John Chichestr', m', John Pyell. A^{o}. xliiij^{to}. goldsmyth. Hugh Holbech. [Sidenote: j bus' whete xl _d._] In this yere was so gret derthe of corne in Engelond that a busshell of whete was worth xl _d._ And in this yere was the grete vyage into Fraunce be S^{r}. Robert Knolles. And in this yere Mortherer of Pembrok in Cristemasse weren at the countesse hous; and the same Mortherer sclewen of men, women, and children in the cradell, xiij; and this was don be a fysshmongre that the countesse hadde founde to scole and brought up of a child. And in this yere, the day of the assumpcion of oure lady, the yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccclxix, deyde dame Philip quene of Engelond. John Bernes, drap', m'. Will' Walworth. A^{o}. xlv^{to}. Rob't of Gayton. In this yere the houses and gardynes were drowe doun aboughte Poules. And in this yere the duke of Lancastre seiled over the see and rood thorugh Fraunce: and S^{r}. John Haukewod florysshed that tyme in Lumbardie. And in this yere the prynce with hys wyf and hise meyne comen into Engelond, levynge behynden hym the duke of Lancastre in Gascoigne, and the erle of Cambregge. Id'm maior. Rob't Hatfeld. Anno xlvj^{to}. Adam Stable. [Sidenote: The tresorer, chaunceller, and pryve sell were discharged.] In this yere the chaunceller, the tresorer of Engelond, bysshopes, and the pryve seall were discharged of there offyces, and in there stede were put seculere lordes. REX EDWARDUS TERTIUS. [1373-1375.] John Pyell, m'. John Philpot. A^{o}. xlvij^{o}. Nicholl Brembre, groc'. [Sidenote: Too cardinalx were sent fro the pope into Engelond for to trete for pes.] [Sidenote: A bataill upon the see betuen Englysshmen and Flemynges.] This same yere, at Awrastelynge, John Northwold, mercer, was sclayn at the blak heth, wherethorugh aroos a gret discencion and debate among the craftes of London. And in the same yere the duk of Lancastre and the erle of Cambregge come out of Gascoyne into Engelond, and wedded the doughter of kyng Petyr. And the same yere too cardinalx were sent fro the pope to entrete for the pees betwen the two reaumes. And in this yere was a bataill upon the see betwen Englisshmen and Flemynges, where there were taken of Flemynges xxv schippes lade with salt of the bay. Also in this yere the erle of Pembroke was taken at the Rochell be the Spaynardes, on the even of the nativite of seynt John baptiste. Adam of Bery, skynn', m'. John Aubray. A^{o}. xlviij^{o}. John Fyfhede. In this yere the duke of Lancastre seiled into Flaundres, and passed be Parys thorugh Burgoyne and alle Fraunce into Burdeux, withoughte ony withstondyng. And in this yere Sire Alex' Neville was mad erchebysshop of Yorke, and Thomas Arundell bysshop of Ely, maistre Herry Wakefeld bysshop of Worcestre. REX EDWARDUS TERTIUS. [1375-1377.]