[1] [2] [3] The king of England hearing of the losse of the Regent, caused a great ship to be made,The kings ship roiall cal|led Henrie grace de Dieu such a one as the like had neuer béene séene in England, and na|med it Henrie grace de Dieu. The French king about the same time sent to a knight of the Rhodes called Priour Iehan, a Frenchman borne, of the countrie of Guien, requiring him to come by the streicts of Marrocke into Britaine: the which he did, bringing with him thrée gallies of force, with diuerse foists and row-gallies, so well ordin [...] and trimmed, as the like had not beene séene in these parties before his comming. He had laine on the coasts of Barbarie to defend certeine of the religion,A parlement wherein it was conclu|ded that king Henrie in pro|per person should inuade France. as they came from Tripolie. This yeare in the moneth of Nouember the king called his high court of parlement, in the which it was concluded, that the king himselfe in per|son with an armie roiall shuld inuade France; wher|vpon notice being giuen to such as shuld attend, they made their purueiance with all diligence that might be. Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 897. Great sub|sidie. In this parlement was granted to the king tws fiftéens, and foure demies; and head monie, of euerie duke ten markes, an earle fiue pounds, a lord foure pounds, a knight foure marks, & euerie man rated at right hundred pounds in goods, to paie foure marks, and so after that rate, till him that was valued at fortie shillings, paied twelue pence, and euerie man that tooke fortie shillings wages twelue pence, and euerie man and woman of fiftéene yeares or vp|ward foure pence.Bow stéeple builded. The steeple and lanterne of Bow church in Cheape was this yeare finished. By fire this yeare a great part of the kings palace of West|minster, and the chappell in the Tower of London,Kings palace at Westmin|ster burned. and manie other places in England were burned. In Aprill, the king sent a great nauie of twelue [page 816] thousand men to the sea. On Maie euen, Edmund de la Poole was beheaded on the Tower hill,Edmund de la Poole be|h [...]aded. his bro|ther Richard was after slaine in France.]