5.103. Edwarde.
Edwarde.
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Ed|ward. H. Hunt.IMmediately vpon ye death of
Hardiknought and before his corps was committed to bu|ryall, his halfe
brother Edwarde, ſonne of kyng Egelred beogotten of Queene Emme, was cho|ſen
to be king of Englande, by the generall con|ſent of all the nobles and cõmons of the realme.Polidore. Therevppon were Ambaſſadours ſente with all
ſpeede into Normandie, to ſignifie vnto him his election, and to bring him
from thence into En|glande, in delyueryng pledges for more aſſu|raunce, that
no fraude nor deceipte was ment of the Engliſhmen. But that vpon his comming
thyther, he ſhoulde receyue the Crowne without all contradiction.
[...]
Edwarde then ayded by hys couſin William Duke of Normandie, tooke
the ſea, and with a ſmall companye of Normans came into Englande, where hee
was receyued with greate ioye as king of the realme,H.
Hunt. VVil. Mal. The .3. of Ap [...]. and im|mediatly after was crowned at Wincheſter by Edſinus
then archbiſhop of Canterbury, on Ea|ſterday in the yeare of our Lorde
.1043. whiche fell alſo about the fourth yeare of the Emperor Henrye the
thirde, ſurnamed Niger, in the .xij. yeare of Henry the firſte of that name
Kyng of Fraunce, and about the third yeare of Ma [...]beth king of Scotland.
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1 This Edwarde the third of
that name before the conqueſt, was of nature more meeke & ſim|ple
than apte to the gouernement of the realme, and therfore did Erle Goodwyn
not only ſeeke the deſtruction of his elder brother Alfred, but al|ſo holpe
in that he mighte to aduaunce this Ed|warde to the crowne, in hope to beare
great rule in the realme vnder him, whome hee knewe to be ſofte, gentle and
eaſy to be perſuaded.
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1 But whatſoeuer writers do
report hereof, ſure it is that Edwarde was the elder brother, and not
Alvred, ſo that if erle Goodwyn did ſhew his furtherance by his pretenced
cloake of offring his frendſhip vnto Alvred to betraye him, he did it by
king Harolds cõmandement, and yet it may be that he ment to haue vſurped
the crowne to him ſelf, if eche poynt had aunſwered his expectation in the
ſequele of things as he hoped they would, and therfore had not paſſed if
bothe the brethren had bin in heauen. But yet when the worlds framed
contrary (peraduenture) to his purpoſe, he didde his teſt ſo aduaunce
Edward, truſting to beare no ſmall rule vnder him, being knowne to be a man
more appliable to be gouerned by o|ther than to truſt to his owne wit, and
ſo chief|ly by the aſſiſtance of Erle Goodwyn: whoſe au|thoritie (as
appeareth) was not ſmall within the Realme of Englande in thoſe dayes,
Edwarde came to attayne the Crowne: wherevnto the erle of Cheſter Leofryke
alſo ſhewed all the furthe|rance that in him lay.
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1 Some write (which ſemeth
alſo to be confir|med by the Daniſh chronicles) that king Hardi|knought in
his lyfe tyme had receyued this Ed|warde into his Courte,
Ran. Higd ex Mariano. Albert. Cranes and reteyned him
ſtill in the ſame in moſte honourable wyſe.
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1 But for that it maye
appeare in the abſtracte of the Daniſhe Chronicles, what their writers hadde
of this matter recorded, we doe here paſſe ouer, referring thoſe that be
deſyrous to knowe the diuerſitie of oure wryters and theyrs, vnto the ſame
Chronicles, where they may fynd it more at large expreſſed.
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1 Thys in no wyſe is to be
lefte vnremembred, that immediatly after the death of Hardiknought EEBO page image 269 it was not only decreed and agreed vppon by the greate
Lords and nobles of the Realme,
Polidore. Danes expel|led. that no Dane from thencefoorth
ſhoulde reigne ouer them, but alſo all menne of warre and ſouldiours of the
Danes whiche lay within a|nye Citie or Caſtell in garriſon within the realme
of Englande, were then expulſed and put out, or rather ſlayne (as the
Daniſhe wri|ters do rehearſe.
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Sim. Dunel.Amongſt other that were baniſhed, the
la|die Go [...]ild nece to king Swayn by his ſiſter, was one,G [...]ild nece to king Svvayne. beeing as then a widowe, and with
hir two of hir ſonnes, whiche ſhe had then ly|uing, Heming and Turkyll, were
alſo cauſed to auoyde.
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1 There be that write, that
Alfred the brother of king Edwarde,Polidore. came
not into the realme till after the death of Hardiknought, and that he didde
helpe to expulſe the Danes, and that
doone, was ſlaine by Erle Goodwin and other of his complices. But how this
may ſtande, conſidering the circumſtãces of the tyme, with ſuche things as
are written by diuers authors hereof, it may well be doubted.
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1 But whether Earle Goodwyn
was guil|tie to the death of Alfred, eyther at this time, or before,
certayne it is, that he ſo cleered him ſelfe of that cryme vnto King
Edwarde, the brother of Alfred, that there was none ſo high|ly in fauoure with hym as Earle Goodwyn was,K. Edvvarde marieth the daughter of erle Goodvvin
inſomuche that king Edwarde maryed the lady Eaditha, the daughter of erle
Good|wyn, begotten of his wyfe Thira, that was ſyſter to King Hardiknought,
and not of his ſeconde wyfe, as ſome haue written.
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3 But ſo it was, that King
Edwarde neuer had to doe with hir in fleſhly wyſe.Polidor. But whe|ther he abſteined bicauſe he hadde haply vowed
chaſtitie, eyther of impotencie of nature, or for a priuie hate that hee
bare to hir kinne, men doubted. For it
hath bene thoughte, that he e|ſteemed not Earle Goodwyn ſo greatly in his
hearte,K. Edvvarde abſteyneth frõ the companie of his
vviſe. as he outwardely made ſhewe to doe, but rather for feare of
his puiſſaunce, diſſẽbled with him, leaſt he ſhoulde otherwiſe put hym
ſelfe in danger both of loſſe of life & kingdom. Howſoeuer it was,
he vſed his counſel in orde|ring of things concerning the ſtate of the
cõ|mon wealth, and namely in the harde hande|lyng of his mother Quene
Emme,K. Edvvarde dealeth ſtrayt|ly vvith his mother
Queene Emme. agaynſte whõ
diuers accuſatiõs were brought & alled|ged: as firſt for yt ſhe
conſented to marrie with king Cnute, the publike enimie of the realme.
Againe, that ſhe did nothing ayde or ſuccoure hir ſonnes whyle they liued in
exile, and that worſe was,Queene Emme diſpoiled of hir
goodes. contriued to haue made them a|way. For which cauſe ſhe was
diſpoyled of al hir goodes: And bicauſe ſhe was defamed to be naughte of hir
bodie with Alwyne or Adwine biſhop of Wincheſter,She is
accuſed of diſſolute li|uing both ſhe and the ſaint biſhop were
admitted to priſon within the ci|tie of Wincheſter, (as ſome write:) but
other affirme, that ſhe was ſtraytly kepte in the Ab|bey of Warwell,Ran. Higd. tyl by way of purging hir|ſelfe, after a
maruellous manner, in paſſyng barefooted ouer certaine hot ſhares or
plough|yrons,She purgeth hir ſelfe by the lavv
Ordalium according to the laws [...], ſhe cle|red hir ſelfe (as the world tooke it) and was re|ſtored to
hir firſt aſtate and dignitie.VV. Malm. Hir
ex|ceſſiue couetouſneſſe without regarde had to the poore, cauſed hir alſo
to be euil reported [...]. And ageyne, for that ſhe euer ſhewed hir ſelfe to be more naturall
to the iſſue whiche ſhe had by bir ſecond huſband Cnute, than to hir
chil|dren which ſhe had by hir firſte huſbande kyng Egelred (as it were
declaryng howe ſhe was affected toward the fathers, by the loue [...] to the children) ſhe loſte a greate peece of good will at the handes
of hir ſonnes, Alfred & Ed|warde: So that nowe the ſaid Edwarde
en|ioying the realme, was eaſily enduced to think euill of hir, and
therevppon vſed hir the more vncourteouſſy. But hir greate liberalitie
em|ployed on the churche of Wincheſter, whiche ſhe furniſhed with maruelous
rich iewels and ornamentes, wan hir great commendation in the worlde, and
excuſed hir partly in the ſight of many, of the infamie imputed to hir for
the immoderate filling of hir coffers by all wayes and meanes ſhee coulde
deuiſe. And after that ſhe had purged hir ſelf, as before is mẽcioned, hir
ſonne king Edwarde had hir euer after in great honor and reuerence.Ran. Higd. And wheras Ro|bert Archbiſhop of
Canterbury, had ben ſore againſt hir, he was ſore abaſhed of the matter that
hee fledde into Normandye, where hee was borne.
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1 But it ſhoulde ſeeme by
that whiche after ſhall be ſaid,Robert Arch|bishop of
Can+terbury. that he fled not the realme for this matter, but for
that he counſelled the king to baniſh Erle Goodwyn, and alſo to vſe the
En|gliſhmen more ſtraitly thã reſon was he ſhuld.
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1 Ye muſt vnderſtande,Frenchmen or Normans firſte entered into Englande.
that kyng Edwarde brought diuers Normãs ouer with him whi|che in tyme of
his baniſhment had ſhewed him great frendſhip, wherefore he nowe ſought to
recompenſe them. Amongeſt other, this Ro|bert was one, which before his
comming ouer was a Monke in the abbey of Gemeticum he Normandie, &
by the king was firſt aduanced to gouern ye ſea of London, & after
was made archbiſhop of Cant. & bare great rule vnder ye king, ſo
that he coulde not auoyde the enuie of diuers noble men, & ſpecially
of erle Goodwin as after ſhal appere. About ye third yere of K. Edwards
reigne,1046. Oſgod Clap was baniſhed EEBO page image 270 the Realme. And in the yeare folowyng, that is to
witte, in the yeare. 1047. there fell a meruai|lous great ſnowe,A great dearth. Ran. Higd
couering the grounde fro the beginning of Ianuarie vntill the .xvij.
daye of Marche. And beſides this, there hapned the ſame yeare ſuche tempeſte
and lyghtenings, that the corne vpon the earth was brent vp and blaſted: by
reaſon whereof, there folowed a great dearthe in England, and alſo death of
men and cattell.
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Svvayn Good|vvins ſonne banished. Edgi [...]a abbeſſe of Leoffe.About this time [...] the ſon of erle Good|win was
baniſhed the land, & fled into Flanders.
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1 This Swayne kepte
Edgi [...]a, the Abbeſſe of the Monaſterie of Leoffe, and forſaking his wife
meante to haue marryed the foreſayde Abbeſſe. Within a certain tyme after
his baniſhement, he returned into Englande, in hope to purchaſe the kings
peace by his fathers meanes and other his frendes.This
Bearne vvas the ſon of Vlfus a Dane, vncle to thys [...]vvane by his mother, the ſi|ſter of Kyng Svvayne. But vpon
ſome malicious pretence, he ſlewe his couſin Erle Bearne, which was about to
labour to the king for his pardone, and ſo then fledde againe into Flaunders, till at length Al|lered the
Archbiſhop of Yorke obteyned his par|don, and founde meane to reconcile him
to the kings fauour.
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1 In the meane tyme about
the .vj. yere of king Edwards reigne,H. Hunt.
certaine pirates of the Danes arriued in Sandwiche hauen, and entring the
lande, waſted and ſpoyled all about the coaſt.
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H. Hunt. The Danes ſpoyle Sand|vviche.There bee that
write, that the Danes had at that tyme to their leaders two Capitaynes, the
one named Lother, and the other
Irlyng.
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1 After they had ben at
Sandwiche, and brou|ght from thence great riches of golde and ſiluer, they
coaſted about vnto the ſide of Eſſex, & there ſpoyling the countrey,
went backe to the ſea, and ſayling into Flanders, made ſale of their ſpoyles
& booties there, and ſo returned to their coũtreys.
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1 After this, during the
reigne of king Edward, there chaunced no warres, neyther forrayne nor
ciuile, but that the ſame was eyther
with ſmall ſlaughter luckily ended, or elſe without any no|table aduenture,
chaunged into peace.
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Ryſe and Grif|fyn Princes of VVales.The Welchemen
in deede with theyr princes Ryſe and Griffyn wroughte ſome trouble, but
ſtill they were ſubdued, and in the ende both the ſayd Ryſe and Griffyn were
brought vnto con|fuſion: although in the meane tyme they didde muche hurte,
and namely Griffyn, who wyth ayde of ſome Iriſhmen, with whome he was
a|lyed, aboute this tyme entred into the
Seuerne ſea, and tooke prayes aboute the riuer of Wye: and after returned
without any battaile to him offered.
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1 Aboute the ſame tyme, to
witte, in the yeare 1049.
1049.
Si. Dunelm.
the Emperour Henry the third made war|res againſt Baldwyn Erle of
Flaunders, and for that he wiſhed to haue the ſea ſtopped, that the ſayde
Earle ſhoulde not eſcape by flight that waye foorth, he ſente to king
Edwarde willing him to kepe the ſea with ſome [...] of ſhippesHer [...] Cl [...] Ia [...]rm King Edwarde furniſhyng a nauie, ſay wyth the ſame at
Sandwiche, and ſo kept the ſeas on that ſide, till the Emperoure had his
will of the Earle.
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1 At the ſame tyme Swayne,
ſonne of Earle Goodwyn came into the realme, and traiterouſly ſlewe his
couſin Bearne (as before is ſayd,) the whiche trauayled to agree him with
the king.
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1 Alſo Goſipat Clappe, who
had lefte his wyfe at Bruges in Flaunders,Simon D [...]
comming amongeſt other of the Daniſhe pirates, whiche had robbed in
the coaſtes of Kente and Eſſex, as before ye haue hearde, receyued hys wyfe,
& departed back into Denmark with ſix ſhips, leauyng the reſi|due,
being. xxiij. behynde him.
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1 Aboute the tenthe yeare
of king Edwardes reigne,Fabian. Euſtace Erle of
Bolongne,1051. that was father vnto the
valiaunt Godfreye of Bovillon and Baldwyn,
Mat. VVeſt. The earle of Flanders com|meth into En|glande.
Ra. Higd. VV. Mal.
God a ſiſter to K. Edvvard.
both afterwarde kings of Hieru|ruſalem, came ouer into Englande in
the mo|neth of September, to viſite his brother in lawe Kyng Edwarde, whoſe
ſiſter named Goda, he had maryed, ſhe then being the wydow of Gual|ter de
Maunte. He founde the kyng at Glouce|ſter, and beyng there ioyfully
receyued, after he had once diſpatched ſuche matters for the which hee
chiefly came, he tooke leaue, and retourned homewarde.VVil. Mal. But at Canterbury one of his her|bingers dealyng
roughly with one of the Cite|zens aboute a lodging, whiche he ſought to haue
rather by force than by entreatance,D [...]ner [...]ath. II. VVeſtm. occaſioned his owne death.
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1 Whereof when the earle
was aduertiſed, hee haſted thither to reuenge the ſlaughter of his
ſer|uaunt, and ſlewe both that Citizen whiche had killed his man. and.
xviij. others.
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1 The Citizens herewith in
a greae furie, gotte them to armour,A fray in Can|terbury
be|tvvixt the erle of Boloigne and the tovvns men. and ſette vpon
the earle and his meynie, of whome they ſlewe twentie perſons out of hande,
and wounded a greate number of the reſidue, ſo that the erle vneth mighte
eſcape with one or two of his men from the fraye, and with all ſpeede
returned backe to the kyng, pre|ſenting greeuous information againſte them
of Cãterbury, for their cruel vſing of hym, not on|ly in ſleayng of his
ſeruauntes, but alſo in put|tyng him in daunger of his lyfe.
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1 The Kyng crediting the
Earle was hyghely offended agaynſte the Citizens, and wyth all ſpeede
ſendyng for Earle Goodwyn, declared vn|to hym in greeuous wyſe, the
rebellyous acte of them of Canterbury, whiche were vnder his
in|riſdiction.
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1 The Erle who was a man of
a bold courage and quicke witte,The erle com|plaineth to
the king. dydde perceyue that the mat|ter was made a greate deale
woorſe at the fyrſte EEBO page image 271 in the beginnyng, than of lykelyhoode
it woulde proue in the end, thought it reaſon therefore that firſte the
aunſwere of the Kentiſhemen ſhoulde be hearde before any ſentence were giuen
againſt them. And herevpon although the king coman|ded hym foorthwith to goe
with an armie into Rent, and to puniſh them of Canterbury in moſt rigorous
manner, yet he woulde not be to haſty, but refuſed to execute the Kinges
commaunde|ment,Earle Good|vvin offended vvith the kyng
for fauouring ſtraungers. both for that hee bare a piece of grudge
in his mynde, that the kyng ſhoulde fauour
ſtraun|gers ſo hyghly as he did, And agayne, bycauſe hereby he ſhuld ſeme to
do pleſure to his coũtrey|men, in taking vppon hym to defende their cauſe
againſte the rough accuſations of ſuche as had accuſed them. Wherfore he
declared to the king that it ſhoulde bee conueniente to haue the ſup|poſed
offendours fyrſte called afore hym, and if they were able to excuſe
themſelues, then to bee ſuffered to departe without further vexation: and
if they were found faultie, then to be
put to their fine, bothe as well in ſatiſfying the King, whoſe peace they
had broken, as alſo the Erle, whom they had indamaged.
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A councell cal|led at Glouce|ſter.Earle Goodwyn
departed thus from the king, leauing him in a greate furie: howbeit hee
paſſed little thereof, ſuppoſing it would not long continue. But the king
called a greate aſſemble of his lordes,Syvvard Earle of
Northũber|land. Leofrike Erle of Che|ſter. Raufe erle of
Hereford. together at Gloceſter, that the mat|ter might be more
deepely conſidered. Sywarde Erle of
Northumberland, and Leofryke Erle of Cheſter, with Rafe Erle of Hereford,
the kings nephew by his ſiſter Goda, and al other the noble men of the
realme, only Erle Goodwyn and his ſonnes,VVil.
Mal. meant not to come there, excepte they myght bring with them a
great power of armed men, and ſo remained at Beverſtane, with ſuch bandes as
they had leuyed vnder a colour to reſiſt the Welchemen, whome they bruted
abroade to bee readie to inuade the marches aboute Here|forde.
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1 But the Welchemen
preuenting that flaun|der, ſignified to the king that no ſuch matter was
ment on their parties, but that Earle Goodwyn and his ſonnes with their
complices, went about to moue a commotion againſt him. Herevpon a rumour was
rayſed in the Courte that the kings power ſhoulde ſhortely marche forth to
aſſayle Earle Goodwyn in that place where hee was lodged. Whervpon the ſame
Erle prepared him|ſelfe, and ſent to his
frendes, willing to ſticke to this quarrell, and if the king ſhould go about
to force them, then to withſtande him, rather than to yelde and ſuffer
themſelues to be troden vnder foote by ſtraungers.Earle
Good|vvyn meaneth to defend hym ſelfe againſt the king. Svvayn.
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1 Goodwyn in this meane
tyme had got toge|ther a greate power of his countreys of Kente, Southerie,
and other of the weaſt parts. Swayn lykewiſe had aſſembled muche people out
of his countrys of Barkeſhire,
Ran. Higd.
Mat. VVest Sim. Dunel.
Haroide.
Oxfordſhire, Somer|ſetſhire, Herefordſhire, and Glouceſterſhyre. And
Harrolde was alſo come to them wyth a greate multitude whiche hee had leuyed
in Eſ|ſex, Norffolke, Suffolke, Cambridgeſhire, and Huntingdonſhire.
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1 On the other parte the
Erles that were with the king, Leofryke, Sywarde, and Raufe,Si. Dunelm. rey|ſed all the power whiche they might
make, and the ſame approching to Gloceſter, the king thou|ghte him ſelfe in
more ſuretie than before, in ſo|muche that where as Earle Goodwin (who lay
with his armie at Langton there not farre off in Glouceſterſhire) had ſente
vnto the king re|quiryng that the Earle of Bolongne with the other Frenchmen
and alſo the Normans which helde the Caſtell of Douer, might bee deliuered
vnto him,
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2 The King althoughe at the
firſte hee ſtoode in great doubt what to do, yet hearing now that an army of
his friendes was commyng, made anſwere to the meſſengers, which Goodwin had
ſent, that hee woulde not deliuer a man of thoſe whome Goodwin required, and
herewith the ſaid meſſengers being departed the kings army entred into
Glouceſter and ſuch readie good willes ap|peared in them all to fight with
the aduerſaries, that if the kyng woulde haue permitted, they woulde
forthwith haue gone foorth and gyuen battaile to the enimies. And thus the
matter was at poynt to haue put the realme in hazarde not only of a field,
but of vtter ruine that might therof haue enſued: for what on the one parte
and the other, there were aſſembled the chiefeſt Lordes and moſt able
perſonages of the lande. But by the wyſedome and good aduiſe of Earle
Leofrike and others, the matter was pacified for a tyme, and order taken,
that they ſhoulde come to a parliament or communication at London, vppon
pledges giuen and receyued as well on the one parte as the other.
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1 The king with a mightie
armye of the Nor|thumbers, and them of Mercia, came vnto Lon+don, and Earle
Goodwyn with his ſonnes, and a greate power of the Weaſt Saxons, came into
Southwarke, but perceyuing that many of his companie ſtale awaye and flipte
from hym, he durſte not abyde any longer to enter talke with the Kyng, as it
was couenaunted but in the nyghte nexte enſewing, fledde away with all
ſpeede poſſible.
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1 Some write,
VV. Mal. Svvayn eldeſt ſonne to Good+vvin banished. howe
an order was preſcri|bed that Swanus the eldeſt ſonne of Good|wyn ſhoulde
departe the lande as a banyſhed manne to qualifye the Kynges wrathe, and
that Goodwyn and one other of his ſonnes, that is to witte, Harrolde,
ſhoulde come to an other EEBO page image 272 aſſemble to bee holden at
London, accompanyed with twelue ſeruauntes onely, and to reſygne all his
force of Knights, Gentlemen and Soul|diours vnto the Kings guyding and
gouerne|ment.
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1 But when this laſt
article pleaſed nothing erle Goodwyn, and that he perceyued howe his force
begann [...] to decline, ſo as hee ſhoulde not be able to matche the kinges
power,Earle Good|vvin fled the realme. he
fledde the realme, and ſo likewiſe did his ſonnes. He himſelfe with
his ſonnes Swanus, Toſtie, and Gurth,
ſayled into Flaunders: and Harrolde with his brother Leofwyn gat ſhippes at
Briſtow and paſſed in|to Irelande. Githa the wyfe of Goodwyn, and Iudith the
wife of Toſtie, the daughter of Bald+wyn Earle of Flaunders wente ouer alſo
with their huſbands.
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1 The king hauing perfect
knowledge, that erle Goodwyn had refuſed to come to the Courte in ſuche
order as he had preſcribed hym, and that he was departed the realm with his ſonnes: he pro|claymed them outlawes, and
gaue the landes of Harrolde vnto Algar,Goodvvin and his
ſonnes pro|claymed out|lavves. the ſonne of Erle Leofrik, who
guyded the ſame right worthyly, and reſi|gned them agayne withoute grudging
vnto the ſame Harrold when he was returned out of exile.
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1 Alſo vnto Erle Oddo were
giuen the counties of Deuonſhire and Somerſetſhire.
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1 Moreouer, about the ſame
time ye king put his wife Queene Editha from him, and appoynted hir to
ſtraight keeping in the Abbey of Warwel.
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1 This Editha was a noble
Gentlewoman,The King [...] avvay his w [...] Queene Ed [...]
well learned, and experte in all the ſciences, yet hir good name was
ſtayned ſomwhat, as though ſhee had not lyued ſo continently as was to be
wiſhed, both in hir huſbands lyfe tyme, and after his deceaſe. But yet at
the houre of hir deathe (whyche chaunced in the dayes of Wylliam
Conquerour,) ſhee cleared hir ſelfe, in takyng it vpon the charge of hir
ſoule, that ſhee hadde euer lyued in perfecte chaſtitie: For kyng Edwarde
(as before is mentioned) neuer touched hir in any actuall manner.
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1 By thys ſtraight dealyng
with the Queene that was daughter to Earle Goodwyn, now in tyme of hir
fathers exile, it hath ſeemed to ma|ny, that Kyng Edwarde forbare to deale
with hir in carnall wyſe, more for hatred of hir kin, than for any other
reſpecte. But to proceede.
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1 In the ſeconde yeare of
Goodwyns baniſh|mente,
1051.
H. Hunt.
both he and his ſonnes hauyng prouy|ded them ſelues of ſhippes and
menne of warre
[figure appears here on page 272] conueniente for the purpoſe,
came vpon the coa|ſtes of Englande, and after the manner of Ro|uers, tooke
prayes where as they eſpyed ad|uauntage, namely on the coaſtes of Kente and
Suſſex.
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1
Griffin kyng of VVales de|ſtroyeth
Here|fordshire.In the meane tyme alſo Griffyn the kyng of Wales,
deſtroyed a great parte of Herfordſhire agaynſte whome the power of that
countreye and alſo manye Normans that laye in garri|ſon wythin the Caſtell
of Hereforde, com|myng to gyue battayle, were ouerthrowne on the ſame daye,
in the whyche aboute two and twentie yeares before (or as ſome Copies haue
thirteene yeares) the Welchemen hadde ſlayne Edwyn, the brother of Earle
Leofrike.
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1 Shortely after,Harold lan|deth the ſhire of Dorſet and Somerſet.
Earle Harrolde and his bro|ther Leofwyn retourning out of Ireland, en|tred
into the Seuerne ſea, landing on the coa|ſtes of Somerſette and Dorſet
ſhires, where fallyng to ſpoyle, they were encountred by a power aſſembled
oute of the Counties of De|uonſhire and Somerſetſhire: but Harolde putte his
aduerſaries to flight, and ſlewe thirtie Gen|tlemen of honoure, or Thanes
(as they cal|led them) with a great number of others.
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1 Earle Harrolde then and
his bretherne, re|turning EEBO page image 273 with their pray and bootie to
their ſhips, and coaſting about the poynte of Cornewalle, came and ioyned
with their father and their other breethrẽ, as then ſoiourning in ye Iſle
of Wight.
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6 King Edward to withſtand
their malice, had rigged and furniſhed foorth ſixtie Ships of war, with the
which he himſelfe went to the water,Sim. Du [...]el. not ſticking to lie abourde at that ſeaſon, although he
had appoynted for Captaynes and admirals two Earles that were his couſins,
Odo and Raufe, who had charge of the whole
army. Raufe was his nephew, as ſonne to his ſiſter Goda by hir firſt huſband
Gualter de Maunte. But although they were knowen to bee ſufficiente men for
the orde|ring of ſuch buſineſſe, yet he thought the neceſſitie to be ſuche,
as his perſon coulde not be preſently ſpared. Therefore he was diligent in
foreſeeyng of things by good aduice, although age woulde not giue him leaue
to execute the ſame by hys owne hand, and force of body: but as the Nauies
on both partes were ready to haue
ioyned, they were ſeuered by reaſon of a thicke miſt that then roſe, whereby
theyr furious rage was reſtrayned for that time: and immediately therevpon,
Good|win and his complices were forced by a contra|ry winde, to returne to
the places from whence they came. And ſhortly after by mediation of friends,
a peace was made, and Earle Goodwine reſtored home, and obteined againe
bothe ye kings fauour, and al his former liuings: for he was ſuch
an eloquent wiſe man, that he cleared
and purged himſelfe of all ſuch crimes and accuſations, as in any ſort had
bin layde againſt him. Thus haue ſome written concerning this agrement
betwixt King Edward and Earle Goodwin, where other make ſomwhat larger
report therof, as thus. The ſame time that the two ſonnes of Earle Good|win,
Harrold and Leofwine came foorth of Ire|land and inuaded the Weſt countrey,
King Ed|warde rigged foorthe fortie Shippes, the whyche throughly furniſhed with men, munition, &
vit|tayles, he ſente vnto Sandwich, commaundyng the Captaynes there to
awaite for the comming of Earle Goodwin, whome he vnderſtood to be in a
readineſſe to returne into Englande: but not|withſtanding, there wanted no
diligence in them to looke to their charge, Earle Goodwine ſecretly with a
few Shippes whiche he had got togither, arriued in Kent, and ſending forth
his letters and meſſengers abroade vnto the Citizens of Can|terbury,
to thẽ of Suſſex, Southrey, and
others, required them of ayde, who with one conſente, promiſed to liue and
die with him. The Cap|taines of the nauie at Sandwich aduertiſed here|of,
made towardes the place where they thoughte to haue found Erle Goodwin: but
he being war|ned of their comming, eſcaped by flight, and gote him out of
their daunger, wherevpon they with|drew to Sandwiche, and after returned to
Lon|don. Earle Goodwin aduertiſed thereof, ſayled to the Iſle of Wighte, and
wafted vp and downe thoſe Seas, til his ſonnes Harrold and Leofwine came and
ioyned their nauie with his, and ceaſ|ſing from ſpoyle, only ſought to
recouer vittailes to ſerue their turne. And increſing their power by ſuche
ayde as they might any where procure, at length they came vnto Sandwiche,
whereof K. Edward hauing knowledge, being then at Lon|don,It ſeemeth that Earle Goodwine was well friended. her ſente
abroade to reyſe all the power hee mighte make, but they that were appoynted
to come vnto him, lingered time, in whiche meane while, Earle Goodwin came
into the Thames, & ſo vp the Riuer, arriued in Southwarke, on the
day of the exaltation of the Croſſe in Septem|ber, being Monday, and there
ſtaying for the ride, ſolicited the Londoners, ſo as hee obteyned of them
what hee coulde deſire, and afterwardes withoute diſturbance, with the tide
paſſed vp the Riuer through the South arche of the Bridge, & at ye
ſame inſtant, a mighty army whiche he had by land, muſtred in the fieldes on
that South ſide the ſame Riuer, and herewith his nauie made to|wardes the
Northe ſide of the Riuer, as if they mont to encloſe ye kings nauie, for
ye K. had alſo a nauie and an army by land: but yet ſith ther were few
either on the one part or the other, that were able to do any great feate
except Engliſhmẽ, they were loth to fight one againſt another, where
vp|pon, the wiſer fort on both ſides ſought meanes to make an atonemente:
& ſo at length by their dili|gent trauel, the matter was taken vp,
and the ar|mies being diſmiſſed on both partes, Erle Good|win was reſtored
to his former dignitie. There were pledges deliuered on his behalfe, that is
to wit, Wimotus one of his ſonnes, and Hacun the ſon of Suanus, that was the
eldeſt ſon of Good|win, Theſe two pledges were ſent vnto Williã Duke of
Normandy, to bee kepte with hym for more aſſurance of Goodwines loyaltie.
Some write,Ran. Higd. Mat. VVeſt. Simon Dun. VVil.
Malm: that Suanos ye eldeſt ſon of Goodwin was not reconciled to
ye kings fauour at this time, but whether he was or not, this is reported
of him for a troth, ye after he had attẽpted ſundry rebellions againſt K.
Edward, he laſtly alſo rebelled againſt his father Goodwin, & his
brother Harrow, & be|came a Pyrat, diſhonoring wt ſuch manifold
rob|beries as he made on the Seas, ye noble progenie whereof he was
diſcended. Finally vpõ [...]emorſe of cõſciẽce (as hath bin thought) for ye murthering of his
couſin (or as ſome ſay his brother) Earle Biorne, he went on pilgrimage to
Ieruſalem, & died by the way in returning homeward of cold which he
caught (as ſome write) in Zicia:
Ran. Higd. VVil. Mal. William Duke of Nor|mandy com|meth ouer
into England but o|ther affirme, that he fell into the hands of
Sara|fins, that were robbers by the high wayes, and ſo was murthered of
them. The foreſayd William Duke of Normandy (that after conquered thys lande
(during the time of Goodwines outlary, EEBO page image 274 came ouer
into this lande with a faire retinue of men,Williã Duke
of Normandy commeth o|uer into Eng|land. and was ioyfully receyued
of the King, and had great cheere: and after he had tarried a ſeaſon, he
returned into his countrey, not without great giftes of iewels and other
things, whiche the K. moſt liberally beſtowed vpon him. And as ſome
write,
Polidor. King Edwards promiſe to duke William the King
promiſed hym at that tyme, to make hym his heire to the Realme of England,
if he chaunced to die withoute iſſue.
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2
3 Shortly after, or rather
ſomewhat before, died O. Emme the kings
mother, and was buryed at Wincheſter. After that Earle Goodwin was re|ſtored
to the Kyngs fauoure, by cauſe hee knewe that Robert the Archbiſhop of
Canterbury hadde bin the chiefe procurer of the Kings euill will to|wards
him, he founde meanes to weare him out of credite, and diuers other
ſpecially of the Nor|mans, bearing the world in hande, that they had ſoughte
to trouble the ſtate of the Realme, to ſet variance betwixte the King and
the Lordes of the Engliſhe nation: whereas
the Normans a|gayne alleaged, that Earle Goodwin and hys ſonnes abuſed the
Kings ſoft and gentle nature, and woulde not ſticke to ieſt and mocke at hys
curteous and milde proceedings. But howſoeuer the matter wẽt, the
Archbiſhop Robert was glad to depart out of the Realm,The
Archbi|ſhop of Can|terbury bani|ſhed. and going to Rome, made
complaynte in the Court there, of the iniu|ries yt were offered him: but in
returning through Normandy, he dyed in the Abbey of Gemmeti|cum,
where he had bin Monke before his rõmyng
into England. Dyuerſe other were compelled to forſake the Realme at the ſame
time, both ſpi|ritual men and temporal, as William Biſhoppe of London,Normans ba|niſhed the Realme. and Vlf Biſhop of
Lincolne. Oſ|berne ſurnamed Pentecoſt, and his companyon Hugh, were
conſtreyned to ſurrender their Ca|ſtels, and by licence of Earle Leofrike
withdrewe through his countrey into Scotlande, where of Kyng Mackbeth they
were honorably receyued. Theſe were
Normans: for as partly yee haue hearde, Kyng Edwarde broughte with him no
ſmall number of that nation, when he came from thence to receyue the Crowne,
and by them hee was altogither ruled to the greate offending of his own
naturall ſubiects the Engliſhmẽ, name|ly Earle Goodwine and his ſonnes, who
in thoſe dayes for their greate poſſeſſions and large reue|newes, were had
in no ſmall reputation with the Engliſh people.
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2 After that the Archbiſhop
of Canterbury Ro|bert was departed the Realme, as before ye haue
hearde,Stigand Arch|biſhop of Cã|terbury.
Stigand was made Archbiſhop of Can|terbury, or rather thruſt him ſelfe into
that dig|nitie, not being lawfully called, in like manner as he had done at
Wincheſter: for where as he was firſt Biſhop of Shireborne, he left that
Churche, and tooke vpon him the Biſhopricke of Winche|ſter by force, and
nowe atteyning to be Archby|ſhop of Cãterbury,
Ran. Higd. Fabian. Stigand infa|med of Si|mony. he kept
both Wincheſter and Canterbury in his hand at one inſtant. Thys Stigand was
greatly infamed for his couetous practiſing in ſale of poſſeſſions
apperteyning to ye Church. He was nothing learned, but that want was a
common fault amongſt the Biſhops of ye age, for it was openly ſpoken in
thoſe dayes, that he was meete onely to be a Biſhop which coulde vſe the
pomp of the world, voluptuous pleaſures, rich rayment, and ſet himſelfe
foorthe with a iolly retinue of gentlemen and ſeruauntes on
Horſe|backe,What [...] of men [...] to be Biſhops in theſe dayes. for therein ſtoode the
countenance of a Bi|ſhop as the worlde then framed, and not in ſtudy how to
haue the people fed with the word of lyfe, to the ſauing of their ſoules.
King Edward now in the twelfth yere of his raigne,Polidor. hauing brought the ſtate of the Realme quite from
troubles of warre both by Sea and land, he began to foreſee as well for the
welth of his ſubiects, as for hym|ſelfe, being naturally enclined to wiſh
well to all men. He therfore conſidered, how by the manifold lawes which had
bin made by Britaynes, Eng|liſhmen and Danes within this lande, occaſion was
miniſtred to manye, whiche meaſured all things by reſpect of their owne
priuate gaine and profit, to peruert iuſtice, and to vſe wrongful dea|ling
in ſteede of righte, clouding the ſame vnder ſome braunche of lawe,
naughtily miſconſtrued, wherevpon to auoyde that miſchiefe, he piked out a
ſumme of that huge and immeſurable maſſe and heape of lawes, ſuche as were
thought moſt indifferent and neceſſary, and therewith ordeyned a fewe, and
thoſe moſt wholeſome, to bee from thencefoorth vſed, according to whoſe
pre|ſcript men might liue in due forme and rightfull order of a ciuill
life.The lawes of Saint Edward inſtituted.
Theſe lawes wer afterwards called the common lawes, and alſo Sainte Ed|warde
his lawes, ſo muche eſteemed of the Eng|liſhmen, that after the Conqueſt,
when the Nor|mans oftentimes wente about to abrogate the ſame, there
chaunced no ſmall mutenies and re|bellions for reteyning of thoſe lawes. But
heere is to bee noted, that although they were called Saint Edwardes lawes,
they were for the more part made by King Edgar, but now by K. Edwarde
reſtored, after they had bin abrogated for a time by the Danes.
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1 About this time,
1053 or 1054 Hec. Boetus. Polidor. VVil Malm. Math.
VVeſt. Erle Goodwin died ſuddain|ly (as ſome haue recorded) as he
ſate at table with the King: and vpon talke miniſtred of the deathe of
Alfred the Kyngs brother, to excuſe himſelfe, he tooke a peece of bread, and
eate it, ſaying: God let mee neuer ſwallow this bread downe into my cheſt,
but that I may preſently bee choked there|with, if euer I was weeting or
conſenting vnto Alfredes deathe: and immediately therewith,Ran. Higd. ex Marian [...] hee fell downe ſtarke dead. Other ſay, that hee ended EEBO page image 275 his life at Wincheſter, where beeing ſuddaynely
ſurpriſed with ſickneſſe,
Simon Dun. This is the likelieſt tale. as hee ſate at the
Table with the King vpon an Eaſter Monday, he ly|ued yet till the Thurſday
following, and then dyed. Hys Earledome was giuen vnto his ſonne Harrold,
& Harrolds Erledome which was Oxe|ford, was gyuen vnto Algar the ſon
of Leofricke.
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2 This Goodwill, as hee was
a man of greate power, wiſe, hardie, and politike, ſo was hee am|bitious,
deſirous to beare rule, and loth that any
other perſon ſhould paſſe him in authoritie. But yet whether all be true
that Writers report of his malitious practiſes to bryng hymſelfe and hys
ſonnes to the chiefe ſeate of gouernemente in the Kingdome, or that of
hatred ſuch ſlaunders were reyſed of him, it may of ſome perhappes be
doub|ted, bycauſe that in the dayes of King Edwarde (whiche was a ſoft and
gentle Prince) hee bare greate rule and authoritie, and ſo mighte procure to
himſelfe euill report for euery thing that chan|ced amiſſe, as oftentimes it commeth to paſſe in ſuche caſes,
where thoſe that haue greate doyngs in the gouernemente of the common
wealthe, are commonly euill ſpoken of, and that now and thẽ without their
gilt. But truth it is that Goodwin beeing in authoritie both in the dayes of
K. Ed|ward and his predeceſſors, did many thyngs as ſhould appeare by
Writers, more by will than by law,Hen. Hunt. and
ſo likewiſe did his ſonnes vpo preſump|tion of the great puiſſance that they
and theyr fa|ther were of within the Realme. Hee had to wife the ſiſter of
K. Cnute, Editha, of whome hee be|gate three ſonnes (as ſome write) that is
to ſaye,Polidor. Harrolde, Biorne, and Toſtie:
alſo his daughter Editha, the which he found meanes to beſtowe in marriage
vpon King Edward as before ye haue heard. But other write,VVil. Malm. that he had but one ſonne by Cnutes ſiſter, the
whiche in riding of a rough Horſe, was throwen into the Riuer of Thames, and
ſo drowned. His mother alſo was ſtriken with a thunderbolte, and ſo periſhed
worthely, as is reported for hir naughty doyings. She vſed to buy great
numbers of yong perſons, and namely maides that were of any excellencie in
beutie and perſonage yt which ſhe ſent ouer into Denmarke, and there ſold
them to hir moſt aduantage. After hir deceſſe (as the ſame authours record)
Goodwin married another woman by whome he had iſſue ſixe ſonnes, Suanus or
Swayne, Harrolde, To|ſtie or Toſto, Wilnote, Gurth and Leofricke: of them
mention is, and ſhall be further made, as places conuenient ſhall ſerue
thereto.
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2 About the thirtenth yeare
of King Edwardes raigne (as ſome write,Mat. VVeſt.
1054 Hec. Boetius.) or rather about the nine|teenth or
twentith yere as ſhould appeare by the Scottiſhe Writers, Siward the noble
Earle of Northumberlande with a great power of Horſe|menne went into
Scotland, and in battell put to
[figure appears here on page 275] flight
Mackbeth that had vſurped the Crowne of
Scotland, and that done, placed Malcolme ſur|named Camoyr, the ſon of
Duncane, ſometime King of Scotlande, in the gouernement of that Realme, who
afterward ſlew the ſayd Macbeth, and then raigned in quiet. Some of our
Engliſhe writers ſay,Sim. Dunel. Mat. VVest. that
this Malcolme was K. of Cũ|berlande, but other reporte him to be ſonne to
the K. of Cumberland. But heere is to be noted, that if Mackbeth raigned
till the yere .1061. and was then ſlayne by Malcolme, Earle Siwarde was
not at that battaile, for as our
writers do teſtifie, he died in the yere .1055. whiche was in the yeare next
after (as the ſame writers affirme) that hee vãquiſhed Mackbeth in fight,
& ſlew many thou|ſands of Scottes, & all thoſe Normans which
as ye haue heard, were withdrawẽ into Scotlande, when they were driuen out
of England. It is re|corded alſo, that in the foreſaid battayle, in which
Earle Siwarde vanquiſhed the Scottes, one of Siwards ſonnes chaunced to be
ſlayne, whereof, though the father had good cauſe to be ſorowfull, yet whẽ
he heard that he dyed of a wound which hee had receyued in fighting ſtoutely
in the fore|part of his body, and that with his face towarde the enimie, hee
greatly reioyced thereat, to heare that he died ſo manfully. But here is to
be noted, yt not now, but a litttle before, (as Henry Hunt. ſaith.) ye
Earle Siward, wente into Scotlande himſelfe in perſon, hee ſent his ſonne
with an ar|my to conquere ye land, whoſe hap was ther to be ſlaine: and
when his father heard ye newes, he de|maunded whether he receiued the wound
whereof he died, in ye fore parte of the body, or in the hinder part: and
when it was tolde him yt he receyued it in the foreparte, I reioyce (ſaith
he) euen with all my harte, for I woulde not wiſhe eyther to my ſonne nor to
my ſelfe, any other kind of death.
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EEBO page image 276
Mat. VVeſt. 1057
Shortly after, Aldred the Biſhop of Worceter was ſent vnto the
Emperour Henry the third, to fetch Edwarde the ſonne of Edmunde Ironſide
into England, whome King Edward was de|ſirous to ſee, meaning to ordeyne him
heire appa|rant to the Crowne: but hee dyed the ſame yeare after he came
into England. This Edward was ſurnamed the outlawe: his body was buried at
Weſtminſter,Hen. Hunt. 1055
or as an other ſayth in the Church of S. Paules in London. About the
ſame tyme, King Edward by euill counſell,
I wote not vp|pon what occaſion, but as it is thought without cauſe,
baniſhed Algar the ſon of Earle Leofricke: wherevpon he gote him into
Irelande, and there prouiding xviij. Ships of Rouers, returned, and landing
in Wales, ioyned him ſelfe with Griffin the king, or Prince of Wales, and
did much hurt on the bordures about Hereforde, of whiche place Raufe was
then Erle, that was ſonne vnto Go|da the ſiſter of King Edward by hir firſt
huſbãde Gualter de Maunt.Mat. VVeſt. Sim. Dunel.
This Earle aſſembling an army, came forth to giue battayle to the enimies,
appoynting the Engliſhmen contrary to theyr manner to fight on Horſebacke,
but being ready (the two and twẽtith of October) to giue the on|ſet in a
place not paſt two miles from Hereforde, he with his Frenchmen and Normans
fled,The Welch|men obteyne the victory a|gainſt
Eng|liſhmen and Normans. and ſo the reſt were diſcomfited, whome
the aduerſa|ries purſued, and ſlew to the number of fiue hun|dred, beſide
ſuche as were hurt and eſcaped with
[figure appears here on page 276] life.
Griffin and Algar hauing obteyned this vi|ctory, entred into the Towne of
Hereford, ſet the Miniſter on fire, ſlew ſeuen of the Cannons that ſtoode to
defende the dores or gates of the princi|pall Church, and finally, ſpoyled
and brente the Towne miſerably. The King aduertiſed hereof, gathered an army, ouer the whiche, Harrolde the
ſonne of Earle Goodwine was made generall, who followed vpon the enimies
that fled before him into Northwales, and ſtayed not, till ha|uing paſſed
through Stradluyd,Stradcluid. Snawdune. hee came
to the Mountaynes of Snawdune, where hee pitched his fielde. The enimies
durſt not abide hym, but gote them into Southwales, whereof Harrolde being
aduertiſed, left the more parte of his army in Northwales to reſiſt the
enimies there, and with the reſidue of his
people he came backe vnto Hereforde,The Citie of Hereford
for|tified by Harrold. recouered the Towne, and cauſed a greate
and mighty trench to be caſt round aboute it, with an high rampire, and
fenſed it with gates and other fortificatiõs. After this, he did ſo much,
that comming to a communication with Grif|fin & Algar at a place
called Biligelhage, a peace was concluded, and ſo the nauie of Earle Algar
ſayled about, and came to Cheſter, there to re|maine till the men of warre
and Marriners were payed their wages, whileſt he went to the Kyng, who both
pardoned his offence, and reſtored hym to his Earledome. After this, the
very ſame yere being the .15. yeare of King Edwardes raigne,The deceſſe of Siward Earle of Northam|berlande. Ran.
Higd.
as ſome writers affirme, the noble Earle of Northumberlande Siwarde
dyed of the flixe, of whome it is ſayde, that when hee perceyued the houre
of death to be at hand, he cauſed himſelfe to be put in armour, and to be
ſet vp in his chayre, affirming, that a Knighte and a man of honor, oughte
to die in that ſorte, rather than lying on a couch like a feeble and faint
harted creature: and ſitting ſo vprighte in his chaire armed at all pee|ces,
hee ended his life, and was buried at Yorke. He was a man of a Giantlike
ſtature, and thereto of a righte ſtoute and hardy courage, bycauſe hys ſonne
Walteif was but an infant, and as yet not out of his cradell, the Earledome
was giuen vn|to Earle Toſtie one of Gudwines ſonnes.
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1 Shortly after, in the
yeare .1057. Aldred Bi|ſhop of Worceter, was ſente ouer vnto the Em|peroure
Henry the third, to fetche Edwarde the EEBO page image 277 ſonne of
Edmund Ironſide into Englãd, whom King Edwarde was deſirous to ſee, meaning
to ordeyne him heire apparante to the Crowne: but he died the ſame yere,
after he was now returned into England.Edward the outlaw
depar|ted this life. This Edward was ſurnamed the outlawe: his
body was buryed at Weſtmin|ſter, or as other ſay, in ye Church of Saint
Paule within London.
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1
2
1056 Leofricke Erle of Cheſter de|parted this life.
Ran. Higd. Mat. VVest.
The ſame yeare, that is to witte, in the ſeuen|teenth or in the
ſixtenth yeare of King Edwards raigne (as
ſome write) Leofricke the noble Earle of Cheſter, or Mercia, that was ſonne
to Duke Leofwine, departed this life in his owne Towne of Bromeley the laſt
day of Auguſt, and was bu|ried at Couentrie in the Abbey there which he had
builded. This Earle Leofricke was a man of greate honor, wiſe and diſcret in
all his doyngs. His high wiſedome and policie ſtoode the Realm in great
ſteede whileſt he liued. He had a noble Lady to his wife, named Gudwina, at
whoſe earneſt ſute he made the Citie of
Couentrie free of all manner tolle,Couentrie made free of
tolle and cu|ſtome. except for Horſes: and to haue that tolle
layde downe, alſo, his foreſaide Wife rode naked through the middeſt of the
Towne, without other couerture, ſaue only hir heare.
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1 Moreouer, partly moued
by his owne deuo|tion, and partly by the perſwaſion of that noble Lady his
wife, he builded or beneficially augmẽ|ted and repared many Abbeyes and
Churches, as the ſaide Abbey or Priory at Couentrie, the Abbeyes of Wenlocke, Worceter, Stone, Eue|ſhame, and Leof
beſide Herford.
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1 Alſo, he buylded two
Churches within the Ci|tie of Cheſter,Churches in Cheſter
built. the one called S. Iohns, and the other Saint Werbrough. The
valew of ye iewels and ornaments which he beſtowed on the Abbey Church of
Couentrie, was ineſtimable.
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1 After Leofrickes death,
his ſonne Algar was made Earle, and entituled in all his landes and
Seigniories. In the yeare following, to witte, 1058.
H. Hunt. Algar Earle of Cheſter exiled the ſame Algar was
accuſed again (through malice of ſome enuious perſons) of treaſon, ſo that
he was exiled the land, wherevppon, he repa|red agayne vnto his old friend
Griffin Prince of Northwales, of whome hee was ioyfully recey|ued, and
ſhortly after by his ayde, and alſo by the power of a nauie of Ships that by
chaunce arri|ued in thoſe parties at that ſelfe ſeaſon vnlooked for out of
Norway,Sim. Dunel. the ſaid Algar recouered hys
Earledome by force, as ſome haue written. King Edward about the twentith yere of his raine,
1063 Sim. Dunel. Math. VVeſt. as then remayning at
Gloceſter, appoynted Earle Harrolde to inuade the Dominions of Griffin King
of Wales. Harrold taking with him a po|wer of Horſemen, made ſpeed, and came
to Rut|land, and there brenned Griffins Palace, and al|ſo his Shippes, and
then about midlent returned againe into England.
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1 After this, about the
Rogation weeke, Harrold eftſoones by the Kings commaundemente, wente againſt
the Welchmen, and taking the Sea, ſay|led by Briſtowe, round about the
coaſt, compaſ|ſing in maner al Wales. His brother Toſtie that was Earle of
Northumberland, met him by ap|pointment with an hoſt of Horſemen, and ſo
ioy|ning togither,Wales de|ſtroyed and harried by the
Engliſhm [...] The Welch|men agree to pay their ac|cuſtomed tribute. they
deſtroyed the countrey of Wales in ſuche ſorte, that the Welchmen were
compelled to ſubmit themſelues, to deliuer hoſta|ges, and conditioned to pay
the auntient tribute which before time they had payd. And moreouer, they
renounced their Prince the forenamed Grif|fin, ſo that he remayned as a
baniſhed perſon: and finally, about the fifth day of Auguſt, they ſlewe him,
and ſent his head to Earle Harrold.
1064 VVil. Malm. Sim. Dunel. After|wards King Edward
graunted ye rule of Wales vnto Blengent or Blethgent, and Riuall Grif|fins
two brethren, whiche did homage vnto hym for the ſame, and hadde ſerued
vnder Harrold a|gainſt their brother the foreſaid Griffin. There be that
write, that not onely Griffin, but alſo a|nother of his brethrẽ alſo called
Riſe, was brou|ght to his death by the manfull meanes, and po|litike order
of Earle Harrold,VVil. Malm. and all the ſauadge
people of Wales, reduced into the forme of good order vnder the ſubiection
of King Edwarde.
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1 Shortly after,Harrold goeth ouer into Normandy. Polidor.
Earle Harrolde chaunced to paſſe ouer into Normandy, whether of
happe or of purpoſe it is harde to define, writers varry ſo much in report
thereof. Some write, that he made earneſt ſuite to King Edward, to haue
licence to goe ouer to ſee his brother Wilnote,Edmerus. and his ne|phewe Hacun, which as yee haue heard, were
de|liuered as pledges to Kyng Edwarde, and ſente into Normandy to remayne
there with Duke William, and at length with muche adoe, gote leaue: but yet
he was told aforehand of the King: that he would repẽt his iourney, and do
the thing that ſhould be preiudiciall to the Realme.
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1 Other write,Mat. VVeſt. VVil. Malm. that Harrold lying at his
manor of Boſeham, went aboord one day into his fiſhers boate or Crayer, and
cauſed the ſame to launche foorth to the Sea for his pleaſure: but by
miſfor|tune at the ſame time, a contrary winde ſuddain|ly came about, and
droue the veſſell a lande into Fraunce vppon the coaſt of Ponthieu, where
hee was taken by the countrey people, and preſented to the Earle of Ponthieu
named Guy or Guido, who kept him as a priſoner, meaning to put him to a
greeuous raunſome. But Harrold remem|bring himſelfe of a wile, diſpatched a
meſſenger foorthe with all ſpeede vnto William Duke of Normandy, ſignifying
vnto him, that he bee|yng ſente from Kyng Edwarde to confirme ſuche Articles
as other meane men that had him ſente to him afore hadde talked of, by
chaunce hee was fallen into the handes of the Earle EEBO page image 278 of
Ponthieu, and kepte as priſoner againſt all or|der of law, reaſon, or
humanitie. Duke William thus enformed by the meſſenger, ſent to the Erle of
Ponthieu, requiring hym to ſet Earle Harrold at libertie, that he might
repare to him according to his commiſſiõ. The Earle of Ponthieu at the
Dukes requeſt, did not onely reſtore Harrolde to libertie,Harold is pre| [...]ecuted to Duke Willi|am Duke of Normandy. Hen. Hunt.
but alſo broughte hym into Normandy, and preſented him there to the
Duke, of whome he was moſt ioyfully receyued.
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1 There be that agree
partly with this reporte, and partly vary: for they write, that Earle
Har|rold tooke the Sea vppon purpoſe to haue ſayled into Flaunders, and that
by force of wind he was driuen to the coaſt of Pouthieu, and ſo after came
into Normandy in manner as before is mentio|ned. But by what meanes or
occaſion ſoeuer hee came thither, certayne it is, that hee was ioyfully
receyued,Harold was highly wel|comed of duke
William. and had great cheere made vnto hym by Duke William, ye
which at that time was ready to make a
iourney againſte the Britaynes, and tooke Earle Harrolde with him to haue
his com|pany in armes in that iourney, that hee myghte haue the better
triall of his valiancie. Earle Har|rold behaued himſelfe ſo, yt he ſhewed
good proofe both of his wiſedome and policie, and alſo of hys forwardneſſe
to execute that with hand, which by wit he had deuiſed, ſo that Duke William
hadde him in high fauour, and as it hath bin ſayd, Erle Harrolde (to procure
him more friendſhip at the Dukes handes)
declared vnto him, that Kyng Edwarde had ordeyned him his heire if hee dyed
without iſſue, & that he woulde not fayle to keepe the Realme of
England to the Dukes vſe, accor|ding to that ordenance, if King Edwarde dyed
without iſſue.
Math. VVeſt. Duke Willi|am promiſed to Harrolde his daughter in
marriage. And to performe this promiſe, he receyued a corporall
othe, whether willingly to winne the more credite, or forced therto by Duke
William, writers report it diuerſly.
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1
2 At the ſame time, Duke
William promiſed vnto him his daughter in
marriage, whom Har|rold couenaunted in like manner to take to wife. Finally,
when he ſhould returne into Englande, Duke William deliuered vnto him his
Nephew Hacun,Polidor. but kepte his brother
Wilnote with hym ſtill as a pledge. Earle Harrold then returned in|to
England, and declared vnto King Edwarde what he had done, who then ſayde
vnto him, dyd not I tell thee that thou wouldeſt doe the thyng whereof thou
ſhouldeſt repent thee, and procure a
miſchiefe to follow vnto thy countrey. But God of his mercie turne that
euill happe from thys Realme, or at the leaſt, if it be his pleaſure, that
it muſt needes come to paſſe, yet to ſtay it till after my dayes.
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1
2 Thus they write, that
affirme, howe Harrolde went ouer of purpoſe into Normandy: and ga|ther
thereof, that Kyng Edward foreſaw the cõ|ming of the Normanes, and that he
meante no|thing leſſe, than to perfourme the promiſe ma [...]e vnto Duke William,When the promiſe [...] made by King Edwarde to make Duke William his heire. as to
adopt hym as hys heire, which promiſe ſhoulde ſeeme to be made in time of
his baniſhmente, when hee ſtoode in neede of his friendſhippe, as the manner
of men in ſuche caſes is, to promiſe muche, howſoeuer they in|tend to
fulfill. But rather it may be thought, that King Edwarde had made no ſuch
promiſe at al, but perceiued the ambitious deſire of Duke Wil|liam, and
therefore would not that any occaſion ſhoulde bee miniſtred vnto him to take
holde of. Wherefore, he was ſo loth that Harrold ſhoulde goe ouer vnto him,
leaſt that might happe, which hapned indeede.
Hen. Hunt Mat. VVeſt. Fabian.
Falling [...] betwixt bre|thren.
In the four and twentith and laſt yeare of King Edwarde his raigne,
or there|about, there fell varriance betwixt the two bree|thren, Erle
Harrold, and Erle Toſtie at Wind|ſor, where the Courte then lay, in ſo muche
that Earle Harrold caught Toſtie by the heare of the head in the Kings
preſence, and ſtroke him.
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1
2 Herevpon, Toſtie
departing from the Courte in great anger, came to Hereforde in the marches
of Wales,The cruell dealing of Earle Toſtie. where
Harrolds ſeruants were prepa|ring for the Kings comming to theyr maiſters
houſe, which ſeruantes he tooke and ſlew, chopped them in peeces, and threwe
into that hogſhed of wine a legge, into that barrell of cyder an arme, into
this veſſel of ale an head, and ſo into ye lomes of methe, and tubbes of
brine, and other licor, he beſtowed the parties of the dead carcaſſes of his
brothers ſeruauntes, ſending the king word, that he had prouided at his
brothers manor, agaynſte his comming, good plentie of ſouſe, and poudred
meate, what ſo euer he ſhould finde beſide. Thys rumor of this cruell deede,
ſprang ouer all the Realme, wherevpõ the Northumbers, whom he hadde
gouerned for the ſpace of tenne yeares very cruelly, tooke occaſion to
rebell againſte him,The Northũ|bers Rebell againſt
Toſtie their Earle. and ſlew his ſeruants both Engliſhmen and
Danes, ſpoyled his houſes, and tooke away his Horſes, his armoure, and all
other his goodes and houſe|hold ſtuffe. The chiefeſt cauſe (as is remembred
by ſome writers) that mooued the Northumbers thus to riſe and rebell againſt
Toſtie, was for ye deteſtable murther of certain Gentlemen of their
countrey, ſeruauntes vnto Goſpatricke, whiche the Quene in behalfe of hir
brother had cauſed to be ſlayne in the Courte by treaſon, in the fourth
night of Chriſtmas laſt paſt, and alſo in reuenge of other noble men which
in the laſt yeare Toſtie himſelfe had commaunded to bee murthered in his
owne chamber at Yorke, whither hee had al|lured them to come vnder colour of
concludyng a peace with them. Alſo the greeuous payments wherewith hee
charged the people of that coun|trey, ſet them in a great rage agaynſte
hym.
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2 But the Kyng aduertiſed
heereof, liked EEBO page image 279 not their doings, for that they had done it
with|out commaundement or commiſſion, and there|fore ſent Earle Harrold with
an army to chaſtice them,VVil. Malm. but they were
ſtrong ynough to withſtand him, as thoſe whiche were aſſembled in armoure
togither with the people of Lincolneſhire, Not|tingamſhire, and Derbiſhire,
and hauing with them Marcherus or Malcharus, the ſon of Erle Algar, were
come as farre as Northampton, do|ing muche hurte in the parties
thereaboutes: but yet to haue ye kyngs
peace, they offered to returne home, ſo that they might haue an other Earle
ap|poynted them, for that they playnely proteſted, yt they beeyng free men,
borne and bred out of bon|dage, mighte not ſuffer any cruell gouernoure to
rule ouer them, being taught by their auncetors, eyther to liue in libertie,
or to die in defence there|of. If therfore it might pleaſe the King to
aſſigne Marcharus the ſonne of Earle Algar to be theyr Ruler, hee ſhoulde
ſee how obedient ſubiects they woulde
prooue and ſhewe themſelues to be, when they ſhould be vſed after a
reaſonable & courteous manner. All things conſidered, their requeſt
ſee|med reaſonable, or at leaſt, it was thought neceſ|ſary, that it ſhuld be
graunted. And ſo was Mar|charus or Malcherus made Earle of
Northum|berlande.Marcharus made Earle of
Northumber|land. Toſtie in great diſpleaſure with his wife and
children fayled ouer into Flaunders, & there remayned till after the
deceſſe of King Edward. Finally,
King Edward departed this life.
Simon Dun.
after that this courteous Prince Kyng Edwarde had raigned three and twentie yeares ſeuen
monethes and odde dayes, he departed this life at London the fourth of
Ianuary, and was buried in the Church of Weſtminſter whyche he had in his
life time royally repayred after ſuche a ſtately ſort, as few Churches in
thoſe dayes were like thereto within this Realme, ſo that after|wardes the
ſame was a patrone for other to bee built after the ſame fourme. This Edward
was a Prince of ſuch a vertuous diſpoſition of minde,King
Edward his manners, and diſpoſitiõ of mind de|ſcribed.
that his fame of holyneſſe ſprang ouer
all. He ab|horred warres and ſhedding of bloud, in ſo much, that when hee
liued as a baniſhed man in Nor|mandy, hee hadde this ſaying oftentimes in
hys mouth, that he had [...] her liue a priuate life for e|uer, than to attein the Kingdome by the
ſlaughter and deathe of any man. Hee coulde not abide to haue the people
oppreſſed with tributes or exacti|ons, in ſo much, that he cauſed the
paymente cal|led Danegelt, whiche had continued for the ſpace almoſt of fortie yeres to ceaſſe. It hath bin
ſayd, that when the collectors of this money, or ſome other ſubſedy had gote
an huge quãtitie of threa|ſure togyther, they brought it vnto him, and layd
it altogither vppon an heape, ſo to delighte hys eyes:A
Deuill fet|ching gam|balles. but he declaring that he ſawe a Deuil
play|ing and fetching gambals about that heape of money, commaunded that it
ſhoulde bee had a|way, and reſtored againe to them of whome it was
leuied.
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1 In dyet and apparrell hee
was ſpare and no|thing ſumptuous: and although on high feaſtes he ware rich
apparrell, as became the Mairſtie of his royall perſonage: he ſhewed yet no
proud [...] no [...] loftie countenance, rather prayſing God for thys bountifull goodneſſe
towardes hym extended than eſteeming heerein the vayne Pompe of the
worlde.
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1 The pleaſure yt he tooke
chiefly in this worlde for refreſſhing of his w [...]ters conſiſted onely in Hawking and Hunting whiche exerciſes to
day|ly vſed, after he had firſt bin in the Church at de|uine ſeruice.
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1 In other things he ſeemed
wholly gyuen to a deuoute trade of life, charitable to the poore, and very
liberall, namely to Hoſpitalles and houſes of Religion in the parties of
beyonde the Sea, wiſhing euer, that the Monkes and Religious perſons of his
Realm, woulde haue followed the vertue and holineſſe of his vſed amongſt
them of foraine parties. As hath bin thought he was en|ſpired with the gift
of Prophecit, and alſo to haue hadde the gift of healing infirmities and
diſeaſes.
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1 Namely, he vſed to help
thoſe that were vex|ed with the diſeaſe, commonly called the Kyngs euill,
and left that vertue as it were a portion of inheritance vnto his ſucceſſors
the Kyngs of this Realme.
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1 Hee was warned (as hath
bin reported) of hys death certaine dayes before hee dyed,A tale of a Ring. by a King that was brought to him by certaine
Pilgrimes comming from Hieruſalem, which ring he hadde ſecretly giuen to a
poore man that aſked his cha|ritie in the name of God and Sainte Iohn the
Euangeliſt. But to conclude,King Edward canonized for a
Saint. ſuche was the opi|nion conceyued of his holyneſſe of life,
that ſhort|ly after his deceſſe, hee was canonized amongſt the number of
Saintes, and named Edward the Confeſſor.
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1 Whileſt hee lay ſicke of
that ſickneſſe whereof at length hee died,VVil. Malm Mat.
VVeſt after he hadde remayned for two dayes ſpeechleſſe, the third
day after when he had lay [...]e for a time in a ſlumber of ſoft ſleepe, at the tyme of his wakening,
hee fetched a deepe ſigh and thus ſayde, Oh Lorde God Almighty, if thys bee
not a vaine fantaſticall illuſion, but a true viſion which I haue ſeene,
graunt me ſpace to vtter the ſame vnto theſe that ſtande heere preſente, or
elſe not. And heerewith hauing hys ſpeeche perfect, he declared how he had
ſeene two Monkes ſtand by him as he thoughte whome in his youth he knewe in
Normandy to haue liued Godly, and died Chriſtianly. Theſe Monkes (ſaid hee)
proteſting vnto mee that they were the meſſengers of God, ſpake theſe words,
bycauſe ye chiefe gouernoures of England, the Biſhops and EEBO page image 264
Abbots, are not the Myniſters of God, but the Diuels, the Almighty God hath
deliuered this Kingdome for one yere and a day into the hands of the enimie,
and wicked ſpirites ſhall walke a|brode through the whole land. And whẽ I
made aunſwere that I woulde declare theſe thyngs to the people, and promiſed
on theyr behalfe, that they ſhoulde doe penance in following the ex|ample of
the Niniuites. They ſayde agayne, that it would not be, for neyther ſhould
the people re|pente, nor God take any
pitie vpon them. And when is there hope to haue an ende of theſe mi|ſeries
ſayd I, then ſayde they, when a greene tree is cut in ſunder in the middle,
and the parte cut off, is carried three acres bredth from the ſtocke,
& returning agayne to the ſtoale, ſhall ioyne there|with, and begin
to budde and beare fruite after the former manner, by reaſon of the ſappe
rene|wing the accuſtomed nouriſhmente, then I ſay, may there be hope that
ſuch euils ſhall ceaſſe, and diminiſhe:
Although other that ſtoode by, were brought in feare with thoſe the Kyngs
wordes, the Archbiſhoppe Stigande yet made but a ieſt thereof, ſaying, that
the olde man raued nowe in hys ſickneſſe, as men of great yeares vſe to do.
But the trouth of that Propheſie afterwards too playnely appeared, when
Englande became the habitation of newe ſtraungers, in ſuche wiſe, that there
was neyther gouernoure, Biſhoppe, nor Abbot remayning therein of the
Engliſhe Na|tion.
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1 But now to make an ende
with K. Edward, hee was of perſon comely, and of an indifferente ſtature, of
white heare, both head and bearde, of face ruddy, and in all other partes of
his body fayre ſkinned, with due ſtate and proportion of limmes as was
thereto conueniente.
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1 In the yeare before the
deathe of Kyng Ed|warde, a blaſing Starre appeared, the whyche when a Monke
of Malmeſbury that highte Eylmer behelde, hee vttered theſe wordes (as it
were by way of Propheſying:) Thou arte come (fayth he) thou art come, muche
to be lamẽted of many a mother: it is long agone ſith I ſaw thee, but nowe
I doe beholde thee, the more terrible threatning deſtruction to this
countrey by thy dreadfull appearance.
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1 In the perſon of Kyng
Edward ceaſed by his deathe the noble progenie of the Weſt Saxon Kings,
which had continued from the firſt yeare of the raigne of Cerdicke or
Cerditius, the ſpace of fiue hundred .47. yeares complete. And from Egbert
two hundred ſixtie ſixe yeres, as by Wil|liam Harriſons Chronologie is eaſie
to bee col|lected, whoſe poſitions as moſt exact for the com|putation of the
tyme, I chiefly followe.
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1 MOreouer, ſith the
progenie of the Saxon Kyngs ſeemeth wholly to take ende wt this Edward
ſurnamed the Confeſſor, or the third of that name before the Conqueſt, we
haue thought good for the better help of memorie, to ſet downe in order, the
names as well of thoſe that reigned among the Weſt Saxons, (who at length as
yee haue hearde, obteyned the whole Monarchie) as alſo of them which ruled
in the other ſeauẽ kyng|domes before the ſame were vnited vnto the ſayd
Kingdome of the Weſt Saxons.
Mat. VVeſt.The line of the Kentiſh
kings.
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Hengeſt
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Oiſc
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Oth, or Occa
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Ermenricus
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Ethelbert the firſt Chri|ſtian.
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Eadbalde
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Ercombert
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Egbert
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Lothair
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Eadricke
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VVithred and Sywarde
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Ethelbert
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Eadbert
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Ethelbert
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Eadbert Pren
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Cuthred
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Baldred
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Athelſtan.
From this Athelſtane the
kingdome of Kent was tranſlated vnto the kings of the Weſt Saxons.
Of the Kings of Mercia.
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Crida or Creodda
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VVibba
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Cearli
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Penda
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Peada, or rather
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VVeada, that was the firſt Chriſtian.
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Alfhere
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Ethelfred
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Kinred
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Ceolred
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Ethelbalde
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Beornred
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Offa, ſurnamed Mag|nus, or the great.
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Egfrid
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Kenulfe
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Kenelme
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Ceolulf
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Bernulf
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Ludican, or
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Ludicene
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VViglaf
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Bertulf
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Burthred.
From this Burthred was
the Kingdome of Mercia tranſpoſed ouer to the kings of the weſt Saxons.
Of the Kings of VVeſt Saxons.
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Cerdic, or
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Cerdicius
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Kenric
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Ceauline
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Ceolric
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Ceolulf
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Kinegilſe, or
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Quicheline, the firſt Chriſtian.
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Kinewalke
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Sexburga
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Eaſcwine
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Keniwine
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Ceadwalla
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Inas
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Ethelhard
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Cuthred
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Sigebert
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Kineulf
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Brithric
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Egbert
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Ethelulf
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Athelbalde
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Ethelbert
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Ethelred
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Alfred, or
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Alvred.
This Alfred, or Alvred
was the firſt Monarke of the Engliſhe kings, whoſe ſucceſſion conti|nued
vnto the cõming in of William the Cõ|querour.
Of the Kings of Northumberland.
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Ida
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Adda
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Glap
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Theodwald
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Fretewulfe
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Theodoricke
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Athelfride
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Edwine, the firſt Chri|ſtian king of Deira.
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Ea [...]ifride
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Oſwalde
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Oſwie
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Aelfride
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Egfride
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Ealfride
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Oſred
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Kenrede
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Oſrike
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Ceolwulfe
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Eadbert
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Oſulfe
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Acthelred Mollo
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Ealdred
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Aetheldred
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Alfwolde
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Oſred
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Ethelred agayne
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Oſred
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Eardulfe
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Alfwolde
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Eandred
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Aethelred
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Readwulf
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Osbert
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Ella
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Egbert
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Ricſie
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Egbert
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Cuthred
Of the Kings of Deira.
This Ella raigned in
Deira whyleſt eyght Collaterall kings raig|ned in Bernicia.
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Aethelfride
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Eadwine
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Oſricke
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Oſwine
The kingdome of Dei|ra
was tranſlated from Oſwine to Oſwie K. of Bernicia, and by this meanes ye
kingdom of ye Northũbers was vni|ted. Whoſe bounds did extẽd frõ Hũber
north|wards to the Scottiſhe ſea, and in the end came vnder the power of the
Weſt Saxons.
Of the Kings of Eaſt Angles.
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Vffa
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Titellus
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Redwalde
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VVibert
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Corpenwalde the firſte Chriſtian.
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Sigebert
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Egricke
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Anna
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Aethelhere
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Aethelwalde
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Ealdulphe
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Ealſwalde
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Beorna
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Aethelred
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Aethelbert
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Eadmund
Gytro the Dane. From Gytro the Dane, the kingdome of the Eaſt
Angles was tranſlated to the Weſt Saxons.
Of the Kings of the Eaſt Saxons.
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Earkenwine
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Sledda
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Sebert the firſte Chriſtian.
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Sexred, and
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Siwarde
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Sigebert the little
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Switheline
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Sigehere and Sebba
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Sigeharde, and
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Seofride
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Offa
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Selred
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Suithred.
From this Suithred, ye
kingdome of the Eaſt Saxõs was tranſlated to the Weſt Saxons.
Of the Kings of the South Saxons.
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Ella
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Ciſſa
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Ethelwalde the firſte Chriſtian.
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Berthune
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Aldhune.
From this Aldhune the
kingdome of the South Saxons was trãſlated to the weſt Saxons.
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1
EEBO page image 282Here is to be remembred, that as partly be|fore is
expreſſed,Mat. VVeſt. wee finde in ſome olde
Wry|ters, howe the fyrſt Kings of ſeuen of theſe Kingdomes of the Germaine
Nation that bare rule in this Iſle, fetched theyr pedegrees from one Woden,
who begatte of Frea his wyfe ſe|uen ſonnes, that is to witte, 1. Vecta, of
whom came the kings of Kent .2. Fethelgeta, or Fre|thegeath, from whome the
kings of Mercia diſ|cended .3. Balday of whoſe race the Kings of the Weſt Saxons had theyr originall .4.
Bel|dagius, auncetour to the kings of Bernicia, and the Northumbers .5.
Wegodach, or Wegda|gus, frõ whom came the kings of Deira .6. Ca|ſer, from
whom proceeded the kings of the Eaſt Angles .7. Naſcad alias Saxuad, of whom
the kings of the Eaſt Saxons had their beginning.
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1 And here you muſt note,
that althoughe the kings of the .viij. kingdome, that is, of the
South-Saxons or of Suſſex, were diſcended of the ſame people, yet were they not of the ſame line. By o|ther it
ſhould ſeeme, that Woden had but fiue ſonnes: as Vecta, great Grandfather to
Hengeſt: Wepedeg, anteceſſor to the kings of the Eaſt An|gles: Viclac, from
whom proceeded the kings of Mercia: Saxuad, from whom the kings of Eſſex
came: & Beldeg, of whoſe generatiõ proceeded the kings of the South
Saxons, Weſt Saxons, and the Northumbers.Simon
Dun. Moreouer, there bee that bring the genealogie from Noe or
Noah,Iohn Textor. the ſon of Lamech, which Noe was the .ix. in diſcent frõ Adam,
& Woden the .xv. frõ Noah, as thus: Noe was the father to Sem ye
father of Bedwi, the father of Wala, the father of Hatria or Ha|thra, the
father of Itermod ye father of Heremod, the father of Sheaf or Seaf, the
father of Seldoa or Sceldua, the father of Beatu or Beau, ye father of
Teathwij alias Tadwa or Teathwy, the fa|ther of Geta, reputed for a God
among the Gen|tiles, the father of Fingodulph otherwiſe Bo|dulfe, the father of Fritwolfe otherwiſe Frinin the
father of Freolaf alias Freolater, the father of Frethwold or Friderwald,
the father of the afore|named Woden or Othen.