Thomas Faucon', John Michell, fysshmong'. A^{o}. s'c'do.
drap', maior. Thomas Aleyn, m'c'.
[Sidenote: The grete werk of Shene was begonne.]
[Sidenote: Newe gates in London.]
[Sidenote: The deth of lordes at Hampton.]
[Sidenote: Sege of Harfleu.]
[Sidenote: The yeldyng of the toun of Harfleu.]
[Sidenote: The lord Beauford capitayn.]
[Sidenote: The bataill of Aigincourt this day.]
[Sidenote: Mort.]
[Sidenote: Mort.]
[Sidenote: Alle the bellys of London were ronge for yoye.]
In this yere was Sperepoynt drawe and hanged for counterfetynge of the
kynges seall. Also in this yere John Claydon skynner, and Richard
Turmyne bakere, were brent in Smythfeld for heresye. And on the iiij
day of March after, was the pardon of the lord Cobbeham, that is to
seye S^{r}. John Oldcastell, proclamed. On Palme Soneday the xvj day
of March was William Elys sone brought out of the Tour of London be
comaundement of the kyng, and delivered to the said maire for to kepe
hym in warde, and specyally in yrens, for tales that he hadde told of
the kyng; and also for the peple seyde that they myghte non yren
fetres no lokkes holden hym; and there he was cheyned to an yren post
at the counter gate in Chepe, ayens the Standard. Also the same yere
was the kynges grete werk begonne at Shene; and in hys tyme was mad
newe g'tes at London wall, and a newe gate, and the prevy that stod
withinne the more was drawe doun and set on this syde of the wall over
the comown dych that comyth out of the more. And in his tyme[97] the
kyng made his vyage toward the costes of Normandye; and he rood
thiderward thorughout the citee of London toward the town of Hampton,
that is to weten the xviij day of Juyn, the yere of his regne the
thridde begynnyng; and at Hampton he lay stille for to abiden his
retenue and his stuff that longith for werre: and in his lyenge there,
the Moneday the v day of August next after were put to dethe there
Sire Richard of Yorke erle of Caumbregge, the lord Scrop that tyme
tresorer of Engelond, and S^{r}. Thomas Gray knyght, for treturye and
ymagynyng of the kynges deth. And in the same yere on the morwe after
seynt Laurence day, the xj day of August the Sonday, the kyng and alle
his retenue schipped iij houres after noon at Portesmouth, toward the
town of Harefleu in Normandye; and he landed at Kedecaux iij myle out
of the town of Harefleu on oure lady even the assumpcion, the xiiij
day of August. And the kyng began to leye his sege to the town of
Harfleu the xvij day of August: and the kyng lay there at the sege fro
the same xvij day of August unto the xxij day of Septembre or the town
were yolden up; and his lyenge there aboughte the town there dyed many
on of his retenue, that is to weten, the erle of Suffolk, the bysshop
of Norwych, Courtenay, S^{r}. John Philip, and manye othere knyghtes
and squyers, and othere comoun peple whiche were nought nombred. And
the same xxij day of Septembre the toun of Harfleu was yolden up to
the kyng, and alle the keyes of the toun brought to hym: and the kyng
abode tyl the laste day of Septembre, til that he hadde mad
governaunce withinne the town: and he made his Em[98] the lorde
Beauford the erle of Dorset, captayn of Harfleu. And the Tuesday the
firste day of Octobre the kyng toke his weye fro Harfleu toward his
town of Caleys, with the noumbre of viij^{l} fytyng men: and the
Frensshmen of Fraunce broken there brigges and pyled the forthes of
the water of Some and othere diverses wateres, that the kyng myghte
nought passe but with moche disese til he com to the water of Swerdes;
and there the kyng and his oost passyd over. And on the xxv day of
Octobre was Fryday, and seynt Crispyn and Crispianiani day the lordes
and the chyveteynes of Fraunce lay with a gret oost enbatailed to the
noumbre of vi^{xx} m^{l}, and wolde a stopped the kynges weye that he
schulde nought a passed to his town of Caleys. And the kyng with his
oost batailed hym ayens the Frensshmen, and manfully he faught ayens
them in a feld that is called Aigincourt, and sclowe and toke of them
of dukes, erles, barons, knyghtes, and cheveteyns to the noumbre of
xij m^{l}; and of the comown peple mo thanne the noumbre of iij m^{l},
that is for to weten, the duke of Orlyons and the duke of Burbon, the
erle of Vendon, the erle of Ewe and the erle of Richemond, with S^{r}.
Bursegaunt; and there sclayn the duke of Launson, the duke of Braban
and the duke of Bare, and the erle of Navers, the lord de la Brytte
constable of Fraunce, and the seneschall of Henaude, with manye othere
lordes, knyghtes, and squyers, and worthy men v m^{l} and mo. And on
oure syde were sclayn the duke of York, the erle of Suffolk, and
S^{r}. Richard of Kyghle, and David Gamme squyer, with a fewe mo
othere persones to the noumbre of xviij. And the xxix day of Octobre,
the morwe after seynt Simondes day and Jude, the same day the newe
meire schulde ryde and taken his charge at Westm', the same day erly
in the morwe comen tydynges to London while that men weren in there
beddes, that the kyng hadde foughton and hadde the bataille and the
feld aforseid. And anoon as they hadde tydynges therof, they wente to
alle the chirches in the citee of London and rongon alle the belles of
every chirche; and solempnely alle the prestes of every chirche, and
othere men that were lettered songen _Te deum Laudamus, &c._ And ayens
ix of the belle were warned alle the ordres of relygeous men of the
citee of London, for to go a procession fro seynt Poules unto seynt
Edward schryne at Westm'. And the newe maire and hise aldermen with
alle the craftes of London, and the quen with alle here lordes also
wente from seynt Poules unto Westm', and offred at seynt Edwardes
schryne aforeseid, or the meire tok his charge; and whanne the meire
hadde taken his charge, every man come rydyng hom fro Westm' on
horsbak, and were ioyful and glad for the goode tydynges that they
hadde of the kyng, and thankyd oure lord J'hu Crist, his modir seynt
Marye, and seynt George, and alle the holy company of hevene, and
seyde _Hec est dies quam fecit d'n's_.
[Footnote 97: _i.e. the third year of his reign. See note_ EE.]
[Footnote 98: _Sic, query_ "uncle."]