Rob't Chicheley, Will'[91] Reynwell, fysshmong'. A^{o}. xiij^{o}.
groc', maior. Walt' Cotton, m'c'.
[Footnote 91: "John" _in the Cotton MS._]
[Sidenote: iij flodes were sen in Tempse upon o day.]
[Sidenote: The newe coyn for nobles.]
This yere the xij day of Octobre, the yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccccxj,
there weren in Themyse iij flodes upon a day. Also the same yere the
lord Thomas, the kynges sone, was mad duke of Clarence. Also in this
yere comen into Engelond ambassatores out of Fraunce fro the duke of
Orlyons, to have men over in helpynge hym ayens the duke of
Burgoyne[92] before seid in that other yere. And in the comemoracion
of seynt Poul, the laste day of Juyn, come prynce Herry, the sone of
kyng Herry the forthe, to London, with moche peple of lordes and
gentyles: and the kyng lay thanne at seynt Jones hous til the Soneday
nest folwynge; and thanne he remeved to the bysshopes paleys of
London, and lay there fro Satirday tyl Friday after; and thanne he
remeved to Rotherhithe. And prynce Herry lay at the bysshoppes inne of
Dorham, fro the seid day of his comynge to towne unto the Moneday nest
after the feste of Septem fratrum. And thanne rood Thomas the kynges
sone duke of Clarence, and with hym the duke of York, and Beauford
thanne erle of Dorset, toward Hampton with a gret retenewe of peple:
and on the Tuesday rood the erles brother of Oxenford, and on the
Wednesday rood the erle of Oxonford; and they alle lay at Hampton, and
aboden the wynde tyl on the Thorsday the firste day of August; the
whiche Thorsday, Fryday, and Satyrday, they passed out of the haven
the noumbre of xiiij schippes: and on the Soneday they were dreven
inne ayeyne with the wynd: and after, on seynt Laurence even and seynt
Laurens day, they arreved at Seynt Fasters, faste be Hogges in
Normandye. And on the xxiij day of Septembre prynce Herry come to
London to the counseyll, with an huge peple. Also in this yere the
kyng lete coynen newe nobles; and they were lesse of weyghte than the
olde noble be the peys of an half peny weighte; so that[93] be juste
weyghte liij nobles, j _d_, and an halpeny weighte, schulde maken a
pound weighte of Troye.
[Footnote 92: _See note_ BB.]
[Footnote 93: "so that a noble shuld weye but iiij _d._ and an ob.
weight: so that liij nobles, &c." _in the Cotton MS._]