John Gysors, m'. John Adryan. A^{o}. xliij^{cio}.
Rob' Cornhill.
[Sidenote: Scutagium.]
[Sidenote: Jewe.]
[Sidenote: A quart' of whete at xxiiij _s._]
This yere scutage was gadered in Engelond of every knyghtes fee xl
_s._ The same yere, the morwe after Al Sowlen day, Ric' of Gravesende
at Caunterbury was sacred bysshop of Lincoln be Bonoface erchebysshop
of Caunterbury. And in this yere, that is to seye the yere of our lord
a m^{l}cclviij, there fel a Jewe into a pryve at Teukesbury upon a
Satirday, the whiche wolde nought suffre hym selfe to be drawe out of
the preve that day for reverence of his Sabot day: and S^{r}. Richard
of Clare, thanne erle of Gloucestre, herynge therof, wolde nought
sufrre hym to be drawe out on the morwe after, that is to say the
Soneday, for reverence of his holy day; and so the Jewe deyde in the
preve. Also in this yere was a gret derthe of corn, for a quarter of
whete was worth xxiiij _s._ And in this yere Richard the erle of
Cornewaille was crowned emperour of Almayne.
Will'm Fitz Richard, m'. Adam Brounyng. A^{o}. xliiij^{to}.
Ric' Coventre.
In this yere, abougte Alhalwen tyme, the kyng with the quene, with
other barons and lordes, seyled over the see to the kyng of Fraunce,
and dwelled there half yere and more with gret honoure and love, so
that he hadde no wil homward; but he was thretned be the co'e
counsaill of Engelond that but if he come home here sounne they wolde
chesyn them a newe kyng: and there was gret discord, and a rysynge
betwen Edward the kynges sone and Richard thanne erle of Worcestre,[8]
so that all Engelond was meved to werre; for whiche, a lytel before
Whitsonday the kyng come into Engelond, an cam into London, and lay in
the bysshopes palys of London besyde Poules, unto the tyme that pees
was stablisched thorough alle Engelond.
[Footnote 8: Gloucestre _in the Cotton MS._]