REX HENRICUS T'CIUS. [1220-1221.] Id'm maior. Ric' Reng'. Anno v^{to}. John le Josne. [Sidenote: Plees of the crowne. Castell of Bedf' was stroid.] [Sidenote: Ordre of Frere Carmes began.] [Sidenote: A gret wynd.] [Sidenote: Firy dragons were seyne.] This yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccxxiiij,[3] the emperour Baldewyn which whanne he wente to bataile to fyghte with Godes enemyes he hadde a croos boren before hym, whiche crosse seynt Eleyne made of the crosse that Cryst deyde upon; and there was an Englyssh prest that tyme with hym that was called S^{r}. Hughe, and he was borne in Norfolke, the whiche preest broughte the same crosse to Bromholm in Norfolke. Also in this yere the plees of the crowne were pletyd in the tour of London. Also in this yere was the castell of Bedford beseged, whiche endured fro the ascencione of oure lord unto the assumpcion of oure lady; at whiche day be greet crafte and strong assaught it was wonne and distroid: and sithe it was not beldyd ayeyne because it was rebell to the kyng. Also in this yere began the ordre of Frere Carmes. Also in this yere upon seynt Lukes day there blew a gret wynd out of the north, whiche caste doune manye houses, steples and torrettes of chirches, and turned up so downe trees in wodes and in orchardes, at whiche tyme fyry dragons and wykkes spirytes grete noumbre were seyn openly fleyng in the eyre. [Footnote 3: _Sic in the Harl. MS., and_ m^{l}ij^{c}xxiij _in the Cotton MS._] Id'm maior. Ric' Reng'. Anno vi^{to}. Th' Lambard. This yere a gret discencione aros in London be empechement of Walter Bokerell, so that Constantyne Fitz Arnulf the morwe aftere oure lady daye, the assumpcion, was drawe and hanged. And in this yere the kyng was purposed to have cast down the walles of London. REX HENRICUS T'CIUS. [1222-1225.] Ric' Reng', maior. Will's Joynour. Anno vij^{o}. Thomas Lamberd. [Sidenote: Frere Meno', ven' in Angl'.] In this yere, that is for to seye the yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccxxiiij, in the feste of seynt Bertylmewe the apostell, the ordre of Frere Menours[4] cam ferst into Engelond. Also in this yere a man of Alderbery feyned hym Cryst, whiche was brought to Oxon', and there he was crucifyed. [Footnote 4: Prechours _in the Cotton MS._] Id'm maior. John Travers. Anno viij^{o}. Andrew Bokerell. [Sidenote: Alyens put out of the ream.] The same yere were alle the alyens put out of the reaume. Id'm maior. Martin Fitz William. Anno ix^{o}. Rog'us Duke. [Sidenote: Plees of the crowne.] In this yere the plees of the crowne were pletyd in the tour of London; and John Harleon failed of his lawe for the deth of Lambard his liege. Id'm maior. Roger Duke. Anno x^{mo}. Martin Fitz William. REX HENRICUS T'CIUS. [1226-1228.] Rog'us Duke, maior. Steph'us Bokerell. Anno xj^{mo}. Henr' Cobham.