1.11. King Edward the thirde.
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King Edward the thirde.
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[...]dward [...]e. 3.
_EDwarde the thirde of that name, the ſonne of Edwarde the ſeconde,
and of Iſabell the onelye daughter of Philip le Beau, and ſiſter to Charles
the fifth, king of Fraunce, be|gan his
raigne as king of England, his father yet liuing, the .xxv. day of Ianuarie,
after the crea|tion .5292. in the yeare of our Lorde .1327. after the
account of them that beginne the yeare at Chriſtmaſſe, 867. after the
comming of the Sax|ons, 260. after the conqueſt, the .13. yeare of the
raigne of Lewes the fourth then Emperor, the ſe|uenth of Charles the fift
king of Fraunce, the ſe|cõd of Andronicus Iunior Emperor of the Eaſt
almoſt ended, and about the end of the
.22. of Ro|bert le Bruce king of Scotland, as Wil. Hariſon in his
Chronologie hath diligently recorded.
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2 He was crowned at
Weſtminſter on the day of the Purification of our Ladie next enſuing, by the
handes of Walter the Archbiſhop of Canter|burie.
[...]ers [...]ted. And bycauſe he was but .xiiij. yeres of age, ſo that to
gouerne of himſelfe he was not ſuffici|ent, it was decreed that .xij. of the
greateſt lordes within the realme ſhoulde haue the rule and go|uernment
till he came to more perfite
yeares.
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1 The names of which lords
were as followeth. The Archbiſhop of Cãterburie, the Archbiſhop of Yorke,
the Biſhops of Wincheſter & of Hereford, Henrie Erle of Lancaſter,
Thomas Brotherton Erle Marſhal, Edmond of Woodſtocke Erle of Kent. Iohn Erle
of Warren, the Lord Thomas Wake, the Lord Henry Percy, the Lord Oliuer de
Ingham, and the Lorde Iohn Ros. Theſe were ſworne of the kings counſaile,
and charged with the gouernment as they
woulde make an|ſwer. But this ordinance continued not long: for the Queene,
& the Lorde Roger Mortimer tooke the whole rule ſo into their
handes, that both the king and his ſayde Counſaylours were gouerned only by
them in all matters both high and lowe.
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1 He confirmed the
liberties and franchiſes of the citie of London, and graunted that the Maior
of the ſame Citie for the time being might ſit in all places of iudgement
within the liberties therof for chief Iuſtice, aboue all other,The franchiſes of the Citie of London con|firmed. the
kings perſon on|ly excepted, and that euery Alderman that had bin Maior
ſhoulde be Iuſtice of peace through all the Citie of London and countie of
Middleſex, and euery Alderman that had not bene Maior, ſhould be Iuſtice of
peace within his owne warde. He graunted alſo to the Citizens, that they
ſhoulde not be conſtrayned to go forth of the Citie to any warres in defence
of the lande, and that the fran|chiſes of the Citie ſhould not be ſeaſed
frõ thence|forth into the kings hands, for any cauſe, but on|ly for treaſon
and rebellion ſhewed by the whole Citie. Alſo Southwarke was appoynted to
bee vnder the rule of the Citie, and the Maior of Lõ|don to bee Baylife of
Southwarke, and to or|daine ſuch a ſubſtitute in the ſame Borough as pleaſed
him.
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4 In the firſt yeare of
this kings raigne,Recordes of Burie. wee finde in
the Recordes belonging to the Abbey of S. Edmondſburie in Suffolke, that the
Inhabi|tants of that towne rayſed a ſore commotion a|gaynſt the Abbot and
Monkes of the ſame Ab|bey, and that at ſeuerall tymes, as firſt on the
Wedneſday next after the feaſt of the conuerſion of Saint Paule, in the
ſayde firſt yeare of thys Kings raigne, one Robert Forton, Rycharde Drayton,
and a great number of other, aſſem|bling themſelues togither in warlike
order and array, aſſaulted the ſayd Abbey, brake downe the Gates, Wyndowes,
and Doores, entered the houſe by force, and aſſayling certain Monks and
ſeruaunts that belonged to the Abbot, did beate, wounde, and euill entreate
them, brake open a number of Cheſts, Coffers, and forcers, tooke out
Chalices of golde and ſiluer, bookes, Veſtments, and other ornaments of the
church, beſide a great quantitie of riche plate, and other furniture of
houſebolde, apparel, armour, and other things, be|ſide fiue hundred pounds
in readie coyne, and alſo three thouſand Florens of gold. All which things
they tooke and caried away, togither with diuerſe Charters, wrytings, and
miniments, as three Charters of Knute ſomtyme king of Englande, foure
Charters of king Hardiknute, one Char|ter of king Edwarde the Confeſſour,
two Char|ters of king Henrie the firſt, other two Charters of king Henrie
the thirde, which Charters con|cerned as wel the foundation of the ſame
Abbey, as the grauntes and confirmations of the poſſeſſi|ons and liberties
belonging thereto. Alſo they tooke away certaine writings obligatorie, in
the whiche diuerſe perſons were bounde for the pay|ment of great ſummes of
money, and deliuerie of certaine wines vnto the hands of the ſayd Abbot.
Moreouer they tooke away with them ten ſeueral bulles, conteyning certaine
exemptions & immu|nities EEBO page image 886 graunted to the Abbots
and Monkes of Burie by ſundrie Biſhops of Rome. And not herewith contented,
they tooke Peter Clopton Prior of the ſaid Abbey, and other Monkes forth of
the houſe, and leading them vnto a place called the Leaden hall, there
impriſoned them, till the Thurſday next before the feaſt of the Purificatiõ
of our Ladie, and that day bringing them backe againe into the chapter
houſe, deteyned them ſtill as priſoners, till they had ſealed a writing,
cõtey|ning that the Abbot and conuent
were bound in ten .M. pound to be payd to Oliuer Kemp and o|thers by them
named. And further, they were cõ|ſtreyned to ſeale a letter of releaſe for
all actions, quarels, debts, tranſgreſſions, ſuites & demaũds,
which the Abbot might in any wiſe clayme or proſecute againſt the ſayd
Oliuer Kempe and o|thers in the ſame letters named. For theſe wrõgs and
other, as for that they would not permit the Abbots, Baylifes, and officers
to kepe their ordi|narie courtes as they
were accuſtomed to doe, as well three dayes in the weeke for the Market, to
wit, Monday, Wedneſday and Fryday, as the Portman mote euery Tueſday three
weekes, and further prohibit them from gathering ſuch tolles, cuſtomes, and
yearely rentes, as were due to the Abbot for certain tenements in the towne,
which were let to ferme, the Abbot brought his action againſt the ſaid
Foxton, Drayton & others, & ha|uing it tried by an inqueſt,
on the Friday next af|ter the feaſt of S.
Lucie the virgin, in a Seſſions holden at Burie by Iohn Stonore, Walter
Friſkney, Robert Maberihorp, and Iohn Bouſ|ſer, by vertue of the kings writ
of Oyer and De|terminer to them directed, the offenders were cõ|demned in
.40000. pounds, ſo that the ſayde Ri|chard Drayton, and others there preſent
in the Court, were committed to priſon in cuſtodie of the Sherife Robert
Walkefare, who was com|maunded alſo to apprehende the other that were
not yet areſted, if within his
Bayliwike they might be founde, and to haue their bodies before the ſayd
Iuſtices at Burie aforeſayd, on Thurſ|day in Whitſonweeke next enſuing.
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2 Beſide this, there was an
other inditement and action of treſpaſſe founde there the ſame day agaynſt
the ſayde Richard Drayton and others, for a lyke diſorder and ryot by them
committed,The ſeconde ryot. on the Thurſday
next after the feaſt of the Puri|fication of our Ladie, in the ſame firſt
yeare of this king, at what time they did
not onely breake into the Abbey, and beate the Abbottes menne, but alſo
tooke the Abbot hymſelfe, beeyng then at home, wyth certayne of hys Monkes,
kee|ping both him and them as priſoners, til the next day that they were
conſtreyned to ſeale certayne wrytings. And amongeſt other, a Charter, in
which it was conteyned, that the Abbot and his Conuent, did graunt vnto the
Inhabitaunts of the towne of Burie, to be a corporation of them|ſelues, and
to haue a common ſeale wyth a gylde of Marchants and Aldermen: alſo they
were cõ|pelled to ſeale another Charter, wherein was cõ|teyned a graunt to
the ſayde Inhabitaunts, that they ſhould haue the cuſtodie of the towne
gates, and likewiſe the wardſhip of all Pupils and Or|phanes wythin the ſame
towne, beſide diuerſe o|ther liberties. Moreouer they were in like maner
conſtreyned to ſeale three ſeuerall obligations, in which the Abbot and
Conuent were bound to the ſayde Inhabitantes, as to a communaltie of a
corporation in .vij. M. pounds, as in two .M. by one obligation, and in two
.M. by another, and in three .M. by the thirde obligation, and fur|ther they
were driuen to ſeale a letter of releaſe of all treſpaſſes, and other things
that myght bee demaunded agaynſte the ſayde Inhabitauntes, with a generall
acquittaunce of all debts.
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1 Beſide this, the ſayde
riotous perſons tooke the ſame tyme forth of the Abbey great ryches, as well
in plate, Armor, Bookes, apparell, as in o|ther things. They alſo brake
downe two houſes or Meſſuages, that belonged to the Abbey, and ſituate
within the towne of Burie: they alſo de|ſtroyed his fiſh pondes, and tooke
out ſuch ſtore of fiſh as they found in the ſame: they cut downe alſo .lx.
Aſhes there growing, on the ſoyle that belonged to the ſayde Abbot, and did
many other great outrages and enormities, ſo that it was founde by the
inqueſt, that the Abbot was dam|nifyed to the value of other fortye
thouſande poundes.
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1 Theſe ryottes may ſeeme
grieuous and ve|rie ſtraunge,The ch [...]
but yet the ſame were not ſo hey|nouſly taken, as an other whiche
the ſayde In|habitants of Burie attempted agaynſt the ſayde Abbey in maner
of a plaine commotion, vpon S. Lukes day in the ſame yeare, at what time (as
by the Recordes of that Abbey it ſhoulde appeare) both the Abbot and his
houſe were in the kinges ſpeciall protection, and the ſayde Inhabitantes
prohibited by his letters to attempt any iniurie agaynſt hym or hys Conuent.
But neuerthe|leſſe we fynde that not onely the Inhabitants of Burie, but
alſo a great number of other miſgo|uerned perſons, that reſorted to them
from pla|ces there about, arrayed and furniſhed with horſe, armour and
weapon, after the maner of warre, came and aſſaulted the Abbey Gates, ſette
fyre on them, and burned them wyth dyuerſe o|ther Houſes neare adioyning,
that belonged to the Abbay, and continued in that theyr ry|otous enterpryſe
all that daye and nyght follo|wing.
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1 The ſame night alſo they
burnt a Manor of ye Abbots called Holdernes barn,The
M [...] Hold [...] b [...]ne. wt .ij. other manors EEBO page image 887 called the
Aunianers berne, and Haberdone alſo the Grangles, that ſtoode withoute the
South gate,The Manour [...] Weſtley [...]ne. and the Manour of Weſtley, in which pla|ces they burned
in corne and graine, to the value of a thouſande pounde.
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1 The nexte day they
entered into the Abbey Court, and burnt all the houſes on the north ſide, as
ſtables, Brewhouſes, B [...]houſes, Gray [...]is, and other ſuch houſes of offices, and on the other ſide the Court,
they burnt certaine houſes belon|ging to
the Aumenerie.
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2 On the next day they
burned the More hall, and Bradford hall, with the new hall, and diuerſe
chambers and ſollers to the ſame halles annexed, with the Chapell of S.
Laurence at the ende of the hoſpitall hall. Alſo the Manor of Eldhall, the
Maner of Horninger, with all the corne & grain within and about the
ſame. The next day they burnt the ſoller of ye Sollerer, with a chapel
there: alſo the kytchen, the larder, and a part of the Far|marie. On the Thurſday they burnt the reſidue of the
Farmarie, and the lodging called the blacke lodging, with a Chapell of S.
Andrew therein.
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1 In executing of all theſe
riotous diſorders, one Geffrey Moreman was an ayder, who wyth di|uerſe other
perſons vnknowne, departed forth of the towne of Burie,The Manour [...] Fornham [...]n. & by the aſſent of the other his complices he
burnt the Manor of Fornham.
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1 The ſame day alſo other
of their companie, as William the ſonne of Iames Neketon, Raufe Grubbe, Richard Rery, and a great number of o|ther
perſones vnknowne, by the aſſent and ab|betment of the other that committed
the ſayd diſ|orders, burnt two Manors belonging alſo to the ſayde Abbey in
great Berton, with all the corne and graine there founde.
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1 Vpon knowledge had of
theſe great riots, and perillous commotions, there was a commiſſion directed
from the king, vnto Thomas Earle of Norfolk high Marſhall of Englãd, to
Thomas Bardin [...], Robert Morley, Peter Wedall, Iohn Howard, and Iohn Walkfare,
authoriſing them with ye power of the counties of Suffolk &
Norf|folke, to apprehend, trie and puniſh, ſuch lewde diſordered perſons,
& rebellious malefactors, which had committed ſuch felonious
enterprices, to the breach of the kings peace, & daungerous
diſquie|ting of his ſubiects: but the ſaid Commiſſioners proceeded not
according to the effect of their Cõ|miſſion in triall of any felonies by
the ſame per|ſons committed and done, but onely cauſed them to be indited of
treſpas: albert Robert Walkfare, and Iohn Clauer, with their aſſociates
Iuſtices of peace, in their Seſſions holden at Elueden the Tueſday next
after the feaſt of the Apoſtles. Si|mon and Iude, in the ſayd firſt yeare of
this king Edward the third, proceeded in ſuch wiſe againſt the ſayd
Malefactors, ye Iohn de Berton Cord|wayner, Robert Forton, and a great
number of other were indyted of felonie, for the myſdemea|nours afore
mentioned, and the Indytements ſo founde were after ſent and preſented vnto,
Iohn Stonore, Walter de Friſkeney, Robert Malber|thorpe, and Iohn Bouſſer,
who by vertue of the kings Commiſſion of Oier & Determiner to thẽ
directed, ſat at S. Edmundſbury the Wedneſday next after the feaſt of Saint
Lucie the virgin, and then and there ſent forth precepts to the Sherife,
commaunding him to apprehende the ſayd Ber|ton, Forton, and others, that
were indyted of the foreſayde felonies, and alſo to returne a ſuf|ficient
Iurie to trie vpon theyr arraignment the ſayde Malefactors by order of law,
the Fryday next after the ſayde feaſt of Saint Lucie. Here|vpon Alane de
Latoner, and Robert Dalling, with .xvij. others, being arraigned, were
founde guiltie, and ſuffered death according to the order appoynted for
felons.
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EEBO page image 888One Adam Miniot ſtoode muet, and refuſed to be tryed by his
countrey, and ſo was preſſed to death, as the law in ſuch caſe
appoynteth.
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1 Diuerſe other were ſaued
by their bookes, ac|cording io the order of Clerkes conuict, as Alex|ander
Brid perſon of Hogeſete, Iohn Rugham perſon of little Welnetham, Iohn Berton
Cordwayner, and diuers other.
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1 Some were repriued, as
one woman named Iulian Barbor, who being big bellied was reſpi|ted,
till ſhe were deliuered of child.
Benedict Sio, and Robert Ruſſell were repriued, and commit|ted to the ſafe
keeping of the Sherife, as triers or appeachers (as we terme them) of other
offenders: and bycauſe there was not anye as yet atta|ched by theyr
appeales, they were commaunded againe to priſon.
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1 One Robert de Creſwell
was ſaued by the kings letters of ſpecial pardon, which he had there readie
to ſhew. As for Robert Foxton, Adam
Cokefielde, and a great number of other, whome the Sherife was commaunded to
apprehende, hee returned that he coulde not heare of them within the
precinct of his Baylifewike, wherevpon exi|gentes were awarded agaynſt them,
& the Sherif was cõmaunded, that if he might come to attach them,
he ſhould not fayle but ſo to do, and to haue theyr bodies there at Burie
before the ſayde Iu|ſtices, the Thurſday in Whitſunweeke next en|ſuing.
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1 Diuerſe alſo were
arraigned the ſame time of the ſayd felonies, and therof acquited, as
Michael Scabaille, Raufe Smeremonger, and others. In+deed thoſe that were
founde guiltie,The common people often deceyued by lewde
infor|mations. and ſuffred, were the chiefe authours, and
procurors of the cõ|motion, bearing others in hande, that the Abbot had in
his cuſtodie a certaine Charter, wherin the king ſhould grant to the
inhabitants of the town of Burie, certaine liberties, whereby it might
ap|peare that they were free, and diſcharged from the payment of dyuerſe cuſtomes & exactions:
wher|vpon the ignorant multitude eaſily giuing credit to ſuch ſurmiſed
tales, were the ſooner induced to attempt ſuch diſorders as before are
mentioned.
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1 Thus haue ye heard all in
effect that was done in this firſt yeare of king Edward the thirde hys
raigne, by and agaynſt thoſe offenders. But by|cauſe wee will not interrupt
matters of other yeares with that which followed further of this buſineſſe,
we haue thought good to put the whole that
wee intende to write thereof here in thys place.
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1 Ye ſhall therefore
vnderſtand, that diuerſe of thoſe agaynſt whome exigentes were awarded, came
in, and yeelded their bodies to the Sherifes priſon, before they were called
the fifth Countie day. Albeit a great meinie there were that came not, and
ſo were outlawed. Robert Foxton got the kings pardon,Robert [...] pardoned. and ſo purchaſing forth [...] perſedias, the ſute therevpon agaynſt him [...] ſtayed.
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2 The Sherife therefore in
Whitſu [...] the ſeconde yeare of this kings raigne, made his returne touching
Benedict Sio, Robert Ruſ|ſell, and Iulian Barbor, that hee delyuered them
vnto the Baylifes of the libertie of the Abbot of Burie, by reaſon of an
auncient priui|ledge,A priuiledge. which the Abbot
claymed to belong to hys houſe. The Baylifes confeſſed they had receyued the
ſayde priſoners, but forſomuch as they had bene arraigned at a Portmane
mote,Portman [...]
which was vſed to be kept euery three weekes, and vpon their
arraignment were found guiltie of certaine other fellonies, by them
committed, within the towne of Burie, and therevpon were put to
execution,The Abb [...] officers has [...]+med. Adam Finchmã the kings Attourney there, tooke it
verie euill, and layde it grieuouſly to the change of the Abbots officers,
for their haſtie & preſump|tuous proceeding agaynſt the ſayde
priſoners, namely bycauſe the ſayde Sio, and Ruſſell were repriued, to the
ende that by their vtterance, many heynous offences might haue beene brought
to light. The ſame day that is to wit, Thurſday in Whitſunweeke, the
foreſayde Robert Foxton, & diuerſe other came in, and were attached
by the Sherif to anſwere the Abbot to his action of im|paſſe, which he
brought againſt thẽ, and putting the matter to the triall of an
Inqueſt,A conde [...]|tion. they were condemned in .lx. M. pounds to be leuied of
theyr goods and cattalles to the vſe of the Abbot, and in the meane time
they were committed to priſon, but firſte they made ſute that they might bee
put to their fines, for their offences committed a|gaynſt the kings peace,
& their requeſt in that be|half was graunted, ſo that vpon putting
in ſuffi|cient ſureties for their good abearing, their fines were aſſeſſed,
as ſome at more and ſome at leſſe, as the caſe was thought to require.
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1 Thus reſted the matter
for a long ſeaſon after, till the fifth yere of this kings raigne, in which
the Thurſday next after the feaſt of the bleſſed Tri|nitie, the king being
himſelfe in perſon at S. Ed|mondſburie aforeſaid,An
agreeme [...]
a finall agreement and cõ|cord was concluded, betwixt the ſaid
Abbot and his conuent on the one party, and Richard Dray|ton and other the
Inhabitants of that towne on the other party, before the right reuerend
father in God Iohn Biſhop of Wincheſter and Chancel|lor of England, and the
kings Iuſtices, Iohn Stonore, and Iohn Cambridge ſitting there the ſame
time, by the kings commaundement. The effect of which agreement was as
followeth.
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2 Firſt where as the ſayd
Abbot had recoueredThe Arri [...] of the agre [...]|ment. by iudgement before the ſayde Iohn Stonore and other
his aſſociates iuſtices of Oier and De|terminer in the ſaid towne of Bury
the ſumme of EEBO page image 889 vij. ſcore thouſand poundes for treſpaſſes to
him and his houſe cõmitted and done, by the ſaid Ri|chard Drayton, and
other the inhabitãts of Bu|rye. nowe at the deſyre of the ſayde Kyng, and
for other good reſpectes hym mouyng, her par|doned and releaſed vnto the
ſayde Rycharde Drayton, and to other the inhabitantes of Bu|rie, to their
heires, executours, and aſſignees the ſum of 12 [...]333. pounds .viij. ſs. 8. d of the ſaide to|tal ſum of
.140000. pounds. And further the ſaid
Abbotte and Conuent graunted and agreed for them and theyr ſucceſſours, that
if the ſayd Ri|charde Drayton, and other the inhabitantes of the ſayd towne
of Bury, or any of them, their heyres, executours, or aſſignees, ſhould paye
to the ſayd Abbot and Conuent, or their ſucceſſors within twentie yeares
next enſuyng the date of that preſent agreement, two thouſande markes, that
is to ſaye, one hundred markes yearely at the feaſtes of Saincte Michaell
and Eaſter, by euen portions: that then
the ſayde Richarde and other the inhabitauntes of the Towne of Bury ſhoulde
bee acquited and diſcharged of foure thouſand markes parcell of .17666.
pounds .xiij. ſs .iiij. d reſidue behynde for euer.
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2 Moreouer, wheras the ſaid
Abbot & conuent, and the ſaid Abbot by himſelf, ſith the .xix. yeare
of the reigne of king Edwarde the ſeconde vnto that preſent tyme, had ſealed
certayne charters, deedes, and writinges, as well with the proper ſeale of the Abbot, as with the common ſcale of
the Abbot and conuent, if the ſayd Richard & the inhabitants of the
ſaid town of Bury did reſtore vnto the ſaid abbot & conuent all the
ſame wri|tings, or take ſuche order, that neither the Ab|botte nor conuent
be impleaded, or in any wyſe hindred, endamaged nor moleſted by force of the
ſame: & further if neither the ſaid Richard, nor a|ny the
inhabitantes of the ſayde towne, nor their heires, executors nor aſſignes,
ſhall goe about to reuerſe the iudgemẽnts
againſt them, at the ſuite of the ſaid Abbot, nor ſhall ſeeke to impeache
the executions of the ſame iudgements by any falſe or forged acquitãces or
releaſes, nor implead nor moleſt any of the Iurie, by whome they wer
cõ|uict, yt then they & their heires, executors & aſſigns
ſhal be acquited & diſcharged of .x.M. lb parcel of the
ſaid .17666. lb .xiij. ſs. iiij. d. And
furthermore if ye ſaid Richard & other the inhabitãts of ye ſaid
towne of Bury, do not hereafter maliciouſly riſe againſt the ſaid Abbot or conuente, nor ſeeke to vexe
them by any conſpiracie, confederacie, or by ſome other ſecrete vniuſt
cauſe, nor lykewyſe euill intreate any man by reaſon of the indite|mente
founde agaynſt them, nor yet clayme to haue any Corporation of themſelues,
within that towne, that then the ſayde Richarde, and the ſayde
Inhabitauntes, theyr heyres, ſucceſ|ſours, and aſſignees, ſhall remayne
acquyted and diſcharged of al the reſidue of the ſaid .17666. poundes
thirte [...] ſhillings foure pens for thee and the ſayde Abbot and conuent [...]o graunt for them [...] their ſucceſſor that their intention is not, that if any ſingular
perſon of his owne priuate malice, ſhall ryſe agaynſte the ſayde Ab|bot and
conuent, their ſu [...]ceſſoures, Monkes, Baylyffes, or ſeruauntes, [...] do them, or any of them iniurie or diſpleſure, that thoſe which do
not partakes of the offence, ſhall bee in anye wyſe puniſhed for the ſame,
ſo that the offenders bee not maynteyned by any of the ſame towne, but that
the inhabitauntes there, doe aſſiſt the Abbot and conuents their
ſucceſſoures, Bayliffes, ſer|uauntes and officers, that the ſame offenders,
may be puniſhed, according to theyr dementes as reaſon and lawe ſhall a [...]de.
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1
2 Thys was the effecte of
the agreemente at lengthe had and made betwixte the Abbot and Monkes of
Burye on the one parte, and the in|habitauntes of that towne on the other
parte, and for the more confirmation thereof it pleaſed the King to put his
Seale to the charter contey|ning the ſame agreement. But howe ſoeuer it
chaunced it ſhoulde appeare by ſuche recordes as came to the hands of maſter
Foxe [...]he alledgeth in the firſte thome of his booke of actes and
mo|numentes, this agreement was but ſorilye kept:This
mighte come to paſſe before the a|greement vvas made in the .v. yeare of
the Kyngs raigne as aboue is mentioned, and ſo therevppon he mighte be
reſtored. for diuers of the former offenders bearing grudge
towardes the abbot for breaking promiſſe with them at London, did
confederate themſelues to|gither, and priuily in the night comming to the
Mannor of Chennington where the abbot then did lye, braſte open the gates,
and entring by force, firſt bounde all his ſeruants, and after they had
robbed the houſe, they took the abbot, and ſha|uing hym, ſecretely conueyed
him to London, and there remouing hym from ſtreete to ſtreete vnknowne,
hadde hym ouer the Thames into Kent, and at lengthe tranſported hym ouer
vnto Diſte in Brabant, wher they kept him for a time in much penurie
thraldome and miſerie, vntill at length the matter being vnderſtood, they
were al excõmunicate, firſt by the Archb. and after by the Pope. At the
laſt his frendes hauing knowledge where he was, they found meanes to deliuer
him out of the hãde of thoſe theues, & finally brought him home
with proceſſion, & ſo he was reſtored to his houſe again. Thus muche
touching thoſe troubles betwixt the townſmẽ of Bury & the ab|bot
& Monks there, & now we wil return to other general matters
touching the publike ſtate of the realme. And firſt you ſhal vnderſtãd yt
in the be|ginning of this kings raign the land truly ſemed to be bleſſed of
God: for the earth became fruitful, the aire temperate; & the ſea
calme & quiet. This king though he was as yet vnder ye gouernmẽt
of other, neuertheles he begã within a ſhort time to ſhew tokẽs of grit
towardnes, framing his mind EEBO page image 890 to graue deuices, and fyrſt he
prepared to make a iorney agaynſt the Scottiſhemen, the whiche in his
fathers tyme had done ſo many diſpleaſures to the Engliſhmen, and nowe vpon
confidence of his minoritie, ceaſſed not to inuade the bor|ders of his
realme, & namely the verie ſelfe nyght that folowed the day of this
kinges coronation,
R. Southwell.
Robert Man|ners capitayne of Norham ca|ſtell.
they had thoughte by ſkalyng to haue ſ [...]olne the Caſtell of Norham: but Robert Maners Cap|tayne of that place,
vnderſtandyng of their en|terpriſe
aforehand by a Scottiſhman of the gar|niſon there, ſo well prouided for
their comming, that where a ſixeteene of them boldely entred vpon the wall,
he ſlew nyne or ten of them, and toke fiue.
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1 This was thoughte an
euill token, that they ſhuld ſtill be put to the worſe in this kyngs time,
ſith they had ſo badde ſucceſſe in the verie begin|ning of his reigne: but
they continuing in their malicious purpoſes, about Sainte Margaretes
tyde inuaded the lande with three
armies, the Earle of Murrey hauyng the leading of one of the ſame
armies,The Scots in|made Englande. and Iames
Douglas of ano|ther, the third was guyded by the Earle of Mar.
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1 Kyng Edwarde aduertiſed
hereof, aſſembled not onely a great power of Engliſhmen, but al|ſo required
Iohn Lorde Beaumonte of [...]|nault,The [...] of [...]
whome he had lately ſente home ryght honourably rewarded for his
good aſſiſtance, to come againe into Englande, wyth certayne han|des of men
at armes, and he ſhould receyue wa|ges and good entertainement for them.
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1 The Lorde Beaumount, as
one that [...] deedes of armes, was glad to accompliſhe Kyng Edwardes requeſte:Caxton. and ſo therupon with ſeuen hundred menne at
armes, or fyue hundred, (as Froſſart hath) came ouer into England agayn, to
ſerue agaynſt the Scottes.
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1 The generall aſſemble of
the armie was ap|poynted to bee at Yorke, and thyther came the ſayd lorde
Beaumont with his people, and was ioyfully receyued of the Kyng and his
Lordes.
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1 Here whyleſt not onely
the Scottiſhe ambaſ|ſadours, (whiche had bin ſente to treat of peace; were
hearde to tell their meſſage) but alſo why|leſt the Counſell tooke ſome
leyſure in debalyng the matter howe to guyde theyr enterpryſe, whi|che they
had now in hand: vpon Trinitie Sun|day, it chanced that there aroſe
contention with|in the Citie of Yorke, betwixte the Engliſhe ar|chers, and
the Straungers, whiche the Lorde Beaumount of Haynnault had broughte wyth
[figure appears here on page 890] hym,
An affraye be|twixt the En+gliſhe archers and the Hen|n [...]yers
Caxt [...]
in ſo muche that fighting togyther there were ſlayne to the number
of foure ſcore perſons of thoſe archers, whiche were buried within the
Churche of Saint Clement in
Foſgate.
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1 Some write, that ther wer
ſlayn to the num|ber of three hundreth Engliſhemenne: yet by|cauſe the
Haynuyers came to ayde the Kyng, their peace was cried vppon paine of life.
And further,Froiſſart. it was founde by an enqueſt
of the citie, that the quarrell was begunne by the Engliſhe|men, the which
as ſome write were of the Lin|colne ſhire men,Caxton.
Froiſſart. of thoſe that ſometyme belon|ged to the Spencers, and
to the Earle of Arun|dell, ſo that there
was cauſe, why they bare euill will to the Haynnuyers whych had aided (as ye
haue heard, to bring the ſaide Earle and Spencers to their confuſion.
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1 In this meane time the
Scottes beeyng en|tred into Englande, hadde done muche hurt, and were come
as farre as Stannop Parke in Wyredale:
Stanhop parke.
Caxton.
and thoughe they hadde ſent theyr Ambaſſadours to treate wyth the
Kyng and hys counſell for peace, yet no concluſyon followed of their
talke.
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1 At the ſame tyme, bycauſe
the Engliſh ſoul|diours of this armie were cloathed all in coates and hoodes
embroudred with Floures and bran|ches verye ſeemely, and vſed to nouriſhe
theyr beardes: the Scottes in deriſion thereof, made a ryme, whiche they
faſtned vppon the Churche dores of Sainct Peter towarde Stangate,
con|teyning as followeth.
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1
Long beardes, harteleſſe,A ryme in [...]+ [...]ion of the Engli [...].
Paynted hoodes, wytleſſe,
Gaye coates, graceleſſe,
Make Englande thriftleſſe.
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1 The Kyng when he ſawe it
was but a va [...] thing to ſtay any longer in cõmunication with the Ambaſſadors about
peace, departed frõ York with his puiſſant armie, and getting knowledge how
the Scots were cloſely lodged in the woods of Stanop parke, he cõmeth
& ſtoppeth all the EEBO page image 891 paſſages, ſo it was
thought that he ſhould haue had them at his pleaſure, but through treaſon
(as was after reported) of the Lord Roger Morty|mer, after that the Scottes
had bin kepte within their lodgings for the ſpace of fifteene dayes, till
they were almoſte famiſhed, they did not onely fynd a way out, but about two
hundred of them vnder the leading of the Lorde William Dou|glas,
Froiſſart.
The lorde Douglas.
aſſayling th part of the Engliſh campe where the kings Tenteſtoode,
in the night ſeaſon, miſſed not muche of
eyther taking the King or ſleayng hym: And hauing done hurte ynough o|ther
wayes, as in the Scottiſhe Chronicle is al|ſo touched, they followed their
companye, and with them retourned into Scotlande wythoute impeachement.
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1 It is ſayde, that Henry
Earle of Lancaſter, and Iohn the lord Beaumont of Heynalt wold gladly haue
paſſed ouer the water of Wyre, to haue aſſayled the Scots, but the Erle of
March through counſell of the Lord
Mortimer preten|ding to haue right to the leading of the fore ward and to
the gi [...]yng the of on ſet firſte, woulde not ſuffer them.
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1 Howe ſoeuer it was, the
Kyng miſſed hys purpoſe, and right penſiue therfore, brake vp his fielde,
and retourned vnto London.
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1 Walter Biſhoppe of
Canterburie departed this lyfe in Nouember, and then Simon Me|phan [...] was aduaunced to the gouernemente of that ſea.
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1 The Lorde Beaumount of
Heynalt was ho|norably rewarded for his paynes and trauayle,
The Lorde Beaumont re|turned home.
Polidore.
and their licenced to returne into his countreye, where he had not
bene long, but that through his meanes, (then as ſome write) the mariage was
concluded betwene king Edward, and the Lady Philip daughter to William Earle
of Haynaule and neece to the ſayde Lorde Beaumount, who had the charge to
ſee hee brought ouer hither into Englande about Chriſtmaſſe.
Fabian.
1 [...]8
Where in the ci|tie of Yorke vpon the euen of the Conuerſion of
Saint Paule, being Sunday, in the latter ende of the firſt yeare of his
raigne, Kyng Edward
[figure appears here on page 891] ſolemnely maryed hir.
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1 In the ſeconde yeare of
his reigne aboute the feaſt of Pentecoſt,
An. reg. 2.
A parliament [...]e Northamp| [...]on.
king Edward helde a parlia|ment at Northampton, at the which
parliament by euill and naughtie counſell, whereof the lord Roger Mortymer
and the Queene mother bare the blame,A dishonourable
peace. the Kyng concluded wyth the Scot|tiſhe King both an
vnprofitable and a diſhono|rable
peace.
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1 For firſte, hee releaſſed
to the Scottes their feauſtie and homage. Alſo hee delyuered vnto them
certayne olde aunciente writings, ſealed with the ſeales of the Kyng of
Scottes, and of dyuers Lordes of the lande both Spirituall and Temporall
Amongeſt the whyche, was that Indenture,Ragman.
whyche they called Ragman, with many other Charters and patents, by the
which the kinges of Scotlande were bounde as feoda|ries vnto the Crowne of
Englande,R. Fabian. Caxton. at whiche ſeaſon
alſo were deliuered certain Iewels, which before tyme had beene wonne from
the Scottes by Kynges of Englande, and among other,The
blacke Croſſe. the blacke Croſier or Roode is ſpecially named.
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1 And not onely the King by
his ſiniſter coun|ſell loſte ſuche ryghte and title as he had to the realme
of Scotlande, ſo farre as by the ſame Counſell myght bee deuyſed, but alſo
the Lor|des and Barons, and other menne of Eng|land that had any lands or
rents within Scot|lande, loſte theyr ryghte in lyke manner, except they
woulde dwell vppon the ſame landes, and become liege menne to the Kyng of
Scot|lande.A marriage concluded. Herevppon was
there alſo a marryage concluded betwyxte Dauid Bruce the ſonne of EEBO page image 892 Robert Bruce king of Scotland, and the Ladie Iane
ſiſter to king Edwarde, whiche of diuers writers is ſurnamed Ioan of the
Tower, and the Scots ſurnamed hir halfe in deriſion,Ione
make peace. Ioan make peace.
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1 This marriage was
ſolemniſed at Berwike vpon the day of Mary Magdalen. The Queene with the
Biſhops of Elye, & Norwich, the Erle Warreyn,R.
Southwell. the Lorde Mortimer, and diuers o|ther Barons of the
lande, and a great multitude of other
people were preſente at that marriage, whyche was celebrate wyth all honoure
that might bee.
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1
The VValſ. Adam Me|rimouth. Polidore.
Creations of Earles.
After the Quindene of Saincte Michael, K. Edwarde helde a parliamente
at Saliſbury, in whiche the Lorde Roger Mortymer was crea|ted Earle of
Marche, the Lorde Iohn of El|tham the kings brother, was made erle of
Corn|wall, and the Lorde Iames Butler of Ireland, Erle of Ormonde who aboute
the ſame tyme had marryed the Earle of
Herefordes daughter.
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1 But the Earle of March
tooke the moſt part of the rule of all things perteyning eyther to the King
or realme into his owne handes:The Earle of Marche ruleth
all thinges at his pleaſure. So that the whole gouernment reſted
in a maner betwixt the Queene mother and hym. The other of the Counſell that
were firſt appoynted, were in ma|ner diſplaced: for they bare no rule to
ſpeake of at all, whiche cauſed no ſmall grudge to ariſe a|gainſt the Queene
and the ſayd Erle of March, who maynteyned
ſuche portes,Caxton. and kept among them ſuche
retinue of ſeruauntes, that their pro|uiſion was wonderfull, whiche they
cauſed to be taken vp, namely for the Queene, at the kinges price, to the
ſore oppreſſion of the people, which tooke it diſpleaſauntly ynough.
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1
2
The Earle of Lancaſter.There was lyke to haue
growen great vary|ance betwixte the Queene and Henrye Earle of Lancaſter, by
reaſon that one ſir Thomas Wi|ther, a knighte pertayning to the ſayde Earle
of Lancaſter,Robert
Hol|lande [...]y [...]e. had ſlayne Robert Holland, who had betrayed ſometyme
Thomas Earle of Lanca|caſter, and was after committed to pryſon by Earle
Henries meanes, but the Quene had cau|ſed hym to be ſet at libertie, and
admitted him as one of hir counſell. The Queene would haue had ſir Thomas
Wither puniſhed for the mur|ther, but Erle Henry cauſed him to bee kepte out
of the way, ſo that for theſe cauſes and other, the Earle Henry of Lancaſter
went about to make a rebellion, and the
Queene hauing knowledge thereof, ſought to apprehende hym: but by the
mediation of the Earles Marſhall and Kent,The Archbish.
of Canterburye vvas the chie [...]e procurer of the agreement and reconcilia|tion of the erle, (at
Mer [...]outh hath.) the matter was taken vp, and Erle Henry hadde
the kings peace granted him for the ſumme of xi.M. pound, which he ſhould
haue payde, but he n [...]er payde that fine, thoughe it was ſo aſſeſſed at the time of the
agreemente. There were diuers lor|des and great men that were confederated
with hym, the lord Thomas Wake,A [...]
[...]
the lorde Henry Beaumount, the Lorde Foulke Fitz Warreyn, Sir Thomas
Roſſelyn, Sir William Truſ|ſell, and other, to the number of an hundred
Knightes.
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1 In the third yeare of his
reigne,
1329
An. reg.
[...].
about the Aſ|cention tyde, King Edwarde wente ouer into Fraunce, and
comming to the Frenche Kyng Philyp de Valoys, as then being at A [...]yens, did there his homage vnto him for ye duchie of Guy|enne (as in
the Frenche hiſtorie appeareth.)
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1 The ſame yeare Simon the
Archebiſhoppe of Canterburie held a Synode at London, wherin all thoſe were
excommunicated that were guyl|tie to the death of Walter Stapleton Biſhop of
Exceſter, that had bin put to deth by the Londo|ners, as in the laſt kings
tyme ye haue heard.
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1 This Biſhop of Exceſter
founded Exceſter colledge in Oxford, and Harts hall. But nowe to the
purpoſe.
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1 The king aboute the
beginning, or as other haue, about the middle of Lent,Tho. VVe [...]
held a parliamẽt at Wincheſter, during the whiche Edmunde of
Woodſtock, erle of Kent,R. So [...]
the kings Vncle was arreſted the morow after Saint Gregories
day,Addition to Me [...]. and being arraigned vpon certayne confeſſions and letters
founde about him, he was found gil|tie of treaſon. There were dyuers in
trouble a|bout the ſame matter, for the Erle vpon his open confeſſion before
ſundrie lordes of the realme, de|clared, that not only by cõmaundement from
the Pope, but alſo by the ſetting on of dyuers nobles of this land (whom he
named) he was perſuaded to endeuor himſelf by all ways and meanes poſ|ſible
how to deliuer his brother king Edward the ſeconde out of priſon, and to
reſtore him to the Crowne, whome one Thomas Dunhed,Tho.
Du [...] a Fryer. a Frier of the order of Preachers in London,
aſſigned for certain to be aliue, hauing (as he himſelf [...]id) called vp a ſpirite to vnderſtande the truthe ther|of, and ſo what
by counſell of the ſayd Frier, and of three other Friers of the ſame
order,Tho. VV [...]
he hadde purpoſed to woorke ſome meane howe to dely|uer hym, and to
reſtore hym agayne to the kingdome
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1 Among the letters that
were found about him diſcloſing a greate part of his practiſe, ſome there
were, whiche he had written, and directed vnto his brother the ſayd king
Edwarde, as by ſome writers it ſhoulde appeare.
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1 The Biſhop of London and
certayne other great perſonages, whome he hadde accuſed,1330 were permitted to go at libertie,An. reg.
[...]
vnder ſureties taken for their good demeanour and foorth commyng.
But Roberte de Touton, and the Frier that hadde rayſed the Spirite for to
knowe whe|ther the Kynges father were lyuyng or not, EEBO page image 893 were
committed to priſon, wherein the Fryer re|mayned tyll he dyed. The Earle
hymſelfe was had out of the Caſtell gate at Wincheſter, and
[figure appears here on page 893]
there loſt his head the .xix. day of
Marche,The Earle of [...]ent beheaded. chief|ly (as
was thought) through the malice of the Queene mother, and of the Earle of
Marche: whoſe pride and hygh preſumption the ſayd Erle of Kente myght not
well abyde.
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1 His death in deede was
the leſſe lamented, by|cauſe of the preſumptuous gouernement of hys
ſeruantes and retinue,Naughtye ſer|uantes bryng [...]he maiſter into [...]no [...]r. whiche he kept about him, for that they riding abrode,
woulde take vp thin|ges at their pleaſure, not paying nor agreeyng with the
partie to whome ſuche things belonged.
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1 The yong Queene Philippe
was brought to bedde at Woodſtocke the .xv.The blacke
[...]ince borne. day of Iune of hir firſte ſonne, the whyche at
the Fourſtone was named Edwarde, and in proceſſe of tyme came to greate
proofe of famous chieualrye, as in this booke ſhall more playnely appeare.
He was com|monly named when hee came to rype yeares, Prynce Edwarde, and
alſo ſurnamed the blacke Prince.
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1 The ſixteenth day of Iuly
chaunced a great Eclipſe of the Sunne,
Croxden.
An Eclipſe.
and for the ſpace of two Moneths before, and three monethes after,
there fell exceding greate rayne, ſo that thorough the greate intemperancie
of wether, corne could not rypen, by reaſon whereof, in many places they
beganne not harueſt tyll Michaelmaſſe,A late
harueſt. and in ſome place, they inned not their wheate tyll
Al|hallonfyde, nor their peaſe tyl S. Andrews tyde.
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1 On Chriſtmaſſe euen,
aboute the breake of dy, a meruaylous ſore and terrible wynd came,A mightye vvinde. foorthe of the weſte, whyche
ouerthrewe houſes and buyldings, ouertourned trees by the rootes, and did
muche hurte in diuers places.
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1 This yeare ſhortely after
Eaſter, the Kyng wyth the Biſhoppe of Wincheſter, and the lord Willyam
Montacute hauing not paſte fifteene horſes in their company paſſed the ſea,
apparelled in [...] to marchantes, he lefte his brother the Earle of Cornewall his
deputie, and gardian of the realme till his retourne.
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1 Moreouer, he cauſed it to
bee proclaymed in London, that he went ouer on pilgrimage, and for [...] other purpoſe. He retourned before the [...] ende of Aprill, and then was there holden a Tourney at Dertforf.
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1 The Monday after Saint
Mathewes day in
[figure appears here on page 893] September the Kyng helde a
ſolemne Iuſtes in Cheape ſyde, betwixt the greate Croſſe and So|per lane, he
with .xij. as Chalengers, anſwering all defendants that came. This ſolemne
Iuſtes and tourney continued .iij. dayes.
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1 The Queene with many
Ladies beeing pre|ſente at the ſame, fell beſyde a ſtage, but yet as good
happe would, they had no hurte by that fall, to the reioycing of many that
ſaw them in ſuche danger, & yet ſo luckily to eſcape without
harme.
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1 Alſo in a Parliament
holden at Notingham, aboute Saincte Lukes tyde, Syr Roger Mor|tymer EEBO page image 894 the Earle of Marche was apprehen|ded the ſeuententh daye of
October within the Caſtell of Notyngham, where the Kyng with the two
Queenes, his mother and his wife, and diuers other were as then lodged: and
thoughe the keyes of the Caſtell were dayly and nightly in the cuſtodie of
the ſayd Earle of March, and that his power was ſuche, as it was doubted
howe he myght be arreſted:Additions to Triuet. for
he hadde as ſome writers affirme at that preſente in retinue nyne ſcore knights, beſyde Eſquires, Gentlemen and
yeomen: yet at lengthe by the kings healpe, the Lorde William Montacute, the
Lorde Hum|freye de Bohun, and his brother ſir William, the Lorde Raufe
Stafforde, the Lorde Robert Vf|forde, the Lorde William Clinton, the Lorde
Iohn Neuill of Hornbie, and diuers other, whi|che had accuſed the ſayd Earle
of March for the murder of Kyng Edwarde the ſeconde, founde meanes by
intelligence had with ſir William de
Elande Couneſtable of the Caſtell of Noting|ham, to take the ſayd Earle of
March wyth his ſonne the Lorde Roger or Geffreye Mortimer, and ſir Simon
Bereforde, with other.
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1 Sir Hugh Trumpington or
Turrington (as ſome Copies haue) that was one of his chiefeſt frendes, with
certayne other were ſlayn, as they were aboute to reſiſt agaynſt the Lorde
Monta|cute, and his companie in taking of the ſayd erle.
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1 The maner of his taking I
paſſe ouer, bicauſe of the diuerſitie in report thereof by ſundry wri|ters.
From Notingham he was ſent vp to
Lon|don with his ſonne the Lorde Roger or Geffrey de Mortimer, ſir Symon
Bereforde, and the o|ther pryſoners, where they were committed to priſon in
the Tower.
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1 Shortly after was a
parliamẽt called at Weſt|minſter, chiefly as was thought for reformation of
things diſordered through the miſgouernance of the Earle of Marche.
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1 But who ſoeuer was glad
or ſory for the trou|ble of the ſayd Earle, ſurely the Queene mother tooke
it moſte heauyly aboue all other, (as ſhe that loued him more (as the fame
wente) than ſtoode well with hir honour. For as ſome write,M [...]. F [...]. ſhe was founde to be with chylde by him. They kepte as it
were houſe togither, for the Earle to haue hys prouiſion the better Cheape,
layde hys penye with hirs, ſo that hir takers ſerued him as well as they did
hir bothe of victualles and caria|ges. But nowe in this Parliamente holden
at Weſtminſter hee was attainted of highe treaſon expreſſed in fiue
articles, as in effecte followeth.The Earle of Mar [...] a| [...]yned.
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1
2
3
4
5 Firſt, he was charged
that he hadde procured Edwarde of Carneruan the kings father to bee
murthered in moſt haynous and tyrannous ma|ner within the caſtel of Berkley.
Secondly, that the Scottes at Stanhope Parke throughe his meanes eſcaped.
Thirdy, that he receiued at the hands of the lord Iames Douglas, at that
time generall of the Scottes, great ſummes of money to execute that treaſon,
and further to conclude the peace vppon ſuche diſhonorable couenantes as was
accorded with the Scottes at the parli|ament of Northampton. Fourthely, that
hee had gotte into his handes a greate parte of the Kyngs treaſure, and
waſted it. Fyfthly, that hee hadde impropried vnto hym dyuers war|des that
belonged vnto the Kyng: and had bin more priuie wyth Queene Iſabell the
Kynges mother, than ſtood eyther with Gods law, or the kynges pleaſure.
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1 Theſe articles wyth other
beeyng proued a|gainſt him, he was adiudged by authoritie of the parliament
to ſuffer death, and according there|vnto, vppon Saincte Andrewes euen nexte
en|ſuing, he was at London drawen and hanged, at the common place of
Execution, called in
[figure appears here on page 894]
EEBO page image 895 thoſe dayes the E [...]mes and nowe Tyborne, as in ſome bookes we fynde.
Adam Me|remuth.
The Earle of Marche exe|cuted.
His bodie remayned two dayes and two nightes on the Gallowes, and
after taken downe was deliuered to the Fri|ers Minors, who buryed him in
their church the morrowe after he was deliuered to them, wyth greate pompe
and funerall exequies, althoughe afterwardes, hee was taken vp and carried
with Wigmore, whereof he was lorde. He came out to his anſwere in iudgement,
no more than any other of the nobilitie
had done, ſince the death of Thomas Earle of Lancaſter.
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1
Syr Symon Bereford exe|cuted.Syr Symon de Bereford
knyghte that had bene one of the kings Iuſtices, was drawne al|ſo and hanged
at London, vpon S. Lucies day.
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1 In this parliament holden
at Weſtminſter the Kyng tooke into his hande by a [...]u [...]ce of the eſta|tes there aſſembled, all the poſſeſſions, lands and
reuenues that belonged to the Queene, his mo|ther,Some
bookes haue thre thou|ſande pound. ſhe hauing aſſigned to hir a
thouſand poun|des by yeare, for the
maintenaunce of hir eſtate, being appointed to remayne in a certayne place,
and not to goe elſe where abroade: yet the King to comforte hir, woulde
lyghtely euerye [...] once come to viſite hir.
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1 After that the Earle of
Marche was [...]|ted (as ye haue hearde) dyuers noble men that were departed the
Realme, bycauſe they coulde not abyde the pride and preſumption of the ſayd
Earle,Adam Mer+ [...]uth. howe returned: A [...] the ſonne and heyre of the Earle of
Arundell, the Lorde Thomas Wa [...]e, the Lorde Henry Beaumont, ſir Tho|mas de Roſſelyn, Sir Foul [...]e Fitz W [...]|reyne; Sir Gryffyn de la [...]oole, and [...] other.
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1
1331
An. reg. 3.
Edvvard [...]al| [...] commeth [...]to Englande.
In the fifth yeare of King Edwardes [...] Edward [...] came [...] of Fraunce [...] Englande, and obteyned ſuche [...] for our, the aſſiſtance of the Lorde Henrye Beaumont, the Lord Dauid
of Scrabogy Earle of [...]
the Lorde Geffrey de Mowbray, the lord
Wal|ter C [...]y [...], and other that king Edward gran|ted hym: licence to make his
prouiſion in Eng|lande to paſſe into Scotlande wyth an [...] of men to attempte the recouerie of his right to the crowne of
Scotlande, with condition that if he recouered it, he ſhoulde acknowledge to
holde it of the kyng of Englande as ſuperiour Lorde of Scotlande.
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1 The commyng awaye of
Edwarde Bal|liolie oute of Fraunce is
dyuerſelye reported by writers:Caxton. ſome ſaye,
that hee was ayded by the French king, whoſe ſiſter he had maryed: and
o|ther ſaye,
[...]ohn Barnabie that he being in priſon in Fraunce, for the
eſcape of an Engliſhman, one Iohn Barna|bye Eſquier, which had ſlaine a
Frenchman by chance of quarelling in the town of Dampierre, where the ſame
Barnabie dwelled with the ſaide Edwarde Balliol, it ſo came to paſſe that
the Lord Henrie Beaumont hauing occaſion of bu|ſyneſſe wyth the Frenche
Kyng,The Lorde Beaumont. that fauoured him
w [...]ll came ouer into Fraunce, and there vn|der ſtanding of Balliols
impriſonement, procu|red his deliueraunce, and brought him ouer into
Englande, and cauſed him to remayne in ſe [...] wiſe at the Manor of [...]all vppon [...] Yorkeſhire, with the Ladie [...]eſ [...]ie, till hee had purchaſed the Kinges graunt for him to make his
promiſ [...] of men of warre and ſhips within the Engliſhe dominions.
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1 In the [...]te yeare of King Edwards raigne Reignolde Erle o Gelderland maried the
Ladie Eleanor ſ [...]er to this King Edwarde the thirde,
1332.
An. reg. 6.
Croxden.
The Earle of Gelderlande.
who gaue vnto the ſayde Earle wyth hir for hir portion, fifteene
thouſande poundes ſter|lyng.
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1
2 Iſabell the kinges
daughter was borne alſo this yeare at Woodſtocke. After that Ed|warde
Balliol had prepared and made read [...] his purueyances for his iourney, and that his men of warre wer
aſſembled & come togither, being in al not paſte [...] of armes and about twoo thouſande archers and other footemen hee
tooke thoſe [...] at Rauenſpurgh in Yorkeſhire, and [...] thence directing his courſe Northewarde he arriued at lengthe in
Scotland;Edvvard Bal|lioll crovvned K. of
Scotland. wher he atchie|uing g [...]t vict [...]es (as in the Scottiſh chronicle yee may reade more at large) was
finally crow|ned king of that Realme. It may ſeeme a won|der to many [...] that the king of Englande woulde perſuit Edwarde Balliol to make his
prouiſion thus in Englande and to ſuffer his people to aide him againſte his
brother in lawe Kyng Dauid that had married his ſiſter (as before yee haue
heard,) In deede at the firſte hee was not [...]erie read [...] to graunt theyr ſute that moued it,The cauſe that
moued K. Ed|vvarde to ayd the Ballioll. but at lengthe hee was
contented to diſſemble the matter, in hope that if Edwarde Balliol had good
ſucceſſe, hee ſhoulde then recouer that a|gaine, whiche by the concluſion of
peace du|ring his minoritie, hee had throughe euill coun|ſel, reſigned out
of his handes.
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1 The Scot [...]neuertheleſſe in December cha|ſed theyr newe Kyng, Edwarde Balliol out
of Scotlande, ſo that hee was faine to retire into Englande, and celebrated
the feaſte of the Na|tiuitie at Carleil, in the houſe of the Friers mi|nors,
and the morrows after, beeing Sainct Stephens daye, hee wente into
Weſtmerlande, where of the lorde Clifforde hee was right ho|nourably
receyued,
Ro. Southwell
Edvvard Bal|l [...]oll chaſed out of Scotlande.
1333
to whome hee then graun|ted Douglas, Dale in Scotlande, whiche had
bene graunted to the ſaide lord Cliffords grand|father in the dayes of Kyng
Edwarde the firſt, if hee might at any time recouer the Realme of Scotlande
out of his aduerſaries handes.
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1
EEBO page image 896After thys, he went and lay a tyme with the Ladie
of Gynes,An. reg. 7.
that was his kinſewoman. Fi|nally about the .x. day of Marche,
hauing aſſem|bled a power of Engliſhemen and Scottiſhmen he entred
Scotlande,Borvvike be|ſieged. and beſieged the
towne of Berwike, duryng the whyche ſiege, many en|terpriſes were attempted
by the parties: and a|mongeſt other, the Scottes entred Englande by
Carleile, doing muche miſchiefe in Gilleſtande, by brennyng, killyng,
robbing, and ſpoylyng.
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1 The king aduertiſed
hereof, thought himſelfe diſcharged of the agreement concluded betwixte him
and Dauid Bruce, the ſonne of Rob. Bruce that had married hys ſyſter, and
therfore tooke it to be lawfull for hym to ayde his couſin Edw. Ballioll,
the lawfull king of Scottes.
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1 And herewyth aſſembling
an armie, came to the ſiege of Berwike, together with his brother Iohn of
Eltham, Earle of Cornewall,The v [...] of Engl [...] at Ha [...]
and o|ther noble menne, ſeeking by all meanes poſſible howe to winne
the Towne and finally diſcom|fited an armie of Scots, whiche came to the
reſ|kue
[figure appears here on page 896] therof vpon Halidon hill, in ſleaing
of them what in the fighte and chaſe, ſeuen Earles, nine hundred knightes
and baronnettes, foure hun|dred Eſquiers, and vpon .xxxij. thouſande of the
common people: and of Engliſhmen were ſlain but .xv. perſons, as our Engliſh
wryters make mention.
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1 The Scottiſh writers
confeſſe, that the Scot|tiſhemen loſt to the number of .xiiij.
thouſande.
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1
Bervvike deli|uered.On the morrowe folowing, being
S. Mar|garets day, the towne of Berwike was rendred vnto king Edward, with
the Caſtell, as in the Scottiſhe Chronicle ye maye reade, with more matter
touchyng the ſiege and battaile afore|ſayde, and therefore here in fewe
words, I paſſe it ouer.
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1 King Edward hauing thus
ſp [...] his buſines left a power of men
with Edward Balliole,The lord Ri|chard Talbot.
vn|der the conduct of the lord Richard Talbot, and returned himſelfe backe
into. Englande, appoyn|ting the Lorde Percye to bee gouernoure of the Towne
of Ber [...]re, and ſir Thomas Greye knight, his lieutenant.
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1 The Lord Iohn Daroy,
lorde chiefe Iuſtice of Ireland,The Lorde Iu|ſtice of
Ireland commeth into Scotlande. leauyng the Lord Thomas Burgh his
deputie in that countrey, pa [...]d ouer wyth an armye into Scotlande, to ayde the Kyng, who (as ye haue hearde) was there the ſame tyme in
perſon. And ſo by the kyng on one ſyde, and by the Iriſhmenne on an other,
Scotlande was ſubdued, and reſtored vnto Balliole, who the morrowe after the
Octaues of the Natiui|tie of our Ladie, helde a Parliament at Sainct Iohns
towne, in the whiche he reuoked & made voyde all actes, whyche the
late King of Scots Roberte Bruce hadde enacted or made: and fur|ther
ordeyned, that all ſuche landes and poſ|ſeſſions as the ſayde Bruce hadde
giuen to any manner of perſon, ſhould bee taken from them, and reſtored to
the former and true inhery|toure.
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1 Thys yere about the
twelfth of October, Si|mon Mepham Archbiſh. of Canterbury, depar|ted this
life, in whoſe place ſucceded Iohn Steet forde,Ada [...]
[...]+mouth. being remoued from the ſea of Wynche|ſter, whereof
hee was Biſhoppe, before that hee was thus called to the ſea of
Canterbury.
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1 After Candelmaſſe,
1334
A [...]. reg. Ad [...]
[...] Ada [...]+ [...]th.
A parliament at Yorke.
the Kyng of Englande repaired towardes Yorke, there to holde a
par|liament, to the whiche (beginnyng the Monday in the ſeconde w [...]ke in Lent,) when Edwarde Balliol doubting to be ſurpriſed by his
aduerſa|ries, coulde not come, hee ſente yet the Lorde Henrie de Beaumont,
and the Lorde William de Montat [...]te, to make excuſe for him.
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1 The kyng of Englande,
paſſing farther into the Northe partes, helde hys Wh [...]ſon [...]yde at Newe Caſtell vpon Tyne, with greate royal|tie: And ſhortly
after, Edward Balliol Kyng of Scottes came thither,Edvvard Bal|lioll d [...] ho+mage [...] king of Eng|land for S [...]+lande. and vpon the ninteenth daye of Iune, made his homage
vnto the king of Englande, and ſware vnto him fealtie in the preſence of a
greate number of Nobles and Gentlemen there aſſembled, as to his ſuperiour
and chiefe Lorde of the Realme of Scotlande, byndyng hymſelfe by that othe,
to hold the ſame realme of the king of Englande, his heires and ſucceſſors
for euer. He alſo gaue & grãted vnto ye K. of England at ye time
.v. coũties next adioy|ning vnto ye borders of Englãd, as Berwik and EEBO page image 897 Rockſburgh Peplis, and Dunfres, the townes of
Hadington and Gedworthe, with the caſtell, the forreſtes of Silkirke,
Etherike, and Ged|worth, ſo as all theſe portions ſhould be ele [...]e|ly ſeparated from the crowne of Scotland, and annexed vnto the
crowne of England for euer. And theſe thinges were confirmed and robora|ted
with othe, ſcepter, and witneſſe ſufficient.
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1 Whiche thinges done in
due order as was requiſite, the Kyng of Englande retourned home, and the Kyngs wente backe into Scot|lande. And then
were all ſuche lordes reſtored againe to their landes and poſſeſſions in
Scot|lande, whiche in the dayes of Edwarde the ſeconde had bene expulſed
from the ſame: and nowe they did theyr homage vnto the King of Scotlande for
thoſe landes as apperteyned.
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1 Immediatly after, the
Kyng of Englande called a counſell of his Lordes ſpirituall and temporall at Notingham, commaundyng them to meete
h [...]m there aboute the thirteenthe daye of Iuly, there to conſult, with
hym of weightie cauſes concerning the ſtate of the realme.
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1 This yeare on Sainct
Clementes daye at night whiche falleth on the three and twentieth of
Nouember, throught a maruellouſe inu [...]|dation and ciſing of the ſea all alongeſt by the coaſtes of this
realme,
[...]ation of [...]e ſea. but eſpecially about the Thames, the ſea bankes or
walles were broken and borne downe with
violence of the water, and infinite numbers of heaſtes and cat [...]aile drowned, fruitfull grounds and paſtures were made ſalte marſhes
[...]o as there was no hope that in long time they ſhoulde recouer againe
theyr former fruitfulneſſe.
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1 In this meane time the
Frenche Kyng was appoynted to haue made a viage againſte the Sarazins
enemies of our faith, and had ſente to the Kyng of England, requering him
of his companie in that iourney. But
the king of Englande beeing otherwiſe occupied wyth the affaires of
Scotlande, ma [...] no direct aun|ſwere therevnto,Ambaſſadors from the
Frẽch [...]ng. ſo that the Frenche kyng per|ceyuing that the kyng of
Englande was not in all things well pleaſed with him, thought good before
hee ſet forewarde on that iourney to vn|derſtande his meaning, and
therevppon ſente eftſoones vnto him other ambaſſadours. Theſe ambaſſadours
arriued here in Englande and had audience, but nothing they concluded in
effect, ſaue that the kyng promiſed to
ſende his ambaſſadours ouer into Fraunce to haue fur|ther communication in
the matter touching ſuche pointes of variaunce as depended bee|twixt
them.
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1 Although Edward Balliol
by the puiſſ [...]ce of the king of Englandes, aſſiſtaunce had gotte the moſte parte of
the Realme of Scotland in|to his handes, yet diuers caſtels were holden
a|gainſte him, and the Scots dayly ſtipped from him, and by open rebellion
moleſted him dy|uers wayes.
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1 The king of England
aduertiſed therof cal|led a parliament at London,
R. Southwell.
A parliamente at London.
wherin hee tooke order for his iourney into Scotland, had a tenth
and a fifteenth graunted hym, and ſo abouts At ballontide, hee came to
Newecaſtell vppon Tine, with his army, and remained there [...]ill the feaſt of Saint Katherin, and then entring into Scotlande, came
to Rockeſburgh,
The king en|treth into Scot+land vvith an armie.
1335.
where he repared the Caſtell which had ben aforetime deſtroyed.
After the thirde daye of Chriſtmaſſe was paſte the kyng of Englande entred
into Ethricke [...]r [...]ſt, beating it vp and downe, but the Scottes would not come within his
reach: wherevpon he ſent the Kyng of Scottes that was there preſent with
him, and the Earles of Warwicke and Oxforde and [...]rten other ba|rons and knyghtes, wyth theyr retinues vnto Carlei [...] to keepe and defende thoſe Weſt parts of the realme from the
Scottes.
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1 In their iourney
thitherwardes, they went by Peplis to apprehend certaine Scots, whome they
heard to be lodged & abiding thereabouts, but when they founde them
not, they waſted the countrey, and tourned ſtreight to Carleiſ, whereafter
the Epiphanie there aſſembled an armie foorthe of the Counties of Lancaſter,
Weſt [...]and and Cumberland by the kinges appointement, whiche army togither
with the kyng of Scottes and the other Lordes there founde, entred Scotland,
and did muche [...] in the country of Galloway,Marl. deſtroying
towns and all that they found abroade, but the people were fled and
withdrawe [...] out of theyr way. And when they had taken their pleaſure, the Kyng of
Scottes ratourned backe to Caſtell.
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1 This yeare three foll
g [...]e abundaunce of raine,A dearth and death of
cattel. and therevppon enſued morraine of beaſtes: alſo corne [...]o failed this yeare, that a quarter of wheate was ſolde at fortie
ſhillings
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1 Finally when the kyng had
finiſhed his buſi|neſſe in Scotlande,An. reg. 9.
as to his ſeeming ſtoode with his pleaſure, he retourned into
England,Ambaſſadours ſent into Frãce and
ſhortely after hee ſente the Archbyſhoppe of Canterburye, ſir Phillippe de
Montacute, and Geffrey Scrope vnto the Frenche king to conclude a firme
amitie and league with him.
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1 Theſe Lords comming into
France, were not at the firſte admitted to the Frenche Kings preſence, till
they ſhewed themſelues halfe greened with that ſtraunge [...]raling: for then finally were they brought vnto hym who gent|ly
receyued them, and cauſed the matter to bee entreated of aboute the whiche
they were ſente, in furthering whereof, ſuche diligence w [...]
EEBO page image 898 vſed that finally a concluſion of peace and
con|cord was agreed and ſo farre paſſed, that pro|clamation thereof ſhoulde
haue bene made in Paris, and in the countrey thereabout the next day: but
vnneth were the engliſh Ambaſſadors returned vnto theyr lodgings when they
were ſent for back againe, and further enformed that the Frenche King minded
to haue Dauid king of Scotlande compriſed in the ſame league, ſo that hee
might be reſtored vnto his kingdome, and
the Balliol put out. The Engliſhe Am|baſſadors anſwered, that their
commiſſion ex|tended not ſo farre, and therefore they coulde not conclude
any thing therin. Herevppon all the former communication was reuoked, and
therely made voide, ſo that the engliſhe ambaſ|ſadors retourned home into
Englande with|out anything concluded.
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1
2 Aboute the feaſte of the
Aſcention, the king helde a parliament at Yorke, orderning for his
iourney into Scotlande,
R. Southwell. A parliament. and alſo deuiſing by [...]horitie therof dyuers profitable ſtatutes for the common wealthe.
Aboute Midſommer, he came [...]tie his army vnto Newcaſtell vppon Tine. whether came to him from
Carleil the king of Scots, and there order was taken that the Kyng of
Englande and his brother the erle of Cornwall, the Earles of Warwike,
Lan|caſter, Lincolne, and Hereforde, with all theyr retinnes, and the Earle
of Guliekerlande, that had married the
Kings ſiſter, and with a farre companie was come to ſerue the Kyng in theſe
warres ſhuld paſſe to Carletie, and on the .xij. of Iuly enter Scotland. The
king of Scots, the Erles of Surry, and Arundell, and the lord Henry Perey a
baron of greate might and po|wer, beeyng all of bin of the king of Scottes,
with their retinnes ſhoulde goe to Berwicke, and there enter the ſame daye
aboue mentio|ned, and as it was appointed, for it was p [...] in practiſe: for bothe the kings
the ſame day en|tring Scotlande in ſeuerall part is, they paſſed forward
without reſiſtance at theyr pleaſures, waſting and brenning all the
countreys, both on this ſide,The VVelche|men. and
beyonde the Scottiſh ſea. The Welchemen ſpired neyther religious perſons nor
their [...]les, making no more accompt of them thã of others: the mariners of
Newcaſtel alſo brent a great parte of the towne of Dun|dee.Dundee brent. The Earle of Namure. The Earle of
Namure aboute the ſame tyme comming into
Englande to ſerue the king in his warres, tooke vpon him to paſſe into
Scotlande wyth a bande of an hundreth men of armes, beſide ſeuen or eighte
Knightes whiche he brought ouer with him, and certaine Engliſhemen to be his
guides from Barwike,Fourdon. but hee was affa [...]ed before he coulde get to Edinburgh by the Erles of Murrey and
Dun|barre, and the Lord William Douglas, ſo that notwithſtandyng the
ſtraungers bare them|ſelues verie manfully, yet oppreſſed with mul|titude,
they were forced to giue place, but yet ſtill fighting and defending
themſelus till they came to Edinburgh, and there taking the hill where the
ruynes of the caſtell ſtoode, kept the ſame all the night following, but the
nexte day they diſpairing of all ſuccours, and hauing nei|ther meate nor
drinke,The Earle of Murrey take [...]
R. South.
at length yelded them|ſelues, whom the Earle of Murrey receyuing
right curteouſly, ſhewed them ſuch fauour, that without raunſome he was
contẽted they ſhould return into their countreys: and for more ſure|tie, he
conueyed the ſaid erle of Namur (whom the Scotiſhe bookes call Earle of
Gelderlande) and his companie backe to the borders,Fourdon. but in his retourne or ſhortely after, the ſame Earle of
Murrey that tooke himſelfe for gouernour of Scotland was encountred by the
Engliſhmen that lay in garniſon within Rockeſburgh, and by them taken
priſoner.
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1 The Lorde William Douglas
being there alſo with him eſcaped, but Iames Douglas brother to the ſaide
Lorde William Douglas was at that bicketing ſlain with diuers other.
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1 Aboute the feaſte of the
Aſſumption of our Lady,Scottes [...] them to the King of Eng|lande. diuers of the Scottiſhe
nobilitie came and ſubmitted themſelues to the king, namely the Earle of
Atholl and other, but Earle Pa|trike of Dunbarre, and the Earle of
Roſſe,The child of Kildrumme. the Lorde Andrew
de Murrey, the lord William Douglas, and the lorde William de Keth, and many
other woulde not come in, but aſſem|bling themſelues togither, did all the
miſchiefe they coulde vnto thoſe that had receyued the Kynges peace. The
Earle of Atholl in the winter ſeaſon beeſieging the Caſtell of Kil|drummy
beyond the Scottiſh ſea was ſet vpon by the Earles of Dunbarre and
Roſſe,The Earle of Atholl [...]
ſo that they flewe him there in fielde, for his men fled from him
(through ſome traiterous practiſe as was thought) and lefte him and a fewe
other in all the daunger.
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1 The King of Englande
being retourned foorth of Scotlande remayned for the moſte parte of the
winter in the Northe partes and held his Chriſtmas at Newcaſtell vpon Tine,
and after the Epiphanie hauing aſſembled an army readie to paſſe into
Scotland to reuenge the Earle of Atholles deathe, whiche hee tooke very
diſpleaſauntly, there came in the meane time Ambaſſadours bothe from the
Pope and the Frenche Kyng,1338 and founde the Kyng
of Englande at Berwicke readie with his armie to ſet forewarde into
Scotlande.
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3
4 But theſe ambaſſadors did
ſo muche by en|treatieAn. reg. [...]
with the two kings of Englande and EEBO page image 899 Scotlande, that
aboute the feaſte of the Puri|fication,A truce graun|ted
to the Scot [...]
a truce was agreed vpon to endure till Midlent. And then ſhould a
parliament be holden at London, and herewith articles were drawn, &
certaine petitions put foorth, vpon the whiche if the parties in the meane
time coulde agree, the peace accordingly might be eſtabli|ſhed, if not, then
the warre to be proſecuted as before. The chiefeſt article and petition
which the Scots proponed, as deſirous to be therein reſolued, was to vnderſtande which of the two that
claimed the crowne of Scotland, to witte Edward Balliol, and Dauid Bruce,
had moſt righte thereto. But when in the parliament time the lorde Maurice
de Murrey ſlewe Sir Geffrey de Roſſe, a Scottiſh Knight, that was Sheriffe
of Ayre, and Lenarke, beeing of the Balliolles ſide, for that in time of
open warre the ſame ſir Geffrey had ſlaine his brother, vpon reſpect of this preſumptuous parte,The ſtoutneſſe of Scottes hin|dered the con|cluſion of the
peace. and by rea|ſon of ſuch ſtoutneſſe as the Scottes otherwiſe
ſhewed, no concluſion of peace could be brought to effect. Before the feaſte
of the Aſcention the king of Englande ſente forewarde the king of Scottes
the Earles of Lancaſter, Warwike, Oxforde, and Anegos, and diuers lordes and
capitaynes wyth an armye, the whiche after Whitſontide,An
armie ſente into Scotland. entring into Scotlande, paſſed ouer the
Scottiſhe ſea,S. Iohns tovvn fortified. and
comming to Saint Iohns towne (whiche the
Scottes had brent diſpairing to defende it againſt the Englyſhe power) they
ſet in hande to fortifie it, compaſ|ſing it with deepe ditches and a ſtrong
rampier of earthe. Aboute the ſame tyme the Kyng called a parliament at
Northampton, where leauing the prelates,Adam Me| [...]muth. and other to weate of ſuche matters as were proponed
the himſelfe to be Northewardes, and comming to Berwike, tooke with him a
ſmall bond of men of armes, and ſetting
forewarde,The K. goeth [...] Scotlande haſted forth till he came to Sainct Iohns towne,
where he founde the king of Scottes, and other his nobles greatly wondering
of his comming thither to vnlooked for. After hee had reſted there a little
hee tooke with him parte of the armie, and paſſing for|warde ouer the
mountaines of Scotlande euen vnto Elgen in Murrey, and Inuernes, further by
many miles than euer his grandfather had gone:Abirden
brent
[...]h [...]. VValſ.
[...]r Thomas [...]
[...]lyn ſtayn. In his retourne hee brent the towne of Aberden in
reuenge of the deathe of a right va|liant
knight called ſir Thomas Roſſelin, that cõming thither by ſea tooke land
there, and was ſlaine by ye enemies: he brẽt diuers other towns and places
in this voyage, ſpoyling and wa|ſting the countreys where he came, not
finding any to reſiſte him.The Earle of Cornvvall.
Aboute Lammas the Earle of Cornewall with the power of Yorkeſhire and
Northumberlande, and the lorde Anthony Lucy with the Cumberlande and
Weſtmer|lande men entred Scotlande, and deſtroyed the Weſt partes, as
Carrike,The Lorde Douglas. and other whiche
o|beyed not the Ballioll. The lorde William Douglas ſtill coaſted the
Engliſhemen, doing to them what domage he might. At lengthe this armie loden
with praies, and ſpolle retur|ned home, but the Erle of Cornewall with his
owne retinue came throughe to Sainct Iohns towne, where he founde the king
being retur|ned thither frõ his iourney which he had made beyonde the
mountains. The king ſtayed not long there, but leauing the king of Scottes
with his companie in that towne, he went to Striueling, where on the plat of
grounde vp|pon which the deſtroyed caſtell had ſtoode,Striuelyn Ca|ſtell buylt, or rather repared. hee built an other
fortreſſe, called a Pile. And now bicauſe he had ſpent a great deale of
treaſure in thoſe warres of Scotlande, hee ſummoned a parliamẽt to be
holdẽ at Notingham; in which there was graunted to him a .x. of the
clergie, and likewiſe of the citizens, and burgeſſes of good townes, and a
.xv. of other that dwelte foorth of cities and boroughes.
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3 About the latter end of
October Iohn of El|tham Earle of Cornwall the kings brother,The deceſſe of the Earle of Cornevvall. de|parted
this life at ſaint Iohns towne in Scot|lande: his bodie was afterwardes
conueyed to Weſtminſter and there buried with all ſolẽpne funeralles. The
Scottiſh writers affirme that he was ſlaine by his brother king Edward for
the crueltie he had vſed in the Weſte partes of Scotlande, in ſleaing ſuche
as for ſafegarde of their liues fledde into churches.The
deceſſe of Hughe de Freſ|nes Earle of Lincolne. Moreouer in
December there deceaſſed at ſaint Iohns town aforeſaid, Hugh de Freſnes that
in right of the counteſſe of Lincolne was entitled Earle of Lincolne. He
died of the flixe, or as was ſaid, throughe exceſſiue colde,VValter Giſ|burgh. Tho VValſ. whiche in thoſe
quar|ters in that cold time of the yeare, ſore afflicted the engliſhe
people. In the meane time aboute the feaſte of ſaint Luke the Euangeliſte
the K. went with an armie into Scotlande towarde the caſtell of Bothuille,
and comming thither repared the ſame,The lord
Staf|forde. whiche by the Scottes had lately before bin deſtroied.
The baron Stafford the ſame time cõming towards the king with a power of
men, took Douglas Dale in his way, taking in the ſame a greate praye of
cattell and other thinges. Before Chriſtmaſſe the king re|turned into
England, but the king of Scottes remained all the winter in ſaint Iohns
town, with a ſober cõpanie. When the king had ſet|led the ſtate of
Scotlande vnder the gouerne|ment of the Balliol, thoſe Scottiſhmen which
toke part with the Ballioll,A ſtatute ordei+ned by the
Scots in fauour of the king of England. ordeyned as it wer in
recompence of king Edwardes frindeſhippe a ſtatute, wherby they bounde
themſelues to the EEBO page image 600 ſaide King Edwarde and his
heyres kinges of Englande, that they ſhould aide and aſſiſt him againſte all
other princes: and whenſoeuer it chanced that eyther he or any king of
England being rightful inheritor, had any warrs againſt any prince, either
within the lande or without, the Scottiſhemen of their owne proper coſtes
and expences ſhoulde finde .iij.C. horſemen, and a .M. footemen well and
ſufficientely ar|raied for the warre, the which xiij.C. men, the Scottes ſhoulde wage for a whole yeare: and if the
king of Englande ended not his warres within the yeare, then he to giue
wages to the ſaide number of .xiij.C. Scots as he dothe to other of his
ſouldiors and men of warre. There be that write,Polidore. that the king of England ſhould not only fortifie ſaint
Iohns towne about this time, as before is mencioned, but alſo ſaint
An|drowes,Tovvnes forti|fied by King Edvvard in
Scotlande. Cowper, Aberdine, Dunfermeling, with certen other
caſtels, leauing garniſons of men in the
ſame. But for ſo muche as yee may read ſufficiently of thoſe troubles in
Scotland, and of the returne of K. Dauid foorth of Frãce, and how his
realme was recouered out of the Balliols hands in the Scottiſh chronicles,
we neede not here to make any long diſcourſe thereof.
Tho. VValſ. Croxden.
1336
The Queene was deliuered of hir ſe|conde ſonne at Hatfield, who was
therfore na|med Williã of Hatfield, who liued but a ſhort tyme, departing
this worlde when he was but yong.
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The King ſtudieth to ga|ther money to maintaine his
vvarres.The king being returned home foorthe of Scotlande, ſeeketh
all wayes poſſible howe to recouer money, bothe to ſupplie his charges for
the Scottiſhe warres, and alſo to furniſhe the other warres whiche he ment
to take in hande againſte the French king: he got ſo muche into his handes
(as it is reported by writers, that it was very ſcant & harde to
come by: throughout the whole realme: by reaſon of which ſcarcitie
and want of money, or vpon ſome other
neceſ|ſarie cauſe,Greate cheap|nes of vv [...]res and ſcarcitie of money. victuall, and other chaffer, and
merchãdiſes were exceding cheaper for at Lon|don a quarter of wheate was
ſolde [...] .ii. ſs a fat oxe for .vj. ſs .viij.
d
a fat ſheepe for .vj.
d
or .viij.
d
halfe a doſen pigeons for .j.
d
a fatte gooſe for .ij.
d. a pig for .j.
d
and ſo all other victualles after the like rate.
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1 This yeare was the warre
proclaimed be|twixte Englande, and Fraunce, chiefly by the procurement of the Lord Roberte Da [...]tois, a frenchmã, as then baniſhed out of France, vp|pon occaſion of
a claime by him made vnto the erledome of Artois. This lorde Roberte after
he was baniſhed Fraunce, fledde ouer vnto K. Edward, who gladly receiued
him, and made him Earle of Richmont. All the goodes of the Italians were by
the kings commaundement this yeare confiſcate to his vſe, and ſo likewi [...] were the goodes of the Mo [...]kes of the C [...]g [...]|acke, and C [...]ſter [...] orders. This yeare alſo a come to or blaſing [...]e appeãted, with ſong and terrible ſtreames paſſing from it.
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1 In this .ij. yeare of his
raigne, the Kyng helde a parliament at Weſtminſter,
1337
An. reg.
[...]
aboue the time of Lent, during the whiche, of the Earle|dome of
Cornwall he made a duchre, and ga [...]e it vnto his eldeſt ſon Edwarde,Tho. VVa [...] Ran. H [...]g [...] Polidore. Fabian. that was then Earle of Cheſter, who [...] alſo as ſome write, he created at the ſame [...] prince of Wales.
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2 Moreouer in rewarde of
ſeruice, there were vj. noble men at this Parliament [...] to the honour and title of Earles, as the lorde Henry ſonne to the
Earle of Lancaſter,Creation of noble men. was
created Earle of Derbie, or after ſome writers, Earle of Leiceſter. William
Bohun was crea|ted Earle of Northampton: William Mon|tacute, Earle of
Saliſburie: Hughe Audeley Earle of Glouceſter: William Clinton Earle of
Huntingdon:Addition to Mer [...]. Croxde [...]. and Roberte Vfford Erle of Suffolke. This creation was on
the ſeconde Sunday in Lente, and the ſame day were .xx. Knights made, whoſe
names for bri [...]eneſſe we doe here omitte. In this parliament it was enacted,An acte of a [...]raye, agai [...] ſu [...]pta [...]es parell. that no man ſhoulde weare any man|ner of ſake in
gown, cote, or doubler, except he might diſpende of good and ſufficient rent
an hundred poundes by yeare, whiche acte was not long obſerued. It was alſo
ordeined by the aduice of this parliament, that Henry of Lan|caſter newly
created Earle of Derbie ſhoulde goe ouer into Gaſcoigne, there to remaine as
the kinges lieutenant.
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3 But Richarde Southwell
ſayth, that the Earle of Saliſburie, and not the Earle of Der|bie was
appointed to goe into Gaſcoigne at that time and the erle of Warwike into
Scot|lande.
An acte ſtraint of [...]porting [...] vvolles.
Ad [...]
[...]rem [...]th.
Moreouer in this parliament it was enacted that no wo [...]ll of the engliſhe growthe ſhoulde goe forthe of the lande, but bee
here wrought and made in clothe: and farther an acte was ordeined for
receyuing of ſtraungers that were Clotheworkers, and order taken that fitte,
and conuenient places ſhoulde doe aſſigned forth to them where to inhabite,
with many priuiledges, and liberties, and that they ſhoulde haue wages and
ſtipends allowed thẽ, till they were ſo ſetled as they might gaine
cõmodiouſlie by their occupation and ſcience:
R. South.
The cal [...] Bot [...]
but now to return to other maters. The Scots this yeare tooke the
caſtell of Both [...]lle by ſur|render, ſo as the engliſhemen that were within it, departed
with their liues, and goods ſaued. Diuers other caſtels and fortreſſes were
taken by the Scots in Fife, and in other parties, but the countrey of
Galloway was by them ſpeci|ally EEBO page image 901 ſore afflicted, bicauſe
the people there helde with theyr lord Edwarde Ballioll. Herevpon it was
agreed in this laſte parliament, that the earle of Warwike beeyng appoynted
to go thither, ſhoulde haue with him the power be|yonde Trent Northwards.
But when about the Aſcention tide the Scotts had beſieged the caſtell of
Striuelin, the king of Englande in perſon haſted thitherwards, of whoſe
approch the Scots no ſoner vnderſtood, but that ſtreight wayes they brake vp their ſiege, and departed thence: the
king therefore returned backe into the Southe partes.
[...] Euſtace [...]ackevvell. Aboute the ſame time Sir Euſtace de Maxwell
knighte, Lorde of Carla|uerocke, reuolted from Edwarde Balliol vnto Dauid le
Bruis his ſide, and ſo that parte daily encreaſed, and the warre continued,
with da|mage inoughe to bothe partes.
[...]e Earle of [...]arvvike [...]deth [...]cotlande. In the begin|ning of September the erle of Warwike
with an army entred Scotlande by Berwike,
and the lorde Thomas de Wake, and the Lorde Clifforde with the biſhoppe of
Carleil accom|panied with the Weſtmerlande, and Cumber|lande men entred by
Carleil, and within twoo dayes after mette with the Earle of Warwike as
before it was appointed, and ſo ioyning to|gyther, they paſſed forewarde,
ſpoyling, and waſting Tevidale, Mofeteidale, & Nideſdale. The lorde
Anthony Lucie with a parte of the armie
entred into Galloway, and after he had waſted that countrey, he returned to
the army, which by reaſon of the exceeding great [...]eat yt fel in yt ſeaſon, they could not kepe on their ior|ney into
Douglaſdale, and to Ayre, as they had appointed: but hauing remained in
Scotland a twelue dayes, they returned altogither vnto Carleil. Edwarde
Balliol was not with the [...] in thys iourneye, but remayned ſtill in En|gland.
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1 The Scots in reuenge
hereof made dyuers rodes into Englande, withdrawing ſtill with theyr pray
and booties, before the engliſhe pow|er coulde aſſemble to giue them
battaile.
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The caſtell of [...]denburgh be| [...]ged.Aboute A [...]hallontide, the Scotts beſieged the caſtell of Edenburgh, but the
Byſhoppe of Carleil, the lorde Randoll Dacres of Gilleſ|lande, with the
power of the counties of Cum|berlande, and Weſtmerlande, and the King of
Scotts Edwarde Balliol, with the Lorde Anthony Lucie, and ſuche companie as
they brought from Berwicke, meeting at
Rockeſ|burghe,The ſiege is [...]ed. marched forthe vnto Edenburghe and chaſing the Scots
from the ſiege, tooke order for the ſafe keeping of the caſtell from thence
foorth, and returned into Englande.
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The K. practi| [...] vvith the [...]ings.In this meane time things happened ſo well to the
purpoſe of King Edwarde, that by practiſe he alienated the [...]artes of the Flemings from the obedience of their Earle, being
alto|gither [...]neſt friende to the Frenche king. He therefore vnderſtanding the
mindes of his people, ſought to winne them by ſome gentle treatie, and ſo
did euen at the firſt, concluding an agreement with them of Gaunt, which
were fully at a point to haue entred into league with the king of Englãd,
as with him whoſe frend|ſhippe by reaſon of the Trafficke of merchan|dize,
(and namely of the engliſh woolles,) they knewe to bee more neceſſarie for
their countrey than the Frenche kings.The Bishop of
Turney. Althoughe by the helpe of the Biſhoppe of Turney the earle
of Flaun|ders cauſed them to ſtaye from concluding or ioyning in any ſuche
bondes of amitie with the king of Englande for that time, he yet doubted the
arriuall of ſome power out of Englande, and therevppon appointed his
baſtarde brother Guy of Rijckenburgh,Iames Mair.
and certayn other noble men and captains,The Iſle of
Cadſant. with a crue of men of warre to lie in the Iſle of Cadſant
to defende the paſ|ſage there, and to ſee that no Engliſh ſhippes ſhoulde
come or goe that way by the ſeas: whereof the king of Englande beeing
aduerti|ſed, ſent thither the Earle of Darbie,An armie
ſente by ſea into Flaunders. the lorde Lewes Beauchampe, the lorde
Reginalde Cobham, alſo the lorde William ſonne to the earle of Warwike, the
lord Walter de Man|ny an Hanneuyer, and other lordes, knightes and
capitaines, with a power of fiue hundreth men of armes, and two thouſande
archers,Foure thouſand ſaith Iac. Meir. the
whiche comming to the foreſaide Iſle of Cad|ſant, founde the Flemmings about
fiue thou|ſande in number, redie arranged on the towne dikes and
ſandes,Froiſſart. in purpoſe to defende the
en|trie, which they did a certaine ſpace right vali|antly: but in the ende
they were diſcomfited, and three thouſande of them ſlain in the ſtretes,
hauen, & houſes. Sir Guy the baſtard of Flaũ|ders was taken with
diuers other knightes and Gentlemen, the Towne was brent, and the goodes
with the priſoners were carryed into Englande.
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1 This chaunred on a Sunday
the day before the feaſte of Saincte Martin in Nouember. Where the Lorde
Walter de Manny might haue hadde .xj. thouſande pounde ſterling for the
raunſome of the ſaide Sir Guy, and other priſoners, the king bought them of
him in the fourteenthe yere of his raygne for eighte thou|ſande pounde
ſterling, as by recordes in the Tower it appeareth.
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1 Aboute the feaſte of
Sainct Martine in winter,Tvvo Cardi|nalles come in|to
Englande. there came vnto London two Cardi|nals, ſente by the Pope
to treate for a peace be|twixte the kings of Englande, and Fraunce.
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1 The Archebiſhoppe of
Canterburie, with the Byſhops of Wincheſter, Elie, Chiceſter, EEBO page image 902 Couentrie, & the cõmeners of the citie of Lodon
met them on Shoters hill.Additions to Meri. The
duke of Corn|wall with the earle of Surrey, and many other of the nobilitie
receyued them a mile without the Citie. The Kyng himſelfe receiued them at
the leſſer Hall dore of his Pallace at Weſt|minſter, and brought them into
the paynted chamber, where they declared theyr meſſage: wherevppon the king
cauſed a Parliament to be ſummoned at London, to beginne the mor|rowe
after Candelmas daye.
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1 The King helde his
Chriſtemaſſe at Ox|forde, and within the Octaues of the ſame [...] hee tooke his iourney towardes Scotlande, de rather as other haue, he
ſente thither the Earles of Saliſburie: Glouceſter: Derbie:
133 [...]
R. S [...]
The [...].
An. reg.
[...]
and A [...]|gos, with three Barons, the lords Percy, [...]|uill, and Stafforde, the whiche with .xx. thou|ſande men beſieged the
Caſtell of Dunbarre.
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1 This ſiege beganne euen
in the beginning
[figure appears here on page 902] of the twelfth yeare of king
Edwardes raigne and continued for the
ſpace of ninteene weeks, with ſmall gaine, and leſſe honour to the
en|gliſhemen, in ſo muche that the ſame brake vp vnder a coloure of a truce
when there was no hope of winning the place, and that the noble men that lay
there at ſiege, haſted to make an ende, that they might attende the King in
his iourney ouer into Brabante.
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A parliament.The morrowe after Candelmaſſe daye,
the parliament began, in whiche there was a graunte made to the king by the Laitie of the one halfe of their woolles
throughe the whole realme for the nexte ſommer,
Croxden. A ſubſidie. whiche he recei|ued, and likewiſe he
leuied of the Clergie the whole, cauſing them to paye nine markes of euery
ſacke of the hoſte wooll. But after the rate of the one halfe he tooke in
whoſe hands ſo euer it was founde aſwell merchantes as other.
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1 After this, hee tooke a
fifteenthe of all the communaltie of his realme in wooll, the price
of euery ſtone conteyning fourteen
pounde ra|ted at twoo ſhillings.
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The Cardinals retourne.The one & twentith
of March the two Car|dinals took the ſea at Douer, and in their com|panie
went ouer the Archebiſhoppe of Canter|burie, and the biſhoppe of Durham to
treate of a peace, if by any good meanes the two kings might bee made
friendes, but as it appeared theyr trauayle was in vayne, for although they
abode togither for a time on the Frõters doing their beſte endeuour, yet
their trauaile no|thing auailed, as by that whiche followethe is moſte
manifeſte.
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1 The Flemings that
fauoured Kyng Ed|warde, were put in ſuche comfort, by the ſafe victorie
obteined by the Engliſhemen in the Iſle of Cadſont, that fallyng to their
former practiſe,Iames [...]
one Iaques or Iacob van Arteveld a [...] honymaker of the town of Gaunt, was choſen amongſt them to bee as it
were the defender of the people, and namely of the weauers,His [...]
and other clothworkers. Finally, his aucthoritie grewe ſo hugely
amongeſt all the whole num|ber of the commons in Flaunders, that hee might
doe more with them than their Earle, and yet the Earle to reconcile the
people to his fauour, ceaſſed not to vſe all curteous meanes towardes them
that he coulde deuiſe, as re|leaſing cuſtomes, and dueties of mony,
par|doning offences, forfeitures,A L [...] tvvi [...]
[...]+land [...] and [...]+der. and other ſuche like, but all woulde not auaile him.
The king of England had ſo wonne them by the meanes of the ſaide Iaques van
Arteuelde, that in the ende Iohn Archebiſhoppe of Canterburie, and Richarde
the Biſhoppe of Durham, came into Flaunders as ambaſſadours from king
Ed|warde, and trauailed ſo earneſtly to dra [...]e EEBO page image 903 the Flemings vnto an amitie with their maſter king
Edwarde,
[...] be| [...]ixt Englãd [...]d Flaunders. that finally a league was con|cluded betwixt
the countrey of Flaunders, and the ſaide King at Gaunt,
[...]. Me [...]r. in the preſence of the Erle of Gelderlande, as then
beeing there. The chiefe aucthours of this league were the ſaid Iaques van
Arteveld, and a noble man of Flaunders,
[...]ger de Cur| [...]y. called Siger de Curtrey.
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1 But this Siger being
immediatly after ap|prehended by the Earle of Flaunders, was put to death. Which act procured the earle ſo much
hatred of the people, that ſhortely after com|ming to Bruges, and attempting
to force the towne to his will, hee was forced himſelfe to fled from thence,
for otherwiſe hee had bene ei|ther taken or ſlaine: The cõmons of the towne
and namely the Fullers,The Fullers [...] G [...]. of whom he had ſlain ſome there in the ſtreetes, roſe ſo
faſte vppon him. Herevppon fleeing home to his houſe, he tooke his
wife,
[...]e Earle of [...]anders [...]eth into [...]nce. and a ſonne whiche hee hadde, and fledde with them into Fraunce, ſo forſa|king his
countrey whiche was nowe gouerned by Iaques van Arteveld, as though he had
bin immediate lorde thereof. After this, the Earle retourned home
againe,
[...] retourneth [...]. as it were with the Frenche Kinges commiſſion, to perſwade
the Flemings to renounce the league concluded with the King of Englande: but
hee coulde bring nothing to paſſe, but was ſtill in danger to haue bene
arreſted and ſtayed of his owne ſubiectes,
bothe at Gaunt and in other places, but namelie at Dirmen,
[...]en. where if hee had not made the more haſte away, hee had
bene taken by them of Bruges.
[...]e eftſoones [...]th.
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2
3 Amongeſt other of his
ſtuffe whiche hee left behinde him in that haſtie departure, his ſignet was
forgotten, and not miſſed till hee came to Sainct Omers, whether hee fledde
for his ſafegarde.
[...]ders [...]holy at the [...]tion of [...]g Edvvard. Thus yee maye perceiue that Flaunders reſted
wholy at King Edwardes commaundement, who
to eſtabliſhe amitie alſo with the Duke of Brabant, and other Princes of the
Empire, about the middeſt of Iuly ſailed ouer vnto Antwerp,
[...]ng Edvvard [...]eth to [...]vverpe. with his wife quene Phi|lip, his ſonne the prince of
Wales, and a greate number of other of the peers and Barons of his realme,
where hee was moſte ioyfully receiued of the duke of Brabant, and other
lordes of the empire.
[...]ſſart.
[...]e Marques [...] Gulickerlãd
Ther was ſent vnto the Emperour to procure his friendſhip, from the
king of Eng|lãd, the Marques of Gulik
with certain noble men of England, and alſo certen of the duke of Gelderlãd
his coũſel, the which Marques was made at ye time an erle, & the
erle of Gelderlãd was made duke.The Earle of [...]elderlande [...]cared Duke. This duke of Gelderland na+med Reginald had
maried the ladie Iſabell ſi|ſter of K. Edward, and therfore in fauour of the
king his brother in law, trauailed moſt ear|neſtly to procure him all the
friendes within the Empire that he coulde make. The princes and lordes then,
with whome king Edwarde was alied and confederated at that time,King Ed|vvardes confe|derates. I finde to bee theſe,
the Dukes of Brabant, and Gelderlande, the Archb. of Colen the marques of
Gulike, ſir Arnold de Baquehen, & the lorde of Wal [...]burghe, who all promiſed to defie the Frenche K. in the king of
Englands quarrel, & to ſerue him with notable numbers of men, where
and whenſoeuer it ſhoulde pleaſe him to appoint. The alliaunce of the erle
of Hay|naulte, firſt procured the king of England all theſe friendes, vnto
the whiche erle he had ſent ouer the biſhop of Lincolne and other in
am|baſſade immediatly after that he had reſolued to make warres againſt
Fraunce, by the coun|ſell, and aduice of ſir Roberte Dartois, as in the
Frenche hiſtorie more plainelie appeareth.
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1 In this meane ſeaſon was
Queene Phillip brought to bed at Antwarpe of hir third ſonne,Lionell that vvas alter duke of Clarence borne.
whiche was named Lionell. The K. of Eng|land earneſtlie followed his
buſines, and had many treaties with his friendes and confede|rates, til at
length he made ſure to him ye frend|ſhip of all thoſe townes and countreys,
whiche lie betwixt Fraũce and the riuer of Rhein: on|ly the cities of
Tourney and Cambray held of the frenche kings parte, thoughe Cambray
be|longed to the Empire.
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1 In this .xij.
Additions to Adam Me|rimouth.
A parliament at Northamp|ton.
A Subſidie vp|pon vvooll. The Clergie graunteth a tenthe.
yeare of K. Edwards raigne at a counſell holden at Northampton by
the duke of Cornewall, lorde Wardein of Englãd in abſence of the king his
brother, and by many of the prelates and barons of the realme, there was
graunted to the king a ſubſidie in wooll to the great burden of the cõmons:
but for ſo much as the Clergie of the land was not preſent at that counſell,
it was ordeined that they ſhoulde be called, and ſo they aſſembled in a
conuoca|tion at London the firſte day of October, in which the clergie
graunted to the king a .x. for the thirde yere then to come, ouer and beſide
the ij. tenthes before graunted, and that the .x. of this preſent yeare
ſhoulde be paide in ſhorter time than it was appointed: but they flatly
de|nyed to graunt their woolles, whiche neuerthe|leſſe the laitie paid, and
that to their great hin|drance, for it roſe double to a Fifteene.Greate raine From the begynnyng of October, vnto the
begin|ning of December this yeare, fell ſuche abun|daunce of of raine, that
it hindered greatly the haſbandemen in ſowing of their winter corne: and in
the beegynnyng of December came ſuche a vehement froſte continuing the ſpace
of xij. wreks, that it deſtroyed vp all the ſeede al|moſt that was ſowen, by
reaſon whereof ſmall ſtore of winter corne came to proofe in the ſom|mer EEBO page image 904 following: but though there was no plẽ|tie,
1339
An. reg. 13.
yet all kindes of graine were ſolde at a reaſonable price, through
want of money.
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2 The Frenchemen by ſea
ſore infeſted the ſea coaſt of this realm, ſpecially where the Cham|pion
countreis ſtretch towards the ſea coaſtes. At Haſtings in the feaſt of
Corpus Christi,
The frenchmẽ inuade the coaſtes of this lande. Plimmon
the brente. they brent certayne fiſhermens houſes, and ſlewe ſome
of the inhabitantes. Alſo in the Hauens aboute Deuonſhire, and Cornewall,
and to|wards Briſtowe, they tooke and
brent certaine ſhippes, killing the marriners that came into their handes,
and in the Whitſon weeke they landed at Plimmouth, and brente the more part
of the towne: but Hugh Courtney earle of De|uonſhire,The
Earle of Deuonshire. a man almoſte .lxxx. yeres of age, and other
knightes and men of the countrey came againſte theſe Frenchmen, ſleaing ſuch
as came into their hands to the number of .v.C. as was eſteemed,R. Southwell &
chaſed the reſidue. The Scots alſo aboute the ſame time did muche hurt to
ye eng|liſhmen both by ſea & lande. In the beginning of Iuly the
lord Will. Douglas with a nũber of men of warre returned frõ Fraũce home
in|to England,VVilliam Dou|glas. & to him
vpon his return, ye caſtell of Cowper was deliuered with al the country
there abouts. After this, cõming to the ſiege of S. Iohns towne, which the
gouernor the erle of Murrey,Hect. Boetius the erle
of March, Patrik de Dun|barre and other of
the Scottiſhe lords had be|ſieged, at length it was ſurrendred by ſir
Tho|mas Vthred capitaine there of the engliſh ga|riſon, departing in ſafetie
home into England. Three dayes before the feaſt of the Aſſumption of our
Lady, there chaunced in the night ſeaſon ſuche a mightie and ſoden
invndation of water at Newcaſtell vpon Tine,A
floude. that it bare downe a peece of the towne wall a .vj.
perches in lẽgth neare to a place caled Walknow, where a .C. and .xx. temporall men with diuers prieſts and
many women were drowned.
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1 But nowe to returne to
the K. which al this while remained in Brabant. Ye haue hearde howe ye
citie of Cambray held with the French king: wherefore the king of Englande
aſſem|bling togither a mightie ſtrong army aſwell of engliſhmẽ as of the
low countreys of Teutch|lande, ment to beſiege it, but firſte he ſente the
archebiſhoppe of Canterburie with the biſhops of Lincolne and Durham vnto
Arras, as com|miſſioners from him to meete
there with the Archebiſhoppe of Roven,Commiſſioners ſente
to treate of peace. and the biſhoppes of Langres, and Beauvais,
appointed to come thither as commiſſioners from the French king, to treate
with the engliſhmen of a peace, but they coulde not agree vppon any
concluſion,They cannot agree. wherevppon King
Edwarde comming fore|warde with hys power,Cambray
be|ſieged. approched to Cambray and planted his ſiege rounde about
it. But the biſhoppe meaning not to deliuer the [...] king Edwarde nor to any other that [...] demaund into the dehoofe of the emptie o [...]
[...] doui [...] of Bauiere, as then excommunication the Pope,Ia.
M [...]. had receiued into the towne [...] Frenchmen with the french kings eldeſt [...] the Duke of Normandie lately re [...]
[...] of Guyenne, and the lorde Theobald M [...] with certaine companies of Sauoiſius, ſo that the citie was ſo
defẽded, that the king of Eng|lande perceiuyng he ſhould but loſe time [...]+ed his ſiege, and entred into Fraunce,
The King [...]+ſeth his [...] and [...]
Fabia [...]. Vh. VV [...]
pitchyng his fielde at a place called Flamingo [...]
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1 In the meane time had the
French king not onely made himſelfe ſtrong by lande, [...] by ſea, hauing ſente foorthe a ſtrong [...] of ſhips and galleys towards the coaſtes of Eng|lande,
[...]
whiche arriuing at Southampton the Monday after Michaelmaſſe day,
took and ſp [...]+led the town, & the morow after ſet [...] in v. places, ſo that a great part of it was [...].
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2 Alſo .xiij. ſayles of the
French fleete [...]the with .v. engliſhe ſhips, & after ſore fight whiche
continued .ix. houres, tooke two of thoſe be|ing tall and goodlye ſhyppes,
the one called the Edwarde, and the other the Chriſtofer,Tvvo [...] shippes t [...]
the o|ther .iij. being ſmaller veſſels, as two of [...] Barks and the other a Caruell eſcaped by that ſwiftneſſe of ſailing.
There was ſlaine in th [...] fight vpon bothe partes aboue the number of vj.C. men. The Frenche
king himſelfe hea|ring that the king of England woulde inuade his realme,
made his generall aſſemble of hys army at Peronne, and when he hearde that
he was entred France,The Frenche Kings [...]. he remoued towards hym with his whole power beeing at the
poinct of C. thouſande men as in the frenche Chronicle ye may reade more at
large.Ia. Mer. The K. of Eng|lande had not
paſte .lx.M. in his armie at the moſte: but whileſte he lieth there vpon the
bor|ders of Fraũce, his people did much, hurt ma|king roads abrode beyond
the water of Some,Tovvn by the en [...] men in Fr [...]
brenning and ſpoiling abbeis towns and villa|ges, as Orignie ſaint
Benoit, Ribemont in Thieraſſe, ſaint Gouan, Marle, and Creſſ [...]e. Alſo the lorde Beamont of Heynnaulte brente the towne of
Guyſe,The [...] b [...]. though his daughter was as then within the ſame towne wiſe
to Lewes Erle of Blois:The Earle of Heynault. his
brother Williã erle of Hey|nault was lately before deceſſed leauing ye
erle|dom to his ſon named alſo Will. who continu|ed with ye K. of Englãde
ſo long as he lay be|fore Cambray, & kept him within the bondes of
the empire, as though his allegiaũce had boũde him to no leſſe, but after
the ſaid K. was paſſed the Ryuer of Leſcault, otherwiſe called the Skell,
and in latine Scaldis, whiche deuideth the empire from the kingdome
of Fraunce, hee woulde no longer ſerue the king of England, EEBO page image 905 but departed from hym for feare to offende the French king, accounting
that the matter pertey|ned not nowe to the Empyre, but to the priuate
quarell and buſineſſe of the king of Englande: notwithſtanding his vncle the
ſayde ſir Iohn like a faythfull gentleman continued ſtill in king Edward his
ſeruice.
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The armies approch neare togither.The two armies
of England and Fraunce approched within foure myles togyther, ſo that euery
man thought that there woulde ſure haue
beene battaile betwixt them, as there had bene in deede, if the Frenche king
had beene willing, yet ſome ſaye,Froiſſart. that
hee of himſelfe was diſpoſed ther|to, but hys Counſaylours aduyſed hym to
the contrarie, by reaſon of certayne ſignes and to|kens whiche they
myſlyked, as the ſtarting of an Hare amongſt them, and ſuch like.
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1 Alſo it was ſayde that
Robert King of Na|ples beeing then come into France,Robert king of Sicill diſ| [...]wadeth the French king to fight with [...]he king of Englande. whoſe know|ledge in Aſtronomie was
knowne to bee greate, diſwaded the Frenche
King by hys letters, that in no wyſe hee ſhoulde fight wyth the King of
Englande, for hee hadde vnderſtanding by arte of the heauenly influences and
diſpoſition of the bodies aboue, that if the Frenche King fought wyth thys
Edwarde King of Englande, hee ſhoulde aſſuredly bee put to the worſe:
whether this was the cauſe, or any other, ſure it is that the French men had
no mynde to fight, ſo that theſe two mightie armies departed in ſunder
without battaile,The
armies [...]re without battaile. and the king of Englande returned into
Flaunders, ſorie in deede that he had not fought, for though he had not with
him halfe the number that the French king had, yet in truſt of the
va|liancie of his ſouldiers, choſen out of the pykeſt men through Englande
and all the lowe Coun|treyes on this ſyde the Rhine, he ment verily to haue
encountered his enimyes, if they had come forwarde.
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[...] councell at [...]kils.At his comming back into Brabant, there was a Councell called at Bruſſels, where were pre|ſent
all thoſe Lordes of the Empyre whiche had beene with him in that iourney, as
the Dukes of Brabant, Guelderlande, and Gulicke, the Marques of Blankbourgh,
the Earle of Bergen, the lord Beaumont of Heynault, otherwiſe called ſir
Iohn de Heynault, the Lord of Valkẽbourgh, and many others. Thither came
alſo Iaques Arteueld chiefe gouernor of Flaunders.
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1 Here in counſail taken
how the king of Eng|lande might beſt
maintaine the warres which he had begonne thus agaynſt the Frenche king, hee
was aduyſed that he ſhoulde in any wyſe require them of Flaunders to ayde
hym, and in hys quarell to defie the Frenche King, and to go with him
agaynſt the ſayde Frenche King, and if they woulde thus doe, then ſhoulde
hee promiſe them to recouer and delyuer into theyr handes the townes of
Lyſle, Doway, and Bethon. The king of England according to this aduiſe to
him giuen, made ſuch requeſt to the Flemings, who therevpon deſired tyme to
conſult togither, what they might doe therein, and finally they declare for
anſwere, that they woulde gladly ſo doe, but yet whereas they were bounde by
faithe and othe and in the ſumme of two millions of Florens in the Popes
chamber, not to make nor moue any warre againſt the King of Fraunce,
whoſoeuer he were, on paine to loſe that ſumme,The motiõ
of the Flemings to haue the K. of England to take vpon him the title to
the crowne of Fraunce. and beſyde to runne in the ſentence of
curſing, they beſought hym that it myght ſtande wyth hys pleaſure, to take
vppon hym the tytle and armes of France, as the ſame apperteyned to hym of
ryght, and then woulde they obey him as righfull King of Fraunce, and
requyre of hym acquittaunces in diſcharge of theyr bondes, and he to pardon
them thereof, as rightfull king of Fraunce.
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1 The King of Englande,
though he hadde iuſt cauſe to clayme the Crowne of Fraunce, in ryght of hys
mother Queene Iſabell, yet to take vppon hym the name and Armes of that
Realme, before hee hadde made conqueſt of any part thereof, hee thought it
ſtoode not with much reaſon: but yet after he hadde cauſed the matter to bee
throughly debated, amongeſt them of hys Counſayle, as well to ſatiſfie the
Flemings as for other reſpects, hee ſawe it ſhoulde bee the beſt way that
might bee taken to the aduaunce|ment of his purpoſe.
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1 Then hee aunſwered the
Flemings,The kings an|ſwere to the Flemings.
that if they woulde ſweare, and ſeale to thys accorde, and promiſe to
mainteine his warre, he would be contented to fulfill theyr deſyre, and alſo
hee promyſed to get for them againe the townes of Liſle, Doway, and
Bethune.Theſe townes had beene engaged to the king of
France for money.
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1 Herevpon was a day
aſſigned to meete at Gaunt: the King came thither, and the moſte parte of
the ſayde Lordes, and all the Coun|ſaylers of the good Townes and places in
Flaunders were there aſſembled, and ſo all the foreſayde matters were
rehearſed, ſworne,The quarte|ring of the armes of
Eng|land & France. and ſealed, and the armes of Fraunce
were then quar|tered with thoſe of Englande, and from thence|forth he tooke
vppon hym the name of King of Fraunce, in all his wrytings, proclamations,
and commaundements.
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1 Sith then that we bee
come to this place,Polidor. it ſhall not bee muche
amyſſe to rehearſe ſome|what of the ryght and tytle whereby king Ed|warde
did thus clayme the Crowne of Fraunce, hauing of purpoſe omitted to ſpeake
thereof, tyll nowe that he entituled himſelfe wyth the name, and tooke vppon
him to beare the armes alſo of Fraunce, vpõ occaſion before expreſſed. It
is wel EEBO page image 906 knowne that Philip le Beau King of Fraunce hadde
iſſue by hys wyfe Queene Ioane three ſonnes,The iſſue of
Philip le Beau. Lewes ſurnamed Hutine, Philippe le Long, and
Charles le Beau: Alſo two daugh|ters, the one dying in hir infancie, and the
other named Iſabell lyued, and was maryed vnto Ed|warde the ſeconde of that
name King of Eng|lande, who begotte of hir this Edward the thirde, that made
this clayme.
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1 The three ſonnes of the
foreſayde Philip le Beau reigned eche
after other, as Kinges of Fraunce. Firſt after Philip the father, ſucceeded
his eldeſt ſonne Lewes Hutine,Lewes Autine. who
had iſſue by his firſte wife Margaret, daughter to Robert Duke of Burgoigne,
a daughter named Ioane, the whiche was anone gyuen in maryage vnto Lewes
Erle of Eureur: but ſhe liuing not long, dyed without iſſue. Hir father the
ſayde Lewes Hutine, maryed after the deceaſſe of his firſt wife, an other
wyfe named Clemence, daughter to Charles
Martell, the father of Robert King of Scicill, whome hee left great wyth
childe when he dyed.
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1 The childe beeing borne
proued a ſonne, and was named Iohn, but liued not many dayes af|ter.Philip le Long. Then Philip the Long was admitted to
the Crowne of Fraunce, though many ſtoode in opinion that Ione the daughter
of Lewes Hu|tine, whiche yet was aliue, ought to haue inheri|ted the
kingdome after hir father: and namely O|do
Duke of Burgoigne. Vncle to the ſaid Ione, was moſt earneſt in that matter
in fauour of his Nece. But myght ouercame ryght, ſo that hee was conſtrayned
to bee quiet. Philip le Long, after he hadde raigned fiue yeares dyed alſo,
and left no iſſue behinde hym.Charles le Beau.
Then laſtly Charles le Beau tooke vpon hym the kingdome, and the ſeuenth
yeare after dyed, his wyfe bigge bellyed, which ſhortly after brought forth
a Mayden na|med Blaunche, that ſtreight wayes haſting to followe hir Father, lyued no whyle in thys worlde.
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1 By this meanes then the
bloud royall in the heyres Male of Philippe le Beau was extingui|ſhed in hys
Sonne the foreſayd Charles le Beau, whereof the contention tooke begynning
aboute the right to the Crowne of Fraunce, betwyxte the Frenche menne and
Engliſhe menne, whiche hangeth as yet vndecyded tyll theſe our dayes. For
King Edwarde auerred that the kingdome of
Fraunce apperteyned vnto hym as lawfull heyre, bycauſe that hee alone was
remayning of the kings ſtocke, and touched hys Mothers fa|ther Philip le
Beau, in the next degree of con|ſanquinitie, as hee that was borne of his
daugh|ter Iſabell.
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1 Therefore immediately
after the deceaſſe of the ſayd Charles le Beau, by Ambaſſadours ſent vnto
the Peeres of Fraunce,King E [...]
[...] right [...] crowne of Fraunce. hee publiſhe [...] to them hys right, requyring that they woulde [...]|mitte hym king according therevnto: but hys Ambaſſadours coulde neuer
bee quietly hearde, and therefore returned home wythout anye to|wardly
anſwere, whiche mooued him in the ende to attempt the recouerie of hys
lawfull inheri|taunce, by force, ſithe by lawe hee coulde not pre|uayle, and
now by aduice of hys friendes to take vpon him both the tytle and Armes of
Fraunce, to ſignifie to the Worlde what right he hadde to the ſame.
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1 After that this league
therefore was conclu|ded with them of Flaunders,
Iames M [...]
King Edw [...] tooke vpon him the [...] and armed of K. of Fraunce The Fl [...] ſweare [...] to the king [...] England.
and that king Ed|warde had taken vppon him the name of king of
Fraunce with the Armes, the Duke of Guclder|land, and Iaques van Arteueld,
went vnto al the good townes and iuriſdictions of Flaunders to receyue theyr
othes of fidelitie vnto king Ed|warde, perſwading with the people, that the
ſu|preme rule belonged vnto hym, ſauing to the townes their auncient lawes
and liberties, and to their Earle his right of proprietie.
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1 About the latter ende of
this .xiij.Addit [...] Tri [...]e [...]
yere of king Edwardes raigne, the mariners and Sea man of the cinque
Portes, getting them abourde into a number of ſmall ſhippes and Balingers,
well trimmed and appoynted for the purpoſe, paſſed o|uer to Bullongne, where
they tooke lande one day in a thicke foggie weather,The
Engl [...] men burn the French ſhippes in Bolongne. and ſetting on the
Baſe towne, they burnt .xix. Gallies, foure great ſhippes, and to the number
of .xx. ſmaller veſſels, togither with their tackle and furniture.
[figure appears here on page 906]
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1 They ſet fire alſo on the
houſes that ſtood nere to the water ſide, & namely they burnt one
great houſe, wherein lay ſuch a number of oares, ſayles, armor &
croſſebows, as might haue ſufficed to fur|niſh ſo many men as could be wel
abourd in .xix. Galleys. There were many ſlaine on both partes in atchieuing
this enterpriſe, but more of the Frenchmen than of the Engliſhmen.
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1 About the ſame time the
Queene of England EEBO page image 907 was deliuered of hir fourth
ſonne in the towne of Gaunt,Iohn of Gaunt [...]borne. the which was named Iohn, firſt created Erle of
Richmond, and after Duke of Lancaſter. He was borne about Chriſtmaſſe in
this .xiij. yeare of king Edwards raigne.
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1
1340
An. Reg. 14.
When king Edward had finiſhed his buſineſſe with the Flemings at
Gaunt, he left his wife Q. Philip there ſtil in that towne, and returned
him|ſelfe vnto Andwarpe, and ſhortly after about the feaſt of Candlemaſſe,
tooke the Sea, and came backe into
Englande, to prouide for money to mainteyn his begon warres. And herevpon
about the time of Lent following,A Parliament. hee
called his highe court of Parliament at Weſtminſter, in the which he aſked
of his commons towardes hys charges for the recouerie of his right in
Fraunce the fifth parte of theyr moueable goodes,H [...]n. Marl. Polidor. the cu|ſtomes of woolles for two yeares,
to be payde a|forehand, and the .ix. ſheafe of euery mans corne. At length
it was agreed, that the king ſhoulde haue
for cuſtome of euerie ſacke of wooll fortye ſhillings,A
ſubſidie. for euery three hundred wool felles forty ſhillings, and
for euerie laſt of leader .xl. ſhillings, and for other marchandice after
the rate, to begin at the feaſt of Eaſter, in this .xiiij. yeare of the
kings raigne, & to endure till the feaſt of Pẽtecoſt then next
folowing, & frõ that feaſt, till the feaſt of pẽtecoſt thẽ next
enſuing into one yere, for which the king graunted that from the feaſt of
Pente|coſt which was then to come into one yeare, hee nor his heyres ſhould not demaunde aſſeſſe, nor take, nor
ſuffer to bee aſſeſſed or taken, more cu|ſtome of a ſacke of wooll of any
Engliſhman, but halfe a marke, and vpon the wooll felles & leader
the olde former cuſtome.
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1 Beſide this, the Citizens
and Burgeſſes of ci|ties and good townes, graunted to giue the ninth part of
all their goods, & the forrain marchants & other not liuing
of gaine, nor of breeding cattell, nor of ſheepe, ſhoulde giue the .xv. part
of all theyr goods lawfully to the value:
for the which he grã|ted that aſwell now in time of warre as of peace, all
marchants denizens, & forreyners, (thoſe except that were of the
enimies countreys) might with|out let, ſafely come into the realme of
Englande with their goods & marchandices, and ſafely tarie, and
likewiſe returne, paying the cuſtomes, ſubſi|dies, & profites
reaſonable thereof due, ſo alwayes that the franchiſes, and free cuſtomes
granted by him or his predeceſſors reaſonably to the citie of Lõdon, and other cities, burroughes, and townes
might alwayes to them be ſaued. Moreouer there was granted vnto him the .ix.
ſheafe, the .ix. fleeſe, and .ix. lambe, to be taken by two yeares next
cõ|ming. And for the leuying therof, the Lords of e|uerie ſhire through the
lande, were appoynted to anſwer him, euery one for the circuite within the
which he dwelled. And bycauſe the K. muſt needs occupie much money ere the
receyt of this ſubſidie could come to his hands, he borowed in ye meane
time many notable ſummes of diuerſe cities, and particular perſons of this
land, amõgſt the which he borrowed of the citie of Lõdon .20000.
marks.The Citie of London len|deth the king
money. to be payed againe of the money comming of the foreſayde
ſubſedie.
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1 In the meane while, now
that king Edwarde was come backe into England, the warres were hotely
purſued agaynſt his friends, that had their landes neare to the borders of
France, and name|ly agaynſt ſir Iohn de Heynault Lorde Beau|mont, for the
Frenchmen burned all his lands of Chymay, except the fortreſſes, and tooke
from thence a great pray.The Frontiers of France full of
men of war. All the frontiers were full of men of war, lodged
within townes in garniſon, as at Tourney, Mortaign, S. Amond, Doway,
Cambray, and in other ſmaller fortreſſes.
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1 Theſe men of warre lay
not ydle, but were doing oftentymes in Flaunders, and ſometyme otherwhere,
neyther was the Countrey of Hey|nault ſpared, though the Earle (as ye haue
beard) did not onelye refuſe to ſerue the king of Eng|lande, agaynſt
Fraunce, but alſo when the ſame king entred Fraunce, hee reſorted to the
Frenche king, and ſerued him, yet by the ſuggeſtion of the Biſhoppe of
Cambray, who complayned of the Haynuyers, for the domages which they hadde
done him, the French garniſons of the Frontiers there about, were commaunded
to make a roade into that Countrey, which they, did burning the
[figure appears here on page 907] town of Aſpere, & brought frõ thẽce a
great hootie.The towne of Aſpere burnt.
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1 The Earle of Heynault
ſore mooued there|with to haue his landes ſo ſpoyled and burnt;The Earle of Heynault de|fieth the frẽch king.
de|fied the French king, and ioyning with his vncle the Lorde Beaumont,
entred with an armie into Thieraſſe, tooke and deſtroyed Aubenton wyth
Mawbert Fontaine. De ube [...]ville, & diuerſe other.Townes burne in
Thieraſte.
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1 In this meane tyme the
Frenche king pro|cured the Pope to pronounce hys Curſſe a|gaynſt the
Flemings for theyr Rebellion, and to ſuſpende all diuine Seruice that oughte
to EEBO page image 908 be ſayde in any hallowed place,Flaunders in|terdicted. ſo that there were no Prieſtes to be
founde that woulde take vpon them to ſaye any diuine ſeruice: wherevpon the
Flemings ſent ouer into Englãd certaine Meſ|ſengers to giue notice to King
Edwarde howe they were entreated, but hee ſent them worde that he woulde
bring at his comming ouer vnto them, Prieſtes that ſhould ſay Maſſes, and
other ſeruice whether the Pope would or not, for hee had priuiledge ſo to
do.
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1 In Aprill William Melten
Archebiſhop of Yorke departed this lyfe, after whome variaunce roſe in the
election of a newe Gouernour to that Churche, ſo that two were elected,
William la Zouche, and William Killeſby: but at length William la Zouche
tooke place,Mert [...]
being the [...] Archbiſhop that had ſit in that ſeate.
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1 The Earles of Saliſburie
and Suffolke,Meri [...]. Iames M [...]
whiche were left in Flaunders by King Ed|warde to helpe the
Flemings, ſhortly after Ea|ſter, or (as other haue) in the tyme of Lent,
were diſcomfited by the garniſon of Lyſle, and taken priſoners as they
woulde haue paſſed by that Towne, to haue ioyned with Iaques Arteueld,The Earles Salisburie [...] Suffolk th [...]
meaning to beſiege Tourney, but nowe by the taking of thoſe two
Earles that entterpriſe was broken.
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1 The Duke of Normandie
with a greate ar|mye entered into Heynault,The Cou [...] of Heynault [...] inuaded. burning and wa|ſting the Countrey, euen to the
Gates of Va|lenciennes,
[figure appears here on page 908] and Queſnoy.
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1 And thus were they
occupied in thoſe partyes, whileſt the king of Englande prepareth hymſelfe
wyth all diligence to returne into Flaunders.
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1
Gaguin.The French king being aduertiſed, that the
king of Englande ment ſhortly to
returne in|to Flaunders wyth a greate power, in pur|poſe to inuade the
Realme of Fraunce on that ſyde,A great nauie prepared by
the French K. aſſembled a nauie of foure hundred ſhips vnder the
leading of three expert Captaynes of the warres by Sea, as Sir Hugh Kiriell,
Sir Peter Bahuchet, and a Geneweis named Barbe Noir, appoynting them to the
coaſtes of Flaunders to defende the King of Englande from landing there, if
by any meanes they might.
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1 Theſe three Captaynes or
Admirals came and lay with theyr Shippes wythin the hauen of Sluiſe, for
that it was ſuppoſed the King of Englande woulde arriue there, as his
mea|ning was in deede, wherevpon when his menne, Shippes, and prouiſions
were once readie in the Moneth of Iune, hee tooke the Sea with two hundred
ſayle, and directing hys courſe towards Flaunders, there came vnto hym the
Lorde Robert Morley,The king of England ta|keth the [...]
wyth the North Nauye of Englande, ſo that then hee hadde in all
aboute three hundred ſayle, or as other ſay, two hun|dred and three
ſcore.
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1 The French nauie lay
betwixt Sluife and Blaneberg,Polidor. Iames [...]
ſo that when the King of Englande approched, eyther part diſcryed
other, and there|with prepared them to battayle. The king of Englande ſtayed
till the Sunne whiche at the firſt was in hys face, came ſomwhat Weſtward,
and ſo had it vpon his backe, that it ſhoulde not hynder the ſight of his
people,The king of England ta|keth vpon [...] enimies. and ſo therewyth ſetteth vppon hys enimyes wyth
great manhood, who lykewyſe verye ſtoutely encountered hym, by reaſon
whereof, enſued a ſore and deadlye fight betwyxt them. The Nauies on both
ſides were deuided into three battayles.Addition [...] Tri [...]
On the Eng|liſhe parte, the Erles of Glouceſter, Northamp|ton and
Huntingdon, who was Admirall of the Fleete that belonged to the cinque
Portes, and the Lorde Robert Morley Admirall of the Northren Nauie hadde the
guyding of the fore warde, bearing themſelues right valiauntly, ſo EEBO page image 915 that at length the Engliſhe men hauing the ad|uauntage, not
onely of the Sunne, but alſo of the wynde and tyde, ſo fortunately, that the
Frenche Fleete was dryuen into the ſtreyghts of the Hauen, in ſuche wyſe
that neyther the Souldiours, nor Mariners, coulde helpe them|ſelues,
inſomuche that bothe Heauen, the Sea, and Winde, ſeemed to haue conſpyred
agaynſte the Frenche menne.The victory of the Engliſhmẽ
at the battaile of Sl [...]ſe. And herewith many ſhippes of Flaunders ioyning
themſelues wyth the Engliſhe Fleete, in
the ende the Frenche menne were vanquiſhed, ſlaine, and taken, theyr Shippes
beeing alſo eyther taken, bowged, or broken.
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1
Additions to Triuet and Meremouth.When night was
come vppon them, there were thirtie Frenche ſhippes, that yet had not
en|tred the battayle, the whiche ſought by couert of the nyght to haue
ſtolen away, and one of them being a mightie great Veſſell, called the Iames
of Deepe, woulde haue taken away with hyr a Shippe of Sandwiche that belonged to the Pri|our of Caunterburie:The Iames of Deepe. but by the helpe of the Earle of
Huntington, after they had fought all the night tyll the nexte morning, the
Engliſhe men at length preuayled, and taking that great huge ſhippe of
Deepe, founde in hir aboue foure hundred dead bodies.
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1 To conclude, verie fewe
of the French ſhips eſcaped,
[...]be [...].
[...]aguin.
except ſome of theyr ſmaller Veſſelles, and certaine Gallies with
their Admirall Bar|benoir, who in the
beginning of the battayle got forth of the Hauen,
[...]uesburie. [...]ho. VValſ. Meremouth. aduiſing the other Cap|taynes to doe
the lyke, thereby to aduoyde the daunger, which they wylfully embraced.
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1 There dyed in this
battayle fought (as ſome write) on mydſommer day in the yeare
aforeſayd,
[...]roiſſart. [...]ames Mair. [...]. Southwel.
The number [...]i [...]e.
[...]ob Southw.
of Frenche menne to the number of thirtie thou|ſande, of Engliſhe
menne about foure thouſande, (or as other haue that liued in thoſe dayes,
not paſte foure hundred:) amongeſt whome there were foure Knightes of great Nobilitie, as Sir Thomas
Monhermere, Sir Thomas Lati|mer, Sir Iohn Boteler and Sir Thomas
Poy|nings.
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1 It is ſayd alſo, that the
king himſelf was hurt in the thigh. The two Engliſh ſhippes that had bene
taken the yeare before, the Edward, and the Chriſtopher, were recouered at
this time, amõgſt other of the French ſhips that were taken there. Sir
Peter Bahuchet was hanged vpon a Croſſe
poale faſtened to a Maſte of one of the ſhippes.
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1 Through the wilfulneſſe
of this man, the French menne receyued this loſſe (as the Frenche Chronicles
report) bycauſe he kept the nauie ſo long within the Hauen, tyll they were
ſo enclo|ſed by the Engliſhe men, that a great number of the Frenchmen could
neuer come to ſtrike ſtroke, nor to vſe the ſhotte of theyr Artillarie, but
to the hurt of their fellowes. Howſoeuer it was, the Engliſhe menne gotte a
famous victorie, to the great comfort of themſelues, and diſcomfort of their
aduerſaries.
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1 The king of England after
he had thus van|quiſhed his enimies, remayned on the Sea by the ſpace of
three dayes, and then comming on lande, went to Gaunt, where he was receyued
of the Queene wyth great ioy and gladneſſe.
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1 In thys meane whyle hadde
the Duke of Normandye beſieged the Caſtell of Thuyne Leueſques, neare to
Cambray,
Southwell: The king go|eth to Gaunt. Froiſſard.
which was ta|ken by Sir Walter of Manny, a Lorde of Hey|nault at the
firſt begynning of the warres, and euer ſince till that tyme, kept to the
king of Eng|lande his vſe.
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1 The Earle of Heynault who
had beene of late both in Englande with king Edwarde, and alſo in Almaine
with the Emperour to purchaſe theyr aſſyſtaunce for the defence of his
Coun|trey agaynſte the inuaſions of the Frenche menne, was nowe returned
home, and meaning to reſcue ſuch as were beſieged in Thuyne, ſente for
ſuccours into Flaunders, and into Al|maigne, and in the meane tyme leuying
ſuche power, as hee coulde make within hys owne Countrey, came therewyth
vnto Valenciennes, whither forthwyth reſorted vnto hym the Earle of Namure,
wyth two hundred Speares, the Duke of Brabant wyth ſixe hundred, the Duke of
Guelderlande, the Earle of Bergen, the Lord of Valkenhergh, and dyuerſe
other, the which to|gither, with the Earle of Heynault,The ryuer of Leftault, or the Scelle. went and lodged alõg by
the riuer of Leſtault ouer againſt the Frenche hoſt whiche kept ſiege (as
yee haue hearde) vnder the conduct of the Duke of Nor|mandie before Thuyne
Leueſche, that is ſituate vpon the ſame ryuer.
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1 There came alſo to the
ayde of the Earle of Heynault, Iaques Arteuelde,The
Flemings with three ſcore thouſand Flemings. It was thought that
they would haue fought ere they had departed in ſun|der, but they did not.
For after it was knowne how the king of Englande was arriued in Flan|ders,
and had diſcomfited the French Fleete, the Duke of Brabant and other,
thoughte good to breake vp theyr enterprice for that tyme, and to reſorte
vnto the King of Englande, to vnder|ſtande what hys purpoſe was to doe.
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1 Neyther were the French
men haſtie to giue battaile, ſo that after the Captaynes of Thuyne
Leueſche,Sir Richard Lymoſin. Sir Richarde
Lymoſyn Knyght an Engliſhe manne, and two Eſquiers, brethren to the Earle of
Namure, Iohn, and Thierry, had left theyr Fortreſſe voyde, and were come
ouer the Ryuer by Boates vnto the Earle of Hey|naultes Campe, the armyes on
both ſides brake vppe and departed, the Frenche menne into EEBO page image 910
Fraunce, and the other to Valenciennes, and from thence the Princes and
great Lordes drew vnto Gaunt,The armies breake vp.
to welcome the king of Englande into the Countrey, of whome they were ryghte
ioyfully receyued: and after they had comma|ned togither of theyr affayres,
it was appoynted by the King, that they ſhoulde meete hym at Villefort in
Brabant at a daye prefixed, where he woulde be readie to conſult with them
aboute his proceedings in his warres againſt his aduer|ſaries the Frenchmen.
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1
The aſſemble of the Princes at Villelorde.At the
day appoynted, there came to Ville|fort the Dukes of Brabant, and
Guelderlande, the Erle of Heynault, Gulicke, Namure, Blac|kenheym, Bergen,
ſir Robert Dartois Earle of Richmont, the Erle of Valkenburg, and Iaques
Arteveld, with the other rulers of Flaunders and many others.
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1 Here it was ordayned,
that the Countreys of Flaunders,The couenants betwixt the
K. of England & his cõfederats. Brabant, and Heynault,
ſhoulde be ſo vnited and knitte in one
corporation, that nothing ſhoulde bee done amongeſt them in publike
affayres, but by common conſent, and if any warres were mooued agaynſt any
of them, then ſhoulde the other be readie to ayde them, a|gaynſt whome any
ſuch warre was moued: and if vpon any occaſion anye diſcorde roſe betwixt
them for anye matter, they ſhoulde make an ende of it amongeſt themſelues,
and if they coulde not, then ſhoulde they ſtande to the iudge|ment and
arbitrement of the king of Englande, vnto whome they bounde themſelues by
othe to keepe this ordinance and agreement.
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1 The French king being
enfourmed that the king of Englande ment to lay ſiege vnto Tour|ney, as it
was in deede deuiſed at this counſaile holden at Villefort,
Froiſſa [...].
Tourney [...]+niſhed the ſtrong p [...] of men.
tooke order for the furniſhing therof with men, munition, and
vittayles in moſt defencible wiſe.
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1 There were ſent to that
towne the beſt men of warre in all Fraunce, as the Earle of Ewe Coneſtable
of Fraunce, the yong Erle of Guines his ſonne, the Earle of Foiz and his
brethren, the Earle Amerie de Narbon, with many other, hauing with them
foure thouſande Souldiers. Sir Godmar du Foy was there before as Cap|taine
of the towne, ſo that it was prouided of all things neceſſarie.
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1
2 The king of Englande yet
according as it was appoynted at the Counſaile holden at Vil|lefort, about
the feaſt of Marie Magdalen, de|parted from Gaunt, and came to Tourney,
ha|uing wyth hym ſeuen Earles of hys owne Countrey, as Darbie, Pembroke,
Hereforde,Tourney be+ſieged. Huntingdon,
Northampton, Glouceſter, and Arundell, eyght Prelates .xxviij. Baronettes,
two hundred Knightes, foure thouſande men of Armes, and nine thouſande
Archers, beſide other
[figure appears here on page 910] footemen. Hee lodged at
the Gate called Saint Martyn, the way towarde Liſle and Doway. Anon after came the Dukes of Brabante and
Gelderlande, the Erle of Gulick, the Marques of Blanqueburg, the Marques of
Muſſe, the Erles of Bergen, Sauin [...]s, and Heynault: alſo Iaques Arteueld,
The great nũ|ber of people at the ſiege of Tourney.
Iames Mair.
who brought with him aboue fortie thouſande Flemings. So that there
was at thys ſiege to the number of ſixe ſcore thouſande men as ſome wryters
doe affyrme. There was alſo an other armie of Flemings, as of the townes of
Ipre, Popringue, Furnes, Caſſell, and of the Chateleynye, of Berges beeing
to the num|ber of fortie thouſand, appoynted to make warre agaynſte the
Frenche menne that kept Saint Omers, and other townes there on the Frontiers
of Arthoys, whiche armie was ledde by the Earle of Richmond, otherwyſe
called the Lord Robert Dartois, & by ſir Henrie de Flanders,The Earle of Richmond. the which approching one day
to ſaint Omers, were EEBO page image 911 ſharpely fought with, for within
Saint Omers at that tyme lay a ſtrong power of Frenchemen with the Duke of
Burgoyne, the Earle of Ar|minacke and others.
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1 The Flemings were not
willing to ſerue, for neyther had they any truſt in their Captain the ſayde
Earle of Richmonde, neyther would they wyllingly haue paſſed oute of their
owne con|fines, but onely to defend the ſame from the inua|ſion of theyr
enimyes, yet through much per|ſwaſion
forwarde they goe, deuided into ſun|drie battayles contrarie to theyr
manner.
[...]e French [...] ſet vpon [...] Flemings. The enimyes perceyuing ſome aduantage, iſſue
forth vpon them, and aſſayle them very ſtoutely, inſo|much that the Earle of
Arminacke ſetting vpon them of Hypres, ouerthrewe them, and chaled them vnto
a towne called Arques, whiche they had a little before ſet on fire and
burned.
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1 Another companie of
Frenchemen, ſkinni|ſhing with them of Frankes, Furnes, and Ber|gis,
[...]e variable [...] is [...]es
put them alſo to the worſe Contrarily
thoſ [...] Frenchemen that encountered with the Lorde Robert Dartois, and them
of Bruges whom he ledde, ſuſteyned great loſſe, and were beaten backe into
the Citie: the Duke of Burgoyne hymſelfe being in no ſmall daunger for a
time, ſo ſharpe the bickering was betwixt them.Addition
to [...]mouth.
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1 There be that write that
this fight continu|ing from three of the clocke till euentide, and that the
Earle of Richmond was twiſe put to flight, for his people did leaue hym in
the plaine fielde:Sir Thomas Vthred. but at length
by the aduice of ſir Thomas V|thred, whom the king of Englande had
appoyn|ted to attende the ſayde Earle, wyth manye Engliſh meane and A [...]chers, hee aſſembled his people eftſoones togyther agayne, and ſetting
on his enimies, nowe when it was almoſt night, neare to the Gates of Saint
Omers, he finally ouercame them, where were flame of the French part .xv.
Barons, and .lxxx. knightes, beſide a great number of other people.
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1 Diuerſe alſo were ſlaine
on the Earle of Richmonds part at this laſt encounter, & among other
an Engliſh knight, that bare armes eſchec|ked ſiluer and gue [...]s.
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1 Finally as the Erle of
Richmont returned to|wardes his [...]ampe, which lay in the vale of Caſ|ſell, he met with certaine Arteſmes
& Frenchmẽ, which had bene chaſing the other Flemings, and though
it was late in the euening, that one could not take good view of an other,
yet here they fought againe, and ſo diuerſe of the Frenchmen were taken and
killed, and amongeſt other that were taken, was a knight of Burgoin; named
ſir Wil. de N [...]lly. But when the Erle of Richmond and thoſe that were with him came
to the place
[figure appears here on page 911] where ye campe, lay they found
that all the reſidue of the Flemings were fled and gone, and when the ſayde
Earle came to Caſſell,The Ea [...]e of Richmont [...] daunger to [...]e ſlaine. the people were
readie to haue ſlaine him, their former malice to|wards him being nowe much
encreaſed with the euill ſucceſſe of thys paſſed enterpryſe, ſo that hee was
glad to gette hym thence, and to repayre vnto king Edwarde, that lay yet at
the ſiege be|fore Tourney, during whiche ſiege many pro|per feates of armes
were done betwixte thoſe within, and them without: for fewe dayes paſſed
without the atchieuing of ſome enterpriſe.
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1 Alſo the Frenche King
hauing made hys aſ|ſemble at Arras,The great ar|my rayſed
by the French K. and gotte togyther a mightie hoſt, as well out of
the Empyre as of hys owne ſubiectes, came and lodged at the bridge of
Bouuines, three Leages from Tourney. There were wyth hym the King of Bohem,
the Duke of Lorraine, the Biſhoppe of Metz, the Erles of Bar, Mount
Belliard, and Sauoy, alſo the Dukes of Burgoigne, and Burbone, with a great
number of other Erles and Lordes, EEBO page image 912 ſo that the greateſt
puyſſance of all Fraunce was iudged to be there with the king.
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1 Whyleſt hee laye encamped
thus at Bou|uins, and the King of Englande at Tourney, manye exploytes were
atchieued betwyxt theyr people, who laye not ydle, but ſtill were ryding
abroade, and oftentymes mette, and then that parte that was weakeſt payed
for the others charges, ſo that many were ſlaine and taken on both ſydes as
well of the Nobilitie as other.
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1 Alſo dyuerſe Townes were
ſacked and bur|ned on the Frontiers of Fraunce, duryng thys ſiege at
Tourney, namely at the purſuyte of the Earle of Heynault, as Seclyn, S.
Amond, Orchies,The Lady Iane de Valois treateth for a
peace. Landas, and other.
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1 At length at the ſuyte of
the Ladie Iane de Valois, ſiſter to the Frenche King, and mother to the
Earle of Heynault, trauayling ſtyll be|twixte the partyes to bring them vnto
ſome ac|corde, it was graunted that eyther partie ſhoulde ſende certayne ſufficient perſones to entreate of the
matter, whiche ſhoulde meete at a lyttle Chappell, ſtanding in the fieldes
called Eſplo|tyn, and hereto alſo was a truce graunted for three dayes. For
the Engliſhe parte were ap|poynted the Duke of Brabant, the Biſhop of
Lyncolne, the Duke of Gelderlande, the Earle of Gulicke, and Sir Iohn de
Heynault Lorde Beaumont [...] the Frenche part, the King of Boheme, Charles Earle of Alanſon
brother to the Frenche king, the Biſhoppe
of Liege, the Earle of Flaunders, and the Earle of Armynacke: and the Ladie
of Valoſe was ſtill among them as a Mediatrix, by whoſe meanes
chiefelye,A truce accor|ded. they at length
didde agree vppon a truce to endure for a yeare betweene all partyes and
theyr menne, and alſo betweene them that were in Scotland, in Gaſcoigne, and
Poictou.
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1 It was agreed alſo by
theſe Commiſſioners, that there ſhoulde other Commiſſioners of ey|ther
parte foure or fiue meete at Arras at a
daye appoynted, and thither alſo ſhoulde the Pope ſende his Legates, to
treate of a perpetuall peace and full agreement to bee made betwyxt the two
kings of England and France.
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1
The Flemings releaſed of debts, and of the
inter|diction.There was alſo conſideration hadde of the Flemings,
ſo that they were releaſed of all ſuche ſummes of money as they were by any
bondes endaungered to paye by forfeyture, or other|wyſe, for anye matter
before that time vnto the crowne of
Fraunce.
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1 Alſo they were releaſed
of the Interdicton and Curſe of the Churche, and then alſo was theyr Earle
reſtored home.Polidor.
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1
Reſtitution of townes to the king of Eng|land.
Gaguin.
It was further accorded, that the French king ſhoulde reſtore vnto
the King of England cer|tayne Townes and places in Guienne, whiche in the
begynning of theſe warres the Earle of Alanſon had taken from the Engliſhe
[...], as Penne in Agenoys, and others.
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1 Alſo where as the French
king had ſeaſed the Countie of Pontieu into hys handes, [...] was the dower of Queene Iſabell, the mother of King Edwarde, hee
ſhoulde alſo reſtore the ſame vnto King Edwarde, to holde it as hee did
before.
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1 Hereupon was the siege raysed from Tourney, The [...]
[...]+ney. after it had continued there the space of tenne Weekes
and foure dayes. They within stoode in great daunger for lacke of vytayles
to haue bene constrayned to the surrendring of the Towne, if thys truce had
not beene concluded, whiche caused the Frenche King the sooner to agree, in
lyke case as the lacke of money caused the King of Englande to take thys
truce, which otherwise as was thought he would not haue done.
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1 After he had raised his siege, The Ea [...]
[...] Flaunders [...] of [...]
he went to Gaunt and thither came also the Earle of Flaunders being
nowe restored home to his Countrey, and made the King of Englande great
cheare, feasting and banquetting him right princely togyther with the
Queene.
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1 Finally, after the king Edwarde had refreshed himselfe a while at
Gaunt, The king [...]+eth [...] la [...]
he tooke a verie few with him, and came into Zealande, and there
taking the seas to passe ouer into Engla(n)d, he was sore tossed by force of
outragious stormes of winde and weather.
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1 At length yet after three dayes and three nightes sayling, Co [...]i [...] of Tri [...]. in the nyghte of the feast of Saint Andrewe, hee came on
lande at the tower of London aboute Cockes crowe, and wyth hym the Earle of
Northampton, the Lorde Walter de Mannie, the Lord Iohn Beauchampe, with two
Chapleynes that were his Secretaries, Sir William Killesby and Sir Philip
Weston, besides a few other.
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1 After his arriuall hee
ſente for the Biſhop of Chicheſter that was Lorde Chauncellor, for the
Biſhop of Couentree and Lichfield being Lorde Treaſorer,Aue [...]
and for ſuche of the Iudges as were then in London. The Lord
Chancellor and the Lorde Treaſoree he ſtreightwayes diſcharged of theyr
offices, threatning to ſende them into Flan|ders there to remaine as pledges
for money that he there ought, or if they refuſed to go thither, then to
keepe them priſoners in the towne. But when the Biſhop of Chicheſter
declared to him the dan|ger of the Canon eſtabliſhed agaynſt ſuch as
im|pryſoned Byſhoppes, hee ſuffered them to de|parte: but the Iudges, to
witte Iohn de Sto|nore, Richard de Willoughby, Wil. de Shore|ſhull,Iudges and o|ther officers command [...] the tow [...]. and alſo Nicholas (or as other haue) Math. de la Beche,
which was before gardian of his ſon, & lieutenant of the tower: alſo
Iohn de Pultney, & EEBO page image 913 William de Poole
Merchants, and the chiefe Clearkes of ye Chancerie, Iohn de Saint Paule,
Michaell de Wath, Henry de Stretforde, and Robert de Chikewel, and of the
Eſchecker, Iohn; de Thorpe, and many other, were committed to diuers
priſons, but yet bycauſe they were com|mitted but only vppon commaundements;
they were within a while after deliuered.
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1 The Lorde Wake was alſo
committed, but ſhortly after,
[...]ewe officers [...]ade in place [...] other that [...]re diſchar| [...]ed. he was deliuered to his great honor, as Walſingham writeth. Robert de Bourchier was made Lorde
Chancellor, and Richarde de Sadington Lorde Treaſorer: all the Sherifes of
Shires, and other officers alſo, were remoued, and other putte in their
places, and Iuſtices ap|poynted in euery Shire, to enquire vppon the
de|faultes of collectors, and other officers, ſo that few or none eſcaped
unpuniſhed, howſoeuer they had demeaned themſelues, ſo ſtraitely thoſe
iuſtices proceeded in their commiſſions.
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1
2 The King indeede was ſore
offended with thoſe whome he had put in truſt to leuie money, and to ſee it
conueyd ouer to him into the lowe countrey, bycauſe that for want thereof in
tyme of neede, hee was conſtreyned to take truce with his aduerſarie the
French King, and leaue off his enterpriſe, which he was in good forwardneſſe
to haue gone through with, if he had not bin diſap|poynted of treaſure
whiche he had commaunded to be ſente ouer vnto him, whiche was not done,
but kepte backe,
[...]he K. offen| [...]d vvith the [...]chbiſhop of [...]nterbury. in whomſoeuer the fault reſted. There were ſome of
his Secretaries, namely, ſir William Killeſby, which ſtirred him to take no
ſmall diſpleaſure againſt the Archbiſhop of Can|terbury Iohn Stratford, who
therevppon with|drewe him into the Priorie of Chriſtes Churche at
Caunterbury, and there remayning for a ſea|ſon, wrote his mind to the
King,
1341
The Archbiſ. [...]iteth to the [...]ing.
exhorting hym not to giue too light credite vnto ſuche as ſhoulde
counſell him to haue thoſe in contempt that were faithfull and true to him, for in ſo doing, he might
happely loſe the loue and good will of his people. Neuertheleſſe, hee
wiſhed, that he ſhould trie out in whoſe hands the wolles and money
remained, which was taken vp to his vſe, and that vppon a iuſt accomptes had
at their handes, it mighte ap|peare, who were in faulte, that he had not
money broughte to hym, whyleſt hee lay at ſiege before Tourney, as he had
appoynted, and that when the trueth was knowen, they that were in faulte
might be worthely puniſhed. And as for
his own cauſe, he ſignified, that hee was ready to be tryed by his peeres,
ſauing alwayes the eſtate of holye Churche, and of his order.
&c.
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1 Further, he beſought the
King, not to thynke euill of him, and of other good men, till the trueth
might be tried, for otherwiſe, if iudgement ſhould be pronounced, without
admitting the partie to come to his aunſwere, as well the giltleſſe as the
giltie might be condemned.
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1
2 The King neuertheleſſe
ſtill offended towards the Archbiſhoppe,
An. reg. 15.
A letter ſent to the Deane of Paules.
cauſed Adam Biſhop of Win|cheſter to endite a letter againſte him,
directed frõ the King, to the Deane and Chapiter of Paules, openly to be
publiſhed by them: the effect whereof was, to burden the Archbyſhoppe with
vnthank|fulneſſe, and forgetting of his bounden duetie to|wards his
ſoueraigne Lorde and louing maſter, namely, in that where he promiſed the
Kyng to ſee him throughly furniſhed with money, to|wardes the maintenance of
his warres: when it came to paſſe, none woulde be had, which turned not
onely to the hinderance of the Kings whole proceedings, but alſo to his
great diſcredite, and cauſing him to runne greatly in debt by intereſt,
through borrowing of money, for the paymente of the wages of his men of
warre, when through the Archbyſhops negligence, who had the chiefe rule of
the lande, the collectors and other officers ſlacked their duetie, wherby
there was no money ſent ouer according to that was appoynted: and whereas
now, ſith his comming ouer, he had ſent to the Archbiſhop to come vnto him,
that by hys information, he might the better learne, who they were that had
neglected their duety, hee diſobedi|ently refuſed to come, pretending ſome
feare of bodily harme, through the malice of ſome yt were about the King.
Wherevpon, when Raufe Lord Stafforde, Lord Stewarde of the Kings houſe, was
ſente with a ſafeconduit, for him to come in all ſafetie to the Court, he
flatly made aunſwere, that hee woulde not come,The
Archebi|ſhop refuſeth to come to the courte. except in full
Parlia|ment. Many other miſdemeanors was the Arch|byſhop charged with
towardes the King in that letter, as malitiouſly ſlaundering the King for
vniuſt oppreſſion of the people, confounding the Cleargie, and greeuing the
Church with exacti|ons, leuies of money, tolles and tallages: there|fore,
ſith he went about ſo to ſlaunder the Kyngs royall authoritie, to defame hys
ſeruauntes, to ſtirre Rebellion among the people, and to with|draw the
deuotion and loue of the Erles, Lords, and greate men of the lande from the
Kyng: hys highneſſe declared, that hee meante to prouide for the integritie,
and preſeruation of his good name, and to meete with the Archbyſhops malice,
and heerewith, diuers things were reherſed to ye Arch|biſhops reproche,
which he ſhould do, procure, and ſuffer to be done, by his euill and
ſiniſter counſell, whileſt hee hadde the rule of the Realme in hys handes
vnder the Kyng: wherein he had ſhewed hymſelfe not only an acceptor of
giftes, but alſo of perſons, in gratifying dyuers that nothing had deſerued
ſundry wayes forthe, and preſuming to doe raſhly many other things to the
detrimente of the Kynges royall ſtate, and hurte of hys EEBO page image 914
regall dignitie, and to no ſmall damage of the people, abuſing the
authoritie and office to hym committed, ſo that if hee perſiſted in his
obſtinate wilfulneſſe, and rebellious con [...]umacie, the King by thoſe his letters ſignifyed, that he meant to
de|clare it more apparantly in due time and place, and therefore commaunded
the ſayd Deane and Chapiter of Paules, to publiſhe all thoſe thyngs openly,
in places where they thought conueniẽt according to their wiſedome giuen to
them by God, ſo as hee mighte haue cauſe
to commende therein their carefull diligence.
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1 This letter was dated at
Weſtminſter the tenth of February, in the fifteenth yeare of hys raigne ouer
Englande, and ſeconde ouer France.
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1 Where the Londoners would
not permitte the Kinges Iuſtices to fitte within the C [...] London, contrary to their liberties, the King [...]+poynted them to ſitte in the Tower, and [...] they would not make any aunſwer there, a [...] tumulte was reyſed by the commons of the Ci+tie, ſo that the Iuſtices
beeing in ſome perilles they thoughte, feygned themſelues to ſitte there
till towardes Eaſter. Wheervpon, when the K. coulde not get the names of
them that reyſed the tumult, no otherwiſe but that they were certaine light
perſons of the common people, he at length pardoned the offence. After this,
thoſe Iuſtices neyther ſate in the Tower, nor elſe where, of all that
yeare.
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1 In the quindene of
Eaſter,A Parliament the Kyng helde a
Parliamente at London, in the which, ye Pre|lates,
[figure appears here on page 914] Earles, Barons and commons, preſented many petitions,Merimouth. as to haue the great Charter of liberties,
and the Charter of Forreſtes duely ob|ſerued, and that they which brake the
ſame, ſhuld be diſcharged of their offices, if they were ye kings
officers, and that the high officers of
the Kyng, ſhuld be elected and choſen by their peeres in Par|liament. The
Kyng withſtoode theſe petitions a certayne time, at length yet he graunted
to ſome of them, but as concerning the election of his of|ficers, hee in no
wiſe woulde conſente, but yet hee was contented, that they ſhould receyue an
othe in Parliamente, to doe iuſtice to all men in theyr offices. &c.
Vppon whyche Article and others, a ſtatute was made and confirmed with ye
Kyngs Seale.
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1
2
The Empe|ror won from the King of Englands
friendſhippe.In the meane whyle, the French King had with bribes
wonne Lewes of Bauaria, that na|med himſelfe Emperour, from further
fauouring the King of Englande, in ſo muche, that vnder a colourable
pretence of finding him ſelfe gree|ued, for that the King of England had
without his knowledge takẽ truce with the French king, he reuoked the
dignitie of being vicar in the Em|pire, from the King of England, but yet
ſignified to him, that where the Frenche Kyng had at hys requeſt put the
matter in controuerſie betwixte him and the Kyng of England into his handes,
to make an ende thereof, if it ſo pleaſed the Kyng of England,The Empe [...] offereth [...] a meane, [...] conclud [...] peace. that hee ſhould treate as an indiffe|rent arbitrator
betwixt them, he promiſed to doe his endeuor, ſo as he doubted not, but that
by hys meanes he ſhoulde come to a good agreement in his cauſe, if he wold
follow his aduice, and to re|ceyue aunſwere hereof, he ſente his Letters by
a chaplayne of his, one Eberhard, the reader of the Friers hermites of Saint
Auguſtines order, re|queſting the King of England to aduertiſe hym by the
ſame meſſenger, of his whole minde in that behalfe. The Kyng for aunſwere,
ſignifyed againe by his letters vnto the Emperoure,The
Kyngs aunſwere. that for the zeale whiche he hadde, to make an
accorde betwixt him and his aduerſarie Phillippe de Va|loys, that named
himſelfe French King, he could not but muche commend him, and for his parte,
hee had euer wiſhed, that ſome reaſonable agree|ment EEBO page image 915
mighte bee had betwixt them: but ſith hys right to the Realme of France was
cleere & ma|nifeſt inough, hee purpoſed not to committe it by
writing vnto the doubtful iudgement, or arbitre|ment of anye: and as
concerning the agreemente which the Emperor had made with the Frenche Kyng,
bycauſe as he alledged, it was lawfull for him ſo to do, ſith without the
Emperors know|ledge, hee had taken truce with the ſame Frenche King, he
ſaid, if the circumſtances were wel con|ſidered, that matter could not miniſter any cauſe to moue him to
ſuch agreement: for if the Empe|ror remembred, he had giuen to him libertie
at all times to treate of peace, without making ye Em|peror priuie thereto
(ſo that without his aſſent, he concluded not vppon any ſmall peace) which
hee proteſted, that he neuer meant to do, till he might haue his prouidente
aduice, counſell, and aſſente therevnto. And as concerning the reuoking of
the vicarſhippe of the Empire from him, hee tooke it done out of tyme, for
it was promiſed, that no ſuch reuocation ſhould be made, till he had
obtey|ned the whole Realme of France, or at the leaſt, the more part
thereof.
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1 Theſe in effect were the
poyntes of the Kyngs letters of aunſwere vnto the Emperor. Dated at London
the thirtenth of Iuly, in the ſecond yeare of his raigne ouer Fraunce, and
fifteenth ouer England.
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1 This yeare, about
Midſommer,
The deceaſſe of the Lorde Geffrey de Scrope, and of the Byſhop of
Lincolne.
The Queene brought to bedde.
or ſomewhat before, at Gant in Flanders, dyed the Lorde Gef|frey
Scrope the Kings Iuſtice, and Henry By|ſhoppe of Lincolne, two chiefe
counſellors to the King.
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1 The Queene after hir
returne into Englãd, was this yeare brought to bed in the Tower of London,
of a daughter named Blanch, that dyed yong, and was buried at
Weſtminſter.
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1 In this meane while,
during the warres be|twixt France and Englande, the Frenche Kyng in fauour of Dauid, king of Scotland, had ſente
menne of warre into Scotlande, vnder the con|duit of Sir Arnold Dãdreghen,
who was after one of the Marſhals of France, and the Lorde of Garentiers,
with other, by whoſe comfort & help, the Scottes that tooke parte
with King Dauid, did endeuor themſelues to recouer out of ye Eng|liſh mens
handes, ſuche Caſtels and fortreſſes as they helde within Scotland, as in
the Scottiſhe hiſtorie ye ſhall finde mentioned, and how aboute this time, their King the foreſaide Dauid,
retur|ned foorth of France into Scotland by the french kings help, who
hauing long before concluded a league with him, thought by his friendſhippe
to trouble the King of England ſo at home, that he ſhoulde not bee at great
leyſure to inuade hym in France.
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1 But now to tell you what
chanced of the mee|ting appoynted at Arras,The
commiſ|ſioners that met at Arras. for the commiſſioners that
ſhould there treate of the peace, when the day aſſigned of their meeting was
come, there arriued for the King of Englãd the Biſhop of Lincolne, the
Biſhop of Dureſme, the Earle of Warwike, the Earle of Richmond, Sir Robert
Dartois, ſir Iohn of Heynault, otherwiſe called Lord Beau|mont, and ſir
Henry of Flaunders.
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1 For the french King,
there came the Earle of Alaunſon, the Duke of Burbon, the Earle of
Flaunders, the Earle of Blois, the Archbyſhoppe of Sens, the Biſhop of
Beaunoys, and the By|ſhop of Auxerre.
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1 The Pope ſente thither
two Cardinals, Na|ples and Cleremont, theſe commiſſioners were in treatie
fifteene dayes, during the which, many matters were putte foorth, and
argued, but none concluded: for the Engliſhmen demanded large|ly, and the
Frenchmen woulde departe with no|thing, ſauing with the Countie of Pontieu,
the EEBO page image 916 which was giuen with Queene Iſabell in mar|riage to
the King of Englande.This truce was prolonged about the
feaſt of the decol|lation of Saint Iohn, to en|dure til Mid|ſomer then
next follo|wing, as the addition to Adam M [...]ri+mouth hath. The occaſion of the warres of Britaine. So
the treatie brake, the commiſſioners departed, and nothyng done, but onely
that the truce was prolonged for two yeres further.
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1 Thus were ye warres
partly appeaſed in ſome part of Fraunce, but yet was the truce but
ſlen|derly kept in other partes, by reaſon of the deathe of the Duke of
Britaine. For whereas contentiõ roſe betwixte one Charles de Blois, and
Iohn Earle of Mountfort, about the right
to the Du|chie of Britaine, as in the hiſtorie of Fraunce it may more
plainely appeare. The Erle of Moũt|fort, thinking that he had wrong offered
him at the French Kings hands, who fauoured his ad|uerſarie Charles de
Blois, alyed himſelfe with the King of Englande. And as ſome write, after he
had wonne diuers Cities and Townes with|in Britaine, he came ouer into
England, and by doing homage to King Edward, acknowledged to holde it of hym, as of the ſoueraigne Lorde thereof,
ſo that he would promiſe to defende hym and that Duchie againſt his
aduerſaries, whyche the Kyng promiſed him to do.
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1 After this, the French K.
made ſuch warres a|gainſt this Earle of Mountfort, that he was at lẽgth
taken priſoner in the towne of Nauntes, & committed to ſafe keeping
within the Caſtell of the Lovre at Paris: but his wife being a ſtoute woman,
and of a manly courage, ſtoode vp in the
quarrell of hir huſbande, and preſented a yong ſon which ſhe had by him,
vnto ſuch Captaines & men of warre as ſerued hir huſbande, requiring
them not to bee diſmayd, with the infortunate chance of hir huſbãds taking,
but rather lyke mẽ of good ſtomackes, to ſtãd in defence of his right,
ſith whatſoeuer happened to hym, the ſame re|mayned in that yong Gentleman
his ſonne.
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1
Ia. Meir.This Counteſſe of Mountfort, was ſiſter
vnto Lewes Earle of Flaunders, and named
Margaret, and not Claudia as ſome write. She was very diligente in hir
buſineſſe, and ſpared no trauaile to aduaunce hir cauſe, ſo that ſhe wanne
not only the heartes of the men of warre, but alſo of the people of
Britaine, the whiche fauoured hir huſband, and lamented the miſhap of his
taking. She firſte furniſhed ſuche Cities,Froiſſard. Townes, Ca|ſtels, and fortreſſes as hir huſband had in
poſſeſ|ſion, with men, munition & vittayles, as Renes, Dynaunt,
Guerand, Hanibout and others. This done,
ſhe ſente ouer into England, ſir Emerie de C [...]ſſon, a noble man of Britaine, to require the King of Englande of
ſuccours, with condition, that if it pleaſed him, hir ſonne Iohn ſhould
mar|rie one of his daughters. The King of Englande glad to haue ſuche an
entrie into Fraunce, as by Britaine thought not to refuſe the offer,
& there|vpon, graunted to ayde the Counteſſe: & forth|with
reyſing a power, ſente the ſame ouer him Britaine, vnder the conduct of the
Lord Walter of Manny and others: the which at length, after they had
continued long vpon the ſea, by reaſon of contrary windes arriued in
Britaine, in whi|che meane time, a great army of Frenchmẽ were entred into
Britaine, and had beſieged the Citie of Renes, and finally wonne it by
ſurrender, and were nowe before the Towne of Hanibout, whiche with ſtraite
ſiege, and ſore bruſing of the walles, they were neere at poynt to haue
taken, and the Counteſſe of Mountfort within it, if the ſuccours of England
had not arriued there, euen at ſuche time, as the Frenchmenne were in talke
with them within, about the ſurrender. But af|ter that the Engliſh fleete
was ſeene to approch, the treatie was ſoone broken off, for they within had
no luſt, then to talke any further of the mat|ter.
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1 The Lorde of Manny, and
the Engliſhmen arriuing at Hanibout thus in time of imminent daunger,
wherein the Counteſſe, and the other within that Towne were preſently
beſet,The Engli [...] ſuccour [...]+ [...]ed in good time. greatly recomforted the ſaide Counteſſe as
ſhe well ſhe|wed by hir cheerefull countenance in receyuing them.
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1 Shortly after their
arriuall,Archers. a certaine num|ber of the
Engliſhe archers, iſſuing forthe, beate the Frenchmen from an engine which
they hadde reared againſt the walles, and ſet fire vppon the ſame engin. To
conclude, the Frenchemen lyked the Engliſhmen ſo well, that ſhortly after
being wearie of their companie, they rayſed their ſiege to get themſelues
further from them: and in an other parte of the countrey endeuoured
them|ſelues to winne Townes and Caſtels as they did indeede,Charles de Blois. hauing their army deuided into two
partes, the Lord Charles de Bloys gouerning the one parte, and a Spanyarde
called the Lorde Lewes de Spaine the other (which was the ſame that thus
departed from the ſiege of Hanibout,Lewes de
Spaine. after the arriuall of the Engliſhmenne) and then winning
the townes of Dinant and Guerand,Britaine Britona [...]
paſſed into the countrey of Britaine, Britonaũt, and there not
farre from Quinpercorentine, were diſcomfited by the Engliſhmenne, who
fol|lowed them thither.
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1 Of ſixe thouſande
Genewaies, Spanyardes, and Frenchmenne whiche the Lorde Lewes of Spayne had
there with him, there eſcaped but a few away. A nephewe which he hadde there
with him named Alfons was ſlaine, howbeit he him|ſelfe eſcaped, though not
without ſore hurtes.
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1 This yeare,
Edmond of Langley that was after Duke of [...] is borne.
Fabia [...].
the fifth of Iune Queene Phillip was deliuered of a ſonne at the
towne of Lang|ley the which was named Edmond, and ſurna|med Langley, of the
place where hee was thus borne.
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[...]uſtes and [...]urney at [...]nſtable.Alſo about the ſame time, was a great iuſtes kept by
King Edwarde, at the Towne of Dun|ſtable, with other counterfeyted feates of
warre, at the requeſt of diuers yong Lords and Gentle|men, whereat, both the
King and Queene were preſente, with the more parte of the Lordes and Ladies
of the lande.
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1 The Lorde Charles de
Blois, hauing in the meane time wonne Vannes, and other townes, brought his
army backe vnto Hanibout,
[...]anibout [...]ſieged. and eft|ſoones
beſieged the ſame, and the Counteſſe of Mountfort wtin it: but for ſomuch
as it was wel fortifyed, & prouided of all things neceſſarie to
defend a ſiege, the Engliſhemen being returned thyther agayne after the
ouerthrowe of the Lord Lewes de Spayne, it could not be eaſily wonne. At
length,
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An. reg.
[...]6.
[...]he Coũteſſe [...] Richmont [...]mmeth o| [...] into Eng| [...]de.
[...] army ſente [...]o Britaine.
by the labor of certayne Lords of Bri|taine, a truce was taken for a
tyme, during the whiche, the Counteſſe of Richmond came ouer into England,
to cõmune with King Edward, touching the
affaires of Britaine, who appoyn|ted ſir Robert Dartois Earle of Richmond,
the Earles of Saliſburie, Pembroke, and Suffolke, the Lordes Stafford,
Spencer, and Bourchier; with other, to goe with hir ouer into Britaine, who
made their prouiſion, ſo that they mighte take the ſea, to come thither
againſt the time that the truce betwixte the Counteſſe, and the Lorde
Charles de Bloys ſhould expire.
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1
[...]dditions to [...]dam Meri| [...]outh, and [...]uet.There bee that write, how the Lord Walter de Manny, tooke a truce indeede with the Lorde
Charles de Bloys, to endure till Alhallowne [...]de next enſuing, but with condition, that if the king of Englande were
contented therewith, then the ſame to be firme and fully ratifiede otherwiſe
not. Wherevpon, when about the beginning of Iu|ly, the ſayd Lord Walter came
ouer into Eng|land, bringing with him the Lord of Lions, and other ſuch
priſoners as he had taken, and ſignifi|ed to King Edward, what he had
cõcluded tou|ching the truce, the King liked not thereof, and ſo ſente ouer
the Earles of Northampton and Deuonſhire, the Lord Stafford,The Earle of Northampton and Deuon|ſhire. and ſir
William de Killeſby his Chaplayne, and one of his Secre|taries, with fiue
hundred men of armes, and a thouſand archers, whiche taking Shippe, the
vi|gill of the Aſſumption of our Lady, ſayled forthe towards Britaine.
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1 The frenchmen therefore
vnderſtanding that this ſuccour was comming, appointed the Lord Lewes of
Spaine, ſir Charles Grimaldo, and ſir Antony Doria, with three thouſand
Genewes,Genewes re|teined in the French kings
wages. and a thouſande menne of armes, embarqued in two and
thirtie great Shippes, to lie on the ſea in awayte, to encounter the
Engliſhe fleete, as the ſame ſhould approch towards Britaine.
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1 About Eaſter, the
Counteſſe of Mountforde with the Engliſh army, appoynted to attend hir,
tooke the Sea at Southhampton, and at length,The
Engliſh|men and Ge|newayes mete and fight on the Seas. mette with
the Lord Lewes of Spayne, and his
[figure appears here on page 917] fleete,
where betwixt thẽ was fought a ſore bat|taile. The Engliſhmen were a ſixe and fortie veſſels, but the
Lorde Lewes of Spayne, hadde nine great Shippes, and of more force, than any
of thoſe which the Engliſhmen had, and alſo he had three Galleys.
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1 They began to fighte
about euenſong tyme, and continued till that nighte parted them, and had
gone togither againe in the morning, if by a tempeſt that roſe about
midnighte, the ſame night, they had not bin ſcattered in ſunder.
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1
2 The Spanyardes and
Genewayes tooke a|way with them foure Engliſh Shippes, whyche being
vittellers, were left behinde, and bycauſe the ſame Spanyardes and Genewaies
were able to abide the Sea better than the Engliſhmenne, by reaſon of their
great ſhippes, they kept the maine Sea, but the Engliſhmen were aduiſed by
theyr EEBO page image 918 marriners to drawe vnto the lande, and ſo they did,
arriuing at a little hauen, not farre from Vã|nes, where comming a land,
they ſtreight ways made towardes that Citie, and beſieged it, [...] ceaſſing to aſſaulte it both day and night,Va [...]
till [...] lengthe they wanne it, by giuyng the aſſault in
[figure appears here on page 918] two places at once, whyleſt an other number of them ſette
vpon in a thirde place, where was no ſuſpition, and ſo entred. After this,
the moſte part of the Engliſhmen departed from Vannes, as ſome with the
Counteſſe, to bryng hir vnto Hanibout, and ſome with the Earles of
Saliſ|bury, Suffolke, and Cornewall, who wente and laide ſiege to Rennes, ſo
that the Earle of Rich|mont remayned in
Vannes, with the Lordes Spencer and Stafford, to keepe it, hauing a
cer|taine number of Archers and other men of warre with them. The Lord
Cliſſon, and ſir Henry de Leon, whiche were within Vannes when it was taken
by the Engliſhmen, and founde meanes to eſcape, were abaſhed at the matter,
that they had ſo loſt the Citie, wherevpon, they ſecretly aſſem|bled a
greate power of men thereaboutes, & came againe vnto Vannes, and ſo
fiercely aſſailed the gates and walles,
that in the ende, they entred by fine force. The Earle of Richmont was ſore
hurt, but yet hee eſcaped out at a poſterne gate, and the Lord Stafford with
him, but the Lorde Spencer was taken by ſir Henry de Leon.
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1
Additions to Triuet.Other write otherwiſe, both of
the landyng, and alſo concerning the miſfortune of the Lorde Spencer,
alledging letters ſent from the Earle of Northampton (whome the ſame authors
repute as generall of that army into Britaine) directed to the Kyng, in whiche was ſignified, howe that within
the octaues of the aſſumption of our La|dy, they arriued on the coaſt of
Britaine, neere to the Towne and Caſtell of Breſt, in the whyche, the
Ducheſſe of Britaine, with hir children were of the enimies beſieged, both
by ſea and lande, by ſea with thirteene greate galleys, by lande by the
Lorde Charles de Bloys, the Earles of Sauoy and Foiz. But the galleys
perceyuing the Eng|liſhe fleete to bee approched vpon them, ere they were
aware, ſo that they were compaſſed in, to their great danger, three of the
ſame galleys fled, and ſo eſcaped, the reſidue got vp into a riuer of the
ſame hauen, where they that were aboorde, left their veſſels, and fledde to
the lande, and as wel they, as the other that held ſiege before Breſt and
ſuche as kept a Caſtell there, not farre off, called Goule Forreſt, packed
away without any more ado.
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1
2 The engliſh marriners
following the galleies (that were withdrawen vp the riuer) with theyr ſmall
boates and barges, ſet fire on the ſame gal|leys, and ſo brent them. Thus
all the Engliſhmẽ came a lande, and leauing the Lorde Say Cap|tain in the
ſaid Caſtel of Gouleforreſt, they paſſe forward into ye countrey, &
comming to a Caſtel cõmonly called Monſieur Relix, gaue an aſſault thereto,
where many of their men of warre were woũded, and ſir Iames Louel ſlaine.
After this, ſtaying a time for ye cõming of their cõfederates, whiche
after a fortnightes ſpace, came to them, on ye monday, being the morrow
after Michael|mas day, they hearde that the Lorde Charles de Blois was
comming in al haſt, with a power of three M. mẽ of armes, twelue C.
Genewayes, & a greate multitude of cõmons to reyſe the ſiege.
Wherevpõ, ye Erle of Northamptõ with his ar|my marched ſoftly towards
thẽ, & choſing a plot of ground conueniẽt for his purpoſe, fought
with his enimie, ſlew and tooke of them at ye leaſt, three hundred men of
armes. The Erle of Northamp|ton loſt not any noble man in this fight,
excepted onely the Lord Edwarde Spencer.
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2 But nowe as touching the
Earle of Rich|mont, EEBO page image 919 Froiſſart ſayth, yt he cõming to
Hanibout, after he had thus loſt Vannes, tooke the Sea, and ſailed into
England: but by reaſon of beeing toſ|ſed on the ſeas, his wounds rancled ſo,
that ſhort|ly after his comming to London hee dyed, and was buried in the
Church of Saint Paule. The King of Englande was ſore diſpleaſed with hys
deathe,
[...]he Kyng [...]eth ouer [...]o Brytayn. and immediately after, paſſed ouer hym|ſelfe into
Britaine with a greate army: and lan|ding there the nine and twentith of
Nouember, at the ſame place where the
Earle of Richmont did land at his arriuall there, not farre from
Vã|nes,
[...]nnes be| [...]ed. he went ſtraight, and beſieged Vannes, but perceyuing
that it woulde not bee wonne but by long ſiege, he left the Erle of
Arundell, and ye lord Stafford to continue the ſiege, whileſt he wente to
Rennes to aide his people, which ſtill lay at the ſiege therof. Before the
kings arriual in Britain, thoſe yt were there vnder the Erle of
Northamp|ton,
[...]ditions to [...]. as the Lord Hugh Spencer, & the L. Richard
Talbat, with their retinewes, foughte
with the Frenchmen neere to Morleis, where a few Eng|liſhmen, vnneth fiue
hũdred, diſcomfited a migh|ty power of Frenchmen,
[...] army of [...]enchmen comfited a few En| [...]ſhmen. eſtemed to be aboue fif|tie thouſand, of whome, ſome
they ſlewe, & ſome they tooke. Among other, was taken the L.
Gef|frey de Charny, accompted for one of the beſt and ſageſt Knightes in
Fraunce, whome the Lorde Richard Talbot tooke, and ſent into Englande. But
nowe as touching the Kings doings, wee
finde, that whileſt hee remayned for this winter ſeaſon in Britaine, his
people forreyed ye Coun|trey a four dayes iorney in length, and two days
iorney in bredth. After his comming to Rennes, hee ſtayed not paſt fiue
dayes, but leauing them whome he found there to continue the ſiege, hee went
himſelfe to Nauntes, where he had know|ledge, that the Lorde Charles de
Blois was. At his comming thither, hee enuironed the Citie a|bout with a
ſtrong ſiege,Nauntes be|ſieged. and made many
fierce aſſaultes to walles and gates, but could not pre|uayle, then leauing
certaine of his Lords there to continue the ſiege, hee rayſed with the
reſidue, and went to Dinan, whiche Towne, with ſore and fierce aſſaultes,
hee laſtly wonne, and after that, drew againe towards Vannes, for that he
was enformed, howe the Duke of Normandy was comming downe towards him, with
an ar|my of fortie thouſand men.
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2 Heerevpon, he ſent for
them that lay at ſiege before Nauntes to come vnto him, and ſuffered them at
Rennes to keepe their ſiege ſtil, till they heard other word from him. The
Duke of Nor|mandy with four thouſande men of armes, and thirtie thouſande
other men of warre,The duke of Normandie cõmeth downe
into Britayne. comming into Britaine to ayde ye Lord Charles of
Blois, was aduertiſed, that the King of England was with the moſt part of
all his power withdrawen to Vannes, and there lay at ſiege, ſore
conſtrey|ning them within: wherefore he alſo drewe thi|therwards, and
approching to the place, encam|ped with his army ouer againſt ye King of
Eng|land,
[figure appears here on page 919] encloſing his field with a great
trench.
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1 The King of England
ſuppoſing he ſhoulde haue battell, ſente vnto thoſe whiche lay at ſiege
before Rennes, commanding them to come from thence vnto him: ſo that by this
meanes, all the powers, both of the King of Englande, and of the Duke of
Normandie, generall to his father the Frenche Kyng in thoſe warres of
Bry|taine, beeing aſſembled before Vannes, hande foughten ſome great and
bloudy battell as was ſuppoſed, for the whole triall of the right of
Bri|taine, if the Cardinals of Cleremount and Pre| [...]ſt [...], as Legates from Pope Clement the ſixth, hadde not taken vp the
matter, by concluding a deale betwixte them, for the tearme of three
yeares.
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Additions to Triuet.
Commiſsio|ners for the King of Eng|lande.
Commiſſioners appoynted to treate with theſe Cardinals, on the
behalfe of the Kyng of Eng|lande were theſe, Henry of Lancaſter Earle of
Derby, William Bohun Earle of Northamp|ton, William Mountagew Earle of
Saliſbu|rie, Raufe Lord Stafford, Bartholmewe Lorde Burgherſe, Nicholas
Lorde Cantelow, Regi|nald Lorde Cobham, Walter Lord of Manny, Maurice Lord
Berkeley, and Maſter Iohn Vf|ford Archdeacon of Elie.
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1
Commiſsio|ners for the french king.For the Frenche
King, Odo Duke of Bur|goigne, and Piers Duke of Burbon were depu|ted
Commiſſioners: and ſuch diligence was vſed by the parties,1343 that finally they agreed vpon thys truce of three
yeares,A truce for three yeares. with certayne
articles for meane to conclude ſome final peace, as that there ſhould be
ſent from eyther Kyng, ſome perſona|ges of their bloud and others, vnto the
Courte of Rome, with ſufficient authoritie, to agree, con|firme, and
eſtabliſhe vpon all controuerſies and
diſſentions betwixt the ſayde Kings, accordyng to the agreement of the Pope,
and ſuch as ſhould be ſo ſent to treate thereof.
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1 It was further agreed,
that they ſhould haue libertie to declare and pronounce their argumẽts and
reaſons before the Pope, but not to haue po|wer to decide and giue ſentence,
but only by way of ſome better treatie and order of agreemente to be made.
And theſe commiſſioners were appoin|ted to appeare before the Pope, afore
the feaſt of Saint Iohn Baptiſt next
enſuing, and the Pope to diſpatche the buſineſſe before Chriſtmas after, if
by conſent of the ſayde nobles, the tearme were not proroged. And if it ſo
were that the Pope could make no agreemente, yet ſhoulde the truce endure
the prefired tearme,The conditi|ons of the truce.
to witte, till the feaſt of Saint Michaell the Archangell, and for the ſpace
of three yeares then next enſuing, betwixte the Kings of Fraunce, England
and Scotland, the Earle of Heynaulte and their alies, as the Dukes of Brabant, and of Gilderlande, alſo, the
Marques of Guillickerland, the Lorde Beau|mont, otherwiſe called Sir Iohn de
Heynault, and the people of Flaunders in all theyr landes and dominions,
from the date of the charter made heereof, by all the ſayde tearme
aforeſaide, to be obſerued, holden and kept.
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1 Alſo, the Kyng of Scottes
and the Earle of Heynaulte were appointed to ſende certaine per|ſons, as
commiſſioners for them, vnto the ſayde
Court of Rome.
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1 Thys truce was alſo
accorded to bee kepte in Britayne, betwixt the ſayde Kyngs and their
adherentes, in whyche Countrey, as well as in Gu [...]enne, and other places, euery man ſhoulde remayne in poſſeſſion of
that whiche hee helde at the tyme of concluding this truce, ſaue that the
Citie of Vannes ſhoulde bee deliuered into the handes of the Cardinall, to
bee kepte by [...] the Popes name, during the truce, and th [...]
[...] dyſpoſe thereof, as ſhoulde ſeeme to [...] good.
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1 Many other articles were
compriſed in the Charter of thys truce, too long heere to rehearſe, all the
whyche were confirmed with the othes of the ſayd Dukes of Burgoigne, and
Burbone, on the French Kinges behalfe, and of the Earles of Derby,
Northampton, and Saliſbury, the Lorde Burgherſts, and the Lorde of M [...]y, for the Kyng of England. In witneſſe where|of, the ſayde Cardinals
cauſed the charter to bee made, putting therevnto their ſeales, the
nineteenth daye of Ianuary, in the yeare [...]343. in preſence of dyuers Prelates, and of the Earles of Bolongne,
Auſſerre, Sancerre, Iuigny, and Porcien, the Lorde Miles de Nohers, the
Lorde Ingram de Coucy, and the foreſayde Lordes, Cantelowe, Cobeham, and
Berkeley, with ma|nye other, Lordes, Barons, Nobles, and Ge [...]e|menne.
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1 When thys truce was thus
confirmed,An. reg. ma|nye of the Engliſhe armye
returned home tho|rough Fraunce, ſo to paſſe ouer by the narrowe Seas into
Englande, but the Kyng hymſelfe,The King England [...] Sea [...]. with a fewe other, taking theyr Shippes to paſſe by long
Seas, were maruellouſly [...]|ted by tempeſt, ſo that their Shippes were [...]|tered, and dryuen to take lande at dyuers ha|uens.
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1 The Ducheſſe of
Britaigne, with hir ſonne and daughter, came a lande in Deuonſhire.
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1 Sir Peers de Veel,
[...]
and his ſonne Sir Henry Veel, and Sir Iohn Rayne Knyghtes, were
drowned, togyther with the Shippe in whyche they paſſed.
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1 The Kyng eſcaping very
hardly, landed at Weymouth, and the fifth day of March came to London to the
Queene.
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1
EEBO page image 921
Parliament. [...]he Kings [...]eſt ſonne [...]eated prince [...] Wales.In the Quindene of Eaſter, he helde a Parli|ament at
Weſtminſter, in which, he created hys eldeſt ſonne Edward Prince of
Wales.
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1 In this Parliamente, were
diuers matters
[figure appears here on page 921] talked of, and ſpecially
concerning woolles, and of the aſſeſſemente of a certayne price of them,
more and leſſe, according to the ſeuerall parties of the Realme, and of the
cuſtomes to bee made of them, to witte, three markes and an halfe, for euery
ſacke to be tranſported foorth of the Realm.
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1
[...]baſſadors [...]oynted to [...] to the [...]e.Alſo in the ſame Parliament, were Ambaſſa|dors appoynted
forth, ſuche as ſhoulde goe to the Pope to treate of peace, (as in the
Charter of the truce among other articles
it was conteyned,) whoſe names followe, Iohn Byſhop of Exeter, Henry de
Lancaſter Earle of Derby, Hugh le Diſpenſer Lord of Glamorgan, Couſins to
the King: Raufe Lord Stafford, William de Nor|wiche Deane of Lincolne,
William Truſſell Knighte, and maſter Andrewe de Vfford a Ci|uilian. Theſe
perſons were ſent with commiſ|ſion to ye Pope, to treate with him, not as
Pope, nor as iudge, but as a priuate perſon, and a com|mon friende to both parties, to be a meane or me|diator, to
fynde out ſome indifferente ende of all controuerſies betwixt the
parties.
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1 The date of their
commiſſion was at Weſt|minſter, the foure and twentith of May, in thys
ſeuenteenth yeare of the Kings raigne.
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1 Moreouer in thys
Parliamente, a greeuous complaynte was exhibited, by the Earles, Ba|rons,
Knightes, burgeſſes, and other of the com|mons, for that ſtraungers, by
vertue of reſerua|tions and prouiſions
Apoſtolike, gote the beſt be|nefices of this lande into their hands, and
neuer came at them, nor bare any charges due for the ſame, but deminiſhing
the treaſure of the Realm, and conueying it foorthe, ſore endomaged the
whole ſtate.
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1 The Byſhops durſt not, or
woulde not gyue theyr conſents in exhibiting this complainte, but rather
ſeemed to ſtande againſte it, till the Kyng compelled them to gyue ouer.
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1 Heerevpon, a letter was
framed by the Lords of the temporaltie and commons, whiche they directed
vnto the Pope in all humble manner, be|ſieching hym to conſider of the
derogation done to the Realme of England, by ſuch reſeruations, prouiſions,
and collations of benefices, as had bin practiſed heere in Englande, and
therefore, ſith the Churches of Englande had bin founded and endowed by
noble and worthy men in times paſt, to the ende the people might be
inſtructed by ſuche as were of their owne language, and that hee beeyng ſo
farre off, and not vnderſtandyng the defaultes had (lyke as ſome of his
predeceſ|ſors more than in times paſt hadde bin accuſto|med) graunted by
dyuers reſeruations, prouiſi|ons, and collations, the Churches and
ſpirituall promotions of this lande, vnto diuers perſons, ſome ſtraungers,
yea, and enimies to ye Realme, whereby the money and profites were carried
foorthe, the cures not prouided for, almes with|drawen, hoſpitalitie
decayed, the Temples and other buyldings belonging to the Churches,
rui|nated and fallen downe, the charitie and deuo|tion of the people ſore
deminiſhed, and dyuers other greeuous, enormities thereby growen cleane
contrary to the founders mindes: where|fore, vpon due conſideration thereof
hadde, they ſignifyed to him, that they could not ſuffer ſuche enormities
any longer, and therefore beſoughte hym wholly to reuoke ſuche reſeruations,
proui|ſions, and collations, to auoide ſuche ſlaunders, miſchiefes, and
harmes as myghte enſue, and that the cures myghte therewith be committed EEBO page image 922 to perſons meete for the exerciſe of the ſame:
fur|ther alſo, beſeeching him without delay, to ſig|nifie his intention,
ſith they meante to employ theyr diligence to remedie the matter, and to ſee
that redreſſe myghte bee hadde accordyng to reaſon.
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1 The date of theſe letters
was in full Parlia|ment at Weſtminſter, the eight and twentith of May, in
the yeare of grace. 1343.
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1
2
Sir Iohn Shordiche ſent to the Pope.Beſide theſe
letters, were other written, and ſent from
the King, conteyning in ſumme, the tenor of the other aboue mentioned, and
one Sir Iohn Shordiche Knighte a graue perſonage, and well ſeene in the
lawe, was appoynted to
[figure appears here on page 922]
goe with the ſame, who comming to
Auigni|on, and there preſenting his letters in the Popes priuie chamber,
where the Pope ſate, with all hys Cardinals about him, receyued no greate
curte|ous welcome, after hys letters were once redde: and when the Knight
made aunſwere vnto ſuch wordes as hee hearde the Pope vtter, and char|ged
hym,The Popes wordes to ſir Iohn Shordich. with
giuing the Deanrie of Yorke, vnto one that
was reputed the Kynges enimie, the Pope ſayde, well, It is not vnknowen to
vs who made and endited theſe letters, and wee knowe that thou madeſt them
not, but there is one that pincheth at vs, and wee ſhall puniſhe him well
ynough: we knowe all.
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1 Heerevnto, hee added this
muche more, that there was a Knighte that ſpake defamous words of him,
& the Church of Rome, wherwith hee ſee|med highly offended. To
conclude, hee ſayd, that he woulde
aunſwere the letters of the Kyng and commons, as touching the poyntes
conteyned in the ſame.
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1 The Cardinals, after they
hadde hearde theſe thynges, departed, as if they hadde bin ſore of|fended
and troubled therewith: and the Knyghte taking hys leaue of the Pope,
departed alſo forth of the chamber, and without anye longer abode, got him
away towardes Burdeaux, aboute o|ther of the Kyngs buſineſſe: doubting leaſt
if [...] had ſtayed longer, hee myghte haue bin kepte there agaynſte his will.
The Pope ſente aun|ſwere indeede, but neuertheleſſe, the King pro|ceeded in
prohibiting ſuch prouiſions,Of bene [...] inhibited [...] the Kyng. and colla|tions within his Realme, on payne of
empriſon|mente and death to the intruders thereby, as af|ter yee ſhall
perceyue.
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1 This yeare aboute
Midſomer,
[...]es in Smithfielde there were ſo|lemne Iuſtes proclaymed by
the Lorde Roberte Morley, whiche were holden in Smithfielde, where for
challengers, came foorthe one apparel|led lyke to the Pope, bringing with
hym twelue other in garmentes lyke to Cardinals, whyche tooke vppon them to
aunſwere all commers, for there courſes.
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1 On the defendantes ſide,
ranne the Prince of Wales, with many Earles, Barons, Knyghtes and Eſquires
innumerable, ſo that thoſe Iuſtes continued three dayes togither, to the
greate pleaſure of the beholders.
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1 This yeare,
1344
An. reg. [...]
King Edwarde ordeyned a cer|tayne newe coigne of golde, whyche hee
na|med the Florene, that is, the peny of ſixe ſhillings
[figure appears here on page 922] eight pence, the halfe peny of the valewe of three
ſhillings foure pence, and the farthing of the va|lewe of twentie pence.
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1 Thys coigne was ordeyned
for hys warres in Fraunce, the golde whereof was not ſo fine, as the Noble,
whiche in the fourteenth yeare of hys raigne, hee hadde cauſed for to bee
coig|ned.
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1 This yeare,
Tho. VV [...]
A chamber built [...]i [...] the Caſte [...] Windſor, called the round [...]
the King cauſed a great number of artificers and labourers to be
taken vp, whome hee ſet in hande to buylde a chamber in the Ca|ſtell of
Windeſor, whiche was called the rounde table, the floore whereof, from the
center or middle poynte, vnto the compaſſe thoroughout, the one halfe was
(as Walſ. writeth) an hundred EEBO page image 923 foote, and ſo the diametre,
or compaſſe rounde a|bout, was two hundred foote. The expenſes of this
worke, amounted by the weeke, firſt vnto an hundred pounde, but afterwardes,
by reaſon of the warres that followed the charges was demi|niſhed vnto two
and twentie pounde the weeks, as Thomas Walſingham writeth in his lar|ger
booke, entituled, the Hiſtory of Englande, or as ſome Comes [...]ane vnto nyne poundes.
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1
[...]ow out of [...]enry de Lei| [...]ſter. The Iſle of [...]an.This yeare alſo, William Montagew Earle of Saliſbury, conquered the Iſle of Man, out of the hands
of the Scottes, whiche Iſle, the Kyng gaue vnto the ſayd Earle, and cauſed
him to bee entituled, and crowned King of Man:
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1 This Iſle as Robert
Southwe [...]
[...]teth was wonne by the Scottes, about the ſecond yeare of Edwarde the
ſecond his raigne, who in the yeare before, to witte, Anno Chriſti [...] had giuẽ the ſame Iſle vnto Peers de Ganaſton whome hee had alſo
made Earle of Cornewall.
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1 Moreouer, about the
beginning of this eyghteenth yeare of his raigne King Edwarde held a ſolemne
feaſt at his Caſtell of Windſor, where betwixt Candlemas and Lente,Iuſtes and tor|neys holden at Windſore. w [...]re at|chieued many martiall feates, as Iuſtes [...]+mentes, and dyuers other the like warlike pa|ſtimes,
[figure appears here on page 923] at the which were preſent, many ſtraun|gers of other
landes, and in the ende thereof, hee deuiſed the order of the Garter, and
after, eſtabli|ſhed it,The order of [...]e garter [...]unded. as it is at this day. There are ſix and twẽ|tie
companions or confreres of this felowſhip of that order, beeing called
Knightes of the blewe garter, and as one dyeth or is depriued, an other is
admitted into his place. The K. of Englande is euer chiefe of this order. They weare a blewe tobe or mãtel, and a
garter about their left legge, richly wrought with golde and precious
ſtones, hauing this inſcription in Frenche vpon it, Honi ſoit, qui mal y
penſe, Shame come to hym ye euill thinketh.
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1 This order is dedicated
vnto Sainct George, as chiefe patrone of menne of warre, and there|fore
euery yeare do the knightes of this order kepe ſolemne his feaſt, with many
noble ceremonies, at the Caſtell of
Windeſor, where King Ed|warde founded a Colledge of Canons, or rather
augmenting the ſame, ordeyned therein a Deane with twelue Canons Seculars,
eight peticanõs, and thirteene vicars, thirteene Clearkes, and thir|teene
Choriſters.
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1 The Knightes haue
certayne lawes and ru|les apperteyning to their order, amõgſt the whi|che,
this is chiefly to be obſerued, as Polidor alſo noteth, that they ſhall ayde
and defende one ano|ther, and neuer turne their backes or runne away out of
the fielde in tyme of battell, where hee is preſent with hys ſoueraigne
Lorde, his Lieute|naunte or deputie, or other Captayne, hauyng the Kynges
power royall, and authoritie, and whereas his banners, ſtandertes, or
pennous are ſpredde.
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1 The reſidue of the lawes
and rules appertey|ning vnto this noble order, I doe heere purpoſe|ly
omitte, for that the ſame in other place conue|niente by others maye bee
expreſſed, ſo farre as ſhall bee thoughte expediente. But nowe tou|ching
theſe ſixe and twentie noble menne and Knightes whyche were firſte choſen
and ad|mitted into the ſame order, by the fyrſte Soue|raigne and founder
thereof, thys Kyng Ed|warde the thyrde, theyr names are as fol|lowe.
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1 - Firſte, the ſayde noble Prince, King Edwarde the thirde.
- The Prince of Wales Duke of Cornewalle, and Earle of Cheſter hys
eldeſt ſonne.
- Henry Duke of Lancaſter.
-
EEBO page image 924The Earle of Warwike.
- The Captall de Bench, alias Buz or Beufe.
- Raufe Earle of Stafforde.
- William Montacute Earle of Saliſbury.
- Roger Lord Mortimer.
- Iohn Lord Liſle.
- Bartholmew Lord Burwaſch, or Bergheſech.
- The Lord Iohn Beauchampt.
- The Lord de Mahun.
- Hugh Lord Courtney.
- Thomas Lord Holand.
- Iohn Lord Gray.
- Richard Lord Fitz Simon.
- Sir Miles Stapleton.
- Sir Shomas Walle.
- Sir Hugh Wrotteſſley.
- Sir Neele Loringe.
- Sir Iohn Chandos.
- Iames Lord Audeley.
- Sir Otes Holand.
- Sir Henry Eme.
- Sir Sanchet Dabrichcourt.
- Sir Walter Panell.
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1
The occaſion that moued King Edward to inſtitute the
order of the garter.The cauſe and firſte occaſion of inſtituting
this order is vncertayne. But there goeth a tale amongſt the people, that it
roſe by this meanes, It chanced that Kyng Edwarde finding eyther the garter
of the Queene, or of ſome La [...],The [...]
[...] whome hee was in loue, beeing fallen [...] legge, ſtouped downe, and tooke it vp, [...] diuers of his nobles founde matter to tell, [...] talke their fancies merily, touching the Kyngs affection towards the
woman, vnto whome h [...] ſayde, that if hee liued, it ſhoulde come to paſſe that moſt high
honor ſhould be giuen vnto the [...] for the garters ſake: and there vpon ſhortly and, he deuiſed and
ordeyned this order of the garter with ſuch a poſey, whereby he ſignified
that hys Nobles iudged otherwiſe of him than the [...] was. Though ſome may thinke, that to noble [...] order, had but a meane beginning [...] bee true, yet many honorable, degrees of [...] hadde their beginnings of more [...]
[...]a [...]e things, than of loue, whiche beeing or [...]
[...]oſed, is moſt noble and commendable, h [...]
[...] it ſelfe is couered vnder loue, as the [...] ſayth, Nobilitas ſub amere iacet.
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1 William de Montagewe
Earle of [...] bu|rie, Kyng of Man, and Marſhall of [...]de,Addition [...] Adam M [...]+mouth, [...] Tri [...]. was ſo bruſed at ye Iuſtes holdẽ heere at Wind|ſor (as
before yee haue hearde) that hee [...]rted thys life, the more was the pitie, within eyghte dayes after.
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1 The King about the ſame
time, to [...], in the quindene of Candlemas, helde a Coun [...]ell at
[figure appears here on page 924] London, in the whiche, with good
aduice, and ſound deliberation had vppon the complaynt of the commons to hym
before time made, hee gaue out ſtraight
commaundemente, that no man, on payne of empriſonmente and deathe, ſhoulde
in time to come, preſente or induct anye ſuch perſon or perſons, that were
ſo by the Pope promoted, without the Kinges agreemente, in preiudice of his
royall prerogatiue. Heerevppon, he directed alſo writtes to all Archbyſhops,
By|ſhoppes, Abbots, Priors, Deanes, Archdeacons, Officials, and other
eccleſiaſticall perſons, to whome it apperteyned, inhibiting them in no wiſe
to attempte anye thing in preiudice of that ordinance, vnder pretext of any
Bulles, or other writings, for ſuche manner of prouiſions, to come from the
Courte of Rome. Other writtes were alſo directed to hys ſonne the Prince of
Wales, and to all the Sherifes within ye realme, for to arreſt all ſuche as
broughte into the lande any ſuch Bulles or writings, and to bring them
before the Kings counſell or his Iuſtices, where EEBO page image 925 they
mighte bee puniſhed, according to the treſ|paſſe by them committed.
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1 About the ſame time, the
Kyng ordeyned a certayne coigne of fine golde, and named it the Florene,
which coigne was [...]uiſed for his warres in Fraunce, for the golde thereof was not ſo fine
as was the Noble, which in the fourteenth yeare he had [...] to be coigned: but this coigne con|tinued not long.
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1 After the feaſt of the
holy Trinitie, the Kyng held a Parliament
at London, in the whych, hee aſked a tenth of the Cleargie, and a fifteenth
of the laytie, about which demaunde, there was no finall altercation, but at
length he had it graun|ted for one yeare.
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1 The ſame time, the
Archbyſhop of Can [...]r|bury helde a conuocation of all the Cleargie at London, in the
which, many things were in talke about the honeſt demeanor of Churchmen,
whi|che ſeldome is obſerued, as the addition to Nicho|las Triuet ſaith.
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1
[...]oigne [...]nged.About the feaſt of the Aſſumption of our La|dy, the
King diſanulled the Florens, to ye greate commoditie of his Kingdome;
ordeyning a grea|ter Florene of halfe a marke, and a leſſer of three
ſhillings four pence, and the leaſt of all, of twen|tie pence, and theſe
were called Nobles, and not without cauſe, for they were a noble coigne,
faire and fine golde.
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1 This yeare, the
ſeuententh day of Nouember, the Pope in
Auinion created the Lord Lewes de Spaine, Ambaſſador for the Frenche K.
Prince of the Iſles called Fortunatae, for what purpoſe it was not
knowen, but it was doubted, not to be for any good meaning towardes the
king|dome of Englande, the proſperitie whereof, the ſame Pope was ſuſpected
not greately to wiſh.
1345
An. reg. 19.
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1 About the beginning of
Lent the ſame yeare, the ſayde Pope had ſente an Archbyſhoppe and a
Byſhoppe, Ambaſſadors to the King, who
meete them at Oſpring in Kente, and to the ende they ſhoulde not linger long
within the Realme, hee quickly diſpatched them withoute effect of theyr
meſſage.
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1 This yeare, ſhortly after
Eaſter, the Duke of Britaine, that had bin deteyned priſoner by the Frenche
King, and eſcaped out of priſon, came ouer into England. And about the ſame
time, the King ordeyned the exchange of moneys at London Caunterbury, and Yorke, to ye greate
commoditie of his people.
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1
[...]burie. Ad. Meri. [...]lichron.About Midſomer, or as other bane Michael|mas, the
Erle of Derby, with the Erle of Pem|broke, the Lorde Raufe Stafford, the L.
Walter de Manny, the L. Iohn Grey of Codnore, and diuers other Lords,
[...]e hundred [...]en of armes, and two thou|ſand archers hath Froiſſart.
Knightes, and Eſquires, to the number of fiue or ſixe hundred men of armes,
and as many archers, ſailed ouer into Gaſcoigne, to a [...] the Kinges ſubiectes there agaynſte the Frenchmen. This Earle of
Derby, being gene|rall of the army, after hys arriuall in Gaſcoigne, about
the beginning of December, wanne the Towne of Bergerat by force,Bergerat won. hauing putte to fight the Erle of
Leſſe, as then the French kings Lieutenant in Gaſcoigne, who lay there with
a greate power, to defende the paſſage, but beeyng drawen into the
Towne,Froiſſart. and hauing loſt the S [...]thes to the Engla [...]
[...] hee fledde out in the night, and ſo left the Towne, withoute anye
Souldiers to defende it, ſo that the Towneſmen yeelded it vnto the Earle of
De [...], and [...]ware themſelues to be true ſiege men vnto the Kyng of Englande.
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1 After this, the Earle of
Derby paſſed further into the Countrey, and wanne diuers Caſtels and Townes,
as Lango le Lacke, Mo [...]rat, Mong [...]e, Punach, La [...]ew, For [...]th, Pondair, Beaumount in Layllois, Bodnall, Abberoch and Li [...]orne, part of them by aſſaulte, and the reſidue by ſurrender.
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1 This done, he returned to
[...]urdeaux, hauing left Captaines and Souldiers in ſuche places as he had
wonne.
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1 This yeare, the King ſent
forth a commiſſion vnto certaine perſons in euery countie within this
Realme, to enquire, what landes and tene|mentes euery man, aboue fiue
poundes of yeere|ly reuenewes, bring of the lay fee myght diſpend, bycauſe
he had giuen order, that euery man whi|che myghte diſpende fiue poundes and
abdue, vnto tenne pounde of ſuche yeerely reuenewes in lande of the ley fee,
ſhoulde furniſhe hymſelfe, or finde an archer on horſebacke, furniſhed with
armour and weapon accordingly.
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1 Hee that might diſpende
tenne pounde, ſhould furniſhe hymſelfe, or fynde a demilaunce or a light
horſeman if I ſhall ſo tearme hym, beeyng then called an Hobeler with a
launce, and hee that myghte diſpende fiue and twentie pounde, ſhoulde
furniſhe hymſelfe, or finde a man at armes. And hee that myghte diſpende
fiftie poundes, ſhoulde furniſhe two men at armes. And hee that myghte
dyſpende an hundred poundes, ſhoulde fynde three men at armes, that is,
hymſelfe, or one in his ſteede, with two other.
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1 And ſuche as myght
diſpende aboue an hun|dred poundes, were appoynted to fynde more in number
of menne at armes, accordingly as they ſhoulde bee aſſeſſed, after the rate
of theyr landes, whyche they myghte yearely diſpende, beeyng of the lay fee,
and not belonging to the Church.
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1 About this ſeaſon, the
Duke of Britayne,Additions to Triuet. ha|uing wt
him the erles of Northãpton & Oxford, EEBO page image 926 Sir William
de Killeſby one of the Kings ſe|cretaries, and many other Barons and
knightes, with a greate number of men of armes, paſſed o|uer into Britaine,
againſte the Lord Charles de Bloys, where they carried a long time, and dyd
little good to make anye accompte of, by reaſon that the Duke, in whoſe
quarrell they came into thoſe parties,The Duke of
Britayne de|parted this life ſhortly after his arriuall there,
de|parted this life, and ſo they returned home into England. But after their
comming from thẽce, Sir Thomas Dagworth
Knighte, that hadde bin before, and nowe after the departure of thoſe Lordes
and Nobles, ſtill remayned the Kyngs Lieutenant there, ſo behaued himſelfe
againſte both Frenchmen and Britaines, that the memo|rie of his worthy
doings, deſerueth perpetual cõ|mendation.
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1
The Lorde Beaumount of Heynault for|ſaketh the K. of England his
ſeruice.
The king go|eth ouer into Flaunders.
Sir Iohn de Heynault Lorde Beaumont, a|bout the ſame time, changed
his coate, and lea|uing the King of Englandes ſeruice, was retey|ned
by the French Kyng.
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1 In this nineteenth yeare
of King Edwarde I finde, that about the feaſt of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn
Baptiſt, he ſayled ouer into Flaun|ders, leauing his ſonne the Lord Lionell,
warden of the Realme in his abſence. He tooke with him a great number of
Lords, Knightes, and Gẽtle|men with whome hee landed at Sluſe.
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1 The cauſe of his going
ouer was to further a practiſe whiche he hadde in hande with them of
Flaunders, the which by the labor of Iaques Ar|teueld, meant to cauſe their
Earle Lewes, eyther to do homage vnto Kyng Edward, or elſe if hee refuſed,
then to diſinherite him, and to receyue
Edwarde Prince of Wales for theyr Lorde, the eldeſt ſonne of King
Edwarde.Ia. Meir.
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1 King Edwarde promiſing to
make a Duke|dome of the Countie of Flaunders, for an aug|mentation of honor
to the countrey, there came vnto Sluſe to the King,Froiſſart. Iaques van Arteueld, and a great nũber of other,
appointed as counſel|lors for their chiefeſt Townes.
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1 The King with all his
nauie,
[...] of Engl [...] ſhippe. lay in the Ha+uen of Sluſe, where in his great
Shippe [...] the Catherine a Counſell was holden vpon thys foreſaid purpoſe: but
at length, thoſe of the Coun|ſels of the chiefeſt Townes, miſliked the [...] ſo much, that they would conclude nothing [...] required reſpite for a moneth to conſult with all the communaltie of
the Countreys, and to [...] and as the more part ſhould be enclined, ſo ſh [...] the King receyue aunſwere, The King and Iaques Arteueld would fayne
haue had a [...] daye, and a more towardly aunſwere, but [...] other could be gotten.
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1 Heerevppon, the Councell
brake vp, and Ia|ques Arteueld tarying with the King a certain ſpace after
the other were departed, promiſed hym to perſwade the Countrey well ynough
to h [...] purpoſe, and ſurely, hee hadde a great gift of [...]+quence, and hadde thereby induced the Countrey wonderfully, to
conſent to many things as well in fauour of King Edward, as to his [...] a|nauncement: but this ſ [...]te whiche he went [...]we about to bring to paſſe, was ſo odious [...]to all the Flemings, that in no wiſe they thought it reaſon to
conſente vnto the diſinheriting of the Earle.
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1 At length, when Iaques
Arteuelde ſhoulde re|turne vnto Gaunt,
Ia. Meir.
Welchemen appoynted to Iaques Arte|ueld for a [...] Gerard De|nyſe.
Kyng Edwarde appointed fiue hundred Welchmen to attende hym as a
garde, for the preſeruation of his perſon, bycauſe he ſayde, that one
Gerarde Deniſe, Dean of the waynors, an vnquiet man, malitiouſly purpo|ſed
his deſtruction.
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1 Captaynes of theſe
Welchmen, were Iohn Matreuerſe, and William Sturine, or Sturrie, and ſo with
this crewe of Souldiers, Arteuelde returned to Gaunte, and earneſtly goeth
in hand with hys ſute in Kyng Edwardes behalfe, that eyther the Earle
ſhoulde doe hys homage to the Kyng of Englande, to whome it was due, or elſe
to forfeyte hys Earledome. Then the fore|ſayde Gerard, as well of his owne
mynde, as procured thereto by the authoritie of Earle Le|wes, ſtirred the
whole Citie againſte the ſayde Arteuelde,Iacob Arte|uelde
houſe beſette. and gathering a greate power vnto hym, came and
beſette Arteueldes houſe rounde about vpon eache ſide, the furie of the
people be|ing wonderfully bente agaynſte hym, crying kill hym, kill hym,
that hathe robbed the trea|ſure of the countrey, and nowe goeth aboute to
diſinherite our noble Earle.
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1 Iaques van Arteuelde
perceyuing in what danger he was, came to a window, and ſpake to that
enraged multitude, in hope with faire and curteous wordes to appeaſe them,
but it coulde not bee: wherevpon, hee ſoughte to haue fledde out of hys
houſe, but the ſame was broken vp, and ſo manye entred vppon hym, that hee
was EEBO page image 927 founde out,Froiſſart. [...]ames Mair. and ſlayne by one Thomas Deniſe (as ſome write.)
But other affirme, that a Cob|ler, whoſe father this Iaques van Arteueld had
ſometime ſlayne, followed him, as he was fleeing into a ſtable where hys
horſes ſtoode, and there with an axe cloue his head in ſunder, ſo that hee
fell downe ſtarke dead on the grounde.Iacob van Ar|teueld
ſtayne. And thys was the ende of the foreſaide Iaques van
ArteLueld, who by hys wiſedome and policie had ob|teyned the whole
gouernemente of all Flaun|ders.
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1 He was thus ſlayne vpõ a
Sunday in ye after noone, being the ſeuententh of Iuly. There were ſlayne
alſo tenne other perſons that were of hys counſell, and dyuers of the
Welchmen in lyke manner, but the other eſcaped, and got away vn|to King
Edwarde, as yet remayning at Sluſe, vnto whome thoſe of Bruges, Caſſell
Curtrick, Hypres,Ambaſſadours the the good [...]ovvnes in Flã+ders vnto K. Edvvarde. Aldenard, and other
Townes, dyd af|terwards ſende their orators to excuſe thẽſelues, as nothing giltie nor priuie to the deathe of hys
friende, and their worthy gouernour Iaques van Arteueld, requiring him not
to impute the faulte vnto the whole countrey, which the raſh and vn|aduiſed
Gantiners had committed, ſith ye Coun|trey of Flaunders was as ready now to
do hym ſeruice and pleaſure as before, ſauing that to the diſinheriting of
their Earle, they could not be a|greeable, but they doubted not to perſwade
hym to doe his homage vnto the King of Englande, and till then, they promiſed not to receyue him.
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1 They put the King alſo in
hope of a marriage to be had, betwixte the ſonne of their Earle, and ſome
one of the Kings daughters. Heerewith, the King of England (who was departed
frõ Sluſe, in greate diſpleaſure with the Flemings became ſomewhat pacified
in hys moode, and ſo renued the league eftſoones with the Countrey of
Flan|ders: but the Earle woulde neuer conſent to doe homage vnto the Kyng of Englande, but ſtill ſticked to
the French Kings part, which purcha|ſed him muche trouble, and in the ende
coſt hym his life, as after ſhall appeare.
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1 But now to returne vnto
the Earle of Der|by,Froiſſart. whome wee left in
Gaſcoigne. Yee ſhall vn|derſtand, that ſhortly after he was come backe to
Burdeaux, from the conqueſt whiche hee hadde made of Bergerat, &
other townes thereaboutes. The Earle of Liſle, who (as ye haue hearde) was
the French Kings Lieutenant in that
countrey, aſſembled an army of twelue thouſand men, and comming before
Auberoche, a Towne in Gaſ|coigne,Auberoch be| [...]ged. beſieged it, ſore preſſing them within, in ſo muche,
that they were in greate daunger to haue bin taken, if the Earle of Derby,
hauyng knowledge in what caſe they ſtoode, hadde not come to theſe reſke [...]e, who with three hundred ſpeares, or men of armes as we may call
them, and a ſixe hundred archers, approching neere to the ſiege, layde
hymſelfe cloſely within a wodde, till the Frenchmenne in the euening were at
ſup|per,The Frenche armie diſtreſ|ſed, and he Earle of
Liſle taken. and then he ſuddainely ſet vpon them in their campe,
and diſcomfited them, ſo that the Earle of Liſle was taken in his owne
tente, and ſore hurte.
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1 There were alſo taken,
the Earle of Valen|tinois, and other Earles, Vicontes, and Lordes of greate
accomple, to the number of nyne, be|ſide thoſe that were ſlayne. The reſidue
were putte to flight and chaſed, ſo that the Engliſh|menne hadde a fayre
iourney, and wanne greate riches by priſoners and ſpoyle of the enimies
Campe.
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1 After thys, the Earle of
Derby, beyng re|turned to Burdeaux, and hauing but the Cap|tiues in
ſafekeepyng, aſſembled his power, and marching foorthe into the Countrey,
towardes the Ryolle,Townes won by the Earle of
Derby. (a Towne in thoſe parties whyche hee meante to beſiege) he
wanne dyuers townes and Caſtels by the way as Saint Baſill, Ro|che Million,
Montſegure, Aguillon, and Se|gart.
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1 At length, he came to the
Towne of the Ry|olle, whiche hee beſieged, and lay about it nyne weekes, ere
hee coulde winne it, and then was the ſame towne ſurrendred into his handes,
but the Caſtell was ſtill defended agaynſte hym for the ſpace of eleuen
weekes, at whyche tyme, beeyng ſore oppreſſed, and vndermyned, it was
yeelded by them within, conditionally, that they ſhoulde departe only with
theyr ar|moure.
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1 After thys, the Erle of
Derby wanne Mont|peſance, Mauleon, Ville-Franche in Agenois, Miremont,
Thomines, the Caſtell of Damaſ|ſen, and at length,Angoleſ [...]
came before the Citie of An|goleſme, the whyche made appoyntmente
with the Earle, that if no ſuccoures came from the Frenche Kyng, within the
ſpace of a moneth, that then the Citie ſhoulde bee ſurrendred to the Kyng of
Englandes vſe: and to aſſure thys appoyntmente, they deliuered to the Earle
foure and twentie of their chiefe Citizens as hoſta|ges.
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1 In the meane tyme,Blaues. the Earle layde ſiege to Blaues, but coulde
not winne it.
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1 Hys men rode abroade into
the Countrey, to Mortaigne, Mirabeau, and Aunay, but wanne little, and ſo
retourned agayne to the ſiege of Blaues.
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1 When the moneth was
expired, that they of Angoleſme ſhoulde yeelde, the Earle ſente hys two
Marſhals thither, who receyued the homage EEBO page image 928 and
fealtie of the Citizens, in the King of Eng|lands name, and ſo they were in
peace, and recei|ued againe their hoſtages.
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1 At length, when the Earle
of Derby ſawe, that he did but loſe his time in the beſieging of Blaues,
whiche ſir Guiſchart Daugle, and Sir Guilliaume de Rochfort, being Captains
with|in, did ſo valiantly defende, that he could obteyne no aduantage of
them, hee reyſed hys ſiege, and returned vnto Burdeaux, hauing furniſhed
ſuche Townes as hee hadde wonne in that
iourneye wyth conueniente garniſons of men to defende them agaynſte the
enimyes, and to keepe fron|tier warre as they ſhoulde ſee cauſe.
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1
Froyſſart ſaith they were in hũdred thou|ſand. Gio.
Vil|lani writeth, that they were a ſixe thou|ſand horſe|men, and fiftie
thouſande footemen, of Frenchmen, Gaſcoignes, Genewayes, &
Lombardes.The Frenche Kyng being ſore moued at the conqueſts thus
atchieued by the Earle of Derby, rayſed a mightie army, and ſent the ſame
foorth, vnder the leading of his ſonne the Duke of Nor|mandy, into
Gaſcoigne, to reſiſt the ſaide Earle, and to recouer agayne thoſe Townes
which hee had wonne in thoſe partes.
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1 The Duke of Normãdy
being come to Tho|louz, where his general aſſembly was appoynted, ſet
forwarde with his army, and winning by the way Miremoũt, and Ville Franche
in Agenois, at length came to the Citie of Angoleſme, whych hee enuironed
about with a ſtrong ſiege, conti|nuing the ſame, till finally, the Captayne,
na|med Iohn Normell,
Annales de Burgoigne.
1346
An. reg. 20.
required a truce to endure for one daye, which was graunted, and the
ſame was the daye of the purification of
our Ladye, on the which, the ſame Captayne, with the ſoul|diers of the
garriſon departed, and lefte the Citie in the Citizens handes.
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1
Angouliſme recouered by the Frenchmẽ.The
Frenchmen, bycauſe they had graunted the truce to endure for that day
withoute excep|tion, permitted them to goe theyr wayes without lette or
vexation. The Citizens in the morning yeelded the Citie to the Duke.
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1 After this,Da [...] Th [...]
he wanne the Caſtell of Da [...]+ſen, Thonins, and Port S. Mary, Thonius by ſurrẽder, & the
other two by force of aſſaultes.
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1 Then hee came to the
ſtrong Caſtell of Aig|uillone, which he beſieged,Aiguillon b [...]ged. and lay thereat a long ſeaſon. Within was the Earle of
Pembroke, the Lorde Walter de Manny, Sir Frãke de [...] and dyuers Knightes and Captaines, which de|fended themſelues, and
the place ſo ſtoutely, that the Frenchmenne coulde winne little aduaun|tage
at theyr handes.
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1 Whileſt the ſiege
continued before thys for|treſſe,Gi [...]. Villani, the Seueſhall of Guyenne departed from the Campe,
with an eyght hundred horſemen, and foure thouſand fotemen, purpoſing to
winne a Caſtell,The [...]
belonging to a nephewe of the Cardi|nall Della Motte a twelue
leagues diſtant from Aiguilone. The Archdeacon of Vnfort, owner of that
Caſtell, went to the Ryoll, where the Earle of Derby with his army as then
was lodges, to whome he made ſute, to haue ſome power of mẽ to reſcue his
Caſtel. The Erle appoynted to hym a ſufficiẽt nũber, both of horſemẽ,
& alſo of Eng|liſh archers, with whome, ye ſaid Archdeacon r [...]de all the night, & the next morning betimes, beyng the 31. of
Iuly, they came to the Caſtell, where the Frenchmen were arriued the day
before, and had fiercely aſſayled the Caſtell, doyng their beſt to winne it
by force. But the Engliſhmenne without any delay, immediately vpon their
com|ming, ſet vpon the Frenchmen, and gaue them ſo ſharp and fierce
battaile, that in the ende,Frenchmen diſcomfited.
the Frenchmen were diſcomfited: the Seneſhal with
[figure appears here on page 928] many other Gentlemen, were taken priſoners, beſide thoſe
that were ſlayne. To conclude, the number of them that were ſlaine, and
taken pri|ſoners in the whole, amounted to foure hundred horſemen, and two
thouſand footemen.
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1 Sir Godfrey de Harcourt
being conſtreyned EEBO page image 929 to flee out of France to auoyde the
French kings diſpleaſure, came ouer vnto the king of England, who receyued
him right ioyfully, for hee was knowne to bee a right valiaunt and a wiſe
perſo|nage. He was brother to the Earle of Harecourt, Lorde of Saint Sauiour
le Vicount, and of dy|uerſe other townes in Normandie.
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1 A little before that hee
fell into the Frenche kings diſpleaſure, he might haue done wyth the king of
France, more than any other Lord with|in
that Realme.
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1
Additions to [...]remouth.In this .xx. yeare of his raigne, king Edward vpon
complaint of the people made agaynſt pur|ueyours of vittayles for his
houſholde (the which vnder colour of their Commiſſions, abuſed the ſame, in
taking vp among the commons all ma|ner of things that lyked them, without
making payment for the ſame, further than the ſayd com|miſſions did allow
them) he cauſed inquirie to be made of theyr miſdemeanors, and ſuche as were
founde to haue offended of whome there was no ſmall number, ſome of them
were put to death on the Gallowes, and other were fined,Puruevers puniſhed. ſo to teache the reſt to deale more warely in
theyr buſineſſe
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1
[...]tices.About the ſame time, he cauſed all the Iuſti|ces
within his dominions to renounce and giue ouer all their Pencions, fees, and
other vyding benefites or rewardes, which they vſed to receiue of the Lordes
and great men of the lande, as well prelates, as of them of the temporaltie,
to the end that their handes beeing free from gyftes, Iuſtice might more
freely haue courſe, and bee of them duly
and vprightly miniſtred.
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1
Parliament.Alſo this yeare in the lent ſeaſon, the
King helde a Parliament at Weſtminſter, and toke in|to his handes all the
profites,
[...]dinals. reuenues, and emo|luments, which the Cardinals helde
within thys land: for he thought it not reaſon, that they which fauoured the
Pope and Frenche king beeing hys aduerſaries, ſhould enioy ſuch cõmodities
with|in his realme.
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1
[...]roiſſard.
The king paſ| [...]th ouer into Normandie.
After this, in the Moneth of Iuly following, he tooke ſhipping and ſayled into Normandie, hauing
eſtabliſhed the Lord Porcie, and the Lord Neuile, to be wardens of his
realme in h [...]s ab|ſence, with the Archbiſhop of Yorke, the Biſhop of Lyncolne, and
the Biſhop of Dureſme.
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1
[...] Villani [...]yth there [...]ere 2500. [...]rſemen, and 30000. footmẽ and archers, that paſſed o|uer with the
king. But whẽ he commeth to ſpeake of the battail, he ſee|meth to
en|creaſe the number.The army which he had ouer with him, was to
the number of foure thouſande men of armes, and ten thouſande archers,
beſide Iriſh men, and Welchmen, that followed the hoſt aſoote. The chiefeſt
Captains that went ouer with him were theſe. Firſt his eldeſt ſonne Edwarde
Prince of Wales being as then about the age of .xiij. yeres, the Earles of
Hereford, Northampton, Arundel, Cornwal, Huntingdon, Warwike, Suffolk, and
Oxforde, of Barons the Lorde Mortimer, who was after Earle of Marche, the
Lordes, Iohn, Lewes, and Roger Beauchamp, alſo the Lords Cobham, Mounbray,
Lucy, Baſſet, Barkcley, & Wyllonghbie, with diuerſe other Lordes,
beſides a greate number of knightes and other worthie Captaynes. They landed
by the aduice of the Lorde Godfrey of Harecourt, in the Iſle of
Con|ſtantine, at the port of Hague Saint Waſt, nere to Saint Sauiour le
Vicount. The Earle of Huntingdon was appoynted to be gouernour of the fleet
by Sea, hauing with him a hundred men of armes, and foure hundred
archers.
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1 After that the whole
armie was landed, the king appoynted two Marſhals, the Lord God|frey of
H [...]court, and the Earle of Warwike, and the Erle of Arundell was made
Coneſtable. There were ordeyned three battayles,The
ordering of the kings armie. one to goe on his right hande,
following by the moſt of the Sea, and another to March on his left hande
vn|der the conduct of the Marſhals, ſo that hee him|ſelfe EEBO page image 930
went in the middeſt with the maine armie, and in this order forwarde they
paſſed towardes Caen, lodging euerie night togither in one fielde. They that
went by the Sea, tooke all the ſhippes they founde in theyr way, and as they
marched forth thus,Harflew. what by water, and
lande, at length they came to a towne called Harflewe, whiche was giuẽ vp,
but yet neuertheleſſe it was robbed, and much goodes found in it.
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1
Chierburg.After this they came to Chierburg,
whiche towne they wanne by force, robbed
it, and burnt part of it, but the Caſtle they coulde not winne. Then came
they to Mountburge,Mountburge. and tooke it,
robbed it, and burnt it cleane. In this manner they paſſed foorth, and burnt
many townes and villages in all the Countrey as they went.Carentine. The towne of Carentine was deliuered vnto them
a|gaynſt the will of the ſouldiers that were within it. The ſouldiers
defended the Caſtel two day [...] and then yeelded it vppe into the Engliſh [...] handes, who burnt the ſame, and cauſed the B [...]+geſſes to enter into theyr Shippes. All th [...] done by the battaile that went by the Sea [...] and by them on the ſea togither.
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1
2 On the other ſyde, the
Lorde Godfrey of Harecourt, with the battayle on the right [...] of the King, roade foorth ſixe or ſeuen [...] from the kings battayle, in burning and c [...] the Countrey. The King had with him ( [...] thoſe that were with the Marſhals) three [...]+ſand men of armes ſix thouſand archers, [...] thouſand men on foot. They left the Citie of Cõ|ſtance,Saint Lo. and came to a great towne called [...]aint Lo, a rich towne of draperie, hauing many wel|thie Burgeſſes
within it: it was ſonne taken and robbed by the Engliſh men vpon theyr fyrſt
ap|proch.
[figure appears here on page 930] From thence the king marched
ſtreight to Caen, wherein were Captaines, Raufe Earle of Ewe and Guines
Coneſtable of France, and the the Erle of Tankeruile. Theſe noble men ment
to haue kept their defences on the walles, gate, bridge, and riuer, and to
haue left the Suburbes voyde, bycauſe they were not cloſed, but one|ly
with the Riuer: but they of the towne
ſaid they would iſſue forth, for they were ſtrong ynough to fight with the
king of England. When the Co|neſtable ſaw their good willes, he was
contented to follow their deſire, and ſo forth they went in good order and
made good face to put their lyues in hazard: but when they ſawe the Engliſh
men approch in good order deuided into three battails, & the archers
readie to ſhoote, whiche they of Caen had not ſeene before, they were ſore
afrayde and fled away towarde the towne
without any order or array, for all that the Coneſtable coulde doe to ſtay
them.There were ſlaine in all without and within the
towne. 5000. men, as Gio. Villani wri|teth. The Engliſhe men
followed, and in the chaſe ſlue many, and entred the towne with their
enimies. The Coneſtable, and the Earle of Tankeruile tooke a Tower at the
bridge foote, thinking there to ſaue themſelues, but perceyuing the place to
be of no force, nor able long to holde but, they ſubmitted themſelues vnto
ſir Thomas Hollande.
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1 But here whatſoeuer
Froiſſart doth report of the taking of this tower, and of the yeelding of
theſe two noble men, it is to be proued yt the ſayde Earle of Tankeruille
was taken by one [...] Legh, aunceter to ſir Peter Legh nowe being,Peter
L [...]
whether in the fight or within the Tower I haue not to ſay: but for
the taking of the ſayde Earle, and for his other manlike prowes ſhewed here
and elſe where in this iourney, king Edwarde in recompence of his agreeable
ſeruice, gaue to him a Lordſhip in the countie of Cheſter called Han|ley,
which the ſayde ſir Peter Ligh nowe leuing doth enioy and poſſeſſe, as
ſucceſſor and heyre to his aunceſter the foreſayd Ligh, to whome it was ſo
firſt giuen.
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1 But to returne nowe to
the matter where we left: The Frenchmen beeing entred into theyr
houſes,Ca [...]
[...]
caſt downe vpon the Engliſh men [...] in the ſtreetes, ſtones, tymber, hote water, and barres of yron, ſo
that they hurt and ſlue more than fiue hundred perſons. The king was [...] mo|ued therwith, that if the L. God. of Harecourt had not aſſwaged
his mood, the towne had bin burnt, EEBO page image 931 and the people put to
the edge of the ſworde: but by the treatie of the ſayd Lorde Godfray,
procla|mation was made, that no man ſhoulde put fire [...]nto any houſe, nor ſlea any perſon, nor force any woman, and then did
the towneſmen and ſoul|diers ſubmit themſelues, and rece [...]ed the Eng|liſhe men into theyr houſes. There was great ſtore of
riches gotten in this towne,
[...]0000. clo| [...]es, as Gio Villani wri| [...]th, were got [...]y the Engliſh [...]en in one place and o|ther in this [...]rney. and the moſt part thereof ſent into Englande with the
fleete which the king ſent home with the priſoners, vn|der the guiding of the Earle of Huntingdon, ac|companied with
two hundred men of armes and foure hundred Archers.
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1 When all things were
ordred in Caen as the king could deſire, be marched from thence in the fame
order as he had kept before burning and e [...]|fling the Countrey. He paſſed by Gureur, and came to Loui [...]rs,
[...]iers which the Engliſhe men ſoone entred and ſacked with out
mercie. Then went they forth and left Roane, and came to Gyſors,Giſors. the towne they burnt, but the Caſtell they
coulde not get they brent alſo Vernon,Vernon. and
at Poyſſy they repared the bridge whiche was broken, and ſo there they
paſſed ouer the riuer of Saine. The power of the Engliſhe men increaſed
dayly,Gio. Villani. by ſuche numbers as came
ouer forth of Englande in [...]o [...] to winne by pyllage. Alſo many gen|tlemen of Normandie, and other of
the Frenche Nation which loued not the French king, came to the king of
Englande, offring to ſerue him, ſo that there were in his armie foure
thouſand horſ|men and fiftie thouſand footemen with the Nor|mans, and of
this number there were .xxx. thou|ſand Engliſhe Archers, as Giouan Villani
wryteth.
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1 The Engliſh Marſhals
manne abrode iuſt to M [...] and bury Saint Germains in Lay:S. Germains in Lay.
S. Claude. alſo [...] and Saint Clow [...], and p [...] B [...]|longne
[figure appears here on page 931] by Paris, and the Queenes
Burge.
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1 In the meane time had the
French king aſ|ſembled a mightie army vpon
purpoſe to fyght with the Engliſh men. The Lorde Godfrey of Harecourt, as
hee rode forth with fiue hundred men of armes, and .xiij. hundred archers by
ad|uenture encountered with a great number of the Burgeſſes of Amiens on
horſebacke, who were ryding by the kings commaundement to Paris. They were
quickly affayled, and though they de|fended themſelues manfully for a while,
yet at length they were ouercome, and .xj. hundred of them ſlaine in the fielde, beſide thoſe that were ta|ken.
The Engliſhe men had all their caryage and armour.
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1 Thus paſſed forth the
king of England, and came into Beauvoiſyn,
[...]
and lodged neare vnto the citie of Beauvois one night in an Abbey
cal|led Meſſene, and for that after he was diſlodged, there were that ſet
fire in the ſame Abbey, with|out any commaundement giuen by him the cau|ſed
.xx.Burners executed. of them to be hanged hot
were the firſte procurers of that fyre.
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1 So long the king of
England paſſed forward, that finally hee approched neare to the water of
Some, the which was large and deepe, and al the bridges broken, and the
paſſages well kept, wher|vpon he cauſed his two Marſhals with a thou|ſande
men of Armes, and two thouſand archers, to go along the riuer, to the ende
to finde ſome paſſage. The Marſhals aſſayed dyuerſe places,Piqueney. as at Piqueney, and other where, but they
could not finde any paſſage vncloſed, Captaynes with men of warre being ſet
to defende the ſame, inſo|much that the marſhals returned to the king, and
declared what they had ſeene and founde.
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1 The ſame inſtant time was
the French king come to Amiens,The French kings
armie. with mor than a hundred thou|ſande men, and thought to
encloſe the King of Englande, that he ſhoulde no way eſcape, but bee EEBO page image 932 conſtrayned to receyue battaile in ſome place greatly to
his diſaduauntage.
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1
2 The king of England well
perceyuing him|ſelfe in daunger, remoued from the place where he was
encamped, and marched forwarde through the Countries of Ponthiew and Vimew,
appro|ching to the good towne of Abuile, and at length by one of the
priſoners named Gobyn de Grace, he was told where he might paſſe with his
army ouer the riuer of Some, at a four [...] in the ſame ry|uir, being hard in
the bottom, and very ſhallow at an ebbe water. The French king vnderſtanding
that the king of England ſought to paſſe the ri|uer of Some,Sir Gormare du Foy. ſent a great baron of Normandie,
one ſir Godmare du Foy, to defend the paſſage of the ſame riuer, with a
thouſand men of armes, & ſir thouſand on foote with the Genewais.
Thys ſir Godfrey had with him alſo a great number of them of Mutterell and
others of the Countrey, to that he had in all to the number of .xij.M. men,
one and other, and hearing that the
king of Eng|lãd was minded to paſſe at Blanchetaque (which was the paſſage
that Gobyn Agace had infor|med the king of Englande of) he came
thither.Gobin a Grace When the Engliſh men
approched, he arranged all his companie to defend the paſſage. And ſurely
when the Engliſh men at the lowe water entred the fourde to paſſe ouer,
there was a ſharpe bicke|ring, for diuerſe of the Frenchmen encountred the
Engliſhmen on horſebacke in the water, and the Genewais did them much hurt, and troubled thẽ ſore with
their croſbows: but on the other ſide, the Engliſh archers ſhot ſo wholy
togither, that the French men were faine to giue place to the Eng|liſh
men,The Engliſh men wan the paſſage ouer the water of
Some. ſo that they got the paſſage and came o|uer, aſſembling
themſelues in the field, and then the Frenchmen fled, ſome to Abuile, ſome
to S. Riquier. They yt were on foot could not eſcape ſo wel as theſe on
horſeback, inſomuch that a great number of them of Abuile, Muttrel, Arras,
and of S. Riquier were ſlaine and taken,
for the chaſe endured more than a great league.
Caxton. The number ſlai [...]e Froiſſart.
There were ſlaine in all to the number of two thouſande.
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1 When the king of Englande
had thus paſſed the riuer, hee acquit Gobin Agace, and all hys companie of
their raunſoms, and gaue to ye ſame Gobin an hundred nobles,Crotay burnt. and a good horſe, and ſo the king roade
foorth as he did before. His mar|ſhals roade to Crotay by the Sea ſide, and
burnt the towne, and tooke all ſuch wines
and goodes as were in the Shippes and Barkes which lay there in the
hauen.
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1 One of the Marshals road to the gates of Abuile, and from thence
to S. Richier, and after to the towne of Rue saint Esperite. This was on a
Fryday, and both the Marhsals returned to the kings host about noone, and so
lodged all togither about Cressy in Ponthieu, where hauing knowledge that
the French king followed to giue hym battaile, he commaunded his marshals to
choose a plot of ground, somewhat to his aduantage, that he might there
abide his aduersaries. In the mean time the French king being come with al
his puissance vnto Abuile, and hearing how the king of Engla(n)d was passed
ouer the riuer of Some, and discomfited sir Godmar du Foy, he was sore
displeased in his minde: but when he vnderstood that his emimies were lodged
at Cressy, and ment ther to abyde him, he caused all his people to issue out
of Abuile, and early on the Saterday in the morning, anon after Sunne rysing
he departed oute of the towne himselfe, and marched towards his enimies. The
king of England vnderstanding that his aduersarie king Philip stil followed
him, to giue him battaile, and supposing that the same Saterday he would
come to offer it, rose betimes in the morning, and com(m)aunded euery man
first to call vpon God for his ayde, then to be armed, and to draw with
speede into the field, that in the place before appoynted they might be set
in order of battail.
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1 Beside this, he caused a parke to be made and closed by the
woodde side behinde his host, in the which he ordeyned that all the Cartes
& cariages shoulde be set, with all the horses, (for euery man was
on foot.) Then he ordeyned three battails: in the first was the prince of
Wales, & with him the Earle of Warwike, the Lord Godfrey of
Harecourt, the Lord Stafforde, the Lord de la Ware, the Lord Bourchier, the
Lord Thomas Clifford, G [...]
[...] ſayth, that when they ſhould in [...]
[...] Engliſh [...] were y [...] arche [...] Eng|liſh de Wel [...]+men, beſide [...]+ther [...] with [...] Ian [...]ies, and not [...]ully 400 [...]
[...]
the Lord Reginal Cobham, the Lord Thomas Hollande, sir John Chandos,
sir Bartilmew de Browash, sir Rob. Neuil. They were an .viij.C. men of
armes, and two. M. archers, & a .M. of other with the Welchmen. In
the second battaile was the Erle of Northampton, the Erle of Arundell, the
Lords, Ros, and Willowbie, Basset, S. Albine, Multon, and other. The third
battaile the king led himselfe, hauing with him .vij.C. men of armes, and
two thousande Archers: and in the other battayle were to the number of eight
hundred men of Armes, and twelue hundred Archers.
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1 Thus was the English armie marshalled according to the report of
Froissart.
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1 When euery man was gotten into order of battaile, the king leapt
vpon a white Hobbie,
Froiſſ [...]t.
The [...] me [...]
[...] the [...]e.
and rode from ranke to ranke to viewe them, the one Marshall on hys
right hande, and the other on hys lefte, desiring euerie manne that daye to
haue regarde to hys right and honour. Hee spake it so courteously, and wyth
so good a countenaunce, that euen they whiche before were discomforted,
tooke courage in hearing him speake suche sweete and louing woordes amongest
them. It was nine of the clocke or euer he
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thus visited all his battayles, and thervpon he caused euerie man to eate
and drinke a little which they did at theyr leysure.
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1
2
3
4
5 The French king before hee approched neare to his enimies, sent
forth foure skilfull knightes to viewe the demeanor of his enimies, the
whiche returning againe, made report as they had seene, and that forsomuch
as they could gesse, the Englishme(n) me(n)t to abide him, being deuided
into three battayles, readie to receiue him and his puissance, if hee wente forwarde in purpose to assayle them.
Here was the French king counsailed to stay and not to giue battayle that
day, but to aduise all things with good deliberation and regard, to consider
well how and what way he might best assayle them. Then by the Marshals were
all men commaunded to stay, The diſorder [...]mong the French men. and not to goe any further, they that
were formost and next to the enimies taryed, but they that were behinde,
would not abide but rode forth, and sayd they would not stay till they were as farre as the formost: and when
they before saw them behind come forward, then they marched on also againe,
so that neyther the king nor his marshals could rule them, but that they
passed forward still wtout order, or any good array,
till they came in sight of their enimies: & as soone as as the
formost saw their enimies, then they reculed back, wherof they behind had
maruaile, & were abashed, supposing that the formost company had bin
fighting. The(n) they might haue had roome
to haue gone forward, if they had beene minded. The co(m)mons of who(m) all
the wayes betwixt Abuile & Cressy were ful, when they saw yt they were nere their enimies, they tooke their swords
& cried downe with them, let us slea the(m) all. There was no ma(n)
though he were present at the iorney could imagin & shew the truth
of the euill order yt was amo(n)gst the French partie,
& yet they were a maruellous great number. The Englishmen which
beheld their enimies thus approaching towardes the(m), prepared the(m)selues at leysure for the
battaile, which they saw to be at hand. The first battaile wherof the prince
was ruler, had the archers sta(n)ding in maner of an herse, & the
men of armes in the bottom of the battaule. The Erle of the Northa(m)p. and
the Erle of Arundell, with the second battail, were on a wing in good order
redy to comfort the princes battail, if need were. The lords &
knights of Fraunce came not to the assemble togither, for some came before,
& some came after, in such hast and euil order, that one of them
troubled another. There were of the Genewaies Crosbowes to the number of
.xij. or .xv.M.
Charles Gri|maldi & An|thony or O|thonie Doria were captains
of theſe Gene|waies, which were not paſt ſix thouſand, as Gio. Villani
hath.
Polidor. Froiſſart.
The Earle of Alanſon.
the which were co(m)au(n)ded to go on before, & with their
shot to begin the battail, but they were so werie with going on foot that
morning, .vj. leagues armed, with their crosbowes, that they said to their
Conestables,
we bee not well vsed, in that we are com(m)aunded to fight
this day, for we bee not in case to do any great feat of armes, we haue
more need of rest.
These words came to the hearing of the Erle of
Alanso(n), who said: A man is wel at ease to be charged with such a sort of
rascals, that faint and faile nowe at most need. Also at the same instant
there fell a great rain, & an eclipse with a terrible thu(n)der,
Rain & thun|der with an eclipſe. and
before the raine, there came flying ouer both armies a great number of
Crowes, for feare of the tempest co(m)ing: then anon the aire began to wax
cleare, & the sunne to shine fair & bright, whiche was right
in the Fre(n)ch mens eies, & on the English mens backs. Whe(n) the
Genewais were asse(m)bled togither, and began to approch, they made a great
leape & crie, to abashe the Englishment,
The
Genewais but they stood stil & stirred not at all for that
noise: the(n) the Genewaise the seco(n)d time made an other leap and huge
crie, & stepped forward a little, and the Englishmen remoued not a
foot: the third time again the Genewais leapt, & pelled and went
forth til they came within shot, & fiercely therewith discharged
their crosbowes. Then y
e English archers
[figure appears here on page
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stept
EEBO page image 934 stept forth one pace, and let flie their arrowes so wholy
and so thicke togither,
The battaile is begon.
that is seemed to snow. Whe(n) the Genewais felt the arrowes piercing
through heads, armes and breastes, many of them cast downe their Crosbowes,
and cutte the strings and returned discomfited. When the French king sawer
them flee away, he sayde: flea these rascalles, for they shall let and
trouble vs without reason. Then yee might have seeene the men of armes haue
dasht in amongst them, and killed a great
number of them, and euer the Englush men shot where they saw the thickest
prease: the sharpe arrowes ranne into the men of armes, and into their
horses, and many fell horse and man amongest the Genewais, and styll the
Englishe menne shotte where they saw the thickest prease, and when they were
once downe they coulde not recouer againe: the throng was suche that one
ouerthrew another, and also among the English men, there were certain some
of the footemen with great kniues, that
went in among the men of armes, and killed many of them as they lay on the
ground, both Erles, Barons, knights, and esquires.
The
king of Boheme. The valiant king of Bohem being almost blinde,
caused his men to fasten all the reynes of the brydles of their horses eche
to other, and so hee being himselfe amongst them in the formost rank they
ranne on their enimies. The Lord Charles of Boheme, sonne to the same king,
and late elected Emperour, came in good order to the battaile, but when he saw how the matter went awrie on theyr
part, he departed, and saued hymselfe. His father by the meane aforesayde
went so farre forward, that ioyning with his enimies, he fought right
valiantly, and so did all his companie: but finally being entred within the
prease of their enimye, they were of them enclosed and slaine, togither with
the king theyr maister, and the next day founde deade lying about him, and
their horses all tyed eche to other.
The Earle of
Alanſon. The Earle of Alanson
came right orderly to the battayle, and fought with the Englishmen, and so
did the Erle of Flaunders also on his part. These two Lords coasted y
e English archers, & came to the princes battail,
& ther fought right valiantly a long time. The Fre(n)ch king
perceiuing where their banners stoode, would faine haue come to them, but
could not by reason of a greate hedge of archers that stood betwixt them and
him.
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2 This was a perillous battaile and sore foughten: there were few taken to mercie, for the English
men had so determined in the morning. Certaine French men and Almaines
perforce opened the archers of the Princes battaile, The
princes battail pierced and came to fight with the men of armes
and to hand. Then the seconde battaile of the English men came to succor the
Princes battaile, and not before it was time, for they of that battail had
as then ynough to do, insomuch that some whihch were about him, as the Erle
of Northampton, The [...] Northam [...] ſendeth [...] king. and others, sent to the king, where he stood aloft on
a Windmil hill, requiring him to aduaunce forward, and come to their ayde,
they being as then sore layde to of their enimies. The king herevpo(n)
demaunded if his son were slaine, hurt, or felled to the earth? No sayde the
knight that brought the message, The kings
anſwere. but he is sore matched: well (sayd the king) returne to
him and them that sent you, and say to them that they send no more to me for
any aduenture that falleth, so long as my sonne is aliue, for I will that
this iourney be his, with the honor thereof. With this answere the knight
returned, wich greatly encouraged them to do their best for him to win theyr
spurres, being halfe abashed in that they had so sent to the king for ayde.
At length, when it drew toward euening, & that the Frenchmen were
beaten downe & slain on eche hand, The French
king depa [...] out of the [...]
king Philip as it were by constraint departed out of the field, not
hauing as then past .lx. persons about him, of who(m) the L. John of
Heynault was one, by whose perswasion he cheifly consented to ride his way
for this owne safegarde, when he sawe the losse was such on that day it
could not be recouered.
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1 The ſlaughter of the
Frenchmen was great and lamentable,
Great ſlaugh+ter of French|men.
Caxton. Iames M [...] Polidor. Froiſſ [...]rt.
Noble m [...]n [...]a [...].
namely for the loſſe of ſo many noble menne, as were ſlaine at the
ſame battaile, fought betwene Creſſy & Broy on that S [...]terday next following the feaſt of S. Bartholomew be|ing (as that
yeare fell) the .xxvj. of Auguſt.
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1 Among other which died
that day, theſe [...] regiſtred by name as chiefeſt, Iohn king of Bo|heme, Raufe Duke of
Lorraine, Charles of A|lanſo brother germaine to king Philip, Charles Erle
of Bloys, Lewes Erle of Flanders, alſo the Earle of Harecourt, brother to
the Lord Ge [...] of Harecourt with the Earles of Auſſere, An|merle, and Saint Poule,
beſide diuers other of the nobilitie. The Engliſh men neuer brake out of
their battails to chaſe any man, but kept themſel|ues togithers in their
wards and ranks, & defended themſelues euer agaynſt ſuch as came to
aſſayle them. This battaile ended about euening.
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1 When the Frenchmen were
clearly ouer [...]e, and thoſe that were left aliue fled & gone, ſo that the
Engliſhmen heard no more noyſe of them,The king of
England com+meth downe from the h [...]
king Edwarde came downe from the hyll (on the which hee had ſtood
all that day with his helmet ſtill on his head) & going to the
prince, embraced him in his armes, & kiſſed him, ſaying, faire ſ [...]e God ſend you good perſeuerance in this your pro|ſperous beginning,
you haue nobly acquit your ſelfe, you are wel worthie to haue the gouern [...]e of a realme cõmitted to your hands for your vali|ant doings. The
prince inclined himſelfe to the earth in honouring his father as hee beſt
coulde. This done, they thanked God togither with their EEBO page image 935
ſouldiers for their good aduenture: for ſo the king commaunded, and willed
no man to make anye boaſt of his owne power, but to aſcribe all the prayſe
to almightie God for ſuch a noble victorie.
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1 On the Sunday in the
morning, there was ſuche a myſt that a man could not ſee an Acre bredth
before him. Then by the kings commaun|dement there departed from the hoſt
fiue hundred Speares, and two thouſand archers, to trie if they might heare
of any French men gathered togither in any
place neare vnto them.
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1 The ſame morning there
were departed out of Abuile and S. Requier in Ponthieu, the cõmons of Roan,
and Beauvais, with other that knewe nothing of the diſcomfiture the day
before. Theſe met with the Engliſh men, ſuppoſing they hadde bin Frenchmen,
& being fiercely aſſayled of them, after ſore fight, and great
ſlaughter, the French|men were diſcomfited and fled, of whõ were ſlain in
the hedges and buſhes, mo than .vij.M. men.Frenchmen
ſlaine the day after the bat|taile.
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1 The Archbiſhop of Roan,
and the Graund Prior of Fraunce, ignorant alſo of the diſcomfi|ture the day
before, and ſuppoſing (as they were enfourmed) the French ſhoulde not haue
fough|ten till that Sunday, were likewiſe encountred (as they came
thitherwarde) by the Engliſh men, with whom they fought a ſore battaile, for
they were a great number, but yet at length they were not able to ſuſteine
the puiſſant force of the Eng|liſh men, and ſo the moſt part of them were
ſlain,The Archbi|ſhop of Rouẽ, and the Lorde grand
Prior of France ſlain with the ſayd Archbiſhop and grand Prior,
and few there were that eſcaped.
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1 That Sunday morning the
Engliſhe men mette with diuerſe French men, that hadde lofte theyr way on
the Saterday, and wyſte not where the King nor theyr Captaynes were be|come.
They were all ſlaine in manner, ſo ma|ny
as the Engliſhe menne coulde meete with, inſomuch that of the Commons and
footemen of the Cities and good townes of Fraunce, (as was thought) there
were ſlaine this Sunday foure tymes as many as were ſlaine the Saterday in
the great battaile.
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1 When thoſe Engliſhmen
that were ſent a|brode thus to view the Countrey, were returned againe, and
ſignified to the king what they had ſeene and done, and how there was no
more ap|parance of the enimies, the K.
ſent to ſearch what the number was of them that were ſlaine, and vpon the
view taken, it was reported vnto him, that there were found dead .xj.
princes, foure ſcore baronets .xij.C. knights, and mo than .xxx.M. other of
the meaner ſort.
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1
2 Thus was the whole
puiſſance of France vã|quiſhed, and that chiefly by force of ſuch as were
of no reputation amongſt them, that is to ſay, the Engliſh archers, by whoſe
ſharp and violent ſhot the victorie was atchieued, to the great cõfuſion of
the French nation. Of ſuch price were the Eng|liſh bowes in that ſeaſon,
that nothing was able to withſtand them, whereas now our archers co|uet not
to draw long and ſtrong bowes, but ra|ther to ſhoote compaſſe, which are not
meete for the warres, nor greatly to be feared, though they come into the
field. The K. of Englãd with his army kept ſtil his field, vntill Mõday in
the mor|ning, and then diſlodged & came before Mõturel by the ſea,
and his Marſhals ran toward Hedyn. The next day they road toward Bolongne,
and at Wyſam the king and the prince encãped, and taried a whole day to
refreſh their people, & on the Wedneſday being the .30. day
of Auguſt,Calice beſie|ged. he came before the
ſtrong towne of Calice, & there planted his ſiege, and erected
baſtides betwene the town & the riuer, & cauſed carpẽters
to make houſes & lod|gings of great timber, which were couered wt
reed & broom, ſo many & in ſuch order, yt it ſemed a new
town, & in it was a market place apointed of pur|poſe, EEBO page image 930 in the which the Market was dayly kept of vit|tayle, and
all other neceſſarie things euery Tueſ|day and Saterday, ſo that a man myght
haue bought what he woulde of things brought thi|ther out of Englande and
Flaunders.
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1 But nowe forſomuch as we
haue ſpoken of this iorney and inuaſion made by king Edward into Fraunce, in
this .xix. yeare of his raigne, ac|cordingly as wee haue gathered out of
Froiſſart and diuerſe other authours, I haue thought good to make the reader partaker of the contentes of a letter
written by a Chapleyn of the ſayd King, and attendaunt about him in the ſame
iourney, conteyning the ſucceſſe of his proceedings after his departure from
Poiſſie, which letter is inſerted with others in the hiſtorie of Robert de
Aueſburie and Engliſhed by maiſter Fox as followeth.
1.11.1. A Letter of VV. Northbourgh the kings Con|feſſor deſcribing
the kings voiage in
France.
A Letter of VV. Northbourgh the kings Con|feſſor deſcribing
the kings voiage in
France.
SAlutations premiſed.Actes and
Monuments Pag. 482.
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1 We giue you
to vnder|ſtande, that our ſoueraigne Lorde the King came to the
towne of Poiſſie the day before the Aſſumption of our Ladie,
where was a certaine bridge ouer the water of Saine broken downe
by the enimie, but the king taryed there ſo long tyll that the
bridge was made againe. And whiles the bridge was in reparing,
there came a greate number of
men at armes, and other ſouldiers w [...] armed, to hinder the ſame. But the Erle of Nor|thampton
iſſued oute agaynſt them, and fiue of them more than a
thouſande, the reſt fled away: thankes bee to God. And at
another time, oure men paſſed the water (although with muche
tra|uaile) and ſlut a greate number of the common ſouldiers of
Fraunce, about the Citie of Paris, and countrey adioyning, being
part of the French kings armie, and throughly well appoynted: ſo
that oure people haue now made other good brid|ges vpon our
enimies, God be thanked, withoute any loſſe and damage to vs.
And on the mor|row after the Aſſumption of our Ladie, the king
paſſed the water of Sayne, and marched toward Poiſſie, which is
a towne of great defence, and ſtrongly walled, and a maruellous
ſtrong Ca|ſtell within the ſame, whiche our enimies kept. And
when our vauntgard was paſſed the towne, our reregarde gaue an
aſſault therevnto, and toke the ſame, where were ſlaine more
than three hun|dred men at armes of our enimies part. And the
next day following, the Earle of Suffolke, and ſir Hugh Spencer,
marched forth vpon the com|mons of the Countrey aſſembled and
well ar|med, and in fine diſcomfited them, and ſlue of them more
than two hundred, and tooke three ſcore Gentlemen priſoners
beſyde others.
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1 And after
that the King marched towarde graund Vylliers, and while he was
there encam|ped,
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vauntgarde was diſcried by the
men at armes of the king of Boheme: wherevpon our men iſſued out
in great haſt, and ioyned bat|tail with them, but were enforced
to retyre. Not|withſtanding, thankes be vnto God, the Erle of
Northampton iſſued out, and reſcued the horſe|men with the other
ſouldiers: ſo that fewe or none of them were either taken or
ſlaine, ſauing only Thomas Talbot but had again the enimie in
chaſe within two leagues of Amiens: of whõ we tooke .viij. and
ſlue .xij. of their beſt men at armes: the reſt being well
horſed, tooke the towne of Amyens.
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1 After this
the king of England marched to|warde Pountife, vpon Bartholmew
day, and came to the water of Some, where the Frenche king had
layde fiue hundred men at armes, and three thouſande footemen,
purpoſing to haue kept EEBO page image 937 and ſtopped our
paſſage: but thanks be to God the king of Englande and his hoſte
entred the [...] water of Some, where neuer man paſſed before, withoute
loſſe of any of our men, and after that encountered wyth the
enimie and ſlue of them more than two thouſande, the reſt fledde
to A [...]|uile, in which [...] chaſe was taken many knightes, Eſquiers, and men at
armes.
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1 The ſame daye
Sir Hugh Spencer tooke the towne of Cro [...]ay, where he and hys Souldi|ers ſlue foure hundred men at armes, and kep [...] the Towne, where they founde great [...]ye of vittayles.
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1 The ſame
night encamped the king of Eng|lande in the Forreſt of Creſſy
vpon the ſame wa|ter, for that the French kings hoſt came on the
o|ther ſide of the towne, neare with our paſſages [...] he woulde not take the water of vs, and ſo mar|ched
towarde Abuile. And vppon the Frydaye next following, the King
beeing ſtill encamped in the
ſayde Forreſt, our Scutters deſcryed the French King which
marched toward vs in foure great battayles: And hauing then
vnderſtan|ding of our enimies, (as Gods will was) a little
before the euening tyde, we drewe to the plaine fielde, and ſet
our battailes in array: and imme|diately the fight beganne,
whiche was ſore and cruell, and endured long, for our enimies
behaued themſelues right nobly: but thanks be giuen vn|to God,
the victorie fell on our ſide, and the king our aduerſarie was diſcomfited with all his
hoſte [...] and put to flight: where alſo was ſlaine the king of
Boheme, the Duke of Loraine, the Earle of Alanſon, the Earle of
Flaunders, the Earle of Blois, the Earle of Harcourt, wyth hys
two ſonnes, the Earle of Danmarle, the Earle de Neuers, and his
brother the Lorde of Tronarde, the Archbiſhop of Niſmes, the
Archbi. of Sons, the high Prior of Fraunce, the Earle of Sauoy
the Lorde of Morſes, the Lorde de Guis, le ſeig|neur de S. Nouant le ſeigneur de
Roſingburgh, with ſixe Earles of Almaigne, and diuerſe other
Earles, Barons, knightes, and Eſquiers, whoſe names are
vnknowne. And Philippe de Va|lois hymſelfe, with an other
Marques, which was called Lord Elector among the Romaines,
eſcaped from the battaile.
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1 The number of
the menne at armes whiche were founde deade in the fielde,
beſide the com|mon Souldiers
and footemen, were a thouſande, fiue hundred, fortie and two:
and all that nyght the King of Englande wyth hys hoſte aboade
armed in the fielde, where the battayle was fought.
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1 On the nexte
morrowe before the Sunne roſe, there marched towardes vs another
greate hoſte, mightie and ſtrong of the French menne But the
Earle of Northampton, and the Erle of Nor [...]e iſſue out agaynſt there in three battayles, and after
long and [...]
[...]ght, them in [...] for they diſco [...]d by Gods greate helpe and grace (for otherwyſe it coulde
ne|uer haue beene) where they tooke of Knightes, and Eſquites a
greate numbre, and fiue a| [...]e two thouſande pur [...]yng the ch [...]ſe three [...]nes from the place where the battaile was [...].
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1 The ſame
nyghte alſo the King encamped him [...] agayne in the Fo [...] Creſſye, and on the morrowe marched towarde Bolongne, and
by the waye hee tooke the Towne of Sta|ples: and them thence hee
marched towarde Ca|lays, [...] hys ſiege, and lay his [...]ter [...] to the ſ [...].
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1 And therefore
out [...] Lorde the King willeth and common [...], in all that e [...]er you maye, to ſende to the [...]yde ſiege vittayles conu [...]. For after [...] of our depar|ting from T [...], [...]
[...]ayled through the C [...] wyth greate peryll and daunger of our people, and yet
alwayes h [...]dde of vittayle be plen|tie, thankes hee to God therfore.
But [...] (as the caſe ſtandeth) w [...]e p [...]lye neede youre helpe to hee refreſhed wyth vittayles.
Th [...] fare yee well. Written at the Siege before the Towne of
Calays, the fourtenth daye of September.
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1 But nowe
touching the ſiege of Calays, and to returne where wee loſte,
yee ſhall vnder|ſtande that ( [...]s yet haue hearde) the Engliſhe campe was furniſhed wyth
ſufficient prouiſio [...] of meate, drynke, apparell, munition, and all o|ther
things neceſſarie: and oftentymes alſo the Souldiours made
roades and forrayes into the borders of Fraunce nexte adioyning,
as to|wardes Guines, and Saint Omer, yea euen to the gates of
that Towne; and ſometyme to Bolongne.
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1 Alſo the
Earle of Northampton fetched a bootie out of Arthoys,Iames Mair. and as he returned toward the
hoſte, he came to Te [...]ane, which Towne the Biſhoppe had fortifyed and
mannen,Terrouan. deliue|ring the
cuſtodie thereof vnto Sir Arnold Dan|drehen for when he hearde
the Engliſh men ap|proched, he [...]ſt not [...]ame wythin the ci [...] him|ſelfe, but got them to Saint [...]ers.
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1 Sir Arnolde
ſtoode valiantly to his defence, and would not yeeld, vntil by
fiue force the Eng|liſhe men entered the Citie, fiue the
Souldiours,Terrouan won by force.
and tooke theyr Captaine ſhe fayde Sir Arnolde priſoner. The
Citie was put to the ſacke, and af|ter ſet on fyre.
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1 And when the
Engliſhemen [...]
[...] depar|ted, there to [...]e a number of [...]ing [...] the ſiege which they had layd before Saint O [...]ers, and beganne a newe ſpoyle, and [...]ied ſuche EEBO page image 938 houſes belonging to the Canons
& other, which the Engliſh men had ſpared. Thus we [...]e thoſe confines in moſt miſerable caſe, for no houſe nor
other thing was in ſafegarde, but ſuche as w [...] conteyned within the cloyſure of ſtrong tow [...] and fortreſſes.
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1
Froiſſart.The king of Englande would
not aſſayle the towne of Calais by giuing any aſſault to it, for
he knewe he ſhould but loſe his labor, and waſte his people, it
was ſo ſtrong of it ſelfe, and ſo well furniſhed with men of
war. Captain thereof alſo was one ſir Iohn de Vienne,Sir Iohn de Vienne Cap|tain of Calais. a
valiant knight of Burgoigne, hauing with him diuerſe other right
ha [...]die and expert Captaynes, Knights, and Eſ|quiers.
When the ſayd ſir Iohn de
Vienne ſaw the maner of the Engliſh hoſt, & what the
kings intention was, he conſtrayned all the poore and meane
people to depart out of the towne.The king of
Englands pitie towards to poore. The king of England
perceyuing that this was done of purpoſe to ſpare vittail, would
not driue them backe againe to helpe to conſume the ſame, but
rather pitied them, and therfore did not only ſhew them ſo much
grace to ſuffer thẽ to paſſe through his hoſt, but alſo gaue
them meate & drink to din|ner and moreouer two pens ſterling to euery
per|ſon which charitable deed wan him much praiſe,
[...]
and cauſed manye of his enimies to praye right har [...]l [...] for his [...]ſ [...]eſſe and proſperitie.
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1
2 The French K.
[...]ing to rayſe the ſiege frõ Calais which the king of
Englande kept there, ſent for his ſon the Duke of
Normandie,The Duke of Normandie ſent
for. which had lien long at the ſiege of Aygut [...], & now by commaundement of his father left le
ſore againſt hys will. In this my due wh [...]le, the Erle of Dar|l [...]
[...]mayned as the Citie of Burdeaux, and there had held men
du [...]ng all the time that the ſiege lay defa [...] Aig [...]ilom When he once vnderſtood that the ſiege was raiſed,
& that the duke of Normãdie had broken vp his con [...]pe, he ſent into Gaſgoigne for all knights and ſinners
that held of the Eng|liſh partie.The Erle of
P [...]e aſſem|bleth an army. Then co [...] to Burdeaux the L. Daſ|br [...] the lord de Leſpare, the lord de Roſam, the lord of
Muſidẽt, the lord of P [...]miers, and a great ſort mo of the lordes and nobles of
Gaſcoigne, to that the Erle had .xij.C. men of armes, two .M.
archers, and three .M. other footmen. They paſſes the riuer of
Garonne, betwixt Burdeaux & Blay, and tooke their way
into Xanctonge, to to go vnto Pontiers, and tooke by the way the
towne of Mi|rabel by aſſault: they wan alſo the towne and
ca|ſtell of Annay, Surgieres and Benon,Townes
v [...] by the Earle of Dar [...]. Alſo they tooke Maraunt in Poictow by fine
force, they burnt alſo the towne of Luſignen, but the Caſtell
they could not win. Moreouer they wã ye bridge, towne,
& caſtel of Taliburg, and fine al that were found within
it, bycauſe a knight of the Engliſh part was ſlain in the
aſſaulting. From thence the Erle of Darby went & layd
ſiege to Saint Iohn Dangely, which was yeelded to him by
cõpoſiti|on. At Niort he made three aſſaultes, but coulde not
win it, & to frõ thence he came to Bourg S. Maximen the
which was won by force, & al that were within it ſlain,
& in like maner the towne of Montreull Bonnin was won,
& the moſt part of the within ſlain, yt toke vpõ thẽ
to defend it, which were .200. coyners of money that
wrought in the mint, which the French K. kept there. Frõ thence
he paſſed forward with his hoſt, and finally came before the
Citie of Poictiers, whiche was great & large, ſo that he
coulde not beſiege it but on the one ſide. The thirde day after
his coming thither, he cauſed the citie to be aſſaulted in three
[...]es, & the greateſt number were appointed to
affacte the weakeſt part of ye citie. As thẽ ther were no
expert men of warre within Poictiers, but a great mul|titude of
people, vnſkilfull and not vſed to anye feates of warre, by
reaſon whereof the Engliſhe men entered in at the weakeſt place.
When they EEBO page image 939 within ſawe the Citie wonne, they
fledde out at other gates, but yet there were ſlaine to the
num|ber of ſeuen hundred perſons: for all that came in the
Engliſh mens way were put to the ſworde, men, women and
children. The Citie was ſac|ked and rifled,The Citie of Poicters won by force. ſo that greate
ſtore of ryches was gotten there, as well of the inhabitantes as
other that had brought their goods thither for ſauegard of the
ſame. The Earle of Darbie lay there ten or twelue dayes, and
longer myght haue layen, if
his pleaſure had ſo beene, for there was none that durſt go
about to diſquiet him, all the Countrey trembled ſo at his
preſence.
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1
2
3 At his
departure from Poictiers he left the Ci|tie voyde, for it was to
great to be kept: his ſoul|diers and men of warre were ſo
peſtered with ry|ches, that they wyſt not what to doe therewith,
they eſteemed nothing but golde and ſiluer, and feathers for men
of warre. The Erle viſited by the way as he returned homewardes
to Burde|aux the towne of
Saint Iohn Dangeli,Saint Iohn Dangely.
and the other fortreſſes which he had wonne in going to|ward
Poictiers, and hauing furniſhed them with men, munition, and
vittayles neceſſarie, at hys comming to Burdeaux he brake vp his
hoſt, and licencing his people to depart, thanked them for theyr
paynes and good ſeruice. All this while the ſiege continued
ſtill before Calais, & the French K. among other deuiſes
which he imagined how to raiſe the king of England from it,
procured the Scots to make
warre into England, inſomuch yt Dauid K. of Scotland,
notwithſtãding the truce which yet endured betwixt him
& the K. of Eng|land, vpon hope now to do ſome great
exploite, by reaſon of ye abſence of K. Edward entãgled thus
with the beſieging of Calais,The king of [...]cots inuadeth [...]nglande.
[...]olidor.
he aſſẽbled ye whole puiſſance of his realme, to the
nũber of .xl. or .lx. M. fighting mẽ (as ſome write) &
with thẽ entred into Englande, burning, ſpoyling, &
wafting the country, til he came as far as Durhã. The lordes of
England that were left at home with the Q. for the ſure keeping
& defence of the realm, percei|uing the K. of Scottes
thus boldly to inuade the land, & in hope of ſpoil to
ſend forth his light horſ|men to harry the country on eche ſide
him,The Engliſhe lords aſſemble a power to
fight with the Scottes Froiſſart.
aſſem|bled an hoſt of al ſuch people as were able to
beare armor, both prieſts & other. Their general
aſſẽble was appointed at Newcaſtell, & when they were
al togither, they were to the nũber of .1200. men of
armes three .M. archers, & .vij.M. other, with the
Welchmen: & iſſuing out of the town, they found the
Scots redy to come forward to incoũter thẽ. Thẽ euery man was
ſet in order of battel, & there were foure battels
ordeined, one to ayde another. The firſt was led by the B. of
Durh. Gilbert de Vmfreuile Erle of Anegos, Henry L. Percy,R. Southwel. and the L. Henry Scrope: the
ſeconde by the Archb. of York, & the L. Rauf Neuil: the
third by the B. of Lincoln, Iohn L. Mounbray, & the L.
Thom. de Rokeby: the fourth was gouerned by the L. Ed|ward
Baillol captain of Berwicke, the Archb. of Cant. & the
L. Ros:
Thom. VValſ. Froiſſart.
The Queenes diligence.
beſide theſe were ther W.L. D' Eincourt, Rob. de Ogle,
& other. The Q. was there in perſon, & went from
rank to rank, and en|couraged hir people in the beſt maner ſhe
could, & that done ſhe departed, cõmitting thẽ
& their cauſe to God the giuer of all victory. Shortly
hereupon the Scots ſet forward to begin the battail, &
like|wiſe did the Engliſhmen, & therewith the archers on
both partes begã to ſhoot: the ſhot of the Scots did little
hurt, but the archers of Englande ſore galled ye Scots, ſo that
there was an hard battel. They began at .ix. of the clock,
& continued ſtill in fight till noone.The Scottes fight with Axes. The Scots had ſharpe and
heauie Axes, and gaue with the ſame great and mightie ſtrokes,
howbeit finally the Engliſh men by the helpe of God obteyned the
victorie, although they loſt many of theyr men.
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1
2
3
EEBO page image 940There were diuerſe of the nobles of
Scotland ſlaine,The Engliſh men obteyne the
victorie. The king of Scots taken. to the number of
ſeuen Erles, beſide lords. The king was taken in the fielde ſore
wounded, for he fought valiantly. He was priſoner to an Eſquier
of Northumberland called Iohn Cope|lande, who as ſoone as he had
taken him, rode out of the fielde with him, accompanied onely
wyth viij. of his ſeruaunts, and reſted not till he came to his
owne Caſtell where he dwelled, being .xxx. mile diſtant from the
place of the battaile. There
was taken alſo beſide him,Hec. Boetius.
Southwell: Fabian. Froiſſart. the Erles of Fife,
Su|therlande, Wighton, and Menteth, the Lorde William Dowglas,
the Lord Veſcie, the Archb. of S. Andrewes, and another Biſhop,
wyth Sir Thomelyn Fowkes, and diuerſe other men of name. There
were ſlaine of one and other to the number. of .xv.M. This
battaile was fought be|ſide the citie of Durham,Neuils croſſe. at a place called Neuils
croſſe, vpon a Saterday next after the feaſt of S.
Michaell,See in Scotlãd. Pag. 350.
& 351 in the yeare of our Lorde .1346. He that
will ſee more of this
battaile, may finde the ſame alſo ſet forth in the Scottiſhe
hyſtorie, as theyr writers haue written thereof. And forſomuch
as by the circumſtances of their writings it ſhoulde ſeeme, they
kept the remembraunce of the ſame battaile perfitely regiſtred,
wee haue in this place onely ſhewed what other wryters haue
recorded of that matter, and left that which the Scottiſhe
Chronicles write, to be ſeene in the life of king Dauid, without
much abridging thereof.
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1
Hec. Boetius.
Counttreys of Scotland ſub|dued by the Engliſhmen.
Froiſſart.
The Engliſh men after this victorie thus ob|teyned, tooke
the Caſtels of Roxburgh, and Her|mitage, and alſo without any
reſiſtance ſubdued the Countreys of Annandale, Galloway, Mers,
Tiuidale, and Ethrike Foreſt, extending theyr marches forth at
ye time vnto Cokburnes Peth, and Sowtray hedge, and after vnto
Trarlinlips, and croſſe Cane.
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1 The Queene of
England being certainly en|formed that the king of Scottes was
taken, and that Iohn Copland
had conueyed him out of the field, no man vnderſtood to what
place, ſhe incõ|tinently wrote to him,Iohn
Copland refuſeth to de|liuer the king of Scottes.
commaunding him forth|with to bring his priſoner king Dauid vnto
hir preſence: but Iohn Copland wrote to hir againe for a
determinate anſwere, that he would not de|liuer his priſoner the
ſayde king Dauid vnto any perſon liuing, man or woman, except
onely to the king of England, his ſoueraigne Lord &
maiſter. Herevpon the Queene wrote letters to the king,
ſignifying to him both of
the happie victorie chan|ced to his people againſt the Scots,
& alſo of the demeanor of Iohn Coplande, in deteyning
the Scottiſh king. King Edwarde immediatly by letters commaunded
Iohn Coplande to repaire vnto him where hee laye at ſiege before
Calais, which with all conuenient ſpeede he did, and there ſo
excuſed himſelfe of that which the Queene had found hirſelfe
grieued with him, for deteyning the king of Scots from hir, that
the king did not [...]+ly pardon him, but alſo gaue to him .v.C.Iohn C [...] rea [...]
pounds ſterling of yearely rent to him and to his
hey [...] for euer, in reward of his good ſeruice and valiant
prowes, and made him Eſquier for his bodie, cõ|manding him yet
vpõ his returne into England to deliuer king Dauid vnto the
Queene, whiche he did, and ſo excuſed himſelfe alſo vnto hir,
that ſhe was therwith ſatiſfied and content.
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1 The Queene
then, after ſhe had taken order for the ſafe keping of the king
of Scots, and good go|uernment of the realme, toke the ſea and
ſayled o|uer to the K. hir huſband ſtil lying before Calais.
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1 Whileſt
Calais was thus beſieged by the king of Englande, the Flemings
which had lately be|fore beſieged Betwine,
Iames M [...]
The Fle [...]
& had rayſed from thence about the ſame time,
that the battaile was fought at Creſſy, nowe aſſemble togither
againe, and doing what domage they mighte agaynſte the Frenche
men on the borders, they lay ſiege vnto the towne of Ayre.
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1 Moreouer,Froiſſart. they wrought
ſo for the king of England (earneſtly requiring their friendſhip
in that behalfe) that their ſoueraigne Lorde Lewes,
1347
An. reg. [...]
Earle of Flaunders being as then about fiftene yeares of
age, fianced the Ladie Iſabel, daughter to the king of
England,The Earle of Fla [...]ders [...]+ſtrayned to promiſe [...]|riage to the king of Eng|lãds d [...]g [...]
more by cõſtraint in deed of his ſubiects, than for any
good wil he bare to the king of England: for he would often ſay,
that he would neuer mary hir whoſe father had ſlain his: but
there was no remedie: for the Flemings kept him in maner as a
priſoner, till he graunted to fo|low their aduice. But the ſame
weeke that the mariage was appoynted to bee ſolemnized, the
Earle as he was abrode in hawking at the Hea|ron, ſtale away and
fled into France, not ſtaying to ride his horſe vpon the
ſpurres, till he came in|to Arthois, and ſo diſhonourably
diſappoynted both the king of England, and his owne naturall
ſubiects the Flemings, to their high diſpleaſure.
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1 While the
king lay thus at ſiege before Calais, diuerſe Lords and knights
came to ſee him out of Flaunders, Brabant, Heynault, and
Almaigne. Amongſt other came the Lorde Robert of Na|mur, and was
reteyned with the king as his ſer|uaunt, the king giuing him
three .C. pounde ſterling of yearly penſion out of his Coffers
to bee payd at Bruges.The Lorde Charles de
Blois taken priſoner. During the time that the ſiege
thus continued before Calais, the Lord Charles du Blois, that
named himſelfe Duke of Britain, was taken before a Caſtell in
Britaine, called la Roche Darien, and his armie diſcomfited,
chiefly by the ayde of that valiaunt Engliſhe knight ſir Thomas
Dagworth,
Sir Thomas Dagworth.
Froiſſart.
who had bin ſent from the ſiege of Calais by king
Edwarde to aſſyſt the Coũteſſe of Montfort & other his
friends againſt the ſayd Charles de Bloys, that with a great
ar|my EEBO page image 941 of Frenchmen and Brytaynes, had the ſame
tyme beſieged the ſayd Caſtel of Roche Darien, conſtrayning them
within in ſuch forceable ma|ner, that they ſtoode in great neede
of preſent ſuc|cors.Sir Iohn Har| [...]lle an Eng|liſh knight was alſo there with him.
The ſayd ſir Thomas Dagworth aduer|tiſed hereof, with three .C.
men of armes, and four C. archers of his owne retinues, beſide
certayne Brytaynes, approched to the ſiege, and on the xx. of
Iune earely in the morning, a quarter of an houre before day,
ſodainly ſet vpon the enimies,
who hauing knowledge of his comming, were readie to receyue him
all the day before, but bee|ing now ſurpriſed thus on the
ſodaine, they were greatly amazed: for they that were within
Roch Darien, as ſoone as the apperance of day had diſ|couered
the matter vnto them, ſo that they might know their friends from
their enimies, they iſſued forth, and holpe not a litle to the
atchieuing of the victorie, whiche was clearely obteyned before
Sunne ryſing, and the Frenche armie quite diſ|comfited,
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Sir Thomas Dagworth and his
companie, conſidering theyr ſmall number, in compariſon of their
aduerſaries, who were reckened to bee twelue hundred good men of
Armes, Knightes, and Eſquires, beſide ſixe hundred other armed
men, two thouſande Croſbowes, ſixe hundred archers of the
Countrey of Brytayne, and foote|men of commons innumerable.
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1 There were
taken beſide, the Lorde Charles de Bloys, naming himſelfe Duke
of Brytayne, diuerſe other
Lordes and men of name, as Mon|ſieur Guy de la Vaal, ſonne and
heyre to the Lorde la Vaal, which dyed in the battayle, the Lord
of Rocheford, the Lorde de Beaumanour, the Lord of Loyack, with
other Lordes, knights and Eſquiers, in great numbers.
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1 There were
ſlaine the ſayde Lorde de la Vaall, the Vicounte of Rohan, the
Lorde of Chaſteau Brian, the Lorde de Maileſtr [...]ite, the Lorde de Quintin, the Lord de Rouge, the Lord
of Dereuall and his ſonne,
Sir Raufe de Mont|fort, and many other worthie men of armes,
Knightes, and Eſquiers, to the number betwixt ſixe and ſeuen
hundred, as by a letter wrytten by the ſayde ſir Thomas
Dagworth, and regyſtred in the Hyſtorie of Robert de Aueſburie
it doeth appeare.
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1 In this meane
while, King Philip hauing daylye worde howe the power of his
enimie king Edwarde, dyd encreaſe by ayde of the Eaſter|lings
and other nations,Fabian. whiche were
to him al|lyed, and that his menne within Calais were brought to
ſuch an extreame poynt, that wyth|out ſpeedie reſkue they coulde
not long keepe the Towne, but muſte of force render it ouer
in|to the handes of hys ſayde enimye, to the great preiudice of
all the Realme of Fraunce,
Thẽ French king aſſem|bleth an army.
Froiſſart.
after greate deliberation taken vpon this ſo weightie a
matter, hee commaunded euerie man to meete hym in theyr beſt
array for the warre, at the feaſt of Pentecoſt in the Citie of
Amiens, or in thoſe marches.
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1 At the day
and place thus appoynted, there came to him Odes Duke of
Burgoigne, and the Duke of Normandie eldeſt ſonne to the King,
the Duke of Orleaunce his yongeſt ſonne, the Duke of Burbon, the
Earle of Fois, the Lorde Lois de Sauoy, the Lorde Iohn of
Hey|nault, the Erle of Arminacke, the Earle of For|reſt, and the
Erle Valentinois, with many other.
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1 Theſe noble
men being thus aſſembled, they tooke counſayle which way they
myght paſſe to gyue battayle to the Engliſhe menne: It was
thought the beſt way had beene through Flaun|ders, but the
Flemings in fauour of the king of Englande denyed,The Fleming a beſiege Ayre. not onely to
open theyr paſſages to the Frenche menne, but alſo hadde EEBO page image 942 leuied an armie of an hundred thouſande men of
one and other,Iames Mair. and layde
ſiege to Ayre, and burnt the Countrey all aboute. Wherevpon
there were many ſharpe beckerings, and ſore encounters, be|twixt
the Flemings, and ſuch French menne as king Philip ſent forth
agaynſt them both: nowe whileſt the French armie lay about
Amiens, and alſo before, during all the time that the ſiege lay
at Calais. For all the French townes vpon the Frontiers were
ſtuffed with ſtrong garniſons of Souldiours, as Lyſle, Saint Omers, Arras, Bolongne, Ayre, and
Monttreul: and thoſe men of warre were euer redie vpõ occaſion
to attempt ſundrie exploytes.
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1 After this,
when the armie of the Flemings was broken vp,The French king commeth towarde Ca|lais. and returned
home, or rather de|uided into partes, and lodged along on the
fron|tiers, the French king with two thouſande men one and other
came forwarde, taking his waye through the Countrey, called la
Belme, and ſo by the Countrey
of Frankeberg, came ſtraight to the hil of Sangate, betwixt
Calais & Wiſant.
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1
The prepara|tion made by the king of England
to re|ſiſt the French king.The king of England had
cauſed a ſtrong ca|ſtell to be made betwene the towne of Calais,
and the ſea, to cloſe vp that paſſage, and had placed therein
.lx. men of armes, and two hundred Ar|chers which kept the hauen
in ſuch ſort that no|thing could come in nor out.
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1 Alſo
conſidering that his enimies could come neyther to ſuccour the
towne, nor to annoy hys hoſte,
except eyther by the Downes alongſt the Sea ſyde, or elſe aboue
by the high way, he cau|ſed all his nauie to drawe alongſt by
the coaſt of the Downes,The Earle of
Darbie. to ſtop that the French men ſhould not
approche that way. Alſo the Earle of Dar|bie being come thither
out of Guyenne, was ap|poynted to keepe Newlande bridge, with a
great number of men of armes and archers, ſo that the Frenchmen
coulde not approch any way, vnleſſe they woulde haue come
through the mariſhes, which to
do was not poſſible.
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1 Fiftene
hundred of the Commons of Tour|ney wan a Tower which the Engliſh
men had made and kept for the impeaching of the French mens
paſſage by the Downes, but that notwith|ſtanding, when the
Marſhals of France had well viewed all the paſſages and ſtraites
through the whiche their armie muſt paſſe, if they ment to fight
with the Engliſhmen, they well perceyued that they coulde not
come to the Engliſh men to
giue them battaile, without the king woulde loſe his people,
wherupon (as Froiſſart hath ye French king ſent the Lord
Geffrey de Charny, the Lord Euſtace de Ribaumont, Guy de Nele,
& the Lord de Beauiewe,The requeſt of
the Frenche Lords to the king of Eng|lande. vnto the
king of Englande, which required him on their maiſters behalfe
to appoint certaine of his Counſaile, as he woulde likewyſe
appoynt certaine of his, which by cõmon conſent might aduiſe
betweene them an indifferent place for them to trie the battaile
vpon: wherevnto the king of Englande anſwered, that their hee
was, and had beene almoſte a whole yeare,His
[...]
whiche coulde not bee vnknowne to hys aduerſarie there
maiſter, ſo that he might haue come ſooner if hee woulde: but
nowe ſithe hee hadde ſuffered hym there to remaine ſo long,
withoute offer of bat|tayle, he ment not to accompliſhe his
deſire, nor to depart from that, whiche to his great coſt hee
had brought at length to that poynt now, that he might eaſily
winne it. Wherefore if the French king nor his hoſte coulde not
paſſe thoſe wayes which were cloſed by the Engliſhe power, let
them ſeke ſome other paſſage (ſayd he) if they think to come
hither.
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1 In this meane
while,Cardinals [...] to [...] peace. came two Cardinals from Pope Clement, to
treate a peace betwyxte the two kings, wherevpon Commiſſioners
were appoynted, as the Dukes of Burgoigne, and Burbone, the
Lorde Lewes de Sauoy, and the Lord Iohn de Heynault, otherwiſe
called Lorde Beaumont, on the French part: and the Erles of
Derbie and Northampton, the Lord Reginalde Cobham, and the Lorde
Walter de M [...]y, on the Engliſh part. Theſe commiſſioners and the
Legates (as intreaters betwene the parties) met &
cõmuned three dayes togither, but agreed not vpon any
concluſion,They d [...]
and ſo the cardinals depar|ted: and the French king
perceyuing he could not haue his purpoſe,The
French king re [...] into Fraunce. brake vp his hoſt and returned
into Fraunce, bidding Calais farewell.
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1
2 After that
the French king with his hoſt was once departed from Sangate,
withoute mini|ſtring any ſuccour to them within the Towne, they
began to ſue for a parlee, which being gran|ted, in the ende
they were contented to yeelde, and the king graunted to receyue
them and the towne on theſe conditions:The
conditi|ons of the [...] reader of C [...]+lais. that ſixe of the chiefe burgeſſes of the
town ſhould come forth bare han|ded, bare footed, and bare
legged, & in their ſhirtes, with halters about their
neckes, with the keyes of the towne and Caſtell in their handes,
to ſub [...]t themſelues ſymply to the kings will, and the re [...]|due he was contented to take to mercie. This de|terminate
reſolution of king Edward being inti|mated to the commons of the
towne aſſembled in the market place by the ſound of the common
[...]l, afore the captaine, cauſed many a weeping [...] a|mongeſt them: but in the ende when it was per|ceyued
that no other grace would be obteined .vj. of the moſt
wealthieſt burgeſſes of all the towne agreed to hazard their
liues for the ſafegard of [...] reſidue, and ſo according to the preſcript order deuyſed
by the King, they wente forth of the Gates,Sir [...] of Calais pre|ſented to the King. and were
preſented by the Lorde Walter de Manny to the King, before whome
they kneeled down, offred to him the keyes of ye town, EEBO page image 943 and beſought him to haue mercie vpon
them: but the king regarding them with a fell countenance,
commaunded ſtreight that theyr heades ſhoulde be ſtriken off.
And although manye of the noble men did make greate intreatance
for them, yet woulde no grace bee ſhewed, vntill the Queene
being great with childe,The Queene [...]neth their [...]on. came and kneeled downe before the King hir
huſbande, and with lamen|table cheare and weeping eyes,
entreated ſo much for them, that finally the kings diſpleaſure
was aſwaged, and hys rygour
turned to mercie, ſo that he gaue the priſoners vnto hir to do
hir plea|ſure with them.
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1 Then the
Queene commaunded them to be brought into hir Chamber, and
cauſed the halters to be takẽ from their necks, clothed them of
new, gaue them their dinner, and beſtowing vpon eche of them
ſixe nobles, appoynted them to bee con|ueyed out of the hoſt in
ſafegarde, and ſette at libertie.
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Calais yeelded to the king of England.
1347
Thus was the ſtrong towne of Calais yeel|ded vp into the
handes of king Edward, the third of Auguſt, in the yeare .1347.
The Captaine the Lorde Iohn de Vienne, and al the other captains
and menne of name, were ſtayed as pryſoners, and the common
ſouldiers and other meane peo|ple of the Towne were licenced to
depart, and voyde theyr houſes, leauing all their armor and
ryches behinde them.
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1 The king
would not haue any of the olde in|habitantes to remaine in the towne, ſaue onely a Prieſt,
and two other auncient perſonages, ſuch as beſt knew the
cuſtomes, lawes, and ordinaun|ces of the towne.
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1 He appoynted
to ſende ouer thither amongeſt other Engliſh men there to
inhabite .xxxvj. Bur|geſſes of London,Calais
made a colonie of Engliſhmen. and thoſe of the
wealthieſt ſort, for he ment to people the towne only with
Eng|liſhe men, for the better and more ſure defence thereof. The
King and the Queene were lod|ged in the Caſtell, and continued there tyll the Queene was
deliuered of a daughter named Margaret.The
Queene brought to [...]ed in the Ca| [...]el of Calais. Polidor.
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1 The Cardinals
of whom ye heard before be|ing come as Legates from Pope
Clement, to moue communication of peace, did ſo much in the
matter, that a truce was graunted betwixte the realme of England
and Fraunce, for the tearme of .xij. monethes, or two yeares, as
Froiſſart hath. But the Engliſh Chronicle,Caxton. [...]ames Mair. [...]. and Iacobus Meir ſeeme to agree, that this truce was taken but
for nine monethes, though afterwards the ſame was proroged.Women harde [...] agree To the which truce all parties agreed
Brytayne excepted, for the two women there would not be quieted,
but ſtill purſued the warre the one agaynſt the other.
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1 After that
this truce was accorded, the king with the Queene hys wyfe
returned into Eng|lande, and lefte for Captayne wythin Calais,
one Sir Amerie of Pauie an Italian Knight,Sir
Amerie de Pauie. or as other Bookes haue, he was but
Captayne of the Caſtell, or of ſome one of the Towers of that
towne, whiche ſeemeth more lyke to be true, than that the king
ſhoulde commyt the whole charge of the Towne vnto hys
gouernment, beeing a ſtraunger borne, and therefore Iacobus Meir
is the more to be credited, that writeth how ſir Amerie of Pauie
was left but in charge with the Caſtell onely, and that the
towne was com|mitted to the keeping of the Lorde Iohn
Beau|champe, and Lewes his brother.
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1 But fow that
there was a peace thus conclu|ded betwixt the two kings,
1348
Thom. VValſ.
it ſeemed to the Eng|liſhe people that the Sunne brake
forth after a long clowdie ſeaſon, by reaſon both of the greate
plentie of all things, and remembraunce of the late glorious
victories: for there were fewe wo|men that were houſekeepers
within this lande, but they had ſome furniture of houſehold that
had beene brought to them out of Fraunce, as part of the ſpoyle
got in Caen, Calais, Carẽten, or ſome other good towne. And
beſide houſeholde ſtuffe, the Engliſh Maydes and Matrones were
bedec|ked and trymmed vppe in Frenche womens Ie|wels and
apparell, ſo that as the French women lamented for the loſſe of
thoſe things, ſo our wo|men reioyſed of the gaine.
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1 In this
.xxij. yeare,
An. Reg. 22.
Great raine.
from mydſommer vnto Chriſtmaſſe for the more part it
continually rai|ned, ſo that there was not one day and night
drie togither, by reaſon whereof great flouds enſued, and the
ground therwith was ſore corrupted, and many inconueniences
enſued, as great ſickneſſe, and other, inſomuch that in the
yeare following in Fraunce the people dyed wonderfully in
dy|uerſe places. In Italy alſo,
1349
An. reg. 43.
A great mor|talitie.
and in many other Countreys, as well in the landes of
the Infidels, as in Chriſtẽdom, this grieuous mortalitie
raig|ned to the great deſtruction of people.
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1 About the
ende of Auguſt, the like death be|ganne in dyuerſe places of
Englande, and eſpeci|ally in London, continuing ſo for the ſpace
of a twelue month following. And vpon that enſued great
barrenneſſe, as well of the ſea, as the lande,Dearth. neyther of them yeelding ſuch plentie of
things as before they had done. Wherevpon vittaile and corne
became ſcant, and hard to come by.
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1 Aboute the
ſame time died Iohn Stretforde Archbiſhop of Canterburie, after
whome ſuccee|ded Iohn Vfforde, and liued not in that dignitie
paſt ten monethes, and then followed Thomas Bredwardin, who
deceaſſed within one yere after his cõſecration, ſo yt then
Simõ Iſlep was cõſe|crated Archb. by Pope Clem. ye .vj. being
the .liij. archb. yt had ſit in that ſeat. Within a while after
W. Archb. of York died: in whoſe place ſucceeded EEBO page image 944 Iohn Torſby being the .xliiij. Archbiſhop that had gouerned
that Church.
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1
2
3
4 Moreouer in
this .xxiij. yere of king Edwards raigne, the great mortalitie
in England ſtill con|tinuing,A practice to
betray Calice. there was a practiſe in hand for the
reco|uering againe of Calice to the French kings poſ|ſeſſion.
The Lorde Geffray of Charnye lying in the towne of S. Omers, did
practiſe with ſir A|merie de Pauie, to be receyued into the
towne of Calice by the Caſtell ſecretly in the night ſeaſon.
The Italian gaue eare to
the Lord Geffrey hys ſute, and to make few wordes, couenanted
for the ſumme of .xx.M. crownes to betray the towne vnto him, in
ſuch ſort as he coulde beſt deuiſe. Here writers varie:Diuerſitie in writers. for Froiſſart
ſayth that king Edwarde had information thereof before that ſir
Amerie de Pauie vttered the thing himſelfe, but the French
Chronicles, and alſo other writers af|firme, that the Italian
aduertiſed the king of all the drift and matter betwixt him and
the Lorde Geffrey of Charny
before he wente through with the bargaine.
[...]a [...]n. But whether by him or by other, truth it is
the king was made priuie to the mat|ter at Hauering Bower in
Eſſex (where hee kept the feaſt of Chriſtmaſſe) and therevpon
departing from thence,Froiſſart. he
came to Douer, and the day be|fore the night of the appoyntment
made for the deliuerie of the Caſtell of Calice (hauing
ſecretely made his prouiſion) he tooke ſhipping and landed the
ſame night at Calice,
[...] kin [...] ſe| [...]re [...]
[...] paſſeth [...] to Calice in ſo ſecrete maner that few of the towne vnderſtoode of his
arriuall, hee brought with him out of England three hundred men
of armes, and ſix hundred archers, whom hee [...]ayde in Chambers and towers within the caſtel, ſo cloſely
that [...]we or none perceyued it, the ma|ner he knewe by ſir Amerie
de Pauie his aduer|tiſements (accordingly as it was agreed
betwixt them) that the Lorde Geffrey of Charny was appoynted to
come and enter the towne that nyght,The L.
Geffrey de Charn [...]y for the king had commaunded ſir Amerie
to proceede in
marchandiſing with the ſayd Lord Charny, and onely to make him,
prinie of the day and houre in the which the feate ſhoulde bee
wrought.
[...]
The Lorde Geffrey de Charny be|ing couenanted that he
ſhoulde bee receyued into Calice the firſt night of the newe
yeare, departed from Saint Omers, where hee hadde aſſembled fiue
hundred Speares, the laſt day of December towarde night, and ſo
in ſecrite wiſe hee paſſed forth, till aboute the middeſt of the
[...]te night after, he
approched neare to Calice, and ſending an hundred men of armes
to take poſſeſſion of the Caſtell, & to pay ye Italian
his .xx.M. crownes, came to the poſterne of the Caſtell, where
ſir A|merie de Pauie hauing let downe the Poſterne Bridge, was
readie to bring them in by the ſame Poſterne,Sir Edward de Renty. and ſo the hundred men of armes
en|tred, and ſir Edwarde de Rentie deliuered to the Italian his
twentie thouſand crownes in a [...] who when he had caſt the crownes into a [...] (for he had no leyſure to tell them) he brought the
Frenchmen into the dungeon of the Caſtell, as it were to
poſſeſſe them of the chiefeſt ſtrength of the fortreſſe. Within
this dungeon or tower was the king of England cloſely layd with
two .C. men of armes, who iſſued out with their ſwordes and axes
in their handes, crying Manny to the reſcue,The ki [...]
[...]+eth Manny [...] the reſcue. for the king had ſo ordeyned, that
both he and his ſon ſhould fight vnder the bãner of the L.
Walter de Manny, as chief of that enterpriſe. Then were the
Frenchmen greatly abaſhed, in ſuch wiſe, that perceyuing how no
defence might aduaunce thẽ, they yeelded themſelues without any
great ſhewe of reſiſtance. Herewith the Engliſhmẽ iſſued out of
the caſtel into the town, and mounted on horſ|backe, for they
had the French priſoners horſes, & then the archers road
to Bollongne gate, where the Lorde Geffray was with his banner
before him of Gewels three ſkutchẽs ſiluer. He had great deſire
to be the firſt that ſhoulde enter the towne: But ſhortly the
king of England with the prince his ſonne was readie at the
gate, vnder the Ban|ner of the Lorde Walter de Manny to aſſayle
him.The Earles of Stafforde and Suffolke,
the Lords Monta|gue, Berkley and la Ware. There were
alſo other banners as the Erles of Stafford, and Suffolke, the
Lord Iohn Mon|tague, brother to the Erle of Saliſburie, the lord
Beauchampe, the L. Berkley, and the Lord de la Ware. Then the
great gate was ſet open and all they iſſued forth crying Manny
to the reſcue.
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1 The French
men perceyuing that they were betrayed, alighted from their
horſes,The French men alight on fo [...]e. and put thẽ|ſelues in order of battayle on
foote, determining to fight it out lyke valiant men of warre.
The King perceyuing thys, cauſed his people lyke|wyſe to be ſet
in order of battayle, and ſent three hundred archers to Newlande
bridge to diſtreſſe thoſe French menne, whiche he heard ſhoulde
be there.
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1 This was
earely in the morning, but incon|tinently it was day: the
Frenche menne kepte theyr grounde a whyle, and manye feates of
Armes were done of bothe partes, but the Eng|liſhe menne euer
encreaſed oute of Calice, and the French menne diminiſhed, ſo
that finally they were ouercome, as well in the one place, as in
the other.
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1 It chaunced
that in the hoteſt of the fight,Sir Euſtace
de Ribaumont right va [...] knight. the king was matched with ſir Euſtace
de Ribau|mont, a right ſtrong and hardie knight. There was a
ſore encounter betwixt him and the king, that maruaile it was to
behold them. At length they were put aſunder, for a greate
companie of both partes came that way, & there fought
[...]ne|ly togither.
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1 The Frenche
menne did behaue themſelues ryght valyauntly, and eſpecially Sir
Euſtace de EEBO page image 945 Ribaumount:
[...] is taken [...]riſoner by [...]he kyng of [...]nglande. he ſtrake the King that daye twice
vppon his knees, but finally, he was taken priſo|ner by the King
hymſelfe.
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1 The Lorde
Geoffrey of Charnye was alſo taken priſoner,The lord Gef| [...]rey de Char| [...]ey is taken. & woũded right ſore, but
the king of his noble courteſie, cauſed him to bee dreſſed by
ſurgeons, and tenderly looked vnto.
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1 There were
ſlayne, Sir Henry de Blois, and Sir Pepin de la ware, with
other, to the number of ſixe hundred. Monſieur de Memorancie
eſca|ped with great daunger.
Froyſſart ſayeth, that this battell was fought in the yeare
1348. vpon ye laſt of December, towards ye next morning be|ing
Newyeres daye, but as Aueſburie & Wal|ſingham haue, that
begin the yeare at our Lady day, this enterpriſe chanced 1349.
and ſo conſe|quently, in the 23. yeare of this Kings raigne.
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1 All the
priſoners were brought to the Caſtell of Calleis, where the King
the next night gaue them a ſupper, and made thẽ right hartie
cheare,Sir Euſtace de Ribaumoun.
and gaue to Sir Euſtace de
Ribaumont a riche chaplet of pearles, whiche hee then did weare
on his owne head, in token that he had beſt deſerued it for his
manfull prowes ſhewed in the fighte, and beſide that, in fauour
of his tried valiancie, he acquir him of his raunſome, &
ſet him at libertie.
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1
An. reg. 24. The death [...]eaſeth.
[...]
A [...]b.
About the ende of Auguſt, the deathe in Lon|don ceaſſed,
which had bin ſo great and vehement within that Citie, that ouer
and beſide the bodyes buried in other accuſtomed burying places,
there were buried that yeare
dayly, from Cadlemas til Eaſter, in ye Charter houſe yard of
Lõdon, more than two hundred dead corpſes.
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1 Alſo this
yeare, by the earneſt ſute of the two Cardinals which were ſent
(as yee haue hearde) from Pope Clement the ſixth, a peace was
con|cluded for one yeare.Commiſsio+ners meete
to talk of peace. There met neere vnto Ca|leis for the
treatie of this peace, the foreſaide two Cardinals, as
mediators, and for the King of England, the Byſhop of Norwich
Treaſorer, and high Chancellor of the Realme, with o|thers, came
thither as commiſſioners. And in like manner for the French
King, there appeared the Biſhoppe of Lion, and the Abbot of S.
De|niſe.
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1 This yeare in
Auguſt dyed Phillippe de Va|lois the French King. Heere is to
bee noted,
Men borne with fewer teeth than in tymes paſt.
Caxton. Tho. VValſ. Polichron.
that all thoſe that were borne, after the beginning of
that great mortalitie whereof ye haue heard, wã|ted four cheeke
teeth, (when they came to ye tyme of grouth) of thoſe 32. which
the people before that time commonly vſed to haue, ſo that they
hadde but 28.
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1 In this 24.
yeare of this Kings raigne,A combat.
there was a combate fought in Liſtes within ye kyngs palace of
Weſtminſter, betwixt the Lord Iohn, baſtard ſonne to Phillip
King of Fraunce, and a Knight of the Towne of Ipres in
Flaunders, but the baſtard had the vpper hand, and vanqui|ſhed
his aduerſarie.
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1 About the
feaſt of the decollation of Saint Iohn Baptiſt,Auesburie. Tho. VValſ. King Edwarde
aduertiſed of a fleete of Spanyardes returning forth of
Flaun|ders, that was laden with clothes and other ri|ches,
aſſembled a conueniente power of men of armes, and archers, and
at Sandwiche tooke the Sea with them, ſayling forth,
A Spanyſhe fleete.
Spanyardes vanquiſhed by the king of En+gland by ſea.
till vpon the coaſt of Winchelſee hee mette with the
Spanyardes, and there aſſayled them, ſo that betwixt hym and
thoſe Spanyardes, there was a ſore fighte, and
[figure appears here on page 945] long continued, to the greate loſſe of people
on both partes, but in the ende, the bright beame of victory
ſhone vpon the Engliſh ſailes, ſo that all the Spanyardes were
ſlayne, for they were ſo proude and obſtinate (as Walſingham
afirmeth) that they woulde not yeelde, but rather choſe to die,
and ſo they did indeede, either vpon the Eng+liſhe mennes weapon
pointes, or elſe were they EEBO page image 946 drowned
there in the Sea,Tho. VValſ. ſixe and
twentie of their ſhippes were taken, in the which was found
greate ſtore of good ware and riches.Auesburie. And ſo the Kyng thoughte hym ſelfe well
reuenged of the Spanyardes, whiche in the laſt yeare, about
Al|hallontide, hadde entred into the riuer of Ba|rons, as it
runneth vp towards Burdeaux, and there finding many ſhippes
fraught with wines, ſlewe all the Engliſhmen they founde
aboorde, and tooke away the Shippes with them: whyche iniurie moued the King to enterpriſe
thys ex|ployte now at this time againſt them.
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1
Froiſſart.
Sir Thomas Dagworth ſlayne.
About the beginning of Auguſt, Sir Raoull de Cahors, and
dyuers other Knightes and Eſquires, to the number of ſixe ſcore
menne of armes, foughte before a Caſtell called Avleon, with ſir
Thomas Dagworth, and there ſlewe the ſame Sir Thomas, and to the
number of one hundred men of armes with him.
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1
Ambaſſadors ſent to the Pope.There
were ſente ſolemne meſſengers thys yeare vnto Auignion, for the eſtabliſhing of
a peace, mentioned betwixt the King of Englande and Fraunce, at
the ſute of the Pope, ſo that K. Edwarde ſhoulde haue reſigned
hys title and clayme to the Crowne of Fraunce, and ye Frẽch
King ſhould haue giuen ouer vnto him ye whole Duchie of
Guyenne, to holde the ſame freely, without knowledging of reſort
or ſuperioritie, or doing any manner of homage for the ſame: but
ſuche delayes were made, and the ſute ſo prolon|ged by the Pope,
that the Earle of Derby, whi|che with others were ſente to him
aboute thys matter, returned withoute ſpeede of his purpoſe, for
the whych he went.
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1 In the fiue
and twentith yeare of King Ed|wardes raigne, the
Frenchmenne,
An. reg.
[...]
1351
hauing layde ſiege vnto the Towne of Saint Iohn Dangell,
the Lorde Dalbrettes ſonne, hauing aſſembled ſixe hundred men of
armes, Gaſcoignes & Eng|liſhmen, meant to worke ſome
feate, for reliefe of them within, wherevppon,Froiſſart. as hee was marching through the countrey
of Xainctonge neere vnto Xainctes the eigth of Aprill, or as
other haue, the firſte, hee was encountred by the Lord Guy de
Neell, one of the Marſhals of Fraunce, and o|ther French Lords,
where at length, the French|men were diſcomfited, many ſlayne,
and dyuers taken priſoners, of which number was the ſayde
Marſhall, with his brother the Lorde William, and ſir Arnolde de
Dandrehen, beſide others, to
[figure appears here on page 946] the
number of three hundred men of armes, but yet the ſiege
remayned, till for want of vittayles, the Towne was rendred to
the Frenchmen.
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1 The ſame
yeare in October, an Engliſhe ar|cher of the ga [...]iſon of Caleis, named Iohn of Dancaſter, by licence of the
Lord deputie of Ca|leis, tooke
with him threeſcore perſons menne of armes and archers, and in
the nighte that goeth before the feaſt day of Saint Vincent, in
the laſt quarter of the ſame nighte, hee commyng to the Caſtell
of Guynes, founde as well the watch as other faſt a ſleepe,
wherevpon, hee paſſed a water that adioyned to the Caſtell,
wading vp to the girdell, and ſo came to the wall, where he and
hys company rearing vp ladders, mounted by ye ſame ſo
ſecretely, that ſlaying the watche, beeing not paſt three or
four perſons that were on ye walles, they entred the
Caſtell,The Caſtell of Guynes
wonne. and finding the French|men a ſleepe, ſleWe
thoſe that vppon their wake|ning made anye defence, and tooke
the reſidue, whome they ſuffered to departe: and by thys meanes
they wanne the Caſtell, finding greate ſtore of vittayles
within, and ſo as they founde it, they kepte it to the Kyng of
Englande vſe.
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1 The French
hiſtories declare, that one Guilliã de Beauconroy, that was
Captayne of this Ca|ſtell, betrayed ye place to ye engliſhmẽ,
for a ſũme of money, and when the Frenche King required EEBO page image 947 reſtitution,
[...]lidor. bycauſe the truce was not yet expi|red,
he was ſhifted off with this forged anſwer, ye nothing was
excepted by the aſſurance of the truce, concerning things that
ſhoulde be bought and ſolde. The Frenchman that betrayed it, was
ſhortly after put to execution at Amiens.
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1
[...]otes and [...]e grotes [...]ſt coigned.In this yeare were the firſt peeces
of ſiluer cal|led groates and halfe groates of foure pence and
two pence the peece ſtamped, by the Kinges ap|poyntment, through
the counſell of William de
Edington Byſhop of Wincheſter Lorde Trea|ſorer. Before that
time, there were no other coignes, but the Noble, halfe noble,
and quarter noble, with the peeces of ſiluer called ſterlings.
Bycauſe theſe newe peeces wanted of the weight of the olde
ſterling coigne, the prices as well of vittayles as of other
wares, did dayly riſe, and ſeruauntes and workemen waxing more
craftie than beforetime they had bin, demaunded grea|ter
wages.
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1 This
yeare,
1352
An. reg. 26.
vpon the euen of the Aſſumption of our Lady, Sir Iohn
Bentley Knight, as thẽ Lord warden of Britaigne, fought with
the L. Guy de Nealle, Marſhall of Fraunce, (lately ranſomed out
of captiuitie) in the parties of Bri|taine, neere to a place
called Movron,Movron. betwixte Rennes
and Pluremell, where the ſayd Marſhal was ſlayne, togither with
the Lorde of Brique|beke the Chateline of Beauvais, and dyuers
o|ther, both Britons and Frenchmen.
[figure appears here on page 947]
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1
135 [...]
An. reg. 27.
[...]ho. VValſ.
[...] the printed [...]ooke of ſta| [...]tes it ſhould [...]peare, that [...]is Parliamẽt [...]s rather [...]olden in the [...]5. yeare of [...]his Kings [...]oigne.
In the ſeuen and twentith yeare of his raigne, King
Edwarde helde a Parliamente at Weſt|minſter, after the feaſt of
Eaſter, in which, an or|dinance was deuiſed, what wages
ſeruauntes and labourers ſhould be allowed, prohibiting thẽ to
receyue aboue the rate whiche they were accu|ſtomed to take
before the yeare of the great mor|talitie. Seruantes and
labourers were in deede growen to bee more ſubtill than before
time they had bin, but by
reaſon that the prices of thinges were enhaunced: it is like
they demaunded grea|ter wages than they hadde done before time,
and one cauſe of the dearth was imputed to the newe coigne of
money, beeing of leſſe weight in the alley thereof, than before
it had bin, ſo that the Biſhoppe of Wincheſter, being Lord
Treaſorer, who hadde counſelled the king to ordeine thoſe
groates and halfe groates, was euill ſpoken of amongeſt the
people. In this Parliament there were ſtatutes alſo made,
[...]tatutes for [...]aking of [...]othes. that clothes ſhould in length and breadth
through the Realme, beare the ſame aſſiſe, as was ordeined in
the Parliamẽt holden at Northampton. Alſo, that all weares,
milles,Weares and [...]illes. and other lettes, ſhould be remoued forth
of riuers, that might be any hinderance for ſhips, botes, or
lighters, to paſſe vp and down the ſame. But theſe good
ordinaunces tooke little or none effect, by reaſon of bribes
that walked abroad, and friendſhippe of Lordes and greate men,
that ſought rather their owne commodities, than the common
wealthes.
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1 Shortely
after the feaſte of Pentecoſte,Creations of
noble men. the Earle of Derbie, and Lancaſter, was
made Duke of Lancaſter, and Raufe Lord Stafforde, was created
Earle of Stafforde. Whereas there had bin a treatie betwixte the
lordes of Britaine, and the king of Englande, not onely for the
de|liueraunce of the lorde Charles of Bloys,The Lorde Charles of Blois. but al|ſo for the
matching of his eldeſt ſonne in marri|age with one of king
Edwards daughters, and ſo to enioy the Dukedome in peace. This
matter was ſo farre forewardes, that in the yeare laſt paſſed,
the ſaid lorde Charles, leauing two of his ſonnes and a daughter
in pledge for the paymẽt of .xl.M. florens, agreed vpon for his
raunſome: hee was permitted to retourne into Britaine, to
prouide that money: and withall, to procure a diſpenſation, that
his eldeſt ſonne might marrie with one of king Edwards
daughters, notwith|ſtanding that otherwiſe they were within the
de|grees of cõſanguinitie, prohibiting them to mar|rie.
Heerevppon this yeare about Michaelmas, hee retourned into
Englande, with the ſame diſ|penſation: but bycauſe aboute the
ſame time the EEBO page image 948 Britons had taken by
ſtelth an Ilande, wyth a Caſtell therein, that the Engliſhmen
had kepte, and put all thoſe whiche they founde therein, to the
ſworde, the ſaide Lorde Charles, otherwiſe Duke of Britaine,
loſt the Kings fauour, ſo that he woulde heare no more of any
ſuche aliance, by way of marriage, as had bin cõmuned of
before: by reaſon wherof, the Brittiſh lords, that were in great
number come ouer with the lorde Charles de Blois, were
cõſtreined to returne home, with|out atchieuing any part of their purpoſe, leauing
the ſaide lorde Charles, and his children behinde them ſtill
here in Englande.
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1
Debate be|twixt the Dukes of Brunſwike
& Lancaſter.The fourth daye of September, the
Duke of Brunſwicke, and the Duke of Lancaſter, ſhould haue
fought a combate in Paris, about certayne wordes that the Duke
of Lancaſter ſhoulde ſpeake, in derogatiõ of the Duke of
Brunſwikes honor, for the which, the ſayd Duke had appea|led him
in the Court of Fraunce: but when they were ready to haue tryed it, and were on
horſe|backe, with their ſpeares in hand within ye liſtes, at
poynte to haue runne togither, the Frenche King cauſed them to
ſtay, and taking on hym the matter, made them friendes, and
agreed them.
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1
Auesburie.
Tho. Walſ. affirmeth, that this re|mouing of the ſtaple of
woolles, was the 28. yeare of King Ed|wards raigne.
This yeare the King by aduice of his coun|ſell remoued
the marte or ſtaple of Woolles from the Townes in Flaunders, and
cauſed the ſame to be kept at Weſtminſter, Chicheſter, Lincolne,
Briſtowe, Canterbury and
Hulle.
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1 This was done
in deſpite of the Flemings, bycauſe they helde not the
couenauntes and a|greementes which they had made with the king,
in the life time of Iaques Arteuelde, by whoſe prouiſion,Fabian. the ſayde mart or ſtaple had bin
kept in ſundry townes in Flaunders, to their greate ad|uauntage
and commoditie.
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1
Sir Walter Bentley com|mitted to the
Tower.Sir Walter Bentley, vppon his commyng ouer
foorthe of Britaine, where he hadde bene the Kings Lieutenant, was committed to the
To|wer, where he remayned priſoner for the ſpace of twelue
monethes, bycauſe hee refuſed to deliuer vp the Caſtels within
his gouernemente, vnto ſir Iohn Auenell Knighte, beeing
appoynted to receyue the ſame, to the vſe of the Lord Charles de
Bloys, at the ſame time when the treatie of a|greement was in
hande, betwixte the Kyng, and the ſayd Lord Charles. But after,
when it was perceyued what damage mighte haue enſued by
deliuery of thoſe Caſtels,
Sir Walter was ſet at libertie vpon ſureties yet, that were
bound for his forth comming, and that he ſhoulde not departe the
Realme: at length, he was receyued agayne into the Kings
fauoure.
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1
A greate drought.In the Sommer of this
.27. yeare, was ſo great a drought, that frõ the latter end of
March, fell little raine, till the latter ende of Iulye, by
reaſon whereof, manye inconueniences enſued: and one thing is
ſpecially to be noted,A dea [...]. that cor [...]e the yeare following waxed ſcant, and the price began
this yeare to be greatly enhaunced.
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1 Alſo beeues
and muttons waxed deere, for the want of graſſe, and this
chaunced both in Eng|lande and Fraunce, ſo that this was called
the deare ſommer.
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1 The Lorde
William Duke of Bauiere or Bauarie, and Earle of Zelande,
Caxton.
Corne [...]+gh [...] cut of Zelande.
broughte many Shippes vnto London, fraught with Rie, for
re|liefe of the people.
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1 In the eight
and twentith yeare of King Ed|wards raigne,
1354
An. reg. [...] Tho. VV [...] Aneſton.
vpon a treatie that was holden by commiſſioners,
appoynted by the two Kings of Englande and Fraunce after Eaſter,
they were in manner fully agreed vpon a peace, ſo that no|thing
wanted, but putting vnto their ſeales. In the articles whereof,
it was conteyned, that the King of England ſhould enioy all his
landes of his Duchie of Aquitaine, withoute holding the fame of
any by homage, or reſort, and in conſide|ration thereof, he
ſhould reſigne all his clayme to the Crowne of Fraunce.
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1 Heerevpon
were Ambaſſadors ſent from ey|ther King, vnto the Pope, and a
truce taken,A truce be|twixt Eng|lande and
Fraunce. to endure till the feaſt of Sainte Iohn
Baptiſt in the yeare next following.
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1 Ambaſſadors
for the King of England,Ambaſſador to the
Pope. were theſe: Henry Duke of Lancaſter, Iohn Earle
of Arundell, the Byſhoppes of Norwich, and Lon|don, and the
Lorde Guy de Brian.
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1 For the
Frenche King, the Archbyſhoppe of Rouen, Lord Chancellor of
Fraunce, the Duke of Burbon, and others: but when the matter
came to be heard before the Pope about Chriſt|mas, all went into
ſmoke that had bin talked of: for the Frenchmen denyed that the
articles were drawen, according to the meaning of their
com|miſſioners, and the Pope alſo winked at ye mat|ter, ſo that
the Engliſhe Ambaſſadors, (when they ſawe that nothing would be
concluded) re|turned home all of them, the Biſhoppe of Nor|wich
excepted (who departed this life there,) and ſo their iourney
came to none effect.
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1 This yeare,
the tenth of February,
1355
An. reg.
[...].
Deba [...] be|twixt the [...]+lers, & [...] men of Ox|forde.
there roſe a ſore debate, betwixt the Scholers and
Towneſ|men of Oxforde. The occaſion roſe by reaſon of the
falling out of a Scholler, with one that ſolde wine, for the
Scholler perceyuing hymſelfe euill vſed, poured the wine on the
drawers head, knoc|king the potte about hys pate, ſo as the
bloud ranne downe by his eares.
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1 Heerevppon
beganne a ſore fray, betwixte the Schollers and Towneſmenne,
whych continu|ed for the moſt part of two dayes togyther.
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1 There were
ſlayne a twentie Towneſ|menne, beſyde thoſe that were hurte: but
at EEBO page image 949 length, there came a greate number of
countrey|men foorth of the villages next adioyning, to ayde the
Towneſmenne, entring the Towne with a blacke banner, and ſo
fiercely aſſayled the Scho|lers, that they were conſtreyned to
flee to theyr houſes and hoſtelles, but their enimies purſuing
them, brake vp theyr dores, entred their cham|bers, ſlewe dyuers
of them, and threwe them into priuies, tare their bookes, and
bare away theyr goodes.
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1 The Scholers
heerewith tooke ſuche diſplea|ſure, that they departed the
Vniuerſitie: thoſe of Merton colledge, and other the like
colledges on|ly excepted.
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1 The Byſhoppe
of Lincolne inhibited Prieſts to celebrate diuine ſeruice in
preſence of anye lay man within that Towne of Oxforde, and the
King ſending his Iuſtices thither, to take know|ledge of this
diſorderly riot, there were diuers, both of the Towneſmen and
Scholers endited, and certayne
of the burgeſſes cõmitted to warde.
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1 This yeare,
the firſte Sunday in Lente, the King helde a royall Iuſtes at
Woodſtocke, for ioy of the Queenes purifying, after the birthe
of hir ſixth ſonne, the Lorde Thomas, whome the Biſhoppe of
Durham named Thomas, helde at the fontſtone. Hee was borne the
ſeuenth of Ia|nuary laſt paſt.
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1
[...]ho. VValſ. [...]uesburie.
[...]he quarrell [...]pe [...]ed be| [...]ixt the cholers and [...]wneſmen of [...]xforde.
In the Parliamente holden at Weſtminſter this yeare after
Eaſter, the Kyng tooke vppon
him to make an ende of the quarrell betwixte the Schollers, and
Towneſmen of Oxforde, and ſauing to euery man his right,
pardoned ye Scho|lers of all tranſgreſſions: and this he
ſignifyed in|to euery ſhire, by writtes directed to the Sherifs,
they to proclayme the ſame, for more notice of the thing. And ſo
in the ſommer following, the Vniuerſitie began agayne to
flouriſhe, ſtudentes reſorting thither from each ſide.
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1 In this
Parliamente, the proceſſe of ye iudge|ment had and made againſt Roger Mortimer, late
Earle of Marche, was reuoked, adnichilate, and made voyd, ſo
that the Lord Roger Morti|mer was reſtored to the title and
poſſeſſions of the Earledome of Marche, as couſin and heire to
his grandfather the ſayd Earle of Marche.
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1
[...]baſſadors [...] the Pope.Moreouer to this Parliament, came the
By|ſhop of Carpentras, and the Abbot of Clugny, beeing ſente
from Pope Innocente the ſixth, to make ſute to haue the truce
proroged betwixte the two
Kinges, of Englande, and Fraunce, to whome the King himſelfe in
perſon, made this reſolute anſwere, that he would not agree to
any longer truce, for that when diuers times, at the Frenchmens
ſute, he had conſented to haue truce by mediation of two
Cardinals, ſent to hym a|bout the ſame matter, his aduerſaries
in ye meane time, whileſt ſuche truces endured, haue done much
harme and damage by ſubtill practiſes to perſons, and places
beyond the ſea, that were vn|der his rule and gouernemente, yet
he ſaide, hee would deliberate heereof with his counſell, and
after intimate his pleaſure to the Pope, and to them of Fraunce
by meſſengers which he woulde ſende ouer for that purpoſe: and
ſo theſe Ambaſ|ſadors within foure dayes after their commyng,
were thus diſpatched with aunſwere.
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1 Herewith in
this Parliamente it was ordey|ned, that the Prince of Wales,
beeing as then a|bout foure and twentie yeares of age, ſhoulde
paſſe ouer into Gaſcoigne, and haue with him a thouſande men of
armes, and two thouſande ar|chers, with a great number of
Welchmen.
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1 Aboute the
ſame time,
R. Aueſb.
A nauie pre|pared.
the K. cauſed 40. ſhips to be prouided, rigged, and made
ready at Ru|therhive, furniſhed with vittailes for one quarter
of a yere, and euery of ye ſayd ſhips had principall ſtreamers
of the Duke of Lãcaſters armes, who was appoynted with a greate
power of choſen men of armes and archers to paſſe to the Sea wt
the ſame Shippes, but fewe or none of his com|pany knewe
whither, horſes they hadde none.The Duke of
Lancaſter. He had with him two of the Kings ſonnes,
Lionell of Andwerpe, and Iohn of Gant, the elder of thẽ being
about 16. yeares of age. Alſo, there wente with him the Earles
of Northampton, March, & Stafford, beſide many lords,
Barõs, & knightes. The 10. of Iuly, he made ſayle to
Greenewich, & there and at Sandwich he ſtayed, till ye
Aſſump|tion of our Lady, ye winde for ye moſt parte,
con|tinuing al that while at Weſt and South, con|trary to his
iourney as it mighte appeare. At length with muche difficultie,
he came to Win|chelſee, and after to the wight. It was thought,
that the Dukes purpoſe was to paſſe into Nor|mandy, to ioine
with ye K. of Nauarre, who was at variance with the frenche K.
But after it was knowen by eſpials that they were made friendes,
the Duke of Lancaſter doubting crooked mea|ſures, &
hauing with him no horſemen, returned EEBO page image 950 home,
without further attempt.
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1
Record. Tur.On S. Kenelmes day beeing
friday, and the 17. of Iuly, maſter Humfrey Cherleton, profeſſor
of Diuinitie, and Iohn Carleton ye yonger, doc|tor of the
lawes, on the behalfe of the Vniuerſitie of Oxford, and Iohn
Saint Frideſwide Maior, Iohn Bedeford, and Iohn Norton,
burgeſſes of the ſayde towne of Oxforde, on the behalfe of the
communaltie of the ſame towne, came before the Kinges counſell
at Weſtminſter in the counſell
chamber there, neere to the Eſchecker, where the allegations on
both parties being hearde, and vp|pon requeſt made, that it
might pleaſe his maie|ſties counſell, according to the
ſubmiſſions by bothe parties made, vnto the King, and to hys
counſell, to take order in the matter in contro|uerſie betwixt
them, concerning the late tumulte and buſineſſe whiche hadde
chanced in the ſayde towne, by the diſorder of the communaltie
of the ſame, in breaking downe, and brenning vppe of houſes, in taking and bearing away the
bookes and other goodes of the ſaide maſters and Schol|lers, and
in committing other tranſgreſſions, the counſell hauing
conſideration thereof, to aduoyd the decaye that mighte haue
enſued to the ſayde towne,The ende and awarde
made of the quarrell betwixt the Vniuerſitie and towneſ|men
of Ox|forde. made thys ende betwixte them, that the
communaltie of the ſayde Towne (Iohn Bere|forde, beeing in the
Kinges priſon, and Roberte Lardiner only excepted) ſhould be
bound to pay vnto the ſaid maſters and Scholers, dampnified
in the ſayde tumulte and
buſineſſe, for amendes, and reformation of iniuries and loſſes
ſuſteyned (death and Maheme excepted) two hundred and fiftie
poundes, beſide the goodes taken and borne away, to bee reſtored
againe, and this money to bee payde to the ſayde Chancellor,
maſters and Scholers, on that ſide ye monday next before the
feaſt of Saint Iames, or elſe ſufficiente ſureties put in for
the paymẽt thereof, at certain tearmes, as the parties ſhoulde
agree vpon: and in reſpecte
thereof, the ſaid Iohn Bedeford, and Iohn Nor|ton, ſhall bee
releaſſed out of priſon of the Mar|ſhalſea, at the baile of the
ſaid Maior, and of Ro|berte de Menkes, and Iohn Dimmoks, till
the next ſeſſions of gaole deliuerie, with condition, that the
ſaid ſummes of money be paide, or ſure|tie putte in for the
paymente thereof, as before is ſaid, or elſe the bodies of the
ſaid Iohn Bedeford, and Iohn de Norton, ſhall bee returned to
the ſayd priſon, within three dayes after the feaſt of
Peter ad Vincula, there to remayne in manner as before
they did.
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1 It was alſo
ordeyned by the counſel, with the aſſent of the ſaid Humfrey,
and Iohn Carleton, that all and euery manner of perſons of the
ſayde Towne of Oxforde, and the Suburbes of the ſame, indited
and arreigned of the felonies and tranſgreſſions before
mentioned, that ſhoulde yeelde themſelues to the Kings priſon,
to be [...]|ed by lawe, and alſo all other that were at t [...] preſent in priſon, whiche the ſayd Humfrey, a [...] Iohn de Carleton ſhould name (Iohn de Be [...]|ford and Robert Lardiner excepted) mighte bee let to
baile, vppon ſufficient ſureties, that ſhoulde vndertake for
them, bodyes for bodies, to appeare at the next ſeſſions of
gaole deliuerie, there to bee tried, according to the order of
lawe.
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1 And further
it was ordred, that all ſuch goodes and cattels as were taken
and carried away frõ the ſaide maſters and Schollers in the
ſayde tu|multe and buſineſſe, by the menne of the ſayde Towne
and ſuburbes, in whoſe handes, and in what places ſoeuer within
the ſaide Towne and ſuburbes, by inquiſitions, informations, or
other meanes, they ſhoulde or mighte be found, ſhould bee
deliuered vnto the ſayde Chauncellor, and procurators of the
ſayde Vniuerſitie, to bee by them reſtored vnto thoſe perſons,
to whome they belonged.
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1 This was the
effect of the order taken at that day and place, before the
reuerende fathers, Iohn Archbyſhoppe of Yorke, primate and
Chancellor of Englande, William Byſhoppe of Winche|ſter, Lorde
Treaſorer, Thomas de Brembre, Lorde keeper of the priuie ſeale,
and Dauid de Wollore, maſter of the rolles, Henry de Iug [...]|by Clearke, and other of the Kings counſell then there
preſente.
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1 The Prince of
Wales (as yee haue hearde,Tho. VV [...]
) beeing appoynted to paſſe ouer into Gaſcoigne, ſette
forwarde from London the laſt daye of Iune,The Prince Wales g [...]
[...]er i [...] Gaſcoigne. and comming to Plimmouth where hys
nauie was appoynted to be made ready, he ſtay|ed there, for want
of conuenient winde and wea|ther a long time after.
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1 Finally,
hauing with him the Erles of War|wike, Suffolke, Saliſbury and
Oxforde, alſo, the Lord Iohn Chandos, Sir Robert Knolles, ſir
Franke de Halle, the L. Iames Audeley, with diuers other of the
nobilitie, and of men of armes and archers, a greater number,
than in Parlia|mente was firſte to hym aſſigned, hee ſette from
Plimmouth on the daye of the natiuitie of oure Lady.
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1 They were in
all three hundred ſayle, and finding the winde proſperous, they
paſſed ouer into Gaſcoigne, where of the Gaſcoignes they were
ioyfully receyued.
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1 In Auguſt,
the Engliſhmen that were in Britaine, warring agaynſte the
Frenchmenne, that tooke parte with the Lorde Charles de Bloys,
ſlewe many of them, and tooke the Lorde of Beaumanor, the
vicount of Roan, and dy|uers other.
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1 This yeare
alſo, aboute Michaelmas the King hauing ſommoned an army to be
ready at EEBO page image 951 Sandwich, paſſed ouer to Caleis with
the ſame.
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1 There wente
ouer with him his two ſonnes, Lionell of Andwerp Earle of
Vlſter, and Iohn of Gant Earle of Richmont.
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1 He found at
Caleis a thouſand men of armes that came to ſerue hym for wages,
forthe of Flaunders, Brabant, and Almaigne, ſo that hee had
about three thouſand men of armes, and two thouſand archers on
horſebacke, beſide archers on foote in great number.
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1
[...]e Citie of [...]don.The Citie of London had ſente to hym fiue
and twentie men of armes, and fiue hundred ar|chers, all in one
ſute or liuerti, at their owne coſtes and charges.
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1 The ſecond of
Nouember, he ſet from Caleis, marching foorthe towardes Saint
Omers, wa|ſting the Countrey by the way as he paſſed.
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1 The Frenche
Kyng beeyng the ſame tyme within the Towne of Sainte Omers,
[...]e king in| [...]eth France [...]e lord Bou| [...]t. ſente the Lord Bouſicant vnto the Kyng of
Englande, that vnder colour of
communication, hee might viewe the Kyngs power, who made ſuch
reporte thereof, vppon hys returne backe to the Frenche Kyng,
that he determined not to fighte with the King of Englande, but
rather to paſſe before hym, and ſo to deſtroy vittayles, that
for want [...] thereof, the Kyng of Englande ſhoulde hee con|ſtreyned to
returne. And as he determined ſo it came to paſſe, for the
vittayles were ſo cutte off, that the Engliſhmenne for three
dayes togither; dranke nothing
but water.
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1
[...]oiſſart.
[...]e Kyng for [...]t of victu| [...] returneth.
When therefore Kyng Edwarde had follo|wed his enimies ſo
farre as Heyden, where hee brake the Parke, and brents the
houſes within and about the Parke, although he entred not in|to
the Towne nor Caſtell, at length, for defence of vitrayles, he
returned backe, and came agay [...] to Caleis on Saint Martins day,Auesburie. being the tẽth after his ſetting foorth
from thence.
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1 The morrow
after beeing Thurſday, and the
twelfth of Nouember [...] Cõneſtable of Frãce,
[...]e Coneſta| [...] of France [...]mmandeth [...]tayle. and other Frenchmen [...] came to the ende of the caulſey of Caleis, with letters
of credene [...], offe|ring battaile the tweſday nexte following, vnto the
King of Englande, in preſence of the Duke of Lancaſter, the
Earles of Northampton and the Lord Walter de Manne, who in the
Kings behalfe, declared to the C [...]nneſtable, that the King of Englande,
[...]e anſwere [...]de to him. to eſchew ſhedding of bloud woulde
fight with the French King body to bo|dy, ſo to [...]ie their right, and if he liked not of that matche, then
if hee woulde chooſe three or foure Knightes to him that were
neereſt to hym is bloud, hee ſhoulde chooſe the like number: but
when this offer would not be accepted, the Eng|liſh Lordes
offered battell the next day, beeyng Fridaye, or elſe on
Saterday following, at the Frenchemennes choyce, but the
Conneſtable of Fraunce and his company, continuing on theyr
firſt o [...]r, refuſed both thoſe dayes. Then the Engliſhe Lordes
accepted the days by [...]h [...]th aſ|ſigned, with condition, that if they be ougthe not
King Edwarde to giue that [...]yle that daye, they woulde [...] priſoners, ſo that the Frenchmenne woulde [...]wiſe vndertake for theyr K [...]ng.
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1 The
Conteſtable [...] no aunſwere rea|dy, ſtayed a [...]hile, and after flatly refuſed to make any ſuch
couenaunt.
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1 Finally, when
the Engliſh Lordes perceyued there aduerſaries not to [...]e battayle, as theyr wordes of the firſt pretended, they
brake aſt, and both parties returned home.
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1 The King of
Englande ſtayed till the tweſ|day, and payd the ſtraungers their
wages, and ſo came backe into England.
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1 The ſixth of
Nouembre, whileſt the Kyng was thus abroade in Picardy,Berwike taken by Scottes. the Scottes
very earely in the morning of that daye, came priuily to
Berwike, entred by fle [...] into the towne, and ſ [...]eaing there or foure Engliſhmenne, tooke it, with all the
goodes and perſons within it, thoſe excepted, which got to the
Caſtell.
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1 In a
Parliamente ſummoned this yeare,A
parliament. the Monday after the feaſt of Saint
Edmonde the King, the Lords and commons graunted to K. Edward
50. ſs.
of euery ſacke of woolle, that ſhuld be carried ouer the
ſea, for the ſpace of ſixe yeares next enſuing. By this grant it
was thoughte, ye the K. might diſpẽd a M. markes ſterling a
day, ſuch went of woolles had the Engliſh merchants in that
ſeaſon. The Parliament being ended, the K. about S. Andrews
tide, ſet forward towards Scotland, & held his Chriſtmas
at new Caſtell. About which time, by letters ſeat frõ ye
Prince, ye K. was aduertiſed of his proceedings after hys
arriuall in Gaſcoigne, wher being ioyfully recei|ued of the
nobles, & other ye people of that coũtrey, (as before
ye haue heard) he declared to them the cauſe of his thither
cõming, & tooke aduice with them how to proceede in his
buſineſſe, and ſo a|bout ye truth of October, he ſet forward to
paſſe againſt his enimies, firſt entring into a countrey called
Iuliake, which to get her with the fortreſſes,The procedin|ges of the prince of Wa|les in
Aqui|tayne. yeelded whom, witholde any great
reſiſtãce. Thẽ he rode through ye countrie Armignac, waſting
& ſpoiling the countrey, and ſo paſſed through the
landes of the vieountes de la Riuiere, and after entred into the
countie de l Eſera [...], and paſſing through ye ſome, came into the countie of
Com|myges, finding the Towne of Saint Matan voyde, being a good
towne, and one of the beſt in that countrey.
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1 After this,
he paſſed by the lande of the Earle of [...]le, till hee came within a league of Tho|louſe, where the
Earle of Armignac, beeyng EEBO page image 952 the French Kings
Lieutenaunt in thoſe parties, and other great Lords and nobles
were aſſẽbled.
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1 The Prince
with his army carried there a two dayes, and after paſſed ouer
riuer of Ga|ronne, & after ouer an other riuer
thereaboutes, a league aboue Tholouſe, lodging that nighte, a
league on the other ſide of Tholon ſe [...] and ſo they paſſed through Tholouzaine, taking daylye
Townes and Caſtels, wherein they found great riches, for the
countrey was very plentifull.
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1 Vpon
Alhallowen euen, they came to Caſtell Naudarie, and from thence they tooke the way
to Carcaſſon,Carcaſſon. into the
whiche, a greate number of men of armes and commons were
withdrawen. But vpon the approch of the Engliſhmen, they ſlipt
away, and got them to a ſtrong Caſtell that ſtoode neere at
hand. The thirde daye after, the Engliſhmen brente the Towne,
and paſſing foorth,Narbonne. trauerſed
all the countrey of Carcaſſonois, till they came to the Towne of
Narbonne. The people there
were fledde into the Caſtell, in which the Vicount of Narbõne
was encloſed, with fiue hundred men of armes. The Prince ſtayed
there two dayes.Two Biſhops ſente from the
Pope to the Prince of Wales. The Pope ſent two
Biſhoppes to|wardes the Prince, to treate with him of peace, but
bycauſe the Prince would not hearken to a|ny treatie, without
commiſſion from his father, they could not get any ſaufe conduit
to approche neerer.
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1 The Prince
hauing aduertiſementes heere,
that his enimies were aſſembled, and followed him, he turned
backe to meete them, but they had no will to abide him: for
although the Earle of Armignac, the Conneſtable of Fraunce, the
mar|ſhall Eleremont, and the Prince of Orange, with diuers
other, neere to Tholouſe, made ſome ſhewe to impeache the Prince
his paſſage, yet in the ende, they withdrew, not without ſome
loſſe, for the Lorde Batholmewe de Burwaſch: alias Burgherſch,
Sir Iohn Chandos, the L. Iames
Audeley, and Sir Thomas Felton, being ſente foorth to view them,
ſkirmiſhed with two hun|dred of their men of armes, and tooke of
thẽ fyue and thirtie. After this, they had no mind to abyde the
Engliſhe power, but ſtill ſhranke away, as the Prince was ready
to followe them, and ſo hee perceyuing that the Frenchmen would
not gyue him battell, he withdrew towardes Burdeaux, after he
had ſpente eight weekes in that his iour|ney, and ſo comming
thither, he wintered there,
whileſt his Captaines in the meane time tooke dyuers Townes and
Caſtels abroade in the Countrey. And nowe to the ende yee maye
haue more playne information of ye Princes doings in thoſe
parties, I haue thought good to make yon partakers of a letter
or two, written by Sir Iohn Wingfielde Knighte, attendante on
the Prince there in Gaſcoigne.
My Lorde, The [...] Sir Iohn Win [...] leu [...]. as touching the newes in these parties, maye
it please you to vnderstande, that all the Earles, Barons,
Banerets, knightes and Esquiers, were in health at the making
hereof, and my Lord hath not lost either Knighte or Esquier in
this voyage, excepte the Lorde Iohn Lisle, who was slaine after
a straunge manner with a quarrel, the third day after we were
entred into our enimies countreys, he dyed the fifteenth of
October. And please it you to vnderstand, that my Lorde hath
ridden through the countrey of Arminac, and hathe taken many
closed townes, and brente and destroyed them, except certayne
which he hath fortified.
After this, hee marched into the vicontie of
Rouergue, where he tooke a good Towne named Pleasance, the
chiefest Towne of that countrey, which he hath brent and
destroyed, with the countrey round about the same.
This done, he we(n)t into ye
County d’Astrike wherein he tooke many Townes, wasted and
destroyed all the countrey.
After this, hee entred into the countie of Cominge,
and tooke many townes there, whiche hee caused to bee destroyed
and brent, togither with all the countrey abroade. He tooke also
ye town of S. Matan, which is the
chiefest Towne of that countrey, being as large in co(m)passe as
Norwich.
And after, he entred into ye
countie of Lille, and tooke the most part of the closed townes
therein, causing diuers of them to be brent and destroyed as he
passed. And after [...]uning into the Lordſhip of Tholouſe, we paſſed the riuer
of G [...], & all other, a league about Tholouſe, whiche is
very great, for our enimies had brent all ye bridges, as well
on the one ſide of Tholouſe, as the other, es| [...] the bridges within Tholouſe, for the ryuer runneth
through the towne. And ye Comm [...] of Fraunce, ye m [...]ſhal Cleremont, & the Earle of Armmat, were with a
greate power w [...] the towne the ſame time. And Tholouſe is a g [...]e Towne, ſtrong faire, and well wa [...]d, and there was none in out hoſt that knew the fou [...]de there, but yet by the grace and goodneſſe of God, wee
found it. So then we marched through the ſeig|neurie of
Tholouſe, & tooke many good Townes encloſed, and brent
and deſtroyed them, and all ye countrey about. And after, wee
entred into the ſeigneurie of Carcaſon, and we tooke many good
Townes, before we came to Carcaſon, whyche towne we alſo tooke,
which is greater, ſtronger, & fairer than Yorke. And as
well this towers as all other townes in the countrey were brent
and de|ſtroyed. And after we had paſſed by many [...]|neys through the coũtrey of Carca [...], we came into ye ſeigneurie of Narbonne, & we
[...]ke many townes, and waſted them, till we came to N [...]|bon, which towne was holden againſt vs, but i [...]
EEBO page image 953 was won by force, and the ſayde town [...]ttle leſſe than London, and is [...]itne [...]s vpon the Gree|kes ſea,Hee meaneth the
Merantine ſea. for that the diſtance from the ſayd
town vnto the Grekiſh ſea is not paſt .ij. leagues, and there is
an hauen & a place to arriue at, frõ whẽce ye water
cõmeth vp to Narbõne. And Narbone is not but .xj. leagues
diſtant from Mountpellier and .i. from Egnemortz, and
.30. frõ Anignion. And may it pleaſe you to
vnderſtande, that the holy Father ſent his meſſengers to my
lord, that were not paſt .vij.
leagues frõ him, and they ſent a Sergeaunt at armes, that was
Sergeaunt at armes attendant on the dore of our holy fathers
chamber, with their letters to my Lord, praying him to haue a
ſafeconducte to come to declare to his highneſſe their meſſage
from the holy father, which was to treat betwixt my L. &
his aduerſa|ries of France: & the ſaid ſergeant was .ij.
days in ye hoſt before my lord wold ſee him, or receiue his
letters. And the reſon was bicauſe he had vnder|ſtanding,
that the power of Fraunce
was come forth of Tolouze toward Carcaſſon, ſo that my L. was
driuẽ to turn back towards them ſodein|ly, and ſo did. And the
third day when we ſhould haue come vpon them, they had knowlege
giuen before day, and ſo retiring got them to the moun|tayns,
haſtuig faſte towardes Tolonze, and the countrey people that
were theyr guydes to leade them that waye, were taken as they
ſhould haue paſſed the water. And bicauſe the Popes, ſerge|ant
at armes was in my
keeeping. I cauſed him to examine the guides that were ſo taken:
and for that the guide which was thus examined, was ye
Coneſtables guide, & his countreyman, he might wel ſee
and know the countenance of the French men vpon this examining
him. And I ſayde to the ſame ſergeant, that he might well
declare to the Pope and to al them of Auignion that which he had
heard or ſeene. And as touching the an|ſwere which my lorde made
to them that were ſent to
treat with hym you would be wel apayd, if you vnderſtode al the
maner: for he would not ſuffer in any wiſe that they ſhoulde
come neerer vnto him. But if they came to treat of any mat|ter,
he would that they ſhould ſende to the king his father: for my
lord himſelfe woulde not doe any thing therein, excepte by
commaundemente from my Lord his father. And of my Lords tur|ning
back to follow after his enimies, and of the paſſage of the
riuer of Garonne, and of the taking of Caſtels and townes in this iourney and of
o|ther things whiche he hath done againſt his eni|mies in
purſute of them in this iourney, beeyng things right worthie and
honourable as manye know very wel, in like maner as ſir Ric.
Staf|forde, and Sir Williã Burion can more plain|ly declare
than I to you can write, for it were too muche to put in
writing. And my Lord rode thus abroade in the countrey of his
enimies viij. whole [...]kes, and reſted not paſt eleuen dayes. in all thoſe places
where he came. And knowe it for certayne, that ſith this warre
began agaynſt the Frenche Kyng, he had neaer ſuche loſſe or
deſtruction as hee hath had in this iourney: For the countreyes
and good townes whyche were waſted at thys iourney, founde to
the Kyng of Fraunce euery yeare more to the mayntenaunce of his
warre than halfe his realme hath d [...]n be|ſyde, excepte the exchaunge of his money whiche he
maketh euery yeare, and the aduauntage and cuſtome whiche he
taketh of them of Poictow, as I can ſhewe you by good
remembrance, whi|che were founde in dyuers townes in the
recey|uers houſes for Carcaſſon and Le Moignes, whiche is as
greate as Carcaſſon, and two other Townes in the coaſtes of
Carcaſſon, founde to the King of France yerely wages for a
thouſand men of armes: & beſide that C.M. of old
crow|nes to mainteyn the warre. And know you, that by the
remembraunces whiche we found, that the townes in Tholouzeier
which are deſtroyed, and the townes in the countrey of
Carcaſſon, and the town of Nerbonne & N [...]bonnoys did find eue|ry yere with the ſums aforſaid, in
aid of his wat iiij.C.M. old crowns, as the burgeſes of ye
great townes and other people of the countrey whiche ought to
know it, haue told vs. And ſo by Gods aſſiſtance if my L. had
wherwith to mainteyne this warre, and to make the kings profit
and his own honor, he ſhuld enlarge wel the engliſh mar+ches,
& gain many fair places: for our enimies ar greatly
aſtonied. And at the making heereof, my L. hath apointed to ſend
al the Erles, & al the ba|nerets to abide vpon certaine
places on the mar|ches, to make roads, & to anoy his
aduerſaries.
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1 My lorde, at
this preſent I know none other newes to ſend, but you may by
your Letters cõ|mande me as yours to my power. My right
ho|norable lord, God graunt you good life, ioy, and health, long
to continue.
Written at Burde|aux, the Tuiſday next before
Chriſtmaſſe.
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2
3
4
5
1.11.1. The tenor of an other letter written by Sir Iohn Wyngfield,
directed to ſir Richard Stafford knight vvho had bin in
Gaſcoyne, and there leauyng his familie, vvas novv returned into
England.
The tenor of an other letter written by Sir Iohn Wyngfield,
directed to ſir Richard Stafford knight vvho had bin in
Gaſcoyne, and there leauyng his familie, vvas novv returned into
England.
RIght deare ſir, and right louing frende,
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1
2
3
4 tou|ching
newes after your departure,The copie of an
other letter. you maye vnderſtande, that there be
taken and yelded fiue Townes incloſed, to witte, Port Saint
Mary, Cleyrac, Tonyngs, Burgh Sainct Pierre, Cha+ſtiel Sacret or
Satrat, and Braſſack. Alſo ſe|uentene Caſtelles, to wit,
Coiller, Buſet, Lem|nak, two caſtels called Boloynes, whiche
ioyne the one nere to the other, Mounioy, Vireſch, Fre|chenet,
Mountender, Pudeſchales, Mounpoun, Montanak, Valeclare,
Cenamont, Leyſtrake, EEBO page image 954 Plaſſake, Cont
Deſtabliſon, and Mounriuell. And will it pleaſe you to knowe
that my Lorde Iohn Chandos, my lord Iames Audley, & your
men that are with them, and the other Gaſcoins that are in their
companie, and my Lord Bald|wyn Butetort and that company, and my
lord Reynolde Cobham, tooke the ſaid towne, which is called
Chaſtiel Sacret, or Satrat, by aſſault: and the baſtarde of
Liſle whiche was captaine of the ſayd towne was alſo ſlaine
there, as they aſ|ſaulted it,
being ſtriken with an arrow through the head: and my Lorde
Reynolde is retourned backe toward Languedock: and my lord
Bald|win towards Braſſack, with their companies: and ye lords
Iohn & Iames, and thoſe of their cõ|pany remain in
Chaſtiel Satrat, & haue victuals plentie of al ſorts to
ſerue them betwene this and Midſomer, except of freſhe fiſhe,
and cabages as they haue aduertiſed vs by letters, whervpon ye
need not to take thought for your mẽ. And there be in that towne more than .iij.C.
glaiues, and iij.C. yeomen, & an .Cl. archers. And they
haue tidde before Agen, & brent and deſtroyed all their
Milnes, and haue brente and broken downe all their bridges that
lye ouer Garon, and haue takẽ a Caſtell without the ſame towne,
and haue for|tified it. And Monſier Iohn Darminak, and the
Seneſhal of Agenois, which were in the town of Agen, wold not
once put forth their hed, nor any of their people, and yet haue
they bin twice before that
towne.Buſcicau [...]. And Monſ. Buſgaud was come, & Monſieur
Ernald de Spayne, and Grimoton de Chambule, with .iij.C.
glaiues, &. iij. ſergeantes Lombards: & they are
in the town of Muſchack, which is in Creſſy, & it is but
a myle from Cha|ſtiel Satrat or Sacret, & a league from
Breſſak, and ye may well thinke that there will bee good
companie to taſte one another. And further may it pleſe you to
know, that Monſ. Bartholomew is at Coniack with .vj. ſcore men
of armes of my lords
houſe,The captal de Bu [...]. & ſix ſcore archers, and the captau de
Buche or Beuf, the lorde Montferrant, and the lorde of Crotony,
which haue with them .iij.C. glaiues, and .vj. ſcore archers,
& .ij.C. ſergeantes, beſide them which are in
Tailbourgh, Tanney, and Rochford, ſo that when they are
togyther, they may be well .vj.C. glaiues, and at the ma|king
hereof, they were vpon a iourney towardes Aniou and Poictou, and
the Earles of Suffolke, Oxford, & Saliſbury, the lord of
Muſeden, Mõ|ſieur Ellis de
Pomiers, and other Gaſcoygnes, with the whiche are well more
than .v.C. glay|ues, and .ii.C. ſergeantes, and .iij. hundred
Ar|chers, and they wer at the making hereof toward the parties
of Noſtre Dame de Rochemade, & haue bin foorth aboue
twelue days, and wer not returned at the ſending of theſe
preſentes. My Lorde Iohn Chandois, my lorde Iames, & my
lorde Baldwin, and thoſe which be in the [...]e com|panie are alſo foorth vpon a iourney toward their
parties: My Lorde Reinolde and thoſe of the houſhold, with the
Gaſecoyns as whiche be in theyr companie, are alſo foorth vpon a
iorney towardes their parties. The Erle of Warwick hath be [...]e at Tonings and at Claras, to take thoſe townes, and at
the making heereof was gone towards Mermande to deſtroye their
Vynes, and all o|ther things which he can deſtroy of theyrs. My
Lord is at Leyborn, and the lord of Pomiers at Fronſak, which is
but a quarter of a league from Leyborne: and my lordes people
lye as well at Sainct Milion, as at Leyborne, and Monſieur
Berard de Bret is there with hym, and my lord looketh for newes
whyche he ſhoulde haue, and accordyng to the newes that he ſhal
haue, he will behaue hymſelfe: for as it ſeemeth, he ſtandeth
muche on hys honour. At the makyng hereof, the Earle of
Arnimacke was at Auignion, and the Kyng of Arragon is there
alſo: and of all other parleys whyche haue bin in diuers places,
(wherof you know) I can not certifie you at the makyng hereof.
Ryght deare Syr, other thing I can not ſende vnto you, but that
you remem|ber your ſelfe to ſend newes to my lord Prince as
ſoone as in anye wyſe you maye, and ſo the Lorde graunte you
good lyfe and long.
Writ|ten at Leyborne the one and twentieth of
Ia|nuarye.
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1 Theſe Letters haue I
thought good to make the reader partaker of, as I fynde them in the
Chronicle of Roberte Aueſburye, to the ende ye may perceiue how other
writers agree ſherwith, ſith the ſame Letters may ſerue as a toucheſtone to
trie the truthe of the matter. And ſo nowe I wil returne to ſpeake of the
kings doyngs in the north parte where we lefte hym.
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1 The fourteenth of
Ianuarie Kyng Edward hauyng hys armye lodged neere the Towne of Berwycke,
and hys Nauye ready in the hauen to aſſayle the Scottes that were wythin the
Towne, hee entred the Caſtell whiche the En|glyſhemenne hadde in theyr
handes, the Lorde Walter de Manny being theyr Capitayn, who hadde gotte
certayne Myuers thyther from the Forreſt of Deane, and other parts of the
realme, whyche were buſye to make paſſage vnder the grounde by a moyne
throughe whyche the En|gliſhmen might enter into the towne.
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1 Herevpon, when the
Scottes perceyued in what daunger they ſtoode, and knewe that they coulde
not long defend the Towne againſt him, they ſurrendred it into hys handes
without fur|ther reſiſtance.
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1 In the Scottyſhe
Hiſtoryes it is recorded,Hoc. i [...]ta. that when thoſe whiche were wythin the towne of Berwycke
hearde howe that an armye of EEBO page image 955 Engliſhmen came to the
ſuccours of the caſtell, they raſed the walles and beene the houſes of the
Towne, and ſo departed wyth all the ſpoyle whych they had gotten there.
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1
An. reg. 30.
But howe ſo euer it was, kyng Edward be|ing againe poſſeſſed of the
towne, he ſet men a worke to repare it, and paſſyng foorth to Rox|burg,The reſignati| [...] of the realm of Scotlande [...]le by the Ballioll. there met with hym the ryghtfull King of
Scots Edwarde Ballioll, who tranſferred and reſigned all the right, title
and intereſt, which he had or myght haue
to the Crowne and Realme of Scotland into king Edwards handes: which
reſignation he confirmed by his Letters patentes therof made and giuen vnder
his hand and ſeale, dated the .xxv. of Ianuary .1356. requiring K. Edwarde
to perſeuer in purſute of his title to the vttermoſte.
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1 King Edwarde hauing thus
receyued the re|ſignation and releaſe of the Crowne of Scot|lande, of
Edwarde Ballioll, marched foorthe wyth hys
armye tyll hee came to Hadington, brenning and deſtroying the countrey on
eche ſide round aboute him, as he paſſed. And whyleſt he laye there, abyding
for his ſhippes, his men of warre were not ydle, but raunged abroade in the
countrey, and did all the damage to their einmies that they coulde
deuiſe.
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1 At length his armie
whiche he had the ſame tyme on the ſea, arriued on that coaſte, and
lan|dyng, ſpoyled a Churche of our Lady, called the White kirke: but being retourned to their ſhips, there
roſe ſuche a tempeſt and vehement North|wynde, that many of theyr Veſſels
ruſhyng and
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bratyng againſt the banks &
ſandes, were drow|ned togither with the
men that were within thẽ, for diſpleaſure wherof, Kyng Edwarde fell to the
ſpoyle of the countrey agayn,K. Edvvarde [...]
[...]fieth the S [...]ots. not ſparing one place more than an other: by reaſon
whereof, as well abbeys as all other Churches and religious: houſes both in
Hadington, in Edinborough, and through all other the parties of Louthian,
where ſoeuer he came, were defaced, and put to ſacke.
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1 At length when he had
accompliſhed his will, and ſo ſette things in order, he returned back in|to
Englande with the forſayde Edwarde B [...]|lyoll in hys companie, whom he kepe with him, for doubte leaſt hee
ſhoulde reuolte, and procure ſome newe trouble.
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1 In the moneth of Iuly the
Duke of Lanca|ſter being ſente to the ayde of the King of Na|uarre,The Duke of Lancaſter ſent to ayde the K. of Nauarre.
came into Conſtantine, whiche is a por|tion of Normandie, and there ioyned
with the Lorde Philippe of Nauarre, brother to the king of Nauarre,Paulus Ae|milius. and with the Lord Godfrey de
Har|court, the whiche beyng returned into Fraunce, and reſtored to the
Frenche kyngs fauour, was lately agayne reuolted vppon diſpleaſure taken for
the death of his nephewe the Lorde Iohn de Harcourte, as in the Frenche
hiſtories ye maye reade more at large.
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1 They were in all aboute
the number of foure thouſande fightyng men,Froiſſart. and beeyng aſſembled togyther, they wente to Lyſeux,
to Orbec,The Caſtell of Orbec resbued to Ponteau,
and reſcued the Caſtell there, whiche had bene beſinged by the Lord Roberte
de Hote|tot, maiſter of the Croſſebowes in France, more than two monethes:
But nowe hearyng that the Englyſhemen and Nauarroys approched, he departed
from thende, leauing behynde hym, for haſte, his engins and artillerie.
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1 The duke of Lancaſter
paſſed forwarde vnto Bretuiel, which he cauſed to be relieued and fur|niſhed
with neceſſarie things as was conueniẽt.The citie of
E|vreux yelded to the French|men. And then leauing the Citie of
Eureux, whiche was as then in the Frenchmẽs hands lately yel+ded to them
after a long ſiege, he went forwarde with the Lorde Philip de Nauarre in hys
com|panye tyll they came to Vernuell in Perch,Vernueil. and there took both the Towne and Caſtel, and rob|bed
the towne and brent a great part therof.
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1 The Frenche Kyng who
hadde aſſembled a myghtie armye,The French K. cõmeth to
giue the Duke of Lancaſter bat|tayle. beyng aduertiſed of theſe
mat|ters, haſted forward towarde the Duke of Lan|caſter, fully purpoſyng to
giue him battayle.
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1 The Duke and the lorde
Philip de Nauarre hauyng knowledge that the French kyng follo|wed them,
withdrewe towardes the Towne of the Egle, and the King ſtill wente after
them, tyll he came to Tuebeuf two leagues from the towne of the Egle, and
there it was ſhewed to hym that he coulde not followe his enimies any
further by reaſon of the thicke forreſts, which he coulde not paſſe without
greate daunger of hys perſone and loſſe of his people. Then returned he wyth
all his hoſte, and tooke from the Na|uarroys the Caſtel of Thy [...]ers, and alſo the ca|ſtel of Brerueil, whiche was yelded to him after
two monethes ſiege.
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1 Aboute the ſame tyme,
that is to ſaye, in Iulye, the Prince of Wales, hauyng aſſembled EEBO page image 956 an armye of menne of warre,
Froiſſart.
The Prince of VVales inua|deth the french dominions.
to the number of eyght thouſand, entred into the frenche domi|nions,
and fyrſte paſſyng thorough Auvergne, at length hee came into the countreye
of Ber|rye, waſtyng and brennyng the Townes and vyllages as hee wente,
takyng eaſye iourneyes for the better reliefe of his people, and deſtruction
of his enimyes: for when hee was entred into anye Towne that was
ſufficientely ſtored of things neceſſary, he wold tary there two or three
dayes to refreſhe his Souldiours and
menne of warre, and when they diſlodged, they woulde ſtryke out the heades
of the wyne veſſelles, and brenne the wheate, oates and barley, and all
o|ther thynges whyche they coulde not take with them, to the intente theyr
enimyes ſhoulde not therwith bee ſuſteyned.
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The citie of Burges.After this, they came before
the citie of Burges, and there made a greate ſkirmiſhe at one of the gates,
and there were manye feates of armes done.
The hoſte departed from thence, without any more doyng,Iſſoldune aſ|ſaulted. and commyng to a ſtrong ca|ſtell called
Iſſoldon, they fiercely aſſayled it, but coulde not winne it: The
Gentlemenne within defended the walles and gates ſo manfully.
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Vierzon vvonne.Then paſſed they forewarde, and
came to Vierzon, a greate towne and a good Caſtell, but it was nothyng
ſtrongly fortifyed, and therfore was it wonne perforce, the people wythin it
be|yng not ſufficient to reſiſt the valyant puiſſance of the Engliſhemen.
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1 Heere they founde wyne
and other victuals in great plentie, and therevpon they taryed there three
dayes to refreſhe themſelues at eaſe. But before they departed, the Prince
had aduertiſe|ment gyuen hym that the Frenche Kyng was come to Chartres,
wyth an huge aſſemble of menne of warre, and that all the Townes and
paſſages aboue the ryuer of Loire were cloſed and kepte. Then was the Prince
counſayled to retourne and paſſe by
Touraynne & Poictou,The paſſages ſtopped.
and ſo that waye to Burdeaux.
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The Prynce returnethe.The Prince follow [...]ng theyr aduice that thus counſelled hym, ſette forwarde towarde
Remo|rentine. The Frenche Kyng hadde ſente into that Countrey to keepe the
Frontiers there, the Lord of Craon, the Lord Bouciquault, and the Hermyte of
Chaumount, the which with three hundred men of armes had followed the
En|glyſhemenne ſixe dayes togyther, and coulde neuer fynde any conuenient occaſion to ſette vp|on them:
for the Engliſhemen gouerned them|ſelues ſo ſagely, that theyr enimyes
coulde not lightly aſſaile them but to theyr owne diſaduan|tage. One daye
the Frenchemen layde them|ſelues cloſely in an ambuſh neere to the Towne of
Remorentin, at a meruaylous ſtrayte paſ|ſage, by the whyche the
Engliſhemenne muſte needes paſſe.
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1 The ſame daye there were
departed [...] Princes battaile, by licence of the Marſhals [...]|tayne Capitaynes, Engliſhemen, and Gaſ|coignes, as the Lorde
Bartholmew de Burg|herſce, or Burwaſche (as ſome wryte hym) the Lorde of
Mucident Gaſcongne, Monſieur Pe|titon de Courton, the Lorde de la Ware, the
Lord Baſſet, ſir Danel Paſſelew, ſir Richarde Ponchardõ, ſir Noel Loring,
ye yong lord S [...]ẽ|cer, and two of the Daubreticouites, Sir Ed|warde, and an other,
who hauyng wyth them two hundred men of armes, wente foorthe ſo renne
beefore Remorentin,Remorentin. that they myghte
viewe the place.
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1
2 They paſſed foorth
alongeſt by the Frenche|men whyche lay in embuſhe, as ye haue hearde, and
they wer not aduiſed of them, and they were no ſooner paſſed, but that the
Frenchemen brake out, and gallopped after the Engliſhmen with greate randon,
hauyng theyr ſpeares in theyr reſtes. The Engliſhemen and the Gaſcoyns
hearyng horſſes to come gallopping after them, tourned, and perceyuyng them
to bee their eni|mies, ſtoode ſtyll to abyde them. The Frenche|men
couragiouſly gaue the charge,A [...]i [...]. and the En|gliſhemen as valyantly defended them, ſo that
there enſewed a great ſkirmiſhe, whyche conti|nued a long whyle, ſo that it
coulde not be eaſy|ly iudged who had the better, tyll that the bat|tayle of
the Engliſh Marſhalles approched, the whyche when the Frenchemen ſawe
commyng by a wood ſyde, they fledde ſtreyghte wayes to|wardes
Remorentine,The French [...]
and the Engliſhmen fo|lowed in chaſe ſo faſte as their horſſes
myghte beare them, and entred the towne with the Fren|chem [...]n: but the frenche Lordes and the one half of their companye gotte
into the Caſtell, and ſo ſaued themſelues.
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2 The Prince hearing what
had hapned,The Prynce [...]e at the [...]
came into the Towne, and there lodged that nyghte, ſendyng Sir Iohn
Chandos to talke wyth the Capitaynes of the Caſtell, to knowe if they woulde
yeld: and bycauſe they refuſed ſo to do, on the nexte morrowe hee cauſed his
people to giue an aſſaulte to the place, whiche continued the moſte parte of
the day, but yet miſſyng their purpoſe, he commanded that they ſhould draw,
to their lodgyngs, and reſt them for that night. In the morning as ſoone as
the Sunne was vp,The Caſtelle Re [...] euen aſſaulted. the Marſhalles cauſed the Trumpets to
ſounde, and thoſe that were appoynted to gyue the aſ|ſaulte agayn, prepared
themſelues to it.
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1 The Prince himſelfe was
preſente perſonal|ly at thys aſſaulte, ſo that the ſame was enfor|ced to the
vttermoſte: But when they ſawe that by aſſaultes they coulde not wynne the
Caſtell,It is ſet on fier. they deuiſed engines
wherewith they caſt wylde EEBO page image 957 fyre into the baſe Courte, and
ſo ſette it on fyre, whiche encreaſed in ſuche vehemente ſorte, that it
tooke into the coueryng of a great tower, which was couered with reede: and
then they wyth|in perceyuyng they muſt eyther yelde or periſhe with fyre,
came down & ſubmitted themſelues to the Prince, who as pryſoners
receyued them.
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They vvithin [...]tted them+ſelues.The Caſtell of Remorentine beeyng thus
wonne and defaced with fyre, the Prince lefte it voyde, and marched foorthe
wyth his armye as before, deſtroying the countrey, and approched to Aniou and Touraine.
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The Frenche [...]ng folovveth the prince of VVales.The Frenche King came
forwarde towarde the Prince, and at Ambois heard how the Prince was in
Tourayne, meanyng to returne through Poictow. He was dayly aduertiſed of the
Prin|ces doings by ſuch as were appoynted to coaſte hym euer in his
iourney.
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1 Then came the king to Hay
in Tourain, and his people were paſſed the ryuer of Loire at ſun|drye
paſſages,
Froiſſart. Seuen thouſãd choſen mẽ hath Tho. VValſin.
where moſte conuenientely they myghte.
They were in number twentie thou|ſande men of armes: of noble menne there
were ſixe and twentie Dukes and Earles, beſyde a greate number of other
Lordes and Barons: the foure ſonnes of the Kyng were there, as the Lorde
Charles Duke of Normandie, the Lord Lewes after Duke of Anion, the Lorde
Iohn after duke of Berry, and the Lorde Philip whi|che was after Duke of
Burgongne.
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1 The Frenche king doubtyng
leaſt the Prince ſhoulde eſcape by ſpeedye iourneyes oute of his countrey,
before he coulde come to giue him bat|tayle, remoued to Chauuignie, and
there paſſed the ryuer of Creuſe by the bridge, ſuppoſing that the
Engliſhmen hadde bene before hym, but they were not. Some of the Frenchemen
taryed be|hynde at Chauuignie for one nighte,Chauuignie. and in the morning followed the king. They were
aboute two hundred menne of armes vnder the leading of the Lorde Craon, the
Lorde Raoull de Con|cye, and the Earle of Ioigny. They chaunced to encounter
with certain of the auaunt currours of the Engliſhe armie, which remoued
that day from a little village faſt by. Thoſe Engliſhmen were not paſt
threeſcore men of armes, but well horſed, and therefore perceyuing the
greate num|ber of the Frenchemen, they fledde towarde the Princes battayle,
whiche they knewe was not farre off. Capitaines of the Engliſhemen were two
knyghtes of Heynault, the Lorde Euſtace Dambreticourt, & the Lord
Iohn of Guiſtelles.
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1 The Frenchemen beholding
them in this wiſe to flee, rode after a mayne, and as they folowed in chaſe,
they came on the Princes battayle be|fore they were aware. The Lorde Raoull
of Couey wente ſo farre forewarde with his ban|ner, that hee entred vnder
the Princes banner,
[figure appears here on page 957] and fought right
valyantly,The lord Ra| [...] de Couey taken. but yet he was there taken, and the Earle
of Ioignie, alſo the Vicount of Bruce, the Lorde Chauuignie and dyuers
o|ther, ſo that the moſte parte of thoſe Frenche|men were eyther taken or
ſlayne, and very fewe eſcaped.Frencheman [...]led. The Prince vnderſtoode by the Priſo|ners, that the
Frenche king was ſo farre aduan|ced forwarde in purſute of hym, that hee
coulde not auoyde the batayle. Then he aſſembled hys men togither, and
comaunded them to kepe or|der, and ſo rode
that day beeing Saterdaye from morning till it was towarde night, &
then came within two leagues of Poictiers: and herewyth ſending foorth
certain captaynes to ſearch if, they could heare where the kyng was, hee
encamped hymſelfe that nyght in a ſtrong place amongeſt hedges, vines, and
buſhes. They that were ſent to diſcouer the countrey, rode ſo far, that they
ſawe where the French king with his great battayle, was marching, and
ſetting vpon the tayle of the Frenchemen, cauſed al the hoſte to ſtirre:
whereof knowledge being giuen to the king, the which as then was entring
into Poictiers, hee returned a|gain, and made all his hoſte to do the like,
ſo that it was very late ere he and his people wer beſto|wed in their
lodgings that nyght.
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1 The Englyſhe eurrours
retournyng to the Prince, declared what they had ſeene and done. So, that
nyghte, the two armyes beeing lodged wythin a ſmall diſtaunce eyther of
other, kepte ſtrong and ſure watche aboute theyr campes.
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1 On the morrowe after,
beeing Sundaye, and the eyghteenth daye of September the Frenche Kyng cauſed
hys hoſte to be deuided into three battayls or wards, and in eche of them
were ſix|tene thouſande armed men, al muſtered and paſ|ſed EEBO page image 958
for armed men. The firſt battayle was go|uerned by the Duke of
Orliance,The ordering of the Frenche battell.
wherein were ſixe and thirtie banners, and twice as many pe|nons. The
ſeconde was ledde by the Duke of Normandie and hys brethren, the Lord Lewes
and the Lorde Iohn. The thirde the French K. hymſelfe conducted. And whyle
theſe battayles were a ſettyng in arraye, the Kyng cauſed the Lorde Euſtace
de Ribaumount, and two other noble menne to ryde on before, to ſee the
dealing of the Engliſhemenne, and to
aduiſe of what number they were.
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1 Thoſe that were thus
ſente, rode foorth, and behelde the order of the Engliſhemenne at good
leyſure: and retournyng, enfourmed the Kyng, that as they coulde iudge, the
enimyes were a|boute two thouſande menne of armes, foure thouſande Archers,
and fifteene hundred of o|thers, and that they were lodged in ſuch a ſtrong
place, and ſo well fenced wyth ditches and hed|ges, that it wold be hard aſſaultng them therin.
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1 The Cardinall of Piergort
the Popes Le|gate,The Cardinall of Piergorte. as
then lying in the Citie of Poictiers, came that mornyng to the Kyng, and
requi|red hym to abſtayne from battayle, til he might vnderſtande whether
the Prince woulde conde|ſcende vnto ſuche conditions of peace as he him
ſelfe ſhoulde thynke reaſonable, whyche if it myghte be broughte to paſſe,
the ſame ſhoulde be more honourable for
hym than to aduenture ſo many noble men as were there wyth hym at that
preſent in hazarde of battayle.
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1 The King was contented
that the Cardinall ſhould goe to the Prince,The Prince of
VVales con|tented to come to a treatie. and ſee what he could doe
with hym.
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1 The Cardinall rode to the
Prince, and talked with him tyll hee was contented to come to a treatie. The
Cardinall retourned to the Frenche kyng, and required of hym that a truce
mighte be graunted tyll the nexte daye
Sunne ryſing: whyche truce obteyned, hee ſpente that daye in ryding to and
fro betwixt them.
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1 The Prince offred, to
render into the Kyngs handes all that he hadde wonne in that voyage,The offer of the Prince of VVales. as well Townes as
Caſtelles, and alſo to re|leaſe all the Priſoners, whiche he or any of his
men had taken in that iorney: and further he was contented to haue bene
ſworne not to beare ar|mour agaynſt the French king, within the terme
of .vij. yeres next folowing.The Frenche Kinges pre|ſumptuous de|maunde. But the
French K. woulde not agree thereto: The vttermoſt that hee would agree vnto,
was this, that the Prince and an hundred of hys Knyghtes, ſhould yeld
themſelues as Priſoners vnto hym: otherwyſe hee woulde not haue the matter
taken vp.
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1 The Prince in no wyſe
coulde b [...]e broughte to anye ſuche vnreaſonable conditions, and ſo the Cardinall
coulde not make them frendes, althoughe hee trauayled earneſtly betwixt them
all that daye. When it drew towardes nyght, he retourned towarde
Poictiers.
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1 The Engliſhmen were not
ydle,The Eng [...]menne [...]
whyleſt the Cardinall thus was in hande to bring the par|ties to
ſome good agreemente but caſte greate ditches, and made hedges, and other
fortifica|tions aboute the place, where theyr Archers ſtoode, and on the
nexte mornyng, beyng Mon|daye, the Prynce and hys people prepared them
ſelues to receyue battayle, as they had done be|fore, hauyng paſſed the daye
before and that nyghte in greate defaulte of neceſſarie thynges, for they
coulde not ſtirre abroade to fetche for|rage or other prouiſions wythout
daunger to be ſurpriſed of theyr enimyes.
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1 The Cardinall came agayne
earely in the morning to the Frenche Kyng, and founde the Frenche army ready
in order of battayle by that tyme the Sunne was vp, and though hee
eftſoo|nes fell in hande to exhorte the Kyng to an a|greemente, yet it would
not be: and ſo he went to the Prince,The Cardinall
traueil in vaine. and declared to hym howe he coulde doe no good
in the matter, and therfore he muſte abyde the hazarde of battayle for ought
that he coulde ſee: wherewith the Prince was contente, and ſo the Cardinall
retourned vnto Poictiers.
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1 Here is to be remembred,
that when (as Tho|mas Walſingham wryteth) thys Cardinall of Perigourt was
ſente from the Pope to tra|uayle betwixte the parties for a peace to bee
had, and that the Pope exhorted hym verie earneſtly to ſhewe his vttermoſte
diligence and endeuor therin: at his ſetting foorth to goe on that meſ|ſage,
the ſayde Cardinall (as was ſayde) made this anſwere: Moſt bleſſed father,
ſayd he, either will we perſwade them to peace and quietneſſe,
Tho. VVelſ.
A propheſie of Prelate.
eyther elſe ſhall the verie Flint ſtones crye oute of it. But this
hee ſpake not of hymſelfe, as it was ſuppoſed, but being a Prelate in that
time, he propheſied what ſhould follow: for when the Engliſh Archers had
beſtowed all their arrows vppon their enimies, they tooke vp pebles from the
place where they ſtoode, beeyng full of thoſe kind of ſtones, and approchyng
to their enimies, they threw the ſame with ſuch violẽce on them, that
lighting againſt their helmets, armour, and targets, they made a great
ringing noyſe, ſo that the Cardinals propheſie was fulfilled, that hee would
either perſuade a peace, or elſe the ſtones ſhoulde crye out therof.
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1 The worthye Prince lyke a
coragious chief|taine, when he ſaw that he muſt needes fyghte,The [...]on of the Prince required his people not to bee abaſſhed of
the greate number of theyr enemyes, ſith the vic|torie did not conſiſt in
the multitude of menne, but where God would ſende it: and if it fortu|ned
EEBO page image 959 that the iourney myghte bee theirs and his, they
ſhoulde be the moſte honored people of the world: and if they ſhould dye in
that rightuous quarrell, he had the Kyng his father, and alſo hys brethren,
in lyke caſe as they hadde freen|des and kynſemenne, that woulde ſeeke their
re|uenge. And therfore he deſyred them that day to ſhewe themſelues lyke
valyant men of warre: and for his parte hee truſted in God and Sainct
George, they ſhoulde ſee in hys perſone no
defaulte.
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2 Theſe or the lyke woordes
dydde thys moſte gentle Prince ſpeake,Noble men with the
Prince of VVales. whiche greatly comforted all hys people. There
were wyth hym of Ear|les, Warwicke, Suffolke, Saleſburye, Staf|forde: of
Lordes Cobham, Spencer, Audeley, Berckley, Baſſette, Wareyn, de la Ware,
Bra|deſton, Burwaſch, Felton, Mallowe and dy|uers other: alſo Sir Iohn
Chandos, by whome hee was muche counſayled, Sir Richard Staf|forde,
Syr Richarde of Penbruche, and ma|nye
other Knyghtes and valyaunt Eſquyres of Englande.
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1 Moreouer, there was of
Gaſcoyne, the Ca|pitall of Buz or Boef,The Capitall [...]e Boef. the Lordes of Prumes, Burguenrye, Chaumount, de
Leſpare, Roſen, Monferant, Lãduras, the Souldich of Leſtrade, or Leſearde,
and other: and of Heynault, ſir Eu|ſtace Daubreticourt, ſir Iohn de
Guiſtelles, and other ſtraungers.
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The number of the prince his army.Al the Princes
company paſſed not the num|ber of eight thouſande men one and other, of the
whiche (as Iacobus Meire hath) three thouſand were Atchers: thoughe
Froiſſart, as I haue re|herſed before, reporteth the number of Archers to be
more, as in one place ſixe thouſande, and in an other place foure
thouſande.
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2
The number of the Frenche.The Frenche kyng hauyng
in his armie three ſcore thouſande fighting men, wherof there were more than
three thouſande Knyghtes, made ſo ſure
accompte of victorie, as anye man mighte of a thyng not yet hadde,
conſideryng his great puiſſaunce, in regarde to the ſmall number of his
aduerſaries: and therefore immediately after that the Cardinall was
departed, hee cauſed hys battayles to marche forwarde, and approchyng to the
place where the Engliſhemen ſtoode rea|dye to receyue their enimyes,The battell is beg [...]nne. cauſed the onſette to be gyuen. There were certayne
French horſ|menne to the number of three hundred, wyth the Almayns alſo on horſebacke appoynted to breake the arraye
of the Engliſhe Archers, but the Ar|chers were ſo defended and compaſſed
aboute with hedges and ditches that the horſemen of the Frenche parte,
coulde not enter to doe their feate, and beeing galled wyth the ſharpe
ſhotte of the Engliſhe bowes,The force of the English
ar|chers. they were ouerthrowne horſe and man, ſo that the vawarde
of the Frenche|menne, wherein was the Duke of Athens, with the Marſhalles of
Fraunce, the Lorde Iohn de Cleremount, and the Lorde Arnolde Dandre|hen or
Odenhem beganne to diſorder wythin a whyle, by reaſon of the ſhotte of the
Archers, to|gether wyth the helpe of the men of armes, a|mongſt whome in the
forefronte was the Lorde Iames Audeley,The Lorde Iames
Audely. to perfourme a vowe which the had made, to be one of the
firſt ſetters on. There was the Lorde Arnolde Dandrehen taken pry|ſoner, and
the Lord Iohn de Cleremont ſlayne, ſo that the noble prowes of the ſayde
Lorde Ia|mes Audeley, breaking through the Frenchmens battayle wyth the
ſlaughter of manye enimies, was that day moſt apparant.
Tho. VValſ.
The Earles of VVarvvicke and Suffolke.
The loyall con|ſtancie of the Noble Earles of Warwyke and Suffolke,
that foughte ſo ſtoutly, ſo earneſtly, and ſo fiercely, was ryghte
manyfeſte: and the Prince hymſelfe dyd not only fulfyll the office of a
noble chieftayne, but alſo of a ryght valy|ant and experte ſouldioure,
attempting what ſo euer any other hardye warriour woulde in ſuch caſes haue
done.
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1 Neyther was thys battayle
quickely diſpat|ched, nor eaſyly broughte to ende, but it was foughte oute
wyth ſuche obſtinate earneſtneſſe, that three tymes that daye were the
Englyſhe|men dryuen to renewe the fyghte, thorough the multitude of enimies
that encreaſſed and came ſtill vppon them.
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1 Fynally, the Marſhalles
battayle was quite diſcomfited: for the Frenchemen and Almayns fell one vpon
an other, and could not paſſe forth, and thoſe that were behynde, and coulde
not get forewarde, reculed backe: and whileſt the Mar|ſhalles battayle beyng
on horſebacke thus aſſay|led the Engliſh armie with great diſaduantage, and
was in the ende beaten backe, the two bat|tayles of the Dukes of Normandie
and Orle|aunce came forwarde, and lykewiſe aſſayled the Engliſhmenne, but
coulde not preuayle, the Ar|chers ſhotte ſo fiercelye, that to conclude, the
Frenchemen behynd vnderſtanding the diſcom|fyture of the Marſhalles
battayle,The Marſhall [...] battell put to the vvorſe. and howe theyr fellowes before
coulde not enter vppon theyr enimies, they opened and ranne to theyr
horſſes, in whome they dydde put more truſte for theyr ſafeguarde by
galloppyng on them awaye, than in theyr manlyke handes, for all theyr late
brauerye and greate boaſtes. One thyng ſore diſcouraged the Frenchemen, and
that was this: beſyde thoſe Engliſhmenne that were within the cloſure of
their campe, there were certayn men of armes on horſebacke, with a number of
Archers alſo on horſebacke, appoin|ted to coaſt vnder the couerte of a
Mountayne, adioynyng to the place, where they thought to ſtryke into a ſyde
of the Duke of Normandies EEBO page image 960 battayle, ſo that wyth the
terroure heereof, and wyth the continuall ſhotte of the Engliſhe
Ar|chers,
The Frenche|men ſeeke to ſaue themſelues by [...]ight.
Polidor.
the Frenchemenne not knowyng where to tourne themſelues, ſoughte to
ſaue their lyues by flighte.
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1 The Prince of Wales,
perceyuing how hys enimies (for the more part of them) were fleeyng away, as
men diſcomfited, ſent out his horſmen as well on the one hande as on the
other, and he hymſelfe wyth hys whole power of footemen ruſhed foorth, and manfully aſſayled the mayne battayle
of the Frenchemenne, where the King hymſelfe was, who lyke a valyant Prince
wold not flee,
Froiſſart.
The valiancye of the Frenche king.
but fought ryghte manfully: ſo that yf the fourthe parte of his men
had done halfe their partes as he didde hys, the victorie by lykelyhod had
reſted (as Froiſſart ſayeth) on his ſyde: but he was forſaken of his three
ſonnes, and of hys brother the Duke of Orleaunce, whych fledde out of the
battayle wyth cleare handes. Finally after
huge ſlaughter made of thoſe noble men, and other whiche aboade with hym
euen to the ende,The Frenche king taken. he was
taken, and ſo lykewyſe was hys yongeſt ſonne Philippe, and bothe put in
greate daunger to haue bin murthered after they were taken, by the
Engliſhmen and Gaſcoignes, ſtri|uyng who ſhould haue the kyng to his
priſoner, where in deede a knyght of Flaunders, or rather Artoys,
Iames Mair.
Syr Denyſe Morbecke.
borne in Saint Omers, called Sir De|nyſe Morbecke, tooke him, but he
was ſtrayghte wayes taken from the ſame
ſir Denyſe by o [...] that came in the meane ſeaſon.Froiſſart.
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1 There were ſlayne in this
battayle of noble men, the Dukes of Burbon, and Athenes,Noble and [...]ayne. the Marſhall Cleremount, ſir Geoffrey [...], Cha [...]ys, that bare the chiefe ſtandert of Fraunce, the Bi|ſhop of Chaalons,
ſir Euſtace de Ridaum [...] with diuers other to the number of an right hun|dred Lordes, knyghts
and Gentlemen of na [...].Ia. Me [...].
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1 In all there dyed of the
Frenche parte [...]e thouſande of one and other.
Polidor.
The [...]
The chaſe was con|tinued euen to the gates of Poictiers, and ma|nye
ſlayne and beaten downe in the ſtreete be|fore the gates, whiche the
Citizens hadde clo [...] for doubt leaſt the Engliſhemenne ſhoulde entre with them that fled
thyther for ſafegard.
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1 There were taken beſide
the Kyng and his ſonne, the Lorde Iaques de Burbon, Earle of Ponthieu,
brother to the duke of Burbon,Froiſſart. A [...]e [...]
[...] F [...]ce. that was ſlayne there, the Earle of Ew, the Lorde
Charles his brother Erle of Longvile, the Arch|biſhoppe of Sens, the Earles
of Vandoſme, Saleſbruche, Ventadore, Tankerville,
Arc [...] Douglas ta [...]
Ia [...]. Me [...].
Eſtam|pes, and Dampmartine: alſo Archembalde Dowglas a noble manne
of Scotlande, ſonne to the Lorde William Douglas that was killed in Spayne,
the Marſhall Dandrehen or Ode|hem (as Iacobus Meire hath) with other to the
number of .xvij. hundred Earles, Lords,Pri [...]
[...]
Knigh|tes, and Gentlemen, beſyde thoſe of the mea|ner
[figure appears here on page 960] ſorte, ſo that the Engliſhemen had twice as manye
Priſoners as they themſelues were in number: And therefore it was deuiſed
amongeſt them, to put the moſte parte of theyr Priſoners to raunſome there
in the fielde, and ſo they dyd for doubt of further daunger, the multitude
be|yng ſo greate as it was.
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1 Thus was the Prince of
Wales victor in that notable battayle foughte in the fieldes of Beauvoir and Malpertuſe, two leagues from
Poictiers, the nineteenth daye of September be|yng Mondaye,The battayle of Poictiers vvhen it vvas. in the yeare
a thouſande, three hundred, fiftie and ſixe: it began in the morning and
ended at noone. But bycauſe the Engliſhe|men were ſcattered abroade in chaſe
of theyr e|nimyes, the Princes banner was ſette vp in a buſhe, to drawe all
his menne togyther. It was almoſte nyght ere they were all retourned from
the chaſe.
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1 The Prince made a greate
ſupper in his lod|ging that nyght to the Frenche Kyng,The
Prince ſuppe [...] the priſoners. and to the moſte parte of his nobles, that
were taken priſoners, and did all the honour that he coulde deuyſe to the
Kyng: and where hee perceyued by hys cheere and countenaunce, that hys heart
was full of penſiue griefe, carefull thought and heauyneſſe, he comforted
hym in the beſte ma|ner that hee myght, and ſayd to him:
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1
2 Moſte noble King, there
is no cauſe where|fore your grace ſhoulde be penſiue,The
Prince cheereth the French king. though God this daye didde not
conſente to followe youre will. For your noble prowes and dignitie roy|all,
wyth the ſupreme type of youre Kyngly Maieſtye, remayneth whole and
inuiolate, and EEBO page image 961 whatſoeuer maye rightly bee called yours,
ſo that no violente force of time ſhall blotte out or diminiſhe the
ſame:Paulus A [...]|milius. the Almightie God hath determined that the chaunce
of warre ſhall reſt in his diſpoſition and will, as all other things. Your
elders haue atchieued bothe by lande and ſea many noble enterprices. The
whole com|paſſe of Europe, al the Eaſt parts of the world, all places and
countreys, bothe farre and neare are full of monumentes, witneſſing the
noble victories attained by the Frenche
people. The cauſe of godlie liuing and religion, the dignity and
preheminence of Chriſtianitie hathe bene defended and augmented by you,
againſte the moſte mightie and puiſſaunt capitaines of the infidels, enemies
to the ſaid Chriſtian religion. All ages ſhall make mention of your worthie
praiſes, no nation there is but ſhall confeſſe it ſelfe, bounden at one time
or other for benefites receiued at your handes, neyther is there any
people but ſuche as hope to be
hereafter boun|den to you for reliefe and benefites, to proceede from you in
time to come: one or twoo batails haplye haue chaunced amongeſt ſo many
tri|umphs otherwiſe than you wold haue wiſhed. Chaunce woulde it ſhoulde be
ſo, whiche maye enfeeble and make weake the power of hor|ſes, armor, and
weapon: your inuincible cou|rage and royall magnanimitie lyeth in your power
to reteyne: neyther ſhall this day take
any thing from you or yours. And this realme of Fraunce whiche hathe
procreate and brought foorth & noriſhed ſo many of my noble
progeni|tors, ſhall perceyue my good meanyng towar|des hir, and not
forgetfull of myne elders, and towarde your maieſtie, (if you will vouchſafe
that I ſhoulde glorye of that name) a moſt humble kinſman. There are manye
occaſions of loue and freendſhippe betwixte you and my father, whiche I
truſte ſhall take place, for I knowe all
his thoughtes and inwarde mea|nings: you ſhall agree and come to an
attone|ment right eaſily togither, and I pray God he neuer take me for his
ſonne, except I haue you in the ſame degree of honour, reuerence, and
faithfull loue, whiche I owe towardes hym.
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1
2 The king as reaſon wold,
acknowleged this to proceede of great curteſte,The
Frenche King thanketh the Prince. ſhewed towardes him in the
prince, and thanked him according|ly. And the Prince performing in deede
that whiche hee ſpake with worde, ceaſed from fur|ther vſing of fire, or
other endomaging of the Frenche dominions, & taking his way through
the countreys of Poictow, and Xaintonge, by eaſie iourneys,The prince re|turneth to Berdeaux Froiſſart.
he and his people came to Blay, and ſo paſſed ouer the water to
Burdeaux in good ſafetie with all their riches and priſoners. The Prince
gaue to the lorde Iames Audeley (who hadde receiued in the battaile many
ſore woundes): v.C.The lord Aud|ley revvarded
markes of yearely reuenues aſſigned foorth of his landes in Englande, the
whiche gifte the knight graunted as freelye as he hadde receiued it vnto
foure of his Eſquiers whyche in the battaile hadde bene euer atten|daunt
aboute his perſon, without whoſe ayde and valiant ſupport, he knewe well
that he had bene ſlaine ſundrie times in the ſame battaile by his enimies.
When the Prince hearde that he hadde ſo done, hee marueiled what his
mea|ning was therby, and cauſed him to be brought beefore his preſence, and
demaunded of hym wherefore he hadde ſo lightlie giuen away that rewarde
whiche hee had beſtowed vpon hym, and whether hee thought that gifte to
meane for him or not.
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1 The Lorde Audeley ſo
excuſed himſelfe in extoſting the good ſeruice done to him by his Eſquiers,
throughe whome he hadde ſo many times eſcaped the daungers of deathe, that
the Prince did not onelie confirme the reſignation of the fiue hundred marks
giuen to the eſquiers, but alſo rewarded the lord Audley wyth vj.C. markes
more of like yearely reuenues, in maner and forme as her had receiued the
other.
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1 When the newes of this
greate victorie came into Englande of the ouerthrowe of the Frenchemen, and
taking of the Frenche king, yee may bee ſure there was greate ioy ſhewed by
outwarde tokens, as bonfiers made,Bonfiers.
feaſtes and banquets kept, throughe the whole realme: likewiſe the
Gaſcoignes and engliſhemen bee|ing come to Burdeaux, made greate reuell and
paſtime there, ſpending freely that gold & ſiluer which they had won
in the battell of Poictiers, and elſe where in that iourney.
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1 This yeare in Aprill the
Prince of Wales tooke ſhipping with his priſoners at Burdeaux and the fifthe
of Maye arriued at Plimmouth.
1357
An. reg. 32.
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1 The foure and twentieth
day of May bee was with greate honour ioyfully receiued of the citizens into
the citie of London,
Ad. to Me|rimouth.
The prince bringeth the Frenche King ouer into Englande.
and ſo conueyed to the pallace of Weſtminſter, where the Kyng
ſitting in Weſtminſter hall, recey|ued the Frenche king, and after conueyed
hym to a lodging appointed for him, where he laye a ſeaſon, but after hee
was remoued to the Sa|voy, whiche was at that time a goodly houſe,
apperteining to the Duke of Lancaſter, though afterwardes it was brent and
deſtroyed by Wat Tyler, and Iacke Strawe, and theyr companie.
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1 In this place the Frenche
Kyng laye, and kept houſe a long time after.
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1 In the Winter followyng
were royall Iuſtes holden in Smithfielde, at the whiche were preſente the
Kings of England,A Iuſtes holden Smithfielde.
Fraunce EEBO page image 962 and Scotland, with many greate eſtates of
all their three kingdomes, of the whiche the more parte of the ſtraungers
were as then priſoners.
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1 It was reported, that the
French kyng could nor ſo diſſemble nor cloke his inwarde thought, but that
there appeared ſome tokens of griefe in his countenaunce, whileſt hee
behelde theſe warlike paſtimes: and when the king of Eng|lande,The Frenche King f [...]vvfull. and his ſonne Prince Edwarde with comfortable wordes
required hym after ſupper to put all
penſiue cares out of his fantaſie, and to bee merrie and ſing as other did,
he ſhoulde make this aunſwere with a ſmyling counte|naunce, Quomodo
cantabimus canticum in terra alienae?
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1
Tho. VValſ. Fr [...]rt.Aboute the ſame time there came ouer into Englande twoo
Cardinalles, the one called Talirande, beyng biſhoppe of Alba, and com|monly
named the Cardinall of Pierregort,Ca [...]a [...] Eng|lands and the other
hight Nicholas intitled Cardinall of Saint Vitale (or as Froſſart hath) of
Dargell, they were ſente from Pope Innocent the ſixte, to entreate for a
peace betwixte the Kinges of Englande and Fraunce: but they coulde not bring
their purpoſe to any perfect concluſion, (althoughe they remained here for
the ſpace of twoo yeares) but only by good meanes yet they procured a truce
betweene the ſaide kings, and all their aſſiſtauntes, to endure from the
time of the publication thereof, vnto the
feaſte of Sainct Iohn Baptiſte,A [...]or [...]. whiche ſhoulde bee in the yeare .1359. out of the
whiche truce was excepted the lorde Phillippe of Nauarre, and his alies, the
Counteſſe of Mountfort, and the whole Dutchie of Britaine.
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1
The Frenche [...]
[...]ed [...] in [...]or.A none after, the Frenche King was remo|ued from the
Savoy vnto the caſtell of Win|ſor with all his houſholde, and then hee wente
on huntyng and hauking there aboute at his
pleaſure, and the lorde Phillip his ſonne wyth him, all the reſidue of the
priſoners abode ſtill at London, but were ſuffred to goe vp and downe, and
to come to the Court when they woulde.Rennes
bee|ſieged.
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1 The ſame yeare the Duke
of Lancaſter beſieged the Citie of Rennes in Britayne in the title of the
Counteſſe of Richemounte, and hir yong ſonne Iohn of Mountfort, that
clai|med to bee Duke of Britaine. Thoſe that were within the Citie, as the
Vicount of Ro|han, and Berthram de
Clayquine, (who as then was a luſtie yong bacheler) and others defended
themſelues manfu [...]ie for a time, but yet at lengthe they were compelled to rendee the
citie into their enemies handes.
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1
2 Aboute the ſame tyme twoo
Franciſcane Friers wer brent at London,T [...] VValſ. for matters of re|ligion. Moreouer Quene Iſabel
mother vnto king Edwarde the thirde, departed this life the ſeuen and
twentith day of Auguſte, and w [...] buried the ſeuen and twentieth daye of No|uember, in the Church of
the Friers Minore at London, not yet dedicated. Dauid King of Scotlande,
ſhortely after the truce was con|cluded betwixte Englande and Fraunce, and
ſette at libertie,Fourdon. paying for his raunſome
the ſumme of one hundrethe thouſande markes (as Fourdon ſayeth,The King of Scottes [...].) but whether hee meaneth Scottiſhe or ſteeling money, I
cannot ſaye: He alſo was bounde by couenaunt nowe vpon his deliueraunce, to
cauſe the Caſtelles in Ne|deſdale to be raiſed,Polidore. which were knowen to be euill neighbours to the
Engliſhe borderers, as Dunfriſe, Dalſwinton, Morton, Dunſdere, [...] other nine. His wife Quene Ioan made ſuche earneſſe ſute to hir
brother King Edwarde for hir huſbandes deliuerance, that king Edward was
contented to releaſe him vpon the paiment of ſo ſmall a portion of
mony,Froiſſ [...]. and performance of the couenauntes, for the raſing of
thoſe ca|ſtells, (although Froiſſart ſayth) that hee was couenaunted to pay
for his deliueraunce with|in the terme of tenne yeares fiue hundrethe
thouſande nobles, and for ſuretie of that pay|ment to ſende into Englande
ſufficient hoſta|ges, as the earles of Douglas, Murrey, Mar, Sutherlande,
and Fiffe, the baron of Veſcye, and ſir William Camoiſe. Alſo he
couenaun|ted neuer to weare armour agaynſte Kyng Edwarde, within his Realme
of Englande, nor conſent that his ſubiectes ſhoulde ſo doe. And further
ſhoulde vpon his retourne home, doe the beſte hee coulde to cauſe the
Scottes to agree that their Countreye ſhoulde holde of hym in fee, and that
hee and his ſucceſſoures, kings of Scotlande, ſhoulde doe homage to the King
of Englande, and his ſucceſſors for the Realme of Scotlande.
1358
An. reg. 32.
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1 In this two and thirtie
yeare as witneſſeth the frenche Chronicles, Sir Roberte Knolles, Iames Pipe,
and one Thomlin Foulke,Annales de Fraunce. with
other capitaines and men of warre as ſouldi|ours to the king of Navarre
vppon the tenthe daye of Marche carely in the morning ſcaled the walles of
the citie of Auxerre, and behaued them ſo manfully, that they were maſters
of the Towne before the Sunne was vp. They got exceeding muche by the ſpoile
of that citie, and by raunſoming the priſoners whiche they tooke there.
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1 At lengthe after they
hadde remained eighte dayes in that Citie,The citie of
A [...]rre take [...] by ſir Robert Knolles. and taken their pleaſure of all
thinges within it, they wrought ſo with the Citizens, that to haue
poſſeſſion of their Citie againe, and to haue it ſaued from fyre, they
agreed to giue to ſir Roberte Knolles, and to EEBO page image 963 his
companie, fiftie thouſand motons of gold, whiche amounted to the ſumme of
twelue thouſande and fiue hundreth pounde ſterling or there aboute, and yet
was it agreed, that the Engliſhemenne ſhoulde brenne the gates, and throwe
downe the walles in diuers pla|ces.
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1 In Aprill nexte enſuing,
the Towne of Daubignie ſur le Metre was likewiſe wonne by the
Engliſhemenne,Danbignie ſur le Metre Cha [...]lon. and the ſeconde daye
of Maye Chaſtelon ſur Loigne was taken by the ſayde Sir Roberte Knolles, and
put to ſacke as the other were.Nevvcaſtell [...]r Loire. From thence they went to Newecaſtell vppon Loyre.
And thus did the Engliſhemenne, and other in title of the Kyng of
Nauarre,Talke of a peace and arti|cles thereof
dravven. greately endomage the Realme of Fraunce, dayly winning
townes and Caſtelles, raunſomyng the people, and waſting the countreys in
moſt miſerable wiſe, as in the hiſtorie of Fraunce you may reade more at large.Caxton.
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1 In this meane while there
was talke of peace betwixte the Kyng of Englande, and the Kyng of Fraunce,
and articles thereof drawn in this forme, That the whole countreis of
Gaſcoigne, Guyenne, Poictow, Touraine, Xainctonge, Piergourd, Quercie,
Limoſin, Engoliſmois, Calais, Guynes, Bolongne, and Ponthieu, ſhoulde
remayne to the Kyng of Englande wholy, withoute doyng homage or paying any reliefe for the ſame: but on the
other parte, he ſhoulde renounce all his righte, whiche hee mighte by any
manner of meane claime to the countreys of Normandie, An|iou, or Mayne. And
further, that the Frenche King ſhoulde pay a certaine ſumme of mo|ney for
his raunſome, and delyuer ſufficient pledges for the ſame, and ſo departe
into Fraunce.
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1 Theſe articles were ſent
ouer into Fraũce, that the three eſtates
there might confirm them, whiche they refuſed to doe. Wherevpon when the
truce ended, the warres were agayne reuiued.
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1 The Kyng helde this yeare
the feaſte of Sainct George at Windſor, in more ſumptu|ous manner than euer
it hadde bene kepte be|fore.
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1
Tho. VValſ.The ſame yeare alſo, Frier Iohn Liſle
Byſhoppe of Elie beyng (as he tooke it) ſome|what wronged by the Ladye Blaunche de Wake,The Bishoppe [...] E [...]. and other that were of hir counſell, went the laſte yeare
againſte the Kynges will vnto the Popes Courte, where exhibiting his
complaint, he cauſed the Pope to excommu|nicate all hys aduerſaries, ſending
to the Bi|ſhoppe of Lincolne and other of the Clergie, that if they knewe
any of them ſo excommu|nicated to bee deade and buried,Excommunica|tion. they ſhoulde drawe them out of their graues:
whiche was done: and bycauſe ſome of thoſe that were ex|communicated were of
the Kinges counſell, the King tooke ſuche diſpleaſure therewith, that hee
greenouſlye diſquieted the Prelates. Wherevpon there were ſente from the
Courte of Rome on the behalfe of the Biſhoppe of Elie, certaine perſons,
whiche being armed mette the Biſhoppe of Rocheſter Lorde Tre|ſourer,
deliueryng to hym Letters from the Pope, the contentes of the whiche were
not knowen, and foorthwith they ſhranke awaye: but the Kinges ſeruauntes
made ſuche purſute after them, that ſome of them they tooke, and bringing
them before the Kynges Iuſtices,Suche as deli|uered the
Pope letters hanged. vppon their arreignement they were
condemp|ned and ſuffred deathe on the gallowes.
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1 Great diſcorde roſe alſo
aboute thys time,Dyſcorde be|tvvixt Prieſtes and
Friers. or rather afore, betwixte the Clergie, and the foure
orders of Friers, as in the booke of Actes and Monumentes ſette foorthe by
maſter. Foxe yet maye reade more at large.
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1 In this yeare Iohn of
Gaunt Earle of Richemont, ſonne to the Kyng,
Tho. VValſ.
Iohn fo Gau [...] married.
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An. reg. 33.
the nineteenth daye of Maye married the Ladie Blaunche daughter to
Henrye Duke of Lancaſter at Reading, and bicauſe they were couſins with|in
the degrees of conſanguinitie, forbidden by the Churche Lawes to marrie, a
diſpenſa|tion was procured of the Pope to remoue that obſtacle and
lette.
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1 This yeare the Kyng ſette
workemenne in hande to take downe muche olde buildings belonging to the
Caſtel of Windſor,
VVinſor caſtell repared.
Additions to Triuet.
and cau|ſed diuers other faire and ſumptuous workes to bee erected
and ſette vp, in and aboute the ſame Caſtell, ſo that almoſte all the Maſons
and Carpenters that were of any accompte within this lande, were ſente for
and employed aboute the ſame workes, the ouerſeer wherof was Wyllyam Wickham
the Kyngs Chap|lein, by whoſe aduice the Kyng tooke in hande to repaire that
place, the rather in deede by|cauſe hee was borne there, and therefore hee
tooke greate pleaſure to beſtowe coſte in beau|tifying it with ſuche
buildings as maye ap|peare euen vnto this daye.
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1 Moreouer, this yeare in
the Rogation weeke was a ſolempne Iuſtes enterpriſed at London, for the
Maior,A ſolempne Iuſtes at London. and his four
and twen|tie brethren as chalengers did appoint to aun|ſwere all co [...]ers, in whoſe name and ſteede the Kyng wyth hys four ſonnes,
Edwarde,
Caxton.
The king vvith his four [...]onnes, are of the cha|lengers parte.
Lionell, Iohn, and Edmunde, and nineteene other greate Lordes, in
ſecrete manner came and helde the fielde with honour, to the great pleaſure
of the citizens that behelde the ſame.
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1
EEBO page image 964Yee haue hearde howe the Frenchemen refuſed the
peace whiche was accorded be|twixte King Edwarde, and theyr King as then
priſoner here in Englande. Wherevppon King Edwarde determined to make ſuche
warre againſte the Realme of Fraunce, that the Frenchemen ſhoulde bee gladde
to condiſ|cende and agree to reaſon: and firſte hee com|maunded all manner
of Frenchemenne (other than ſuche as were priſoners) to auoide out of
Englande.The Frenche
King remoued. He departed from Hertfourt the .xxix. of Iulie. Hee
alſo appointed the Frenche King to bee remoued from the Caſtell of
Hert|forde, where hee then remained vnto the Ca|ſtell of Somerton in
Lincolneſhire, vnder the garde and conduct of the lord William
Dein|courte,Polidore. beeyng allowed fourtie
ſhillyngs the daye for the wages of twoo and twentie men at armes, twentie
archers, and twoo watche|menne: as thus, for himſelfe and Sir Iohn
Kirketon Banerettes, eyther of them
foure ſhillings the daye, for three Knightes, Sir Wyllyam Collevill (in
place of the Lorde Roberte Collevill, that coulde not trauayle hymſelfe by
reaſon of ſickeneſſe) Sir Iohn Deincourte, and Syr Saer de Rocheforte, eche
of them twoo ſhillings the daye, ſeuen|teene Eſquiers eche of them twelue
pence the daye, eight archers on horſe backe euery of them ſixe pence the
daye, and twelue archers on foote three
pence, and the twoo watchemen eyther of them ſixe pence the daye, whiche
a|mounteth in the whole vnto nyne and thirtie ſhillings the daye, and the
odde twelue pence was allowed to the ſaide Lorde Deincourte to make vp the
ſumme of fortie ſhillings.
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2 This haue I noted the
rather to giue a lighte to the reader to conſider howe charge|able the
reteining of men of warre is in theſe dayes in reſpect of the former times.
But now to our purpoſe.
The King pre|pareth to make a iourney into Fraunce.
Froiſſart.
The Duke of Lancaſter.
The King meanyng to paſſe ouer hymſelfe in perſon into Fraunce, he
cau|ſed a mightie army to bee muſtered and put in a redineſſe, and ſente
beefore hym the Duke of Lancaſter ouer to Callais with foure hun|dreth
ſpeares, and twoo thouſande Archers, where the ſaide Duke ioyned with ſuche
ſtran|gers as were alreadye comme to Callais in greate numbers, and togyther
with them en|tred into the Frenche dominious, and paſſing by Saincte Omers
and Bethune, came to Mount ſainct Eloy, a
goodly Abbey and a rich, a two leagues diſtant from Arras, and there the
hoſte tarried foure dayes, and when they hadde robbed & waſted all
the Countrey there|aboute,Bray aſſ [...]l [...]d. they rode to Bray, and there made a greet aſſaulte, at
the which a Baneret of En|gland was ſlain with diuers other. When the
Engliſhemenne ſawe they coulde winne no|thing there, they departed, and
followyng the water of Some, came to a town called Che [...]|ſye, where they paſſed the riuer, and there [...]|ried Allhallowen daye, and the night follow|ing.
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1 The ſame daye the Duke of
Lancaſter was aduertiſed,The Kyng [...] arri [...] C [...]e. that the Kyng was arriued at Callais, the ſeuenteenth
daye of October,Froiſſart. commaunding hym by
letters to drawe to|wardes him with all his companye.
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1 The Duke according to the
Kings com|maundement obeyed, and ſo retourned to|warde Callais.
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1 The King beeyng there
arriued with all his power, tooke counſell whiche way he ſhulde take.Polidor. Some aduiſed him firſt to inuade Flaun|ders,
and to reuenge the iniurious dealing of the Earle and the Flemings: but hee
woulde not agree to that motion, for hee purpoſed fully eyther by plaine
force to make a conqueſte of Fraunce, or elſe vtterlye to deſtroye and waſte
the countrey throughoute with fire and ſworde.
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1 Herevppon hee ſette
forewarde the fourthe of Nouember, and paſſing throughe the coun|treys of
Arthois, and Vermendois, hee came before the Citie of Reimes.
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1 There wente ouer with him
in this iour|ney, and with the Duke of Lancaſter,Froiſſart. his foure ſonnes, Edwarde Prince of Wales, Lionell
Earle of Vlſter, Iohn Earle of Richemond, and the Lorde Edmunde his yongeſt
ſonne. Alſo ther was Hẽry ye ſaid Duke of Lancaſter, with the Earles of
Marche, Warwike, Suf|folke, Herford, who alſo was Earle of Nor|thampton,
Saliſburie, Stafford, and Oxford, the Byſhoppes of Lincolne, and Durham,
& the Lords Percie, Nevyll, Spẽcer, Kirdiſtõ, Roſſe, Manny,
Cobhã, Moubrey de la Ware, Willoughbie, Felton, Baſſet, Fitz Water,
Charleton, Audeley, Burwaſche, and others, beſide Knyghtes and Eſquiers, as
Sir Iohn Chandos, Sir Stephan Gouſſanton, Sir Nowell Loring, ſir Hugh
Haſtings, ſir Iohn Liſle, Sir Richarde Pembruge, and others.
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2 The ſiege was layde
before Reimes aboute Sainct Andrewes tide,Rei [...]s [...]|ſieged. and continued more than ſeuen weekes: but the Citie
was ſo well defended by the Biſhop and the earle of Por|cien, and other
capitaines within it, that the Engliſhemenne coulde not obtaine their
pur|poſe,1160 and ſo at lengthe when they
coulde not haue fourrage nor other neceſſarie thinges a|broade in the
countrey for to ſerue their turne, the King rayſed his fielde, and departed
with his armie in good order of battaile, taking the way throughe Champaigne
and ſo paſſed by Cha [...]lons, and after to Merie on the ryuer of EEBO page image 965 Seyue.
An. reg. 34.
T [...]re vv [...].
From Mery he departed and came vn|to Tonnere, which towne aboute the
begin|ning of the foure and thyrtie yere of his reigne was wonne by
aſſaulte, but the Caſtell coulde not bee wonne, for there was within is the
Lord Fyennes Coneſtable of Fraunce, and a greate number of other good men of
warre, whiche defended it valiantly. After the Kyng hadde reſted there fiue
dayes, and that his men were well refreſhed with the wines and other
ſuch things, which they found in that
towne in good plentie, hee remoued and drewe towardes Burgongne,Guy [...]on. cõming to a towne called Guil|lon or Aguyllon, where he
laye from A [...]wed|neſdaye vnto Midlente, hauyng good prouiſion of all maner of
victualles by the meanes of an Eſquier of hys called Iohn Alan [...]on,F [...]ignie. whiche hadde taken the Towne of Flauignie not farre
thence, wherein was greate ſtore of bread and wine and other victualles: and
ſtill the Mar|ſhalls roade foorth, and
oftentimes refreſhed the hoſte with newe prouiſion.
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1 The Engliſhemen had with
them in their carriages, Tents, Pauillions, Milles, O [...]ns, and Forges: alſo boates of leather cunningly made and deuiſed able
to receyue three man a peece, and to paſſe them ouer waters and
Ri|uers.The number of [...]riages. They hadde at the leaſte ſixe thouſande eartes with
them, and for euerie carte foure horſes
whiche they hadde out of England.
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1 In this meane while, the
Frenchemenne made certaine veſſelles foorthe to the ſea vndir the
gouernaunce of the Earle of Sainct Paule the whiche vppon the fifteenth daye
of Marche landed earlye in the morning at Wincheſte,Caxton. Additions [...]o Meri| [...]outh. and beefore Sunne riſing entred the Towne, and findyng
the inhabitantes vnprouided to make any greate reſiſtaunce, [...] to and ſacked the houſes,VVinche [...]ſey [...] by the Fr [...]che. ſlewe many men, women and alſo children, and after ſet fier on the Towne, and vppon
knowledge hadde that the people of the countrey nexte adioyning were
aſſembled, and comming to the reſcue, hee cauſed his men to drawe to their
ſhippes, and ſo they taking their pillage and ſpoile with them, gotte them
abour [...]e, not without ſome loſſe of their com|panie, whiche were ſlaine in
the towne by ſuch as reſiſted their violence. Whileſte the Kyng laye at
Aguillon, there came to hym [...]nſeaume de Sa [...]ans Chauncellor of Burgoigne, Ia|ques de Vienne, and other lords of
the coũtrey, beeyng ſe [...]e from theyr Duke to agree wyth the Kyng for the ſparyng of the landes
and ſeignories apperteining to the duchie of Bur|gongne.A
compoſitiõ [...] to ſpate [...] countrey of [...]gogne.
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1 The Chancellor, and the
other Burgoinion Lordes founde the Kyng ſo agreeable to theyr requeſt, that
a compoſition was made betwixt hym and the countrey of Burgoine ſo that hee
ſhoulde make to them an aſſuraunce for hym, and all his people not to
ouerrunne or choo|mage that countrey during the ſpace of force yeares,
Frankes hathe Paradin, in Les Anna|les de Bur|goigne.
Froiſſart.
The Kyng of England dravveth to|vvards Paris.
and hee to haue in readie money the ſumme of twoo hundreth thouſande
[...]orens of golde whiche of ſterling money amounted to the ſumme of fiue
and thirtie thouſand pounds. When this agremẽt was engroſſed vp in wri|ting
and ſealed, the Kyng diſlodged and all his hoſte taking the right way to
Paris, & paſ|ſing ye riuer of Yonne, entred into Ga [...]ynois and at length by eaſie iourneys, vppon a Tuiſ|daye [...]yng the laſte of Marche in the weeke beefore Eaſter, hee came and
lodged beetweene Mon [...]
[...]e Herie, and Cha [...]s, and his people in the countrey there aboute.
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1 Here the Duke of Normandy
made meane for a treaſ [...]e of peace, whiche was laboured by a Frier c [...]d Simon de Langre [...] pro [...]ll of the Friers Iacobins and the Popes legate: hee did ſo muche, that
a trea [...]ie was appointed to bee holden on good F [...]ldaye in the Malede|rie of Longeg [...]new,A trea [...]
where there appeared for the Kyng of Englande the Duke of
Lanca|ſter, the Earles of Warwike and Northamp|ton, with Sir Iohn Chandos.
Sir Walter de Manny, and Sir William Cheynle knights: and for the frenche
Kyng thither came the Erle of En Conneſtable of Fraunce, and the Mar|ſhall
Boucyquaut with other, but their trea|tie came to none effect: Wherfore the
Kyng vppon the Tuiſday in the Eaſter weeke remo|ued nearer vnto Paris, and
vppon the Fridaye following, beeyng the tenth of Aprill, by pro|curement of
the Abbot of Elugny newly come from Pope Innocent the ſixte, the foreſaide
Commiſſioners eftſoones did meete to treate of an agreement, but nothing
they coulde con|clude, the parties in their offers and demaunds were ſo
farre at oddes.
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1
2 Vppon the Sunday nexte
following a part of the Kynges hoſte came beefore the Citie of Paris,The Englishe|menne before Paris. and embattailed
themſelues in a [...]
[...]oe faſte by Sainct Marcilles, abiding there from morning till three of
the clocke in the ac [...]e noone, to ſee if the frenchemenne woulde come foorthe to giue
battaile: but the frenchemenne woulde not talle of that veſſell. For the
Duke of Normandie well conſidering what loſſe had enſued within few yeares
paſte vnto the realme of Fraunce, by giuing battalle to the Engliſh|menne,
hee woulde not ſuffer any of his people to iſſue foorthe of the gates, but
commaundes them to bee readye onelie to defende the walles and gates,
althoughe her hadde a greate power of men of war within the citie, beſide
the [...]ge multitude of the inhabitantes.Polidore.
The Engliſh|menne EEBO page image 966 to prouoke their enimies the ſooner to
ſaillie foorthe,
Polidore.
The ſuburbs of Paris brent.
brent diuers partes of the Sub|urbs, and roade euen to the gates of
the Citie. When they perceyued that the Frenchemenne woulde not come
foorthe, aboute three of the clocke in the after noone they departed out of
the fielde, and withdrewe to theyr Campe, and then the Kyng and all the
Engliſhe hoſte re|moued towardes Chartres, and was lodged at a place called
Doues.
Froiſſart.
The Bishoppe of Beauvois.
Thither came to hym the Byſhoppe
of Beaunois then Chauncellor of Normandie, with other, and ſo handled the
matter with hym, that a newe daye of treatie was appoynted to bee holden at
Bretignie, whiche is little more than a mile, diſtant from Chartres,A nevv tretie. vppon the firſte daye of Maye nexte
enſuing. In whiche day and place appointed, the foreſaide Duke of Lancaſter,
and the ſaide Earles and other commiſſioners mette wyth the ſaide Byſhoppe, and other frenche Lordes and
Spirituall men to hym aſſociate, on the be|halfe of the Duke of Normandie
then regent of Fraunce, to renue the former communica|tion of peace, in full
hope to bring it to a good concluſion, bycauſe Kyng Edwarde beganne to frame
his imaginatiõ more to accorde with his aduerſaries, than he had done of
late, chief|ly for that the Duke of Lancaſter with cour|teous wordes and
ſage perſwaſions,The Duke of Lancaſter per|ſvvadeth the
King to agree. aduiſed him not
to forſake ſuche reaſonable conditions as the frenchemenne were contented
nowe to agree vnto, ſith that by making ſuche manner of warre as hee hadde
attempted, hys ſouldi|ours only gained, and hee hymſelfe loſte but time and
conſumed his treaſoure: and further hee might warre in this ſorte all the
dayes of his life before hee coulde attaine to his entent, and leeſe perhaps
in one day more than he had gained in twentie yeares.
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1 Suche wordes ſpoken for
the welthe of the K. and his ſubiects, conuerted the kings minde to fancie
peace, namely by the grace of the ho|ly Ghoſt chief worker in this caſe: for
it chaun|ced one daye as hee was marching not farre from Chartres,An hideous ſtorme and tem+peſt of vvether there came
ſuche a ſtorme and tempeſt of thunder, lightning, hayle and raine, as the
like had neuer bene ſeene by any of the Engliſhe people. This ſtorme fell ſo
hideous in the kinges hoſte, that it ſeemed the worlde ſhoulde haue ended:
for ſuche vnreaſonable great ſtones of
haile fell from the ſkie, that men and horſes were ſlayne therewyth, ſo that
the moſte hardyeſt were abaſhed. There periſhed thouſandes therby, as ſome
haue written.
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1 The Kyng then remembring
what reaſo|nable offers of agreement hee hadde refuſed, vppon a remorſe in
conſcience, as by ſome wri|ters it ſhoulde appeare, aſked forgiueneſſe of
the damage done by ſworde and ſ [...]in [...] partes, and fully determined to gra [...] indifferent articles of peace, for re [...] chriſtian inhabitants of that land:Ky [...]
[...] c [...]
and ſo [...]|lie after, by the good diligence of the commiſ|ſioners on bothe
partes, an vnitie, a [...]
[...] peace was accorded, the articles whereof were compriſed in fortye and
one articles, the chiefe whereof in effect were theſe.
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2 Firſte that the Kyng of
Englande ſhoulde haue and enioye (ouer and beſide that whiche hee helde
alreadie in Gaſcdigne and Gay [...]) the Caſtell, Citie, and Countie of Poictiers,
The a [...]
Fabian. Froiſſart.
and all the landes and countrey of Poyct [...], with the fee of Touars and the land [...] of Be [...]e|nille: the Citie and Caſtell of Xainctes, and [...] the Lands and countrey of Xainctonge on both ſides the riuer of
Charent, wyth the towne and fortreſſe of Rochell, wyth theyr
appurtenaun|ces: The Citie & caſtel of Agent, and the coun|trey of
Agenois: The Citie and Caſtell at Piergort, and all the land and countrey of
P [...]|rigueux. The Citie and Caſtell of L [...]ges, and all the landes and countrey of L [...]noſ [...]: The Citie and Caſtell of Cahors, and the lordeſhippe of Cahorſin,
the caſtell and coun|trey of Tarbe: the landes countrey and coun|tie of
Bigorre: The countie, countrey, and landes of Gaure: The citie and caſtell
of An|goleſme: and the countie, land and countre [...] of Augoleſmois: The citie, Towne and caſtell of Rodaix: And all the
countie, & countrey of Rouergue: And if there were in the Duch [...] of Guyenne any Lords, as the Earles of foiz, Armin acke, Liſle, and
Perigueux, the Vi|countes of Carmain, and Limoges, or other holding any
landes within the forſaid hound [...],Ho [...]e and ſ [...]ces. it was accordes that they ſhoulde doe homage and other
cuſtomarie ſeruices due for the ſame vnto the King of Englande. It was alſo
a|greed, that Callais and Guiſnes, wyth the ap|purtenances, the landes of
Nõtreull on the ſea with the Countie of Ponthieu, wholy and en|tirelye
ſhould remaine vnto the king of Eng|lande. All the whiche countries, cities,
tow [...], and caſtelles, with the other landes and, Seig|niories, the ſame
King ſhould haue and holde to him & his heires for euer, euen as
they were in demai [...] or fee, immediatly of God and free without recognizing any maner of
Souerain|tie in any earthelie man.
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1 In conſideration whereof,
King Edward renounced all ſuche claimes, titles and intereſt as hee
pretended vnto any parte of Fraunce, other than ſuche as were compriſed
within the charter of couenauntes of this peace firſte a|greed vppon at
Bretigny aforeſayde, and af|ter confirmed at Callais, as appeareth by the
EEBO page image 967 ſame charter dated there the four & twenty day
of October in the yeare of our Lorde .1360.
The [...]e of [...]e charter of [...]e peace.
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1 It was alſo couenanted,
that the Frenche King ſhoulde pay vnto the Kyng of England thyrtie hundreth
.M.The Frenche [...]gs raunſome. crownes in name of his raunſome: For aſſurance
of whiche payment, and performaunce of all the couenauntes afore mentioned,
and other agreed vppon by this peace, the Dukes of Or. [...]a [...]ce, Aniou, Berry, and Burbon,
[...]ages. with diuers other honorable per|ſonages, as Earles, Lordes, and Burgeſſes of euerie good
Towne, ſome were appointed to be ſente ouer hither into Englande to remaine
as hoſtages.
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1
2
The Frenche [...] to aide the [...]cottes.It was farther agreed, that neyther the frenche Kyng
nor his ſucceſſours ſhoulde [...]ide the Scottes againſte the King of Englande or his ſucceſſors, nor
that King Edwarde nor his heyres, Kings of Englande, ſhoulde ayde the
Flemmings againſt the crown of France: And
as for the title or right of the Duchie of Britaine,Britaine. whiche was in queſtion betweene the Earles of Bloys and
Mountfort, it was accorded, that both Kinges beeing at Callais, the parties
ſhoulde bee called beefore them, and if the twoo kyngs could not make them
frends, then ſhulde they aſſigne certain indifferent per|ſons to agree them;
and they to haue halfe a yeares reſpite for to ende the matter: and if
within that terme, thoſe that ſhould
bee ſo ap|pointed to agree them, coulde not take vp the matter betwixte the
ſaide Earles, then eyther of them might make the beſt purchaſe for hym
ſelfe, that hee coulde, by helpe of friendes, or otherwiſe, but alwayes
prouided, that neither of the Kinges nor their ſonnes ſhoulde ſo aide the
ſaide Earles, whereby the peace accorded betwixte Englande and Fraunce,
myght by any meanes bee broken or infringed.
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1 Alſo, to whether of the
ſaide Earles the Duchie of Britaine in the ende chaunced to fall by ſentence
of Iudges, or otherwiſe, the homage ſhoulde bee done for the ſame vnto the
Frenche King.
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1 All theſe ordinaunces,
articles and agree|mentes with many mo (whiche here woulde bee to long to
rehearſe) were accorded and ra|tified by the inſtrumentes and ſeales of the
Prince of Wales on the one parte, and of the Duke of Normandie Regent of Fraunce on the other parte, as by their
letters patentes then ſealed further appeared, bearing date, the one at
Lo [...]res in Normandie the ſixteenth day of Maye in the yeare of Grace.
1360. and the other at Paris the tenthe daye of the ſame
mo|nethe, and in the yeare aforeſaide, and ouer and beſide this, both the
ſaide Princes tooke on them a ſolempne othe to ſee all the ſame arti|cles
and couenauntes of agreement throughlye kept, mainteined and performed.
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1 This done, Kyng Edwarde
embarqued hymſelfe with his foure ſonnes and the moſte part of his nobles at
Hun [...]en the twentith day of May, and ſo ſailed into Englande,The king of Englande re|turneth home. The Earle of
VVarvvicke. leauing behinde hym the Earle of Warwicke to haue the
gouernment of all the men of warre which hee left beehinde hym, eyther in
Guyenne or in any other place on that ſide the ſea.
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1 There dyed in this
iourney diuers noble men of this lande,
Tho. VValſ.
The Frenche king goeth o|uer to Callais.
as the Earles of Marche and Oxforde, the Lorde Iohn Gray then
Ste|warde of Englande, and the Lorde Geffrey de Say, with diuers other. The
eigthe of Iulie nexte enſuyng, the Frenche Kyng hauing li|cence to departe,
landed at Callais, and was lodged in the Caſtel there, abiding till the king
of Englande came thither, whiche was not till the ninthe daye of October
nexte after.
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1 On the foure and twentith
day of October bothe the Kings beeyng in twoo trauerſes and one Chappeſt at
Calais,The Kings receiue a ſo|lempne othe to ſee the
peace performed. a Maſſe was ſaid be|fore them, and when they
ſhuld haue kiſſed the paxe, eyther of them in ſigne of greater friend|ſhippe
kiſſed the other, and there they were ſo|lemnelye ſworne to maynteyne the
articles of the ſame peace, and for more aſſuraunce therof, manye Lordes of
bothe partes were lykewiſe ſworne to mainteine the ſame articles to the
vttermoſt of their powers. Whileſt theſe kings lay thus at Callais, there
was greate banquet|ting and cheare made betwixt them.
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1 Alſo the Duke of
Normandie came from Bolongne to Calais,The Duke of
Normandie. to viſite his father and to ſee the King of Englande,
in which meane time twoo of King Edwardes ſonnes were at Bolongne. Finally,
when theſe twoo Kinges hadde finiſhed all matters in ſo good order and forme
that the ſame coulde not be amended nor corrected, and that the Frenche King
had de|liuered his hoſtages to the Kyng of England, that is to ſay, ſix
Dukes, beſide Erles, Lords, and other honorable perſonages, in all to the
number of eight and thirtie:The number of the Frenche
hoſtages. On the morrowe after the taking of their othes, that is
to ſay on the fiue and twentith day of October, beeyng Sonday, the French
King was freely deliue|red, and the ſame daye before noone hee depar|ted
from Calais, and rode to Boloigne. The Kyng of Englande brought hym a mile
fore|warde on his way, and then tooke leaue of hym in moſte louing
manner.
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1 The Prince attended hym
to Bolloigne, where bothe hee and the Duke of Normandie wyth other were
eftſones ſworne to holde and mainteine the forſaid peace without all fraude
or colorable deceit: And this done, the Prince EEBO page image 968
retourned to Callais. Thus was the frenche King ſette at libertie,The Frenche King ſette at libertie. after hee hadde
bin pri|ſoner here in England the ſpace of foure yeres, and as muche as from
the nineteenthe daye of September, vnto the fiue and twenty of Octo|ber.
When the King of Englande hadde fi|niſhed his buſineſſe at Callais,
according to his minde, he retourned into Englande, and came to London the
ninth daye of Nouember.
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1
Strange vvon|ders.In this foure and thirtieth
yeare of Kyng Edwarde, men and cattell
were deſtroyed in diuers places of this Realme, by lightening and tempeſt:
alſo houſes were ſette on fier and brente, and manye ſtraunge and wonderfull
ſights ſene. The ſame yeare Edward prince of Wales maried the counteſſe of
Kente, whiche before was wyfe vnto the Lorde Thomas Hollande: and before
that, ſhe was alſo wife vnto the Earle of Saliſburie, and deuorſed
from hym, and wedded vnto the ſame
Lorde Holland. Shee was daughter vnto Edmund Earle of Kent, brother to Kyng
Edwarde the ſecond, that was beheaded in the beginning of this Kings raigne,
as before yee haue heard. And bicauſe the Prince and ſhee were within
degrees of conſanguinitie forbidden to marry, a diſpenſation was gotten from
the Pope to remoue that lette.
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A greate death.In this yeare alſo was a greate
deathe of people (namely of men, for
weomen were not ſo muche ſubiect thereto.) This was called the ſeconde
mortalitie, bycauſe it was the ſeconde that fell in this Kings dayes.
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1
Hen. Marl.
The Primate of Ardmache departed this life.
This yeare alſo by the deathe of Richard Fitz Raufe Primate of
Ardmache, that depar|ted this life in the Courte of Rome: and alſo of
Richard Kilminton, deceaſſed here in Eng|lande, the diſcorde that hadde
continued for the ſpace of three or foure yeares betwixte them of the Clergie on the one parte, and the foure
or|ders of Friers on the other parte, was nowe quieted and brought to
ende.
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2
3
1 [...]36
[...]ions [...]riuer. Meri|uth.
A [...]an [...]
[...]ight in the [...]e.
Moreouer, this yeare appeared twoo Ca|ſtelles in the aire, of the
whiche the one appea|red in the Southeaſte, and the other in the Southweſte,
out of whiche Caſtelles aboute the houre of noone ſundry times were ſene
hoſts of armed men (as appeared to mannes ſight) iſſuing foorthe, and that
hoſte whiche ſallyed out of that caſtell in the Southeaſte ſeemed white, & the other black. They appered as
they ſhoulde haue fought eyther agaynſte other, and firſte the white had the
vpper hand, and after was ouercome,Souldiours cal| [...] the compa| [...] did much hurte in Fraunce. & ſo they vaniſhed out
of ſight. About the ſame time the ſouldiors whiche were diſcharged in
Fraũce and out of wages, by the breaking vp of the warres, aſſembled
togyther, and did muche hurte in that Realme,Froiſſart. as in the frenche hiſtories ye may reade. Their
chief [...]|ders were Engliſhmen and Goſcoins ſu [...] to the king of England.An [...] A [...]
The King aſſe [...] the eſtats of his realme in parliamẽt a [...] Weſt|minſter in the feaſte of the conuenſion of [...] Paule, and there was declared vnto them the tenor & whole
effect of the peace concluded be [...]|twixte England and Fraunce,Caxton.
wherewith they were greatly pleaſed, and herevpon the nobles of the realme
and ſuche frenchemen as were ho|ſtages came togither at Weſtminſter church
on the firſt Sunday of Lent nexte following and there ſuche as were not
alredy ſworne, re [...] the othe for performaunce of the ſame peace i [...] a right ſolemne manner, hauyng the [...]our of their othes written in certaine ſcroles: and after they had
taken their othes vpon the Sacramẽt and maſſe booke, they delyuered the
ſame ſcrols vnto certain notaries, apointed to receiue and regiſter the
ſame. The mortalitie yet during, that noble Duke Henry of Lancaſter departed
this life on the euen of the Aununtiation of our Ladie, and was buryed at
Leyceſter. Iohn of Gaunt fourth ſon to the king, who had maried his daughter
the Lady Blanche, as before yee haue hearde, ſucceeded him in that Duchie as
his heire in right of the ſaid Lady.Tho. VVa [...] Ad. [...]
[...]ri [...]. The ſame yere alſo died the lord Reignold Cobhain, the
lord Walter Fitz Warein, and three Biſhops, Worceter, London, and Elie.
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1 This yeare vpon the
.xv.
1 [...]61
Caxton.
day of Ianuarie there roſe ſuche a paſſing winde that the like had
not bin heard off in many yeres before. It be|ganne about euenſong time in
the South,A migh [...] vvinde. and that with ſuche force, that it ouerthrewe
& blew down ſtrong and mighty buildings, as towers, ſteeples, houſes
and chimneis. This outrage|ous winde continued thus for the ſpace of ſixe or
ſeuen days, whereby euen thoſe buildyngs that were not ouerthrowen and
broken downe, were ſo ſhaken yet, that they without repai|ring, were not
able long to ſtande.
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2 After this, followed a
very wette ſeaſon,An. reg. [...]
namely in the Sommer time and harueſt, ſo that muche corne and hay
was loſte, for want of ſeaſonable weather to gather the ſame. The Lorde
Lionell the Kynges ſonne went ouer into Irelande, to be deputie to his
father there, and was created Duke of Clarence, and his brother Eadmunde was
created Erle of Cam|bridge:
Creations of the Kinges ſonnes to de|grees of [...]
Hen. Ma [...]
Alſo Edwarde Prince of Wales was by his father Kyng Edwarde inueſted
Duke of Guyenue, and did homage vnto his father for the ſame, in lyke maner
and forme as his father and other Kynges of Englande were accuſtomed to doe
for the ſaide Duchie vn|to the Kynges of Fraunce. And afterwardes about the
feaſte of Candlemaſſe nexte enſuing, EEBO page image 969 the ſaid
Prince ſayled into Gaſcoigne,
The Prince [...] Wales paſ+ [...]eth ouer into Guyenne.
Tho. VValſ.
[...]dditions to [...]d. Merimuth [...]
[...]uſtes in [...]hfielde. The Staple of rol [...]es remo| [...]ed to Caleis. A parliament.
and arri|ued at Burdeaux, taking vpon him the gouerne|ment and rule
of the countrey.
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1 Moreouer this yeare, the
fiue firſte dayes of May, were kept, royall Iuſtes in Smithfielde by London,
the King and Queene beeing preſente, with a great multitude of the nobles
and Gẽtle|men of both the Realmes of England & France: at whiche
time came hither Spanyards, Cipri|ottes, and Armenians, requiring ayde of
the K. againſt the Infidels, that ſore
moleſted theyr cõ|fynes. The ſtaple of woolles was this yeare re|moued to
Calais.
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1 Alſo the ſixteene of
October, a Parliament be|gan, that was called at Weſtminſter, whych
cõ|tinued til ye feaſt day of S. Brice, on which day, the K. that time
fiftie yeres then paſt, was borne, wherevpon, as it were in the yeare of his
Iubilei, he ſhewed himſelfe the more gracious to his peo|ple,A pardon. granting pardon to offendors, releaſſing
pri|ſoners, and reuoking outlawes.
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1 Moreouer, it was ordeined
in this Parliamẽt, that no maner of perſon, of what eſtate or degree ſo
euer hee was,
[...] ſtatute a| [...]ainſt p [...]| [...]yo [...]rs. the K. the Q. and Dukes onely excepted, ſhould haue any
purueyers of vittailes, nor ſhould take vp any thing, without ready
pai|ment, and thoſe that from thencefoorth did con|trary to this ordinance,
ſhould bee extremely pu|niſhed.
[...] Subſidie. There was granted to the K. in this Par|liament
.26. ſs.
eight
d
of euery ſacke of woolle yt was
to be tranſported ouer to the Sea, for three yeres next enſuing.
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1 Furthermore, at the ſute
of the commons it was ordeyned and eſtabliſhed by an acte in thys Parliament
deuiſed, that mẽ of law ſhuld pleade their cauſes,
[...]awyers to [...]leade theyr [...]es in En|gliſhe.
Caxton.
Scholemai|ſters to teache ſcholers to cõ|ſtrue their leſ|ſons in
En|gliſhe.
and write their actions and plaintes in the Engliſhe tong, and not
in the Frenche, as they had bin accuſtomed to doe, euer ſince the
cõ|querors time. It was ordeined alſo, that Schole|maiſters ſhould teache
their ſcholers to conſtrue their leſſons
in Engliſh, and not in french, as be|fore they had bin vſed. The king ſhewed
ſo much courteſie to the french hoſtages, that he permitted them to goe ouer
to Calais, and there being nere home, to purchaſe friendſhippe, by oft
calling on their friends for their deliuerance. They were ſuffered to ryde
too and fro about the marches of Calais, for the ſpace of foure dayes
togyther, ſo that on the fourth day before ſunne ſetting, they returned into
Calais againe. The Duke of An|ion turning
this libertie to ſerue his owne turne, departed from thence, & went
home into France, wtout making his fellowes priuie to his purpoſe.
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1
1262
An. reg. 37.
[...] VValſ.
This yeare, a Parliamente was called by the Kyng, whiche began the
ninth of October, from the whiche, none of the noble men could obteyne
licence to be abſent.
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1 In this Parliament, all
riche ornamentes of golde and ſiluer vſed to be worne in knyues,Addi. to Adam Merimuth. A ſtatute of a|tay agaynſte coſtly
apparel. gir|dles, duches, rings, or otherwiſe, to the ſettyng
foorth of the body, were prohibited, except to ſuche as might diſpende tenne
pound by yeare.
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1 Moreouer, that none
ſhould weare any ryche clothes or furres, except they myght diſpende an
hundred pound by yeare.
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1 Moreouer it was enacted,
that labourers and huſbandmẽ ſhould not vſe any dayntie diſhes, or coſtly
drinkes at their tables. But theſe, & ſuche other actes as were
deuiſed & eſtabliſhed at this Parliament, toke non effect, as after
it appeared.
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2 In this yeare,Three kinges come into En|gland aboute buſineſſe with K.
Edward. there came into Englande to ſpeake with Kyng Edwarde
concerning theyr waightie affaires, three Kyngs, that is to witte, the Kyng
of Fraunce, the Kyng of Scotlande, and the Kyng of Cypres: They were
honora|bly receiued, and highly feaſted. The K. of Scot|lande, and the K. of
Cipres after they had diſpat|ched theyr buſineſſe for the which they came,
re|turned backe againe, but the Frenche Kyng fell ſicke, and remayned heere
till hee dyed, as in the nexte yeare yee ſhall heare. He arriued heere in
Englande, about the latter ende of this yeare, and came to Eltham (where
King Edward as then lay) on the four and twentith day of Ianu|ary, and there
dyned.1364
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1 After dyner, hee tooke
his Horſe, and rode to|warde London, and vppon blacke heath, the Ci|tizens
of London cladde in one kynde of liuerie, and very well horſed, met him, and
conueid him from thence thorough London, vnto the Sa|uoy, where his lodging
was prepared.
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1 About the beginning of
Marche, in this eight and thirtith yeare,An. reg.
38.
the forenamed Frenche Kyng fell into a greuous ſickneſſe, of the
whiche he dyed the eight day of Aprill folowing.The death
of the French K. His corps was conueyed into Fraunce, and there
buryed at S. Denice: his exequies were kepte heere in Eng|lande in diuers
places right ſolemnely,Fabian. by Kyng Edwards
appoyntment.
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1 This yere, by reaſon of
an extreme ſore froſt, continuing from the ſeauen and twentith daye of
September laſt paſſed, vnto the beginning of Aprill, in this eight and
thirtith yeare (or rather from the ſeauenth day of December, till yt
nine|tenth day of Marche, as Walſingham, and other olde writers do write,)
the ground lay vntilde, to the greate hinderaunce and loſſe of all growing
things on the earth.
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2 This yeare on Michaelmas
day,The battayle of Aulroy. before ye Ca|ſtel
of Aulroy, not farre diſtant from the Citie of Vannes in Britaine, a ſore
battell was foughte betwixt ye Lord Charles de Blois, and the Lord Iohn of
Mountford. For when there coulde bee no ende made betwixt theſe two Lords,
touching their title vnto the Duchie of Britaine, they re|nued the warres
right hotely in that countrey,Froiſſart.
EEBO page image 670 and procured all the ayde they might from eache ſide. The
King of Fraunce ſent to the ayde of his Couſin Charles de Blois a thouſande
ſpeares, and the Erle of Mountford ſent into Gaſcoigne, requiring ſir Iohn
Chandos, and other Eng|liſhmen there to come to his ſuccour. Sir Iohn
Chandos gladly conſented to this requeſt, and therevppon got licence of the
Prince, and came into Britaine, wher he found the Erle of Moũt|forde at the
ſiege of the foreſaide Caſtell of Aul|ray.
In the meane time, the Lord Charles de Blois, being prouided of men, and all
things ne|ceſſary for to giue battaile, came and lodged faſt by his enimies.
The Earle of Mountford, aduer|tiſed of his approche, by the aduice of ſir
Iohn Chandos, and other of his Captaines, had choſen out a plotte of grounde
to lodge in, and meant there to abide their enimies. With ye lord Charles
of Blois, was that valiant Knight ſir Berthram de Cleaquin, or Gueſelin, as
ſome wryte him, by whoſe aduice,Three thou|ſand and ſixe hundred figh|ting men, as Walſ.
hath. there wer ordeined three battailes, and a reregard, and in
eche battaile were appoin|ted a M. of good fighting mẽ. On the other part,
the Erle of Mountford deuided his men likewiſe into three battailes, and a
reregarde. The firſte was led by ſir Roberte Knolles, ſir Walter He|wet, and
Sir Richarde Brulle, or Burley. The ſeconde by Sir Oliuer de Cliſſon, Sir
Euſtace Daubreticourt, and ſir Mathew Gourney. The thirde the Earle of
Mountforde hymſelfe guided, and with hym
was ſir Iohn Chandos aſſociate, by whome he was muche ruled, for the King of
England, whoſe daughter the Earle of Mount|forde ſhoulde marrie, hadde
written to Sir Iohn Chandos, that he ſhoulde take good heede to the buſines
of the ſaide Earle, and order the ſame as ſagelie as he might deuiſe.
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1 In eche of theſe three
armies were fiue hun|dreth armed menne, and foure hundreth archers. In the
arreregard, were appointed a fiue hundred
men of warre, vnder the gouernaunce of ſir Hugh Calverley. Beſide ſir Iohn
Chandos, and other Engliſhmenne recited by Froiſſarte, there was the Lorde
William Latimer, as one of the chiefe on the Earle of Mountfordes ſide. They
were not paſt ſixteene hundreth good fighting men on that ſide, as Thomas
Walſingham writeth.
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2
3 When the hoſtes were
ordered on bothe ſides (as before we haue ſaide) they approched togither,
the Frenchmenne came cloſe in theyr order of battaile, and were to the number of fiue and twẽ|tie hundreth men of
armes, after the manner of that age, beſide others. Euery man hadde cutte
his ſpeare (as then they vſed, at what time they ſhoulde ioyne in battaile)
to the lengthe of fiue foote, and a ſhort axe, hanging at his ſide. At the
firſte encounter, there was a ſore battaile, and truelie, the archers ſhotte
right fiercelie, howbeit, their ſhotte did little hurte to the Frenchemenne,
they were ſo well armed and paueſſhed:The [...] ac [...] the Engli [...]
[...]
the ar|chers perceiuing that (being bigge men and [...] caſt away their bowes, and entred in amongſt the Frenchemenne that
bare the axes, and pluc|ked them out of theyr handes, wherewith they fought
after right hardely. There was don many a noble feate of armes, many taken,
and reſcued againe. Againſte the Earle of Mountfords bat|taile, fought the
battaile which the Lord Charles de Blois ruled, and at the firſte, the Earle
of Mountfords part was ſore oppreſſed, & brought out of order in
ſuche ſorte, that if ſir Hugh Cal|verley hadde not in time relieued them,
the loſſe hadde runne on that ſide, but finallie ſo long they fought, that
all the battailes aſſembled and ioyned eache to other, except the reregarde
of the Engliſhmen,Sir Hugh Caluerley. whereof (as
is ſaid) Sir Hugh Cal|uerley was chiefe. He kepte alwayes his battayle on a
wing, and euer ſuccoured where hee ſawe neede. At length, the Frenchmen not
able to en|dure the valiant doings of their aduerſaries, be|gan to breake.
Firſte the Earle of Auxerres bat|taile was diſcomfited, and put to flighte,
and the ſaide Earle ſore wounded, and taken priſoner,The
Earle of Auxerre [...] Priſoner. but the battaile of ſir Berthram de Cleaquin as
yet ſtoode manfully at defence, howbeit, at lẽgth, the Engliſhmen perforce
opened it, and then was the ſaid Sir Berthram taken priſoner,Sir Berthram de Cle [...]
vnder the banner of ſir Iohn Chandos. Heerewith alſo, all the other
battailes of the Frenchmen and Brit|taines, on the part of the Lord Charles
de Blois, were cleane diſcomfited, and put out of array, ſo that ſuche as
reſiſted, and ſtoode at defence, were ſlayne and beaten downe, and amongſt
others, the Lord Charles was there ſlaine himſelfe, and all other, either
taken or ſlayne, except thoſe that eſcaped by flight, amongſt the which,
there were not many of ye nobilitie. For as Thomas Wal|ſingham ſaith, there
were ſlaine about a thouſand men of armes, and there were taken two Earles,
ſeuen and twentie Lordes, and fifteene hundred men of armes.
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1 The chaſe was followed to
the Citie of Raynes, an eight greate leagues from the place where the
battaile began.
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1 After this victory, the
Earle of Mountforde conquered many Townes and Caſtels in Bri|tayne, whereof
the French Kyng being aduerti|ſed, ſente hys brother the Duke of Aniou, vnto
the wife of the Lord Charles of Bloys now de|ceaſſed, to comfort hir in ſuch
an heauie caſe, and to take order for things as ſhoulde bee thoughte
expediente, till further prouiſion might be made.
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1 Alſo ſhortly after, there
were ſent vnto the Earle of Mountforde,Amba [...] lent to the [...] of Mo [...]
the Archebyſhoppe of Reimes, the Marſhall Bouciquault, and the Lord
of Cran, as cõmiſſioners, to cõ [...]e [...]ith EEBO page image 971 him of a finall agreement.The variance for Britayne [...]compounded. Whervpon, after hee had ſignifyed the matter
vnto the King of Eng|land, and vnderſtoode his pleaſure therein, thys
treatie was ſo handled,
Fabian.
1365
that peace thereof follo|wed, and the parties were agreed in the
moneth of Aprill next enſuing.
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1
An. reg. 39.
This yere as ſome haue written, K. Edwarde finiſhed his warres vpon
S. Stephensday, & be|gan the foundation of S. Stephens chappell at
Weſtminſter in memorie thereof,Fabian. which
Chap|pell was afterwards finiſhed by King
Richarde the ſecond that ſucceeded him.Tho. VValſ.
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1 In the .39. yere
of K. Edwards raigne, and in the moneth of Februarie, in the Citie of
Ango|leſme, was borne the firſte ſonne of Prince Ed|ward, and was named
after his father, but he de|parted this life in the ſeuenth yeare of his
age.
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The Lorde Cou [...]y mary| [...] the king of [...]nglandes [...]aughter.
Palithron.
Alſo this yeare, the .27. of Iuly, Ingeram de Guynes Lord de
Coucy a Frenchman, married yt Lady Iſabel, daughter to King Edward. The
ſolemnization of the marriage feaſt,
was kept at Windſor in moſt royall and triumphant wiſe.
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1 The ſaid Lord Coucy was
created Earle of Bedford with an yeerely annuitie of 30. markes,
going foorthe of the iſſues and profites of that countie, ouer and beſide a
M. markes by yeare, aſſigned to him and to his ſaide wiſe, and to the heires
males of their bodyes begotten, to be payde foorth of the Eſchecker.
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Froiſſart. Iames Meir.
A treatie of [...]ringe for [...]he Earle of Cambridge.
About this time, there was a treatie alſo for a mariage to be had, betwixt the L. Edmond Erle of
Cambridge, and ye Lady Margaret, daughter and heire to the Earle of
Flanders, whiche treatie went ſo farre, that the Erle came ouer the Douer,
where the King was ready to receiue him, & there the Erle promiſed
by words of affiance, to gyue his ſaid daughter vnto ye ſaid L. Edmõd in
ma|riage:The Earle of [...]aunders. and after that the Erle had bin at Douer, the ſpace
of three dayes, paſſing ye time in greate ſolace & banquetting,
whẽ he had finiſhed his bu|ſines, he
returned backe againe into his countrey.
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The Lord La| [...]mer.Whileſt the K. was thus at Douer with the Erle of
Flanders, the L. Latimer came from the L. Iohn de Mountfort, to vnderſtande
his plea|ſure, touching ye offers that were made for peace, vppon whoſe
returne with aunſwere, the peace was concluded as before ye haue heard.
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The king of [...] chaſed [...]e of his [...]alme.
[...]ſſart.
This yere was Peter K. of Caſtile chaſed out of his Realme, by his
baſtard brother Hẽry, whi|che was ayded in that enterprice, by ſir Berthrã
de Cleaquin, lately deliuered, and
other French|men, ſo that the ſaid Hẽry was crowned at Bur|gus, vpon Eaſter
day, wherefore the ſaide Peter was coſtreined to flee, & ſo came to
Burdeaux to ſue for aid at the hands of the Prince of Wales.
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1 This yere by ye kings
cõmandemẽt, a reſtraint was ordeined, that Peter pence ſhould not be frõ
thenceforth any more gathered within his realm, nor any ſuch paymente made
at Rome, whyche had bin vſed to be paid there, euer fith the dayes of Ine,
King of Weſt Saxons,Peter pens. Ine king of
Weſtſaxons. which ordeyned this paymente, towarde the maintenaunce
of a Schole for Engliſhe Schollers: but howſoeuer this payment was abrogated
at this time by K. Edwarde, it was after renued againe, and ye mo|ney
gathered in certayne Shires of this realme, till the dayes of King Henry the
eight.
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1 In this yeare,
A raynye harueſt.
Caxton.
fell greate abundance of rayne in the time of hay harueſt, ſo that
much corne and hay was loſt.
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1 There was alſo ſuch
fighting amongſt ſpar|rowes in that ſeaſon, that they were founde dead on
the ground in great numbers.
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1 Alſo,Death. there followed greate mortalitie of peo|ple, the ſickneſſe
being ſo ſharp and vehemẽt, that many beeing in perfecte health ouer night
when they went to bed, wer found dead in ye morning.
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1 Alſo, many dyed of the
ſmall pockes, both mẽ, women and children.
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1 Moreouer this yeare,
Simon Iſlep, Arch|byſhoppe of Caunterbury, departed this life, and Simon
Langham Byſhop of Elie ſucceeded in his place.
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3
4
5
6
7 This yeare at
Burdeaux,King Richard the ſeconde borne. was
borne the ſe|cond ſonne of Prince Edward named Richard, on ye third day of
Aprill, his Godfather at ye fount ſtone was Iamys K. of Maiorke. Peter Kyng
of Spayne, whiche as ye haue heard, was expul|ſed out of his realme by his
baſtard brother, made ſuche earneſt ſute vnto the Prince of Wales for aide
to be reſtored home, that finally the Prince aduertiſing his father K.
Edwarde of the whole matter, by aduice from him, determined to bring home
the ſaide K. Peter,Froiſſart. & to reſtore
him agayne to his kingdome, by force of armes, in deſpite of al his
aduerſaries. The Prince indeede was very deſirous to take this enterprice
vpon him, both of a certain pitiful affection to relieue the miſerable ſtate
of K. Peter, & alſo of an ardent deſire which he had to purchaſe a
glorious fame through mar|tiall deedes, and noble actes of chiualrie.
There|fore, hauing this occaſion to employ his time in ſuch exerciſes, and
now cõmanded thereto of his father, he was exceedingly glad in his mind,
and wt all ſpeede yt might be made his prouiſion both of a ſufficient army
of mẽ of war, & alſo of all o|ther things neceſſary for the
furniture of ſuch an enterpriſe: but firſt, he tooke good aſſurãce of king
Peter, for ye paimẽt of ye ſouldiers wages, ſo yt K. Peter left at
Baiõne three of his daughters, Be|atrice, Cõſtance, & Iſabell as
pledges, for perfor|mãce of al ye couenants agreed betwixt him &
the Prince. Thus whẽ ye Prince,
1367.
An. reg. 41.
by ye aduice & coũ|ſaile of ſir Iohn Chandos, &
ſir Robert Knolles (by whome he was much ruled) had takẽ directiõ in his
buſines, for that his iourney into Spayne, EEBO page image 972 in each
condition, as was thought behoofefull, he with the K. of Spaine in his
company,The prince Setteth fore|ward towardes
Spayne. paſſed foorth, with a right puiſſante army, and came to
ye ſtreghtes of Ronceualle, at the entrie into Na|uerre, and obteyning ſo
muche friendſhip of the King of Nauerre, as to haue the paſſages of hys
countrey opened,He entreth in|to Nauarre. they
entred into his realme tho|rough the ſame, as friendes, without finding any
reſiſtance. In this meane time, Henry Kyng of Spaine hauing knowledge that
the Prince of Wales was thus comming
againſte him, to re|ſtore his brother King Peter to his former de|gree, by
aduice of ſir Berthram de Cleaquin, gote a great number of ſouldiers out of
Fraunce, by whoſe aide, he might the better defend himſelfe againſt his
enimies. It chanced, that whileſt the Prince of Wales was paſſing thorough
Na|uarre,The king of Nauarre taken by the French
men. towarde the entrie of Spaine, certaine of thoſe Frenchmenne,
vnder the leading of ſir O|liuer Manny, tooke the King of Nauarre priſo|ner,
as he was riding from one Towne to an
o|ther, many maruelled of that chance, and ſome there were that thought, he
ſuffered himſelfe to be taken for a cautele, bycauſe hee woulde not ayde the
Prince of Wales anye further, nor conduct him through his Realme, as hee had
promiſed to doe. But the Prince nothing diſmaid herewith, paſſed forwarde,
by the guyding of a Knighte of Nauarre,Sir Martin de
Care. called ſir Martin de Kare, and finally, came to the confynes
of Spayne, and lodged at Victoria, not
farre from his enimies. For Kyng Henry of Spayne, vnderſtanding whiche way
the Prince drewe, came forwarde to encounter him, and pight downe his
fielde, not farre frõ the bordures of his Realme, at a place called Saint
Muchavle:Saint Mu|chaule. and thus were both
the hoſtes lodged within a ſmall diſtance, the one againſte the o|ther.The king of Spayn ſendeth to the prince. King Henry
had ſent to the Prince an He|rault of armes with a letter, requiring to
knowe of him for what cauſe he moued warre agaynſte him ſith he had neuer offended him. The Prince taking
deliberation for aunſwere of this letter, kept the meſſenger with him, and
perceiuing that King Henry came not foreward, but lay ſtill at Saint
Muchavle,Victoria V [...]|on. ſtrongly encamped, he remo|ued from Victoria, and came
to a Towne called Viana, where he ſtayed two dayes to refreſh hys people,
and after went forward, and paſſed the ri|uer, which deuideth the Realmes of
Caſtile and Nauarre, at the bridge of Groigne. King Henry aduertiſed heereof, departed from Sainte Mu|chavle, and
came before the Towne of Nauar|ret, ſcituate on the ſame riuer. Not many
dayes before the Prince paſſed the riuer at Groigne, King Henry had ſent
forth twoo of his breethren, the Earle Dom Teille, and the Lord Sanches,
with ſixe hundred horſemen, to view the Princes hoſt.Polidore. They chanced to encounter two hundred Engliſh horſemen,
whome after long and ſharpe fight, they diſtreſſed, and ſlew ſir Wil.
Feltõ,Sir Wi [...] Felto [...]
[...]
Froiſſart.
out of the chiefe leaders of thoſe Engliſhmen, and tooke ſir Thomas
Felton his brother, ſir Hugh Haſtings, and diuers other, both Knightes and
Eſquiers. Whether that King Hẽry was great|ly encouraged by this good lucke
in ye beginning, or that he truſted through the great multitude of his
people, whiche he had there with him, to haue the vpper hand of his enimies,
true it is, that hee coueted ſore to giue them battaile, and although he
might haue weeried the Prince, and conſtrey|ned him for want of vittailes to
haue returned, or to haue fought with him at ſome greate ad|uauntage, if he
had deferred the battayle, as the Marſhall of Fraunce Dandrehen gaue
coun|ſaile, yet hee woulde needes fight in all the haſt, and therefore did
thus approch his enimies. The Prince perceyuing that his aduerſarie came
for|ward to encounter him, diſpatched the Heraulte with an aunſwer to the
letter which he hadde of him receiued, conteyning in effect, that for greate
conſiderations, he hadde taken vpon him to ayde the rightfull King of
Spaine, chaſed out of hys realme by violent wrong, and that if it might be,
hee would gladly make an agreemente betwixte them, but ſo algates, that K.
Henry of neceſſitie muſt then forſake the adminiſtration, and all the title
of the Kingdome of Spaine, whiche by no rightfull meane he could enioy, and
therfore if he refuſed thus to doe, hee was for his part reſolued how to
proceede. The Herault departed with this aunſwere, and came therewith vnto
Kyng Henry, and deliuered it vnto him, as then lodged with his puiſſant army
at Nauarret, ſo that thẽ both parties prepared themſelues to battayle.
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3 The Prince hauing with
him thirtie M. men of Engliſhmen, Gaſcoignes,The number
of the p [...]s armye. and other ſtraun|gers, ordeyned three battailes, of
the which, the firſt was led by the Duke of Lancaſter,The
chief [...] of the ſame armye. & with him was ſir Iohn Chãdos,
Cõneſtable of Guy|en, ſir Willi. Beauchamp, ſonne to the Earle of Warwike,
the Lord Dalbret, ſir Richard Dan|gle, and Sir Stephen Couſenton, Marſhals
of Guyẽne, and diuers other. The midle ward was gouerned by the Prince, and
with him was the foreſaide Peter K. of Spaine, and diuers other Lords and
Knightes of England, Poictow, and other countreys, as the vicountes of
Chatelare|ault, and Rochcort, the Lords of Partney, Py|nan, Taneboton, and
others, ſir Richard Pont|chardon, ſir Thomas Spencer, ſir Iohn Gren|don, and
a great ſort moe, whoſe names it ſhould be too long to rehearſe. The
rereward was vnder the gouernaunce of the King of Malorques, and with him
were aſſociate the Earles of Armi|nacke, Dalbreth, Piergort, Gominges, the
Ca|pitall of Buefz, ſir Roberte Knolles, and manye EEBO page image 973 other
valiant lords, knightes and eſquiers. On the ſecond day of Aprill, the
Prince with his bat|tell thus ordred, remoued from Groigne, &
mar|ching that daye two leagues forwarde, came be|fore Naueret, and there
tooke his lodging, within a ſmall diſtance frõ his enimies, ſo yt both
partes prepared to giue battaile the next day in the mor|ning, commaunding
that euery man, at the ſoun|ding of the firſte trumpet, ſhould apparell
them|ſelues, that they mighte bee ready vpon the nexte ſound, to be ſet in order of battayle, and to goe
a|againſt their enimies. The Spanyards very ere|ly in the morning, drew into
the field, and ordey|ned their battailes in this wiſe.The
order of the Span|yardes. The firſt was led by ſir Berthram de
Cleaquin, wherein were all the Frenchmen, and other ſtraungers, to the
nũ|ber of four M. knights and eſquires, well armed & appointed,
after the manner of France. In the ſe|cõd battaile was the Erle Dom Tielle,
with his brother the L. Sanxes, hauing with them a fif|tene M. men on fote, and on horſeback. The third
battaile, and the greateſt of all, was gouerned by K. Henry himſelfe, hauing
in that battaile ſeauen M. horſemen, and threeſcore M. footemen, with
croſſebowes, dartes, ſpeares, launces, and other abillements of warre:The number of the Spaniſh armye. ſo in all three
battailes, hee had a foureſcore and ſixe M. men on horſebacke and on foote.
The Prince of Wales at the brea|king of the day, was ready in the field with
hys people, arranged in order of battaile, and aduan|ced forwarde with them towarde his enimies, an hoſting pace,
and as they paſſed a little hill, they might ſee as they were deſcẽding
downe ye ſame, their enimies comming likewiſe towardes them, in good order
of battaile. When they were appro|ched neere togither,The
Duke of Lancaſter. and ready to ioyne, the Duke of Lancaſters
battaile encountred with the bat|taile of ſir Berthram de Cleaquine, whiche
two battailes right egrely aſſayled each other, ſo that there was betwixt
them a ſore conflict, and well continued.
The Erle Dom Tielle, & his brother the Lord Sanxes, vppon the firſte
approch of the Princes battaile towards them, fledde out of the fielde and
with them two M. ſpeares, ſo that the reſidue of their battell were ſhortly
after diſ|comfited,The Capitall [...] Beufe. for ye Capital of Buz, otherwiſe Beuf, and the Lord
Cliſſon, came vpon them on foote, and ſlewe and hurte manye of them, ſo that
they brake their array, and fled to ſaue themſelues.
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3 This chance diſcomforted
the heartes of the Spanyards right ſore,
but yet K. Henry lyke a valiant Gentleman came forward, and encoura|ged his
men in all that he might, ſo yt there was a cruell battel, & well
foughten a long time, for the Spanyards with ſlings caſt ſtones in ſuche
fierce maner, yt they claue therewith many an helmet & baffenet,
hurt many, and ouerthrow them to the earth.The
archers. On the other part, the Engliſh archers ſhot freſhly at
their enimies, galled & ſlew the Span|yards, & brought them
to great cõfuſion: yet king Hẽry nothing abaſſhed herewith, wherſoeuer hee
perceiueth his men to ſhrinke, thither he reſorteth, calling vpon them,
& exhorting thẽ to remember their eſtimations & dueties, ſo
yt by his diligẽce & mãfull encouragemẽt, thrice yt day did he
ſtay his people, being at point to giue ouer, & ſet them in ye
faces of his enimies again. Neither did ye ſouldi|ers mãfully with their
hãds behaue them, but the captaines thẽſelues alſo ſtoutly laid about
them. K. Peter like a Lion preaſſed forwarde,King
Peter. coueting to meete with his brother Henry, that he myghte
ſeeke his reuenge on him with his owne handes. Cruell was ye fight,
& tried throughly, with moſt egre & fierce mindes. At
length, when the Span|yards were no lõger able to ſuſteine the force and
violẽce of ye engliſhmẽ, Gaſcoignes, & other whi|che were there
againſt thẽ, they brake their aray, & fled, ſo ye neither ye
auctoritie, nor bold exhortatiõ of K. Henry, could cauſe thẽ to tarry any
longer:The Span|yards put to flighte.
wherevpõ, when he ſaw himſelfe forſaken of hys people, & that fewe
abode with him to reſiſt his e|nimies, he alſo to ſaue himſelfe fled out of
ye field, being fully perſwaded, yt if hee had bin taken, no raunſome
ſhould haue ſaued his life. The battaile that was beſt fought, &
longeſt held togither, was that of the ſtraungers, whiche ſir Berthram de
Cleaquin led: for if ye Spanyardes had done halfe their partes as well as
the Frenchmen, and other in this battaile, the matter had gone harder
a|gainſt the Engliſhmen than it did: yet finally, by the noble courage of
the Duke of Lancaſter, & the valiant proweſſe of ſir Iohn Chandos,
Sir Hugh Caluerly, and others, the frenchmẽ were put to flight, and their
battaile quite diſcomfited. The ſlaughter in this battaile was great, both
of thẽ that were ſlaine in ye field, & of thoſe that were drowned
in ye riuer that runneth by ye Towne of Nauerret. After that ye battaile
was ended, and that ſuch as had followed ye chaſe were returned, ye Prince
cauſed ye fields to be ſearched, to vnder|ſtãd what nũber had bin ſlain
in ye battaile: they yt were appoynted to make the view vpon their
re|turne reported, yt there was dead of mẽ of armes fiue C. and .lx.
& of commons, about ſeuen M. & fiue C. of ye engliſh
part:The number ſlayne at thys battell at
Na|uaret. there were ſlain of mã of name, but 4.
knightes two Gaſcoignes, one Al|maigne; & the fourth an engliſhmen,
and of other meane ſouldiers, not paſt .50. as Froiſſart hath. But
other affirme yt there were ſlaine of ye Prin|ces part about a xv [...].C. which ſhould ſeeme to be more like to a troued,Fabian. if ye battaile was fought ſo ſore and fiercely as
Froiſſart himſelfe doth make report. How [...]eit, ther be that write,Caxton. how ye Duke
of Lancaſter wan ye field by great fortune & vali|ancie, ere ye
prince c!ae nere to his enimies. But howſoeuer it was, the Engliſhmen
obteyned the EEBO page image 974 victory in this battayle, fought
vppon a Sater|day the third of Aprill,Froiſſart.
in the yeare .1367.
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1 There were taken
priſoners, to the number of two thouſande, and amongſt them the Earle of
Dene,Caxton. Sir Berthram de Cleaquin, the
marſhall Dandrehen, or Daudenhem, and many other mẽ of name.
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2 After the battaile, Kyng
Peter went to Bur|gus, and was receyued into the Citie, and ſhortly after,
that is to ſay, on the wedneſday following, the Prince came thither, and there helde his Ea|ſter with King
Peter,Froiſſart. and tarried there aboue three
weekes. In the meane time, they of Aſtur|gus, Toledo, Liſbone, Cordona,
Galice, Ciuille, & of all other places of the Kingdome of Spaine,
came in, and did homage vnto King Peter, pro|miſing him to be true to him
euer after: for they ſawe that reſiſtance would not auayle, ſo long as the
Prince ſhould be in the Cuntrey. After thys, the Prince was in hand with
Kyng Peter, for the ſouldiers wages, by
whoſe ayde, he was thus reſtored into his former eſtate. King Peter went
vnto Siuille, to make ſhift for money according|ly, promiſing to returne
agayne, within a fewe weekes, and to ſee euery man payd, according as he had
couenaunted. For when he was driuen out of his Realme, and came to Burdeaux,
to craue aid of the Prince, he promiſed, that ſo ſoone as he ſhuld be
reſtored to his kingdome, he would ſee the Souldiers contented of their
wages, and bound himſelfe thereto, both by
his oth and wri|ting yeuen vnder his ſeale. The Prince tarried for the
returne of King Peter, both weekes and monethes, but coulde not heare anye
tidings of him. He therefore ſente vnto him, to vnderſtande the cauſe of the
ſtay: his aunſwere was, that hee had prouided money, and ſente it by
certayne of his men toward the Prince, but the companions that ſerued vnder
the Prince, had met with it by the way, and taken it from them that had ye
con|ueyance of it: he therefore required
the Prince, to ridde the Realme of thoſe Snappehaunſes,King Peters diſsimulation and to leaue behinde him ſome of his
officers, to whõe in name of him, he would make payment of ſuch money as
was but.
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2 This aunſwere pleaſed not
the Prince, but there was no remedie, for other at that preſent he could not
haue, for any lykelyhoode he ſawe: and therefore, taking order with King
Peter howe the payment ſhould be made, hee prepared to re|turne into Gaſcoigne. The order therefore taken betwixt
them, was this. Within foure monethes nexte enſuing, King Peter ſhoulde paye
the one halfe of the wages due to the Souldiers for thys iourney, vnto ſuche
as the Prince ſhoulde leaue behinde hym to receyue the ſame, and the other
halfe within one yeare.Tho. VValſ. The Prince was
com|pelled to breake his plate, and to make money thereof, to pay his
ſouldiers, namely,The Prince [...] fault of [...]. there opi|nions, which he had called foorthe of Fraunce,
ſo that hee lefte himſelfe bare of all riches, to keepe touch with them,
although K. Dampeter ſayled in his promiſe each way foorth. For where the
Prince ſhould haue had in recompence towardes his charges, the countie of
Algezara, and other lands, by the ſayde Dampeters aſſignemente, ſo that he
ſente one of his Knightes, to take ſea [...] of the ſame lãds, he was neuertheleſſe diſappoin|ted, for hee could
not come by any peaceable poſ|ſeſſion of thoſe lands, and ſo returned
greatly em|poueriſhed, hauing ſpente in this iourney al that he could
make.
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1
2 In the meane time, the
baſtard Henry, hauing eſcaped out of the fielde by flighte, got him into
Fraunce, and there through fauour of the Duke of Aniou, ſo purchaſed for him
ſelfe, that hee got togither a certayne number of Britaines and o|ther
Souldiers, and comming to the Frounters of the Princes land in Gaſcoigne,
got a Towne in Bigore, called Bãnieres, and made warre vp|pon the Princes
ſubiects.The Prince returneth i [...] Gaſcoigne The Prince obteyning paſſage for himſelfe and his
men, of the Kings of Aragone and Nauarre, returned to Burdeaux, and then did
the baſtard Henry forſake his ga [...]|ſon at Bannieres, and wente into Arragon, and there got the King of
Arragons aſſiſtance: And finally, in the yeare .1369. returned into
Spayne, recouered the kingdome, and ſlew his brother K. Peter, as in ye
hiſtory of Spayne it may appeare, which for that it apperteineth not to this
hiſtorie of England, I do heere paſſe ouer.
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2
3
4
5 This yeare, in the moneth
of Marche,
1368
An. reg.
[...]
A blaſing Starre.
Polich [...] Polidor.
appea|red a blaſing ſtarre, betwixte the North & Weſt, whoſe
beames ſtretched towards France as was then marked, threatning as might be
thoughte, yt within a ſmall time after it ſhoulde againe bee wrapped and
ſet on fire with newe troubles of warre, and euen then, that countrey was
not in quiet, but harried in diuers partes, by ſuch ſouldi|ers as had bin
with the Prince in Spaine, & [...] now out of wages. The leaders of which people,Froiſſart. were for the more part Engliſhmenne and Gaſ|coignes,
as ſir Roberte Briquet, ſir Iohn Treſ|melle, Roberte Ceny, Sir Gaollard
Vigier, the Bourg of Bertveill, the bourg Camoys, or Co|minges, as Denice
Sauage thinketh, the bourge of Leſpare, Nandon or Nawdon of Bar [...]|rant, Bernard de la Salle. Ortigo, [...] many other. In this .43.
The Duke of Clarence [...]|eth into [...]
yeare of K. Edwards raigne, his ſecond ſonne the Lorde Lionell Duke
of Clarence and Earle of Vlſter, paſſed the [...] with a noble company of Lordes, Knightes, and Gentlemen,The Lady Violant. and wente through Fraunce into
Lombardie, there to marrie the Lady Violant, daughter to the Duke of
Millane. He was h [...]+rably receiued in all places where he [...] ca [...], and EEBO page image 975 ſpecially at Paris, by the Dukes of
Berry, and Burgoigne, the Lord Coucy, and other, the whi|che brought him to
the Court, where hee dyued and ſupped with the King, and lodged within ye
pallace. On ye next day, he was had to a place, where ye Q. lodged, and
dined with hir, and after was conueyed to ye court again, & ſupped
yt night with ye K. and on the morrow following, he toke his leaue of the
K. and Q. the which gaue to him great gifts, & likewiſe to ye noble
mẽ of England, yt came ouer with him, to
ye valew of .xx.M. flo|reus, & aboue: he was conueyed frõ place to
place, with certaine of ye french nobilitie, till he came to ye bordures
of the Realme, and then entring into Sauoy,His
entertain|ment in Sauoy he came to Chamberie, where ye Earle of
Sauoy was ready to receiue him, and there he re|mained four days, being
highly feaſted amongſt the Ladies & damoſels: & then he
departed, and ye Earle of Sauoy brought him to Millane, to doe him the more
honor,His receyuing into Millan. for his ſiſter
was mother to ye bride, which ye Duke
ſhould marrie. To ſpeake of ye honorable receyuing of him into the Citie of
Millane, and of the great feaſt, triumph and bã|quetting, & what an
aſſemble there was in Mil|lane of high eſtates, at the ſolemniſing of ye
mar|riage,Corio in the hiſtorie of Millayne.
betwixt him, and the ſaid Lady Violant, it were two long a proceſſe to
remember. The gifts that the father of the bride, the Lord Galeas gaue vnto
ſuche honorable perſonages, as were there preſente, amounted in valewe, to
an ineſtimable ſumme. The writers of the
Mylaneſe hiſtories affirme, that this marriage was celebrate on the
fifteenth day of Iune, in the yere .1367. which be|ing true,
[...]a. Meir. Froiſſort. Caxton. the ſame chanced in the
.41. yere of thys kings raigne, and not in this .42.
yere, though o|ther authors agree, that it was in the yere .1368.
But to returne to other doings where we left. Ye haue heard how the Prince
of Wales coulde get no money of the K. of Spaine,Froiſſart. for the wages of his men of warre, which he had
reteined to ſerue him in the reducing of
the ſaide King home into his countrey: wherfore the Prince, hauing bin at
great charges in that iourney, was neyther able to ſatiſfie them, nor
mainteine his owne eſtate, without ſome great aide of his ſubiectes,
& there|fore he was counſailed to reiſe a ſubſedie called a
fowage,The Prince of Wales con| [...]
[...]o but [...]y [...] his ſub| [...]ct [...] with a [...]re ſubſidie. through al the countrey of Aquitayne, to runne
only for the ſpace of fiue yeares. To thys payment, euery chimney or fier
muſt haue bene contributorie, paying yerely one frank, the rich to
haue borne out the pore. And to haue
this paimẽt granted, al the eſtates of the countrey were called togither at
Niort: the Poictouins, and they of Xainctonge, Limoſin, Rouergue, and of
Rochel, agreed to the Princes requeſte,
[...]oyne not to [...] enchaunced [...] abaled. with condition, that he ſhould keepe the courſe of
his coigne ſta|ble, for the tearme of ſeauen yeares: but dyuers of ye other
parties of Guyẽne refuſed that ordinãce, as the Earles of Arminarke, and
Gominges, the Vicount of Carmaigne, the Lords Dalbret, de la Barde, Cande,
Pincornet, and diuers other great Barons, but yet to depart quietly from the
aſſemble, they required a time to take better ad|uice, and ſo they repaired
into their countreys, de|termining neither to returne againe accordyng to
their promiſes, nor to ſuffer anye fowage to runne amongeſt them at
all,The demaund of this fowage the cauſe of the
Gaſcoynes reuolting to the French K. and were ſo muche offended
with the motion, that they ſoughte oc|caſions foorthwith to reuolt from the
Engliſh o|beyſance. And therefore dyuers Lordes of them went to the French
king, and there exhibited into the chamber of the Peares of France, their
com|playnts of the greeuous impoſitions, and wron|ges, which the Prince went
aboute to laye vpon them, affirming that their reſorte ought to be to the
crowne of Fraunce, and to the kyng there, as to their Lord Peramount.
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1 The Frenche kyng who
woulde not ſeeme to break the peace betwene him and the king of En|gland,
diſſimuled the matter, and told them that hee woulde pervſe the tenor of the
Charters and letters of the peace, and ſo farrefoorth as he might by
permiſſion of the ſame, he would be glad to do them good. The Erles of
Arminack, Perigourd, Gominges, and the Lorde Dalbret, with other that were
come thither about this matter, were contented with this aunſwere, and ſo
ſtayed in Fraunce, till they might vnderſtand further, both of the french
kings mind, & of ye Princes doings.
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1 This yeare in October,
was Simon Lang|ham Archb. of Canterbury elected to the dignitie of a
Cardinall, and then William Witleſley, Byſhoppe of Worceter, was remoued
vnto the Sea of Canterbury.
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1 Aboute the ſame
time,The Earle of Saint Paule. the Earle of
Saincte Paule, one of the hoſtages in Englande, ſtale frõ hence, without
taking anye leaue, or ſaying fare|well. At his comming into Fraunce, he
greatly furthered the ſute of the Lordes of Gaſcoigne, and finally, ſo muche
was done on theyr be|halfe, that the Frenche Kyng was contented that the
Prince of Wales ſhoulde be appealed,
1369.
The prince of Wales appea|led to appeare
and ſommoned to appeare before the Frenche K. as Iudge in that
poynt, for reformation of the wrongs which he offered to them that had made
their reſort vnto him, as reaſon was they ſhould. This appeale was written,
and duelie examined, the tenor whereof was as followeth.
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1.11.1.
CHarles by the grace of God king of Fraunce,
to our nephue ye prince of Wales & Aquitain
ſende greeting.
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1 So it is, ye
diuers Prelates, Ba|rons, knightes, Vniuerſities, communalties,
and Colledges of ye marches and limittes of ye coun|trey of
Gaſcoigne, and the dwellers and inhabi|tants in the bounds of
our Realm, beſides diuers other of the Duchie of Aquitaine, are
reſorted, EEBO page image 976 and come to our Court, to haue right
of certayne grieues, and vnlawfull troubles, whyche you, by
vnaduiſed counſayle, and ſimple information, haue purpoſed to do
vnto them, wherof we great|ly maruell. Therefore, to withſtande,
and to re|dreſſe ſuche things, we are ſo conioyned to them, that
we haue thought good, by our royall power, to commaund you to
repaire to our Citie of Pa|ris, in proper perſon, and there to
ſhewe and pre|ſente youre ſelfe before vs, in the chamber of
oure peeres, that you may bee
conſtreyned to do righte to youre people, concerning the greyfes
whyche they all edge that you are about to oppreſſe them with,
who claymeth to haue their reſort into oure Courte: and that you
fayle not thus to doe, in as ſpeedy manner as yee can,
immediately vppon the ſighte and hearing of theſe preſent
letters. In witneſſe whereof, we haue to the ſame ſette oure
ſeale.
Yeuen at Paris, the fiue and twentith day of
Ianuarie.
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1
An. reg. 43.
Theſe letters were giuen to a Knighte and a Clearke, to beare and
preſente to the Prince, which according to that they had in charge, wẽt to
Burdeaux, and there getting licence to come before the Princes preſence,
they redde the letters, wherewith he was not a little chafed, and openly
tolde them for a playne aunſwere,The Princes anſwer to
the meſſenger. that he meant to accompliſhe the French Kings
requeſt, for hys commming to Paris, but that ſhoulde bee with hys helmet on
his head, and threeſcore thouſande armed
men, to beare witneſſe of his appearaunce.
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1 The meſſengers perceyuing
the Prince to bee ſore offended with theyr meſſage, got them a|way, without
taking their leaue: but before they were paſſed the limittes of the Engliſhe
domi|nion, they were ſtayed by commaundemente of the Prince, and committed
to priſon, within the Citie of Agen.
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1
The duke of Berry.Aboute the ſame time, the Duke
of Berry re|turned into Fraunce, hauing licence of Kyng Edwarde for an whole yeare, but hee bare hym|ſelfe ſo
wiſely, that he returned not againe at all, for hee excuſed himſelfe, till
time that the warre was open.
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1 In like manner, the more
parte of all the o|ther hoſtages, by one meane or other, were retur|ned into
Fraunce, and ſome indeede were deliue|red vpon their raunſomes, or other
conſiderati|ons, ſo that the Frenche King beeing deliuered of that obſtacle,
was the more ready to breake with the King
of Englande, and therefore vppon knowledge had of the Princes aunſwere, to
thoſe that hee ſente with the appeale, by ſuche of the meſſengers ſeruauntes
as were returned, and de|clared howe their maſters were dealte with, hee
couertly prepared for the warre.
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2
The Lorde Chandos.The Lorde Iohn Chandos, and
other of the Princes counſayle foreſawe what would enſue of the leauing of
the fowage, and therefore coun|ſayled the Prince, not to proceede any
further i [...] it, but he hauing only regard to the reliefe of hys ſouldiers and men
of warre, woulde needes g [...] forward with it. Indeede, if he might haue brou|ght it to paſſe as it
was denied, that euery houſ|holder ſhould haue payde a franke,Chy [...]. for chimniage the ſumme would haue growen to twelue
hun|dred thouſand Frankes by the yeare, whiche had bin a greate reliefe, and
that made hym the more earneſt, bycauſe he might haue bin able ſo to haue
payd his debtes. When it was perceyued certain|ly that open Rebellion would
there of enſue, and that King Edwarde was certified of the whole ſtate of
the matter, and how dyuers of the Lords of Aquitayne were withdrawen vnto
the Court of Fraunce, in manner as before ye haue hearde, he deuiſed a
letter, whiche hee cauſed to be publi|ſhed through all the parties of
Aquitayne,A l [...] pu|bliſhed by [...] Prince to ap|peaſe the G [...]|coig [...]
the ef|fect whereof was this, that where the people of that countrey
found themſelues greeued for ſuche exactions as were demaunded of them, he
meane therefore vppon examination of their iuſt com|plaints, to ſee their
wrongs redreſſed. And fur|ther, he was contented to pardon al ſuch as were
withdrawen to the Frenche K. ſo that within a monethes ſpace, they would
returne home, requi|ring them, that in no wiſe they ſhould ſtirre anye
ſeditions tumult, but to remember their othes of allegiance, and to cõtinue
in the ſame, according to their boundẽ dueties, and as for him, he would be
ready to ſee them eaſed, that woulde ſhewe by plaine proofe, how they had
bin otherwiſe greeued than reaſon might beare. This was his mea|ning, and
this was the aduice of all his counſay|lours.
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1 But this courteous Letter
little auayled, for dayly the Gaſcoignes reuolted from the Prince, and
turned to the Frenche part. Moreouer, ano|ther occaſion of grudge
chanced,la. M [...]. to renue the ma|lice betwixt the king of England, and the
french King. For whereas ye haue heard, that the Earle of Flaunders had
fianced his daughter and haue to the Lorde Edmonde of Langley, Earle of
Cambridge, there was ſhift made, namely by the Earles mother, the Counteſſe
of Arthois, who was all French,Phi [...] d [...]
[...] the Earle of Flanders daughter. that notwithſtanding the
ſame affiance, ſhee was married vnto Phillip Duke of Burgoigne, ſurnamed the
hardie: he gote that ſurname of hardie by this occaſion, as Iacodus Meir
hath. It chaunced, that whileſt hee was priſoner in England with his father,
he was vpõ a time appointed to waite at the table,The
c [...]ſe of has ſu [...] be H [...]. where his father and the King of England ſate togither at
meate, and bycauſe a noble man of Englande that was appoynted likewiſe to
attende at the ſame table, ſerued firſt the King of England be|fore the King
of Fraunce, this Phillip vp with EEBO page image 977 his fyſt, and tooke the
Engliſh Lorde a blow on the eare, ſaying, wilt thou ſerue the king of
Eng|lande firſt, where the Frenche king ſitteth at the ſame table? The
Engliſh man out with his dag|ger, and would haue ſtriken the ſayd Philip,
but the king of Englande ſtraytly charged him to the contrary, and prayſing
the deed of the yong ſtrip|ling, ſayde vnto him, Vous estes Philippe le
hardie. Thou art
(ſayd he) the hardie Philip. And ſo from that day he bare
that name euer after.
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1 There bee other that ſay,
howe he tooke that ſurname, bycauſe in the battaile of Poictiers he a|bode
ſtill with his father till the ende of the bat|tail, without ſhewing any
token of feare, or faint|neſſe of courage.
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1 The Erles of Arminacke,
and Perigord, with the other Lordes of Gaſgoigne,The
Earles of Arminack and Perigord Froiſſart.
that had made theyr appeale (as ye haue heard) to the Chamber of the
Peeres of Fraunce, when they vnderſtoode that the Prince had impriſoned the
Meſſengers, that brought to him the French
kings letters, be|ganne to make warre on the Princes lands. The firſt
enterprice they made,The L. Wake diſcomfited. was
the diſcomfiting of the Lorde Thomas Wake, Seneſchall of Ro|uergue, as he
was ryding from Agen, vnto the Citie of Rodais, with threeſcore Speares, and
two hundred Archers in his companie.
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1 Alſo the Frenche King
being nowe proui|ded for the warre, and vnderſtanding the minds of the
people within certaine townes vnder the
dominion of the Engliſh men,
Fabian.
The Frẽch K. proceedeth a|gaynſt the prince in iudge [...]
[...]r of the [...]ppeale.
Froiſſort.
in his high court of Parliamẽt holdẽ at Paris, proceeded in
iudge|ment vpon the appellation before made by the Earles of Arminacke,
Perigord, and others, a|gaynſt Prince Edwarde. And moreouer he ſent ouer
into Englande the Erle of Saliſbruche, and a knight called ſir William
Dormon, to ſignifie to the king of England, how he thought himſelfe not
honourably vſed, and that the king of Eng|lande did but ſlenderly keepe the
couenants of the peace, conſidering that
hee did not finde meanes to reforme ſuch of his ſubiects Engliſhmen and
Gaſgoignes, as daylye robbed and waſted the Countreys and landes belonging
to the Crowne of Fraunce.
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1 Theſe Ambaſſadours were
ſtayed for the ſpace of two Monethes, and ſtill they complay|ned of the
wrongs that the Engliſhmẽ had done, contrary to the couenantes of the
peace, but the king made ſmall account thereof, bycauſe hee perceyued it was forged matter that they
alled|ged, and ſo in the ende he ſent them away.
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1 At Douer being vpon their
returne, there met them a Brytayn that was comming with letters of defiaunce
to the king of Englande from the French king, and as he had in
commaundement, he declared to thẽ the effect of his meſſage, where|vpon
with al ſpeed they paſſed ouer to Bolongne, and were glad they had ſo
eſcaped.
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1 The Brytaine came to the
Court and dely|uered the defiance to the king according to the in|ſtructions
which he had receyued.The French king ſent to defie the
king of England. When the king had heard the letters read, and
perceyued by good viewe taken of the ſeale and ſignet, that the ſame were of
authoritie, hee licenced the meſſenger to depart, and fel in counſaile with
the Peeres of his realme, what he ſhould do in ſo weightie a mat|ter.
Wherevpon it was thought neceſſarie by them, that he ſhoulde aſſemble his
court of Par|liament, and ſo he did. In the which vpon decla|ration
made,
Polidor: A Parliament aſſembled. how iniuriouſly the
Frenche king after many wrongfull dealings, had nowe bro|ken the peace, and
ſent his defiance vnto the king in ſo deſpiteful wiſe as might be, there was
gran|ted towardes the maintenance of the warre thus begon, three fiftenes of
the temporaltie,Three fiftenes and three tenthes grãted
Fabian. Froiſſart.
and three diſmes of the ſpiritualtie, to bee payed in three
yeares.
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1 At the ſelfe ſame tyme
that the defiance was made to the king here in Englande, the Earle of Saint
Poll, and Guy de Chatyllon mayſter of the Croſbowes in Fraunce, entred into
the coun|tie of Ponthiew, tooke Abuile,Sir Nicholas
Louaigne taken. and an Engliſhe knight called ſir Nicholas
Louaigne Seneſhall of that Countrey vnder the king of Englande, as then
being within it. They tooke alſo Saint Va|lerie, Crotoy, Rue, Pont Saint
Reny,The Countie of Ponthiew taken by the French
king. and to be ſhort, reduced the whole Countrey of Pon|thiew
vnder the French obeyſance, which hadde remayned in poſſeſſion of the
Engliſhe men for the ſpace of .Cxij. yeares, euer ſith Edwarde the firſt had
the ſame aſſigned to him in name of a dower, with his wife Queene Eleanore,
ſiſter to Alfonſe king of Caſtil: and yet were the people of that Country
readie now to reuolt to the French dominion, notwithſtanding their former
long continued obeyſaunce to the Engliſh men: for otherwiſe coulde not the
French men, ſo eaſilye haue come to their purpoſe, but that the people were
couenanted before to receyue them, and be|tray thoſe fewe Engliſhmen that
were amongeſt them.
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1 About the ſame time alſo,
it fell ſo yll for the Engliſhe men,The prince of Wales
diſeaſed with ſickneſſe. that the Prince of Wales was troubled
with a ſore ſickneſſe, that had continued long with him, euer ſith his being
in Spaine, by reaſon whereof his enimies were the more bolde to make
attempts agaynſt him, and dayly went about to allure and intice his ſubiects
of the mar|ches of Guienne to reuolt from him,The Citie
of Cahors re|uolteth. inſomuche that the citie of Cahors, and
diuerſe other townes thereabout turned to the French part. And thus was the
peace which had beene ſo ſurely made, and with ſo many ſolemne othes
confirmed, vio|lated and broken, and the parties fallen togither by the
eares againe in ſundrie places, and namely EEBO page image 978 in Aquitain,
where ſundrie armies were abrode in the fieldes, diuerſe ſieges layde, many
townes ta|ken, often encounters and ſkirmiſhes made, ſom|time to the loſſe
of the one part, & ſomtyme of the other, and the Countreys in the
meane time har|ried and ſpoyled, that maruayle it is to conſider, and too
long a proceſſe it ſhould be to rehearſe the tenth part of ſuche chaunces as
dayly happened amongſt them.
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1
Succors ſent into GaſcoignKing Edwarde ſent ouer
into Gaſcoigne the Earles of Cambridge,
and Pembroke, with a certaine number of men of armes and archers, the which
arriuing in Brytayne paſſed through that Countrey by licence of the Duke,
and came to the prince as thẽ lying at Angoleſme in Poictou, by whome they
were ſent to ouerrunne the Earle of Perigordes landes,Burdille be|ſieged. and ſo they did, and after layde ſiege to
Burdille, hauing with them aboute three thouſande men one and other.
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1 There came with them
forth of England four hundred men of
armes, and foure hundred archers (as Froiſſart hath) and of their Captaines
beſide, the Earles he nameth theſe, the Lorde of Tabe|ſtonne (or rather
Bradſtone, as I take it) ſir Bri|an Stapleton, ſir Thomas Balaſter, and Sir
Iohn Triuet.
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1 Whyleſt the ſayd Earles
went thus to make warre agaynſt the Earle of Perigord.Sir
Hugh Cal|uerley. Sir Hugh Caluerley with two thouſand men of warre
was ſente alſo to ouerrunne the landes of the Earle of Armynacke,Sir Iohn Chandos
and of the Lorde Dalbret, Sir Iohn Chandos lay in the marches of Tholouſe at
Mountaubon, and afterwardes beſieged Ter|rieres and in the end wanne it,
and ſo likewyſe did the Earles of Cambridge, and Pembroke, wynne
Burdille,Burdille won. by reaſon of a ſailly
that they wythin made forth, and paſſed ſo farre from their Fortreſſe, that
the Engliſh men got betwixt thẽ and home.
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1
Sir Robert Knolles.Sir Robert Knolles came from
ſuch landes as he had in Brytaine, to
ſerue the Prince now in theſe warres of Gaſcoigne, and was by him made
chiefe gouernor of all his men of warre, who bare himſelfe right worthily in
that charge.
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1 The firſt iourney which
he made at that time, was into Quercy, hauing with hym beſide hys owne
handes, certayne Knightes of the Princes retinue, as ſir Richard Ponchardon,
ſir Stephen Gouſenton, ſir Noel Loring, ſir Hugh Haftings, ſir Iohn Triuet,
ſir Thomas Spencer, ſir Tho|mas Balaſter,
ſir Nicholas Bonde, ſir William le Moine Seneſchall of Aigenois, ſir Baldwin
de Freyuille, and others.
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1 At their comming into
Quercy, they beſieged a ſtrong Fortreſſe called Durmell, within the which
were diuerſe captaynes of the companions as Aymon d' Ortigo, the little
Mechin, Iaques de Bray, Perot de Sauoy, and Arnaudon de Pons, the which ſo
valiantly defended the pla [...], that although the Lorde Chandos, accompanies with ſir Thomas Felton,
the Captall of Beu [...], ſir Iohn de Pommiers, ſir Thomas Percy, Sir Euſtace Daubreticourt,
and others come wyth theyr retinues from Montaubon, to reenforce that ſiege,
yet coulde they not obteyne their pur|poſe, but rayſing from thence after
fiue Weekes ſiege, (conſtrayned thereto through want of vit|tayles,) they
marched ſtreyght to a towne called Domme, which they beſieged, hauing in
theyr armie fiftene hundred men at armes,De. G [...]. beſide two thouſand archers, and Brigans, ſo called in
thoſe dayes, of an armor which they ware named Bri|gandines, vſed then by
footemen, that bare alſo Targettes, or Pauoiſes, & certaine Dattes
or Iauelynes to throw at their enimies.
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1 The Towne and Caſtell of
Domme were ſo ſtrong of themſelues, and ſo well prouided of men of Warre
that were appoynted to the ga [...]e of the ſame, with the Lorde thereof called ſir Ro|bert de Domme,
that after the Engliſh captains perceyued they ſhoulde but loſe tyme to
lyngee about the wynning of that Towne, they rayſed theyr ſiege, and
marching further into the coun|trey, wanne Gauaches, Freins, Rochmador, and
Ville Franche, vpon the Marches of Touſon|zain, greatlye to the diſpleaſure
of the Duke of Aniou that lay the ſame time in the citie of Tou|louze, and
coulde not remedie the matter.
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1 But to recyte euery
particular enterprice, as the ſame was atchieued by the Engliſhe Cap|taynes
and menne of warre in that ſeaſon, [...] ſhoulde bee more than the purpoſe of thys vo|lume might permytte, and
therefore I paſſe o|uer dyuerſe things, whiche I fynde regiſtred by
Froiſſart and other wryters, onely aduertiſing you that as the Engliſh menne
thus made ſore warres agaynſte theyr aduerſaryes abroade in thoſe quarters:
ſo the French men on the [...] parte had aſſembled greate numbers of menne of warre, not onely to
defende theyr Fron [...]y [...]s, [...] alſo by inuaſions to winne from the Engliſhmẽ townes and Caſtels,
and to waſt ſuch counſ [...] as would not turne to their ſide.Aqu [...]erh [...]
[...] of warre. Thus were all thoſe Countreys in troubles of
warre.
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1 The two Kinges alſo of
Englande, and Fraunce, ſignifyed to theyr neyghbours the cauſes of this
warre, laying the fault eyther to other, and excuſing themſelues as cleare
and in|nocent therein.
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1 Edward duke of
Guelderland nephew to the king of Englande, as ſonne to his ſiſter, and the
duke of Gulick coſin to the kings childrẽ by their mother that was daughter
to ye erle of Heinault, tooke great diſpite yt the French K. had broken
the peace, as they wer throughly perſwaded, & that he had defied K.
Edward (as before ye haue heard.) EEBO page image 979 Wherevpon they ſent
their defiaunce vnto the French king, threatning to be reuenged on him to
the vttermoſte of their powers.The Duke of [...]iere. Duke Albert of Bauier, was once minded alſo to haue
aided king Edward in this warre: but afterwards ſuch per|ſwaſions were vſed
on the French kings parte, that he choſe to remaine as neutre betwixt them
both, refuſing to take any part.
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1 Among the ſouldiers alſo
called companions which ſerued the Prince in this ſeaſon, there were
three Captaines, right hardie and verie
expert men of warre, Ortigo, Bernard de Wiſke, and Bernard de la Sale. Theſe
three remayning as then in Lymoſin, hearing that the Duke of Bur|bons
mother, which was alſo mother to ye Frẽch Queene, lay within the Caſtell
of Belleperche in Burbonnois,The Duke of Burbons mo|ther
taken. with a ſmall companie aboute hir, road thither in one day
and a night, ſo that in the morning they approched the Caſtel, ſcaled it,
and toke it, with the Ladie within it: and though they were after beſieged in the ſame Caſtell by the Duke of
Burbon and other French men, yet they defended it, till the Earles of
Cambridge, and Pembroke with .xv. hundred Speares, and three thouſand of
other men of warre, came & offred the French mẽ battail, lodging
afore them .xv. dayes, and when they perceyued that the French menne would
not iſſue out of the Baſtide (in which they lay) to giue battaile, the
Earles of Cambridge & Pembroke cauſed all them within the Caſtell to
come forth, and to bring with them the
Duches of Burbon, whom they led away in ſight of hir ſonne, leauing the
Caſtell voyde and free for him to enioy.
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The French [...] prepareth [...]e.The French king prouided a great number of ſhips to
aſſemble togither at Harflew, and leuied a great power of men, minding to
beſtow them abourde in the ſame ſhippes, that they myghte ſayle into
Englande, and make warre agaynſt king Edward in his owne Countrey. Chieftain
of this army ſhoulde haue beene his
brother the Duke of Burbon, but this iourney was broken, for the Frenche men
were caſed of the paine to come to ſeeke the Engliſh men at home in
Eng|lande, they comming ouer into France, and proffering them battaile euen
at theyr owne doores. For the king of Englande hauing leuied a power of
Archers, and other men of warre, ſent them ouer vnder the leading of his
ſonne the duke of Lancaſter.
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1
The Duke of [...]caſter ſent [...] Flaunce with an army.There went with him in this iourney,
the Earles of Hereforde and Saliſburie, the Lorde Ros, the Lorde Baſſet, the
Lorde Willougbhie, the Lorde de la Ware, the Lorde de la Pole, the Lorde
Walter of Manny, the Lord Henry Per|ry the Lord Thomas Grantſon, ſir Alain
Bur|hul, ſir Richard Sturry, and diuerſe other. They went ouer about
mydſommer, and after they had reſted them a little, the Duke ſet forwarde
and roaded forth into the Countrey, ſpoyling and harrying the ſame, and when
he ſaw time, retur|ned againe to Calais,
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1 The French K. being at
Roan, heard of the ar|riual of this army at Calais, and that his Coun|trey
of Picardie was in great daunger: he chaun|ged his purpoſe therefore of
ſending an army into England, and with all ſpeede appoynted that his power
ſhould with his brother the Duke of Bur|goigne turne toward Calais, to
reſyſt the Duke of Lancaſter.
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1 Herevpon when the Duke of
Lancaſter heard that the duke of Burgaigne was thus cõ|ming toward him, he
iſſued forth of Calais, and cõming into the valley beneath the hil of
Turne|ham, there tooke his fielde,The Duke of Lancaſter
for|tifieth his campe. and fortified the place with ſtrong hedges
and rampiers, the better to be able to reſiſt his enimies if they woulde
aſſayle hym.
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1 The Duke of Burgoigne
came ſtill forward,
The Duke of Burgoigne.
Fabian. Froiſſart.
till he approched verie neare to the Duke of Lan|caſters campe, and
pight downe his fielde alofte vpon the hill of Turneham, ſo that the frontes
of both hoſtes were within leſſe than a mile ey|ther of other.
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1 There was come to the
Duke of Lancaſter a knight of the marches of Almaine,Sir
Robert de Namur. called Sir Robert de Namur, with an hundred
Speares but yet the Duke of Lancaſters hoſt was but an handfull of men, in
reſpect of the huge number of the Frenche armie, wherein were (as Froiſſart
writeth) foure thouſande knightes, beſide other. But yet for all his great
puiſſance and number of men, he would not aduenture to aſſayle the Eng|liſh
men in their lodgings, as it was thought hee would haue done, but kept
himſelfe and his men vpon the hill, from the .xxiiii. of Auguſt, vnto the
xij. of September, and then diſlodged not muche to his honour, howſoeuer
writers doe excuſe it, declaring how his brother had giuen him ſtraight
commaundement, that in no wiſe he ſhould fight with the Engliſhmen: and that
when he had ſent to his brother for commiſſion eyther to fight, [...] to remoue, he was commaunded to turne, wyth all ſpeede vnto Paris,
and to breake vp his armie for that time.
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2
3
4
5 Some there be that
write,Caxton. how that after both theſe hoſtes
had layen the one agaynſt the other a long ſpace, to the reproufe of both
the Chieftains,The Earle of Warwike. it chaunced
that the Lorde Thomas Beau|champe Erle of Warwike [...]me thitherward by ſea, to be at the battaile, which he heard woulde
ſhortly follow betwene the two armies but are he was come to land, the
French men for feare durſt no longer abide, but ſecretely in the night
depar|ted and fled towards Heſdyn and ſo to Paris, for the which their
flight, the Duke of Burgoigne EEBO page image 980 was after blamed of
his brother the French king. In this meane while, that is to ſay, on the
Euen of the Aſſumption of our Ladie,
Froiſſart.
The Queene of England de|parteth this life.
died that noble Princeſſe, the Lady Philip Queene of England. It is
ſayd that when ſhe perceyued that ſhe muſt needes depart out of this
tranſitorie life, ſhee de|ſired to ſpeake with the king hir huſbande, and
when he was come to hir, with a ſorowfull heart to ſee hir in that
ſtate,
Hir three pe|titions to the king.
The firſt re|queſt.
ſhee tooke him by the hand, and after courteous wordes of induction,
ſhe re|quired of him to graunt hir three
requeſtes: one, that all ſuche Merchantes and other men, wyth whome ſhee
hadde bargayned in any condition, myght bee aunſwered of all ſuch debtes as
ſhee ought to them, whether they dwelled on this ſide the ſea or
beyonde.The ſecond. An other was, that all ſuch
ordinances and promiſes, as ſhe hadde made to Churches, as well wythin this
Realme, as in the parties of the further ſyde the Sea, myght bee
perfourmed.The thirde. And the thirde was, that
it myght pleaſe him to chooſe oute none
other Sepulchre when God ſhoulde call him oute of this worlde, but beſide
hir at Weſtminſter.
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The prayſe of Queene IſabelThis Queene to traine
the Engliſhe youth vnto vertuous conuerſation, and to giue occaſi|on that
they might be brought vp in learning and good inſtructions,The Queenes Colledge. founded a College at Oxford,
furniſhing it with goodly buildings, and a church that they might both ſerue
God, and profite in theyr ſtudies, wherevpon it is called the Queenes
Colledge euen to this day.
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1 But now to returne to the
Duke of Lanca|ſter, ye ſhall vnderſtande that after the departure of the
French armie beſide the hill of Tain [...]ham, the ſayde Duke returned to Calais, and there re|freſhed himſelfe
and his people the ſpace of three dayes.The Duke of
Lancaſter ma|keth a iourney into Fraunce. And then he ſet forward
againe, and with him as Marſhals of the hoſt, was the Earle of Warwike, and
the Lorde Roger Beauchampe, with the Lordes and knightes before remembred.
They tooke theyr iourney to Saint
Ouiers, and by Turwin, and then through the Coun [...]e of S. Paule, ſtill burning the Countrey as they went. They rode not
paſt three or foure leagues a day,Saint Riquier
and keeping on their way, they came by S. Ri|quier, and at the planches
vnder Abuile paſſed the riuer of Some, & then entred into the
countrey of Vimew, in purpoſe to go vnto Harflew, and there to burne the
French kings nauie.
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1 Thus paſſing forward
through V [...]mew, and the Countie of Ewe, they
entred into the Archbi|ſhoprike of Roan, and marching forth by Deepe, came
vnto Harflew: but the Earle of S. Poule, and the Lorde of Fiennes Coneſtable
of Fraunce which had coaſted the Engliſh armie in all this iourney, with a
great power of men, was gotten before them, and entred into this towne, ſo
that they knew how they ſhoulde but loſe theyr paine, if they did aſſayle
it, and ſo therfore after they had lyen before it three dayes, on the fourth
day they diſſodged, and returned againe towards Ca [...], returning through the Countrey of Ponth [...], & before Abuile chaunced to encounter a number of French
men, which gaue to the Duke battail.
Fabian.
The ma [...] of the Cro [...] of Fr [...] taken.
I [...] the which was taken ſir Hugh de Chafellon, ma|ſter of the Croſbowes
of Fraunce, wyth other Knightes, Eſquiers, and Burgeſſes of that towne, and
ſlaine about .xvj. ſcore of the French parte.
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1 There be that write
otherwiſe hereof,Froiſſart. ſhewing how the ſayde
ſir Hugh de Chaſtellon was taken by an ambuſh layd by ſir Nicholas Louaigne;
as the ſame ſir Hugh was come forth of the towne, with not paſt ten or
twelue with him, to ſee how the paſſage of Rowray was kept by them that had
charge thereof: howe ſoeuer it came to paſſe, taken he was, and brought to
the Duke of Lan|caſter, that reioyſed greatly of that good happẽ: and ſo
marching forwarde, he paſſed the Riuer at Blanchetaque, and drew towardes
the towne of Rew on the ſea ſide, and ſo to Montreull, and finally to
Calais.
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1 Then were the ſtraungers
lycenced to de|part: and bycauſe it was farre in the Winter, as aboute
Sainte Martyns tyde, the Duke and the moſt parte of hys armye returned into
Eng|lande.
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1 In this yeare chaunced
the third mortalitie,
The thirde mortalitie.
Caxton. Polichron.
The Earle of Warwike [...]par [...]eth this life.
1370
which was exceeding great both of men and bea|ſtes, that the like
had not bene heard of. And a|mongſt other people that periſhed of that
peſtilen|ciall ſickneſſe, that worthie knight and noble cap|taine the Earle
of Warwike dyed at Calays in the Moneth of Ianuarie, after his returne from
Harflew.
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1 The Countrey of Aquitaine
was full of trouble in thys meane tyme, eyther parte ſee|king to grieue
other to the vttermoſte of theyr powers.
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1 Iohn Haſtings Earle of
Pembroke,Polidor. hauing with him certaine
bandes of men of warre, re|couered dyuerſe Townes and Caſtelles in thoſe
partyes: but when he perceyued how the enimies that were not farre from the
place where he was lodged, ſhewed manifeſt to [...]ens of feare, in mar|ching one while vncertainly forward, a [...] o|ther while ſerching great compaſſes aboute, hee ſomewhat vnwarely
ſetting vpon them in theyr campe, was diſ [...]ed and put to flight, ſo that getting hym into a place of the
Temple [...]s,Froiſſa [...]
that was cloſed aboute wyth a Wall, hee [...]|ned there in great daunger to be taken pryſo|ner of hys enimyes that
aſſayled hym, if the Lorde Iohn Chandos Seneſchall of Poicto [...] hadde not come to the reſkue, and pledged hym forth.
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EEBO page image 981But ſhortly after thr ſayde Lorde Chandos was ſlaine by the
enimies (whome firſt hee had ouer|come) whileſt without good aduiſe,
Thom VValſ. Sir Iohn Can|dos L [...]os. Froiſſart.
he put of his helmet, and ſo receyuing a ſtroke with a glayue that
entred into his head, betwixt his noſe and his foreheade, he neuer after
ſpake worde, not liuing paſt a day and a night after he was hurt.
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1 The death of this right
famous, wiſe, and va|liant knight, was bewayled as wel of the French men as
Engliſh men. The French king himſelf when
he heard that he was ſlaine, greatly lamen|ted the miſhappe, affirming that
nowe he beeing dead, there was not any left aliue able to agree the kings
and realmes of England and Fraunce: ſo much was he feared, eſteemed, and
beloued of all men.
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Sir Thomas Percy.After he was thus ſlaine, ſir
Thomas Percy was made Seneſchall of Poictou.
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1 By reaſon of the great
weete and raine that fell this yeare in more abundance than had beene
accuſtomed,
A dearth.
H [...]. Marle.
muche corne was loſt, ſo that the price thereof was ſore enhaunced,
inſomuche that wheate was ſolde at three ſhillings foure pence the Buſhell.
But as concerning the death, the weſt parts of the realme was foreſt
afflicted with this mortalitie, and namely at Oxforde there dyed a great
number of ſcholers.
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1 Somwhat before this time,
the Lady Blanch daughter to Henrie duke of Lancaſter,
The Duches of Lancaſter.
Fabian.
departed this life, and was buried on the north ſide of the
high aulter in the Cathedrall Churche
of Saint Paule within the citie of London, where hir huſ|bande Iohn of Gaunt
was after alſo interred. She ordeyned for hir huſbande, and for hir ſelfe, a
ſolemne obite to be kept yearely in that Churche, where the Maior being
preſent with the Sherifs, Chamberlaine, and Swordbearer, ſhoulde offer eche
of them a pennie, and the Maior to take vp a pounde, the Sherifes eyther of
them a Marke, the Chamberlaine ten ſhillings, and the Sword-bearer
.vj. ſhillings .viij. pence, and euery
other of the Maiors officers .xxij. pens, and the number of viij. officers
belonging to the Sherifes, (and by them to be appoynted) .viij. pens the
peece.
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Polichron.
An. reg. 44.
[...]ſſart. [...]chron.
This yeare was graunted to the king in Par|liament aſſembled at
Weſtminſter of the ſpiritu|all mennes liuings a tenth for the ſpace of three
yeares, and a fiftenth of the temporalty during the ſame tearme.
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Sir Robert [...]les with a [...]mie ſent [...]
[...]o France.This yeare, after that the king had gotten
to|gither a great ſumme of money, as well
by boro|wing of the Clergie as of the Laitie, he leuied an armie, and ſent
the ſame ouer to Calais aboute Mydſummer, vnder the gouernance of that
wor|thie Chieftaine ſir Robert Knolles, accompanied with the Lorde Fitz
Walter, the Lorde Gran|ſon ſir Alam Buxhall, ſir Iohn Bourchier, ſir William
Meuille, ſir Geffrey Wourſeley, and diuerſe other noble men, knightes, and
worthie Captaynes.
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1 About the ſame time,Truce with Scottes. the king of Englande concluded an
abſtinence of warre with the Scots for the tearme of .ix. yeares, ſo that
the Scottes yet might arme themſelues, and at theyr pleaſure ſerue and take
wages, either of the Engliſhe or French, by reaſon wherof, ſir Robert
Knolles had in his companie an hundred ſpeares of the realme of
Scotlande.
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1 When this armie had lyen
and reſted in Ca|lais aboute the ſpace of .vij. dayes, Sir Robert Knolles
cauſed euerie man to depart the towne, and to take the fields, marching the
firſt day nere to the Caſtell of Fiennes,
Iames Mair.
The number of men of war in this armie.
Froiſſart.
and there lodged for that night. The whole number of this armie was
not aboue .xij. thouſande men. Froiſſart ſayth they were but fiftene hundred
ſpeares, and foure thouſand archers.
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1 Within the Caſtell of
Fiennes was the Co|neſtable of Fraunce, that was Lord thereof, with ſuch a
number of ſouldiers and men of warre, that the Engliſhe men thought they
ſhoulde but loſe theyr labour to aſſaile it. And ſo they paſſed forth by
Turrouane, & towards Arras, riding not paſt foure leagues a daye,
bycauſe of theyr cariages and footemen. They tooke theyr lodging euer a|bout
noone, and lay neare vnto great villages.
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1 The French king had
furniſhed all his townes and fortreſſes in Picardie with ſtrong garniſons of
ſouldiers, to defende the ſame agaynſt al chan|ces, that might happen eyther
by ſiege or ſodaine aſſault.
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1 The Engliſh men therefore
thought not good to lynger about the wynning of any of the ſtrong townes,
but paſſed by them, waſting or raunſo|ming the Countreys.
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1 At Arras they ſhewed
themſelues before the barriers, and when none would iſſue to ſkirmiſh with
them, they ſet fire on the Suburbes,The ſuburbes of Arras
burnt and de|parted.
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2 From thence they tooke
the way by Baupal|mes, and ſo came into Vermendo [...]s,The towne of Roy burnt. and burnt the
towne of Roy. Then went they to Han in Vermendois, into the which all the
people of the Countrey were withdrawen, with ſuch goods as they might carie
with them.The French men withdraw into their for|treſſes
& ſtrõg townes. And in like maner had thoſe done which
inhabited about S. Quin|tin, Peronne, and other ſtrong townes, ſo that the
Engliſhe men founde little abroade, ſauing the Barnes full of corne, for it
was after harueſt. So they roade faire and eaſily, two or three leagues a
day, and ſometime to recouer money of theyr eni|mies, they would compounde
with them within ſtrong townes, to ſpare the Countrey from bur|ning and
deſtruction, for ſuch a ſumme as they agreed vpõ, by which meanes ſir
Robert Knolles got in that voyage aboue the ſumme of an hun|dred EEBO page image 990 thouſand frankes. For the which he was af|ter accuſed to
the king of Englande, as one that had not delt iuſtly in ſo doing.
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1 Thus they paſſed the
Countrey, and came be|fore Noyon, and after they had reſted a while be|fore
the towne, they went forth waſting and bur|ning the Countrey, and finally
paſſed the ryuer of Marne, and ſo entred into Champaigne, and paſſed the
Riuer of Aube, and alſo dyuerſe times they paſſed to and fro ouer the riuer
of Saine: at length drawing towards
Paris,The Engliſh men before Paris. and comming
before that Citie, they lodged there in the fielde a day and two nightes,
and ſhewed themſelues in order of battaile before the Citie. This was on the
.xxiiij. of September.
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1 The French king was at
the ſame time with|in the Citie, and might behold out of his lodging of S.
Poule, the fiers & ſmokes, that were made in Gaſtenois, through
burning the townes and villages there by the Engliſhmẽ, but yet he wold
ſuffer none of his people to go forth
of the citie, al|though there was a great power of men of warre within the
Citie, both of ſuch as had coaſted the Engliſh army in all this iourney, and
alſo of o|ther which were come thither by the kings com|maundement, beſide
the Burgeſſes, & inhabitants of the Citie. When ſir Robert Knolles
percey|ued that hee ſhoulde haue no battaile, he departed and drewe towardes
Aniou, where they wanne by ſtrẽgth the townes of Vaas and Ruelly. But
now in the beginning of winter, there
fell ſuche diſcorde amongſt the Engliſh captaines, through couetouſneſſe and
enuie, that finally they deuided themſelues in ſunder, greatly to the
diſpleaſure of ſir Robert Knolles theyr General, who could not rule
them.
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1
Tho. VValſ.
Sir Simon Minſterworth
There was a knight among them named ſir Iohn Menſterworth, that had
the leading of one wing of this army, a good man of his handes, as we call
him, but peruers of mind, & verie deceitful and to ſir Robert Knolles to whõ he was muche beholden,
moſt vnfaythful.
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1
2 This knight perceyuing
the wilfull minds of certaine yong Lords and knights there in the ar|my,
that repined at the gouernment of ſir Robert Knolles, as the Romains did
ſomtime at the go|uernance of Camillus. The chiefe of them were theſe, the
Lorde Grantſon, the Lord Fitz Water, and others: hee did his beſt to pricke
them for|warde, ſounding them in the eare, that it was a great reporche for them being of noble Paren|tage to
ſerue vnder ſuch an olde raſcall as he was, eche of them being able to guyde
theyr enterprice of themſelues,Bermondſey. wythout
his counſayle. In deede this ſir Robert Knolles was not diſcended of any
high lynage,Sir Robert Knolles borne in Cheſſhire.
but borne in the Countie of Cheſter of meane ofſpring, neuertheleſſe through
his va|liant prowes, and good ſeruice in warre, growne to ſuch eſtimation,
as he was reputed worthie of all honour due to a noble and ſkilfull warrior,
ſo that it was thought the King coulde not haue made his choyſe of one more
able or ſufficient to ſupplie the roumth of a chieftaine, than of hym: but
yet, although this was moſte true, his ad|uice could not be hearde, nor the
authoritie ap|poynted hym by the King beare any ſway: for where he
counſayled that they ſhoulde nowe vp|on the approching of Winter drawe forth
of Fraunce into Brytayne, and there remayne for the Wynter ſeaſon, they
would not ſo agree, nor obey his will.
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1 Wherevpon it came to
paſſe, that ſir Ber|thram de Cleaquin,Sir Robert Knolles
coun|ſaile not fol|lowed. at that time newly made Coneſtable of
Fraunce, vnderſtanding this diui|ſion to grow amongſt the Engliſhmen, and
that they were deuided into parts, he ſet vpon them ſo much to their
diſaduantage, that he diſtreſſed thẽ, and tooke or ſlue the more part of
them:
Diſcorde who cõmeth [...]
Caxton.
but ſir Robert Knolles with the flower of the archers and men of
warre went into Brytaine, and there ſaued himſelfe, and thoſe that followed
him.
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1 Here may you ſee, how
thoſe yt before through amitie and good agreement were of ſuch force as
their enimies durſt not once aſſay to annoy them, now by ſtrife and
diſſention amongſt themſelues were ſlain or taken by the ſame enimies, and
brought to confuſion.
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1 In this meane time that
ſir Robert Knolles made thys voyage throughe the Realme of Fraunce,
Froiſſart.
The Citie of Limoges beſieged.
the Prince of Wales layde ſiege to the Citie of Lymoges, whiche was
reuolted to the Frenchmen.
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1 There were with hym at
the laying of thys ſiege, his brethren, the Duke of Lancaſter, and the Earle
of Cambridge, ſir Guiſhard Dangle, ſir Loys de Harecourt, the Lorde of Pons,
the Lorde of Partenay, the Lorde of Pinane, the Lorde of Tannaybouton, ſir
Perciuall de Cou|longne, ſir Geffray de Argenton, Poictouyus: and of
Gaſcoignes, the Lorde of Mountferrant, the Lorde de Chaumount, the Lorde de
Lou|gueren, ſir Amerie de Tharſe, the Lordes of Pommiers, Mucident, de l'
Eſparre, the Soul|diche de Leſtrade, the Lorde of Geronde, and many other:
of Engliſhe menne there were, ſir Thomas Percye, the Lorde Ros, the Lorde
William Beauchampe, ſir Michaell de la Pole, ſir Stephen Gouſſenton, ſir
Richarde Pont|chardon, ſir Baldwyn Freuille, ſir Simon Bur|ley, ſir
Dangouſſe, Sir Iohn Deuereux, Sir William Menille, (or as ſome Copyes haue)
Neuille, and many other.
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1 There was alſo Sir
Euſtace Dambrethi|court, and of the Companions, ſir Perducas Dalbreth, who
in the begynning of theſe warres beeing turned Frenche, was by the
perſwaſion EEBO page image 991 of Sir Robert Knolles procured to
returne a|gayne to the Princes ſeruice before the ſiege of Durmelle.
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1 The Prince beeing thus
accompanied wyth theſe worthie Captaynes and men of armes, to the number of
.xij. hundred, beſide a thouſand ar|chers and other footmen, endeuoured by
al wayes he could deuice to endomage them within. In the ende he cauſed the
walles to be vndermined, and quite reuerſed into the ditch,Lymoges ta|ken by force. and then giuing aſ|ſault,
entred by ye breach, & made an
huge ſlaugh|ter of them within, inſomuche that of men wo|men, and children
(for none were ſpared in re|ſpect of age or ſexe) there were ſlain and
behedded that day aboue three thouſand.
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1 The Biſhop with certaine
knightes and cap|taynes were taken, and had their liues graunted, though the
Biſhop was in great daunger to haue leſt his head bycauſe he was a chiefe
doer in yeel|ding the Citie before vnto the Frenchmen.
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1 Whileſt the Prince lay at
ſiege before Ly|moges (a little before he wanne it) thither came to hym his
brethren,Polidor. Froiſſart. the Duke of
Lancaſter, and the Earle of Cambridge, the Lorde Ros, ſir Michaell de la
Poole, ſir Robert Roux, ſir Iohn Saintlo, & ſir William Beauchampe,
wyth a faire number of men of warre, ſpeares, & archers.
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1 The Prince then after he
had wonne Lymo|ges, and executed ſome crueltie there to the ter|rour of
other. His maladie which ſtill continued
vpõ him, rather encreaſed than diminiſhed, ſo that hee was aduiſed by
Phiſitions to returne into England, in hope that chaunge of aire ſhould
re|ſtore him to health. For the which conſideration and other cauſes of
buſineſſe which he had to doe with his father,
The Prince re|turneth into England.
Thom VValſ.
touching certain weighty affaires he tooke the ſea, & came
ouer into Englãd, leauing the gouernment of Aquitain vnto his brother the
duke of Lancaſter, as his lieutenant there: he lan|ded at Plimmouth in the
beginning of Ianuary.
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1
The king of Nauar com|meth ouer in| [...]o England.Moreouer in this .xliiij. yeare of king Ed|ward,
the king of Nauarre came ouer into Eng|land, and at Claringdon found the
king, and ther talked with him of ſuche matters as they had to conclude
betwixt them two. But for that the K. of Nauarre could not aſſure the king
of ſuch co|uenants as ſhould haue paſſed betwixt them two,Polidor. it was not thought meete by the kings counſayle to worke
to farre vpon his bare worde, that had before time ſhewed apparaunt proufes
of his in|conſtant dealing. And ſurely
this doubt roſe not wythout cauſe,
The king of Nauarres con| [...]tancie ſuſ|pected.
Froiſſart.
as his doings ſhortly after decla|red: for although he ſeemed nowe
at thys pre|ſent to be a very enimie to the French King, yet ſhortly after
hee was reconciled to him agayne, and became his great friend for the time
it laſted.
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1
1371
An. reg. 45.
This yeare in the moneth of Februarie was a Parliament called, in the
which there was de|maunded of the ſpiritualtie a ſubſidie of fiftie M.
Caxton.
A Subſidie.
poundes, and as much of the Laitie. The tempo|rall men ſoone agreed
to that payment, but the Cleargie excuſed themſelues with fayre wordes and
ſhyfting anſweres. Inſomuch that the king tooke diſpleaſure with them and
depoſed certaine ſpirituall men from their offices of dignitie,Spirituall men depoſed. as the Chancellour, the
Priuie ſeale, the Treaſorer and ſuch other, in whoſe rowmes he placed
temporal men.
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1 The Biſhop of Wincheſter,
and the Bi|ſhop of Beanuoys being both Cardinalles were put in commiſſion by
Pope Gregorie the .xj.Cardinals ap|poynted to treate of
peace to treate betwixt the kings of England and France for a
peace, but howbeit they did their endeuour therein, and moued both kings to
the vttermoſte of theyr powers, yet theyr mocions tooke none effect, and
therefore was the warre purſued to the vttermoſt betwixt the parties, and
namely in A|quitaine, where the Fortreſſes were ſo intermed|led one with an
other, ſome Engliſhe and ſome French, that one knew not howe to beware of an
other, nor to auoyde the daunger, ſo that the Countrey of Poictow and other
the marches thereabout were in great tribulation.
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1 Sir Robert Knolles, ſir
Thomas Spencer,Polidor. ſir Iohn Triuet, and ſir
Hugh Haſtings, deui|ding theyr powers in ſunder, went to recouer Townes,
ſome in one quarter, and ſome in an other, and certaine they aſſayed, but
preuay|led not, the Inhabitantes doubting to bee pu|niſhed for theyr
vntruthes, made ſuche ſtoute reſiſtaunce.
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1 After this, the Duke of
Lancaſter appoyn|ted ſir Robert Knolles, to repayre agayne to Ca|lais, and
by the way (if occaſion ſerued) to at|tempt the recouerie of Ponthieu. Sir
Robert ta|king his iourney through Fraunce by Paris,The
feare which the eni|mies had of ſir Rob. Knolles. came into the
marches of Picardie: and bycauſe in compariſon to this manne, all the
Engliſhe Captaines were little feared of the French men,Sir Berthram de Cleaquin. Sir Berthram de Cleaquin the Coneſtable
of Fraunce leauing the fortreſſes in the marches of Aquitaine ſufficiently
ſtuffed with men of war and munition, followed ſir Robert Knolles, ſtill
readie to aſſayle the hyndermoſt companies, or elſe to ſet on the ſydes of
his enimies. So that there chaunced manye ſkirmiſhes betwixt them, and many
men were ſlaine on both partes, but at length, whẽ ſir Robert Knolles ſaw
no likelihood to atchieue his purpoſed entent in recouerie of the townes of
Põthieu, as Abuile and other, he drew ſtreight to Calais, & the
Coneſtable retired backe into Fraunce.
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1 In this .xlvj. yeare. ſir
Robert Aſhton was ſent into Ireland as Lord Deputie there,
1372
An. Reg. 46.
and in the ſame yeare, the Duke of Lancaſter being as thẽ a
widower, maried the Lady Cõſtãce eldeſt daugh|ter EEBO page image 992 to
Peter king of Spaine, whiche was ſlaine by his baſtarde brother Henrie (as
before yee haue hearde.)
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1 Alſo the Lorde Edmonde
Earle of Cam|bridge, maried the Ladie Iſabell, ſiſter to the ſame Cõſtance.
Their other ſiſter named Beatrice, af|fianced to Don Ferdinando, ſonne to
Peter king of Portingale, was departed this life a little be|fore this tyme
at Bayonne, where they were all three left as hoſtages by theyr father, when
the Prince went to bring him home into his
Coun|trey, (as before ye may reade)
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1 Froiſſart writeth, that
the Duke maried the Ladie Conſtance in Gaſcoigne, and that ſhortly after he
returned into Englande with his ſayde wife and hir ſiſter, leauing the
Capital de Bueffz, and other Lordes of Gaſcoigne and Poictou in charge with
the rule of thoſe Countreys. By rea|ſon of that mariage, the duke of
Lancaſter as in right of his wife being the elder ſiſter, cauſed him|ſelfe
to be intituled king of Caſtile, and
his ſayde wife Queene of the ſame realme.
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1 The Earle of Hereforde
being ſent to the ſea, with certaine ſhippes of warre, was encountred by the
Flemiſh fleete, before an hauen in Brytain called the Bay, where was fought
a ſore battaile, and long continued for the ſpace of three houres: howbeit
finally the victorie abode with the Eng|liſh menne, notwithſtanding that the
Flemings were more in number, and better prouided for the matter.
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1 There were taken of them
.xxv. ſhippes, with theyr Admirall Iohn Peterſon. They had bene at Rochelle
for wine, and now were come to the Bay for ſalt vpon theyr returne
homewards, and hearing that the Engliſh men woulde come that way, ſtayed for
them, and firſt gaue the onſet. For ye muſt remember, that by reaſon that
the Earle of Flaunders had maried his daughter to the duke of Burgoine,
whiche he had firſt promiſed to the Earle
of Cambridge, there was no perfite friend|ſhip betwixt the Realme of
Englande, and the Countreys of the ſayd Erle of Flaunders.
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1 Sir Guichard Dangle a
knight of Poictou, that was come ouer with the Duke of Lanca|ſter, to
procure the king to ſende ſome newe ayde into Aquitaine,
Sir Guiſſhard Dangle made knight of the Garter.
Polidor. Caxton.
was for his approued valiauncie and tryed truth to the king of
Englande, made knight of the Garter. And moreouer at his in|ſtaunce the king
rigged a nauie of ſhippes, and appoynted
the Earle of Pembroke as generall, to ſayle wyth the ſame into Aquitayne,
and there to remoue the ſiege which the Frenchmen had laid to Rochell.
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1
The Erle of Pembroke ſent into Guienne.The Earle
according to his commiſſion tooke the Sea with a fleete of .xl. ſhippes
prepared for him: but ere he could enter the hauen of Rochelle, he was
aſſayled by an huge fleete of Spaniards, and there vanquiſhed, taken
pryſoner, and [...] into Spaine.
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1 The Spaniards had for
captaines foure [...]|full warriours, Ambroſe Bouque negre,Froiſſart. Cabeſſe de Vake or Vakadent, Dom Ferand d [...] P [...], and Rodigo de la Rochelle, who had vnder there gouernment .xl. great
carreuelles, and thirt [...] trymme Barques throughly furniſhed and ap|poynted with good mariners
and men of w [...]e.
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1 The Earle of Pembroke had
with him no|thing the like number of ſhippes, nor men: for (as Froiſſart
writeth) he had not paſt .xxij. knightes with him, or as other haue not paſt
.xij. being for the more part of his owne retinue of houſholde: and yet
thoſe fewe Engliſhmen and Poictouins that were there with him, bare
themſelues right valiantly, and fought it out to the vttermoſt.
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1 There were ſlaine ſir
Simon Houſſagre, ſir Iohn de Mortaing, and ſir Iohn Tuchet: and there were
taken priſoners, beſides the Erle him|ſelfe, ſir Robert Buffort, ſir Iohn
Curſon, Sir Othes de Grandſon, ſir Guicharde Dangle,Theſe
[...] laſt [...] Rochelle ayde the [...]
the Lorde of Pinane, ſir Iohn de Griueres, ſir Ia|ques de Surgieres,
the Lorde of Tannaybouton, ſir Iohn de Hardane, and others.
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1 The Earle had (as
Froiſſard wryteth) trea|ſure with him, to haue waged three thouſande men of
warre, which neuer did any man good, for as he was informed, the ſhippe
wherein it was a|bourd, periſhed with diuerſe other being burnt or
ſunke.
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1 This battaile was fought
on Mydſommer euen, in thys .xlvj. yeare of King Edwardes raigne.
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1 The Engliſh wryters ſay,
that it was no mar|uaile though this miſhappe chaunced to him, by|cauſe he
had in Parliament ſpoken agaynſt men of the Churche, in giuing counſayle
that they myght be conſtrayned to pay grieuous ſubſidies, towardes the
maintenance of the kings warres.
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1 By reaſon of this
miſfortune thus happened to the Engliſhe fleete, the Frenchmen recouered
many townes and Caſtels out of the Engliſhe mens hands, in the Countreys of
Poictou, Xa [...]|tonge, Lymoſyn, and other the marches of A|quitaine.
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1 About the ſame tyme, the
French king ſente foure thouſande men to the Sea,
Froiſſart.
Iua [...] a We [...] Gentlem [...].
vnder the guy|ding of one Yuans a baniſhed Welch gentlemã, the
whiche landing in the Ile of Gerueſey was encountered by the Captaine of
that Ile called ſir Edmond Rous, who had gather .d.viij.C.Sir Edmond Rous mẽ of his owne ſouldiers togither, with them of
the Ile, & boldly gaue battail to the Frenchmẽ: but in the ende the
Engliſhmen were diſcomfited, and four .C. of thẽ ſlain, ſo that ſir Edmõd
Rous fled into the Caſtle of Cornet, and was there beſieged by the ſayd
Iuan, till the French king ſent to him EEBO page image 993 to come
backe from thence, and ſo he did, leauing the Caſtell of Cornet, and ſir
Edmonde Rous within it as he found him.
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The proſpe|rous ſucceſſe of the French|men in
Poic|tou.The Frenchmen this yeare recouered the Ci|tie of
Poictiers, alſo Rochelle, and the moſt parte of all Poictou, and finally
layde ſiege to Touars in Poictou, wherin a great number of the Lordes of
that Countrey were encloſed, the which fell to a compoſition with the French
men to haue an abſtinence of warre for themſelues, and theyr landes, till the feaſt of Saint Michaell next
en|ſuing, which ſhoulde be in the yeare 1362. And in the meane time they
ſent to the king of England theyr ſoueraigne Lorde, to certifie hym what
conditions they hadde agreed vnto, that if they were not ayded by hym, or by
one of his ſonnes within the ſayde tearme, then they to yeelde them and
theyr landes to the obeyſaunce of the French king.
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1 Not long before this, the
Captall of Bueffz was taken priſoner, and
Sir Thomas Percie with diuerſe other Engliſhmen and Gaſcoignes before
Soubiſe by ſir Iuan of Wales and other French Captaines,
[...]ers in [...]anger to bee [...]oſt. ſo that the Countreys of Poictou and Xaintonge were in
greate daunger to bee quite loſt if ſpeedie ſuccours came not in tyme.
Whereupon king Edwarde aduertiſed of that agreement which they within Touars
had made,Tho. VValſ. rayſed an armie, rigged his
ſhippes, and in Auguſt tooke the ſea, purpoſing to come before the day aſſigned to ye ſuccours of that
fortreſſe: but the winde continued for the ſpace of nine weekes ſo contrarie
vnto his entent, that he was ſtyll dryuen backe and coulde not get forwarde
towarde the coaſt of Rochelle, where he thought to haue landed, ſo that
finally when the daye of reſcuing Touars came, he nor any of his ſonnes
coulde appeare in thoſe parties, and ſo to hys great diſpleaſure he returned
home, and lycen|ced all his people to depart to theyr houſes.
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1 By this meanes was Touars
delyuered to the Frenchmen, which ceaſſed not in ſuch occa|ſions of
aduauntage to take tyme, and folow the ſteppes of proſperous fortune.
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1
1373
An. reg. 57.
The Duke of [...]ritaine.
About this ſeaſon the Duke of Brytaine be|ing ſore diſpleaſed in hys
mynde, that the Eng|liſh men ſuſteyned dayly loſſes in the parties of
Aquitaine, woulde gladly haue ayded their ſide, if he myght haue got the
Nobles of his Coun|trey to haue ioyned wyth him, but the Lordes Clyſſon, and de la Vale, with the Vicount of Roan,
and other the Lordes and Barons of Brytaigne, ſo muche fauoured the Frenche
King, that hee perceyued they woulde reuolte from him, if hee attempted any
thing agaynſt the French men. Hee therefore meaning by one way or other to
further the king of Englande his quarell, and fearing to bee attached by hys
owne Subiectes, and ſent to Paris, hee diſpat|ched Meſſengers to King
Edwarde, requyring him to ſende ſome power of menne of warre into Brytayne,
to defende him agaynſt the malice of ſuche as were altogither Frenche and
enimies to Englande.
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1 King Edwarde forthwith
ſent ouer the lord Neuil, with foure hundred men of armes,The Lord Ne|uil ſent into Britaine. and as many archers, the
which arriuing at Saint Ma|thewes de fine Poterne, remayned there all the
winter. Whervpon the Brytaynes being ſore of|fended therewith, cloſed their
townes and fortreſ|ſes agaynſt their Duke, and ſhewed muche euill will
towardes him.
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1 The Coneſtable of Fraunce
ſir Berthram de Cleaquin,Engliſhmen diſcomfited by the
Cone|ſtable of France. laying ſiege to the towne and Caſtell of
Syreth in Poictou, diſcomfited a number of Engliſhe men that came to rayſe
his ſiege, by meanes whereof he got not onely Syreth, but al|ſo Nyort,
Lucignen,Townes won by him. and all other the
townes and Fortreſſes which the Engliſh men helde tyll ye day within
Poictou, Xaintonge, & Rochellois.
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1 Shortly after this, the
Coneſtable returned into Fraunce, and was appoynted by the King there to goe
with an armie of men of warre into Brytaine, and there to take into his
handes all ſuche townes and Fortreſſes as belonged to the Duke of
Brytayne,The coneſtable of France ſente into
Britayne. bycauſe he had allyed him|ſelfe with the King of
Englande, and receyued Engliſhmen into his Countrey, to the preiudice of the
realme of Fraunce.
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1 The duke being aduertiſed
of the Coneſtables comming,Sir Robert Knolles. was
counſailed by ſir Robert Knolles (whom the K. of England had ſent to ayd
him) that he ſhould paſſe ouer into England, & there to be a ſuter
in his owne cauſe for more ayde to bee ſent into Brytayne, to reſiſt the
Frenchmen that nowe ſought to bring the whole Countrey into their
poſſeſſion.
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1 The Duke enclyning to
thys aduice,The Duke of Britaine com|meth ouer into
Englande. went ouer into Englande, and in the meane tyme the
Coneſtable came and wanne the moſte parte of all the Townes and Fortreſſes
of that Duchie, except Breſt, where ſir Robert Knolles was, and certaine
other.
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1 The Earle of Saliſburie
with a great nauie of Shippes,The Earle of
Salisbury. well furniſhed with men of armes and archers, lay vpon
the coaſt of Brytayne, all that tyme, and greatly comforted them wythin
Breſt, inſomuche that he came on lande, and of|fred battaile to the
Coneſtable if hee woulde haue come forward and receyued it.
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1 In the moneth of Iulie in
this .xlvij. yeare of King Edwardes raigne,
Polidor.
The Duke of Lancaſter ſent ouer into France with an army.
the Duke of Lanca|ſter was ſente ouer vnto Calays with an ar|mie of
thirtie thouſande men, (as ſome wryte) but as Froiſſart hath, they were but
thirtene thouſande, as three thouſande men of armes, EEBO page image 994 and
ten thouſande archers.
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1
Iames Mair. Froiſſart.This voyage had bin in
preparing for the ſpace of three yeares, before. The Duke of Brytaine was
there with them, and of the Engliſh nobility beſide the duke of Lancaſter
that was their gene|rall,Noble men that went with him in
that iourney. there were the Erles of Warwike, Stafford and
Suffolke, the L. Edward Spencer, that was Coneſtable of the hoſt, the Lordes
Willoughby, de la Poole, Baſſet, & diuerſe others. Of knights, ſir
Henry Percy, ſir Lewes Clifford, ſir William Beauchampe, the Chanon Robertſart, Walter Hewet, ſir Hugh Calnerley, ſir
Stephẽ Couſing|ton, ſir Richard Ponchardon, and many other.
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1 When they had made redie
their cariages and other things neceſſarie for ſuch a iourney whiche they
had taken in hande, that is to wit, to paſſe through ye realm of France
vnto Burdeaux, they ſet forward, hauing their army deuided into three
battayles. The Erles of Warwike and Suffolk led the fore warde: the two
Dukes of Lancaſter and Brytaine, the
middle warde or battaile: and the rerewarde was gouerned by the Lord Spẽcer
Coneſtable of the hoſt. They paſſed by S. O|mers, by Turrouane, and coaſted
the Coun|trey of Arthois, and paſſed the water of Some at Corby.They paſſed through the country with|out aſſaulting any
townes. They deſtroyed the Countreys as they went, and marched not
paſt three leagues a day. They aſſayled none of the ſtrong townes, nor
fortreſſes. For the French king had ſo ſtuffed thẽ with notable numbers of
men of warre, that they perceyued they
ſhould trauaile in vaine about the winning of them. At Roy in Vermandois,
they reſted them ſeuen dayes, and at their departure ſet fire on the towne,
bycauſe they could not win the church which was kept againſt them. Frõ
thence they drew towards Laon, & ſo marched forward, paſſing the
riuers of Yſare. Marne, Saine, and Yonne. The Frenchmen coaſted them, but
durſt not approch to giue them battaile.
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1 Neare to Ribanmont, about
.lxxx. Engliſhe men of ſir Hugh Caluerleys
companie were de|ſtreſſed by ſir ſcore Frẽchmen: and likewiſe beſide
Soyſſons,Fabian. ſix ſcore Engliſh ſpeares, (or
as other writers) haue fiftie ſpeares, and, xx. archers were vanquiſhed by a
Burgonian knight called Sir Iohn de Vienne, that had with him three hũdred
French ſpeares. Of more hurt by any encoun|ters I read not that the Engliſh
men ſuſteyned in this voyage.The Frenchmẽ ment not to
fight with the Engliſhmen For the French men kept them a|loofe,
and ment not to fight with their enimies,
but onely to keepe them from vittayles, and fet|ching of forrage abrode, by
reaſon whereof the Engliſh men loſt many horſes, and were in deed driuen to
great ſcarcitie of vitailes. When they had paſſed the riuer of Loire, and
were come into the Countrey of Berry,Polidor. they
vnderſtoode how the French men layde themſelues in ſundrie Am|buſhes to
diſtreſſe them, if they might eſpie the aduauntage: But the duke of
Lancaſter placing his light horſmen, with part of the archers in the fore
ward,The [...] the D [...] of Lancaſter [...]
[...]y in [...]+ching. and in the battail the whole force of his footemen
with the menne at armes deuided into wings to couer that battaile, wherein
he himſelfe was, the reſidue of the horſmen with the reſt of the archers he
appointed to the rereward, and ſo cau|ſing them to keepe cloſe togither,
marched forth till he came into Poictou, and then in reuenge of the
Poictouins that had reuolted from the Eng|liſh obeyſance, he began a new
ſpoyle, killing the people, waſting the Countrey, and burning the houſes and
buildings euery where as hee paſſed,
He co [...] into B [...]
Froiſſart.
The Arch [...] Ra [...]
[...] from the [...]
and ſo finally about Chriſtmaſſe came to Bur|deaux.
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1 Whileſt the duke of
Lancaſter was thus paſ|ſing through the realm of France, Pope Gregory the
.xj. ſent the Archbiſhop of Rauenna and the Biſhop of Carpentras as Legates
from him, to treate for a peace betwixt the Realmes of Eng|land and France:
they rode to and fro betwixt the French king and his brethren, and the Duke
of Lancaſter: but the Duke and the Engliſhe men kept on their way, and ſo
finally aboute Chriſt|maſſe came to Burdeaux. The Legates purſu|ed their
treatie, but the parties were ſo harde, that no reaſonable offers woulde be
taken. The two Dukes, of Lancaſter, and Brytaine, lay in Bur|deaux all the
reſidue of the winter, and the Lent following.
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1
2 The ſame yeare that the
duke of Lancaſter made this iourney through Fraunce, the king of England
ſent certain Ambaſſadors to the Pope,
Caxton.
Meſſenge [...] ſent to the pope ab [...]
[...]ſeruation of benefices.
requiring him not to meddle with the reſeruati|ons of benefices
within his realme of Englande, but that thoſe which were elected biſhops
mighte enioy their ſeas, & be confirmed of their metropo|litane,
& Archb. as of auncient time they had bin accuſtomed. The Pope
woulde not at that preſent determin any thing herein, but cõmaun|ded them
that were ſent, that they ſhould certifie him again of the kings pleaſure
and further mea|ning, in thoſe Articles and other touching hym and his
realme.
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1 Alſo this yeare it was
decreed in Parliament,Cathedrall Churches. that
Cathredral Churches might enioy the right of their elections, and that the
king ſhoulde not hinder them that were choſen, but rather helpe them to
their confirmations.
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1 In the ſame Parliament
was graunted to the King a diſme of the cleargie, & a .xv. of the
laitie.
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1 Moreouer at the ſute of
the Popes Legates, a reſpite of warre was granted betwixt the kings of
England and Fraunce, but ſo that the Engliſh men loſt in Gaſcoigne a greate
number of Ca|ſtels and townes, by reaſon of a compoſition made before, that
if they were not reſkued by the myddeſt of Auguſt, they ſhoulde then yeelde
EEBO page image 995 themſelues French: And bycauſe the truce was
agreed vpon the endure till the laſte of Auguſt, the Engliſh men tooke no
heed to the matter.
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1 It was further agreed,
that in the begyn|ning of September, there ſhoulde meete in the marches of
Picardie, the Duke of Lanca|ſter,Cõmiſsioners appointed
to meet cõmune of peace. and other of the Engliſhe parte, as
Com|miſſioners to entreat of peace. And the Duke of Anion and other on the
Frenche part, the Popes Legates to be there alſo as mediators.
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1 When this agreement was
thus accorded, the Duke of Lancaſter, and the Duke of Bry|tayne, with the
Earles of Warwicke, Suffolke, and Stafforde, the Lordes Spencer,
Wyl|loughbie, and others, tooke the Sea at Burde|aux the eight of Iuly,
& returned into Englande.
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1
2
3 This yeare the fifth of
Iune, died William Wittelſey Archbiſh. of Canterburie,Death of the Archb. of Cant. after whoſe death the Monkes choſe
to that ſea the Cardinal of Wincheſter, with which election the king was
nothing contented, ſo that after muche
money ſpent by the Monkes to obteyne theyr purpoſe, at length they were
diſappoynted,
[...]
[...]udbu|ry elected Archbiſhop. and Doc|tor Symon Sudberie was
admitted to that dignitie, that before was Biſhoppe of London, beeing the
lvij. Archebiſhoppe that hadde ruled that See. He was choſen by the
appoyntment of the king, and conſent of the Pope: for alread [...] was that decree worne out of vſe, whereby the election of Biſhoppes
ſhould haue reſted in the voyces of them
of the Cathedrall Churche: for not onely thys Simon Archbiſhop of
Canterbu|rie, but other alſo were ordeyned Biſhops from thenceforth, by the
wyll and authoritie of the Popes and Kings of thys Realme, till at length it
came ſo to paſſe, that onely the Kinges inſti|tuted Biſhoppes, and the
Biſhoppes ordeyned other gouernours vnder them of meaner deg [...] ſo that the Popes within a while loſt al their au|thoritie which they
had before time within [...]is realme in the appointing of
Biſhops, & other r [...]|lers of churches, and in like maner alſo they loſt ſhortly after
their authoritie of leuying [...] of ſpirituall promotions, the which they in fo [...] times had vſed, to the great detriment of ye [...] which loſt nothing by this newe ordinance: for the Engliſh people
were not cõpelled afterwards to departe with their money vnto ſtraungers ſo
largely as before, and ſo then they be [...] to taſte the benefit. For this Edward the thi [...] was the firſt that cauſed an act to
be made,The beginning [...] ſtatute of [...]
that [...]
[...]|der a great penaltie ſhoulde ſeeke to obteyne an [...] ſpirituall promotions within this real [...] the Pope or bring any ſutes to his court [...] by way of appeale. And that thoſe that were ye orders of any ſuch
offenders againſt this act ſhoulde run in daunger of the ſame paine which
acte by thoſe kings that ſucceeded was not onely cõmaunded to be kept, but
alſo cõfirmed with new penalties, and is called the ſtatute of
Premunire.
Caxton.
1375
An. reg. 49.
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1 Aboute Candlemaſſe there
met at Bruges as Cõmiſſioners for the king of England, the duke of
Lancaſter, the Erle of Saliſburie, & the Biſhop of London. For the
French king,The cõmiſsio|ners meet at Bridges.
the Dukes of Aniou, & Burgoine, the Erale of Salchruce, and the
Biſhop of Amiens with others. Finally, whẽ they could not agree vpon no
good concluſion for peace,A truce taken betwixt Eng|land
& France. they accorded vpon a truce to endure to the
firſt of May next enſuing in al ye Marches of Ca|lais & vp to the
water of Some, but ye other pla|ces were at libertie to be ſtil in
warre:Fabian. by report of other writers, the
truce was agreed vpon to con|tinue till the feaſt of all Saints next
enſuing.
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1 About the ſame time that
the foreſayde Com|miſſioners were at Bruges intreating of peace,Froiſſart. the duke of Britaine did ſo much with his
father in law king Edwarde, that about the beginning of April,
Thom. VValſ.
An army ſent ouer into Bri|taine with the Duke.
he ſent ouer with him into Brytaine the Erles of Cãbridge, Marche,
Warwike, & Staf|ford, the L. Spencer, ſir Thomas Hollãd, ſir
Ni|cholas Camois, ſir Edw. Twiford, ſir Richard Ponchardon, Sir Iohn
Leſſelles, ſir Thomas Grandſon, ſir Hugh Haſtings, and diuerſe other worthie
captains with a power of three thouſand Archers, and two thouſand men of
Armes.
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1
2 Then landed at Saint
Mathewes or Maht
[figure appears here on page 995]
[...] they was the Caſtell by f [...]e, and the [...]ne by [...]. From thence [...] Pole [...] Lion,Townes won. and wanne it lyke|wiſe by
[...] and then went to Brein [...] Voux. [...] ſtrongly fenced, and w [...]ll [...] it, the Duke of B [...]taine and the Engl [...]e Lordes layde ſiege to it: but [...]ring that an Engliſhe knight,Sir Iohn
Deureux. one ſir Iohn De [...]reux was beſieged in a Fortreſſe whiche [...] newly made, by the Vicount of Ro [...], the Lorde [...]n, and other of the French par [...], they [...]yſed from Brien de Vaux, & haſted forward to the ſuccor of ſir
Iohn Devreux erneſtly wiſhing to find their enimies in ye fielde, EEBO page image 996 that they might giue them battaile: but the Bri|tiſh Lordes
hearing that the Duke and the Eng|liſh men approched, made no longer abode,
but got them with all ſpeed vnto Campelly a towne of great ſtrength not
farre of, and there encloſed themſelues for their more ſafetie. The Duke of
Brytaine hearing that they were fledde thyther followed them, and layde
ſiege rounde about the Towne, enforcing hymſelfe to obteyne the place, and
ſo had done in deede by all likelihoode verye ſhortly,This truce was concluded to
endure frõ midſommer in this 1375 yere vnto midſomer in the yeare next
enſuing Tho. VValſ.
if at the ſame tyme by reaſon of a truce taken for a twelue month,
he had not beene com|maunded by the Duke of Lancaſter, without de|lay to
ceaſſe his warre, and breake vp his campe. There were ſundrie meetings of
the Commiſſi|oners for this treatie of peace, and ſtill they tooke longer
time for continuance of the truce. And bycauſe that Brytayne and all the
other Coun|treys of Fraunce (as ſhoulde ſeeme) were inclu|ded in this truce,
it ſeemeth that this was ſome ſeconde
truce, and not the firſt truce, whiche in|cluded onelye the marches of
Calais, and thoſe partes vp to the water of Some. But how ſoe|uer it was,
the Duke of Brytayne beeing in a great forwardneſſe to haue recouered his
Duchie out of the French mennes handes, and to haue re|duced his rebellious
ſubiectes vnder due obey|ſaunce againe, was nowe by this truce conclu|ded
oute of tyme, greatly diſappoynted, and ſo brake vp his ſiege from before
Campelly,The Duke of Britain diſap|pointed by the
truce. and ſent home the Engliſh
armye. Hee went hym|ſelfe to Aulroy where hys wyfe was, and taking order for
the fortifying and keeping of thoſe pla|ces, which were in his poſſeſſion,
he came backe agayne into Englande, and brought hys wyfe with him.
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1 A little before the
concluding of this truce, the Engliſhe men and others wythin the For|treſſe
of Saint Sauiour le Vicount, in the Ile or rather Cloſe (as they call it) of
Conſtantine, which had beene long
beſieged, made a compo|ſition, that if they were not reſcued by a certaine
day, then ſhoulde they yeelde vp the place to the Frenchmen.
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1 Nowe bycauſe this truce
was agreed before the daye appoynted for the reſcue of that place with
condition that eyther parte ſhould enioye and holde that which at that
preſent they hadde in poſſeſſion, during the tearme of the truce, the
Engliſhe men thought that Saint Sauiour le
Vicount ſhoulde be ſaued by reaſon of that trea|tie: but the Frenchmen to
the contrarie mouched, that the firſt couenaunt ought to paſſ the laſte
ordinance. So that when the day approched, the French king ſent thither ſix
.M. ſpeares knights, and eſquiers,Saint Sauiour le
Vicount yelded. beſide other people: and bycauſe none appeared to
giue them battail, they had the towne deliuered to them.
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1 In this xlix. yeare of
king Edwards raigne a great death chaunced in this lande,Tho. VVaſ. Fabian. and in dy|uerſe other Countries, ſo that
innumerable num|bers of people dyed and periſhed of that contagi|ous
ſickneſſe.
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1 Amongſt other the Lorde
Edwarde Spencer died the ſame yere,
The [...].
Polidor.
The erle of Pembroke [...].
a man of great renowme and valiancie. Alſo the Erle of Pembroke
hauing cõ|pounded for his raunſome, as hee was vpon his returne from
Spaine, comming homewardes through France, he fel ſike, and being brought in
an horſlitter to Arras, he died there, on the xvj. day of Aprill, leauing a
ſonne behinde hym not paſt two yeares of age, begotte of the Counteſ [...] his wyfe called Anne, daughter vnto the Lorde Walter de Manny.
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1 Polidore miſtaking the
matter, ſayth that the Counteſſe of Pembroke Marie that buylded Pembroke
Hall in Cambridge, was wife to this Earle of Pembroke Iohn Haſtings, where
as in deede ſhe was wife to his aunceſter Aymer de Valence Earle of
Pembrooke (as Iohn Stow in hys Summarie hathe truely noted.Iohn [...]
) She was daughter to Guy Earle of Saint Poule, a worthie ladie and a
vertuous, tendering ſo muche the wealthfull ſtate of this lande (a greate
parte whereof conſiſteth in the good bringing vppe of youth, and trayning
them to the knowledge of learning) that for maintenaunce of ſtudentes the
beganne the foreſayde commendable foundation about the yeare of Chriſt 1343.
vppon a plotte of grounde that was hir owne, hauing purchaſed lycence
thereto of the King to whome ſhee was of kinne.
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1 During that grieuous
mortalitie and cruell peſiſtence before remembred, the Pope at the in|ſtant
requeſt of the Engliſh Cardinalles graun|ted vnto all thoſe that dyed in
Englande beeing ſh [...] and repentant of theyr ſinnes, cleane re|miſſion of the ſame, by two
Bulles encloſed vn|der leade.
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1 The Duke of Lancaſter
about the feaſte of all Saintes,
Froiſſart.
C [...]
[...] peace.
mette with the French Commiſſio|ners againe at Bruges. There was
wyth him the Duke of Britaigne, the Earle of Saliſburie, and the Biſhop of
London. For the French king there appeared the Duke of Burgoyne, the Earle
of Salebr [...]che, and the Biſhop of Amiens. And at Saint Omers laye the Duke of
Aniou, the Archebiſhoppe of Rauenna, and the Biſhoppe of Carp [...]as, tooke greate payne to goe to and fr [...] betweene the partyes:The [...]
but they were to [...]arre at oddes in theyr demaundes, and as it were of ſette purpoſe on
the Frenche behalfe, that no [...] could be done betwixt them.
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1 The Frenche king requyred
to haue Calais razed, and to haue again .xiiij.C. thouſand [...] which were payed for the raunſom of king Iohn. EEBO page image 997 The king of Englande demaunded to haue all the landes
reſtored to him in Gaſcoigne and Guienne clearely exempt of all reſortes. So
when nothing coulde be concluded touching a fi|nall peace, the truce was
renued to endure tyll the feaſt of Saint Iohn Baptiſt next enſuyng which
ſhoulde be in the yeare 1376.
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1
1376
An. Reg. 50.
A parlament.
In this fiftieth yeare, King Edward aſſem|bled his high Court of
Parliament at Weſtmin|ſter, in the which was demaunded a ſubſidie of
the commons for the defence of the
kings domi|nions agaynſt his enimyes. Wherevnto anſwere was made by the
common houſe, that they might no longer beare ſuche charges, conſidering the
manifolde burthens by them ſuſteyned in tyme paſt.
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1 And further they ſayd, it
was well knowne the king was riche ynoughe to wythſtande hys enimyes, if his
money and treaſure were well employed: but the lande had beene of long time
euill guyded by euill officers, ſo that
the ſame could not bee ſtored with chaffer, marchandiſe, or other
ryches.
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1 The Commons alſo declared
whome they tooke and iudged to bee the chiefe cauſers of thys myſorder,
The Lord La|timer.
Dame Alice Perers.
Sir Richard Sturry.
as the Duke of Lancaſter, and the Lorde Latimer Lorde Chamberlain to
the king. Alſo Dame Alice Perers, whome the King had long tyme kept to his
Concubine. And alſo one named Sir Rycharde Sturry, by whoſe ſiniſter
meanes and euill counſayle the king was
miſled, and the lande euill gouerned. Wherefore the Cõmons by the mouth of
theyr ſpeaker ſir Peers de la Mere,The requeſt of [...]e commons. required that thoſe perſons myght be remoued from
the king, and other more diſcreete ſette in theyr rowmthes about his perſon,
and ſo putte in authoritie, that they might ſee to his ho|nour and weale of
the realme, more than the other had done before them.
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1 This requeſt of the
Commons by ſupport of the Prince was
allowed, and graunted, ſo that the ſayde perſons and other of theyr
affinitie were commaunded to departe the Court, and other (ſuche as were
thought meete by the Prince, and the ſage Peeres of the Realme) were placed
in theyr ſteades.
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1 Shortly after the Commons
graunted to the king his whole requeſt, ſo that he had of euery per|ſon, man
and woman, being aboue the age of fourtene yeares, foure pence, poore people
that [...]|ued of almes onely excepted.
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2 Lykewyſe the Cleargie
graunted, that of euerie beneficed manne, the King ſhoulde ha [...] twelue pence, and of euery Prieſt not beneficed foure pens (the foure
orders of Friers onely ex|cepted.) But ere this money coulde be leuyed, the
king was conſtrayned to borrowe certayne greate ſummes in ſundry places, and
therefore he ſent to the Citie of London for foure thouſand poundes. And
bycauſe the Ma [...]or Adam Sta|ple was not diligent in furthering that [...]ne, hee was by the kings commaundement diſcharged on the .xxij. day of
Marche, and Richarde Why|tington Mercer choſen in his place. The .viij.The blacke prince depar|teth this life. of Iune being
Trinitie Sunday (the Parliament yet continuing) that noble and famous Prince
Edward the kings ſonne departed this life with|in the kings Pallaice at
Weſtminſter. His body was conueyed to Canterburie with great ſolem|nitie,
and there honourably buried. He died to the xlvj. yeare of his age: A Prince
of ſuch excellent demeanour, ſo valiant,
Polidor.
He is buryed at Canterbury
wiſe and politique in hys doyngs, that the verie and perfite
repreſentation of Knighthoode appeared moſt liuely in his per|ſon, whyleſt
hee lyued, ſo that the loſſe of him ſtroke a generall ſorowe into the
heartes of all the Engliſhe Nation. For ſuch was his toward|neſſe, or rather
perfectiõ in princely gouernment, that if he had lyued and attayned to the
crowne, euerye manne iudged that hee woulde ſurelye haue exceeded the
glorious renowme of all hys aunceſters.
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1 The French king kept his
obſequie in moſte reuerent wiſe,Froiſſart. in hys
Chapell of hys Palais at Paris.
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1 After his death the king
called to him againe the foreſayde perſons,
Sir Peers de la Mere.
Fabian.
that had beene from him re|moued, and the ſayd Sir Peers de la Mere
that was ſpeaker in the Parliament (as before ye haue hearde) for his
eloquence ſhewed in reprouing the miſgouernment of the ſayde perſons, and
name|lye of the ſayde dame Alice Perers, was nowe committed to pryſon wythin
the Caſtell of No|tingham.
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1 Aboute the ſame time the
truce was againe prolõged til the firſt day of Aprill next folowing.The truce Prolonged. Polidor.
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1 Alſo king Edwarde after
the deceaſſe of hys ſonne prince Edward, created the Lord Richard, ſonne to
the ſayd Prince, as heyre to him, Prince of Wales, and gaue to him the
Earledomes of Cheſter, and Cornwall.
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1 Moreouer bycauſe the king
waxed feeble and ſickly through langor (as ſome ſuppoſe) concey|ued for the
death of his ſonne,Polidor. hee appoynted the rule
of the realme to his ſonne the Duke of Lan|caſter, ordeyning him as
gouernour vnder hym, and ſo he continued during his fathers life.
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1 A great ryot happened
betwixt the ſeruantes of the Earle of Warwike,
A riot.
Caxton.
and the tenants of the Abbot of Eueſham, ſo that many of the ſayd
Ab|bots ſeruaunts were ſlaine and hurt. The fiſhe pondes and warrens
belonging to the Abbay were broken & ſpoyled, ſo that greater hurt
would haue followed thereof, if the kings letters had not bene ſent downe to
the Erle, commaunding him to ſtay his men from ſuch miſdemeanours.
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EEBO page image 998
The Nobles ſworne to the prince of WalesAll the
Nobles of the realme were cauſed to ſweare, that after the kings deceaſe
they ſhoulde admit and mainteyne Richard Prince of Wales for their king and
ſoueraigne Lorde. And vpon Chriſtmaſſe day the king cauſed him to ſit at his
table aboue all his owne children, in high eſtate, as repreſenting the
perſonage of the heyre appa|rant to the crowne.
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1377
An. reg. 51.
Froiſſart.
Commiſsioners ſent to Bruges
This yeare beeing the .lj. and laſte of King Edwardes raigne, there
were ſent again to Bru|ges as
Commiſſioners to treate of peace on the part of king Edward, Iohn Lorde
Cobham, the Biſhop of Hereford, & the Maior of Lõdon. And for the
French part thither came the erle of Sale|bruche, monſ. de Chatillon,
& Phillibert Leſpoit. And ſtill the two Legates were preſent as
medi|atours betwixt the parties, mouing a maryage to be had, betwixt Richard
Prince of Wales, & the lady Mary, daughter to the Frẽch king. But
they departed in ſunder for this time without any con|cluſion. But ſhortly after in Lent following, there was a
ſecrete meeting appoynted to bee had at Montreul by the ſea,Cõmiſsioners, ſent to Mon|treull. whither came from
the king of England, ſir Richard Dangle a Poicto|uin, ſir Richard Stan,
& Geffrey Chaucer. From the French king there appeared the Lord
Coucy, and other.
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1 Theſe Commiſſioners
treated a long ſeaſon concerning the mariage, and when they had
vn|derſtanding and felt eche others meaning, they departed and made reporte of the ſame to theyr
maiſters.The trewce eftſoones prolonged. The
truce was againe prolonged to firſt day of May.
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1 And in the meane time,
the Erle of Saliſburie, the Biſhop of Saint Dauie Lorde Chancellour of
Englande, and the Biſhop of Hereforde went ouer to Calais.
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Sir Hugh Cal|uerley lieute|nant of Calais.In like
caſe the Lord of Coucy, and ſir Wil|liam Dorman Chauncellor of Fraunce came
to Montreull. But they durſt not meete at any in|different place on the frontiers, for the doubt that eyther partie
had of the other, for anye thing that the Legates coulde ſay or do. Thus
theſe Com|miſſioners abode in that eſtate till the truce was expired.
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1 And when the warre was
open, then Sir Hugh Caluerley was ſent ouer to Calais, to re|maine vpon the
ſafe keeping of that towne, as de|putie there. The Earle of Saliſburie, and
the other Commiſſioners returned into Englande, and with them the Duke of Brytayne.
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1
Tho. VValſ. Fabian.
Sir Iohn Min|ſterworth be|headed.
On the .xij. day of Aprill this yeare, one Sir Iohn Minſterworth
knight, was drawn, hãged, headed and quartered at Tiburne, being firſt
con|demned and adiudged to ſuffer that execution before the Maior of London,
and other the kings Iuſtices in the Guilde hall, for treaſon by hym
commytted, in defrauding Souldiers of theyr wages: for where he had receyued
great ſummes of money to make payment thereof to them; hee reteyned the ſame
to his owne vſe.
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1 Moreouer (as in the
.xliiij.Tho. VVaſ yeare of this King ye haue
hearde) hee was the chiefe procurer and ſetter forwarde of the diſſention
that toſe in the armye whiche vnder the leading of ſir Robert Knolles was
ſent into France. And when in that iourney he had loſt moſt of his men, and
was eſ|caped himſelfe into Englande, hee layde all the blame on ſir Robert
Knolles, accuſing him to the king of heynous treaſon, ſo as the King tooke
no ſmall diſpleaſure agaynſte the ſayde Sir Ro|bert, inſomuche that hee
durſte not returne into Englande, tyll he had pacified the kings wrath, with
money, and that the knowne Fidelitie of the man hadde warranted him agaynſt
the ma|licious and vntrue ſuggeſtions of hys enimies. Wherevpon the ſayde
Mynſterworth percey|uing hys crafte to wante the wiſhed ſuc|ceſſe, he fledde
to the Frenche King, and conſpy|ring with him to annoy the Realme of England
by bringing the Spaniſhe nauie to inuade the ſame, at length he was taken in
the towne of Pampilona in Nauarre, and brought backe in|to Englande, where
he taſted the deſerued fruite of hys contryued treaſon (as before yee haue
hearde.)
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1 About this ſeaſon, there
roſe in the vniuerſitie of Oxforde a learned man Iohn Wiclife,
Tho. VVal. Iohn W [...]
borne in the North partes, and being a ſecular prieſt, and a ſtudent
in diuinitie, began to propone cer|taine concluſions greatly contrary to the
doc|trine of the Church in thoſe dayes eſtabliſhed; ſpe|cially he argued
agaynſt Monkes, and other men of religion that enioyed greate riches, and
large poſſeſſions.
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1 There were diuerſe that
gaue good care to him, inſomuch that ſundrie learned men of that vniuerſitie
preached and ſet forth the doctrine that he taught.
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1
2 Amongſt other articles
which they helde,The chiefeſt articles prea|ched by
Wic|life. theſe were the chiefe, that the Sacrament of the Aul|ter
after conſecration, was not the bodie of chriſt, but a figure thereof.
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1 Alſo that the Church of
Rome, was no more heade of the vniuerſall church than any one other, nor
more authoritie was giuen by Chriſt vnto Peter, than to any other of the
Apoſtles, and that ye Pope had no power in ye keyes of the Churche than
any other Prieſt whatſoeuer.
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1 Alſo that temporall
Lordes might both law|fully and meritoriouſly take the temporall goodes and
reuenues from the Church if it offended, and if anye temporall Lorde knewe
the Churche to offende, hee was bounde vnder payne of damnaption to take
from it the temporalties.
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1 Alſo that the Goſpell is
ſufficient in this life EEBO page image 999 to direct by rule euery Chriſtian
manne. And that all other rules of Sainctes, vnder the obſer|uing whereof
diuerſe religious doe liue, adde no more perfection to the Goſpel, than
waſhing ouer with lyme doth the wall.
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1 Alſo that the Pope nor
any other Prelate of the Church ought to haue any priſons wherin to puniſh
offenders.
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1 Thoſe and many other
opinions theſe men helde and mainteyned, and diuerſe Lordes and great men of the lande fauoured their cauſe. But
when theſe concluſions were brought before the Pope, hee condemned the
number of .xxiij. of thoſe articles as vaine and hereticall, directing his
Bulles to the Archbiſhop of Canterburie, and to the Biſhop of London, that
they ſhoulde cauſe the ſayde Wiclife to bee apprehended, and examined vpon
the ſayde concluſions, whiche they did in preſence of the Duke of Lancaſter,
and the Lorde Percy, and hearing his declarati|on, commaunded him to ſilence, and in no wiſe to deale with
thoſe matters from thenceforth, ſo that for a tyme, both hee and hys
fello|wes kepte ſilence:Wiclif and his felowes
main|tained by cer|taine Lordes. But after at the contem|plation
of dyuerſe of the Temporall Lordes, they preached and ſet forth theyr
doctrine a|gayne.
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1 The ſame day that Wiclyfe
was conuented thus at London, before the Biſhoppes and o|ther Lordes,
throughe a worde ſpoken in re|proche by
the Duke of Lancaſter to the By|ſhoppe of London,The Duke
of Lancaſter in danger by the Londoners. ſtreyght wayes the
Lon|doners gettyng them to armour, meante to haue ſlaine the Duke, and if
the Byſhoppe had not ſtayed them, they hadde ſurely ſette fyre on the Dukes
houſe at the Sauoy: and wyth much a doe myght the Biſhop quiet them.
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1 Amongeſt other
reprochefull partes which in deſpyte of the Duke they committed, they
cau|ſed his armes in the publique ſtreete to be reuer|ſed, as if he had beene a traytour, or ſome notori|ous
offender.
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1
The Lord Percy.The Duke and the Lorde Henrie
Percye, whome the Citizens ſought in his owne houſe to haue ſlaine him, if
he hadde beene founde, hea|ring of this ryotous ſturre, and rebellious
com|motion, forſooke theyr dynner, and fledde to Ke|nington, where the Lorde
Richarde, ſonne to the Prince togyther wyth hys mother then remay|ned,
exhibiting before theyr preſence, a grieuous complaynte of the opprobrious iniuries done vnto them, by the wylfull
outrage of the Lon|doners.
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1 For thys and other
cauſes, the Citizens were ſore hated of the Duke, inſomuche that hee cauſed
the Maior and Aldermen that then ruled to bee diſcharged of their rowmthes,
and o|ther to be put in their places.
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1 The king being more
grieuouſly vexed wyth ſickeneſſe from day to day, eyther encreaſing by the
courſe thereof, or renued by ſome newe ſur|feyte, finally this yeare
departed out of this tran|ſitorie life at his Manour of Sheene,
Tho. VValſ.
The deceaſe of king Edwarde the thirde.
nowe called Richmonde, the .xxj. day of Iune, in the yeare of our
Lord .1377. After he had lyued .lxv. yeres, and raigned fiftie
yeares foure Monethes, and xxviij. dayes.
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1 He had iſſue by his wife
Queene Philip,His Iſſue. ſe|uen ſonnes, Edwarde
Prince of Wales, Willi|am of Hatfielde that dyed yong, Lionell Duke of
Clarence, Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaſter, Edmonde of Langley Earle of
Cambridge, and after created Duke of Yorke, Thomas of Wood|ſtocke Erle of
Buckingham after made duke of Glouceſter, and an other William which dyed
likewiſe yong. He had alſo three daughters, Ma|ry that was maried to Iohn of
Mountford duke of Brytayne, Iſabell wedded to the Lorde Cou|cie Earle of
Bedford, and Margaret coupled in maryage with the Erle of Pembroke.
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1 This king, beſide other
his giftes of nature,His praiſe. was ayded greatly
by his ſeemely perſonage. Hee had a prouident wit, ſharpe to conceyue and
vn|derſtande: courteous and gentle hee was, doyng all things ſagely and with
good conſideration, a man of great temperance and ſobrietie. Thoſe he
chiefely fauoured and aduaunced to honour, and rowmes of high dignitie,
whiche excelled in honeſt conuerſation, modeſtie, and innocencie of life: of
bodie well made, of a conuenient ſtature,His proportiõ
of body. as neyther of the higheſt nor loweſt ſort: of face fayre
and manlyke, eyes bright and ſhyning, and in age balde, but ſo as it was
rather a ſeemelineſſe to thoſe his auncient yeares than any diffiguring to
his viſage. In knowledge of martiall affayres verie ſkilfull, as the
enterpryſes and worthye actes by hym atchieued doe ſufficiently
wyt|neſſe.
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1 In what eſtimation he was
had among ſtran|gers it may appeare, in that hee was not onelye made Vicare
of the Empyre by the Emperour Lewes of Bauiere, but alſo after the deceaſe
of the ſame Emperour, dyuerſe of the electours, as Lewes Marques of
Brandenbourgh, Robert or Rupert Count Palatine of the Rheyne, and the yong
Duke of Saxonie, wyth Henrie Arch|biſhop of Mentz, elected hym to ſucceed in
place of the ſayd Emperor Lewes. Neuertheleſſe, he giuing them hartie
thankes for the honour which they did to him herein, refuſed to take the
charge vppon him, alledging that hee coulde not haue tyme to ſupplye the
rowmeth, by reaſon of the warres that hee hadde in Fraunce, to reco|uer hys
ryghte whyche hee hadde too that realme.
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1 This is noted by Writers
to bee a token EEBO page image 1000 of great wiſedome in this noble king, that
would not got about to catche more than he might well gripe. Examples of
bounteous liberalitie, and great clemencie he ſhewed many, & the
ſame ve|rie notable, ſo that in maner he alone amongſt al other kings was
ſounde to be one, ſubiect to none, or at the leaſt, to very lyght and ſmall
faultes. But yet he was not voyde of euill happes: for where as during the
tearme of fortie yeares ſpace hee raigned in high felicitie, and as one
happie in all his doyngs: So in the reſt
of his tyme that followed,Proſperitie vnſtable.
hee felt a wonderfull chaunge in for|tune, ſhewing hirſelfe frowarde and
bytter to|wardes him in moſt part of his proceedings: for ſuche is the ſtate
of this worlde, ſeldome doeth proſperitie continue, and guide the ſterne of
oure worldly doyngs, as it well appeared by this no|ble Prince. For in the
firſt yeares of his raigne, after he once beganne to gouerne of himſelfe,
hee recouered that which had beene loſt in Scotland, by great victories obteyned agaynſte hys aduer|ſaries in
that lande, and paſſed further into the ſame, than euer his Grandfather king
Edwarde the firſt had done before him, ſubduing the Coun|trey on eche hande,
ſo that hee placed gouernors, and beſtowed offices, landes, and lyuings in
that realme at his pleaſure.
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1 Amongeſt other (as I
remember) there is yet remaining a Charter vnder his great Seale con|teyning
a graunt made vnto Iohn Evre and his
heyres for hys good ſeruice done in thoſe parties, of a Manour called Ketnes
in the Countie of Forfar (which lyeth in the North of Scotland) with a
Market euerie Monday, and a Fayre for three dayes togyther at Michaelmaſſe,
as the euen, the day and the morrowe after. Alſo hee graunted to the ſame
Iohn Evre, free warren throughout the ſame Lordſhip.
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1 This Iohn Evre was
aunceſter to the Lorde Evre that now lyueth, who hath the ſame Charter in his poſſeſſion.
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1 As for thys kings
victoryes in Fraunce, the ſame were ſuch as might ſeeme incredible, if the
conſent of all wryters in that age confyrmed not the ſame.
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1 But as theſe victories
were glorious, ſo yet they proued not ſo profitable in the ende: For where
as hee had ſore burdened hys ſubiects with taſkes, and ſubſidies, at length
they waxed wea|rie, and beganne to wythdrawe theyr forwarde myndes to helpe hym with ſuche ſummes as had beene
requiſite for the mayntenaunce of the warres, which the French men prolonged
of pur|poſe, and refuſed to trye theyr fortune any more in pyght fieldes,
whereby when he was conſtray|ned to be at continuall charges in ſuch
lingering warres, to defende that which he had earſt gotten by force, and
couenants of the peace, the ſinewes of warre, to witte money beganne to
fayle him, and ſo the enimies recouered a great part of that which before
time they had loſt, both on the fur|ther ſide the ſeas and likewiſe in
Scotlande.
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1 This muſt needes bee a
great griefe vnto a Prince of ſuche a ſtoute and valiaunt ſtomacke, namely
ſithe he had beene ſo long tyme before accuſtomed to finde fortune ſtill ſo
fauourable vnto him in all his interpriſes. But finally the thing that moſt
grieued him, was the loſſe of that moſt noble Gentleman, his deare ſonne
Prince Edwarde, in whome was founde all partes that might bee wiſhed for in
a worthy gouernour.
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1 But this and other
myſhappes that chaun|ced to hym nowe in his olde yeares, myght ſeeme to come
to paſſe for a reuenge of hys diſobedi|ence ſhewed to his father in vſurping
agaynſte him, although it may be ſayde, that hee dyd it by conſtraynt, and
through the aduiſe of others. But whether the remorſe hereof, or of hys
other offences moued hym, it maye ſeeme (as ſome wryte) that the
conſideration of thys worldes mutabilitie, which he tryed to the full,
cauſed him (as is thought) to haue in mynde the lyfe in the worlde to come,
and therefore of a pure deuoti|on founded the Church and Colledge of Saint
Stephen at Weſtmynſter, and another at Cambrydge called the Kinges Hall,
gyuing therevnto landes and reuenewes, to the mayn|tenaunce of them that
woulde giue themſelues to learning.
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1 Towards the maintenance
of his warres, and furniſhing forth of ſuch other charges and expen|ces as
he tooke in hande to beare out, he had ſome helpe by the ſyluer mynes in
Deuonſhire and Cornewall,Mynes of gold and ſiluer.
in like maner as his Grandfather K. Edward the firſt had. For one Mathew
Crow|thorne keeper of his mynes in thoſe parties, yelded diuerſe accountes
of the iſſues and profites of the ſame, betweene the ſeconde and .xv. yeare
of hys raigne, as well for the ſiluer as for the leade, after the ſiluer was
fined from it.
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1 Alſo Iohn Moneron
ſucceeding in the ſame office, accomptant of the profytes of the ſame Mynes,
from Michaelmaſſe Anno .xix. of hys raigne, vnto the ſecõd of Nouember Anno
.xxiij. yeelded vpon his account both the ſiluer and the lead thereof
remayning.
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1 Moreouer hee let by
indenture in the .xxxij. yeare of hys reigne, vnto Iohn Ballancer, and
Walter Goldbeater, his Mynes of Golde, Syl|uer, and Copper, in the Countie
of Deuonſhyre, for tearme of yeares.
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1 There is an account
thereof remayning, and by the ſame (as it appeareth) was aunſwered for the
firſt yeare .xx. markes. The ſeconde yeare the patenties dyed, and the king
then diſpoſed the ſame to others.
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1
EEBO page image 1001In the eight and twentith yere of his raigne, hee
committed by Indenture his ſayde mines in Deuonſhire, to one maſter Iohn
Hanner, and one Herman Raynithorp of Boheme, Myners, yeelding to the Kyng
ye tenth part of the Oores, as well of the gold and ſiluer, as of the leade
and copper that ſhoulde bee gotten foorth of the ſayde mynes.
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there liued many excel|lent men, both in learning, in vertue, and in
mar|tial prowes, as partly is touched in
this diſcourſe of his raigne: as firſte, the ſaide noble, and moſt valiant
King, the Prince of Wales his ſon, ſur|named the blacke Prince: the Dukes of
Lanca|ſter, Iohn of Gant, ſonne to the King, and hys father in lawe Duke
Henry: Edmonde Earle of Cambridge, and after Duke of Yorke: the Erles of
Warwike, Huntington, Saliſburie, Stafford, Northampton, Arundell, and
others: the Lorde Reginald Cobham: the Lord Baſſet: the Lorde Thomas Holland: the Lord Walter de Manny, an
Hennier: the Lord Edward Spẽſer: the Lord Iohn Chandos: the Lord Iames
Audeley: Sir Iohn Copeland: Sir Thomas Felton: ſir Ro|bert Knolles, who as I
haue ſaid, being borne in Cheſhire of meane parẽtage, through his manly
proweſſe, & moſt ſkilfull experience in ye warres, grew to be right
famous: Sir Hugh Caluerley, borne in the ſame ſhire: the Capitall de Beufe a
Gaſcoigne: Sir Thomas Percy: Sir Hugh Ha|ſtings: Sir Baldwine Freiuille: Sir Iohn Har|leſton: Sir Iames
Pipe: Sir Thomas Dag|worth: and that valiant Engliſhe Knight Sir Iohn
Haukewood, whoſe fame in the parties of Italy ſhal remaine for euer, where
(as their hiſto|ries make mention) hee grewe to ſuch eſtimation for his
valiant atchieued enterpriſes, that happie might that Prince or common
wealth accompt them ſelues that mighte haue his ſeruice, and ſo liuing there
in ſuch reputation, ſometimes he ſer|ued
the Pope, ſometimes the Lordes of Millane. Now this Prince or commõ wealth,
now that, & other whiles none at all, but taking one towne or other,
woulde keepe the ſame, till ſome likyng entertaynement were offered, and
then would hee fell ſuch towne, where he had thus remayned, to them that
would giue him for it according to his mind. Bernabo Lord of Millane gaue
vnto hym one of his baſe daughters in marriage, with an honorable portion
for hir dower. This man was borne in Eſſex
as ſome write, and at the fyrſte became a Taylor in London, and afterwardes
going into the warres in Fraunce, ſerued in roomth of an archer, but at
length, he became a Captayne and leader of men of warre, highly cõ|mended
and liked of amongſt the ſouldiers, in ſo much, that when by the peace
concluded at Bre|tigny, in the yeare 1360. great numbers of
Soul|diers were diſcharged out of wages, they gote themſelues togither in
companies, and without commaundemente of any Prince, by whoſe au|thoritie
they mighte make warre, they fell too of themſelues, and ſore harried and
ſpoyled dyuers Countreys in the Realme of Fraunce, as partly ye haue heard:
amongſt whome, this Sir Iohn Hawkewood was one of ye principall Captaines,
and at length, went into Italy, to ſerue the Mar|ques of Montferato,
againſte the Duke of M [...]|lane: although I remember that ſome write, how hee came into that
Countrey with the Duke of Clarence, but I thinke the former report be true.
But it may well be, that he was ready to attende the ſayd Duke at his
comming into Italie. And this muche concerning ſuch famous Captaynes as
ſerued this noble King Edward the thirde, al|though for breefeneſſe I paſſe
ouer diuers other, no leſſe famous, and worthy for their high man|hood and
tried valiancie to be remembred, thã theſe afore mentioned.
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finde by Iohn Bale regiſtred in his Centuaries: Iohn Baconthorp, borne in
Blackney in Northfolke, a Frier Car|melite, and prouinciall of his order, ſo
excellently learned, as well in Diuinitie, as in both the ciuill and canon
lawes, that he proceded Doctor in ei|ther facultie at Oxford and Paris, and
wrote di|uers treatiſes, to his high and ſingular commen|dation: William
Ockam: Iohn Bloxham a Carmelite Frier: Nicholas Triuet, borne in Northfolke,
ſonne to Sir Thomas Triuet Knight, and one of the Kings Iuſticiers, proued
excellently learned, and wrote diuers treatiſes, and amongſt other, two
hiſtories, and one booke of Annales. He was by profeſſion a blacke Frier,
and departed this life about the ſeconde yeare of this King Edward the
third, Anno Chriſti .1328. William Alnewike borne in
Northumberland, in the Towne whereof hee tooke name, a Frier Minor: Iohn
Tanet, borne in the Iſle of Ta|net, an excellẽt Muſition, and a Monke in
Can|terbury: Hugh of Saint Neote, a Carmelite Frier in Hertfortſhire, a
notable deuine, as thoſe dayes gaue: William Alton, borne in Hamp|ſhire, a
blacke Frier, and a Diuine: Richarde Stradley, borne in the marches of
Wales, a Monke, and a deuine, writing certaine treatiſes of the Scripture:
W. Herbert a Welchman, & a Frier Minor, wrote alſo certaine
treatiſes of di|uinitie: Richard Comington, a Frier, of the or|der of the
cordeliers, a Preacher, and a writer of diuinitie: William Exeter, a Doctor
of Diuini|tie, and a prebendarie Canon in Exeter, where|as it is thought he
was borne: Lucas Boſden a Weſterne man, and by profeſſion a Carmelite Frier:
Thomas Walleis, a Dominike Frier, a great Diuine, as by ſuche bookes as hee
wrote it EEBO page image 1002 may appeare: Thomas Pontius, a Monke of
Canterbury: Iohn Ridewalle, a grey frier: Hen|ry Coſteſay, or Coſſey, a
frier minor: Geffrey A|lievant, borne in Yorkeſhire, a frier Carmelite: Iohn
Euerſden, a Monke of Bury in Suffolke, an Hiſtoriographer: Simon Burneſton,
a doc|tor of the Vniuerſitie of Cambridge, and prouin|ciall of the friers
Dominike, or blacke friers, as they called them heere in Englande: Walter
Burley, a doctor of Diuinitie, who in his youth was brought vp, not onely in Martin Colledge in Oxforde,
but alſo, in the Vniuerſities and Scholes abroade beyonde the Seas, in
Fraunce and Germanye, and afterwardes, for hys wiſe|dome, good demeanor and
learning, hee was re|teyned with the Byſhoppe of Vlmes in Sua|benlande, a
Region in hyghe Germanye: A|mongſt other Treatiſes whiche he compiled,
be|ing manye, and namely of naturall Phyloſo|phie, he wrote a commentarie of
the Ethikes of Ariſtotle, and dedicated
the ſame vnto the ſayde Biſhoppe, a worke whiche hath bin highly eſtee|med,
not only in the Vniuerſities of Italy, Ger|many, and Fraunce, but alſo
heere, in our Vni|uerſities of England. To conclude, ſuch was the fame of
this Doctor Burley, that when the Lady Phillip, daughter to the Earle of
Heynault ſhuld come ouer into England to be married to Kyng Edwarde, this
Doctor Burley was reteyned by hir, and appoynted to bee hir Almoigner, and
ſo continued in great eſtimation, in ſo
muche, that after Edward Prince of Wales, eldeſt ſonne to King Edwarde,
commonlye called the blacke Prince, was borne, and able to learne his booke,
the ſaid Doctor Burley amongſt other, was cõ|maunded to bee one of his
inſtructors, by reaſon whereof, Sir Simon Burley, of whome I haue made ſome
mention heeretofore in this Kynges life, and more intende to ſpeake, as
occaſion ſer|ueth in the nexte King, being ſonne to Sir Iohn Burley, neare kinſman to the ſaide Doctor Bur|ley,
was admitted among other yong Gentle|menne, to bee Scholefellowe with the
ſayde Prince, by occaſion whereof, he grew into ſuche credite and fauoure
with the ſayde Prince, that afterwardes when his ſonne Richard of Burde|aux,
that ſucceeded Kyng Edwarde his father, was borne, the ſaide Prince for
ſpeciall truſt and confidence whiche hee hadde in the ſaide Sir Si|mon
Burley, committed the gouernaunce and
education of hys ſonne the ſaide Richarde vnto him, whereby hee was euer
after highly in fa|uoure wyth the ſayde Rycharde, and no leſſe aduaunced by
hym, when afterwardes he came to enioye the crowne of this realme.
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menne of that age. Iohn Barwycke a Frier Minor, and reader to his fellowes
of that order in Oxforde: William Notingham: Roger Glacton, borne in
Huntingtonſhire, an Auguſtine Frier: Iohn P [...]|leſteede, borne in Suffolke, a Carmelite F [...]er in Ipſwiche or Gippeſwiche as they write it: Walter Kingham, a
Frier alſo, of the order of thoſe Dominikes, whyche they called pied
Fri|ers: Roger of Cheſter, a Monke of that Citie, and an Hiſtoriographer:
Thomas de Hales, a Frier Minor: Roberte Eliphat, a grey Frier: Geffrey
Grandfield an Auguſtine, or blacke Fri|er: Hugh Wirley, a Carmelite Frier of
Nor|wiche: William Eyncourt, a blacke Frier of Boſton: Hugh Ditton, borne in
Cambridge ſhire, a Frier Preacher: Adam Carthuſianus, a Doctor of Diuinitie:
Iohn Luttrell an excel|lente Philoſopher, and well ſeene in the
mathe|maticalles: Walter Cotton: Thomas Ech [...]|ſton both grey Friers: Iohn Folſham, a Car|melite Frier in Norwiche:
Benet of North|folke: William Southhampton, ſo called of the Towne where hee
was borne, a blacke Frier: Iohn Burgh a Monke, wrote an hiſtorie, and
certayne homilies: Adam Nidzarde, a mai|ſter of arte: Edmonde Albon: Robert
Coun|ton a grey Frier: William Liffye a Frier Mi|nor: Iohn Repyngale, borne
in Lincolneſhire, a Carmelite, or a white Frier, as they called them:
Chriſtopher Mothuſenſis a blacke Frier: Richarde Aungeruile, borne in
Suffolke, that was Biſhoppe of Dureſme, and Lord Chancel|lor of Englande:
Iohn Manduith: Walter Hemyngforde, a Chanon of Giſborne, an
Hi|ſtoriographer: Iohn Olney, borne in Glouce|ſterſhire, in an Iſle ſo
called, whereof hee tooke hys ſurname, a Chartreux Monke: Thomas Staueſhawe
a Frier Minor in Briſtowe: Ro|berte of Leyceſter, taking that ſurname of the
Towne where hee was borne, a Franciſcans, or grey Frier: Iohn of
Northhampton, borne in that Towne, and a Carmelite Frier, an excellente
Mathemeticien: Roberte Wor|ſop borne in Yorkeſhire, and a blacke Frier in
Tickill: William Brun [...]de, a blacke Frier: Richarde Chicheſter, a Monke of Weſt|minſter,
wrote an excellente Chronicle, begin|ning the ſame at the commyng in of the
Ser|ons, about the yeare of oure Lorde .449. and continued it till
the yeare .1348. Richarde Rolle, alias Hampole an excellente
Diuine, wrote many treatiſes: Iohn Guent, a Welch|man, a Franciſcane Frier,
and prouinciall of the order: Rodulph Radiptorius a Frier Minor: Robert
Holcoth, a blacke Frier, borne in Nor|thampton, excellently learned, and
wrote manye workes, both of Diuinitie, and other argumẽts: William
Miluerley a Logician, or rather a So|phiſt: EEBO page image 1003 Iohn
Teukeſburie: Thomas Bradwar|din, borne in Hartfield, a Towne within the
dio|ceſſe of Chicheſter, Archbiſhoppe of Canterbury ſucceeding Iohn Offord,
hee wrote againſte the Pelagians: Richard Wetherſet: William Bre|ton a gray
Frier, a Welchman borne, as Bale ſuppoſeth: Iohn of Saint Faith, borne in
North|folke, a Carmelite Frier of Brumham: Iohn Goodwicke, borne alſo in
Northfolke, an Augu|ſtine Frier of Linne: William Rothwer a blacke
Frier: Geffrey Waterton, a Monke of
Bury: Ri|chard Fitz Raufe, whome ſome take to be an I|riſhman, but a Student
in Oxford, and Scholer to Iohn Baconthorp profited highly, and wrote many
treatiſes, hee was firſt Archdeacon of Lich|field, and after Chancellor of
the Vniuerſitie of Oxford, and at length, Archb. of Ardmachan in Ireland:
Richard Kilington, a Doctor of Diui|nitie: William Griſant, a notable
phiſition, ſur|named of the countrey where he was borne An|glicus,
he led the later end of his life at
Marſeilles in Prouance, and had a ſonne; that was Abbot of the regular
Chanons in that Citie, who at lẽgth was aduanced to gouerne the ſea of
Rome, na|med Vrban the fifth:Pope Vrban [...]he [...]th. Iohn Paſchall, borne in Suffolke, a Carmelite Frier in
Gippeſwich, and by K. Edwarde the third: preferred to be Biſhop of Landaph:
Adam Woodham, a Frier Minor: Simon Henton, a blacke Frier: William de
Pa|gula: of Iohn Wicliff ye haue heard before. Gef|frey Hardeby, a blacke Frier of Leiceſter: Willi|am Binham:
Roger Counwey, a Welchman borne in Counwey, a grey Frier: Richard
Bil|lingham: William Doroch, a Lawyer: Iohn Killingworth, an excellent
Philoſopher, Aſtro|nomer, and Phiſition: William of Couentrie, a Frier
Carmelite, profeſſed and borne in the ſame Citie: Ranulf Higeden, a Monke of
Cheſter, and borne in thoſe parties, an hiſtoriographer: Iohn Eaſtwood,
alias Aſchenton, an excellent philoſo|pher: Thomas Ratclife, borne in Leyceſter, and an Auguſtine Frier, in Leiceſter
towne: Bar|tholmew Elanuille, diſcended of noble parẽtage; as of the
lignage of thoſe Glanuilles, that were ſometimes Earles of Suffolke, as Bale
hathe: Roberte Computiſta, a Monke of Bury: Iohn Wilton a Monke of
Weſtminſter: Simon Wi|chingham, a Frier Carmelite of Norwich: Iohn Deir a
Northren man borne, a notable diuine: Simon Iſlep, founder of Canterbury
Colledge in Oxford, wrote diuers
treatiſes, he was Archb. of Caunterbury, as before ye haue heard: George
Chadley: Iohn of Tinnemouth, Vicar of that Towne, in the Biſhopricke of
Durham: Peter Babion: Walter Wiborne, or Wimborne: Ni|cholas de Linne, borne
in ye towne of that name, in Northfolke a Carmelite frier by profeſſiõ,
but as excellẽt an Aſtronomer, as was in thoſe days: Iohn Ridington, borne
in Lincolneſhire, a Frier Minor in Stafford: Adam, a Monke of the Ci|ſteaux
order: Roger Wihelpedale, a Mathema|ticien: Simon de Feuerſham, perſon of
Birton in Kent: Mathew Weſtmonaſteriẽſis, who wrote the Booke called
Flores Hoſtorearum Iohn Elin, a Carmelite, borne in Northfolke,
liued in theſe days, but departed this life in K: Rich. the ſeedes dais:
Tho. de Sturey, an Auguſtine Frier: Ser|torius Gualenſis, a Welchman borne:
Simon de Tunſteed a grey frier, borne in Northfolke, pro|uinciall of the
grey friers in England: Thomas Stubbes, borne in Yorkſhire, a black Frier:
Ro|bert Langland, a ſecular Prieſt, borne in Salop|ſhire, in Mortimers
Cliderie. Lewes Kaeti [...]on, a Welchman, an excellent Aſtronomer, & Mathe|maticien:
Iohn Garanſon Nicolas Durham a Carmelite frier of Newcaſtell: Willi. Fleete
an Hermite, wrote ſundry treatiſes, exhorting hys countreymen of Englande to
repentaunce, to a|uoide the vengeaunce elſe likely to come: Iohn Stafforde,
a frier Minor, borne in Stafforde, whereof he tooke name: Thomas Rug [...]ced, a blacke frier: Raufe Stride, an excellente Logiti|an: Will. de
Sancta Fide, or of S. Faith to cal|led of the towne in Northfolke; where hee
was borne, a carmelite frier: Iohn Mandeuille knight, that great traueller,
liued in theſe dayes, and de|parted this life de Liege, the ſeuententh of
Nouẽ|ber, in the yere .1372. Thomas of Douer a Monke of the Abbey
there: Henry Knighton wrote an Hiſtorie, entituled de geſtis
Anglorum: Iohn Stokes, borne in Suffolke, an Auguſtine frier: Iohn
Horneby, a frier carmelite of Boſton: Hen|ry Bederike, or as other rather
wi [...], of Bury, an Auguſtine frier: Simon Alcocke a Diuine: El|tred Balton,
borne in the marches of Wale [...], a Monke of Durham: William Iordan an Au|guſtine frier: Iohn Hilton,
a frier Minor Willi|am de Lincolne, a carmelite, borne and profeſſed in that
citie, whereof hee tooke his ſurname: A|dam Da [...]lingham a frier of the ſame order, but borne in Northfolke: Simon
Mepham, a Pre|bend of Chicheſter, and a greate diuine: Iohn Bamp [...]on, a carmelite, and ſtudente in Cam|bridge: Iohn Wichingham a grey
frier, and dy|uers other, whiche for that we are not certaine in what age
they liued, we here paſſe ouer.
