[1] Here is also to be noted, that in this seuenth yeare of king Richard,A dearth. a great dearth chanced through this realme of England, and in the coasts about the same. Also about the same time died William earle of Sa|lisburie,The death of the earle of Salisburie. the sonne of earle Patrike, whose daughter and heire king Richard gaue in marriage, togither with the earledome of Salisburie, vnto his base bro|ther, surnamed Long Espée.