gesta Henrici Quinti, 125-6.
& John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon.
h John Nevill, eldest son of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland, who died
before his father in 1423.
* Sir Gilbert Umfraville, sometimes called Earl of Kyme.
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THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
Thoo Ferres3 that lorde aile soo
With Huntyngdon he lay tho
At the Porte de Pounte in ryalle a-raye,
And wanne worschippe every daye.
Towarde Pounte del a roche b on Sayn,
Oure kynge made a gret chayne.
Thoroughe grete pylys he dyde hyt a-ray,
That no vesselle schulde rove a-way.
As nye the cheyne a brygge he made
To serve for man and hors i-lade.
Thenn every man myght to othyr fare
In hasty tyme yf nede were.
Sone as Warwykec Domfrount wan
Then to oure kyng a non he cam,
A-non commaundyd hym oure lege
To Calbecke d to set a sege,
And when he corne the toune be-fore
They dyd trete with owtyn more.e
He sought that soverayn Erle unto
That he that dede wolde doo.
He grauntyd hem in compassyon,
And selyd uppe a condyscyon,
The watyr of Sayn with owtyn lette,
Owre shyppys to passe with oure frette.
Then passyde oure shyppys aile in feref
And keste hyr ancrys Eoone fulle nere,
As thycke in Sayn as they myght stonde,
And segydde hyt bothe by water and by londe.
a Edmund Lord Ferrers of Chartley.
b Pownte large. B.
c Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
d Caudebec.
e B. adds, in place of the next three lines :—
“ And as Rôtie dyde, so thay wolde donc,
And granted hyt in compoeyssyone
f Together, or in company.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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And when Warwyke that ende hadde made,
To Eoone agayne that ryalle rode.a
By-twyxte Synt Kateryns and the kynge
He loggyd hym and was byggynge
Tylle that abbay in trety was*
And was yoldyn thoroughe Goddys grâce.
Then withyn a lytylle whyle
He loggyd hym at Porte Martynvyle.b
Moche worschyppe therefore to hym was
And soo hathe ben in every place.
Saulysbury that was synyde to ryde,
Yet he returnyde and dyd abyde
By Huntyngdon, there lende
Tylle the sege was at an ende.
Glouceter that gracyus home,c
From the sege of Chirboroughe he corne,
At the Port Synt Hyllarye
Fulle manfully loggyd he.
In caste of stone, in schot of quarelle,d
He dradde hym for noo perelle,
But wanne worschyppe with his werre,
And lay hys enmys fulle nerre
Thenne any man that there was
Be xl. rode and more in spas.
Whenn aile othyr pryncys ben tolde
Set hym for one of the bolde.
Of Sowthe folkee the Erle so wyght,
a that lorde hym rode. B.
b Martwyle. B.
c g orne. B. A g orne means a man.
d Square bullets of iron, with pyramidal heads, discharged by cross-bows.
e William de la Pôle, Earl, afterwards Duke, of Suffolk. This was the
nobleman who negociated the marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of
Anjou, but was afterwards compelled to quit the country, and was murdered
at sea in 1450.12
THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
And Bergayne a that nobylle knyght
With Glouceter b bothe they lay,
And wanne worschyppe every day.
And then tbe pryor of Kylmaynan c
Was corne with yn the mowthe of Sayn.
At Harflete he londed evyn,d
With xv. hundryd fyughtyng men,
Welle a-rayde of warre wyse,
As the cuntraye hathe the gysse.
Faste he hyed unto the sege,
And was welle-come unto oure lege.
Then was sayde the Fraynysche kynge
And the Burgaynys caste hyr entryngee
In the northe syde of oure oste,
F or cause there was playne f moste.
Oure kyng assygnyd a yenne
The priour g with hys xv. hundryd men
To logge hym in that syde,
For to kepe the wayes wyde.
By the Foreste of Lyones stoute,
To kepe the Fraynysche men owte,
He loggyd hym with owte that woode,
And made wacche and ordynaunce goode
Withowte oure oste iij legys large.
So for to logge hyt was hys charge.
a Richard Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny, afterwards created Earl of
Worcester.
b Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, the King’s brother.
c Sir John Botiller, prior of Kilmainham, head of the Order of St. John
of Jérusalem in Ireland. See Hcnrici Quinti Gesta (ed. Williams), p. 125,
note.
d he londyde then. B.
e onttrynge. E.
f plague. B. An obvious clérical error. The prose chronicle in H. says,
“ by cause bat bere was lefte entre and most playn grounde.”
* paner, MS. ; but evidently a transcriber’s error.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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The knyght thenne there-to sent,a
And manfully thedyr wente.
Yf the Fraynysche men ofte wolde there that way
The fryste frunt he thought to fray.b
Moche worschyppe wanne he there,
And soo he hadde done ellys where.
And moche worschyppe there he wan
I wolde you telle but aile I ne can.
Thys was oure sege with ryalle route
Aile the cytte sette aboute.
Nowe of thys cytte wylle y spelle,
And of the Captaynys wylle 1 telle.
Monsenyour Gy the goode Botlere c
Was cheffe captayne aile in fere,d
Bothe in castelle and in towne.
He was a man of grete renowne.
Monsenyour Termagon in that spase,
Captayne of Porte Causse he was.
Monsenyour de Roche aile soo
Of Bevewsyn captayn thoo.
Monsenyour Antoyne, a werryour wyght,
He was leuetenaunt to that knyght.
Herre Chanfewee was captayne
Of the Porte de Pount de Sayne.
Johan Mawtrevers that [nobylle] f man
Of the Porte of Castelle was captayne.
Monsenoure Pennewys g thenne was he
Captayne of Porte Synt Hyllare.
therto did sone assente. B.
Thefurste brorvnte they tliowgte affray. B.
Guy le Bouteiller.
i. e. of the whole company.
EKanfeme. E. Camfene. B. Chamfewe. H. and H. 2.
Supplied from B.
Pemeivcs. B. Peneuæ. H.14
THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
The Bastarde of Teyne in that whyle
Was captayne of Porte Martynvyle.
And Gaunt Jaket or Jakys a of werrys wyse,
He was captayne, and aile so the pryce,
And of aile the skarmoschys that were withowte
Of aile the cytte rounde aboute.
And every on of thés captaynys hadde
v. m1. men and moo in lade.b
And whenn they wolde rayse ail the comynaltye,
Many a thousande myght they be.
Men nomberyd them with yn
Whenn oure sege dyde by-gynne
To iij.ccc.m1. and tenc
Of wymmen, chyldryn, and of men.
0’ pepylle hyt was a proude score,
A kynge to lay a sege be-fore.
And there-to they were fulle hardy in dede
Bothe in foote and eke in stede,
And als prowde men as evyr I saye,d
And poyntys of warre many one dyd sliewe.
Whenn they yssuyd owt, moste comynly
They corne not owte in one party.
At ij gatys, or iij, or aile
Sodynly they dyd owte falle.
And every parcelle there wolde be
A thowsande, or ellys thre,e
Kychely arayde at the beste
And there to prowdely and preste/
a Graunte Jakys. B. Graunde Jakis. H.
b Inlaid, i. e. proyided.
c TJnto four hundred thewsande and ten. B.
d hnewe. B.
c A ten thousand, also mote I the. B.
f Ready.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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Hyt was grete lykyng hem a to hede ;
To counter hemb hyt was grete drede,
For the fensce of hem nought at aile,
For moche of the drede corne fro the walle;
For schot of goonne and quarelle bothe
Sawe I nevyr gretter wothe.c
Evyr as they yssuyd oute and made a fray,
There wolde be schot I dar welle say
A hundryd govnnys at wallys and tourys
With[in]d the mount of ij halfe hourys.
Of quarellys noo tonge may sowne
That wolde be schot in schorte rome.
Thys they yssuyd owte tho and thoo,
And on the erthe men shulde be sloo,e
And othyr whyr with spere and schylde,
Whenn they wolde owte in to the fylde.
fThenn oure kynge lette a diche make
And set ther uppon scharpe poyntyd stake
And heggys a-bove g for prykyers owte
Aile that cytte rounde a-boute.
Syr Eobert Babthorpe in that space
Countroller unto oure kynge he was ;
Bothe hegge and dyche he ordaynyd that,
And moche worschyppe there he gatte.
Then they yssuyd owte ofte on fote,
For in horsse-backe was noo boote.
Bothe in watyr and in londe
Oure men gaffe hem mete at hond.
a hom. E. hem for to lede. B.
b hom. E. ham. B.
c Injurj.	d Om. E.
e Slain.
f Before this in B. occurs these two lines :—
“ And than orere kynge a cry lette make
That every man trewly to wakeA
? And heggyd hyt about. B.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
And oft oure men were fully slayne,
For rennyngea of the walle soo gayneb
That was bothe grâce and Goddys wylle
Bothe govnnys and quarellys went so thrylle,
Trypget and spryggalde and grete ingyne,
They wrougbt oure men fulle moche pyne,
And namely to Glouceter that dere,c
For he was loggyd them soo nere.
And corne tydyngys newe and newe,
The Burgonnys wolde corne for rescue.
Suche tydyngys corne that cytte tylle
That the bellys they gon rynge fulle schrylle.
Nevyr aftyr tylde ne ronge the sythe J?e sege was sette,
Ne aftyr tylle the cytte was gette.
Oure kynge demyd ]?at Duke of Burgon had ben nere,
And made a fylde with chyftens there.d
Sone tydyngys corne hyt was not soo.
A-gayne to Parys ];e Duke was goo.
Thenn with yn fewe dayes
They say he was at Pounthayes,6
And hadde iij.c. thousandf
Of fyghtyng men hym sewand.g
Oure kynge commaundyd with his cryc
In harnys every man to lye.
With owtyn the border of hys oste
He made a dyche of grete coste,
remyge. MS.
For they wolde rynne the walle s agayne. B.
that lorde so dere. B.
Than corne ty dynges howe they were nere.
Than say de oure kynge wyth mery chere,
Felowes, be mery nowe every chone,
For we schalle fygte sone anoneB.
Pounthayes. MS. Pownteys. B. The place is elearly Pontoise.
four hundred thowsand. B.
In good order.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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Pyght with stakys that wolde perysce,a
With turnepykys, and with many an hers ;
Govnnys goode and redy bente,
They were layde in many went.b
The countrollers the werke see,
A besy knyght in chevallere.
And sone they sayde with ynne a whyle,
He corne with yn xx myle.
Thys taie was tolde un the Tuysdayc
That he wolde com d on Fryday,
In that cytte was sayde the same;
Thys of hys comyng they hadde game.
And on the Fryday, with owtyn boode,
To Huntyndone oure kyng roode ;
There he ordaynyd at hys a vyse,
A poynt of warre hyt was fully prysse.
He reryd that warde to batelle boune,6
Hyr backys tornyd toward the towne,
In hyr a ray so as they stode;
A nothyr batylle owte of a woode
Musterryd them with batylle sore.
Of Burgayne y s armys sum they bore.f
He made the bataylys for to mete,
As they hadde fought soo dyd they lete,
To make the cytte to yssue owte,
But they ne durste for they had dowte,
And supposyd hyt was a trayne;
They bode with yn for they wold not be slayne.
And aftyr that they werryd soore,
And yssude oute as ]?ey dyd be-fore,
hors to perche. B. \>at wouldperissh. Prose narrative in H.
Passages.
Thursday. B., with whieh H. agréés.	d eony MS.
Reacly.	f herey MS.
CAMD. SOC.
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THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
Nota of the
hunger in
that cytte.
Fulle myghtyfulle with power stronge,
And a-bode a-pon the Burgonnys longe,
Tylle hyt drewe towarde Crystysmas.
Bp J?at tyme there vytayle waxyd scars.
Mete and drynke and othyr vytayle
In that cytte be-gan to fayle.
Save clene watyr they hadde i-nowe,
And vyneger to put there twoe,
Hyr breae was fulle ny gone
And flesche save hors hadde they non.
They etete doggys, they ete cattys ;
They ete mysse, horse and rattys.
For an hors quarter, lene or fatte,
At c s. hyt was atte.
A horsse hedde for halfe a pound ;
A dogge for ]?e same mony round ;
For xxxd.a went a ratte.
For ij noblys went a catte.
F or vj d. went a mous ;
They lefte but fewe in any house.
For brede as brode as my hond
Was worthe a franke, I undyrstond.
Hyt was febyll that they myght fynd,
For hyt was made in syche a kynde,
Ne of ruelle, ne of otys,
Bot of branne, God it wotys.
Oynonnys, lykys, bothe in fereb
Was to hem a mete fulle dere;
There of was a pece at a schelynge.
Welle was hym that myght gete a pyllynge.
A negge at ix d. a nappylle at x d. ;
Suche a market was a-monge thés men.
a Fourtypens. B.
b together.THE SIEGE OP ROUEN.
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There was many a carefulle herte
By-cause hyr market was so smavte.
ïhey caryd not for exspens of goode,
For they myght fynde noo foode
Where on they myght hyr mony were ;
And that made them soo fulle of care.
They ete uppe bothe roote and rynde
Of docke of gras a they myght fynde.
Thenne to dye they dyd be-gynne,
Aile that ryche citte withyn.
They dyde faster every day
Thenn men myght them in erthe lay.
There as was pryde in ray be-fore,
Thenn was hyt put in sorowe fulle soore.
There as was mete, drynke and songe,
Thenn was sorowe and hunger stronge.
Yf the chylde schulde be dede,
The modyr wolde not gyf hyt bredde,
Ne nought wolde parte hyt a scheve
Thoughe sche wyste to save hys lyve ;
Ne the chylde the modyr gyffe ;
Every on caste hym for to leve
As longe as they myght laste.
Love and kyndenys bothe were paste.
Aile kyndenys love was be-syde
That the chylde schulde fro the modyr hyde,
To ete mete that shulde hyt not see,
And ete hyt aile in prevyte.
But hunger passyd kynde and love,
By that pepylle welle ye may prove.
Yet in the wallys they made hyt stoute
For we shulde not wyt with-owte.
a dr/rc of the f/ra.^.sr. B.20
THE SIEGE OF fiOUEN.
And sum stale a-way as they myght cache,
And they were takyn ay with-owte wacche.a
Aile they us tolde of hyr myschyffe,
And yet we can not tliem be-leffe,
That they shulde stonde in suche a State
By-cause that hyr warre dyd not a-bate.
Thenn with yn a lytylle space,
The poore pepylle of that place,
At every gâte they were put oute
Many a hundryd in a route;
That hyt was pytte hem to see
Wemmefn] corne knelyng on hyr kne,
With hyr chyldryn in hyr armys,
To socoure them from harmys;
Olde men knelynge them by
And made a dolfulle cry.
And aile they sayden at onys thenne,
u Hâve marcy uppon us, ye Englysche men.’5
Oure men gaffe them of oure brede,
Thoughe they hadde don sum of oure men to dede,
And harme unto them dyd they non,
But made them to the dyche gone.
There they kepte them a baycche
That non of hem shulde passe oure wacche.
Meny of them sayde they hadde levyr ben slayne
Thenn in to the cytte goo a-gayne.
They turnyd thenne with murmuracyon,
And cursyd hyr owne nacyon.
The cytte wolde not lete them yn,
There of I wote they dyd grete syn.
For many one there dyde for colde
That warmythe of howese savyd wolde.
a with nur wachc. B.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
That seson of Crystysmasse,
I shalle y ou telle a fayre grâce,
And a mekenys of oure kynge,
Of goodenys a grete tokenynge.
He sent a-pon Crystysmasse daye
Hys herrowrys a of armys in ryche a-raye,
And sayde, by-cause of that hyghe feste,
Bothe to moste and leste,
With yn the cytte and with owte,
That were storles, and vytaylys with-owte,
They shulde hâve mete and drynke inowe
And save condyte to corne there too.
They sayde “ Graunt marcy,” aile lyghtely,
As thoughe that they hadde sette lytylle ]?erby,
And unnethe they wolde graunte a space,
The pore to corne there to that with-owte was.
ij prestys and iij men hem with b
To bryng hem mete they grauntyd grythe;
And yf there corne any moo,
Them to slay they swere thoo.
On rowe )?e pore were set in sete.
The prystys brought them hyr mete
They ete an dronke and were fulle fayne
And thankyd God c with aile hyr mayne,
And as they sette hyr mete to fong
Thys taie was them a-mong:
“ A myghty God,” they saydyn then,
“ Of tendyr hertys ben Englysche men.
“ Lo, here oure excellent kynge
u That we hâve ben so long stondynge,
So in E. lierarvdes. B.
Save to two prestes and no ?no hem with. B. The prose chronicle
says, “ two prestis and iiij servauntes.”
our kynge. B.22
T1IE SIEGE OF R'OUEN.
“ And nevyr wold obbey hym to,
“ With oure wylle the omage hym do,
u Of us nowe hathe more compassyon
“Thenn hathe oure owne nacyon.
“ That God as )?ou art fulle of myght,
“Graunt hym grâce to wynne hys ryght.”
Thus the pepylle be-gan to speke.
Thenn to hem thys ij prystys toke.
When they hadde etyn they wente hyr way.
The trewys leste but that day ;
And as the nyght be-gan to corne
They hyr way yede sone.a
Thenn wacche and warde fulle strayte
Bothe day and nyght on hem they wayte,
To holde them yn, bothe grete and smalle ;
F or hunger breky the the stone walle ;
And the captaynys of that cytte,
Mayre, burges^ and yemonrye,
For nede they muste wante mete,
Conselle they toke that they wolde trete.
A-pon the newe yerys evyn at nyght
At every gâte of cytte ]?er callyd a knyght ;
There was no man that tyme them herde.
With-owte answere forthe they farde,
Save a-pon Huntyng done ys syde,
Whenn they callyd in that tyde,
At the Porte de Pount of Sayne,
They answeryde full sone a-gayne.
A knyght thenn askyd what they wolde.
They sayde for sothe and thus they tolde.
“ Speke with a knyght of oure lynage
“ Or with sum lorde of Baronage. ”
* For mjzt as the nyglit hoyau to store,
Sa g an azrn ail that ther >eorr. B.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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He sayd, u For sothe I am a knyght
And they hym askyd what lie hyght.
He sayde “ My naine ys Umfrevyle.”
They thonkyd God and sayde J>at whyle,a
“ Of Normandy the olde blode
“ Shalle helpe that we may hâve a ende goode
u By-twyxte usb and thys worthy kynge.”
He sayde, u What ys youre wyllynge?”
They saydyn, “ With[owte]c any sporte,
“ We hâve ben at everyche Porte
“ Where thys pryncys lyen before,
u And callyde aftyr them sore.
“ Fryste at Clarence, that excellent,*1
“ Ought we callyde or we wente.
u Thenn at Glouceter the goode,
“ Oftyn callyd and longe stoode.
“ Thenn at Exceter we were,
“ Fulle many tymys were callyd there.
“ At Warwycke warde the Erle so fre
u We callyd moo then tymys thre.e
u Aile so at the Erl Marchalle we were,
u There was non that wolde us liyre.
“ That we thys callyd yf they do muse,
“ We pray y ou the ye us excuse,
And pray thés pryncys for Goddys sake,
u That ys Lorde of aile and dyd us make,
“ As they byn dukys of dignyte,
“ And cheftaynys cheffe of chevalre,
u Unto the kyng pray for us,
a and the swete Seynt Ghjle. B.
b y ou. E. ns. B.
c Om. E. With onde any more reporte. B.
(1 that lorde so exselente. B.
p Here 56 lines hâve been transposed by the copyist in E., who goes on
from this place to the 13th line on p. 25,
“ Tolde they thys tydyngys aile in fere/’24
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“ That we myght fynde hym gracyus;
u And we wylle you also
“ Unt[o] the kyng for us to go,
“ Besekyng hym for love of that Kynge
“ In vj dayes that made aile thynge,
“ With hys wyt and hys a-vyse,
“ (Of aile othyr pryncys lie y s )?e pryce,)
u And also for hys owne prynce hode,
“ And for hys moche manhode,
“ And he ys kyng excellent,
“ And unto non othyr obedyent,
“ That levythe here in erthe be ryght,
u But only unto God al myght,
“ With-yn hys owne Emperoure,
“ And also kyng and conqueroure,
u That he wylle graunte us, of hys grâce,
“ Save condyte and also space,
“ Nought to with-stonde oure offence,
“ That we myght corne unto hys presence,
“ xij of us in one assent,
“ Oure wylle to telle and oure entent.
u And with the myght of Goode soo fre,
“ May we corne onys ]?at we myght he see,
“ We wylle hym say by lytylle instans
“ Shalle turne the prynce to grete plesauncef’
Quod Umfrevyle, “ Thys I assent.”
He toke hys leve and forthe he went
To Clarens ]?e duke so dere
And tolde hym thys tydyngys aile in fere.
He thonkyd God and Marye eke
That owre enmys were made so meke,
And say de “ We wylle with fulle goode wylle
u Speke for them the kyng untylle.”
Lo, so sone he undyrtoke,
And mekenys he nought for soke.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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He ys a prynce for to commende,
But fewe in londe suche we fynde;
He ys manfulle whylys ]?e warre dos laste
And marcyfulle when wer ys paste ;
Manhode, mekenys, bothe wyt and grâce,
He has, content in lytylle space.
Hym wantyd no thynge ]?at a prynce shulde hâve ;
Almygbty God moste a hym save !
Then Umfrevyle he toke hys leve,
Hys message went he for to meve.
To Glouceter then dyd hee goo,
To Exceter ]?e Duke aile soo.
Toi de they thys tydyngys aile in fere,
And thanked God of hevyn dyre,
That ther enmys agayne there wylle
For socoure shulde sende tham tylle;
And sayde they wolde for Goddys sake
Helpe a goode ende for to make.
Lo !b thos pryncys of mekenys
(God save them aile from sekenys !),
Thoughe they hadde sufferde war smarte,
Yet were they marcyfulle in herte.
Thenn Umfyrvyle hys leve there tas,
And passyd forthe on hys pace
To the Erlys aile by name,
And they hym sayde aile the same.
Loo ! thés grete men of chyvalrye
Soo sone were in charyte.
There God of Hys grete grâce
He them spedde in every place.
a mote. H.
b To. E.
CAMD. SOC.
ETHE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
On neweyerysday in the mornynge
Umfyrvyle went unto the kynge,
Aile the mater to hym he sayde,
Lyke as hyt was unt[o] hym layde.
Oure kynge with counselle and wyse
Also by hys owne wyte and vyse,
Graunt the cytte aile hyr wylle,
That xij. of hem shulde com hym tylle.
And of hys lordvs everyche on,
A-gayne hyt was nevyr of them non.
Lo ! that Prynce pryncypalle,
Of worthynys he passythe aile.
Lo ! howe he provyd hym manfully,
And also fulle marcyfully.
Thoughe they had of hys men so many maymyd,*
And so gretely hym grevyd,
And put hym unto so grete a coste,
And of hys men so many loste,
And so withstondyng hym of hys ryght,
And then were fallyn in to hys myght,
At hys wylle them to greve,
Yf he wolde venge hym with myscheve.
Then for to lyght so lowe,
Of hyr wylle to wytte and knowe.
Also to graunte them trete,
There was marcy and charyte !
And they so grevysly hym had gylte
And of hys pepylle so many b spylte;
He to graunte hem of hys grâce
A marcy fulle mete hyt was.
For tko that had hym oft amered. B.
Sony. E. An obvious clérical error. B. reacls :—
“ And ofhys vieil meny one spylte.”THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
The chylde of God I wote he ys
That dothe ]?e goode for the mys,
Of goodenys he lackythe noo thynge
That ys semyng for a kynge ;
That Cryste for Hys Passyon
Kepe hym in Hys regnacyon !
Whenn he hadde grauntyd as I hâve tolde,
To Umfrevyle the knyght so bolde,
He askyd 44 Syr when shalle thys be?”—
44 If that they wylle, to morowe,” sayde he.
Umfrevyle hys leve there hente,
To the cytte a-gayne he wente,
And when he corne unto the gâte
The statys a he founde there ate.
He sayde 44 I hâve ben at oure kynge
“ And he hathe grauntyd you youre wyllyng.
44 To morowe by-tyme loke ye be yare,b
u For xij of you shalle with me fare.
u And sythe ye shalle goo hym to,
44 Thys counselle I rede you doo.
44 To morowe, I wotte, ye schalle se
44 The ryalste prynce of Crystante.
44 With suche a prynce y et ye nevyr spake,
u Ne not so sone a worde can take.
46 Thynke with lier te by fore youre tunge,
“ Leste youre wordys ben aile to longe.
44 Speke wordys but lytylle and welle hym set
44 With that prynce when ye be met ;
“For one worde wrong and owte of warde
“ Myght cause you aile to fare fulle harde;
“ For-thy of wordys be ye wyse
“ And say not withowte a vyse.”
a of llone. B. of the eitte. H.	b Readv.28
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They thonkyd hym aile curtesly,
And sayde, “ Mon syr, graunt mercy,
4 4 And ye thus moche good wolde us teche,
Or that we com unto )?at pryncys speche,”
And sayde “ A dewe ” and went hys waye—
Thys was Sonday and Neweyerysday.a
On that othyr day by pryme
Umfrevyle he corne that tyme ;
And of the kyngys squyers gente
That tyme with hym a certayne wente,
And many yemen with hym also
Were assygnyde for to go.
They wente to Synt Hyllarys gâte,
The xij men corne forthe there ate;
iiij knyghtys, and iiij clerkys,
And iiij burgeys wyse of workys ;
And they aile were clad in blacke.
Maner they were b and fayre they spacke.
When they com unto Chartryte c
The kyng hyryng masse was he.
With yn Chartyr howse with yn dyd lyende,d
Tylle the masse was at ende.
Forthe corne the kynge with owtyn let
Where he had knelyd in a closet,6
a Onto the Sonday after Newe zere daye. B. New-year’s day, however,
was Sunday in 1419 ; so that the reading in onr text may be quite correct.
In H. the passage stands thus :
“ He seyde adewe and went his waye.
“ The Satirday after Newyeresday,
“ At that hourc of day at prime&c.
thus omitting the date of the conférence with Umfrayille, but placing the
interview with the King on the Saturday following.
a Comely of chere. H.
b the house of Charture. H. the hous of Charité. B.
c aile they did lendc. H.
d A pew.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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With a cliere so chevetaynelyche
So lyght of loke and so lordelyche.
Solemp with semeland so sad
To se the kynge men myght be glad.
As sone as the Fraynysche men hym se
That lorde be fore they fylle on kne.
He blessyd them with statefulle chere
As he ne wyste what they were.
They inclynyd with meke speche
And a bylle to hym dyd they reche,
An bade a lorde to take the bylle,a
And sumwhat more he turnyd hem tylle.
What hyt ment, as I hyrde say,
A tretys they wolde hâve by sum way.
They hym be sought for Goddys sake,
That hevyn and erthe and aile dyd make,
Bothe este, west, northe, and soughthe,
That he wolde hyre them speke with mouthe.
And he bade them speke aile hyr wylle,
And they were fayne and knelyde stylle.
They sayde, “ We you be seche and praye
“ For Hys love J?at dyde on Goode Frydaye,
“ And for hys Modyrs love so fre,
4 4 Consydyr ye the charyte,
44 The pore pepylle that ben with owte
44 In youre dychys rounde a-boute,
44 That ben there and lacke mete and brede,
44 For hunger many on ben dede.
44 Hâve ye pytte tham uppon
44 And graunte them leve for to gone.”
e The kynge bade Eæsetere loke on that bylle. B. He tauyhte a lorde
to take her bylle. H.30
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Aile stylle he stode that whyle,
Nothyr dyd he laughe nor smyle,
But with a countenaunsce fulle clere,
And with a fulle lordely chere,
Nor to mylde, nor to stronge,a
But in a mene withowtyn change.
Hys countenans dyd he not a bâte,
But stylle he stode and in astate,
Or hym lyste to geve an answere.
He sayde, “ Felowys, hoo put them there,
“ To the dyche of that cytte?
“ I putte them not there^ and J?at wote ye.
“ Nothyr hyt was not myn ordynaunce,
“ Ne non passe by my sufferaunce.
“ Let them fynde that they hâve sought ;
“ They a bode in the cytte whylys they inought.
“ And as to you, ye knowe welle thys,
u Ye hâve offendyd me with mysse,
u And fro me i-kepte my cytte,
u That y s myn herrytage so fre,
“ And ye shalle be my lege men.”
They answeryd and sayde tlien,
u Of thys cytte that we here kepe
“ We hâve a charge, and that a depe,
“ That us be-toke oure soverayne lege,
“ For to defende from saute and sege.
u We ben hys lege men i-bore,
“ And also we hâve to hym swore,
u Also to the Duke of Burgayne fre,
“ Of hym a fulle depe charge hâve we.
“ But wolde ye of youre grete grâce
“ Graunt us leve and space,
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“ Sum of us to hem for to goo,
u That we myght warne them of oure woo
“ And of oure faythe us to excuse,
“ Many of us wolde them refuse,
“ And to you delyvery youre cytte
“ And many of us youre lege men be.” a
He sayde, “ I put you owte of doute,
“ My cytte wylly not goo with owte.
“ And as touchyng to youre Freynysche lege,
“ He wot fulle welle I holde a sege.
“ The Duke of Burgayne also
“ Welle they wote bothe too;
u And thys whyle that I here hâve ben
iC Ofte massyngers hathe gone us by-twyne
u If them lyste to nyght me nere.b
“ Welle they wote to fynde me here.
“ Welle they wote I wylle not gon
“ With owte my ryght for frende ne fon.
“ Sythe they hyt longe be fore knewe,
u JTo sende them message newe and newe,
“ Hyt were to me but novylte;c
“ To us but superfluyte.
“ Suche massage shalle tham non be sent
“ Hit ys noo nede ne compotent.”
Whan he hadde gevyn then that answere
Of that mater they spake no more.
They sayde, “ Hyt ys fulle lyke to wyn
“ Rone cytte with men there yn.”
He sayde, “ Hyt ys myn owne londe,
“ I wylle hyt wyn, thoughe ye hit with stond;
* “ And aile zoure owne liege men be,” H.
u meyze me nere. H.
c to ham no neweltie. B.32
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“ And the men that ye so draffe
11 Shalle be rewarde lyke as they serve.”
With that worde they were a dradde
Then spake a clerke and thys he sayde :
“ Soverayne lorde, yfye wylle hede,
“ In story thus I fynde and rede.
“ ij chevetaynys a day had set,
u And with hyr hoste they met;
“ Bothe a ray de uppon a fylde
“ And bothe ij to batayle yelde.
i( The wekyr party with les men yn
“ Brought the bygger brede and wyne,
In tokenyng that they shulde be
“ Marcyfulle and of pytte.
u Lo, we brynge you bredde and wyne,
“ We brynge you Rone the cytte fyne.”
He sayde, “ Rone ys myn herrytage,
“ I wylle hit hâve with owtyn fage ;a
“ And for thys tyme I rede you doo
66 That marcy may be grauntyd you to.
“ And at the reverence of God aile myght,
u And of hys modyr, ]?at maydyn bryght,
“ Of tretys I shalle graunte you space,
u If ye do welle ye may hâve grâce”
Thenn they sayde, “ Syr, for charyte,
“ Howe wylle ye to oure pepylle see,
“ That in the dychys suffer payne
“ And for defaute dyen lyke swyne?”
He answeryd with wyt fulle wyse,
And sayde, “ Ther on I wylle take a vyse.
“ As God me puttys in herte and wylle,
“ So wylle I do that pepylle tylle.
* Deceit.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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“ As me my red ys, soo wylle I rewe ”—
With that he went and sayde u A dewe.”
The Fraynysche men in the same whyle,
Forthe they went with Umfrevyle.
Towarde the cytte as they yode,
They spake of oure kynge soo goode.
They sayde, u He ys, at oure a vyse,
“ Of aile erthely pryncys the pryce,
“ Takyng rewarde of hys chere,
“ And to hys countenaunce so clere;
“ To hys person in propyrte;
u To hys fetowrys and hys beute,
u And to hys depe dyscrecyon,
“ That he hathe in possessyon,
“ And to hys passyng prynce-hode,
“ And to hys mykylle man-hode.
u And he ys marcyfulle in myght,
“ And askysse no thynge but hys ryght.
u Thés vertuys ys a grete thynge
“ To be withyn an erdely kynge.
“ Howe shulde he but wyn honowre?
“ Howe shulde he be but a conquerowre ?
“ Welle we wote withowtyn wene,
“ God hym lovys, and that ys sene.v
Thys the Fraynysche men of hym talkyd,
Towarde the cytte as they walkyd.
There leve of Umfrevyle they toke,
And in to the cytte the gon roke.a
A pon that othyr day erlyche
Oure kynge made ij tentys uppe to pycche,
One for Englysche, a nothyr for Fraynysche,
Bothe were sette in Glouceter ys trenche.
a Moke, Le., return. We still talk of a thing rocking to and fro, of roqh-
ng a cradle, &c.
CAMD, SOC.
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THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
Thoughe the stormys were nevyr so grete,
Dry heddyd ther yn myght they trete.
When bothe pavylyons were uppe ryght,
They went to trete with wylle fulle wyght.
Warwyke, that worthy erle so wyse,
For oure parte he was pryce.
Sawlysbury, that erle so trewe,
And aile so the lorde Fehewe,
The kyngys stywarde Hungerforde,—
By name I can noo moo reporte,—
Fro that cytte cam tham to mete
xxiiij men fulle dyscrete.a
That was a syght of solempnyte,
To be-holde eyther othyr parte,
To se hyr pavylyons in hir a raye,
The pepylle that on the wallys lay,
And oure pepylle that was with owte,
Howe thycke they stode and walkyd a boute.
Also hyt was solas to sene
The herrowdys of armys ]?at went by twyne.
Kyngys, herrowdys, and pursefauntys,
In cotys of armys suauntys,b
The Englysche beste,c the Fraynysche floure,d
Of Portynggale castelle, and toure ;e
Othyr in cotys of dyversyte,
As lordys berys in hys degre.
Gayly with golde they were be-gon,
Kyght as the son for sothe hyt schone.
0 xij of the Frensshe that werene discrète. H.
b suauntysy i.e., suitable or appropriate. H. reads amyauntis.
c a teste. H.
d a flonre. H.
e Some Portuguese ships were employed by Henry to block up the mouth
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Thys syght was bothe joye and chere;
Of sorowe and payne the othyr were.
Of pore pepylle there were put owte,
And nought as moche as a clowte a
But the clothys in there backe,
To kepe them from ray ne I wotte.
The wedyr was unto them a payne,
For aile that tyme stode moste by rayne.
There men myght se grete pytte,
A chylde of ij yere or iij
Go a boute to begge hyt brede.
Fadyr and modyr bothe were dede.
Undyr sum the watyr stode;
Yet lay they cryyng aftyr foode.
And sum storvyn unto the dethe,
And sum stoppyde of ther brethe,
Sum crokyd in the kneys,
And sum aile so lene as any treys,
And wemmen holdyn in hyr armys
Dede chyldryn in hyr barmys,b
And the chyldryn sokyng in ther pappe
With yn a dede woman lappe.
There men myght fÿnde and see fulle ryfe
By twyne ij ded on lyynge on lyve,
And he not wetyng of there dethe,
Soo prevely they yelde uppe hyr brethe
Withoutyn calle or cry,
As they hadde slepte soo dyd they dy.
Thés were the syghtys of dyfferauns,
That one of joye and pat other of penaunce,
As helle and lievyn ben partyd a to,
That one of welle and pat othyr of wo.
\>ay hadde on hem unnethe a cloute. H.
Bosoms.36
THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
There ne was noo man, I undyr stonde,
That sawe that but hys herte wolde change,
And he consyderyd that syght
He wolde be pensyffe and no thyng lyght.
There myght men lerne aile there lyve,
What was a-gayne ryght for to stryve.
For when hyt lay in there lotte
They were fulle cruelle, God hyt wote,
And marcy wolde they non hâve,
Nede causyd them aftyr for to crave.
And yet for aile hyr wyckyd wylle
Mercy they were takyn tylle.
Nowe of the pepylle lat we be,
And of oure tretys talke we.
We than a chalengyde and accused,
And they answeryd and excusyd.
We askyd moche and they proferd smalle,
That was ylle to corde with aile.
So they tretyd a forglitnyght,
And yet a corde they ne myght.
The tretys then they breke in haste,
And bothe tentys downe were caste.
The Fraynysche men them be thought
That hyr owne woo they hadde wrought.
And when they shulde hyr leve take,
They prayde oure men and thus they spake
“ For the love of Aile myghty God
“ Contynu youre trewys to nyght for good.
“ And yf we calle aftyr speche,
“ In that tyme we y ou be seche,
61 That we may hâve contynu ans
“ For to hyre oure audyens.”
a hem. H,THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
37
Oure men sayde, 44 That we assent.”
Bothe tokyn hyr leve and forthe they went.
To the kyng oure party paste,
And tolde with taie fulle stydefaste,
Howe they hadde lefte and in what yssu,
And howe they had contynuyd trewe.
Oure kynge was marcyfulle in herte mode,
That they hadde grauntyd he not withstode.
The cytesyns with sympylle chere
In to the cytte they went yn fere.a
Sone in that cytte hyt was spoke
That the tretys was broke.
The poore pepylle aile a boute
On the ryche made a schoute :
44 And ye fais tale-tellers,
44 And also men quellers,
44 Why wylle ye take no rewarde
44 To us that suffer now so harde,
44 That dye here every day,
44 And welle mou b J?en men telle may,
44 Aile hyt rennys uppon youre coste,c
44 For in youre faute we ben loste.
44 We pray to God that ye answere,
44 By fore that Lorde that sufferd sore d
‘4 At Calverey uppon a roode,
44 And bought us with Hys blessyd blode ;
44 That ye be gylty in thys cas
44 We you apele by fore Hys face.
In company.
Welle we. H. Wele \>an telle we may. H. 2.
And also rennyth npon our caste. H.
The final words of these Unes are transposed in E. as follows:—
We pray to God that sufferd sore,
By fore that Lorde that y e answere.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
u Wolde ye obey unto oure lege,
“ Thenn wolde he sesse of hys sege.
“ But for youre goode that ye hyde,
“ Youre pompe and youre grete pryde,
“ And ye wolde enclyne unto youre kynge,
u Thenn myght he sesse of oure langgynge.
i( But ye a corde with youre wylle,
“ He shalle com yn thoughe ye nylle.a
16 Youre styffe gatys that ye steke,b
“ We shalle them bren and up breke.
“ We shalle lat hym in to hys ryght ;
“ If ye defende we shalle fyght,
“ Levyr then thys to byde here
“ And dy for hunger aile in fere.”
They sayde, “ Suffyr for a whyle,
“ For that we doo ys for a wyle.
“ We wylle excuse us to that fode r
“ For to pay but lytylle goode.”
Then sembelyd aile in hyr degre d
And every one sayde in hys manere :e
“No nede ys to counsel to goo.
“ There nys no more but on of too ;
“ Othyr delyvery up thys clos,
“ Or ellys be ded ther ys no choys.”
To the Port Synt Hyllary they went,
And callyd ôwte by one assent.
Thenn answeryd a knyght a non
Was callyd Robertf Syr John.
Righte here anoone we schal zou Mlle. H.
Shut.
Person.
)>ay semblid \>ane aile \>at cite,
in his degre. H.
Robesard. H.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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“ Syrs,” he sayde, “ what ys youre wylle?”
They answeryd and sayde hym tylle,
“ We y ou beseche for charyte,
“ And for the honoure of oure Ladye,
“ For us that ye wylle spende youre speche
“ To Glouceter, and hym by seche
“ For us to speke to ]?e kynge, and prayen
“ That we myght corne trete a gayne.
u We wylle submyt us unto hys wylle
“ And aile that longe us tylle,
“ Oure persons and oure possessyons,
“ And aile dyspose at hys owne dyscressyns.”
Whenn thys knyght the Duke hadde tolde,
For them to speke he sayde he wolde.
So he demenyd a unto the kynge
That spas he gâte of newe tretynge.
Of Cauntyrbury the Byschoppe fre,
At Synt Kateryns that tyme lay he,
Whenn he hadde knowelege of that care,
In hys herte he tendyrde sore.
To the kyng whyghtely he wente,
And be sought hym with a good intente,
That he myght wende unto that cytte,
For to speke with hyr spyrytualte,
To helpe a fynyalle pes to gete,
To goo and be a mene at that trete.
The kyng hym grantyd a non ryght.
ij pavylyons a non were pyght
With yn the trenche where they hadde ben.
The byschoppe pyght hys owne bytwyne.
So was the State of spyryualte
A mene to make unyte.
a He mevid it. H.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
They tretyd day, they tretyd nyght,
With candelle and torchys bryght.
They tretyd iiij dayes in space a
And made a nende thoroughe Goddys grâce.
Whenn they knewe a conclusyon,
The Fraynysche men made a petyscyon,
Aile there worschyppe for to save,
viij dayes of respyte for to hâve,
That they myght goo unto ]?e Fraynysche kynge,
And to the Duke of Burgon sende tydynge,
And in what degre they stode and howe,
Bydyng on them to hâve rescowe.
That was a poynt of chevalrye,
Oure kyng grauntyd with herte fre,
That they myght wyt welle and when
Howe hyt shulde be delyveryd then.
Nowe to my taie, and ye wylle tende,
I shalle you telle oure cordymente.
In viij dayes, I you tolde,
If noo rescowe unto that holde,
They shulde delyvyr that cytte
And the burgonys b Englysche be.
Aile soo to oure kynge, of mony rounde,
To pay hy[m] 1. m1. pounde.
More ovyr they shulde undyr take
A castelle to oure kynge to make
In iij halfe yerys with owtyn let,
Sum sayde, “ In faye hyt shalle be set.” c
And they to hâve hyr ffranches fre,
By fore as hyt was wounte to be ;
in \>at place. H.
btirgesis. H.
And npon Sayne it schold be sette. H.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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No man with[ynne] a hyr oytte to selle,
But cyttezyns that j?er yn dwelle,
^ And thoo that was a Norman borne,
And Englysche men wolde not be sworne,
Presener he shulde be us tylle,
Oure kynge hym to ponysche at hys wylle ;
And aile the sowdyers that were there,
Hyr goode to leve and goo for the bare,
In hyr dublettys owte of the towne.
Oure kynge gaffe eche on a gowne.
Thys was hys compascyon,
[And made by good discressioun].b
And Graunt Jakys a non présent,
Aftyr rescu he was sent.
Of that massage he was fulle fayne,
To Roone he corne not yet a-gayne,
But massyngers thedyr he sende,
Bade them to corne of and make an ende,
Dyd them to wyt, with taie fulle trewe,
No rescu was that he of knewe.
The viij dayes, the sothe to telle,
On the ffeste of Synt Wolstonec hyt felle.
That was apon a Thursday.
Oure kynge then in ryche aray,
And ryally in hys astate
[As a conquerour there he sate]d
With [in] a howse of Carteryte.e
To hym the keys of that cytte
Delyveryd unto hym in fe.
a Om. in E. Supplied from H.
b This line occurs in H., but is omitted in E. and H 2.
c Jan. 19th, which fell upon a Thursday in 1419.
tl Supplied from H.
« Charité. H.
CAMD. SOC.
GTHE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
Monsenoure Gy the Botlere,
And burgeys of that cytte in feere,a
To oure kynge the keys they brought.
To ben hys lege men they hym besought.
To Exceter oure kynge soverayne
Commaundyd the keys for captayne.
Aile so that Duke chargyd he
To go resake that ryche cytte,
And entyr in hys name that nyght,
And synyd with hym many a knyght.
Then Exceter with owtyn boode
Toke hys leve and forthe he roode,
To Bevyse that Port so stronge
That he hadde layn be fore so longe.
To that gâte fui le sone he cam,
And with hym many a goodely man.
There was neynge of many a steede,
There was shewynge of many a wede,
There was many a getton b gay,
Moche ryalte and ryche a ray.
Whenn the gatys were opynd there,
And they were redy in for to fare,
Tro[m]ppettys c blewe ther bemys d of bras,
Pypys and claryons bothe there was,
As they enteryd they gave a schoute
With a voyce, and that a stoute,
“ Syn Jorge ! Syn Jorge !” they cryde on hyght,
“ Welle corne Rone, our kyngys owne ryght!”
The Fraynysche pepylle of that cytte
Were gaderyd m1. for to see,
And the burgesses of that city in company.
A small standard borne by an esquire.
Trompettys, i. e. trumpetters.
Trumpets.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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They cryde aile “ Welcome/* in feere,a
“ In suche tyme mote ye entyr here,
“ Plesynge to God that hyt myght be
“ To us bothe pes and unyte.”
Of the pepylle, to telle the treughthe,
Hyt was a syght of grete reuthe.
Moche of the folke that were thereyn,
They were but bonys and bare skyn>
With holowe yeen and vysage sharpe,
Unnethe they myght brethe or carpe;
With wan color as the lede,
Unlyke to lyvys men but unto dede.
Patrons b they were quente,
A Colayne kynge c aftyr to paynte.
There men myght see an example
Howe lacke of foode makys men fulle ylle.
In everyche strete lay dede,
And sum cryde aftyr brede.
Aftyr longe and many a day
They dyde faster then cartys myght cary a way.
The redy way )?er God them wysse,
That they may bylde in blysse !
Off them y wylle no more spelle,
But of Exceter I wylle you telle.
To the castelle fyrste he roode,
And sythe unto the Portys aile and brode.
Lengythe and brede bothe he met,
And ryche baners up he set.
A pon the Porte Synt Hyllarye,
In company.
Patterns, or workmen’s models ; lay figures.
Disfîgurid pateronys and quaynte. H.
A king of Cologne ;—alluding to the supposed Three Kings whose seuils
preserved there.THE SIEGE OF 'ROUEN.
A baner of the Trynyte.
At Bovens a he set fulle evyn
A baner of the Quene of Hevyn.
At Martynvyle up he pyghte
Of Syn J orge a baner bryght.
In the castelle he set to stonde
The armys of Fraunce and of Ingelond.
In the Fryday in the mornynge
Towarde the cytte corne oure kynge.
iij byschoppys b in hyr a ray,
vij abbottys with crossys gay ;
xlij c crossys there were
Of rerygyus d and seculere.
Aile they went in processyon.
A gayne thys prynce with owtyn towne
Every cros in ordyr they stoode.
He kyste them aile with meke mode.
And haly watyr with hys hande
Gaffe the prymate of oure lande,
At Boveys the Portee so wyde
He passyde yn with owte any pryde,
With owtyn pype or claryons blaste,
Prynce devoutely yn he paste
As j. conqueroure in hys ryght,
Thankyng in hys herte God Almyght,
Aile the pepylle of that cytte,
They sayde, “ Welcome, oure lege so fre,
“ Welcome in to youre oune ryght,
“ As hyt ys the wylle of God Almyght.”
And at the Port Kaux. H.
Aile the Bisshoppis. H.
xliiij. H 2. ; but xlij. E. and H.
Religious, i. e. the religious orders.
And at the Porte Kaux. H.THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
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With that they cryde aile “ Nowe Welle/’ a
Al so schyrle as any belle .b
He rode a pon a blacke c stede,
Of blacke damaske was hys wede.
A paytrelle d of golde fulle bryght,
Aboute hys breste hyt was pyght.
The pendauntys dyd by hym downe hange
On eyther syde of hys hors stronge.
Thay that hym nevyr arstee se
By hys chere welle wyste that hit was he.
Soo to the mynyster dyd he fare
And of hys hors he lyght there.
Hys chapylle mette with hym at the doore,
And went by fore hym in the floore,
And songe a responde gloryus,
That ys namyd Quis est magnus ?f
Masse he hyrde and offyrde thoo;
Sethen unto the castelle he dydyn goo.
That y s a pallays in that cytte,
For hyt a place of ryalte.
There he hym loggyd in the toune
With ryalte and grete renoune.
Nowe y s that cytte welle in tryste
Incresyd bothe of mete, drynke of the beste,
Thoroughe the grâce of God and of oure lege.
Thys he hadde endyd uppe hys sege.
With owtyn fabylle or fage g
Thys procesce made John Page,
The French cry of Noël.
Os heighe as \>ay myzt zelle. H.
browne. H. and H 2.
Breastplate.
Erst, i. e. before.
Quis est magnus Dominas ? H. and H 2.
Falsehood.46	THE SIEGE OF ROUEN.
Aile in raffe and not in ryme*
B y cause of space he hadde no tyme.
But whenne thys werre ys at a nende,
And he hâve lyffe and space he wylle hit a mende.
They that hâve hyrde thys redynge,
To Hys blysse He tham brynge,
That for us dyde uppon a tree.
Say amen for charyte.
Amen.
Explicit pe sege of Rone.VERSES
ON THE
KINGS OF ENGLAND.LYDGATE’S VERSES
ON
THE RINGS OF ENGLAND.
Cronycles of aile Kyyigys of Englonde aftyr the Conqueste,
as of liyr namys ande where tliat they bene i-byryede.
Wyllelmus Conquestor.
This myghty Wylliam Duke of Normandye,
As bokys olde make mencyon,
By juste tytylle and hys chevalrye
Made kynge by conqueste of Brutys Albyon,a
Putte owte Harrolde ande toke possessyon,
Bare hys crowne fulle xxj yere,
Beryd at Cane, thys saythe thys croneculere.
AVyllelmus Büfus.
Nexte in ordyr by successyon
Wylliam Rufe his sone crownyde kynge,
Whiche to Godwarde hadde noo devocyon,
Destruyd chyrchis of newe and olde byggynge
To make a foreste plesaunte for hontynge.
xiiij yere he bare hys crowne in dede,
Beryde at Wynchester the cronycle ye may rede.
a In margin : “ id est, Englonde.”
H
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VERSES ON THE KINGS *OF ENGLAND.
Henricus Primus.
Plis brother next, callyde the fryste Henry,
Was to London i-crownyde as I fynde,
Whos brother Robert of Normandye
Ganne hym werry, the cronycle makythe mynde,
Reconsylyd aile rancor sette by hynde.
Fulle xxxiij, by recorde of wrytynge,
Yeres he raygnyde, and ys byryde at Redynge.
Stephanus.
His cosyn Stevyn, when fryste Henry was dede,
Towarde Englonde ganne crosse the sayle;
The Archebyschoppe sette upon hys hedde
A riche crowne, beynge of hys consayle.
xix yere with sorowe and grete travayle
He bare hys crowne he hadde noo reste,
At Feversham lythe byryde in hys cheste.
Henricus Secundus.
Henry the Secunde the sone of the Emperesse
Was crownyd next, a manly knyght
As bokys olde playnely done expresse.
Thys sayde Henry by forwarde force and myghte
Slowe Thomas a for Hooly Chyrche ryght.
Yeres xxxv raygnyde as y s i-made mynde,
At Synt Everard beryd as I fynde.
* “ Bekett ” interlined here, in a later hand.VERSES ON THE KINGS OF ENGLAND.
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Richardus Primus.
Richarde hys sone next by successyon,
Fryste of that name, stronge, hardy, and notable,
Was crownyd kynge, callyd Cuer de Lyon,
With Saresenys heddys i-servyd at his tabylle;
Slayne at Gaylarde by dethe lamentable,
The space raynyd fully of ix yere ;
Hys herte i-beryd in Rone by the hyghe autere.
Johannes.
Next kyng Richarde raynyde hys brothe[r] John,
And afftre sone entred in to Fraunce.
He loste aile Anjoye and Normandye a non,
This londe enterdytyd by mys governaunce,
And as hit ys put in remembrance,
xviij yere kynge of this regyon,
And lythe at Worcester dede of pyson.
Henricus Tercius.
Henry the iij his sone of ix yere
At Gloucester was crownyde as I fynde;
Longe warre he hadde with hys baronage
Gretely delytede in almys dede.
lvj yere raygnyd he in dede,
Beryde at Westmynstre by rçcorde of wrytynge
Day of Synt Edwarde Martel* mayde and kynge.52
VERSES ON THE KINGS OF ENGLAND.
Edwardus Primus.
The fryste Edwarde with the shankys longe
Was aftyr crownyde, that was soo goode a knyght,
Wanne Scotlonde mawgre the Scottys stronge,
And aile Walys in the dyspyte of ther myghte,
Durynge his lyffe mentaynyd trought and ryght.
xxxv yere he was here kynge
And lythe at Westmynester, thys noo lesynge.
Edwardus Secundus.
Edwarde his sone, callyd Carnarvan,
Succedynge aftyr to make hys allyaunce,
As the Cronykylle welle rehersse canne,
Wedd the doughter of the Kyng of Fraunce;
On Thomas of Lancaster he toke venjaunce.
xix yere he hylde his regallye,
Beryd at Glowcester, as bokys specyfye.
Edwardus Tercius.
The iij Edwarde, borne at Wyndesore,
Whiche in knyghthode hadde soo grete a pryce,
Enherytyer of Fraunce withouten more,
Bare in his armys quartle the floure delyce,
And gâte Calys by his prudent devyce.
Begnyd in Englonde lij yere,
And lythe at Westmynyster as say|;e ]?e cronaculere.VERSES ON THE RINGS OF ENGLAND.
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Richardus Secundus.
The sone of Prynce Edwarde, Kyng Richard ]>e Secunde,
In whoos tyme was pes and grete plente,
Weddyd Queen Anne as hit ys i-founde,
Isabelle aftre of Frannce he lystede to see.
xxij yere he ragnyde here, par de;
At Langle byryde fryste, soo stode the cas,
Aftyr to Wymynster his body caryd was.
Henricus Qüartus.
Henry the iiij next crownyd in certayne
A famos knyght and of grete semblesse ;
From his exsyle whenne he corne home a-gayne
Travaylede aftyr with werre and grete sekenys.
xiiij yere he raygnyde in sothenysse,
And lythe at Cauntreburye, in that hooly place,
God of hys marcy doo of hys soûle grâce.
Henricus Quintus.
The v Henry, of knyghthoode Iode starre,
Wysse ande manly playnly to termyne,
Ryght fortunate provyde in pes and yn warre,
Gretely experte and marcy aile dyssepleyne,
Spousyde the doughter of Fraunce, Katerynne,
Raynyd x yere, who lyste to hâve rewarde,
Lythe at Westmynyster, not far fro Synt Edwarde.54
VERSES ON THE KINGS OF ENGLAND.
Henricus Sextus.
The vj Henry, brought forthe in aile vertu,
By juste tytylle borne by heretaunce,
A forne provyde by grâce of Cryste Jesu,
To were ij crownys in Englonde and in Fraunce,
To whom God hathe gevyn soverayne suffycyaunce,
A vertusse lyffe, and chosyn for hys knyght.
Long he hathe rejoysed bothe by day and nyght.
EdWARDUS QüARTUS.a
a There is no stanza added to this title in our MS.; but another copy of
the poem in the Harleian MS. 2251, f. 2 b., ends as follows:—
“ Comforth al thristy, and drynke with gladnes,
Iiejoyse with myrth, though ye hâve nat to spende.
The tyme is corne to avoyden your distres.
Edward the Fourth the old wronges to amend
Is wele disposed in wille, and to défend
His lond and peple in dede with kynne and myght.
Goode lyf and longe I pray to God hym send,
And that Seynt George be with hym in his ryght ! ”CHRONICLE
O F
WILLIAM GREGORY, SKINNER.GREGORY’S CHRONICLE.
Here folowythe the namys of the Baylyes and Sheryfysa of Lon- Rie. I.
J	J	J J	J J	AD 1189 94
don in the cytte of Kynge Richarde the Fryste aftyr the Conqueste
of Englonde that was crownyde the thyrde daye of Septembre the
yere of owre Lorde Ml c iiijxx and ix. Ande that yere be ganne
the ordyr of Sent Tonyes of Prews, the yere of oure Lorde ut
supra M1 C iiij*x x. The namys of the Baylyes and Sherevys:—
Henricus Cornyll	j A
Anno primo.
Rychardus Kyvers	;
Johannes Harlyon
Rogerus Duke
Wyllelmus Haveryll
Johannes Boqueynte
And that yere Kyng Richarde made a grette ffeste ande a
solempne at Londyn, whithe grete justys and turnementys whythe
aile the chevalrye of Englonde and of othir londys. Also that
yere he wente ovyr see yn to the Hooly Londe, and he toke the grete
cytte of Acrys and slowe many Sarezenys. Ande that yere the
Byschoppe of Covyntre put owte the Pryer of monkys, and put
ther on secular chanons.
| Anno secundo,
j Anno tercio.
Nycholaus Dukette
Petrus Xewlynne
Rogerus Duke
Richardus fiz Aldyne
Wyllelmus fiz Isabell
Wyllelmus Arnulphi
Anno quarto.
Anno quinto.
Anno sexto.
a It is right to State that the list of City Officers in this Chronicle is not altogether
trustworthy; but instead of correcting individual inaccuracies in footnotes we reserve
our remarks on this subjeet for an Appendix.
CAMD. SOC.	r58
gregory’s chrqnicle.
Rie. I.
A.D. 1194-9.
Ande that yere Kynge Richarde corne home warde yn to Englonde
fro the Hooly Londe ande was take prysener by the Duke of Ostriche
& ladde to the Emperoure and raunsomyde. Ande his raunsum
drewe to so moche that every chyrche yn Englonde gave every
othyr chalys. Ande monkys ande othyr howsys of relygyon solde
hyr bokys to paye hys raunsome.
Anno septimo.
Anno octavo.
Robertus Besaunte
Jokelle le Josowe
Gerardus Antyoche
Robertus Duraunte
In that yere, the yere of oure Lorde M1 C iiijxx xviij be ganne
the Ordyr of the Trenyte. Ande the same yere was Wylliam with
the Longe Berde hangyde ande drawe for erresy. And that same
yere, aftyr];e Puryfycacyon of oure Lady, the kynge toke the castel]e
of Notyngham and deseretyde John hyse brothyr. Ande that yere
Kynge Rycharde was crownyde at 3enne at Wynchester.
Rogerus Blountte	1	A
°	}	Anno	nono.
Nycholaus Dukette	J
Ande that yere Kynge Rycharde wente ynto Normandye ande
gaffe batylle unto the Kynge of Fraunce.
Constantinus Arnulphi ■>	A	j .
1	»	Anno	decimo.
Robertus le Bele
"}
Ande in that yere the kynge corne homewarde, ande at the
Castelle Gaylerde in Normandy he was schottyn thorowe the hedde
whythe a quarelle ande loste ther hys lyffe. But yet or he dyde he
wan the castelle. And his body ys beryd at Pount Ebraunt,a in
Normandy, by hys fadyr. The obyte of the same Kynge Rycharde
ys the syxtye b daye of Aprylle, the yere of oure Lorde M1 c iiijxx &
xix.
a Fontevraud.
b So in MS., meaning the 6th.gregory’s chronicle.
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Anno secundo.
Here be garnie fvyste the Mayrys of Londyn.
The namys of Marys and Sherevys of the cytte of Londonne in
the tyme of Kynge John, the yere of oure Lorde M1 c iiijxx & xix,
crownyde at Westemynyster.
Arnulfus fiz	Arnulphi	^	A
Rychardos Sz Bail	}	A”"°	P"™0'
Ande that yere Kyng John loste aile Normandye ande Angoye.
Robetus Deserte
Jacobus fiz Barthyn
Wyllelmus fiz Alysie	) A	,
c j A1, J i ( Anno tercio.
bymon de Aldermanburye j
Ande th?t same yere, by concyderacyon of worthy men of the
saine cytte of Londone, ther were chosyn xxxv, ande sworne lo
up holde and mentayne the cytte whythe the Mayre and Baylys.
Norman Blunden	1 »
_ .	_.	}	Anno	quarto.
John Lly	J
And that yere were grete tempestys of wedyr ande raynys,
thoundyr and lyghtenynge, and hayle stonys the grettenys of
eggys fylle downe a monge the ray ne, where of treys and vynys,
cornys, ande aile rnaner of frute were gretely dystryde. Al so there
were sene fowlys ande bryddys fleynge in the ayre, berynge fyre
on ther mouthys that brente many howsys ; thys was the yere of
oure Lorde M1 CC & ij. Ande the same yere Englonde was
enterdytyd, and otlier yerys be forne ande aftyr, viij yere durynge,
for the kyngys trespas.
Walter us Browne
Wyllelmus Chambyrlayne
Thomas Havyrylle
Hamonde Bronde
Anno y0.
Anno sexto.
And that yere of oure Lorde M1 CC iiij be gan the ordyr ot
Fryer Prechourys; and that yere was a fulle stronge wynter ande
sharpe, and that enduryd fro Newe yere ys day tylle the Annun-
cyacyon of oure Lady nexte sewynge. Ande that yere were the
John.
A.D. 1199-
1204.GO
gregory’s chronicle.
John.
A.D. 1204-10.
play s holdyn and motyde at the ïowre of London. Ande tliat
yere were sene two fulle monys in the fyrmanient.
John Walhame	ï Â	..D
-r, n	> Anno vil.
Kycardus \\ ynton	J
And that yere was Harry Oysyll hangyd.
Johannes Holylonde	i *	...0
Edmundus fiz Gerardi	}	^ V1‘J *
Serle, Mercer	]	Anno ix°.
Henncus de Sancto Albano )
Rogerus Wynchester	1	Anno x°
Edmundus Hardell	J
Ande that yere be ganne a generalle entyrdith thorowe aile Eng-
londe. Here was borne Harry, the sone of* Kyng John.
And here beganne the fryste Mayre of London, etc.
Henricus filius	\ Petrus Bukke
Alwynne, Maior	J Thomas fiz Nele
London* primus	Anno xj°.
Ande that yere was Synt Mary es Overay be gunne.
Petrus Josowe
Willelmus Blunte
| Anno xij°.
Nota bene.—Harry Alwyn was Mayre stylle v yere sewynge.
Ande in thys yere was thys londe reconsylyd a yenne. And the
same yere was London Brygge be gunne of stone oon arche.
Adam Whytteby
Stephin Grâce.
Ande the nexte yere aftyr by one Serle Mercer, and Wylliam
Aldnan the moste parte the yere of oure Lorde M1 CC x. And
that yere a man of Ambigensis was brent. And that yere was
Castylle Baynard destryde.
Henricus filius Alwyny, f Joseus filius Pers
Mayre of London ^ John Gerlande
}
Anno xiij0.gregory’s chronicle.
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Ande the same yere was a grete devysyon in ]?is londe by twyne John,
the kynge ande his lordys. And Lowes the kyngys sone of Fraunce A,I>‘1211-16
was wagyd with many Fraynysche men, and they dyd moche harme
in thys londe. And Kyng John fledde to Berandowne. Aile so
the towne of Sowtheworke and London Brygge and a grete party
of London was brente uppon the day of Syn Lenarde the Trans-
lacyon, &c.
The same Harry Mayre of London.
Rafe Holylonde
Constantine Joswe
| Anno xiiij0.
And that yere dyde Harry fiz Alwyn, the firste Mayre of Lon-
don.
Rogerus fiz Aleyne, r
Mayre of London \
Serle, Mercer, Mayre J
of London	l
Willelmus Ardelle, r
Mayre of London \
Martyn fiz Alesye
Petrus Batte
Salman Basynge
Hugo Basynge
John Travers
Androwe Newland
| A0 xv.
| Anno xvj°.
| A0 xvij0.
Ande this yere uppon the vygylle of the Puryfycacyon of oure
Lady the kyng passyd ovyr the see into Pycardy. Also the same
yere, the x day of May, thebaronys entryd in to London, and thata
was on a Sonday. And thenne be ganne the warre that was i-callyd
Barownys warre. And thenne was the Mayre putt downe by the
Baronys, and made Serle Mercer Mayre viij dayes. And thys
warre duryd aile the yere of Johnne Travers and Androwe New-
lond with ynne wrytynne. Ande the same yere nexte be sayde by
fore the yere of our Lorde M1 CC xiiij be ganne the ordyr of Freer
Menourys. And the xvij yere of the regyne of the kyng, the sayde
Kyng Johnb dyde, and ys berryd at Worsester.
Jamys Alderman, Mayre fro
the Trynyte Feste forthe, &c.
a thas MS.
h John repeated in MS.62
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. III.
A.D. 1216-20.
| Mayrys
| Anno primo.
of London.
The namys of Mayrys and Sheryvys in the tyme of Kyng Harry
the thyrde, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CC and xv that was crownyd
at Gloucester, and ix yere of âge.
Jamys Aldyrman a parte
Salamon Basyng a parte
Ricardus Sumpturer
Wyllelmus Blome Travers
Ande that same yere was Walys enterdyte and Loudwyke the
kyngys sone of Fraunce. went home a yenne in to Fraunce with
hys mayne and he hadde of the kynge a Ml marke of sylver.
o i i\t	I Thomas Bukrelle 1 A
Se,le, Mercer,	| Raffi)	} A„„o ,j-.
! •J0!1" ^ole	Aime iij«.
' John bpycer	)
Ande that yere the kyng hadde of every plowe londe ijs. Also
that same yere Syn Thomas of Canterbury was translatyde. And
the same yere Kyng Harry was crownyd at Westmyster.
Rycardus Wynbyldenej ^nno ••••o
Mayre of London
two yere
Serle, Mayre of
London, Mercer
Anno v°.
John Yyele	J
Ricardus Renger	)
John le Joswe	J
Custace Menkea the cros of Broumholme, and that yere the plees
of the crowne were motyde at the Towre of London. Ande the
same yere was ]?e Castelle of Bedforde besegyd, and that duryd fro
the Assencyon of owre Lorde to the Assumpcyon of oure Lady nexte
aftyr ; and that day by grete crafte and stronge sawte hit was
:i-wonne and dystryde and nevyr bylde more, be cause hyt was
rebylle a yenste the kynge. Al so that yere the ordyr of the
Freer Carmys be ganne, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CC and xx.
Al soo the same yere a Syn Lukys eve or day, ther blewe a grete
a So in MS. The chronicler doubtless intended to hâve mentioned the bringing
into England of the Cross of Bromholm, of which Matthew Paris gives an account in
the year 1223. To that year of our Lord it is also assigned in the text of the Chronicle
of London, printed by Nicolas, which a good deal resembles our présent Chronicle;
but still under the same mayor and sheriffs. and in the oth year of Henry III.gregoky’s chronicle.
63
wynde owt of the northe est, and that wynde caste downe many
liowsys, styplys, turretys, and chyrchys, and treys. Ande the same
tyme were sene in the ayre fyre dragons and wyckyd spyrytys a
grete nombre.
Serle, Mercer,	,	!
i» r	Ricardus Ronger A
JM ayre oi the	”	Anno vj°.
,, n j i	lhomas Lamberte
cytte oi London	1	1
And that same yere was grete persecusion resyd by one that was
callyd Water Bokerell, soo that Constantyne Arnulphus was hongyd
on the morowe altyr the Assumpcyon of oure Lady.
Ricardus Ronger,	c	Wylliam Jowner	j	..0
Mayre of London	{	Thomas Lamberte	J	^
Ande that yere the kyng had purposyd hym to hâve do kaste
downe the wallys of London. Ande the same yere the ordyr of
Fryer Menours came fryste in to Inglonde, and a man a that faynyd
hym selfe Cryste at Oxynforde, he was cursyde at Aldermanbery at
London the yere of oure Lorde M1 cc xxij.
Ricardus Ronger, j John Travers ^ Anno vii*°
Mayre of London l Andrew Bokerell J	^
Rogerus Duke	1
Martyn fiz Wylliam j	nno 1X *
Ande that yere the plees of the crowne were holdynne at the
Towre of London, and John Herlyon faylyd of his lawe for the
dethe of Lamberte of le Legys, etc.
Rycardus Ronger,	f	Rogerus Duke
Mayre of London	l	Martyn Wylliam
Rogerus Duke,	j Stephanus Bukler 1 ^nno x*0
Mayre of London 1 Henricus Colleham J	^
Ande the same yere the Sheryvs of London ande of Myddelsex
late to ferme the Shervysb of London for iij c poundec by yere, and
that was grauntyd the xviij day of Feverer the yere a fore sayde.
Ande ]?e same yere hit was grauntyd by the kynge and hys consayle,
that aile the werys that stode in Temys sholde be dystroyed and
u Here in the margin of the MS. is written “ Nota bene,’> in another hand.
b Meaning the Sheriffwick.	c Fahvan says 400/.
Anno x°
Hen. III.
A.D. 1220-8.64
gregory’s CHRO^ICLE.
Hen. III.
A.D. 1228-31.
nevyr more aftyr stonde in Temys. Aile so the saine yere the
kyng grauntyd to the cytsynnys of London that tliey shuldea in
aile the kyngys londe, as welle be yende the see as on thys syde the
see; yf any man toke any ofh the Shervys of London shulde take
stresse of hem of the saine countres were tliey myght be founde in
any place of London. Aile so the xvj day of Auguste the same
yere was i-grauntyd to the cytsyns of London wareyne.
Rogerus Duke,	J Stephyn Bukrelle	1 ^nno x**o
Mayre of London l Henrycus Cobham	j
Al so that'yere,*the vij day of Junij, the lyberteys and the
franches of London were radyfyde. Aile so the kyng grauntyd
that every Sheryffe sholde hâve two clerkys and two othyr ser-
vauntys and no moo for that offyces. Aile so that yere was
ordaynyd ]?at the towne sholde hâve a comyn sele, and tha shulde
be yn kepynge of two aidermen and two comeners of the same
cytte ; and that hit shulde not be wernyd nor denyde to poore men,
nothyr to comyners of the sayde cytte whenne they had nede ther
too yf hyt be resonabylle axyde, and that nought be take for the
sayde sele.
( Walterus WynccSter	]	Anno xiij0.
t Roberte fiz John	3
{ Ricardus fiz William	1	A	-0
;	>	Annoxmj0.
I John Wodeborne 3
Ande the same yere was i-geve a decre by the Mayre and Alder-
men of London, with the counselle and comynne assent of aile
the cytte, and sworne on the Evengely or Gospelle, that fro thens
forwarde they shulde nevyr suffer Shrevys to abyde in here offyce
but oone yere aftyr that day.
Roger Duke, (	Mychell de Sancta Eletia	î	Anno xv°
Mayre	1	Watkyn Denfylde	j
Ande that same yere the sayde Roger was putt downe of hys
offysse. And that same yere was dyscorde by twyne the kynge
and Hew de Burgo. And that same Hew was takvn at Brent-
Roger Duke,
Mayre of London
Roger Duke,
Mayre
« So in MS. The words “ pass toll free ” should be supplied.
h So in MS. The wriler should hâve said, •'*' of their g’oods.”gregory’s chronicle.
65
woode and brought unto the Towre of London and put in Hen. III.
&	r	A.D. 1231-41.
preson.
Andréas Bokerelle, j Henricus Eldymenton j	xvj0
l Gerardus Batte 3
The same Androwe,
Maire iiij yere
sewynge
Ricardus Roger,
Mayre of London
Wyllelmus Joynor,
Mayre of London
Mayre of London
Ande that yere was grete harme done in London of fire by
Dame Johne Lamberte.
The same Androwe, ( Symond Marys
Mayre of London l Rogerus Blounte
And that yere was consecrate Saynt Edmonde of Pounteney,
Archebyschoppe of Canterbury, and that revokyd the fore sayde
Hewe of Burge.
Raffe Asshewy
John Norman
Bernardus Batte i
Robertus Ardelle
Ande that yere was Qwene Elynore crownyde.
the Statu te Merton made.
( Henricus Cobham
Jordan Covyntre
John Tesalano
Gerad Cordawner
John Wylhale
John Goundris
Rémond Bughey
Raffe Asshewy
Ande that yere was borne Sir Edwarde Kynge Harrys firste sone.
And that same yere was Poulys chyrche in Londyn i-halowyde.
Gerarde Batte,	( John Gysors	j Anno xxiiij».
i
| Anno xvij0.
Anno xviij0.
Anno xix°.
And here was
Anno xx°.
Anno xxj°.
Anno xxij0.
Anno xxiij0.
A0 xxv°.
Mayre of London ( Mychell Cony
Remonde Bounghey, j John Yyalle
Mayre of London I Thomas Durysyne
Ande that yere dyde Saynt Roger, Byshoppe of London.
Wylliam Marche was drawe and hanggyd at Tyburne.
CAMD. SOC.	K
And66
geegory’s chr,onicle.
Hen. III.
A.D. 1241-48.
Nota bene.
Anno xxvj0.
A0 xxvij0.
The same Remonde, i John fiz John
Marye a of London ( Raffe Asshewy
And that yere the kyng wente unto Burdowes.
Raffe Asshewy,	t Hew Blounte
Mayre of London j Adam Basynge
And that yere the kyng com home from Bordowys a yenne.
And that yere the plees of the Crowne were holdyn at the Towre of
London. Ande Wylliam of Yorke, Rychard Paslewe, Herry Bas,
and Geron of Gayton, were justysys.
Mychell Tony,	( Kaffe Spycer	I Anno xxviij».
Mayre of London j Nicholaus Batte
Ande the same yere Michell Tony and Nicholaus Batte were
convycte in a perjury be fore the kynge on the Sacramentys in
presens be fore aile the Aldyrmen, werefore the same Michell was put
downe of his mayrelte and the sayde Nicholas of his sheryvehode.
IRobertus Cornill	j A
Adam Benle	I An"°	'
Symon fiz Marie	)	A	0
__	[	Anno xxx°.
Laurence Trowyke '
Ande that yere was translatyd Saynt Edmounde of Pounteney,
and a newme b of blode was put in Saynt Thomas of Acris tylle the
feste of Saynt Edmounde next sewynge. Ande that day the kyng
whithe a ryalle processyon hit was brought to Westmyster.
Perys Alein,	j John Yyale	j
Mayre of London (	Nicholaus Batte	i	^ ’
Mychell Tony,	(	Nicholaus Jocy	j	.	..0
Mayre of London I Galfrydus Wynton i	X ^
a So in MS.
b So in MS. The word is unintelligible, and a blank has been left for it in the
old English Chronicle in MS. Cott. Vitellius A. xvi., which at this period follows
the text of our Chronicle pretty closely. The Chronicle in Julius B. i. mentions the
matter as follows:—“ This yere was Seint Edmond of Pountney translatid, et uen’
(venarum ?) sanguis depositus fuit in hospicio Sancti Thomæ apud Conductum usque
ad festum Sancti Edwardi; quo die dominus Rex cum honorabili processione venera-
biliter apud Westmonasterium deposuit.,,gregory’s chronicle.
67
Roger fiz Roger,
Mayre of London
John Norman
Maire of London
Ande that same yere on
Ann o xxxiij0.
A0 xxxiiij0.
Raffe Hardelle
John Telasano
Humfray Basse
William fiz Ricum
Saynt Symon and Judys day there
was a grete wynde, and dyd moche harme in many placys of Eng-
londe.
Adam Basynge,
Mayre of London
Laurens Frowyke,
Mayre of London
Ande that yere, the yere
ordyr of Frer Austynys.
John Telasano,
Maire of London
Nicholaus Batte,
Maire of London
Nicholaus Bâte, sheryffe,
Anno xxxv0.
of oure Lorde Ml cc. 1., be gan the
xxxvp
A0 xxxvij0.
William Durham
Thomas Winborne
John Northamton
Nicholaus Pykarde
Ande that yere the kynge grauntyde the viij day of Juni that the
shrevys of London shulde yerely be a lowyde in the Chekyr by
ther ofFyce of ther sherevehod vij li. And aile so wlianne the
mayre ys chosyn that he shalle be presentyd to the Baronys of the
Chekyr, and there to take his othe.
Richardus Hardylle,
Mayre of London
v yere togedyr
Johannes Gysours,
Maire of London
Raffe Aswy
Robertus Bylton
Stephynne Doo
Henricus W almonde j
Mychell Bokerell
John Lymnour
Ricardus Ewylle
William Aswy
Thomas fiz Ricardus)
Robert Catylleyne 1
Johannes Adriam
Robertus Cornille
A0 xxxviij0.
! A° xxxix°.
A0 xl°.
Anno xlj°.
A0 xlij0.
Anno xliij°.
Hen. III.
A.D. 1248-58.68
GREGORY’s CHRpNICLE.
lien. III.
A.D. 1258-66.
Anno Domini
Ml CC lxv.
Ande that same yere, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CC and viij 5a
there fylle a Jwe into a gonge b att Tewkysbury uppon a Satyr day,
and he wolde not be drawe up owt of tbe gonge for reverens of hys
Sabat day. And Syr Rychardus of Clare, Erle of Gloucester, hirde
there of and wolde not suffer hym to be drawe uppe on the Son-
day for reverens of the hyghe holydaye, and so he dyde in the
gonge. And that yere a quarter of whete was worthe xxiiij s. of
sterlyngys.
Wyllyam fiz Ricum, (
Mayre of London ij
yere
Thomas fiz Thomas,
Mayre of London
A0 xliiij0.
Anno xlv°.
A0 xlvj0.
Adam Brownenge 1
Henricus Covyntre 3
John Northamton j
Rychardus Pykardej
Robertus Tayler )
Richardus Walbroke 1
Ande that same yere be ganne the Baronys warre ayenne, and
durynge that werre there were many worthy lordys slayne. And
moche myschyffe and sorowe was that tyme in thys londe.
The same Thomas j Robertus Mounpelers j xjyp0
Mayre stylle	I Obertus Sowtheworke j
Ande the same yere was Northamton towne takyn, ande many of
the men of the towne that were there yn were slayne, for they
hadde ordaynyd wylde fyre to hâve brente the citte of London.
The same Thomas	l	Gregorye Rokisle
Mayre	t	Thomas Forthe
And that yere was the batylle of Lewys, and then was the kynge
and his sone takynne.
The same Thomas j Edwardus Blunte
Maire of London ( Petrus Armiger
Ande the same yere was the batelle of Evysham.
William fiz Rie,	(	John Lynde
Mayre of London	j	John Walrent
And the same yere be ganne the Emperowre of Tarteryn for to
Anno xlviij0.
A0 xlix0.
Anno 1°.
* So in MS., instead of 1258.
h A jakes.gregory’s chronicle.
69
Alein Sowtlie, Custos
of J>e citte of
London ij yere
to gedyr
liij0.
revene, that was callvd the Grete Cane. The yere of oure Lorde Hen. III.
’	..	J	J	A.D. 1267-72.
M1 CC lxvij.
John Adrian	j Anno ljo.
Lucas Batyngcort j
Walterus Hervy	j Anno Uj0
W y lly am Dury sey ne '
Ande the same yere Octobon, the Legate, hylde a conselle at Syn
Poulys at London.
Henricus fiz Thomas, t Thomas Basynge
Mayre of London I Robert Corinhylle
Ande the same yere the xxvj day of Marche was ordeynyd by
the kynge and his conseil that noo cyttezen of London shulde goo
owte of the cytte to mete with noo maner of vytayle comynge unto
the cytte, nothyr by londe nothyr by water, unto the tyme that
they corne to the cytte, on payne of presonnement. The yere of oure
Lorde M1 cc lxix.
Walterus Plotte
John Taylour
Gregory Rokysle
Henricus Waleys
Syr Watyr Hervy,
knyght, Mayre of
London
Ande that same yere dyde Kyng Harry the iij, and was beryd at
Westemyster.
Deus misereatur.
John Adryan,
Mayre of London
John Bedell
Richardus Parys
A0 liiij0,
A0 lv°.
A0 lvj°.
The namys of mayrys and sherevys yn the tyme of Kyng Edw. I.
Edwarde the sone of Kyng Harry. The yere of owre LordeA r)'1272-3
M1 cc lxxij.
Syr Water Hervy,	j John Horne	j Anno imo
Mayre of London ( Water Potter	'
Ande that yere Lewynne, the Prynce of Walys, lie rebellyd
a gayne Kynge Edwarde. And the kynge scomfytyd hym in the70
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. I.
A.D. 1273-9.
Gregory Rokeley,
Mayre of London
batayle and toke hym. And he gave hym grâce, and he swore that
he shulde nevyr rebelle a yenste the kynge more aftyr that tyme.
Henricus Waleys,	( Nicholaus Wynchester)	..0
Mayre of London ( Henricus Covyntre i	^ ’
Ande that yere the kyng grauntyd unto the Mayre of London for
to chastys bakers and myllers whenne they trespasse. That ys whenne
that bakers make there brede aftyr the whyte that ys ordaynyd
by the mayre and a sysyd, and the myllers for stelyng of corne.
And that yere Lewys Prynce of Walys rebellyd a yenne, and was
take and scomfyte. And yet the kynge gave hym grâce the ij tyme.
Lucas Ratyncourte j
Henricus Frowyke
John Horne
Raffe Blount
Robert Aras
Raffe Feverrer
John Adryan
Water Englysche
Ande that yere the corte was remevyd from Westmyster unto
Schrovysbury fro the feste of Saynt Mychelle un to Synt Hyllarys
daye nexte folowynge, and then remevid a yenne to Westemyster.
And that yere was the batelle of Evysham the xiiij day of Auguste,
the yere of our Lorde M1 CC lxxviij.a
Gregory Eokysley, j Eobertus Basyng j A„
Mayre of London j William Maserer j
Ande that yere the Kyng of Scotlond com unto ]?e Parlyment of
Kyng Edwarde holdyn at Westemyster. And at the feste of Saynt
Martyn the same yere there were Jwys a reste for treson, and othir
certayne goldesmythys. And uppon the Monday next aftyr the
Epiphanye iij Crysten men, Englysche, and CC and iiij schore
Jewys, were drawe and hangyd. And that yere was the chyrche
of Frere Prechourys in London be gonne.
a So in MS., though the battle of Evesham has already been noticed under its
true date in the 49th year of Henry III., A.D. 1265.
’ W
Anno iiij0.
Anno v°.
A° vj°.gregory’s chronicle.
71
Gregory Rokysle,
Mayre of London
Henricus Waleys,
Mayre of London
A0 viij0.
A0 :
A0 x°.
Thomas Boxe
Raffe More
William Farindon
Nicholaus Wynchester
William Maserer
Ricardus Chikwelle
Ande in that yere the kyng segyd the towne and castelle of
Berwyke. And in short tyme he wanne hyt bothe the towne and
the castelle with a sawte. And that tyme were slayne xxv M1
Scottys and viij C.
Harry Waleys,	l Raffe Blounte	j #o
Mayre of London j Aukyn Betnell	'	*
Ande that yere was borne Edwarde of Carnarvyan. Ande that
yere Prynce Lewyn of Walis rebellyd a yenne )?e iij tyme a yenste
the kynge, and the kyng toke hym ande lette smyte of hys hedde
the ix daye of Feverer, the yere of oure Lorde a M1 cc iiij schore
and iij.
Edw. I.
A.D. 1280-8
Harry Waleys,	< Jordon Goodeschepe j ^nno x**o
Mayre of London j Martyn Box	I	^
And that yere was the grete condytte in Chepe made.
Gregory Rokysle, Mayre of London, unto the feste of Petyr
and Poule; and thenne was he put downe and Raffe of
Sandewyche made Mayre of London tylle the Monday
aftyr the Puryfycacyon of owre Lady nexte aftyr, ande
John Bryton chose Mayre of London to the feste of
Sayntt Margarete the nexte yere folowyng. Stephynne
Cornehylle and Roberte Bokysby Sherevys that yere
folowyng. An no xiij0.
William Blounte ) A ....0
John Wade	‘
Raffe Sandewyche,	William Herforde
Mayre of London	Thomas Stanys
Thomas Cros
Wylliam Hauten
Anno xv°.
Anno xvj°.Edw. I.
A.D. 1289-97.
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gregory’s CHRONICLE.
Anno xix°.
Anno xx°.
Wylliam B.yton	j A„ xyi,0_
John de Cantysbury )
Fullo de Sancto .
Edmundo	j A0 xviij0.
Salaman Lancastre '
Ande in thys yere aile the Jewys that dwellyd yn Englond were
exilyd and drevyn owte of the londe. Ande for to hâve that done
the Comyns of the Reme grauntyd to the kynge the xv parte of
hyr mevabylle godys.
Thomas Romayne
Wylliam de Lyre
Raffe Blounte
Hamonde Box
Ande that yere the kyng presonyd Edwarde his sone of Carvar-
vyan. And aftyr he exilyd hym for dyvers traytours that he men-
taynyd a yenste the kyng hys fadyr.
Harry Belle
Elysse Russelle
Ande the same yere, the morowe aftyr the feste of Saynt Bar-
nabe, thys Raffe Sondewyche was putt downe. And John Bryton
was made Wardyn of the citte of London.
T ,	-r,	( Robert Rokysle
John JBrytton,	l	* i
Mayreof London M«tyn Aumbre
ttt i	/ Harry Box
or Wardon	J
' Rie. Glowcester
Anno xxj°.
A0 xxij0.
A0
xxiij0
Ande that same yere, the yere of oure Lorde M1 cc lxxx & xvij,
Kyng Edwarde toke the Castelle of Edyngborow, in Schotlonde.
And in that castelle he founde the regaylle of Schot londe, that ys
to wytte, the kyngys see, hys croune of golde, and his septour, the
which regaylle the kyng offerde up to Saynt Edwarde schreyne at
Westmyster, the xvij day of June, &c.
John Bryton,	l Thomas Sowthefolkej	0
Mayre of London I Adam de Fullam îGREGORY’s CHRONICLE.
73
John Stroteforde j	A0 xxvj0.
Wylliam Strateforde j Rie. Bosham j	
	A0 xxvij0.
Thomas Tely ! John Armenters ( Herry Fyngrey 1	
	A0 xxviij0.
Lucas Haveryng j Rie. Chaunpyn '	A0 xxix0.
Robert Caller j	A0 xxx°.
Petrus Besynhe ' Hugo Pentre J Symon Parys f	A0 xxxj0.
William Combermartyn j John Burforde i	A0 xxxij0.
Rogerus Parysche j John Lincolne )	A0 xxxiij0.
Waleis, that was sworne	lige man to
Henricus Waleys,
Mayre of London
Eleys Russelle,
Mayre of London
John Blounte,
Mayre of London
John Blounte,
Mayre a yenne.
John Blounte,
Mayre of London
the Kynge of Inglond, he made hym selfe Kynge of Schottys,
and rebellis a yenste the Kyng of Inglond. And he was take and
brought unto the Towre of London, and there he was jugyd that he
schulde hea trawe, hangyd, and quartryd and hys bowyllis i-brente
before hym, &c.
Galfridus Conductu
Symon Bolete
Wylliam Cosyn
Raynolde Thundrylle
Ande the same yere deyde Kyng Edwarde Y friste, and ys beryd
at Westemyster the vij day of Juylle, that ys the yere of oure Lorde
M1 ccc vij.
The same John
Blounte, Mayre
The same John
Blounte, Mayre
A0 xxxiiij0.
Anno xxxv0.
The namys of Mayrys and of Sherevys of the cytte of London
in the tyme of Kyng Edwarde of Carnarvyan, that was crownyd
the kalendys of Marche the yere of oure Lorde a fore sayde.
a So in MS.
CAMD. SOC.	L
Edw. I.
A.D. 1297-
1307.
Edw. II.
A.D. 1307.74
gkegouy’s chk'onicle.
Edw. II.
A.D. 1307-14.
A0 primo.
Nicholaus Faryndon,
Mayre of London
Thomas Romayne,
Mayre of London
Anno

Anno iij°.
John Blount,	j Nicholaus Pycok
Mayre of London ! Nygellus Drewry
And that saine yere the kyng weddyd the kyngys doughter of
Fraunce, dame Isabelle Phylyppe. And the same yere profecyde
the Chanon of Brydlyngton.
William Basynge
John Butteler
Roger Palmer
Jamys Edmunde
Ande that yere the kyng lette to frem the Sherevys of London
and of Myddelle sex for CCCC li of starlyngys by yere. Aile so the
same yere of oure Lorde Mcccx the ordyr of Templers were
dystroyde thorowe aile Crystyndom in on day, the whiche ordyr
be ganne the yere of oure Lorde M1 iiij schore & xviij. Aile so the
same yere be ganne the ordyr of Powlys, that ben callid Crowche
Frers.
Symon Creppe
Pers Blackeney
Symon Merwoode
Ricardus Wylforde
Ande that yere was borne Kynge Edwarde the iij at Wyndsore,
the whiche was callyd Kyng Edwarde of Wyndesore.
John Kysors,	(	Johm Lambin
Mayre of London ( Adam Litkyn
Nicholaus Faryndon, j Adam Burton
Mayre of London ( Hugo Gayton
Ande that yere, the yere of our Lorde M1 ccc xiiij, Kyng Edwarde
went to Schot londe whythe a ryalle power at the feste of the Naty vyte
of John the Baptyste. And the Shottys gaife hym batayle and
dyscomfyte hym and slewe many of hys men. Ande the kynge
fledde awaye.
John Kysors,	j Stephyn Habyngdon
Mayre of London I Hamonde Chikewelle
And that yere ther was a foie that was callyd John Canne, and
Ricardus Bosham,
Mayre of London
John Gy sors,
Mayre of London
Anno iiij0.
Anno v°.
Anno vj°.
A0 vij°.
A0 viij0.gregory’s chronicle.
75
A0
he claymyd to be Kyng of Inglonde, sayng that he was the kyngys Edw. II.
sone, and, of negligens of his norys, wylle tliat he was yn hys
cradylle ther corne a sowe into the howse, and aile to rent hym and
hys norys druste nott telle that, and toke a nothyr yong chylde
that was a water berrers chylde, in a kepte hyt in stede of hyt, and
put me in othir mennys kepyng for to norysche, and soo he was
dyssayvyd of hys kyngdome; and Edwarde take for kyng that was
the water bererrys chylde and namyd hym Edwarde, and to make
that knowe he shewyde clothys with bloode of hys hurtys. Aile so
he sayde that the maners of Kyng Edwarde acordyd to the maners
of his fadyr the water berer. For in as moche he sayde that he
usyd carly werkys of kynde, and for suche sayyngys he was jugyd
false and was hangyd at Northe hampton. And yet sum men be
levyn hys wordys.
Stephyn Habyngdon,	l	Hamon Goodeschepe
Mayre of London	t	William Redynge
Ande that same yere, the yere of owre Lorde M^ccxvj, on
Mydde Lent Sonday, the towne and the castelle of Berwyke was
loste by the treson of Perys of Spaldyng that was keper of the
sayde castelle and towne. And aile soo the sayde yere grete derthe
of corne thoroughe aile Inglonde, for a -boschelle of wete was
worthe v s.
John Wengrame,	\ William Causton	j Annox0
Mayre of London I Ricardus Balaunser	1
Ande that dyrthe duryd of corne and vytayle that for hunger
pepyle yetyn houndys, cattys, and horse, for be fore there was grete
morayne of bestys of oxyn, kyne, and shippe.b
John Wengame,	j	John Pryoure	J
Meyre of London	I	William Furneyse	1	^
And that yere the Schottys dyd moche harm in Inglonde with fyre.
Nycholaus Farindon, l William Proudham
Mayre of London t Raynolde at the Condyte
A0
xij°
a So in MS.
h In the margin in another hand is writtcn “ Nota the liunger in ITynglondc.76
gregory’s chr'onicle.
Edw. II.
A.D. 1319-26.
Hamond Chickewelle,
Mayre of London
ïsicholaus Farindon,
Mayre of London
Hamonde Chyckewelle,
Mayre of London
A0 xiij°.
Anno xiiij°.
Anno xv°.
John Poyntelle
J	\ l\ V VI 1 1^'
John Darlynge	i	^
Ande in that yere Syr Thomas of Lancaster was be hedyd the
xx day of Aprylle, the yere of oure Lorde Ml cccxxj. And that
yere was the rysyng of erlys and baronnys of thys londe, and they
toke Syr Pers of Cavyrston, the kyngys sworne brother, and smote
of his hede. And sone aftyr the kyng dyd be hedde iiij schore
lordys in a day for the dethe of the sayde Pers, by conselle of Syr
Hew Spenser.
Symon Habyngdon
John Preston
William Proudeham
Raynolde at pe Condite !
Rie. Constantyne
Rie. Habeneye
Ande the same yere there of oure Lorde Ml CCC xxij the sonne
was turnyd in to the coler of bloode, and duryd from the morne
tylle xj att the clocke in the laste day of October.
The same Chyckewelle, j John Grauntham
Roger Ely
Adam Salusbury
John Oxynforde
Benet Fullam
John Cawston
Gybon Mordon
John of Coton
Ande that yere the Quene com a yenne yn to Inglonde whythe
Edwarde hir sone by the helpe of the Erle of Henowde. And
that yere Mayster Watyr Stapylton, Byschoppe of Execeter ande
Tresourer of Inglonde, was be hedyd at the Standerde of Chepe.
Aile so the same yer the kyng was put in to the castelle of
Barkeley. And that yere by the assent of aile the lordys of thys
reame, spyrytualle and temporalle, and by aile the comyns of the
sayde reame, he resynyd, and Edwarde his sone, of Wyndsore, was
Mayre of London
Nicholaus Farindon,
Mayre of London
Hamond Chickewelle,
for a parte
Rycharde Betayne,
for a parte
A0 xvj°.
A0 xvij0.
Annoxviij.
xix\gregory’s chronicle.	77
crounyd at Westemyster at the âge of xv yere. Ande that same
yere Syr Hewe Spenser the eldyr was take, and he was take and
drawe and hangyd ata quarteryd at Brystowe, and his hede smete
of and sett uppe att Wynchester. And the same yere the kyng
by conselle of his modyr went into Walys, and many lordys whithe
hym, and there he toke Syr Hewe Spenser the yonger in the
montaynys, and Mayster Robert Boldete, and moo othyr of hir
assent, and they ne wolde nevyr ete mete ne drynke aftyr that day.
And at Herforde they were drawe and hangyde and quaityrde
and behedyde, and Sir Hewe Spenser the yonger al so.
Here folowythe namys of Mary s and Sherevys in the tyme of
Kynge Edwarde the iij, that was crownyd at the feste of the
Conversyon of Syn Poule. The yere of oure Lorde M^CC and
xxvj at Wynchester, the yere of hys âge xv.
Rycardus Beteyne, ( Rie. Rotinger ) A
Mayre of London ! Roger Chaunceler I nn° Pnm0,
Ande that yere, the yere of oure Lorde M1 ccc xxvj0, were sene
in the firmament ij monys. And aile so that tyme there were two
Popys. And in that yere, the vj day of Marche, the kyng con-
fermyde the lyberteys and the franches of London. Ande he
grauntyd that the Mayre of London shulde be on of J?e Justysse
of Newgate; aile so he grauntyd that sherevehodys sholde goo to
ferme for CCC li. be yere, as hyt was yn olde tyme. Ande aile so
the kyng grauntyde that the cytsynnys of London shulde not be
chargyd with no man that flede to holy chyrche,.nor they shulde
not be constraynyde to goo owte of the cytte of London to noo
werre, but yf thaye wylle hem selfe. Also the kynge grauntyde
the same tyme that the lyberteys and franches of the cytte shulde
nott aftyr that tyme for noo cause [be] b takyn away in to the kyngys
honde. Al so that same tyme Southewordec was [granted] to the
Sherevys of London for to hâve to ferme.
Edw. II.
A.D. 1326-7
Ed. III.
A.D. 1327-8
11 So in MS.
c Southwark.
b Omitted in MS.78
gregory’s chro'nicle.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1328-32.
Hamonde Chyckewelle, j Harry Darcy	i
Mayre of London ( John Hadden	i	^
Ande that same yere, the xxj day of September, Kyng Edwarde
the Secunde was slayn yn the castelle of Barkely by treson of Syr
Roger Mortymer. And that yere the kyng helde a Parlyment at
Notyngham. And in the fyrste yere of Kynge Edwarde the iij,
aftyr the feste of the Trynyte, the Schottys corne in to Inglonde in
to the parke of Stanhope. And ther they were vyseryde for
knowynge, and storyd them with vytayle thorowe the treson of Syr
Roger Mortymer. And in the secund yere of Kyng Edwarde the
iij Davyd Brus, Kyng of Schottys, weddyd Dame Jone, the
kyngys doughter of Inglonde, by conselle of the sayde Mortymer.
And the kynge was governyd aile to gedyr by the same Mortymer.
And by the counselle of the sayde Mortymer the kynge ma a
chartoure to the Schottys. And the tenoure of the chartoure ys
unknowe to Englysche men yet. And that same yere the kyng
weddyd Dame Phylyppe, the kyng ys doughter of Fraunce, the
Erlys doughter of Henowde.
John Grauntham,	l	Symon Fraunsces	j	-.0
Mayre of London	!	Harry Thonbyrmartyn j	^
And that yere the kyng wente into Fraunce to make omage to
the Kynge of Fraunce for the Duché of Gyene and for the Counte
of Pountyf.
Symon Swanne,	j	Rie. Lacer
Mayre of London	j	Rie. Gysers
Ande that saine yere the fryste be gotyn sonne of Kynge Edwarde
the iij was borne at Wodestoke in the feste of Vite et Modeste.
And that yere Edmond of Woodestoke, Erle of Kent, was be hedyd
at Wynchester.
John Putteney,	j	Robert Ely	j	^nnQ	y0
Mayre of London	!	Thomas Harrewode •
And the same yere Edwarde Baylolle, the sone of John Baylolle,
sum tyme Kyng of Schottys, whythe home many lordys of Inglonde,
went with in to Schott londe. And at Dounfrymylyn they aryvyd
Anno iiij°.gregory’s chronicle.
79
Anno vj°.
Anno vij°.
faste uppe be the Abbey. And there ij M1 Englysche men scom- I311-
fytyd xl M1 Schottys. And the same Syr Roger Mortymer was
hangyd uppon a comyn galowys of thevys of Synt Androwys eve,
the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCC & xxx„
John Putteney,1 j John Mokkynge
Mayre of London * Androwe Awbrey
Ande that yere the kyng layde sege to the towne and castelle of
Berwyke. And on Saynt Martyn ys evyn they corne thedyr a
grete nombyr of Schottys for to hâve brokyn the sege. And the
kyng and his mayne fought with hem, and slowe viij earlys and
M1 CCC knyghtys and squyers of Schottys, and many fotte men ; of Nota.
Englysche men were slayne but a knyghet, and a squyer, and xij
fotte men. Ande on Saynt Margaretys day the towne and the
castelle was i-yolde to the Kyng of Englonde.
John Preston,	l	Nicholaus Pyke
Mayre of London I John Hosbonde
In that yere the kyng slowe many Schottys, and wanne the
Castelle of Kylburge.
John Pounteney, ( John Hamonde j ^nno v*j*o
Mayre of London ï Wylliam Haunsarde)
Ande that same yere the kyng of Schotlonde came to the Newe
Castelle uppon Tynde. And at the feste of Syn John the Baptyste
he dide omage unto oure Kyng of Inglonde. And the same yere
the Duke of Bretayne dyde omage to the kynge fora the Counte
of Regemounde,b the yere of our Lorde M^CCxxxiij.
Radulfe Cotymger, i John Kenton
Mayre of London ( Water Turke
And that yere was grete dethe of men and morayne of bestys
and grete rayne. And that yere a quarter of whete was worthe xj
schelyngys.
The same Radulfe i Water Mordon
Maire of London ( Ricardus Upton
Anno ix°.
Anno x°.
Omage to the kyng for, repeatecl in MS.
b Richmond.80
gregory’s chrônicle.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1335-40.
Nota partus
Lyoneli.
Ande that yere the kyng went ovyr the Schottys see. And he
toke the Erle of Moryf and many othyr of the wylde Schottys, and
warryd apon the wylde Schottys and slowe many of them.
John Pounteney, j William Byrkyllysworthe )	x*0
Mayre of London ' John Northehale	i	*
And that same yere, in the mounthis of Junij and Julij, in dyvers
partys of hevyn apperyde the starre comate, id est a blasyng sterre.
And that yere was grete plenty of vytayle, and a quarter whete
was at ij s. at London, and a fat oxe for vj s. viij d., and vj pejonys
for a peny; nevyrtheles ther was grete scharsyte of mony that
tyme. Al so that yere deyde Syr John of Eltham. Aile so the
kyng grauntyd that yere that the sargentys of the mayre and
sherevys schulde bere by fore them macys of sylver and ovyr gylte
with the kyngys armys in that one ende and the armys of London
in that othyr ende.
Harry Darcy,	j Water Nele	)	*	..0
Mayre of London I Nicholaus Grene 1 nn° X1^ *
Ande that yere the kyng made of the Counte of Cornewale a
duchye, and gave hyt too Edwarde hys eldyste sone with the
Erledome of Weste Chester.
The same Harry ( William Pountefrete J *	...0
Mayre of London I Hew Marberer 1 nn° X11^ *
Ande that yere the kyng and the quene saylyde yn to Brabayne.
And in the towne of Andeworpe the quene chyldyd Syr Lyonelle.
And that yere the kyng made fryste clayme unto the crowne of
Fraunce yn Braban.
Androw Awbry, i William Thorney
Mayre of London j Koger Forsham
Ande that yere the kyng helde a Parlement at Weste myster.
And he askyd to be gynne hys warrys the v parte of the mevabylle
goodys of Inglonde, and the costome of the wollys, and ix sheffe of
every corne, and hyt was grauntyd hym. And that yere \e kyng
changyd hys armys. And that same yere the kynge made the
coyne of the nobylle, halfe nobylle, and farthynge.
A0 xiiij0.gregory’s chronicle.
81
Anno xv°.
The same Androwe, ( Adam Lucas
Mayre of London I Bartholow Mareys
Ande that yere the kyng fought in the Swyn whythe Fraynysche
men at Scluse. And there were slayne of Fraynysche men xxx
thoughesaund. And they toke CCC and x grete shippys. And the
same yere the kynge be ganne the seege [of ] a Turney, and the towne
of Saynte Amandys was destroyde. And that yere the kynge corne
home a yenne in to Inglonde a Synt Androwe ys evyn, and corne
by the nyght in to the Towre of London. And he toke many
lordys and put hem in preson. And al so the same xv yere was
the fyrste yere of his rayne of the kyngdome of Fraunce, ]?e yere of
oure Lorde Ml ccc and xl.
John Oxynforde, a
parte of the yere
Symon Fraunches,
a parte of ]?e yere,
Mayres of London
Symon Fraunches,
Mayre of London
Ricardus Berkyng
John Rokysle
Anno xvj°
Anno xvij0
John Lowkyn
Ricardus Kyllingbury
Ande that same yere was the grete turnement att Dunstapille of
aile the chyvalry of Inglonde ande of gentellys. Aile so that same
yere there was a grete erthe quake.
John Hamonde,	j	John	Sywarde	jAnnoxviij0.
Mayre of London	(	John	Aylsham	)
Ande that yere the kyng at a Parlement at Westemyster he
made Edwarde hys yldyste sone Prynce of Walys.
The same John Hamonde, l Geffray Wychyngham j *	. 0
Mayre of London	( Thomas Leggy	j
Ande that yere the kyng be ganne the Rounde Tabylle at the
castelle of Wyndesore, that ys for to saye, ]?e ordyr of the Knyghtys
of the Gartyr.
Ricardus Lacer,	f	Edmounde Hemnale
Mayre of London	l	John	Glouceter
xxu
Edw. III.
A.D. 1340-6.
CAMD. SOC.
a Omitted in MS.
M82
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1346-8.
And that yere the kyng saylyd to Bretayne and in too Gyene,
and corne a yenne the same yere.
Geffrey Wichyngham,f John Coydon 1 ^ xx.0
Mayre of London l Wylliam Clopton J ^
And the same yere the kyng wentte unto Normandye. And the
xij day of Juylle the kyng faught whythe the Normandys at the
Brygge of Cadona, and.there was take the Erle of Eue, the Lorde
of Tankyrvyle, and C. knyghtys, and men of arms vij C., and many of
the comyns of Normandy were slayne. The yere of grâce M1 CGC &
xlvj. And the same yere there went owte a maundement fro the
Emperowe of Tartery into aile his londe that every man schuld
usyn what lawe and beleve that he wolde soo that he worschippe
noo ydollis but only every lyvyng God. Al so the same yere of
oure Lorde M1 CCC xlvj was the batelle of Cresse, the xxj day of
August. Tn the same batelle was slayne the Kynge of Berne, the
Duke of Lorayne, the Erle of Launson, the Erle of Flaundrys, the
Erle of Bloys, the Lorde Arcourte, the Lorde Almarle, the Erle of
Maners, and many othir baronys and knyghtys the nombyr of xv C
and xlij. And King Philippe of Fraunce fledde. And theiij
day of September next folowyng be ganne the sege of Calys, and
that contynuyd unto the iij day of Auguste next sewyng. And al
so the same yere the Kyng of Schotlonde, Davyd, was take at the
batelle of Dyrham the laste day of October; and he was ramsomyd
at C M1 marke for to pay hyt in x yere.
Thomas Legge,	f Adam Bramson	1 xxp0
Mayre of London 1 Ricardus Basyngstoke J	^
Ande that yere, duryd the sege of Caleys, Kynge Phylyppe of
Fraunce corne downe the xxvij day of Juylle whythe a grete hoste,
and purposyd for to hâve remevyd the sege; and proferde batelle
to Kyng Edwarde, Kyng of Inglonde, and a sygnyd the day a place.
And the Kyng of Inglonde acceptyd hit whythe a gladde chere.
And Kyng Philippe,8 and Kynge Phylyppe,8 knewe that he
rl So in MS., repeated.GREGOltY^S CHRONICLE.
«3
wolde kepe his day, and he brent his tentys by nyght, and went A
hys waye cowardely; and the pepylle in to tlie towne seyng noo
comfort of rescuse, tbe yelde the towne to the kynge whythe the
castelle. And at Myhelmas nexte folowynge the kyng corne unto
Inglonde.
John Lowkyn,	j Harry Pykarde	1 AnnQ xxiij0
Mayre of London l Symon Lolsle	J
Ande that yere wa[s] a grete morther of pepylle, and pryncepally
a mong the Sarsonys that un nethe ther lefte the x. man on lyve.
Aile so that same yere hit raynyd the moste parte froin Mydsomer
unto the feste of Crystys masse nexte sewynge aftyr.
Wylliam Turke,	f Adam Bury	| Anno xxiii*°
Mayre of London i Raffe Lynne	J
Ande that yere was the grete pestelance at London, and thorowe
aile Inglonde, and duryd from the feste of Synt Michelle unto
the mou y the of Auguste next folowyng, the yere of oure Lorde
M1 CCC xlix.
Ricardus Kilbngbury,* ( John Nette	)	xxyo
Mayre of London 1 William Worceter J
Ande that yere the kyng faught whythe Spaynardys uppon the
see by syde Wynchelsee, and slewe many of them, & toke many
vessellys of hem.
Androw Awbry, j John Wrothe	|	xxv*o
Mayre of London l Gybon Steyndrope J
And that yere, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCC and lij, the kyng
made newe mony, that ys for to saye grotys ande j d of two pensse,
the whiche was lasse by vs. in the pounde thenne olde sterlyng
was.
Adam Fraunseys,	j John Pecche	| Anno xxvij0.
Mayre of London 1 John Stodyd	J
Ande that yere was a grete dyrthe of corne ande of aile rnaner
of vytayle in somer tyme. And that was callyd the dyre somer.
And that yere was a grette drought that laste fro the begynnynge
a So in MS. The name is Kislingbury or Kilsingbury in other Chronicles.84
GREGORY^S CHRGNICLE.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1354-6.
Nota bene.
| Anno xxviij0.
| Wylliam Totnaham |
l Ricardus Smarte J
xxixu,
of Marche unto the laste ende of the monythe of Juyll, the yere
of oure Lorde M1 CCC liiij.
The same Adam ( John Wolde
Mayre of London 1 John Lytylle
And the same yere, at a Parlement at Westemyster, the Erle of
Lanchaster, Harry, was made Duke of Lancaster, the fyrste Duke
that was made at Lancaster.
Thomas Legge,
Mayre of London
And that yere Kyng Edwarde and Kyng Philippe of Fraunce
were sworne to kepe pesse. And the Kyng of Inglonde schulde
hâve in pesse, with owte omage doynge, aile the londys of Gyan,
Aungoye, and Normandye, and aile that longyd to hym by hys
herytage. Al so that yere the kyng remevyd the stapellys of the
wollys owte of Flaundrys in to dyvers placys of Inglonde, that was
to Westemyster, Cantyrbury, Chychester, Brystowe, Lyncolne, and
Huile, the yere of oure Lorde M1 ccc lv.
Symon Fraunseys, f Thomas Brandon
Mayre of London l Thomas Foster
Ande that yere dyde the Kyng of Fraunce, Phylippe, and John
his yldyste sone was crounyde. Ande the same yere Kyng Edwarde
wente to Calysse and so forthe unto Fraunce to mete whithe Kyng
John that un goodely hadde broke the pesse. And whenne Kyng
John wyste that the Kyng of Inglonde was corne he with drowe
hym and made his pepylle to cary a way aile maner of vytayle, that
Kyng Edwarde shulde hâve no maner of freschynge for hys mayne.
Al so the same yere the Schottys wanne the towne of Berwyke a
yenne, but nought the castelle, for hyt was kepte with Englysche
men. And that yere was grauntyd unto the kynge |?e costome of
the wollys, xl schelyngys of sacke for J?e tyme of vj yere folowynge.
Harry Pykarde,	f Ricardus Notyngham
Mayre of London 1 Thomas Dolsell
Ande that yere Syr Baylolle, Kyng of Schotlonde, gave up the
croune of Schotlonde unto Kynge Edwarde at Rokysborowe, and
A0
| A0 xxxj0.gregory’s chronicle.
85
the towne of Barwyke was delyveryd a yenne unto the Kyng of
Inglonde. Also the same yere of oure Lorde Mlccclvj, the xxix
day of Septembre, was Kyng John of Fraunce takyn at the basteyle
of Peyters, and Syr Philippe his sone with hym, the Erle of Pountyf,
the Erle of Eue, ]?e Erle of Longevyle, the Erle Tankyrvyle, and
viij erlys moo, and iij byschoppys. And there were slayne the
Duke of Burbone, the Duke of Docens,a Constabylle of Fraunce,
and the Byschoppe of Chalons, and many moo grete lordys. And
the were M1 M1 viijc personys, of the whyche were M1 M1 knyghtys
and squyers ; ande the Dolfyn fledde. And this batylle dyd Edwarde
Prynce of Walys.
John Stodey,	( Sthevyn Cauwndysche 1 Anno xxxi*
Mayre of London l Bartholomewe Frostyng )	^
Ande that yere the kyng cam home and brought with hym the
Kyng of Fraunce whythe aile hys presoners of lordys and knyghtys,
and thys was the xxiiij day of May that they corne to London
and so to Westmyster. And that yere were ryalle justys in
Smethefylde, there beyng iij kynges, the Kyng of Englond, the
Kyng of Fraunce, ande the Kyng of Schotlonde, and many othyr
dyvers lordys of othyr londys
John Lowkyn,	f John Bernes	i Annoxxxii’0
Mayre of London 1 John Burys	J
Ande that yere the kyng hylde hys feste ryally of Syn Gorge at
Wyndesore, and ther was the Kyng of Fraunce and the Kyng of
Schottys.
Symon Donfylde, f Symon Radyngton 1 AnnQ xxxiiijo
Mayre of London | John Chichester j
Ande that same ye[re], the xiiij kalendys of Juylle, Sir John
of Gaunte, Erle of Eichemounde, weddyd Dame Blanche. Aile so
the same yere Kyng Edwarde saylyd in to Fraunce, by cause that
Charlys Eegaynt of Fraunce hadde movyd and steryd warre a gayne
the Kynge of Inglonde. And the same yere of oure Lorde M1 ccc lx.
ande the xiiij day of Aprylle, the morne aftyr Estyr daye that yere,
Edw. III.
A.D. 1356-60.
a The Due d’Athènes or Duke of Athens.86
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1360-1.
Blacke Mon-
daye, quare sic
nominatur.
the kynge with hys hoste la y aboute Parys. And that day was a
foule derke day of myste, rayne, and hayle, and soo bytter colde that
men dyde for colde, where fore y et in to thys day hyt ys i-callyd
Blacke Monday next aftyr Estyr day.
John Wrothe,	f John Deynys ) *	..
_ _	__	_ j	J J	> Anno xxxv0.
Mayre of London l Water Berney 1
Ande that yere were rovers apon the see undyr the governayle
of the Erle of Syn Poule. And the fyrste day of Marche they
dystryde the Kye and Hastynge ande many moo townys by the
see syde, and slowe many menne. And that yere the pesse was
made by twyne Kynge Edwarde and Kyng John of Fraunce, the
x day of May. The Kyng of Inglond sende hys bassetours to take
the othe of the Eegayunt of Fraunce, Charlys, the whiche othe was
doo undyr this forme: Charlys dyd do syng a masse solempny;
and whenne that Agnus Dei was thryesse i-sayde layde his ryght
honde uppon the patent, were uppo lay Goddys owne precyus body,
and his lyfte londe on the Masse Boke, sayng on thys wyse, “We
sweryng uppon this holy precyus Goddys body, and uppon the
Ewangelys, fermly and trewly to holdyn and mentayne pesse and
concorde by twyne us two kynges, and in no maner for to do the
contrarye in no maner wyse/’ And that saine yere men, bestys, treys,
and howsys were smyght fervently with lytthenyge, and sodenly
i-peryschyde. And they fondea in mennys lyckenys splatt men
goyng in the waye.
John Pecche,	f Wylliam Holbeche
Mayre of London l Jamys Tame
Ande that same yere, uppon the kalende of Julij, ther fylle a
blody skynne b in Burgayne, and a bloody crosse apperyd in the ayre
from the morne unto myd day, the whyche crosse aftyr mevyd and
| A0 xxxvj0.
a they fonde. The Chronicle in Vit. A. xvi. reads “ the Fend.’’ The Chronicle
published by Nicolas says, “ And the devell in mannes lyknes spak to men goynge
he the weye.”
b skynne. Evidently a transcriber’s error. Harl. 565 lias ‘‘a blody reyne/’ and
so other authorities.gregory’s chronicle.
87
fylle cloun into the see. Al so that yere Prynce Edwarde weddyd
the Countasse of Kentt. And the same yere was the secunde
pestylence, in the whiche Syr Harry, Duke of Lancaster, deyde
ynne, and Syr John Erle of Rychemounde was made Duke of
Lancaster. And that yere be-ganne the grete company in to
Fraunce. Ande the grete wynde, the yere of oure Lorde A'Lccc lxj.
n Caundische, f John of Synt Albonys
Mayre of London l Jamys Androwe
Ande that yere Syr Lyonelle, the kyng ys sone, was made Duke
of Clarence, and Syr Edtnounde of Wodestoke was made Erle of
Chambryge, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCC lxij.
John Notte,	f Rie. Croydon ) *	...0
Mayre of London 1 John Hyltofte J Aun° XXXV11J •
And that yere ther corne iij kyngys in to Inglond for too speke
with Kyng Edwarde; that ys to say, the Kyng of Fraunce, the
Kyng of Schottys, and the Kyng of Syprys.
Adam de Bury,	j Symon Mordon | .	. 0
Mayre of London l John de Metforde J ° XX1X
And the same yere the same Adam was mayre unto the xxviij
day of Janyver. And thenne John Lowkyn chosynn mayre. And
that yere was the batelle of Orrey in Bretayne. And the same yere
deyde Kyng John of Fraunce in the Savey be-syde Westmyster.
And that yere was a grete froste, and duryd fro the feste of Synt
Androwe tylle the xiiij day of Feverere next folowynge.
John Lowkyn,	( John Brykylysworthe 1	,
Mayre of London t John Irlande	/	nn° X
Ande the same [yere]a Edwarde, the fyrste sone of Prynce Edwarde,
was borne on the vij kalnd of Feverer. And at that âge of vij yere
he endyd his lyffe. Aile soo the same yere was grete batelle of
sparowys in dyvers placys of Inglonde, where the bodys were founde
dede in the feldys witlvowte nombyr. Al so the same yere men and
bestys were grettely infectyd with pockys, wher fore they dyde, bothe
men and bestys.
| A0 xxxvij0.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1361-7.
a Omitted in MS.88
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. III.
A.D. ] 367-2.
| Anno xlj°.
John Lowkyn,	( John Warde
Mayre of London * Wylliam Dykman
And the same y [e]re Rycharde, the sone of Prynce Edwarde, was
borne in Burdox, the yere of our Lorde M1 ccclxiiij.
Jamys Androwe, | John Corgolde j ^nno xj**o
Mayre of London I* Wylliam Dykman J
And that yere, the yere of oure Lorde M^cclxviij, in the
monythe of Marche, apperyd S[t]ella comata, ydest, a blasyn sterre.
And that yere was the batelle of Nezersa in Spayne, and there
Prynce Edward scomfyte the Bastarde of Spayne,b and restoryd
Kyng Petyr into hys reaime a yen ne, that was put owte by the
sayde Bastarde. And there was take the Erle of Dene, Syr Olyvyr
Claykyn, and many mo knygtys and squyers, by syde fronkelaynys.
Symon Mordon, f Adam Wynbynghamj *	,...0
Mayre of London 1 Robert Gyrdeler J ° X UJ *
Ande that yere Syr Lyonelle Duke of Clarence saylyd ovyr the
see unto Meleyne, and at the feste of the Natyvyte of oure Lady he
dyde. Ande the same yere dyde Dame Blanche, and she ys beryd
att Syn Poulys at London. And that yere was the thyrde pesty-
launce.
John Chichester,
Mayre of London
Ande that same yere a
( John Pyelle
l Hewe Holbeche
Anno xliiij0.
buschelle of wdiete was worthe xld.
And that yere dyde Quene Phylyppe, the yere of oure Lorde
M1 ccc lxix.
John Bernes,	f William Walworthe)
Mayre of London l Roberte Gayton )
Ande that yere the Duke of Lancaster saylyd ovyr the see and
roode thorowe Fraunce, and Syr John Hawkewode floryschyde in
Lombardy. And that same yere the prynce corne home a yenne
owt of Spayne in to Inglonde. And he lefte by hynde hym in
Gascoyne the Duke of Lancaster and the Erle of Cambryge.
" Naj ara.
h Henry of Trastamare.gregory’s chronicle.
89
John Bernis,	f Robet Hatfylde 'i * i -0 E l /-,1V*
IV r PT .	AT O 1	l Anno xlvj . A.D. 1372-6.
Mayr or London t Adam Staple	j
Ande that yere the Chaunceler and the Tresyrer of Inglonde were
put downe of hir office; and they were byschoppys bothe; and the
prevy seele and secular lordys were putt in the same offyce.
John Pyell,	| John Philpote	j A0 xlvij0.
Mayre of London l Nicholaus Brembre j
Ande that yere was John Northewode slayne on the Blacke hethe
at a wrastelynge, wherefore there rosse moche dyssencyon a mong
certayne craftys of the citte. Al so the same yere the Duke of
Lancaster and the Erle of Cambryge com home in to Inglonde owt
of Gascoyne. And the same yere the duke weddyd the doughter
of Kyng Petyr of	Spayne.	Aile so the same	yere	there	were	ij
cardenellys sent fro	the Pope	for to trete for the	pesse	of ij	realmys
of Inglonde and of Fraunce. And that yere ther was a batylle
on the see by twyne Englysche men and Flemmyngys, and xxv
shyppys ladyn with baye salte were take from the Flemmyngys.
And that yere the Erle of Penbroke was take on the see with
Spaynardys on Synt Johnys Even the Baptyste.
Adam de Bury,	j John Awbry	j	A„
Mayre of	London	l John Feffyde	3
And that yere the Duke of Lancaster saylyd in to Flaundrys
and paste by Parys by Burgayne, and atte Fraunce unto Burdox
with owte any with stondyng. Al so the same yere Alysaundyr
Nevyle was made Archebyschoppe of Cantyrbury, and Thomas
Arundelle was made Bischoppe of Ely, and Mayster Harry Wake-
fylde Byschoppe of Worceter.
Wylliam Waworthe, j Richardus Leyonys 1 xjjxo
Mayre of London 1 Wylliam Wodhous 3
Ande the same yere the towne of Bryggys in Flaundrys tredyd
of dyvers artyculys be twyne the Pope and Kyng Edwarde. And
that yere was tretyde pesse by twyne Inglonde and Fraunce.
John Warde,	f John Hadley
Mayre of London \ William Newporte
A0 1°.
CAMD. SOC.
N90
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. III.
A.D. 1376-7.
Nota.
Ande that yere Edwarde the Lorde Spencer dyde and is buryd
at Teukysbury.
Adam Stapille,	f John Northehampton
Mayre of London l Robert Launde
Ande that same yere the sayde Adam was mayre tylle unto
the xxj day of Marche, and thenne was he put downe, and
Nicholaus Brembre chosse mayre, and toke his othe at the Towre
of London.
And the same yere on Trenyte Sonday deyde Prynce Edwarde
at Westmyster, and his body buryd at Cantyrbury.
Nicholaus Brembre, f Androw Pickeman j
Mayre of London l Nicholaus Twyfordel
Ande that yere was grauntyde unto the kyng that every person,
man and woman, that was of xiiij yere of âge and more shuldea
paye to the kynge iiij d., and every man of hooly Chyrche xij d.
that was a vaunsyd man, and that othyr ]?at were not a vaunsyd
iiij d. Freers were only owt takynn. And that same yere
Richarde, the sone of Prynce Edward, was made Prynce of Valys.
And that same yere the Oardynalle of Inglonde was smyte with a
palsey, and loste hys speche. And on Mary Magdelene ys day he
dyde. And the same yere the xij Jovis Aprylys, Syr John Myn-
styrwode, knyght, was beheddyd. And that same yere, the xij
kaulendys of Julij, deyde Kynge Edwarde at Shene, and ys buryd
at AVestmyster, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCC lxxvij.
Rie. IL
A.D. 1377-8.
The namys of mayrys ande sherevys in the tyme of Kynge
Richarde the Secunde, that was crownyde the xvij kalend’ of the
monythe of Auguste, the yere of our Lorde M1 CCC lxxvij.
Nicholaus Brembre, f Androw Pyckeman 1	.0
Mayre of London l Nicholaus Twyfordej
John Phylpott,	( John Bosham	^ A0 i*°
Mayre of London 1 Thomas Corwaleys J
a shulde, repeated in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
91
Ande that yere Roberde Rawdea was slayne in the chyrche °f A	81
Wystemyster the yere of oure Lorde M1 CGC lxxviij.
John Hadle,	j John Hylsdon	'j .	...o
Mayre of London l William Raret j nG ^ *
And that same yere there cam galeyys of warre to Gravysende
and brente a grete quantyte of the towne. And that yere [was]h
on Kirkeby hangyd, W. Baret the sheryve.
Wylliam Walworthe, l Water Dogete	J *	....0
Mayre of London I William Knyghtketei
Ande that yere, the yere of oure Lorde a M1 CCC ande iiij schore,
uppon a Corpuscrysty day, cum many dyvers pepylle owt of Kentt
and owte of Esex unto ]?e cytte of London, and brent the great
maner and place of Savey in Flete Strete and a parte of the howse
of Syn Johnys at Clerkyn welle be syde Smethefylde, and drewe
downe the maner of Hybery. And on the morowe aftyr they went
unto the Towre of London and fette owte the Archebyschoppe of
Cantyrbury, and the Pryor of Syn Johnys, and Freer William
Apilton a Fryer Mynor, and they smote of lier heddys at the Towre
Hylle. And Richard Lyonys and many moo of the Flemmyngys
were by-heddyd in dyvers placys of London. And at Synt
Edmonde ys Bury they be-heddyd the Pryur of Bury and Syr
Symonde Caundische, Cheffe Justyse of Inglonde, and many moo
of othyr pepylle. And thys was callyd “ the hurlyng tyme.” And
that tyme was Syr Wylliam Walworthe made a knyght in Smethe
Fyllde for that he slowe the chefteyn of hem the whiche that were
rysers> that was called Jacke Strawe. And there were made moo
knyghtes that there namys folowyn here : Syr Nicholaus Brembre,
John Philpotte, Roberd Launde, and Syr Nicholaus Twyforde.
And this was callyd “the hurlyng tyme.”
i John Rotte,	\
JohnNorthehampton,| JohnHend;	Anno vo.
Mayre of London
Sherevys
* Robert Hawle, or Hauley, according to ail other authorities.
b Omitted in MS.92
gregory’s chronicle.
Rie. II.
A.D. 1382-7.
Ande that yere corne Quene Anne .unto Inglonde and was
weddyd unto Kyng Kycharde. Ande tliat yere was the erthe quake,
the yere of oure Lorde a Al1 CCC iiij schore and ij, the xxj day of
Maye.
A° vj°.
Nicholaus Brembre,
Mayre of London

vij
| Anno viij°.
| A°ix°.
And there
John Northehamton, t Adam Wamme
Mayre of London ! John Sely
And that yere went the Byschoppe of Norwyche unto Flaundrys;
and the xxv day of Maye the Flemmyngys gaffe hym batayle faste
by Dunkyrke, and there were slayne xj M1 Flemmyngys.
f Symon Wynchecombei ^--o
John More
Nicholas Exton
John Frosche
John Organ
John Chyrcheman
And that yere Kyng Kycharde went unto Schotlande.
were i-made ij dukys, the [Duke] a of Glouceter and the Duke of
Yorke. And the Erle of Oxynforde was made Markys of Devylyn.
Ande the same yere the Erle of Arundelle faught uppon the see
a-pon oure Lady day in Lent whythe the Flemmyngys, and he
hadde the better of hem, and he toke many shippys. There was a
shippe i-callyd Mewys Colman, in the whiche schippe was the
Amyrelle of Fraunce and many moo b gentellys. Also that same
yere the Duke of Lancaster whythe hys wyffe Dame Constaunce
saylyd yn to Spayne for to chalenge his herytage that was hys
wyvys ryght.
Nicholaus Exton,	f Wylliam Venour j Anno x’°
Mayre of London \ Hewe Fastolfe	J	^
Ande that yere was a gaderyng of lordys, but of certayne, as Syr
Thomas Woodestoke Duke of Glouceter, Syr Harry Erle of Derby,
Syr Richarde the Erle of Arundelle, and Syr Thomas Erle of
Warwyke, and Syr Thomas Erle of Nothyngham, the whyche
* Omitted in MS.
b mo repeated in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
93
appechyd Robert Devyr, Erle of Oxynforde, whom Kynge
Rycharde hadde made fyrste Markys of Dorsett and aftyr Duke
of Yrlond, and he fledde into Yrlonde, and al so he fledde into
Loveyne in Braban and there he deyde. Al-so Syr Mychelle of Pôle,
the Erle of Sowghtfolke, fledde into the same place, and there he
dyde. And Syr Alysaundyr Nevyle fledde into Schotlonde, that
was that tyme Archebyschoppe of Yorke, and Syr Robert Tre-
vylyon, Cheffe Justys of Inglond, and Syr Nycholle Brembr,
knyght, were drawe and hangyd, and Syr John Bechampe, and
Sir Jamys Berners, and Syr Symon of Bevyrley were be-heddyd
at the Towre Hylle. And Syr John of Salusbury was drawe and
hangyd, and Robert Belknappe, John Holte, John Gray, Wylliam
Borughe, Robert Folthorpe and John Lokton, Justyse, were exylyd
into Yrlond, there for to abyde and dwelle aile tlier lyvys.
Nicholaus Twyford,	ç	Thomas Austyn	)	x-.0
Mayre of London	\	Adam Carlylle	3
Wylliam Venour,	(	John Walkote
Mayre of London	l	John Loveye
Ande that yere were grete justys of warre in Smethefylde in the
monythe of May by-twyne the Erle of Nothyngham and the Erle
of Morycke, Schottys, and the Lorde Wellys and Davyd of Lyndesay,
Schottys, and Syr Nycholle and John Browne, Schottys.
Adam Bamme	f	John Fraunseys	|
Mayre of London	1	Thomas Y yvente	J
And that yere the goode man at the sygne at the Cocke in Chepe
at the Lytyll Condyte was mortheryd in hys bedde be nyght, and
therefore hys wyfle was brente, and iiij of hys men were hangyd at
the Tyborne.
John Hynde,	f	Harry Vanner	j	^0
Mayre of London	l	John Schadworthe	3
Ande that yere the mayre and bothe a sherevys were dyschargyde
of ther oflycys by-fore the feste of Synne John the Baptyste at
Notyngham. And Syr Edwarde Dalyngryge, knyght, was made
a hothe, MS.
| Anno xiij0.
Rie. II.
A.D. 1387-91.94
gregory’s chrqnicle.
Rie. II.
AJ). 1392-4.
wardyn by the kynge unto the fyrste day of Jule, tlie yere of the
raygne of the kyng xvj the begynnynge. And thenne was Syr
Bawdewyn Badington, knyght, i-made Wardyn and Custos of
London unto Syn Symons day and Jude. Thenne by J?e lyscensse
of the kynge the cytte chosse a newe Mayre of London, anno xvj,
non sherevys.
Wylliam Stawnden.
Thenne he was chosse
Mayre of London.
A0 xvij0
O
•-S
05
<
Gybon Mawfylde
Thomas Neuton
Gybon Mawfylde i A»
Thomas Neuton j
Ande that yere was made a grette translacyon of byschoppys in
thys reaime. Syr Thomas Aryndylle, Archebyschoppe of Yorke, was
made Chaunceler of Inglonge,b and Wylliam, the Bysclioppe of
Salysbury, was made Tresyrer of Inglonde, whos servandys of the
sayde tresyrer raysyd a grete debate and dyscensyon in the citte of
London, that was in Flette Strete, for an hors i-lost, where fore the
tresurer complaynyd unto the kyng uppon the cytte, thorowe
whiche informacyon and procuryng of the tresurer the kyng dyd
sesyn the franches ande Y lyberteys of London fro them, and
remevyde the courte unto Yorke fro the feste of Syn John Y
Baptyste unto Crystysmas next folowynge.
John Hadle,	j Rie. Wedyngton 1 A°
Mayre of London f Drewe Barentyne j	J ’
Ande that yere, the vij day of June, the yere of our Lorde
M1 ccc iiijd schore and xiiij, Quene Anne at Schene dyde, and ys
a These figures are erroneous. William Stawnden was elected mayor in the
siæteenth year according to what has just been stated in the text ; and both he and
the two sheriffs, whose names are given opposite, held office for one year only. This
error has disturbed the numération of the years which follow in the MS., which,
however, we hâve corrected in the text.
»> So in MS.
c From the 17th to the 21st year of this reign each year is wrongly numbered in
the MS., except the 18th, which, strangely enough, is given correctly. Thus the 17th
is numbered xix°, the 19th xxj°, the 20th xxij°, and the 21st xxiij°. The 22nd is
numbered correctly, notwithstanding that it follows the year numbered xxiij0.
d “ yiij schore/’ MS. which of course is an error.gregory’s chronicle.
95
xviij0.
A0 xix°.a
xxr
beryd at Westemyster. And that same yere, at Mychelmas, Kyng
Eycharde went fyrste unto Yrlonde.
John Frossche,	r Wylliam Brampton |
Mayre of London { Thomas Knollys J
And thys yere the kyng corne unto Yrlond.
Wylliam More,	f Eoger Eleys	)
Mayre of London 1 Wylliam Shyryngham i
Ande that yere, at the feste of Aile Halowe tyde, the kyng
weddyd Dame Isabelle the kyngys doughter of Fraunce at Calys,
and the vij daye of Janyver nexte she was crownyde at Weste-
myster. And at hyr comynge to London the Pryor of Typtre, in
Essex, and vij mo personys of men and wemmen were thruste to
dethe a-pon London Brygge in the grete presse, for ther was a
fulle grete prece in that same tyme.
Adam Bamme,	( Thomas Wylforde
Mayre of London t Wylliam Parker
Ande that same Adem Bamme mayr stylle tylle the vj day of
Junij, and thenne he dyde. Ande Eicharde Wedynton was chosse
for the resydewe of the yere. And the xviij day of the same
monythe waste the Duke of Glouceter a-reste.
Eychardus Wedyngton, r John Woodecocke j xx*0 a
Mayre of London \ William Asckeham J	^ ’
Ande the same yere, the nexte Sonday aftyr the Translacyon of
Syn Thomas b of Cantyrbury, that was viij day of Juylle, the kyng
commaundyd aile hys mayne for to mete with hym at the Mylys
Ende; and so they dede. And thenne he roode forthe unto Plasche;
and there he restyd the Duke of Glouceter erly in the mornynge,
and the Duke of Arundelle, and the Erle of Warwyke, and the
Lorde E. Cobham, and Syr John Cheyne; aile thés were a restyde
the same tyme, and the Duke of Glouceter was sende unto Calys in
to preson ; ande at Saynt Bartholomewe ys tyde nexte aftyr the
Erle Marchelle was sende unto Calys to hym. And on the morne
* See note c on page 94.
b Syn Thomas. These words are struck through with the pen by a later hand.96
gregory’s chronicle.
Rie. II.
A.D. 1397-8.
hyt was Sonday, and that daye men sayde tliat he [die]de,a but
Gode wote howe, but dede he was. On the morne aftyr Hooly
Rode day, the kyng made a grete justysse be-syde Kyng y s towne
uppe Temys ; and on the Sonday aftyr the Erle of Derby helde
his feste in John Roetis Place, in Flet Strete. And the xxj
day of September be-ganne the Parlement at Westemyster. And
there was made a grete haie in the palysse, andb there ynne the
Parlyment was holde. And that day the knyghtys of the shyre
were i-chosyn, ande sherevys chosyn hyr Speker, wyche name
was Syr John Buschey; and every man was commaundyd for
to leve his bowe and his arowys at home in hys inné.	And
on the nexte day was the Parlement playnely be-gunne. And
on the Wanysday nexte aftyr was askyd as for ]?e clargy a
procter for to speke for hem in the Parlyment, for they myght
nought be in that place there as jugement shulde be gevyn
for treson of felony. And thenne they chosynne Syr Thomas
Percy, and so schulde they hâve for hym a proctoure in the Par-
lyment for evyr more for poyntys of tresoune and felony. And
the Fryday aftyr was the E[r]le of Arundelle att hys aunswere ;
and that day was geve juggement on hym, that he shulde be
drawe, hanggyd, ande i-quarteryd, and be-heddyd. But at the
prayer of lordys the kyng relessyd hym, and commaundyd that he
shulde be ladde thorowe London unto the Towre Hylle from Weste-
myster, and there hys hedde to be smy tte of. And so hit was. And
thenne was the body ande the hedde borne unto fryer Austynnys,
and then hit was byryde. And on the Fryday next aftyr was Syr
Thomas Mortymer jugyd unto the same dethe that the Erle hadde,
but that he com yn whythe yn vj monythys. And the Sonday
hylde the Duke of I ,ancaster hys feste in the byschoppys place of
Durham. And the Monday aftyr was the Lorde Cobham accusyd.
And the Thursday aftyr helde the lordys a Prevye Conselle; and
on the morne aftyr was the Erle of Warwyke at hys answere, and
a The beginning of this word is defaced and illegible.
h and. The MS. has “ in ” instead of “ and ” bv an inadvertence of the scribe.gregory’s chronicle.
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wâs juggyd unto the same dethe jugement that the Erle of Arun-
delle hadde, but he submyttyd hym so louly unto the kyngys
grâce and to his plesaunce, that the kyng gaffe hym grâce and
lyffe, and sende hym unto the Towre a-yenne. And the Satyrday
was the Parlyment enjornyde unto Shrouysbury. And that day
there were made v dukys and a duchés, and a markes, and iiij
erlys, the whiche namys folowyn aftyr here : Syr Harry Erle of
Derby made Duke of Herforde, Edwarde Erle of Rutlonde Duke
of Arundylle, Thomas the Erle Marchelle made Duke of Northe-
folke, Syr John Holand Duke of Exceter, and the Erle of Kentte
made Duke of Surreye. And the Countesse of Northefolke i-made
Duchés of Northefolke, the Erle of Somersett Markys of Dorsett,
the Lorde Spencer i-made Erle of Glouceter, the Lorde Nevyle
i-made Erle of Westernorelonde, Syr Thomas Percy Erle i-made
the Erle of Worceter, and Syr Wylliam Schroppe i-made Erle of
Wyldschyre. Ande the Sonday aftyr helde the kynge hys feste,
and the Monday was the ferment of the Lorde Moumbrey at the
Whytte Freerys in ]?e cytte of London ys subbarbys. And every
nyght durynge the Parlyment the kyng was wacchyde, on lorde
with his mayny one nyght, and anothyr lorde anothyr nyghte,
duryng aile the Parlyment. And that same yere the kyng a and the
Duke of Herford, and the Duke of Northefolke, shulde hâve foughte
at Covyntre; but whenne that they were ensemblyd in the place
afore the kynge, ande he toke hit uppon hys juggement, and a non
in the same place they were bothe exylyde, but Harry Duke of
Herforde but for x yere, and the Duke of Northefolke for a hun-
dryd wynter.
Aile so the same yere Thomas Aroundelle the Arche Byschoppe
of Cantyrbury was exylyde, and Syr Robert Waldon was made
Arche Byschoppe of Cauntyrbury. And thenne the kyng,
thoroughe wyckyd consayle, deseneyreydb the heyrys of the
a We ought certainly to read “And that same year of the king, the Duke of
Hereford and the Duke of Norfolk,” &c.
b i. e. disinherited.
Rie. II.
A.D. 1397-8.
CAMD. SOC.
O98
gregory’s chronicle.
Rie. II.
AI). 1398.
lordys that were exilyde and done to dethe be fore tyme. And
thenne he sende unto Borne to hâve the statutys and the ordy-
naunce made in the Parlyment that was begunne at Westemyster
and i-endyd at Shrouysbury confermydea by the Poope;b hyt was
donne ande grauntyd by the Poope,b and by hym conformyd, the
whiche was pronounsyd at Powlys Crosse and at Synt Mary
Spetylle by fforne and in audyence of pepylle. Aile so the kyng
thorowe conselle that was not goode he hadde the cytte of London
and many othyr cytteys and townys in grette hâte and in indygna-
cyon, and were endytyd as for rebellys; and he toke hym to
Cheschyre men, J?e whiche were most famulyer with hym, wherefore
the cytesynnys of London and the pepille of the sayde townys and
schyrys endytyd, as hit ys i-sayde byfore, were fulle hevy and in
grete hevynes of herte. Where fore the sayde cyttesynnys of Lon-
don in plesauns of the kynge and by conselle and helpe of Syr
Koger Walden, Archebischoppe of Cauntyrbury, ande Syr Kobert
Baybroke, Byschoppe of London, putte a supplicacion unto the
kyngj of whyche the tenoure folowyth.
To ourec excellent ryght dowtfulle soverayne and fulle gracyus
lorde the kynge.d Fulle mekely and lowly besekynge,6 youre
humble legys, spyrytualle and temporalle, the Archebyschoppe
of Cauntyrbury ande the Byschoppe of London, mayre, sherevys,
and aldyrmen, with aile othyr spyrytualle and temporalle lordys
and gentelys, and comyners of youre citte of London. Andf
for as moche and g fulle grette and sorowfulle malyce, trespassys,
a confernyde, MS.
b The word “ Pope ” is smeared through with a pen in these places.
c youre, MS., which is certainly an error. This pétition is given more accurately
in the Chronicle in Julius B. i., which we refer to in the footnotes following by the
letter J. There is another copy in Vitell. A. xvi., which we refer to as Y.; but it,
also, is very corrupt.
d Our MS. here runs on as if the sentence were continued.
® bisechen, J.
f And. J. reads “ that,” continuing the sentence.
* and. as, J.gregory’s chronicle.
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and wyckyd conjecturys a hâve ben procuryd, don, and evyl don
to youre royalle mageste, the b grete and perpetualle confusion and
repreffe to the sayde evylle doers, and grette vylony and shame
of aile the dwellynge with yn the sayde cytte, as welle innocentys
as knowynge thereof0 as of othyr; [which] d wyckyd doers, for
thee trespas hâve deservyd harde and wyckydf chastemente and
punyschement, ne were pe hye benyngnyte of youre g douthefulle
lorde, fullefyllyd whithe aile grâce, wylle nought procédé ayenste
them aftyr hyr desertys, whyche yf ye shulde agayne them
procedyn hit shulde ben hyr dystruccyon, and nott with owte
cause, of grette multitude of youre pepylle whithe owt nombre.
Pies hit to youre excellent and douglitfulle ryalle mageste gracyusly
to consydyr the grette repentaunce of youre mysdoers, ande hyre
benynge desyre that they hâve to aske mercy, ande to redresse
hem to aile maner of reformynge hem aftyr hyr power, as
moche as hyt may ben in any wysse possyble, here exces, folys,
and defautys abovyn sayde. And of the abundaunte wylleh of
grâce were of the Almyghty Kynge, exempler of aile marcy
and grâce, [where of] 1 hathe indeuyd you, to receyve hem to youre
mercy ande grâce, and hoolye for to forgevyn aile the malefesourys
or evylle doers of hem dwellynge in the same cytte, because of hem
hâve trespaisyd to youre ryalle excellente mageste before sayde.
And youre humbylle legys wylle submythem k to doen, beryn, and
a-boye1 aile maner of thynge that shalle in any maner plesyn
the same youre royalle mageste. And ovyr that youre humbylle
legys wylle submyt them, and besekyn that they may ben ressayvyd
to grâce, by Roger Walden, Byschoppe of Cauntyrbury, Syr
Rie. IL
A.D. 1398.
a conjecturys. Conjecturacions of somme men, and of many evil doers of the seid
cite, J.
b the. to, J.	c there of. they of, MS.; thereof, J.
d Omitted in MS. J. reads “ which malfaisonrs or evil doers.”
e the. J. reads “ here,” i. e. their.	f wychyd. lither, J.
*	youre. you oure, J.	h wylle. welle, J.
*	where of. Not in J., and clearly superfluous.
k So written as one word.	1 a-boye. obeie, J.100
gregory’s chk'onicle.
Rie. IL
A.l). 1398.
Roberd [Braybroke] a Byschoppe of London, Rycharde Wedyng-
ton, Mayre of London, &c., sufïiciantly enformyd, and havyng
fui andeb suffycyente auctoryte and pouer for [al] c youre humble
legys of the sayde cytte, and in hyr name to sweryn and trewly
for to holdyn, kepe, and observe, leyn,d and mentayne, witli
aile hyr power, whythe owte fraude or maligne,® aile the statutys,
stabylmentys, and jugementys don and yevyn in youre hye Par-
lyment, be gunne at Westemyster the Monday nexte aftyr the feste
of the Exaltacyon of the Hooly Crosse, the yere of youre gracyous
raygne xxj, and fro thens endyde atf Schrouysbury unto the
qu[i]nsyn of Synt Hyllarye thenne nexte folowynge, and there
termynyd ande endyd; and aile othyr statutys, ordynauncys, and
stabilymentys sythe hyder to done and madyn with owttyn evyr
to comyn, don, [or] g procure anytliing there a-yenne in any
maner, to that ende that they shalle mowe ben putt thorowe
youre grâce owt of aile suspecyon, ande to [ben] g holdyn as they
deservyn11 above aile thynge youre trewe legys for the love of God
and the werke of charité. In wyttenys of this thynge, and for the
thyngys above sayde, welle and trewly to holdyn, kepynne, observe,
and mentayne for aile dayes whythe [al] 1 hyr power in the maner
as hyt ys a-bove sayde, whythe owte evyr to done or procure k the
contrarye, to lyvyn ande dyyn youre sayde humbyll legys, of whom
here namys severally ben undyr wrytynge, as welle for them selfe as
in the name of the resydewe of the same cytte to thys supplycacyon
hâve sette hir selys, that ys to say, we Roger Walden, by the grâce of
Gode Archebyschoppe of Cauntyrbury, Prymate of aile Inglonde,
Robart Baybroke Byschoppe of London, and Richard Wedyngton,
a Supplied from J. and V.
b sufficiantly—ful ande. These words are supplied from J., being omitted both
in our MS. and Y. In the former the words following, viz., “suffycyente auctoryte,”
are absurdly made to begin a new paragraph.
c Supplied from J.	d	lo/ven, J.;	loven, V.
' malenyyne, J. and V.	f	ended at.	ajouvned	to, J.
« Supplied from J.	h	des ire n, J.
3 Supplied from J.	k	procure,	proeerne,	MS. ; procure, J. and V.gregory’s chronicle.
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| xxij0
Anno.
Mayre of London, Wylliam Askeham, John Woodecocke, Scherevys
of London, the cytte forsayde, &c. And then anon, aftyr the pre-
sentacyon of the sayde supplycacion, there were made many
blanke chartours, and aile Y men °f any crafte in the citte, as
welle servauntys as maysterys, were chargyd for to corne to the
Yelde halle to sette hyr selys to the sayde blanke chartours. And
soo they dyd also for the moste parte of Inglond, and no man
wyste what hyt mente.
Drewe Baryntyne, ( John Wade
Mayre of London l John Warner
Ande that same yere Thomas Aryndelle, the sone and ayre of
the Erle of Arundelle, whiche ]?at aftyr the dethe of hys fadyr was
dwellyng in howshold with Syr John of Holon, Duke of Exceter,
and holde at non reputacyon but in grete repreffe and dyspyte
and moche dysseysse, prevely thorowe helpe of Wylliam Schotte,
mercer of London, in a gromys wede he saylyd ovyr Y see an(i
came unto hys onkylle, the Archebyschope of Cauntyrbury, that
was that tyme in Coleyne. Al so the same yere dyde Syr John
Gaunte, Duke of Lanchaster, and ys beryd at Poulys at London.
And that yere Kyng Rychard saylyd the secunde tyme in to
Yrlonde sone aftyr Estyr. And he hadde with hym Harry, the
eldyste [son]e of the Dukys of Herford, the whiche Harry was
made knyght in Irlonde. And in the begynnyng of xxiij yere
of the raygne Harry, Duke of Lancaster, that was exilyd whithe
the Archebyschoppe of Cantyrbury and hys owne sone Thomas,
and the sone of the Erle of Arundelle, londyd in the northe contre
at a place callyde Raynspouer be-syde Weldynton, to whom there
corne hastely Syr Harry Percy of Northehumbyrlonde, and Harry
Percy hys sone, and many othyr lordys, and thenne the Duke of
Lancaster whithe aile othyr lordys went strayt unto Brystowe, and
there they fonde Syr Wylliam Schroppe, Treserer of Inglond, and
Syr John Busche, and Syr John Grene, the whiche were brought
by fore the Duke of York, that tyme beynge Levtenaunte of
Inglonde, and there they were be heddyd. And thenne was Syr
Rie. II.
A.D. 1398-9.102
gregory’s chro'nicle.
Rie. II.
A.D. 1399.
Hen. IV.
A.D. 1399-
1400.
John Solake a-restyd at Westemyster, the dene of the kyngys
chapylle, and putte in preson in Luddegate, and otliir certayne
monkys of the Abbey of Westemyster were a-restyd al so. And
the same yere were a-restyd Syr Wylliam Baggot, knyght,
in Irlonde, faste by Deuelyn, and he was brought unto London
and putte in preson in Kewgate. And that same yere was
Moraunte, fyschemanger, i-slayne at Synt Mary at the Hylle be-syde
Byllyngysgate.
Thés benne the namys of Mayrys and of Sherevys of the cytte of
London in the tyme of Kyng Harry the iiij that was crownyd
at Westemyster the xiij day of October, the yere of oure Lorde
M1 ccclxxxxix.
Thoma Knollys, f William Walderne | *
Mayre of London 1 Wylliam Hyde J	^
Ande that same yere, a-non aftyr Crystysse masse, was be-heddyd
at Sussetyr the Erle of Kentt, and the Erle of Saulysbury, and
the Erle of Oxynforde, and Syr Thomas Blounte, and Syr Raffe
Lumney, Syr Benet Cely, knyghtys, and Syr Thomas Wyntyrsylle,
sqwyer; also Syr John Holand, Erle of Huntyngdone, was beheddyd
at Playsche in Exsex, and the Lord Spenser was be-heddyd at
Brystowe ;a and a-non aftyr dyde Kyng Rychard and was beryd at
Langley. And that same yere Syr Barnarde Brokers was heddyd
at Tyburne, and Syr Thomas Celley, knyght, and Mawdleyn ande
Ferby, clerkys, were drawyn and hangyd at Tyburne. And that
same yere the kynge roode in to Schotlonde. And there heb be-ganne
the werre at Walys by Gwyn Glandowre, squyer, ayenste the Kyng
of Inglonde, Harry the iiij, &c.
John Fraunseys,	J John Wackeley	1 Armo i*°
Mayre of London 1 John Obete	J nn° ^
a The Chronicle in Vitell. A. xvi. has a curious variation here. Instead of the
foregoing clause it reads : “And Sir John Holand, Duke of Excestre, was take in
Essex atte Putelwelle in a mille, and he was beheded atte Bristowe.”
b he. This word is clearly superfluous.gregory’s chronicle.
103
Ande that yere a quarter of whete was worthe xvj s. The secunde
yere. And thenne tliat yere Syr Wylliam Sawtre, preste, was brente
ynne Smethefylde for eresy.
And that yere, the xiij day of September, the yere of oure Lorde
M^CCC and ij, was the batylle at Halydon Hylle, at the whyche
batylle was takynne the Erle Douglas, thea Erle of Fyfe, and many
moo othyr knyghtys and squyers.
John Scliadworthe, f William Fremyngham j ^nno iÿo
Mayre of London 1 William Venoure, junyorj
Ande that same yere was Dame Jone, Duchés of Bretayne,
i-weddyd to Kyng Harry the iiij. Also thys yere there was a
sterre that was callyd Comata, idest a blasyng sterre, and he shewyd
in the weste, and he duryd v wekys and more. Al so the same
yere the Priour of Launde and Syr Roger of Claryngdone,b knyght,
and hys men, were drawe and hanggyd, and viij Freers Minors
whythe them, at Tyburne, and Syr Roger Walden, the byschoppe,
and Rychard Clydrowe were i-quytte by a queste of men of London.
Ande that yere was the batyle at Humbyldon Hylle.
John Walkotte, r Richardus Merlowe 1 ^nno jjj-o
Mayre of London \ Robert Chycheley j
And that yere, the yere of our Lorde M1 cccc iiij, was the batylle
of Shrouysbury, that was uppon Mary Mawdelyn Evyn, in the
whyche bataylle Syr Harry Percy was sayle,c and Thomas Percy was
i-takynne and kept iij day es aftyr, and thenne he was drawe, hanggyd,
quarteryd, and be^heddyd; and the quarters was sende one unto
London Brygge. And in the same bataylle was the Prynce sliotte
thorowe the hedde with an arowe, and the Erle of Stafforde was
i-slayne in the kyngys cote armure undyr his baner, and many mo
lordys and knyghtes lost there lyvys, and squyers and many a
goode yemon. For hit was one of the wyrste bataylys that evyr
came to Inglonde, and unkyndyst, for there was the fadyr a-yenst
a the. ther, MS.
b Clavyng doue, MS., the last two syllables being disjoined.
c sayle. So in MS., but tbe reading ought eertainly to bave been slain.
Hen. IY.
A.D. 1400-3.104
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. IV.
A.D. 1403-7.
Anno v°.
tlie sone and the sone ayenste the fadyr, and brother and cosyn
a-yenste eclie othyr.
William Askam, ( Thomas Faukener
Mayre of London 1 Thomas Polie
And that yere Serle, that was one of thoo that mortheryd
the Duke of Glouceter at Calys, was takyn in the Marche of
Schotlond, and was brought unto London, and was hangyd at
Tyburne.
John Hynde,	c William Lowthe \ \	*0
Mayre of London	{	Stevyn Spylman	j	no VJ *
Ande that yere Syr Thomas the kyngys sone was Amerelle of
the See, and he wente unto Flaundrys and brent bothe in Cachante
and in Flaundrys, ande londyd at Scluse and gaffe there to a
stronge sawte. Aile so he toke carrekys of Jene and brought
them unto Wynchylse, and they were brent thorowe mysse gover-
naunce and moche of the goode ther ynne. Aile so the same yere
Syr Richard Schroppe, Archebyschoppe of Yorke, and the Lorde
Mombray, were be-heddyd at Yorke.
John Woodecocke,	[	Wylliam Crowmer	ï	vj.0
Mayre of London	l	Harry Barton	j	V1^ #
Ande that yere aile the werys bytwyne London and Mydway
were drawe downe by the conselle of the kynge and of the mayre
of London, and of the comyns of the same cytte, for they dyd
moche harme in the ryver of Themys, for they dystroyed moche
yonge frye, for the pepylle gaffe hit hir hoggys, and soo uncomely
devouryd hyt.
Rychard Wytyngdon, f Nicholaus Wotton i Ao ...0
Mayre of Lon.lon	{	Geffray Boote-	J A V"J '
Ande that yere the Erle of Kent weddyd the Erlys doughter of
Mylayne, at Synt Mary Overeys in Sowtheworke, the xiiij day of
Juylle. And that yere deyd Syr Robert Knollys, and ys byryd at
the Whytte Freers at London.
a Should be Broke or Brooke.gregory’s chronicle.
105
Anno ix°.
Wylliam Stawndon, f Harry Pomfrett	^
Mayre of London l Harry Halton	j
Ande that yere the Erle of Northehuiiiberlond ande the Lorde
Bardoffe were take in the Northe countre ande be-heddyd and
quarteryd; and the hedde of the erle and the quartyr of the lorde
were brought unto Londyn Brygge. And that yere was a grete
froste, and that duryd xxv wekys and more. Aile so the same yere
the Erle of Kentt was slayne at the castelle of Bryake whythe a stone.
Hen. IV.
A.D. J 407-10.
X .
A0 xj°.
Drewe Barentyne,	j William Norton	1
Mayre of London l Thomas Duke	J
Ande that yere was the grette playe at Skynners Welle in
London. Ande that yere there were grete justys in Smethefylde
by twyne the Erle of Somersett and the Synyschalle of Henowde,
and Syr John Corwayle and Syr Bycharde of Arundelle, and the
sone of Syr John Chenye, and othyr Fraynysche men dede the
dedys of armys there.
Bichardus Merlowe, j John Lane	j
Mayre of London | Wylliam Checheleyf
And that yere ther was an heretylce, that was callyd John of
Badby, that be-levyd nought in the Sacrament of the Auter, and he
was brought unt[o] Smethefylde for to be brent, and bownde unto a
stake; and Syr Harry Percya of Walys conselyd hym to liolde the
very ryght beleve of Hooly Chyrche, and he shulde faylle nothyr
lacke noo goode. Al so the Chaunceler of Oxynford, on Mayster
Corteney, informyd hym in the faythe of Holy Chyrche, and the
Pryour of Syn Bartholomewys brought the hooly sacrament with
xij torchys and brought hyt before hym. And hyt was askyd
howe that he be-levyde. Ande he answeryd and sayde that he
wyste welle that hit was hooly brede, and nought Goodys oune
blessyde body. And thenne was the tonne putt ovyr hym ande
fyre put unto hym; and whenne he felde fyre he cryde marcy.
And a-non the prynce commaundyd to take a wey the fyre, and
hit was don soo anon. And then the prynce askyd hym yf that
a Percy. A clérical error. “ Harry Prince of Wales ” is the reading in other
Chronicles.
CA MD. SOC.	' r106
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. IV.
A.D. 1410-12.
predat.
j A0 xij°.
he wolde for-sake hys heresy and be-leve on the faythe of aile Hooly
Chyrche, and he wolde gyffe hym hys lyffe and goode i-nowe
whyle he levyd; but he wolde nought, but contynuyde forthe in
hys heresye. And thenne the prynce commaundyd hym up to be
brende at onys, and soo he was. And John Gylott, vynter, he made
ij wevers to be take, the whyche folowyd the same waye of heresy.
And the same tyme was the hurlynge in Estechepe by the lorde
Thomas and the lorde John, the kyngys sone, &c.
Versus { ^ereticus cre(lat nea perustus ab orbe recedat;
1 Ne fidesb ledat [Satel] c hune baratro sibi predat.
Thomas Knollys, ç Thomas Pyke
Mayre of London ) Thomas Penne
Ande that same yere there com inbassetours to the kynge from
the Duke of Burgeyne for to hâve men sowdyd whithe hym ayenst
the Duke of Orlyauns, but the kynge wolde not graunte hym non.
And they spake unto the prynce, and he sende thedyr the Erle of
Arundelle and Syr John Oldecastelle, Lorde of Cobham, and many
mo knygtys and squyers of thys londe.
Robert Checheley,	r John Raynewelle |	x-..0
Mayre of London 1 William Cotton	j	X1*^
And that yere, the xij day of October, the yere of oure Lord
M^CCC and xj, ther was in Temys iij flodys in oo day. And
that yere the Lorde Thomas, the kyngys sone, was made Duke of
Clarence, and that yere there com inbassetours fro the Duke of
Orlyaunce unto the kyng for to wage men ayenst the Duke of
Burgayne, and Y kyng sende thedyr the Duke of Clarence and
othyr certayne lordys; and at the feste of Synt Laurence they
londyd at Hoggys. And the same yere the kyng let make to be
smetyn newe nowblys, but they were of lasse wyght thenne was
the olde nobylle by the paysse of an halpeny wyght, soo that a
a ne. ve in MS., struck out and corrected into “ ne.”
b Jides. So in our MS. and in Harl. 565. J. re&ds Jidos, which of course is better
grammar. Eabyan hsLsfidem.
c Sately i. e. Satan. The word is omitted in our MS., but occurs in ail the similar
MS. Chronicles, and in the first two éditions of Fabyan.gregory’s chronicle.
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A.D. 1412-13.
nobylle sliuld wey but iiijd. and halfe a peny, and that 1. nowblys Hen. IV
shulde make a pounde of Troye wyght.
Wylliam Walderne, ( Raffe Lubnaham 1 -0 ....0
Mayre of London 1 William Sevenok j X11^
Ande that same yere the kyng dyde at Westemyster, the xx day
of Marche, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCCC and xij ; and he ys
byryde at Cauntyrbury be-syde the schryne. And that same yere
Syr John Olde Castelle was a restyde at Wynsore and sende to the
Toure of London for poyntys of heresy that he was accusyd of ;
and at the Frere Prechourys he was examnyd by fore aile the
clargy of thys reaime, spyritualle and temporalle and relygyous,
and he was sent unto the Toure a-yenne; and sone aftyr he brake
owt of the Towre and wentte in to Walys; and aftyr he was take
ayen by the Lorde Powes in the tyme of Rychard Merlowe, as ye
shalle hyre aftyr.
Walderne, mayor, the same xiiij yere of hisa fadyr and the fyrste
yere of the sone, ande thys ys rekynde but for oone yere.
Thés ben the namys of Mayrys of London and of the Sherevys Hen. y.
of the same for-sayde cytte in the tyme of Kyng Harry the v, that 1413’15-
was crownyd the ix day of Aprylle at Westemyster, the yere of
oure Lorde M^CCCxiij. And hyt was apon Passyon Sonday,
and that was a fulle wete day of rayne.
William Walderne, f Raffe Lubnaham ^ *	•
\ ttt-it r.	> Anno primo.
Mayre of London I William Sevenok j
Ande that yere the kyng made to be brought the bonys of Kyng
Rychard to Westemyster, and they were beryd and put in his owne
sépulture, that he let make hym selfe with Quene Anne his wyfe.
b ]?is was the laste yere b of raygne of the fadyr, and the fyrste yere
of the raygne of the sone, Kyng Harry the v.
William Crowmer, ( John Sutton
Mayre of London | John Nichole
Anno ij°.
a So in MS.
b The words between b b are repeated in the MS.108
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen V.
A.D. 1415.
Ande that same yere, on the Twelfe the nyght, were a-restyd
certayne personys, called Lollers, atte the sygne of the Ax, whithe
owte Byschoppe ys gâte, the whyche Lollers hadde caste to hâve
made a mommynge at Eltham, and undyr coloure of the mommynge
to hâve dystryte the kyng and Hooly Chyrche. And they hadde
ordaynyde to hâve hadde the fylde be-syde Syn Gylys. But,
thonkyd be God Almyghty, owre kyng hadde wamyng thereof,
and he corne unto London and toke the felde be syde Syn Jonys
in Clerkynwelle ; and as they corne the kyng toke them, and many
othyr. And tliere was a knyght take that was namy[d] Syr Roger
of Acton, and he was drawe and hanggyd be syde Syn Gyly, for
the kynge let to be made iiij payre of galowys, the whiehe that
were i-callyd the Lollers galowys. Al so a preste that hyght Syr
John Bevyrlay, and a squyer that hyght John Browne of Olde-
castellys, they were hanggyd; and many moo were hanggyd and
brent, to the nomber of xxxviij personys and moo. And that yere
was Tebayne Breste,a a preste, slayne in London by a squyer that was
callyd Yownser and hys men; wherefore the same Yownser with iij
of his men for-swore the lond. And that yere was the Parlyment
at Layceter.
Thomas Faukener,	i John Michell	j ^nno jjjo
Mayre of London j Thomas Aleyne	J
Ande that same yere was brent in Smethefild John Claydon,
schynner, and Rychard Turmyn, baker, for heresye that they were
convycte a-pon. Al so the same yere the kyng toke his jornay and
wagydb in to Normandy; and the xv day of Juny the kyng roode
tliorowe London c whithe slierevys, aldermen, and aile the comeners
brought the kynge at Blacke Hethe ; and there the mayre ande aile
hys aldermen with aile the comyns toke there leve of pe kynge, and
11 His name is given as Maister “ John Tybbay, clerk,” in Harl. 565. It is
“ Tykey, preest,” in Yit. A. xvi.
b So in MS., but apparently a transcriber’s error for “ viagyd.”
c So in MS. ; but doubtless we should supply bere, as tbe beginning of a new
sentence, “ And tbe mayor.”gregory’s chronicle.
109
the kyng bade the mayre goo home and kepe welle hys chambyr in
hys absens, and [yave hym] a Crystysse blessyng and hys, and he
sayde “ Cryste save London.” And he roode forthe hys way tylle he
cam to Hampton, and there he raosteryd hys mayne. And there
were certayne personys that had caste to slayne oure kynge, but God
that knewe aile trougthe, he sende warnynge to oure kyng ; and hys
enmySjthe whiche namys folowythe aftyr, Syr Richarde Camborowe,b
Erle of Cambryge, Syr Harry, Lorde Scrope, ande Syr Thomas Gray,
knyght, with moo of hyr assent, ]?e whiche personys were a-restyde
and put in the preson, ande do to dethe. And the xij day of
Auguste the kyng saylyd towarde Arflewe, whythe ITM1 sperys
and moo; and the xvj day of the saine monythe he londyd at
Kytkawys, and the Satyrday he leyde sege unto the towne of
Arflewe, and that was the Satyrday nexte aftyr of the Assompsyon
of oure Lady ; and the sege contynuyd unto the Sonday nexte be
fore the feste of Synt Mychelle, on the whiche Sonday the towne
of Arflewe was delyveryd uppe to the kyng, that was xxij day
of Septembre. But hit ys to wyte that the Tewysday before,
that ys to saye the xvj day of the same monythe, at xij of
the clocke whytheynne nyght, the lordys that were the capytaynys
and governowrys of the towne, that y s to wete the Lorde Gawcorte,0
the Lorde Tutvyle, and moo othyr lordys, sende owte herodys
of arm y s unto the Duke of Clarens, prayng hym at the reverens
of God that he wolde of hys hyghe lordeschippe that he wolde
graunte them lyve and leve for to trete whythe what personys
that the kyng wolde a-sygne unto hem ; and the kyng at the
reverens of God and at hyre requeste he assygnyde the Duke of
Exceter, the Lorde Fehewe, and Syr Thomas Erpyngham, to hyre
whatt they wolde say and desyre. And they desyryd that the kyng
wolde nought warre on them fro that oure of mydnyght unto the
Sonday nexte aftyr the feste of Synt Mychell, and but hyt were
a Omitted in our MS., but supplied from Vit. A. xvi.
b Camborowe. Conysborughe in Vit.
c Sawcovte in our MS. by a misreading; Gawcourte in Vit.110
GREGORY’S CHRON1CLE.
Hen. V.
A.D.1415.
rescwyd by batayle by that day by the Frenysche kyng or by the
Dolfynne, ellys at that daye to delyver the towne unto the kynge,
and they to hâve hyr lyvys and hyr goodys. Ande the kyng sende
hem worde yf that they wolde delivery the towne on the morne
aftyr, be the oure of mydnyght a bove sayde, with owte any con-
dyscyon, he wolde accepte hyt, and in non othyr wyse he bade hem
for to trete. Ande yette the Fraynysche lordys prayde our lordys
that they wolde fochesave to be-seche the kynge at the reverens of
God and of oure Lady that he wolde graunte them respyte fro
the same Twysday at nyght unto the Sonday nexte aftyr tylle one
owre aftyr none; and in the mayne tyme the lordys that were
captaynys of the towne to corne to the kynge whithe xxiiij
knyghtys and squyers with hem, of the moste suffycyent men
whithe in the towne, and they to be sworne on Goddys body
opynly before aile the pepylle. But yfa hit soo were that the
Fraynysche kynge or the Dolfynne rescwyde hem by that Sonday
by the owre of none> othyr ellys a-non aftyr none, they for to
delyvery the towne to the kyng and aile hyr bodys and goodys
to don whythe hem what so hem evyr lyste, whythe b any condiscyon.
Whythe that the kynge sufferde hem to sende unto Frauns viij
personys owte of the towne lettyng hym wytte in what plytte
that they stode yn, and the kyng grauntyd hem; and uppe the
Wanysday by pe mone the lordys corne owte, and xxij knyghtys
and squyers whythe hem ; and thenne corne the prosessyon solempny
and stately, whithe xxiiij copys of clothe of golde by-fore Goddys
body, whythe many worschipfulle lordys, knyhtis, and squyers,
and othyr multytude of pepylle from pe kyngys tente, solempny
and stately as evyr was done suche a thyng be-for tyme. But the
kyng was nott here présent. And the Franysche lordys made thare
hyr othys a-pon the sacrament; and, the othys done, the Fraynysche
lordys were brought unto the kyngys tente, and there they dynyd
in the kyngys halle, but in aile thys tyme they sawe nought the
kynge. And whanne that they hadde etyn they departyd and
* But ift i. e. unless.	b whythe. withoute, Vit.gregory’s chronicle.
111
delyveryd to sartayne for to kepe yn ostage tylle the Sonday on Hen. Y.
none, as hyt was a cordyment i-made before tyme whenne that A'D‘ 1415‘
they toke hyr othys. And the Sonday at the same owre a-signyd
the kyng hadde a tente phyght a-pone a hylle be-fore the towne,
and there he sate in his estate, ryally, and aile hys lordys aboute
hym. And thenne corne the Fraynysche lordys, with lxiiij whythe
hem of the moste suffycyentt men that were whythe yn the towne,
to the kyngys owne propyr person, and delyveryd uppe the keyes
of the towne and hyr boodys and hyr goodys to the kynges grâce,
whithe owte any condyscyon. And thys was the xxij day of
Septembre, the yere of our Lorde M1 CCCC xv. And thenne sone
aftyr the kynge and hys mayne ostyde from thens xxj day es thorowe
the reaime of Fraunce towarde Caleys. And the Fraynysche
men hyrde telle of his comyng that way, and they brake the
bryggys there that the kyng shulde passe ovyr, and in so moche
thata he myght not passe noo way but he moste nedys mete
with the Fraynysche oste. And a-pon the Fryday, that ys to saye,
the day of Syn Cryspyn and Cryspynyany, aile the ryalle pouer of
Fraunce corne by-fore oure kynge and hys lytylle blessyd mayne.
And thenne they sawe the Dolfynne whythe aile the lordys of
France were by-fore oure good kynge enbatellyd in iij batellys the
nomber of iij schore M1 men of armys. And that was the fayryste
syght of armyde men that evyr any man saye in any place. And
the kyng sawe he myght not passe whythe out batayle, and thenne
he sayde unto hys lytylle mayne, “ Serys and felowys, yendyr maynye
wylle lette us of oure waye, and they wylle not corne unto us.
But nowe lette every man preve hym-selfe a goode man thys day
and a-vance hys baner in the beste tyme of the day and yere.”
Ande the kyng roode ande hys basnet in hys hede, and aile othyr
men wente on hyr foote a-passe in hyr hoole araye andb Englysche
myle or that they assemblyde. And thorowe Goddys grâce the
kynge made hys way thoroughe the thyckyste of aile the batayle ;
and ther was slayne on the kyngys syde the Duke of Yorke, the
a that repeated in MS.	b So in MS.112
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. Y.
A.D. 1415-16.
Erle Southeffolke, and ij knyghtys, and Davy Gam, and of the
gentylle men no moo, and of aile maner of Englysche men hyt
passyd not xxviij personys. And on the Fraynysche syde was
slayne the Duke of Launsonne, the Duke of Barre, the Duke of
Braban, ande vij erlys, and the Constabylle of Fraunce, and the
Senschalle of Henowde, and the Mayster Alblester,a and many
moo lordys, and knygtys and squyers v M1 and moo. And
there was take the Duke of Orlyaunce, the Duke of Burbon,
the Counte of Kychemounde, and the Counte of Ewe, Y Marchalle
of Fraunsce, Syr Bursegaunte, and many moo othyr knyghtys
and squyers. And whanne thys was done the kyng bode aile
nyghte in a vyllage faste be-syde ther that the batelle was done.
And on the morowe he toke hys waye unto Calys whythe hys
lordys and hys presoners, whythe hys owne mayne. And the
xxiij day of November the kyng corne unto London whythe aile
hys presoners a bove sayd. And there he was ressayvyd worthely
and ryally, for the mayre, with aile the aldermen, whythe aile
good comyners, roode and fette hym ynne. And whythe a ryalle
processyon he was brought ynne; and there was mad, stondyng
apone the brygge, Syn Gorge ryally armyd, and at the Crosse in
Cheppe was made a castelle, and there yn was moche solempnyte of
angelys and virgenys syngyng merely. And soo he roode unttylle
that he came to Powlys, and there mette whithe hym xvj byschoppys
and abbattys whithe processyon and sensyd hym, and brought "hym
uppe in to ]?e qwere whythe devoute songe, and there he offerde and
the Franysche lordys aile soo. And thenne he rode forthe unto
Westemyster; and the mayre and hys bretheryn brought hym there.
Ande thys same yere be-ganne the generalle Conselle at Custaunce
of aile clargye and of aile maner of nacyons.
Nicholaus Wotton, j William Cambryge )
Mayre of London I Alayne Everarde i
And in that same yere, onne the morne aftyr Syn Symonnys day
a Thomas Arblastier. He was one of the retinue of Sir William Bourchier.
See Nicolas’s Battle of Agincourt, 360.gregory’s chronicle.
113
and Jude, tliat the mayre shulde ryde to Westemyster for to take	15
hys othe, corne tydyngys to London of the batayle a-bove sayde
by the Byschoppe of Worseter,a that tyme beyng Chaunceler, for he
corne to London erly in the mornynge, and warnyd the mayre.
And thenne thorowe London they lette rynge the bellys in every
chyrche and song Te Deum ; and at Powlys, at ix of theclocke, the
tydyngys were oppynly proclaymyd to aile the comeners of Y
cytte and to aile othyr strangerys. And thenne the Quene,b and
aile hyr byschoppys and aile the lordys )?at were in London that
tyme, wentte to Westemyster on hyr fete a prosessyon to Synt
Edwarde ys schryne, whythe aile the prestys, and clerkys, and
fryers, and aile othyr relygyous men, devoutely syngynge ande
saynge the letanye. And whenne they hadde offerde, the mayre
com home rydynge merely whythe aile hys aldermen and comeners
as they were i-wounte for to doo.
Le Feste de Sentt Gorge a Wyndesore.
Ande thys yere com the Emperowre of Almaynec in to London
be-fore the Feste of Synt Gorge. Ande the feste was deferryde
unto hys commynge, and that was done solempny at the castylle
of Wyndesore. And at the prosessyon the kynge went a-pone
the upper-moste syde of the emperowre, and soo aile the masse
tyme he stode a-bove the emperoure. Ande at the mete the kyng
sate on the ryght syde of the emperoure, and the Duke of
Bedforde sate on the lefte syde, and the Chaunceler of Inglonde
and the Byschoppe of Devylyn sate on the left syde, and the Duke
of Bryga and a-nothyr duke of the emperours sate on the kyng ys
syde; and aile thosse vij satte on 00 syde of Y table. And the
fyrste sotellete of the fyrste cours was howe Oure Lady armyd
Syn Gorge and a aungylle doyng on hys sporys. And the secunde
sotellete was Syn Gorge rydynge and fyghtyng whythe a dragon
a Should be Winchester. Henry Beaufort, Bisliop of Winchester, afterwards
Cardinal. The title is given correctly in Vit.
b Joan of Navarre, widow of Henry IV.	c Sigismund.
CAM1). SOC.	Q114
gregory’s chronicle.
Heu. Y.
AJ). 1416.
whythe hys spere in hys honde. And the iij sotellete was a
castelle, and Syn Gorge and the kynges doughter ledyng the Ïambe
in at the castelle gatys. And ail thés sotelleteys were servyd
be-fore the emperoure and the kyng and noo ferther; ande
othyr lordys were servyd with sotelleteys aftyr hyr astate and
degre. And that same yere corne the Duke of Holand into
London, but he was nought at the feste a-fore sayde. And the
emperoure lay at Westmyster aile the wyle that he was here for
the moste party, and the Duke William of Holand in the byschope
ys place of Ely; and sone aftyr Mydsomer the kyng went to Caleys
whythe the emperoure, and the duke saylyd home ayenne and
mette whythe kyng at Caleys. And the Duke of Burgayne and the
Counte of Charlys sone corne to Gravelynge; and the kynge sende
thedyr the Duke of Glouceter hys brother and the Erle of Marche
to abyde there in ostage, wylys that the Duke of Burgayne corne
to Calys to speke with the kynge; and in the myddys of the ryver
the lordys mette togedyr. And the dukys sone of Burgayn ressayvyd
oure lordys and led hem in to Fraunce, and the Erle of Warwyke
ressayvyd the Duke of Burgayne ande brought hym to Calys, and
there they hadde a conselle twyne hem two; and thenne he toke
hys leve of the kyng. And the Erle of Warwyke brought hym unto
Gravelyng wrater and in to the same place there as they mette
at the fyrste metynge; and there every party toke hyr leve of
othyr. And thenne the kynge retornyd ayenne into Inglonde and
the emperoure saylyde unto Holande and so passyd forthe in to
Constaunce.
Aile so that same yere the Duke of Bedforde and the Erle of
Marche, on oure Lady Day the Assumpsyon, they fought whythe
viij grete carykys of Jene and whythe 1. othyr shyppys, and they
toke hem whythe hyr patronys and drownyde a grette hulke of
the contre of Flaundrys.
Harry Barton,	j Bobert Wedyngton j j^nnQ y0
Mayre of London	j John C-ovyntre j
Ande the same yere, on Syn Petrys eve and Poule, the Erle ofgregory’s chronicle.
115
Huntyngdon whythe o]?yr certayne lordys faughtyn whithe carykys
of Gene, and dyscomfyte hem, and toke iiij of Y grettyste of them
and hyr patronys. And the amerelle of hem was the Duke of
Burbone, and he was take whithe hem whythe aile the tresoure
that sholde hâve wagyd hem for halfe a yere. Al so the same yere
the kynge saylyd unto Normandye the second tyme, ande he londyd
on Lammas day by-syde Tooke in Normandye. And the same
tyme the kyng wanne the towne of Tooke and assaylyd the castelle,
the whyche castelle on Syn Lauerens evjnne was yolde unto the
kynge, and he gave hyt unto hys brother the Duke of Clarens
whithe a] le the lorschippys dependaunt there too; and thenne the
Duke of Clarens roode forthe to Cane whythe othyr lordys whythe
hym. And one oure Lady evyn, the Assumpcyon, he mustryd hys
men by-fore the towne of Cane ; and the xij day of August the
kyng layde sege to Cane, and that contynuyd tylle the day of
the Natyvyte of oure Lady nexte folowynge; uppon the same day
the towne whythe grete sawte was yoldyd and wonne. And thenne
the kyng layde sege unto the castelle, and that in shorte tyme was
yoldyn unto the kynge; and whylys the kyng boode in Cane, the
Duke of Clarens roode to Baj^eux and wanne that. And the same
yere the kyng wanne Argentyne, bothe the towne and the castelle.
And the kyng wanne Alansonne and many moo stronge castellys
and townys and stronge abbeyes.
Ande the same yere, a-pon Estyr daye at aftyr none, the Lorde
Stronge and Syr John Trusselle, knyght, fylle at debate for hyr
wyvys in the chyrche of Syn Donstonys in the Este, evyn at the
prechyng tyme. In the same fraye Thomas Pedwardynne, fysche-
monger, was slayne as he wolde hâve lettyde hem of hyr fyghtynge,
and many men were i-hurte; and therefore the chyrche was
suspendyd. Ande thenne was the Lorde Stronge a-restyde and
brought unto the Counter in the Pultrye* and the Sonday nexte
aftyr he was cursyde in every chyrche in London, whithe boke,
belle, and candelle, in one houre of the day. And aftyr he dyde
hys penaunsse opynly thorow London for hys trespas ayenst Hooly
lien. Y.
A.D. 1417.116
gregory’s chronicle.
Heu. V.
A.I). 1417-18.
Chyrclie. And that yere was a dyre yere of whete, for a buschelle
was worthe ij s.
Rycharde Merlowe,	l Harry Rede	j	v*o
Mayre of London I John Gedney	1
Ande the same yere, scilicet, in anno vt0,a the general conselle was
endyd, and a unyte made in Hooly Chyrclie, and oo pope chosynne
at Custaunce on Syn Martyns daye, by comyn assente of aile the
generalle counselle, the whyche was callyd Pope Martyn the fyrste.b
Aile so the same yere Syr Johnne Oldecastelle was take in the
Marche of Walys and brought unto Westemyster in a chare, and
there he was juggyde to the dethe; and thys was hys juggement,
tliat he sliulde be ladde thorowe London in the same chare unto
Towre Hylle, and there to be layde on a hyrdylle and drawe to
Syn Gylys galowys, and there to be hanggyd and brent. And so
he was hanggyd by a stronge chayne. For there was the Duke of
Bedforde, the Duke of Exceter, and aile the lordys of thys londe
that were ]?at tyme a-bowte London, tylle tliat they hadde sene
hys juggement.
Ande the same day the person of Wortham, theffe, and hys
peramowre was broughte unto Westemyster Halle. And he was
sente to Newgate, and there he dyde.
Ande that same yere the kyng layde sege unto Faleys the fyrste
day of Novembre, and that sege contynuyde unto the xx day of
Décembre, the yere of grâce M^cccxvij. Thenne the towne
dysendyd for to trete wliythe the kynge, and the kyng commyttyd
the trety unto Thomas Erle of Saulysbury, and to Harry Lorde
Feliewe, and to Syr Johnne Cornewale, and to Syr Wylliam
Haryngdon, knyghtes and commyssyoners for hys partye; and as
for the party of the towne, Syr Wylliam Molene,c Syr Gylberte
a Notwithstanding tliat the mayor and sheriffs for the sixth year are given at the
head of this chapter, almost the whole of it is devoted to events of the fifth year
omitted in their proper place.
b Shonld be Martin the Fifth.
c Molenr. Melone in Vit. The name is Menlhou in Rymer.gregory’s chronicle.
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Mounstrewys, lorde of Fayete,a capytaynys of men of armys, and of a	18
the schotte whythe ynne the towne of Faleys, and whythe [them] b
a pon the same trete, the lord of Gamulle;c which d parteys entretide
ande a cordyd uppon the artyculys and poyntmentys aftyr folowyng.
Fryste, that hit ys accordyd that the secunde day of Janyver next
folowynge they shulde yelde uppe Y tosvne be-for sayde of Faleys,
whythe ynne the houre of terce, into the hondys and power of oure
soverayne lorde the kynge, or in to the hondys of hem be hyrn
commyttyde and assygnyde, yf soo be that they be nott rescwyde
be batayle of the kynge hyr lorde, or Dolfyn, hys eldyste sone, or
by the Constabylle of Fraunce. And on that the kyng [to] f setten
or do settynne in the fore sayde towne suche s warde and kepynge
as hit schalle lyke hym.
Aile so hit ys accordyd that aile the strongers that benne in
the fore sayde towne of Faleys, the whyche before thys tyme hathe
ben founde agayne, and in the rystynge of, the kynge in tyme
sythe hys fyrste comynge to hys Duché of Normandye, were hyt
at Cane, or in any othyr of furtheresser, or that hâve benn with
the kynge, or with any of hys subgettys in hys commaundementys,
that aile suche strangerys shulle put hem only in the kyngys grâce
and mercy of oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde.
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that they shalle delyvery and yeldyn
uppe h aile the presoners, Englysche or any othyr, holdyng of owre
lege lorde the Kyng of Inglonde, the whiche that1 hâve benne
a Fayete. Our MS. reads, lorde of feyfty capytaynys; but Vit. more accurately,
“lord Fayete, capteyns.”	b Omitted in MS.; J. reads “hem.”
c the lord of Gamulle. This reading is taken from J. The name is written in
the same way on Norman Roll, 5 Hen. Y., m. 2, from which the treaty is printed in
Rymer, and perhaps it may be read, as Rymer reads it, “ Ganyille.” Our MS. reads
absurdly, “ they of Gaunte.” Perhaps the person intended was the Sire de Graville,
who a few months later (4 July, 1418) disputed with the English the passage of the
Seine at Pont de l’Arche.—Williams’s “ Gesta Henrici Y.,” 122
d which. with, MS.	6 entretid. encresyd, MS.; corrected from J.
f Supplied from J.
g suche. The MS. reads “whiche,” an eyident error, which is corrected from Vit.
h “the town and,” Y.	1 that. tliere, Y.; that there, J.118
gregory’s chrqnicle.
Al^un 18 Presoners ^orea ^ie fyrste daye a fore sayde, ande at the same
daye of thys présent trete, and [that] b non appechementt ben put up
on none of hem by hyr maysterys nowe at that thys tyme [nor in
tyme] c to corne, be hyt sommaunce d requyrynge or askyng in any
maner [matier] e what soo evyr hyt be, but fynallye the for sayde
maysterys shalle aquyntyn, renownsyn, and relessyn to hyr presoners
hyr troughthys, hyr behestys, and hyre othysse, whyche that [the
seid presoners mowen hâve made to heir maisters in eny maner, and
that] c whythe owte fraude or malyngyne.
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that the fore sayde capytaynys shulde de-
lyvery owte of the towne of Faleys in to the hondys of the commys-
senaryours of oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde, al thoo
that were borne in Inglonde, Walys, and Yrlonde, or Gascoyne,
whiche be-fore thys tyme hâve holde whythe the party of Inglonde,
and for thys presentt tyme ben in thys sayde towne of Faleys
contrarye ayenste the kyng and hys parteyes.
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that non of the captaynys, nor burgessys,
nor non othyr of the towne, shalle geve nor suffer for to be gevyn
to hem of the castelle of Faleys any strengthe of men, of armys, or
of schotte, nor maner of socoure of armyrowrysse or artury, schottys,
powder, gonnys, or any othyr comfort durynge the for sayde trete.
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that noo captayne, ne none sowdyer,
burgeys, ner comyner, nor non othyr beynge whythe ynne the
sayde towne of Faleys, shalle ressavve or suffer to be ressayved or
drawyn owte of the castelle the captayne of the same castelle nor
non othyr of the same garysonne thereynne beynge atf thys présent
tretys.g Ande aile soo they shulle nott drawe anyh of hem of the
castelle undyr the coloure of thys presentt tretye.
Ande uppon thys our soverayne lorde the kynge of specyalle grâce
a be fore repeated in MS.	b Supplied from J.
c Omitted in MS.; supplied from J. and V.
d J. reads, “ be it to sommone, requiren, or asken.”
e Omitted in MS.; supplied from Y.	f at. and, MS.; at, J.
s tretys. tyme, J. ; trete tyme, Y.
h any. J• reads, “ eny goodes of them of the castel undre the colour and shadowe
of her owne goodes of the towne, ne undre the colour of this présent trete.”gregory’s chronicle.
119
hathe grauntyd unto the forsayde captaynys, sowdyers, and othyr of Hen. V.
the sayde towne, hyr horse, harneys, and aile hyr othyr goodys A,D‘1417'18,
what evyr hyt be, owte-take artury, shotte, powders and gonnys,
arblastrys, and bawderykys for arblastrys, whyche that shalle abyde
stylle in the same towne, and aile wey for to sen that the straungers
of whyche the seconde artycule makythe mensyon, nor shalle
not emynucyon a the pryvelegys and the benyfytys of thys presentt
artyculys.
Aile the for sayde captaynys hâve sworne a-pon hyr honowre
that durynge the for sayde trete that they shalle not makyn nor
suffyr to be made any brekyng, wastynge, nor be putt nor done
a waye any of suche artyculys, shotte, or any othyr thyng be-fore
sayde.
Aile so hit ys accordyd that durynge the fore sayd trete noo
maner of poyntment of the wallys of the towne shalle be made, but
the wallys shalle be leve stylle lyke as they ben foundyn the fyrste
daye of this présent trete.
Aile so hyt hys accordyd that noo sowdyer nor stranger in the
towne of Faleys shalle not make noo robory nor pylyage on the
burgeysys of the towne of Faleys in noo maner, ande yf any suche
evylle doers ben founde, that thenne the captaynys of men of armys
and of shotte do ther on justyfyynge and execusion, or ellys that
aile suche evylle doers shalle forfete hyre benyfys and hyr saffe-
condyte.
Aile so hyt [is] b accordyd that the sayde captaynys nor non othyr
of the same towne shalle nought bere away, nor purlayne, nor suffer
to ben i-purlaynyd or doo a-waye, any ornamentys, jewellys, or
relyqwys of Hooly Chyrche, be they of the same towne or of any
othyr relygyous owte of ]?e towne, that perchaunce were brought
unto the towne for dowte of warre or othyr wyse i-brought unto
the towne.
Aile so hit y s accordyde that the for sayde captaynys nor non
a emynucyon. enjoie, J. A blank is left for the word in Y.
b Omitted in MS.Hen. V.
A.D. 1417-18.
120	GllEGORY’s CHRON1CLE.
othyr of hyr feleschyppe shalle nought ledyn nor bere, nor sufïer
for to be borne nor lede, owte of tlie townye of Faleys, noo maner
of goodys undyr tlie colowre of appyontementt, but oonly hyr owne
propyr goode.
Aile so hyt y s aecordyd that aile tlie capitaynys whvthe hem of
aile hyr company shalle a-voyde tlie towne of Faleys tlie secunde
day of Janyver abovyn sayde by the sonne goynge downe, but yf
that tliey were rescwyd as hyt ys a-fore sayde. And oure soverayne
lorde tlie Kynge of Inglond of hys specyalle grâce hathe grauntyd
to aile and to every burgeys of the towne of Faleys, tliat wylle
dwelle and abyde stylle in the fore sayde towne, there to a-byde
and d welle, sykerly and surely and fully, whythe owte any enpechy-
ment uppon hem to putte in body or in goodys, mevabylle or
unmevabylle, as herytagys nor possessyons whythe ynne the fore
sayde towne, but pessabylly rejoysynne as hyr propyr goodys at
thys tyme and in tyme to corne, as they myght done before the
yelding upe of the same towne ; be so aile way that they so wyllynge
to dwelle and byde in the same towne be corne legys and obedyaunte
to oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde and hys ayrys.
aAlle so hyt ys aecordyd that noo captayne, sowdyer, nor burgeys,
nor comyner, nor non othyr whithe ynne the sayde towne of Faleys,
shalle nought ressayvynne, nor suffer to ressayvynne, nor drawyn of
the castelle of Faleys the captayne ther of, nor non of there garysons,
nor non at thys tyme there abydynge [in] b the for sayde chastelle, nor
noo maner of goodys to hem longyng undyr colowre and shadowe of
goodys of the towne, nothyr undy[r] coloure of thys présente trete.
Aile so hyt ys aecordyd that hangyng thys presentte trety and
appoyntement noo maner of warre shalle be made by-twyne hem
ande the oste of oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde and
hem of the towne of Faleys.0
a This is a répétition of a former article whieh will be found in its right place on
p. 118.	b Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
c J. adds, “ forseen alweys that it be understanden that the castel of Faloys, ne
non theryn, be comprehendid ne taken in this présent abstinence.”gregory’s ciironicle.
121
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that the forsayde lordys and capytaynys
of the towne of Faleys shalle take and delyvery xij of the
jentyllyste knyghtys and squyers notablys in ostage, the whiche
shalle be delyveryde a-yenne at the daye that the forsayde lordys
and capytaynys havyng fully hyr poyntys.a And for thys trete and
appoyntment welle and trewly [to] b ben holdyn on oure parte, the
forsaide Thomas Erle of Salysbury, Harry Lorde Feehewe, John
Cornewale and Wylliam Haryngdon, knyghtys, unto thys sedylle (id
est a bylle) of poyntmentt hâve sette to oure selys for the gretec
affyrmacyon of trought. Gevynne be-fore the towne of Faleys, the
xx day of the monythe of December and the yere a-fore sayde.
The whyche towne in maner and forme as hyt ys be-fore sayde
was yoldynne to our soverayne lorde the kynge of Inglonde ]?e
seconde daye of Janyver as hyt was before lemytyd* ande the
castelle be lefte stylle un-y[o]ldon unto the fyrste daye of Fevyrer;(l
the whyche castelle was yoldynne the seconde daye of the monythe
a-bove sayde* and delyveryd in maner and forme a-fore-savde, &c.
Ande thenne the Kyng of Inglonde lette parte his oste to prynces
thens on dyversse wayes; that ys to saye, on party toke my lorde
the Duke of Clarens whythe many fulle worthy lordys whythe
hym* and he gâte many townys and castellys and stronge abbeys.
And the Duke of Glouceter toke a nothyr partye of the oste, and
whythe hyrn the Erle of Marche, the Lorde Graye, the Lorde
Clyfforde, Syr Watyr Hongerford, stywarde of the kyngys howse,
whythe many othyr knyghtys and squyers; and he gâte, or he
layde sege to Chyrborowe* xxiiij townys and castellys. And sone
aftyr Ester he layde sege to the towne of Chyrborowe, and con-
tynowyde unto Mychelmasse, and thenne the towne and the castelle
was yolde unto hym. Ande the iij party of the oste the kynge
a havyng fully hyr poynty s. han fulfillid here promyse, J.
b Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.	c grete. gretter, J.
d J. gives also the text (translated) of the articles for the surrender of the castle,
which are dated on the lst Feb., and of which the two first are printed in Rymer, ix.
541, in the original French. See Appendix.
CAMD. SOC.	R
lien. V.
A.D. 1417-18.122
gregory’s chrqnicle.
A I? HiT 19 del7veryde unto ^rle Warwyke and othyr lordys whythe
hym. And they gâte many stronge townys and castellys and abbeys.
Here begynnythe the vj yere.
Ande aftyr Ester the kyng layde sege unto Lovers ande wanne
hyt, and aftyr tliat he wanne Pountte Large. And the kynge
layde sege unto the cytte of Reyne,a and that contynuyd tylle the
xxiiij b day of Janyver nexte aftyr.
Wylliam Sevenoke,
Mayre of London
V1J-
John Bryon	j
Raffe Barton
John Pernys
The same John Bryan scheryve unto the ix day of Octobre, and
thenne he dyde; and thenne John Pernys was chose sheryve for
the yere. And fro that day of Saynt Edwarde contynuyd the sege
of Rone unto the xxiiij b day of Janyver, as hyt ys by-fore sayde; at
the whiche day they of the cytte desyryd to trete. And the kynge
commaundyd the Erle of Warwyke, and the Erle of Salysbury, the
Lorde Fehewe, Syr Watyr Hungerforde, Gylbert Houmfryvyle,
John Yasquyes de Almada, and Robertc Knyght, to trete whythe
hem. And for the party of Roone [these folowyng] : d
Fyrste, hyt ys accordyd that Syr Gy Butler, captayne of the
cytte of Roone, with the consentte of the nobylle cyttezyns and
of othyr dwellynge and beyng in the same cytte and castelle a-bove
sayde, wdiythe owt fraude or malyngnynge, what tyme aftyr the
myddys of the xix day of thys présent monythe of Janyver, oure
sayde lorde the kynge wylle that the cytte and the castelle too
hym or to hys be delyveryd undyr maner and in forme whythe
ynne wrytte.
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that the day and the howree of that of
the nobylle cyttezyns and othyr whatt soo evyr they be dwellynge
a Rouen.	b Shoulcl be the 13th.
c Robert. Robesard, J.
d [these folowyng~\. Omitted in MS.; supplied from J. Nevertheless it is clear
there is a further omission, even in J.
‘ howre. The h of this word is struck ont in ail these places.gregory’s chronicle.
123
and beynge in the fore sayde cytte and castelle shalle submyt hem
in aile thyngys to the grâce of oure excellent lorde the kyng.
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that fro thys howre a unto the reale and
effectualle [yeldyng] b of the sayde cytte and castelle, none of
forsayde noble cyttezyns othyr othyr c being in the same cytte and
castelle shalle nought goo owte of the sayde cytte and castelle with
owte specyalle lyscens of oure excellente lorde the kynge.d
Aile so hyt ys accordyd that fro thys howre a unto the delyverans
of the cytte any e of )?e parteys shalle abstayne hem from aile goodysf
of werre to make a yenste the othyr partys of hem. Aile so hyt ys
accordyde that the noble cyttezeyns and othyr beynge in the cytte
and castelle shalle paye to oure fore sayde lorde the kynge CCC Ml
scwtys of golde, where of aile way ij of hem shalle be worthe an
Englysche noble, or in stede of every scwte xxx grete blankys wyte,
or xv grotys; of the whyche CCC M1 scwtys that one parte shalle be
payde unto oure soverayne lorde the kynge, or unto hys deputys,
whythe ynne the cytte of Roone be-fore sayde, the xxij day of thys
présent mony]?e of Janyver, and the othyr halfe payde to oure
sayde lorde or to hys deputys in the teste of Syn Mathie the
Apostylle nexte to corne, that shalle be the xxiij 8 day of Feverer,
whythe owte any delay i-hadde, &c.h
Aile so hyt ys accordyde that every subgett of oure sayde lorde
the kynge that nowe ben or were presoners to any person in the
sayde cytte or castelle, and liyr pleggys, shall be utterly fre as
a-yens thés personnys, and the summys that they ar boundyn ynne,
at the day of thys présent trete and accorde.
a See note e, p. 122.	b Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
c So in MS. The first “ othyr ” seems to mean “ or.”
d This clause is repeated in the MS. with the variation, “ non of the fore sayde
cyttezyns or othyr.”
e any. every, J.
f goodys. Evidently a transcriber’s error for dedys. J. reads dede.
e xxiij. Should be 24th. See Rymer, ix. 665.
h Here several articles are omitted which may be seen in Rymer. They are given
in the English in J.
Hen. V.
A.l). 1419.124
GREGORY’s CHR0NICLE.
Hen. V.
A.D. 1410.
Aile so hyt ys accordyde that aile and every soudyer and stranger
beynge in the sayde citte and castelle slialle swere on the Evaun-
gelys of God be-fore there departyng, that they shall not bere armys
a-gayne oure sayde lorde the kynge or any of hys, unto the fyrste
day of Janyver nexte to corne, for no maner maundement ]?at to
hem of any maner person in contrary may be done or ennyode.0.
Aile so hyt ys accordyde that aile and every jewelle, relykys,
and othyr goodys longgyng to the abbaye of Synt Kateryne,
whythe ynne the same cytte and castelle, beyng aile hoolly, shalle
be delyveryd unto hym whom that the Kyng of Inglonde deputyn
or ordeyn hem to ressayve aftyr the delyveraunce of the sayd
cytte.
Aile so hyt ys accordyde that the fore sayde noble cyttezyns and
othyr whythe in the sayde cytte and castelle beyng, shalle make
the same cytte and castelle be-fore the sayde xix daye of this pré-
sent monythe of Janyver suffycyantly and honestely to be made
clene, and aile so honestly and diligently that aile the dede bodys
newe dede or to ben dede in to that daye of delyveraunce of the
cytte honestely and dylygently shalle ben beryd.
Aile soo hyt ys accordyd that the for sayde noble cyttezyns and
aile beynge in the sayde citte and castelle anon shalle receyveb and
don entre in to the same cytte and castelle aile and everyche beynge
in the dychysc of the sayde cytte that for penurye d went owte of the
same cytte whome they shalle be holde to fede unto the xix day of
Janyver above sayde, as they wylle answere unto Gode and the
kyng; and owte takyn them they shalle not ressayve non othyr per-
sonnys in to the same cytte or castelle unto the forsayde day with
owte specyalle lyssens of oure moste dowtfulle lorde the Kyng of
Inglonde. But yf hit happe any massyngere or harowde of armys
a enjoined.
b receyve. resome, MS.; receyve, V.; receyven, J.
c or about diches, J.
d penurye. fcmurye, MS.; pénurie, J. Vit. reads “fere.”
• n'hom. whanne, MS.gregory’s chroniole.
125
of the adversy party of the kynge to corne to the partys of |?e gatys
or dycliys of tlie sayde castelle and cytte.........a
Whiche b artyculys and appoyntmentys, as hyt ysbefore sayde, aile
and every chone in maner as hyt ys accordyd, the forsayde captaynys
and the noble cyttezyns ande othyr whythe ynne the sayde castelle and
citte being, welle and trewly whythe owte any fraude or malygnyc to
holdyn ande observe and kepe they be-hote, ande thoo two be kepte
and fullefyllyd they bynd them soo, but yf yt be falle oure sayde
moste doughtefulle lorde the kynge, that God for bede, to ben ovyr
corne in the batayle to hyra i-made by Charlys hys adversarye of
Fraunce or the Duke of Burgayne, be-fore the for-sayde [xix] d day
of thys présent monythe of Janyver; for to sene aile way that [if] d
hyt be falle the forsayde Charlys adversary, othyr the Duke of
Burgayne, or any othyr, to corne to the sege of oure kynge to remoevef
fro the forsayde cytte, that notliyr the fore sayde captayne nor non
of the cyttezyns, sowdyers, othyr othyr & beyng whythe ynne the for
sayde cytte or castelle, shalle goo owte, nor noo maner helpe they
shalle delyverye nor lene to hem, so azens oure lorde the kynges
comyng in nomaner a wyse.
Aile so, that aile thés maner of poynttementysse, covenauntys,
and accordys, and every poynte as hyt ys a fore sayde, wTelle and
trewly and unbrokyn to be kepte; and for the more surete of the
same covenauntys and accordys, the for sayde captayne, the noble
cyttezyns, and othyr above sayde shalle ben takyn in thys tyme
anone into the hondys of oure lorde the kynge iiij schore notable
a The conclusion of the sentence is omitted not only in our MS. but also in J.
and V. In the Latin it is, “ ipse in ipsa non recipietur, seu providebitur eidem per
dominum nostrum Regem de salvo conductu.”
b Whiche. The MS. has “ with the ” written as if it were the continuation of the
previous sentence.
c malygny. malengyne, J.
d Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
e for to sen, î. e. foreseen, provided.
f remoeve. remayne, MS., corrected from J.
s See page 123, note c.
lien. V.
A.D.1419,126
gregory’s chrgnicle.
Hen. Y.
A.D. 1419.
plegys, where of xx^ shalle be knyghtys and squyers, ande the reme-
naunte cyttezyns of the same cytte, att hyr owne coste to be sus-
taynyd. For the party sothely of oure moste doutefulle lorde ande
kynge a-fore sayde, gracyusly and benyngly consederynge the meke
submyttynge and yeldynge of the sayde citte and castelle aboyé
sayde, he hathe grauntyde that aile and everye person of what
a-state or degre that he be of condycyon with ynne the sayde
castelle [and cite] a beyng, [excepte] a sartayne personys with ynne
expressyde, that wylle be-come legys and subgetys to oure lorde the
kynge, and fro hensforthe wylle dwelle undyr his obessauns, they
shalle hâve there herytagys and goodys, mevablis and unmevablys,
whythe ynne hys duché of Normandy constitute; and whiche that
benne afore the day and date of thys présent letters by oure fore
sayde lorde the kynge tob othyr personys hâve nought be yovyn
and grauntyde, excepte armours artyrlys a-bove sayd ; makyng and
doyng [for]a hyr herytagys, and for hyr unmevabylle goodys to
oure for sayde lorde the kynge, the services c ther-of dewe and con-
suete, or to swere to whom suche maner of servyce of the graunte
of oure lorde the kynge ought too long.
Aile so hyt y s agrauntyd of oure lorde the kynge y s be-halve,
that aile the cyttezyns and dwellers of the cytte of Roone that
nowe be, or in tyme to corne shalle be, [and] d shall hâve aile ande
every franches, lybertes, and prevelegys )?e whiche of worthely
mynde be progenys of oure lorde the kynge, of kyngys of Ing-
londe, dukys of Normandye, to hem and to hys sayde cytte were
grauntyde, in possessyon where [of]a they were the fyrste day that
oure lorde the kynge a-fore sayde corne by fore the sayde cytte ; and
aile so of more large grâce of hys benyngnyte hathe grauntyde, that
the same cyttezyns and dwellers of the citte shalle hâve aile the
lyberteys, and franches, and prevelegys, where they were in pos-
a Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
b to. and, MS.; correeted from J.
c services, sermoys, MS.
d This word is clearly superfluons.gregory’s chronicle.
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sessyons on the fore sayde fyrste day of comynge of oure lorde the
kynge before the cytte, of the graunte of hys progenytourys of
kyngys of Fraunce that were before tyme of Phylyppe Valeys,
adversarye of oure lorde [the kyng].a
[Also it is grauntid and accordid in our lord] the kyngys behalve,
that aile the strangers, sowdyers, and othyr in the fore sayde citte
and castelle, beynge at thys tyme nought wyllynge to be corne leges
of oure lorde the kyng, the for-sayde citte so yoldynne as hit ys before
sayde, to départe, levynge to oure sayde lorde the kyng ail hyr
armowrys, hors, artylyrs, and othyr thyngys, harneysse, and goodys,
excepte the Normandys that wylle nought be lyges of oure lorde the
kynge, )?at thoo aile shalle a-byde presoners of oure lorde the kyng.
Aile so hyt ys grauntyd in oure lorde the kynges behalve, that
the werre and aile so schrewde speche that duryng the sege the
folke and pepylle nemnyd, of what condycyon that they ben, ayens
hys ryalle soveraynyte, or whythe de famé lyppys hâve spoke, oure
moste soverayne lorde the kyng, of strenyger the day of parte b
mekely shalle be forgevynne, owte take the personys that above in
specyalle ben exceptyd.0
Aile so hyt ys accordyd in oure lorde the kyngys be halve, that
the for sayde soudyers and strongers be-fore thys presentt trete and
accorde, wyllyng for to departynne, oure lorde the kyng shalle
ordaynne and make a sykyr and saffe condyte in form consuete.
And so the fore sayde cytte was yoldyd to oure soverayne lord the
kynge uppon Synt Wolstonys day.d And aftyr that he gatte many
townys and castellys, as hyt shalle aftyr thys be wretyn aile the
processe.
a The end of this sentence and the beginning of the next are omitted in our MS.,
which runs on without a break from the word “ lorde ” to “ the kyngys behalve ’ as
if it were one sentence.
b of strenyger the day of parte, of steryng the day of pietie, J. These are
strange corruptions. The Latin has ex instinetu Divinœ pictatis.
c They are mentioned in the preceding clause in the original treaty; but their
names are omitted in the MS.	d 19th Jan.
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Hen. Y.
A.D. 1420.
Richarde Wytyngdon, f Robert Whytyngham ^
Mayre of London l John Butteler	I
vnju
Mayre of London l John Butteler	j
Ande in that yere, the xx day of May, the yere of oure Lorde
Ml CCCC xx, tlie kyng corne unto Troys, in Chaunpeyne, and there
lie was worthely ressayvyde of aile the lordys spyrytualle and tem-
poralle ]?at were there whithe the Ivynge of Fraunce. And on
the morne the Kyng and Quene of Fraunce, and Dame Katerynne,
and the Duke of Burgayne, mette to gedyr in Synt Petrys
chyrche in Troys; whiche metyng was in the body of the chyrche.
Ande thenne they went upe to the hyghe auter, and there were
the artyculys of the pes redde, and the othys made on aythyr
partye. And thenne was the kyng and Dame Katerynne swryde
to-gedyr. And on the morne aftyr was Trenyte Sonday, that was
the iij day of June, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCCC xx, in the
chyrche of Troys, the kyng spowsyd Dame Kateryne, Kyng C-harlys
doughter of Fraunce; and thenne lie was made Regent of Fraunce,
and the convencyons of the whiche acordyd folowynge here aftyr,
that ys for to saye :—
Harry, by the grâce of God, Kyng of Inglond, heyre and Regent
of Fraunce, and Lorde of Yrlonde, to perpetualle mynde to aile
Crystyn pepylle, ande to aile that ben undyr owre obeysaunce, we
notefy and déclaré that thoughea here before dyvers tretes hâve
ben be twyne the moste excellente Prynce Charlis, owre fadyr of
Fraunce, and hys progenytours, for the pes to ben hadde be twyne
ij realmys of Fraunce and of Inglonde, the whiche here by forne
hâve borne no b frwte, we, consyderynge the grette harmys that hâve
ben, not oonly by twyne ij realmys for the grette devysyon ]?at hatlie
ben be-twyne hem, but to aile hooly Chyrche, we hâve take a
trete whytne oure sayde fadyr and us, that for as moche as be the
a thoïighe. thoroughe, MS.
b borne no. These words are taken from J., and are a true rendering of the text
of the original treaty (see Rymer, ix. 895). Our MS. reads, “hâve ben frwte,”
following perliaps sonie other translation in which the word “withont” has been
oniitted. Vit. reads, still more absurdly, “ hâve ben f rendes.”gregory’s chronicle.
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bonde of matrymonye, i-made for the goode of the pes be-twyne us
and oure moste dyre modyr Isabelle hys wyffe, the same Charlis and
Isabelle ben made fadyr and modyr, and there fore take hem as
for owre fadyr and modyr, we shalle hâve and worschippe as hyt
syttythe and semyÿe so worthy a prynce and a pryncesse too ben
i-worschippyde, pryncypally before aile othyr temporalle personys
of the worlde.
Aile so we shalle nought dystroble, nor dyssesyn, nor lette oure
sayde fadyr, but that he holde and procédé a as longe as he levythe,
and holdythe, ande he possedythe at thys tyme, the erowne and
dygnyte of the ryalte of Fraunce, and rentys and profytys of the
same, to the sustenaunce of hys estate and chargys of the reaime of
Fraunce, and owr modir al so holdyng as long as she levythe the
estate and dygnyte of the quene, aftyr the maner of the same reaime,
whythe convenable and convenyante parte of the sayde rentys and
profytys.
Aile so that the fore sayde Kateryne shalle take and hâve dwer
in oure reaime of Inglond, as [quenes of England] b here a-forne
were wonte to hâve and take, that ys for to saye, to the summa of
xl M1 scwtys yerely, of the whyche c ij shalle be worthe a nobylle
Englysche. Aile so the maners, weyis, and menys that we may,
whythe owte transgressyon or offensys ofte d i-made by us for to kepe
the lawys, customys, usagys, and ryghtys of owre said reaime e of
Inglonde, [we] f shalle done owre labur and pursewe that the sayde
Katerynne, alsone as hyt may be done and be made sure, for to take
and for to hâve in owre sayde reaime of Inglonde fro tyme of oure
dethe, the sayde xl M1 scutys yerly, of the whyche twyne shalle aile
way be worthe g a nobylle of Englysche mony.
a procédé. A transcriber’s error for “ possédé,” i.e. possess.
b Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
c of the whiche repeated, MS.
d ofte. We should certainly read, “ of the oath;” but the words do not oeeur
even in J.
e of owre sayde reaime repeated in MS.	f Omitted in MS.
£ worthe. with, MS.; corrected from J.
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lien. V.
A.D. 1420.
Alleso yf hyt happe the sayde Kateryn to ovyr levyn us, she shalle
take and hâve in the reaime of Fraunce, immediatly fro the tyme
of oure dethe, dower to the som of xx M1 frankys, [of] a and up
the londys, placys, and lordeschippys that helde and hadde Dame
Blaunche, sum tyme wyf of Phylyppe, befnelleb to oure sayde
fadyr.
Also that a-non aftyr the dethe of oure sayde fadyr, and fro thens
forwarde, the crowne of the reaime of Fraunce, with aile the ryghtes
and the aportenaunce, shalle remayne and a byde to us and ben of us
and of oure ayrys for evyrmore. Ande for as moche as oure sayde
fadyr ys holdyn with dyvers sekenys in syche maner as he may
nought entende in hys owne person for to dyspose the nedys of the
fore sayde reaime of Fraunce: therefore, durynge the lyffe of oure
sayde fadyr, the facultés and the excresisse of the governaunce
and disposyscyon of the goode publique and comyn profyte of
the sayde reaime of Fraunce, [withe] c counselle of nobylle and
wyse men of the same reaime of Fraunce, shalle be and a byde
to us soo that fro hens forwarde we may governe the same reaime
of Fraunce be us, [and] d also by othyr that whythe yn the consayle
of the sayde nobylle, that we lyste or lykyn for to député; the
whyche faculteys and excressisse of governaunce, thys beyng towarde
us, we shalle labur and purpose us spedefully, diligently, and trewly
to that that be and ought to be to the worschyppys of God and
of oure sayde fadyr and modyr, ande also to the comyn goode of
the same reaime, with the conselle of the worthy, grete, and nobylle
of the same reaime for to be defendyd, pesyde, and governyde after
the e ryght and equyte wylle.
Also that we to oure power shalle do that the corte of the
a Supplied from J.
b befnelle. Should be besaile, i. e. great-grandfather, or proavus. The readings
in J. and Y. are equally corrupt.
c Supplied from J.
d and. Omitted both in our MS. and in J. and V., ail which begin a new sentence
or paragraph with the word “ also.”
e the. that, J.GREGORY S CHRONICLE.
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parlyment of Fraunce be kepte and observyd in hys auctoryte
and superioryte, and in aile that ys dewe there to, in aile maner of
placys that nowe or in tyme to comyn ys or shalle be subjecte to
oure sayde fadyr.
Also we to oure power shalle defende and kepyn every chone and
aile the perys, noblys, cytteys, and townys, comynalteys, and synguler
personys nowe or in any tyme to comyng subjectys to oure fadyr
and to us, in owrea ryghtys, customys, pryvelegys, fredams, and
franches longynge dewe unto us, in aile maner of placys nowe or in
tyme comyng subjectys to oure fadyr and to us. Also that we
delygently and trewly shalle travayle unto oure power and to that
justyse be admynystryde and done in the same reaime of Fraunce,
and aftyr the lawys, customys, and ryghtys of the same reaime of
Fraunce, whytheowtyn personalle exepsyon, and that we shalle
ke[pe] and holdynne the subjectys of the same reaime in tranquyllyte
and pes, and to owre pouer we shalle defendyn hem b ayens aile maner
of violens and oppressyon.
Also to oure pouer we shalle purpose and do that ablec personys
and profytable be takyn yn to offys as welle of justys of the Parly-
ment, as of baylyagys, senescallis, provestys, and othyr offycys
longyng to the governaunce of demaynesd and of othyr officis in
the sayde reaime of Fraunce for the goode, ryght, and pesyble
[rule] e in the same reaime, and for admynystracyon that shalle
be commyttyd unto hem, and that they be syche personys that aftyr
the lawys and ryghtys of the same reaime, and for the utilyte and
profyte of oure sayde fadyr, and atf the fore sayde reaime, ought
to be take and depudyd unto the same offysys.
Also that we to oure pouer, and as sone as hytt may compen-
a owre. J. reads more correctly “ here,” i. e. their.
b hem. hym, MS.; hem, J.
c able. aile maner, MS.; corrected from J.
d demaynes. demaytys, MS.; corrected from J,
e Omitted in our MS. and in J. and V.
f at, So in MS., though the word should certainly be “ of.” Yet J. reads “ that”
and V. “ atte.”
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Hen. Y.
A.D. 1420.
dyuslybe done, we shalle travayle [for to] a put in obedyens of oure
sayde fadyr aile inaner of citteys, townys, castellys, placys, cuntreys,
and personys wliythe yn the reaime of Fraunce ennobedient and
rebellys to oure sayde fadyr, holdyng with tlie party that ben callyd
Dolfyn or Armanak.
Also that we may the more comodyusly, seurly, and frely exersisse
and fulle fylle thés thynges afore sayde, hit y s also accordyd that
worthy grete nobylles and astates of the same reaime of Fraunce,
as welle spyrytualle as temporalle, and also cytteys, notablys, and
comynalteys, cytezyns, and burgeys of townys of the reaime of
Fraunce, that be obesyaunt at thys tyme to oure sayde fadyr,
shalle make thés othys that folowyn:—
Fyrste, to us, beryng the faculté and exersisse of disposission and
governaunce of the sayde comyn profyte, and to oure hyestes and
commaundementys thatb shalle mekely and obedyently [obeie] c
and entende in aile maner of thyng consernynge the excersise of
governaunce of the same reaime.
Also that the worthy grete noblys and astatys of the sayde reaime
of Fraunce, as welle spyrytualle as temporalle, and also citteys and
townys, and notabylle comynalteys, and cyttesyns and burgeys of
the sayde reaime, in aile maner of thyngys, welle and trewly shalle
kepe and to oure pouer shalle do kepe of aile as moche as to them
longythe or to any of hem, aile the thyngys that bene a-poyntynde
or accordyde by twyxt oure sayde fadyr and modyr and us with
the counselle of hem whomed we lyste to calle to.
Also that contynually fro the dethe, and aftyr the de the, of oure
sayde fady [r] Charlys, they shalle be oure trewe lyge men and owre
ayrys, and they shalle ressayve and admyt us for hyr lyge and hyr
soverayne lorde and verry Kyng of Fraunce, and for suche use
obeye with owte opposicyon, contradicyon, or deficulte; and, but hit
bene to owre fadyr duryng hys lyf, nevyr aftyr thys day they shalle
* Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.	b that. thei, J.
r Supplied from J.
d rvhome. whenne, MS.; correeted from J.	e us. as, MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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obeye to man as Kynge or Kegaunte of Fraunce, but to us and to
owre ayrys.
Also tbat they shalle not bene in conselle, helpe, or assente that
we lese lyffe or lym, or ben takyn with any takyng, that we suffer
harme or dyvysyon in persone, astate, worschippe, or goodys, but yf
they knowe any suche thyng for to bene done, caste, or imagyd
agayne us, they shalle let hit to hyr power, ande they do us to wyte
ther of as hastely as they may, by hem selfe, or by message, or by
letters.
Also that aile maner of' conquestys that shalle be made be us
of Fraunce up on the same inobedyentesa owte of the duché of
Normandy shalle be done to the profytys of oure sayde fadyr;
and that to owre power we shalle do aile the maner of landys and
lordschippys that ben in the placys so to be conqueryd longyng to
personys obeynge to oure sayde fadyr, whyche shalle swere for to
kepe thys présent accorde, and shalle be restoryd to the same
personys to wham they longe to.
Also that aile maner of personys of Holy Chyrche benefÿsyd in
the duchye of Normandy, or in any othyr place in the reaime of
Fraunce, subjectys to us, [which] b ben obedyent to owre sayde
fadyr, and faveryng the party of the Duke of Burgayne, to the
whyche shalle swere to kepe thys présent a corde shalle rejoyse
pesabylly hyr benefysys of Hooly Chyrche in the duchye of
Normandye, or in any othyr placys nexte above sayde.
Also lyke wyse al maner of personys of Hooly Chyrche obedyente
unto us and benefysyd in the reaime of Fraunce, in placys subjette
to owre fadyr, [the which] c shalle swere for too kepe thys présent
acorde, shalle rejoyse pesabylly hyr benefysys of Hooly Chyrche in
placys nexte a-bove sayde.
Also that aile maner chyrchys, unyversyteys, and studyys
generalle, also collegys of studyers, and othyr collegys of Holy
Chyrche, beyng in placys nowe or in time to corne subjecte to
Hen. V.
A.D. 1420.
a inobedientes. in obedyens, MS. ; correeted from J.
b Omitted in MS.	c Supplied from J.134
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A.D. 1420.
owre sayde fadyr, or in the duchye of Normandye or othyr placys
of the realme of Fraunce subjecte to us, shalle ressayve hyr ryghtys,
hyr possessyons, rentys, prerogatyvys, liberteys, and fraunchessys
longyng or dewe to hem in any maner wyse in the sayde realme of
Fraunce, [savyng the right of the crowne of Fraunce]a and of
ayther b othyr per son.
Also by Goddys helpe, whenne hit happythe us to corne to the
crowne of Fraunce, the duchye of Normandy, and also othyr placys
conqueryd by us in the realme of Fraunce, shalle bowe undyr the
commaundement, obeysaunce, and monarchye of the crowne of
Fraunce.
Also that we shalle enforce us and done for oure power tliat
recompence be made by oure sayde fadyr, with owt dymycyonc of
the crowne of Fraunce, to personys obeynge to hym and faverynge
to the party, that ys to say, to ]?e Duke of Burgayne, to whom
longythe landys, lordeschippys, rentys, and othyr possessyons in the
same Duchye of Normandye or othyr placys in the realme of
Fraunce conqueryd by us [hidertoward given by us],d in placys and
londys gotyn or to be gotyn and ovyrcome in the namee of oure
sayde fadyr up on rebellys and inobedyente to hym ; and yf hyt so
be that lyke maner recompence be nought made to the sayde personys
by the lyfe of owre sayde fadyr, we shalle make that recompe in
suche maner, placys, and goodys, whanne hit happythe us, by
Goddys helpe, to corne to the crowne of Fraunce. And yf hyt
so happe that the londys, lordeschippys, rentys, possessyons, that
longythe to suche maner personys in the same duchye and placys
[that] f ben nought genyfeg by us, the same personys shalle be
restoryde to hem with owte any delay. Also that duryng the
lyfe of oure sayde fadyr, in aile placys nowe or in tyme comyng
subjectys to hym, lettyrs of comyn justyse, and also grauntys of
a Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
b ayther. every, MS.	c Should be diminution.
Supplied from J.	c name. same, MS.
f This word is superfluous.	& given.gregory’s chronicle.
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offys, gyftys, pardonys, or remyssyons, shalle be wrete and procédé
undyr the name ande the sealle of oure sayde fadyr. And for as
moche as sum synguler cas may be-falle that may nought be forne
sene by mannys wytte, in the whyche hit myght be necessary and
honustefulle that we doo wrytte oure letters in suche maner cas,
yf any happe, for the goode surete of oure sayde fadyr, and for
the governaunce that longythe unto us, [as]a hyt ys be-fore sayde,
and for to eschewe perellys that otherb wyse myght falle in [places]0
subjecte to oure sayde fadyr, to wrytte oure letters, by the whyche
we shalle commaunde, carge, and defende aftyr the nature and
qualyte of the nedys in oure fadyrs be halfe, ande of owrys as
Eegente of Fraunce.
And also durynge oure fadyrs lyfe we shalle nought nempne nor
wrytte us Kyng of Fraunce, but utterly we shalle abstayne us
fro that name as longe as oure fadyr lyvythe.
Also that oure sayde fadyr duryng hys lyfe shalle nempne, calle,
and wrytte us yn Frenche on thys maner: Nostre trescJiere fytz,
Henry, Roy d9Englyterre heyter de Fraunce ; and in Latyn in thys
wyse: Precarissimus filius noster Henricus Rex Anglie et heres
Francie.
Also we shalle nowe put in possessyonsd or exaccyons, or do
put, to the subjectys of owre fadyr, with owte cause resonable and
necessary, none othyr wyse thanne for comyn goode of the sayde
reaime of Fraunce, and aftyr teseyngf and axkyng of the lawys ande
customys, resonabylle and aprovyde, of the same reaime.
Also that we shalle travayle for owre power, to the effecte and to
the avyse and a-sent of three g estatys of eythyr othyr h realmys of
Fraunce and of Jnglonde, al maner obstaculys done a-way in thys
a Omitted in MS.
b other. any, MS. ; corrected from J.
c Omitted in MS. and in J.
d So in MS., meaning, “ We shall not put impositions.”
e non. Should be “nor.”
f teseyng. the seiyng, J. The Latin is dictamen.
s three. thys, MS.	h othyr. of the, J.
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party, that benea ordaynyde and provyde, that frome b the tyme that
we or any of owre eyrys corne to the croune of Fraunce, bothe
crounys, that ys to say, of Fraunce and of Inglonde, perpetually to
bene togedyr in one and in the same person, that y s to say, fro oure
fadyrs lyfe,c and fro thens terme of oure lyfe; and fro thens
forwarde, yn the personys of oure ayrys that shalle bene, one aftyr
a nothyr. And that bothe realmys shalle be governyd, fro that
we or any of oure ayrys comyn to the same, nought severallyd
undyr dyvers kyngys in any tyme, but undyr one and that same
[person] e whiche the tyme shalle be kynge of bothe realmys and
soverayne lorde as hyt ys above fore sayde ; kepyng, nevyrtheles, in
aile maner of eythyr f thyngys and lawys, nought makyng subjecte
in any maner of wyse one of the same realmys on to the othyr, or
puttyngg or submyttyng the ryght, lawys or usagys of [oon of the
seid reaimes to the rightes, lawes, custumes, and usages of] h that
othyr of the same.
Also that same1 forwarde perpetually shalle be stylle yn reste;
and in aile maner of wyse shall cese aile maner of dyssencyons,
hatys, and rancoure, envyes, and warrys, bytwyne the same realmys
of Fraunce and of Inglond and pepylle of the same realmys, drawing
to a-corde of the same pes. And there shalle be fro hens for the
and evyrmore and shalle folowe pes and tranquyllyte and goode
acorde and comyn affeccyon and stabylle frendeschyppe be-twyne
the same realmys and hyr subjectys be-fore sayde; and the same
realmys shalle helpe hem selfe with hyr consellys, helpys, and
comyn assentys ayenste aile maner of men that enforce hem for to
a that beney i. e., that it may be.
b frome. for, MS.; corrected from J.
c The reading here is very corrupt, and onght to be as in J. “ oure, from thens,
terme of oure liffe; and from thens forward,” &c.
d severally. soverenly, MS.; corrected from J.
c Supplied from J.	f eythyr. other, J.
s puttyng. partyng, MS.; corrected from J.
h Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
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done or for to be ymagenyd wrongys, harmys, dyssesys, or grevaunce
to hem or aythyr of hem to othyr, and they shalle be conversaunt,
and marchauntyse to-gedyr frely and sewrely, payng the custome
and devoyrys dewe and customyde.
And also that aile tho confyderyda ande aleyde to oure sayde
fadyr and the reaime of Fraunce be-fore sayde, and also oure con-
fyderatys of the reaime of Inglonde be-fore sayde, the whyclie in
viij monythys fro b the tyme of thys accorde of pes notefyed to hem
wec wylle déclaré by oure letters to hem that wyllec drawe unto thys
accorde, and that wylle be comprehendyd undyr thys tretys and
accorde of thys pes, ys,d savynge, nethertheles othyr of the same
crownys, and aile so aile maner accyons, ryghtys, and remedyes that
longyn to oure sayde fadyr and hys subjectys, and to us and to oure
subjectis a-gayne suche maner alyes and confyderatys.
Also that nayther oure fadyr, neythyr oure brothyr the Duke of
Burgayne, shalle be-gyn to make whythe C-harlys cheryng hym
selfe for the Dolfyn of Venys® any trety or pes accorde, but of
counsellys and assent [of] aile andf eche of us thre, or of othyr s
astatys of aythyr of the same realmys.
Also that we [with the] h assent of oure brothyr of Burgayne
and othyr of the nobylle a-perys of the reaime of Fraunce, the
whyche there to owyn to be callyd, shalle ordayne for hyr gover-
naunce of the persone of oure sayde fadyr, sykerly, lyvyngly, and
honestely, aftyr the askynge of hys ryalle astate and dygnyte, by
the maner that shalle be to the worschyppe of God, and of owre
‘ a confyderyd. consyderyd, MS.
b fro. for, MS.
c we wylle déclaré by oure letters to hem that wylle. The text here is peculiarly
corrupt, but we forbear to alter it. The true reading is in J.: “ woll déclaré by herc
(Le. their) lettres that thei wol.”
d y s. This word is superfluous, but the following words, which appear in J., hâve
been omitted: “ bene comprehendid undre the bondes, suerties, and accorde of this
peas.”
e Viennes.	f and, in MS.
e othyr. the thre, J., which is the right reading.
h Omitted in MS.
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gregory’s chronicle.
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A.D. 1420-1.
fadyr, and of oure reaime of Fraunce. And aile maner of personys
that shalle be a boute owre sayde fadyr to done hym personalle
servyse, nought only in offyse, but in aile othyr servyse, as welle
[to] a nobyllys as [to] a othyr, shalle ben suche as hathe bene borne
in the same reaime of Fraunce, or yn place that ben lanyage of
Fraunce, good, wyse, trewe, and ableb to the fore sayde servyse.
And owre sayde fadyr shalle dwelle in notabylle placys of hys
obedyens, and no where ellys.
Where-fore we charge and commaunde owre sayde legys and
subjectys, and othyr beyng undyr oure obedyens, that they kepyn
and do kepyn in aile that longythe to hem thys accorde and pes,
aftyr the forme and maner as hyt ys accordyd; and they attempte
in no maner wyse thyng that may be peegydyse or contrarye to the
same accorde and pes, be payne of lyfe, and aile that [thei] c may
forfete agayne us.
And thenne, aftyr the feste and solempnyte was done of that
mary âge, the kyng conqueryd many townys and castellys in
Normandy. And thenne the kynge layde sege to Myleu sur-Sen;
and duryng the sege the mayre and the sherevys of London were
chosyn. And at that syge laye the Kynge of Fraunce, the Kynge
of Inglonde, and the Kynge of Scottys, and the Quene of Fraunce,
and the Quene of Inglonde, with hyr mayny, &c.
Wylliam Cambryge, f John Butlere	1 A0 i 0
Mayre of London l John Wellys	J
Ande that same yere, on Candylmasday yn the mornynge, the
kyng com in to Inglonde and the quene with hym and they londyd
at Dovyr; ande the xiiij day of Fevery the kyng com to London,
and the xxj day of the same monythe was crownyde at Westemyster;
and the solempnyte was done in chyrche of Synt Petyr, and she
was brought fulle worthely towarde y palys into the grete halle, &c.
Nowe of the statys and of the coronacyon of Quene Kateryn and
a to. This word is superfluous in both these places.
b allé, aile, MS.; corrected from J.	c [thei]. Supplied from J.gregory’s chronicle.
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of othyr manyr of servyse. Fyrste the quene sette in liyr asiate,
and the Archebyschope of Cantyrbury and the Byschoppe of Wyn-
chester sate on the ryght syde of the quene, and they were servyd
nexte unto the quene every cours coveryde as the quene ; and on the
lyfte syde was the Kyng of Schotlys sette in hys a-state uppon the
lyfte syde of the quene, that was servyd aile wey nexte the quene
and the byschoppys a-fore sayde; the Duchyes of Yorke and the
Countas of Huntyngdone satte in the same syde, and the Duke of
Gloucester was ovyr seer, the Erle of Marche knelyng on the hye
deys on the ryght syde of the quene and held a cepture in hys
hond of the quenys, and the Erle Marchelle knelyng on the lyfte
syde at the dyes and helde anothyr cepture of the quenys; and the
Countasse of Kentt was syttyng at hyr ryght fote of the quene
undyr the tabylle, and the Counteys Marchalle sate on the lyfte
syde of the quene undyr the tabylle; Syr Rycharde Nevyle kervyr
before the quene, the Erle of Sowthefolkea cuppe berer, Syr John
Stywarde sewer unto the quene, the Lord Clyfforde panter in the
stede of the Erle of Warwyke, the Lorde Wylleby butler in stede of
the Erle of Arundelle, the Lorde Gray Ryffyn naperer, the Lorde
of Audely amyner b in stede of the Erle of Cambryge, the Duke of
Bedforde Constabylle of Inglond, the Erle of Warwyke Stywarde of
Inglond in stede of the Duke of Clarence, the Erle of Worceter
Marchalle of Inglonde in the stede of the Erle Marchelle, &c.
The maner of syttyng of the astatysc yn the halle at
Wystemyster.
Fyrste, the baronys of v Portys be-ganne the tabylle in the halle
on the ryght honde of the quene, and by nethe hem at the same
tabylle the bowgerys of the chauncery; and the mayre of London
and hys aldyrman be-ganne the borde on the lyfte syde of the
quene in the halle with othyr worthy comyners of the same cytte,
a J. says, “ Therles brother of Suffolk, cup berer/,
b amyner. J. reads “ avener.”
c at the other tables, J.
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Hen. V.
A.D. 1421.
and othyr men benethe hem at the same tabylle. The byschoppys
beganne the tabylle in the myddys of the halle on the ryght honde
nexte the v Portys, the Byschoppe of London withyn the tabylle,
the Byschoppe of Dereham nexte hym whythe yn the tabylle, and
the Byschoppe of Bathe and the Byschoppe of Exceter be-fore
hem ; the Byschoppe of Norwyche, and the Byschoppe of Saulysbury,
the Byschoppe of Syn Davys, and the Byschoppe of Bangar, the
Byschoppe of Lyncolle, the Byschoppe of Carlylle, and the Abbott
of Waltham with hem. And thenne aftyr them sate the justyse,
and worthy knyghtys and squeyers. And thenne the ladys be-ganne
the tabylle in myddys of the halle on the lyfte honde of the quene,
nexte the mayre of London. The Countasse of StafForde,a sum
tyme doughter of the Duke of Gloucester ; the Countesse of Marche b
hyr doughter; the Countasse of Arundelle; the Countesse of Weste-
merlonde; the Countasse of Northehormerlond; the Countasse of
Oxforde; the Lady Nevyle,c sum tyme the lordys wyfïe Nevyle that
was sone to the Erle of Westemerlonde, and doughter to the Erle
of Somersette; Dame Margareted the dukys doughter of Northe-
folke and suster to the Erle Marchalle ; the yonger doughtere to the
Erle of Somersett; the Lady Kos; the Lady Clyfforde, suster to
Harry the Erle of Northehumberlond ; the Lady Bergeveny ; the Lady
Talbat; the Lady Wylby; the Lady Mawley ; the wyffe of Rycharde
a Anne, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester, who married, first,
Thomas Earl of Stafford, and afterwards his brother Edmnnd, who succeeded him
in the title.
b Anne, daughter of Edmnnd Earl of Stafford, second husband of the lady
mentioned in the preceding note. She married, as her first husband, Edmund
Mortimer, Earl of Mar ch.
c Elizabeth, fifth daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, was the wife of
John Lord Nevill, son of Ralph Nevill, first Earl of Westmoreland. Her husband
died in 1423, during his father’s life.
d Margaret Mowbrav, daughter of Thomas first Duke of Norfolk (who was
banished by Richard IL), and sister of John Earl of Nottingham and Earl Marshal,
who was not restored to the dukedom of Norfolk till 1424.
c Margaret, daughter of John de Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, the son of John of
Gaunt. She married Thomas Courtenav, Earl of Devonshire.gregory’s chronicle.
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Nevyle, doughter to the Erle of Salusbury,8, and noo moo lady s of
State. And thenne forthe with jentylle wemmen thys tabylle was
occupyde and a quarter of the byschoppe y s tabylle ther to. Thés
lordys sewyng were asygnyd for to do servyse ryallys before the
quene; the Erle of Northehumberlond and the Erle of Westemore-
lond, the Lorde Fehewe, the Lorde Furnevale, the Lorde Gray
ofWylton, the Lorde Ferrys of Groby, the Lorde of Ponyngys,
the Lorde Haryngton, the Lorde Darsy, and the Lorde Délia
ware, &c.
The servyse of the fyrste cours.
Braune with mustarde, elys in burneus, furmenty with bakyn,
pyke, lampray powderyd whythe elys, pouderyde trought, codde-
lyng, plays with merlyng fryde, grette crabbys, lesche lumbarde, a
bake mete in paste, tartys, and a sotylte i-callyd pellycane, etc.
The secunde cours in the halle.
Jely, blandesoure, bremme, congur, solys with myllott, chevyn,
barbylle, roche, samon fresclie, halybutte, gurnarde rostyd, rogetb
boylyde, smelte fryde, lopstere, cranys, lesche damaske, lampray in
paste, flampayne. A sotelte, a panter & a mayde before hym, &c.
The servyse of iij cours in the halle.
Datys in composte, creyme motley, and poudrid welkys, porpys
rostyd, meneuse fryde, crevys of douce,0 datys, pranys, rede
schry[m]ppys, grette elys and lamprays rostyd, a lesche callyd whythe
leysche, a bake mete in paste with iiij angelys. A sotelte, a tygyr
and Syntt Gorge ledyng hyt.d
a Alice, sole daughter of Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury. She was
married to Richard Nevill, third son of Ralph first Earl of Westmoreland, and after
her father’s death her husband was created Earl of Salisbury.
b roget. roches, J.	c of douce, de ewe douce, J.
d The description of this coronation and banquet, especially the latter, is more
full in J., but as that account has already been printed by Nicolas in the “ Chronicle
of London,” pp. 162-5, I hâve refrained from noting the omissions infootnotes.
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Hen. Y.
A.D. 1421.
And uppon Ester eve, that was the xxij day of Marche, and the
raygne of the kynge J?e ix, the Duke of Clarans wlth many othyr
lordys were slayne in Fraunce and many lordys takyn presoners.a
And the same yere the kyng helde a Parlymentt at Westemyster
aftyr Estyr in monythe of May, in the whyche Parlyment was
axyde no talege, wherefore the Byschoppe of Wynchester lentte
the kynge xx M1 pounde. And in thys Parlymentt was ordaynyde,
by cause that golde was gretely a payryde by clyppyng and wasch-
ynge, that no man shulde aftyr Crystysmas nexte aftyr put forthe
no enpayryd golde in no paymente uppon payne of furfeture there
of; where fore every man for the moste party ordaynyd hym balans.
And the same yere, a non aftyr Wytson tyde, the kyng saylyd in
to Fraunce a-yenne and the Duke of Bedforde was made Lew-
tenaunte of Inglonde. Ande the same yere came the Duchyes of
Holonde in to Inglond.
Roberte Chycheley,	j Rie. Goslyne	) ^nno xo
Mayre of London ( Wylliam Weston	i
Ande that same yere the Duke of Bedforde held a Parlyment at
Wystemyster, and that be gan the iij day of Decembir; in the
whyche Parlyment was grauntyd a quyndesyn and a dyme to the
kynge, that tyme beyng at the sege of Mewys in Brye, in Fraunce,
and the halfe quyndesym and dyme to be payde antt Candel-
masse nexte folowynge, and that the kyng shuld ressayve soche
payment as went that tyme: that ys to say, yf a nobylle were
worth v s. and viij d. the kyng shulde take hyt for a fulle nobylle
of vjs. & viij d. ; and yf the nobylle soo appayryde were better
thenne y s. viijd., the kyng too paye the ovyr plus of vs.
viij d. Also that yere was grette scarsyte of whyte mony that
men myght unnethe hâve any golde changyd, thoughe hit were
nevyr soo good and of fulle whyghte. Also that yere, on Syn
Nicholas day in Decembyr, the yere of oure Lorde M^CCC and
xxj, Harry, the fyrste begotyn sone of Kyng Harry the v, was borne
in the castelle of Wyndesore; to whom was god fadyrs at the fonte
a At the battle of Beaugé.gregory’s chronicle.
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Harry Byschoppe of Wynchester, John Duke of Bedforde, and the
Duchyes of Holond, Jacomyne, was the godmodyr; and at the
confirmacyon the Archebyschoppe of Cantyrbury, Harry Chycheley,
was godfadyr. Also the same yere, in the monythe of May, the
yere of oure Lorde M^CCCCxxij, and of the raygne of the kynge
the x, the cytte in Mewys in Bry, whyche long tyme hadde be
besegyd [was yolden] a in the maner as folowythe aftyr :—
Thys y s the plesynge and the wylle of the Kyng of Fraunce, and
of the Kyng of Inglond, hys beuefys,b heyre, and regant of the
realme of Fraunce, that the market place of Mewys in Bry, and
they that benne with ynne, be yoldyn and delyveryd in the maner
as sewythe aftyr :
Fyrste, aile tho that be with ynne the fore sayde markett, of what
a-state that they bene, shalle yoldyn uppe the sayde markett place
of Mewys in Bry and hyr bodys prisonerys to the sayde kyngys of
Inglond and of Fraunce with yn the x day of thys presentt
monythe of May, the yere of oure Lorde a-bove sayde M^CCC xxij.
Also that the sayde kyngys, at Y reverens of God and eschewyng
of Crystyn mannys blode, shall ressayve [hem] c as hit folowythe
after, that ys to wetyn, Syr Lewys Gaste, Guycharde of Cisse,
Mayster Robert Guesene, Phylyppe Gamcelys,d Peron de Lupe, John
Damoy,e le Bastard de Yarru, Denys de Yarru, Maystyr John de
Romys Termagyn,f Barnarde Domerville,g and John de la Motte ;h
one that blewe and sownyd an horne duryng the sege, that men
say ys namya Grasse; and aile the gunners the consentaunte and
compabyle of the dethe of the Duke of Burgayne that was; they
that othyr tyme hâve made othe of the fynalle pes; they that
a Omitted in MS.; supplied from J. These articles are also printed in Rymer,
x. 212.
b i. e. beau fils.	c hem. Supplied from J. and Rymer.
d Oamcelys. de Gamoches, J. and Rymer.
e Bamoy. Dannoy, Rymer and J.
f Romys Termagyn. Roumos Treemayn, Rymer; Roumes Tremagyn, J.
% Domervüle. de Merville, Rymer; Tromervil, J.
h Motte. Mette, MS.
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hâve townys, or strenghtys, or governaunce by othyr for hem;
the Englysche, Yrysche, Schottys, and aile o]?er that hâve bene
obedyens of the kynge or the regaunte, yf any there bene yn the
sayde markett place dwellyng;—that alla they shalle a-byde and
dwelle to the wylle of the forsayde kyngys. Also the sayde kyngys
shall ressayve aile the othyr in the sayde markett place beyng, in to
hyr goode grâce and mercy for to dwelle presoners, hyr lyvys savyde.
Also for as moche as hyt towchyd the sayde kyngys, Syr Lewys
Gaste, the bastarde of Barru, Denysb de Barru, and Mayster John
de Raynys,0 they shalle be putt to hyr dôme, and justise shalle
be done and mynystryde to hem,
Also as touohynge the forsayde Guycharde de Cysse, Peryn de
Luppe, Mayster Robert de Groysyne, Phylyppe of Chancellerys,d
and John Damoy, the forsayd kyngys declaryn that they shalle
dwelle and abyde to hyr wylle as be fore sayde, unto the tyme
that the townys of strengythe that by hem, or be any of hem, or
othyr on hyr be-halfe, or by oJ>er that any thynge shulde be or
may be don for hem, be holdyn, bee yoldyn and delyveryd to
the sayde kyngys, or to hyr comyssoures and députés, and aftyr
hyr ordynaunce, the whyche thynge they shalle done with aile hyr
dylygence possyble, with owte fraude or malyngne; aftyr the whyche
yeldynge uppe and delyveraunce the sayde kyngys shalle holdyn
or do be holdyn the above sayde Guycharde, Peryn, Mayster
Robertt, Philippe, and John Dawney in surete of her lyvys, so
that they or any of hem shalle nought be dewly founde coupabyle
of the dethe of Duke of Burgayne. And as towche the othyr
exceptyde, they shalle a-byde the wylle of the fore sayde kyngys,
as hyt ys contaynyd in the secunde artycule.
Also the Erle of Briennef shalle [be] g quy tte a yenne the fore
sayde Peron of aile that in whyche he ys bounde or holdyn for
a ail. tylle, MS.	b Benys. Venys, MS.
c de Raynys. Roumes, Rymer; de Roumes, J.
d So here.	e be. or, MS.
f Brienne. Bayne, MS.	s Omitted in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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cause of hys ransom or othyr wyse, and the sayde Peron shalle
playnly quyte hym in takyng hys letters or quytaunce to the sayde
erle, and he shalle yelde to hym aile the letters that he hathe of
hym or of any othyr uppon that.
Also the [fore] a sayde, beyng in the foresayde markett of Mewys
in Bry, hangynge the sayde tyme, and that a none, shalle putt or
shalle done to putt by inventary aile the cornys, wynys, and othyr
vytayle beynge in the sayde markett, and aftyr the placys where they
shalle bene, for to benne takynne and delyveryd to the comyssours
and députés of the sayde kyngys. And in lyke wyse shalle benne
in hors beyng in the sayde markett.
Also they shalle putt or done putt in any certayne place with yn
the sayde markett aile the abyllymentys of werre that benne there
ynne, as welle pouders, gounnys, and arblastys, schott, or othyr
artylers, with owtyn any fraccyon, brekyng, wastyng, or a-payryng.
b Also the a-boven sayde of the sayde markett shalle puttyn or do
puttyn aile hyr harneys of werre in a certayne place.
Also the same wyse they shalle putt or do putt in certayne place
aile the jewellys and reliquys, bokys, ornamentys, and othyr goodys
mevabil, beyng in the sayde markett, longyng unto the chyrchys,
abbayys, mynstyrs, pryours, or hospytalys what soo evyr they bene,
levyng to hem to be restoryde in hyr placys of othyrc chyrchys of
the sayde markett, and whythe owte fraude or malynge.
Also d they shalle putt or do putt in a place or two aile the golde,
sylvyr, vesselle, jewellys of golde and sylvyr, bokys, robys, lynnyn
clothe, and also wollyn clothe of aile maner, beyng in the sayde
markett, and that longythe to othyr thanne the sayde chyrchys,
abbeys, mynysters, pryorys, hospytallys, and that with owte fraude
or malyng.
Also, for to fullefylle that they hâve sayde, they shalle brekynne
and undo and make oppyn aile that bene hydde or [withdrawen in
the thinges and goodes aboveseid, or any of hem, where that thei
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A J). 1422.
a Omitted in MS.
0 otker. the, Ryme-r and J.
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b This article is not in Rymer.
d Also. Aile, MS.146
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ben hidde or] a dystryde b in the same markett, with owtynne with
drawyng or to hylyn anythyng what hyt so be; and that may not
be done nor executyde with yn the fore sayde day, they shalle
declarynne and denounsyn with owte fraude, faynyng, or malynge,
unto the comyssourys and députés of the sayde kyngys, uppon payne
that ]?ey [that] c shalle done the contrarye, and the consentauntes,d
and the coupabylee there-of, shalle lese the grâce of the fore sayde
kyngys and the effecte of thys presentt apoyntmentt.
Also uppon the sayde payne thef above sayde beyng yn sayde
markett shalle be holdyn [and] g to take and delyvyr, shewyn and
déclaré, with owte fraude or malynge, to the comyssourys or députés
of the sayde kyngys [al the goodes and thinges] a above sayde,
with owtyn any thynge to hem hylyn or withdrawyn or i-borne
awaye or othyr, for hem or any of hem.
Also they a-bove sayde, beyng in the sayde markett place of
Mewys in Bry, shalle delyvery playnely and shalle yeldyn quyte
aile the presoners that they hâve and with holdyn of our subjectys
and obeysaunce, and othyr of the sayde servys of the sayde kyngys,
as welle aile that benne in the sayde markett as in othyr places
where that they bene ; ande with that they shalle playnly quyte
aile othyr subjectys [obeisaunces] a and othyr of the sayde servyse
of the above sayde kyngys |?at to hem hâve made any be-heste or
faythe or othe.
Also, hangynge the tyme above sayde, they of the sayde markett
shalle nought ressayvyn nor sufferne to entre, any preson h what so
evyr he be, in to the sayde markett; nor they shalle not suffer any
maner of person to passyn or go owte there of for to bere owte any
of the sayde goodys beyng there vnne, with owte lyscence of the
sayde kyngys; nor they shalle not purchesse, nor suffer to be pur-
a Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
b dystryde. discovrind, Rymer; distoumid, J.
c Supplied from J.
d consentaitntes. consentmentys, MS. ; corrected from J.
c coupabyle. compabyle, MS.	f the. of, MS.
g This word is superfluous.	h preson. So in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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chessyd, any thyng that may be predyjussea of the sayde kyngys,
nor non othyr of hyr subjectys, or ellys for to inpecbyn tbe fulle-
fyllyng of thys presentt apoyntment, uppon payne to losse by hem,
or hem that shalle done the contrarye, and hyr consentamentys
and compabylys there of the grâce of the marcy of the sayde
kyngys.
Also uppon the payne and othe aile tho fore sayde beynge in the
sayde markett, ande eche of hem, shalle holde and kepe and fulle-
fylle aile the poyntementys and artyculys a-bove sayde and eche of
hem, with owte hem or any of hem for to brekyn ne b any wyse to
done there a-gayne.
Also that thei shul makec othe and the'i shul takec hyr letters
selyd with hyr selys for the surete to bene holdynne by twyne the
kyngys a-bove sayde, and of othe[r] of hem, in to the nombyr of
a C personnysj as welle of captaynys as of othyr notabylle personnys,
beyng in the sayde markette, and they thatt hâve non sealys and
canne wrytte [thei shul signe the lettres] d with hyr owne hondys
[and] d they shalle passyn byfore the kyngys tabyllyon of Mewys in
Bry. And the same weyse they that hâve non sealys, nor canne
nott wryte, shalle also passe by the kyngys tabyllyon to benne
regysterde.
Also ande fro e the day of thys présent poyntementt shalle be done
and fullefyllyde, and into that day encludydde, at the whyche day
they shalle be holdyn to take and delyvery the sayde markett, as hyt
ys sayde, in aile maner aile wey dede of werre shalle sessyn on owre
party and of othyr.
Also the a-bove sayde of the same markett a noon shalle take and
delyvery to the comyssours and députés of the sayde kyngys, Syr
Lowys Gaste, Roberte de Guesseny, Phylyppe Gamochys, John
a predyjusse. So in MS.	b ne. in, MS.
c thei shul mahe—thei shul tahe. These words are from J. Our MS. reads
absurdly, “ cherchefulle makyng ”—“ cherchefuJle takynge.”
d Supplied from J.
0 fro. for, MS.; corrected from J.
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Damoy, le Bastarde de Barrowe,a Denys de Barowe,a Mayster John
de Raynys, and othyr of the nombyr of xxiiij personys, wherof b the
comyssours of on party and of an othyr be accordyd.
The whiche artyculys a-bove sayde andc declaryd were concludyd,
apoyntyd, and accordyde by the Duke of Exceter, the Erle of
Warwyke ande of Bryenne, and Syr Watyr of Hungerforde, com-
yssours and députés of the sayde kyngys be-halfe in the one partye,
and Peron de Luppe, John Damoy, Mayster Phylyppe Malete,d and
Wylliam Frosche,6 for hem selfe and for aile Y othyr of the sayde
markette, of the othyr party, the secunde day of the monythe of
May, the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCCC xxij. And soo the x day of
the same monythe the sayde markett of Mewys in Bry and aile the
towne was yoldyn in maner and forme as hyt ys a-bove sayde.
The same yere the xiij day of Auguste a newe wedyrcoke was
set te at Powlys stypylle in London.
Also the same yere, the laste day of Auguste, the yere of oure
Lorde M1 CCCC xxij, the good and nobylle Kyng, Harry the v aftyr
the Conqueste of Inglonde, floure of chevalrye of Crystyn men,
endyd hys lyffe in Fraunce, at Boys in Vincent, be syde Parys, the
x yere of hys raygne, to whom God graunte mercy. Amen.
Ande that same yere, the xx day of Auguste, deyde the
Byschoppe of London, Clyfforde, and thenne was made byschoppe
Mayster John Kempe, whos bonys, the viij day of Novembyr
next folowyng, worthely at Westmynyster were interyde.
Here foloweythe namys of the townys and castellys, abbeys,
pylys, and pylettys, in Normandy, that oure fulle excellent lorde the
Kyng Harry the v. wanne and conqueryde in Normandy and in
Fraunce, to hym and to hys ayrys, in maner and forme as hit ys
bove sayde.
a Barrowe. Warru, in Rymer; Verrue, J.
b wherof. whos of, MS.; corrected from J.
c and. “hâve,” MS.; corrected from J. and Rymer.
d Some names are here omitted, for which see Rymer, xii., 214.
e Frosche. Fosse, J. and Rym.gregory’s chronicle.
149
Fyrste the towne of Hareflewe and the castelle of the same, the
castelle of Toke, the castelle and towne of Cane, the towne and the
castelle of Argentyne, the towne and the castelle of Fallex, the
towne and the castelle of Mewys in Bry, the towne and the cytte
and the castelle of Rone, and many moo, the nombyr of an c
townys and castellys, abbeys, and strong-holdys.
Here benne the namys of Mayrys and Sherevys in the tyme
of Kynge Harry the vj, the fyrste begotyn sone of Kyng Harry
the v., the whyche yere of hys raygne be ganne the fyrste daye of
Septembyr, the yere of oure Lorde Ml CCCC xxij, and the âge of the
Kyng Harry the vj nought fully xij monythys whenne he be-
ganne hys raygne.
Wylliam Walderne, j Wylliam Estefyllede j •<>
Mayre of London ( Robert Tedyrsale )	^ *
Ande that same yere, the xxj day of October, in the mornynge
b y twyne vij and viij of the belle, Kyng Carlys of Fraunce dyde,
whos body ys worthely enteryde at Syn Denys.
Also the same yere the kyngys Parlyment was holde at Weste-
myster, and that be-ganne the ix day of November, in the whyche
Parlyment was ordaynyde the governaunce of the kynge, howe he
shulde be governyd in hys tendyr âge.
Also in that Parlyment was grauntyd unto the kyng v. noblys of
every sacke wolle duryng the terme of the a yere. Also the same
yere, the secundeb day of Marche, was Syr Wylliam Tayloure,
preste, brende in Smethefylde for heresye. And the for sayde
secundeb day of Marche wasse made the trety of the delyveraunce
of Pounte Mylanke, that was take and longe tyme holdyn by the
party callyde the Armonackys, and delyveryd as hyt in maner aftyr
folowyfe :—
a the. So in MS.; J. reads “during iij. yere,” and V. “ duryng the terme of v.
yere after.” The subsidy was really granted only for two years. See Rolls of
Parliament, iv. 173.
b J. reads “ first ” in both these places; which agréés best with what follows.
Hen. Y.
A.D. 1422.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1422-3,150
GREGORY’s CHRpNICIÆ.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1423.
Here folowythe the appoyntment and yeldyng uppe and delyver-
aunce of the stronge holde of the brygge of Pount Mylancke,
by twyne the Erle of Sawlysbury, Syr John Fastolfe, Stywarde of
Howsholde, Syr Perys of Founteneye, Lorde of Raynys, Stywarde
of the Howsholde of the Regaunt of Fraunce, Duke of Bedforde,
Syr John de Pullyngley, Lord of the Mote de Tylly, knyghtys,
and Rycharde Woodevyle Lorde of Preaus, Nycholas Burdete,
Chyffe Butteler of Normandy, Perys Baret Lorde of Cirone, squyers,
comyssourys, and députés therto of the be-halfe of my lorde the
Regaunt of Fraunce on the one party, and Syr John Gravylle
Lorde of Mountayne, and Syr Lewes Marchelle, Syr Adam of
Stonys,a John de Chaunler, John of Myrayle, Roger of Yersy, and
othyr mo othyr dyversb of the party of hem that nowe presentt
occupyen the sayde Pounte.
Fyrste the above said beynge in the sayde Pounte [or fortresse
of Melank, shul yelden the same Pount]c and strengythe to the
hondys of my sayde lorde the Regaunt of Fraunce, or of thed
commyssourys or députés, so areryd, strengythe6 and abylyde of
gonnys, poudrys, arowblastys, schotte, harneys, and othyr abyly-
mentys of werre, as hyt ys at thys tyme, with owte fraude,
desepsyon, and malynge, and with owte to done to the same
abylymentys of werre and othyr thyngys defensabylle for the sayde
strenghthe any waste or any brekyng, nor non inpayrement of
vytayle or of any othyr thynge for mannys body, the whyche
strengh|?e and brygge they shalle yeldyn and delyveryde as hyt
ys sayde on the morowe, the secunde day of thys presentt monythe
of Marche, at the hour of terce, &c.
Also hit ys accordyd and poyntyde that aile they nowe beynge
at thys tyme in the same Poynte or strengythe of Melancke, of what
“ Stonys. Strones, J.
b and othyr mo othyr dyvers. and John of Marie, ordeyned, J.
c Omittecl in MS.; supplied from J.
d the. his, J.
c areryd, strengythe. arraied and strengthid, J.gregory’s chronicle.
151
a-state or condyscyon that he be, they shalle yeldyn hym and putt
hem in aile thynge to the wylle of my sayde lorde ]?e Regaunt, of
multe a and grete humylyte and obeysaunce that they may or shalle,
by cause of whyche humylyte and obeysaunce the sayde comys-
sourys and deputys of my sayde lorde the Regaunt [hâve promysid
that hym self my lord the Regent],b of hys hye grâce, in usyng of
marcy and in honowr and reverens of God and thys hooly tyme of
Lentt that nowe ys, shalle ressayve hym to grâce and lete hem
hâve hyr lyvys: excepte tho that certayne tyme hâve benne in
obeysauns of the kynge that was of Inglonde, heyre and Regaunt
of Fraunce, to whom God pardon, they thatt hâve made the othe
of the fynalle pes of the realmys of Fraunce and of Inglonde,
and they that bave bene consentaunte of the de the of Duke of
Burgayne that was laste dede; and also Englysche men, Walysche
men, and Yrysche men, and Schottys, yf anny there be there yn;
ande excepte with John Duras, or callyd ellys Scarbrey,0 Ferrande
of Bone beaute,d Olyver de Lawny,e and the gonners, and tho
that were fyrste in the buschementt that fyrste enteryd the Pounte,
the whyche aile shalle be leven sympylly to the wylle of my lorde
the Regaunt.
Also hyt ys a poyntyd, yf any gentylman, or any othyr of the
bove sayde, nought exceptyde, wylle yelde hym and putt hym in
to the obeysauns of the kyng our soverayne lorde the Kyng of
Fraunce and of Inglonde, and of my sayde lorde the Regaunt, and
make the othe in suche cas andf customyd, serve the kyng and my
sayde lorde the Regaunt, as hyr verry lege men, and to werre a
gayne the partyes callyd Armenackys as they dyde a gayne the
kyngys and oure sayde lorde the Regaunt,g hym sylfe shalle ressayve
a So in MS.; J. reads, “in the most great.”
b Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
c or callyd ellys Scarbrey. on callid Stararay, J.
d Bone beaute. Barnabroyt, J.
e Lawny. Lannoy, J.	f So in MS.
g J. reads, “and my lord the Regent aforeseid, hymself my seid lord the Regent
of his grâce shall receyve hem,” & c.
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gkegory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1123.
hem of hys grâce withowte anny [ of ] a fynaunce makynge or ramsom,
provyded aile way to done and fullefylleb they shalle delyvery
caucion c and goode suffycyaunt pleggys.
Also thys tyme aile tho that benne in the same strenghthe or brygge
of Mylanke, that hâve or holdyn, or that othyr holdyn in hyr be-halfe5
any towne, place, or strengythe, dysobeysauns to oure lorde the Kyng
and my sayde lorde the Regaunt, delyvyr and yelde hem up unto
my sayde lorde or to hys deputys. And with that they shalle doo
aile hyr myght and trewe devyr an gayne hyr parentes and frendys*
yf any there bene, that holde any suche strengythe or towne dys-
obeysauns, that they shulle yeldyin hem up to my sayde lorde, &c.
Ande unto the tyme that they hâve done ande i-fullefyllyde the
thyngys above sayde, they shalle dwelle in the wylle of my lorde the
Regaunt, the whiche thyng above sayde and done and fullefylle
dewly, he shalle ressayve hem as hyt ys above sayde.
Also yf any be in the same sayde brygge or strengythe of
Melancke, havyn and holdyn, in what [place] d that they bene, any
presoners, be they Fraynysche, Englysche, Burgonys, or othyr, of
the oboysauns or servyse of owre lorde the Kyng and of my lorde
the Regaunt, they shalle yoldyn hem and delyvery hem frely and
quytly, with owte takyng of the sayde personys or of hyr pleggys
any fynaunce or ramsomys.
Also hyt ys apoyntyde that they that bene in the strengytheys of
Pounte Melanke, withynne the day of the morne at the howre of
terce, shalle putt or do putt, in a certayne place or two of the
sayde strengythe, aile hyr harnys of werre, with owte any thynge
brokyn or a-payryng. Also they shalle do putt in anothyr certayn
place aile the golde and sylvyr, and sylvyr vesselle and jewellys,
with othyr goodys beyng in the foresayde strengythe, with owtyn
any thynge to holdyn or hydyn, in what place or maner that hyt
a This word is superfluous.
b to done and fullefylle. that that done and fulfillid, J.
c caucion. aunsyon, MS. ; corrected from J.
d Omitted in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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be, they shalle delyvery hem to the comyssourys of oure lorde the
Regaunt, uppon payne to lese the benefycys of thys présent poynte-
ment and the grâce of my sayde lorde the Regaunt.
Also they shalle put in the sayde strengythe in oo place or ij aile
the hors beyng there yn, and aile hyr harneys, for to be delyveryd
on the state and plyghte that they benne nowe at thys tyme, whythe
aile othyr thyngys a-bove sayde, unto the comissurys and députés of
my sayde lorde the Regaunte, uppon the payne above sayde.
Also uppon the same payne ys tretyd and appoyntyde that
durynge the sayde trete they shalle nought lette or suffer any maner
person to partyn owte of the sayde strengthe of Melanke, nor noo
person to entyr, with owte leve and lyssens of my sayde lorde the
Regaunt; and uppon the same payne they shalle denounsyn, seale,A
and delyvery to hym or to hys comyssurys the for sayde b personys
except? where-of they hâve any knowynge.
And to that ende that the thingesc above sayde ben holly fulle-
fyllyde fyrmely and worthely, the above sayde comyssourys and
deputys, in pat one party and of that othyr, of thys présent ap-
poyntement, hâve sette hyr sealys, in the fyrste day of Marche, the
yere of oure Lorde M^cccxxij.
And in the monythe of Apprylle was made the allyaunce by
twyne the Regaunt of Fraunce, the Duke of Bedforde, the Duke of
Burgayne* and the Duke of Bretayne, in maner and forme aftyr
folowynge :—d
To aile tho that thys présent letters shalle see or hyre, Robert le
Jone, lorde of the Foreste, caunseler of oure lorde the kynge, and
hys bayly of Amyas, sendythe gretynge. We do you to wete that
thys day before us hâve bene brought, coveryd,® and dylygently
a seale. So in MS.; J. reads “take.”
b the for sayde. for the sayde, MS.; corrected according to J.
c thinges. kyngys, MS.; corrected from J.
d For the text of this treaty in the original French, see Rymer, x. 280.
e covered. So in MS.; J. reads “hâve bene, brought, seen and redde,” which
agréés with the text in Rymer.
CAMD. SOC.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1423.
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gregory’s chrtonicle.
Hen.VI.
A.D. 1423.
beholdyn, a letter yevyng of ryght excellent pryncys my Lorde
Regaunt of Fraunce, Duke of Bedforde, my Lorde Duke of
Burgayne, and my lorde the Duke of Bretayne, [hâve] a selyde with
hyr manuelle sygnettys, and enselyd with dowbylle queue of hyr
sealys in redde wex, sygnyde and inselyde also why]?e emanuelle
sygnys of Mayster John Rynelle, secretary of oure lorde the kynge,
Mayster Quyntyne Menarde, secretary of my lorde the Duke of
Burgayne, and Mayster John Browne,b secretary of my lorde the
Duke of Bretayne, hoole and saufe in sealys and in wrytynge,
as by the specefyynge of the same letters hyt ys shewyd, of whyche
letters the tenoure folowythe:
John Regaunt of Fraunce, Duke of Bedford, &c., Phylyppe
Duke of Burgayne, &c., the Duke of Bretayne, &c. To aile thot
)?at thys presentt letters shall see we sende gretyng. [We] c do you
to wetyn that for the consyderacyon of the grette frendeschyppys
and nygheyng of lynagys that nowe ar by twyne us, and also mevynge
the maryagys concludyd, acordyd, and conservyde by-twyxte us,
John Regaunt of Fraunce and Duke of Bedford and othyrd dyre
welle belovyde suster a d cosyn Anne of Burgayne, on that one party,
and of dyre and welle belovyd brothyr Arture Duke6 of Turreyne,
Erle of Monforte and of Ivery, and of oure dyre and welbelovyd
sustyr and cosyn Margarete of Burgayne, on that othyr party, ande
for the goode governaylle of oure lorde the kynge and of realmys of
Fraunce and Inglond, of us and of oure lordeschyppys, landys, con-
treys, and subjectys, we and every one of us sweryn, behotynne, and
promysyn to benne and dwellyng, as longe as we shalle lyve, in
goode and verry love, fraternyte and unyon, that one whythe that
othyr, that welle shalle love and cherysche and holdyn to-gedyr as
bretherynne ar kynnys men, or parentes and goode frendys, we
a This word is superfluous.
b Rymer gives Ms name Jehan le Brius.
c Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
d othyr—a. So in MS.
r Arture Duke. Arture of the Duke, MS.gregory’s chronicle.
155
shalle kepe and defende the honowre pat one of that othyr as welle
prevely as a-pertely, with-owte any fraude and dvssymylacyon in
any wyse ; we shalle do wetyn one of that othyr of aile that we
shalle knowyn and undyr-stonde that may turne and be to profyte
or damage, honour or dyshonoure, or one of that othyr, and of oure
lordeschippys, landys, and contreys, and subjectys ; and yf any persone
telle or make any wronge reporte to us or to any of us one of that
othyr, we shalle geve there to noo credens nor faythe, but we shalle
whytheholdyn smartely agayne us, and eche of us in ryght any
suche that hâve made that wrongfully reporte, and by goode love
and verry charyte a-none we shalle do to knowe of hym of whom
suche reporte was made, and thereyn for to done that shalle long
to be done be resone.
Also, yf we or any of us hâve to done or nede for oure worschyppe
or oure contrayes, londys, [and] a lordschyppys to kepe or to defende
a-gayne any that wolde grevyn or damagynne us or any of us, we and
eche of us shalle be holdynne to helpyn and servynne hym amonge
us that so shalle hâve nede, whenne we be there to requyryd, with
summys of v C men of armys or of folke of schotte,b whettyr that
may a-vayle or plese or lykyng to hem that so shalle hâve nede.
And he that shalle be requyryd shalle be holdyn to sende at hys
owne dysposyssyon hys men or forkec for the fyrst monythe ; and for
the surplus of the tyme that the saudyers shalle serve, the requyrant
shalle ben holdyn to sendyn hem at hys propyr dysposycyon. And
yf any of us wylle hâve grete d power, he that shalle be requyryd
shalle be holdyn to helpe at the costys and dyspens of the requyrant
as farforthe as he goodely shalle, as he may, hys contrayes [and] a
lordeschippis resonabely a-fore warnyde.
Also whythe aile ouree myghte, and byf aile the beste maner
a Omitted in MS. ; supplied from J.
b folke of sehotte. “ gens de trait ” in the original French.
c forke. So in MS.	a grete. gretter, J.
e oure. othyr, MS. ; corrected from J.
f by. se; corrected from J.
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A.D. 1423.156
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Hen. VI.
A.D. 1423.
that we canne or may devyse fora relevynge of the pore pepylle of
the reaime that hathe sufferd and sufferythe hytb so moche myschief;
and for that we shalle spedyn us to doo away the warre of the reaime,
and so sette hyt in pes and reste and tranquyllyte, to that ende that
God there-yn be servyde and worschippyd, and that marchaundyse
there may hâve the cours : Aile thys thyngys we and eche of us
promyse and hotyn to fullefylle and trewly kepe as longe as we shalle
lyve, by the maner above sayde, whythe any wyse for any contrarynys
shalle not offende,0 undyr the oblygacyon of aile oure goodys mev-
abylle and unmevabylle nowe beynge présente and tho that bene to
corne.
In wytnes here of we hâve done sette oure selys to thys présent
lettyrs, and we hâve sygnyd hem whythe oure owne honde, and
undyr wryte oure propyr namys. Gevyn at Amyens the xvij day
of Aprylle, and the yere of oure Lorde M1 CCCC xxiij. Also sygnyd
by my foresayde Lorde the Regaunte of Fraunce, Syr John Duke
of Bedforde, and by my Lorde Duke of Burgayne, by my Lorde
Duke of Bretayne. And uppon the foldyng of the same letters y s
wryttyn : “ Par d mone Senowre le Regaunt de le reaime de Fraunce,
Deuke de Bedeford, John Rynylle. [Par Monsieur le Duc de
Burgoigne, Q. de Menart.]e Par d mone Senowrys Duke de Bretayne,
J. le Breune. In wytnysse whereof to thys présent letters we hâve
sette to oure sealys of the baylyage of Amyes. Gevyn at Amyes,
the xviij day of the monythe of Aprylle, and the yere of oure Lorde
M1 CCCC xxiij.
Also the same yere Newgate was be gon to be made a Newgate
by the executourys of that famos marchant and merser, Rycharde
Whytyngdone.
a for. or, MS.; corrected from J.
b i. e. y et.
c whythe any wyse .... ojfende. J. reads, more intelligibly, and according to
the original, “ withouten ever to done the contrarie in any maner.”
d Par. Pur, MS., in both these places; corrected by J. and Rymer.
* Omitted in MS.; supplied from Rymer.GREGORY S CHRONICLE.
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A0 ij°.
Wylliam Crowmere, l Nicholas Jamys
Mayre of London I Thomas Wansforde
Ande that same yere there was a Parlyment at Westemyster,
and that be-ganne the xxj day of October; and in that yere, the xxj
day of Feveryr, was Syr Thomas a Mortymere drawe, hangyd, and
quarteryde, and hys hede smete of at Tyborne, and hys body was
buryd at Syn Johnys at Clerkyn-welle and hys herte at Fryer
Menowrys be syde Newgate. And that yere was the batylle in
Yerney, in Perche, the xxvij day of Auguste, by my lorde the
Eegaunte of Fraunce, John Duke of Bedforde, with othyr lordys
with hym of Englysche lordys ; and in that batayle was slayne the
Erle Dugelas, the Erle of Bogham, the Erle of Marre, and aile the
Scottys that durste a-byde in the fylde were slayne and take. And
there was take on the Fraynysche syde the Duke of Launsun and
the Erle of Almarre, and many mo othyr knyghtes an squyers were
takyn and slayne, the nombyr of v ml Scottys and Armonackys, &c.
And that same yere, in the monythe of Feverer, the Stywarde ofb
the Kyngys of Scottys, whas name was Jamys, weddyd the Erlys
doughter of Somersett at Synt Mary Overes.
John Mychelle, t Symon Seman
Mayre of London ( John Bythewater
Ande that yere there was a Parlyment att Westemyster ; and that
Parlyment beganne the laste day of Aprylle. And at that Parly-
ment the Erle Marchalle was made Duke of Northefolke; and in
that Parlyment was moche altercacyon by-twyne )?e lordys and the
comyns for tonage and poundage. And at that Parlyment was
grauntyd that aile maner of alyentys shulde be put to hoste as
Englysche men benne in othyr londys, and ovyr that condyscyon
was the tonage grauntyd; the whyche condyscyon was brokyn in
the same yere by the Byschoppe of Wynchester, as the moste
pepylle sayde, he beyng Chaunseler the same tyrne, and there-fore
there was moche hevynesse and trowbylle in thys londe. And that
A0 iij°.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1423-5.
a Syr Thomas. The name should be Sir John.
b So in MS.158
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1425.
yere, the xiij day of Feverer at nyght, were caste many byllys in
the cytte and in the subbarbys a-gayne the Flemyngys, and sum
were set in the byschoppe ys gâte of Wynchester, and in othyr
bischoppys gatys. And in the morowe the Byschoppe of Wyn-
chester sent Richarde Woodevyle, squyer, to kepe the Towre of
London with men of. armys as thoughe hyt hadde bene in the londe
of warre, and so induryd tylle the feste of Symon and Jude nexte
aftyr folowynge. And that yere there were many worthy men of
London apechyde of treson by a false boy Peloure by excytacyon of
the Byschoppe of Wynchester, as many men noysyde and sayde ; yf
were trewe or no I remytte me to Gode. And of many moo othyr
townys, as Cauntyrbury, Exceter, and Brystowe, Covyntre, Yorke,
Chester, &c.
Ande that yere the Duke of Gloucester with hys wyffe wentte
into Ennowde ; and she was Duchés of Holand. And there he lefte
hyr byhynd hym.
Ande the same yere the Byschoppe of Wynchester sende to
Wyndesore for certayne men of the kyngys howsholde, and lefte
the kyng but with a fewe men, and for aile the prentys a of Courte,
unto Westemyster; and there they corne in there beste a-raye; and
thenne he sende for the Mayre of London and hys aldermen. And
there he restyde many worthy men of the cytte. And that yere
dyde the Erle of Marche in Irlonde, the xviij day of Janyver, in
the castelle of Trynne.
And that yere corne the kyngys sone of Portyng-gale in to
Englonde; and on Mychelle-mas evyn he com to London, and was
loggyd in the byschoppe ys place of London.
Ande in that yere there was a Perlyment at Westemyster, and
that Parlyment be-ganne the laste daye of Aprylle. And that Par-
lyment hadde an evylle faryng ende, to shamefully for to be namy[d]
of any welavysyd man.
* There appears to be an omission here in the MS. We ought doubtless to read,
“ and for ail the prentices of the lnns of Court.” In V. the corresponding passage
is, “ and he sent to the Innés of Court for to corne to hym.”gregory’s chronicle.
159
John Covyntre, j Wylliam Myldrede j AoHen.Vl
Mayre of London I John Brockeley i	* A.D. 1425.
And that same yere that the mayre rode to Westmyster on the
same daye for to take hys othe, that ys, was the xxix daye of Sep-
tembyr,a whenne that he corne home to hys mete with hys aldyrmen
and with hys goode comyners, or that they hadde fully ete, the
Duke of Glouceter sende for the mayre and hys aldyrmen that they
shulde corne speke with hym ; and whenne they corne he cargyd the
mayre that he shulde-b kepe welle the cytte that nyght and make
goode wache; and so there was, aile that nyghte, for my Lorde
of Glouceter and the Byschoppe of Wynchester were not goode
frendys as in that tyme. And on the morowe certayne men kepte
the gatys of the brygge of London by the commaundement of the
Lorde of Glouceter and of the mayre. And by-twyne ix and x of
the belle )?er corne certayne men of the Byschoppys of Wynchester
and drewe the chaynys of the stulpys at the brygge ende in Southe-
worke y s syde, the whiche were bothe knyghtys and squyers, with
a grete mayny of archerys, and they enbaytaylyd them, and made
defens of wyndowys and pypys as hyt hadde bene in the londe of
warre, as thowe they wolde hâve fought agayne the kyngys pepylle
and brekyng of the pes. And thenne the pepylle of the cytte hyrde
there of, and they in haste schytte in ther shoppys and corne downe
to the gatys of the brygge in kepyng of the cytte ande savacyon of
the cytte a-gayns the kyngys enmys, for aile the shoppys in London
were schytte in one howr. And thenne corne my Lorde of Cauntyr-
bury ande the Prynce of Portynggale, and tretyd by twyne my
Lorde of Glouceter and the Byschoppe of Wynchester, for they rode
viij tymes by twyne the duke and the byschoppe that day. And
thonkyd be God, thoroughe goode governaunce of the mayre and
hys aldyrmen, aile the pepylle was sessyde and wentte home ayenne
every mann, and none harme done thorough ealle the cytte, thonkyd
be God.
a October, according to V.
b that he shulde. Repeated in MS.160
GREGORY’S CHR0NICLE.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1425-6.
Ande the v day of Novembyr aftyr that, the kynge came fro Eltam
to London ; ande with hym corne the Duke of Glouceter and the
Prynce of Portynggale, and aile the lordys that were a-boute London
that tyme, with the mayre and aile his aldyrmen, and with aile
the trewe and goode comyners of the cytte of London ; and
that was with a gode araye. And the x day of Janyver came the
Duke of Bedforde to London, and my lady hys wyffe with hym,
and they corne to the Byschoppe of Wynchester; and the mayre
and aile the cytte fette hym and mette whythe hym at Merton,
and broughte hym to Westemyster. And in the kyngys palys he
was loggyd, and my lady hys wyffe and the Byschoppe of Wyn-
chester in the abbay faste by hym. And the mayre with the cytte
gaf my lorde of Bedforde a payre of basonnys of sylvyr over gylte,
and M1 marke in them to hys welcome. And yet they hadde but
lytylle thanke.
Ande the xxj day of Feverer be ganne the counsel at Synt
Albonys, but there hyt was enjornyd unto Northehampton. And
the xxv day of Marche nexte aftyr be-ganne the Parlyment at
Layceter, and that induryd unto the fyrste day of June, and every
man was warnyd and i-cryde thoroughe the towne that they shulde
leve hyr wepyn yn hyr ynnys, that ys to saye, hyr swerdys and
bokelers, bowys and arowys. And thenne the pepylle toke grete
battys in hyr neckys and so they wentte. The nexte day they
were chargyde that they shulde leve hyr battys at hyr ynnys, and
thenne they toke grete stonys yn hyr bosomys and hyr slyvys, and
so they wennte to the Parlyment with hyr lordys. Ande thys
Parlyment sum men callyd the Parlyment of Battys. And at thys
Parlyment was the kyng made knyght, and xxxv moo whythe hym
of lordys and lordys sonys. Fryste my Lorde of Yorke, the Erle
of Oxynforde, and hys brother, the sone and the eyre of the Duke of
Northefolke, the sone and the ayre of the Erle of Urmounde, the
sone of the Lorde Hungerford, and Syr John Chaynye, Chyffe
Justysse of the Kyngys Benche, Syr Wylliam Babyngton, Chyffe
Justys of the Comyn Place, and Syr John June, the Chyffe Barongregory’s chronicle.
161
of the Kyngys Chekyr, and many mo, to the nombyr above sayde.
And the fyrste day of Juylle be-ganne the counselle at London at
Westemyster, ande duryd fully iij wekys.
An de the same yere, the xxviij day of Novembyr, dey de the
Countasse of Huntyngdon at the Colde Herborowe, in London, and
she ys buryd at the Fryer Prechowrys at Ludgate.
Ande same yere, the vj daye of Marche, Arthure of Bretayne
with othyr lordys, the nombyr of x. m1. knyghtys and squyers, made a
saute to the towne of Synt Jakys de Bouerne. Ande there were
slayne of hem a m1 and v C of men of armys, of the whiche were
viij C legge harnys with hyr cote armourys one of hem.a And he
toke aile hyr ordynauns of gonnys and aile hyr vytayle, with aile
the othyr stoffe that was at the sege, that is to saye, xiiij gonnys,
with the powdrys, and iij C pypys of wyne, and ij c pypys of brede
and floure, and a mT.b panyers with fyggys and raysonys, and herynge,
and othyr stuffe of pavys and tentys, &c.
John Raynewelle, the	-ni . A ,,
. \.	’	Kobert Arnolde	j
goode Mayre of the T ,	„	,	A0 v°.
° p TJ i	( John Hygham '
cytte oi London	)
Ande that yere John Duke of Bedforde and Regaunte of Fraunce
wennte in to Fraunce agayne, and the Byschoppe of Wynchester
whythe hym, and they londyd at Calys. And ther the Byschoppe
of Wynchester was made Cardynalle upon oure Lady Daye in
Lentyn, in Saynt Mary chyrche. Ande there was grete solempnyte,
for there corne two legatys and broughte hys bullys and hys hatte
from the Pope,c and the Regaunt set on hys hatte ond hys hedde.
Ande that same yere a theffe that was i-callyd Wille Wawe was
hangyd at Tyborne. And that yere was smytte owte many buttys
of Romnaye of Lumbardys makyng in dyvers placys of the Cytte,
for they were corrupte and also they very pyson, &c.
Ande that same yere, the xiiij day of Juylle, cam the Erle of
Saulysbury in to London owte of Fraunce. And that yere there
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1425-7.
a one of hem. upon hem, V.	b m\ ijinl, V.
c Pope. This word is crossed through.
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gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1427-8.
Anno vj°.
was a Parlyment at Westemyster, and that beganne a Synt Ed-
wardys day in Lent. And that yere tbe towre on the draught
brygge of London was be-gonne. And the Mayre layde the fyrste
stone, and mo othyr aldyrmen with hym.
John Gedney,	( Robert Otle
Mayre of London I Harry Frowyke
Ande that yere the Erle of Warwyke com home in to Inglonde
owte of Fraunce, and he was made governer of the kynge.
Ande that yere the Popea sende into Inglond, and in to aile
Crystyn londys, a pardon ayenste the erytekys the whyche were in
the londe of Hungery, yn the cytte of Prage; the whyche pardon
was that me[n] shulde every Sonday in the begynnyng of every
monythe shulde goo in processyon, whythe vij Psalmys and the
Letany, and they shulde hâve a c dayes of pardon unto the same pro-
cessyon. The kyng and the quene, and aile othyr lordys spyrytualle
& temporalle, wentt on processyon thoroughe London the ij day
of June. And that same day the Erle of Saulysbury toke hys
jornaye towarde Fraunce the secunde tyme; and he schyppyd at
Sondewyche, and he londyd in Normandy, and wente forthe unto
Orlyaunce, and there he layde sege unto the towne as hyt ys a-bove
sayde.
Ande that same yere, the fyrste of September, the Cardynalle
and Byschoppe of Wynchester came yn to Ingelonde, and soo to
London; and he was ressayvyd there worthely and ryally of the
mayre and of aile hys bretheryn, for they roode and fette hym yn
to the cytte of London, ande the spyrytualle party whythe pro-
cessyon. And ]?at yere hyt was a wete somer for hyt raynyd for
the moste party from oure Lady Day in Lentyn unto the feste of
Mychelmas nexte folowynge. And that yere there was a grete
morayne of bestys, and pryncypally of schyppe, for the more party of
aile Inglonde, for sheppe deyde ynne every contray of Ingelonde.
Harry Barton,	( Thomas Dufhous
Mayre of London ( John Abbotte
*■ Pope. This word crossed through, and “ bishope ” written over in a later hand.
Anno vij°gregory’s chronicle.
163
Ande that same yere, the xxx day of October, there was a grette
fyre at Baynardeys Castelle, the whyche fyre dyde moche harme.
And the viij day of Novembyr the Duke of Northefolke wolde
hâve rowyde thoroughe the brygge of London, and hys barge
was rentte agayne the arche of the sayde brygge, and there were
drownyde many men, the nombyr of xxx personys and moo of
gentylmen and goode yemen.
Ande the same yere, the xxx day of October, the Erle of
Saulysbury was hurte at the sege of Orlyaunce beforesayde, and
the secunde day of Novembyr he dyde. Ande the fyrste Sonday of
Advente he was enteryde at Poulys by the Cardynalle of Winchester
and ij Arche-byschoppys, one of Cantyrbury and that othyr of Yorke,
that tyme beynge in London.
And the secunde daye of Advente there were ij heretykys objuryd
atte Poulys Crosse, and the iij herytyke commyttyde to preson,
for he was convycte. And that same yere the bonys of Mayster
John Wykclyffe were take uppe and brentte at Lutterworthe in
Layceter schyre there that he was buryde. And thys was done
by the commaundement of ]?e pope and aile hys clargye. And
the xij evyn aftyr was i-broughte unto London, and hadde hys
masse at Poulys, and hys bonys buryde at Birsham.
Ande the same yere, the xij day of Feverer, Syr John Fastolfe,
Syr Thomas Ramston, and Syr John Salveyne, toke and slowea the
nombyr of viij schore Schottys of cote armyvorys, and toke iiij C
Dolfynnys mayne that were towarde Orlyaunce for to hâve brokyn
the sege, &c.
And that same yere the Duke of Burbone b was sworne Englysche
in the kyngys manyr of Eltam besyde Grenewyche. And the xxj
day of Feverer Syr Rycharde Nevyle was made Erle of Saulysbury.
And that same yei'e there was a stronge thefe that was namyd
Bolton was drawe, hanggyd, and i-quarteryde. And that same
a This is the action commonly spoken of as “ the battle of Herrings.”
b John Duke of Bourbon, who had been a prisoner in England since the battle of
Agincourt.Hen. VI.
A.D. 1428-9.
164	gregory’s chronicle.
yere there was a ryche wedowe i-slayne at Whyte Chapylle ; and
the same theffe that kylde hyr fledde to Syn Gorgys yn Sowthe-
worke; and the Fryday nexte folowynge he for-swore the londe;
and he was a-sygnyd the same way that he slowe the woman, and
there wemmen mette with hym and slowe hym in the waye by
twyne the Whyte Chapylle and Algate.
Ande the same yere, the v day of June, there was a fryer i-slayne
in the Towre of London, and the person of the same Towre with
hym also. And that yere hyt was a dyre yere of corne and
pryncypally of whete and of aile maner of vytayle, for a buschelle
of whete was worthe xxd. And that same yere, in the monythe of
May, was the sege of Orlyaunce i-broke with the Pusylle, Bastarde of
Burbon, and othyr Armynackys. And there was slayne the Lorde
Molaynys, and Glasdale, squyer, and many moo worthy men. And
the x day of June the Erle of Sowthefolke brothyr, and the Lorde of
Ponyngys sone hys ayre, were slayne at a jornaye be-syde Orlyaunce,
and the Lorde Talbot, and the Lorde Schalys, and Syr Thomas
Ramston were takyn, and the erlys brother of Sowthefolke was
slayne, and many mo othyr, &c.
Ande the xxij day of June the Cardynalle of Wynchester toke
hys jornay, and was purposyd into the londe of Beame; but he
cam not there, but bode stylle yn Fraunce whythe the Regaunte
that tyme. And on Synte Petrys day aftyr Syr John Radeclyffe
wentte unto Fraunce unto the Regaunte with a nothyr mayny.
And the same yere, the xxij day of Septembyr, be-gan the Parly-
ment at Westemyster, and hyt duryde unto the xxiij day of
Feverer nexte folowynge; in the whyche Parlyment was grauntyd
that John Raynewelle shuldea be mayre of the stapylle of Callys iij
yere folowynge.
Wylliam Estefylde,	j Wylliam Russe	J	vjp0
Mayre of London I Raulyn Holande '
Ande that yere, the vj day of Novembyr, the yere of oure Lorde
a Mfcccc.xxix and the Sonday letter or Dominical letter B, Kyng
A shulde repeated in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
165
Harry the vj was crownyd at Westemyster on Syn Lenardys day.
And at the coronacyon was made xxxij knyghtys of the Bathe;
and on the morne aftyr the Pryncys sone of Portynggale was made
knyghte in the Whyte Halle at Westemyster.
Nowe of the solempnyte of the coronacyon. Aile the prelatys
wente on processyon beryng eche of hem a certayne relyke; and
the Pryor of Westemyster bare a rodde callyde Virga regia, ande
the Abbot of Westemyster bare the kyngys ceptoure. And my
Lorde of Warwyke bare the kynge to chyrche in a clothe of
scharlet furryd, evyn as the newe knyghtys of the Bathe wente
whythe furryde hoodys with menyver. And thenne he was led
up in to the hyghe schaffold, whyche schaffolde was coveryd aile
with saye by twyne the hyghe auter and the quere. And there the
kyng was sette in hys sete in the myddys of the schaffold there,
beholdynge the pepylle aile a-boute saddely and wysely. Thenne
the Arche-byschoppe of Cantyrbury made a proclamacyon at the iiij
quarterys of schaffolde, sayynge in thys wyse: “ Syrys, here comythe
Harry, Kyng Harry the y ys sone, humylyche to God and Hooly
Chyrche, askynge the crowne of thy[s] reaime by ryght and dyscent
of herytage. Yf ye holde you welle plesyd with aile and wylle be
plesyd with hym, say you nowe,ye! and holde uppe youre hondys.”
And thenne aile the pepylle cryde with oo voyce, “ Ye ! ye ! ” Thenne
the kynge went unto the hyghe auter, and humely layde hym downe
prostrate, hys hedde to the auter warde, longe tyme lyyng stylle.
Thenne the arche-byscoppys and byschoppys stode rounde a-boute
hym, and radde exercysyons ovyr hym, and many antemys i-song
by note. And thenne the arche-byschoppes wente to hym and
strypte hym owte of hys clothys in to hys schyrte. And there was
yn hys schyrte a thynge lyke grene taffata, whyche was i-lasyd at
iiij placys of hym. Thenne was he layde a downe a yenne, and
helyd hym with hys owne clothys yn the saine maner a-fore sayde.
And thenne the Byschoppe of Chester a and of Kouchesterb songe
a Bishop of Chester, i. e. of Coventry and Lichfield. His name was William
Heyworth.	b John Langdon.166
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1429.
a letany ovyr hym. And the Arche-byschoppe of Cantyrbury
radde many colettys ovyr hym. Thenne the arche-byschoppys
toke hym uppe a gayne and unlasyd hym, and a-noyntyd hym.
Fyrste hys bryste and hys ij tetys, and the myddys of hys backe,
and hys hedde, aile a-crosse hys ij schylderys, hys ij elbowys,
hys pamys of hys hondys; and thenne they layde a certayne
softe thynge as cotton to aile the placys a-noyntyd; and on hys
hedde they putt on a whyte coyffe of sylke. And so he wentte
viij dayes; and at the viij dayes the byschoppys dyde wasche hit
a-waye with whyte wyne i-warmyd leuke warme. And the knyghtys
of the Garter helde a clothe of a-state ovyr hym aile the whyle of
his waschynge. To the fyrste processe, aftyr the oyntynge he layde
hym doune prostrate a-gayne. Thenne the arche-byschoppys raddyn
solempne colettys with a solempne prefas. And thenne they toke
hym up a-gayne and putte a-pon hym a goune of scharlette whythe
a pane of ermyn, and Synt Edwarde ys sporys, and toke hym hys
cep ter in hys h onde, and the kyngys yerde i-callyd Virga regia in
hys othyr honde, sayyng there-with, Reges eos in virga ferrea,a SfC
he syttyng thenne in a chayre by fore the hyghe auter. And
thenne aile the byschoppys seseden with a swerde, they aile syttynge
there hondys thereon, ande aile they saynge thés wordys thys to
hym, Accingereh gladio tuo super fémur tuum, potentissime.c And at
every tyme the kyng answeryd and sayde, Observabo. Thenne toke
they the swerde a gayne fro hym, and layde the swerde on the hyghe
auter. Thenne bought the kyng hys swerde a gayne of Holy Chyrche
for an c s. in signe and in tokyn that the vertu and power sholde
corne fyrste fro Iiooly Chyrche. Thenne sette they on hys hedde Synt
Edwarde ys crowne. Thenne rose he owte of hys chayre and layde
hym downe prostrate a gayne. And there the byschoppys sayde
ovyr hym many hooly colettys. And thenne they toke hym up and
dyspoylyd hym of hys gere a-yen, and thenne a-rayde hym as a
byschoppe that sholde synge a masse, with a dalmadyke lyke unto
1 ferrea. feria, MS. Psalm ii. 9.	b Accingere. Accinge, MS.
r Psalm xliv. 4 (xlv. 3).gregory’s chronicle.
167
a tunycule with a stole a bowte hys necke, net crossyd, and a pon Hen. VI.
hys fete a payre of sandellys as a byschoppe, and a cope and glovys
lyke a byschoppe; and thenne sette a yen on hys hedde Synt
Edwarde y s crowne, and layde hym a-pon the schaffolde and sette
hym a sete of hys astate, and ij byschoppys stondyng on every
syde of hym, helpyng hym to bere the crowne, for hyt was ovyr
hevy for hym, for he was of a tendyr âge. And then they be-ganne
the masse, and the Arche-byschoppe of Cauntyrbury songe the masse.
And a nothyr byschop radde the pystylle. And the Byschoppe of
Worsethyr radde the gospelle at the auter. And at the offretory
corne the kynge downe and made the oblacyon of brede and wyne,
there whythe offerynge a pounde weyght of golde, the whiche
contaynyd xvj marke of nobbelys. And thenne wente he uppe
agayne in to the schaffolde and satte there in hys sete tylle the
iij Angus Dei, and thenne he corne downe agayne and layde
hym downe prostrate, sayng there hys Confyteor,a and aile the
prelatys sayde Misereator.a And thenne he sate uppe, knelynge with
humylyte and grete devocyon, ressayvyng the iij parte of the holy
sacrament apon the paten of the chalys of the Arche-byschoppe
handys. Thenne there corne the Byschoppe of London with the
grete solempne chalys of Synt Edwarde and servyd hym whythe
wyne; the whyche chalis by Synt Edwarde ys dayes was praysyd
at xxx.M1 marke; and the Cardenalle of Wynchester and a nothyr
byschoppe helde to hym the towelle of sylke; and so he knelyd
stylle tylle mas was i-doo. Thenne rosse he up a-gayne an yede
a-fore the schryne, and there was he dyspoylyde of aile the orna-
mentys that he weryde, lyke the ornamentys of a byschoppe, as hyt
was sayde by-fore; and thenne he was a-rayde lyke a kynge in a
ryche clothe of golde, with a crowne sette on hys hedde, whyche
crowne Kynge Eycharde hadde made for hym selfe. And so the
kynge was ladde thoroughe the palys yn to the halle, and aile the
newe knyghtys be-fore hym in hyr a-raye of scharlette ; and thenne
ail the othyr lordys comynge aftyr hym ; thenne corne the othyr
« Sic.168
gregory’s chronjcle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1429.
lordys comynge aftyr liem. Thenne corne the chaunceler with hys
crosse bare heddyd ; and aftyr hym corne the cardenelle with hys
crosse in hys abyte lyke a chanon yn a garment of rede chamelett,
furryd whythe whyte menyver. And thenne folowyde the Kynge,
and he was ladde by-twyne the Byschoppe of Dyrham and the
Byschoppe of Bathe; and my goode Lorde of Warwyke bare
uppe bis trayne. And byfore hym rode my Lorde of Saulysbury
as Constabylle of Ingelonde in my Lorde of Bedforde hys stede,
and thenne my Lorde of Glouceter as Stywarde of Inglonde.
And aftyr hym rode the Duke of Northefolke as Marchalle of
Ingelonde. And before the kynge iiij lordys bare iiij swerdys, ij in
there schaberdys and ij nakyde. And one wa[s] poynteles of the iiij
swerdys above sayde. And as they [were]a syttyng at mete the kynge
kepte hys astate. Ande on the ryght honde sate the Cardynalle
whythe a lower astate; and on the lyfte syde sate the chaunceler
and a byschoppe of Fraunce, and noo moo at that tabylle. And on
the ryght honde of the halle at that borde kepte the baronys of the
Fyffe portys, and soo forthe, clerkes of the Chaunsery; and on the
lefte honde sate the Mayre of London and hys aldyrmen, and othyr
worthy comynerys of the cy tte of London. Ande in the myddys of
the halle sate the byschoppys, and justysys, and worthy knyghtys,
and squyers, and soo fyllyde bothe the myddylle tabyllys of the
halle. And at the ryght honde of the halle, uppon a schaffolde,
stode the kyngys of harowdys aile the mete tyme in hyr cote
armorys and hyr crownys in hyr heddys. Ande at the fyrste course
they corne downe and wente by fore the kyngys champyon, Syr
Phylyppe Dymmoke, that rode in the halle i-armyde clene as Syn
Jorge. And he proclaymyd in the iiij quarterys of the halle that
the kynge was ryghtefulle ayre to the crowne of Ingelonde, and
what maner man ]?at wolde nay hyt, he was redy for to defende hyt
as hys knyghte and hys champyon. Ande by that offyce he
holdythe hys londys, &c.
a Omitted in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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The fyrste course that was i-servyd yn to the halle before the
kynge.
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The fyrste that corne yn was a berys hedde5 enarmyde in a castelle
ryalle. Furmenty with venson. Yyant ryalle gylte. Grosse chare.
Swanne. Capyn stewyde. Hayryn. Grete pyke. Kede lesche
whythe a whyte lyon crownyde there yn. Custarde ryalle with a
lybarde of golde sette there ynne holdyng a flowredelys. Frytoure
like a son, a floure de lysse there yn. Ande a sotelte, Synt Edwarde
and Synt Lewys armyd in hyr cotys of armys, bryngyng thys yong
kyng, Harry the vj, in fygure y-armyde by twyne hem two, in hys
cote of armys, whythe thys reson :
“ Loo here ben ij kyngys ryght profytabylle and ryght goode,
Holy Synt Edwarde and Synt Lowys.
Also the branche borne of hyr blode,
Lyvynge a monge Crystyn moste soverayne of pryse,
Enherytoure to the flowredelysse.
God graunte he may thoroughe grâce of Cryste Jesu
The vjte Harry to raygne, and be as wyse,
And hym resemble in kynghode and vertu.” Amen.
The secunde coursse unto the kynge syttynge in the halle.
Yiaunde blanke. Gelya wrytyn and notyd, Te Deum laudamus.
Pygge in doory. Crâne. Byttore. Cony. Chykynnys endoryd.
Parteryche. Pecoke. Grete breme; leche whythe an antloppe
crownyde there yn, and schynynge as golde. Flampayne pouderyde
with lybardys and flowredelyssys of golde. Frytoure. Custarde.
A lybarde ys hedde why)?e ij esterygys fetherys. And a sotellete,—
The Emperoure and Kynge Harry the vte in mantellys of garterys,
bryngyng yn Kyng Harry the vjte yn the same sute, whythe thys
reson imperyalle:
“ Ayens myscreaunt[s] the Emperoure Segysmounde
Hathe shewyde hys myghte which is b imperyalle
a Gely. Goly, MS.	b which is. with hys, MS
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gregory’s chronicle.
D611429 30	Sy the Harry soo nobylle and wortliy knyghte a
In Crystys cause yn actys mercyalle.
Cheryschynge the Chyrche, the Lollers hadde a valle
To geve ensampylle to kynges tliat shulde shewe liyr ryght.
And to thys branche in specyalle
Wliylys he dothe raygne to plese God, and drede hys myght
eternalle.ӟ Amen.
The thyrde course of thys ryalle feste in to the halle.
Quynsys in composte. Blaundsore. Yeneson rostyde. Egretys.
Curiewys rostyde. Wodekocke. Ploverys. Quaylys. Snytys.
Grete bryddys. Larkys. Grete crabbys. Lesche i-made as vyolet
colourys. Bakemetes. Chekynnys, i-pouderyde with losyngys, gylte
whythe the flourys of borage. Frytoure cryspe. A sotelte,— Owre
Lady syttynge, and hyr Chylde in hyr lappe, holdyng in every
honde a crowne, Syn Gorge knelyng on that one syde and Synt
Denys in that othyr syde, and they ij presentyng the kynge to
owre Lady whythe thys reson :
4 ‘ O blessyd lady, Crystys modyr dyre,
And Syn Gorge callyd hyr owne knyght ;
Hooly Syn Denys, O martyr, moste entere,
To the here vjte Harry we présent to the in youre syghte.
Shechythec youre grâce on hym,
Thys tendyr and whythe vertu hym avaunce,d
Borne by dyscent and tytylle of ryght
Justely to raygne in Ingelonde and yn Fraunce.”
a Sythe Harry—knyghte. Sithen Henry the vth so noble a knyght was founde, J.
b These verses are not written in lines, and were evidently transcribed from
another copy which was not written in lines either. The copyist has consequently
made some mistakes. Among other things he seems to hâve thought that “ myghte ”
and “ knyghte ” were rhymes in the poem.
c So in MS. Fabyan reads “ Shedyth; ” J. reads “ Shewith of grâce on hym your
hevenly light.”
d The reading both in Fabyan and in J. is, “His tender youth with virtue doth
avaunce.”gregory’s chronicle.
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Ande that yere there was a Parlyment at Westemyster, and that
be gan the xxij day of Septembyr and hyt duryd unto the xxiij
day of Feverer nexte folowynge. And in that Parlyment was
grauntyde ij fÿftenys to brynge thys yonge kynge in to Fraunce.
And that same yere, the xx day of Janyver, there was an erytyke,
one Rycharde Hundenne, wolpacker, brent at Toure Hylle. And
the xxiiij day of the same monythe there was a batylle in Smethe-
fylde by twyne two men of Fevyrsham, that on John Upton,
pellaunte, and that othyr John Downe, fendaunte. And on Syn
Mathewys daye, in Feverer, the kynge toke hys leve of the cytte
of London, and he rode thoroughe London unto Eltham towarde
Fraunce. And that yere the kynge helde hys Ester at Cauntylbury.
And in Syn Gorgys day in the mornyng the kyng schippyd in
the mornyng, and he londyd at Calys the same daye at x of the
belle be fore none whythe hys lordys. And the xxiij day of the
monythe of May the Pusylle was takyn be fore Compayne by the
Duke of Burgayne. And the xxx day of May the Arche byschoppe
of Burdowysa dyde in the wyntyr in London, and he ys buryd at
Whythe Freers in Flete Strete. And in the monythe of Auguste,
the iij day, deyde the Contasse of Urmonde be syde Schene, and the
viij day of the same monythe she was broughte to London and ys
buryde at Syn Thomas of Acrys. And that yere there corne
enbassytourys oute of Spayne and also oute of Portynggale for to
trete whythe oure kynge.
Nicholas Wotton,	( Watyr Chyrchesey )	. 0
Mayre of London	: Robert Large	I
Ande that same yere, the xiij day of Janyver, be-gan the Par-
lyment at Westemyster. And the xix daye of the same monythe
corne the bonys of the Lord Bowcer to London and they ben
buryde at Westemyster. Ande the same yere com enbassystourys
from the Kyng of Scottys unto the Parlyment for to trete of pes
bytwyne Ingelonde and Schotlonde. Also the same yere, the
secund day of Marche, there was an erytyke i-brente in Smethe-
a David de Montferrand.
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A.D. 1429-31.172
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Hen. VI.
A.D. 1431.
fylde whas name was Mayster Thomas Bagle. And the xx day of
the same monythe endyd the Parlyment above sayde. And that
yere in Lentyn deyde Popea Martyn. And at Estyr aftyrwarde
the Erle of Perche of Mortenne, the Lorde of Fewater, ande the
Lorde of Audeley, wente in to Fraunce with a new retenewe to
the kyng; in the secunde day of May wente the Cardynalle of
Wynchester in to Fraunce, the Byschoppe of Northewyche and
the Lorde Cromewelle whythe a nothyr mayny; and the ij day
of June aftyr went the Erle of Salysbury in to Fraunce whythe a
fulle fayre mayny.
Ande that yere there was on namyd hym selfe Jacke Sharpe that
wolde hâve made a rysynge in the cytte of London, for he wolde
hâve take owte the temperalteys of Hooly Chyrche; but the xix day
of May he was take at Oxforde and v moo of secte, and whythe yn
fewe dayes he was drawyd, hangyde, and quarteryde, and hys hede
sete on London Brygge, and hys quarterys i-sent to dyvers townys
of Ingelonde, as to Oxforde, Abyngdon, and to moo othyr. And
sum of his b felowys were takyn at Covyntre, and there they were
drawe, hangyd, and quarteryd; and a woman was be-heddyd at
the galous. Ande the xxiij day of May the Pusylle was brent at
Rone, and that was a pon Corpus Crysty evyn. And the xxiij day
of Julyy there was one Russelle i-drawe, hanggyd, and quarteryde,
and hys hedde was sette on Londyn Brygge, and hys quarterys in
dyvers placys in London; for he wolde hâve made newe lordys,
dukys, erlys, and baronys, aftyr hys entente & hys oppynyon, &c.
Ande the same yere, in the monythe of Juylle, the xvij day, the
posterne be-syde the Towre sanke downe into the erthe vij fote
and more. And the same yere, the xj day of Auguste, the Erle
of Warwyke, the Erle of Stafforde, slowe and toke a grete nombyr
of pepylle be-syde Bevys; and ther was take on Potyn and a
scheparde that was namyd le Bergere, and he namyd hym sylfe
hooly and a saynte, for the Fraynysche men hadde a be-leve on
a Crossed out, and “ byschope ” written in a later hand.
b “ his ” inserted in a later hand.gregory’s chronicle.
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hym that yf he hadde layde hys honde on a castelle walle that
hyt shulde hâve fallyn downe by the power of hys holynys.
John Wellys,	j John Adyrley	j Anno x„_
Mayre of London t Stevyn Browne	j
Ande that yere the kyng passyde the see in to Fraunce, and
wente unto Parysse; and he corne thedyr the thyrde day of Decem-
byr. And the xiij day of the same monythe he was crownyde at
Parysse; for there he was worthely and ryally ressayvyd as they
cowthe devyse whythe aile the statys of the towne. And there he
hylde hys feste raylly to aile maner of nacyons that were in that
contre, that yf hyt plesyde hem thedyr for to corne. And in Syn
Johnys day in the Crystysmasse weke the kynge remevyd towarde
Roone, and on the xij evyn he corne unto Calys. Ande the xxix
day of Janyver he londyd at Dovyr. And yn Syn Volantynys day
he corne unto London ; and he was worthely fette in to the cytte
whythe the mayre and hys aldyrmen whythe aile the worthy
comyns of the cytte and every crafte in hyr devys.
And whenne the kynge corne to Londyn Brygge there was made
a towre, and there yn stondynge a gyaunte welle arayde and welle
be-sene, whythe a swerde holdynge uppe on hye, sayynge thys reson
in Latyn, Inimicos ejus induam confusione. And on every syde
of hym stode an antiloppe, that one holdynge the armys of
Ingelond and that othyr the armys of Fraunce. Ande at the
drawe brygge there was a nothyr ryalle toure, there yn stondynge
iij empryssys rvally arayde, whythe crownys on hyr heddys, the
whyche namys folowyn here: fyrste, Nature; the secunde, Grâce;
the thyrde, Fortune, presentyng hym whythe gyftys of grâce. The
fyrste gaffe hym Scyence an Cunnynge, and the secunde gaffe hym
Prosperyte and Ryches. And on the ryght syde of the emperyssys
stode vij fayre maydyns clothyde aile in whyte, i-powderyde
whythe sonnys of golde, presentynge the kyng whythe vij gyftys
of the Holy Goste in the lykenys of vij whyte dovys by fygure
owtwarde, whythe thys resonys : Impleat te Dominus spiritu a sapiencie
a spiritu. spiritus, MS.174
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1432.
et intellectus, spiritu consilij et fortitudinis, sciencie et pietatys, spiritu
timorys Domini. And on the lyfte syde of tlies emperysse stode vij
othyr fayre maydyns in whythe, powderyde whythe sterrys of golde,
presentyng the kyng whythe vij gyftys of worschyppe. The fyrste
was a crowne of glorye, the seconde with a cepter of clennysse, the
iij whythe a swyrde of ryght and vyctorye, the iiij whythe a
mantelle of prudence, the y whythe a schylde of faythe, the vj an
helme of helme, the vij a gyrdylle of love and of parfyte pes. And
thys maydens song an hevynly songe unto the kynge of praysynge
and of hys vyctorye and welle comynge home. And whenne he
corne unto Cornehylle, there yn the vij scyence, and every scyence
schewynge hys propyr comyng wondyrly i-wroughte.
And whenne he corne to the Condyte of Cornhylle there was a
tabernacule, and there yn syttynge a kynge whythe a ryalle aparayle.
And on the ryght syde sate the lady of Mercy, ande on the lyfte
syde sate the lady of Troughthe, and the lady of Clennysse hem
inbrasyng with Reson. And by-fore the kyng stode ij jugys of
grete worthynys, whythe viij sergauntys of lawe ther présente for
the comyn profyte representynge of dôme and of ryghtuysnysse,
with thys scryptura,
“ Honowre of kyngys in every mannys syght
Of comyn custome lovythe equyte and ryghte.”
And so the kyng rode forthe an esy passe tylle he corne unto the
Grete Condyte, ande there was made a ryalle syghte lyke unto
Paradys, whythe aile maner of frontys of delys. And there were
vyrgynnys there, drawyng waterys and wynys of joye, and of
plesaunce and comforte, the whyche ranne to every mannys comforte
andhelthe. Thés maydyns were namyd: Mercy, Grâce, and Pytte.
And in thys Paradys stode ij olde men lyke hevynly folke, the
whyche were Ennocke and Ely, saluynge the kynge whythe wordys
of grâce and vertu.
And soo rode he forthe unto the Crosse in Cheppe. There
stode a ryalle castelle of jasper grene, and there yn ij grene treys
stondyng uppe ryght, shewyng the ryght tytyllys of the Kyng ofGREGORY^S CHRONICLE.
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Inglond and of Fraunee, convaying fro Synt Edwarde and Synt
Lowys be kyngys unto the tyme of Kyng Harry the vjte, every
kynge stondynge whythe hys cote armowre, sum lyberdys and sum
flouredelysse ; and on that otliyr syde was made the Jesse a of owre
Lorde ascendyng uppewarde from Davyd unto Jesu. And so rode
he forthe unto the Lytylle Condyte. And there was a ryalle
mageste of the Trynyte, fulle of angelys syngyng hevynly songys>
blessynge ande halowynge the kyngys whythe thés resonys in
Latyn wrytyn: Angelis suish mandavit dec te ut custodiant te, etc.
Longitudineni dierum replebo in eum d et ostendam illi salutare meum.e
And thenne wente he forthe unto Poulys, and there he was res-
sayvyd whythe many byschoppys and prelatys whythe dene and
the quere, and whythe devoute songe, as hyt longythe to a kynge.
Ande so he offerryd there and thankyd God of hys goode speede
and of hys welfare. And thenne he rode to Westemyster, and there
he restyd hym; and on the nexte day folowynge the mayre and
the aldyrmen*’ whythe a certayne comeners that were worthy men,
and they presentyde the kynge whythe an hampyr of sylvyr and
gylte, whythe a M1 u there yn of nobellys, &c.
Ande the xij day of May be-ganne the Parlement at Weste-
myster, and that duryd unto the xvj day of Juylie nexte foliowynge.
And that same yere on Syn Kateryn y s eve was the Lorde
Fewater drownyd, and moche pepylle whythe hym. And moche
harme done in the see of loste of schyppys that were lade whythe
wyne fro Bordowys by the grete tempasse in the see.
a Jesse. Perhaps the writer meant “ Geste,” a history; but more probably he has
left out some words. Fabyan speaks here of “the sprynge of Jesse, wherin was
shewyd the genelogy of our blessed Lady.”
b Angelis suis. Angélus suus, MS.
c de. This word is crossed through as if it were positively inaccurate, and the
sentence read “Angélus suus mandavit te.”
d Longitudinem—in eum. So in MS.
e meurn. eum, MS.; see Ps. xc. (xci.) 11, 16.
f aldyrmen. aldyrman, MS.
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A.D.1432.176
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Hen. VI.
A.D. 1432-3.
John Parnys,
Mayre of London
Ande tliat same yere be ganne the generalle consayle at Basyle
of aile Crystyn londys; and thedyr corne the Parganers, that ys to
saye they of Parge;a and Mayster Perrys, clerke, of Ingelonde, a
regeaunte b and a herytyke, corne from Oxforde thedyr whym c as an
herytyke ; and there were many artyculys and poyntys of the faythe
determyte ande spokyn. And soo they partyde, and wente agayn
unto Prage whythe owte any lettynge; and the cause was for they
of Prage hadde worthy clerkys of oure faythe in plegge for hem of
Prage for to goo save and corne save, and ellys they hadde gon to
the fyre, as moste men supposyd.
Ande that same yere, a-non aftyr Ester, was the conselle of
Ingelonde holdyn at Calys by the counselle of Ingelonde, for there
was the Duke of Bedeforde, Regaunte of Fraunce, and the Duke of
Glouceter, with many moo lordys of the Counselle; and there were
cartayne personys done unto dethe, that ys to wete, iij sowdyers
were banyschyde the towne of Caleys. And the same yere dey de
the Duchyes of Bedforde in Fraunce, the wyffe of the Regyaunte,
whos terment was solempny holde at Syn Poulys in London. And
the same yere the Duke of Bedforde, and Regyant of Fraunce,.
weddyde the dukys doughter of Syn Powle the xxij day at Tyruyn.d
And that same yere the kynge hylde hys Parlyment at Wyste-
mystyr, that be ganne the viij day of Juylle; and soo forthe hyt
induryd unto Lammas, and thenne hyt was enjornyde unto Syntte
Edwarde ys day nexte folowynge; unto the whyche Parlyment
came the Regaunt of Fraunce. Ande he corne unto London on
Syn Johnys evyn the Baptyste, and was worthely ressayvyde of the
Mayre of London whythe aile hys aldyrmen and worthy comyners
of the cytte. And the same yere the Erle of Hontyngdone wente
into Fraunce whythe a fayre mayny for to kepe the contreye, and
a The heretics of Prague in Boheniia.
b The writer means, apparently, a renegade, as Fabyan calls him.
c whym. The writer probably meant to hâve written “ with them.,,
d Therouenne.gregory’s chronicle.
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he dyde many fayre jornayes. And that same yere a-non aftyr the
xij day, the xxix day of Janyver was tlie Lorde Fehewe ys brothyrR
was stallyd Byschoppe of London.
Ande that same yere apperyde Stella comata, othyr wyse namyde
a blasynge starre, yn the sowthe weste, etc.
John Brode,	r Thomas Chalton 1	x-0
Mayre of London | John Lynge	j ^
Ande that same yere, the ix day of November, was the terement
of the Erle of Syn Powle worthely i-holde at the chyrche of Syn
Poulys in London.
Ande the x daye of Marche the Lorde Talbot wente in too
Fraunce whythe a goodely meyne. Ande that yere at the Counselle
of Basyle deyde the Byschoppe of Rochester.b And that same yere
was slayne the Erle of Arundelle in France.
Robert Otley,	j Thomas Barnewelle|	...0
Mayre of London 1 Symon Eyre J	^ *
Ande that yere was the Counselle of Aras of aile Crystyn nacyons
for totrete of pes by twyne thés ij realmys, Ingelonde and Fraunce,
there beynge iij cardynallys; the Cardynalle of Wynchester for the
reaime of Ingelonde, and hys name was Syr Harry Bewforde, the
Kyng of Ingelonde ys onkylle; the Cardynalle of Syn Crosse, and
the Cardynalle of Ciprys. And there was the Duke of Burgayne
and many moo othyr lordys of that party. Ande of Ingelonde
the Erle of Huntyngdone, whythe many othyr spyrytualle and
temporalle of oure partye. But was not to noo profyte, for the
Fraynysche parte was not aile trewe in hyr comyng.
Ande that same yere, the xiiij day of Septembyr, deyde the
Duke of Bedforde, Regaunte of aile Fraunce, in the castelle of
Rone, bytwyne ij and iij in the mornynge; and hys body ys buryde
in Nostre Dame Chyrche of Roone. And of hys soûle ande aile
Crystyn soulys God hâve marcy, Amen.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1433-5.
4 Robert FitzHugh, LL.D. He was appointed bishop in 1431, and consecrated
on the 16th September in that year.
b John Langdon.
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Hen. VI.
A.D. 1543-6.
Ande that same yere there was a grete wyntyr and a colde froste,
that duryd fro Syn Kateryns day to Synt Valentynys day next
sewynge, soo that noo schippe myght passe ; wherefore the vyntage
corne by londe ynne cartys unto London fro the Downys, thoroughe
Kent and ovyr Scheters Hylle, for men provesyde be-fore ]?at the
vyntage of Gascon and Gyan shulde corne ovyr Scheters Hylle,
and men made but a mocke ther of.
And that yere the kyng hylde a Parlyment at Westemyster,
that duryd fro Mychellemasse unto the Feste of Crystysmas next
folowynge.
Hârry Frowyke, ( Thomas Catworthe
Mayre of London ( Robert Clopton
Ande that same yere, aboute Crystysmas, the Fraynysche parte
gâte a yenne Arflewea and many moo othyr townys. And that
same yere the Fraynysche party in the monythe of Aprylle wanne
a-gayne Parys. And that same yere the Mayre of London sende, by
the goode a-vyse and consent of craftys, sent sowdyers to Calys,
for hyt was sayde that the Duke of Burgone lay sege unto Calis.
And soo he dyd sone aftyr, as ye shalle hyre here after. And at
the Parlyment be-fore hyt was ordaynyde that the Duke of Yorke
shulde in to Fraunce with certayne lordys with hym in stede of the
Regaunt. And whythe hym went the Erle of Salysbury. Ande
the Erle of Mortayne wente to Calys sone aftyr Estyr. And the
xiiij day aftyr he made a roode in to Flaunders, and he slowe and
toke xv. c. of Flemmyngys, and many bestys; the nombyr ys more
thenne I canne certaynely reherse. And a-non aftyr the Duke of
Burgone lay de hys sege unto Calys whythe a stronge ordynaunce
and a myghty, with xl M1 men and moo. And they made grete
bulworkys, and grete bastylys, and stronge fortyfycacyon. And
on Mary Magdelene ys day the kyng hylde hys counselle at
Cauntyrbury, whythe a grete party of hys lordys.
Ande xij day of Juylle the Erle of Mortayne, the Lorde Camyse,
whythe othyr moo knyghtes and squyers went owte whythe a
| A0 xiiij0.
* Harfleur.gregory’s chronicle.
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goodely mayny unto the Bastyle, and wanne hyt manfully, and sette A^en{^g7
hyt a fyre; and in that same Bastyle was v. c. men of armys, of the
whyche v. C. schapyd not a way the nombyr of xij men, as letters
made mencyon that were sente into Ingelonde. Ande a-non the
Duke of Burgone with aile hys oste fledde cowardely ; and lie lefte
the moste parte of hys stoffe and ordynance be hynde, for he hadde
haste in hys fleynge; for there were lefte many grete gonnys, and
many of othyr ordynaunce, whythe moche vytayle of flesche, flowre,
wyne, bere, and a grete nomber of barellys whythe botyr, &c.
Ande the xxvj day of Juylle the Duke of Glouceter whythe aile
the substaunce of the lordys of Ingelonde schyppyde at Sondewyche
with xl. M1. men of aile the contreys of Ingelonde, for every towne,
eytte, or borowe fonde certayne men whythe dyvers lyvereys of the
bagys of the towne, and soo dyd abbeys and pryorys in the same
wyse of aile Ingelonde. And the same day they londyd at Calys,
and there they hylde hyr consaile the Fryday, Satyrday, and
Sonday. And on the Monday he toke hys jornaye in-to Flaunders
warde ; ande he rode thoroughe Pyoardye and dyd moche harme yn
the contre of Flaunders, for he brent Poperyng and Belle, ij goode
townys, and many moo othyr vylagys in Flaunders and in Pycardye ;
and soo he corne home a-yenne to Calys whythe owte any lettynge
of any person, thonkyd be God.
Ande that same yere the Erle of Northehomerlonde made a viage
in-to Scotlonde, and there he made a nobylle jornay.
John Mychell,	( Thomas Morestede ] xv0
Mayre of London l Wylliam Gregory /
Ande that same yere Quene Kateryn dyde at Bredmonsey the iij
day of Janyver. And that same yere on of the gatys of Londyn
Bryge and one of the g[r]ettyste arche of the same bryge, fylle a
downein to Temys wondyrfully; thonkyd be God, noo man, woman,
nor chylde i-hurte nor perchyde. And that yere the kynge or-
daynyde the Parlyment to be holde at Caumbryge, but aftyr warde
by goode counselle hyt was tornyde and holde att Westemyster; the
whyche Parlyment be ganne the xxj day of Janyver. And to that180
gregory’s chrgnicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1437-8.
Parlyment corne the Byschoppe of Tyrwynne ande the counselle of
the Erle of Armanacke.
Ande the ix day of Feverer Quene Kateryn aforesayde was
broughte to Powlys yn London, and there sche hadde a solempne
deryge ande a masse on the morne. And thenne she was hadde
unto Westemyster. And the iij day aftyr she was worthely enteryde
and buryde in Oure Lady chapylle at Westemyster in the Abby; of
whos soûle God hâve mercy.
Ande the same yere the Kynge of Schottys was trayturly slayne
in hys owne londe, of a false squyr and the squyer ys sone, of the
6ame londe, that was namyd Robert Grame. The whyche squyer
and hys sone were take anon aftyr, and there they were playnely
put to dethe, as welle worthy was, to be traye any kynge or
prynce.
And the same yere dyde Quene Janea at Averyng at the Bowre,
in Esex, in the monythe of Juylle, and she y s buryde at Cauntyr-
bury whythe hyr hosbonde, Kynge Harry the iiijthe. Ande the
same yere the kyng put downe the Mayre of Norwyche, and cer-
tayne aldyrmen were devydyd unto othyr certayne placys, sum to
Lynne and sum to Cauntyrbury. And John Wellys, Aldyrman of
London, was made Wardon of Northewyche.
Ande the same yere the Erle of Warwyke went into Fraunce the
xxix day of Auguste; he schippyd at Portysmouthe, and the Duke
of Yorke corne home into Ingelonde owte of Fraunce.
Wylliam Estefÿlde, J Wylliam Chapman j	0
Mayre of London l Wylliam Halys J
Ande that same yere deyde the Emperowre of Rome,b and hys
termentte was solempnly holde at Syn Poulys at the cytte of
London the iij day of May, there beynge the kynge and hys lordys.
And the same yere on Estyr day there was on John Gardyner take
at Synt Mary at the Axe in London, for he was an herytyke; for
whenne shulde hâve benne houselyd he wypyd hys mouthe whithe
a foule clothe and layde the oste there yn; and so he was takyn by
* Joan of Navarre, widow of King Henry IV.	b Sigismnud.gregort’s chronicle.
181
the person of the chyrche, and the xiiij day of May he was i-brent
in Smethefylde.
Ande the same yere the Erle of Mortayne was made Erle of
Dorsette, and he was sentte unto Anjoye and Mayne.
And the same yere there was a grete conselle at Calys, there
beynge in oure party the Cardynalle Arche-byschoppe of Yorke and
many moo spirytualle and temporalle lordys. And on that othyr
party the Duchyes of Burgone and many moo lordys, bothe
spyrytiialle and temporalle.
Ande the same yere the iiij day of June certayne men of Kentte
were a-reste at Maydestone for rysynge, and v. of hem were drawe,
hanggyde, and quarteryde, and be-heddyde, and hyr heddys were
sette on Londyn Brygge; and sum of hyr heddys at Cauntyrbury
and in othyr certayne townys in Kente a boute in the schyre, for
to cause men to be ware. And that yere was grete dyrthe of corne,
for a buschclle of whete was worthe ij s vj d. And that yere was
grete pestylaunce, and namely in the northe contraye. And the
same yere deyde the Countasse of Stafforde, and the Clerke of the
Rollys, Mayster Jon Franke; and he was holde one of therycchyste
men that deyde many dayes be-fore.
Stevyn Browne, J Hewe Duke	1 xvj*o
Mayre of London X Nychol Yoo	J	^
Ande the same yere duryde the dyrthe of corne and of aile
maner of grayne thoroughe Ingelonde. And the laste day of Aprylle
deyde the Erle of Warwyke at Roone. Ande the same yere the
Cardynalle Archebyschoppe of Yorke,a the Byschoppe of Northe-
wyche,b the Byschoppe of Syn Davysc and many othyr docters, and
the Duke of Northefolke, the Erle of Stafford, the Lorde Bowcer,
and the Lorde Hungerforde, with a grete mayny, wente unto Calys;
and they hadde the Duke of Orlyaunce with hem for to trete of
pes by twyne Ingelonde and Fraunce. And there mette with hem
the grete lordys of Fraunce, that ys to wyte, of spyrytualle and
temporalle, the Archebyschoppe of Raynys,d whythe many moo
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1438-9.
•	John Kemp, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.
*	Thomas Brown.	c Thomas Rodebum.	d Rheims.182
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1439-40.
othyr byschoppys, the Erle of Wendon,a the Bastarde of Orlyaunce,
and many othyr lordys of Fraunce; and thedyr corne the Byschoppe
of Spayne and of Colayne, and many moo othyr dyvers contreys
that com fro the Counselle of Basylle.
Ande the same yere in the same tretys the Fraynsche party
wanne Mewys in Bry ayenne, in the whyche was Captayne Syr
Wylliam Chambyrlayne. And the same yere the Erle of Huntyng-
done wente unto Gyenne whythe a grete navv. And the same yere
went Syr [Richard] b Woodevyle in to Normandy and Syr Wylliam
Peytowe, and many moo othyr, whythe a fayre mayne. And that
same yere, a-pon Wytsondaye, the kyng made knyghtys at Kenyng-
ton, that ys to wete, the sone and hayre of the Lorde of Huntyngdon,
and the sone ande the ayre of the Erle of Aroundelle, Lewys John,
and Wylliam Estefylde, marchaunt of London. And the mayre
ordaynyd that yere that comyn wemmen shulde were raye hoodys,
and bawdys to the pelory. And thys was cryde the v day of
Auguste the same yere, and so hyt was done at dyvers tymys. And
the same yere, att the generalle counseylle, the Emperoure of
Costantyne the Nobylle0 and hys sone, whythe aile the clergy of
Gryke, obeyd hym unto the Chyrche of Rome of certayne artyculys
of the faythe ; and they hylde more thanne v. c. yere, and aile the
reaime of Ermonye d that haddyn ben owte ix. c. yere, fro the beleve
not on the Hooly Goste, nor on the sacrament, nor noo Pyrgatorye,
nor noo suffragys of Hooly Chyrche, as prayers and almysdedys.
And there were of Rome viij cardynallys and moo thanne v. C. myters,
whythe owte docters. And thus was proclaymyd at Powlys Crosse
the xxviij day of August above sayde, etc.
Robert Large,	J Robert Marchalle ï xvj**o
Mayre of London l Phylyppe Malpas j	^
Ande that yere was the Parlyment concludyd, and ordaynyd that
Lumbardys sholde goo to hoste. And that same yere alyens were
putte to hyr fynaunce to pay a certayne a yere to the kynge. Also
in the same yere there were ij t ray tours hangyde on a payre of
*	Vendôme.	b Omitted in MS.
*	Constantinople. John Palæologus, Emperor.	d Armenia.gregory’s chronicle.
183
galowys that were made in Temys for the same purposse, be syde
Syn Kateryns.
And that same yere there was a preste i-eallyd Syr Kycharde
Wyche and hys servand brent atte the Tourehylle, for the whyche
there was moche trobil a-monge the pepylle, in soo moche that aile
the wardys in London were assygnyd to wake there day and nyght
that the pepylle myght nought hâve hyr ylle purpose as at that
tyme.
Anno xix°.
John Patesle,	r John Sutton
Mayre of London { Wylliam Wetynhale
Ande in that same yere the Duke of Orlyaunce made hys othe at
Westemyster and there uppon ressayvyde the blessyd sacrament
on Cryspyn and Cryspynyan ys day. And the Fryday aftyr
Allehalowyn day he went towarde Fraunce, and whythe hym he
hadde Syr John Corneuale, knyght, and many othyr knyghtys
and squyers. Ande that same yerewerre the barrys in Smethefylde
newe made, for Syr Kycharde Woodevyle, knyght, was chalengyd
of a knyght of Spayne for to donne certayne poyntys of armys in
the felde.
Ande the xvj day of May the Duke of Yorke, the Erle of
Oxynforde, the Erle of Ewe, the Erle of Ormounde, and Syr
Richard Woodevyle, whythe many othyr knyghtys and squyers,
toke the way towarde Fraunce, and they schippyd at Portysmouthe.
And the same yere the Crosse in Chepe was take a downe and a
newe sette uppe there ]?at the olde Crosse stode. And in the same
yere there were take certayne traytourys, the whyche purposyd to
slee oure lege lorde the kyng by crafte of egremauncey,a and there
instrumentys were opynly shewyde to aile men at the Crosse in
Powlys chyrche yerde a-pon a schaffolde i-made there-for. Att the
whyche tyme was présent one of the same traytours, whiche was
callyd Roger Bulbroke, a clerke of Oxforde, and for that same
tresoun my Lady of Glouceter toke sayntwerye at Westemyster;
and the xj day of Auguste thenne next folowynge she toke J?e way
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1440-1.
a Necromancv.184
GREGORY’s CHftONICLE.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1441-3.
to the castelle of Lesnes. And on Syn Symon and Jude ys eve
was the wycche be syde Westemyster brent in Smethefylde, and on
the day of Symon and Jude the person of Syn Stevynnys in
Walbroke, whyche that was one of the same fore sayde traytours,
deyde in the Toure for sorowe.
Robert Clopton, f Wylliam Combys j xx0
Mayre of London l Rycharde Ryche J
Ande in that same yere the Lady of Glouceter for the same treson
she was juggyde by the spyrytualle lawe to iij sondyr or dyvers
placys, that ys to wete, on Mondaye, the xiij daye of Novembyr,
to Powlys; and on the Wanysday i-sygnyd unto Crychyrche; and
on the Fryday nexte folowyng to Synt Mychellys in Cornehylle.
And on the Satyrday next folowyng was Roger Bulbroke hanggyde.
and drawe, and quarteryde at Tyburne.
Ande the xxx day of Janyver was certayne poyntys of armys
done in Smethefylde by twyne a knyght of Catelan and a Engelysche
squyer, i-callyde Syr John Ascheley; of the whiche tyme the sone
of the sayde knyght, in presens of aile the pepylle there, was made
knyght opynly by the kyngys owne hondys. And the sayde John
Ayschelay also was made knyght att the same tyme.
Ande the xxv day of May my Lorde Talbot toke hys way towarde
the see, for to passe yn to Fraunce whythe hys retenowe. Ande in
that same yere deyde John Wellys, the nobylle Aldyrman, and sum
tyme Mayre of London.
John Hatherley, ( Thomas Bemound j xxj0
Mayre of London \ Rycharde Nordon j
Ande in that same yere there was a pynner hyngge hym sylfe on
a Palme Sondaye. And he was aile nakyd save hys breche; and
then he was caryd in a carte owte of the cytte.
And that same yere was a woman of Westemyster brentt at Toure-
hylle for kyllynge of hyr hosbond.
Ande that same yere there was founde in a walle in the Gylhalle
a certayne sum of mony, and aile in pense, and every peny weyde
j d. ob., and sum a goode dele more, and sum more; and hyt was ofgregory’s chronicle.
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many dyvers cunys, for sum were made yn London and sum in
Cheschyre, and sum in Lancaster, and in many othyr dyvers placys
of the londe, but aile was the kyngys owne kune.
And on the same yere, the viij day of Septembyr, there was done
a grete vyage yn Fraunce by the Duke of Somesette and his
retynowe; and at the same viage were slayne and takyn to the
nombyr ofiij. M1. vij. c., whereof* were ix lordys and a squyer, whyche
that was a grete captayne.
Thomas Catworthe,	r	John Norman
Mayre of London	(	Nicho’ Wyfolde
Ande in that yere were streppettys a i-dreve a-boute the Cytte of
London whythe raye hodys. And in that same yere one on the
pelerry, the whyche wrought by a wycckyd spyryte, the whyche
was callyd Oberycom, and the maner of hys procès and werkyng was
wretyn and hanggyd a bowte hys necke whenne he was in the pellery.
Iîarry Frowyke,	j	Sthevyn Foster	j A<> x-ou
Mayre of London	1	Hewe Wyche	J
Ande that same yere the Duke of Sowthefolke and othyr whythe
many worthy knyghtys and squyers wentte ovyr the see to fette
home the quene.
Ande the same yere was Syn Poulys stypylle fyryd a-pon Candyl-
mas evyn whythe the lyghtenynge. And that same yere, the
x day of October, was ordaynyd by the archebyschoppys and
bysschoppys, and there uppon proclaymyd oppynly ynne chyrcliys,
that the day of Synt Edward shulde be kepte hooly day fro that
day forthewarde.b And yn the same yere a schippe y-namyde
Grâce de Dyeu, whyche was chargyd of goode of Sprusse, sche
was loste a lytylle whythe yn Temys. And yn the same yere corne
dyvers enbassytourys of lordys of Fraunce for to trete of the pes.
And that same yere was the Erle of Warwyke made Duke of
Warwyke. And a pon the fyrste day of Aprylle Quene Margarete
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1443-
* Strumpets.
b Probably the Translation of St. Edward the King and Confessor, which was on
the 13th October.
2 B
CAMD. SOC.186
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1445.
londyd at Portysmowthe, and a-pon the x day of the same monythe
sche was weddyd at a lytylle velage in Hampschyre i-namyd---a
And a gayne hyr comynge to London were ordaynyde many
notabylle devysys in the cytte, as at the brygge of London,
and in othyr dyvers placys, at Ledynne halle, and in Corne-
hylle, and in iiij placys yn Chepe, that ys to say, at the Grete
Condyte, and at the Standarde, and at the Crosse, and atte the
Lytylle Condyte. And uppon Thorsday, the xxvj day of May,
the kyng made xlvj Knyghtys of the Bathe yn the Towre of
London. And uppon the morowe, that was the Fryday, lordys
of the reaime, whythe nobylle and grete and costelowe araye,
the Mayre of London and the aldyrmen in scliarlet, whythe aile the
craftys of London in blewe, wythe dyvers dyvysyngys, every crafte
to be knowe from othyr, rydyng agayne Quene Margarete and
brought hyr unto the Toure of London, the quene havynge whythe
hyr xvij charys with ladys. And a-pon the morowe, the Satyrday,
she was brought thoroughe London syttyng in a lytter by twyne
ij goode and nobylle stedys btrappyd with whyte satton, and sche
was conveyyde unto Westemyster. And apon the morowe the
Sonday was the coronacyon, and ij dayes aftyr there was grette
revylle of justys of pes in the sayntewery at Westemyster, &c.
Ande in the monythe of Juylle next folowynge there corne
owte of Fraunce a grette enbasset of lordys to trete by-twyne ij
realmys of Ingelonde and of Fraunce and for dyvers contreys to
hem, &c.
Symon Ayre,	( John Derby	j A« YY-j0
Mayre of London 1 Geffrey Fyldyng J
Ande in that same yere was a Parlyment holdyn at Westemyster,
and same yere there was on Wylliam Nete, yeman of the Quenys
charyetes, drawyn and hanggyd in Horse Downe for sleyng of a
damselle callyd Johne Gooche.
Ande that same yere there was a pechyng i-made uppon the
• Here a blank was left for the namc, but has been improperly filled up by the
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187
Erle of Ormoundea by the pryour of Kylmaynb for certayne poyntys
of treson, the whyche was takyn in to the kyngys grâce, where
uppon hyt lykyd oure soverayne lorde to graunte a generalle
pardon unto the sayde Erle. But nevyrtheles the sayde pryour
appayryde in Smethefylde the iiij day of the monythe of October, as
hyt was apoyntyde, fulle clenly harnyssyd, redy whythe aile hys fetys
and whythe aile hys wepyns, kepynge the fÿlde tylle hyghe none.
And that same yere the Prevy Seallec comynge fro enbassetry
owte of Fraunce was gretely comberyd with fortune of the see, in
soo moche that many of hys men were drownyde. And in that
same yere was a nothyre chalenge i-made in Smethefylde by on
Arblastre and a-nothyr man of London, but hyt was putte of by
trete, and the same Arblastre ranne yn to the contente.
Ande that same yere my Lorde of Glouceter wente yn-to a place
i-callyd the Vyse. And that same yere was a gernarde be-gon for
pore pepylle of the contraye that myght nought utter hyr graynys;
and hyt was made by the coste and goodys of Symon Eyre, Mayre
of London.
John Olney,	f Robert Horne
Mayre of London 1 Geffray Bolayne
Ande in that same yere there was an armyrer and hys owne
man fought whythe yn the lystys in Smethefylde the laste day of
Januer, ande there the mayster was slayne and dyspoylyde owte
of hys harnys, and lay stylle in the fylde aile that day and that
nyght next folowynge. And thenne afty[r]ward, by the kyngys
commaundement, he was d[r]awyn, hanggyde, and be-heddyde,
and hys hedde sette on London Brygge, and the body hynggyng
a-bove erthe be-syde the towre.
Ande that same yere was a Parlyment be-gon at Byry; and that
same yere there was grete wache at Syn Donstonys in the Este, by
the sofferens of oure sufferayne lorde the kyng, in every warde of
Anno
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1445-7.
a James Butler, fourth Earl.
b Thomas Fitzgerald, grandson of Thomas Earl of Kildare, was at this time
Prior of the Knights of St. John at Kilmainham in Ireland.
c Adam de Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester.188
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1447.
London aile the xvj dayes in Crystysmasse by tlie commaunde-
ment of the kynge. Ande at Schroffe tyde nexte aftyr tliere
was ordaynyd a Parlyment at Synt Edmondys Bury; ande att tbe
comyng of the goode Duke Umfray, sum tyme Duke of Glouceter,
uppon the Satyrday anon as he was a lyght of hys hors he was
a-restyde of dyvers lordys for treson by commaundement of the
kyng, and men sayde at that tyme. And uppon the Thursse-
day next folowynge he dyssesyd ande passyde owte of thys
wrecchyde and false trobely worlde. And he ys buryde at Syn
Albonys.
Ande uppon Ester nexte folowynge, Harry Byschoppe of Wyn-
chester and Cardynalle, and lythe enteryde at Wynchester. And
a-non aftyr the dethe of the Duke of Glouceter there were a reste
many of the sayde dukysa to the nombyr of xxxviij squyers, be-syde
aile othyr servantys that nevyr ymagenyd no falsenys of the b that
they were put a-pon of. And on Fryday the xiiij day of Juylle
nexte folowynge by jugement at Westemyster, there by fore v
personys were dampnyd to be drawe, hanggyd, and hyr bowellys
i-brente by fore hem, and thenne hyr heddys to ben smetyn of,
ande thenne to be quarteryde, and every parte to be sende unto
dyvers placys by assygnement of the jugys. Whyche personys
were thés: Arteys the bastarde of the sayde Duke of Glouceter,
Syr Kogger Chambyrlayne knyght, Mylton squyer, Thomas Har-
berde squyer, Nedam yeman, whyche were the sayde xiiij day
of Juylle i-drawe fro Syn Gorgys thoroughe owte Sowthewerke
and on Londyn Brygge, ande so forthe thorowe the cytte of
London to the Tyborne, and there aile they were hanggyde, and
the ropys smetyn a-sondyr, they beynge aile lyvynge, and thenne,
ar any more of any markys of exc-ecusyon were done, the Duke of
Sowthefolke brought them aile yn generalle pardon and grâce from
our lorde and soverayne Kynge Harry the vjte.
Also that same yere dyssesyde the Duke of Exceter, and he was
enteryd at Syn Kateryns.
a The word “ servants ” appears to be omitted.
b of the, i. e. of that.gregory’s chronicle.
189
Stephyn Browne, r John Cauntelowe j xxvÿo a
Mayre of London \ Wylliam Marowe, J
Ande that same yere the Duke of Yorke, Rycharde Plantagenet,
was exsylyde in to Irlonde for hys rebellyon, as thoo a boute the
kynge informyde hym, fully ande falsely as hyt wasb aftyr warde
i-knowe.
And that same yere was a tretys of trewys takyn whythe the
Schottys by Mayster Adam Molaynys for iiij yere, that tyme he
beyng enbasytor in to Schotlonde, and aftyr that Prevy Seale, ande
thenne i-made Byschoppe of Chychester, and with ynne shorte
tyme aftyr put to dethe.
Thomas Chalton,	f Thomas Canyngys ) .0	...0
Mayre of London 1 John Hewlyn	j	^
Ande that same yere was the moste pa[r]te of Normandy y-loste,
and a Parlymentte was at Westemyster. In themenewhyle was the
[eity]c of Roon, Mustarde Vylers,and Herflete i-loste by fore Crystys-
masse, and thenne the Parlyment was prolongyd tylle aftyr Syn
Hyllary ys day. Ande at that tyme beyng many sowdyers at Portys-
mowthe, the whyche haddyn take the kyngys wagys for to pass ovyr
the see. And anon aftyr Crystysmasse was sende unto the see syde
the Prevye Sealle, whyche was callyd Mayster Adam Molaynys, to
hâve take the monster at the see syde, he beynge that tyme Byschoppe
of Chychester. Ande for hys covetysse, as hyt was reportyde,
schippemen put hym to dethe, and sum mys-a-wysyd men of the
sowdyers holpyn welle there-to. And thys was done at Portys-
mouthe.
Ande aftyr Synt Hyllary ys day the Parlyment was remevyd
unto Laycetter; ande yn the mene tyme was Caneyoldyn, ande aile
the remenaunt of Normandy, savyng Chyrborowe. And the Duke
of Sowthefolke was a-pechyde at that Parlyment, he beynge at
London, of verry graunte treson, and of many poyntys ; among aile
othyr, for that he schulde hâve solde Normandy, and also for the
dethe of that nobylle prynce the Duke of Glouceter, and for many
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1448-50.
* The 26th year is omitted.
b ?vas repeated in MS.
0 Omitted in MS.190
gregory’s chr,onicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D.1450.
othyr poyntys of treson, for the whyche he was exylyd owte of
Ingelonde for certayne yerys. Ande at hys passynge ovyr the see
warde he was mette with by-twyne Dovyr and Calys by dyvers
schyppys, of the whyche was here Admyralle Nycholas of the
Towre; and yn that shyppe soo beyng in the see they smote of hys
hedde of the fore sayde Duke of Sowthefolke, and they caste bothe
body and hys hedde in to the see. And aftyr that hyt was takyn
uppe and brought unto the towne of Dovyr, and aftyr from thens
brought unto Wynkylfylde in Sowthefolke, and there hyt ys
i-buryde; whos name was Syr Wylliam Pôle.
Ande aftyr that the comyns of Kent a rosse with certayne othyr
schyrys, and they chesse hem a captayne, the whyche captayne
compellyd aile the gentellys to a-rysse whythe hem. Ande at the
ende of the Parlyment they corne whythe a grete myght and a
stronge oste unto the Blacke hethe, be syde Grene wyche, the
nomber of xlvj Al1; and there they made a fylde, dykyd and stakyde
welle a-bowt, as hyt ben in the londe of warre^ save only they kepte
ordyr among them, for als goode was Jacke Robyn as John at the
Noke, for aile were as hyghe as pygysfete, unto the tyme that they
shulde comyn and speke with suche statys and massyngerys as were
sende unto hem ; thenne they put aile hyr pouer unto the man that
namyd hym captayne of aile hyr oste. And there they a-bode
certayne days too the comyn g of the kynge fro the Parlymentte at
Leyceter. Ande thenne the kyng send unto the captayne dyvers
lordys bothe spyrytualle and temporalle, to wytte and to hâve
knowleche of that grette assembelynge and gaderyng of that grete
a[n]d mysavysyd feleschyppe. The captayne of hem sendyng
worde agayne unto the kynge, that hyt was for the wele of hym
oure soverayne lorde, and of aile the reaime, and for to dystrye
the traytours beyng a-boute hym, whythe othyr dyvers poyntys
that they wolde see that hyt were in schorte tyme a-raendyde.
Uppon whyche answere that the kyng,a thedyr sent by hys lordys,
dyd make a crye in the kyngys name of Engelonde that aile the
a So in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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kyngys lege men of Engelonde shulde a-voyde the fylde. And
a-pon the nyght aftyr they were aile voydyd and a-goo.
The morne aftyr, the kynge rode armyd at aile pecys from Syn
John ys be-syde Clerkyn welle thoroughe London; and whythe
hym the moste party of temporalle lordys of thys londe of Enge-
lond in there a beste raye. Aftyr that they were every lorde
whythe hys retenowe, to the nombyr of x M1 personys, redy as they
aile shulde hâve gon to batayle in to any londe of Crystyn-dome,
whythe bendys a-bove hyr harnys that every lorde schulde be
knowe from othyr. And yn the fowarde, as they wolde hâve
folowyde the captayne, was slayn Syr Umfray Stafforde and
Wylliam Stafford, squyer, one the mannylste man of aile thys
reaime of Engelonde, whythe many moo othyr of mene personys at
Sevenocke, in Kentt, in hyr oute ragyng fro hyr oste of our
soverayne lordys the kyng, Harry the vjte. And the kyng loggyd
that nyght at Grenewyche, and sone aftyr every lorde whythe hys
retynewe rood home in to hyr contraye.
Ande aftyr that, uppon the fyrste day of Juylle, the same cap-
tayne corne agayne, as the Kenttysche men sayde, but hyt was
a-nothyr that namyd hymselfe the captayne, and he corne to the
Blacke Hethe. And uppon the morowe he corne whythe a grette
hoste yn to Sowtheworke, and at the Whythe Herte he toke his
loggynge. And a-pon the morowe, that was the Fryday, a gayn
evyn, they smote a sondyr the ropys of the draught brygge and
faught sore a manly, and many a man was mortheryde and kylde in
that conflycte, I wot not what [to] a name hyt for the multytude of
ryffe raffe. And thenne they enteryde in to the cytte of London as
men that hadde ben halfe be-syde hyr wytte ; and in that furynys they
wente, as they sayde, for the comyn wele of the reaime of Ingelonde,
evyn strayght unto a marchaunte ys place i-namyd Phylyppe
Malpas of London. Yf hyt were trewe as they surmysyd aftyr ther
doyng, I remytte me to ynke and pauper—Deus soit et ego non•
But welle I wote that every ylle begynnynge moste comynly hathe
4 Omitted in MS.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1450.192
gregory’s chbonicle.
Hen. VI.
AD. 450.
an ylle endyng, and every goode begynnyng hathe tlie wery goode
endyng. Pvoverbium:—Félix principium jinern facit esse beatum.
And that Phylyppe Malpas was aldyrman, andthey spoylyd hym ande
bare a-way moche goode of hys, and in specyalle moche mony, bothe
of sylvyr and golde, the valowe of a notabylle som, and in specyalle
of marchaundys, as of tynne, woode, madyr, and alym, whythegrette
quantyte of wollyn clothe and many ryche jewellys, whythe othyr
notabylle stuffe of fedyr beddys, beddyng, napery, and many a
ryche clothe of arys, to the valewe of a notabylle sum—nescio, set
Deus omnia soit.
Ande in the evenynge they went whythe hyr sympylle captayne
to hys loggynge ; botte a certayne of hys sympylle and rude mayny
a-bode there aile the nyght, weny[n]ge to them that they hadde wytte
and wysdome for to hâve gydyde or put in gydyng aile Ingelonde,
alsosone at they hadde gote the cytte of London by a mysse happe
of cuttynge of ij sory cordys that nowe be alteryde, and made ij
stronge schynys of yryn unto the draught brygge of London. But
they hadde othyr men with hem, as welle of London as of there
owne party. And by hem of on parte and of that othyr parte they
lefte noo thyng unsoffethe,a and they serchyd aile that nyght.
Ande in the morne he corne yn a-gayne, that sory and sympylle
and rebellyus captayne whythe hys mayny; that was Satyrday, and
hyt was also a Synt Martyn ys day,b the dedycacyon of Synt
Martynys in the Vyntry, the iiij day of Juylle. And tlienne
dyvers questys were i*sompnyd at the Gylhalle; and ther Robert
Horne beynge alderman was a-restyde and brought in to Newegate.
And that same day Wylliam Crowemere, squyer, and Scheryffe
of Kentt, was be-heddyde in the fylde whythe owte Al gâte at
mylys ende be-syde Clopton ys Place. And a nothyr man that
was namyde John Bayle was be-heddyd at the Whytte Chapylle.
And the same day aftyr-non was be-heddyd in Cheppe a-fore the
Standard, Syr Jamys Fynes, beyng that tyme the Lorde Saye and
Grette Treserer of Ingelonde, the whyche was brought oute of the
a Unsought ?	b The Translation of St. Martin of Tours.GKEGOKY’s C1IKON1CLE.
193
Toure of London unto the Gylde Halle, and there of dyvers tresons
he was exampnyd, of whyche he knowlachyd of the dethe of that
notabylle and famos prynce the Duke of Glouceter. And thenne
they brought hym unto the Standard in Cheppe, and there he
ressayvyd hys jewys and hys dethe. And so forthe aile the iij
heddys that day smetyn of were sette uppon the Brygge of London,
and the ij othyr heddys takyn downe that stode a-pon the London
Brygge by-fore. And at the comyng of the camptayne yn to
Sowtheworke, he lete smyte of the hedde of a strong theff that was
namyd Haywardyn. And uppon the morowe the Sonday at hyghe
mas tyme a lette to be heddyd a man of Hampton, a squyer, the
whyche was namyd Thomas Mayne. And that same evyn Londyn
dyd a rysse and cam owte uppon hem at x [of] a the belle, beyng that
tyme hyr captaynys the goode olde lorde Schalys and Mathewe
Goughe. Ande from that tyme unto the morowe viij of belle they
were ever fyghtynge uppon London Brygge, ande many a man was
slayne and caste in Temys, harnys, body, and aile; and monge the
presse was slayne Mathewe Goughe and John Sutton aldyrman.
And the same nyght, a-non aftyr mydnyght, the Captayne of Kentte
dyde fyre the draught brygge of London ; and be-fore that tyme he
breke bothe Kyngys Bynche ande the Marchelsy, and lete owte aile
the presoners that were yn b them. And uppon the morowe by
tymys came my lorde the Cardynalle of Yorke,c and my Lorde of
Cauntyrbury,d and the Byschoppe of Wynchester,® and they tretyde
by twyne the Lorde Schalys and that captayne, that the sore con-
flycte and skarmasche was sessyde, ande gaffe the captayne and hys
mayne a generalle chartoure for hym and for aile hys company in
hys name, callyng hym selfe John Mortymere, and thoroughe that
mene they were i-voydyde the moste partye. And the vj day aftyr
that, the Satyr-daye at evyn, the iij heddys were takyn downe of
London Brygge, that ys to say, the Lorde Say ys hedde, Growmers,
4 Omitted in MS.	b yn. ym, MS.
c John Kemp, afterwards Archbishop o£ Canterbury.
d John Stafford.	• William Waynflete.
2 c
CAMD. SOC.194
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1450.
and the Bayleyes, and the othyr ij heddys sette uppe a-yenne that
stode a-pon London Brygge be-fore, and the body whythe hedde
were i-burydde at the Gray Fryers at London. And uppon
the xij day of Juylle, the yere a-fore sayde, the sayde camp-
tayne was cryde and proclaymyd traytoure, by the name of John
Cade, in dyvers placys of London, and also in Sowtheworke,
whythe many moo, that what man myght or wolde bryng the
sayde John Cade to the kyng, qwyke or dede, shnlde hâve of the
kynge a thousande marke. Also who som evyr myght brynge or
wolde brynge any of hys chyffe counseilourys, or of afynyte, that
kepte any State or rewle or governansse undyr the sayd fais
captayne John Cade, lie schulde hâve to hys rewarde of the kynge
v. C. marke. And that day was that fais traytoure the Captayne of
Kentte i-take and slayne in the Welde in the countre of Sowsex,
and uppon the morowe he was brought in a carre aile nakyd, and
at the Herte in Sowetheworke there the carre was made stonde
stylle, the wyffe of the howse myght se hym yf hyt were the same
man or no that was namyd the Captayne of Kente, for he was
loggyd whythe yn hyr howse in hys pevys tyme of hys mys rewylle
and rysynge. And thenne he was hadde in to the Kyngys Bynche,
and there he lay from Monday at evyn unto the Thursseday nexte
folowynge at evyn ; and whythe yn the Kynges Benche the sayde
captayne was be-heddyde and quarteryde; and the same day
i-d[r] awe a-pon a hyrdylle in pecys whythe the hedde by-twyne
hys breste from the Kyngys Benche thoroughe owte Sowtbewerke,
and thenne ovyr Londyn Brygge, and thenne thoroughe London
unto Newegate, and thenne hys hedde was takyn and sette uppon
London Brygge.
And the same yere was the Byschoppe of Sawlysbury slayne
at Edyngton, a myle owte of the towne, a-pon a hyghe hylle;
hyt was the xiiij day of June, and aile hys goode mevabylle was
departyde to every man dwellynge there that any of hys lyflode laye ;
for bothe oxsyn, sheppe, hors, swyne, carte, plowe, corne, hay,
tymbyr, strawe, harnys in castellys of hys, clothynge for hys ownegregory’s chronicle.
195
body, bokys, chalys, and aile that longyd to any manyr of hys, and	VI.
the very ledde that coveryd the howsys and wodys wer fylde
downe in sum placys, but not in every place, but in som, as at
Shyrbone in Dorsette schyre. And the men that toke a-pon hem
aile thys mys rewle, whenne they undyrstode that hyt was wronge
that they hadde done bothe to hym, and in specyalle unto the
kynge, they a-non wente thoroughe owte aile the towne of Shyr-
borne an toke to every man, woman, and chylde that was above
xij yere âge and iij chore, everyche of hem hadde vjd; and they
madde them to swere to be trewe ande holde to gedyr, by cause yf
the kynge wolde hâve take any execucyon a-pon hyt he moste
hâve take hyt a-pone aile the hoole schyre and contrays there that
hys lyflode was. And for cause here of the kynge gaffe a generallé
pardon to aile maner men.
Ande that same yere was slayne Tresham, the man of lawe, that
was Speker of the Parlymentt, and hys sone was soore woundyde in
Northehampton schyre. And by the kynge and hys counselle a
Parlyment was ordaynyde to be-gyn on Syn Leonarde ys day nexte
folowynge. In the mene tyme many strange and woundyrfulle bylle
were sete in dyvers placys* sum at the kyngys owne chambyr doore
at Westemvster, in hys palysse, and sum at the halle dore at
Westemyster, ande sum at Poulys chyrche dore, and in many othyr
dyvers placys of London.
Ande in the ende of the sayde same yere Rycharde, the Duke of
Yorke, corne to the sayde Parlymentt, for the sayde Duke was
before banyschyd for certayne yerys, whythe a notabylle felyschippe
of fensabylle men, and the Duke of Northefolke whythe a grete
multytude of defensabylle men. And every lorde whythe hyr
retynowe Welle harnysyd and welle be-sene; and every lorde hadde
hys bagge a-pon hys harnys, and hyr mayny also, that they myght
ben knowe by hyr baggys and levereys.
Nycholas Wyfolde, i Wylliam Deere ) \o • 0
*	_	( A XXIX •
Mayre of London ( John Myddelton j
Ande that same yere, the ij day of Decembyr, the Duke of196
gregory’s chronicle.
lien. VI.
A.D.1450-1
Somersett was a-tachyde in the Fryer Prechourys at London. And
that day he was robbyde of aile hys goodys, and hys jewyllys were
takyn and borne a-way by lordys mayny. Ande in the morowe
tliey dyspoylyd the placys and longgynges of many dyvers lordys,
and they bare away aile the goodys that were with ynne hem, that
ys to say, Syr Thomas Stodenham,a thenne beynge wardroper, Syr
Thomas Hoo the Lorde Hastynge, sum tyme the Chambyrlayne of
Normandy.
And the same day was a man of the forsayde feleschyppe, the
whyche was at the spoylynge and robbynge of the Fryer Pre-
chourys, be-heddyde at the Standarde in Cheppe, for to ben an
exampylle unto aile othyr; but hyt was nevyr the bettyr, for hyt
causyd moche the more herte brennyng a gayne the duke and the
lordys by-fore sayde, &c.
And that same day, the aftyr non, the Duke of Yorke roode
thoroughe London. And he made to be cryde in dyvers placys
that whatb maner a man that robbyd or ryfylde any persone
schulde hâve as hastely jewys as the sayde man hadde. And uppon
Thursday nexte folowynge the kynge corne fro Westemyster,
ryddyng thoroughe London; and whythe the Duke of Yorke, and
the moste dele in substans of aile the lordys in thys londe, with hyr
retenowys of fensabylle men ; whyche was a gay and a gloryus syght
if hit hadde ben in Fraunce, but not in Ingelonde, for hyt boldyd
sum mennys hertys that hyt causyd aftyr many mannys dethe.
Wher was or ys the defaute I wotte not, &c.
Ande the same yere, on Candylmas daye, the kynge was at
Cauntyrbury, and whythe hym was the Duke of Excetyr, the Duke
of Somersette, my Lorde of Schrofuysbury, whythe many moo
othyr lordys and many justyces; and there they helde the cessyons
iiij dayes, and there were dampnyde many men of the captayne ys
men for hyr rysyng, and for hyr talkyng a gayne the kyng, havynge
more favyr unto the Duke of Yorke thenne unto the kynge. And
the dampnyde men were drawe, hanggyde, and quarteryde, but
* Toilenhani.	b trhat repeated in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
197
they were pardonnyde to be buryde, bothe hyr quarters of hyr
bodys and hyr heddys with aile.
^ Ande at Eochester ix men were be-heddyd at that same tyme,
and hyr heddys were sende unto London by the kyngys com-
maundement, and sette nppon London Brygge aile at one tyme;
and xij heddys at a nothyr tyme were brought unto London atft
sette uppe undyr the same forme, as hys a was commaundyd by the
kyng. Men calle hyt in Kente the harvyste of hedys.
Will.b Gregory Skynner,	j Warter	j AnnQ xxx<>
Mayre of London	I Phylyppe )
An that yere corne a légat from the Pope of Eome with grcte
pardon, for that pardon was the grettyste pardon that evyr corne to
Inglonde from the Conqueste unto thys tyme of my yere, beyng
Mayre of London, for hyt was plenar indulgens. And at every
chathydralle chyrche of Inglonde, and every abbay of name, and
pryory, hadde in hyr placys confessorys assygnyd to hyre confessyons,
and to a soyle them of hyr synnys a pena et culpa. And in every
toune and cytte there that thys pardon was pupplyscyde, and con-
fessors i-namyd^ were the stacyons assygnyd unto the penytentys
to goo on pylgermage to offyr hyr prayers unto God, and noo thyng
ellys; and thoo men that were confessyd gaffe mony unto the Pope
to mayntayny hys warrys agayne the Turke, that was fulle cruelle
unto Crystyn men, and thoroughe thys londe of Ingelonde every
man was fayne to do and gyffe aftyr hyr pouer. And that yere the
Pope put that hethyn hounde and fais tyrant to a grete rebuke, and
slayne moe of hys Turkys then M1 persons of grete dygnyte of hyr
contre, &c.
Mayster Fyldynge,	, Rie. Lee	j A	■„
Mayre of London j Rie. Aile	1
That yere hyt was competent welle and pessabylle as for any
rysynge a-mong oure selfe, for every man was in cheryte, but sum
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1451-2.
a So in MS.
b The Christian name “ Will.” is added by a somewhat later hand. The date
1451 ” is also added in the margin in a hand decidedly more modem.198
GREGORY’s CIirçONICLE.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1452-5.
what the hertys of the pepyl hyng and sorowyd for that the Duke
of Glouceter was dede, and sum sayde that the Duke of Yorke
hadde grete wronge, but what wronge there was noo man that
darste say, but sum grounyd and sum lowryd and hadde dysdayne
of othyr, &c.
John Norman,	l John Walden j *	..0a
Mayre of London > Thomas Coke i nc x J
Ande that yere there was a batayle at Synt Albonys by-twyne
Kyng Harry the VI. and the Duke of Yorke, and thys batayle was
the weke be-fore Whytte Sonday. And Kyng Harry was in
harnys hys owne propyr person, and was hurte with the shotte of
an arowe in the necke. And the Duke of Yorke brought hym
unto London as kynge and not as a presener. The Erle of Wylt-
schyre bare the kyngys baner that day in the batayle, for he was
at that tyme namyd but Syr Jamys Urmon;b and thys sayde Jamys
sette the kyngys baner agayne an howse ende and fought manly
with the helys, for he was a feryd of lesynge of beute, for he was
namyd the fayryd knyght of thys londe. And with yn a lytyl
whyle aftyr was made the Erle of Wyltschyre.
The chaptaynys of thys fylde undyrthe Duke of Yorke was the
Erle of Warwyke, the Erle of Saulysbury. And in that batayle wer
slayne the Duke of Somersett, the Erle of Northehomerlonde, the
Lorde Clyfforde, with many moo othyr, bothe of gentylle men and
yemen. And the kynge lete aile thys mater be in a dormon a
grete and a long tyme aftyr, as ye shalle hyre, for hyt was noo
seson to trete of pesse, for sum were welle contente and sum evylle
plesyd, but at the laste the pepylle sayde that the Duke of
Somersett was worthy to suffer that dethe by so moche that he
a What is recorded under this year, viz. the battle of St. Alban’s, really took
place in the thirty-third year of Henry VI., but the mayor and sheriffs of that year
are omitted, and ail the remaining yeàrs of this reign are wrong numbered, that
which is called the thirty-third year being really the thirty-fourth, and so on.
b Sir James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond. The writer is wrong in
saying that he was made Earl of Wiltshire after the battle. He was created Earl
of Wiltshire in 1449, and succeeded to the earldom of Ormond in 1452.gregory’s chronicle.
199
brought Kyng Harry at Claryngdon be-syde Saulysbury and there
he toke hys grete sekenys.
Wylliam Marowe,	j John Jonge	, Ann0 xxxlijoa
Mayre of London j Holgrave	\
Here was the rysynge and wanton reule of mayre and the
mercers of London a-gayne the Lombardys. The Lombardys were
so yntretyd that they were fayne to voyde the Cytte of London,
ande many of them corne to Sowthe Hampton and unto Wynchester
for to be an habyte there. And they toke grete olde mancyons in
Wyncherter for terme of lyffe, and sum but for yerys, and causyd
the londe lordys to do grete coste in reparacyons, and when aile
was don they corne not there, and that causyd grete loste unto the
londe lordys.
Also sum of the Lumbardys were take ande put in warde, and
the comyn talkynge ande noyse was that they shulde nevyr be
delyveryd butt contynue in perpetualle preson.
Also that yere a thyffe, one Thomas Whytehorne, was take in the
Neweforeste be-syde Beuley and put yn preson at Wynchester.
And when the day of delyverans com he appelyd many trewe men,
and by that mene he kepte hys lyffe in preson. And thoo men
that he appelyd were take and put yn stronge preson and sufferde
many grete paynys, and was that they sholde confesse and a-corde
unto hys fais pelyng; and sum were hongyd that hadde noo frende
shyppe and goode, and thoo that hadde goode gâte hyr charters of
pardon. And that fais and untrewe peler hadde of the kynge every
day j d. ob. And thys he contynuyd al moste iij yere, and dystryde
many men that were sum tym in hys company. And at the laste
he appelyd on that outerly sayde that he was fais in hys appelynge,
and sayde that [he]b wolde preve hyt with hys hondys, and spende
hys lyfe and blode a-pone hys fais body. And thys mater was fulle
dyscretely take and hyrde of bothe pelerrys parte, and of the
defendente ys parte also. And a notabylle man, and the moste
petefullyste juge of al thys londe in syttyng a-pon lyffe and dethe,
a Should be “xxxiv.” See page 198, note R.
Hen. VI.
A .D. 1455-6.
b Omitted in MS.200
gkegory’s chrünicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D.1455-6
toke thys sympylle man that offeryd to fyght with the peler, ande
fulle curtesly informyd hym of aile the condyscyons of the fyghtyng
and duelle of repreffe that shulde be by-twyne a peler of the kyngys,
fais or trewe, in that one party, and by-twyne the défendent, trewe
or false, in that othyr party. For in cas that the peler prevaylyd
in that fyght he shulde be put in preson ayen, but he shulde fare
more better than he dyd be fore tyme of fyghtynge, and be i-lowe
of the kyng ij d. every [day] a as longe as hit plesyd the kyng that
he shulde lyf. For in prosses the kynge may by the lawe put hym
to dethe, as for a man sleer, bycause that hys pelyng, fais or trewe,
hathe causyd many mannys dethys, for a very trewe man schulde
with yn xxiiij howrys make opyn to be knowe aile suche fais hyd
thyngys of felony or treson, yf he be nott consentynge unto the
same felowschyppe, undyr payne of dethe; and thys peler ys in
the same cas, wherefore he moste nedys dy by very reson. Thys
ys for the pelers party.
The defendaunte y s party y s, as that nobylle man, Mayster Myhelle
Skyllyng, sayde ande informyde the defender, that he and the peler
moste be clothyd aile in whyte schepys leter, bothe body, hedde,
leggys, fete, face, handys, and aile. Ande that they schulde hâve
in hyr hondys ij stavys of grene hasche, the barke beynge a-pon,
of iij fote in lenghthe, and at the ende a bat of the same govyn
owte as longe as the more gevythe any gretenys. And in that
othyr ende a horne of yryn, i-made lyke unto a rammys horne, as
scharpe at the smalle ende as hit myght be made. And there
why]?e they schulde make hyr foule batayle a-pone the moste sory
and wrecchyd grene that myght be founde a-bowte the towne,
havyng nothyr mete ne drynke whythe, bot both moste be fastynge.
And yf hyr frowarde wepyn ben i-broke they moste fyght with hyr
hondys, fystys, naylys, tethe, fete, and leggys ; hyt ys to schamfulle
to reherse aile the condyscyons of thys foule conflycte ; and yf they
nede any drynke, they moste take hyr owne pysse. And yf the
défendent sle J?at pelers, fais or trewe, the défendent shalle be
* Omitted in MS.gregory’s chronicle.	201
hangyde by-cause of man sleynge, by soo moche that he hathe i-slayne
the kyngys prover, for by hys meny the kynge hadde mony of
suche as were appelyd, and that mony ]?at rosse of hyr stuffe or
goodys J?at they hadde was put to ]>e kynge almys, and hys amener
dystrybutyd hit unto the pore pepylle. But the kyng may by hys
grâce pardon the défendent yf he wylle, ys a the défendent be welle
namyd and of competent governaunce in the toune or citte there at
hys abydyng ys ; but thys fulle seldon sene by cause of the vyle and
unmanerly fyghtynge. And by reson they shulde not ben beryd
in noo holy sépulture of Crystyn mannys beryng, but caste owte as
a man ]?at wylfully sleythe hym selfe. Nowe remembyr thys foule
batayle, whethey ye wylle doo hyt or noo. And bothe partys con-
sentyde to fyght, with aile the condyscyons that long there too.
And the fendent desyryd that the juge wolde sende unto Mylbroke
there that he dwellyde, to inquere of hys gydynge and of conver-
sacyon. And aile the men in that toune sayde that he was the
trewyste laborer in aile that contre, and the moste gentellyste there
with, for he was a fyscher and tayler of crafte. And the peler
desyryd the same, but he was not a-bydynge in no place passynge
a monythe. And in every place there as inquesyscyon was made
men sayde, “ Hange uppe Thome Whythorne, for he ys to stronge to
fyght with Jamys Fyscher the trewe man whythe an yryn rammys
home.” And thys causyd the juge to hâve pytte a-pon the défendent.
The maner of fyughtynge of thés ij poore
wrecchys by-syde Wynchester.
The peler in hys a-rayment ande parelle whythe hys wepyn corne
owte of the Este syde, and the défendent owte of the Sowthe-Weste
syde in hys aparayle, with hys wepyn, fulle sore wepynge, and a
payre of bedys in hys hond; and he knelyd downe a-pone the erthe
towarde the Este and crvde God marcy and aile the worlde, and
prayde every man of forgevenys, and every man there beyng
* y s. So in MS. for “ if.”
2 D
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1455-6.
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A.D. 1456-7.
présent prayde for hym. And the fais peler callyde and sayd “ ]?ou
fais trayter ! why arte }?ou soo longe in fais bytter be-leve?” And
thenne the défendent rosse upe and hym and sayde, u My quarelle ys
as faythefulle and aile soo trewe as my by-lyve, and in that quarelle I
wylle fyght,” and with the same worde smote at the peler that hys
wepyn breke ; and thenne the peler smote a stroke to the défendent,
but the offycers were redy that he shulde smyte no more, and they
toke a-way hys wepyn fro hym. And thenn they fought to gederys
with hyr fystys long tyme and restyd hem, ande fought agayne, and
thenn restyd agayne ; and thenn they wente togedyr by the neckys.
And then they bothe with hyr tethe, that the lethyr of clothyng
and flesche was aile to rente in many placys of hyr bodys. And
thenn the fais peler caste that meke innocent downe to the grownde
and bote hym by the membrys, that the sely innocent cryde owt.
And by happe more thenne strengythe that innocent recoveryd up
on hys kneys and toke that fais peler by the nose with hys tethe
and put hys thombe in hys yee, that the peler cryde owte and
prayde hym of marcy, for he was fais unto God and unto hym.
And thenn )?e juge commaundyd hem to cesse and hyr bothe hyr
talys ; and the peler sayde that he hadde accusyd hym wronge-fully
and xviij men, and be-sought God of marcy and of for-gevenys.
And thenn he was confessyd ande hanggyd, of whos soûle God
hâve marcy. Amen.
As for the défendent was pardonyd of hys lyfe, leme, and goodys,
and went home; and he be-come an hermyte and with schorte
tyme dyde.
Mayster Canyngys,	i	Rafle Verney	j	A„	»
Mayre of London	f	Stewarde	i
That same yere the Lorde Egramounde brake owt of Newegate
with many othyr men.
Geffray Bolayne	j	Reyner	j	Annexé
Mayre of London	(	Edwar	»
* Should be “xxxv.” See page 198, note a.
b Should be “xxxvj.”gregory’s chronicle.
203
Ande thys same yere at Covyntre there was raade a pesse
by-twyne the Duke of Somersett Harry, and the Erle of Saulysbury,
and the Erle of Warwycke, for the dethe of hys fadyr Duke of
Somersette, that the Duke of Yorke put to dethe at Synt Albonys.
And thys tretys was made at Covyntre, in the holy tyme of Lentyn,
by the mene of Kyng Harry the VI. And aile that holy tyme of
Lentyn there myght noo manea man that shulde preche by-fore the
kynge, but that he shulde shewe hys sarmon in wrytyng, were he
docter or other, in so moche the lordys woldys ABC wolde
assygne what he schulde say, as for any thynge that longyd unto
the comyn wele, and yf he passyd hyr commaundement he schulde
lese hys costys, and goo as he corne, withowte mete and drynge.
But a becheler of holy devynyte corne to that cytte, and whenn he
corne to preche by-fore the kyng, as Maystyr Wylliam Saye, Dene
of Poulys and Dene of the kyngys chapylle, hadde desyryd and
asygnyd, ABC axyd hys name, and hys name was Mayster Wylliam
Ive, at that tyme beyng at Wynchester in Wycham ys college.
And ABC sayde that they moste nedys se hys sarmon and hys
purposse, that he was a vysyd to say by-fore the kynge the Sonday
nexte comynge. And he fulle goodly toke them hys papyr ; and
they seyng and redynge hys papyr, commaundyd to leve owte and
put a way many troughtys. But that same Mayster Wylliam Ive
sayde but lytylle, but whenn he corne to pulpyt he sparyd not to
sayd the troughthe, and reportyd by-fore the kyng that ABC
made the sarmonys that were sayde fore, and not thoo that prechyd,
and that causyd that J?e men that prechyd hadde but sympylle
sarmons, for hyr purposse was aile turnyde upsodowne, and that they
hadde made love days as Judas made whythe a cosse b with Cryste
for they cyste ovyr the mane. The grete rewarde that he hadde
for hys labyr was the rydyng of viij** myle yn and owte for hys
travayle, and aile hys frendys fulle sory for hym. But qui veritatem
dicit caput fractura habebit, &c. And that same yere aile thés
lordys departyd from the Parlyment, but they corne nevyr aile to-
* So in MS.	b kiss.
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A.D. 1458.204
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1458-9.
gedyr aftyr that tyme to noo Parlyment nor conselle, but yf hyt
were in fylde with spere and schylde.
Mayster Skoot,	j Raffe Gosselyn j ^nno xxxvjV
Ma'yre of London * Nedham	i
Ande thys yere was done a grete jornaye at the Blowre Hethe
by the Erle of Saulysbury ande the Quenys galentys. And that day
the kynge made vij knyghtys, fyrste, Syr Robert Molyners, Syr
John Daune, Syr Thomas Uttyng, Syr John Brembly, Syr Jon
Stanley, Syr John Grysly, and Syr Rychard Hardon; and v of thés
knyghtys were slayne fulle manly in the fylde, and many men of
yemonry soore hurte, and a fulle nobylle knyght, the Lorde Audeley,
and Syr Thomas Hamdon, knyght, was the getynge of the fylde,
and Thomas Squyer and Counteroller of the Pryncys house fulle
sore hurte. And [the]b batayle or jornaylastyd aile the aftyr none,
fro one of the clocke tylle v aftyr non, and the chasse lastyd unto
vij at the belle in the mornynge. And men were maymyd many one
in the Quenys party. There were in the Quenys party vM1., and
in that othyr party v C, a grete wondyr that evyr they myght
stonde the grete multytude not ferynge, the kynge beyng with yn
x myle and the quene with yn v myle at the castelle of Egyllyssale.
But the Erle of Saulysbury hadde ben i-take, save only a Fryer
Austyn schot gonnys aile that nyght in a parke that was at the
backe syde of the fylde, and by thys mene the erle corne to Duke
of Yorke. And in the morowe they founde nothyr man ne chylde
in that parke but the fryer, and he sayde that for fere he a-bode in
that parke aile that nyght. But in the mornyng, by-twyne the
fylde and Chester, Syr John Dawne ys sone that was at home in hys
fadyrs place hadde worde that hys fadyr was slayne ; a-non he raysyd
hys tenantys and toke by-syde a lytyl towne i-namyd Torperlay
Syr Thomas Nevyle, Syr John Nevyle, and Syr Thomas Haryngdon,
and brought hem unto the castelle of Chester, ande there they
a-boode tylle the batayle of Northehampton was done, &c.
Also aile that seson the Erle of Warwyke with sowdyers of
* Should be “xxxvij.” See p. 198, note a.	b Omitted in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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Oalysse were comynge unto the Duke of Yorke, and he corne ovyr- A§ei459.'6o
wharte Colsylle be-syde Covyntre, and the Duke of Somerset
whythe hys men rode a-longe thoroughe the towne, and yet non of
hem mette whythe othyr as hyt happyd, or by lyckely hode they
wold hâve made a newe fraye. Ande the same day Androwe
Throllope consayvyd that the Erle of Warwyke was goyng unto the
Duke of Yorke and not unto the kynge, and utterly for-soke hym
and corne unto the kynge and was pardonyd ; and that made the
duke fulle sore a-frayde when he wyste that sum olde soudyers went
from hym unto the kynge, &c.
Wylham Hewlyn,	j Plomer	j Anno xxxvij». »
Mayre of London ( Sokker	)
Ande thys same yere there was a grete afray at Lodlowe by
twyne the kynge and the Duke of Yorke, the Erle of Salusbury,
the Erle of Warwyke, the Erle of Marche. 'The Duke of Yorke
lete make a grete depe dyche and fortefyde it with gonnys, cartys,
and stakys, but hys party was ovyr weke, for the kyng was mo
thenn xxx Ml of harneysyd men, by-syde nakyd men that were
compellyd for to corne with the kynge. And thenne the duke
fledde fro place to place in Walys, and breke downe the bryggys
aftyr hym that the kyngys mayny schulde not corne aftyr hym. And
he wente unto Irlonde. And there he taryd tylle the jornay was
endyd at Northehampton. / And heb made newe grotys of a newe
kune in Irlonde ; in on syde of the grote was a crowne and in that
othyr syde a crosse. And there he made many newe statutys, and
hys yong sonys were sende by yende the see unto the Duke of
Burgayne, and they were fulle welle ande worschypfully ressayvyd.
The Erle of Saulysbury, the Erle of VYarwycke, the Erle of
Marche, Syr John Wenlocke, aile thés corne unto Devynschyre to
Syr John Denham, and aile thés by the conveynge of Syr John
Denham; and they bought a smalle vesselle in that contray, an
they were conveyde unto Garnesey, ande from Garnesaye unto Calys,
for fere of dethe that they sayde was ymagenyde by the kyng and
a Sbould be “ xxxviij.” See as before.	h he repeated in MS.206
gregory’s chrqnicle.
Hen. VI. hys lordys, and of hyr owne housolde mayny for hyr dystruccyon, by
A.D. 1459-60. faç counselle and consent of King Harry the VI. Thés lordys
departyd owte of Ingelonde on Synt Edwarde ys evyn, Synt
Edwarde bothe kynge and confessoure, the xij day of October,a and
they taryd at Calys xxxvj wekys. But the Erle of Warwycke
corne unto Sondewyche, and there he toke ]?e Lord Ryvers with
hys ladye, the lady and Duchyes of Bedforde,b and brought hem to
Calys, for he was commaundyd to hâve londyd at C[a]]ys by the
kynge, but he was brought there sonner then hym lekyd.
Ande Duke Harry of Somerset was i-commaundyd to goo to
Gyon, and soo he dyd, and fulle manly made sautys to Calys, ande
ranne byfore Calys almoste dayly, and many a men were hurte by
hym and hys men.
Ande thés fore sayde lordys sende letters unto many placys of
Inglonde howe they were a vysyde to reforme the hurtys and mys-
chevys ande grevys that raynyd in thys londe; and that causyd
them moche the more to be lovyde of the comyns of Kente and of
London; and by thys mene the comyns of Kent sende hem worde to
ressayve hem and to go with hem in that a-tente that they wolde
kepe trewe promys, and as for the more parte of thys londe hadde
pytte that they were attaynte and proclaymyd trayters by the
Parlement at was holde at Covyntre.
Also that same yere the Duchyes of Yorke com unto Kyng
Harry and submyttyd hyr unto hys grâce, and she prayde for hyr
husbonde that he myght corne to hys answere and to be ressayvyd
unto hys grâce ; and the kynge fulle humbely grauntyde hyr grâce,
and to aile hyrs )?at wolde corne with hyr, and to aile othyr that
wolde com yn with yn viij dayes. And after viij days to done J?e
execusyon of the lawe as hit requyryd. And many men, bothe
a This is really the date of the breaking up of their camp at Ludlow, not of their
leaving England.
b Jaquetta, widow of the Regent Bedford. She was the daughter of Peter of
Luxemburg, Count of St. Pol, and soon after her first husband’s death married Sir
Richard Woodville, who was created Baron Riyers by Henry VI. in 1448, and Earl
Rivers by Edward IV. (who was his son-in law) in 1466.gregory’s chronicle.
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knyghtys and squyers, corne whythe Syr Water Deverose, in hyr
schyrtys and halters in hyr hondys, fallynge by-fore the kynge, and
aile hadde grâce and marcy bothe of lyffe and lym.
The mysrewle of the kyngys galentys at Ludlowe, whenn they
hadde drokyn i-nowe of wyne that was in tavernys and in othyr
placys, they fulle ungoodely smote owte the heddys of the pypys
and hoggys hedys of wyne, that men wente wete-schode in wyne,
and thenn they robbyd the towne, and bare a-waye beddynge, clothe,
and othyr stuffe, and defoulyd many wymmen.
The Duchyes of Yorke was take to the Duke Bokyngham and to
hys lady, for they two ben susters, and there she was tylle the fylde
was done at Northehampton, and she was kept fulle strayte and
many a grete rebuke.
Aile soo thés for sayde lordys corne agayne unto Sondewyche the
xxj day of June nexte folowyng. And the comyns of Kente and
there welle-wyllers brought hem to Lundon, and so forthe to Northe-
hampton. And there they mete with the kynge and foughte manly
with the kyngys lordys and mayny, but there was moche favyr in
that fylde unto the Erle of Warwycke. And there they toke the
kynge, and made newe offycers of the londe, as the chaunceler and
tresyrar and othyr, but they occupyde not fo[r]the-with, but a-bode
a seson of the comyng of Duke of York owte of Irlonde. And in
that fylde was slayne the Duke of Bokyngham, stondyng stylle at
hys tente, the Erle of Schrovysbury, the Lord Bemond, and the Lord
Egremond, with many othyr men. Ande many men were drownyd
by syde the fylde in the revyr at a mylle. And that goode knyght
Syr Wylliam Lucy that dwellyd be-syde Northehampton hyrde the
gonne schotte, and corne unto the fylde to hâve holpyn J?e kynge,
but the fylde was done or that he corne ; an one of the Staffordys
was ware of hys comynge, and lovyd that knyght ys wyffe and
hatyd hym, and a-non causyd hys dethe.
RMeLee	j John Lambard j Anno xxxviijo..
Mayre of London ( John Flemmyng J
* Should be “ xxxix.” See page 198, note \
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A.D. 1459-60.208
gregory’s chronicle.
Hen. VI.
A.D. 1460.
Ande thys same yere the Duke of Yorke corne owte of Yrlonde,
and londyd at the Redde Clyffe in Loncaschyre, and hys lyvery was
whyte and brewe in hyr clothyng, and i-brawderyd a-bove with
fetyrlockys. And thys he corne forthe towarde London ; ande ]?en
hys lady the duchyes met with hym in a chare i-coveryd with
blewe felewette, and iiij pore coursserys ther-yn. And so he corne
to Habyngdon, and there he sende for trompeters and claryners to
bryng hym to London, and there he gave them baners with the
hole armys of Inglonde with owte any dyversyte, and commaundyd
hys swerde to ben borne uppe ryghte be-fore hym ; and soo he rode
forthe unto Lundon tylle he corne to Westemyster to Kyng Harrys
palys, ande there he claymyde the crowne of Inglonde. Ande he
kepte Kynge Harry there by fors and strengythe, tylle at the laste
the kynge for fere of dethe grauntyd hym ]?e crowne, for a man
that hathe by lytylle wytte wylle sone be a feryd of dethe, and yet
I truste and bee-leve there was no man that wolde doo hym bodely
harme. But the lordys entretyd that Kyng Harry shuld rejoyse
the crowne durynge hys lyffe, and aftyr hys lyffe that the crowne
sholde returne unto the dukys ys a hayrys as hyt requyrythe by that
tytylle, and here uppon they were swore to ben faythefulle and
trewe unto Kyng Harry. And aile so that hyt shulde [be] b graunte
treson to them that spake any evyr c by the Duke of Yorke or hys
wyffe, or any of hys chyldryn. And aile the lordys grauntyd there
to, and soo hyt was proclaymyd in London and in many placys of
Inglond. And that the for-sa yde duke shulde hâve owte of the
crow[n]e yerely to hys expence, for hym and hys hayrys durynge
Kyng Harrys lyffe, x M1 marke in mony. Thys a-cordement was
made the laste day of October.
And that same nyght the kynge remevyde unto London a-gayne
hys wylle, to the byschoppe ys palys of London, and the Duke of
Yorke com unto hym that same nyght by the torchelyght and toke
a-pon hym as kyng, and sayde in many placys that thys ys owrys
by very ryght. Ande thenn the quene hyrynge thys she voydyde
* So in MS.	b Omitted in MS.	0 evil.gregory’s chronicle.
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unto Walys, but she was met with be-syde the Castelle of Malepas,
and a servand of hyr owne that she hadde made bothe yeman and
gentylman, and aftyr a-poyntyd for to be in offysce with hyr sone
the prynce, spoylyde hyr and robbyde hyr, and put hyr soo in dowt
of hyr lyffe and sonys lyffe also. And thenn she coin to the Castelle
of Hardelowe in Walys, and she hadde many grete gyftys and
gretely comfortyd, for she hadde nede there of, for she hadde a fulle
esy many a-boute hyr, the nombyr of iiij personnys. And moste
comynly she rode by-hynde a yonge poore gentylle-man of xiiij
yere âge, hys narne was Jon Combe, i-borne at Amysbery in
Wyltschyre. And there liens she remevyd fulle prevely unto
the Lorde Jesper, Lorde and Erle of Penbroke, for she durste
not a byde in noo place that [was] a opyn but in pryvatt. The
cause was that conterfete tokyns were sende unto hyr as thoughe
that they hadde corne from hyr moste dradde lorde the Kyng
Harry the VI.; but hyt was not of hys sendyng, nothyr of [his] a
doynge, but forgyd thyngys, for they that brought the tokyns were
of the kyngys howse, and sum of pe pryncys howse, and sum of hyr
owne howse, and bade hyr beware of the tokyns, that she gave nou
credans there too; for at the kyngys departynge fro Covyntre towarde
the fylde of Northehampton, he kyste hyr and blessyd the prynce,
and commaundyd hyr that she shulde not com unto hym tylle that
[he]a sende a specyalle tokyn unto hyr that no man knewe but the
kynge and she. For the lordys wolde fayne hadde hyr unto
Lundon, for they knewe welle that aile the workyngys that were
done growe by hyr, for she was more wyttyer then the kynge, and
that apperythe by hys dedys, &e.
Then the Quene havynge knowelechynge of tliys praty whyle
sche sende unto the Duke of Somersett, at that tyme beynge in
Dorset schyre at the Castelle of Corffe, and for the Erle of Devy-
schyre, and for Elysaundyr Hody, and prayde hem to com to hyr as
hastely as they myght, with hyr tenantys as stronge in hyr harnys
as men of warre, for the Lorde Rosse, the Lorde Clyfforde, the
a Omitted in MS.
2 E
lien. Vt.
A.D. 1460.
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î1 Xi' Baron of Grestocke, the Lorde Xevyle, the Lorde Latymer, were
A.l). 14G0.	J	.J
waytyng a-pon the Duke of Excete[r] to mete with hyr at Huile.
And thys mater was not taryd but fulle prevely i-wrought; and
she sende letters unto aile hyr chyffe offycers that they wold doo
the same, and that they shulde warne aile ]?o servantys that lovyd
hyr or purposyd to kepe and rejoyse hyr offysce, to wayte a-pon
hyr at Huile by that day as hit a-poyntyd by hyr. Aile thés pepylle
were gaderyd and conveyde so prevely that they wer hole in nombyr
of xv M1 or any man wolde be-leve hyt; in so moche yf any man
sayde, or tolde, or talkyd of suche gaderyng, he shulde be schende,
and sum were in grete donger, for the comyn pepylle sayde by
thoo that tolde J?e, troughtlie, “ Ye talke ryght ye wolde hit were,”
and gave noo credens of hyr sayynge. But the laste the lordys pur-
posyd to knowe the trough]?e. And the ix day of December nexte
folowyng the Duke of Yorke, the Erle of Salysbury, the Erle
Rotlond (he was the Duke of Yorke ys secunde sone, one the beste
dysposyd lorde in thys londe),and Syr Thomas Haryngdon, whythe
many mo knyghtys and quyers and grete pepylle with hem, and
soo departyd owte of London towarde Yorke, &c.
Ande the same yere, the xxx day of December, the Duke of
Exceter, the Duke of Somersett, the Erle of Xorthehomberlond,
the Lorde Roos, the Lorde Xevyle, the Lorde Clyfforde, with many
mo lordys, knyghtys, squyers, and gentyllys, and the commyns of
the Quenys party, met with the Duke of Yorke at Wakefylde, and
there they made a grete jorney a-pon the Lorde and Duke of Yorke,
and toke hym and the Erle of Saulysbury, the Erle of Rutlond, and
the Lorde Haryngdon, and Syr Thomas Xevyle, and Syr Thomas
Haryngdon, and many mo knyghtys were take a slayne by syde
aile the comyns. But thys good Duke of Yorke with hys lordys
a-fore sayde loste hyr heddys; God hâve marcy on there soulys, for
they loste in that jorneys the nombyr of xxv C men. And in the
Quenys party were slay but ii c men, &c.
As for the sege of the Towre, hyt ys coma and opyn i-knowe, 1
* Appareutly the writer intemled to say “ commonly.”gkegoky’s chkomcle.
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passe ovyr. But sone aftyr the ende of the sege tlie Lorde Schalys,
that notabylle warryoure, was slayne at Synt Mary Overeyes with
water men, and laye there dyspoyly nakyd as a worme. But the
lordys were fulle sory of hys dethe.
Aile so Edwarde Erle of Marche, the Duke of Yorke ys sone and
heyre, hadde a gre jornaye at Mortymer y s Crosse in Walys the
secunde day of Februar nexte soo folowynge, and there he put to‘
flyght the Erle of Penbroke, the Erle of Wylteschyre. And there
he toke and slowe of knyghtys and squyers, and of the,a to the
nomber of iij M1., &c.
Ande in that jornay was Owyn Tetyr i-take and brought unto
Herforde este,b an he was be heddyde at the market place, and hys
hedde sette a-pone the hygheyste gryce of the market crosse, and a
madde woman kembyd hys here and wysclie a way the blode of hys
face, and she gâte candellys and sette a-boute hym brennynge, moo
then a C. Thys Owyne Tytyr was fadyr unto the Erle of Pen-
broke, and hadde weddyd Quene Kateryn, Kyng Harry the VI. ys
modyr, wenyng and trustyng ail eway that he shulde not be hedyd
tylle he sawe the axe and the blocke, and whenn that he was in hys
dobelet he trustyd on pardon and grâce tylle the coler of hys redde
vellvet dobbelet was ryppyd of. Then he sayde, “ That hede shalle
ly on the stocke that was won te to ly on Quene Kateryns lappe,”
and put hys herte and mynde holy unto God, and fulle mekely toke
hys dethe.
Aile soo the same day that the Erle of Marche shulde take hys
jornaye towarde Mortymer ys Crosse fro Herforde este,b he mousterd
hys many with owte the towne wallys in a mersche that y s callyd
Wyg mersche. And ovyr hym men say c iij sonnys schynyng.
Ande the xvij day nexte folowynge Kyng Harry roode to Synt
Albonys, and the Duke of Northefolke with hym, the Erle of
Warwycke, the Erle of Arundelle, the Lorde Bouser, the Lorde
Bonvyle, with many gre te lordys, knyghtys, and squyers, and
coinmyns of an 0 Ml men. And there they hadde a grete batayle
A So in MS.	b Haverlordwest.	c saw.
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Hen. YI.
A.D. 1461.
whythe the Quene, for she corne ever on ffo the jornaye of Wacke-
fylde tylle sche corne to Synt Albonys, with aile the lordys a fore
sayde; and hyr mayny and every lorde ys men bare hyr lordys
leverey, that every man myghte knowe hys owne feleschippe by
hys lyverey. And be-syde aile that, every man and lorde bare
the Pryncys levery, that was a bende of crymesyn and blacke with
•esteryge ys fetherys. The substance that gâte that fÿlde were
howseholde men and feyd men. I wene there were not v M1 men
that fought in the Quenys party, for ]>e moste parte of Northeryn
men fledde a-way, and sum were take and spoylyd owte of hyr
harnysse by the way as they fledde. And sum of them robbyd
evyr as they ycde, a petyffulje thynge hit ys to hyre hit. But the
day before that batayle there was a jornay at Dunstapyl; but the
kyngys mayny lackyd good gydyng, for sum were but newe men
of warre, for the chevyste captayne was a boucher of the same
towjie; and there were the kyngys mayny ovyr throughe only by
the Northeryn men. And sone aftyr the bocher, for schame of hys
sympylle gydynge and loste of the men, the nombyr of viij c, for
very sorowe as hyt ys sayde, hynge hym selfe; and sum men sayde
that hyt was for loste of hys goode, but dede lie ys—God knowythe
the trought.
' And in the myddys of the batayle Kynge Harry wente unto hys
Quene and for-soke aile hys lordys, ande truste better to hyr party
thenne unto hys owne lordys. And thenn thoroughe grete labur
the Duke of Northefolke and the Erle of Warwycke a schapyd
awaye; the Byschoppeof Exceter,that tyme Chaunceler of Ingelond,
and brother unto the Erle of Warwycke, the Lorde Bouser, whythe
many othyr knvghtys, squyers, and comyns fledde, and many men
slayne in bothe party s. And the Lorde Bonevyle was be-heddyd,
the comyn sayynge that hys longage causyd hym to dye. The
Prynce was jugge ys owne sylfe. Ande ther was slayne that manly
knyglit Syr Thomas Keryel. The nomber of ded men was xxxv c an
moo J?at were slayne. The lordys in Kyng Ilarrys party pycchyd
a fylde and fortelÿd hyt fulle stronge, and lyke unwyse men brakeGIIEGORY’S CHUONICLE.
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hyr raye and fyld and toke a-nothyr, and or that they were aile
sette a buskyd to batayle, the Quenys parte was at hond whythe
hem in towne of Synt Albonys, and tlien aile ]?yng was to seke and
owte of ordyr, for hyr pryckyers corne not home to bryng no
tydyng howe ny that the Quene was, save one corne and sayd that
she was ix myle of. And ar the goners and borgeners couthe
levylle hyr gonnys they were besely fyghtyng, and many a gynne
of wer was ordaynyd that stode in lytylle a-vayle or nought; for
the burgeners hadde suche instrumentys that wolde schute bothe
pellettys of ledde and arowys of an elle of lenghthe with vj fetherys,
iij in myddys and iij at the othyr ende, with a grete myghty hedde
of yryn at the othyr ende, and wylde fyre with aile. Aile thés iij
thyngys they myght schute welle and esely at onys, but in tyme of
nede they couthe not schut not one of thés, but the fyre turnyd
backe a-pon them that wold schute thys iij thyngys. Also they
hadde nettys made of grete cordys of iiij fethem of lengtlie and of
iiij fote brode, lyke unto an haye, and at every ij knott there was
an nayl stondyng uppe ryght, that there couthe no man passe ovyr
hyt by lyckely hode but he shulde be hurte. Aile so they hadde
pavysse bore as a dore i-made with a stalfe foldynge uppe and
downe to sette the pavys where the lykyd, and loupys with
schyttyng wyndowys to schute owte at, they stondyng by hynde ]?e
pavys, and the pavys as fulle of iijd nayle aftyr ordyr as they myght
stonde. And whenn hyr schotte was spende and done they caste
the pavysse by-fore hem, thenn there myght noo man corne unto
them ovyr the pavysse for the naylys that stode up-ryghte, but yf
he wolde myschyffe hym sylfe. Aile so they hadde a thynge made
lyke unto a latysse fulle of naylys as the net was, but hit wolde be
mevyd as a man wolde; a man myght bryse hyt to-gedyr that the
lengythe wolde be more then ij yerdys long, and yf he wolde he
myght haie hyt a brode, thenn hit wolde be iiij square. And that
servyd to lye at gappys there at horsemen wolde cntyr yn, and
many a caltrappe. And as the substaunce of men of worschyppe
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not undyrstond that aile thys ordenaunce dyd any goode or harme
but yf hyt were a inong us in owre parte with Kyng Harry. There
fore hyt ys moche lefte, and men take hem to mallys of ledde, bowys,
swyrdys, gleyvys, and axys. As for speremen they ben good to
ryde be-fore the foote men and ete and drynke uppe hyr vetayle,
and many moo suche prety thyngys they doo, holde me excusyd
thoughe I say the beste, for in the fote men ys aile the tryste.
Ande at the nyght aftyr the batayle the kynge blessyd hys sone
the Prynce, and Doctor Morton brought for the a boke that was
fulle of orvsons, and there the boke was oppenyd, and blessyd that
yong chylde cura pinguedine terre et cura rore celi, and made hym
knyght. And the yong knyght weryd a payre of bregant yerys
i-coveryd with purpylle velvyt i-bete with golde-smythe ys worke.
And the Prynce made many knyghtys. The fryste that he made was
Androwe Trolloppe, for he was hurte and myght not goo for a
calletrappe in hys fote; and he sayde, “ My lorde, I hâve not deservyd
hit for I slowe but xv men, for I stode stylle in oo place and
they corne unto me, but they bode stylle with me.” And then
corne Whytyngam, Tresham, and many moo othyr, and were made
knyghtys that same tyme.
Ande the Kynge and the Quene toke hyr jornay unto Yorke
wardys, for they demyde that the Northeryn men wolde hâve ben
to creuelle in robbyng yf they hadde corne to London. But by the
a-vyse of Docter Morton they sende certayne knyghtys and men
unto London and to Westemyster, but they myght not be sufferde
to entery in to the towne. Ande sum of hyr mayny were slayne
for hyr cursyd longege. Ande the mayre ordaynyd bothe brede
and vytayle to be sende unto the quene, and a certayne sum of
money with aile. But whenn men of London and comyns wyste
that the cartysse shulde goo to the Quene, they toke the cartys and
departyde ]?e brede and vytayle a-monge the comyns. And on
John Byschoppe was a grete doer of thys mater, for he was chyffe
coke to the knyght Syr John Wenlocke. But as for the mony,gregory’s chronicle.
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I wot not howe hit was departyd; I trowe the pursse stale the
mony.
Then corne tydyngys of the comynge of pe a Erle of Marche unto
London; thenn aile the cytte were fayne, and thonkyd God, and
sayde that
He that had Londyn for sake
Wolde no more to hem take,
and sayde, “ Lette us walke in a newe wyne yerde, and lette
us make us a gay gardon in the monythe of Marche with thys
fayre whyte ros and herbe, the Erle of Marche.” And the Erle of
Warwycke mette with the Erle of Marche by-syde Oxforde, x myle
owte of hit, at a towne of hys owne i-namyd Burford a-pon the
Wolde; for the Erle of Marche corne fro Walys, and was fulle sore
a-ferde of the loste of the ij fyldys that were loste by-fore, Wakefylde
that one, and Synt Albonys that othyr, and he sorowde sore for
hys fadyr the Duke of Yorke, and for hys good brother the Erle
of Rutlond, and for aile othyr lordys and comyns, &c.
There the Erle of Warwycke informyd hym of the gydynge and
dysposyscyon of Kyng Harry, and of the Quene, and of the love and
favyr that the comyns hadde unto hym, and by ryght to occupy the
crowne of Inglonde, and soo hys hert was sum what made gladde
and comfortyd. But he was sory that he was soo pore, for he
hadde no mony, but the substance of hys mayny corne at hyr owne
coste.
Aile soo the xxvj day of Februer nexte folowyng Edwarde
Erle of Marche com to London owt of Walys and the Erle of
Warwycke with hym, and xl M1 men with hem bothe, and they
enteryd unto the cytte of London, and there he toke uppon hym
the crowne of Inglond by the avysse of the lordys spyrytual and
temporalle, and by the elexyon of the comyns. And so he be-gan
hys rayne the iiij day of Marche, in the yere of oure Lorde God
M1 CCCC lxj, the Sondy letter D as for that yere.
a the repeated in MS.216
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1461.
Thys ys the fyrste of hys rayne of Kynge Edwarde the iiijthe.
Nowe gon messyngers by twyne contraye and contraye, and
harowdys were fulle schante, for they ne wyste what was beste to
done, but sufferens and fayr speche dyd them moche ese. And
bothe Y n^we kynge and the olde were fulle besyd to make hyr
party stronge, &c.
The xiij day of Marche the kynge, owre newe Kynge Edwarde,
toke hys jornaye unto the Northe, and the Duke of Northefolke
with hym. The Erle of Warwycke and the Lorde Fauconbrygge,
with many knyghtes, squyers, and comyns, to the nombyr of
iic M1 men.
And the xxviij day of Marche, that was J?e Palme Sunday evyn,
the Lorde Fewater was slayne at Ferybryge, and many withft
hym was slayne and drownyd. And the Erle of Warwycke was
hurte yn hys legge with an arowe at the same jornaye.
Ande the xxix day of the same monythe of Marche, that was
Palme Sunday, the kyng mette with the lordys of the Northe at
Schyrborne. And there was on Harrys party that was kynge—;—
Prynce Edwarde, Kyng Harrys son.
The Duke of Exceter.
The Duke of Somersett.
The Erle of Northehumberlond.
The Erle of Devynschyre.
The Lorde Roos.
The Lorde Bemound.
The Lorde Clyfforde.
The Lorde Nevyle.
The Lorde Wellys.
The Lorde Wylby.
The Lorde Harry of Bokyngham.
The Lorde Ryvers.
The Lorde Schalys.
a jrh'ithfi repeated after with in MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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The Lorde Maule.a
The Lorde Ferys of Groby.
The Lorde Foschewe.h
The Lorde Lovelle.
Syr Thomas Hammys, captayne of aile the fote men.
Syr Androwe Thorlloppe.
Syr Thomas Tressam.
Syr Robert Whytyngham.
Syr John Dawne.
And the yonge Lorde of Schrouysbury, and many moo othyr,
bothe lordys* knyghtys, and squyers.
Here ben the namys of the lordys that were slayne in the felde
in Kynge Harrys party.
The Erle of Northehumberlond,
The Lorde Clyfforde,
The Lorde Nevyle,
The Lorde Wellys,
The Lorde Maules,a
And many moo then I can reherse; but whythe J>es and othyr
that were slayne in the fylde ys a grete nombyr, by syde xlij
knyghtys that were slayne aftyr; the hoole nombyr y s xxxv M1 of
comeners. Jhesu be )?ou marcyfulle unto hyr soulys. Amen.
And the lordys before wretyn fledde, the substance in to Schotlond
with the Kynge Harry and Quene Margarete, and sone the Prynce
withhym, fulle of sorowe and hevynys, no wondyr. God knowythe,
but every man deme the beste tylle the trought be tryde owte.
For many a lady lost hyr beste be lovyd in that batayle.
The Erle of Devynschyre was seke, and myght not voyde a waye,
and was take and be heddyd. And the Erle of Wylte schyre was
take and brought unto Newe Castell to the Kynge. And there hys
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1461.
a Ralph Bigot, Lord Mauley.—See Paston Letters (new ed.) ii. 6. His name ig
not given in Nicolas’ Peerage, but be was evidently tbe son or grandson of Sir Jobn
Bigot and Constance his wife, sister of Peter Lord Mauley, wbo died in 1415.
b This seems undoubtedly to be tbe celebrated Sir John Fortescue, though why
he is called Lord I cannot tell. See Rolls of Pari. y. 477.
2 F
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Edw. TV.
A.D. 14G1-2.
Anno ij°
hedde was smete of, and send unto London to be sette uppon
London Brygge. And Docter Morton, the Prynces chaunceler, was
take with hym and put in the Towre, but he schapyd a way longe
tyme aftyr, and ys by yonde the see with the Quene, &c.
Ande the Kynge taryd in the Northe a grette whyle, a made
grete inquerens of the rebellyens a-gayne hys fadyr. And toke
downe hys fadyrs hedde fro the walle of Yorke. And made aile
the contray to ben sworne unt hym and to hys lawys. And then
he returnyd unto Lundon agayne. And there he made xviij
knyghtys and many lordys. And then he rode to Westemyster.
And there he was crounyd the xxviij day of June, and the yere
of oure Lorde M1 CCCC lxj, blessyd be God of hys grete grâce, etc.
Hewe Wythe,	(	Gorge Irlond
Mayre of London	*	John Loke
And thys same yere the Erle of Oxforde, the Lord Abbry, the
Lorde of Oxforde ys sone, Syr Thomas Todenham knyght, John
Mongomery, and William Terelle squyer, w^ere takyn in Esex, and
brought unto Lundon to the Towre. Ande thenne they were ledde
to Westemyster to the Kynges palys, and there they were attaynte of
hyghe and myghthy treson that they ymagenyd agayne ]?e Kynge.
And thenn they wrere drawe to the Towre from Westemyster.
And at the Towre hylle was made a schaffolde for them, and there
hyr heddys were smetyn on, and hyr bodys beryd, as hyt plesyd them
to be qwethe hyr bodys.
Thomas Coke,	(	Bartholomewe	Jamys
Mayre of London	I	Wylliam Hampton
Thys yere Quene Margarete com owt of Frauns with lij schyppys,
witli Freynysche men and sum Engelysche men in the schyppys.
And they londyd in Northe Humberlonde, hyt was vij dayes be-fore
Aile Halwyn tyde. And there sche toke the castelle of Anwyke
and put hyt fulle of Fraynyschemen. And thenn she retornyd in
to Schotlonde by water. And there rosse suche a tempaste uppon
hyr that she for soke hyr schippe, and a schapyd with the bote of ]>e
schyppe. And the schyppe was drownyd with moche of hyr stuffe
and iij grete schippys moo. And iiij c and vj Fraynysche men
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were take in the chyrche of Hooly Ylond. Thenn Kyng Edward
hyrde telle of thys, and made hym redy towarde the Northe with
many lordys, gentellys, and comyns with hym. And there he
layde a sege to Anwyke Castelle, and to the castelle of Bamborowe,
and to Dunsterborowe. Bamborowe and Dunsterborowe was kepte
by Syr Raffe Persy and Syr Harry Bewforde, late Duke of
Somersett, and the castelle of Anwyke with the Lorde Hunger-
forde. And Bamborowe and Dunsterborowe were yoldyn be Syr
Raffe Percy and Syr Harry Beuford, late Duke of Somersett, to the
Kyngys wylle, whythe the condysoyons that the sayde Raffe Percy
schulde hâve the kepynge of the ij castellys, Bamborowe and
Dunstarborowe. The sayde Syr Raffe Percy and Syr Harry Beuforde,
late Duke of Somersett, were sworne to be trewe and faythefulle as
trewe lege men unto owre kynge and soverayne lorde Edwarde the
iiijthe. And they com to Derham, and there they were sworne
byfore owre kynge. And the kynge gaffe hem hys levery and
grete rewardys.
Ande thenn the for sayde Raffe Percys retornyde a-gayne in to
Northehumberlond, and hadde the kepynge of the sayde ij castellys
accordynge unto the poyntment. And the sayde Syr Harry
Beuforde a-bode stylle whithe the kynge, and roode with hym to
Lundon. And the Kynge made fulle moche of hym ; in soo moche
that he loggyd whythe the kynge in hys owne bedde many
nyghtys, and sum tyme rode a huntynge be hynde the kynge, the
kynge havynge a boute hym not passynge vj hors at the moste, and
yet iij were of the Dukys men of Somersett. The kyng lovyd hym
welle, but the duke thought treson undyr fayre chere and wordys,
as hyt apperyd. And for a grete love the kyng made a grete justys
at Westemyster, that he shuld se sum maner sporte of chevalry
aftyr hys grete labur and hevynys. And with grete instans the
kynge made hym to take harnys uppon hym, and rode in the place,
but he wolde nevyr cope whithe no man and no man myght not cope
whythe hym, tylle the kynge prayd hym to be mery and sende hym
a tokyn, and thenn he ranne fulle justely and merely, and hys helme
was a sory hatte of strawe. And thenn every man markyd hym welle.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1462-3.220
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1463.
But within schorte tyme aftyr the sayde Syr Rafle Percy by fais
colysyon and treson he lete the Fraynysche men take the castelle of
Bamborowe fro hym nolens volo. As for the castelle of Anwyke
aile the men of werre that were of worschip brake owte of the
castelle by fors and warre and rescuyd Syr Perys de Brasyllea on
xij day by [y] b the morne, and they that were with yn the castelle
gaffe hit uppe by a-poyntement, &c. And then Kyng Edwar made
Syr John Ascheley, the knyght that fought so manly in Smethe-
fylde with an alyon that calengyd, he was made captayne of the
castelle, and Syr Rafle Gray constabylle of the sayde castelle of
Anwycke. And withyn iij or iiij monythys aftyr that fais knyght
and traytoure, Syr Rafle Graye, by fais treson toke the sayde Syr
John Ascheley presoner, and delyveryd hym to Quene Margarete,
and thenn delyveryde the castelle to the Lorde Hungerforde and
unto the Fraynysche men accompanyd whythe hym; and by thys
mene he put the kyng owre soverayne lorde owte of possessyon.
And thenne aftyr that corne Kyng Harry that was, and the Quene
to the Kynge of Schottys, Syr Perys de Brasylle,a with iiij** Ml
Schottys, and layde a sege unto the castelle of Norham, and lay
there xviij day es. And thenn my Lorde of Warwycke and hys
brother the Lorde Montegewe put them in devyr to rescewe J>e
sayde castelle of Norham, and soo they dyd, and put bothe Kynge
Harry and the Kyng of Schotys to flyghte. And Quene Margarete
whythe aile hir consayle, and Syr Perys de Brasey whythe the
Fraynysche men, fledde a-wey by water with iiij balynggarys; and
they londyd at the S cluse in Flaundyrs, and lefte Kyng Harry that
was be hynde hem, and aile hyr hors and hyr harneys, they were so
hastyd by my Lorde of Warwycke, and hys brother the Lorde
Mountegewe, and by hyr feleschippe with them accompanyde.
And at the departynge of Syr Perys de Brasyl and hys feleschippe
was on manly man that purposyd to mete with my Lorde of
Warwycke, that was a taberette, for he stode a-pon an hylle with
hys tabyr and hys pype, taberyng and pyping as merely as any man
* De Brézé.
b This ligure is struck ont.gregory’s chronicle.
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myght, stondyng by hym selfe, tylle my lorde corne unto hym he
wold not lesse hys grownd; and there he be-come my lordys man;
ande yet he ys with hym fulle good and to hys lorde.
Thenn the Kynge Edwarde the iiij purposyd to make an arme
into Schotlonde by londe and by water, that the grete rebellyous
Harry ande the Quene Margarete shulde not passe a way by water.
And the kyng made the Erle of Worseter captayne by water. And
thenn there was ordaynyd a grete navy and a grete armye bothe by
watyr and by lond. And aile was loste and in vayne, and cam too
noo purposse, neyther by water ne by londe.
Aile so the kynge sone aftyr dysposyd hym, and was purposyd to
ryde into Yorke schyre and to the contray a boute, to see and
understonde the dysposyscyon of the pepylle of the Northe. And
toke with hym the Duke of Somersett, and ij c of hys men welle
horsyd and welle i-harnaysyd. Ande the sayde Duke, Harry of
Somersett, ande his men were made the Kyngys garde, for the Kyng
hadde lhat duke in moche favyr and trustyd hym welle. But J?e
garde of hym was as men shulde put a lombe a monge wolvysse of
malyscyus bestys; but Aile myghty God was the scheparde. And
whenn the kynge departyd from London he toke hys way to Northe-
hampton, and thedyr the kynge com a Syn Jamys day the Apostylle,a
ande that fais duke with hym. And the comyns of the towne of
Northehampton and of the schyre a-boute sawe that the fais duke
and traytoure was so nyghe the Kyngys presens and was made hys
garde. The comyns a rosse uppon that fais traytur thee Duke of
Somersett, and wolde hâve slayne hym with yn the kyngys palys.
And thenn the kynge with fayre speche and grete defeculte savyde
hys lyffe for that tyme, and that was pytte, for the savynge of hys
lyffe at that tyme causyd mony mannys dethys son aftyr, as ye
shalle heyre. And then the Duke b sende that fais Duke of Somersett
in to a castelle of hys owne fulle secretly, for save garde of hys the
dukys lyffe, and the dukys men unto Newe Castelle, to kepe the
* July 25. But there are privy seals of this year dated at Northampton ou the
18th and 19th July.
b So in MS., evidently an error for “ King.’5
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Edw. IV.
A.D. 1463-4.
towne, and gave hem goode wages fulle treuly payde. And the
Kyng fulle lovyngly gave the comyns of Northehampton a tonne
of wyne that they shulde drynke and make mery. And |?e wyne
was drunkyn merely in the market place, for they hadde many
fayre pecys of sylvyr. I darsay ther ys no taverne that hathe not
so moche of stuffe as they occupyde in hys a hyr tavernys. For sum
fette wyne in basynnys, and sum in caudryns, and sum in bollys,
and sum in pannys and sum in dyschys. Loo, the grete tresoure
that they scheuyd ]?at tyme.
Mathewe Phylyppe, r Muschampe	1 *	....0
Mayre of London | Basset	J nn°U1^
Thys yere, a-bute Mydsomyr, a the ryalle feste of the Sargantys
of the Coyfe, the Mayre of London was desyryde to be at that feste.
And at denyr tyme he corne to the feste with his offecers, a-greyng
and a-cordyng unto hys degre. For with yn London he ys next
unto the kyng in aile maner thynge. And in tyme of waschynge
the Erle of Worseter was take be-fore the mayre and sette downe
in the myddys of the hy tabylle. And the mayre seynge that hys
place was occupyd hylde hym contente, and went home a gayne
with owt mete or drynke or any thonke, but rewarde hym he dyd
as hys dygnyte requyryd of the cytte. And toke with hym the
substance of hys bretheryn the aldyrmen to his place, and were
sette and servyd also sone as any man couthe devyse, bothe of sygnet
and of othyr delycatys i-nowe, that aile the howse mervelyd howe
welle aile tynge was done in soo schorte a tyme, and prayde aile
men to be mery and gladde, hit shulde be a mendyd a nothyr
tyme.
Thenn the offesers of the feste, fulle evylle a schamyd, informyd
the maysters of the feste of thys mysse happe that ys be-falle. And
they consyderynge the grete dygnyte and costys and charge that
longgyd unto the cytte, and a-non sende unto the mayre a présent
of mete, brede, wyne, and many dyvers sotelteys. But whenn they
that corne with the presentys say b aile the gyftys, and the sarvyse
that was at the borde, he was fulle sore a schamyd that shulde doo
a So in MS.	b saw.gregory’s chronicle.
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]>e massage, for the présent was not better thenn tlie servyse of
metys was by fore the mayre, and thoroughe owte thehyghe tabylle.
But hys demenynge was soo that he hadde love and thonke for hys
massage, and a grette rewarde with aile. And thys the worschippe
of the cytte was kepte, and not loste for hym. And I truste that
nevyr hyt shalle, by the grâce of God.
Ande thys same yere a-boute Crystysmas that fais Duke of
Somersett, with owte any leve of the kyng, stale owte of Walys
with a prevy mayny towarde the Newecastelle, for he and hys
men were confeteryde for to hâve be-trayde the sayde Newecastelle.
And in ]?e wey thedyrwarde he was aspyde, and lyke to hâve ben
takyn be syde Dereham in hys bedde. Notwithstondynge he a
schapyde a-way in hys schyrt and barefote, and ij of hys men were
take. And they toke with hem that fais dukys caskette and hys
harneys. And whenn that hys men knewe that he was aschapyd,
and hys fais treson aspyde, hys men stale from the Newecastelle as
very fais traytourys, and sum of hem were take and loste hyr
heddys for hyr labur, &c.
Ande thenn the kynge, owre soverayne lorde Edwar the iiij,
hadde knowleche of hys fais dysposyscyon of thys fais Duke Harry
of Somersett. The kynge sende a grete feleschippe of hys housolde
men to kepe the towne of Newecastelle, and made the Lorde Scrope
of Bol ton captayne of the towne; and soo they kepte hyt surely aile
that wyntyr. Ande a-boute Ester nexte aftyr the Schottys sewyd
unto oure soverayne lorde the kynge for pes. And the kynge
ordaynyde Commyssourys to mete whythe ]?e Schottys. The names
of the Commyssyonourys be wretyn here aftyr folowyng :
The Chaunceler of Jngelond, And many othyr for the Eng-
The Erle of Warwycke,	lysche partye, to brynge hyt
The Lorde Montegewe,	to a conclusyon.
The poyntement was that they Schottys and J?ey shulde mete at
Yorke. And thenn was my Lorde of Mountegewe assygnyd to
fecche yn the Schottys pesseabylly, for he was Wardon of the
Marchys. And then my Lorde of Mountegewe toke hys jornaye
towarde the Newe castelle. And by the waye was fulle falsely
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i-purvyde that fais Duke Harry of Somersett and Percy, with liyr
feleschyppe assocyat unto them, that there was layde by the waye,
a lytylle from the Newecastel, în a woode, that fais traytoure Syr
Umfray Nevyle, with iiij schore sperys, and the bowys there too.
And they shulde hâve fàlle on the Lorde Mountegeue sodenly, and
slayne hym sodenly, but, God be thonkyd, hyr fais treson was
aspyde and knowe. And thenne the Lorde Montegewe toke
a nothyr waye, and made to be gaderyd a grete feleschippe, and
went to the Newecastelle, and soo toke hys jornaye unto Norham
warde. Ande in the wey thedyrwarde there met with hym that fais
Duke of Somersette, Syr Raffe Percy, the Lorde Hungerforde, and
the Lorde Roos, whythe aile hyr company, to the nombyr of v M1
men of armys. And thys metynge was a pon Synte Markys day;a
and that same day was Syr Rafïe Percy slayne. And whenn that he
was dede aile Y Party was schomfytyd and put to rebuke. Ande
every man avoydyd and toke hys way with fulle sory hertys. And
thenn my Lorde of Mountegeue toke hys hors and roode to Norham,
and fecchyd yn the Schottys,and brought hem unto the Lordys Com-
myssyonourys. And there was concludyd a pes for xv yere with
the Schottys. And the Schottys ben trewe hyt moste nedys contynu
so longe, but hit y s harde for to tryste unto hem, for they byn evyr
founde fulle of gyle and dyssayte.
Ande the xiiij daye of May nexte aftyr, my Lorde of Mountegeue
toke hys jornaye toward Hexham from the Newecastelle. And
there he toke J?at fais Duke Harry Beuford of Somersett, the Lord
Roos, the Lorde Hungerforde, Syr Pylyppe Wenteworthe, Syr
Thomas Fyndorne, whythe many o]?yr; loo, soo manly a man ys
thys good Erle Mountegewe, for he sparyd not hyr malysse, nor hyr
falssenysse, nor gyle, nor treson, and toke meny of men and slowe
many one in that jornaye.
The xv day of May folowynge thys good Lorde Mountegewe let
to be smete of the heddys of thés men, the whyche that hyr namys
here folowyn in wrytyng:
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The Dukys hedde of Somersett,
Edmon Fysche, knyght,
Summa v. I Edmon Bradschawe,
Water H un te,
Blacke Jakys.
At the Newecastelle, the xvij day of May, he let to be smete of the
heddys, as the namys of hem done appere here aftyr in wrytynge :
i Fyrste, the hedde of the Lorde Hungerforde,
l The Lorde Roos,
Summa v. ; Syr Thomas Fyndorne,
Barnarde de la Mare,
Nycholas Massam.
Ande the xviij day of May he let to be smyte ofa at Mydlam
the hedys of thés men that hyr namys folowyn here in wrytynge :
Syr Phylippe Wentworthe, knyght,
Wyllam Penyngton,
Warde of Copclyflfe,b
Olyver Wentworthe,
Wylliam Spyller,
John Senyer, of Yorke,
Thomas Hunte, foote man.
At Yorke, the xxvj day of May, he let to be smete of the heddys
of thos men that hyr namys folowyn here in wrytynge :
' Syr Thomas Hoosy,
Thomas Gosse,
Robert Myrfyn,
John Butler,
Roberte Wattys, porter to Kyng Harry,
Thomas Fenwyke,
Robert Cockefelde,
Wylliam Bryce,
Wylliam Dauson,
Summa vij.
Summa xiiij
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1464.
* let to be smyte of. he smot let to be smyte of, MS.
6 Copclyffe. Should be Topcliff. See extract at end of Warkworth’s Chronicle
from Arundel MS. No. 5, f. 170, at the College of Arms.
CAMD. SOC.	2 Ggregory’s chronicle.
John Chapman,
John Edyrbeke,
Rycharde Taverner,
John Russelle,
' Robert Conqueror.
Ande be syde Newecastelle, the same monythe, ]?er was i-take
Taylbossea in a cole pyt, and he hadde moche mony with hym,
bothe golde and sylvyr, that schulde hâve gon unto Kyng Harry:
and yf [it] b had corne to Harry, lat Kynge of Ingelonde, hyt wolde
hâve causyd moche sory sorowe, for he had oraaynyd harneys and
ordenance i-nowe, but the men wolde not go one fote with hym
tylle they had mony. And they waytyd dayly and howrely for
mony that thys Taylebosse shulde hâve send unto hem or brought
hyt; the summa was iij M1 marke. And the lordys mayny of
Montegewe were sore hurte and seke, and many of hys men wer
slayne by for in the grete jornays, but thys mony was departyd
a-monge hem, and was a very holsum salfe for hem. And in the
day folowyng Taylebosse loste hys hedde at Newecastelle.
Nowe take hede what love may doo, for love wylle not nor may
not caste no faute nor perelle in noo thyng.
That same yere, the fyrste day of May be fore sayde or wrete, oure
soverayne lorde the Kynge, Edwarde the iiij, was weddyd to the
Lorde Ryvers doughter; hyr name ys Dame Elyzabethe, that was
wyffe unto Syr John Grey, sone and heyre unto the Lady Ferys of
Groby. And thys maryage was kepte fulle secretely longe and
many a day, that no man knewe hyt ; but men mervelyd that oure
soverayne lorde was so longe with owte any wyffe, and were evyr
ferde that he had be not chaste of hys levynge. But on Aile
Halowe day at Redyng there it was knowe, for there the kynge
kepte hys comyn counselle, and the lordys mevyd hym and exortyd
hym in Goddys name to ben weddyd and to lyffe undyr the lawe of
God and Chyrche, and they wold sente in too sum stronge lond to
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A.D. 1464.
* Sir William Tailboys, of South Kyme, Lincolnshire, who had been already
attainted with others of the Lancastrian party. See Rolls of Pari. y. 477, 480.
b Omitted m MS.gregory’s chronicle.
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inquere a quene good of byrthe, a-cordyng unto hys dygnyte. And
thenn our soverayne myght not no longer hyde hys maryage, and
tolde hem howe he hadde done, and made that the maryage shuld
be oppynde unto hys lordys.
Aile so the same somer my Lorde of Warwycke and hys brether
the Lorde Mountegewe, that was made Erle of Northehumberlond
by the kynge, they ij layde a sege unto the castelle of Anwyke a
gâte hyt by a-poyntement. And in the same wyse and forme they
gâte the castelle of Dunsterborowe by the same mene. And thenne
they layd sege to the castelle of Bamborowe, and layde grete
ordynans and gonnys there too. And manly they gâte hyt by fors,
and toke there yn that fais traytur Syr Raffe Gray, and brought
hym unto the kynge to the castelle of Pomfrete. And fro thens
he was ladde to Dankester, and there hys hedde was smete of and
sent to London, and hyt was sette a-pon Londyn Bryge.
Raffe Gosselyn,	l John Tate	j ^nno yo
Mayre of Londyn I John Stone	i
And thys yere was hyt ordaynyd that the noubylle of vj s. viij d.
shulde goo for viij s. iiij d. And a newe cune was made. Fyrste
they made an Angylle and hit went for vj s. viij d., and halfe ande
Angyl for xld.; but they made non farthyngys a of thatgold. And
thenne they made a gretter cune and namyd hyt a ryalle, and that
wentte for xs., and halfe the ryalle for vs., and the farthynge for
ij s. vj d. And they made newe grotys not soo goode as the olde,
but they were worthe iiij d. And then sylvyr rosse to a grytter
pryce, for an unce of sylvyr was sette at iij s., and better of sum
sylvyr. But at the be-gynnynge of thys mony men grogyd passynge
sore, for they couthe not rekyn that gold not so quyckely as they
dyd the olde golde. And men myght goo thoroughe owte a strete
or thoroughe a hoole parysche or that he myght chonge hit. And
sum men sayd that the newe golde was not soo good as the olde
golde was, for it was alayyd.
Aile soo in thys yere in the mony the of May was Quene Elyzabct
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A.D. 1465.
crownyd at Westemyster. And many knyghtys were made of the
Bathe, of the whyche the were v aldyrmen of the cytte of London
i-made with hem. Thés v aldyrmen were made knyghtys of the
Bathe :
Syr Hewe Wyche, mercer,
Thomas Coke, draper,
Raffe Gosselyn, draper,
Syr John Plomer,
Syr Harry Whafyr.
And no moo of the cytte but thés v, and hyt ys a grete wor-
schyppe unto aile the cytte.
Aile soo that yere be-ganne a gre cyssym by twyne fryers and
prystys, but the Fryer Charmys, that ys to saye the Whyte Freers,
be-ganne hyt fryste at Poules Crosse. He that be-ganne thys matyr
was borne in Flete Strete, a skyner ys sone, and hys name ys Syr
Harry Parker ; he blamyd men for there grete copy of hyr goodys,
and in specyalle he blamy[d] benefysyd men that had grete benyficys
and prestys that had temporalle lyffelod. For he sayd and affermyd
that non of the xij Apostolys nor Cryste hadde no thyng in propyr
but aile in comyn, and sayd and affyrmyd by hys connyng, as
strong as he cowthe, that Cryste was a begger and had nought but
by way of almys. And that made men to groge and to muse
passyng soore.
But the Sonday aftyr there was a docter of devynyte, Maystyr
Wylliam Ive, the maysterof Whytyngdon ys College, sayde agayne
the fryer, and prevyd that Cryste was poore and kepte noo grete
tresoure, but as for beggyng he utterly denyde hyt, and by hooly
scrypture prevyd hit soo that men undyrstode that the fryer erryd
sore agayne Hooly Chyrche ; ande thenne the fryers gan malyngne
a gayne thys docter. Thenne in Advente they prevyde a docter of
the Whyte Fryers, Mastyr Thomas Haldon,a and that he schulde
preche agayne J?e Mayster Wylliam Ive before sayd, and there he
talkyd moke of the beggyng of Cryste, and put the pepylleb that the
* Originally written “ Waldon” and afterwards corrected.
b We should probably supply “ in hope”*gregory’s chronicle.
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same mater schulde ben determenyd in there scholys by twyne hym
and a Grey Fryer at the White Fryers in Flete Strete the Wanys-
daye vij nyght aftyr. And the Sonday folowyng, a docter of
devynyte, Mayster Edwarde Story, person of Aile Halowys the
More in London, and aftyr confessor unto the Quene, and aftyr that
Byschoppe of Carlylle,a prechyd at Poulys Crosse, and as moche
as he myght wolde hâve passefyde the mater, and sayde that hyt [wasb]
blasphemy soo to reherse and say by oure Lord Cryste. But that
same Sonday the fryers set uppe byllys at every chyrche dore that
the docter sayde nott trought, but the trought shulde be schewyd
ande sayd by Docter Mayster John Mylverton, the pryor of the same
place, and he was provyncyalle of the same ordyr. And that aftyr
noone in hys sarmon he raylyd soore and grevysly to fortefy hys
bretheryn ys sayyngys, that sum laye men were wrothe with the
fryers and whythedrewe hyr almys from them; and sum men were
not plesyd with hyr curettes, and sayde that they hadde noo ryght
to hâve any offerynge but lyffeby almys as Cryste dyde; ande thys
men were devydyd, sum welle and sum ylle.
But the Wanysday the docter, Mayster Halden, kepte the scholys
with in the Fryers and dysputyd a gayne a Gray Fryer as he
promysyd ; and at that scholys were many grete docters and clerkys
to geve hym audyens. And they thought he yode soo farre that
Mayster Alcocke,0 a docter of lawe and commyssary unto the Dene
of Synt Martyns in the Graunte, assytyd the fryer that he shulde
appere by fore the Arche Byschoppe of Cauntylbury at Lambeffe.
And the fryer sayde he wold not obbey his cytacyon, for aile
fryers ben exempte for aile the byschoppe ys power, but hit were
for eresy ; and the docter of lawe sytyd hym for eresy.
Thenne at the begynnyng of the terme aftyr Estyr the fryer
apperyd by fore Mayster Docter Wynterborne, my lordys offycer
and juge in suche causys and othyr as for spyrytualte. And J?er
were many worthy docters a gayne the fryer, but he lenyd evyr
a He was appointed Bishop of Carliste in 1468, and was translated to Chichester
in 1478.
b Omitted in MS.
c John Alcock, afterwards Bishop of Ely.
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Edw. IV.
A.D. 1465.
unto hys prevelege, but he schewyd non but a bylle unselyd.
Thenne the mater was put to my Lorde of London, by so moche
that aile thys trobylle was done in hys dyossy, and the Chaunceler
of Inglond, that was my Lorde of Warwycke ys brother,a toke
party a-gayne the fryers; and the day folowynge the provyncyalle
and Docter Haldon corne to Poulys by fore my Lorde of London
and brought hyr prevelegys with hem, but J?e prevelege wolde not
serve that tyme for noo cause of eresy. And my lorde lawfullv
a-sytyd them to appere by fore hym that same aftyr non, but they
corne not, for the provyncyalle toke hys way a-non towarde Rome.
And Docter Haldon toke noo leve of the byschoppe. And thenn
my Lord Chaunceler hyrde that they were gone, and send for the
yong fryer Harry Parker and commaundyd hym to preson. And
he was take from preson and sende unto my Lorde of London.
And the Sonday aftyr the same fryer, Harry Parker, objuryd that
he sayd, and sayde as we saye, that Cryste ys lorde of ovyr aile
thynge, and he confessyd aile so that very nede causyd them to
saye that Cryste beggyd, by cause that men shulde take the ordyr of
fryers moste parfytyste of aile orders.
But one fryer couthe not be ware by a nother, for with a whyle
in the vacacyon tyme a Blake Fryer prechyd aile moste the same.
And he was exampnyd by fore my Lorde of London, and was
made to preche agayne and revokyd. Thenne my Lord of London
cursyd thés ij docters, Mayster John Mylverton and Docter Thomas
Halden, at Poulys Crosse for there contymacy, and hyt happyd that
Docter Ive dyde the execucyon of the curse, and }?at grevyd the
fryers soore, and sayde that he was sette aile in malys ; but thys
Docter Ive myght not chese.
Ande be fore thysb tyme the fore sayde Docter Ive kepte
the scolys at Poulys0 J?at ys undyr the chapter house, and there he
radde many fulle nobylle lessonnys to preve that Cryste was lorde of
aile and noo begger, and he dyde hyt aftyr the forme of scholys, for
* George Nevill, Archbishop of York.
b thys repeated in MS.
e The Cathédral School of St. Paul’s, not the présent St. PauPs School, which
was founded at a later date by Dean Colet and dedicated to the Child Jésus.gregory’s chronicle.	231
he hadde hys abyte and hys pelyon, and a vyrger with a sylvyr ^Edw. IV.
rodde waytynge uppon hym. And the same fryer of Menors that
answeryd the Whyte Fryer answeryd hym onys, and many tymys
he dyspute and radde in that scholys ; he kepte hyt more then ij
yere. Thenn the fryers straynyd curtesy whoo sholde answery
hym. And ssum fryers desyryd to answerye hym, but at the day
of hyr desyre J?ey apperyd not. And thenn men layde grete wagers
the Provyncyalle wolde corne home and doo many thyngys, and
causyd that a fryer of Rome made a tretysse of the beggyng of
Cryste, that welle was hym that myght hâve a copy of hyt, and
they were to sylle at many placys in Rome, and sum were sende
home to the Whyte Freers, but yet hit happyd that they corne to
thys Docter Ive, that he undyr stode the consayte welle i-nowe and
sayde fulle lytylle or nought.
Thenn the Popea havyng woundyr of the complaynt of thys
fryer, and inqueryde of suche men as corne late owte of Inglonde
of the mater; and whenne he undyrstode the mater, he wrote downe
to the Arche Byschoppe of Cauntyrbury and to the Byschoppe of
London, and thonkyd hem that they were so trewe to Cryste and
Hooly Chyrche, and desyryd to hâve aile the hoole mater and
proscesse i-sende unto hym by wrytynge. And so hyt was, every
thyng as ny as they couthe ymageny, puttyng aile favyr and par-
cyallyte and malysce a syde.
But the very trewe processe thys nobylle Docter Ive wrote unto
the Popea the maner, sayyng, and prechyng in hyrb sermonys,
bothe hys doyng and sayyng, as welle as the fryers, and the actys
of bothe scholys. And ix docters of devynyte and bachelers of
devynyte subscrybyd hyr namys with hyr owne hondys, and
testefyde that aile was trewe that thys sayde Docter Ive hadde
wretyn, for hyt was exampnyd and radde by fore aile ]?e byschoppys
that tyme beyng at London, and by the same docters and clerkys
that subscrybyd. And that large and grete letter was sende with
1 Pope. Altered into “ busshope ” in a later hand, both here and in sereral
instances after.
b hyr repeated in MS.232
gregory’s chçonicle.
Edw. IY.
A.D. 1465-6.
the byschoppys letters. And yf that Docter Ivys letter hadde ben
i-selyd with sum lordys sele spyrytualle, or an notarys syne there
on, the freer had ben brende in shorte tyme ; hit hadde non othyr
sele but hys owne sygnett.
Ande the kynge toke a grete party on thys mater, for thés fryers
hadde causyd moche trobylle a monge hys pepylle, and therefore he
desyryd that holy fadyr the Pope a to chastysse suche trespasserrys
and brekers of the pesse, and send forthe a letter with the othyr
letters.
Thenne the Popea ressayvyd thés letters, and undyrstode aile the
hoole processe, and made hys cardynallys to exampne the fryer, and
by hys answerynge they found ix moo poyntys that he erryd on,
and sone aftyr he was put into the castylle of Angylle in stronge
preson, and laye there yn aile moste iij yere. And evyr hys frendys
and the fryers lokyd aftyr hys comynghome, but he may not, for
he hathe bund hym sylfe unto the Popea by an yryn oblyacyn
faste i-selyd a-boute hys ij helys. And ]?en he lackyd mony and
frende schyppe, submyttyd hym to the Pope;a but whenn he shalle
cum hom I wotte not, but for sothe hys artyculys ben dampnyd,
whether he be or nought I wot ner; I truste ye shalle knowe aftyr
in tyme comyng by Goddys grâce, hoo hâve us aile in hys blessyd
kepyng. Amen for cheryte.
Raffe Vernay,	l Costantyne	j	v-G
Mayre of London I Syr Harry Wafer I	^
That yere the mayr had a pesabylle yere and a plentefulle of aile
Goddys goode. And he festyd the kyng, the quene, and the quene
ys modyr, the lady of Bedford, and many othyr lordys. And
whenn they had done and dynyd the offesers [had] b to there reward
the clothe of state that was ovyr the tabylle, honggyng ovyr hit.
And the substance of napery was gyffe with dyvers men of offyce.
Aile so that yere Kyng Harry that was corne in to Lonkesschyre
owte of Schotlond; tylle he com in to Forneysse Fellys he was
nevyr i-knowe, but there he was knowe and take, and a pon Syn
a “ Bisshope ” is written oyer in a later hand in ail these instances.
b Omitted in MS.GREGORY S CHRONICLE.
233
Anno vij°
Jamys eve he was brought to the Towre of London, and iij moo
with hym; ij were hys chapelaynys, Mayster Docter Bydon, Docter
of Devynyte, and Mayster Thomas Mannynge, Bacheler of Lawe,
and sum tyme Dene of Wyndesore and secretary unto the Quene.
But he was sone delyveryd owte of preson by cause J?at he was
agyd and infecte with a whyte lepyr. But Docter Bydon was in
preson long tyme, and hys frendys laboryd for hym soore and payde
moche mony for hys delyverans. But he couthe not kepe hys
tounge, but in schorte tyme he was put yn a gayne, and was there
more thenne a quarter of a yere. and |?en uppon hys othe he was
delyveryd and ys owte of donger, &c.
John Yonge,	\
Mayre of London; ( John Brommer
menne callyd hym ( Harry Bryce
the good Mayre	/
That yere the mayre beryd [his] ft lady, and hys scheryffe and hys
swyrdeberer. And thenn Stocketon J?e mercer was chose for Harry
Bryce, the scheryffe that was, and he was made scheryffe fro that
tyme tylle Mychellemasse, and no lenger.
Aile soo thys same yere there was an herryke i-brende at the
Towre Hylle, for he dyspysyd the sacrament of the auter; hys
name was Wylliam Balowe, and he dwellyd at Walden. And he
and hys wyffe were abjuryd longe tyme be-fore. And my Lorde of
London kepte hym in preson longe tyme, and he wolde not make
noo confessyon unto noo pryste, but oonly unto God, and sayde that
no pryste had noo more pouer to hyre confessyon thenn Jacke
Hare. And he had no consyence to ete Üesche aftyr Estyr, as
welle as thoo that were bothe schryffe and houselyd.
At the tyme of hys brennynge a Docter, Mayster Hewe Damelet,
person of Syn Petrys in the Cornehylle, laboryd hym to be-leve in
the hooly sacrament of the auter. And thys was the herytyke y s
sayyng: u Bawe ! bawe ! bawe ! What menythe thys pryste? Thys
I wotte welle, |?at on Goode Fryday ye make many goddys to be
putte in the sepukyr, but at Ester day they can not a ryse them
a Omitted in MS.
2 H
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1466-7.
CAMD. SOC.234
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1467.
selfe, but that ye moste lyfte them uppe and bere them forthe, or
ellys they wylle ly stylle yn hyr gravys.” Thys was that tyme of
hys departyng from ]?at worschipfulle docter.
Aile soo that same yere there were many chyrchys robbyd in the
cytte of London only of the boxys with the sacrament. And men
had moche wondyr of thys, and sad men demyd that there had ben
sum felyschippe of heretykys assocyat to gederys. But hyt was
knowe aftyr that it was done of very nede that they robbyd,
wenyng unto the thevys that the boxys hadde ben sylvyr ovyr
gylt, but was but copyr. And by a copyr smythe hit was a spyde
of hyr longe contynuans in hyr robbory. At a tyme, aile the hole
feleschippe of thevys sat at sopyr to gedyr, and had be fore hem
fulle goode metys. But that copyr smythe sayde, “ I wolde hâve a
more deynty mosselle of mete, for I am wery of capon, conynge,
and chekyns, and suche smalle metes. And I mervyl I hâve ete ix
goddys at my sopyr that were in the boxys.” And that schamyd
sum of them in hyr hertys. Ande a smythe of lokyers crafte, that
made hyr instrumentes to opyn lockys, was |?er that tyme, for hit
was sayde at the sopyr in hys howse. And in the mornynge he
went to chyrche to hyre a masse, and prayde God of marcy; but
whenn the pryste was at the levacyon of the masse he myght not
see that blessyd sacrament of the auter. Thenn he was sory, and
a bode tylle a nothyr pryste wente to masse and helpyd the same
pryste to masse, and say a howe the oste lay a-pon the auter and aile
the tokyns and sygnys that the pryste made ; but whenn the pryste
hylde uppe that hooly sacrament at the tyme of levacyon he myght
se no thynge of that blessyd body of Cryste at noo tyme of the
masse, not somoche at Agnus Dei; and thenn he demyd that hit
had ben for febyllenys of hys brayne. And he went unto the ale
howse and dranke a ob.b of goode aile, and went to chyrche agayne,
and he helpyd iij moo prystys to masse, and in no maner a wyse he
ne myght se that blessyd sacrament; but ]?en bothe he and hys
feleschyppe lackyd grâce. And in schorte tyme aftyr iiij of hem
were take, and the same lokyer was one of Y and they were
a Saw.	b i. e. a half-penny worth.gregory’s chronicle.
235
put in Newegate. And by processe they were dampnyd for that
trespas and othyr to he hangyd and to be drawe fro Newegate to
Tyborne, and soo they were. And the same daye that they shulde
dy they were confessyd. And thés iiij docters were hyr con-
fessourys, Mayster Thomas Eberalle, Maystyr Hewe Damylett,
Mayster Wylliam Ive, and Mayster Wylliam Wryxham. Thenn
Mayster Thomas Eberalle wente to masse, and that lokyer aftyr
hys confessyon myght see that blessyd sacrament welle i-nowe, and
thenne rejoysyd and was gladde, and made an opyn confessyon by
fore the iiij sayde docters of devynyte. And I truste that hyr
soulys ben savyd.
Lo, ye obstinât herytykys that holdythe a-gayn confessyon, here
ys an exampylle grete i-nowe to converte you yf ye hâve any grâce
withyn you, for the boke saythe that non est verior probacio quam
oculorum demonstracio. But ye ben soo i-blyndyd that thoughe
ye hyre of suche men that hâve sene suche thyngys ye wylle not be
leve but ye hit see, and thenn ye lese your demeryte ; for scripture
saythe, Fides non habet meritum ubi humana racio habet experi-
mentum. God geve you to a mende. Amen.
Thys yere there corne many inbasyters into Ingelond fro the
Kynge of Fraunce for many dyvers thynges, but they desyryd a
perpetualle pesse. And sum inbassyters com fro the Kyng of
Spayne.a And a Patryarke corne from the Emperoure,b and that
Patryarke was of Antyoche. And from Schotlond corne inbassyters.
And sum com from the Duke of Burgon,c and sum from Bratayne.
Also there com inbassyters from the Kynge of Napyllys.d And
inbassytors com from the Conte de Ferare.6 And that same yere
corne a legatt from the Pope ;f and he lay at Syn Bartholomewe the
a Probably Alfonso, who was proclaimed King of Castile on the déposition of his
brother Henry the Impotent, in 1465.
b Frédéric III.
c It is uncertain which Duke of Burgundy is here intended. Duke Philip died
on the 15 June, 1467, and was succeeded by his son Charles the Bold.
d Ferdinand I.	6 Borso Duke of Ferrara (not Count) is doubtless intended.
f “ Bishop ” in later h and written over.
Edw. IV
A.D. 1467.236
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1467-8.
Lasse in a grete place of a Lombardys, and he kepte a goode hous-
holde, and hys men were fulle welle gydyd. That légat wolde
nevyr corne at noo festys nor dyners with no man, with kyng nor
lorde, save with grete instance he rode to More with the Arche
Byschoppe of Yorke, and dynyd there and com home to hysbedde.
Where fore that he com to thys lond fulle fewe men can say, but
he was the best Latyn man that com into Inglond many yerys,
and fulle curtesse with aile. Men drede that in tyme comyng hit
wylle be knowe that hys comyng hedyr was kept so prevely.
Aile so the same yere there was dede of armys done by fore
Mydsomer in Smethefylde by twyne the Lorde Schalys, the Quenys
brother, and the Bastarde of Burgoyn, bothe on horsse backe and
in fote; but I wot not what I shalle say of hit, whethyr hit was
fortune, crafte, or cunnynge, but thys y s a trought, that the
Bastarde of Burgayn lay in the fylde bothe hors and man, and h};s
hors was so brusyd that he dyde with a whyle aftyr. Thenne the
nexte tyme they fouglit on fote fulle welle. I reporte me unto hem
that sayea thys : I doo aftyr hyryng. Or ax of em that felde the
strokys, they can telle you best.
Aile so that sam tyme there was dede of armys done by twynne
ij Gasconys of the kyngys house and other ij men of the Bastarde
of Borgayn. And the ij men in the kyngys party ther namys were
Thomas Dalalaund, and that othyr Lewys de Brytellys; and that
orthyr ij men in the Bastard ys syde there namys were Syr John
de Cassy, knyght, and that othyr Botton, squyer. But the kynges
men were better thenn they, bothe an hors backe and on foote.
And thés dedys of armys was for lyffe and dethe. And soo hyt
was by twyne the Lorde Schalys and the Bastarde of Burgayne.
Thomas Olgrave, j Umfray Hayforde j Anno yiij0<
Mayre of London I Thomas Stalbroke i
That yere were meny men a pechyd of treson, bothe of the cytte
and of othyr townys. Of the cytte Thomas Coke, knyght and
aldyrman, and John Plummer, knyght and aldyrman, but the kyng
a Saw.GREGORY S CHRON1CLE.
237
gave hem bothe pardon. And a man of the Lorde Wenlockys,
John Haukyns was hys name, was hangyd at Tyburne and be
heddyd for treson.
And Umfray Hayforde, the Scheryffe of London, was a pechyd
and loste hys cloke for the same mater ; and many moo of the cytte
loste moche goode for suche maters.
Ande that same yere the Kyngys suster, my Lady Margerete, was
weddyd unto the Duke of Burgon; and she was brught thedyr with
many worschypfulle lordys, knyghtys, and squyers. And the
Byschoppe of Salysburya resayvyd hyr, for he hadde ben in that
londe many dayes before. And sum gentylly men that brought
hyr there bare hem soo evylle in hyr gydynge, that they loste hyr
heddys at London sone after that they corne home. One Rychard
Skyrys, squyer, Pounyngys, and Alphey, the iij were by heddyd at
the Towre Hylle.
Aile so that yere the Lorde Herberd of Walys gâte the castelle
of Hardelowe in Walys; that castylle ys so stronge that men sayde
that hyt was inpossybylle unto any man to gete hyt, but poyntment
hit was gotyn.b And sum of the pety captaynys were be-heddyd at
Towre Hylle at London, for that castelle was fortefyd and vytaylyd
by suche at lovyd Kyng Harry; one of the men was callyd John
Treublode.
Aile soo that yere, a lytylle be-fore the sege of that castelle, the
olde Lorde Jesper and sum tyme Erle of Pembroke was in Walys;
and he roode ovyr the contraye and helde many cessyons and cysys
in Kyng Harrys name. But men wene that he was not owte of
Walys whenn that the Lord Herberde corne with hysoste; butfavyr
at sum tyme dothe grete ese, as hit ys prevyd by the hydynge of
that lorde sum tyme Erle of Penbroke.
Aile so that same yere the men that corne home from Brougayne*
at hadde ben at the maryage of my Lady Margarete were purposyd
to hâve myschevyd aile the Flemmyngys in Sowtheworke. And
they wolde hâve take hyr conselle at a crosse be syde Redclyffe;
a Rie. Beauchamp.	b So in MS.	c Burgundy.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1468.238
gregory’s chronicle.
Edw. IV.
A JD. 1468-9.
and alsosone as they myght hâve hadde any botys j?ey wolde hâve
londyd at Horsey Downe and take the Flemmyngys owte of hyr
beddys and slayne them ; and many bot men were consentyng unto
hem, but they were a spyde and lette of hyr purposse. And tho ];at
were the causers of thys mater were set in preson.
Aile so hit was reportyd by the moste party of thoo men that
com from the maryage, that aftyr the dayes that were assygnyd
that every man shuld wayte a pon hys owne lord, lady, or mayster,
and com noo more at the dukys corte, that the Burgoners shewyd
no more favyr unto Englysche men thenn they wolde doo unto a
Jewe. For mete and drynke was dyre i-nowe as thoughe hit hadde
ben in the londe of warre, for a schuldyr of motyn was solde for
xij d. And as for beddyng, Lyard my hors had more ese thenn
had sum good yeman, for my hors stode in the howse and the
yeman sum tyme lay with owte in the strete, for las anda iiij d a
man shulde not hâve a bedde a nyght. Lo howe sone they couthe
play the nygardys !
Aile so that yere the Pope b sende a bulle for the Cordyners, and
cursyd thoo that made any longe pykys passynge ij yenchysc of
lengthe, and that no Cordyner shuld not sylle no schone a pone the
Sonday, ne put no schoo a pon no man ys fote, ne goo to noo
fayrys a pon the Sonday uppon payne of cursynge. And the kynge
grauntyd in a conselle and in the Parlement that hyt shulde be put
in excecussyon, and thys was proclaymyd at Poulys Crosse. And
sum men sayd that they wolde were longe pykys whethyr Pope
wylle or nylle, for they sayde the Popys curse wolde not kylle a
flye. God amend thys. And with in schorte tyme aftyr sum of the
Cordyners gâte prevy selys and proteccyons to make longe pykys,
and causyd tho same men of hyr crafte that laboryd to the Pope for
the dystruccyon of longe pykys to be trobelyd and in grete donger.
* and, so in MS.	b “ Bisshope ” as before.
c yenchys. The initial y is dotted both aboyé and below, perhaps to indicate
that it should be struck ont.gregory’s chronicle.
239
j Synkyn Srnythe j Anno ix°.
Mayre of London \	'
That same yere in the Lentyn, whyle men were at sarmonys the
Sonday aftyr noon, a yong man that was watyng a pon a man of
the kyngys house was soore vexyd and bound with the devylle.
And that man aftyr tyme that he was unbound by mannys hondys
lay specelys long tyme aftyr. And as sone as he myght speke men
of worschippe com to hym, and sum grete statys aile so com to
hym and desyryd hym to telle hem of hys syghtys that he had sene
in hys ferfulle vexacyon. And he tolde them many thyngys that
he say,a as ye shalle hyre here aftyr by wrytyng and by confessyon
of hym selfe unto the Pryer of Chartyr Howse, and to many dyvers
docters. For the Pryer of Chartyrhouse made a grete dyner to the
docters,----b
* Saw.
b Here the MS. breaks off abruptly at tbe bottom of tbe page; but some leaves
are certainly lost.
Edw. IV.
A.D. 1469.APPENDIX
MAYORS AND SHERIFFS.
(See page 57, note.)
As there are some inaccnracies in the list of Mayors and Sheriffs
contained in Gregory’s Chronicle, it was my intention at first to hâve
corrected them in footnotes on comparing them with other lists ; but I
found tbat the errors were in some cases very complicated, and that
there is no such thing as a complété and accurate list existing. Yery
often, both in this and other Chronicles, the city officers for one year
are assigned to another ; sometimes the years are transposed ; and
sometimes the lists for a whole sequence of years are put one year too
early or too late. Further, there are yery great variations in the names
themselves, many of which are obviously due to transcribers’ errors,
while many others are genuine aliases, owing to the frequent use in
early times of different surnames for the same person. But as it is not
in ail cases certain to which particular cause each variation is due, and
which authority is to be preferred, I subjoin a list, compiled from various
sources, of the Mayors and Sheriffs from the beginning of King John’s
reign to the ninth year of Edward IV., showing ail the variations and
discrepancies to the end of Edward I ’s reign.
For the Sheriffs the most certain authority is the official list of
Sheriffs compiled from the records of the Exchequer, which is printed
in Report XXXI. of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, page 308.
This is referred to by the letter O. There is, however, no similar list
of Mayors. The other authorities referred to are as foliows :—
Fabyan’s Chronicle, referred to by the letter .		. F.
Liber de Antiquis Legibus		. A.
Short Chronicle in Appendix	to the preceding .	. Ap.
MS. Harl. 565, referred to by the letter .		. H.
MS. Cott., Jul. B. I. „	>>	. J.
MS. Cott., Vitell. A xvi. „	9}	. y.
CAMD. SOC.	2 I242
APPENDIX.
Year.
1 John, 1199 (1198,
A., Ap.)
2 John, 1200 (1199,
A., Ap.)
3 John, 1201 (1200,
A., Ap.)
4 John, 1202 (1201,
A., Ap.)
5 John, 1203 (1202,
A., Ap.)
6 John, 1204 (1203,
A., Ap.)
7 John, 1205 (1204,
A., Ap.)
May or s.	Sheriffs.
Arnnlfus fiz Arnulfi; filius Athel-
hulphi, A.; Arnaud filius Aluf,
Ap.; Arnold fiz Arnold, F.; Ar-
naldus filins Alulfi, O.
Rychardus fiz Barthi,—filius Bartho-
lomei, A., or filius Barthelmeu,
Ap. ; fiz Darty, F. ; Ricardus
Blundus, O.
Roletus Deserte; Rogerus de De-
serto, A., O.; Roger de Desert,
Ap. ; Roger Desert, F.
Jacobus fiz Barthyn; Jacobus Alder-
mannus, A., O.; Jacob Alderman,
Ap.; Jamys fiz Barth, F.
Wyllelmus fiz Alysie; filius Alicie.
A., O.; filius Aliz, Ap.; fyz Alyze,
F.
Simon de Aldermanburye, G., F., A.,
Ap., O.
...	... NormanBlunden; NormannusBlun-
dus, A., O. ; Norman Blondell, F. ;
Norreman le Blunt, Ap.
John Ely; or, of Ely, F.; Johannes
de Kayo, A.; Joban de Kai, Ap.
Walterus Browne, G., F.; Brun,
A.; Brunus, O.; Waltere le Brun,
Ap.
Wyllelmus Chambyrlayne, G., F. ;
W. Camerarius, A. ; Willam le
Chaumberleyn, Ap.
Thomas Havyrylle, G., F. ; de Haver-
ille, A., Ap.; de Haverhella, O.
Hamonde Bronde, G., F., A.; Brande,
Ap., O.
John Walhame; Walgrave, F., H.,
J.; Walraven, A.; Waleran, Ap.;
Walerain, O.
Ricardus Wynton; de Wyntona, A.,
O.; de Wincestre, Ap.; of Win-
chester, F.APPENDIX.
243
Year.	Mayors.
8 John, 1206 (1205,	........
A., Ap.)
9 John, 1207 (1206,
A., Ap.) (9 John,
1208-9, F.)a
10	John, 1208 (1207,	................
A., Ap.) (9 John,
1207-8, H.) a
11	John, 1209 (1208, Henricus filius Al-
A., Ap.)	wynne; fiz Alwyn,
F. ; or filius Eyl-
wyni, A.b (The first
mayor.)
12	John, 1210 (1209, The same
A., Ap.)
13 John, 1211 (1210, The same
A., Ap.)
Sheriffs.
Johannes Holylonde, G., F.; Heli-
land, A.; Elylond, Ap.; Johannes
filius Elinandi, O.
Edmundus fiz Gerardi, G., F.; filius
Gerardi, O. ; Eadmundus de la
Haie, A., Ap.
Henricus de S. Albano, G., A., O.;
de Seint Auban, Ap.; Hugh of
Seynt Albon, F.
Serle,mercer, G.,F.; Serlole Mercer,
A., Ap. ; Serlo Mercerius, O.
i2^^?*'WsWynchester,G., F. ; Robertus
de Wintona, A., O.; Robert de
Wincestre, Ap.
Edmundus Hardell, G., F.; Willel-
mus, A., Ap., O.
Petrus Bukke; Duke, F., H., J.; le
Duc, A., Ap., O.
Thomas fiz Nele; Thomas Neell, F.;
filius Nigelli, A.; filius Neal, Ap.;
Thomas Aldermannus, O.
Petrus Josowe; Petrus Josne, H.;
Peter Yonge, F.; Petrus Junior,
A.; Peres le Juvene, Ap.; Petre
le Joesne, J. ; Petrus Neuelun, O.
Willelmus Blunte; Wyllyam Elande,
F.; William Gland, H.; Williel-
mus Wite, A., Ap. ; Willelmus
Blundus, O.
Adam Whytteby ; Whateley, H. ;
Whetely, J. ; Whetley, F. ; de
Wyteby, A., Ap.; de Withebi, O.
Stephin Grâce; le Graas, F., O.;
Stephanus Crassus, A., Ap.
a Fabyan inaccurately places the sheriffs (or bailiffs) of this ninth year before
those of the eighth ; but calls both years “ Anno ix.” H. and J. give the names of
the sheriffs for the tenth year as those of the ninth, and so misdate by a year the
oflicers during the rest of the reign.
b According to the Liber de Antiquis Legibus his mayoralty began in 1188, the
first year of Richard I.244
APPENDIX.
Year.
Mayors.
Sheriffs.
14 John, 1212 (1211,
A., Ap. 13 John,
G.)*
15 John, 1213 (1212,
A., Ap. 14 John,
G.)
16	John, 1214 (1213,
A., Ap. 15 John,
G.)
17	John,1215 (1214,
A., Ap. 16 John,
G.)
18	John,1216 (1215,
A., Ap. 17 John,
G.)
1 Hen. III. 1216-7
2	„	1217-8
3	„	1218-9
Henricus filius Al- Josens films Pers; Josue fitz Pet, F.;
wynne	Joceus filius Pétri, A., O.; Goce
fiz Peres, Ap.
John Gerlande or Garlonde, G., A.,
Ap., O.
Rafe Holylonde; Helyland, A.; Ey-
lande, F. ; Rudulfus Elyland, Ap.
Constantinus Joswe; Constantyne le
Josne, F. ; Constantinus Junior, A. ;
Costentin Juvenis, Ap.
Martyn fiz Alesye ; Fiz Alis, F. ;
filius Alicie, A., O.; fil Aliz, Ap.
Petrus Batte, G., F., Ap.; Bath, A.
Salman Rasynge, G.; Salomon Ba-
synge or de Basinges, A., O., F.,
Ap.
Hugo Basynge or de Basinges
John Travers, G., F., A., Ap.
Androwe Newland, G., F.; Nevelun,
A.; Yevelun, Ap.
Benedietus Campanarius, A; or
Benoit le Seynter, Ap.
Willelmus Blundus, A., Ap.
[Fabyan repeats the names of the mayors and sheriffs of 17
John under this year, and the official list of sheriffs is
blank for this year ; while Gregory gives as sheriffs
Ricardus Sumpturer and Wyllelmus Blome Travers, and
Y. Richard Sumpte and William Blonte.]
Robert Serle, mercer	Thos. Bukrelle
Ralph Gylonde or Helylaunde; Eli-
nant, O. ; Eylond, Y.
The same	John Yyele
John Spycer, G.; Spencer, Y.; Goce
le Peseur, Ap.; Joceus Ponderator,
A., O.
[Fabyan gives as sheriffs Benet le Ceytur ( ? Ceyntur) and
Will. Blounde, who appear to hâve been sheriffs in the first
year; after which he places ail the mayors and sheriffs a
year later than they ought to be till the ninth year.]
The same
Rogerus fiz Aleyne
Serle, mercer
Willelmus Ardelle ;
Hardell, F., A.
Jas. Alderman; after-
wards Solomon Ba-
sing
a Our Chronicle leaves the date of the thirteenth year blank, and dates every
succeeding year of John’s reign one year too early.APPENDIX.
245
	Year.	Mayors.	Sheriffs.
4 Hen. III. 1219-20		Robert Serle, mercer	Rie. Wimbledon
			John Vyele; or Wayell, F.
5	„ 1220-1	The same	Rie. Renger John le Joswe; Joseus le Josne, F.;
			Joceus Junior, A.; Goce Juvenis, Ap.; Josceus filius Willelmi, O.
6	„ 1221-2	The same	Rie. Ronger; Renger, A., Ap.; Rein- ger, O.; Joyner, F. Thomas Lambert
7	„ 1222-3	Rie. Ronger; or Reyn-	Will. Joyner
		ger	Thos. Lambert
8	„ 1223-4	The same	John Travers Andrew Bokerell
9	„ 1224-5	The same	The same. But G. and V. give as
			sheriffs the names of those of the tenth year, and put ail the sheriffs following one year too early till the thirty-ninth year
10	„ 1225-6	The same	Roger Duke Martin Fitz William
11	„ 1226-7	The same	The same. F. gives the sheriffs of
			the twelfth year as those of the eleventh, and like G. antedates ail
			the shrievalties following to the thirty-ninth year
12	„ 1227-8	Roger Duke. F. dates	Stephen Bukerel; Butler, G.
		Roger Duke’s mayor-	Henry de Cokham; Colleham, G.;
		alty in the eleventh year	Cobham, F., Y.
13	„ 1228-9	The same	The same
14	„ 1229-30	The same	Walter of Winchester Robert Fitz John
15	„ 1230-1	The same	Richard Fitz Walter; Fitz William, G., F. John Wouburne or Wodebome
16	„ 1231-2	Andrew Bokerelle. F.	Michael de Sancta Helena
continues Roger Walter Denfelde, G., F.; Walter le
Duke this year, but Busle, A.; le Bufle, Ap.; le Bufler,
old ed. has A. Bo- O.
kerell246
APPENDIX.
Year.	Mayors.
17 Hen. III. 1232-3 Andrew Bokerelle.
18		1233-4	The same
19	}f	1234-5	The same
20	»	1235-6	The same
21	)>	1236-7	The same
22	»	1237-8	Richard Renger; Rie. Roger, G.
23		1238-9	William Joyner
24	»	1239-40	Gérard Batte
25	»	1240-1	Reginald de Bungey ; Remon de Bengley, F.
26	»	1241-2	The same
27	>5	1242-3		
28	»	1243-4		
29	))	1244-5	Michael Toyy ; Tony, G., F.
30		1245-6	John de Gisors
Shei'iffs.
Henry de Edelmeton
Gérard Bat
Simon Fitz Mary
Roger Blunt
Ralph Ashwy, Aswy, or Eswy ; Elwy,
A.
John Norman
Gérard Bat; Bernardus Batte, G.
Robert Hardel
Henry de Cokham; Cobham, G., F.,
Y.
Jordan de Coventre
John de Tulesan; Tresalano, G.
Gérard Cordwainer, G., F., V.; Ger-
vase Camerarius or Chamberlain,
A., Ap. ; Gervasius Chordewaner,
O.
John de Wylhale
John de Coudres ; Goundris, G,
Goundresse, F., V.
Reginald de Bungey
Ralph Ashwy or Eswy
John de Gisors
Michael Tovy; Tony, F.; Cony,0.
John Yiel, son of John Viel, sen.
Thomas de Duresme or of Durham;
Durysyne, G., F.
Robert Fitz John; John, G.,F.,H., J.
Ralph Ashewy
Hugh Blunt, goldsmith
Adam de Basyng; de Gisebume, A.
Ralph de Arcubus, spicer
Nicholas Batte
Robert Cornhill
Adam Bentley; Benle, G.; Bewley,
F.; de Beverlee, Ap.; de Benet-
lega, O.APPENDIX.
247
Year.
31 Hen. III. 1246-7
32
33
1247-8
1248-9
May or s.
Piers fitz Aleyn
Michael Toyy again ;
Tony, G., F.
Roger Fitz Roger, G.,
F.,H.,J. Butaccord-
ing to A. Michael
Toyy again, and Fitz
Roger and the two
next mayors each
held office one year
later than is here
stated.
Sheriffs.
Simon Fitz Mary
Laurence Frowyke
Will. Yyel; John, G., F.
Nicholas Bat
Nicholaus filius Jocey; fil. Jocelini,
Ap.
Galfridus de Wintona
34 „	1249-50	John Norman, G., F.,	Ralph Hardel
		H., J.	John de Tolesane
35 „	1250-1	Adam Basyng	Humphrey Basse ; Humfridus le
36
37
38
39
1251- 2	F. and G. give in this
year the mayor who
held office in the
thirty-seyenth year,
and so make the two
following mayors
also hold office ayear
earlier.
1252-	3	John de Tolesano
1253-	4	Nicholas Batte
1254-	5	Richard Hardel ; Ra-
dulfus Hardel, A.
Fevre, A., O.; Humfridus dictus
Faber, Ap.
William Fitz Richard
Nicholas Bat
Laurence de Frowyk (He is inaccu-
rately named in G. as a second
mayor instead of a second sheriff.)
William of Durham
Thomas de Wimhorne
Richard Picard; Nicholas, G.
John de Northampton
Ralph Ashwy, G., F.; Willelmus
Eswy or Aswy, A., Ap.
Robertus de Lintona, A., Ap.; Rob.
Belyngton, F. ; Bylton, G.
These sheriffs were removed, and
their places supplied by—
Stephen de Oystergate; Stephen Doo,
G.
Henry Walemonde248
APPENDIX.
Ycar.	Mayors.	Sheriffs.
[The removed sheriffs of this year are placed by G., V., and
F. in the thirty-eighth year, and those who filled their
places in the thirty-ninth ; after which the sheriffs are
assigned to their right years by these chroniclers, by F.
till the forty-eighth year, and by G. to the end of the
reign.]
40 Hen. III. 1255-6			Richard Hardel	Matthew Bokerell; Michael, G. John le Mynur; Lymnour, G.
41	»	1256-7	The same	Richard Ewell William Ashwy or Eswy, draper
42		1257-8	The same	Thomas fitz Thomas; fitz Richard, G., F.
Robert Catylleyne; Catelyon or Cate-
leiger, F.
The last-named sheriff died, and
Matthew Bukerel was put in his
place, but afterwards removed and
William Grapefige was made she-
riff.
43	»	1258-9	John de Gisors, pep- perer	John Adrian Robert de Cornhill
44	>>	1259-60	William Fitz Richard	Adam Browning Henry de Coventry; Richard, Y.
45		1260-1	The same	John of Northampton Richard Picard
46	»	1261-2	Thomas Fitz Thomas	Philip le Tayllur (or Cissor) ; Robert, G. ; Richard, F. Richard de Walbrook; Philip, F.
47		1262-3	The same	Osbert de Suffolk; Robert, F.; Ober- tus de Sowtheworke, G. Robert de Munpelers
48	>>	1263-4	The same	Thomas de la Forde; Forthe, G. Gregory Rokisle
[Fabyan gives as sheriffs for this year Osbert Wynter and
Philip Taylour, the édition of 1559 giving also Robert
Munpilers in the margin as a correction.]
49	„	1264-5 The same	Edward Blunt
Petrus de Aungers; Armiger, G.;
filius Angeri, A.
[F. gives as sheriffs of this year those of the year preceding,
calling the first Thomas de la Fourdeous.]APPENDXX.
249
Year.
Mayors.
Sheriffs.
50 Hen. III. 1265-6
51
52
1266-7
1267-3
53
1268-9
54
1269-70
55
56
57
1	Edw. I.
2
1271-2
and
1272-	3
1273-	4
William Fitz Richard
(Not mayor as in G.
but custos)
Alan Souche, custos of
the City
The same; but during
the year he was re-
placed as custos by
Thomas de Eppe-
grave or Ippegrave,
and he by Stephen
de Eddeworthe.
Hugh Fitz Otho, custos
(Henry FitzThomas,
G.,which is certainly
inaccurate, as also
F., who calls him
Thomas, and H. and
J., which call him
Hugh Fitz Thomas.)
John Adrian, draper Philip le Tailur; John, G., F.
(F. calls him vint- Walter le Poter; W. Plotte, G.; W.
ner.)	Porter, F.
[The mayor and sheriffs for this and the remaining years of the
reign are placed a year later by Fabyan, who for this fifty-
fourth year gives Thomas fitz Thomas as mayor, and William
Haddistok and Anketyll de Alverne(de Auverne) as sheriffs.]
John de la Lynde
John Walerand, Waleraven, or Wal-
rent
John Adrian
Luke de Batencourt
Walter Hervy; W. Henry, F.
William de Durham ; W. Dury-
seyne, G. (F. places these sheriffs
in the fifty-third year.)
The same sheriffs at first; afterwards
Robert de Cornhill
Thomas de Basings (F. places these
sheriffs in the fifty-second year.)
1270-1 The same
Sir Walter Hervy,
knight
The same
Henry Waleys
1274-5 Gregory Rokesley
1275-6 The same
Gregory de Rokesle
Henry le Waleys
John de Bodele ; Bedell, G. ; Bedyll, F.
Richard de Paris
John Horne
Walter le Poter
Nicholas, son of Geoffrey of Win-
chester
Henry de Coventry
Luke Batencurt ; Patencourt, F. ;
Ratyncourt, G.
Henry Frowyke
John Home
Ralph Blount
2 K
CAMD. SOC.250
APPENDIX.
Year.
Mayors.
Sherijfs.
5 Edw.		I. 1276-7	The same	Robert Aras; Rob. de Bracy, F. Ralph Feverer
6	y)	1277-8	The same	John, son of John Adrian Walter Englysche; Water Leggleys, Ap.; Walter le Cornewaleis, O.
7	yy	1278-9	The same	Robert Basing Will. le Maserer
8	yy	1279-80	The same	Thomas Box Ralph de la More
9	yy	1280-1	The same	Will. Farindon Nich. de Winchester
10	yy	1281-2	Henry Waleys	Will. Maserer Rie. de Chigwell; Roger, O.
11	”	1282-3	The same	Walter Blunt; Ralph, G., F. Ankyn Betnell; Anketillns de Bete- villa, O.
12	»	1283-4	The same	Jordan Goodeschepe Martin Box
13	”	1284-5	Gregory Rokesley, and afterwards Sir John Bryton	Stephen Cornhill Rob. Rokesley
14	yy	1285-6	Ralph Sandwich	Walter Blunt; William, F. John Wade
15	yy	1286-7 a	The same (Sir John Bryton, F.)	Thomas Gros; Cros, F., G. Will. Hauteyn
16	yy	1287-8 a	The same	Will. de Hereford Thomas de Stanes
17	”	1288-9	The same	Will. de Betoyne; Byton, G. John of Canterbury
18	yy	1289-90	The same	Fulk of St. Edmund Salomon Lancastre; Langforde, F.; le Outiller, O., Ap.
19	yy	1290-1	The same	Thomas Romayn Will. de Lyre
20	yy	1291-2	Ralph Sandwich	Ralph Blunt Hamond Box
21	yy	1292-3	The same	Henry Belle; le Bole, O. Elysse or Elias Russelle
The sheriffs for the fifteenth and sixteenth years are transposed in our chronicle.APPENDIX.
251
Year.	Mayors.	Sheriffs.
22 Edw.		I. 1293-4	The same; John Bryt- ton, G.	Robert Rokesley Martin Aumbre or Aumbresbury
23	11	1294-5	Sir John Brytton	Henry Box Rie. Gloucester
24	11	1295-6	The same	John Dunstable Adam Halyngbery
25	11	1296-7	The same	Thomas de Suffolk Adam de Fullam
26	11	1297-8	The same	John de Storteford Will. de Storteford
27	11	1298-9	Henry Waleys	Richard de Refham; Rie. Bosham, G.; Riser le Mercer, Ap. Thomas Sely; Geli, Ap.; Tely, G.
28	»	1299- 1300	Elys Russell	John Armenters, draper Henry Fyngrey, fishmonger
29	11	1300-1	The same	Luke Haveryng Rie. Champeis or de Campes
30	11	1301-2	John Blount	Robert Caller Peter de Bosham or Bosenho
31	11	1302-3	The same	Simon de Paris, mercer Hugh Pourte, fishmonger
32	11	1303-4	The same	W ill.Combmartyn (orCombermartyn) John Burford
33	11	1304-5	The same	John Lincoln, vintner Roger Paris, mercer
34*		1305-6	The same	Will. Cosyn Reynold Thundrylle; Doderell, F.; Sounderle, Ap.
35 ’	1 11	and	The same	Geoffrey atte Conduit
1	Edw. IL 1306-7		Simon Bolete [After this date I shall merely give names that seem pretty well authenticated, omitting most of the variations. Where a corrupt form seems to occur in G., I shall print it in Italics within parenthèses.]	
1	ii	1307-8	John Blount	Nich. Pygotte (Pycok) and Nigel Drury
2	ii	1308-9	Nicholas Faryngdon	William Basyng and John Butler
a The sheriffs for the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth years are transposed by our
chronicler.252
APPEND1X.
Year.	May ors.	Sheriffs.
			■■■	-
3 Edw. II. 1309-10			Thomas Romayne	Roger Palmer and James of St. Ed- mnnde
4	»	1310-11	Richard Roffham (Bosham)	Simon Croppe and Piers Blackeney
5	»	1311-12	John Gysors	Simon Merwoode and Rie. Wyl- forde
6	5>	1312-13	The same (Kysors)	John Lambin and Rie. Lntekyn
7	»	1313-14	Nich. Faryngdon	Adam Burton and Hugh Gayton
8	yy	1314-15	John Gysors	Stephen Habingdon and Hamond Chikwell
9	»	1315-16	Steph. Habingdon	Hamond Goodchepe and Will. Red- yng (So in G. and F. ; bnt F. gives in margin Bedington, which is also the surname given in J., while H. giyes Golith.)
10	yy	1316-17	John Wyngraye	Will. Caston (or Canston) and Ralph Palmer, Bulmer, or Balannser
11	y)	1317-18	The same	John Pryonre and Will. Fumeux
12	yy	1318-19	The same John Pulteney and John Dallyng [G. gives the officers of the fourteenth year for the twelfth, and repeats them in their proper place. ]	
13	yy	1319-20	Hamond Chikwell	Simon Abingdon and John Preston
14	yy	1320-1	Nich. Earingdon	Will. Proudeham and Reynold at the Conduit
15	yy	1321-2	Hamond Chikwell	Rie. Constantyne and Rie. Hakeney (Habeney, G.)
16	y>	1322-3	The same	John Grantham and Roger (or Richard ?) of Ely
17	yy	1323-4	Nich. Faringdon (Simon Fraunces, F.)	Adam Salisbury and John of Oxen- ford
18	yy	1324-5	Hamond Chikwell	Benet of Fulham and John Caw- ston
19	yy	1325-6	Rie. Betayne	Gilbert Morden and John of Cotton
20	yy	and )	The same	Ric.Roting (Rotinger, G.) and Roger
1 Edw. III. 1326-7 1				Chaunceler
2	yy	1327-8	Hamond Chyckewell	Harry Darcy and John Hawteyn (Hadden, G.)
3	yy	1328-9	John Grantham	Simon Francis and Harry Comb- martyn (Thonbyrmartyn, G.)
4	”	1329-30	Simon Swanne or Swaynlond	Rie. Lacer and Henry (Rie., G.) GysorsAPPEND1X.
253
Year. 5 Edw. III. 1330-1			Mayors. John Pountney
6	a	1331-2	The same
7	a	1332-3	John Preston
8	ff	1333-4	John Pountney
9	a	1334-5	Reynold at the Con-
10	a	1335-6	duit (Ralph Cotym- ger, G.) The same
11	if	1336-7	John Pountney
12	fi	1337-8	Harry Darcy
13	fi	1338-9	The same
14	ii	1339-40	Andrew Awbrey
15	fi	1340-1	The same
16	fi	1341-2	John Oxynford; after-
17	})	1342-3	wards Simon Fraun- ces Simon Fraunces
18	ff	1343-4	John Hamonde
19	a	1344-5	The same
20	ff	1345-6	Rie. Lacer
21	ff	1346-7	Geoffrey Wichyngham
22	ff	1347-8	Thos. Legge
23	ff	1348-9	John Lovekin
24	ff	1349-50	Walter (or William ?)
25	ff	1350-1	Turke Will. Killingbury
26	ff	1351-2	Andrew Awbrey
27		1352-3	Adam Fraunceys
28	ft	1353-4	The same
29		1354-5	Thos. Legge
Sheriffs.
Rob. Ely and Thos. Harewold or
Harrewode
John Mokkynge and Andrew Aw-
brey
Nie. Pyke and John Husbond
John Hamond and Will. Hansard
John Kingston (Kenton, G.) and
Walter Turke
Walter Morden and Rie. Upton
Will. Brykelsworth and John North-
all
Walter Nele and Nich. Crâne or
Grave (Grene, G.)
Will. of Pountfreyt and Hugh Mar-
berer
Will. Thomey and Roger Forsham
Adam Lucas and Barth Mareys
Rie. Berkyng and John Rokyslee
John Lowkyn and Rie. Kisling-
bury
John Sywarde and John Aylsham
Geoffrey Wychyngham and Thos.
Legge
Edmund Hemnale and John Glou-
cester
John Croydon and Will. Clopton
Adam Bramson and Rie. Basing-
stoke
Henry Picard and Simon Dolsell
Adam Bury and Ralph Lynne
John Notte and Will. Worcester
John Wroth and Gilbert Steyn-
drop
John Peche and John Stodey
John (or William?) Welde and John
Lytell
Will. Totenham and Rie. Smerte254
APPENDIX,
	Year.		Mayors.	Sheriffs.
30 Edw. III. 1355-6			Simon Fraunceys	Thos. Brandon a and Tkos. Forster a
31	a	1356-7	Harry Picard	Hic. Nottingham and Tkos. Dolsell
32	a	1357-8	John Stodey	Stephen Caundisk and Bartk. Froste- lyng
33	a	1358-9	John Lovekyn	John Bernes and John Bures
34	a	1359-60	Simon Dolsell (Don- feld or Doffelde)	Simon Bedyngton (Radyngton, G.) and John Chichester
35	a	1360-1	John Wrotk	John Deynes and Walter Bemey
36	a	1361-2	John Peccke	Will. Holbeche and Jas. Tame
37	a	1362-3	Stepk. Caundisk	John of St. Alban’s and Jas. An- drew
38	a	1363-4	John Notte	Rie. Croydon and John Hyltofte
39	a	1364-5	Adam of Bury	Simon Mordon and John of Met- ford
40	a	1365-6	The same till 28 Jan.; afterwards John Lovekyn	John Brikylsworth and John Ireland
41		1366-7	John Lovekyn	John Warde and Will. Dykman (so F. and G.; but H., J., and the MS. of Fabyan used by Ellis give Thos. At Lee or Otley for the second.)
42	a	1367-8	Jas. Andrew	John Thorgold (Corgold, G.) and Will. Dykeman
43	if	1368-9	Simon Mord on	Adam Wymbyngham (or Wymond- ham) and Rob. Girdeler
44	if	1369-70	John Chichester	John Pyell and Hugh Holbeche
45		1370-1	John Bernes	Will. Walworth and Rob. Gayton
46	a	1371-2	The same	Rob. Hatfeld and Adam Staple
47	„	1372-3	John Pyell	John Philpott and Nich. Brembre
48	fi	1373-4	Adam of Bury	John Aubrey and John Fyfhede
49	„	1374-5	Will. Walwortk	Rie. Lyons and Will. Wodhouse
50	if	1375-6	John Warde	John Hadley and Will. Newport
51	if	1376-7	Adam Staple till 21 March ; afterwards	John of Northampton and Robert Launde
Nich. Brembre
a F., J., and G. give tlie same Christian name to both the sheriffs of this year;
but H. gives their names as Tkos. Forster and Walter Brandon ; Arnold as Walter
Forster and Tkos. Brandon.APPENDIX.
255
	Year.		Mayors.	Sheriffs.
[52 Edw. III.»			Nich. Brembre &	Andrew Pyhemana and Nich. Twy- ford a]
1	Rie. II.	1377-8	Nich. Brembre	Andrew Pykeman and Nich. Twy- ford
2	»>	1378-9	John Philpot	John Boseham and Thos. Comwaleys
3		1379-80	John Hadley	John Heylysdone and Will. Baret
4	»	1380-1	Will. Walworth	Walter Doget and Will. Knyght- cote
5		1381-2	John Northampton	John Rote and John Hende or Hynde
6	>>	1382-3	The same	Adam Bamme (Wamme, G.) and John Sely
7	»	1383-4	Nich. Brembre	Simon Wynchecombe and John More
8	»	1384-5	The same	Nich. Exton and John Frosh, Fresh, or Frensh
9	„	1385-6	The same	John Organ and John Chyrchman
10		1386-7	Nich. Exton	Will. More and Will. Staundon
11	>>	1387-8	The same	Will. Venour and Hugh Fastolf
12	»	1388-9	Nich. Twyford	Adam Carlylle and Thos. Austyn
13	”	1389-90	Will. Venour	John Walcote and John Loveye or Loveney
14	J)	1390-1	Adam Bamme	John Fraunceys and Thos. Vyyent
15	)>	1391-2	John Hynde or Hende	Harry Vanner and John Schad- worth
16	5*	1392-3	Will. Stawnden	Gilbert Mawfield and Thos. Neuton or Newenton
17	»	1393-4	John Hadley	Eic. Whittington and Drewe Baren- tyne
18	»	1394-5	John Frosh or Frensh	Will. Brampton and Thos. Knolles
19	»	1395-6	Will. More	Roger Elys and Will. Sheringham
20	»	1396-7	Adam Bamme	Thos. Wylford and Will. Parker
21	„	1397-8	Eic. Whittington	Will. Askham and John Woodcock
22	î>	1398-9	Drewe Barentyne	John Wade and John Warner
1 Hen. IV. 1399-			Thos. Knolles	Will. Waldern and Will Hyde
1400
a It is very strange that not only G., but F., J., and H. ail give a fifty-second year
to Edward III., though he died in the fifty-first year of his reign. The confusion
doubtless arose from the élection of a new mayor in the middle of the fifty-first
year ; and, as the mayor so elected was re-appointed in the first year of Richard I.,
the sheriffs of that year are named along with him.256
APPENDIX,
	Year.		Mayors.
2 Hen. IV. 1400-1			John Fraunceys
3	»	1401-2	John Schadworth
4	ft	1402-3	John Walcote
5	a	1403-4	Will. Askam
6	»	1404-5	John Hynde
7	»	1405-6	John Woodcock
8	»	1406-7	Rie. Whittington
9	a	1407-8	Will. Staundon
10	a	1408-9	Drewe Barentyne
11	»	1409-10	Rie. Marlowe
12		1410-11	Thos. Knolles
13	”	1411-12	Rob. Chicheley
14	»	and 1	Will. Waldern
1	Hen. V.	1412-13J	
2	a	1413-14	Will. Crowmer
3	a	1414-15	Thos. Fauconer
4	»	1415-16	Nich. Wotton
5	a	1416-17	Henry Barton
6	a	1417-18	Rie. Merlowe
7	a	1418-19	Will. Sevenoke
8	»	1419-20	Rie. Whittington
9	a	1420-1	Will. Cambridge
10	a	1421-2	Rob. Chicheley
1 Hen. VI. 1422-3			Will. Waldern
2	a	1423-4	Will. Crowmer
3	a	1424-5	John Mychell
4	„	1425-6	John Coventry
Sheriffs.
John Wakeley and Will. Ebote,
Enote, or Emota (John Obete, G.)
Will. Yenonr and John Fremyngham
(William F. in G., which agréés
with Arnold.)
Rie. Merlowe and Rob. Chicheley
Thos. Fauconer and Thos. Polie
Will. Lonthe and Steph. Spilman
Will. Crowmer and Harry Barton
Nich. Wotton and Geoffrey Broke
Henry Pomfret and Henry Halton
Will. Norton and Thos. Duke
John Lane and Will. Chicheley
John Penn and Thos. Pyke
John Raynwell and Will. (or Walter)
Cotton
Ralph Lobenham and Will. Sevenok
John Sutton and John Michell
(Nichole, G.)
John Michell and Thos. Aleyn
Aleyn Everarde and Will. Cambridge
Rob. Whittington and John Coven-
try
Henry Rede and John Gedney
John Bryan, Ralph Barton, and John
Pemeys (in place of Bryan, who
was drowned)
Rob. Whittington (or Whytyngham)
and John Butler
John Butler and John Welles
Rie. Gosselyn and Will. Weston
Will. Estfelde and Rob. Tattersall
Nich. James and Thos. Wandesford
Simon Seman and John By-the-
Water
Will. Milrede and John Brokley
a Ebote in J., which agréés with F. ; Enote in H. and Y., which Nicholas has
misread Cnote ; Emot in Arnold.APPENDIX.
257
	Year		May ors.
5 Hen. VI. 1126-7			John (orWill.)a Rayn- well
6	>>	1427-8	John Gedney
7	»	1428-9	Harry Barton
8		1429-30	Will. Estfeld
9	>>	1430-1	Nich. Wotton
10	>>	1431-2	John Welles
11	»	1432-3	John Parneys (or Par- veys ?)
12	„	1433-4	John Brokley
13	„	1434-5	Rob. Otley
U	,,	1435-6	Harry Frowyke
15	,	1436-7	John Mychell
16	yy	1437-8	Will. Estfeld
17		1438-9	Steph. Browne
18	yy	1439-40	Robert Large
19	yy	1440-1	John Paddisley
20		1441-2	Rob. Clopton
21		1442-3	John Hatherley
22		1443-4	Thos. Catworth
23	„	1444-5	Harry Frowyk
24	yy	1445-6	Simon Eyre
25		1446-7	John Olney
26		1447-8	John Gedney
27	”	1448-9	Steph. Browne
28		1449-50	Thos. Chalton
29		1450-1	Nich. Wyfold
30	99	1451-2	Will. Gregory
31	yy	1452-3	Geoffrey (or Godfrey) Feldyng
32		1453-4	John Norman
33	yy	1454-5	Stephen Forster
Skcriffs.
R)b.b Arnold and John Iligham
Henry Frowyk and R oh. Otley
Thos. Dufhous and John Abbot
Will. Russe and Ralph Holand
Walter Chertsey and Rob. Large
John Adyrley and Steph. Brownc
John Olney and John Padysley
Thos. Chai ton and John Lynge
Thos. Bamwell and Simon Eyre
Thos.’Catworth and Rob. Clopton
Thos. Morestede and Will. Gregory
Will. Chapman and Will. Haies
Hugh Dyke and Nieh. Yeo
Rob. Marcha] 1 and Philip Malpas
John Sutton and Will. Wetynhale
Will. Combe and Rie. Riche
Thos. Beaumont and Rie. Nordon
John Norman and Nich. Wyfold
Steph. Foster and Hugh Wyclie
John Derby and Geoffrey Feldyng
Rob. Horne and Geoffrey (or God-
frey^Boleyn
Will. Abraham and Thos. Scott
Will. {John, G.) Cantlowe and Will.
Marowe
Thos. Canyng and Will. {John, G.)
Hewlyn
Will. Dere and John Middelton
Matthew Philip and Christopher
Water (or Warton)
Rie. Lee and Rie. Alley
John Walden and Thos. Coke
John Felde and Will. Tailor
a William in J. and in Arnold ; but John in F., G., and II.
b Stowe and Orridge both give his Christian name as John, but the otlier
authorities ail call liirn Robert.
2 L
CAMD. SOC.258
APPENDIX.
	Year.	Mayors.	She?'iffs.
34 Hen. VI. 1455-6		Will. Marowe	John Yong and Thos. Holgrave (Oulgrave or Walgrave)
35	„ 1456-7	Thos. Canynge	John Steward and Ralph Verney
36	„ 1457-8	Geoffrey Boleyn	Will. Edward and Thos. Reyner
37	„ 1458-9	Thomas Scott	Ralph Josselyn and Rie. Nedeham
38	„ 1459-60	Will. Hewlyn	John Plummer and John Stocker
39	„ 1460-1	Rie. Lee	Ric.a Flemyng and John Lambard
1 Edw. IV. 1461-2		Hugh Wiche	John Loke and George Ireland
2	„ 1462-3	Thos. Coke	Bartholomew James and Will. Ilamp- ton
3	„ 1463-4	Matt. Philip	Thos. Muschamp and Rob. Basset
4	„ 1464-5	Ralph Josselyn	John Tate and John Stone
5	„ 1465-6	Ralph Verney	Will. Constantine and Henry Waver
6	„ 1466-7	John Yong	John Bromer and Henry Brice; and on Brice’s death John Stokton
7	„ 1467-8	Thos. Holgrave (or Owlegrave)	Humph. Hayford and Thos. Stal- broke
8	„ 1468-9	Will. Taylour	Simon (or Symkyn) Smyth and Will. Haryot
9	„ 1469-70	Rie. Lee	Rie. Gardiner and Robert Drope
SURRENDER OF FALAISE CASTLE.
(See page 121, note d.)
[These articles are not printed by Nicolas in the Chronicle of London, and as
already stated only the two first are printed in Rymer in the original French. I
therefore give the whole text of the treaty as given in the English Chronicle, MS.
Cott. Jul. B. i. f. 43. After the words “ first day of Feverer ” in this MS., it is
added] : —
Which day the capitayne and al they of the forseid castel desirid to
trete with our sovereigne lord the Kyng, which committid the trete and
appointment to be made with the worthie prynce the Duke of Clarence ;
which trete and appointment was made in maner and forme as foloweth:—
Here folowith the trete and appointment of the accorde made the first
day of Feverer, the yere of our Lord m1 iiijcxvij, by me Oliver de Mauny,
knyght, capitayne of the castel and dongeon of Faloys, in my propre
a G. makes his Christian name John, and Arnold makes it Robert; but it is
Richard in F. and J.APPENDIX.
259
persone grauntyng and bihotyng for me, and al tho of my compeigny and
garison to the fui worthy prince the Duke of Clarence to yelden tlie xvj
day of this présent moneth the castel and the dongeon of Faloys into
the handis of the right excellent Kyng of England, or into the handes
of [other on] a his by half therto committid that to receyve if it so ne be
or sone corne that thaboveseid castel and dongeon of Faloys be nought
rescowed the forseid day withynne the houre of mydday b by bataile of
the doutful lord, persone or persones of the right excellent Kyng of
Fraunce or of the right doutful lord the Dolphyn his eldist sone, or by
therle of Armonak, Constable of Fraunce, and upon [that] c the full
excellent Kyng of England to put or do put in the seid castel and
dongeon such kepyng that hym shal like.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and by hight by me thaboveseid Olyver de
Mauny that at the day of yeldyng of the seid castel and dongeon of
Faloys, I and al tho of my compeigny and garison, we shul yeld us
presoners to thaboveseid right excellent Kyng of England, out take
Geffrey of Chasteulx which shal abide and dwelle of al pointes, his body,
his lif, and al his goodes, to the grâce and mercy of thaboveseid excellent
Kyng of England, he of his benigne grâce to command upon the forseid
Geoffrey his good likyng.
Also it is set, tretid, and accordid and by hight by me aboveseid
Olyver de Mauney, that at the day of yeldyng up of the seid castel and
dongeon of Faloys, I and tho of my compeigny and garison shuld leven
in the forseid castel of Faloys ail our horses, armures, staves, artilries,
without eny therof in any maner to bere away or to distroie atwix this
tyme and the yeldyng of the seid castel and dongeon of Faloys, and
we shal take hede to put al the forseid armures, staves, and artilries sool
in an house of the forseid castel without eny thing therof to sparen.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and bihight by me aboveseid Oliver de
Mauney, in caas that rescowe as it is aboveseid be not done, that I and
al tho of my compeigny and garison at oure owne cost and expenses
shal do make ageyne and strengthe ageyne and reparaile the walles and
the diches of the castel and dongeon of Faloys, as wel without as withynne,
a Omitted in MS. The original has “ d’autre de par luy a ce eommys.”
b Orig. “ de deux heure de mydye.”
c Omitted in MS. Orig. “ sur ce.”260
APPENDIX.
and forto put the dongeon and castel in such state, or as good, as it was
bifore that thaboveseid Kyng of England tbere leide his worshipful sege.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and bihight by me above Olyver de Mauney
and al bem of my compeigny or garison, that at the day of the yeldyng
up of the seid castel and dongeon of Faloys we shul yelden, take, and
delyver to the handes of such as it shall like to thaboveseid right excel-
lent Kyng of England to committe, al the presoners, Englisshe subjectes
obeisauntz, and other holding the partie of England, ÿ for the tyme be
presoned in the castel and dongeon of Faloys, without that any empech-
ment be put to the forseid presoners by any of her maisters at this tyme
or in tyme to corne, be it by sommonyng, requyryng, or askyng in any
maner what it be, but fynally al tho of the seid garison that seien or
mowe seien hem han any right upon any of the condicion aboveseid, be
it by fait of preson or of plegge, the forseid folke of the garison shea
renouncen al the trouthes, feithes, bihestes, or othes that aboveseid
presoners mowe hâve done bicause of takyng or in any other condicion
or maner what so it be, without fraude or malengyne.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and grauntid by me aboveseid Olyver de
Mauney that at the yeldyng up of the castel and dongeon of Faloysb
into the handes of hem committid by the right excellent Kyng of England
ail th Englissh born, Walshe, Irisshe, and Gascoigne that bifore this
tyme han holden the partie of England, and nowe for this présent tyme
ben withynne the seid castel and dongeon, if eny be there.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and promittid by me Olyver de Mauney,
and hem of my compeigny and garison, that al the vitaile and artilries,
that is to sey, arblastes, bowes, arowes, quarelles,0 poudres, gonnes, stanes,
and ail other abilementes for the werre and defence of the seid castel and
dongeon of Faloys, be they alweies présent in the forseid castel and
dongeon fro the first day of thentreting of this présent trete and appoint-
ment, and fro the date of this présent trete shal dwel and abide in the
forseid castel and dongeon of Falois without distruccion or wast in any
a shall.
b There is here an omission in the MS. corresponding to these words in the
original: “je delivrere et baider (baillerai) hors de dit chastell et dongon de
Faloize.”
c quarelles. The word is “ virtons” in the original Frençh.APPENDIX.
261
maner, sauf onely of vitaile, wherof reasonably we shal use and take our
suffisaunce as we were wont to done bifore tbis présent composicion.
Also it is tretid and accordid and grauntid by me aboveseid Olyver de
Mauney, and al hem of my compeigny and garison, that in like wise of
artilries aboveseid we sbul not make ne suffire to be made eny broilyng,
brekyng, beryng awey, ne none otber distruccion in eny wise.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and bihight by me aboveseid Olyver de
Mauney, capitayne of the castel and dongeon of Falois, aswele for me
as for hem of my compeigny and garison, that unto tyme the forseid
castel and dongeon of Falois be ageyne strengthid and reparailid and
ageyn put in thastate as it is aboveseid and declared, aswele without as
withynne, we ne non of us shal not enarmen us ageyne thaboveseid
excellent Kyng of England, ne ageyne his partie thata no maner maun-
dementz that to us moowe be made ne for non other occasion what so it
be. And that bihete we knyghtes and squiers of the seid castel and
dongeon upon our feithes and honours, and al other of the garison bihoten
it upon the Holy Evaungelies.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and bihight unto thaboveseid fui high and
right myghtie prince Duke of Clarence by me aboveseid Olyvere de
Mauney, knyght and capitayne of the castel and dongeon of Faloys, that
upon this présent trete and appointment I shal take and delyver viij
gentilmen, knyghtes, and squiers notables, which shuld welle and abide to
the commandment of thabove right excellent Kyng of England as for
hostages, to that ende that the promyses aboveseid be the better togider
holde for our partie.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and bihight by the fui high myghty prince
the Duke of Clarence, in the name and by commaundment of aboveseid
right excellent Kyng of England, his sovereigne lord, that whan the
forseid castel and dongeon of Faloys, as wele withynne as without, be
made ageyne, refortifieid, and repareilid, and put ageyn in the point and
astate as it is above declarid, that I thaboveseid Olyver de Mauney,
knyght and capitayne of the seid castel and dongeon of Faloys, with al
tho of my compeigny and garison, shalbe dischargid and quiet of our
prison ayenst aboveseid excellent Kyng of England, and that hath the
Kyng accordid to us of his benigne grâce.
a that. Should be “ for.” The original French has “ pour.”262
APPENDIX.
Also it is to understand that the pleasunce of thaboyeseid right excellent
Kyng ne is nought that Geoffrey de Chastiaulx shal use ne hâve
bénéfice of the grâce of tharticle precedent.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and bihight by the fui high and myghty
prince the Duke of Clarence, in the name and by the commaundment of
thabove seid right excellent Kyng of England, and of his grâce
grauntid to me Olyvere de Mauney aboveseid, as wel as to hem of my
compeigny and garison, al our goodes whatsoever thei ben, beyng nowe
withyn the seid castel and dongeon of Faloys, out take our horses and
armures and other goodes aboyé expressid and declarid.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and grauntid by me Olyver de Mawney,
knyght aforseid, capitayne of the castel and dongeon of Faloys, that by
me, ne by hem of my compeigny and garison, ne other that ben with-
drawen hem into the seid castel, shalbe askid, required, borne, nea
moevid out of the forseid castel and dongeon, under colour of this présent
appointment, none other goodes in no maner but onely oure propre
goodes.
Also it is tretid, accordid, and grauntid, aswele on that oo partie as
on that other, that hangyng the seid trete and appointment no maner of
werre shalbe made bitwene hem and thoste of thexcellent Kyng of
England and hem of the garison of the castel and dongeon of Faloys.
And for this présent trete wel and truely to holde togidre hâve I, above
seid Olyvere de Mawney, knyght, capitayne of the castel and dongeon of
Faloys, for my partie to this présent cedule of appointment set the seale
of my propre armes and ensealid it with my signet of myn hand for the
gretter approbacion of vérité and trouthe bifore the seid castel of Faloys,
the second day of the moneth and yere aboveseid.
And this présent appointment entierly to holde and fulfill on our
partie we Thomas, sone and brother of Kynges of England and of
Fraunce, Duke of Clarence, Erle of Aumarle, High Steward of England,
Ohief Capitayne of the Yawarde, and Constable of thoste of my lord
the Kyng, hâve done set to this cedule the seale of our armes, bifore the
forseid castel of Faloys the second day of the moneth and yere above-
seid.
ne. me, MS.NOTES.
Page 97.
Line 17.—“And the Monday was the terment of the Lorde Moumbrey
at the Whytte Freerys in J?e cytte of London ys subbarbys.”
Stowe also says in his acconnt of Whitefriars : “ There lay buried
also, in tbe middle of the new Choir, Sir John Mowbray, Earl of Notting-
ham, 1398.” But according to ail our Peerage Historians Thomas
Lord Mowbray, who was created Earl of Nottingham in 1383, did not
die in 1398, but was created Duke of Norfolk in 1397.
Page 163.
Line 8.—“ And the same yere, the xxx day of October, the Erle of
Saulysbury was hurte.” The chronicle in Yitell. A. xvi., whicli is here
derived from the same source as Gregory’s, gives “the xxxj daye of
Octobre ” as the date. As the second of November is given as the date
of his death, this is in harmony with the statement in Grafton, that he
died two days after his wound. But Monstrelet, who is followed by Hall,
states that he languished eight days ; and the inquisitions post mortem,
as cited by Dugdale, find that he died on the third of Noyember. This
date, it may be added, is given in no fewer than twenty-three different
documents.
Line 14.—“ And the secunde daye of Ad vente there were ij heretyks
objuryd.” For “ daye,” of course, we should read “ Sonday,” which is
the reading in the Yitellius MS.
Lines 19, 20.—“And the xij evyn aftyr was i-broughte unto London,
andjiadde hys niasse at Poulys, and hys bonys buryde at Birsham.”
Owing to an omission in the MS. this sentence reads as if it referred264
NOTES.,
to Wycliffe, winch is absurd. In the similar chronicle, Yitell. A. xvi.
(at f. 87) the passage stands as follows :
“ And on the xijth even after the bonys of the Erle of Salisbury were
brought to London, and had his masse atte Powles ; and than caried
unto the priory of Birsham, and there y-buried with his auncestours the
which were fownders therof.”
Even here, howeyer, there is a strange inconsistency, for in the pre-
ceding paragraph it is said that he was interred at St. Paul’s on the
first Sunday in Advent.INDEX
Abergavenny, Rie. Beau-
champ, Lord, 12
Abergavenny, Lady, 140
Abingdon, 172, 208
Acres, 57
Acton, Sir Roger, 108
Agincourt, battle of, 111-2
Albemarle (“Arundel” in
text), Duke of (Edw.
Earl of Rutland), 97
Alblaster, Thos., 112
Alcock, John, LL.D., af-
terwards Bishop of Ely,
229
Aldermanburv, 63
Aldgate, 164, 192
Aldnam, Will., 60
Alençon, 115
Alençon, Count of, slain
at Cressy, 82
Alençon, John Duke of,
slain at Agincourt, 112
Alençon (Launson), John
Duke of, taken prisoner
at Vemeuil, 157
Alexander III. King of
Scotland, 70
Alfonso, King of Castile,
235
Allhallows the More, par-
son of, 229
Almada. See Vasquyes
Almarle, Lord, 82
Almarre, Earl of, 157
Alnwick, castle of, 218,
219, 220, 227
Alphev,-----, 237
Amesbury, Wilts, 209
Ambigensis, man of, 60
Amiens (Amyes), 156
Amiens (Amyas), bailly
of, 153
Anjou, 51, 84, 181
CAMD. SOC.
Anne of Bohemia, queen
of Richard II., 53, 92,
94, 107
Antioch, patriarch of, 235
Antoyne, Monseigneur, 13
Antwerp, 80
Apilton, friar Will., 91
Arblastier (Arblastre)
------, 187
Arblastier. See Alblaster
Arc, Joan of. See Joan
Arflewe. See Harfleur
Argentan (Argentyne), in
Normandy, 115, 149
Armagnac(Maners),Count
of, 82, 180
Armagnacs, 151
Armenia, (Ermonye), 182
Arnulfus, Constantine, 63
Arras, Council of, 177
Arteys,bastardof Humph.
Duke of Gloucester, 188
Arundel, Countess of, 140
Arundel, Richard Fitz-
alan, tenthEarlof (1375-
93), 92, 95-6
Arundel, Thos. Fitzalan,
eleventh Earl of (1399-
1415), 101, 106
Arundel, John Fitzalan,
twelfth Earl of (1415-
21), 139
Arundel, John Fitzalan,
thirteenthEarl of (1421-
34), 177
Arundel, Will. Fitzalan,
fifteenth Earl of (1437-
87), 211; his son and
heir, 182
Arundel, Sir Richard, 9,
105
Arundel, Thos., Bishop of
Ely (1374-88), Arch-
2 M
Arundel—continu ed
bishop of York (1388-
96), Archbishop of Can-
terbury (1396-1413), 89,
94, 97, 101
Ascheley, Sir John, 184,
220
Askham,Will., sheriff, 101
Athens, Duke of, 85
Audeley, Jas., fifth lord
(1409-58), 139, 172, 204
Aumale, Comte d\ See
Almarle and Almarre
Austin Friars, 67, 96
Ayscough, Will., Bishop
of Salisbury, murdered
(1450), 194
Axe, the, without Bishops-
gate, 108
Babington, Sir Will.,
Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, (1425),
160
Babthorpe, Sir Rob. 15
Badby, John, 105
Baggot, Sir Will. 102
Bagle, Thos. 172
Bakers and millers, 70
Baldock. See Boldete
Balliol, Edw., son of John,
78, 84
Balowe (Barlowe?) Will.,
233
Bamborough Castle, 219,
220, 227
Bamme, Adam, Mayor,
95
Bangor, Bishop of, (Will.
Barrow) 140
Bar, Duke of, slain at
Agincourt, 112
Bardolf, Lord, 105266
INDEX
Baret, Piers, 150	,
Baret, W. Sheriff, 91	|
Barham clown (Beran-
downe), 61
Barlowe. See Balowe
Barons’ Wars, the, 61, 68
Barru. See Varru
Bas, Henry, 66
Basle, Council of, 176-7,
182
Bastile, the, at Calais,
179
Bath and Wells, Bishops
of, Nie. Bubbewith
(1408-24), 140. John
Stafford, (1425-43) 169
Bats, Parliament of, 160
Batte, Nie., Sheriff, de-
posed for per jury, 66
Bayeux, 115
Bayle, John, 192, 194
Baynards’ Castle, 60,163 i
Beame. See Bohemia
Beauehamp. See Be-
champe
Beaufort, Henry, Bishop
of Winchester and Car-
dinal, 113 notey 139,
143, 157-164, 168, 172,
177, 188
Beaufort, Jane, daughter
of John, first Earl of
Somerset, 157
Beaufort, Margaret,
daughter of John, third
Earl of Somerset, 140
Beaugé, battle of, 142
Beaumont, Lord, 207, 216
Beauvais (Bevys), 172
Bechampe, Sir John, 93
Becket, St. Thomas, 50, 62
Bedford, castle of, 62
Bedford, John Duke of,
Regent of France, 113,
114, 116, 139, 142-3,
150-4,156-7,160-1,168,
176-7. See also John,
Lord
Bedford, Anne. Duchess
of, first wife of the pre-
ceding, 176
Bedford, Jacqueline or Ja-
quetta, Duchess of, se-
cond wife of the Regent,
Bedford—continued
afterwards married to
Richard Lord Rivers,
176, 206, 232
Belknap, Rob., justice, 93
Belle, in Flanders, 179
Berandowne. See Barham
down
Berger, le, a French shep-
herd named, 172
Bergevenny. See Aber-
gavenny
Berkeley Castle, 76, 78
Berners, Sir Jas., 93
Berwick, 71, 75, 79, 84-5
Beuvron (Bouerne), St.
Jaques de, 161
Beverley, Sir John, 108
Beverley, Sir Simon of, 93
Bevys. See Beauvais
Billingsgate, 102
Birsham (Bisham), Berks,
163, 263
Bishopsgate, 106
Black Friars (or Friars
Preachers), 70,107,161
Blackheath, 89, 108, 190,
191
Blanche, Dame, daughter
of Henry Duke of Lan-
caster, 85
Blois, Earl of, 82
Bloreheath, battle of, 204
Blounte, Sir Thos., 102
Bohemia (Beame), 164
Bohemia, John King of,
82
Bois de Vincennes, 148
Bokerell, Walter, 63
Boldete, Rob. (Baldock,
chancellor to Edward
II.), 77
Bolingbroke. See Bul-
broke
Bolton, a thief, 163
Bonebeaute, Ferrand of,
151
Bonvile, William, Lord,
(1449-61) 211, 212
Bordeaux (Burdowes), 66,
89, 175
Bordeaux, Archbishop of
(David de Montfer-
rand), 171
Borughe, Will. 93
Botiller, Sir John, prior
of Kilmainham, 12
Botton,-----, squire, 236
Boucicault (Bursegaunte),
Marshal, taken at A gin-
court, 112
Bouerne. See Beuvron
Bourbon, Duke of, slain
at Poitiers, 85
Bourbon, Duke of, taken
prisoner at Agincourt,
112, 115, 163
Bourchier (Bowcer), Lord
(Sir Lewis Robsert, ob.
1431), 171
Bourchier (Bowcer), Hen.
Lord (1435-61) Earl of
Essex (1461-83), 181,
211, 212
Bourchier, Thos. Abp. of
Canterbury (1454-86),
231
Bouteiller, Guy le, Capt.
of Rouen, 13, 42,122
Brabant, 80
Brabant, Duke of, slain
at Agincourt, 112
Bradschawe, Edmond,
225
Braybroke,' Rob., Bishop
of London, 98, 100
Brembly, Sir John, 204
Brembre, Nicholas, 90,
91-3
Brentwood, 64-5
Bretailles. See Brytellys
Breune (Browne) John le
154,156
Brézé (Brasylle), Pierre
de, 220
Bridlington, Canon of,
74
Brienne, Earl of, 144,
Briga, Duke of, 113
Bristol, 77, 84, 101, 102,
158
Britanny, 82, 235
Britanny, Duke of, 153
Britanny, Arthur of, 161
Brokers, Sir Bernard,
102
Bromholm, the Cross of,
62
%INDEX.
267
Browne, John, 93, 108
Browne, Sir Nichol, 93
Bruce, David, King of
Scots, 78
Bruges (Bryggys), 89
Bryak (S. Brieux in
Britanny) 105
Bryan, John, Sheriff, 122
Bryce, Harry, Sheriff, 233
Bryce, Will., 225
Brytellys, Lewis de, 236
Buchan (Bogham) Earl
of, 157
Buckingham, Henry Staf-
ford, Duke of (1460-83)
216
Buckingham, Humphrey
Stafford, Duke of, (1441-
60), 207
Buckingham (Anne),
Duchess of, wife of the
preceding, 207
Bulbroke (Bolingbroke),
Roger, 183, 184
Burdete, Nich. 150
Burford upon the Wold,
215
Burgo, Hubert de, 64-5
Burgundy, 89, 237
Burgundy (Burgayne)
Anne of, 154
Burgundy, Duchess of,
181
Burgundy, Charles the
Bold, Duke of, 235, 237
Burgundy, John the Fear-
less, Duke of, 16, 30-1,
40, 106, 114, 143, 151
Burgundy, Margaret of,
154
Burgundy, Philip the
Good, Duke of,153,171,
177-9,205,235 See also
Chardais
Burgundy, bastard of, 236
Bursegaunte. See Bouci-
cault
Bury St. Edmund’s, 91 ;
Parliament at, 187, 188
Bury St. Edmund’s, Prior
of, 91
Bushy, Sir John, 96, 101
Butler. See Ormond
Butler, John, 225
Bydon,-------D.D., 233
Byschoppe, John, 214
Cade, John, 194. See
Kent, Captain of
Caen (Cane), 49, 82, 115,
189
Calais, 51, 82, 95, 104,
111-12, 114, 161, 171,
173, 176, 178-9, 181,
190, 205, 206
Calais, Bastile at, 179
Cambridge, 179
Cambridge, Edmund of
Langley, Earl of, 88-9.
See York, Duke of
Cambridge, Richard of
Conisburgh, Earl of,
109, 139
Camois, Lord, 178
Canne, John, 74
Canterbury, 58, 84, 158,
171, 178, 180-1, 196
Canterbury, Archbishops
of. See Chicheley,
Henry; Sudbury, Si-
mon; Stafford, John;
Bourchier, Thos.
Canterbury, St. Edmund,
of. See St. Edmund
Carew, Thos., Baron of, 9
Carlisle, Edward Story,
Bishop of, 229
Carlisle, Roger Whelp-
dale, Bishop of, 140
Carmélite Friars. See
Friars, White
Carnarvon, Edward of, 52
Cassy, Sir John de, 236
Castle Baynard. See Bay-
nard’s Castle
Catalonia (Catelan), a
knight of, 184
Catherine of France,
Queen of Henry V., 53,
128, 138, 179-180; her
coronation, 138-141
Caudebec, 10
Caundische, Sir Simon
(should be John), chief
justice, 91
Celley, Sir Thos., 102
Cely, Sir Benet, 102
Chalons, Bishop of, slain
at Poitiers, 85
Chambyrlayne, Sir Roger,
188
Chambyrlayne, Sir Wil-
liam, 182
Chancellerys, Philip of,
144. Sec Gamoches
Chancellor of England.
See Beaufort, Henry;
Nevill, George
Chanfew, Henry, 13
Chapman, John, 226
Charles, Dauphin, Regent
of France, son of John
II., afterwards Charles
Y., 85
Charles YI. of France, 110,
128, 138, 149
Charolais, Philip, Count
of, son of John Duke of
Burgundy, 114
Charter House, Prior of
the, 239
Chateau Gaillard, 51, 58
Chaunler, John de, 150.
Chaynye. See Cheny
Cheap, 93, 186, 192; the
Cross in, 112, 174, 183,
186; the Great Conduit,
Standard, &c. in. See
Conduit, &c.
Chef de Caux (Kytkawys),
in Normandy, 109
Cheny. See Cheyne
Cherbourg, 11, 121, 189
Cheshire men, 98
Chester, 158, 204
Chester, West,Earldom of,
80
Chester, Bishop of. See
Coventry and Lichfield
Cheyne, or Cheny, Sir
John, 95, 105, 160
Cheyne, Sir Will., Chief-
Justice of the King’s
Bench (1425), 160
Chicheley, Henry, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury,
39, 139, 143, 159, 163,
165-6
Chiehester, 84
Chiclicster, Bishop of. See
Moleyns, Adam268
INDEX/
Christ, a man pretending
to be, 63
Churches in London
robbed, 234
Cinque Ports, barons of
the, 139, 168
Cirencester (Sussetyr), 102
Cirone, Lord of, 150
Cisse, Guichard of, 143-4
Clarence, Lionel Duke of,
88. See also Lionel
Clarence, Thos. Duke of,
brother to Henry Y., 3,
6, 7, 23, 24, 109, 115,
121,139,142. See also
Thomas, Lord
Clarendon, Wilts, 199
Claryngdone, Sir Roger,
103
Claydon, John, 108
Claykyn (Guesclin),Oliver
de, 88
Clerkenwell, St. John’s
Priory at, 91, 108, 157,
191
Clifford, Lady, “ sister to
Harrv, the Earl of
Northumberland,” 140
Clifford, John Lord (1392-
1422), 121, 139
Clifford, John Lord (1455-
61), 209, 210, 216-7
Clifford, Thos. Lord (1422-
55), 198
Clifford, Rie., Bishop of
London, 140, 148
Clopton’s Place, Mile End,
192
Clydrowe, Rie., 103
Cobham, Eleanor. See
Gloucester, Duchess of
Cobham, Lord. See Old-
castle
Cobham, Lord E. (should
be Sir John), 95-6
Cock, the, in Cheap, 93
Cockefelde, Rob., 225
Coinage, 83, 106, 227
Coke, Sir Thos., accused
of treason, 236
Cold Herborowe, in Lon-
don, 161
Coleshill, Warw., 205
Cologne (Coleyne), 101
Cologne (Colayne), Bishop
of, 182
Combe, John, 209
Cornets, 88, 177
Compiegne (Compayne),
171
Conduit at Cornhill, 174 .
Conduit, the Great, in
Cheap, 186
Conduit, the Little, 93,
175, 186
Conisburgh, Rie. of. See
Cambridge
Conqueror, Rob. 226
Constance, daughter of
Peter the Cruel of
Castile, married to John
of Gaunt, 89, 92
Constance, Council of, 112,
114,116
Constantinople, Emperor
of. See Palæologus
Cordwainers, 238
Corffe Castle, 209
Corn, scarcity of, 83, 181
Cornhill, 186
Cornhill, Conduit at, 174
Cornhill, St. MichaePs,
184
Cornhill, St. Peter’s, par-
son of, 233
Cornwall, Duchy of, 80
Cornwall, Earl of. See
Eltham, Sir John of
Cornwall, Sir John, 7,105,
116, 121, 183
Counter, 115
Courtney,-----,Chancellor
of Oxford, 105
Coventry, 97, 158, 172,
203, 205, 206, 209
Coventry, prior of, 57
Coventry and Lichfield
(or Chester), Will. Hey-
worth, Bishop of, 165
Creechurch (Crychyrche),
184
Cressy, Battle of, 82
Cromwell, Ralph, Lord
(1418-56), 172
Crowemere, Will. 192,
193
Crutched Friars, 74
Cyprus, Cardinal of, 177
Dalalaund, Thos. 236
Dalyngrygge, Sir Edw. 93
Damelet, Hugh, parson of
St. Peter’s, Cornhill,
233, 235
Dankester. See Doncaster
Dannoy (Damoy), John,
143-4, 147-8
Darcy, Lord, 141
Daune, Sir John, 204, 217
Dauphin. See Charles
Dauson, Will., 225
David II. of Scotland,
78, 82, 85
Delalaund. See Dala-
laund
Delaware, Lord, 141
Denham (or Dynham),
Sir John, 205
Dénia (Dema), Earl of, 88
Derby, Earl of. See
Henry IY.
Derham. See Durham
Devereux (Deverose), Sir
Walter, 207
Devizes (the Yyse), Wilts,
187
Devonshire, 205
Devonshire, Earl of, 209,
216, 217
Domerville, Bern., 143
Domfront (Dennifrount),
7, 10
Doncaster (Dankester),
227
Dorset, Earl of, (Edm.
Beaufort), 181. See
also Mortain
Dorset (should be Dublin),
Marquis of, 93
Douglas, Earl, 103, 157
Dover, 138, 190
Downe, John, 171
Dry Summer, the, 83
Dublin (Develyn), 102
Dublin, Bishop of, 113
Dublin (Develyn', Mar-
quis of, 92
Dunfermline, 78
Dunkirk, 92
Dunstable, 81, 212
Dunstanborough Castle,
219, 227
Duras, John, 150INDEX.
269
Durham (Derham), 219,
223
Durham, Bishop of, ^Th.
Langley), 140, 168
Dymmoke, Sir Philip, 168
Dynham. See Denham
Earthquake, 92
Eastcheap, 106
Eberalle, Dr. Thos., 235
Eccleshall (Egyllyssale),
Staff. 204
Edinburgh, 72
Edington, Wilts, 194
Edward I., 52; birth of,
65; reign of, 69-73
Edward IL, 52; as Prince,
72; reign of, 73-77;
death of, 78
Edward III., 52 ; birth of
74 ; reign of 77-90
Edward IV., 54 ; as Earl
of Mar ch, 205,211,215;
his accession, 215 ; his
reign, 216-39; his mar-
riage, 226; entertained
by the Lord Mayor, 232
Edward the Black Prince,
78, 80, 85, 88, 90
Edward Prince of Wales,
son of Henry VI., 209,
212, 214, 216-17
Edyrbeke, John, 226
Egremont, Lord, 202,207 ;
Eleanor, Queen of Henry
HI. 65
Elizabeth, Queen of Ed-
ward IV., 226, 227, 232
Eltham, 108,160,163,171
Eltham, Sir John of, Earl
of Comwall, brother of
Edw. III., 80
Ely, Bishop of, his place
in Holborn, 114
Ennowde. See Hainault
Erpingham, Sir Thomas,
109
Essex, insurrection in, 91
Estefylde, Will., 182
Estouteyille (Tutvyle),the
Lord, 109
Eu, Count of, slain at
Poitiers, 82, 85
Eu, Count of, taken at
Agincourt, 112
Eu, Earl of (Henry Bour-
chier, afterwards Earl
of Essex), 183
Evesham, battle of, 68
Exeter, 158
Exeter, Bishops of, Ed-
mund Lacy (1420-55),
140; Geo. Nevill (1466-
65), 212
Exeter, Duke of, (Thos.
Beaufort, 1416-26), 2, 3,
7, 8, 23, 42-3, 109, 116,
148
Exeter, Duke of (Sir John
Holland, 1397-1401),
97, 101
Exeter, Duke of (John
Holland, 1443-6), 188
Exeter, Duke of (Henry
Holland, 1446-73), 196,
210, 216
Eyre, Simon, Mayor of
London, 187
Falaise (Faleys), 116,149;
capitation of, 117-121 ;
surrender of the castle,
258-262
Falconbridge ( Faucon -
brygge), Lord, 216
Fastolf, Sir John, 150,
163
Fayette, Sir Gilbert Moun-
strewys, Lord of. 117
Fenwyke, Thos., 225
Ferby,-----,clerk, 102
Ferrara, Count de, 235
Ferrers of Chartley, Ed-
mund Lord, 10
Ferrers of Groby, Will.
Lord (1387-1444), 141
Ferrers of Groby, John
Grey Lord (1457-61),
217, 226
Feversham, 50
Fife, Earl of, 103
Fitz - Hugh ( Fehewe ),
Henry Lord, 8, 34, 109,
116, 121-2, 141
Fitz-Hugh, Rob., Bishop
of London, 177
Fitz-Walter (Fewater),
Walter Lord (1428-32),
172, 175
Fitz-Walter, John Rat-
cliffe, Lord (ob. 1461),
216
Flanders, 84, 89,104, 114,
179
Flanders, Earl of, 82
Fleet Street, 91, 94, 171,
228, 229
Flemings, 89, 91, 92, 158,
237, 238
Folthorp, Rob. (should be
Roger), Justice, 93
Fonteyraud (Synt Ever-
ard), 50, 58
Foreste, Lord of the, 153
Fortescue, Sir John (Lord
Foschewe), 217
Founteneye, Sir Piers of,
150
France, 171-2, 218 ; a
bishop of, 168
France, Admirai of, 92
France, Constable of,
slain at Agincourt, 112
France, Marshal of, taken
at Agincourt, 112
Franciscans. See Friars,
Grey
Frank, John, master of
the rolls, 181
Frédéric III.,Emperor,235
Friar Austin, a, 204
Friar, a Black, 230
Friar, a Grey, 229
Friars,Black,or Preachers,
59, 196
Friars, Grey, or Minors,
(Franciscans), 63, 157,
194
Friars, White, or Carmél-
ites, 62, 228, 229, 231.
See also White Friars
Frosche, Will., 143
Furness (Forneysse) Fells,
in Lancashire, 232
Furniyal, Lord, 141
Fyndorne, Sir Thos.,
224, 225
Fynes, Sir Jas.,Lord Say,
Treasurer of Engl and,
192270
INDEX.
Fysche, Sir Edmund, 225
Fyscher, Jas., 201
Gam, David, 112
Gamoches (Gamcelys),
Philip, 143, 147
Gamulle (or Ganville ?),
Lord of, 117
Gardyner, John, 180
Garter, Knights of the, 81
Gascony, 88
Gascony and Guienne,
vintage of, 178
Gaste, Sir Lewis, 143-4,
147
Gaucourt, the Lord, 109
Gaunt, John of, Earl of
Iiichmond (1342), Earl
of Lancaster (1362), 85,
88, 89, 92, 96, 101
Ga veston	( Cavyrston ),
Piers, 76
Gaylard (Chateau Gail-
lard), 51
Gayton, Geron of, 66
Genoa (Jene), carracks of,
104, 114, 115
Glasdale,-----, squire, 164
Glendower, Owen, 102
Gloucester, 51, 52, 62
Gloucester, Duchess of
(Eleanor Cobham), 183,
184
Gloucester, Humphrey
Duke of, 11, 12, 16, 23,
25, 33, 39,114,121,139,
158, 159, 160, 168, 176,
179, 188, 189, 193, 198
Gloucester, Richard de
Clare, Earl of, 68
Gloucester, Thomas of
Woodstock, Duke of, 92,
95, 104
Gloucester, Thomas Lord
Spencer, Earl of, 97
Gooche, Joan, 186
Gosse, Thos., 225
Gough, Matthew, 193
Grame, Robert, 180
Grand Jaques, 14, 41
Grasse,-----, 143
Gravelines, 114
Gravesend, 91
Graville, Sir John, 150
Gray, Lord, 121
Gray, Lord, of Ruthven
(Ryffyn), 139
Gray, Lord, of Wilton, 141
Gray, John, 93
Gray, Sir John, 9
Gray, Sir Ralph, 220, 227
Gray, Sir ThomaS, 109
Greenwich, 190, 191
Grene, Sir John, 101
Grey, Eliz., widow of Sir
John, married to Ed-
ward IV., 226
Grey Friars. See Friars
Greystock, Ralph Lord
(1435-85), 210
Groysyne. See Guesene
Grysly, Sir John, 204
Guernsey, 205
Guesclin, Du. See Clay-
kyn
Guesene, Guesseny, or
Groysyne, Rob. de, 143-
4, 147
Guienne, 78, 82, 84, 206
Guildhall, 101, 184, 192,
193
Gylott, John, vintner, 106
Habyngdon. See Abmg-
don
Hainault (Ennowde), in-
vaded, 158
Hainault, Jaqueline of.
See Holland, Duchess of
Hainault, Earl of, 76, 78
Hainault, Seneschal, of,
105, 112
Haldon, Thomas, D.D.,
228-230
Haies, Sir Robert, prior
of St. John’s, 91
Halydon Hill, battle of,
103. N.B. This is an
error, the battle really
intended being that of
Homildon Hill, although
it is mentioned in the
same page by its right
name.
Hamdon, Sir Thos., 204
Hammys, Sir Thos. 217	|
Hampshire, 186
Hampton. See South-
hampton
Harberde, Thos. 188
Harcourt, Lord of, 82
Hardon, Sir Rie. 2u4
Harfleur (Arflewe, or Har-
flete), 12,149,178; siégé
of, 109-111 ; lost by the
English, 189
Harington, Lord, 7, 141
Harington, Sir Will., 7,
116, 121
Harlech (Hardelowe) Cas-
tle, in Wales, 209, 237
Harold, King, 49
“Harvest of Heads,” 197
Haryndon, Sir Thomas,
204, 210
Haryngdon, Lord (Wil-
liam Bonville, 1460 ),
210
Hastings, Sir Thos. Hoo
Lord, 196
Haukyns, John, 237
Haverfordwest (Herforde-
este), 211
Havering atte Bower,
Essex, 180
Hawkwood, Sir John, 88
Hawley, Rob., 91
Hayforde, Humphrey,
sheriff, impeached, 237
Haywardyn, a thief, 193
Henowde. See Hainault
Henry I., 50
Henry IL, 50
Henry III., 51 ; birth of,
60; reign of 62-69
Henry IV., 53, 180 ; as
Earl of Derby, 92, 96 ;
made Duke of Hereford,
97 ; as Duke of Lancas-
ter, 101; reign of, 102-
107
Henry V., 1, 2, 6, 21, 28-
33,41,53,170; knighted
by Richard II. in Ire-
land, 101 ; as Prince of
Wales, 103, 105; reign
of, 107-148; death of,
148
Henry VI., 54 ; birth of,
142; reign of, 149-215;INDEX.
271
Henry VI.—continued
coronation of, 165-170;
at the first battle of St.
Alban’s, 198; his illness
at Clarendon,199; makes
peace between the two
parties at Coventry, 203;
grants the succession to
the Crown to the Duke
of York, 208 ; at the
second battle of St.
Alban’s, 211-12, 214;
defeated at Towton, Aies
to Scotland, 217; lays
siégé to Norham, 220;
retires again to Scot-
land, 220-1 ; is taken in
Lancashire, 232
Henry of Trastamara,
King of Castile, 88
Herbert, Will. Lord, of
Wales, 237
Hereford, 77
Hereford, Duke of. See
Henry IV.
Herflete. See Harfleur
Herlyon, John, 63
Hexham, Battle of, 224
Heyworth, Will., Bishop
of Coventry and Lich-
field, 165
Highbury, 91
Hody, Alex., 209
Hoggys (la Hogue in
Normandy), 106
Holland, 114
Holland, Jaqueline Duch-
ess of, 142-3, 158
Holland, William Duke
of, 114
Holland, Sir John(created
Earl of Huntingdon
1387, Duke of Exeter,
1387-9), 97, 101, 102
Holland, John (second
Earl of Huntingdon,
1417, created Duke of
Exeter, 1443), 9, 10,
11, 17, 22, 115, 176-7,
182
Holland, Henry, son and
heir of the preceding,
Duke of Exeter (1446-
73), 182
Holland, Thos., third
Earl of Kent, created
Duke of Surrey (1397),
97, 102
Holte, John, Justice, 93
Holy Island, 219
Holy Land, 57
Homildon (Humbyldon)
Hill, Battle of, 103
Hongerford. See Hunger-
ford
Hoo, Sir Thos., Lord
Hastings, 196
Hoosy, Sir Thos., 225
Horne, Bob., 192
Horse Down (Horsley-
down), 186, 238
Hull, 84, 210
Humbyldon Hill. See
Homildon Hill
Hundenn, Rie., 171
Hungary, heretics of, 162
Hungerford, Sir Walter,
Steward to Henry V.
34, 121-2
Hungerford, Walter Lord
(1426-49), 181; son of
160
Hungerford, Rob. Lord
(1459-64), 219,220,224,
225
Hunte, Thos., 225
Hunte, Walter, 225
Huntingdon, Countess of,
139, 161
Huntingdon, Earl of. See
Holland, Sir John and
John
Indulgence, plenary, 197
Interdict, Papal, 59, 60
Ireland, 93,	189, 205,
208
Ireland, Duke of, 93. See
Oxford, Earl of
Isabel of Bavaria, Queen
of Charles VI. of France,
128, 138
Isabella of France, Queen
of Edward II., 74, 76
Isabella of France, second
Queen of Richard II.,
53, 95
Ive, Will., of Wykeham’s
College, Winchester,
afterwards master of
Whittington’s College,
London, 203, 228, 230-
232, 235
Jakys, Black, 225
James I. of Scotland, 138-
9, 157, 171; slain, 180
Jaques, Grand, 14, 41
Jene. See Genoa
Jenico d’Artas, 9
Jews, 68, 70, 72
Joan,sisterto Edward III.,
78
Joan of Arc (the “Pu-
celle ”), 164, 171-2
Joan of Navarre, Duchess
of Britanny, Queen of
Henry IV., 103,113,180
John, King of England,
51, 59-61
John II., King of France,
84, 85
John, Lord, son of Henry
IV., 106. See also Bed-
ford, John Duke of
John, Lewis, 182
Jone, Rob. le, 153
June, Sir John, Chief
Baron of the Exchequer,
160
Katharine. See Catherine
Kemp, John, Bishop of
London (1421-6), Arch-
bishop of York (1426-
52), Archbishop of Can-
terbury (1452-4), Cardi-
nal, 148, 163, 181, 193
Kennington, 182
Kent, 197, 206 ; insurrec-
tions in, 91, 181, 190
Kent, Countess of (Joan,
widow of Thomas, third
earl), 139
Kent, Earl of (Edmund of
Woodstock), 78
Kent, Thomas Holland,
third Earl of, created
Duke of Surrey, 97272
INDEX.
Kent, Edmund Holland,
fourth Earl of, 104,105
Kent, Captain of, 190-4
Keryel, Sir Thomas, 212
Khan, the Great (Kublai
Khan), of Tartary, 69
Kilmainham, priors of ;
Sir John Botiller, 12 ;
Thomas Fitzgerald, 187
King’s Bench prison, 193,
194
Kingston-on-Thames, 96
Kirkeby,----, 91
Knights of the Bath, 186
Knolles, Sir Robert, 104
Kylburge (?), castle of, 79
Kytkawys. See Chef de
Caux
Lambert of Le Legys, 63
Lamberte, Dame Joan, 65
Lambeth (Lambeffe), 229
Lancashire, 208, 232
Lancaster, Dame Blanche,
Duchess of, 88
Lancaster, Duke of. See
Gaunt, John of
Lancaster, Henry Duke of,
84
Lancaster, Thomas Earl
of, 52, 76
Langdon, John, Bishop of
Rochester, 165, 177
Langham, Simon, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury
and Cardinal, 90
Langley, 53
Latimer, Geo. Nevill,
Lord (1432-69), 210
Lannde, Prior of, 103
Launde, Rob., 91
Launoy, Oliver de, 151
Launson. See Alençon
Leadenhhall, 186
Leche, Sir Philip, 9
Legate from the Pope,
235
Leicester, 108, 160, 189,
190
Lesnes Castle, 184
Lewes, Battle of, 68
Liberties of the City, 64,77
Lincoln, 84
Lincoln, Bishop of (Rie
Flemyng), 140
Lionel, Sir, son of Ed-
ward III. 80. See
Clarence, Duke of
Llewelyn, Prince of
Wales, 69-71
Lokton, John, Justice, 93
Lollards, 108
Lombards, 161, 182, 199
Lombardy, 88
London, passim. The
City in ill favour with
with Richard II.. 98 ;
its pétition to him, 98-
101. Henry VI. rides
through, 171
London Bridge, 60,61, 95,
103,105,159,162-3,172
-3,179,181,186,187,188,
193, 194, 197, 218, 227
London House (Bishop
of London’s Palace),
158, 208
London, Tower of. See
Tower
London, walls of, 63
London, Bishops of ; Rie.
Clifford (1407-21), 140;
Wm. Grey (1426-31),
167 ; Thos. Kemp
(1448-89), 230, 231, 233
London, mayor and alder-
men of, 168
Longueville, Earl of, 85
Lorraine, Duke of, 82
Louis, son of Philip Au-
gustus, King of France
(afterwards Louis
VIII.), 61, 62
Louis, Dauphin, son of
Charles VI., 110
Louis XI. of France sends
ambassadors to Edward
IV., 235
Louvain, in Brabant, 93
Louvers (Lovers), 122
Lovell, Lord, 217
Lucy, Sir Will., 207
Ludgate, 102, 161
Ludlow, 205, 207
Lumney, Sir Ralph, 102
Lupe, Peron de, 143, 144. |
148	!
Lutterworth, Leic., 163
Lydgate, John, his verses
on the Kings of Eng-
land, 49-54
Lyndesay, David of, 93
Lynn, 180
Lyonys, Rie., 91
Maidstone, 181
Malette, Philip, 143
Malpas, Cheshire, 209
Malpas, Philip, 191, 192
Mannynge, Thos., LL.B.,
Dean of Windsor, 233
Mar ch, Anne Countess of,
140
March, Edmund Morti-
mer, Earl of, 114, 121,
139,158
March, Edward, Earl of.
See Edward IV.
Marche, Will., 65
Marche! le, Sir Lewis, 150
Mare, Bernard de la, 225
Margaret of Anjou, Queen
of Henry VI., 185, 186,
204, 208, 209, 212, 217,
218, 220,221; her party,
204, 210, 212-15
Margaret, sister to Ed-
ward IV., married to
Charles the Bold, Duke
of Burgundy, 237
Marr, Earl of, 157
Marshal, Earl. See Mow-
bray
Marshalsea prison, 193
Martin V., Pope, 116,172
Mary of Gueldres, Queen
of Scots, 220
Massam, Nich. 225
Mauley, Ralph Bigot,
Lord, 217
Mautravers, John, 13
Mawdleyn,-------, clerk,
102
Mawley, Lady, 140
Mayne, Thos., 193
Mayor of London, to be
presented to the Barons
of the Exchequer, 67;
his precedence vindi-
cated 222-3INDEX.
273
May ors of London, begun,
59
Mayors and Sheriffs. The
names of these officers
as contained in Gre-
gory’s Chronicle are
not included in this
Index except when any
of them happens to be
mentioned by name in
the text of the record.
But a chronological list
of them will be found
in the Appendix, pp.
241-258
Meaux en Brie (Mewys),
142-3, 149; capitula-
tion of, 143-8; recovered
by the French, 182
Medway, river, 104
Melun sur Seine (Myleu),
138
Ménard, Quentin, 154,156
Merlowe, Rie. May or, 107
Merton, ] 60 ; statute of, 65
Merville, Bernard de, 143,
note
Meulan(Pounce Mylanke),
149; capitulation of,
150-3
Meulhou. See Molene
Mewys Colman, ship
called, 92
Middleham, Yorkshire,
225
Milan, Earl of, his daugh-
ter, 104
Milbrook, Hants, 201
Mile End, 95, 192
Millers and Bakers, 70
Minor Friars. See Friars
Molene (Meulhou ?), Sir
Will., 116
Moleyns, Adam de,Bishop
of Chichester, Lord
Privy Seal, 187, 189
Molines, Lord, 164
Molyners, Sir Rob., 204
Mombray. See Mowbray
Montague, John Nevill,
Lord (1461-71), 220,
223, 224, 226, 227;
created Earl of North-
umberland, 227
CAMD. SOC.
Montivilliers (Mustarde
Vylers), in Normandy,
189
Montferrand, David de,
Archbishop of Bor-
deaux, 171
Montgomery, John, 218
Moraunte, ------,	fish-
monger, 102
Moray (Moryk), John
Dunbar, Earl of, 93
Moray, John Randolph,
third Earl of, 80
More, the Archbishop of
York’s place in Hert-
fordshire, 236
Morgan, Philip, Bishop
of Worcester, 167
Mortain, Edmund Beau-
fort, Earl of, 172, 178,
181 ; created Earl of
Dorset, 181
Mortain, Edward Holland,
Earl of, 8
Mortimer, John, name
assumed by Jack Cade,
193
Mortimer, Sir John, 157,
note
Mortimer, Sir Roger, 78,
79
Mortimer, Sir Thomas,
96, 157
Mortimer’s Cross, Battle
of, 211
Morton, Dr., afterwards
Bishop of Ely and
Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 214, 218
Mote de Tylly, Lord of,
150
Motte, John de la, 143
Mounstrewys. See Fay-
ette
Mountayne, Lord of, 150
Mowbray, Catherine,
Countess Marshal (wife
of Thos. Earl of Not-
tingham), 139
Mowbray, John, Earl
Marshal, 7, 23, 139 ;
created (second) Duke
of Norfolk, 157, 163,
168
2 N
Mowbray, John, son of the
preccding, afterwards
third Duke of Norfolk,
160. See Norfolk.
Mowbray, Thos. Earl of
Nottingham and Earl
Marshal (1383-97),
Dukeof Norfolk (1397-
1413), 92, 93, 95, 97
Mowbray	(Mombray),
Lord (ob. 1397 ?), 97
Mowbray, Thos., Lord
beheaded (1405), 104
Mowbray, Marg.,daughter
of Thos., first Duke of
Norfolk, 140
Murrain of beasts, 162
Mustarde Yylers. See
Montivilliers
Myleu. See Melun
Mylton,-----, Squire, 188
Mylverton, John, D.D.,
provincial of the Whitc
Friars, 229, 230
Mynstyrwode, Sir John,
90
Myrayle, John of, 150
Myrfyn, Rob. 225
Najara, battle of, 88
Naples, King of (Fer-
dinand I.), 235
Nedam, -------, yeomau,
188
Nete, Will., 186
Nevill, Alex , Archbishop
of York, (“ Canterbury’'
in text), 89, 93
Nevill, Eliz. Lady, 140
Nevill, Geo., Bishop of
Exeter (1456-65) ; Arch-
bishop of York (1465-
76) ; Lord Chancellor
(1460-67), 212,223, 230,
236
Nevill, Sir Humphrey, 224
Nevill, John, Lord (ob.
1461), 210, 216, 217
Nevill, Sir John, Lord
Nevill, 9, 140
Nevill, Sir John, 204
N evill,Ralph ,Lord ,cre ated
Earl of Westmorland, 97274
INDEX.
Nevill, Sir Richard, made
Earl of Salisbury, 163;
wife of, 140-1
Nevill, Sir Thos. 204
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 79,
217, 221, 223-26
New Forest, 199
Newgate, 77, 102, 116,
156-7, 192, 194, 202,
235
Nicholas of the Tower,
the, ship, 190
Nobles (coins), 106
Norfolk, Countess of
(MargaretPlantagenet),
created Duchess of, 97
Norfolk, first and second
Dukesof. See Mowbray
Norfolk, John Mowbray,
third Duke of (1432-61),
181, 195, 211, 212, 216.
See also Mowbray
Norham Castle, 220, 224
Normandy, 51, 58, 59, 82,
84, 108, 115, 138, 148,
162, 189; chief butler
of, 150; Chamberlain
of, 196
Northampton, 68, 75, 160,
221-2; battle of, 204,
205, 207, 209
Northamptonshire, 195
Northewode, John, 89
Northumberland, 218,219
Norfchumberland,Countess
of, 140
Northumberland, Henry
Percy, first Earl of
(1377-1408), 101, 105
Northumberland, Henry
Percy, second Earl of
(1414-55), 140-1,179,198
Northumberland, Henry
Percy, third Earl of,
(1455-61) 210, 216-7
Northumberland, Earl of.
See Montagne, Lord
Norwich, bishops of : Hen-
ry Spencer, (1370-1406),
92 ; John Wakering
(1416-25), 140; William
Alnewick (1426-36),
172 ; Thomas Brown
(1436-45), 181
Norwich, Mayor of, 180
Nottingham, 58, 78, 93
Nottingham, Earl of. See
Mowbray, Thomas
Oldcastle, Sir John, Lord
Cobham, 106-8, 116
Orléans, siégé of, 162-4
Orléans, Charles Duke of,
taken prisoner at Agin-
court, 112, 181, 183
Orléans, Louis Duke of,
106
Orléans, Bastard of, 182
Ormond, Joan, Countess
of (ob. 1430), 171
Ormond, James Butler,
fourth Earl of (1405-
52), 7, 183, 186
Ormond (Urmounde), Sir
James Butler, son and
heir to the fourth Earl
of, 160; fifth Earl (1452-
61), 198. See Wiltshire
and Ormond
Oxford, 63, 172, 176, 183,
215
Oxford, Countess of, 140
Oxford, Robert de Yere,
ninth Earl of, made
Marquis of Dublin
(1386), 92, 93
Oxford, Aubrey de Vere,
tentli Earl of (1392-
1400), 102
Oxford, John,twelf th Earl
of (1417-61), 160, 183,
218 ; his son Aubrey,
218
Oysyll, Harry, 60
Page, John, 45
Palæologus, John, Em-
perorof Constantinople,
182
Pardon from Rome,
general, 197
Paris, 16, 173, 178
Parker, Sir Harry, 228,
230
Paslewe, Rie., 66
PauPs, St. See St. Paul’s
Paul’s Cross, 98,163,182,
183, 228-230, 238
Pedwardyne, Thos., 115
Pembroke, John Hastings,
Earl of (1348-75), 89
Pembroke, Jasper Tudor,
Earl of (1452-61), 209,
211, 237
Pennewys, M. de, 13
Penyngton, Will., 225
Perche, Earl of, of Mor-
tain, 172
Percy, Sir Harry, first
Earl of Northumber-
land, 101
Percy, Harry (Hotspur),
son of the preceding,
101, 103
Percy, Sir Thomas, 96 ;
created Earl of Wor-
cester, 97 ; beheaded,
103
Percy, Sir Ralph, 219,
220, 224
Pernys, John, sheriff, 122
Perrys, Piers or Peter,
Mr., an English heretic
at Basle, 176
Pestilence, the third, 88
Peter. See Perrys
Peter the Cruel of Castile,
88, 89
Peytowe, Sir William,
182
Philip VI. of France, 82,
84
Philip, son of John II.
of France, 85
Philip the Good, Duke of
Burgundy. See Bur-
gundy
Philippa of Hainault,
Queen of Edward III.,
78, 88
Philpott, John, 91
Picardy, 61, 179
Piers. See Perrys
Plantagenet, Rie. See
York, Duke of
Pleshy (Plasche), the
Duke of Gloucester’s
place, 95, 102
Plummer, Sir John, 236
Poitiers, battle of, 85INDEX.
275
Pôle, Michael and Wil-
liam de la. See Suffolk,
Earl of
Pôle, Alexander de la,
brother of the fourth
Earl (afterwards Duke)
of Suffolk, 164
Pôle, William de la. See
Suffolk
Pomfret, 227
Pont de l’Arche (Pount-
large), 2, 3,10,122
Pont Meulan (Mylanke),
49; capitulation of, 150
-3
Ponthieu, 78
Ponthieu, Count of, 85
Pontoise, 16
Ponynges, Lord, 141, 164
Popering in Flanders, 179
Porter, Sir William, 8
Portsmouth, 180,183,186,
189
Portugal, 34,171
Portugal, Prince of, son
of King John I., 158-
160, 165
Potyn,-----, 172
Poultry, the, 115
Pounynges,------, 237
Powes, Edward Cherleton,
Lord (1400-22), 107
Prague, 162,176
Preaus, Lord of, 150
Prussia. See Sprusse
Pucelle, the. See Joan of
Arc
Pullyngley, Sir John de,
150
Radcliff, Sir John, 164
Radington, Sir Baldwin,
94
Ramston, Sir Thos., 163-4
Ravenspnr, Yorkshire, 101
Rawde (Hawley), Robert,
91
Raynewell, John, 164
Raynys, John de, 144,148;
See also Rheims
Reading, 50, 226
Redcliff in Lancashire,
208
Redclyffe (qy. Redriff or
Rotherhithe), 237
Rheims (Raynys), Lord
of, 150
Rheims, Archbishop of ,181
Richard I., 51, 57 58
Richard II., 53; birth of,
88; made Prince of
Wales, 90; reign of, 90-
102; goestolreland, 95;
again, 101; buried at
Westminster, 107 ; crown
made by for himself,
167
Richemont, Count of ,taken
prisoner at Agincourt,
112
Richmond, 79
Ri vers, Richard Wood-
ville, Baron, afterwards
Earl (1448-69), 206,216,
226
Robert of Normandy, 50
Robert, (Robesard), Sir
John, 38, 122
Roche, M. de, 13
Rochester, 197
Rochester, John Langdon,
Bishop of, 165, 167
Roet, Sir John, 96
Rome, a friar of, 232
Romney (wine), 161
Romys Termagyn (Rou-
mos Tremayn), John de,
143
Rone, Roon. See Rouen.
Roos, Lady, 140
Roos, John, Lord (1414-
21), 8
Roos (Rosse), Thomas,
Lord (1431-61), 209,210,
216, 224, 225
Rouen (Rone), 51, 172,
173, 177, 189; Siégé
of, 1-46 ; famine in the
city, 18 ; capitulation
of, 122-7
Round Table, 81
Roxburgh, 84
Russell, a traitor, 172
Russell, John, 226
Rutland, Edmund Earl of,
son of Richard Duke
of York, 210, 215
Rutland, Edward, Earl of,
created Duke of “Arun-
del ” (Albemarle), 97
Rynelle, John, 154, 156
Sacrament of the altar,
105 233
St. Alban’s, 160, 188;
first battle of, 198;
second battle of, 211-
15
St. Amand, 81
St. Anthony of Prussia,
order of, 57
St. Bartholomew’s, prior
of, 105
St. Bartholomew the Less,
235
St. Brieux. See Bryak
St. Catherine’s Abbey by
Rouen, 8, 11
St. Catherine’s Hospital,
183, 188
St. Cross, Cardinal, 177
St. David’s, bishops of,
Benedict Nichols (1417-
33), 140; Thos. Rode-
bum (1433-42), 181
St. Denis, in France, 149
St. Dunstan’s in the East,
115.187
St. Edmund of Pountney,
Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 65, 66
St. Edmund’s Bury, 91
St. George, Feast of, 113
St. George’s, Southwark,
164.188
St. Giles’s-in-the-Fields
108; gallows at, 116
St. John’s Priory, Clerk-
enwell, 91,108,157,191
St. Martin’s - le - Grand,
Dean of, 229
St. Martin’s - in - the - Yin *
try, 192
St. Mary Axe, 180
St. Mary-at-Hill, 102
St. Mary Overy’s, 60,104,
211
St. Mary Spital, 98
St. Michael’s Cornhill, 184276
INDEX,
St. Paul’s Cathédral, 65,
69, 88, 101, 112-3, 148,
163, 175, 180, 184, 185,
195; school of, 230
St. Peter’s Cornhill, Par-
son of (Hugh Damelet),
233
St. Pol, Earl or Count of
(misnamed “ Duke ”),
176-7
St. Roger, Bishop of Lon-
don, 65
St. Stephen’s Walbrook,
Parson of, 184
St. Thomas of Acres, 66,
171
St. Thomas Becket, 50, 62
Salisbury, Sir John of, 93
Salisbury, bishopsof: John
Chaundeler (1417-26),
140 ; Richard Beau-
champ (1450-82), 237
Salisbury, William (should
be John Waltham),
Bishop of, made Lord
Treasurer, 94
Salisbury, Bishop of (Wil-
liam Ayscough), mur-
dered (1450), 194
Salisbury, Earl of (John
de Montacute, 1397 -
1400), 102
Salisbury, Earl of (Thomas
de Montacute, 1409-28),
8, 116, 121, 122, 141,
150, 161-3
Salisbury, Earl of (Richard
Nevill, 1442-60), 163,
168, 172, 178, 198, 203,
204, 205, 210
Salveyne, Sir John, 163
Sandwich, 162, 179, 206
Saracens, 57, 83
Savoy, the, 91
Sawtre, William, priest,
103
Say, Sir James Fynes,
Lord, Treasurer of Eng-
land, 192-3
Saye, Will., Dean of St.
Paul’s and of the King’s
Chapel, 203
Seules, Thos. Lord (1418-
60), 164, 193, 211
Scales, Anthony Wood-
ville, Lord ( 1461-9 ),
Earl Rivers (1469-83),
216, 236
Scarbrey, John Duras or,
151
Scarcity of corn, 83
Schyrborne. See Towton
Scluse. See Sluys
Scotland, 52, 92, 102,104,
189, 218, 221, 235
Scots, 84, 223, 224
Scots, Queen of (Mary of
Gueldres), 220
Scott (Schotte), Will., 101
Scrope, Sir Harry, Lord,
109
Scrope, Rie., Archbishop
of York, 106
Scrope, Sir Will., created
Earl of Wiltshire, 97,
101
Scrope, of Bolton, Lord,
223
Senyer, John, of York,
225
Serjeants of the Coif, feast
of, 222
Serle, the Mercer, mayor,
60, 61
Sevenoaks, Kent, 191
Sharpe, Jack, 172
Sheen (Schene), 171
Sherbome	( Shyrbone ),
Dors., 195
Sherbum (Towton), battle
of, 216
Sheriffs of London, 67.
See list of them in Ap-
pendix, pp. 241-58
Sheriffwick of London let
to farm, 63
Shooter’s Hill, 178
Shrewsbury, 70, 97, 98,
100 ; battle of, 103
Shrewsbury, John Talbot,
first Earl of (1442-53).
See Talbot, John
Shrewsbury, John Talbot,
second Earl of (1453-
60), 207
Shrewsbury, John Talbot,
third Earlof (1460-73),
217
Sigismund, Emperor, 113,
169, 180
Skinner’s Well, 105
Skyllyng, Michael, 200
Skyrys, Rie., 237
Sluys (Scluse), 81, 104,
220
Smithfield, 85,93,103,105
(bis), 108,171,181,183,
184, 187, 236
Solake, Sir John, 102
Somerset, John Beaufort,
Earl of, created Marquis
of Dorset (1397), 97
Somerset, Henry Beaufort,
Earl of (1410-8), 105
Somerset, John, Duke of
(1443-4), 185
Somerset, Edmund, Duke
of (1448-55), 196, 198
Somerset, Henry, Duke of
(1455-64), 203,205,206,
209, 210, 216, 219, 221,
223-5
Southampton (Hampton),
193,	199
Southwark, 61, 77, 104,
159, 164, 188, 191, 193,
194,	237. See St.
George’s ; St. Mary
Overy’s
Spain, 92, 171
Spain, Bishop of, 182 ; a
knight of, 183
Spain, King of, 235
Spalding, Piers of, 75
Spaniards, 83
Spencer, Edward, Lord,
(ob. 1375), 90
Spencer, Thomas, Lord,
created Earl of Glouces-
ter (1397), 97 ; beheaded,
102
Spencer, Henry, Bishop of
Norwich (1370-1406),
92
Spencer, Sir Hugh, 76,
77
Sprusse (Prussia), ship of,
185
Spyller, William, 225
Stafford,----, 207
Stafford, Anne, Countess
of, 140, 181INDEX.
277
Stafford, Humphrey, Earl
(1403), Duke of Buck-
ingham (1444-60), 172,
181
Stafford, Edmund, Earl of
(1385-1403), 103
Stafford, Sir Humphrey,
191
Stafford, John, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury
(1443-52), 193
Stafford, William, 191
Standard, the, in Cheap,
186, 192-3, 196
Stanhope Park, 78
Stanley, Sir John, 204
Stapleton, Walter, Bishop
of Exeter, 76
Stephen, King, 50
Stockton, John, mercer,
sheriff, 233
Stonys (or Strones?), Sir
Adam of, 150
Story, Edward, D.D., af-
terwards Bishop of Car-
lisle, 229
Strange (Stronge), Lord,
115
Straw, Jack, 91
Stywarde, Sir John, 139
Sudbury, Simon, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, 91
Suffolk, Sir Michael de la
Pôle, first Earl of (1385
-8), 93
Suffolk, Michael de la
Pôle, third Earl of
(1415), slain at Agin-
court, 112
Suffolk, William de la
Pôle, fourth Earl(1415),
and afterwards Duke of
(1448-50), 11, 139, 164,
i85, 188, 189, 190
Surrey, Duke of (Thomas
Holland, 1397-1400), 97
Sussetyr. See Cirencester
Sussex, 194
Sutton, John, alderman,
193
Tailboys, Sir Will., of
South Kyme, 226
Talbot, Lady, 140
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, Lord,
7
Talbot, John, Lord (1421-
42), Earl of Shrewsbury
(1442-53), 164,177,184,
196
Tankeryille, Count of, 82,
85
Tartary, Emperor of, 82
Taverner, Rie., 226
Tayloure, Will., 149
Tebayne Breste (?), a
Priest, 108
Templars, order of, 74
Terelle, Will., 218
Termagon, M. de, 13
Tetyr. See Tudor
Tewkesbury, 67, 90
Teyne, bastard of, 14
Thames, 63,104,106,183,
185
Therouenne, 176
Therouenne (Tyrwyne),
Bishop of, 180
Thomas, Lord, son of
Henry IV., 104, 106;
made Duke of Clarence,
106. See also Clarence,
Duke of
Thomas, “ Squyer and
Controller of the
Prince’s house,,, 204
Throllope. See Trollope
Tiptree, prior of, 95
Todenham, Sir Thos., 196,
218
Tong, Michael, Mayor,
deposed for perjury, 66
Tooke. See Touques
Topcliff (Copclyffe), 225
Torperley, Cheshire, 204
Touques (Tooke), in Nor-
mandy, 115
Touraine, Arthur, Duke
of, 154
Toumay, 81
Tower of London, 60, 62,
66, 73, 91,107,164,172,
186, 193, 210, 218
Tower Hill, 91, 93, 96,
97, 116, 171, 183, 184,
233, 237
Towton (Schyrborne),
Battle of, 216
Tresham,------, knighted,
214, 217
Tresham, (Wil.), Speaker
of Parliament, 195
Tresilian (Trevylyon in
text), Sir Rob., chief
justice, 93
Trim (Trynne) Castle, in
Ireland, 158
Trinity, Order of the, 58
Trollope (Throllope),
Andrew; 205, knighted,
214, 217
Troyes, treaty of, 128-38
Trusselle, Sir John, 115
Tudor (Tetyr), Owen, 211
Turks, great slaughter of
the, 197
Turmyn, Rie., 108
Tutvyle (Estouteville),
the Lord, 109
Twyford, Sir Nich., 91
Tybbey, a clerk, 108 note
Tyburn, 65, 93, 102-4,
157, 161, 184, 188, 237
Tykay, a priest, 108, note
Tytyr. See Tudor
Umfraville, Sir Gilbert,
9, 23-8, 33, 122
Upton, John, 171
Urmounde. See Ormond
Uttyng, Sir Thomas, 204
Varru (Barru), bastard
de, 143, 144, 148
Varru (Barru), Denis de,
143, 144, 148
Vasquyes, John, de
Almada, 122
Vendôme (Wendon),
Count of, 182
Vere, Aubrey de, son of
the twelfth Earl of
Oxford, 218
Verneuil (Verney), in
Perche, Battle of, 157
Versy, Roger of, 150
Vyse, the. See Devizes.278
INDEX.
Wakefield, Battle of, 210,
212, 215
Wakefylde, Hen. Bishop
of Worcester (1375-94),
89
Walbrook, parson of St.
Stephen’s, 184
Walden, 233
Waldon, Roger (not Ro-
bert), Archbishop of
Canterbury. 97-100, 103
Wales, 52, 62, 102, 107,
205, 208, 215, 223
Wallace, William, 73
Waltham, Abbot of, 140
Walworth, Will., mayor,
knighted, 91
Warde,------, of Topcliff,
225
Warwick, Thos. Beau-
champ, Earl of (1369-
1401), 92, 95-6
Warwick, Rie. Beau-
champ, Earl of (1401-
39), 10,11,23,114, 122,
139, 148, 162, 165, 168,
172, 180, 181
Warwick, Henry Beau-
champ, Earl of, created
Duke of, 185
Warwick, Rie. Nevill, Earl
of (1449-71), 198,204-7,
211, 212, 215, 216, 220,
223, 227
Wattys, Rob., 225
Wawe, Will., 161
Waynflete, Will., Bishop
of Winchester(1447-86),
193
Wedynton. See Whit-
tington
Weirs in the Thames, 63,
104
Weldynton,Yorkshire, 101
Wellys, Lord (1361-1421),
93; Léo, Lord (1421-61),
216-7
Wellys, John, Alderman
of London, 180, 184
Wenlock, Sir John, Lord
Wenlock (1461-71), 205,
214, 237
Wentworthe, Oliver, 225
Wentworth, Sir Philip,
224, 225
Westminster, 51-53,59,80,
84,95,96,100,102,149,
160, 175, 179, 183, 184,
189, 196, 208, 214, 218,
219
Westminster, Abbot of,
165
Westminster, monks of,
102
Westminster, Prior of,
165
Westminster, the King’s
palace at, 195, 208
Westminster Hall, 139
Westmoreland, Countess
of, 140
Westmoreland, Ralph Ne-
vill, first Earl of (1397-
1425), 97, 140, 141
Whelpdale, Roger. See
Carlisle, Bishop of
Whitechapel, 164, 192
White Hall, the, at West-
minster, 165
White Hart, the, in South-
wark, 191, 194
White Eriars, 97, 104,
171. See also Friars,
White
Whittington (Wedynton),
Rie. 95, 100, 156; his
college, 228
Whytehorn, Thos., 199,
201
W hytyngham, Robert,
knighted, 214, 217
William the Conqueror,
49
William Rufus, 49
William with the Long
Beard, 58
Willoughby (Wylby),
Lady, 140
Willoughby, Rob., Lord
(1409-52), 8, 139
Willoughby, Rie. Welles,
Lord (1455-69), 216
Wiltshire and Ormond,
Sir Jas. Butler, Earl
of, 198, 211, 217
Winchelsea, 83, 104
Winchester, 49, 58, 78,
188, 199, 201; Wyke-
ham’s college at, 203
Winchester, Bishop of.
See Beaufort, Henry ;
Waynflete, Will.
Windsor, 62, 81, 85, 107,
113, 142; dean of (Th.
Mannyng), 233
Wingfield (Wynkylfylde),
Suff. 190
Woodecock, John, Sheriff,
101
Woodevyle, Rie., 150,158 ;
Sir Richard, 182, 183
Woodville, Eliz., Queen
of Edward IV., 226
Wool, Staples of, 84
Worcester, 51
Worcester, Bishop of. See
Wakefylde, Henry (1375
-94) ; Morgan, Philip
(1419-25)
Worcester, Earl of (Rie.
Beauchamp 1420-31),
139
Worcester, Earl of (John
Tiptoft, 1449-70), 221,
222
Wortham, Parson of, 116
Wryxham, Will., 235
Wyche, Sir Rie., 183
Wyclrffe, John, 163
Wygmersche, 211
Wynkylfylde. See Wing-
field.
Wynterborne, Dr., 229
Wyntyrsell, Sir Thos. 102
York, 94, 104, 158, 210,
218, 223, 225
York, William of, 66
York, Archbishop of.
See Kemp, J. ; Neville,
Geo.
York, Philippa, Duchess
of, widow of Edward,
second duke, 139
York, Duke of (Edmund
of Langley), 92, 101.
See also Cambridge,
Earl ofINDEX.
279
York, Duke of (Edward
son of the preceding),
slain at Agincourt, 111
York, Kichard Plan-
tagenet, Duke of, father
York—continued
of Edward IV., 160,
178, 180 183, 189,195,
196, 198, 205, 208,210,
215, 218
York, Cecily, Duchess of,
wife of the preceding,
206, 207, 208
Yorkshire, 221
Yownser,------, 108
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Westminster ; Printed by J. B. Nîchols and Sons, 25, Parliament Street.REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
OF
THE CAMDEN SOCIETY,
READ AT THE GENERAL MEETING
ON THE 2nd MAY, 1876.
The Council of the Camden Society elected on the 3rd May, 1875,
deeply regret the loss of one of their number,
William Durrant Cooper, Esq., F.S.A.
Mr. Cooper was not only the Editor of some of the Society’s publications,
in which character he is doubtless best known to most of the Members,
but he was a constant attendant at the meetings of the Council, alvvays
ready to contribute valuable advice and criticism ; his learning and his
practical acquaintance with business will be often missed by those with
whom he so heartily co-operated in the interests of the Society.
Another Member of the Society who has been removed from us during
the past year and who deserves especial mention is
John Forster, Esq.
Though ill health of late years precluded his attendance at the Council
meetings, he always took a deep interest in the progress of the Society.
Mr. Forster’s historical and biographical works are too well known to
require any mention here. It is deeply to be regretted that the “ Life of
Swift,” on which he was engaged at the time of his death, should hâve
remained uncompleted.
The Council are sorry to add the following List of Members who hâve
died during the past year :
James Bladon, Esq.
J. W. Thrupp, Esq.REPORT OF THE COU&CIL, 1876.
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James Cobb, Esq.
William Blandy, Esq.
Charles Blandy, Esq.
Cosmo Innés, Esq.
The Very Reverend The Dean of Chichester.
Robert Davies, Esq.
Henry Gregory* Esq.
The Right Hon. T. H. Sotheron Estcourt.
The Rev. Dr. Parkinson.
During the same interval the following new Members hâve been elected:
Lord Delamere.
The Honourable Henry F. Cowper, M.P.
James Rae, Esq.
Edward Walmisley, Esq.
Major Franc Sadleir Stoney, R.A.
J. Anderson Rose, Esq.
The University of Prague.
Wentworth Huyshe, Esq.
Nottingham Free Public Libraries.
Walter Money, Esq.
J. W. Hales, Esq.
The following books for the past year are now in the hands of Members :
I.	The Camden Miscellany, Vol. VII. Containing, L The Boy Bishop. Edited by
thelate J. G. Nichols, F.S.A. and Dr. Rimbault. 2. The Speech ofthe Attorney-
General Heath in the Star Chamber against Alexander Leighton. Edited by the
lateJoHN Bruce, F.S.A. and S. R. Gardiner. 3. The Judgment of Sir G.
Croke in the Case of Ship Money. Edited by S. R. Gardiner. 4. Accounts of the
Building of Bodmin Churcli. Edited by the Rev. J. J. Wilkinson, M.A. 5. The
Mission of Sir T. Roe to Gustavus Adolphus. Edited by S. R. Gardiner.
II.	Letters of Humphrey Prideaux to John Ellis. 1674-1722. Edited by E. M-
Thompson.
III.	The Autobiography of Anne Lady Halkett. Edited by the late John Gough
Nichols, F.S.A.REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1876.
3
The books for the year 1876-7 will probably be—
I.	Milton’s Common Place Book. Edited by A. J. Horwood. (Ready.)
II.	The Siégé of Rouen, and other papers relating to the Reign of Henry VI.
Edited by James Gairdner. (In the Press.)
III.	Papers illustrative of the Life of William Prynne. With a Biographical
Fragment by the late John Bruce, F.S.A. To be edited by S. R. Gardiner.
The following books hâve been added to the list of suggested pub-
lications : —
Letters treating of the Domestic Affairs of the Priory of Christ Church, Canter-
bury in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. To be edited by J. B. Sheppard.
The Economy of the Fleet, throwing light on the condition of the Fleet Prison in
the Reign of James I. To be edited by Dr. A. Jessopp.
The Council are glad to think that the publications of late years, issued
by the Society, fully maintain the character and value of those issued in
its long sériés of historical works. They see no reason to think that there
will in the future be any lack of materials, especially considering that the
researches into ancient libraries by the Historical Manuscripts Commis-
sion yearly bring to light fresh treasures of knowledge. No effort will be
wanting on their part to en sure to the Members a succession of works
which shall maintain the character of the Society.
The Council has resolved to ofFer such of the copies as remain on hand
of the volumes belonging to the First Sériés (only) at reduced prices, as
there are no longer any perfect sets. Copies of the présent list of prices
are to be obtained at Messrs. Nichols, 25, Parliament Street.
By order of the Council,
Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Director.
Alfred Kingston, Hon. Secretary.REPORT OF THE AUDITORS.
I5 being one of the Auditors appointed to audit the Accounts of the Camden
Society, report to the Society, that the Treasurer has exhibited to me an Account of
the Receipts and Expenditure from the lst of April 1875 to the 31st of March 1876,
and that I hâve examined the said accounts, with the vouchers relating thereto, and
find the same to be correct and satisfactory.
And I further report that the following is an Abstract of the Receipts and Expen-
diture during the period I hâve mentioned :—
Receipts.	£	s.
To Balanceoflastyear’saccount.. 582 11
Received on account of Members
whose Subscriptions were in ar-
rear at last Audit ............. 23	0
The like on account of Subscriptions
due on the lst of May, 1875... 251	0
The like on account of Subscriptions
due on the lst of May, 1876......	16	0
To Repayaient for Transcript ..... 50	0
One year’s dividend on £466 3 1
3 per Cent. Consols, standing in
the names of the Trustées of the
Society, deducting Income Tax..	13	17
To Sale of Publications of past
vears........................... 46	19
To Sale of Promptorium Parvulorum
(3 vols, in 1) .................. 9	17
£993 6
d. |	Expenditure.	£ s. d.
6 : Paid for printing 500 copies Quarrel between Man-
chester and Cromwell. No. 12............................ 52	17	3
; Paid for printing 500 copies Autobiography of Lady
0	Anne Halkett. No.	13 ............................... 42	4	9
| Paid for printing 500 copies Camden Miscellany.
3j	Vol. VII. No. 14 .....................................  92	6	6
Paid for printing 500 Copies Letters of Humphrey
oj Prideaux. No. 15 ....................,............ 68 12 3
0 : Paid for Miscellaneous Printing......................... 7	13	0
Paid for delivery and transmission of Books, with
paper for wrappers, warehousing expenses (in-
i	cluding Insurance) .................................. 31	1	8
6	Paid for 500 Copies of three Fac-similés of Milton’s
|	Common-place Book	............................... 30	0	0
7	| Paid for binding ..................................... 85	16	4
| Paid for making various Transcripts................... 14	3	9
3 , Paid for postages, collecting, country expenses, &c. ...	4	3	4
£428 18 10
By Balance .............. 564 7 3
1	£993 6 1
And I further State, that the Treasurer has reported to me, that over and above
the présent balance of £564 Ts. 3d. there are outstanding various subscriptions of
Foreign Members, and of Members résident at a distance from London, which the
Treasurer sees no reason to doubt will shortly be received.
George F. Smith,