Part 19 (2/2)
This yere, on the twelfthe day after Cristema.s.se, the erle of Kent, the erle of Hunt', the lord Spenser, S^{r}. Rauf Lumley, and manye othere knyghtes and squyres were purposyd to have sclayn the kyng and hise children at Wyndesore, and thoo that helde with them be a mommynge; but, as it fortuned, the kyng hadde warnynge; and anon he rood to London in gret haste, and made hym strong to ryde on hise adversaries afore said; the whiche lordes were a.s.sembled at Redynge, purposyng for to do as they hadde ment; and fro thens they come to Wyndesore, and deden moche harme thereaboughte. And whanne they hadde aspied that the kyng was forth to London, they token there wey to Surcetre, and made cryes be the weye, and at Surcetre also, seyenge that kyng Richard was up with alle Walys and Chestyrschire; and kyng Herry fledde to the tour of London: but for all that the toun aroos and toke them with grete strenkthe; and there they beheded the erle of Kent and the erle of Salesbury; also the erle of Huntyngton was beheded at Pla.s.she in Ess.e.x, the whiche was fled and wolde a pa.s.sed the see to have brought in Frensshmen for to distroye Engelond; and he myghte have no wynd to brynge hym over, and he was take and beheded as it ys above seid. Also at Sucetre the same tyme was beheded S^{r}.
Rauf Lumley; and at Oxenford were beheded S^{r}. Thomas Blount, S^{r}.
Benet Cely, Thomas Wyntreshull squyer, and othere aboughte xxvij persones, and the hedes of the lordes sent to London. At Bristowe was beheded the lord Spenser, and there his hed sett up: afterward was taken S^{r}. Bernard Brocas, S^{r}. Thomas Sch.e.l.ley, Maudeleyn parson, S^{r}. William Fereby prest; and there were drawen, hanged, and beheded, at Tyborne. And anon after deyde kyng Richard in the castell of Ponfreyt, whos body was beryed at Langeley. Also in this yere of oure lord a m^{l}cccc, the kyng rood into Scotlond. And in this yere began the werre in Walys be Oweyn of Glendore.
REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1400-1402.]
John Fraunceys, Will' Cnote, drap'. A^{o}. s'c'do.
goldsmyth, m'. John Wakeley, vynt'.
In this yere a quarter of whete was worth xvj _s._ Also this yere kyng Herry rood into Wales be the excitacion of the lord Grey Ruthyn, for to distroye Owan of Glondere. In this yere was here the emperor of Constantynn.o.ble: and the kyng helde his Cristema.s.se at Eltham; and men of London maden a gret mommyng to hym of xij aldermen and there sones, for whiche they hadde gret thanke. And the same yere S^{r}. William Sautre prest was degraded of his presthood, and brent in Smythefeld for an heretyk.[81]
[Footnote 81: ”a lollard and an eritik approved afore alle the clergye” _in the Cotton MS._]
John Schadworth, William Veno', groc'. A^{o}. t'cio.
m'c', maior. John Fremyngham, skynn'.
[Sidenote: Stella comata.]
[Sidenote: The bataill of Humbelton hill.]
[Sidenote: The conduyt in Cornhill.]
This same yere was dame Johanne d.u.c.h.esse of Breteyne spoused to kyng Herry with moche solempnyte at Westm'. Also in Lenten this yere schewed in the west in the sky a sterre called Stalla Comata, whiche endured v wokes. Also in this yere the prior of Launde, S^{r}. Roger Claryndon knyght, and viij frere Menours weren drawen and hanged at Tyburne. Also this yere, the xiiij day of Septembre, was the bataill with the Scottes at Humbledon hill, where there were taken and sclayn wol ny alle the gentyles of Scotlond. Also this same yere was mad the conduyt in Cornhull.
REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1402-1403.]
John Walcote, Rob't Chichelegh, groc'. A^{o}. iiij^{to}.
drap', m'. Ric' Merlawe, fysshmong'.
[Sidenote: The bataill of Schrovesbury.]
This same yere, on Maudelyn even, betwen Englysshmen and Englysshmen was the sory bataill of Schrovesbury, that is to seye betwen kyng Herry and S^{r}. Herry Percy sone of the erle of Northumberland; the whiche S^{r}. Henry Percy was there sclayn and there beryed; and on hys syde manye another man also sclayn; and on his syde the erle Douglas of Scotland lost his on eye; and S^{r}. Thomas Percy brother to the said S^{r}. Herry Percy was there taken and kept too dayes after on lyve; and for he was emba.s.sator before the batall betwen the kyng and S^{r}. Herry Percy, manye a good man loste there hys lyf, wherfore they seyde S^{r}. Thomas was drawen, hanged and beheded, and his hede[82] sett upon London brigge: also in the said bataille the prynce was schot in the heed wyth an arowe; and the erle of Stafford sclayn undyr the kynges banere, and S^{r}. William Graunsell, with manye othere knyghtes and squyers:[83] and forasmoche as som peple seyde that S^{r}. Herry Percy was alyve, he was taken up ayen out of his grave, and bounden upright betwen to mille stones, that alle men myghte se that he was ded.
[Footnote 82: ”with a quart' of S^{r}. Herry Percie's hedde” _in the Cotton MS._]
[Footnote 83: ”worthie lordes, knyghts, and squyers, gentilles, and good yomen” _in the Cotton MS._]
REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1403-1405.]
Will'm Askam, fysshmong', Thomas Faucon', m'c'. A^{o}. v^{to}.
maior. Th' Polle, goldsmyth.
[Sidenote: The takyng of William Cerle.]
This William Askam was prentys to William Walworth, sume tyme maire, that was prentys sum tyme with John Lovekyn; and alle schirreves and meires ech after other in on house. In this yere William Cerle yoman of the robys with kyng Richard, whiche was on of them that mordred the goode duke of Gloucestre at Caleys, was taken in the march of Scotlond and brought to London, where that he was drawen, and hanged, boweld, and his bowels brente before hym, and thanne beheded and quartered at Tyburne. In this yere the lord Castell, with gret peple of Bretouns and Normaundes, londed at the Blake Pole, too mile fro Dertmouth, and there he was sclayn; and the peple fledde.
John Hende, drap', Will' Louthe, goldsmyth. A^{o}. vj^{to}.
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