Id'm maior. Robert Mounpylers. A^{o}. xlviij^{o}.
Osbert Vynt'.
In this yere the town of Northampton was taken, and manye of the men
that were founden withinne were sclayn, forasmoche as thei hadde
ordeyned wyldefeer for to abrent the citee of London. Also this yere,
after the purificacion of oure lady, the kynges litell halle at Westm'
with the chaumbre were brent. Also in this yere, at Whitsontyde, there
aroos a grete discord betwen the kyng and his barons, and the bysshop
of Hereford was taken and lad into Walys into a castell. Also in that
discord Elianore the quene was foule repreved and almost sclayn upon
London bregge: and after this, a litel before Mighelmesse, the kyng
and the quene sailed into Fraunce, to the kynges parlement of Fraunce.
Id'm maior. Th' de la Ford. A^{o}. xlix^{o}.
Gregor' Rokesley.
[Sidenote: A parlement at Redyng.]
[Sidenote: Barons werre.]
[Sidenote: Bellum de Lewes.]
[Sidenote: Stella comata.]
This yere the kyng com fro Fraunce and held his parlement at Redyng,
fro which parlement the kyng and the lordes departed in wrathe; and
the kyng wente ayene to the parlement into Fraunce: and after this,
for werre and defaute, the stretes of London were cheyned. And abought
the purification of oure lady the kyng com home fro Fraunce; and the
barons token the town of Northt' the Satirday nest before Passion
Sonday; and the Wednesday nest folwynge there were manye Jewes sclayn
and distroyd. And in the morwe of seynt Pancras, in the monthe of May,
was the bataile of Lewes, betwen the kyng and the barons of the
reaume, in whiche bataile manye men were sclayn on both parties: and
in this bataile the kyng was taken and S^{r}. Edward his sone, and
Richard erle of Cornewayle and manye othere were lad into diverses
castelles. And in the same yere appered stella comata whiche endured
xv dayes.