Will's Sevenok, groc', John Bryan. A^{o}. vj^{to}. maior. Rauf Barton, skynn'. [Sidenote: The sege of Roen.] [Sidenote: Sacr'm ducis de Burgoyne.] [Sidenote: The duk of Burgoyn was sclayn.] [Sidenote: Frere Randolf.] The whiche John Bryan, schirreve of London,[102] fell in the water of Thamyse, the whiche was cause of his deth, and dyed on the x day of Octobre; and in his stede John Perneys was chosen for the remenaunt of the yere. Also the same yere the kyng of Engelond with his lordes beseged the citee of Roen,[103] the whiche sege dured half a yere and more; but at the laste, thorugh the grace of God, it was yolden to hym upon the day of seynt Wolstan, alle ayens there will, God wot, for nede compelled them therto for defaute of vitaill; for as it was seid there deyde withinne the town for defaute of vitaille, mo thanne xxx m^{l} durynge the same sege. Also in the same yere the dolphyn of Fraunce sente after the duke of Burgoyn, to whom, as men seyn, nought fully vij nyght before he was sworn un on Godes body sacred to ben good and trewe for to come and speke with hym be syde Parys, at the town of Monstreux, with certeyn persones undir sauf conduyt; and whanne he cam thedir, notwithstondyng the gret othe that was mad betuen them bothe, nother his sauf conduyt, the viscount of Burbon, as the duke kneled before the dolphyn, smot hym with an ax in the heed; and so that the forseid dolphyn and hise complices falsly and untrewly, and ayens alle manere lawe of armes, morthered the forseid duke and made an ende of hym. Also this same yere frere Randolf, a mayster of dyvynyte, that sumtyme was the quene Johanne confessor, at the excitynge of the forseid quene, be sorcerye and be nygramancie wrought for to astroyd the kyng: but, as God wolde, his falsnesse at the laste was aspyed; wherefore be comown parlement the quene forfetyd here landes. [Footnote 102: "was mischevously drowned at Seint Katerines mille as he went to eas hym" _in the Cotton MS._] [Footnote 103: _See note_ II.] REX HENRICUS QUINTUS. [1419-1421.] Ric' Whytyngton, John Boteler, m'c'. A^{o}. vij. m'cer, maior. Rob't Whytyngton, drap'. [Sidenote: The weddyng of the kyng and quene Kateryne in Fraunce.] [Sidenote: The sege of Melau and of manye mo citees, townes and castell.] This same yere was the kyng Herry the fyfthe mad heir and regent of Fraunce, and wedded to dame Katerine the kynges doughter of Fraunce, at Troys[104] in Champayn, upon Trynyte Soneday; and anoon after he hymselfe and hise lordes, with the duke of Burgoyne and manye othere ryalles of Fraunce, wenten and leyd sege to manye diverses citees, townes and castellys, whiche weren holden with the dolphyns men and Armenakes, and wan them; but Melau sur Seyne was on of the werste that evere he leyde sege to, for ther was inne a schrewd meyne of rebelles. [Footnote 104: _See note_ KK.]