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
In the year
dccccxxiiij, the coronation of king Athelstan at Kyngeston; he after
xvj years was buried at Malmesbury. In the year dccccxl, the
coronation of king Edward the second, son of Athelstan, at Kyngeston;
he in the sixth year of his reign is buried at Glastonbury. In the
year dccccxlvj, the coronation of king Edred at Kyngeston, who in the
ix^{th} year of his reign was buried at Wynton. In the year dcccclv,
the coronation of king Edwyn at Kyngeston; he reigned four years; and
was buried at Wynton. In the year dcccclix, the coronation of king
Edgar, who reigned xvj years; he lies at Glastonbury. In the year
dcccclxxv, the coronation of Edward the second, son of Edgar, at
Westminster, who in the iiij^{th} year of his reign adorned with
martyrdom, is buried at Septon. In the year dcccclxxix, the coronation
of king Ethelred at Kyngeston, and in the xxxviij^{th} year of his
reign he is buried at London. In the year one thousand xvj, the
coronation of Edward the third iron-side, at Kyngeston, and his burial
at Glastonbury. In the year one thousand xvij, the coronation of king
Knute at Westminster, and in the xix^{th} year of his reign, his
burial at Wynton. In the year one thousand xxxv, the coronation of
king Harold the first; he in the fifth year of his reign was buried at
London. In the year one thousand xl, the coronation of king
Hardeknute, and in the second year of his reign, his burial at Wynton.
From the nativity of Jesus Christ until the reign of Edward the
second, king and confessor, there passed separately in England a
hundred kings, and lx^{ty} and five kings; of whom Oswyn, Oswald,
Ethelbert, Kenelm, Edward, Edward, were martyred; and Constans,
Cedwall, Sebert, Wynfrid, Ethelred, Edbert, Offa, and Kynred were
buried in monks' orders. In the year of grace one thousand xlij, the
coronation of saint Edward king and confessor, at Wynton; who in the
xxv^{th} year of his reign is honorably inshrined in the church of
Westminster, which he himself had made to be erected. In the year one
thousand lxvj, the coronation of duke Harald at Westminster, and his
burial at Waltham. In the year one thousand lxvij, the coronation of
William the first, duke of Normandy, at Westminster; who in the
xlvij^{th} year of his reign caused England to be described in a
volume called DOMUSDAY; and in the iiij^{th} year after, is buried at
Caen. In the year one thousand lxxx, the coronation of William Rufus
at Westminster, and in the xiij^{th} year of his reign, he is buried
at Wynton. In the year one thousand C the coronation of king Henry the
first, brother of William Rufus, at Westminster, who after reigning
xxxv years, was buried at Redyng. In the year Mcxxxv, the coronation
of king Stephen at Westminster, he in the xix^{th} year of his reign
was buried at Feversham. In the year one thousand cliiij, the
coronation of the emperor Henry the second at Westminster, and in the
xxxv^{th} year of his reign, his burial at Fontevrault. In the year
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