Compare 1577 edition: 1 Dunnington castell taken and raced.After this the castell of Iohn Lacie at Dunning|ton was taken and laid flat to the ground, by com|mandement of the king, who hauing accomplished his will in those parties, drew towards Yorkeshire, and at his comming thither destroied the houses, townes and manours of those lords and gentlemen which were against him. It is horrible to heare, and lothsome to rehearse the crueltie which was practised by the souldiers and men of warre in places where they came, Matth. Parris. who counting no honour or renowme more excellent, nor glorie (as warriours say)
and therfore were wholie bent to spoile and ransacke the houses of the people without pitie or compassion, besides the robberies, spoiles and great outrages vsed by the souldiers generallie against the common people. Few there were in that countrie of great li|nage or wealth, whom the king for their assembling themselues with the barons either spoiled not, or put not to execution.K. Iohn ta|keth ye castell of Barwike. Thus with his armie (to the great desolation of the countrie) he passed foorth to the bor|ders of Scotland, and entring that realme, tooke the castell of Barwike, and other places of strength in those parts, meaning to haue woone more from the Scots, if other vrgent businesse had not called him backe againe. This being doone, he committed the countrie which lieth betwixt the riuer of These, and the confines of Scotland,Hugh de Ba|lioll & Philip de Hulcotes. to the keeping of Hugh de Balioll and Philip de Hulcotes, assigning to them such conuenient number of men of warre as was thought expedient,Robert de Ue+pount, Brian de Lisle, Gef|frey de Lucie. and the custodie of the castels in Yorkeshire he deliuered to Robert de Uepount, to Brian de Lisle, and to Geffrey de Lucie.Maior nulla quidem quàm bello parta videtur,Horrida Mauortis tractare ferociter arma,Hostilìque suam temerare in sanguine dextram,
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie, when he had so ordered things in the North parts as stood with his pleasure, so that there remained no more but two castels, that is to saie, Mountsorrell,Mountsorell betwixt Lei|cester & Lug|borough. and another in Yorkeshire that apper|teined to Robert de Roos in possession of the barons, he returned by the borders of Wales into the south parts: and by all the way as he passed, he shewed great crueltie against his aduersaries, besieging and taking their castels and strong houses, of the which some he caused to be fortified with garrisons of souldiers to his owne vse, and some he raced. The like feats were wrought by the other armie in the parts about London: for William earle of Salisburie, and Foukes de Brent, with the other capteins which the king had left behind him there, perceiuing that the citie would not easilie be woone by anie siege, first furnished the castell of Windsore, Hertford, and Barkhamsted, with such strong garrisons of souldi|ers as might watch, vpon occasion giuen to assaile those that should either go into the citie, or come from thence: they marched foorth with the residue of the armie,The earle of Salisburie with his ar|mie inuadeth the countries about Lon|don. and passing through the counties of Essex, and Hertford, Middlesex, Cambridge, Huntington, they wasted the countries, and made the townes be|come tributaries to them. As for the houses, manour places, parkes, and other possessions of the barons, they wasted, spoiled and destroied them, running e|uen hard to the citie of London and setting fire in the suburbs.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time, whilest the king went for|wards on his iournie northwards, vpon the 18 of December last past,The castell of Hanslap. the castell of Hanslap was ta|ken by Foukes de Brent, which apperteined vnto William Manduit. On the same day also was the castell of Tunbridge taken by the garrison of Ro|chester,Tunbridge castell. which castell of Tunbridge belonged to the earle of Clare. Moreouer, the foresaid Foukes de Brent comming vnto Bedford,Bedford takẽ by Foukes de Brent. wan both the towne and castell: for they that had the castell in kéeping, after 7 daies respit (which they obteined at the hands of the said Foukes) when rescue came not from the lord William Beauchampe their maister,Will. Beau|champe. they deli|uered it vnto the said Foukes. Unto whom K. Iohn gaue not onlie that castell, but also committed to his kéeping the castels of Northampton,Castels deli|uered to the kéeping of Foukes de Brent. Oxford and Cambridge.