REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1400-1402.]

John Fraunceys, Will' Cnote, drap'. A^{o}. s'c'do.

goldsmyth, m'. John Wakeley,

vynt'.

In this yere a quarter of whete was worth xvj _s._ Also this yere kyng

Herry rood into Wales be the excitacion of the lord Grey Ruthyn, for

to distroye Owan of Glondere. In this yere was here the emperor of

Constantynnoble: and the kyng helde his Cristemasse at Eltham; and men

of London maden a gret mommyng to hym of xij aldermen and there sones,

for whiche they hadde gret thanke. And the same yere S^{r}. William

Sautre prest was degraded of his presthood, and brent in Smythefeld

for an heretyk.[81]

[Footnote 81: "a lollard and an eritik approved afore alle the

clergye" _in the Cotton MS._]

John Schadworth, William Veno', groc'. A^{o}. t'cio.

m'c', maior. John Fremyngham,

skynn'.

[Sidenote: Stella comata.]

[Sidenote: The bataill of Humbelton hill.]

[Sidenote: The conduyt in Cornhill.]

This same yere was dame Johanne duchesse of Breteyne spoused to kyng

Herry with moche solempnyte at Westm'. Also in Lenten this yere

schewed in the west in the sky a sterre called Stalla Comata, whiche

endured v wokes. Also in this yere the prior of Launde, S^{r}. Roger

Claryndon knyght, and viij frere Menours weren drawen and hanged at

Tyburne. Also this yere, the xiiij day of Septembre, was the bataill

with the Scottes at Humbledon hill, where there were taken and sclayn

wol ny alle the gentyles of Scotlond. Also this same yere was mad the

conduyt in Cornhull.

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