Hamo Chikewell, m'. Herry Darcy. A^{o}. s'c'do.
John Hawteyn.
[Sidenote: Scottes wer discharged of their homage:]
[Sidenote: with the blakke crosse.]
This yere, in the feste of Pentecost, the kyng helde his parlement at
North'; at whiche parlement, thorugh counseill of the Mortymer, the
kyng of yonge age and withinne age accorded with the Scottes, and
foryaf and relesed them al the homage and feautee that they oughte to
do to the crown of Engelond be chartre ensealed and an endenture, in
whiche were conteyned alle the homages and feautes that the kyng of
Scotlond and the lordes of the same lond schulde do to the kyng of
Engelond, which was ensealed with alle the seales of alle the grete
lordes of Scotlond spirituelx and temporelx, and other chartres and
remembraunces that kyng Edward and hise barons hadde of right in the
lond of Scotlond; which alle, thorugh counseille of quene Isabell the
kynges modir, and S^{r}. Roger Mortymer, were delyvered to the Scottes
with the blak crosse of Scotlond, the whiche goode kyng Edward the
kynges ayell[55] hadde conquered in Scotlond and broughte it fro the
abbeye of Stone, whiche was a precious relyke, the whiche was also
delyvered to the Scottes: also the kyng, thorugh counseill of his
modir and of the Mortymer, relesed and foryaf alle that right that the
barons out of Engelond hadden in ony londes of Scotlond of olde
conquest.
[Footnote 55: "his grandfather" _in the Cotton MS._]