men of armes xviij.M.and iiij.C. of communes ¶The Erle of Dunbarre keper of theCastell of Berewyke halpe the Scottes with .l. men of ArmesAnd Sir alisaundre of Seton keper of the forsaid toune of Be∣rewykewith an honderd men of armes
withstode by the grace of almyghty god.¶And so a day of bataill was assigned bitwene hem and cer∣taynelordes and men of holy churche that were of that contre withothir commune peple faste by the Cite of Duresme / At whiche
and putten ropes andhalters aboute hir nekkes and yelden vp the keyes of the touneand of the Castell to kyng Edward of Englond with gretefere and drede of hert ¶And when kyng Edward sawethis as a merciable kyng and lord
fewe of the gretest persones of state and of gouernaunce of the tou¦nehe sente in to Englond ther to abide hir raunsome and the kyn∣gesgrace / And all the comminalte of the toune the kyng let gonewhidder they wolde in
of kyng Edward in the beginnyngkyng Edward with vnwyse counceill and vndiscrete bo¦reweda grete somme of gold of the prelatz lordes mar∣chantzand othir riche men of his reame seyeng that it shold be di∣spendedin defendyng of holy chyrche and
of kyng Edward iiij. Non̄ of May be¦yngyit voide and vacant the Erchebisshopriche of caunterbury ma¦stirSymond sudbery bisshopp of london was made ErchebisshoppeAnd maister william Courteney that was bisshopp of heefordwas than made bisshopp of london and the bisshopp
this mater by hel¦pe& fauour of the prince Anone as the Prince was dede at the in¦stāce& request of the forsaid dame Alice this Piers de la mare wazIugged to {per}petuall prison in the castellof Noting in the whichhe
oute of this land ouer the seethat is to say Sir Alisaundre neuill the Erchebisshop of yorke andSir Robert le veer markeys of deuelyn & erle of Oxenford / & SirMichell de la Pole Erle of southfolke and Chaunceler of
went to sir Thomas Arundell Erchebisshopp of yorke &also chaunceler of englond And ther the bisshopp made his cōpleintvn to the Chaunceler vpon the peple of the cite of london ¶Andthan these ij. bisshoppes of grete malice & vengaunce come
yonge creature of xix. yere of age Dame Isa¦bellthe kynges doughter of fraunce and many othir worthy lordesof grete name both barons and knyghtes with moche othir eplethat comen vn to the toune of Grauenyng and ij. dukes of frauncethat
himcome the Erle of Arundell his sone and heire the whiche was inwarde and kepyng of sir Iohan shelley knyght somme tyme withthe Erle of Huntyngdone & with the duke of Excestre the whichewas in the Castellof Reigate in
of any man Allas for pite of thisriall kyng ¶And anone come tydynges that sir Henry of olyngbroke was vp with a wonder stronge power of peple and that allthe shreues of Englond reysed vp the shires in strengthyng
enarmed with many agood man of armes and archiers &of good defence of werre in the kynges name of Englond / and sohe londed at the last in the cost of Britaigne in the Ile of Briakwith all his peple
x. yere of kyng Henries regne the iiij. come the Se∣neschallof henaude with othir meyne to seke Auntres and to getehym wurshippe in dedes of armes bothe on hors bak and on footat all maner of pointes of werre ¶And
the Cite of Rone ¶And in the v. yere of kynghenries regne the v. Sir Iohan Oldecastell that was the lord Cob∣hamwas arested for heresie and brought vn to the tour of londonAnd anone after he brake oute of the
thelord of willby the lorde Phehewe and sir william Porter knyghtwith hir retenue before the port of seint hillare / And than was theErle of Mortayne with his retenue logged in the Abbey of Seintkaterines / And the Erle of
whan they issued oute of the cite.¶And than come the priour of kylmayne of Irland ouer the seevn to the kyng with a faire meyne of men of armes of hir owne cō¦tregyse the somme of xv.C. good mennys bodies
porte of seint Hillarie the Bastard of Tyne he wasCapitayne of the porte martenuille / And graunte akes a worthywerriour he was Capitayne of all men of werre / And he was go∣uernourouteward bothe on horsebake & a foot of
haue a trayttye with the kyng of en¦glond / For the kyng of Englond wan daily of them tounes Castl¦lesand fortresses / Also this same yere was quene Iane arestid &brought to the castellof ledis in kente / And
sir Iohan Ratclife was lieutenaunt of the kyngin that toune / And the Baron of dnddeley lieutenaunt of the Ca∣stell / And the ix. day of Iuyll the duke of Bourgoyne with allethe power of Flaundres and moch othir peple