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
the water of Some and othere diverses wateres, that the kyng myghte
nought passe but with moche disese til he com to the water of Swerdes;
and there the kyng and his oost passyd over. And on the xxv day of
Octobre was Fryday, and seynt Crispyn and Crispianiani day the lordes
and the chyveteynes of Fraunce lay with a gret oost enbatailed to the
noumbre of vi^{xx} m^{l}, and wolde a stopped the kynges weye that he
schulde nought a passed to his town of Caleys. And the kyng with his
oost batailed hym ayens the Frensshmen, and manfully he faught ayens
them in a feld that is called Aigincourt, and sclowe and toke of them
of dukes, erles, barons, knyghtes, and cheveteyns to the noumbre of
xij m^{l}; and of the comown peple mo thanne the noumbre of iij m^{l},
that is for to weten, the duke of Orlyons and the duke of Burbon, the
erle of Vendon, the erle of Ewe and the erle of Richemond, with S^{r}.
Bursegaunt; and there sclayn the duke of Launson, the duke of Braban
and the duke of Bare, and the erle of Navers, the lord de la Brytte
constable of Fraunce, and the seneschall of Henaude, with manye othere
lordes, knyghtes, and squyers, and worthy men v m^{l} and mo. And on
oure syde were sclayn the duke of York, the erle of Suffolk, and
S^{r}. Richard of Kyghle, and David Gamme squyer, with a fewe mo
othere persones to the noumbre of xviij. And the xxix day of Octobre,
the morwe after seynt Simondes day and Jude, the same day the newe
meire schulde ryde and taken his charge at Westm', the same day erly
in the morwe comen tydynges to London while that men weren in there
beddes, that the kyng hadde foughton and hadde the bataille and the
feld aforseid. And anoon as they hadde tydynges therof, they wente to
alle the chirches in the citee of London and rongon alle the belles of
every chirche; and solempnely alle the prestes of every chirche, and
othere men that were lettered songen _Te deum Laudamus, &c._ And ayens
ix of the belle were warned alle the ordres of relygeous men of the
citee of London, for to go a procession fro seynt Poules unto seynt
Edward schryne at Westm'. And the newe maire and hise aldermen with
alle the craftes of London, and the quen with alle here lordes also
wente from seynt Poules unto Westm', and offred at seynt Edwardes
schryne aforeseid, or the meire tok his charge; and whanne the meire
hadde taken his charge, every man come rydyng hom fro Westm' on
horsbak, and were ioyful and glad for the goode tydynges that they
hadde of the kyng, and thankyd oure lord J'hu Crist, his modir seynt
Marye, and seynt George, and alle the holy company of hevene, and
seyde _Hec est dies quam fecit d'n's_.
[Footnote 97: _i.e. the third year of his reign. See note_ EE.]
[Footnote 98: _Sic, query_ "uncle."]
REX HENRICUS QUINTUS. [1415-1416.]
Nicholl Wotton, Alan' Ev'ard, m'c'. A^{o}. iij^{o}.
drap', maior. Will' Caumbregg, iremong'.
[Sidenote: The comynge of oure kyng to Caleys.]
[Sidenote: The landyng of oure kyng at Dovorr.]
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