Id'm maior. Jordan Goodchief. Anno xij^{mo}.
Martyn Box.
[Sidenote: The brother of the prynce of Walys was taken and afterward
hanged.]
[Sidenote: The kyng of Aragon occupied the kyngdom of Cecile, and put
out kyng Charles.]
[Sidenote: Laur' Doket was hangen in Bowe chirche.]
[Sidenote: Gret conduyt in Chepe.]
In this yere aboughte the feste of Natyvyte of seynt John Baptiste,
David the brother of Thlewelyn was taken and holden in pryson at
Rothelan, unto the fest of seynt Mighell, and thanne lad to
Schrovesbury, and there he was dampned to be ded; and first he was
drawen thorugh the citee with hors unto the galowes, thanne hanged,
and afterward beheded; and thanne his bowels brent, and the laste his
bodye quarterd in iiij quarters, whiche were sent to be sett up in
iiij parties in Engelond; and be the kyng comaunded that his hede
schulde be seete on the tour of London. And fro that tyme forth the
kyng occupied alle the lond of Walys. And thanne he dyvyded it into
schires and hundredys, in maner as it is in Engelond; and at
Abbercouewe[15] he made a gret and a strong castell, fro whiche place
the monkes of Cisteux remeved; and in another place a mancion edified
for them. He made there a fair toun, and he lete make the castell of
Carnarvan in Snowdon, where that his sone was born: and also he lete
make the castell of Plaupautuvouc.[16] And also in this yere Petir
kyng of Aragon occupyed the kyndom of Cecilie, ant putte out kyng
Charles, whiche anon after mad an ende of hys lyf; wherfore the pope
Martyn accursed the said Petir, and the kyngdom of Aragon he yaf to
the kynges sone of Fraunce. And in this yere aroos werre betwen the
kyng of Fraunce and the kyng of Spayne; and the kyng of Fraunce with a
gret ooste wente into Spayne, whiche dede nothyng worthy to be
preysed. Also in this yere Reynold of Lanfare,[17] Robert Pynot, Poule
of Stebenhithe, Thomas Corewener, John Tholosan, Thomas Russell, and
Robert Scot, weren accused of the deth of Laur' Doket, whiche was
hongen in Bowe chirche: and they were dampned, drawe, and hanged; and
on Alyce a woman was brent for the same cause: and Rauf Crepyn, Jordan
Goodcheppe, Gilbert Clerk, and Geffrey Clerk, weren atteynt and sent
to prison into the tour of London. Also in this yere the grete conduyt
in Chepe was newe begonne to maken.
[Footnote 15: _Corrected from the Cotton MS._]
[Footnote 16: "Lambatre vanc, and otherwise it is called Abrestewith"
_in the Cotton MS._]
[Footnote 17: "Lancastre" _in the Cotton MS._]