Herry Barton, skynn', Rob't Wydyngton, groc'. A^{o}. iiij^{o}.
maior. John Coventr', drap'.
[Sidenote: A parlement at Westm'.]
[Sidenote: A begger was drawen for disfiguryng of children.]
[Sidenote: Thomas Pedwardyn kepere of Sprottes keye was sclayn on
Estreday.]
[Sidenote: The bataill on the see betuen the erl of Hunt' and the
kynges adversaries.]
[Sidenote: The castell of Touk with the toun was yolden.]
[Sidenote: Cane was goten and manye othere townes and castelles.]
And in this same yere was a parlement at Westm' holden, and it began
the xix day of Octobre; and at that parlement was the erle of Dorset
mad duke of Excestre: and in this same yere, on seynt Katerine even,
was a begger drawen and hanged for dysmembrynge of yonge children, and
he was drawen in his owne carre from the Leden halle unto Tyborne: and
in this same yere was a theff sclayn, withoughte seynt Marie Spytell,
that highte Robert Somerford: and the same yere held his Cristemasse
at Wyndesore: and the same yere were too women hanged at Tybourne;
that oon was a spycer wyf of Seynt Albons, and that other was the
baillyf wyf of Vynesbury; and the same yere was the same bally hanged:
and the same yere was Thomas Petwardyn, kepere of Sprottes keye,
sclayn in seynt Dunston chirche in the Est, in the hyghe chancell, on
the Esterday at evesong tyme, with the lord Straunge and his men, and
there was S^{r}. John Trussell and hise sone, and othere men of his,
sore wounded; and that fray began betwen the lord Strange wyf and Sire
John Trussell wyf: and the same yere, upon seynt Petyr day and Poule,
the erle of Huntyngdon, with othere certeyn lordes and there retenue,
foughten with ix carykes of Jene, the grettest that evere were seyn in
this coostes, and scomfited them; of whiche, thanked be God, he toke
iiij grete with there patrons, and the admirall of them alle was
called the bastard of Burbon, with alle the tresoure that they alle
schulde aben waged with for a quarter of a yere; and the othere
carykes fledden awey. Also the same yere, the xxx day of Juyll, the
kyng with alle his oost seyled into Fraunce, and londed in Normandye,
upon Lammes day, a litell besyde the castell of Touke; the whiche
castell he toke first after he was landed, and yaf it to his brother
the duke of Clarence, with alle that longith thertoo.[100] Also the
same yere, that is to say anno quinto, the kyng gat Cane Beyeux, and
manye othere townes and castelles and riche abbeys, longe before seynt
Edward day.
[Footnote 100: _See note_ GG.]