Nicholl Wotton, Alan' Ev'ard, m'c'. A^{o}. iij^{o}.
drap', maior. Will' Caumbregg, iremong'.
[Sidenote: The comynge of oure kyng to Caleys.]
[Sidenote: The landyng of oure kyng at Dovorr.]
[Sidenote: The comyng of oure kyng to London.]
[Sidenote: The maire and the aldermen presentyd the kyng with a m^{l}
li in too basyns of gold worth v^{c} li.]
[Sidenote: Sigismund the emperor of Almayne com to London.]
[Sidenote: The metyng of the kyng and the emperor.]
[Sidenote: The duke of Holand com to London.]
[Sidenote: The removyng of the emperor.]
[Sidenote: The kyng wente to Caleys for trete with adversaries of
Fraunce.]
[Sidenote: The galy halfpence were stroyd.]
[Sidenote: Bellu' sup' mare int' I. ducem Bed' et adv'sar' reg'.]
In this yere began the generall counseill at Constaunce. Also in this
yere, that is to say the xxviij day of Octobre, the kyng com to his
town of Caleys, and was there til the xvj day of Novembre: and that
same day the kyng schipped fro his town of Caleys toward Engelond, and
he landed the same day at nyght at Dovorr, and com forth alle the woke
after toward London: and the Fryday at nyght the kyng come to Eltham,
and there he lay al that nyght; and on the morwe was Satyrday, the
xxiij day of Novembre, the maire of London and alle the aldermen, with
alle the craftes of London, reden every man in reed, with hodes reed
and white, and mette with the kyng on the Blakeheth comyng from
Elthamward toward his citee of London; and ayens his comynge was
ordeyned moche ryalte in London, that is to weten at London bregge, at
the conduyt in Cornhill, at the gret conduyt in Chepe, and at the
crosse in Chepe was mad a ryall castell, with angels and virgynes
syngynge therinne; and so the kyng and hise presoners of Frensshmen
reden thorugh London unto Westm' to mete, and there the kyng abod
stille. And on the morwe after, it was Soneday and the xxiiij day of
Novembre, the maire and alle the aldermen, with too hundred of the
beste comoners of London, wente to Westm' to the kyng, and present hym
with a m^{l} pound, in too basynes of gold worth v^{c} li. And in this
tyme the emperor of Almayne com into Engelond with viij^{c} hors to
seynt George feste; that is to wete, the firste day of Maij, at nyght,
he landed at Dovorr; and on the Satyrday, the seconde day of Maij, he
cam to Caunterbury and bod stylle there unto the v day of Maij: and
the Thorsday, the vij day of May,[99] the maire and alle the aldermen,
with alle the craftes of the citee, reden alle in rede gownes, and
hodes white and reed, and mette with the emperor on the Blakehethe;
and the kyng and alle hise lordes mette with hym at seynt Thomas
Wateryng, and there the kyng put hym on the right hond, and the
erchebysshop on the left hond, and so they come rydynge thorugh the
citee of London and forth to Westm': and the xxix day of Maij the
duke of Holand come to London, and he lay at the bysshopes place of
Ely in Holbourne; and he abod stylle there unto the xxj day of Juyn.
And the xxvj day of Juyn the emperor remeved fro Westm' toward the
castell of Ledes in Kanc', and from the castell of Ledes unto Eltham,
and from Eltham forth to Caunterbury; and he schipped out of Engelond
the xvj day of August. And the same yere the kyng wente to Caleys for
to trete wyth his adversarije of Fraunce: and the same yere the duke
of Bedford, the kynges brother, was mad capitayn of the see for a
quarter of a yere; and the same tyme he and his retenue took iij
carykes and drowned the forthe, and a gret hulke was drowned also: and
anon after, in the same yere, was taken a gret carryke at Dertemouth.
And in this same yere, that is to weton on the Mighelmesse day, was
Benet Wolman drawen and hanged, and his heed smyten of and set on
London bregge for tretory: and in the same yere, the viij day of
Octobre, was a p'chemyn' of Trille melle strete drawen and hanged, and
his heed smyten of and set upon London brigge for tretory: and in the
same yere weren alle the Galy half pens fordon at a parlement holden
at Westm', the whiche parlement began the xv day of March. Also in the
same yere, that is for to seye in the begynnyng of the forthe yere of
the reigne of kyng Herry the fyfthe, the duke of Bedford and the erle
of March, with othere certeyne lordes and there retenue, foughton with
vij carykes of Jene, and with aboughte l othere vesselles, some
hulkes, some barges, some galys, and some galyottes; of whom, blessyd
be God, he toke iij carykes with there patrons, and drowned a gret
hulke that was called the Blake hulke of Flaundres, and the remenant
fledden there wey: and this was don upon oure lady day the assumpcion,
the iiij yere above seid.
[Footnote 99: _See note_ FF.]