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[^FABYAN, ROBERT.
THE NEW CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
LONDON: PYNSON, 1516.
PP. 167V.C2.4 - 171R.C2.9     (SAMPLE 1)
PP. 172V.C1.1 - 173V.C2.20    (SAMPLE 2)
PP. 174V.C1.8 - 175R.C1.30    (SAMPLE 3)^]

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[}CHARLYS THE .IIII.}]

   Henry the .iiii. of that name 
and sone of Iohn~ of 
Gaunt late duke of Lancaster
tooke possessyon
of the domynyon of the
Realme of Englonde /
as before in the ende of the Story of the
seconde Rycharde is shewyd / Vpon the
laste daye of Septembre in the yere of
our Lorde a thousande .CCC.lxxx.xix.
and in y=e= .xix. yere of Charlys the .vii. tha~
Kynge of Fraunce / After whiche possessyon
soo by hym taken anon he made 
newe Offycers / as the Erle of Northumberlande /
he made Constable of 
Englonde / the Erle of Westmerlande 
was made Marshall / syr Iohn~ Serle
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Chaunceler / Iohn~ Newebery esquyer
Tresorer / and syr Rycharde Clyfforde
Knyght keper of the pryuey Sygnet
and that done prouysyon was made for
his Coronacyon agayne the Daye of
the Translacyon of Seynt Edwarde
the confessour next than co~mynge / and
the Parlyament was prolongyd tyll y=e=
tuysday folowynge the sayd day of Coronacyon /
Than vpon the Euyn of the
sayde daye of Coronacyon the Kyng w=t=
in the Towre of Lo~don made .xli knyghtys
of the Bathe / whereof .iii. were his 
owne Sonnys / and .iii. Erlys / &. v. Lordys /
and vpon monday beynge the sayd
day of seynt Edwarde / and the .xiii. day
of october he was crowned at Westmynster
of the Archebysshop of Cau~torbury
after which Solempnyte fynysshed an
honorable feest was holden within the
great Halle of Westmynster / where the
Kynge beynge set in the mydde See of 
the Table / the Archebysshop of Cauntorbury
with .iii. other prelatys were set
at the same Table vpon the right hande
of the Kynge / and the Archebysshop of
yorke with other .iiii. prelatys was sette
vpon that other hande of the Kynge / &
He~ry y=e= Kynges eldest sone stoode vpo~
the right hande w=t= a poyntlesse swerde
holdynge vp right / & the Erle of Northumberlande
newely made Constable
stode vpo~ the lefte hande with a sharpe
swerde holde~ vp right and by eyther of
those swerdys stode .ii. other Lordys holde
 .ii. Cepters / & before the Kynge stode
all y=e= dyner whyle the dukys of Amnarle
of Surrey / and of Exetyr with other .ii.
Lordys / and the Erle of Westmerlande
tha~ newely made Marshall rode about
the Halle w=t= many typped staues about
hym to see the roume of the Halle kepte
that Offycers myght with ease serue y=e=
Tables / of the whiche Tables the chefe
vpon the ryght syde of the Halle was begunne
with the Barons of the .v. portys
and at the Table next y=e= Cupborde vpo~
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the lefte hande sate the Mayer and his
bretherne the Aldermen of Lo~do~ / which
Mayer that tyme beynge Drewe Barentyne
Goldsmyth / for seruyce there by
hym that daye done / as other Mayers
at euery Kynges and Quenys coronacion
vse for to do had there a standynge
cuppe of Golde / Than after the seconde
course was seruyd syr Thomas Dymmoke
Knyght beynge armyd at all peacis /
and syttynge vpon a good Stede /
rode to the hygher parte of the Halle / &
there before y=e= Kyng caused an herowde
to make Proclamacyon that what man
wolde saye that Kynge Henry was not
rightfull enherytoure of the Crowne of
Englonde / and rightfully Crownyd he
was there redy to wage with hym Batayll /
tha~ or suche tyme as it shuld please
the Kynge to assygne / whiche proclamacion
he causyd to be made after in .iii. su~dry
placys of y=e= Halle in Englysshe and
in Frenshe with many moo obseruauncis
at his solempnytie exercysyd & done
whiche were longe to reherse / Than
this feest with all honoure endyd / vpon
the morne beynge tuysday the Parlyament
was agayne begunne / and vpon
wednysdaye syr Iohn~ Cheyny y=t= before
that tyme hadde occupyed as speker of
that Parlyament by his owne laboure
for cause of such Infyrmyties as he tha~
had was dischargyd / and a Squyer namyd
wyllyam Durwarde was electe to
that roume for hym / And then was the
Parlyament and the Actys therof laste
callyd by Kynge Rycharde adnullyd & 
set at nought / and the parlyame~t holden
in the .xi. yere of his Reygne holden for
ferme and stable / and the same day Henrye
the Kynges eldest sone was chosen &
admytted Prynce of Walys and Duke
of Cornewall / and Erle of Chester / and
Heyre apparaunt to the Crowne / vpon
the Thursdaye folowynge was put in
to the comon House a byll deuysed by
syr Iohn~ Bagot than Prysoner in the
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Towre / whereof the effecte was that y=e=
sayde syr Iohn~ confessyd that he harde
Kynge Rycharde saye dyuerse tymes /
and at sundry Parlyamentys in his tyme
holde~ / that he wolde haue his entent
and pleasure concernynge his owne matiers /
what so euer betyde of the resydue
and if any withstode his wyll or mynde
he wolde by one meane or other brynge
hym out of lyfe. Also he shewyd farther
that Kynge Rycharde shuld shewe
and saye to hym at Lichefelde in the .xxi.
yere of his Reygne that he desyred no le~ger
to lyue / than to see his Lordes & commons
to haue hym in as great awe and
drede as euer they hadde any of his progenytours /
so that it myght be Cronycled
of hym that none passyd hym of honour
and dygnyte / with condycion that
he were deposyd and put from his sayd 
dygnyte the morowe after / and if euer it
came soo to / that he shulde resygne his
Kyngelye mageste / he sayde his mynde
was to resygne to the Duke of Herforde
as to hym that was moost abeleste to occupye
that honour / But one thynge he
feryd lest he wolde do tyrannyse agayne
y=e= Churche More ouer he shewyd by y=e=
sayd byll / y=t= as y=e= sayde syr Iohn~ Bagot
rode behynde the Duke of Norfolke towarde
Westmynster / y=e= sayd duke layed
to his charge y=t= he with other of the Kynges
Counceyll hadde murdred the Duke
of Gloucetyr / the whiche at that tyme
to the sayde Duke he denyed / and sayde
at that Daye he was on lyue / But within
 .iii. wekys after / the sayd syr Iohn~ by
the Kynges commaundement was sent
with other p~sones vnto Calays / where
for fere of his owne lyfe he sawe the sayd
murder put in execucion / And farthermore
he shewyd / that there was no man
of honour at that dayes more in fauoure
with Kynge Rycharde tha~ was the Duke
of Amnarle / and that by his cou~ceyll
he toke the Lordes and wrought many
other thynges after the sayd Dukys aduyce.
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Also he shewyd that he harde
the Kynge beynge tha~ at Chyltrynlangley
swere manye great Othes that the
Duke of Herforde nowe Kynge / shulde
neuer retourne into Englonde / and rather
then he shulde agayne enheryte his
fathers Landys / he wolde gyue theym
vnto the heyres of the Duke of Gloucetyr /
and of the Erlys of Arundell / and of
Warwyke at the laste Parlyament adiuged /
And farther he shewyd that of all
theyse matiers he sent the sayde Duke
knowlege into Fraunce by one named
Roger Smert admonastynge hym to
prouyde by his wysedome to withsta~de
the Kynges malyce / which shewyd hym
to be his mortall enemye / And lastlye he
shewyd in the sayde Byll that he harde
the duke of Amnarle say vnto syr Iohn~
Busshey / and to syr Henrye Grene / I
hadde leuer than .xx. thousande pounde
that this man were dede / and wha~ they
hadde axyd of hym which man / he sayde
the duke of Herforde / not for drede that
I haue of his persone / But for sorowe
and rumours that he is lykelye to make
within this Realme / Whiche byll was
tha~ borne vnto the Kynges Parlyame~t
Chaumbre & there radde / after redynge
whereof the sayde Duke of Amnarle
stoode vp and sayde as touchynge such
Artycles as in that byll were put agayn
hym they were false and vntrewe / & that
he wolde proue vpon his body / or otherwyse
as the Kynge wolde commaunde
hym / Vpon Fryday the sayde syr Iohn~
Bagot was brought into the sayde Parlyament
Chambre / and examyned vpo~
euerye Artycle of his byll / all the whiche
he there affermyd / Then it was axyd of
hym what he coulde saye of the Duke of
Excetyr / whereunto he answeryd and
sayed that he coulde laye nothyng to his 
charge / But there is he sayd a yoman in
Newgate callyd Halle y=t= can say somewhat
of you / than sayde the Duke what
soeuer he or ye can or lyste to saye of me /
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this is trouthe that I shall here expresse
trouthe it is that the laste tyme that the 
Kyng was at woodestoke / the Duke of
Norfolke and ye had me with you into
the Chapell / and closyd the dore vpo~ vs
and there ye made me to swere vpon the
Sacrament there present to kepe suche
counceyll as there ye shulde then shewe
vnto me / where after ye shewyd to me y=t=
ye coulde neuer brynge youre purpose about
whyle syr Iohn~ of Gaunt late Duke
of Lancaster lyued / wherfore ye were
aduysed for to haue shortly after a counceyll
at Lychefelde / by the whyche ye co~dyscendyd
that the sayd syr Iohn~ shuld
be arestyd in suche maner that he shuld
haue occasyon to disobey that areste / by
reason whereof by chaunce medley he 
shuld be there slayen / wherunto my cou~ceyll
than was / that the Kynge shulde
calle his secrete Counceyll / and if they agreed
thereunto / I for my parte wolde 
agree vnto the same / to whiche sayinge
syr Iohn~ Bagot gaue none answere / &
vpo~ Saterday the sayd Bagot & Halle
were bothe brought into the Parlyame~t
Chaumbre / and there examyned / ond after
countyrmau~dyd to Prysone / and as
soone as they were departyd the Lorde
Fits Water stoode vp and sayde / moost
redoughtyd souerayne Lord where as
the duke of Amnarle hath before tymes
and nowe lately excusyd hym of y=e= dethe
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of the Duke of Gloucetyr / I saye & wyll
Iustyfye it that he was cause of his deth
and that I shall proue opon his body if
your grace be so contentyd / to the co~trary
whereof the Duke with sharpe wordys
answerid so that gaugys of batayll
were offerid of both parties / and sealyd
and delyueryd vnto the Lorde marshall
Tha~ partyes began to be taken amo~ge
the Lordes / In so moche that the Duke
of Surrey toke partye with the Duke
of Amnarle / & sayde that all that by hym
was done / was done by constraynt of
Rycharde than beynge Kynge / and he
hym selfe and other consentyd parforce
to the same / where agayn y=e= said Lorde
fyts Water and other replyed / wherfore
sylence was commaundyd / and forthwith
the forenamed Halle for y=t= he had
co~fessyd before the Lordes that he was
one of them that put to deth the Duke of
Gloucetyr at Calays / he therefore was
Iuged to be drawen from the Towre
of London vnto Tybourne / and there
to be hanged and quarteryd / the whiche
execucion was done vpon the mondaye
folowynge Thus with theyse causes &
many other this Parlyament contynued
tyll a newe Mayer namyd Thomas
Knollis grocer was admytted & sworne
vpon the day folowyng the feast of Symonde
and Iude.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I. M.CCC.LXXX.XIX.
ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.\)
GROCER THOMAS KNOLLYS.
WYLLYAM WALDERNE.
(\ANNO .I.\)
WYLLYAM HYDE.}]

   In this firste yere of Kyng
Henry the .iiii. yet lastyng
the foresayd Parlyament
vpon the Wednysday next
folowynge the feest of Symonde
and Iude / the Lorde Morley appealyd
the Erle of Salesbury of Treason /
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And caste his hoode for a gauge to
trye with hym by Bataylle / the whiche
sayinge he replyed / and caste from hym
his Gloues for a gauge to proue his sayinge
false / and vntrewe / whiche were
there Sealyd / and delyueryd vnto the
Lorde Marshall / & vpon the mondaye
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passyd an Acte that no Lorde nor other
persone of no degre shuld after that day
lay for his excuse any constraynt or coartynge 
of his Prynce in executynge of
any wronge Iugement / or other Crymynous /
and vnlefull dedys / sayinge
that for fere they durste none otherwyse
doo / For suche execuse after that Daye
shall stande hym in none effecte / And
also that all Sheryffys maye yelde accompte
in the Exchekyr vpon theyr Othys /
And that they be chaungyd in all
Shyres yerely / And also that no Lorde
nor other man of myght gyue any Gownys
or lyuereys to any of theyr Tenau~tys
or other persones excepte onely theyr
housholde and meynyall Seruauntys
Ans also than was enactyd that all Repiers
and other Fisshers co~mynge with
Fysshe from Rye / and Wynchylsee / and 
other Coostys of the Sees syde shulde
sell it themselfe in Cornhyll / and Chepe /
and other stretys of London to all men
that wolde of them by it / excepte Fysshe
mongers and other that wolde bye the
sayde Fysshe to make Sale of it agayn
And vpon the Wednysdaye folowynge
was enactyd that Rycharde late Kynge
of Englonde shulde for his myssegouernaunce
of the Realme be holdyn in such
Prysone as the Kynge wolde assygne
durynge his naturall Lyfe / And than y=e=
Kynge graunted to all persones generall
pardons / so that they were sette out
of the Chauncerye by Alhalowentyde
nexte folowynge / excepte such persones 
as were present at the murder of the Duke 
of Gloucetyr / And in this whyle was
the Archbysshop of Cauntorbury / and
Doctour Roger whiche there was sette
by Kynge Rycharde / was remoued &
sette in the See of London / w=t= the which
he was right well contentyd / And than 
was the Erle of Arundellys sone restoryd
to all his Fathers Landys with dyuerse
other before by Kynge Rycharde
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dysheryted / And shortlye after was the
sayd Parlyament dyssoluyd / and euery
man had lycence to departe to his owne
And than was Rycharde late Kyng had
vnto the Castell of Ledys in Kent and
there kepte / and prouysyon was made
at Wyndesore for the Kyng to kepe there
his Cristemasse / In whiche passe tyme
the Dukys of Amnarle / of Surrey / and
of Exetyr with the Erlys of Salesbury
and of Gloucetyr with other of theyr affynyte /
made prouysyon for a Dysguysynge
or a mummynge to be shewyd to
the Kynge vpon Twelfethe nyght / and
the tyme was nere at hande & all thynge
redy for the same / vpon the sayd .xii. day
came secretlye vnto the Kynge the duke
of Amnarle / and shewyd to hym that he
with y=e= other Lordys aforenamyd were
appoyntyd to sle hym in the tyme of the
fore sayd dysguysynge shewynge / wherfore
he aduysyd hym to prouyde for his 
owne suretye / At whose warnynge the
Kynge secretlye departyd from wyndesore /
and came the same nyght to London /
whereof the sayde Lordys beynge
ware / and that theyr Counceyll was bewrayed /
fledde in all haste Westwarde
But the Kynge causyd hasty pursute to
be made after them / So that shortly after
the Duke of Surrey / and the Erle of
Salysburye were taken at Syrcetyr /
where they were streyght behedyd / and
theyr Heddys sent to London and sette
vpon the Brygde / & at Oxenforde were
taken syr Thomas Blont / and syr Benetsely 
Knyghtys / and Thomas Wyntercell
Esquyer / the whiche were there 
Hedyd and Quarteryd / and theyr Heddys
sent to Lo~don Brydge / and at Prytwell
in Essex was takyn syr Iohn~ Holande
Duke of Exetyr / & after brought
to Plassby a place fast by where he was
behedyd / and after his hede was sent to
Lo~don & sette there with the other vpo~ y=e=
Brydge pyght vpo~ a stake / & nere about 
y=e= same tyme at Bristowe was taken the
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Lorde Spencer than Erle of Gloucetyr
and there behedyd / and his Hede sent
vnto London Brydge / and in the same
yere syr Barnarde Brokeys / syr Iohn~ 
Selley / syr Iohn~ maundeley / and syr
Iohn~ Fereby Knyghtys and Clerkys
were takyn as Prysoners in the Towre
of London / and soone after foriugyd ha~ged
and hedyd / and theyr Heddys also
sette vpon London Brydge / In whiche
passe tyme / Rycharde late Kynge was
remoued frome the Castell of Ledys in
Kent and sent vnto Pounfreyt Castell
In this yere also as before is towchyd
in the .xix. yere of the .vii. Carlys / Kynge
Henrye sent vnto Calays Isabell late
Quene of Englonde / and wyfe vnto Richarde
lately Kyng / and with hyr great
Treasoure and many ryce Iewyllys as
testyfyeth the Englysshe Cronycle / and
there receyued by Frenshmen vnder safe
cunduyt passynge / and by them conueyed
vnto hyr father into Fraunce / and after
maryed vnto Charlys sone and heyer
to the Duke of Orleaunce / as before
I haue shewyd in y=e= .xxii. yere of hyr sayd
Fathers Reygne / Than it foloweth in 
the story of Kynge Henry / whan he had
fermelye consyderyd the great conspyracy
agayne hym by the forenamyd Lordys
and other persones entendyd and
Imagenyd to his dystruccyon / & agayn
releuynge Rycharde late Kynge / he in avoydynge
of lyke daunger / prouydyd 
to put the sayd Rycharde out of this present
Lyfe / and shortlye after / the Opynyon 
of moost wryters he sent a Knyght
named syr Piers of Exton vnto Pounfreyt
Castell / where he with .viii. other in 
his companye / fell vpon the sayde Rycharde
late Kynge / and hym myserably
in his Chaumbre slewe / but not without
reuengement of his deth / For or he were
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fellyd to the grou~de he slewe of the sayd
viii.iiii. men with an Axe of theyr owne /
But lastely he was woundyd to deth by
the hande of the sayde syr Piers of Exton
& so dyed / After execucyon of which
dedely dede y=e= sayd syr Piers toke great
repentaunce / Inso moche that lamentably
he sayd alas what haue we done / we
haue now put to deth hym that hath ben
our Soueraygne and drad lorde by the
space of .xxii. yeres / by reason whereof I
shall be reprochyd of all honoure where
so I after this daye become / and all men
shall redounde this dede to my dyshonour
and shame / other opynyons of the
dethe of this noble Prynce are lefte by
wryters as by waye of Famyne & other
But this of moost Wryters is testyfyed
& alleged / Whan the deth of this Prynce
was publysshed a brode / he was after
opyn vysaged layed in the Mynster of
Pounfrayt / so y=t= all men myght knowe
an see that he was dede / and the .xii. daye
of Marche folowynge he was w=t= great
solempnyte brought thoroughe the Cytie
of London to Paulys / & there layed
open visaged agayn to the ende that his
Dethe myght be manyfestlye knowen /
whiche was doutfull to many one / and
speciallye to suche as oughte to hym fauoure /
And then after a fewe dayes the
sayd Corps was caryed vnto the Freris
of Langley and there enterryd / But after
he was remouyd by Kynge Henry y=e=
v. In the firste yere of his Reygne / and
with great Honoure and Solempnyte
conueyed vnto the Monastery of Westmynster /
and there within the Chapell
of Seynt Edwarde honourably buryed
vpon the south syde of seynt Edwardys
Shryne with this Epytaphy vpon
his Toumbe as foloweth.

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   Whan this mortall Prynce was thus
dede and grauen Kynge Henry was in
quyet possessyon of the Realme & fande
great Rychesse y=t= before tyme to Kynge
Rycharde belonged / for as wytnessyth
Polycronycon he fande in kyng Richardys
Tresoury thre hundreth thousande
pounde of redy coyne besyde Iuellys &
other Ryche vessellys whiche were as
moche in value or more / And ouer that
he espyed in the kepynge of the Tresourers
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handys an hundreth & l. thousande
nobles & Iewellys & other stuffe y=t= cou~tyruayled
the sayd value / and so it shuld
seme y=t= Kyng Rycharde was ryche wha~
his money & Iewellys amountyd to .vii.
C.M.li. And in the moneth of octobre & 
ende of this mayers yere was brent in
Smythfelde of London a preest named
syr Wyllyam Sawtry for certeyn poyntys 
of Heresy.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.
ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.I.\)
GOLDSMYTH IOHN~ FRAUNCES.
IOHN~ WAKELE.
(\ANNO .II.\)
WYLLYAM EBOT.}]

   In this seco~de yere of kyng
Henry and moneth of February were drawen & ha~ged
for treason a Knyght
named syr roger Claryngton
at Tybourne w=t= .ii. of his seruau~tis / y=e=
pryour of Lande / & .viii. freris mynours
or Gray frerys / of y=e= which some were bachelers 
of dyuynyte / And in this yere began 
a great discencion in Walys atwene
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the Lorde Gray Ryffyn / & a Welsheman
named Howen of Glendore / which Howen
gatheryd to hym great strength of
Welshemen / and dyd moche harme to
that Countrey / not sparynge the Kynges
Lordshyppes / nor his people / and
lastlye toke the sayde Lorde Gray prysoner /
and helde hym prysoner tyll contrarye 
his wyll he hadde Maryed the
sayde Howens doughter / After whiche
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Matrymony fynysshed he helde the said
Lorde stylle in Walys tyll he dyed / to the
kynges great displeasure. Wherfore
the kynge with a stronge Army spedde
hym into Walys for to subdue the sayde
Howan~ and his Adherentes / But whan
the kynge with his power was entred y=e=
Countre he with his Fawtours fledde into 
the Mountaynes and helde hym there /
So that the kynge myght nat wynne
to hym without distruccyon of his hoost
Wherfore fynally by y=e= aduyce of his lordes
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he retournyd into Englande for that
season. In this yere also whete and other
Greynes beganne to fayle / so that a
Quarter of whete was solde at London
for .xvi.s. and derer shuld haue been had
nat ben the prouycyon of Marchauntes
that brought Rye ans Rye floure out of
Spruce wherwith this La~de was greatly
susteyned and easyd.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.V.
ANNO DN~I.M.CCCC.VI.\)
HENRY BARTON~.
IOHN~ WOODCOK MERCER.
(\ANNO VII.\)
WYLLIAM CROWMER.}]

   In this yere / Dame Lucye y=e=
Duke of Myllanys Suster
came into Englande / & was
maryed vnto sir Edmu~d Holande
Erle of Kent in y=e= Churche of seynt
Mary Ouerey in Southwarke / vpon
the .xxiiii. day of Ianuary / where y=e= kyng
was present & gaue her that day vnto the
preest / And after the Solempnysacion
of the Maryage was fynysshed she was
with great honour conueyed vnto y=e= Bysshop
of Wynchesters palays there fast by
where y=t= day for her was holden a Sumptuous
and pompous Feast. And in y=e= same
yere & moneth of May Dame Phylip
the yongest Doughter of kynge Henry
accompanyed w=t= dyuers lordes Spirituell
and Temporal was shypped in y=e=
Northe / and so conueyed into Denmark
where in a Towne or Cytie called London
she was maryed vnto the kynge of y=e=
sayd Countre. In this yere also Sir
Thomas Ramston than Constable of y=e=
Towre by ouersyght of his Botemen /
as he wold haue passed y=e= brydge towarde
the sayd Tower was drowned. And
in the same yere for y=e= greuous complayntes
that before tyme had ben shewyd and
euydently prouyd before the kyngs counsayll /
And also before the Mayre and his
Brethern~ / of the great distrucco~n of fyre
& yonge fysshe / By reason of werys standynge 
in dyuers places of the Ryuer of
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Thamys / wherby the fysshe of the sayd
Ryuer was greatly mynysshed and wastyd /
And that also if the sayd werys soo
contynued the sayd Ryuer shuld in short
processe be distroyed. Wherfore y=e= Mayre
and his bretherne the Aldermen as co~seruatours
of that Ryuer made suche laboure
vnto the kynge and his Counsayll
that they opteyned Co~myssion to pull vp
all the werys that stode at wene London
and .vii. myles beyone Kyngston~ / and in 
lyke wyse for such other as stode atwene
London and Grauysende as wel Crekes 
or seuerall groundes & other. The which
Co~myssion by the sayd Mayre & his Officers
was this yere put i execuco~n. And
in this yere sir Robert Knollys knyght /
the which in Fraunce and Brytayne had
before tyme don so many victoryous acts
As in the .xxxiii. yere of Edwarde the thirde
and other yeres of his Reygne is somdele
towched made an ende of his werke
at Rochester Bridge and Chapell at the
sayd brydge fote / And dyed shortly after
whan he had newe reedyfied the body of
the Whyte Fryers Churche standyng in
Fletestrete / and don to that house many
Notable Benefytes where after he was
buryed in the body of the sayd Churche /
whiche Churche & place was first Founded
by the Auncetours of the lorde Gray
Cotner~.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VI.
ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VII.\)
NICHOLAS WOTTON.
RICHARDE WHYTYNGTON~ MERCER. 
(\ANNO.VIII.\)
GODFEY BROOK.}]

   In this yere and moneth of Noue~bre
one named the Walshe Clerke
apeched a knyght called Sir Percyuall
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Sowdan of Treason for tryall wherof
daye was gyuen to theym to fyghte in
Smythfelde the day abouesayd / at whiche 
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daye eyther apperyd / & there Faught
a season / But in the ende the Clerke was
Recreau~t / wherfore immedyatly he was
spoyled of his Armour & layde vpon an
hardyll so drawen to Tyborne and there
hanged. And in this yere also / sir Henry 
Erle of Northumberlande and the lorde
Bardolf co~mynge out of Scotlande
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with a stronge company to y=e= displeasur
& hurt of the kynge as they entendyd were
met and encountred with the Gentylmen
and Comons of the North & foughten
with and distressyd / And after strake
of their heddes and sent them to London
whiche than were pyght vpon the brydge
amonge many other.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VII.
ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.VIII.\)
HENRY PONFREYT.
WYLLYAM STONDON~ GROCER.
(\ANNO .IX.\)
HENRY HALTON.}]

   In this yere & moneth of Decembre
began a Frost / y=e= whiche
contynued by the space of
xv. wekes after or therupon /
So that byrdes were wonderly famysshed
and distressed by vyolence of the same.
And in the same yere sir Edmonde
of Holande Erle of Kent was by the
kynge made Admyrall of the See / The
whiche storyd and skymmyd y=e= see ryght
well and manfully / And lastly landed in
the Coost of Brytayne / and besieged there
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a Castell named Briak and wan it by
strength / But in the wynnynge therof he
was so deedly wounded with an arowe
in y=e= heed that he dyed shortly after / And
than his Corps was brought agayne into
Englande / & buryed omonge his Auncetours.
And in the begynnynge of this
yere was slayne and murderyd the Duke
of Orleau~ce in Parys lyke as before it
is more at length shewyd in the .xxvii. yere
of Charlys the .vii. kynge of Fraunce.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.VIII.
ANNO DN~I. M.CCCC.IX.\)
THOMAS DUKE.
DREWE BARENTYNE GOLDSMYTH.
(\ANNO.X.\)
WILLYAM NORTON~.}]

   In this yere the Seneshall of
Henaude came into this Lande
with a goodly Companye
of Henauders & other straungers /
for to do and parfourme certayne
Faytes of Armys agayn dyuers nobles
and Gentylmen of this lande. And firste
the sayd Seneshall chalenged the Erle
of Somerset / and other of his Company
other Gentylmen of this la~de as after
shall appere. For Executynge of whiche
disporte the place of Smythfelde by the
kynge was appoynted / And barryd and
fensyd for the same entent and daye sette
for euery man to be Redy by the .xi. daye
of [^A BLANK IN THE SOURCE TEXT^] At whiche day the Seneshall
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as chalenger entred the Felde pompously 
And after with a goodly Company of
men of honour / was the Erle of Somerset
brought into y=e= same / where they ra~ne
togyder certayne Courses and executed
other Fayts of Armys / wherof the pryse
and honour was gyuen by y=e= Herawdes
vnto the Erle / so that he wanne that day
great honour. Than the seconde day 
came in a knyght Henauder as Chalengoure /
To whome as defendaunt came
sir Richard of Arundell kynght / the whiche
ranne certayne Courses on horse bak
And after went togyder w=t= axes on foote
where sir Richarde was put to the worse
For y=e= Henauder brought hym vpon his
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kne. Then the thirde daye came in an
other knyght of Henaude Chalenger / to
whom as defendau~t came in Sir Iohn~ 
Cornewayll knyght / and so well bare hy~
that he put the Straunger to the worse.
Vpon the .iiii. daye came into the felde an
Esquyre Henauder agayn whom ranne
the sone of sir Iohn Cheyny / The which
at the seconde course sette his Stroke so
egerly that he ouerthrewe the Henauder
horse and man / for whiche dede the kyng
dubbyd hym forth with knyght. Vpon y=e=
v. day played togyder an Henauder and
a Squyre called Iohn~ Stewarde / whiche
daye also the Englysshe man wan y=e=
worshyp. Vpon the .vi. daye Skyrmysshed
there togyder an Henauder / and an
Englysshe Equyer named Wyllm~ Porter. /
The whiche gatte suche worshyp of
the same Henauder / that the kynge for
his guerdon made hym streyght knyght
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Vpon the .vii. daye in lyke wyse played
Insamble an Henauder and one Iohn~
Standysshe Esquyer / The whiche semblably
for his prowesse & manly dealyng
was also of the kynge dubbyd knyght.
And a Gascoygn~ that the same day wan
the pryce of an other straunger was Immedyatly
made knyght of the kynge.
And vpon the .viii. day or last day of this 
Chalenger came into the felde .ii. Henauders
vnto whom came .ii. Bretherne beynge
Sowdyours of Calays / The whiche
Bekeryd togyder a longe season / soo
that eyther p~tie receyued plentie of good
strokes tyll peas by y=e= kynge was co~mau~dyd /
& so this Chalenge was fynysshed /
to the great honour of the kyng / the whiche
after Feasted thyse Strau~gers / and
with Ryche gyfts sent & retourned them
agayne to theyr Countrees.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.X.
ANNO DN~I.M.IIII.C.XI.\)
IOHN~ RAYNEWELL.
ROBERT CHYCHELEY GROCER.
(\ANNO.XIII.\)
WYLLYAM COTTON~.}]

   In this yere / and vpon the .xii.
day of Octobre were thre Flodes
in Thamys / whiche thynge 
no man than lyuynge cowde
remembre y=e= lyke to be seen. And in 
this yere was the lorde Thomas sone to
the kyng created duke of Clarence. And
in this yere / the kynge at the Request of
the duke of Orleaunce sent ouer the foresayd
duke his sone to ayde the sayd duke
of Orleaunce agayne the Duke of Burgoyne /
Of whose actes and his company
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I haue before made report in y=e= Story
of Charlys the .vii. kynge of Fraunce.
And in this yere y=e= kyng caused a new
Coyne of Nobles to be made / which were
of lesse value thanne the olde noble by.
iiii.d. in a noble. In this yere also the 
kynge Created Iohn~ his sone Duke of
Bedfordde and his other sone Humfrey
duke of Glouceter he made also sir Thomas
Beauforde Erle of Dorset / & the duke
of Anmarle he created duke of yorke.

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[} (\ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.XI.
ANNO DN~I. M.IIII.C.XII.\)
RAUFFE LEUENHM~.
WYLLYAM WALDREN~. MERCER.
(\ANNO.XIIII.\)
WYLLYAM SEUENOK.}]

   In this yere / and .xx. daye of
the Moneth of Nouembre
was a great Counsayll holden
at the Whyte Freres of 
London / By the whiche it
was amonge other thynges concluded /
that for the kynges great Iournaye that
he entendyd to take in vysytynge of the
holy Sepulcre of our Lord certayne Galeys
of warre shuld be made / & other purueaunce
concernynge the same Iournay
Wherupon all hasty and possyble spede
was made / But after the feest of Cristenmasse /
whyle he was makynge his
prayers at seynt Edwardes Shryne to
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take there his leue / and so to spede hym
vpon his Iournaye he became so syke y=t=
suche as were aboute hym feryd that he
wolde haue dyed Right there / wherfore
they for his comforte bare hym into the
Abbotts place & lodgyd hym in a Chambre /
& there vpon a paylet layde hym before
the fyre where he laye in great Agony
a certayne of tyme. At length whan he
was co~myn to hymselfe nat knowynge
where he was / freyned of suche as then
were aboute hym what place that was /
The which shewyd to hym that it belongyd
vnto y=e= Abbot of Westmynster / And
for he felte hymself so syke he co~maunded
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to aske if that Chambre had any specyall
name wherunto it was answeryd that it
was named Iherusalem / Than sayd the
kynge louynge be to the Fader of Heuen
For nowe I knowe I shall dye in this
Chambre accordyng to y=e= Prophecye of
me beforesayd / that I shulde dye i Irl~m 
And so after he made hymself Redy & dyed
shortly after vpon y=e= day of seynt Cuthbert
or y=e= .xx. day of Marche when he had
reygned .xiii. yeres .v. monthes / & .xxi. dayes.
Leuynge after hym .iiii. So~nes / that
is to meane Henry that was kyng / Thomas
that was duke of Orleaunce / Iohn~
duke of Bedforde and Humfrey duke of
Glouceter / And the .v. was named Henry
Ryche Cardynall of Wynchester and
ii. Doughters that one beynge Quene of
Denmarke / And that other Duchesse of
Barre / as before is shewyd. Whanne
kynge Henry was deed he was conueyed
by water vnto Feuersham / and from
thens by lande vnto Caunterbury / and
there enteryd by the Shryne of Seynt
Thomas. To the foresayd Henry the Riche
Cardynall / kynge Henry had or begat
 .ii. other So~nes vpon dame Katheryne
Swynford / as before is shewyd in
the .viii. yere of Richarde y=e= seconde 
whiche were named as there is expressyd.



