A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483: Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British MuseumAnonymous
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A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483: Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum
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London (England) -- History -- To 1500; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- To 1500
[A copy of the treaty then occurs, consisting of eight pages.]
"Also this same yere Newegat was bigonne to make newe by thexecutors
of Richard Whityngton. Also the same yere in somer tide was great
plente of al maner cornes and fruytes: but a litle before Midsomer
there bigan to falle moch reyne, which contynued lasse or more every
day as for the moost partie; howsoever the wynde stode unto viij daies
bifore Cristmas, so that men myght not gadre ynne there, and namely
the codde corne, and yet was there plente of corne ynough."
NOTE OO. page 112.
A^{o}. ii. Hen. VI.--"And upon the Wednesday with a glad chere sate in
his modres lappe in the chare, and rode thurgh the cite to Westm' the
xvij day of Novembre, the yere of our lord m^{l} cccc xxiij, and there
was brought into the parliament; where the Speker of the parliament,
in the name and for al the comons of England, spake to the kyngs
persone these wordes after folowyng."
The speech assigned to the Speaker is then given; after which it is
stated that on "The xxvj day of Novembre the kyng with his modir
remoeved from Westminster to Waltham, and a certen tyme there were
abidyng; and fro thens he remoevid to Hertford, where he helde his
Cristmas, and the kyng of Scotts with him." An account of the
proceedings in Parliament in this year, especially of the impeachment
of Sir John Mortymer, knight, and of the statutes enacted therein
then follows at some length, and is succeeded by a minute account of
the French towns and castles taken by the duke of Bedford, the earl of
Salisbury, Sir John Radcliff seneschal of Guyenne, and Sir John
Beauchamp. It is also noticed, that in that year "therle of the March
with many other lordes and great retinue went into Irland, and there
deide." After stating the loss of the Scots at the battle of Vermuil,
it is added, "Wherfore it may be seid of them the worde of olde tyme,
'That in the croke of the mone came thei thiderwarde,
And in the wilde wanyng went thei homewarde.'"
NOTE PP. page 113.
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