Id'm maior p' p'te a' Gilbert Moredon. A^{o}. xix^{o}.
Ric' Beteyn p' residuo. John Cotton.
In this yere the kyng and bothe Spensers, Robert Baldok chaunceler,
and the erle of Arundell, were taken in the hilles of Walys, and the
kyng was put into sauf warde; but S^{r}. Hugh Spenser wolde never
after that he was taken eten mete, wherfore at Hereford he was drawen,
hanged, beheded and quartered: and then was the sone of S^{r}. Hugh
Spenser the fadyr was drawen,[48] hanged and beheded at Bristoll. Also
in this yere, be the assent of alle the lordes of Engelond spirituelx
and temperelx, and be alle the comonalte of the reaume, be fre
eleccion of them alle, and resyngnacion of kyng Edward the fadyr, Sire
Edward his sone was chosen kyng of Engelond.[49]
[Footnote 48: "and Sir Hugh Spencer the father was drawen," &c. _in
the Cotton MS._]
[Footnote 49: "the yere of his age xv."--_Ibid._]
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NOMI'A MAIOR' ET VICECOMITU' LONDON' TEMPORE REG' EDWARDI T'TIJ, QUI
CORONATUS FUIT APUD WESTM' DIE D'NICA PRIMO DIE FEBRUAR' ANNO D'NI
MILL'MO CCC^{mo} xxvj^{to}, ET ANNO ETATIS SUE xiiij,[50] P'RE SUO AD
TUNC VIVENTE.
[Footnote 50: "et anno etatis sue xiiij" _is omitted in the Cotton
MS._]