This yere the kyng lete gadere in Engelond in diverses schires an hundred thousand quarters of corn, and sente it over the see into Gascoigne: and the kyng passed the see in August, and with hym xx^{ti} m^{l}[24] Walsh men and too m^{l} Englysshmen and too m^{l} Irysshmen; and there aroos a stryf betwen the kyng and his lordes, that non of them wolde passen with hym over the see; and the kyng arryved in Flaundres: and there was taken trewes for too yere betwen kyng Edward and kyng Philipp of Fraunce; and S^{r}. John Seynt John and other prysoners were frely delyvered out of pryson. [Footnote 24: "xxx thousand" _in the Cotton MS._] Id'm custos. Will'm Stortford. Anno xxvj^{to}. John Stortford. [Sidenote: Certeyn men were arested for brekyng of the toune of Cornhull.] In this yere, in the feste of seynt Andrew, the kyng graunted to the lordes all there axynge of the poyntes of the olde chartre: also the Scottes areysed werre ayeyns the kyng of Engelond: also the viij day of Paske, Thomas Romayn, Richard Romayn,[25] Richard Gloucestre, Nicholl Faryndon, Adam Halyngbery, Thomas Cely, John Dunstale, Richard Asshwy, John Wade and William Storteford, weren aresteed for brekyng of the toune in Cornhull. And in the viij day of May[26] in this yere the kyng faught with the Scottes at Fowkyrk, in which bataile xxiij m^{l}[27] Scottes were sclayn, and of Englysshmen but xxviij, honoured be the highe Godes grace. [Footnote 25: _Omitted in the Cotton MS._] [Footnote 26: "The day of Marie Mawdelyne" _in the Cotton MS._] [Footnote 27: "xxx m^{l}"--_Ibid._] REX EDWARDUS PRIMUS. [1298-1300.] Herry Wallys, maior. Ric' Sop'lane. Anno xxvij^{o}. Thomas Cely. [Sidenote: The fraunchise of London was graunted ayeyn.] [Sidenote: A maryage betwen the kyng and Margarete the kynges sust' of Fraunce.] [Sidenote: He wan all Scotland.] This same yere the fraunchise of London was graunted ayeyn for ij m^{l} marc, whiche was sesed ayeyn into the kynges hond; and for to make leve of that some, the servauntes bowys in the citee were sette at the tallage as well as the maistres. Also in this yere men of London wenten and sercheden the chirche of Seynt Martyns in the feld for tresoure of gold, thorough the wordes of a gardyn', whiche seyde how there was a gold hord; but they founde nought: wherfore the dene of Poules of London, be comaundement of the erchebysshop of Caunterbury, denounced them alle accursed openly at the Crosse of Poules that sergeden as above seyd. Also in this yere Robert Wynchelsee erchebysshop of Caunterbury spoused the kyng Edward and Margarete the kynges suster of Fraunce togidere: and also pees was mad betwen bothe kynges. And in this yere the kyng wente the thridde tyme beyounde the see into Scotlond, and thanne wan it alle. Ely Russell, maior. Henry Fyngreth. A^{o}. xxviij^{o}. John Armentires. [Sidenote: The Traylbaston.]