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 this yere was Sperepoynt drawe and hanged for counterfetynge of the
kynges seall. Also in this yere John Claydon skynner, and Richard
Turmyne bakere, were brent in Smythfeld for heresye. And on the iiij
day of March after, was the pardon of the lord Cobbeham, that is to
seye S^{r}. John Oldcastell, proclamed. On Palme Soneday the xvj day
of March was William Elys sone brought out of the Tour of London be
comaundement of the kyng, and delivered to the said maire for to kepe
hym in warde, and specyally in yrens, for tales that he hadde told of
the kyng; and also for the peple seyde that they myghte non yren
fetres no lokkes holden hym; and there he was cheyned to an yren post
at the counter gate in Chepe, ayens the Standard. Also the same yere
was the kynges grete werk begonne at Shene; and in hys tyme was mad
newe g'tes at London wall, and a newe gate, and the prevy that stod
withinne the more was drawe doun and set on this syde of the wall over
the comown dych that comyth out of the more. And in his tyme[97] the
kyng made his vyage toward the costes of Normandye; and he rood
thiderward thorughout the citee of London toward the town of Hampton,
that is to weten the xviij day of Juyn, the yere of his regne the
thridde begynnyng; and at Hampton he lay stille for to abiden his
retenue and his stuff that longith for werre: and in his lyenge there,
the Moneday the v day of August next after were put to dethe there
Sire Richard of Yorke erle of Caumbregge, the lord Scrop that tyme
tresorer of Engelond, and S^{r}. Thomas Gray knyght, for treturye and
ymagynyng of the kynges deth. And in the same yere on the morwe after
seynt Laurence day, the xj day of August the Sonday, the kyng and alle
his retenue schipped iij houres after noon at Portesmouth, toward the
town of Harefleu in Normandye; and he landed at Kedecaux iij myle out
of the town of Harefleu on oure lady even the assumpcion, the xiiij
day of August. And the kyng began to leye his sege to the town of
Harfleu the xvij day of August: and the kyng lay there at the sege fro
the same xvij day of August unto the xxij day of Septembre or the town
were yolden up; and his lyenge there aboughte the town there dyed many
on of his retenue, that is to weten, the erle of Suffolk, the bysshop
of Norwych, Courtenay, S^{r}. John Philip, and manye othere knyghtes
and squyers, and othere comoun peple whiche were nought nombred. And
the same xxij day of Septembre the toun of Harfleu was yolden up to
the kyng, and alle the keyes of the toun brought to hym: and the kyng
abode tyl the laste day of Septembre, til that he hadde mad
governaunce withinne the town: and he made his Em[98] the lorde
Beauford the erle of Dorset, captayn of Harfleu. And the Tuesday the
firste day of Octobre the kyng toke his weye fro Harfleu toward his
town of Caleys, with the noumbre of viij^{l} fytyng men: and the
Frensshmen of Fraunce broken there brigges and pyled the forthes of
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